representatives from the gee logical survey, uc berkley testified today in washington, d.c.y need funding for an earthquake warning system. there's already a system in place, but not enough money to implement it across the state. the critical extra seconds would save lives. >> being able to save lives, slow down train, prevent derailments. prevent injuries. >> we've done the research. we've shown that it works. the usgs has developed an implementation plan. it's shovel ready. >> japan and mexico already have alert systems already in place. the program has bipartisan support. if california does get the funding, it would take a couple years to get the system up and running across the state. janelle wang. >>> some incredible video to show you. want to show you a chopper rescue. this happened when a bay area man survived a fall into yosemite river. it happened last month, but we're just getting the video in now. a man was hiking with friends when he slipped on wet rocks, fell into the water in an area known as the inner gorge. there they go pulling the man to safety. he was flus

laura tyson from uc berkley and there's a lot of stakeholders in this big and small businesses labor unit want to thank all of them for being at the table and workers rights groups invaluable to the process they've been talking to folks in languages to make sure they understood what in the meant and nonprofit groups a very large number of hours committed i want to thank the number of nonprofits that came to the table that make sure that we were taking care of them as well their invaluable to the employment to san franciscans all in an effort to really try to get a consensus approach thank you to the coalition to the fair economy my the san francisco chamber of commerce. sometimes they maybe speaking times at the opposite ends but they came together with all of us to make sure our interests were united. a lot of hard work to build consensus in the city i'll be the first to say but i've been proud we've done so on a number of occasions whether this was pension reformer are or the housing trust fund or a number of general obligation bonds we'll have in the past we've had a united effort

this sunday i returned from el salvador along with an attorney from new york and a professor from uc berkley i want to read a statement their proposing to their government because of the discretion and prosecution they've suffered. lightly translated and this is their platform we want an el salvador that is having protection for lgbt community want to participate in the national life of the el salvador. for that reason we're making the demands to our government provide specific promotion for the transgender of women and the lesbian women by promoting el salvador equality and put down discretion based on gender identity. we've formed the sex and this includes the lgbt population particularly with the transgenders and eradicate impunity and initiate a law for gender identity for the transgender population and actually lists institutional to protect lgbt individuals that are deprived of their liberty >> thank you very much. thank you very much thank you very much. as i said before we'll come back to public comment after our special orders at 3:00 p.m.

the geneva powerhouse and ocean avenue but especially, as you become a journalist studying at the uc berkley to promote the transit in the city but i'm going to be supportive of leahy think the person vacating the seat that served excellently will also focus on her expertise in transit having worked with the urban habitat ease the boards of organizations and really focus on transit and her leadership on the youth commission in ucsf but to have two amazing candidates is wonderful and hope you can stay involved alex i'll support leah as well. so seeing none, other comments the mission is to appoint leah >> i'll make a motion to vote her in. >> roll call. >> supervisor breed. supervisor campos. supervisor kim. absent. supervisor mar. supervisor yee. the recommendation to appoint leah is approved >> thank you congratulations. please call the next item >> item is the bike sharing organizational items this is at about action item. >> we have the to here. >> this is building on an item you saw in march with the analysis report on recreational bike sharing my co-sponsor gave an engaging summary and

it's a recreational topic we're trying to solve all the recreational problems i've been talking to uc berkley where the protected land are they all at reflex and so we can have a more informed conversation. with that, i'm going to turn it over to ken rich from the office of economic workforce development they are exist this topic is here and requested a couple which minutes >> i'm ken irish standing in for the director of oewd i wanted to say something ems i spent several years on this i think we largely got it right and glad that we were able to see the results in the hearing. pdr is a topic we care deeply about today unemployment in the city is down to 4.4 p

it's a recreational topic we're trying to solve all the recreational problems i've been talking to uc berkley where the protected land are they all at reflex and so we can have a more informed conversation. with that, i'm going to turn it over to ken rich from the office of economic workforce development they are exist this topic is here and requested a couple which minutes >> i'm ken irish standing in for the director of oewd i wanted to say something ems i spent several years on this i think we largely got it right and glad that we were able to see the results in the hearing. pdr is a topic we care deeply about today unemployment in the city is down to 4.4 percent down from 9 percent every sector is growing trade and transport and merchandising is growing faster than the national afternoon and mayor ed lee is supporting the manufacturing sector a priority as part of the 17 point jobs plan oewd launched an initiative for the merchandising businesses this included first hiring a sector manager to manage the work and if tiffany can raise her hand she helps businesses to in fact, city governmen

mateo and a parent of a san francisco unified school district district a productive college and uc berkley i'm in favor of closing the loophole i believe education should be funded equally among all unified school districts i see the disparity of people returning from san francisco where the funding is less more per person in my district we can't afford to lose any more families or teachers to richer school districts and to private schools i believe that closing corporate funding will help to make sure that people stay in the city's and in the areas and not just for people that happen to come from families that have more money at this point you have to be married to are come from a family that has money to live in the cities in california. please support f this at least one of you will be would going onto the california assembly i hope you'll support in monk your colleagues thank you very much >> thank you next speakers. >> we hear to speak on closings the commercial loophole. >> i'm max. i'm dan son >> and i'm is a bash we go to marshall elementary. >> the computers in marshall crash at t

uc berkley professor harley shaken says analysts here and abroad are focused on the fighting in iraq. but there's concern that neighboring countries may get involved in the battle, which may push gas prices even higher. >> you're talking about iran potentially getting involved in this. you're talking about syria which is not a major producer, but all of that instability is ratcheting upward. >> reporter: which means companies that depend on crude oil to produce gas may increase their prices real soon. >> i think we could well see the price of gasoline go up within days, 5 to 10 cents a gallon some analysts are predicting. >> reporter: that's a prediction no one wants. >> i'm going to have to be on that board, take the board save gas. until hopefully it goes down some. >> reporter: most of the fighting in iraq is taking place notice north. militants say they will soon march on baghdad. nbc bay area news. >>> more details on the turmoil in iraq and how it's impacting that country's access to social media. facebook and twitter say they have been blocked from users in iraq. the iraqi gove

. >>> uc berkley today introduced a new interim athletic director, michael williams sitting on the right there. he is replaying sandy barbour on the left. that's cal chancellor in the middle. williams was a member of cal's wrestling team in the early '80s. a dismal football team and poor graduation rates for athletes compared to other pac-12 schools. >> we should not forget that our student athletes are the most visible ambassadors of the berkley community and we want to make sure their experience is always a positive one, so i commit to doing that. >> williams is a cal trustee and will hold the job only until a national search is completed. barbour is moving into another position. >>> a warning after health officials announced two people in northern california have been infected with the west nile virus this season. california's drought has not helped the outbreak as mosquitos prefer dried up puddles with little water movement. last year nearly 400 human cases and 15 deaths. people 50 years and over have a higher chance of getting sick. mosquitos bite the two hours after the sunset. lon

she's a graduate of uc berkley. not a bad time considering. >> considering anything. good for her.mal this year. perfectly normal keep it up. >> bill i don't think you want to know what my normal is. >> think about the baby in there because the baby is going up and down a whole bunch twice around the track. it doesn't look healthy but the doctor says it's okay. but when you look at it it looks jarring. >> as we head outside we got plenty to talk about and it's going to stay mostly at the coast. i love this shot behind me. you are looking back at oakland hills. you can see emeryville over there the twin towers and if you look back you can see where the dad teach mathematics. >> no my mom teaches there now. >> does your dad teach? >> no i wish. >> i was wrong. it's right across the bay. beautiful shot with the fog. temperatures outside today 81 in napa, 81 in santa rosa, 85 in fairfield. i always thought it was your dad. what your dad do. >> he works out in liver more. >> i thought i knew you. that high pressure is going to pinch the fog right down and that's what we are seeing. it's

uc campuses. filing complaints saying officials discouraged them from reporting assault. berkley was one of 51 high profile universities under investigations for possibly violating a federal law. a spokesperson for the uc systems says they are focused on addressing the kprant. a task force is develop best practices while keeping students from becoming victims of sexual violence. >> this is not a static problem. this is not something where you write a fancy policy and everybody feels good. it's constant vigilance. >> the task force including students, regions, and advoca s advocates. >>> the search is underway for a man accused of trying to kill his ex-girlfriend and kidnapping their daughter, sparking an amber alert. it happened in their apartment, and jose valencia stabbed his exgirlfriend several times before kidnapping their 8-year-old daughter, and several hours later, he brought her back to the police department and took off. the girl was not harm, and the mother is expected to survive. investigators say he ditched the car and may be driving a yellow ford escape with this li