>> michael districts child services at ucsf. >> this is not only caring for children but it's easy tollows receive health insurance in the program. megan hoping to continue on as a therapist with her two-year fellowship eendz this provided me with an opportunity to continue that expression and that sharing of music with others. >> this program is expanding and fellows are now active in seven schools and just received a planning grant to add schools next year. >> it's terrific. >> going back to update this weather forecast. >> there are highs in the 70s, santa rosa and jant cruz at 73 degrees and there is 60s in other locations, 8:00, mild with temperatures into 50s. by then, by mid day, upper 60s to mid-70s, there are mid to upper 70s around the bay area tomorrow. there is tomorrow, thursday, warm with high temperatures into low to mid 80s in spots. we can see highs tomorrow and thursday. things cooling down friday. still a mild day. highs into upper 70s, slight chance of showers saturday, and breezy over the weekend and starting to warm up monday and tuesday. there is lovely weather

currency and coins. >> ucsf medical center pharmacy now using robots to count and process medications improve patient safety this, video provided by the hospital. the hospital says not a single error has occurred. and the 350,000 doses of medication prepared during a pilot phase. the robots kept in a sterile environment where the system prepares medicines including toxic chemotherapy drugs. saying this will give pharmacists more time to work with patients and doctors on drug therapy. >> marin catholic high school baseball pitcher injure aid year ago this week is now sporting a prototype of a helmet inspire bid his accident. he visited the technology center it weighs over five ounsz but designed to help protect a pitcher's head from a moving moving up to 100 miles per hour. it's a first of its kind helmet. little leagues say they welcome the development. >> i think this will give everyone confidence on the field. i any if one play heer were to wear this and show there is confidence, other woz catch on. >> they hope to have the helmet bit end of the year. little league's president says

>> they gathered at ucsf mission bay this morning and they will be at ucsf medical center this afternoon. they say they are not being paid enough and are angry about the cuts. uc regents will not make any december sigses today. he-- decisions today. they are discussing how governor brown's funding cut will affect the university system next year. >>> we're in the middle of an active weather pattern but what somewhat of a break today. you can still see lingering clouds out to bay point with a current temperature of 56 degrees. still the possibility of a few sprinkles today across the bay area but not much in the way of significant rainfall. right now you can see a little bit of activity just to the north of calistoga. that's about it. not a lot to show you. a few sprinkles are closing in on cloverdale as well. as far as rainfall totals, very impressive up in the north bay, santa rosa, over an inch. sanfrancisco, about .14 and san jose pretty much the same deal as well with the front at least the amounts beginning to taper off as that front moves to the south. current numbers out there, sho

. >>> ucsf doctors are calling it a breakthrough in diabetes. the discovery announced today of a gene that seems to cause type two diabetes. john fowler tells us it's the first big step toward conquering a disease that some fear could collect our health care. >> reporter: rich diagnosed at age 63 with type ii diabetes. >> i give myself four or five shots a day. and i take several pills to keep it in control. >> reporter: rich may have the gene ucsf and italian researchers have just discovered. >> this is the first genetic region of type ii diabetes. >> reporter: a mutation reduces the number of cell receptors setting the stage for insulin resistance and the development of diabetes. the cds estimates more than 2 million americans in the bay area alone are at risk for type ii diabetes: 10% of caucasian diabetics have this defect. >> my father was a diabetic. and was on insulin all the time i knew him. my grandmother was on insulin also. >> reporter: a simple genetic test may soon be available to discover for whom the drug will work. >> the next th

and as close as ucsf to get hands-on experience and training. we offer the only transgendered rotation and the u.s. students are able to serve trans-identified people. thousands of trans people are receiving, but it health care. the cutting edge work that lyon- martin is doing must continue. please help lyon-martin lyon- martin -- please help lyon- martin and a larger transgender community survive, thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. >> my name is sandra. i'm a mental-health provider at lyon-martin. i am on to speak to the mental health piece of the clinic, which has not got a lot of attention, but i think it is crucial. we currently provide individual and group therapies, psychiatric services, and case management for approximately 100 clients every week. it is also a training facility for social service workers to take the knowledge they have learned from the clinic and they go out to other private practices or clinics and provide services to the clients who cannot have the benefit of living close enough to san francisco. we provide a s

and ucsf ranked seventh. in regional rankings ucsf was followed by san francisco. sanford medical center and regional medical center of san jose received top honors for silican valley. >>> a northern california man is counting his blessings tonight after surviving a fall while snow boarding on mount shasta. >> i was positive i was going to die. >> james drummen redding was wearing a camera on his helmet when he landed upside down near the base of a tree while snow boarding last week. he was covered by about 6 feet of snow but was able to breathe. luckily he had his cell phone with him and was able to direct rescuers to his exact locations. it took him about an hour to find him and pull him to safety. >>> and there's a few clouds out there now but a warm day in store tomorrow with temperatures getting into the eight 80s. we go outside to live tracker 2. the san francisco airport at 52-degree. san jose is at 56. mild out there, we're going to look for patchy fog just like we've looked the last few mornings. some rain north of here. that's an indication that the seaso

. >>> according to uc berkeley and ucsf researchers, the machines pose no significant health threat. if they use ionizing radiation which is known to cause cancer. they determined that the dozes are low. less than 1% of radiation a person gets from flying in an airplane. they also say that a handful of cancer cases are likely to result directly from scanner use. >>> governor jerry brown is going to bring the d word up tomorrow. that is drought. what he's going to say and how. >>> and tonight we'll tell you how facebook is responding to libyans. >>> caught on tape, pictures of a small plane going down. what has happened and what happened to the two people on board. >>> facebook has removed an uprising palestinian. it called on pelestinians to take up arms over israel. facebook says the page began as a call for peaceful protest, however comments deteriorated to direct calls for violence. >>> as congress tries to work on a budge before the government runs out of money in less than two weeks, abortion could turn out to be the roadblock to an agreement. last month a republican majority in

and ucsf ranked seventh. in regional rankings ucsf was followed by san francisco. sanford medical center and regional medical center of san jose received top honors for silican valley. >>> a northern california man is counting his blessings tonight after surviving a fall while snow boarding on mount shasta. >> i was positive i was going to die. >> james drummen redding was wearing a camera on his helmet when he landed upside down near the base of a tree while snow boarding last week. he was covered by about 6 feet of snow but was able to breathe. luckily he had his cell phone with him and was able to direct rescuers to his exact locations. it took him about an hour to find him and pull him to safety. >>> and there's a few clouds out there now but a warm day in store tomorrow with temperatures getting into the eight 80s. we go outside to live tracker 2. the san francisco airport at 52-degree. san jose is at 56. mild out there, we're going to look for patchy fog just like we've looked the last few mornings. some rain north of here. that's an indication that the seaso

ucsf < we, we have two location. >> the chargers are currently -- >> for electric vehicles, i don't know. >> so this expands it to 12 other locations. >> right. for the car share program. >> any questions? cohen? >> thank you. they will be hi in high- density areas. is mission bay what you are talking about? >> i will let amy answer these questions.

ucsf < we, we have two location. >> the chargers are currently -- >> for electric vehicles, i don't know. >> so this expands it to 12 other locations. >> right. for the car share program. >>

the smaller schools like ucsf and santa cruz will have to cut about $30 million, but the bigger schools like berkeley and ucla will have to cut over $80 million. each school will present their proposed cuts to the regents who will make sure they are responsible plans under the circumstances. >> what we will hear today are a series of scenarios that take into account the current cut and we will see how it will play out in each campus, what programs we would have to cut. what services we would have to cut, and how each campus will adapt in this new future we are are facing. >> reporter: the uc regents are paying close attention to what is happening in sacramento where the state assembly and senate scheduled a 1 p.m. vote. governor brown wants the legislature to approve a june special election where voters will be asked to extend sales, vehicle and income taxes so the budget cuts won't be as severe. even if the extensions are approved, the uc system will see $500 million in cuts, but the state warns there could be more if the taxes are not extended. the only school exempt is uc merced and

campbell is a professor of clinical surgery at ucsf and a graduate of harvard university. he completed his internal medicine, general surgery, and surgical critical care residencies at the columbia presbyterian medical in new york. as a trauma and acute care surgery -- surgeon at san francisco general hospital, dr. campbell saves lives every time he goes to work. he makes a difference every day by serving those that are in emergency situations. as you know, san francisco general hospital is the only trauma hospital in san francisco, and it treats everyone. the reason i asked dr. campbell to join us today is to express our gratefulness to him and his service for district 10, but to give. whenever one of our constituents gets shot, this is the doctor pulling of the bullets and stitching them up and educating them on how their life has value. this is the man. i brought him here today said you can take a look and understand what exactly -- what a life saver looks like. so i am deeply grateful for dr. campbell and the enormous impact he has. as just one individual on our whole

the smaller schools like ucsf and santa cruz will have to cut about $30 million, but the bigger schools like berkeley and ucla will have to cut over $80 million. each school will present their proposed cuts to the regents who will make sure they are responsible plans under the circumstances. >> what we will hear today are a series of scenarios that take into account the current cut and we will see how it will play out in each campus, what programs we would have to cut. what services we would have to cut, and how each campus will adapt in this new future we are are facing. >> reporter: the uc regents are paying close attention to what is happening in sacramento where the state assembly and senate scheduled a 1 p.m. vote. governor brown wants the legislature to approve a june special election where voters will be asked to extend sales, vehicle and income taxes so the budget cuts won't be as severe. even if the extensions are approved, the uc system will see $500 million in cuts, but the state warns there could be more if the taxes are not extended. the only school exempt is uc merced and

you heard from the doctor, we had growth in our orthopedic area with a unique partnership between ucsf and san francisco general hospital. there were nine hired to maintain and sustain health care as well as an o.b. and specialty services that dr. browner mentioned are also expanded in our area and future growth, we have a fuel service community hospital now and we will continue to have one. there will be an increased capacity in the e.r., labor and derivativery. -- delivery. thank you for your consideration. >> thank you, president tierney, president olague and members of the health and planning commissions. my name is -- -- and i have worked at cpmc as a residential care steapt for nine years. i am a member of a union and a -- i have spent most of my life doing patient care. you can say that it is my calling. i learned how to do this work when i was 17 years old. and as an orphan in the philippines. through this work, i have been blessed to be able to earn a living for myself and to raise my jounger sister. the care takes a lot of tenderness for patients with alzheimers disease. our

that is a major route for people, by the way, needing to go to ucsf, to continue on, and so forth. it seems to me that this is an accommodation to the brie and vino crowd. before you do that, i would like to see what the preponderant of evidence is why it needs change, and is there any evidence of if you build tunnels to keep the present one way in effect, because you can only pair back on public driving and transportation so much in order to accommodate -- well, i do not know. i guess you could say -- director nolan: we will give you a little more time to speak. >> i think you get the point. >> the last person who has turned in as speaker card under this section. >> good afternoon, mr. chairman, board of directors. i'm going to speak about the employee park, even though it should be about one priority, but it is important that you understand what this local is going through, especially the employee parking. february 18, we met with john haley, the operating chief officer, and we brought some questions, some vital questions that have not been answered yet. one of the questions that

members of the san francisco police department routinely visit critically ill children at ucsf. we have an annual toy drive, or officers contribute their own money and host a toy drive -- where officers contributor own money and host a toy drive. we have a wilderness program, or kids who may not normally get to leave their neighborhood have the opportunity to go with officers into the wilderness to backpack and visit the snow. we participate, coach, and mentored jr. giants baseball, and we have a police athletic league where we have football, judo, cheerleading, and boxing. submitted the pleasing happens every day in our neighborhood with the cadet program. on the day shift, we feel 43 foot ships and on the night shift we have 40. of the 83 foot beats, 23 are assigned to the market street corridor. officers of the san francisco police department are stakeholders of the community. we volunteer our time, money, an effort to make a difference in the communities that we serve. our volunteerism and the nations are evident in the toy drive, the senior citizens' luncheons, and youth ac

doctors are still writing the prescriptions but patients at ucsf will now be receiving their medicationse help of a robot. the under unveiled a state of the art robotic pharmacy system. the correct dosages in containers destined for u.c.'s multiple hospitals. the robots can handle certain medications with even greater precision than humans. >> the robots actually have the ability to exceed the ability of a slings to measure volume it they will introduce a bar code system it is. >> we continue to follow developing news in berkeley where police stand out with a barricaded man that has come to an end. >> what happened in 1992 that could have possibly contributed to the explosion in san bruno in 2010? i'm amy hollyfield. i'll tell you all about it coming up next. >> and taxes this year. we could all use some help filling out the right forms. coming up, w [ female announcer ] why watch regular tv when you can experience the next generation of television service? at&t u-verse tv. tv like you've never seen before at a really great price. go now to the website below and get u-verse tv starting a

cal has two other hospital sites that will have emergency room care and we have all of two sites for ucsf. san francisco general and kaiser and three catholic health care west facilities in or near san francisco, so it is not like all of our emergency care is going to be isolated in one facility. those are the main things i take out of this. there are a lot of other things but i'm not going to belabor the points except to say that it was a very interesting discussion. i appreciate it. >> commissioner sugaya? >> just a quick comment on the proposed schedule. i think it is too aggressive. for one thing, you're trying to have us consider the entitlements and at the same time initiate planning code, general plan amendments. i don't think that is going to work, for me, anyway. i don't know about the rest of the commission. but we could have a little bit of space in between the entitlements and in addition, that would be a little bit better. >> it wouldn't happen until june. >> ok. but anyway -- >> i'm not ready to initiate at the same hearing is what i'm saying. >> i would agree with commissio

in 2006, i lost my health insurance due to my funding at ucsf, which is mostly soft money funding from teaching, dropping below 50%. it was a crisis and dramatic time, because i had also just received a suspicious mammogram result and needed follow-up care quickly to determine whether or not i had breast cancer. i transferred my care from the uc faculty practice over to lyon-martin, and the care that i received was excellent. i luckily did not have cancer. it took a number of tests to determine that. since then, i have remained with the clinic, just for my follow- up care and keeping my blood pressure under control, keeping my weight under control, and not being judged for it. there are so many ways that might care -- my care is the highest quality possible in the private or public sector. think again. i hope you guys can help us out. supervisor mirkarimi: before the next speaker comes up, i am going to read the remainder of the cards i have. if i have not call your name and you want to speak, please file to the middle of the aisle and come one after the other. claire bowman, yolande s

. >> reporter: ucsf radiation biologist says exposure comes from a variety of sources. >> flying in an airplane you get radiation increased radiation, because of the altitude, because our atmosphere shields some radiation. so higher up you get a higher dose. >> reporter: according to the american nuclear society flying exposes you to five microsieverts in the air. it's one way to measure radiation. watching an old-fashioned it one with a cathode ray tube exposes you to 10 microsieverts. getting your teeth ex-parade, 5. a mammogram, 420 microsieverts. >> you're always having to think of radiation in terms of risk and benefits. there is risk in driving a car. there is a risk in radiation. >> reporter: the radiation we receive walking down the street in our daily lives is called background radiation. not much we can do about it. but the radiation we get through medical procedures is called diagnostic radiation and there, we do have a choice. >> there always has to be a more benefit than there is risk. i mean, that's the way we look at it. >> reporter: which is why women don't get mammogra

you heard from the doctor, we had growth in our orthopedic area with a unique partnership between ucsf and san francisco general hospital.

. >> and ucsf was given money by a mystery woman.he left the school $48 million for research and care. when the university made at announcement you had to admit they zront a picture of her. >> i think she was a private person. >> jeff golden was nina ireand's doctor treating her chronic lung disease. he's in charge of the gift that ireland left to the pulmonary unit. >> this is a new news to us. we're discussing how we make the most of the opportunity. >> golden shared this picture of nina ireland. you won't find any others beyond her death notice and reports of her request. of the seven people who signed herron line memorial most were people who worked for her. deborah kent, her dog groomer. >> she lived an isolated lichl i felt privileged when i think about it you ask me, i never regarded her like that because i went to her house every month. she was my friend. >> and born and raised in birmingham heir to a fortune she bought one of the most famous homes in the city. she shunned society and the person who spent time with her was he

berkeley and ucsf to tell the regents genetics thought not to make any more cuts -- regents not to make any more cuts. >>> we're going to have a break today, right, mike? later on it's going to pick up rain again? >> absolutely. that is the key to the forecast. we will have breaks but when the ground be too wet for t-ball. but less amounts of rain as you head into the south bay. you may be able to get some outdoor activity easier in other areas. live doppler 7 hd, scattered light rain throughout the bay. north bay getting a little bit of a break, radar is not picking up as big and strong returns as it was earlier. down around the south bay, bulk of the moisture falling in the higher elevations. we do have rain and mountain snow if you are heading to the sierra. up to the north, most of it will stay around our neighborhoods. here we are 8:00 in the morning, light rain just about anywhere, low 50s. when we head to noon, a drying trend in the north bay and sun breaking through the clouds while the rest of us dealing with scattered light rain. temperatures in the mid-50s. by 4:00, everybody

doctors are still writing the prescriptions did you patients at ucsf will now be receiving their medicationsh the help of a robot. the university has unveiled a state of the art robotic pharmacy system. the machines can sort through thousands of prescriptions at a time placing the correct dosages and containers destined for multiple hospitals. the robots can handle certain medications with even greater precision than humans. >> they would have said that the machines are very accurate, even more accurate than syringes on liquids. they plan to introduce a bar code system this fall to allow personnel to match it instantly to the patient's i.v. >> you might want to consider new technology to help you keep track of kids behind the wheel. helps parents monitor their teens' driving habits without being in the car. involves driver's speed, braking and acceleration. >> plugs right in. it's gonna beep. and that's it. it's basically a reminder for them to drive safe and basically having the parents in the car without having them in the car. >> parents can connect the devise to their computer to see how

doctors are still writing the prescriptions for patients at ucsf.hey're receiving medications with the help of a robot. the machines can sort through thousands of prescriptions at a time placing the correct dosages in containers destined for the u.c.'s multiple hospitals. researchers say that robots can handle certain medications with even greater precision than humans. >> the i. b. robots actually have the ability to exceed the ability of a shrink to measure volume. >> you can scan a code on a prescription and match it instantly to a patient's i.d. >> looking for a person who stole a backpack carrying the ashes of a deceased man. terry mcsweeney is live at alameda headquarters. terry? >> police trying to figure this one out for a lot of reasons. the incident happened at the christ episcopal church here in alameda. someone grabbed a backpack that had been left alone 5 or 10 minutes and took off with it. why would they do that? look where it happened, christ episcopal church. investigators are trying to figure out who and why? the family members were

ucsf neuroscientist says with stroke patients music may help recruit other parts of the brain to take over. >> if, for example, you have a large stroke that affects those left areas of the brain that are involved in speaking, and are damaged, a lot of therapy might help recruit structures on the right side. >> reporter: as for heart he has done music therapy with all sorts of patients. his theory, it is the beat. >> we are embedded in a universe of rhythm, vibrations and brings back memories and times and places especially for people who are in the darkness who have lost that connection. >> the movie is based on an essay "the last hippy" by a famed neurologist. micky heart met him and gave him tickets and dr. sachs decided to bring his patient who like the kid in the movie had a massive brain tumor. when the patient heard the dead play he spoke up and asked where was pig pen. pig pen was the founding member of the dead. he had died nearly 20 years earlier. pig pen by the way is buried in palo alto. >> i'm looking forward to this movie. >> really awesome. >> i think it will be great. >

in 1979, he became founding director of the rosslynn russell medical center for arthritis at ucsf.n't come up with a complete cure yet. but i wouldn't be surprised if we get it within the next several years. >> from high-tech movies to medicine he has seen a lot in the passed century. >> looking back i realize that i have had a remarkable interesting life. >> three children and six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. one of his sons also a doctor just announced he is about to retire. as for this doctor? >> i don't intend to retire until the good lord advises me to or the university. >> reporter: in fact, he still loves showbiz, showing how this rolling stone gathers no moss. dr. kim mulvahill, cbs 5, health watch. >> i think we need a remedy for this rain. >> don't we, roberta? >> certainly do but not going to see it any time today. our temperature span was anywhere from 52 to 61 degrees. and we got plentiful rainfall. in the gillroy area south of san jose we did have a funnel cloud spotted. but that funnel retreated back into the cloud. that occurred at 3:00 this afternoon.