ucsf cardiologists looked at a number of safety studies. they found 96% of studies consider tasers to be safe. while only 55% of studies believe them to be safe. past ucsf studies have warned about the risk of cardiac arrest of people who are taserd. >>> president obama flew to meet with the troops who recently returned from afghanistan. >> you showed incredible skill and courage of countless individuals, intelligence, military over many years. the terrorist leader who struck our nation on 9/11 will never threaten america again. >> reporter: president obama awarded presidential unit citations to the helicopter pilots and navy seals who carried out the osama bin laden raid. the highest honor that can be given to a military unit. >>> the white house just released new video of the raid to the home of osama bin laden. the video shows the president and vice president speaking one on one with white house staff outside the situation room. vice president biden is shown calling leading members of the congress to inform them the terrorist leader was

ucsf, california pacific, marin general, and ulta baits. >> averages were twice as high as they should have been. all four bay area hospitals told us they made changes to keep radiation doses as low as possible. >> very clear standards for what are acceptable doses of radiation exposure. >> but nationwide low dose standards. she testified about it to congress. as for accidents like the cases at cedar siani, manufactures have a fix. an alert system called a dose check. >> some ct manufactures have already begun shipping new equipment with the new feature and before the end of this year, all manufactures will have done so. >> but the fix comes too late for another round of radiation overdoses that came to light this spring at a hospital in west virginia. leaving at least 20 more patients to worry about what their future holds. >> i live with this anxiety every day, you know, i go to sleep with it. i wake up with it. >> am i going to survive it? am i going to die from cancer? how long will this take? >> a law passed last year will require hospitals and imaging facilities to report ct radi

luke's, ucsf picked up the lion's share of the burden. chinese, which is distinct in many ways, and cpmc and kaiser are at the bottom of the list. supervisor campos: just a quick question -- how does that happen? is that a decision that the individual hospital made? how does that come to be? those percentages. how is it that, you know, a hospital is that 37%, and another one is that 10% or 2%, for that matter. >> that is also a good question, which we could go into more detail about. it would be nice to have specific figures for the city and county, but generally speaking, people either come to a hospital because their doctor sends them their and their doctor or practitioner has an affiliation, or because they show up in an ambulance. we will look at ambulance the version as well. suddenly, hospitals and their related providers can be making decisions, and at many points along the way about how accessible they allow their services to be, or the terms under which they negotiate with low-income patients. they can attract them or not. so the

ucsf, mount sinai, and community hospitals -- mount zion. that is how our hospital admissions fell out by affiliation. these are our costs by active employees total hospital costs. it will look at the trend, which is the next slide, overall, kaiser hospital costs have remained at about -- i think i just got ahead of myself -- this is the same, looking at average hospital cost per day, and other comes up the highest. i should say, those are usually out of network. when you are on a vacation and get admitted, that probably would include trauma centers, uc-davis, etc., so that falls in, but our health plans do not negotiate hospital rates with them, so we pay whatever comes up there. again, kaiser is our largest provider of care. the other hospitals charge more, but it makes for a very small percentage of our total amount. sutter is the second highest in terms of cost per day. ucsf, interestingly enough, came out with the lowest cost per day, which is actually surprising when we were working with the data. this is a 12-month rolling measure of

ucsf, california pacific, marin general and alta bates. >> twice as high as they should have been for the average. >> reporter: all four bay area hospitals told us they made changes to keep radiation doses as low as possible. >> we need very clear standards for what are acceptable levels of radiation exposure. >> reporter: as for accidents like the cases at the hospital says manufacturers have a fix. an alert system called a dose check. >> some manufacturers have already begun shipping new equipment with the new feature. and before the end of this year all manufacturers will have done so. >> reporter: but the fix comes too late for another round of radiation overdoses that came to light this spring in west virginia at a hospital leaving at least 20 more patients to worry about what their future holds. >> i live with this anxiety every day. i go to sleep with it and wake up with it. >> am i going to survive it? am i going to die from cancer? how long will this take? >> reporter: a law passed last year will require hospitals and imaging facilities to report ct radiation doses to patient

the biggest issues for dog patch right now are the proposed ucsf hospital that wants to be placed at the north end of dogpatch. they do not have to follow the planning codes of san francisco. that is not to say that we are inherently opposed to ucsf and what they potentially bring to the neighborhood. it is just that we need to be aware of what their plans are. >> in our show, we have heard a lot about the challenges facing the people of district 10. let's hear about the proposed solutions. >> in this world we live in today, the technology is already there. i would not even mind seeing a solar former place all of this. the tide rolls in, and it rolls out, and do you know that the force of that type rolling in and out will generate enough energy to keep this city going? >> the kind of changes that i would like to see -- definitely more greening, more sensitivity to planting trees, creating more open space. >> if people want to have a good job out here, people getting educated, you see this community change. you see a lot of people coming into this community. this community probably gr

. >> coming up next, new research from ucsf into the pros and cons of police stun guns. turns out many of the previous studies may have been biased. and the baby that arrived a few minutes too soon. the kincaids live here. across the street, the padillas. ben and his family live here, too. ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. there are lots of reasons why re/max agents average more sales than other agents. experience, certainly. but maybe it's also because they care about the markets they serve and the neighbors who rely on them. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld >> doctors treating injured giants fan brian stowe have decided to hold off on performing additional surgery to remove fluid built up in his brain. stowe is still in critical condition and hasn't regained consciousness since his medical team stopped giving him drugs that kept him in a medically induced coma last week. those doctors plan to slowly reduce his medicine. they are looking for the man who

it is all ucsf research, which is seemingly their primary mission at the moment, although not on paper. here you have a federal organization without any rapport with the community whatsoever. in fact, the community has filed suit against them, for noncompliance with nepa, and could possibly the very second legal action in order to get some reaction from them. the housing action coalition have their housing forum yesterday morning. it was, as usual, an excellent forum. the chief economist for san francisco participated. this was one of the more, say, active, interactive discussions we have had regarding public housing, low income housing. i thought it was particularly well done. a lot of interesting statistics were brought up. everything from the financing on down. i already mentioned the spur meeting on fisherman's wharf. commissioner fong was there. that went really well. i had a conversation with assemblymember kathleen from merced. she wrote the legislation on high-speed rail. the director's name came up several times as the head of the cooperative work the city has been pursuing fo

interns and residents while they rotate through san francisco general will be the same as they are at ucsf. they will be at the same wage rate. >supervisor campos: why don't we open up to public comment? we will have to limit public comment to 2 minutes. if you have comment, please come forward on this item. >> good morning, supervisors. i worked at san francisco general hospital for 20 years. i would like to thank the mayor for sponsoring this item. i would like to thank this committee for hearing at this morning. especially as item number one. i would like to credit sentences -- the "san francisco examiner" for the recent front-page stories that dealt with this subject specifically. they pointed out by sleep that the city and county of san francisco and the department's public health would have to pay a few extra million dollars per year in order to carry out this agreement. from my 20 years at san francisco general, i'm all in favor -- all in favor of improvements at the hospital. i feel certain people have been taken advantage of for a long time. something like this is way overdue. i w

hernandez received a posthumous degree from ucsf. >>> endeavour lifted off this morning. >> and liftff for the final launch of endeavour. >> today's launch was two weeks later than planned because of an electrical problem. one of the people on hand was commander mark kelly's wife wounded congresswoman giffords. her chief of staff says there wasn't a lot of talking as they watched. until endeavour was on its way. >> she did at the end say to me, she looked up and said, good stuff. good stuff. >> reporter: giffords and other family members were shielded from public view which is nasa's custom. endeavour's 25th and final mission is scheduled to last 16 days. >>> with his trademark bravado donald trump announced he is steps down from the race to the white house. >> i have decided we're going to go forward with celebrity apprentice. i will not be running for president as much as i would like to. >> reporter: trump did release a statement saying he remains a strong conviction if he were to run he would win the primary and the election. the áf mike huckabee announced he too has has decided

hernandez received a posthumous degree from ucsf. >>> endeavour lifted off this morning. >> and lift off for the final launch of endeavour. >> today's launch was two weeks later than planned because of an electrical problem. one of the people on hand was commander mark kelly's wife wounded congresswoman giffords. her chief of staff says there wasn't a lot of talking as they watched. until endeavour was on its way. >> she did at the end say to me, she looked up and said, good stuff. good stuff. >> reporter: giffords and other family members were shielded from public view which is nasa's custom. endeavour's 25th and final mission is scheduled to last 16 days. >>> with his trademark bravado donald trump announced he is steps down from the race to the white house. >> i have decided we're going to go forward with celebrity apprentice. i will not be running for president as much as i would like to. >> reporter: trump did release a statement saying he remains a strong conviction if he were to run he would win the primary and the election. the áf mike huckabee announced he too has has decide

ucsf is one of our 46 doing our hips and knees. the document under blue shield, that is an integrated health model. in the first year, which we've highlighted, we paid 50 -- we say $15 million. we're now starting to see additional savings this year of $9 million, and we expect to move forward in terms of starting to see savings each year in terms of guiding our members to an integrated health model. we are seeing savings by reductions in hospital days, reductions in the admissions, and greater efficiencies for both the hospital and physicians as well as better coordinated care, and we are going to continue to watch that model as it unfolds, both for our members as well as any future accountable care organizations that blue shield will be developing in other parts of the state. i want to point out something i think you need to pay attention to because we are starting to pay attention to it. that is that cost management of the implantable medical devices -- we worry that we will see a proliferation in the market of multi-competing co

. >> reporter: ucsf radiology professor rebecca smith simon says a lack of national guidelines allows radiation doses to vary widely. sometimes exposing the patients more than needed. >> it can lead to an increased risk of cancer. but that cancer won't occur right away. it might not occur for a few years or five years or ten or 20 years. >> in a study published over 11 years ago they looked at patients undergoing ct scans at four bay area hospitals. ucsf, california mask, marin general and ulta baits. >> the averages were twice as high as they should have been. the extreme doses were 10, 20, 30 times higher than they should be. >> reporter: all four area hospitals said they made changes to keep radiation doses as low as possible. >> we need very clear standards for what are acceptable of radiation exposure. >> reporter: but they want nationwide low dose standards. she has testified about it to congress. as for accidents like the cases at cedar sinai, industry spokesperson dave fisher says manufacturers have a fix, an alert system called a dose check. >> some ct manufacturers have alre

he will likely to be taken to ucsf. on the phones to talk more about bryant's condition, rosa from the medical center she is on the phone with the latest. how would you describe his condition? >>caller: if his condition continues to be critical, he remains in a comatose state. he is medically stable to be able to transfer to the san francisco general. we're making of the transportation arrangements to have him transferred to san francisco on monday morning. we just got up the phone with the admissions office at the san francisco general family are trying to secure the union and the bed as to where mr. still will be transferring to. half >>pam: will he be flown are driven? >> he will be flown, fell he will then be transported to the hospital via an ambulance. >>pam: you have any sense whether he knows whether his family has been with him, has he been able to respond to anything? >>caller: he has not been able to respond to any kind of stimulus. i don't know the family continues to be very supportive, they continue to be

they plan to move him to ucsf medical center in san francisco. 43-year-old still remains in an la hospital six weeks after he was jumped outside of dodgers stadium. he is still in a coma, but he hasn't had a seizure in two weeks. a move to ucsf would ease the family's burden because it is much closer to their home. in la, there is a new push in the hunt for suspects. the first of more than 300 billboards is set to go up tomorrow. those billboards will show sketches of the two suspects and promote the reward. the advertising company is paying for those billboards in la. lemar advertising company. >>> and the state capitol and the even bigger plans for friday. >>> nothing our planes start flying when it's dark. and they don't stop flying until it's dark again. flying all day, every day. you deserve our best. that's why there's so many flight options. [ webber ] southwest airlines has seven daily nonstop flights from the bay area to chicago midway to fit your schedule. ♪ hey, we're on your schedule, not ours. there will be another one back here in a

ucsf. that is this area right here. >> it is an earthquake hazard micro zone. >> again, another example of the wpa. the streets, they wanted to get to the top of the hill, said the duties beautiful walls and stairways. they are doing well. >> all of these hillsides have catalyzed the design and construction of the interesting foundations and sub framing. >> up there, you'll find quite often, because it is rock, they have dug holes, filled it with concrete, put pulls up, and built their buildings. they have been there actually now 67 years. >> some of these are significant earthquake hazard? >> many of them, because they're not properly braced, because the foundations are not deep enough. the consequences could be significant during an earthquake. >> the tunnel opened that whole section up to development. did that lead to park side? >> west portal is right here. it this slope. westport open up this whole area down here, with the reservoir. the tunnel was built and two different ways. one of

they plan to move him to ucsf medical center in san francisco. 43-year-old still remains in an la hospital six weeks after he was jumped outside of dodgers stadium. he is still in a coma, but he hasn't had a seizure in two weeks. a move to ucsf would ease the family's burden because it is much closer to their home. in la, there is a new push in the hunt for suspects. the first of more than 300 billboards is set to go up tomorrow. those billboards will show sketches of the two suspects and promote the reward. the advertising company is paying for those billboards in la. lemar advertising company. >>> and the state capitol and the even bigger plans for friday. >>> nothing else has worked. the novel approach towards fighting crime is now being tried in one bay area city. [ music ] ktvu, channel 2 news in the morning weekdays at 7:00 a.m. go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what

some new developments in the beating death of a ucsf medical student at a san francisco nightclub.e released this surveillance video from the temple nightclub on january 9th. investigators say it shows the suspect described as an asian man with a sleeve tattoo on his right arm. police say he probably lives in the south bay maybe even in san jose. the victim, 30-year-old joe hernandez, was beaten to death. a 22-year-old san jose woman is also facing charging in this case. >>> governor brown says despite california's improving economy he's still calling for tax extensions to balance the budget. in releasing his revised may budget, the governor says an unexpected $6.6 billion in new tax revenue may help the state's economic picture. but the governor says it still leaves the state with a nearly $10 billion deficit down from $15 billion. so he says he's still looking for the four republican votes he needs to get the tax extension proposal on the ballot. >> i'm talking to anybody i think that is a plausible vote and that's more than four and less than ten. >> most republicans continue to

dozen of major hospitals and medical centers like catholic health care west, stanford medical center, ucsf and most recently and currently under construction, kaiser permanente oakland medical center. it is with great interest as -- and good intentions that i speak to you this evening. here's what i have learned about cpmc project and it really impresses me. i'll give three examples. number one, place. there's been a great effort in my opinion with great success in integrating buildings and neighborhoods. health care services are both inwardy focused -- inwardly focused and outwardly focused. some can and need to embrace and enhance the community and some need to be up heard and unseen. i see a complex balance between function, design, and experience which again i believe is being addressed very nicely in this design. number two, world class. san francisco is a world class city and it deserves world class medical institutions. i know a little bit about the issue of world classes. i was appointed to the defense healed board advisory committee charged with enshiring that the new walter reed

he is stable enough to be transported to ucsf from an la hospital next week. doctors have confirmed. stow in santa cruz and has been in a coma since the first day. there will be 300 giant bill boards with the sketches of the men wanted for attacking him. >> students are holding a protest on budget cuts. they skipped classes to call attention to the cuts. last week special election the voters rejected a partial tax to fund the school. the district loses money when they are not in school. they are so desperate, they walked out anyway. >> we have problems about not getting a lot of money because they are not in class. it doesn't matter anymore. because we are not getting money at all. we are losing 10 million dollars already. >> today's protest comes at a time when the teachers declared a state of the emergency and organized a major protest this week. >> here's how the budget crisis is hitting home for bay area school districts. last night mount diablo school district voted to lay off 180 teachers and other staff members. more than 300 jobs will be eliminated in

family members are considering moving him from his los angeles hospital room to the ucsf medical center in san francisco. that move could come as early as next week. now the 43-year-old paramedic from santa cruz is still in a coma six weeks after that attack. >>> time now 5:05. another protest rally by angry teachers is planned for later today right outside the wells fargo bank in downtown oakland. they're demanding that banks pay more taxes. now the tax protest by oakland teachers started yesterday. they say many banks and other large corporations don't pay their fair share. and they say higher taxes on banks would help reduce california's education budget crisis. >>> ac transit bus fares are going up. the hikes were scheduled to start august 1st with a 10-cent increase for adults and 5 cents for youths, seniors and disabled. ac transit says the increase will bring in about $2 million, but that will not be enough to close the agency's $15 million budget gap. as a result another round of service cuts could come some time next year. >>> wow. time now 5:06. sal is wide awake. you ready to

president mendoza: can i add to that, so that we have over 3,000 of our high school seniors go to ucsf, san francisco city and state college and sit in on classes that will prepare them once they're on the campus whether it was financial aid or filling out application. any of our students who did not have plans to go on to college or weren't sure what they were doing, we had them apply to city college so city college has been a really great partner for us and we congratulate all of you guys for coming out and we hope to do it again next year. any other announcements? ms. wilson? >> started doing something unusual. last year, a friend of mine who graduated before me was invited to take part in the graduation ceremonies wearing cap and gown and the whole deal. and this year, my class -- i don't know how many of them are left -- but my class, and i will be participating in the little graduation on may 25th. [applause] i graduated -- i was in the class of december 1936, but that year they changed the class so that actually we graduated in january of 1937. president mendoza: that's fantasti

disabled bay area man is chasing his dream of competing in mixed martial arts with help of experts at ucsf>> nor is he missing the devastating kicks. in fact about the only thing he is missing is his right leg. >> it was one of those things where i put myself in a situation there was a crossfire going on between two rival gangs and unfortunately ways shot. >> now five years after that, san jose native is hoping to compete in mixed martial arts. he is training with professional fighters who knows the road is a long one. >> i have to start off small but my main goal is to compete with able-bodied people. >> the problem with the technology with his leg, he would get sweaty naturally and it would slip and his leg would fall off literally while he was training. >> to overcome the obstacle of his artificial leg, he turned to matthew giar balance did i. >> when you have someone like this, that excites us but we want to match their desire with the technology that is available. >> garabaldi recommended the high fidelity socket. it's designed with a tighter cut that features open cuts and to make it

. >> i am a fashion design student here at ucsf.ansition was a little rough, but i found my way. i have not decided what school i am going to transfer to, but i am hoping fit -- f.i.t. in new york. >> i am from balboa high school. i am planning to go to city college this year. >> good morning, everyone. i came to america two years ago, i am planning to go to city college first and then transferred to ucla -- transferred to ucla. thank you. >> i am a graduate of balboa high school, and i am a student here at city college. >> ok, well, welcome, everybody. we thought what would be helpful for this -- those of us on this side of the park would be to hear from each of you one of two things. if you are in high school, tell us when you knew you were going to be a college student and what we either did to help or did not do to help to get you to that point. if you are in city college, it would be helpful to hear a similar thing -- what got you into city college, and what made it possible for you to stay? anyone who wants to start is welcome

to san francisco and taken by ambulance to ucsf.he giants owner even recommended a doctor to deal with stow's delicate recovery. his sister spoke to us by phone about the overwhelming support. >> people say this story has really touched them as well as made them angry. so it's just really helped us get through and realize how good people truly are. >> reporter: that outpouring of love and concern came to stow's home. the city of beverly hills sent a proclamation in honor of the giants fans, something stow would love. >> he always wanted to be famous. a weird way to go about it. not the path most of us would take, but hey. stranger things. >> family and friends want people to be aware of thieves offering support. >> people love to give and especially in this situation, and you may not know who you're giving to. >> reporter: people have been giving in a big way, and it comes at a time when family and friends' hopes are high. >> for me, if it's up on the website, it's legitimate. >> reporter: now, according to the family website, peopl

it covers ucsf, los angeles, san diego and irvine. the deal gives the nurses an 11% pay increase over the next 26 months. >>> a large shipping company is reducing air pollution at the port of oakland. american president lines is running the ships on port power. california mandated that half of the shipping traffic has to use the trite trystdy ty by shore by 2013. >>> over the course of the year this process will eliminate 50,000 pounds of nitrogen oxide emissions at the port. >> american president lines received nearly $5 million in grants from the state and the bay area air quality management district to retrofit the ships. >>> this is the new route you will be taking off the bay bridge on sunday. how you can drive it right now, right at home, coming up. >>> it assumes i'm a white supremacist. >> students react to allegations that shut them out of senior prom. >>> it will not feel like the last weekend of may this holiday weekend. coming up, the coolest day of the weekend and when winds could gust to over 30 miles per hour. dad, i wa

he is expected to be moved to the ucsf medical center sometime in the next week. >>> a new way to protectrself from the flu without getting a big needle in your arm and how your lifestyle could put you at risk for dementia. manuel gallegus explains. >> reporter: new research shows taking care of a spouse or family member with dementia may increase the caregiver's risk of developing mental issues. the university of washington study says older caregivers can have problems with attention and memory because of the lifestyle they share with their loved ones and because of the stress of caring for them. researchers say caregivers need their own support system to maintain their health. >>> a new study finds very obese women may be able to lose some weight during pregnancy and reduce their chances of having a ceasarean section. the study in the journal of obstetrics and gynecology looked at more than 46,000 obese pregnant women and found women who gained less than the recommended amount of weight or even lost weight had a lower risk of having a big baby or needing a c-section. it's recommended ob

to san francisco and taken by ambulance to ucsf. the giants owner even recommended a doctor to deal with stow's delicate recovery. his sister spoke to us by phone about the overwhelming support. >> it's just people who heard this story, it's really touched them. and as well as made them angry. so it's just really helped us get through and realize how good people truly are. >> that outpouring of love and concern came in the mail to stow's home. the city of beverly hills sent this proclamation in honor of the giants' fan, something stow would love. >> he always wanted to be famous. and in a weird about way of doing that. exactly the path, i think, most of us would take, but, hey, stranger things. >> family and friends want stow's fans to be aware of thieves taking advantage of their support. >> you can go stick a can outside of a safeway and say, hey, donates for bryan and nobody would know the difference and people love to give and especially in this situation and you may not know who you are giving to. >> people have been giving in

as a family member or friend been referred to a specialist or up to ucsf or into cpmc from out of town with no record of what was done for the referral, so blood tests are done all over again? this happens every day. another external driver is poor quality care. about 10 years ago, the concept of never events began to take hold. this is surgery on the wrong leg, a drug those that combine with another can be lethal. an infection that could be prevented by washing hands before touching the next patient. the result is loss of revenue for doctors, maybe a malpractice suit. medicare no longer pays for never events. health plans available to you and city employees, have they stopped paying? still another driver is physician practice patterns. researchers at brigham of medical school have documented for years that the chance of getting this or that procedure to treat this or that problem there is extremely across the country -- varies extremely across the country. you have a heart problem in minnesota, you get medication to treat it. you have the same problem in miami, you get quadruple bypas

faculty from ucsf's dermatology department held the screenings which involve a visual examination of the skin. they noted any skin markings that looked suspect. people also received information on how to protect themselves from the sun. and dermatologists say early detection is key to diagnosing potential cases of melanoma. >> one in five americans has skin cancer at some point in their lives. this rate is actually increasing. so we would really like to raise awareness and help prevent the rate increase and diagnose any issues early. >> more than it 90% of skin cancer is caused by excessive exposure to the sun. skin cancer is one of the most common types of cancer, and as she mentioned, one in five americans will get it in the course of their lifetime. and we're going to check in with rob about the sunshine. i am one of those one in five who's had skin cancer. and now i cover myself up like crazy just to make sure. we had a little sun out there today. >> yeah. we're watching sunshine especially this time of year and the sun angle gets stronger and stronger into june and july. you do