and was operated by the ucsf medical center up until 2003. and at that time, the department of medicine and the school of medicine, took over the operation and then also, again in 2003, the department of medicine, transferred operation to sfgh and dph because they were no longer able to do the operation and so dph contracts with ucsf to provide that continuity going back to the beginning of the facility. and in the terms of current operations we have 13 chairs, for dialysis and run several different shifts trying to optimize the capacity. and the shifts were added over the last two years, just to provide more, and so they are very early morning shifts weekend shifts and late evening shifts just to maximize the capacity of those limited 13 chairs. and in addition, to those 13 chairs, there is also a home dialysis component, which is called capd, continuous dialysis and there are about 30 patients who come in to the dialysis center at sfgh to receive their education, orientation and how to do the dialysis at home and they are usually able to,se

several hundred people picketed in front of ucsf san francisco in san francisco this morning. nurses are not part of the walkout. 22,000 patient care and service workers at five uc medical centers across uc medical campuses are taking part in the one-day strike. >> we're out here because -- it's an unfair labor practice strike. they intimidated us on the last strike. >> uc officials say they are committed to reaching a long- term labor agreement with the workers. ucsf says doctors had to postpone at least 50 nonelective surge riles because of the -- surgeries because of the strike. and uc santa cruz says access into and out of the school is prerestricted because of the -- restricted because of the strike. workers are picketing at the two main entrances and that is preventing cars from driving on the campus. the school is not running campus shuttle buses and santa cruz metro buses will drop off passengers at stops near the entrances rather than go on campus. >>> ticket prices have now dropped for president obama's fund-raiser in san francisco. on monday, tibility sales were so

several hundred in fact hospital workers in front of ucsf.d forming around 6:00 this morning. their message to make sure their missage is heard by uc administrators. [ inaudible ] >> obviously technical problem momentarily. >>> a new office is due to open today for a program that lets people that live in oakland get a government id and prepaid debt card. oakland mayor jean quan is expected to be at the office on east oakland. more than 4,000 people have applied for that card since the program began in february. >>> a witness who saw a missing patient in a stairwell at san francisco general hospital has come forward. the hospital spokeswoman says the ucsf researcher working at the hospital is a mystery witness. he apparently reported seeing lynn spalding lying in a stairwell several days before her body was found in early october. >>> the body found last friday in the san leandro marina has been identified as a college student. 20-year-old da rick was last seen on november 7th heading to catch a bus to school. news chopper 2 flew over the mari

just before her double mastectomy surgery tuesday morning deborah cohen of san francisco turned the ucsfperating room into a club. she got the surgery team to turn on a beyonce song called "get me bodied" and they all danced. >> whoo! >> reporter: the video has more than 2 million hits on youtube in less than 48 hours. even beyonce has posted the video on her facebook page. days beforehand, cohen posted online that she would be having the surgery at ucsf mount zion at precisely 7:30 and encouraged her friends and family and the whole world to make their own video dancing with her. >> it's been an amazing flood of love. >> reporter: and now those videos are online, as well. >> i was more nervous about how the flash mob was going to go than how the surgery was going to go. >> reporter: deborah told the "right this minute" show she is feeling the love as she recovers. >> my muscles are pretty sore. so that is going to require some recuperation. i feel like i have done about 5,000 pushups. >> reporter: deborah cohen also happens to be a doctor at ucsf an ob/gyn. >> she is a good dancer. >> r

they are going to be out here in front of the ucsf medical center until 7:00 tonight.re talking everyone from respiratory therapists and mri techs to janitors. they have been working without a contract for more than a year and they are nowhere close to a deal. >> the operative word is safety. these are the people that keep these facilities clean and safe. >> reporter: this is the second strike this year for almost 22,000 patient care and service workers at five uc medical centers and nine campuses. this is video from may. >> we want to make sure that they are adequately resourced to care for patients especially at this time of growing demand. and when our workers have raised these concerns, they face illegal intimidation at the workplace. >> reporter: ucsf is trying to minimize patient impact but postponed almost 50 surgeries that i had. >> -- pose phoned 50 surgeries today. >> we have to do surgery ahead of time and tomorrow. then we have to ramp up to meet the needs and demands of these patients that needed to be done today. >> reporter: now, the judge did bar about

the workers that you can see here behind me a wide variety of roles here at ucsf medical center from respiratory therapists to mri technicians to janitors who have been working without a contract for more than a year and they are nowhere close to a deal. >> reporter: this is the second strike this year for two unions representing almost 22,000 patient care and service workers at five uc medical centers and nine campuses. >> we are your voice. we see the things behind the scenes that patients may not see. >> we have been telling the university forever that we have staffing problems. we're understaffed. we're putting patients at risk. and they try to shuts up. >> reporter: the university says there's no safety problem that this is driven by a year- long contract dispute about wages and pensions. ucsf is trying to minimize patient impact but postponed almost 50 surgeries today and chemo treatments, as well. >> we have had to do surgeries ahead of time and cases tomorrow. and that's a bigger impact as well because we have to ramp back up in order to meet the needs and demands of these pa

back out here live at the ucsf children's hospital, i just want to make note of all the sirens. another fire engine coming. we have a battalion chief and another -- it looks like some other people have been evacuated from the building. i don't see any smoke or any flames. i'm not exactly sure what this is related to, but i just want you to be aware that we're aware of it, and right now i don't see anything tremendous happening that would prevent people from standing out front. reporting live in san francisco, bob riddell, nbc bay area news. >> two stories in one. it's that development that we'll check back with you. in the meantime, new concerns about the safety of those popular ride-sharing services. the action uber is now taking after a driver allegedly assaulted a passenger. >>> all-time he's this morning for google, nasdaq, and san jose state. we'll take a look coming up. >>> sounds promising, but this really isn't. nasty weather hitting the east coast. we'll tell you what, if you're not heading out that way, it could impact your thanksgiving travel plans right here in the b

they will include uc berkeley and ucsf. the union is using patient care as a bargaining chip. >>> time is 4:36. a new office is scheduled to open today for a program that allows people that live in oakland to obtain a government id and prepaid debt card. more than 4,000 people have applied for the card since it began. >>> today is transgender remembrance day. they are paying special tribute to the teenager that was burned while riding an ac transit bus. he was sleeping on the bus when police say the skirt sasha was wearing was set on fire. 16-year-old richard thomas of oakland has been arrested. >>> the east oakland youth group behind a successful gun buy back program is announcing plans today for a bigger one throughout the bay area. the group youth uprising helped to get 600 guns off the street the day after the sandy hook school shooting in newtown -- in newtown, connecticut. san francisco, san jose, and los angeles will also participate. >>> some 200 protestors marched through san francisco's mission district to condemn

the doctor is the chief of pediatric oncology at ucsf children's hospital. one young patient and his father spoke about fighting cancer. >> they are the bad guys and i want him to take the bad guys out. >> if specific research that was done at ucsf as a result of grants like those save their child's life. >> he and his dad joined the fundraising effort. more than $22,000 from the head-shaving event about go to a foundation to fund research programs. >>> meteorologist lisa argen here now u say we may finally get some rain? >> yes, looking pretty likely, especially tuesday into wednesday that. is some good news. much welcome rain. let's take a look at live doppler 7hd this morning. there is fog out there. the only areas that are clear really mountain view and san jose. elsewhere partly cloudy skies and poor visibility, especially up in the north bay. so if you are headed out early this morning, not only is the visibility a problem, but it is cold. we have 37 degrees up in santa rosa. here's a look from our roof camera where it looks pretty good right there but

. >>> picket lines are still up at ucsf where workers are stage aing one-day strike. some 21,000 medical technicians walked off the job at ucsf and uc davis and three other uc medical centers. elective surgeries and certain treatments were postponed for the day, even though nurses were still on the job. those on strike operate x-ray and ultrasound equipment. union members say they're striking over patient care. >>> okay. take a look. the new 3d images of apple's new campus in cupertino. we're looking at it for the first time. it's dubbed the spaceship. you can see why right there. the cupertino city council approved the plan for this massive new building last night. the green light for apple also means more green for cupertino, as in money. the city cut the annual tax break it gives to apple from 50% to 35%. that means cupertino gets back nearly $2 million every year. now, today shovels in the ground. they didn't waste any time to get started. hard hats and equipment everywhere. apple's new campus should be completed in 2016. >> well, speaking of apple, many of you ow

benefiting the children's hospital at ucsf. the fans waited patiently in the rain for shuttle buses to go to the event. some even used their convention bro sures to stay -- brochures to stay dry. more than 120,000 people are expected at the moscone center event this week. so far yahoo ceo melissa meyer, and actor shawn penn have made appearances. meteorologist steve paulson will be tracking the wet weather all morning for you as your day begins. you can also get the latest weather information on our channel 2 website ktvu.com. >>> a dangerous intersection, poor visibility, and rain last night likely contributed to someone getting hit and dragged to death. the victim was initially hit by a car at broadway and lewis brown road at 6:00 p.m.. moments later a second car ran into the man and dragged him about a half a mile up the road. witnesses finally flagged down the 89-year-old driver who had no idea what happened. >> he was very torn up inside. i gave him a hug and he is just questioning why this had to happen to him. >> police

she is the chief of pediatric oncology at ucsf children's hospital. one young patient and his father spoke about fighting cancer. >> cancer cells are the bad guys and i picked you to take the bad guys out. >> if specific research that was done at ucsf as a result of grans like though given like the baldness save their child's life. >> he and his dad joined the fundraising effort. more than $22,000 from the head-shaving event about go to a foundation to fund research programs. one of our colleagues, his son was part of that. he and his son both did the head shaving. >>> meteorologist lisa argen here now talking about rain, rain. >> yeah, a couple days away. right now we have plenty of fog out there. it's clear in mountain view, though. live doppler 7hd. the sun setting at 4:57. so not a whole lot of time to enjoy the sunny and pretty nice afternoon. so get out and enjoy it." things will be changing the next couple of days from our roof camera. you can see the clouds around san francisco. temperatures still in the low 50s here with low 40s down the road

i feel like i have done about 5,000 pushups. >> reporter: deborah also happens to be a doctor at ucsfgyn. her colleagues are marvelling at her inspirational moves. >> something like that going viral sends out a lot of love personally to her and also around the world. i definitely wish her the best. i hope she is dancing just like that tomorrow. >> reporter: joe vazquez, kpix 5. >> she can bust a move there. as for why she chose that song, get pe bodied, she said, who wouldn't? >> yeah. >> makes sense. >> okay. >>> on to business now. the market is getting its first look at the nation's employment picture from last month. we get the new numbers from alexis christoforous of cbsmoneywatch.com. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a surprise here with the unemployment report for the month of october. the economy added a better- than-expected 204,000 jobs. wall street was expecting about 120. but the unemployment rate inched up to 7.3% from 7.2% in september. economists say that partial government shutdown may have skewed the numbers. we may have to wait a mon or two for a clearer pict

it turns out he's a ucsf researcher who works on the hospital campus. spaulding's body, as you remember, was found and reported four days later. she'd gone missing, though, from the hospital several weeks earlier. tonight, san francisco general is releasing a statement saying we're very pleased to report progress in this case. it will get us closer to learning all the facts about what happened to lynn spaulding so we can take whatever steps are necessary to ensure it never happens again. >>> a one-day strike at ucsf tomorrow has administrators rescheduling surgeries and other procedures. about 21,000 medical technicians are walking out for one day at ucsf, uc davis, and three southern california uc medical centers. nurses will be on the job. workers who operate x-ray and ultrasound equipment will not. the hospitals are attempting to cut the patient load by 25% for the day. workers say the strike is over patient safety. a uc spokesman, however, says the issue is over their pension. >>> george zimmerman is a free man, again, for now, after posting bail fo

abc # news learned the mystery man is a visiting doctor from india now working at ucsf in san francisco general. police have questioned him. >> it's just another element of astonishment. to me. >> this is a spalding family lawyer. >> here we are, 19th of november, now, someone comes forward, a doctor says i was the one that saw her and did nothing more than say so to someone that let him in out of a locked door? i can't fathom the thinking. >> reporter: san francisco general issued a statement after we aired our story confirming that the person is a researcher working at the hospital. our sources say he apparently saw a flyer sent out by police and realized he must be the one investigators were looking for. that is why he came forward. >> at least they found him, vic, thank you. we're learning more information about what may have provoked a man to kick a homeless woman sleeping on the street in san francisco this, is video of the attack. you can see the man stomp his foot on the woman's head. this afternoon prosecutors charged the 28-year-old timothy chase with two counts of felony assa

the walkout includes ucsf and uc berkeley.ls are saying the unions are using patient care as a bargaining chip. >>> and uc santa cruz says access into and out of the university is restricted today because of the strike. the workers are picketing at the two main entrances now. cars cannot drive into the campus. school officials say they are not running campus shuttle buses while santa cruz metro buses will drop off passengers at stops near the entrances rather than going into the school. >>> well, many very nervous b.a.r.t. riders will closely watch a meeting tomorrow in oakland. b.a.r.t.'s board of directors is expected to reject the four- year contract already ratified by the unions. the board then wants a new wound of negotiations pointing to an expensive paid leave provision that they say was mistakenly included in the signed contract. >> well, i anticipate on thursday, the contracts will be rejected. as long as the 4.8 provision is in the contract, that's a poison pill and the district can't afford to pay for that provisio

abc # news learned the mystery man is a visiting doctor from india now working at ucsf in san francisco general. police have questioned him. >> it's just another element of astonishment. to me. >> this is a spalding family lawyer. >> here we are, 19th of november, now, someone comes forward, a doctor says i was the one that saw her and did nothing more than say so to someone that let him in out of a locked door? i can't fathom the thinking. >> reporter: san francisco general issued a statement after we aired our story confirming that the person is a researcher working at the hospital. our sources say he apparently saw a flyer sent out by police and realized he must be the one investigators were looking for. that is why he came forward. >> at least they found him, vic, thank you. we're learning more information about what may have provoked a man to kick a homeless woman sleeping on the street in san francisco this, is video of the attack. you can see the man stomp his foot on the woman's head. this afternoon prosecutors charged the 28-year-old timothy chase with two counts of felony assa

it's an you an urban update thas pushing south from the ucsf campus.orhood it's what don't we have and what do we have. >> have traditionally it's beenn artist ow enclave. >> it mixes urban industrial which is where most of the development is occurring not displacing people, but displacing displacing warehouses. >> and we are trying to build up that housing. and we are trying to encourage affordable housing and below market rate housing. >> as we meet with local developers we ca carve out a percentage of the market. >> a lot of heated opinions on twistwister. twist -- twitter. paula diva says the city has no real plan to retain middle class working class people. sf is trying to save their identity and culture. family and artists can't pay what tech heads and trust fund beakbabies can. you gentrify and you make it hard for people to move in. what do you have? a place where folks have no ability to move to. >> it seems a lot of people are blaming facebook and google and yahoo for the gentrification. >> do you think it's an easy scape goat here. >> i thin

he's not licensed here but ucsf confirms he's working as a researcher at that hospital. investigators were hoping he can provide important information since he seems to be the only one who saw lynn spalding during her 17 day disappearance. unfortunately that, did not happen. october 4, 2 weeks after lynn spalding disappeared from her hospital bed a nurse heard a mystery man knocking on a locked door of an emergency man the man told the nurse he saw a person in the stairwell. he then left quickly never identifying himself. the nursing supervisor notified a sheriff's dispatcher said deputies would check it out but sheriff mirkarimi admitted they dropped the ball. >> there is no indication anyone was dispatched to that stairwell. >> police distributed this flyer said they're looking for the mystery witness the researcher says he came forward after he saw it on a bulletin board a source says the researcher told them he was on the 5th floor of the stairwell and said the person was lying between the three ready and 4th floors and added he didn't do near or touch, or move the p

about 21,000 medical technicians walking out for a one-day strike, at ucsf, uc davis and three other medical centers. nurses will be on the job, but workers who operate x-ray and ultrasound equipment will not. workers say the strike is over patient safety. a uc spokesperson says the issue is over pensions. >>> this morning we now know how much it cost to turn san francisco into gotham city. the price tag to make little miles a bat kid's dream of becoming a superhero come true was $105,000. the chronicle reports that the big ticket item was the civic center celebration where mayor ed lee presented the key to the city to that young cancer survivor. look at all the people that came out. the city, though, they'll pick up the tab using money charged to conventions at the mosconi center. it was part of make a wish. this little boy's dream came true. >> it us with priceless. i would like to see more of those. what an uplifting thing. >> making a difference. love that story. >>> 5:37. bat kid will live on forever in our memory. christina loren here to talk about weather, rain, and more comin

the clinical and translational science community and health science program at ucsf.ith regards to differential prices, you pointed to the example in nordic countries. subsidization of -- subsidizing beer, heavy taxes on alcohol. do we have any other examples of that? has there been any testing of that with regards to sguar beverages -- sugar beverages? >> no, there has been no testing. what i can say is that there is whereudy out of harvard they change the price in the hospital cafeteria to see whether or not they could get people off sugar sweetened beverages. they had to change the price to get me. we are about to embark on the study at ucsf that the head of food services is the principal investigator on, where where we will try to do the same thing in a hospital setting, which is very different than the general setting. but hospitals have to start this. the bottom line is -- it used to be the people smoked in hospitals. and now they do not. in fact, hospitals were the first place is to ban smoking entirely. and we will probably have to be the first phase is to ban

is com posed of several health commissioners and senior managers at sfgh i worked with some of the ucsf staff who staffed the renal center at supervisor cam pos's hearing was in front of the neighborhood services and safety committee and supervisor campos asked roland pick ens chief operating officer if it had been voted on by the health commission. it was never discussed at the full health commission, they never took a vote on it. most of the speakers during that october 17th hearing i should say all 40 of them opposed moving dialysis because of the burdens of the patients to face longer transportation times. places a huge burden on them. >> thank you mr. monnet. your 3 minutes has passed. >> thank you. >> next i have mr. robert fitch. >> hello. thank you for having me here. i am with the city college disabled students programs and services and i know you are aware of all of the stuff involved with a creditation but even on a statewide level as it relates to seniors and people with disabilities. trying to redefine the purpose of community colleges narrowly pretty much wiping out all of

one is an article written about our research at ucsf, and also our comment last year were we actually called for regulation. in order to regulate an environmental substance, society has said that you have to fulfill four criteria. ubiquity. you cannot get away from it. toxicity -- it has to be dangerous. abuse -- you can't stop using it. finally, externalities or negative impact on society -- how does your use affect me? those are the four. i have to show you that sugar meets every single one of those four in order to be able to stand up here and talk about it. let's start with an affordability. we are all eating more, no-- on avoid ability. we are all eating more, no arguments. 275 calories in teen boys over the past 20 years. no arguments. we are eating more. what are we eating more of? is it fat? we are told to go low-fat. we are not eating more fat. we are actually eating the same amount of fat as we were before. five grams. if you look at the secular trends of specific food intake, here is a fat -- whole milk, meat and cheese up slightly, milk desserts up slightly. bottom line, i

is com posed of several health commissioners and senior managers at sfgh i worked with some of the ucsftaff who staffed the renal center

the witness who came forward yesterday is a ucsf researcher working on the hospital campus. >>> thisng the chronicle is reporting turning san francisco into gotham city for bat kid day cost $105,000. the city will pay for the tab using money charged for conventions. >> priceless. >> it was a good day. >> let's get a final check at forecast. >> looking good. good morning to you jon and laura. a few lingering showers now. mostly concentrated in the east bay. heading throughout the morning, we have another wave of heavy rainfall headed towards the bay area. want to time that out for you. the futurecast tells that story. we stopped the clock for you this afternoon. look at that you have the oranges, the yellows, that's heavy rainfall slated to move into the san jose area. mostly between lunch time and 2:00 p.m. after that, we'll see a fair amount of clearing. highs will be comfortable. number also reach from the 50s into the low 60s by the end of the day. make sure you have your umbrella and coat. by this time tomorrow morning, talking about clearing. let's check your drive and see how t

he is a ucsf recher that works on the campus. her body was found four days later.e disappeared from her hospital room, several weeks earlier. tonight, san francisco general released a statement saying we are very pleased to report this progress in the case. it will get us closer to learning all the facts about what happened to lynne spaulding so that we can take whatever steps are necessary to make sure it does not happen again. >>> the space ship is cleared for landing and construction begins tomorrow. the city council approved the plans. that means more green for the city. the city gave the annual tax break a cut. that means that coopertino will get more money every year. tonight, city officials approved doubling the parking rate to $2 an hour. drivers will pay to park on sundays now and parking enforcement will go until 8:00. >>> the city of oakland stepping up and volunteering to host the tra transgender day. it's prompted by flthe violence that was imosed on fleishman tomorrow's event takes place in city hall, beginning at 5:00. >>> ahead, it's called a kill s

a visiting doctor from india, working at ucsf in san francisco general. at 6:00 tonight we'll tell you more of what we've learned and why the doctor finally came forward. >> now to police protest about to get underway. some residents in san francisco say officers went too far in this arrest captured on video. this is cell phone video obtained by abc7 news after friday's incident at valencia gardens apartments. in a few minutes demonstrators will march from apartments to a police station. leanne? >> they just took off a minute ago. you can see the tail end of the protest the plan to march from here down valencia street to the mission. and this video has been given to occ that will determine whether or not police went too far. >> it was not a pretty incident. >> he is talking about this altercation last night in the mission district. captured on a cell phone. police say the 20-year-old shown here on this flyer was told by under cover police officers to stop. after riding a bicycle on the sidewalk. his cousin told us williams never heard them. >> he was on h

this was a pictured line at ucsf earlier today. two unions representing almost 22,000 patient care and service workers called for the one-day strike over a year-long contract dispute about wages, pensions and staffing. >> been telling the university forever that we have staffing problems, we're understaffed. we are putting patients at risk. and they try to shut us up. >> five uc medical centers and nine campuses were affected by today's strike. a ucsf alone they had to postpone 50 surgeries. >>> from buildings of dollars in the red to buildings in the black, california is projected to have a budget surplus in the coming years. a legislative analyst says the sudden turnaround is due to the economy and revenue from new tax hikes. in 2015 the state is projected to have more than $5 billion in its reserve. it wasn't too long ago state of california was making cuts because of a deficit of about $15 billion. >>> an armed robbery turned into a hostage situation in east oakland. it all started with a robbery on 83rd avenue at around 11:00

here at ucsf they are trying to minimize patient impact and a judge barred about 50 employees dubbed critical from joining this strike. but about 50 surgeries have been postponed as well as some chemo treatments. the hospital sent out this statement saying, a strike will cost ucsf millions of dollars, money that would otherwise be used to support patient care as well as our missions of education and research. now, originally, nurses had planned on joining this strike in sympathy. but they reached an agreement with the university and decided not to join the strike. so it certainly could have been much worse. michelle and frank? >> you mentioned something about intimidation. what exactly does the union allege? >> reporter: that was related to the strike in may. they said a lot of their supervisors would ask them if they were joining the strike or planning on joining the strike pulling them aside they felt intimidated by that. they called it harassment. the university says we were just trying to plan ahead and figure out how many people were going to be striking. >> anne makovec live in

ken is a ucsf doctor and mother of two. good news she is recooperating at home. she said she was more worried about how the flash mob would go in the surgery. the video has been viewed about $2.5 million times on youtube. >> love it. >>> 4:53 is the time. former supervisor george sheer coo what will be sentenced today. he is also accused of creating a fake campaigner. >>> many crimes are going unsolved because of a staffing shortage. the department has been losing officers at an alarming rate. now there are about 900 officers. police say there are not enough investigators to staff special units and they say crimes such as burglary and auto theft are not being solved. >> without a doubt for practical reality those crimes are going unchecked. and uninvestigated. >> police say they would need to add 200 new officers to restore the special units. >>> a san jose police detective who worked in the sex crimes unit has pled guilty to exchanging sexually explicit photos with a teenage girl. 34-year-old tony has resigned as part of his plea deal. he had been a san jose pol

if it is moved to honda they will go to ucsf for procedures and follow up and it will be closer thanh and it will lose millions of dollars in insurances, and $5 million is the cost for a new center, surely dph can find a space in the old hospital when it has been vacated for $5 million, investment they would have guaranteed profits for years to come. the sfgh center will be able to stay as part of the model and next year... >> thank you. >> many clinics are under the same and have experienced the dak tores present and the emergency on the fight and it will be the safest place in the city and this will be a big selling point for comprehensive care, patients will be happy because the center will remain on the site and it is closer to home and other providers. >> i am an assistant at the hospital and i have been there for 12 years. and we have come to this end by having an rfp which is a sad way of ending of situation and it does impact the patients and of course the workers too. and you know the rfp says that in consideration that we will be rehired in terms of what we have now, they p

the money will help fund a new building for ucsf children's hospital at the mission bay campus which is set to open february of 2015. >>> well, coming up -- the social media world blowing up with selfies today. we'll tell you why and after several fiery incidents involving tesla's model s, the government is now taking action. [ both ] chicken pot pie diet! me too! [ male announcer ] so indulgent, you'll never believe they're light. 100-calorie progresso light soups. [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. some are giant. some not so giant. when managing your weight, bigger is always better. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant >>> stocks going back and forth as we await what the federal bank will do. the dow is up 8. >>> tesla's ceo elon musk says he's asked for a federal investigation into his own line of cars after three recent model s fires. he said he's made the request because of growing concern over the safety of those electric cars. palo alto-based tesla said the fires were caused by accidents and were not spontaneous. the company said some changes have been mad

about 21,000 medical technicians, they are walking out for one day at ucsf, uc davis and three southern california uc medical centers. nurses, we can tell you, will stilling on the job, but workers who offer x-rays and ultrasound equipment will not. workers say the strike is over patient safety. one pet owner claimed happened when she flew with her animals zoosh 91 degrees in houston. >> take a look at this. you are looking at some of the cell phone video pet owner janet sinclair shot this past summer. sinclair was relocating from california to boston and had to fly with her dog sedona and cat alika. she says she saw her two animals sitting out on the runway in 90 degree heat and claims one of the handers kicked their crate. her cat suffered dehydration, and her dog barely survived. >> sedona's entire crate was filled with blood, feces, urine. sedona was in full heat stroke. all of her blankets were filled with blood. she was urinate and defacating blood. she was dying literally right in front of me. stwloo tonight more on what happened to the animals and what the airline is saying abou

project open hand, and the san francisco and the food banks and the tender loin, development and the ucsf center for populations at san francisco general hospital. as we come together, we really work to figure out how to collaborate and how to improve this situation we know that there are programs that we can get data for but we wanted to see the system as a whole and to be able to have the data to analyze that and we wanted to make this information available to groups and other department so that we will be able to join in and make sure that all are eating healthy. and i am going to go into the framework that we have utilized for this analysis and supervisor mar touched on it in his opening comments. we know that food security and healthy eating are really complex policy issues and you cannot just look at the issue from one dimension. and we search for a way to communicate this better and understand it better but we found it from the world health organization to be helpful for us and we have modified that. and so it has allowed us to accurately examine the issue. food resource and access

>> we have had the discussions with the ucsf representatives, at sfgh and did, in fact, encourage them, to bid on this service, so that there could be a continuity process. >> now in the rfp, is there a requirement that whoever takes over the services has to accept all of the patients that you have right there? >> so, yes, the rfp is very clear, and that the dph, is the priority, and that all of the dph needs for the dialysis has to be met at that facility. >> does it have a specific requirement and patients have to be accepted, and you know the patients that have the limited, you know, mobility and does it have that specific requirement >> all patients referred by the sf general must be accepted. >> okay. >> and there is no possibility for them to reject any of those? >> no. we recognize that we have expertise within our current facility in terms of telling the patients that are not always accepted at other facilities so we knew that we had to make that a part of the rfp. >> okay. >> supervisor mar any other questions? >> okay, i think that will be... we might have other questions, la

rallies are planned tomorrow at ucsf medical center and uc- berkeley. >>> president obama is headed to the bay area for another fundraising swing next week. but donors apparently not too eager to open up their wallets. the president is holding a lunch at the sf jazz center monday. our phil matier reports in the "chronicle" the cheap seats that go for about $1,000 being slashed to $500. the $15,000 tickets to a reception with the president may go for $10,000. the democratic national committee has not commented. it's the president's ninth trip to the bay area in the past 2 1/2 years. >>> two fire trucks collide. now the investigation has uncovered an alarming safety violation. how it led to several firefighters being punished. >> a batkid bonanza! the bay area's tiny hero becomes a global phenomenon. how a t-shirt company is using that hype to give back. investigation into three fis involving tesla electric ca. all th >>> the national highway traffic safety administration is launching an investigation now into three fires involving tesla cars. all the attention on the fire incidents has

the union represents 21,000 workers at all five uc medical centers including ucsf here in the bay area. the one-day strike is to protest what it calls intimidation of workers who took part in a two-day walkout in may. at this morning's hearings, a judge will determine how many essential workers will be ordered to work through the strike. >>> today the san jose rehearing of the apple samsung damages case moves into its final phase. closing arguments are scheduled for this morning. then the jury will start deliberations. jurors must decide how much money samsung owes apple for patent infringements. in washington d. c. yesterday a 3 judge panel gave new life to apple's request that samsung products be banned from sale in this country. those products use some of the technology and ideas covered by apple patents. >>> there are reports the u.s. justice department and jp jpmorgan chase will announce they've reached a settlement agreement. the bank is accused of selling troubled mortgage securities. the deal includes fines and an agreement to help homeowners hurt by the 2008 financial crisis.

project open hand, and the san francisco and the food banks and the tender loin, development and the ucsf center for populations at san francisco general hospital. as we come together, we really work to figure out how to collaborate and how to improve this situation we know that there are programs that we can get data for but we wanted to see the system as a whole and to be able to have the data to analyze that and we wanted to make this information available to groups and other department so that we will be able to join in and make sure that all are eating healthy. and i am going to go into the framework that we have utilized for this analysis and supervisor mar touched on it in