in five years, the perry program has expanded from its ucsf roots to 1500 girls in 27 u.s. cities. >> we want women to see that you don't have to be some big jock football player to be an orthopedic surgeon. >> reporter: 16-year-old ronnie gets the message. >> we have engineering classes. we have science classes and math classes. you're never going to find a lab that puts all of these together and helps you gain this type of exposure. >> reporter: lisa says 83% of the girls who go to the program end up majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics in college. for lisa's perry experience five years ago inspired her to go into orthopedic surgery. >> really opened my eyes that you can change lives and make a difference especially with orthopedics. >> reporter: it revitalizes me every time i do a program and i see that click in someone in one of the girls where they go, yeah, this is for me. >> reporter: so for inspiring girls to explore careers in orthopedic surgery and engineering, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to dr. lisa lattanza. sharon ch

we need ucsf to be open, democratic, accessible to all.nd when i say all, i really mean everyone, people coming out of prison, disabled people, everyone, everyone across the board. a lot of successful people already came to city college in the past. you can walk down the street and ask anyone -- everyone, many people have a story. if the board of trustees are rehired after being fired by the special trustee threat at city college, city college will have a chance of having our voices heard. rehire our board. take away extraordinary power from one person. example, if i was a threat right now -- thank you. i will make decisions for all of you without letting anyone know. that's what's threatening. our special trustee makes deal significances alone for over 100,000 students and staff ~ decisions ~ without their knowledge and by himself. according to the brown act decisions about meetings notice are to be given to others and areas of decision making i don't see the brown act being practiced. city college is being downsized by threat as we all s

some of the best science in the world from ucsf researchers and the center for vulnerable populations and many other pediatricians and ucsf to yale university's center for food policy and obesity studies. they've all helped us develop this measure as we're moving forward today. the science is crystal clear. big soda is causing significant harm to our health and economy. a number of us have held a hearing, and i commissioned a report in december that shows that in san francisco sugary drinks are responsible at the very least for over $50 million of harm to our city's economy. and that's just for obesity and type 2 diabetes alone. so, there's a lot more for oral and dental health, liver damage, and heart damage as well. so, we know the economic harm of big soda and we know that it's much, much higher than that number even from our report. the sugary drinks fee we're proposing today is a reasonable and responsible first step in mitigating the harm. 2 cents per ounce, it's a tax of two pennies per ounce for drinks like this and it's levied on distributors, not on small businesses. the leg

and i also just wanted to say on the national level besides ucsf the center for science and the public interest, the california center for public health advocacy, harold goldstein and others, and roberta friedman and kelly from the yale rec center for food policy and obesity have been really great advisors. i also wanted to say on supervisor avalos's introduction to hearing on the children's fund i hope i can be added as a co-sponsor as well. and i know that from your work with coleman and margaret's efforts over now 23 years ago with the original prop j which i was strongly supported in the richmond district from 1991 when norman yee led the campaign for the re-authorization, i believe in 2000, right, norman? that it's been a community-based effort. so, my hope is that dcyf, the school district, the mayor's office really join together with the grassroots community coalition that's been working on that. and for the prop h or the public enrichment public education enrichment fund or piece propses to tom ammiano for his vision on that one ten years ago and that also needs more transparen

ucsf school of dentistry. then, dagoni school of dentistry.e was in the ucsf program and did that work. yes. happy customers there. holly asks why do hotels never call me when i leave something behind? >> because they're discreet. that is what we want hotels to do. a lot of stuff goes on in hotels. >> stop, larry. >> wait a minute. >> the last thing you want the hotel to do is say hey, you left your earrings here. perhaps you're not a person that wears earrings. >> the thought never occurred to me. >> they're never going to call you. you can call them but they're never going to do it. considered ultimate no no. >> so they have a lost and found in case you want the stuff. >> they should. >> you should call them but they're never going to call you. they're not even going to acknowledge you were there. >> thank you. >> up next, a 12-year-old boy walks out of a hospital cancer free. but he's not forgetting the other children. >> coming up at 5:002 teen-aged girls rescued from san jose streets. how police say a youth counselor used his position to

francisco native and grew up in the same neighborhood as free gold watch i work in the neighborhood at ucsf. i've learned to play pinball and since then three years ago, i became the pinball challenge. i've been to a a lot of places around the world. i want to address there are very few places to play pinballs and down at the fisherman's wharf there are hard to keep them running and a maintained and you can't make a lot of money off them so few people want to invest it has a historic experience and an exciting experience and so one thing about free gold watch it has older games one other one was the wisconsin's arrested of these game it's got a full flat screen and it is from the movie wisconsin's arrested of these including a monkey that picks up the ball and heads to the castle. it's great the best players in the world has been there the other thing it's for casual people to be playing for fun and to learn about it pinball was not once as popular as it was. just having a place for people to play. i think it's good for the game and the city to have this special offering that was documented

and now this study that was published in the internal medicine coming from ucsf whether you will miss the package. and the worst from all of them is a european one between the age of 50 and 70. that's at $2.6 billion. the big question you have to ask is, what is the price of saving someone's life? the cost is about $250,000 per year. all of us are a big advocate of screening, whether it's a mammogram -- oh, of course. >> i agree where david is going with this. i think that knowledge is power. and if we do mammograms and they find a problem, women want to know. here's the data on mammograms. 89% of sensitive in early picking up bra-- there's qualitf life to consider. there's not a woman out there that wouldn't want to know they have breast cancer. it's up to the doctor, and these guidelines, by the way, i disagree with these. this is what the author says. what's the risk factor? if you have dense breasts, it is harder to follow it. follow a trend. i think every year should be a starting point. if i tell my patients every year, they are never going to co come. i think it's an art. what

in five years, the perry program has expanded from its ucsf roots to 1500 girls in 27 u.s.to see that you don't have to be some big jock football player to be an orthopedic surgeon. >> reporter: 16-year-old ronnie gets the message. >> we have engineering classes. we have science classes. we have math classes. you're never going to find a lab that puts all of these together and helps you gain this type of exposure. >> reporter: 83% of the girls who go to the program major in science, technology, engineering and math in college. forthis student was inspired to go into or not i surgery. >> you can really change lives and make a difference especially with orthopedics. >> it revitalizes me every time i do a program and i see that click in one of the girls where they go, yeah, this is for me. >> reporter: so for inspiring girls to explore careers in orthopedic surgery and engineering, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to dr. lisa lattanza. >> in california the perry workshops also take place at stanford and in sacramento. lisa discovered that 40% of the participant

. >> there is this, wall greens teeming up with ucsf to launch a program to reduce pharmaceutical errors to share between farm and i primary care doctors both sides say it should lower costs and will help prevent accidental deaths. >> a special ceremony marks a key moment in chinatown today called topping out, meaning final beam was put into place. there it is. this is a modern 54 facility being built on jackson street. this is where the original hospital is built. it's still about two years from being completed. >> all right a bannerer day for tesla motors. >> it picked up a huge honor with consumer reports. >> michael finney is here on this. >> tesla received good press consumer reports think the model s as best over all car for 2014. the company out with its review to find the best of the best so tested 260 cars, and put cars through over 50 tests. it's not easy to be named consumer reports top pick. acceleration. breaking. and handling. just a fraction of the tests each must face. each has to be reliable and safe. safety is determined using government and industry crash test results

he's currently working 2 days a week at ucsf. he's a greeter. he uses his talker. if it were not for him getting the basics at frances scott, i don't think he would be where he is now. a lot of parents have stopped me over the years, after my son left bridge school he didn't talk anymore, what did you do? it wasn't what i did. i had support from san francisco i talk class every step of the way. i'm just asking that you not get rid of the i talk class because it's v e very important. my son is 21 years old and he will be graduating this year and i'm happy to say, he's done very well with i talk from elementary up to high school. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hi, my name is kristin soto i have been working in san francisco unified school district. >> excuse me, did you submit a card? >> yes. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. i initially started working as a para professional in a special day class at a middle school where i saw that students weren't welcomed into the general classroom. they were referred to as iep kids a

to celebrate the ucsf school of dentistry will give free checkups to children. will be free exams and fluoride treatments as well as free toothbrushes, toothpaste and floss. today's event runs from 9:00 until 4:00 at the ucsf school of dentistry. >>> a fund-raising campaign kicks off today in silicon valley to put more salad bars in schools. it's estimated only 166 out of 10,000 schools in the region have them. david louie visits a school where kids are making healthy eating choices. >> reporter: right in the center of the cafeteria at baker elementary is a salad bar. it may be sized for kids, but the selection of fruits and vegetables is as varied as what you'd find in a restaurant. as part of the lunch program here, the youngsters must choose two items. >> sometimes healthy stuff is like yummy, but sometimes it's like just gross. >> reporter: tiffany can skip what she doesn't like because she has so many other choices. she's having corn and fruit salad to go with our nachos. it's estimated fewer than half of the schools in silicon valley have salad bars. a sta

ucsf says medication errors are one of the leading causes of harm for patients. the more open design is aimed at improving communication and understanding at a time when an estimated one-third of americans is juggling five or more prescriptions. >> the pharmacist is not behind the typical counter with the medications, but out in front consulting patients. >> this comes as pharmacists are taking on a new role in healthcare, a law which took effect january 1st gives pharmacists the ability to adjust patients' prescriptions and monitor patient health. >>> new figures show california is releasing a record number of inmates serving life sentences, most of whom were convicted of murder. in the last three years, governor brown authorize it had release of almost 1400 inmates facing life with the possibility of parol. that's more than twice the number of paroles granted by california's three previous governors combined. more than 80% of those releesd are in prison for murder. the spike in paroles comes as california grapples with severe overcrowding in its prisons. earlie

. >> plus the unique drug choice being experimented with at ucsf. you know how our family has... and mommy... and me! yeah, that's right. pretty soon... you're going to have a baby brother. ♪ and... a puppy. ♪ [ chuckles ] deal. ♪ >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone, on which chilly morning. >> so chilly i texted to the kids, do not wear short sleeves. >> sandals and shorts are out? >> totally. totally out. >> it has been a wardrobe shuffle now that it is dealing like winter.

i moved to san francisco in 1978 and lived on portrero hill and my daughter was born at ucsf and for the last 20 years my wife and i have made our home on mount olympus. we know this city well and i especially love san francisco especially those hidden treasures that are easily missed where i walk my dogs. those of us who have taken part in political campaigns and moved through social progress, are aware that whatever the issue of with half the people you talk to don't care at all whether it's a non-conforming fence or equal rights for all or the identities of the elected representative. the story is pretty much the same about half the people don't have the time or inclination to be involved. the other half will care, they will vote and sign a petition if one is frod -- presented to them and that's about it and there are the few that care a lot and they write letters and contact their public officials and they enlist their friends and neighbors to their cause and donate money and of course the ones who care the most show up at the meetings and the public hearings whether at 10:00 a.m

health professional outreach and education for the program on reproductive health at university -- ucsf school of medicine. i'm also, however, i'm here speaking on behalf of physicians for social responsibility. i am president of the san francisco bay area chapter since 1989 and currently the president of our national organization and representing thousands of physicians both here in the bay area and nationwide. and i'm here to represent our organization and give strong support and great thanks for the soda tax initiative that a number of you are sponsoring. i think there's been ample evidence given here today about the profound public and environmental health effects of such a measure. i also want to mention in this regard, real applause for the folks who work in the department of public health here in san francisco, for the extraordinary work in outreach they've been doing to communities about this. all of us understand that obesity and diabetes is a very complicated medical issue. there are a number of inputs into that. but i think we all recognize the department of public health and

i'm not arguing with that compliments to both ucsf and carl's team and prostate team and in spotting the second one and taking care of that. i'm back and ready to go. the only things i say, when your body gives you signs, keep an eye on them because sometimes they are subtle and easy to dismiss. there is talk about high cholesterol. the good cholesterol is good but the bad one is to be watched. i will try to keep this brief because it's supposed to be a short session. i thought the formula retail was absolutely fantastic what the staff is doing. sorry that sophie hey wood won't be with us. she was great during that. it's kind of shocking in a way because historically san francisco supervisors legislated first and they are doing it this the right way. they are waiting for the planning department to investigate before they have formula retail control modifications. some great things came out of that. the discrepancies because of 7 ands 4. also the questions were raised by the public i think very appropriately is sometimes formula retail have the ability to hire people with less trainin

now, this isn't the first time ucsf has tested the drug.t year, it was the first research hospital in the nation to give it to children. positive results in that test led to the current study. >>> okay, you know it is scary when shaun white calls it intimidating. up next, the olympic event that has a lot of people concerned. >>> we will be back you in 30 minutes. here is what we are working on for our 6:00 newscast. an nbc investigation exposed this man walking away from more than $10 million owed to his investors. tonight what the santa clara county district attorney has charged this prominent south babiesman w the exclusive story at 6:00. >>> three days and counting till the opening ceremony in sochi and there's a lot of excitement in the air but there's also some concern. while practicing for a new event, snowboard slope style, a norwegian athlete broke his collarbone yesterday. he was considered a favorite. today, two-time olympic gold medalist, shaun white, jammed his wrist while practicing. white calls the course intimidating. >> any