when we talk about a safer neighborhood, a safer neighborhood is a united neighborhood. we can't improve our neighborhoods, we can't bring -- we can't make this a neighborhood for everyone unless we're a united neighborhood. i know c.y.c. is committed to doing the community building and community bridging. our communities have more in common then less. and it's something i know as asian-american that's really important to me is the importance of african-american contribution to this country and building our civil rights. we would not be here if not for that movement. and it's really important as communities of colors come together living in the bay view that we acknowledge our common history and our common struggle. i know c.y.c. will be a part of that dialogue. thank you. >> thank you. to make this branch office possible can't be happening without funding support. we first must acknowledge the california endowment for supporting our vision of the establishment of this branch office. and we must acknowledge and thank the mayor's office for the continuing staff support we

. >>> it is the one night that is supposed to unite neighborhoods across the country but there is a riff for one bay city to another. a tale of two national nights out. >>> in a battle between two cities the people won. the community that is redrawing the lines in the south bay. good evening, i'm dana king. >> i'm allen martin in for ken bastida tonight. she lured little girls into her van and told them to do gymnastics to satisfy her husband. how nancy garrido tried to exploit kids to coach them into revealing poses. >> you didn't show me your split, did you? let me see it now. >> do you want me to show you? >> mm-hmm. >> see. >> that's it. can you go all the way down? >> yes. >> let me see. i bet you can go down really easy, huh? >> yes. that was easy. >> let me see you do it. >> nancy garrido confessed she taped young girls as many as 20 times. here is her jailhouse interrogation. >> what were you supposed to get of these girls? as much leg shots as you could? get them to do gymnastics? >> stuff like that. >> so you were supposed to sit down next to them, play nice, sound interested,

construction of we're being told some two thousand two hundred and twenty five new housing units in neighborhoods across east jerusalem and in the coming days they are expected to give their nod to a third of the two thousand seven hundred now these housing units are in areas in neighborhoods across the one nine hundred sixty seven armistice lines they are areas of israel and mixed but that annexation was never recognized by the international community now certainly the timing is significant because this announcement comes as tens of thousands of israelis have taken to the streets calling for more affordable housing they're also criticizing the high costs of living in this country but the government denies that this announcement has any kind of political connotations insect interior ministry says it was merely a response to the growing housing crisis in this country but peace now movement has issued a statement and it really echoes what many activists in this country are saying and to quote from part of it it says that the government is cynically using the housing crisis in israel to promote the

julie haener, thousands of people are gathering tonight for national night out an event to unite neighborhoods against crime. ktvu's robert handa is live now at one of the biggest gathering in the south bay to tell us why organizers say they are at a critical turning point when it comes to keeping families safe, robert. >> reporter: well julie we're in one of the highest crime areas in the south bay in story and king road and we're also at one of the largest national night out events going to be held at san jose. the event is a gathering to help neighbors fight crime both informally or with the help of groups. help that san jose police say they n

largest afghan communities in the united states, the neighborhood has also come to be known as little kabul like many. first wave of afghan immigrants this restaurant owner settled here as a refugee following the soviet invasion of his kunfully 1979. >> we have chinatown, japantown, koreatown, why not a hill kabul? you know? i think that would be nice. >> reporter: it's something the after can community has talked about for years. >> this name little kabul is [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: the name seemed to stick off the community was in the spotlight after 9/11. now the afghan community wants the city officially recognize little kabul while co-existing inside centreville. it's a matter of cultural pride. >> we just want to promote both centreville and little kabul because we want to make a tourist attraction. >> reporter: but there is a pushback and it's growing. many centreville residents and shopkeepers have formed a group called reclaim centreville. >> people in the community didn't see really the need to -- for the community to become so et no ethnocentric. >> reporter: he says

neighborhood. support the united negro college fund. mind is a terrible thing to waste. >> welcome to the 2011 spj town hall. i'm here with my co-host to welcome you to what promises to be a fascinating discussion about the changes taking place in journalism today. tonight's program is presented by the society of professional journalists in collaboration with the san francisco public library and san francisco bay area journalists. after several years of difficulty, we are seeing a lot of activity, particularly involving new media organizations. we have seen patch.com open hundreds of bureaus across the country. yahoo! is expanding its staff across the country. aol bought the huffington opposed. in the middle east, we saw how citizen journalists are reporting on the uprisings, and in papers like the "san francisco chronicle" are finding ways to collaborate with groups like spj's journalist of the year in northern california. his last three of this year's winners were new or nonprofit media, a ratio that would have been unthinkable just a

a place with a split personality home to one of the largest afghan communities in the united states. the neighborhood has also come to be known as little kabul. like many of the first wave of afghan immigrants, this restaurant owner settled here as a refugee following the soviet invasion of his country in 1979. >> we have chinatown. we have japantown. we have koreatown. you know, why not an afghan -- a little kabul, you know? i that i will be nice. >> reporter: it's something the afghan community talked about for years. >> this name little kabul is made up by media. >> reporter: and the name seemed to stick after the community was in the spotlight after 9/11. now the afghanis want the city officially recognize little kabul while co-existing inside centreville as cultural pride. >> we want to promote centreville and little kabul because we want to make a very tourist atracks. >> reporter: but there is a push back and it's growing. many residents and shopkeepers have called a group calling themselves reclaim centreville. >> a lot of people in the community didn't see really the need for the community t

get that a week in advance and that is not functional for a 400 or whatever unit project or at the other major neighborhoods. we need to change that. if you'll go back to looking at the graphics by the sponsor, the page before the site plan that you were shown, the green triangle. this is how they delineate the project. that includes the street. the street is its own issue because they are claiming this to be, they will build out the park and claim the one for one credit for the dollars expended against their public benefits. i know this is not going to be decided today but i want to raise that issue because it looks like a private part. developers illustrations are a great big triangle. there will get one for one. that needs to be deferred. 16th and seventh street is an unresolved mess. because it is unresolved, there is no transit. the project -- the transit goes a block or two away. i think there needs to be a transit resolution and it needs to be fast and you will have a submission with staff what -- with what is going on with transbay. if we do not get transit over 16th straight to third street, this a

country right now threatens china and that really is what is bothering the countries in the neighborhood and the united states and basically what's going on is there is military build up which really is the biggest of the passes in the world today it is most recently what you're talking about information technology and cyber war also clearly they're putting money into their navy and to their air force the only laggard really is the army the army used to get almost all the money but now clearly china wants a big air force and a big navy so that's where a lot of the money is going as well as to teacher forces in other words nuclear capable missiles well china has probably more debt than the united states you know the chinese like to lecture washington about the dollar. is to g.d.p. ratio is at least as bad as america's it's probably almost double and when you add to the knowledge today china probably has a debt to g.d.p. ratio of about one hundred fifty to one hundred sixty percent nearly the military has become much more popular for college graduates because they have not been able really to find work i

country right now threatens china and that really is what is bothering the countries in the neighborhood and the united states and basically what's going on is there is this military build up which really is the big in the past is in the world today it is most recent what are your favorite talk about information technology and cyber war also clearly they're putting money into their navy and to their air force the only laggard really is the army the army used to get almost all the money but now clearly china wants a big air force and a big navy so that's where a lot of the money is going to as well as strategic forces in other words nuclear capable missiles eventually it is going to really undermine chinese foreign policy because all the countries on the periphery in the south and are now very very concerned the only countries that aren't complaining are north korea and burma. well in a few minutes we'll update you on the worst oil spill in decades in a british waters well shell says it's something prone but green groups are not convinced with the crude gushing into the sea for a sixth day. well europe'

country right now threatens china and that really is what is bothering the countries in the neighborhood and the united states because no country. war against fiji basically what's going on is there is this military buildup which really is the big sis in the world today and clearly you've got vietnam japan south korea india the united states all very concerned about what's going on i'm seriously thinking that china may well invade these areas you've been talking about. well clearly china would like to we we have out fighting but clearly we have seen some very belligerent tactics on the south china sea not only against the united states in march two thousand and nine but also against the vietnamese in june of this year and there have been a sort of incidents against the south koreans and the japanese coast guard so clearly china is willing to use the roughest tactics and so we should not rule that out in what direction do you see the chinese minute treat developing more technology base or perhaps concentrating more on land sea all forces almost all of the above its most recent white paper talked about i

. >> this will unite people in the neighborhood. not just this block but all over the area. >> neighbors say they want to continue the block party tradition beyond the national night out and are thinking about planning parties for next halloween. >>> bart directors tentatively settled on the choice for new general manager. grace kreneca would replace duggard who was pressured to resign in april with sefrnl package. -- severance package. bart wants someone to help the agency get federal funding to replace the aging complete of train cars. >>> pg&e identified the odor holding up inspection of decommissioned gas pipeline in san bruno. work was stop saturday after crews and neighbors smelled gas. they say it was combination of harmless hydrocarbons. a crawler was sent in the pipe yesterday to inspect the welds. >> the analysis found only trace amount of natural gas in the pipeline, so we want to get that further understanding before we began the work. now that we have that analysis results back, we will continue work to do the camera in

and we are trying to unite most of the people in the neighborhood.ust this block, but all over the area. >> neighbors want to continue the block party tradition beyond national night out. they are already thinking about planning parties for next halloween. national night events took place all over the area including east palo alto. that's where karina rusk is live for us tonight. >> the block party wrapped up around 9:00 tonight, but they took on special significance this year because of the surge in violence. >> in east palo alto they are sell brailting -- celebrating national night out and hide the pain of violence. she says her partner was killed two years ago and no one was ever arrested. >> we had this snitching or these different stereo types that won't even bring closure and justice to families that are helping. >> they say tonight is a symbolic step in the right direction. >> it is a good way to stop it and for us to come together as a community. >> there were five parties throughout east palo alto. people mingling with our neighbors and enjo