the president of the united farm workers is also hear. cesar began his organizing here in san jose, so maybe it's only fitting that this big premiere take place right here in the capital of silicon valley. now, the movie is called "cesar chavez, an american hero." it depicts the life of cesar chavez between 1962 and 1972. this is was time chavez called for the great, great boycott. it's also when he fasted for the first time to draw attention to the nonviolent aspect of his movement. chavez started the united farm workers and took on the powerful growers of california to fight for the rights of those farm workers. his message resonated with icons in american history like martin luther king jr. and robert kennedy. the movie "cesar chavez, an american hero" depicts the life of chavez between 1962 and 1972. this was a time chavez called tore the great boy could. it's also when he fasted for the first time to draw attention to the nonviolent aspect of his movement. chavez started the united farm workers and took on the powerful growers of cal

smith of journeymen of the plumbing and piping industry of the united states and canada local 38 united worker and allied workers and local 66 sheet worker local one hundred four and the iron workers and architecture metal and glass workers and teamsters and auto man or woman local 77 of and machinist local 1414 common class to the san francisco unified school district. the public has an opportunity to comment at this meeting and the regular board meeting of april 14th >> no speakers. >> president fewer. i need to make the public announcement and inform the board i'll be abstaining that. i now call the labors international union of north america local 2 61 moved and seconded of the adaptation of the tentative agreement i so moved. superintendant. reading of the recommendation. >> thank you president fewer i'm i'd like to call of executive director carmen. thank you superintendant and board members it is the contract for the international local 2 61 the recommendation is it the board of education of the san francisco unified school district adapts the tentative agreement and the related public

that's the message. >> diana co-founded the united farm workers union. e was at a school in pittsburgh and spoke to students about never giving up. >> we want them to become involved. s >> diana worked with the united farm workers union for 26 years and remembers how the organization grew. >> to sow the seeds for change in this country. kind of like the ivy that gets in your yards and won't quit and the tentacles go everywhere. >> neither of them have seen the movie. the movie opens in the bay area. >> i believe more people should go see it. >> i think the latino culture needs to go on with chavez and his life. a lot of young people don't know about cesar chavez. >> chavez died in 1993. he coined the phrase "yes, we can." in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >> 6:47. we are talking rain and snow. i can't believe it. >> i know. it's not the last of it either. looking at more wet weather for april. still a day or two left in the two days -- yes, three days in march. something like that. >> i'll turn michalder. >> so look at this cold front settling

that's the message. >> she cofound the the united farm workers union. was in pittsburgh and spoke to students about never giving up. >> we want them to become involved. >> diana worked with the united farm workers union for 26 years and remembers how the organization grew. >> to sow the seeds for change in this country. kind of like the poison ivy that gets in your yards and won't quit and the tentacles go everywhere. >> neither of them have seen the movie. >> i think the latino culture needs to go on with chavez and his life. a lot of people don't know about cesar chavez. >> chavez died in 1993. he coined the phrase "yes, we can." in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >>. >>> they will hire several seasonal firefighters to respond to the increase in fires across the state. despite the recent rainfall, the state remains stick bin drought conditions. they are making wildfires much more likely. cal fire's director said fire activity has remained 200% above average statewide. about 100 seasonal firefighters will begin work monday in northern califor

. >> we believe the united farm workers and their leader cesar chavez represents the hope of the vastmajority of farm workers. >> reporter: marcos peno plays cesar chavez. the man who devoted his life to improve the lives of farm workers. >> there's parks named after him. there's community organizations named after him. but once again, who was in man cesar chavez is this. >> congressman george miller can't wait to see the movie. about the man he met many times. >> when you were in his presence, you were just like [sigh ] oh. >> reporter: the movie isn't just about chavez activism it delves into his relationships with his family and with dolores huerta. it took time to convince the chavez family to make a film. the biggest up tick of all groupless. drama student karen hernandez who was starring in a rare stage production about chavez says it's about time the founder of the united farm workers got the recognition he deserves on the big screen. >> i'm glad to see that they actually made a movie about him and the difference he made in our community. >> i'm not afraid anymore. >> reporter:

. >> we believe the united farm workers and their leader cesar chavez represents the hope of the vast workers. >> reporter: marcos peno plays cesar chavez. the man who devoted his life to improve the lives of farm workers. >> there's parks named after him. there's community organizations named after him. but once again, who was in man cesar chavez is this. >> congressman george miller can't wait to see the movie. about the man he met many times. >> when you were in his presence, you were just like [sigh ] oh. >> reporter: the movie isn't just about chavez activism it delves into his relationships with his family and with dolores huerta. it took time to convince the chavez family to make a film. the biggest up tick of all groupless. drama student karen hernandez who was starring in a rare stage production about chavez says it's about time the founder of the united farm workers got the recognition he deserves on the big screen. >> i'm glad to see that they actually made a movie about him and the difference he made in our community. >> i'm not afraid anymore. >> reporter: now i've been t

. >> the movie relives struggle was he founded united farm workers union. one lasted 36 days and nearly killed him. she was at a school today spoke to students about never giving up. >> we've got to all come together and we've got to organize we've got to push our agenda forward. >> she'd not seen the today it opened in the bay area >> they couldn't stand conditions he preached nonviolence, showing that he got his way. >> i think anyone in latino culture should watch this. >> he died in 1993. many remember him saying "we sow the seed." the seeds for change ". >> and he it is a state holiday meaning courts will be closed. so will all public schools. the post office and banks will remain open. >> trees that have long been a national treasure. today that changed. wayne? >> it's all about science, millions have come here and strolled through here, looking into growth. look. don't change. today they went into the trees it's muir woods. and not the scientists. high if the trees a rare experience >> it can be a world changer from their perspective. it's beautiful.

guessed this would happen. >> well, we're going to show you the website for the foundation, the united farm workersation, logon, they have a lot of great activities happening throughout the country. they are still educating and providing the health education and what not for farm workers. any final thoughts? >> we want everyone to go out and see the movie and to take, you know as many people as you can with you, especially people from all generations, all walks of life. we're hoping to really see that cross generational pool, like my parents took us to see gandhi. we didn't necessarily want to go because we didn't know what we were missing. hopefully we'll have parents, grandparents and god parents taking their younger -- the younger generation to go see the movie. then letting them know what their experience was. it seems like everybody has an experience with cesar chavez. he touched a lot of people's lives. >> he's still doing that. thank you so much for the work you continue to do. >> thank you for having us. >> thank you so much. >> again, drop us a note for next week's "comunidad del valle" on

. >>> a united airlines worker and his wife have pleaded no contest for steal luggage on a flight divertedf the asiana flight 214 and entered pleas on monday facing up to a year in prison. the prosecution says he was caught on surveillance video stealing the bags last summer while his wife returned the stolen items to stores for a refund. >>> spending priorities announced by the pentagon including in the president's budget could mean cutbacks at travis air force base including plans to designate travis galaxy planes used for transporting heavy equipment as backup aircraft meaning they will if-er be fully man or funded. official say the cut becomes mean a decrease in staffing but say specific numbers are not currently available. >>> president obama is praising san francisco-based gap for recent voluntary minimum wage increase. the president made a surprised stop at a store in new york yesterday. last month gap announced they would raise the minimum hourly rage to $9. next year it goes up to $10. he said it is good for families and the economy. the president picked out clothes to bring home

united workers at security checkpoints who spot passengers with oversized bags will be sending them backcket counter. they will be charged $25 checked bag fee. united says there is no change in policy. just a campaign to improve passenger awareness because too many travelers are trying to put too many things in the overhead bins. >>> and what's a burrito without the guacamole? climate change to increase prices for ingredients and chipotle may remove guacamole from the menu. they reportedly use 97,000 pounds of avocados each day. >> i cannot eat their food without the guacamole. >> that's the best. jill, apparently there is a new international magazine star. >> reporter: well, that's right. the latest magazine cover model is pope francis. the new pope is getting his own magazine. it's called my pope and it hits italian news stands today on ash wednesday. according to the "new york times," it will have important announcements, photographs and peeks into the pope's personal life. it will have a pullout centerfold of the pope with a quote. the editor already runs a popular entertainmenting i

they joined in an assembly to celebrate the life of the united farm worker's founder. >> it's very importanto keep on the legacy of what he did, what he suffered for, and to teach the kids that anything is possible if you put your mind to it. >> this year's march coincides with the release of the movie. >> let's bring in rob mayeda as we inch toward our weekend. we saw the giants and a's game tonight. it looked beautiful at the ballpark. >> it was very nice and tomorrow, looking at a few showers, it's that saturday game as the series transitions into oakland. right now, san francisco looking pretty nice. no problems with fog or raindrops right now. it's kind of mild outside, mid to upper 50s at 11:00, with the moist flow coming in out of the south, we shouldn't see the temperatures drop a lot, tonight, low 50s and the satellite and radar view, you can see a few sprinkles offshore, part of the isolated showers for areas around the peninsula, maybe into the south bay. it -- all of this begins to push to the south tomorrow. we'll see a warm day, 70s in the forecast. notice through 1:00, not a l

. >>> a former united airlines worker and his wife are pleading neocon test to stealing luggage from the airline crash. but when they went pack to pick up their luggage the bags were missing. they both face up to year in jail. >>> coming up frightening moments for workers at facebook headquarters. coming up at 5:00 the phone call top san francisco police that led to an evacuation in menlo park. >> the crime is a heinous one. >> a san jose police officer charged with rape while on duty. what the city's new police chief is saying about the other officers in his department in the wake wake of this scandal. >> we are looking at a commute that is still looking pretty good as we look at northbound 101 but the wind is effecting the traffic. >> we do have wind advisories out until 8:00 this morning. some of the kamalas be bouncing around. gusts up to 50 plus. we will talk about that and see how long it will last. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. time is 4:44. president obama made a surprise appearance at a gap store in new york. he was in the city to raise money for the d

el turno a sacramento, donde tambien se van a recaudar fondos para la unin de campesinos, o united farm workers, el sindicato creado por csar chvez. rita medina/herman a de cesar "muy feliz, muy contenta por lo que han hecho por mi hermano , que sigue el legado adelante, lo extranamos mucho, pero vive de aqui de acerquita" andres live para nuestros amigos en san jose, la iglesia nuestra senora de guadalupe va a honrar el legado de chavez con una ceremonia manana sabado a las 3 de la tarde..... en vivo..... cesar gracias andres cesar ---la policia de san jose investiga la muerte de un hombre luego de encontrar su cadaver take vo en el interior de una casa en la calle "aborn" anoche... ---agentes de homicidios llegaron al lugar, pero segun el portavoz de la corporacion este es un procedimiento rutinario... ---la causa de la muerte y la identidad del fallecido no se conocieron. vo cesar ---casi dos aÑos despues que dos personas fueran asesinadas a tiros en san jose, la policia asegura tener al sospechoso... ---"pedro medina" de 31 aÑos fue extraditado desde mexico ayer luego de haber sido detenido

tonight i will talk to the president of the united steel workers international. he'll tell us why bad trade deals are crushing american industry. first, beer, politics and the st. patrick's day. trenders is next. stay with us. >>> time now for the trenders of social media. this is where you can find us. that's facebook.com/ed show. twitter.com/ed show and also ed.msnbc.com. on the radio i'm on sirius xm. you can get my radio podcast at we got ed. the social media nation decided we are reporting today's top trenders voted on by you. >> it's madness! >> the number three trender, having a ball. >> there are 68 teams. it's hard to wrap your head around them all. >> the overall number one seed is florida. >> we're number one. >> say what? >> florida had a great year. they won the s.e.c. outright. >> the ncaa top teams go mad on selection sunday. >> a fourth overall number one seed -- virginia spm. [ cheers ] >> wichita state. [ applause ] >> the shockers, this is no supervise. >> u-mass, they're all excited. >> go ahead and celebrate, guys. >> the number two trender,

unit. he says he spends most of his time in a cell and trusts no one. not even the inmate worker used to cut his hair. >> my barber, he stabbed somebody 27 times. they wound up taking him out of the unit. then he bailed out of there and got in a fire fight with police officers and got shot 27 times. my bunky before kidnapped somebody at gunpoint. was doing all types of drugs. he was doing robberies. so you just -- you don't know who you're sleeping with. >> one of the times bernard does leave his cell is to perform his duties as united maintenance worker, but he says even that led to trouble when another inmate got angry because bernard threw away the lid to a soup bowl. >> he came up behind me and just smacked me and smacked all the stuff out of my hands so it was all over the floor. >> because of his fear of being a snitch, bernard says he does not report his harassment to staff. and he says it was another set of problems in the free world that put him in this predicament. >> after my ex had left me, she had my daughter -- we just had hurricane irene. the house was wiped out. a

front, welabor thought this very close election down in tennessee with the united auto workers trying to unionize the volkswagen plant. it is very important to the uaw as they try to reach into the where there are these automotive facilities. a very narrow election. what does that mean for the future not only of the uaw but for organized labor in general? we have seen a steady decline of labor union participation over the years. state of labor? how do you assess this loss? was dismaying about the boat was the amount of money that was poured in knots from the union or the company delkswagen bug from outsiz sources. the coach brothers -- koch brothers were putting money in there. plus there were, i must say this madedismaying statements by public officials that simply were not true. >> senator corker? >> one said he had it from the if they voted not to have the union they would start another line at the company. later on the company came back and said no. we do not make that statement at all. the damage was done by public official. tennessee are saying that members of the state legislat

dorsa elementary and ended at the mexican heritage plaza where they celebrated the life of the united farm workers founder. >> it's very important. to keep the leg acy of cesar, what he did, what he suffered for and to teach the kids that anything is possible if you put your mind to it. >> as he said. this coincides with the release of the new movie. >>> for close to 30 years, he served those who served but soon the chaplain of the san jose police department will be leaving his post. >> the chaplain is usually a volunteer position but tonight it's a full-time job. for 28 years he's been giving them their money's worth. garvin thomas joins us with tonight's bay area proud. >> reporter: adds a chaplain you expect him to be familiar with all types of leaps of faith. but in the 1980s when he was asked to be police chaplain, he was told they weren't sure he'd be paid every week. it was a leap of faith he took and in turn, he has paid them back in good times and in bad. >> hey, rick, how ya doing? >> reporter: if there's one thing dave has learned during his time with the san jose police department -- >

inaudible ] and we can no longer participate in a system [ inaudible ] >> chavez founded the ufw, united farm workers. >>> the end of an era. a landmark movie theatre shows their last film. will they be able to keep the movie magic alive. >> it's one of the closest guarded structures in the country. what's prompting for security at the world trade center. >> how a simple test could save lives during a heart attack. >>> final curtain call for a bay area landmark t.dome theatre in san jose showed its last movie tonight to a solid out crowd. while there are efforts to get the building city landmark status, tonight the screen fade today black. patty lee was there for the final send off where fans vowed not to give up just yet on save the structure. >> reporter: that's right. just to give you a sense on how much it means to these folks, right after the movie ended, a couple got married under the dome. the lights are going off for good on the night of explosions, the dome theatre saw their biggest crowd in years. >> ticket holders lined up to get good seats in the 953 seat theatre in the century 21 dome. >

. >> bergman: dolores huerta was one of the founders of the united farm workers, with cesar chavez. >> harassment was part of the job, so to speak. women are looked at as sex objects when they are out there in the field. sexual harassment is an epidemic in the fields, and it again goes back to the vulnerability that farm worker women have. they work in isolated places, many of them don't speak english, a lot of them don't even know the laws. they don't even know that they can report sexual harassment and that the employer can be responsible for that. and so they feel helpless. >> bergman: until 1995, there was no government agency that made the plight of female farm workers a priority. then, bill tamayo went to work in san francisco for the equal employment opportunity commission: the eeoc. >> i met with the advocates for farm workers, and i said, "what are the main issues that you see we should address?" and they nearly all said the same thing. it was sexual harassment in the fields. and they said, "look, if there's anything you can help us with, it's just that women are being raped

. >> it relives the struggles he went through when founding the united farm workers union.few can forget the strikes marchs and the times he fasted. one nearly killed him. dolores was at a school today and spoke to students about never giving diana remembers how the organization grew. >> so sow seeds for change in this country. it's kind of that worrysome ivy that won't quit. >> neither had seen the movie. the movie opened today in the bay area. . >> i believe it's educational. more people should see it. >> latino culture needs to know what is going on. a lot of young people don't know too much about cesar chavez >> chavez died in 1993 coining the phrase "yes, we can". >> monday is a state holiday and banks and offices and post office will be open. >> i think monday will bring rain. >> yes. >> we do have rain for monday. but we have rain coming in this weekend as well. right now, some sprinkles up in the north bay. so do count a possibility of sprinkles into morning. continuing into afternoon hours. if going to exhibition game make sure you have an umbrella. temperatures up

. >> just days before we honor labor leader cesar chavez a key player from united farm workers movement is visiting the bay area. he spoke to students at pittsberg high school. despite the gains made over the decades saying there is a long way to go. >> there is are the of repression. and racism is still continuing. even in the form of the struggle. we know for benefits, states like new york state don't have them and other states throughout the country. >> president obama declaring march 31st, to 14 cesar chavez kach a new movie about him opens nationwide today. >> let's talk about the forecast. it's nice out there. now. scoop is that we have rain coming. tomorrow make sure you have umbrellas sunday we're watching sprinkles and the rain is going to hold off until late tonight. sutro tower camera with clouds down below. high clouds above. it's breezy out there. take a look at the forecast. sprinkles possible this evening. rainy saturday, snow and we're looking at mostly sunny skies on sunday. so if you is outdoor plans, sunday is the day. watching pacific here that system coming in for s

. >> reporter: they later became the united farm workers' union and the food, annual p-200 people are expected to, donate and one in 16 are 6 people in alameda depend on the food bank for food. >>> it is am -- and it is a threat that could affect the game and the cleanup from over the weekend. >>> good morning, right now we are looking at a commute which still looks good on the san mateo bridge heading out to the high-rise and we will tell you about the bay weather. >> no rain or cloud but and we will have all of your details coming up in a few minutes. . >>> welcome back, time now 544 testimony a search for the plane turned out to be fishing equipment. passengers in china, the wait for them has been excruciate being and they are waiting to hear about the 239 people on board and of those 152 passengers were chinese. >> 10 ships and 1100 people from several countries were involved in the search. this morning the prime minister said the best brains in the world are involved in that effort. >> if this mystery is solvable, we will solve it but i don't want to wait. >> now an american ping

. >> it relives the struggles he went through when founding the united farm workers union.es marchs and the times he fasted. one nearly killed him. dolores was at a school today and spoke to students about never giving up. diana remembers how the organization grew. >> so sow seeds for change in this country. it's kind of that worrysome ivy that won't quit. >> neither had seen the movie. the movie opened today in the bay area. . >> i believe it's educational. more people should see it. >> latino culture needs to know what is going on. a lot of young people don't know too much about cesar chavez >> chavez died in 1993 coining the phrase "yes, we can". >> monday is a state holiday and banks and offices and post office will be open. >> i think monday will bring rain. >> yes. >> we do have rain for monday. but we have rain coming in this weekend as well. right now, some sprinkles up in the north bay. so do count a possibility of sprinkles into morning. continuing into afternoon hours. if going to exhibition game make sure you have an umbrella. temperatures upper 50s to low 60s.

. >>> chavez foundedded united farm workers or ufw. >> >> a lot of talk about our weather, let's check who said another storm is heading our way. >> it has been a productive week. you will want to keep the umbrella nearby for the next couple of days. in terms of shower active across the northern part of the state, some showers to our north and toward the sierra, here is the radar loop for the past three hours. some activity looks like the hills to the east -- a closer look 20 minutes ago, we were tracking this one shower approaching way out to our east, but basically, the bay area dry, scattered showers popped up in the south bay earlier this afternoon. for tonight, partly cloudy skies, a bit of a breeze with winds 10-20-miles an hour, here is our live camera looking toward the golden gate bridge. pretty good size swell out there. waves easily good 6-8 feet. as far as tomorrow, the rainfall redevelops, our next storm moves on shore, tuesday, we are tracking cold showers, with that, incriesing the instability. thunderstorms as early as monday, better bet into tuesday. home opener tomorr

they celebrated the life of the co-founder of the united farm workers union. it's a state holiday on the day he was born in >>> a film about his life opens tomorrow in theaters nationwide and in mexico starring michael pena. it touches on several ufw's nonviolent campaigns including the grape strike that started in 1965. he also marks a directing debut of actor diego luna. >> #-year-old boy in new jersey hitting a home run with an idea to support us troops overseas oochl billy cook thought it would be cool to send baseballs signed with notes of support by friends and neighbors >> started as a project for his bar mitzvah but kept growing and growing. >> this says you're risking your life. it means a lot to me. and a lot of people. >> i have met people who are strangers to me. and become my friends because of this project and they just tell me how great my son is. >> good kid. >> jewish members showed their appreciation displaying their baseballs on the first day of hanukkah, last year >> they are vowing to continue sending the baseballs after his bar mitzvah >>

united airlines contract workers are looking for folks who may be carrying too much. united has recently added sizing kiosks at airports. the airline says this is about loading and unloading quickly. this is not a new policy. this is just enforcement of the rules by reminding customers about the limits and size and number of bags they can bring onboard. passengers will not have to go back to the counter. but they have to gate-check without paying that bag fee. tonight, the bag police are on the job. meaning there may be a little more room in those overhead compartments. david kerley, abc news, washington, reagan airport. >>> we have some dramatic images out of new jersey today. a raging fire in a neighborhood in ruins. utility workers were fixing a damaged gas line when a massive explosion erupted. eyewitnesses say it was so loud, they thought it might have been a plane crash. six people were injured. at least one person has died. >>> and now, we want to take you inside the south african courtroom. an emotional day of testimony in the oscar pistorius trial. a witness b

we have the edison electric institute endorse it, the nuclear industry dow chemical dupont united auto workers united steelworkers dow corning applied materials utility workers all the way down the line. we had the industry on our side. the chamber of commerce wasn't with us, no question about it. i like who we have. i don't think the edison electric institute was with us. i think they understood where we have to go to could are checked the climate in greenhouse gases by the year 2015. so this is a further extension of what's going on. the oil industry is pushing to reverse four decades of law prohibiting the export of american crude oil so that our crude oil can be shipped to china. there is a crude oil band right now. they want it lifted. as we debated here yesterday the natural gas industry is pushing to use the crisis in ukraine as a basis for unleashing natural gas exports to china because that's where it's going. it's 15 bucks in china they pay in only 10 bucks in europe. who do you think exxon is going to send it to? to china. imagine the mantra of the chamber of commerce ,-com,-com ma

. >> united airline worker and his wife pleaded no contest to stealing luggage on a flight diverted because214 last summer. the couple enters pleas on monday. they face up to a year in prison. the prosecution says he was caught on surveillance video stealing the magazines while his wife returned the stolen items to stores for a refund. president obama is praising gap for the voluntary minimum wage increase after stopping at a gap store in new york. gap announced they would raise the minimum hourly raise to $9 an hour. next year it will be ten. he told a crowd it is good for families and the economy. the president also took a moment to pick out clothes to bring home to first lady michele and r >> she will love the colors. >> he picked up a navy zip up work out shirt not first lady. did you hear how not committal he was about the purchase. >> there are jewel tones in the canary diamond yellow indicating high winds over the bay bridge so be sure you keep both hands on the wheel and southbound 880 you can see there is a slowing and it will cause pressure northbound along 238 out of castro valle

that will boost wages for 65,000 workers in the united states. last week i read about jacksons, an ice cream parlor in florida that has been in business since 1956. they just announced they would lift workers' wages to $10.10 without cutting back on hiring. two weeks ago in atlanta a small business owner named darian sutherland wrote me to share a lesson his granny taught him. if you treat your employees right they'll treat you right. you gotta listen to your grandmother. that is some wise advice. i agree with these business leaders as well. i issued an executive order if you're doing business with the federal government, pay your employees a fair wage of $10.10, which will be good for america's bottom lines. and let me tell you who was affected. when i was signing the executive order we had some of the workers who would be effected. we have people cooking the meals of our troops, or washing their dishes, cleaning their clothes, this country should pay those folks a wage you can live on. this is good for business, it is good for america. even thou

i'll release the unit consists of workers retired officers and pensioners. well all goal is to prevent radical and fascist elements from ukraine coming year and carry no extremist pro locations that's why we the civilian population of crime unit came together to prevent the arrival of the friendly politicians of both russian and ukrainian this will escalate tensions in ukraine no one paid us to come here we can feel fall own free will but this one. in the meantime scores of people have been taking part for the past few days in pro russian rallies in the center also are the ukrainian capital they do not to recognize the authorities so steam to power there in kyiv as the legitimate up forty built to power up off the ukraine and so the local parliament also sets the date for the referendum to be held in the crimea which the should decide whether or not the republic should have even more autonomy from kiev. now we've also heard from ousted president of the city you know cornish who commented on the switch in the crimea saying that sell what's happening here now w

they celebrated the life of the united farm workers founder. this coincides with the release of the movie, victor chavez. >>> outspoken for his support for gun control, but now accused of dealing guns. >>> and how police uncovered crimes at one of the busiest airports in the country. plus. >>> i'm kimberly terry in cupertino where city officials launched an unofficial war against these. the latest tactic to get rid of them coming up in a live report. where's my room? we had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. because your kitchen dreams can be big. ikea has it all. >>> you know, the honest truth on that, because i've fired guns before, i don't trust myself. >> this is an interview we did with state senator leland yee. we did it about a year ago. tonight many are calling him a hypocrite after his arrest for allegedly dealing guns. yee spent years fighting to stop gun violence. >> but tonight i is charged with trying to import illegal firearms. we are live outside the courthouse in san francisco, and what are you hearing, chase? >> reporte

public interest, my name is david snyder for informational purposes only, i am a co-founder of united taxi cab workers but also been a jack of a number of trades photographer, lawyer and newspaper reporter and all of that kind of stuff. but this as another vehicle for hire and ride shares, something strange, ride shares, ride shares you start charging, i think that is a classic definition when you charge isn't that the classic definition of motor vehicle for hire? the average taxi driver will work or drive about 36,000 a year. carry between 6 and 9,000 passengers. that is real heavy lifting that is not pink fluff. >> thank you so much mr. snyder. >> thank you, my name is walter blake derby and i started driving the taxi in 1979 and it is changed and i am almost ready to retire and i am grateful about everything because i really like it and i have to write a book about it because basically, the 200 million, what would you do with it, put the ads on anything, and i got it on my facebook for two years, the tnc, you can do it. you can shut them down. they are running around the cannabis all of the time an

. >>> a former united airlines worker and his wife are pleading no contest to stealing luggage aftercrash. the couple was aof take -- accused of taking bags from passengers that got diverted to another plane. 44-year-old shawn and his wife both of richmond face up to a year in jail. >>> time is 6:56. thieves have been targeting empty vacation rental homes in sonoma county. the sheriffs office says it has tracked 52 vacation home burglaries since september. the largest number of burglaries have happened in againville and forestville. the items taken include flat screen tvs, electronics, and furniture. >>> meantime police are crediting help from the community in making several arrests in a string of street robberies in north oakland. police and sheriffs deputies joined atf and other agencies in serving ten search warrants in oakland, hayward, and antioch. the arrest came after leads they got at community meetings. police also seized drugs in the sweep. >>> 6:57. a show down over rent control ended in a draw. the meeting of the community and economic development committee was packed mor

workers across the land. and there is no bigger supporter by the way of immigration reform than the united farm workers, which he helped build, create, and today is one of the strongest voices for that immigration reform. so it's really shameful that we can pass, you know, commemorative resolutions on some of the most insignificant issues, but on the life of someone who changed the course of this country for millions of latinos who understand that life and history and would want to see that life commemorated that there can be a continuing objection eight years, and i will keep coming each year to the floor, mr. president, to make this happen, because at some point it will. and with that, mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: thank you, mr. president. before the distinguished senator from new jersey, the senior senator, leaves, i just want to thank him for his diligence and advocacy on behalf of a distinguished american. i can say as a chair of the agriculture committee, without the work of cesar chavez, without those who toil in the fields, picking t

. >> yes, thank you, mark and speaking for united taxi cab workers and i can say that as a participant in the cpuc proceedings they were not fair proceedings and these companies went into business complete lie against the law and the cerebral palsy who gave them their blessing after having started the proceedings and then in the document that initiated those proceedings they said, these proceedings are being called to determine how to regulate this industry. and not whether to regulate it, not whether they had the authority and jurisdiction to do so. but how to do it. and it went on from there, we never had a fair shot at this. and right now, they are saying, we will have more hearing, you know, maybe later this year, people are dying. our little girl died and people are being injured while they are fiddling, and their rules do not protect the public. and this is uncontionable. what can the city do? an auful lot. these are taxi cabs in every sense of the word they are taxi cabs and the cpuc does not have the authority to override state law, which gives cities the exclusive authority ov