the university of san francisco had what may have been the best football team in the country. today it has no football program at all. the reason for that program's demise was in large part because of its players. they took a stand for a principal far more important than football. in 2001, george watson brought us this look at the usf dawn's of 1959. >>> today it's as much shadow as stadium. enough remains to plainly see what it once was. tall stately columns support air not steel. grassy knolls surround. square upon the eastern edge of golden gate park. graceful reminders of a place where young men played the game of football. along those who led memories there is the legacy of perhaps the greatest college football team no one ever heard of. in 1951 university of san francisco dawns. >> i think we were the best team in football at that time. college team in football. no question in my mind if we had the opportunity we could have beaten anybody. >> could have is the key phrase. the 1951 usf football team came to be known as the team that was undefeated, untied and uninvited. at

let's now cross to dr stephen zunes political and international studies professor at the university of san francisco based for being with us over the years kerry has been known to flip flop on a range of domestic and foreign policy issues seemingly being pro and anti war at the same time at least according to some people and you suggest in a recent article that he basically fits the neo conservative ideal of a hawkish bush type politician first of all how is that so and second of all what can we expect from him as secretary of state. it does seem a bit ironic given that the international prominence an antiwar vietnam veteran really was person a set monthly meeting like meetings in a highly critical of the readiness for example since america and terms of being a nuclear arms race and other issues that he's definitely moved human rights leader in his career he was an outspoken supporter of the iraq war and not only ging among the right wing minority of democrats on capitol hill that though to authorize the war but and not only. making up these samples tales about massive biological and chemical weapon

of the recommendations that came out from the physician, the cardologyist with the university of california, san francisco. was that if we are to deploy an electronic control weapon it should be done in conjunction or the availability of a defibrillator should be immediate and with that said, the department is

of youth in san francisco brochure. we addressed audiences they university of california, berkeley law school. the universe of san francisco, the san francisco city academy and san francisco city college. our medation program also played an important part in our out reach and in 2012 we reached a community board peace keeping record for excellent and adr practice. we were acknowledged by california state senator mark leno and the san francisco board of supervisors. also in september of 2012, the coordinate and her long term, occ mediater, participated in the solute to the bay area volunteer mediators at at&t park. we are a unique oversight mod sxl we regularly attract interest both internationally and nationally, and from academic communities. during 2011, and 2012 we hosted representatives from other agencies such as the san diego police and review board. the office of the police monitor and the newly formed bart office of the police auditer. in addition to hosting members from other american civilian oversight agencies we also met with international representatives. we addressed the invitatio

chris thompson from the university of san francisco. go, dons. 1855. i have not been there that long. i am in the department of exercise and sports science. i think it is a good match for me to be demonstrating the wii, which is a good physical activity. i am joined on the stage by a student, not from usf, but from san francisco state. we actually talk to each other. this is mackenna. >> good morning. >> finally, i am joined by alicia from the independent living center in san francisco. it is great for all of you to be here today. people will be trickling in over the next half hour. we will give you a taste of what wii is like. we have set up the game. i will start by playing mackeena in a game of tennis. the interesting thing about wii is we use this little remote. just by moving our arms, we can control movement on the screen. you will be watching up on the big screen as we play a game of tennis. are you ready? all right. we will select two players. that is me. does that look like me? it kind of those -- of does. does that look like mackenna? that is

san francisco. we are currently going to have four additional trainings this coming year. we are also having discussions with the university of san francisco to model what has taken place in memphis, with the memphis police department and the university of memphis. i will stop right there, because i think that perhaps, probably good time to answer questions. >> supervisor compos? >> i want to thank you for hearing this important item and i want to thank the police department for being here and i know that the chief had to leave and we appreciate his comments and we have a number of members of the community who have been tracking these for years. the issues of tasers is something that something that san francisco like many other cities has been graveling with for quite some time. let me begin by saying that i am certainly in support of giving police officers the tools they need to do the job and i think that we have a responsibility to do that. that said, i am still not convinced that tasers are a tool that actually is needed for you to perform the duties in a manner that is conist ant with what i think is expected of all offi

that we have learned and capabilities, we will share them as is happening right now in the university of san francisco hospitalst

that we have learned and capabilities, we will share them as is happening right now in the university of san francisco hospital system where our medical experts are sharing what they have learned on the battlefield for first responders and trauma support. we will share what we know about working with the amazing communication capabilities. northern california communication system and integrating those with our robust communication system, through dsca and the various military interagencies. we will do that, partly because it's interesting, partly because it's challenges, but because as someone said all disasters are local. somewhere there's a little girl or little by or grandmother that is counting on us to get it right. so i thank you in advance for that young boy, that young girl, that family, whose lives will be changed, whose lives may even be preserved, because of your efforts. thank you for inviting me here today, thank you for allowing me to learn from you, thank you for allowing me it share a little bit about what we do and mostly to simply say thank you, it was my pleasure to be here, secreta

. >> this simple lecture by professor robert lustig of the university of california-san francisco haseen viewed nearly 3 million times. the basic message, sugar is toxic. at least in the massive amounts most of us eat it. >> can your liver handle it, and the answer is, no it can't. >> the average american eats 130 pounds of sugar in a single year. that includes the white stuff. but in case you're curious, also the high fructose corn syrup. lustig says for most people it makes no difference. of course, the sugar growers and the corn growers say sugar is like anything else. fine. in moderation. and that's true. but it's not the whole story. and now dr. robert lustig joins us. he's written a new book. in his spare time. it's called "fat chance: beating the odds against sugar, processed foods, obesity and disease." with regard to sugar, and you've talked about the fact that sugar, sweets and stuff, can be bad for your heart. it can ultimately get turned into this very bad sort of cholesterol particles. what happens? you think of fatty foods doing that. but a sugary drink? >> right. the pr

san francisco, for abc7 news. >> happening now in san francisco, all classes of canceled at a building in san francisco state university because of flooding. a water pipe broke on the first floor of the creative arts building. the water flooded the basement where stage props and sound equipment are stored. no word on how much the extent of the damage is at this point. school officials are blaming the leak on a corroded valve. >> a man was seriously hurt this morning when hit by a car in santa rosa. the c.h.p. says he was running across highway 101 after getting gasoline to fill an empty tank. we do not have word on his condition. >> the california highway patrol has lifted a traffic alert in livermore after a fatal accident and car fire. we were over the accident that happened at 6:30 this morning. the interstate was closed for several hours near greenville road with three vehicles involved in the crash and the identity has not been released. >> happening now in san jose, police are looking for one person who used a flammable substance to try and set a house on fire. somebody threw a fiery object at a house near glenwo

of the recommendations that came out from the physician, the cardologyist with the university of california, san francisco. was that if we are to deploy an electronic control weapon it should be done in conjunction or the availability of a defibrillator should be immediate and with that said, the department is also moving forward with a community members who want to see independent of the taser issue, it is something that actually was a part of the discussion before july when the chief brought this issue up was there was a discussion, already, about adopting a police car or donating a aed and having that device available in a police car and no cost to the city for a period of some six years. >> can you explain to me what to do any member of the audience what a defibrillator is? >> i'm looking around to see if i see one and in most of our buildings we have them. dispersed and they are within the police department and certainly within the city haul. it is basically for a individual who has a heart stoppage and basically you place the device on the chest of the person, and that device measures all of the act

international human rights day to celebrate the universal declaration of human rights, the first achievement. united nations. and whereas the san francisco-based foundation founded by the legendary rock band the grateful dead has advanced education about the universal declaration of human rights among youth and adults called the world it's could be." and whereas by delivering human rights curriculum to the creative arts the groundbreaking curriculum is designed to engage youth, inspire learning and critical thinking and positive social interaction, encourage youth who are often marginalized due to learning or physical differences to enjoy participation in school-wide events, engage the broader community to celebrate accomplishments of youth and showcase the importance and value of creative arts to personal development and vibrant culture. providing collaboration opportunitis among non-profits, public universities and schools. and commissioner mendoza, if you would like to read the rest it of a will read the next one. >> it also offers a three-day summer institute, hosted by usf annually and free of charge. i am hoping that teachers are l

san francisco, for abc7 news. >> happening now in san francisco, all classes of canceled at a building in san francisco state university because of flooding. a water pipe broke on the first floor of the creative arts building. the water flooded the basement where stage props and sound equipment are stored. no word on how much the extent of the damage is at this point. school officials are blaming the leak on a corroded valve. >> a man was seriously hurt this morning when hit by a car in santa rosa. the c.h.p. says he was running across highway 101 after getting gasoline to fill an empty tank. we do not have word on his condition. >> the california highway patrol has lifted a traffic alert in livermore after a fatal accident and car fire. we were over the accident that happened at 6:30 this morning. the interstate was closed for several hours near greenville road with three vehicles involved in the crash and the identity has not been released. >> happening now in san jose, police are looking for one person who used a flammable substance to try and set a house on fire. somebody threw a fiery object at a house near glenwo

a professor at the university of california san francisco conducted the study based on department of defense data. >>> president obama's nominee for secretary of state, the massachusetts senator john kerry we want off script today during his confirmation hearing. his comments about senator john mccain's ordeal in vietnam that were not in senator kerry's prepared remarks, plus what made him cry today. and the kennedys like you've never seen them. newly uncovered family photos, including a seve from jackie o. that's still ahead. >> shepard: there is a new twist as fox reports in the murder case of the washington intern chandra levy more than ten years ago. her parents now tell fox news.com about new secret meetings surrounding the case. they say that lawyers on both sides mettles twice since december to discuss the testimony of one witness. remember channel chan's case made headlines because of her reported affair with gary condit. but a court ultimately convicted this illegal immigrant linked to a string of assaults at rock creek park where a dog walker discovered her body nearly a ye

on the campus of san francisco state university, inside their state of the art library, it's something obsolete that keeps him busy. thousands and thousands rolls of film. news film, recorded from the' 50s through the' 70s, 4,000 hours of bay area history, captured at 24 frames a second. >> this film was shot in 1969. i will be the first person, very probably to have looked at this film since 1969. >> the footage housed at the san francisco bay area television archive has been rescued in a way. you see, before recording on video, and later digitally, television news was captured, edited and broadcast on film. that film went from unused to unwatched and to unwanted. much of it, perhaps most of it was just thrown away. >> i went into an archive and a bunch of film had just been thrown away, because the film was restricting people's access to get to pallets of toilet paper. >> the archive though is dedicated to not just saving the physical film, but uncovering and sharing its secrets. the first challenge for alex is figuring out what is on it. labels, if they exist at all are often generi

. >>> a 9ers super bowl win could make the bay area the center of the sports universe and san francisco city leaders are looking at taking full advantage of that. cbs 5 political insider phil angelides at insider phil matier reports. >> reporter: first we had to get the bet out of the way. here's the mayor and we'll take it from there. >> we haven't gotten all the details. but mayor of baltimore is a real bright lady. i really like her. stephanie rawlings blake. and we know we both have crab. she has the blue crab and i have the dungeness crab here so we already have part of the bet. the loser has to fly to the winning city put on the bib and go down to their favorite place and crack the crab in front of all the cameras. >> reporter: while the super bowl is getting all the attention, for mayor lee it's just the start. >> it is i think going to be a great kickoff but i still think there's more to come. >> reporter: it could be one of the biggest sport years in the city's history leading off with the baseball world classic at at&t park. >> that's just right on the heels of winning the wor

. >> 2010 that the city ask county of san francisco adopted the universal business code and changed some of the local code requirements. >> i could not definitely say. however, i am concerned that the element adds something they am not comfortable. i have a question -- i have a question for mr. [inaudible]. would you please confirm that the applicant owns both 1587 and 1589. >> thank you for asking that question. i didn't have a chance to speak to that. ms. woo doesn't own the building to the north. her folks own that now. the idea is get them under one roof. her sister's family will move to the building to the north. in considering how to get the family into one building they face the same issue and ms. woo and her husband and children and parents under one roof. they couldn't fit in two stories adequately for their health purposes for the parents. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> commissioner antonini. >> well, i certainly am sympathetic to the neighbors and their arguments. there seems to be a lot of conformity to the heights. however, i think looking at one of the pictures there is a b

mardi horowitz is a psychiatrist at the university of california medical school at san francisco and an authority on post-traumatic stress disorder. post-traumatic stress disorder has three important elements-- one is that there has been a trauma, an experience that's usually extraordinary for the person and shocking very frequently, often terrifying or having a death anxiety or a big terror event involved. and the second component is often some kind of intrusive experience, whether it's of a pang of very intense emotion, a recurrent visual image repeating the perceptions. and the third component is often a kind of numbing or denial or omitting of memories that one would expect after such a serious life event. man-made disasters tend to create more victims of post-traumatic stress disorder than do natural ones. so it was that many veterans of the vietnam war showed signs of ptsd after returning. almost 16 months of my life was spent in a jungle. i'd seen a base camp only two months, and that was a week here and a week there. the rest was living with bugs. now bugs bother me. loud noi

first of all, mention once before but now hear to speak to you alahandro mahe and teaches at the san francisco university and short story edit tore and award winner and here he is. >> thank you. >> you look fabulous. you remind me of my first girlfriend. only she was not as tall. but, i want to thank the mayor lee, and the mayor's office, and jeff, and world rainbow fund and all of you for the invitation to be here tonight. we are so privileged to be able to gather together in community and joy and celebration and hope while so much of the world is plunged in darkness and chaos and war and intolerance. i am honored to read a poem for you tonight. >> the last time that i tried this, i pulled out a parking ticket. i got lucky this time. in spanish, hope, is aransa. and the plural is suransa many hopes. this is esperansas, in memory of sadako. >> for mother nature, and the ocean. but the rivers and the forest. who will speak for the redwoods and the brisle cones? for the sailors lost at sea, for the eyes that search for them, for the soldier and the soldier's widow. for the one in jail, and for the one that

. >> reporter: on the campus of san francisco state university, inside their state of the art library, is something obsolete that keeps alex busy. thousands upon thousands of rolls of film, news film, recorded by bay area television stations from the '50s through the '70s. 4,000 hours of bay area history captured at 24 frames a second. >> this film was shot in 1969. i will be the first person very probably to have looked at this film since 1969. >> reporter: the footage housed at the san francisco bay area television archives has been rescued in a way. you see, before recording on video, and later digitally, television news was captured, edited and broadcast on film. that film went from unused to unwatched to unwanted. much of it, perhaps most of it, was just thrown away. >> i went into an archive, and a bunch of film had just been thrown away, because the film was restricting people's access to get to pallets of toilet paper. >> reporter: the archives is dedicated to not just saving the physical film, but uncovering and sharing its secrets. the first challenge for alex is figuring ou

of boston university. she works for the san francisco international terminal marketing division. born and raised san franciscans. i want to encourage everyone out there listening that this is the best city to raise a family. regarding a few of those articles that you read about families leaving san francisco -- don't. stay in the city. this is what can happen to you if you stay. [laughter] in terms of my dedication, i think, san francisco has embraced me, has welcomed me, has allowed me to prosper, allow me to raise this incredible family. as a naturalized u.s. citizen, i tell you i have learned a great deal about compassion, public service, and it is time for me to give something back to a community that has embraced me and opened their arms to me. [applause] and that is what i intend to do as a new trustee. you may have heard that i have an unusual work schedule. i open my office every morning at 5:20 a.m. i have an open house for anyone that want to come to my office to talk to me, hopefully, about engineering, until it o'clock a.m. i have been doing that for the last 25 years

those labels really don't even reflex the depth of who any individual person is and i'm just wondering university in your 15 years here in san francisco, sort of a little bit of how that works personally for yourself. >> at brandeis, because i went to that school, everyone assumed that i was jewish and i was. but now that i'm in high school, people put did i have lent labels on me that i wouldn't have expected at brandeis, based on religion or where i live or like rituals that i do. and i like to identify myself as just an african-american jew. and people that don't know me usually think i am either christian or, say, muslim just because of my skin tone. it is definitely interesting to see the difference of what i'm in my jew, community, be'chol lashon community, and outside of that community. >> jonah, diane, thank you so much. we'll take another quick break. diane will stay with us and we'll be joined by yet another guest and so we'll say good-bye to jonah for now. thank you so much. please join us in just a moment here on mosaic. >>> welcome back to mosaic. i'm rabbi eric weiss and honored to be your host this morning. we are joine

. >> reporter: on the campus of san francisco state university, inside their state-of-the-art library, it's something obsolete that keeps his chariot busy. thousands upon thousands of rolls of film, news film recorded by bay area television stations from the 50s to the '70s. 4,000 hours of bay area history captured at 24 frames a second. >> this film was shot in 1969. i will be the first person very probably to have looked at this film since 1969. >> housed at the san francisco bay area television archive has been rescued in a way. you see, before recording on video and later digitally, captured, edited and broadcast on film. that went from unused to unwatched to unwanted. much of it. perhaps most of it was just thrown away. >> i went in to an archive and a bunch of film i had just been thrown away because the film was restricting people's access to get to toilet paper. >> the archive though is dedicated to not just saving the physical film but uncovering and sharing its secrets. the first challenge for alex is figuring out out what's on it. labels, if they exist at all, are often gen

. >> the academy of art university in san francisco has until today to meet building code requirements big fines. the "san francisco chronicle" reports the city recently issued violation notices if 22 properties owned by the school. the problems include operating a school out of buildings designated for commercial businesses and converting residential hotels into student housing. documents show the academy of art university faces $26,000 in fees and more than $5,500 a day in fines if the deadline is not met. >> as 49er fevers reached the height there is no price too high for the 49er faithful to get up close. the san jose mercury nose reports that there are 900 seats at the new santa clara stadium at a price of $80,000 each. you may think they would not sell, but the team has sold 95 percent of them, the $80,000 and on top of the price for senator -- for season tickets but it gets you free food, drinks, parking, sideline passes during the games. >> talking super bowl now with the big game three days away city leaders in san francisco are preparing for the aftermath on sunday if the 49e

university of california berkeley with a degree in civil engineering. i started with the department of public works in 1984. in 2003, i was asked to come to san francisco public utilities commission to take the meat on the program. i'm responsible for all the large capital projects for water, waste water, and power. it's about $12 billion of capital projects. we have a lot of projects. our water system improvement program, 80 products that span seven counties. we have a staff of about 400 city employees and about 500 consultants. puc is really embracing technology. we wanted to make sure we really had a system that would elevate all issues so we could address them in a timely manner. as you know, time is money. we have a construction management information system. it is a great tool to help us address construction and make it successful, as it is today. cmis is one of the first major tools we put in place. the next one is the san francisco online invoicing, where we are now working with the contractor and consultant to have them submit their invoices online. we are also working on electronic bidding systems. another way we can reduce the paperwork and

. >> establishment that impose surcharges on customer to cover the cost of compliance with san francisco universal health care law but that use little or none of those funds to actually provide health care benefits to their employees. >>reporter: surcharge appears on some restaurant bills you can see it on this bill right there unthe sub total. the first time he saw it he thought it was a good thing. >> city progressive. right. trying to meet a need. >>reporter: butt city attorney in one year said third of the money collected 5 million dollars was not spent on health care. he is sending outlet investigators more than 50 restaurants letting them know they are the target of an investigation. >> worst offender must remit any amount unredeemed by the city to if you said future enforcement of health care and other consumer law. >>reporter: state assemblyman authored the program and calls the cheating criminal. >> that's larceny. that is ethical and certainly doesn't help the reputation of restaurants here in san francisco. >>reporter: the city won't name the restaurants under investigation. city attorn

of san francisco. i work over at san francisco general hospital, in the dietary department. i have been there for almost three years. [ applause ] >> i will be graduating from the university of phoenix this year with a degree in criminal justice. and as barry has already told you i freelances an interpret. he said that the dead are not resurrected here. i stand here before you to let you know that the dead will be resurrected. because my life was over before i came here and it has been resurrected all today. [ applause ] thank you very much for taking the time to listen to me. my name is tyrone and i'm under construction. god speed to you all. [ applause ] >> thank you, tyrone. whew. [ [ laughter ] >> it is my distinct pleasure to introduce to you today one of our volunteers. this woman takes time etch year to volunteer with her children and grandchildren. she comes when she is not otherwise occupied, like leading those in congress. nancy pelosi is used to speaking before representatives. she has been doing it for 25 years and she comes before us, representatives of all of san francisco and points beyond. she is used to celebrating occasions when those who have been excluded

team. >> he would not think there would be a local angle to the san francisco portion of medi day but vernon davis played for the university of maryland in it'searly 2000's and says prepared him for the nfl. >> a lot of what i learned at college, you take that with the win go to the nfl. standing it into the weight room like colin and putting in the extra work. >> then there is the story line of play against the ravens, a team he grew up watching. he says it is surreal plan against them. >> home town team for me. to play against the ravens, it means a lot to me. when i was a kid, it was either the redskins or the ravens. when i think back, it is like wow, i am playing the ravens. obviously one of us will lose but either way, the university of maryland wins. >> torrey smith also played at the university of maryland. while they did not play together, they do talk to each other often, especially through twitter and have a huge middle respect. >> we are both on offense so we do not compete against each other but we both represent our teams. i am excited about it and happy for him. >> those who rooted for vernon davis in collin

. >>> we sat down tonight with robert smith the professor of political science at san francisco state university. we e next two years in a way just a series of arguments about the budget debts and deficits. i don't see him having an opportunity in the first two years of getting much done. >> reporter: smith said president obama will be remembered for what he's already accomplished. he pointed to the president's efforts to shift resources from the wealthy toward the middle class and those with lower incomes as well as his push for health care reform. >> a new poll shows president obama has some challenges ahead. the wall street journal survey found mr. obama with a 52% disapproval. when asked where america is heading, 33% had positive comments and 58 negative. >>> our ken pritchett and tori campbell are headed to the capital. they will have reports continues through inauguration day on monday. >>> a major new honda recall to tell you about tonight. >> also coming up the change in security that you'll notice at two bay area airports. >> the advertised warm up has arrived. coming up the warmest day

. >> but a study by university of kentucky indicated the laws like san francisco's hurt young, less skillede who are looking for jobs. bill herman is an economics professor at golden investigate university and says most agree. >> if this increases it's like everything else, price goes up, people buy less of it. when wage goes up, people higher fewer people of that particular category. >> supporters say a decent wage is a value. if so, it's a trend moving south, san jose voters just approved a hike from $8 to $10 an hour expected to take place in march. in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> mail reduction for a san francisco woman charged with killing a pedestrian.xyky[c a judge lowered bail for this woman, she's<=rn charged with felony vehicular manslaughter, dui and hit and run. police say she hit four pedestrians on december 13th, one of the victims was thrown over the enbankment and down a hill. another victim, a 56-year-old woman, died at the hospital. investigators say she left the scene, officers found her damaged car a short distance away. fire officials say a stubborn house fire may have

of san francisco. across the street from stanford university. >> host: michael doyle. thank you. >> guest: my pleasure. . . want . . . .

and i want to particularly acknowledge the university of berkeley alfa, fi omega service community and volunteers from one brick. aid for good, the san franciscos bar. yeah. and berny man and we had a bunch of burners helping us this year. yeah. and also, of course i would like to thank the mayor's office of neighborhood services and city hall events department. we worked them for seven years and they are always wonderful. and so thank you. >> it was his idea in the beginning. he must be very proud. that is a beautiful tree. and there are hundreds of cranes, when you look at it from here, it looks like it is snow-covered the tree. but you are in san francisco, that is not snow, those are oragami and each one has to be folded and it is an incredible project. i always thought of it as something that they just kind of did in class that you were bored, but no it is an art form and it makes a beautiful tree and behind all of that creativity is a person whose name was just mentioned. she has been here all seven years, linda mahara and she is a professional oragami artist. and you may know her work and not realize that you know her work. she has done