those of us patiently waiting for your process to complete have been run by bullies, and you have condoned it. i am truly saddened by this turn of events. thanks for letting me speak. >> thank you. i should comment that the commission did not deny that permit. the applicant withdrew it. >> i understand. >> in defense of the commission, there was no official action to terminate that. we did get a lot of public comment and i appreciate your. >> next speaker, please? >> i am here on behalf of various organizations, including the national parks conservation organization and the sierra club. we are concerned about the protection of endangered species. we will not discuss the specifics of the recycled water project. we are concerned that the department -- we know through citizen scrutiny that the course of substantial to of, unresolved economic and a garment of problems. we recently learned the overall water project has nearly 80% of the recycled water dedicated to sharp park, contrary to the way the general manager has been discussing it with the public. it is been said the golf course is a sma

those of us patiently waiting for your process to complete have been run by bullies, and you have condonedam truly saddened by this turn of events. thanks for letting me speak. >> thank you. i should comment that the commission did not deny that permit. the applicant withdrew it. >> i understand. >>

this most recent bill is going to mean so much, so you were firm and fair and always listened to us patiently, regardless of the crazy ideas that we were bringing your way, and i just want to thank you so much. [applause] i do have one card. >> [inaudible] >> [laughter] >> i hope you will forgive me if i turn my back on you and i just fall directly. -- by address paul directly. i am an attorney, and i have worked on most if not all of the projects in one way or another that monique just mentioned. that includes the ferry building, pier 1, and the rest. as some of you may know, in a prior incarnation, i was the executive director of dcdc, and i thought i knew something about the public trust. well, i still think i know something about the public trust, and i will say at times, paul and i have disagreed about the scope of the public trust. but i will say this -- in all the times that any of us have ever worked with you, never have we had a speck of doubt about your integrity and commitment to the public, and i want to salute you today for that publicly and privately and thank you for all the go

heal. >> i'm better walking and exercising. >> this physical therapist in arlington use the wii as part of a patient's rehab. wiihab they call it helps to regain strength after surgeries. >> what we have is a great tool to use. it allows patients to get visual feedback as to where their center of balance is, when they are coming out of surgery or relearning balance training. >> reporter: and the wii fit can spice up sometimes mundane physical therapy sessions. >> it was a fun thing to do. there's definitely a goal to it. one of the games that i had to do was a penguin on an iceberg. and the penguin had to balance back and forth on the iceberg. >> it made my sessions fun. it made them entertaining. >> reporter: nicole fell and broke her ankle taking an awkward step out of her car. wii got her moving and delivered results. >> the rehabilitation i received here, along with the home exercises i was given, strengthened my muscles. and so i feel stronger in my ankles. >> reporter: mary clark also successfully finished up her physical therapy sessions but wants to take wiihab home. >> i probably will ask my

it helps patients regain strength and balance after sprains, fractures, and other major foot and ankle surgeries. >> it is a great tool to useit allows patients to get some visual feedback as to where their balance is or where their center of balance is when they are coming out of surgery or relearning balance training. >> and the wii fit can spice up mundane physical therapy sessions. >> it was a fun thing to do. there was definitely a goal to it. one of the games i had to do was a penguin on an iceberg. and the penguin had to balance back and forth on the iceberg. >> it definitely made my sessions fun. it made them entertaining. >> nicole broke her ankle taking an awkward step out of her car. wii got her moving and delivered results. >> the rehabilitation i received here along with the home exercises that i was getting strengthened my muscles and so i feel stronger in my ankle. >> mary clark also successfully finished up her physical therapy sessions, but wants to take wiihab home. >> i'll probably ask my husband a wii for christmas. >> it offers a lot of exercises, the yoga, the strength and balancing, it uses it for pati

. >> the government wants to limit certain drug use in patients with kidney disease.hat story a little later. but first more bad news about the housing prices. a record number of homes were foreclosed on this summer. which bay area cities had the highest rate. and can you hear me now? our kids can't afford another four years of crippling cuts to public schools. class sizes are too big, and all the standardized testing just isn't working. so classroom teachers looked closely at the plans of both candidates for governor. and we're supporting jerry brown. brown's plan focuses on a well-rounded education... with history, science, and the arts as well as english and math. schools where teachers and parents work together. and that's why we urge you to vote for jerry brown, a leader we can trust to make our public schools a priority again. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld >> home foreclosures are soaring with banks taking over more than 100,000 properties. lenders seized more homes this summer than any other quarter since the housing market went bust

patients about p dangerous drug combinations, abc's dr. timothy johnson has more. >> reporter: millions of people use blood thinners to help prevent strokes and heart attacks but those drugs often irritate the stomach lining so patients also take drugs that block the secretions of stomach acid. the combined use of these drugs has been very controversial because some say they weaken the effects of a blood thinner, in 2009 the fda issued a warnings against using the two together but a new study finds the warning may be plus may have had. researchers studied almost 4,000 patients who combined aspirin which is a blood thinner with a stomach acid block error a placebo. those on the acid blocker had lower rates of gi bleeding than those on the placebo but no higher risk of cardiovascular events. so these authors conclude that acid blockers reduce the side effects of blood thinners without decreasing their effectiveness. but patients should notice that other studies have found an elevated risk of cardiovascular events. so this is still an unsettled issue. with this medical minute, i'm dr. timothy johnson. >>> well a bunch of wine corks, mix those

using embryonic stem cells on humans. the trial is testing whether the therapy is safe, not whether it works. the first patient is in atlanta, but the study will take place at seven sites across the country and it should last two years. the company did not use federal funds. >> everything is back to normal at bayview hospital after a patient discovered bedbugs. they say the patient brought into bedbugs. it was not known which room there were in, but the room was treated by an exterminator in addition to normal sanitation procedures. at news covering the nation tonight, we begin in new york state, where an already controversial candidate is taking some heat for possible comment. while speaking with jewish leaders today, carl paladino took a hard-line stance against gay marriage. the democrat andrew cuomo who is running against a released a statement about his opponent's remarks and sang " paladino's statement displays a stunning homophobia and a glaring disregard fo basic equality." 22-year-old rudy perez is part of the latin king goonies gang. they are accused of beating one of their records because he was gay

except it's someone in atlanta parrially paralyzed due to spinal cord injury and it calls for only using patients with recent injuries. the news comeses a the fight rages if they should use stel cell at all. some scientists say the stem cells hold the keys to beating major health conditions. from alzheimer's to heart problems. but this uses stem cell left over from in vitro fertilization. critics say destroying them is the same as destroying life. lawyers are battling over whether the federal funds should pay for the research and the fight is making its way to the court. the experiment in georgia erelies on private funding. moving forward without interruption. jonathan serrie on the top story live in atlanta. explain what the scientists are doing here? >> a spine injury patient was injected with the human embryonic stem cell near the site of the injury. listen. >> they have taken embryonic stem cells and coin vinced them -- convinced them to be nerve repair cells and they will clean up and repair to keep the nerves healthy. >> the shepherd center is one of seven medical institutions in the countr

>> it varies depending on what their weight is to start with but it's not unusual for us to see a patient lose 100 pounds in six months with this. >> reporter: what also goes when the stomach is removed is a hormone that stimulates the appetite. >> we remove this part of the stomach. most of our patients tell us after surgery they're not hungry ever. >> reporter: he advocates this surgery over traditional bariatric surgeries like lap band and gastric bypass because it's less complicated. it can be done on an outpatient basis and is more affordable. a couple of years ago it cost $30,000. now just around $12,000. a lot of this is about the money, right? >> well, for the patients, it's a much more affordable option. many of the patients that we see do not have insurance coverage for bariatric surgery but they desperately need it and desperately want it. >> reporter: treen won't perform this operation on the super obese, those with a body mass index of over 50. his patients with a bmi of between 40 and 50 are classified as just morbidly obese. >> you can't have hot dogs. >> reporter: bob is o

. >> the government wants to limit certain drug use in patients with kidney disease.hat story a little later. but first more bad news about the housing prices. a record number of homes were foreclosed on this summer which bay area cities had the highest rate. and can you hear me now? and can you hear me now? if you're looking to buy an as governor, he banced budgets without raising taxes. and californ created 1.9 million jobs. as attorney general, jer brown took on wall street banks, mortgage scaers and public officials stealing from taxpayers. at this stage in his life, jerry brown has the independence to make t tough decisions california needs. as governor i' cap government salaries and pensions. on the budget, we have to face reality. make do th what we have. and no taxes without voter approval. jey brown, knowledge and know-how we can trust. >> home foreclosures are soaring with banks taking over more than 100,000 properti. lenders seized more homes this summer than any other quarter since the housing marke went bust in 2006. 340,000 homeowners are foreclosed on i

>reporter: it is free to donate cord blood it will good to the national donor registry úo be used by patients. >>> very is in day to start for some thunderstorms chance toniiht. >> vytas now joins us for the latest on some watches in effect as we speak. vytas. >> over the border in pennsylvania they haveesome pretty good rocking thunderstorms north of allen town and will continue to see úome thunderstorm activity there but we have a chance forr% getting some thunderstorm activity as well. like summer air out there. arm temperatures in the 80's and then we have a cold front to the north. when you get those 2 forces working together you get thovrments hd radar right new scanning the skies. no immediate threat over balttmore but back to the northwest we monitor the activity. let's zoom up there and you can see north of allen town how the lines of thunderstorms here the cluster here riding allng that frontal boundary and red indicating the stronger cells as they continue to move to the south east and we still have more activity back to the west of pittsburg some thunderstorm activity there and th

and one third of older adults are using five different medicines at the same time. the mission of the national council on patient information education, ncpie, is to stimulate and improve communication of information on safe and appropriate medicine use to the general public and health care professionals. "thank you for inviting the national council on patient information education, ncpie; that's how i'm going to refer to us today." one of our key programs right now is called the "teen influencer" program. the full title is "maximizing your role as a teen influencer: what you can do to prevent teen prescription drug abuse." that program enables adults in the community to access and download and then use for community outreach purposes a whole range of materials to help get the word out in a consistent way about prevention and treatment options related to teen prescription drug abuse. as medication use becomes more prevalent in our society for all ages, so too becomes the need to improve the communication about those medicines between the clinicians-the doctors, the pharmacists, other prescribers-and the patient

patient. ktvu tara moriarty joins us live from the newsroom with details. >> investigators won't even say how this long-time individual was killed. an autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow. perhaps we'll learn details then. but late this morning, a description was released,ese 37- year-old jess massey, a patient at the hospital, what has an extensive criminal history. he was declared insane by the court. investigators believe he killed gonna gros. she had -- donna gross. she had taken her lunch break in the afternoon and investigators say she turned up dead. right now, officials are interviewing right now hoping to try to get more information. a coworker dropped off flowers for gross this morning. gross was a psychiatric technician at the hospital for 14 years. she lived in concord and has children. coworkers have complained for years that the hospital is unsafe. the hospital says it is working closely with investigators and cooperating. meantime, massey is being held on no bail. live from the newsroom, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. >>> with the elections just eight days

it will go into the national donor registry to be used by patients worldwide. >> bus services back toal in annapolis. tonight.ú officials announced today 10 bus routes back in servvce. some servvce stop after five buses (inaudible). >> buses are repaired. -nd back on the streets. >> >> tax cuts. coming up. why even if the bush era ones are extended, your 2011 paycheck could still get smaller..3 >> a dooen college students nearly dii at a party. coming up, what police believe occurred. and why other classmates are concerned tonight. >> and breakfast, dinner, dessert all in one. why thii crazy 3 >> top democrats in congress push for a complete freezz on foreclosures. democrats such as harry reid, %-hollen are leading the charge. as well as tomorrow. will slow down the economic recovery. >> i am not sure about a national moratorium because there are in fact, valid foreclosures that probably should go forward. paperwork is proper.ntation and >> questions about ffreclosures came up two weeks ago, when several lenders, including bank of america and j.p. morgan chase volunnarily halted the f

i have seen in patients who used laptops, in patients who have used seat heaters in their cars. >> similar birds have been linked to skin cancer. >> i think the risk would be extremely low and that would be after the rash develops that you continue to use it for years and years. >> you can avoid them burn simply by putting your laptop on a table top. >> now you have heard it. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with our chief meteorologist. >> only 60 degrees today. quite a bit below the normal high, which is 71. or high-temperature at bwi -0- while many of the suburbs or in the 50's, it was 52 at the inner harbor. 97 degrees in october of 1941. warm temperatures this late in the year. the clouds and showers have been circling around and midlantic but the weather stayed north and west of us. that counterclockwise rotation in the upper atmosphere. it produces a lot of wet weather in northern pennsylvania, upstate new york, cleveland, and to the west. it will roll through here tomorrow afternoon. it will drift through. the western end of it, these showers while we develop around us t

back in 2006, news tonight show that the doctor had injected stem cells into patients that were not intended for human use. he had been carrying out treatment for advanced sell therapeutics, a shadowy -- advanced cell therapeutics, a shadow a company who said they previously ran a company that illegally sold stem cell products to patients. they were still running a stem cell business, allowing patients to believe that they had a high chance of recovery using umbilical cord stem cells of a kind that was not to be used on people at all. we filmed him giving stem cells to this 2-year-old who was brain-damaged by meningitis. these stem cells were only supposed to be used for research tools and were not safe enough to inject into people. after our broadcast, the doctor said he was stopping all act treatments and taking legal action. he said at told him that those cells were a mistake in delivery. the couple behind act are in the midst of an extradition hearing. and number of patients testified at the gmc hearing, some who were act hearings and others who had gone to dr. tercel independently. he had injected th

the patient can do what he used to do. >> you don't know how good tough until you lose it and then get it back. >> reporter: studies show it works. patients using the device dramatically reduced or eliminated their need for pain medication and delayed knee replacement surgery for up to four years. >> really helping young athletic people as well as patients in their middle years continue to remain vibrant and do the exercises an activities that they like without having to force themselves to have an operation they may not be ready for. >> reporter: as for benigni, it's safe to say he is sold on the device. >> you're not taking this away from me. [ laughter ] >> now, the device costs about $1500 and is generally covered by insurance. the stimulation unit is also available as a night wrap without the brace. no serious side effects have been reported. some patients developed a mild rush and the electrodes or the wrap but pretty great idea. >> wow. yeah. like night and day. >> take away that pain. >> good. >> if it works. >> kim, thank you. >> sure. >>> well, what meg knew and when she knew

shown that over 90% of the drugs that get into landfill and waterways are because of excretion from patient use, not take back programs. we would urge the city of san francisco to reject the city program and, in its stead, support the smart disposal federal program already under way, and to also support the american medical chest challenge day coming next month. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: next speaker, please. thank you. >> my name is [unintelligible] and i am a volunteer with the department of the environment. i support the safe drug disposal ordinance. almost everyone has old medication that they do not know to -- what to do with. personally i have tried to take them back to my school clinic, what marines, they will not take them. many people still follow the old advice of flesh of -- flushing them down the toilet. this is at least in part because of synthetic estrogen winding up in the environment where does not belong. we need a way to make sure that this place and does not wind up in the environment. thank you supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. -- thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank

now an experimental test is being used here in the bay area. for patientsonsulting with doctors at tb control clinic the worst scenario is not knowing. >> this is where you want to know as soon as possible. there are thing that's go into motion. >> the director says that patients with suspected cases have often faced weeks of isolation until test results come back from cultures. many begin drug treatments in the meantime. >> and if you find out you've wasted resources and all of the sigma coming with tuberculosis. >> now, she says there is difficult diagnosis being made in hours because of a testing system being used at the clinic. >> i add this to the sample. >> testing developed by sunnyvale based company using lab cartridge technology. a patient sample placed inside and reads dna the chief medical officer says it's sensitive to identify drug resis stent strain autos between sample preparation, and amp plix and detection of the tbt, is it's an hour and a half. >> for result that's once took more than a month. the gene expert machines start around $25,000

the cells from human embryos will be used to treat patients with severe spinal cord injuries. many religious groups oppose the research. they say it's unethical because human embryos are destroyed while the stem cells are obtained. >>> a federal judge this week ordered the u.s. military to stop enforcing the don't ask, don't tell policy. the judge says it violates the fundamental rights of gay soldiers. the justice department is appealing, because while the obama administration opposes don't ask, don't tell, it also says congress, not the courts, should decide. the religious response to the judge's order has been divided. conservative religious leaders said the ruling will hurt the armed forces, but liberal groups say don't ask, don't tell discriminates against gay soldiers. >>> also this week the obama administration announced it will repeal a ruling on the marriage act. a judge ruled unconstitutional the federal law that defines marriage between a man and a woman. >>> a new conversation is taking place in about anti-gay bullying. in recent weeks several young men committed s

sleeping with a machine used to treat sleep apnea could actually change the shape of your face. researchers found changes in the jaw structure of patients who used the machines for at least two years. that was regardless of age, body mass index or severity of a subpoena -- severity of apnea. coming up next, your maryland lottery pick-3 and pick-4 numbers. four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, he protected tax loopholes for giant cable cable companies. then, he let utilities jack up our rates 72%. and for the last four years, he worked as a hired gun for big corporations, even a bank that took billions from a taxpayer funded bailout. ehrlich sides with corporate executives again and again and again tell bob ehrlich big banks and billionares don't need help. middle class marylanders do. glaxo wellcome back. time for -- >> welcome back. time for your maryland lottery numbers. >> the maryland lottery, let yourself play. >> your pick-3 numbers are 2, 7, 0. visit your local retailer to get your hot-5 scratch off tickets today. your pick-4 numbers are 4, 7, 0, 3. get details on claiming your win

programs were bilked by using stolen patient ids. the other arrest warrant georgia, new mexico, and ohio. a man opened fire on a school playground. the man pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon. two girls were wounded in the arm. bail was set at $10 million. lessons did not stick for a teenage driver. he finished his driver's test. the driver was pulling into the parking lot to drop off the man who gave him the test. he thought he left the car in park. the worst casualty was the pride and insurance rates. how embarrassing. >> to ready to pay more to heat your home this winter. the average heating bill will be 3% higher this winter. that translates into an increase of about $24 for the average household. prices are higher for electricity and heating oil. starbucks is telling its baristas to stop that two. want a beer drinker paris to focus on only two drinks at once. -- they want their drink preparers to focus on only two drinks at once. relations between the consolation energy and edf might

biotechnology firm says it has started the world's first test using embryonic stem cells on a human patient. geron corporation said on monday that it's treating a patient with spinal paralysis. researchers are injecting embryonic nerve cells into the person's spinal cord. embryonic stem cells come from human embryos. they have the potential to be cultivated into any tissue or organ. there is high expectation that they can be used in regenerative medicine. the company says the purpose is to establish that stem cells can be used safely on humans. through the research, it hopes to provide a cure for people with spinal cord damage in the future. stem cell use is controversial in the u.s. christian right groups say it's unethical to use fertilized eggs because it destroys human life. in august, a u.s. federal court issued a preliminary injunction in favor of the argument that it's illegal for the government to support such experiments. geron says it does not receive any government support. the issue is likely to become more controversial around the world as it deals with people's ethics and reli

[applause] >> before we begin our final presentation for the evening, we thank you for being patient with us. thank you for trying to be cool with us. this is our fourth annual latino heritage month celebration and awards ceremony. i wanted to take a moment to recognize someone without whom we would not be here. four years ago this event was started by mr. alfredo pedrosa. [applause] and you just wanted to thank him publicly for making such an event happen for us, for being such a great colleague, and for being such a great mentor to me during my time here at city hall. thank you, alfredo. [applause] >> our final community -- sorry, our final award is a community service award. please join us in welcoming supervisor campos, who will be presenting and introducing the awardees. [applause] our next awardee is somebody i get to work with a lot. her name is ana perez, and she is the director of carecen. ana is a human and immigrant rights activist. as the executive director of the central american resource center in san francisco, she has been at the forefront of helping to organize effective mul

says the money he earned did not influence what he prescribes, and he says the particular drug a patient uses is often dictated by insurance companies anyway. >> most people now, the first thing they ask is, "is this product... is this medicine on my formulary? where is it on my formulary?" and second, "do you have a generic?" >> reporter: dr. stoloff is still paid to consult on asthma treatments and the development of clinical trials for at least five drug companies. but he says he'll never agree to give a speech to promote a single drug, a practice he says does not promote sound science. >> why don't you just wear a shirt that says the name of the product on the front when you walk into the room? if the only thing you are going to do is talk about that one product, it is a waste of my time. darren gersh, "nightly business report," washington. >> susie: tomorrow night, darren looks at how carefully drug companies are vetting the doctors who speak for their companies. our partners for this detailed look at the influence of drug company money on health care include propublica, n.p.r., the "chi

us. we need to trust that they have our best interest in hand, which means they're patient fully comprehending their care. as a nurse, i feel i have the responsibility to change the situation. many times, i am used to translate for a patient because of their limited knowledge of medical jargon. i feel the need for translators in the hospital, and hope to be a part of this implementation. health care reform proposed by president obama is revolutionary. if universal health care becomes a reality, we need to ensure immigrants are included and have proper access to this plan. i do not believe the commission currently has anyone from the medical field. health care is such an important topic right now, and having someone with firsthand experience, is vital to the committee. i stand before you as someone who sees the problems, struggles, and possible solutions. i can and will contribute dues from the medical profession. i feel my experience growing up in an immigration -- it immigrant family and my professional life had prepared me well for this position. thank you all for your time. supervisor campo

opportunity to donate the umbilical cord blood to be listed on the national marrow donor registry for use by patients in need of transplants. this is in the maryland inn worldwide. they see the donor program fits with the catholic hospital's mission. >> it is a common misconception that the catholic church as opposed to stem cell research. that is wrong. the church has long supported a do stem cell research as opposed to an embryonic stem cell research which historians human embryos. it is really, for the first time, having a major impact in allowing individuals the opportunity to have the same sort of chance at life that the caucasian population has. >> she was one of the first women to get the chance to donate after given birth to her daughter. the hospital asked and she is ready to give. >> i figure i would donated. >> the st. agnes is also expected to join the effort and giving mothers to give them the option to donate umbillical cord blood as well. >> here's a look at some of our other top stories. a rash of violence in baltimore this weekend leading five men dead. baltimore police say despite t