that was a big challenge for us within the city, because we had to take a lot of time for folks to getto know how our fire department works and communications and protocol there, police and so forth. same with each of the different military organizations. i think

that was a big challenge for us within the city, because we had to take a lot of time for folks to getto know how our fire department works and communications and protocol there, police and so forth. same with each of the different military organizations. i think that we need a lot more of these practice sessions for the logistics leads that the military has can work in concert with our different jurisdictions so that we get used to who is on first base, who is on second, how things work in the military that we can take advantage of as we are forging these relationships. relationship-building is one of the most important things to get familiar with, because that is about who we saw with and what we can expect to manage the expectation. >> along those same lines, partnerships are extremely important. just to draw a good example, we have a coalition with 29 state and local agencies that participate, that came together, meeting up this weekend. they are all working together on the water right now to perform a protective force and the safety force around the operations that are ongoing. it

us the details of what he's been found guilty of, first of all. >> well, he hired members of his political party between 1977 and 1995 and paid them through the creation of fake jobs within city hall, effectively using the city's payroll, if you will, to run his campaign for presidential election. and he's been found guilty, as up say, of embezzlement and breach of trust. there's another count here, which i believe translates as collusion or illegal exploitation of conflict of interest. i've just been told in the last few minutes he's been given a two-year suspended sentence, which is close to what the current foreign minimum sters was given in 2004. that was a case that was linked to this one. i think it's -- it will come as a surprise to the french public, because there was not insignificant pressure, david, from both the prosecution and the defense. the prosecution said it had not been proven to say that they knew of individual cases. the defense said to the judge he had a real seriousness when he looked through, and he said this will determine the final portrayal of our former president, jacques chirac, and you should weigh that heavily when you make that decision. he dec

within the city. that haven't taught us a great deal about our own dependence upon each other and planning together within the city. as far as international, we have provided teams of doctors, nurses, and others to haiti. we have worked with doctors without borders to mobilize clinical staff and resources. we worked to provide a medical equipment to other countries and devastated by disasters. because of the resource that we use and activate every day, we provide a great deal of resources locally and abroad. the next we are talking about, i wanted to give you an idea of what their resources on a daily basis or an annual basis to the community are. it is a system of 24 hospitals, so we have regions where we can rely on to back up and supply the resources and the people. and knowing that it has been in the community since 1856, we have been a long time partner and hope to continue to do so. what i would like to do is talk about these emergency plans. and it is not all about casualties. we activate our emergency plan at least 30 times a year. that is actual, real activation. you can put this one together, i

and shooting is in the black community but we are using with young people who are out on the street in general and it has been a critical part of our gang task force within the city and coalition and i know that the rest of our cities use them similar for intervention projects. >> quickly, we lament the passing of earmarks. city mayors, i could sell my case for intervention and prevention to my congress persons and they responded. i have two operation centers in the heart of the most challenged areas of our city kept alive by a half million dollar earmark from congressman jerry lewis and that expires and they don't come back i end up the loser. largely, we did a sale and got a 50% thumbs up from our city to do that. most of that, most all of it has again to the police department. i was hoping to have a little more for prevention and intervention but the council said give it the p.d. so we have supported our programs largely by applications like those earmarks and other applications, cops grant and other anti-gang activities. we have become grant specialists to maintain the resources we have and we have become this remarkable alliance of community nonprofits and o

we have a great relationship with the city agency and partners within the community that help us do better planning. >> the governor is a former governor of the great state of wisconsin, president and ceo of a matrix, a possessor of one of the lumber resonate as i have read and quite a while. balancing wisconsin's budget without raising taxes. so perhaps we can pick his brain for a different kind of disaster response, but that is for a different discussion, i suppose. it is a leading global technology that can conduct operations in six continents. he will tell us about the work of a matrix. >> i would like to thank this area for a number of people leaving in resiliency. they have been in a number of national groups, one of the leaders of community resiliency. some might complement seek to you. and the employees of pg&e. their active involvement in disaster response. what we do, we are the leading technology nonprofit in the world. as an example, almost all of the charitable food in the united states goes through matrix technology. the most terrible food and the u.k., some food in africa, f

. >> that decision to using the weapon was lawful and within the policy asset forth. >> campbell is now suing the city, along with the aclu and the national attorney's guild. >>> and the closure of five elementary schools prompting a recall effort tonight against five oakland unified school board members. the meeting got under way less than an hour ago, the members marched from the college to the district headquarters. they say they plan to present the board with signatures for a recall of five members who voted to close the area schools. >>> and bay area community colleges are coming to terms tonight with the fallout from the state budget trigger cuts that will take effect on new year's day. ktvu has more on the uphill battle students will see next year. rob? >> reporter: frank it is final exams week here at city college. so it is pretty quiet, but students are upset, tuition is going up and the number of classes is going down. >> it is awful. it is -- it is just awful for me. >> reporter: awful because this political science major can't get the classes he needs next semester. >> well i needed psycho

within the city. the mta has exclusive authority over acquisitions of property, construction, use of this property.t has exclusive authority to contract, to purchase, and to lease. the sf mta can accept and spend grant funds without the board of supervisors approval, unlike other agencies. the sf mta also set rates and fares without board approval, in addition to other matters and control over the streets. you have the ability to regulate parking, stopping, and the flow and direction of traffic. the role of the board in the performance of the agency functions is, first of all, to set policy directions for the agency, first and foremost. you also a point and remove the director of transportation and the secretary, your own secretary, the secretary to the board. the sf mta board approved settlements recommended by our office, and you approve the rates and fees and fares that are relative. you also approve the sf mta budget, and the board also has the ability to acquire intuit any matter in the jurisdiction. so i want to talk about a few of your roles and duties in a little more detail. regarding poli

uses within the eight block radius of the proposed site. in addition, in 2009, in a letter to the planning commission, are commission noted the city was actively recruiting this particular formula retail business into a couple of neighborhood marketplace initiative areas due to the lack of a pet supply store. this particular formula retail entity declined the city's efforts to recruit as its choice was to be in higher income neighborhoods. this caused the commission to look at some of the criteria and are there other ways we could incentivize formula retail entities going into other areas? in addition, the commission did make some notes with those recommendations that one significantly more money said nerf -- circulates when purchases are made at locally owned stores rather than outside area at or nationally owned businesses? a bit from the san francisco locally owned merchants -- merchants association. he will speak to dead details, but we used that study to provide some of our comments. most of our job has been distributed to that work force. what kind businesses are an integral part of our city's character and it -- homogenization impacts t

within the city. the mta has exclusive authority over acquisitions of property, construction, use of this property.t has exclusive authority to contract, to purchase, and to lease. the sf mta can accept and spend grant funds without the board of supervisors approval, unlike other agencies. the sf mta also set rates and fares without board approval, in addition to other matters and control over the streets. you have the ability to regulate parking, stopping, and the flow and direction of traffic. the role of the board in the performance of the agency functions is, first of all, to set policy directions for the agency,

and the service is available within baltimore city limits by -- covering cab rides under $50. those wishes to use the service call 877-963-taxi. >>> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >> 6:17. weather should not be an issue this weekend. let's hope at least you're smart about things because there may be more people out there on the roads because of the relatively quiet weather we will have next couple days. 28 latest number in baltimore. look at the mild stuff across the nation's heartland and we are pushing 52 memphis and just on the doorstep of 40 up to chicago and they are add 40 despite all the cold and snow in denver, colorado. it's because of the jet stream. see two storm patterns one across coming off the pacific into the pacific northwestern u.s. another one in the northern plains and residual jet stream a couple bumps or dips. storms help drag down cold air and yes we have had our shot of cold air with that nice little surprise burst of snow yesterday. this next system is going to spin up and lift the jet stream to the nort

the stadium has gone dark. j.r stone is joining us live from outside the city with more. >>j.r.: to power outages within two hours. it did news is right now you can see behind me, the lights are back on. i do want to show you video of one the power went out earlier this evening. it was conceived the eliminated and then all the seventh completely out. this happened around 5:40 p.m.. it was a 40 minute delay then around 645, the second power outage. that one was rather quits. since that second time, we have not seen any problems. i do want to go to a statement that was issued by the 49ers. they said that they believe the power outage occurred because of a blown transformer. we have asked pg&e to assure us into the nfl that this would not happen again. those with pg&e are looking at the possibility of a power line that was down in the area that caused the first transmitter to go out for the first power outage. as for the second one pg&e says they do not believe their crews were involved but again, there are so many unanswered questions here at candlestick. the one quick answer, are the lights on right now?

within the prevailing wage rate. it is very difficult to estimate what the impact would be on the city. give us some thought on how we can provide more impact us information about what the impact would be. i think that the report did not have too much of the financial information that we would like to consider. finally, we have worked very very hard. and a stand of this will impact these efforts. "we will have time to consider those impacts. we have a motion to continue the item to january 4th and we can do that without objection. thank you. now, if we can call item number nine and 10. >> hearing to include financial update and information on budget instructions and process for fiscal year 2012-2013. item number 10, hearing too examine the current san francisco public utility commission rates and cost of service before city departments and other customers and consider impact of change in rates to cover cost of service. >> thank you very much. for this item, we're joined by supervisor campos. i want to make sure that we are hearing this in conjunction with budget updates. i would offer to the su

and adequate communication between the city and the california pacific medical center around the project. i have called the hearing at different times within land use. i also hope that there can be as broad a hearing as we can have before the full board of supervisors on our december 14 meeting. therefore, i have called that. i would like to emphasize that this was brought up not to harm the conversation, the but to make it more transparent so that communities can have a say. whether it is transportation issues, affordable housing, or even the impact on communities around the development. that is my urging before the committee as a whole. thank you. supervisor avalos: we will open up these items for public comment. i have one card on item number five. [reads name] >> good morning. my name is [says name] i am long-term resident of san francisco. i would like to comment about knowing more. i support the idea of having a hearing on it. i find it sort of shocking, may be outrageous, that a project with so many things wrong with that, environmentally and in terms of community benefits, that the mayor would be negotiating with a hospital -- with the hosp

because we're starting out so mild, we'll see enough breaks within the cloud cover for us to warm up to the 60s in some cities. as you can see right here from your radar, we had a little moisture pass through healdsburg, situated over care stowing ga. cluds south of the golden gate bridge. nice and clear in san jose. when will the clouds make it to your city. let's talk about that. we stop the clock for you at 10:00 a.m. today. you can see the showers starting to push down along the peninsula. they'll move south of 92 between 10:00 and 1:00. then the showers will continue to push into the south bay. san jose mostly cloudy by 4:00 p.m. today. the sunshine that comes through before 4:00 p.m. will make for warm conditions. 60 in san jose, 61 in gilroy and 61 degrees in santa cruz, turning cloudy as we head throughout the day today as promised, showers on the way, not much. but they are on the way to the greater bay area. i'll take you through that frost coming up. i know it was a little bitz zier yesterday. >> yesterday was like a ghost town on some of our interchanges. no metering lights. we do have this, mig

. >> all right within the last hour we heard back from the city spokesperson he told us the security officers are contracted by the city and not city employees, he told us the security officer involved this in incident claims she never accused anyone of indecent exposure the officer even said simone was offered a private place to nurse she says that is simply not true if she had been offered a private room she would have taken it but remember by law what she was doing in the hallway, was perfectly legal will. >>> important reminder for all city employees contract or not. thank you. >>> following a fox 5 health alert about the popular medications used to treat attention deficit hyper activity disorder rate lynn and other drugs used to treat adhd are safe for adult hearts researchers analyzed the health records of almost a half million adults and found those on adhd drugs had about the same number of heart attacks, strokes and sudden heart related deaths as adults who did not use those drugs. for more on this new study we are joined by the chair of the department of neurology at howard

property and opens the city to charges that are illegal -- and the special dass ---use district cannot fill up in the nightclubs. some clubs succeed and others failed. it is not within the interests of local government to choose the winners and losers. a special use district legalize. the private events that serve food and beverages and have an impact on the surrounding community, all under various statutes that require permission and permits. than the the only use allowed. existing housing is here to stay, whether this is adjacent to the nightclub, and has been there for one year, were 100 years, this is a fully-permitted use, and for the planning commission to be so bold -- having mentioned the payrolls of an illegal taking, it would become a non-conforming use, and it would be grandfathered into the zoning. to anchor the neighbors. so for the kwai use and enjoyment of your home, this is a fundamental fact of life. it was said that a man's home is his castle. it is enshrined in english common law, and has a thousand years' worth of presidents. no matter what the zoning may say, this interferes with the rights that we all enjoy ask citizens -- the venue may be faci

the traffic and weather picture. adam caskey is here to start us off. >> widespread 20s outside right now. dulles airport is 25. 33 at reagan national to. warmer within the city. 27 in winchester. i do anticipate these the temperatures to drop a few more degrees before sunrise which is at 7:26. 46 is the high temperature this afternoon. a little added cloud cover today. nothing to worry about other than the cold temperatures. tomorrow we will warm up a bit. the afternoon high temperatures in the mid 50's. the weekend low to mid 50's 4 highs. now let's go back to steve with traffic. >>> it is starting out busy. will have more details about the accident in a couple of minutes but university boulevard is closed this out of the beltway with the fatal accident that happened this morning. nobody is getting by a university boulevard south of the beltway. your alternate is new hampshire avenue. interstate 270, everything is open. just to the volume is lighter than usual. it continues to be the case. a little more company but then that accident just after the interchange was cleared away open and moving smoothly. >>> we want to update breaking news we have been follow

people were rescued within the first few hours of the disaster so fast sixteen bodies have been recovered but dozens of people are still missing jake agrees has the latest from the city of used as the highlands close to the site of the maritime disaster. initially there were reports same it actually there being a boat located a lifeboat located which may hold up to fifteen people in total you know the condition of their health now i've been told by emergency ministry that that isn't the case that they have spotted a lifeboat and located it but has nobody no survivors on board this is similar story to what we've heard throughout the course of the day and indeed yesterday as well where lifeboats life rafts being located but no survivors present and the hopes now somewhat dwindling because of serious amount of time has passed and still taking over twenty four hours and those who may still be out dealing with a lot of extreme weather conditions minus twenty degrees celsius here second in under water conditions not very good either and all of this being helped by the fact that those are trying to use you and find more of people alive have lost one their key. things to search with

the citi thank you card. earn points you can use for travel on any airline, with no blackout dates. >>> by the end of the day, the nation's debt will come within0 billion of its limit. that's according to the u.s. treasury department. $100 billion is the magic number is the one that indicates when obama administration must alert congres congress. >>> the rumor of a new ipad are heating up. there's reports that apple released two new ipads in january. other tech sites say the ipad 3 will be released in april. there are reports of a mini ipad, something that is a little less expensive so that it can compete with the new amazon kindle fire. >>> let's see how wall street is doing on the last day of trading. >> for a lot of us that work in the field, it's great to have that camera, because we can post better pictures to the people we serve. >> i like the lower price. that's always good. >> yeah. >> the stock market is basically flat today, and it's the last trading day of the year. i thought it would give the audience a chance of where we stood for 2011. the s&p 500 turned slightly into positive territory. the dow jones industrial average was sligh

within 72 hours. their job will be to monitor the arab lgue peace plan that syria signed up to last month. it requires us to redeploy its troops out of cities and to release political prisoners -- it requires syria to pull its troops out of cities and to release political prisoners. some are skeptical about the deal. signing the agreement will not help -- >> signining the agreement will not help the regime. assyrian people do not want to return to the past -- 2. and -- the syrian people do not want to return to the past. >> protest against basashar - assad's regime started in march. the un estimates that more than 5000 people have died in the government crackdown. the arab league had threatened to hand the matter to the u.n. security council. >> we are staying in the middle east. violence between protesters and security forces in cairo has continued into a fourth day. at least three people were killed when armeded forces swept through tahrir square in the early morning, bringing that have told d centfriday to 14 -- bringing the death toll s since friday to 14. the ruling military council has defended its use of lethal force, saying the prot

things which make us feel intimidated because of the situation the problems with the city. certainly the situation there in the civilians who are still living within that city or in a very very extreme situation and there's calls from all the people living there to resolve that as soon as possible. so first reporting there now a u.s. base intelligence gathering firm has found most of the claims by the syrian opposition about the seriousness of the country's crisis are untrue a company called strath force has protesters are exaggerating to with outside support from powers like the u.s. well dr paul craig roberts and former reagan administration official told us are told our team here believes washington is not just backing the rebels diplomatically but the united states is involved in stirring up the opposition and in arming yet they use the cover of the arab spring arab protests as they do look so these are not spontaneous protest and certainly authoritarian state i like syria syria you wouldn't find people an opposition able to regularly themselves with arms military weapons it makes no sense for the syrians to themselves or opportunity for the c

can come in, sell your food at a local food stand on city owned land that we'll give you for virtually nothing to use if, if you keep your food within the reach of the forest people, and these councils brought together then all the diverse members of the community. this is a very large city, and the city invested one penny a day it turned out is what it worked out to be over the years in terms of each citizen in this large city, it was about a penny a day they invested in these multifaceted programs to make healthy food available. in one decade, they cut the death rate of babies and children by over 50% in one decade on one penny per day per person of everyone in their city. another example of alining social rules with what we know brings out the best of us. instead of moving, instead of great abundance and yet scarcity, they began to make healthy food available, and now a new rule in brazil is that 30% of the food in schools throughout the country has to be supplied locally from small formers. these are the kinds of changes in rules. i'd like to end my talk tonight, and hopefully, we'll have time for discussion. i'd like to end with a

the entire japan issue, like, within russia? meaning would russians had more power if we didn't use nuclear weapons? >> macarthur was personally repulsed and -- a special on civilian cities there was a lot of people thought at the time that truman should demonstrate the might of america by detonating it in tokyo bay with minimal loss of lives, so the emperor himself would see the awesome power of the atomic bomb. the commonly held, and it's probably true, belief is that the war would have gone on for several more years. the japanese culture is such that you surrender to your enemy is the worst thing you can do to be captive of your enemy is worse than death. that's part of the culture that was dominant in japan at the time it. but the would have maybe cost a million casualties on the part of the allies if we had gone to the invasion and had to fight inch by inch by inch to take the entire, all the japanese islands. and, of course, truman never looked back. there was never any, he never second guess himself so there's probably a lot of truth to the notion that it did shortcut the war and it did ultimately save lives. although i personally think that truman should have tri