the amount of the voucher or? >> correct. 50% of the per capita district spending -- >> it depends on the district. but go ahead with your question. >> sure. this requires that schools the parent's going to send a kid to to be at least twice as efficient or at least that much, and this argument that the unions throw out in order to try to have of a trump card, what about special needs kids? well, here is the simple answer: each special needs kid counts as two kids. >> uh-huh. >> so when you figure out the per capita spending, you just, you just make your calculation in that manner. and they have to predefine who's special needs so that special needs raise their hand, they get a double voucher. >> yeah. >> so this calling the teachers' union belove. and, you know, when the federal government want all the states to adopt 55 speed limit, they said you're not getting any highway money unless you do. well, you know, the congress can do that with federal education money as well. if you don't fully voucherrize the bottom

people often call them school vouchers. some people prefer not to call them school vouchers.they call them scholarships. i am going to call them vouchers. the notion behind this in florida has been -- and florida has been a leader. people can say -- take public funding and give it to a private school, and the public schools no longer have the funding for the individual student. florida has two of the oldest and most established school voucher systems in the united states. one school voucher system in the united states is the mikheil scholarship foundation, so students who have exception allocate, say a specific learning disability, autism, significant physical limitations, a wide variety of others, if they are dissatisfied with the level of education provided in the traditional public sector can take the amount the state of florida would have been spending on them, take it to a private school to provide educational services. the other major school voucher program in florida was called the voucher scholarship program. that is aimed at students who are of limited family income,

: this topic of vouchers get some people really, really riled up. if you want to have the debate bring of the word facture and we have strong opinions. i am a democrat, i have been my entire life since second grade i ask my dad and he said democrats care more about the people that have less and the republicans want to make more money and i said i am a democrat. so when i got to d.c. i have very clear views would education reform should look like and i drove very bright line because we think vouchers are bad because you take away money from the schools and you get the most but when i arrived in washington we had a publicly funded voucher program. it was about to be reauthorize and people said what do you think about it? i knew what i thought but i did not want to jump to conclusions so i started to meet with families and the discussions that i add absolutely change my mind i was meeting with parents throughout the city, mostly low-income single moms and they have done everything you'd want them to do. researched the neighborhood's schools, only 10 pe

vouchers? guest: a couple factors. in 2010, we solve republicans made a lot of gains at the state -- we solve republicans made a lot of gains at the state legislature and taking control of the governor offices in the entry. republicans at that point controlled more seats. one of the things high on the education agenda was increasing private school choice. what we saw after 2010 was a pretty significant growth in private school voucher plans across the country. that is one factor. for school vouchers, these programs have proven to be popular among parents who feel that their children attract -- are trapped and academically struggling. host: here on c-span this evening we are talking about schools and voucher choice. let's go to fountain hills, arizona. caller: hi. how are you this evening? host: fine, thank you. caller: my daughter went to a charter school for the first six years of her education. phenomenal opportunity for her to go. i believe that young people should have an opportunity in edu

your thoughts on charter schools or vouchers?> it's interesting to hear people when they speak about a feeling school because actually what that means are the students who are there so there are people who are saying well, we are going to kind of monitor schools if you will come and they will succeed. and the schools, which sounds like a very kind of neutral term, talking about our young people who are in those schools. what i want to discuss its charter schools do not have to abide by the tests and rules of public schools for statistical purposes which is wrong we are comparing them equally so let's say that we don't have a true model because you cannot compare apples and oranges and that is what we are doing during the whole discussion. >> host: in going to let you go there. talk about that a little bit but sean cavanagh do you want to address some of her specific comments? >> guest: she raises a good point the traditional public schools and charter schools especially at the national level where you are comparing thousands of s

it is gone and they are handing out vouchers. >> those vouchers we will attempt to do additional fund-raisingr the next 30 days. if we can raise the funds, we will through the public media get that information out and people can come in with their vouchers. we will honor those vouchers. >> cheryl: joining me right now, from the san francisco police officers association. the recent shootings are just horrifying to so many of us and i know you, as well. it's your business to protect people. what are your thoughts? >> i think sandy hook was more powerful effect because of the children and the young children. i've been a cop for 35 years. i've seen the devastation that weapons cause, that guns cause. i've seen children die. people don't understand, one when one life is taken, it affects hundreds of other lives for the rest of their lives. gun violence is reaching epidemic proportions in this country. the combination of mental health issues and people with mental health issues getting their hands on weapons, it's an epidemic. >> there is a lot of talk. we saw what was going on in marin county and

if you receive add voucher you can redeem it for cash from 11 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. this evening. >> new this morning, foreclosure activity is plunging here in california, the monthly foreclosure report released shows for the first time since january of 2007 the golden state did not have the most properties in the country with foreclosure filings. stockton is the only california city now among the top ten in the nation for the highest foreclosure rates. from sacramento this morning, state lawmakers are considering a proposal that will ban police from using condoms as evidence against prostitutes. san francisco assembly man is drafting the bill saying it would save lives because prostitute would not have to choose between safe sex or unprotected sex out of fear of arrest. the bill does not legalize prostitution but other evidence has to be used. >> a $20 million anonymous donation, a sudden windfall for a bay area school and planning under way for what to do. >> no bed, no food, no water. how does that sound? >> sounds like jail. >> kind of. here is a look at mobile,

they had to give out vouchers. kpix 5 reporter patrick sedillo shows us hundreds of guns were turn over to police. >> reporter: the line stretched for city blocks in both directions. >> the old single barrel .12- gauge isn't worth anything, $200 today. >> reporter: it was a slow process. >> doesn't seem organized. >> reporter: the tricity effort of east palo alto, menlo park and palo alto police departments hosted the gun buy- back getting tec-9, assault weapons and pistols even a hand grenade and two hours and 40 minutes collecting 355 firearms including 111 handguns, 227 rifles or shotguns, and 11 assault weapons. >> three sets of people coming up to each car trying to get them through the like quickly. >> reporter: as you can see behind me a dozen people decided to just ditch their cars and walk up with their guns. palo alto pd didn't i like to. >> so you just got sick of waiting in your car? >> that's right. >> reporter: how long did you wait? >> i drove off the freeway parked my car and walked over. >> reporte

hours and got a voucher and have to come back next week. >> reporter: they were lucky. everyone to didn't get a voucher will have to wait for another buy back in santa clara next week. east palo alto, patrick sedillo, kpix 5. >>> at least 28 people injured sir, with serious injuries after a terrifying crash at the daytona international speedway. it happened as they were heading for the checkered flag during the nationwide series race. debris including a fire flew into the grandstand after a car hit a fence. part of that car and its burning engine pierced the safety barrier separating the track from the fans. it's one day before the daytona 500. >>> the largest chinese new year's parade out of side of asia is starting in san francisco. don knapp is there on market street where he watched the preparations. >> reporter: the smoke is cleared from the hundreds maybe thousands of fireworks that were set off before they began the parade at 5:25 down market street. we were watching the groups form up when we got here and we talked to some of them, especially with the group of d

students vouchers to attend private schools. >> they have a 91% graduation rate. grad rate in d.c. hover around 60%. >> like tremendous popularity and shortage of slots the obama administration capped enrollment in the d.c. program under pressure from teachers union. earlier in 2008 campaign speech to the american federation of teachers then candidate obama criticized the opponent for supporterring vouchers. >> the only proposal is recycling tired rhetoric about vouchers and school choice. >> besieged by the republicans and many democrats and supported the d.c. program, they relented. >> best bet are reforming the public school system. many on the left who oppose voucher support school choice but under the us a spaces of public -- us a spaces of public education. >> raer than divert money away to individual private schools. of varying quality -- varying quality of no regulation or accountability for student outcome. >> unions are pressing the fight against the vouchers. last december they ruled jindal's voucher program in louisiana amounted to unconstitutional payment of public fun

and hotel vouchers. in our department of human services or dhs works with the red cross to coordinate assistance efforts with neighborhood agencies and attempts to identify longer term housing. but unfortunately the red cross like many nonprofits really doesn't have the resources and needs more. but they issue hotel vouchers for only three days and then they turn to the hsa for hotel extension. and this is a very expensive for our city and the red cross and they're looking at asking the hsa to take a larger role in the recovery process. and after hotel vouchers run out, hsa faces another.ctioning challenge of finding landlords, property owners who are willing to rent apartments for short term stay at the low market rate rent rates. * in most cases it proves to be an impossible task in san francisco and fire victims unfortunately are forced to relocate out of the city especially for low-income people and it's a further trauma for many people and families who are already facing the loss of their possession

those vouchers can be be deemed february 16 at the showcase theater. the money needed to make good on the vouchers is coming from private donations. >>> the kings are closer to moving to seattle david stern said the group had featured an agreement to purchase the kings and have formally filed papers. he called the group very strong and said a board will make a decision on the move in april. the mayor of sacramento said he is working to put together a group to buy the team and build a stadium. >>> a camel that got loose in concord is back at a secure corral. we have video of the unusual rondo. the owner tells us the animal, caught a fence, the highway patrol got him home but three hours later he was on the run again. >> i think he found a way to compromise the fence line. >> animal services said the owners will be given a warning. >>> great white sharks are the most feared predator. now they are the ones getting protection. today they decided to move the great whites to the california threatened or endangered species list. researchers say there are fewe

. >>> people who receive vouchers instead of cash at last -- who received vouchers instead of cash at the gun buyback last week can receive the cash this week. the january event was so successful, the 43,000 earmarked for weapons ran out in an hour and a half. an additional $70,000 for vouchers were issued and they can be redeemed this friday at the marin civic center. >>> another event is scheduled to take place february 23rd in the parking lot of the east palo alto city hall from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. residents from palo alto, east palo alto and menlo park are encouraged to surrender their guns. no questions asked and get up to $300. >>> the death of a cal poly sophomore is under investigation. according to university police 20-year-old brandon hong was found unresponsive on campus saturday night. the second-year biology major from orinda was pronounced dead at the hospital. according to the vice president for student affairs, foul play is not suspected, but alcohol could possibly have been a factor. >>> a rocket launch from the central coast just a while ago. we'll tell you what

today's event was so successful, they ran out of cash and had to give out vouchers. kpix5 shows us the event caused a huge traffic jam. >>> the lines stretch for city blocks in both directions. >> the junky 12 gauge that isn't worth anything. $200 today. >> it was a slow and deliberate process. >> doesn't seem very good organized. >> the effort of east palo alto, menlo park, and police departments hosted the gun buyback, getting assault weapons and pistols, even a hand grenade and they collected 355 firearms, including 111 handguns, 227 rifles or shotguns and 11 assault weapons. >> three sets of people coming up to each car, trying to get them moving through the line as quickly as possible. >> a dozen people decided to ditch their cars and walk up with their guns. palo alto pd didn't like that. >> you got sick of waiting in your car. >> that's exactly right. >> i drove off the freeway and parked my car and walked over. >> $52,000 came from protect our children, a nonprofit. >> i was inspired by what happened in newtown, connecticut. the tragedy that took place at san

those vouchers can be cashed in from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. today at the showcase theater complex in san rafael. >>> president obama accused politics of playing with national security. the president talked about the issue during the online google chat. >> i'm not still presiding over a war in afghanistan and i need a secretary of defense. >> oregon senators are blocking hagels confirmation vote from going forward. another vote is scheduled for february 26th when the senate comes back from a ten-daybreak. >>> the alameda county board of supervisors heard arguments for and against the use of drones at a contentious meeting. the sheriffs department wants to purchase two drones. the sheriff department says the drones would not be armed and would be useful in emergency situations but many people spoke out about the use of drones say they are worried about privacy. the supervisors made no decision at the meeting on whether to move forward with the drones. >>> air bus won't use lithium iron batteries. it's decided to revert to nickel battery. that is

now the county has more funds to pay for $70,000 worth of vouchers that were issued and the vouchers can be redeemed today starting at 11 a.m. at the showcase theater at marin county civic center. >>> and delays are expected to be longer than usual this weekend at the san francisco airport because of an ongoing construction project to bring the runways up to federal standards. one runway will be closed from 10 p.m. tonight until 8 a.m. monday morning and it will mainly affect arriving flights from cities within a two-hour radius. >>> coming up, some new details about the ex-cop's revenge murders. what christopher dorner did to prepare for his crimes. >> plus, for sale and sold. why the sudden rush on million- dollar homes in lake tahoe. >> but first a whale gives birth at seaworld. after the break. >>> an amazing sight at seaworld in san diego, a whale giving birth at shamu stadium yesterday. she went through an hour of labor before delivering the calf, which weighs about 350 pounds at 7 feet long. it swam to the surface to take its first breath. we don't know the gender. but whateve

people who received vouchers instead of cash can redeem those vouchers this week. the event was so popular the $43,000 given for the event ran out. additional $70,000 in vouchers was issued. those can be redeemed for cash this coming friday inside the showcase theater at the marin civic center. in the meantime a gun buy back event has been announced for people in palo alto and menlo park. that event is scheduled to take place february 23rd. it's being held from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 in the afternoon. they can surrender working firearms and no questions asked. >>> video games are smallly a source of controversy. some link to gun violence and a key part of marin's future. the county hopes the industry will spur economic growth. at the same time they asked people to turn in violent video games. and now president obama's gun control prom includes fur studying games. does it look? >>> we are looking at 80 eastbound. you may be going the other way. in which case it's also doing well for you. the morning commute looks good if you are drying down -- driving down to the bay br

but it quickly ran out of money and had to distribute vouchers. >> we're really happy to actually run out of money. our next concern then was raising enough money to honor the vouchers that we gave out and we were able to do that. >> reporter: people redeemed their vouchers for cash today at the civic center in san rafael much of the $70,000 needed to cover the vouchers came from donations. >>> president obama returned to his adopted hometown of chicago today and spoke about the gun violence that's been plaguing that city and the nation. >> it's not unique to chicago, it's not unique to this country. too many of our children are being taken away from us. >> reporter: in his speech the president singled out the killing of hadiya pendelton the teenager who was gunned down days after performing at the presidential inauguration. the white house is pressing congress to pass new gun legislation laws. >>> a somber anniversary with a profound meaning for many japanese americans is being observed this weekend in san francisco and elsewhere. as ktvu's john sasaki reports it was 71 years ago tha

and i think dems would be all supportive of vouchers if vouchers paid everything for -- that would beeeded for low-income families. and where would that money be coming from, that's something that republicans don't answer either. so i think to really focus on vouchers in place of universal pre-k for 4-year-olds where studies have shown for every dollar that you spend on education in the early years, you make up for it by more than $7 later on. that is the kind of vision that america needs right now. and again, republicans are being shortsighted. and when you have the majority of parents who understand that this is something that is going to be good for their kids to get good jobs later on, i think, again, it bodes bad for the republicans to be blocking something like this. >> it's -- >> point of fact, bobby jindal, republican governor of la lark has a very extensive voucher program for his families and students in his state. conservatives clearly are pro-education, george bush, he worked with ted kennedy when he was president to pass education reform. i think it's unfair to suggest th

. >>> those people who got vouchers for last month's gun buy back, can cash out their vouchers.ditional $7,000 in vouchers were issued. those can be redeemed for cash this coming friday, inside the showcase theater. >>> police are looking for a gunman who robbed a man in the parking lot of his apartment complex. the victim had just parked in the carport yesterday morning around 8:45. officials describe the gunman as being in his late 20s, early 30s wearing a gray track suit and a hoodie. detectives say they are looking for a connection in another robbery and they're asking people to be aware of their surroundings. >>> a democratic senator and republican assemblywoman introduced legislation the authors say it's bad policy when lawmakers are forced to vote on bills they department have enough time to read. >>> marine general dunford faces major challenges ahead as he works toward the withdraw of military forces in the next few months. >>> you can far more easily limit collateral damage with a drone than you can with a bomb even a precision guided munition off an airplane. >> repor

the vouchers were issued after most of the sun allocated for the buy back ran out. the district attorney tells us when all the vouchers are redeemed the county will have paid out more than $100,000. >> we're very thankful to our community here that's willing to recognize that there are perhaps too many firearms that aren't needed in homes and we've got those now out of the homes and hopefully off our streets. >> authorities paid $200 for semiautomatic and long guns and $100 for other guns. the money comes from the county's safety net fund along with contributions. >>> the city council in oakley has voted to ban the sale in residential areas. the city still has an ordnance prohibiting residential sales of firearms. >> in south africa the olympic athlete known as the blade runner broke down in court after prosecutors charged him with premeditated murder. at one point oscar pistorius was sobbing uncontrollably. the judge even told him to take it easy. pistorius is accused of shooting and killing his girlfriend. he made history at last year's olympics when he became the

i could never afford to -- the section eight housing voucher, i'm paying more than the voucher is worth because the rents have gone up. i will never own property in san francisco but please don't tell me that i don't care about san francisco or that i don't have roots here. the condo conversion lottery was put in place for a reason. there's constant attack on rent control on many fronts. this is another battle. a few examples of how rent control housing is being lost, what about allowing academy of art to take over rent controlled buildings for student housing and the thousands of units that have been converted to short-term rentals which continue to occur despite current legislation to curb it. and i keep hearing tenants will get lifetime leases. today is the first time i heard that those lifetime leases would be rent controlled. but supervisor farrell did not explain why they would have extra protection, more protection than they have today. what protection does it given them against an other than move-in eviction and what about those who have been evicted when they were converted to

but it quickly ran out of money and had to distribute vouchers. >> we're really happy to actually runf money. our next concern then was raising enough money to honor the vouchers that we gave out and we were able to do that. >> reporter: people redeemed their vouchers for cash today at the civic center in san rafael much of the $70,000 needed to cover the vouchers came from donations. >>> president obama returned to his adopted hometown of chicago today and spoke about the gun violence that's been plaguing that city and the nation. >> it's not unique to chicago, it's not unique to this country. too many of our children are being taken away from us. >> reporter: in his speech the president singled out the killing of hadiya pendelton the teenager who was gunned down days after performing at the presidential inauguration. the white house is pressing congress to pass new gun legislation laws. >>> a somber anniversary with a profound meaning for many japanese americans is being observed this weekend in san francisco and elsewhere. as ktvu's john sasaki reports it was 71 years ago that pres

we are told most of the clients used state vouchers to pay for the child care and the bank is now frozen those funds. >> law has been broken and they accept state vouchers and that's the state paying for daycare and, yes, something definitely not right here. >> reporter: jeff hager. >> while the ownership or partnership dispute is a civil matter the investigation is also underway by the maryland department of education and the attorney general's office into the licensing practice and state money involved in this center being shut down. >> if you are looking for daycare or if you want to know how safe your child's daycare is we are working for you tonight. the abc 2news investigators have you covered. they went through every daycare inspection in the state of maryland to see how your child's daycare did. log onto our website, to see the results. >> breaking news update out of hartford. three vehicles crashed on route 23 near grafton. one person was hurt, two more hurt. they are expected to survive. a 3,000 gas tanker was involved in the crash and so was a horse trailer. a vet was rushed t

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we also have the wic program, which is a program that provides food vouchers for our families after theychildren, up to age 5 they are able to receive food vouchers to get milk and cereal for their children. >> it's for the city, not only our clinic, but the city. we have all our children in san francisco should have insurance now because if they are low income enough, they get medical. if they actually have a little more assets, a little more income, they can get happy family. we do have family who come outside of our neighborhood to come on our clinic. one thing i learn from our clients, no matter how old they are, no matter how little english they know, they know how to get to chinatown, meaning they know how to get to our clinic. 85 percent of our staff is bilingual because we are serving many monolingual chinese patients. they can be child care providers so our clients can go out and work. >> we found more and more women of child bearing age come down with cancer and they have kids and the kids were having a horrible time and parents were having a horrible time. how do parents tell

and we got a voucher, and have to come back next week. >> reporter: everyone who didn't get a voucher will have to wait for another buy back next week. patrick sedillo kpix 5. >>> a key vote wednesday on the new bay bridge bash. that's when the bay area toll authority will consider a $5.6 million budget for the event. the plan is to allow more than 100,000 people to walk across the new east bay span when it opens. that's at the end of a five day closure to hook everything up. but on other news it looks like it may be curtains for the water slide in pleasanton, an east bay regional park committee has recommended shutting down the park and dismanned ling -- dismantling the slide. and the bidder wants the parks money to fund 80% of the new and larger park. the district just doesn't have that kind of money. >>> and the bay area national guard unit is being credited with saving lives in afghanistan. we're here at mofette field last month when the 129th rescue wing was deployed. their mission was wartime search and rescue. the 129th have saved 10 people during 13 rescue missions in afghanis

. >> people who turned in guns in marin county and got vouchers can get cash now. the county ran out of cash but the shortfall is covered by private donations. the marin board of supervisor and the city council, so if you received a voucher you can redeem it for cash, today, at friends of marin center room until 8:00 tonight. >> we are headed to holiday weekend and mike nicco has the forecast coming up. >> pretty warm already. now a look at the sunshine. it wasn't impeded by the cloud cover we had yesterday so we are off to the races with record highs possible today. if you are working today, tomorrow, we will do it again and cooler weather through the holiday weekend and update you on tuesday's rain. >> also, the link between drinking and cancer deaths, a warning for anyone who >> daly city, dublin, los gatos, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> new this morning, a warning for anyone who consumes alcohol. a study has found moderate drinking can raise the risk of dieing from cancer. use accounts for 3.5 percent of all u.s. cancer deaths. a majority of those

twitter issuing vouchers. -- we had to start issuing vouchers. >> nice weather, with some very nice weatherhis weekend temperatures will be above average for the middle of february. the san mateo bridge temperatures in the 60s. also, temperatures will be warm we will see some of morning clouds forecast. sunshine by late and early afternoon. with those clouds and the sea breezes it will be cooler. mid-60s. and even stormy by tuesday. even the snowfall in the bay area. the futurecast notice tabs will be in the 40's. tabs-but also take a look at the coast. temperatures. with your full forecast, coming up. . [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning, i was able to get us a flight to our favorite climbing spot, even on a holiday weekend. ♪ things are definitely... looking up. [ male announcer ] with no blackout dates, you can use your citi thankyou points to travel whenever you want. visit citi.com/thankyoucards to apply

. >> people who turned in guns in marin county and got vouchers can get cash now.he county ran out of cash but the shortfall is covered by private donations. the marin board of supervisor and the city council, so if you received a voucher you can redeem it for cash, today, at friends of marin center room until 8:00 tonight. >> we are headed to holiday weekend and mike nicco coming u. >> pretty warm already. now a look at the sunshine. it wasn't impeded by the cloud cover we had yesterday so we are off to the races with record highs possible today. if you are working today, tomorrow, we will do it again and cooler weather through the holiday weekend and update you on tuesday's rain. >> also, the link between drinking and cancer deaths, a warning for anyone who >> daly city, dublin, los gatos, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> new this morning, a warning for anyone who consumes alcohol. a study has found moderate drinking can raise the risk of dieing from cancer. use accounts for 3.5 percent of all u.s. cancer deaths. a majority of those who died of alcohol

if you received a voucher, you can redeem it february 15 at the marin civic center. >> san jose mayor will deliver the state of the city address and will talk about the need for new taxes to support city services and restore pay to worker whose have seen cuts in recent years to help balance the budget. that includes the police with whom they are negotiating. our media partner the mercury news report that 70 percent support a quarter percent hike in the city sales tax. the council will discuss the report next week. the earliest a new measure goes on the ballot is next year. we the have more in a live report next half hour. >> 4:8 -- 4:38 right now. >> the rain will take its time so most of us can get out before 7:00 we are okay unless you are in the north bay with scattered rain now. the best radar is north of 116ed and to forestville we see the better radar return with light rainfalling in santa rosa. upstream, it is a cold system. there is snow in the higher elevation. there is light rain in the lower elevation. the breakdown today in the movement of the rain, the rain is in the nort

one for the voucher payment program; one for the housing program. we including any work plan no matter what the risk assessment focus group meetings, talking to the residents, because they can inform us about how effective the management is of the properties themselves. >> thank you supervisors. >> supervisor cohen: i also was going to highlight that each property has a tenant association and there is a large association, the public housing tenants association which has representative from all across the city. they have a citywide perspective and meet on a regular basis. this is outside of the commission that i'm talking about. what you are talking about is having feedback from the tenant, those persons on the ground receiving these benefits. i find it most helpful to attend the tenants' meeting on a fairly regular basis. >> we would do that. we did the audit of the communities we did meet with a tenant association. we have already that connection. >> chair: thank you very much. without any other questions why do we open this for public comment. are

so the district attorney handed out $70,000 worth of vouchers. they can be cashed in from now until 8:00 p.m. at the showcase theater complex in san ralph fill. here's a look at what happened to the -- san rafael. here's a look at what happened at the buyback. these are the workers tossing the guns in a container and they will be destroyed in stanislaus county. >>> there's still no decision by the alameda county board of supervisors after the meeting about the use of drugs. the alameda county sheriff's department wants to purchase two unarmed drones to help them in emergency situations. but many opponents are worried about priorcy. no action was taken about whether to allow the full board to vote on the $31,000 grant toward the purchase of drones. >>> the city of oakland has suffered a legal blow in its effort to block the federal government from shutting down a medical marijuana dispensary. a federal judge has tossed out the city's lawsuit that said that closing down harborside health center would lead to a health and safety crisis. the lawsuit

we saw a long line there this afternoon at the civic center to redeem the vouchers for cash. they handed out $75,000 of iou's. they can be redeemed until 8:00 tonight at the civic center. yesterday, the crews tossed the 827 weapon collected into a pit where they were then melted down. >>> walmart shares took a hit today when an internal e-mail was leaked. bloomberg news published parts of the e-mail saying february sales were quote a total disaster. walmart says it was taken out of context. the report sent the stocks south it rallies and finished with an 8-point gain. securities and exchange commission launched an investigation into the $23 billion punch of hj heinz. they growed yesterday to buy the company. the fcc is saying an accountant in switzerland was used for insider trading. some traders knew in advance about the pending transaction. >>> an internal investigation is underway into the fire that left a carnival cruiseship marooned at sea. one woman kissed the ground she was so happy when she arrive inside alabama last month. stranded on board for four nights. investiga

those vouchers this week. the 44,000 ran out in just an hour and a half. the district attorney's office said it issued an additional $70,000 in vouchers that can be redeemed for cash frequent friday inside the showcase theater. >>> police in palo alto say a man was robbed in his apartment complex carport. it happened around 8:45 saturday morning. investigators say the gunman is described as being in his late 20s or early 30s wearing a hoody. police say they are looking int another robbery and they urge people to be aware of their surroundings. >>> in san jose firefighters battled a fire next to a post office overnight. it started just after 2:30 this morning. it took firefighters about 45 minutes to get the flames under control. there were no reports of injury and there's no word of what started the fire. >>> now to our continuing coverage to the snowstorm in the northeast. that storm is now being blamed for at least 14 deaths and the digging out has become. this is what it looked like today. many had abandone

were turned in during the john 15 buy back in marin, and the county handed out vouchers when it ran out of cash. the shortfall is covered by private donations and the marin board of supervisors and the city council. if you got a voucher, you can redeem it for cash, today, the scene marin civic center in the friends of marin center room from 11 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. tonight. >> a warning for americans considering traveling to peru, the embassy says they have information a gang could be planning to kidnap american tourists visiting the popular ruins of the inca people. >> the house of representatives will vote whether to extend the current pay freeze for the nation's two million civilian federal workers, saying blocking a raise proposed by president obama will save $11 billion and well compensated federal employees can afford it. but democrats and even a few republicans say federal workers are be singled out for punishment by anti-government lawmakers. >> what is next for the carnival cruise line passengers and the cruise liner trying to clean up a major p.r. mess? and a major warning

can redeem those vouchers this week. given for the event ran out. additional $70,000 in vouchers was reissued. those can be redeemed for cash this friday inside the showcase theater. >>> a gun buy back event has now been announced for people in palo alto, east palo alto andman low park. that event is scheduled to take place february 23rd in the parking lot of the east palo alto city hall. people can surrender working firearms no questions asked and get up to $300 but the cash will be limited. >>> time is 5:48. let's check in with sal. get everybody looking. how does it look? >> i'm checking to make sure nothing happen. things happen by the minute here. i want to say everything is great. and then i'm looking at my screen. you know how it goes. let's take a look at 101 san francisco northbound 101 looks pretty good as you drive up to the 80 split. there are no major problems. we haven't had a lot of commissions a lot of stalled vehicles that is the good news on a monday. the traffic is getting a little more crowded here at

but the money ran out, so organizers handed out $70,000 worth of vouchers and those vouchers can now be redeemed a week from tomorrow thanks to private donations and funds from the county and its cities. >>> the legal battle to kept an oyster farm operating at point reyes is going to the next level. operators of the drakes bay oyster farm are going to the federal appeals court in san francisco challenging interior secretary ken salazar's decision to have the area returned to wilderness conditions. a federal judge in oakland denied their appeal on monday. >>> more bay area headlines for you. 7 people are recovering this morning from a cable car accident in san francisco. now muni is trying to figure out how a stray bolt ended up wedged in the rails at powell and washington. that stopped the cable car in its tracks yesterday. the impact knocked an elderly rider out to the street where he hit his head. no one else was seriously hurt. >>> san jose mayor chuck reed will deliver his annual state of the city address this evening at civic auditorium. the mayor is expected to talk about the c

the county issued vouchers instead, the $70,000 shortfall is covered by private donations. the board of supervisors say redeem your voucher fender bender at the marin civic center >> time for a check on the forecast. >> how far north do we have to go to see something hitting the ground? >> we will check with mike. >> the only recording station that shows rain is santa rosa but you can see on the radar runs we have a good chance of something reaching the ground. and point reyes road right there. watch out for slick streets. big picture, most of the rain to the north right now where it will stay through 7:00. when we are beyond the morning rush, 9:00 to noon, it will exit the south bay at 1:00 o'clock or 2:00, and when it passes, the showers develop in the evening and overnight hours and the next energy has more power with it but not so much moisture. thunder is possible, and small hail dug the evening and overnight and snow down to 2,500'. times are near 50 at noon and low-to-mid 50's in the afternoon. a chance of showers tomorrow morning and sunshine and temperatures nears

you will see fewer doctors going forward -- you will see fewer vouchers going forward. how big is the federal housing program and other programs like that? guest: a lot of people depend on that program, something like 2.5 million people and most of those people are minorities. they will be directly affected by those cuts. host: joel in georgia. caller: how are you? i have a question about the independent full closure review settlement that was reached in january. they have stopped all reviews, case by case reviews. how were they going to decide the distribution if they are not doing more reviews? guest: that is an interesting question. in april 2011, 14 banks saddled with the office of the comptroller and the regulators over past abuses. they pledged to offer reviews to homeowners to see if any of those abuses cost financial harm. those reviews were more expensive for the banks and

carnival will be giving all passengers a refund, a voucher for $500 and a voucher for another cruise.i love boats. i have sailed the eastern sea board. cruise ships take all the things i love about a boat and throw them out the window. can you not fish off a cruise boat. you can't dock spontaneously into some cool port of call and grab some fried fish and a beer, which is one of my all-time favorite pastimes. there are strangers there to annoy you on a cruise ship, which is my biggest pet peeve, other people. and finally, there are people there tell ug to come buy knockoffs of the great impressionist masters in the art gallery and forcing to you do group exercise. leave me alone! another thing this reminded me of is i had a harrowing experience like this of my own. last year i was on the sort of now infamous jetblue flight out of las vegas whereupon ascent we lost all hydraulics -- >> because of you. >> no. >> george soros was behind this, wasn't he? >> upon ascent, lose hydraulics. we have a full tank of gas and we can't land, the plane is too heavy and it's dangerous to land with a