wagner. >> good evening, commissioners, greg wagner, financial officer. i'm here to officially kickoff budget season for the 15-16-17 budgets. this is the first step in the formal budget process although we have already been doing quite a bit of thinking internally within the department, but this is the point in time each year when the mayor's office releases the forecast for the upcoming budget cycle and this year the forecast for the 5 years ahead of us for city finances and department's instructions on how we should prepare our budget. so the global news in the mayor's 5-year financial forecast is very positive. as we all know the economy has been doing well and with that the acceleration of the economy we have seen city revenues and we have seen more in the general fund than we have in many many years. the projected general fund deficit for the 5-year financial plan, you can see in that first year, we are facing a $15.9 million deficit. still $15.9 million but compared to where we've been over the last many years, we were consistently in deficits appr

as wagner's men turned, cleburne 's soldiers thought to chase after them. captain sam foster described how the union men would fire a few shots and break into a run, and our men break after him. they had nearly half a mile to run. here we go right after them. yelling like fury, shooting at them at the same time. kill some of them before they reach their works. those in the second line not able to shoot because of their own men are in front of us, and between us. although cleburne and his men were shielded by wagner's slain troops, eventually the federal lines simply had to open fire. for those caught in this, union or confederate, the result was the same. by this time patrick cleburne had crossed wagner's position and was heading for the mainline when he was catapulted from his horse, which was killed under him. with the fire intensifying one careers --couriers offered the horse and offered it to his general. then, artillery of a serrated it. the courier went down, his site -- side shattered. cleburne decided to press on. general governor saw him waving his

alex wagner, almost got tonight's "last word." >> that was the important last word.hayes is up next. then you'll really have the last word. hardball >>> ferguson, it's not about geography. it's about history. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. ferguson, it's now a name in the american dictionary like dallas is to many of my generation, the word is explosive, tragic, and big in our imaginations that stirs us in a way no one likes to be stirred but for better or worse it's a specter that stands before us and demands a reckoning. blacks and a big chunk of white america believes what went down in ferguson the is not something they can approve. and so we asked the question tonight of an extremely distinguished panel what is ferguson? what does it say to you personally? and if you see it as a problem, what is that problem and what can we do in the near term to fix that problem? charles ramsey is police commissioner, mayor of boston, rendell was the city's district attorney

wagner left two of his brigades exposed half a mile beyond the main federal line.l a force to stem the confederate assault. with the army of tennessee hit them the position crumbled. as wagner's men turned and ran for franklin, cleburne's soldiers sought to chase after and followed them into the main line of works. captain sam foster of cleburne's division described how the union men would, and i quote, fire a few shots and break to a run. as soon as they break to run, our men break after them. they have nearly half a mile to get back to the next line. here we go right after them. yelling like fury and shooting at them at the same time. kill some of them before they reached their works. those in the second line of works aren't able to shoot us. because of the men in front of us, between us and them. although cleburne and the men were shielded by fleeing troops. eventually the federal and main line had to open fire. for those caught in it, be it union or confederate, the result was the same. by this time, cleburne crossed wagner's advanced position and was headed p

alex wagner, almost got >> tonight on "all in."le's house. ferguson protest continues and so does the backlash. >> quite frankly, i don't think they're smart enough to know what they're doing. >> oh, my gosh. >> lisa bloom, on the ongoing misunderstanding of the grand jury decision. >>> then, the president wins again.

jill wagner at the new york stock exchange.s a lot. >>> a top executive at korean air has resigned in an incident some would call nut rage. the vice president ordered the plane to return to the gate because she was served a bag of macadamia nuts add opposed to nuts on a plate. she's the daughter of the chairman. the airline has apologized. >>> and a southwest airline jet got a new customer during a flight. the plane was bound from san francisco to phoenix but was diverted to los angeles because a woman onboard went into labor. she was assisted by a doctor and nurse who happened to be onboard. mother and child are hospitalized in good condition. >>> when we return, a coveted free baseball agent find as new home with a big paycheck and the football stars who ordered up this money birthday cake. this is the "cbs morning news." [ female announcer ] just about anywhere you use sugar, you can use splenda® no calorie sweetener. splenda® lets you experience the joy of sugar without all the calories. think sugar, say splenda™ osteo bi-f

jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning. >> good morning, sony is not blaming north korea for the security hack. there are similarities in other hacks and the sony hack. the company isn't saying there is a link. they are working with the fbi to investigate the attack. here on wall street, investors will watch for the unemployment claim report. the dow gained 33 points closing at a record high. the nasdaq rose 18 points. in australia, two major retailers are keeping grand theft auto 5 off store shelves. target and kmart stores pulled the controversial video game. target says it was in response to customer complaints. it encourages players to murder women for entertainment. >> fair share of controversy. jill wagner at the new york stock change, thanks a lot. >>> now to sports, the philadelphia 76ers dogged a dubious record. the sixers ended with an 0-17 record to start the year. a strange start to the game. after the opening tip, the refs realized the teams were going in the wrong direction. the sixers finish str

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jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more.jill. >> good morning, anne-marie. the dow gained 154 points monday closing at a new record high. the s&p 500 was up 7, to another record high. its fifth this year. the nasdaq up 16 points. asian stocks finished lower after wall street's rally. hong kong's hang seng dropped a quarter%. the shanghai dropped 3%. the nikkei is closed for holiday. >>> bmw is recalling vehicles to replace the potentially takata air bags. the automaker is agreeing to government demands to expand the air bag recall. the bmw 3 series cars made between january 2004 and august 2006. >>> the fda has approved a new skin cancer drug from bristol-myers squib. to treat melanoma. it will be available for tumors that spread throughout the body or cannot be radio moved by surgery. >>> victims of ponzi schemer bernie madoff may be getting back more money. $320 million may be distributed if the judge approves. that brings the total return so far to more than $7 billion out of the $20 billion madoff stole. >>> and beer sal

jill wagner is at the new york stock change with that and more.ll. >> good morning. buying an airline ticket could get cheaper next year thanks to a drop in oil. they expect ticket prices to drop 5% in 2015 thanks to cheaper fuel. record profits are expected. fares have been going up this year because demand is so strong. >>> the falling oil prices mean good news for airline passengers, it's bad news for investors. the dow lost 268 points yesterday. that's the biggest one-day loss in two months. s&p is down 34 points and nasdaq finished the day 82 points lower. mcdonald's is slimming down. they plan to trim the menu. the big macs will stay. next month, eight items will be cut from the mcdonald's menu. they reported the deepest sales decline in 14 years. they are reviewing some of the ingredients they use. >>> instagram is more popular than twitter. instagram, the photo and video sharing app, owned by facebook has 300 million monthly users. twitter had 284 million monthly users as of the third quarter. here in new york, the original apple one perso

jill wagner's at the new york stock exchange with that and more. >>> cyber monday sales were higher butrevious years. up 8.1% according to ibm digital analytics. over a year ago, cyber sales fell over 20%. and 126 million online shoppers from last year. >>> and amazon used 15,000 robots in canada and u.s. inventory centers even as eva elves. they can help get pagages out the door faster. >>> and signs of weak innocence a global economy and a less than stellar start to the shopping season sent stocks slower. the dow dropped over 51 points. the s&p fell 14 points. and the nasdaq finished 64 points lawyer. >>> $1 billion class action lawsuit against apple goes to trial this morning in california. video testimony from late apple founder steve jobs will reportedly be submitted. the suit alleges apple with purchase purchased with itunes to be played only on ipads instead of cheaper music players. jobs' e-mails will also be submitted as evidence. >> the federal government is investigating a child car seat from graco. graco recalled 6.1 million car seats because the buckles could get stuck. the

jill wagner find out which ones are the most popular. >> ho-ho-ho. >> the stuff christmas memories areade of a photo op, a chance for kids to deliver their christmas wish straight to the big guy himself. >> xbox. >> a robot and a soccer ball. >> and after weeks of listening to kids rattle off their row quests, santa says there is a definite trend. santa certainly knows best, national retail federation, frozen merchandise is the number one gift for girls this year, pushing barbie to second place, for the first time in more than a decade, for boys, leggo rains supreme. >> leggo ship, and a leggo city. >> but not all about toys and gadgets. >> what's your favorite part about christmas? spends being time with my family. >> but most kids tell us the best part of christmas is still the presents. >> barbie doll? >> jill wagner, cbs news. >> you know the kids will be up early. >> oh, ya. >> i'm sure everything you bought and is under the tree is what they wanted. >> santa, also, he knows what they want, too. >> between the two of you. >> coming up after the break, yoyour eyewitness weather for

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jill wagner is at the new york stock change with that and more. good morning, jill. >> thanks. the economy is building. the previous 3.9 estimate upwards to 5%. that's the fastest surge since the summer of 2003. led by cheaper gasoline, strong consumer spending as an upswing in business investment. wages are finally starting to pick up and the federal reserve is promising not to raise rates until well into 2015. all that good news kicked off a rally on wall street. the dow closed above 18,000 for the first time ever. investors may get a chance to catch their breath. the market closed early today ahead of christmas. the dough gained 64 points on tuesday. the s&p was up three, also closing at a new record high. the nasdaq, though, was down 16 points. asian markets were mixed, despite wall street's rally. tokyo's nikkei rose 1%. the shanghai lost 2%. hong kong's he think -- keurig is recalling 7 million single serve coffee brewing machines because of burns. the company's mini plus systems with model k10 can overheat and spray water. keurig received about 200 reports of hot liquid

. >>> on the cbs "moneywatch," jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. >> good morning. here on wall street the markets reopen after the christmas holiday. the dow is over 18,000. it's at its highest level ever after gaining six points wednesday. the s&p was down less than a point and the nasdaq was up eight points. tokyo's nikkei added a fraction. hong song's hang seng is closed for the holiday. >>> the minimum wage in washington state will soon be the highest in the nation. on january 1st washington's lowest legal wage will be $9.47 per hour. the bump in pay will affect more than 67,000 workers. >>> walmart will exchange holiday gift cards from other stores. for the next few weeks, you can go online and turn in gift cards from 200 other retailers. walmart says it will give you up to 97% of the value. they will vary by the retailer. >>> holiday sales were reportedly just meet industry predictio predictions. they say lower last-minute sales mean that stores will hit the estimate of just over a 4% increase from last year. today could bring a surge of shoppers for

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jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange. good morning, jill. >> good morning, lauren. the shipping company is expected to deliver 34 million pack ands, the most in its history. it will be a test of the new automated sorting system that was put in place to prevent a repeat of last year when millions of packages did not arrive on time for christmas. >>> asian stocks were mostly higher on reboundingoil prices. tokyo's nikkei added a fraction, closing at a two-week high. hong kong's hang seng gained more than 1%. the markets here on wall street start what will be a short holiday week. the dow gained 26 points friday. the s&p 500 was up 9. the nasdaq rose almost 17 points. despite falling gasoline prices public transit ridership is up. "the new york times" reports about 2.7 billion passenger trips were taken on transit systems in the u.s. in the third quarter of this year. a trade group reports that's an increase of 1.8% from a year ago. >>> staples says that credit card information from more than 1 million of its customers was stolen earlier this year. staples said malware

jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange. good morning, jill. >> good morning, anne-marie. it is the monday after thanksgiving now known as cyber monday, the biggest online shopping day of the year. about 127 million shoppers plan to shop online today according to a survey by the national retail association. that's down from 131 million last year. they're expected to spend $2.5 billion according to the research firm. >>> and the black friday shopping weekend may be losing its appeal. according to estimates by the national retail federation, there were 5.2% fewer shoppers. spending was down 11%. it's the second year in a row spending fell off. and part of the reason, retailers are offering deals days and weeks before the holiday weekend. >>> here on wall street stocks opened after a shortening trading day on friday. the dow opened above a half a point. the s&p lost 5 points while the nasdaq ended the day 4 points higher. >>> some of the largest mortgage lenders are starting to ease standards from buyers. this is after new guidelines were released from fannie mae and freddie

jill wagner's at the new york stock exchange with that and more., jill. >> good morning, lauren. sprint is facing a record fine from the federal communications commission over allegations of cramming. cramming is charging customers for unwanted services like text message alerts, horoscopes, and sports scores. the fcc will reportedly fine sprint $105 million. that would tie a settlement reached with at&t on similar charges earlier this year. >>> stocks on wall street ended lower after a rally lost steam. the dow lost 111 points yesterday. the s&p fell 16. and the nasdaq finished the day 57 points lower. >>> a california jury rejected a 10-year-old's anti-trust lawsuit against apple. the plaintiffs accused apple of using software to create a monopoly in the digital music market. the lawsuit involves ipods sold from september of 2006 to march of 2009. they were able to play songs only from itunes or downloaded cds. >>> seaworld is starting to lay off hundreds of employees. seaworld's stock and attendance has gone down since the release of that documen

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trent wagner joining us from the cme. talk about gold because that, we don't have trent. john, let's go to you first and deal with gold. deal with the gold issue. safety is one of those things not really considered much in a market that is so bullish as this. do you put any faith at all in gold as a hedge? >> no. we actually are underweighted in gold and commodities in general right now. we have not seen inflation as a fear. so we have not been heavy in commodities. that has worked out well for us this year. cheryl: all right, well, john, it is interesting to watch what is happening in the markets but, chris, at the same time we don't have it, when you look at it, especially 18,000 mark, we're having bearish predictions for 2015. what are you watching? >> we think growth will continue into the new year. we think small caps are setting up very well after a disappointing year where they underperformed the s&p 500. so again we're looking for really good top-line growth, march pin improvement in companies. those stories that will work throughout 2015. you know we spend a lot

wagner had been deployed to afghanistan for nine months. next the bad. not going crazy. your guy really isn't listening to you. a new study shows the average man only tunes in to his partner's conversations for six minutes at a time. why? they just aren't interested in the same things that women are. do i need to repeat that for our male viewers? finally the ugly, never post embarrassing drunken pictures again. facebook wants to create a program to prevent users from uploading intoxicated selfies. it would work by scanning the picture to determine how drunk the person is and then ask do they really want to post it. don't forget to keep talking about the sony hack. do you agree that sony should not be reporting on the leaked information? log in to our facebook page to #keeptalking. >> hope you had a great weekend. new week on tap. >> finish that christmas shopping. >> frocks frocks -- "fox & friends" starts now. bye. >> good morning. it is monday, december 15. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. sydney under siege. at least a dozen people taken hostage by an armed

. >>> jill wagner of cbs money.com joins us now. morning. >> reporter: the market could rebound after its bi weekly loss for more than two years. on friday alone it is 215 points and the nasdaq has been down by 55 points on friday. one of the main reasons behind this is crude oil price are dropping. it has fallen 47% this year. it is down and sflie is upply is way up. the silver lining of this, drivers are enjoying the lowest gas prices in about four years. lower gas prices are helping shipping companies, fed sex says fedex says today is the biggest day ever. and hopefully avoiding what happened last year, major u.s. companies were overwhelmed with online orders and they could not deliver gifts on time for the holiday. thank you, juliet. >>> speaking of the holidays, there is a no of what people do not want under the tree, one of them is a surprise. . >> reporter: liquor tops the list of this holiday season. they're all around the do not want list. if you do plan to buy alcohol, go for wine. the list of gifts that people don't want

i rise in support of h.r. 5794, introduced by representative wagner of missouri. to designate the post office located at 16105 swingley ridge road in chesterfield, missouri, as the sergeant zachary m. fisher post office. army sergeant zachary fisher, a native of baldwin, missouri, as killed on july 14, 2010, at forward operating base lagmen in afghanistan. he died of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his vehicle and detonated an improvised explosive device. sergeant fisher was only 24 years old. mr. speaker, sergeant fisher was a brave young man. he decided to join the army reserve and then courageously volunteered to become a member of the active duty military. sergeant fisher chose to put himself in harm's way in order to protect the freedoms that we as americans enjoy every day. we owe him a great debt of gratitude for making the ultimate sacrifice on our behalf. i ask my colleagues to honor and memorialize zachary m. fisher's service by supporting h.r. 5794 and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balanc

. >> james franco tweeted this -- >>> i'm in for alex wagner, six days after they decided to cancel theease of "the interview" sony pictures allowed the film in some theaters after allful they released this quote. >> following sony's announcement today the lead actors both took to twitter in celebration. this news comes as new reports indicate that north korea has lost its internet after over nine hours of going completely dark yesterday. nbc has not confirmed the reportsful. u.s. officials are denying involvement in yesterday's internet outage in north korea. state's department marie herj said little to nothing. >> i can't confirm it one way or another. i don't actually know that their internet was out and it's not for me to speak to. we're not going to entertain questions about possible u.s. responses of any kind. i would caution you have assuming that because i'm not going to comment on them that the answer means one thing or another. >> joining me now is media and entertainment reporter julia, any sense of how many theaters will show "the interview"? >> the five largest theater chan

>> okay. >> in new york, jill wagner, cbs news. >> you know, i can remember ac kid.ade. and all i wanted was a rub a dub dolly. and i got it that year. and i thought it was the most magical thing. >> i felt the same way, second grade, i got a puppy. i woke up in the middle of the night and heard the whimpering, crawled down in the middle of the night from the bunk bed, ran out to the kitchen. my mom found us sleeping together curled up. my favorite christmas. >> so many great memories. >> so true. >> we'll take a short break. >> first though sounds of the season from the mount st. joseph academy choir. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> here in turkey, i want to say hi to my uncle fury and all of my friend back in the south jersey area. hey, guys, miss you, merry christmas! >> muscles off month long christmas surprise, hope to make this holiday special for children, who otherwise, might not have much to celebrate. >> finishing touches on 234 stock innings. >> for 24 kids. all of whom live in a extended stay hotel, in blue springs. >> and are about to get an incredible christmas

it's part of the invisible us series by alex wagner. >> i heard this story so many times.ne in a grocery store behind people with a food stamp card and they look in their basket as one individual said, i love crab legs. we haven't been able to have them in our house in who knows when? i'm standing behind a guy who has those in his basket. >> usually i get a box of macaroni and i get regular sandwich cheese and make my. >> sarah is a 28-year-old single mother of four who relies on food stamps to make ends meet. for sarah, there is no crab legs. there is not even kraft? >> you don't buy this? >> no. it's $1. >> even the basics are sometimes too much. >> i don't use vegetable oil. i will get lard. >> is it cheaper some. >> i can get a tub of lard, five-gallon bucket is like $30 for the cheapest. >> my friend is host of now. joins me with more on the special series. it's stunning that people in washington, people in congress have no idea. i have been covering this since the days when ronald reagan talked about welfare moms. where did the myth come from that people of cheating?

wagner left two of his brigades exposed half a mile beyond the main federal line. they were too small a force to stem the confederate assault. with the army of tennessee hit them the position crumbled. as wagner's men turned and ran for franklin cleburne's soldiers sought to chase after and followed them into the main line of works. captain sam foster of cleburne's division described how the union men would and i quote fire a few shots and break to a run. as soon as they break to run, our men break after them. they have nearly half a mile to get back to the next line. here we go right after them. yelling like fury and shooting at them at the same time. kill some of them before they reached their works. those in the second line of works aren't able to shoot us. because of the men in front of us, between us and them. although cleburne and the men were shielded by fleeing troops. eventually the federal and main line had to open fire. for those caught in it be it union or confederate, the result was the same. by this time cleburne crossed wagner's advanced position and

okay. >> reporter: in new york, jill wagner, cbs news. >>> if you got a gift card for christmas and you're thinking eh, i won't shop there, walmart says, hey, come get one of ours instead. so for the next few weeks walmart will exchange cards for more than 200 stores and restaurants in exchange for one of their gift cards. you get about 95% of the card's value but it's going to vary by retailer. for example, amazon.com card will get you up to 95%, some brands only 70%. >>> how's this for a christmas gift? the maker of the popular game cars against humanity is giving people a piece of a private island. a very small piece. it's doling out a square foot parcel to donors to its holiday fundraiser. they bought the six acre island off the coast of maine and renamed it hawaii 2. i like that. hawaii 2. which only gets us one foot. don't put a tent. >>> all the presents unwrapped but there's an unwanted gift left over, that's trash. >> that's right. before you toss those boxes on the curb, you will want to hear this. your leftover holiday trash could be an invitation for burglars. >> oh, they said

jill wagner of cbsmoneywatch.com joins us on this christmas eve morning.d morning. >> reporter: good morning. the so-called santa claus rally is setting some new records here on wall street. the dow will open above the 18,000 mark for the first time ever. december is historically the best month of the year for the dow but this year investors are also in a buying mood because the economy is up. the government put the growth up to 5% the fastest pace in more than a decade. >>> postal workers are keeping busy this christmas season. the postal service delivered 28.2 million packages on monday. that is the most ever in a single day in its 237-year history and it comes as more people shop online and need their christmas gifts delivered. >> speaking of christmas gifts, more people are giving the gift of binge watching. netflix gift cards are becoming a really hot holiday item. they have reportedly sold out of several staples and game stops. the cards come until 30 and $60 denominations and can pay netflix subscriptions which come out to about $8 a month. frank an

her name is liz wagner. she's an investigative journalist. her number, 408-432-4735. vickie nugent reporter. 408-432-4584. you are going to be in for a big surprise. these people have been in my home talking to me, and i would like to say that was only phase one that, the area that i spoke about. the judge ruled that that area was not clean because there was a lawsuit and if you call me i would give you the number of the judge where you can get the report. my number is 415-467-0535. and i will give you that information, but they have, everybody has the information. i'm going to put this on the -- since francisco decosta mentioned to you the fact that i spinola jackson represent the tribe. this is my id. can you see it? so you will know it is a fact. it's not just a suggestion. i have had many people come to me and ask me can they become a member of my tribe. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> you know, i was listening to this meeting some time ago and a gentleman from the bayview who used to work for the redevelopment agency was here calling the rock when you crush

okay. >> reporter: in new york, jill wagner, cbs news. >>> have you heard about this month of stormsleading to quite a discovery down in santa cruz? >> it's cool. scientists have found a rare tooth you see here from a prehistoric shark that is similar to a great white. all of the wind and rain recently uncovered this fossil on a public beach. it could be as many as 12 million years old. >> this is very smooth and dull. so this tells me this tooth is water [ indiscernible ] so this probably came from somewhere up in the santa cruz mountains. the rain eroded it from a cliffside near a stream and then it tumbled down and made its way in front of the boardwalk. >> scientists also found a 5,000-year-old bison tooth and parts of a rib from a stellar sea cow which is now extinct. they say santa cruz county is a hotbed for fossils because it was once a sea floor. >> everything was. san bruno mountain was once upon a time a sea floor. >> i didn't know that. >>> the weather is looking calm. >> it is in fact. as we look outside as rodgers and hammerstein once composed for which musical, o what

here's jill wagner. >>> reporter: it's the stuff christmas memories are made of. >> say cheese! reporter: a photo op and a chance for kids to deliver their christmas wish list straight to the big guy himself. >> i want just a bike. >> an xbox. >> a soccer ball. >> reporter: after weeks of listening to kids rattle off their requests, santa says there's a trend. >> "frozen" is hot. >> reporter: the national retail federation found that "frozen" merchandise is the number one gift for girls this year pushing barbie to second place for the first time in more than a decade. for boys, lego reigns supreme. >> a lego ship. and a lego city. >> reporter: but it's not all about toys and gadgets. what is your favorite part about christmas? >> um, spending time with my family. >> reporter: but most kids tell us the best part of christmas is still the presents. >> a barbie doll, huh? okay. >> reporter: in new york, jill wagner, cbs news. >> i talked to my 6-year-old niece yesterday on the phone after and i asked her what my niece wanted. smelly markers. santa is getting off easy, 1.99. >> did

jill wagner of cbsmoneywatch.com, appreciate it.e a good day. >>> time now is 20 minutes before 6:00. what to do with all those holiday leftovers! the health concerns you need to know before digging in today. >> and christmas morning fire almost wreaks havoc in one bay area neighborhood. how firefighters stopped the flames and rescued one four- legged family member. ,, start a revolution a revolution in coffee quality with the finest nespresso coffee blends. a revolution in technology with unique centrifusion. a revolution in taste with a naturally formed crema on both coffee and espresso. nespresso vertuoline. experience the revolution of coffee. have much to return to. their house in p >>> a san francisco family out of town for the holidays will not have much to return to. their home in potrero hill was gutted by a fire yesterday. people living in the neighborhood sprung into action though to make sure nobody was hurt. >> i thought it was my house and i looked outside windows and there was fire everywhere. my neighbor and i ran ou