if you do not own stocks in walgreen's, you should own stock in walgreen's. i will tell you that they will make a bundle of dollars. at the end of the day, that is because they care about our community. more people will come and buy their stuff. it is because of that economy of scale that they will make a lot of money. i hope that you'll join me in doing whatever you can. on behalf of the california state senate, we really want you to take this example and spread it not in just some neighborhoods but all neighborhoods in the state of california. >> now i would like to introduce the supervisor for this area. >> good morning, everyone. i am actually battling a cold. that is why my heart is filled with so much joy because as we continue to grow and transition, you will see more vibrant opportunity's not just here in walgreen's but allover the corridor. we need partners that will be coming down on third street and supporting many of the nonprofits that are supporting our community members. we would like to support them for being an anchor tenant when other compan

we actually met with folks from walgreen's as well about this. i wanted to thank them specifically dave, who i believe is here, for his patience on this item as well, and we can go ahead and open up for public comment. we will do three minutes per person. i have a couple of cards. [reading names] use the one to your right. >> good morning, supervisors. good morning, san francisco. i bring you greetings from the united food and commercial workers union local 648. michael sharp is our president. we support walgreen's in their endeavor. they are an outstanding employer. they brought nothing but honor to our city. we support them. thank you very much. >> good morning, supervisor avalos, supervisor elsbernd. i am the district manager for walgreen's. this store is under my supervision. i also wanted to add that i am a native san franciscan. i want to make sure that we all understand that throughout the process with walgreen's trying to get back into the beer and wine business of san francisco that we have worked very closely with inspector falzon from

for instance, the cash price for viagra without insurance that most bay area walgreen's is $695. we found the same 30 count 50- milligram bottle is $75 cheaper at these six stores. why the discrepancy? walgreen's says their prices are based on drug manufactures price, other operational factors and local competition. >> i think the cost of doing business doesn't account for that big of difference in price. >> a nonprofit consumer magazine. it published an in depth study comparing prescription prices between different chains. when it comes to price variation in the same chain, it is likely the key to finding the best prices. >> even within a big chain, the particular stores that are near low price competitors may bring their prices down. >> and that's exactly what we found. take these two safeway pharmacies in san francisco. just a little more than a mile apart. the upper market store had consistently cheaper drugs than the one in the generally lower income mission district. we found the blood pressure medicine is it $25 more in the mission. and the cholesterol medication cost an e

hi, i'm the owner of cards and comics central from across the street from the old walgreens store. i do support having a business that's open across the street and this neighborhood definitely needs, you know, more businesses rather than have vacancies that hurt the neighborhood. other than that, i do support businesses coming to the neighborhood. >> hi, i'm the manager, owner, y2109. i support for the petco. i just want over there. [inaudible] not only petco, any company. >> i'm gary i'm for putting petco into the walgreens space. any industrial that wants to fix the place up and maintain a quality business, this area needs it. it would be good to revitalize the area. >> there were lots of interviews. [inaudible] president olague: thank you. like to open it up for public comment at this time. we have no speaker cards so all those interested in speaking can come up to the mic. >> hello, again. my name

after filling the same prescription a couple of times at different walgreen's farm sis, he noticed heed different prices. >> the pharmacist didn't give me any kind of explanation. >> when an effort to find that explanation, we price checked prescriptions throughout the bay area at 85 different stores from six pharmacy chains. not only the prescription prices change within the same pharmacy chain, but sometimes within a few blocks. the price of viagra without insurance is $695, but we found the same 30 count 50-milligram bottle is $75 cheaper at these six stores. why the discrepancy? walgreen's says their price is based on operational factors and local competition. >> it doesn't account for that big of difference in price. >> robert is president of checkbook.org. it published a study comparing prescription prices between different chains, but when it comes to price variations within the same chain. local competition is likely the key to finding the best prices. >> even within a big chain, the stores near low price competitors may bring their prices down. >> and that's exactly what we f

for instance, the cash price for viagra without insurance at most bay area walgreens is $695.e found the same 30- counseled 50-milligram bottle is $75 cheaper at these six stores. three in the south bay, three in the north. why the discrepancy? walgreens says its prices, quote, are based on drug manufacturers' price, other operational factors and local competition. >> i think the cost of doing business doesn't account for that big a difference in price. >> reporter: robert krughoff is president of checkbook.org a nonprofit consumer magazine. it published a study comparing prescription prices between different chains but when it comes to price variations within the same chain, krughoff says local competition is likely the key to finding the best prices. >> even within a big chain, the particular stores that are mere low price competitors may bring the prices down. >> reporter: that's what we found. take these two safeway pharmacies in san francisco, just a little more than a mile apart. the upper market store had consistently cheaper drugs than the one in potrero hill. we found

so he marched down to walgreens and reported the mix-up.anager promised the corporate office would correct the mistake. >> i have been waiting over two months and haven't heard anything back yet so that's why i contacted abc on your side. >> we checked it out and found his information was still showing up here in rick's account. and that's two months later. we called the number listed on the account. sure enough, carroll picked up. she was surprised about the mix-up. >> i don't feel horribly threatened or anything because i don't care that much personally, but just the idea. a lot of people really would care, and it's wrong. it's wrong. >> we also contacted walgreens and the company took this very seriously. it tracked down the problem and a few days later rick opened his account again. >> wow, they fixed it. >> walgreens said we are sorry this occurred and have apologized to the patient. we take online security very seriously. the customer's account has now been fixed. in addition, we have updated our process from matching patient profiles

so he marched down to walgreens and reported the mix-up.he manager promised the corporate office would correct the mistake. >> i have been waiting over two months and haven't heard anything back yet, so that's why i contacted abc 7 on your side. >> we checked it out and found carol's information was still showing up here in rick's account. and that's two months later. we called the number listed on the account. sure enough, carol picked up. she was surprised about the mix-up. >> i don't feel horribly threatened or anything because i don't care that much personally, but just the idea. a lot of people really would care, and it's wrong. it's wrong. >> we also contacted walgreens and the company took this very seriously. it tracked down the problem and a few days later rick opened his account again. >> wow, they fixed it. >> walgreens said we are sorry this occurred and have apologized to the patient. we take online security very seriously. the customer's account has now been fixed. in addition, we have updated our process from matching patient

pharmacies, walgreen's, wall speak -- wall space is very limited in pharmacies. they like when consumers to look around and see the different products for sale. when we start going down this path of disclosure, the question is, when does it end? where does it stop? in terms of the pamphlet at the register, if the court fails to provide that information to a customer, you are opening yourself up to liability. which we have serious concerns about. >> i am a member of the public and i have come before you to encourage you to support this basic measure toward consumer education regarding choice in use of cell phones. i have no agenda. i have a teenage daughter, we got one for her, 15. i did the research. i have no desire for pervasive governmental involvement in personal choice, but it seems to me that anything regarding the safe use of the radio frequency transmitter is a minimum regarding consumer protection. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. other members of the public that would like to comment? thank you. >> good morning. i am a bay area residen

. >> we contacted walgreens and the company took this very seriously.acked down the problem and days later rick opened an account again. >> wow. they fixed it walgreens said we're sorry this occurred and have apologized to patients taking security very seriously. and the customer account has been fixed. in adilgs, -- addition we've updated our process for matching with online users and continue to investigate what happened in this case to help ensure issues are resolved promptly in a similar situation doesn't happen again. it's grai. you did a good job. >> walgreens says that it's found no indication that rick's private information wound up on someone else's computer. >> relief, yes. >> coming up next, past occupants of the white house paused to remember betty ford. >> new technology that helped this woman beat what could have been a crippling disability. >>> families trying to get their money back after a nonprofit abruptly cancelled summer camps for children with diabetes. a camp was set to be held here at the ymca camp. many parents paid up to $700 i

i've never seen walgreen's that has never been known as a drug store. they have been known as the neighborhood store. we have good neighborhood partners. in addition, offering foods, whether it is healthy sandwiches or fresh produce and at a location already established. it will make that to be very important. i am here to support that. i am here to celebrate that. i am here to suggest that every store can do the same thing. it is not as about this announcements, also about helping us take two strokes back so it does not cost the patrons any more money and we have a safe place to take them. there also contributing to getting rid of graffiti. and they employ people. when you open up an oasis store, this is not just added produce, someone will have to handle that. they include another five or 10 employees. that is a great way to employ more people. with all of those good things, i would like to welcome the supervisor. she has taught me for six months about the need to have healthy choices in the menu. she has the heart to really express our support becaus

if you look back in san francisco and see what happens when walgreen's came in, it is very difficult for any of us now to go into any neighborhood and fine and independent pharmacy. they are in medical office buildings, but they no longer are on fillmore street. they are gone. they are just no longer there. same thing for hardware stores. the legislation your beginning to look at is beginning to address not the character we want in this city, the kind of uses we want in this city and the kind of businesses that have the personal relationship. when our customers grow old, we monitor them. we offer to go out and deliver them their food for the animals for free. when they do not show up or call over a certain time when we know they should be coming in, we call to find out if they are ok. something happened to them. we go and try to please the animals. [tone] the relationship of baseball business like ours is very different from a big box and i support the legislation. supervisor mar: thank you. seeing no other comments, let's close public comment. colleagues, i will say it has been a le

. >> reporter: frank, we're in geary near 17th avenue in front of walgreens. authorityings have towed the car that was parked right here -- authorities have towed the car that was parked right here and people we talked to said the whole thing is just eerie. police were found after a walgreens employee opened the truck and found a dead body inside. >> they have not requested the san francisco police on the detail. >> reporter: which tells us what? >> right now it's an unattended death and until the coroner gives us details, it's not considered a homicide. >> reporter: people say they walked by it barely paying it any attention all the while a dead body was inside. >> nobody thought anything, it was just a regular parked car and it wasn't moved for a while. about a week maybe. >> reporter: what do you think now? >> a little uncomfortable actually. somebody finding a body. >> reporter: the medical examiner needs to run tests to determine how the man died. u-haul has not returned our calls and residents say there was just no way they could know what was inside tha

walgreen's where persons with disabilities are making up more than 40% of the roster.is dedicated to giving everyone an equal chance. >> with every box that's opened -- green button that's pressed, and every crate that's sorted, employees at this walgreen's distribution center in windsor, connecticut are breaking down barriers. just ask julie will yard. >> it's my dream to work here and it's okay to be yourself and it's okay to be deaf. and it's okay to have disabilities while you work. >> more than 40% of the people working here report having a disability. >> when you have autism like i have, it's tough to overcome when you work. and when you get better at it, you pick up the pace and go from there. >> i may have a seizure that will cause me to fall back ward. >> this is something that you think has held you back in the past? >> yes, it has. >> the thing that makes this building different is that people are accepted. >> that's okay. >> everyone is working next to each other. 80% of this department is people of disabilities but you can't tell them one from the other. >

last week she joined major retail irs, walmart and walgreen's to expand stores in the area for easy access to fresh produce. >>> starting today walmart is renting and streaming movies online. they bought up video streaming service 18 months and launched a new streaming service by offering 20,000 titles that be used on any device. prices range from a dollar to 5.99 or buy movies from 4.99 up. >> i know we have a little bit of sunshine in san francisco. >> that is what happens. san francisco will be the last years to clear the fog. the fog is still rolling in from the ocean and we look southbound from mount tamalpais. expect this to last one or two more days before the big warming trend rolls in. >> all right. mike, thank you. an unusual ngd, why police say incredible scene is part of a misunderstanding. >> in his own words, a bay area teen tells us how he stopped a grizzly bear from attacking him. >>> a stunning sight caught on camera in stockton. a local news group caught a man hanging on the side of the car. it looks like a professional stunt but it was the result after misunderstanding.

walgreens will expand its food selection to include fresh fruits and vegetables. they are already starting rt expanded service in chicago as well as here in the bay area in san francisco. >>> time now is 5:37. sal showed us the roads earlier. it looks like things are getting busy. >> they are. right now we have some slow traffic here and there. people get on the road it's amazing how early the commute has shifted. maybe that is why we're on the air so early. let's take a look at the san mateo bridge. it's not stop and go. certainly a lot of people out there already on the road. westbound 92 heading out to high-rise and over to the peninsula. no major problems on interstate 880. let's take a look at 880 here traffic already busy and southbound 880 driving down past san leandro. also this morning we are looking at san francisco want to remind you today is a 12:30 day-time baseball game. it's a sellout. the giants with the visiting dodgers there and that means that this afternoon when that came is over. around 4:00 it will be over. people will be heading out or getti

last week she joined major retail irs, walmart and walgreen's to expand stores in the area for easy accesso fresh produce. >>> starting today walmart is renting and streaming movies online. they bought up video streaming service 18 months and launched a new streaming service by offering 20,000 titles that be used on any device. prices range from a dollar to 5.99 or buy movies from 4.99 up. >> i know we have a little bit of sunshine in san francisco. >> that is what happens. san francisco will be the last years to clear the fog. the fog is still rolling in from the ocean and we look southbound from mount tamalpais. expect this to last one or two more days before the big warming trend rolls in. >> all right. mike, thank you. an unusual ngd, why police say incredible scene is part of a misunderstanding. >> in his own words, a bay area teen tells us how he stopped a grizzly bear from attacking g g u >>> a stunning sight caught on camera in stockton. a local news group caught a man hanging on the side of the car. it looks like a professional stunt but it was the result after misunderstanding. h

safeway, walgreen's. we've gotten several ipads and iphones from different offices. we have essays by the kids and give the winning eggs says one of the gifts. and losing essays we buy more gifts. there are not any losers. some of the essays make you cry a little longer. >> reporter: rebecca i congratulate you on your success. what is your message? >> it affects the stability and physician their long term. only 25% get to attend college. 20% versus 60% of the to makeon. >> we're going to make that change today. thank you both for being here. >>> we do have a ticking taik a break. we have so much to talk about. we're going hear about the largest nonprofit@Ñ >>> we've been talking about foster care in california and the importance of supporting the organization that helps our homeless children. young adults as they reach the 18 are some of the most vulnerable. capital correspondent nannette miranda has more on the foster youth. >> for nearly a decade the state of california has provided transitional housing that age out of the foster care system on their 18th birthday.