my name is wanda, and i was born and raised in san francisco. i am a bayview resident. the reason i am supporting this project is for affordable housing and better jobs and health care. i am a mother of seven children, and at one point, it took all five of us working just to pay rent for three bedrooms in the bayview. it is not only one of us in san francisco who had to live like this. there are people out there who have to work two or three jobs just to live and survived. -- survive. i like what this project has to offer, real living wage jobs, health care, in real affordable housing for people like me and my family -- and korea affordable housing. please vote for this project -- and we'll affordable housing. r regioneal -- real affordable housing. president maxwell: [renames] -- [reading names] >> good afternoon, supervisor chiu, supervisor maxwell. thanks for david chiu. i know you love been spending a lot of time on the project. -- you have been spending a lot of time. you have really been working very diligently , so the thanks to the three of you. this shipyard is

wanda johnson also spoke with callers during the gospel experience hour. >> i think it's a healing process for me as well as those who was under the sound of hearing my voice, being also getting a healing process. i think that to face what i faced and what some of the callers have faced is tragic. >> alan: the familyes is encouraging rallies on october 23rd to push for the strongest sentence possible for miserly. it could range from mow operation to several years in prison. >> for us as a community to come together, to join hands and believe and trust that the system will work. it will be a sad day that a sentencing comes back of just probation. we do not see that. we do not believe that. >> alan: the sentencing is going to take place on november 5th. he is still in the los angeles county jail after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter this month. >>> california's lieutenant governor is in trouble with the tax collector, the santa barbara farming business owned by abe maldonado and his family owes the federal government more than $100,000 in taxes. the i.r.s. filed a lien against th

wanda johnson appeared in berkeley yesterday. she spoke with callers during the gospel experience show. >> i think it's a healing process for me as well as those hearing my voice having a healing process. i think to face what i faced and what some of callers have faced is tragic. >> grant's family is encouraging rallies across the country on october 23rd to public for the strongest sentence possible for mehserle. it could range from probation to several years in prison. >> for us as a community to come together to join hands and to believe and trust that the system will work. it will be a sad day a sentencing comes back of probation. we do not see that and, we do not believe that. >> mehserle's sentencing is november 5th, he remains in los angeles county jail after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter earlier this month. >> on tuesday the novato city council will consider putting a half cent sales tax on the november ballot. leaders declared a fiscal emergency laying off 20% of the work force and cutting $4 million from th

oscar grant mother, wanda johnson is going to be talking about berkeley radio later this morning. she will be speaking to 94.1 on 8:30, oscar grant was killed on new year's day and a bart platform by former bart officer, johannes meserle, waiting for sentencing and september. >> and a full day, and ac transit the and post a new contract last week. prompting 200 driver is to call in sick with service disruption. that is about 20 percent of the drivers. that is double the amount of the average they would 100 drivers call in sick. the union denies that it was a committed sick out. craig sklar. >> it could be easier in fremont, and many say the police are sure that it is open. >> and it is i guess pretty quick. >> no problems? >> no problems. >> and even into early. i missed one early. because i missed it, it came early. >> they compare this to the labor dispute and said it is quite a difference. >> and you notice the south? in the north? >> between the 239, it is also bad light. but the older one has been later. >> summit inexperiences the been wanting to give up the bossaid e bus an

wanda johnson will talk to kpsa radio in berkeley. >> the investigation that a deadly pit bull attack in the east bay continues. city leaders are looking at restrictions on the dogs and owners. the man who killed his stepson is devastated. >> i will take the blame for those dogs whose mine and not getting rid of them when i'm supposed. >> he said he never thought his five pit bulls could hurt anyone. looking back there were warnings like one of the time when one of the them killed the family chihuahua. >> at that time i should have gotten rid of the dogs. >> police say in another incident one of the dogs killed a pet parrot. >> it's hard for me to -- >> he says he used to belief they were safe if they were raised in the right environment. now, he has nothing nice to say about the breed. >> i would never own them again. >> concord's animal director says anti-sent interests is at a high. he says breeds can't be banned but they will look at the examples in san francisco. >> i think san francisco's ordinance is a gad one. >> pit bulls must be sterilized. in response to the death of 12-yea

wanda johnson appeared in berkeley yesterday. she spoke about the goes will experience show. >> i think it's a healing process for me as well as those hearing my voice, in the process. i think to face what i faced and what some of the callers have faced is tragic. >> grant's family is calling for rallies around the nation on october 23rd to push for the strongest sentence possible for mehserle. it could range from probation to several years in prison. >> for us as a community to come together to join hands and to believe and trust that the system will work. it will be a sad day that a sentencing comes back of just probation. we do not see that and we do not believe that. >> mehserle's sentencing is scheduled for move november 5. he remains in jail after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter. >> on tuesday, they will consider putting a half cent sales tax on the ballot. they declared a fiscal emergency laying 20% of the work force and cutting $4 million from the budget. they say the proposed sales hike would generate $3 mill

you won an oscar for "a fish called wanda," which was -- [ cheers and applause ] it's very interestingmmy: all-out comedy. i don't know if that's ever been done by any other actor. >> i didn't realize this, but, yeah, after i won, and no one was -- no, probably someone, but, no one -- i was going to say no one was more surprised than i was. but i was surprised. but people said, "you know, the only person to have won an oscar for a comic performance was lee marvin in 'cat ballou.'" >> jimmy: really? >> do you remember? but this is what people say in hollywood when you win. >> jimmy: yeah. well, that's good. that's interesting, though. i mean, that's amazing. you worked with john cleese in that. >> i did, indeed. >> jimmy: who is just a brilliant comedian. >> yes, and michael palin. >> jimmy: michael palin, yeah. we had monty python here. >> i heard, yeah. >> jimmy: michael palin didn't make it. >> oh, he was doing one of his around the world in 80 days. >> jimmy: no, he was in new york. he was just tired. >> just tired. >> jimmy: yeah. [ laughter ] and john cleese actually said -- he an

wanda johnson will talk with radio station in berkeley at 8:20 this morning. they are encouraging to listeners to call in with questions and comments. >> after a deadly pit bull incident the city is looking into restrictions on owners. man whose dogs killed his grandson. he news his dogs had a dangerous streak. >> it was a terrible accident. it was a terrible accident. i will take the blames blame for being mine and not getting rid. they. >> steven hyashi never thought his five pit bulls could hurt anyone but he admits there were warnings. like one of the times when the pit bulls killed the family chihuahua. >> at that time i should have gotten rid of the dogs. >> police say in another incident, one of the dogs killed a pet parrot. >> it's hard for me to -- >> he says he used to believe pit bulls were safe if they were raised in the right environment. now, he has nothing nice to is say about the breed. >> you can't ban by breed. >> they say anti-pit bull sentiments are at a high. they want to discuss what kind of legislation to tie to prevent another attack br

wanda, good morning. caller: this is my first time calling in. i think that term limits would do better than age limits. people would still be around to give their knowledge and experience, even down the line. i think that term limits are better than age. host: thank you, welcome. please call in again. this is in "the washington post'," this morning. "pump found to extend heart patient lives. if former vice president dick cheney's experience is similar to other patients, he has a better than 50% chance of surviving two years. the device should allow him do as -- activities as strenuous as riding a bicycle, but it is far from a miracle cure for it -- and stayed congestive heart failure, the condition for which he apparently suffers. in a statement wednesday he said he was entering a new phase of the disease and decided to take advantage of one of the new technologies available. he has not made public the key details of his treatment, including the exact type of device he received. it is not know whether a heart transplant is being considered. but

. -- wanda on the democrats' line. caller: i agree with the independent caller in terms of their presence. i think we need to trim at the prison system. and i think just like they have the military industrial complex, we also have that in the prison system. i think arnold schwarzenegger came in touting how he was going to give education bigger -- work on education after regard rid of gray davis. all of it has been alive. -- been a lie. they sent so many jobs out of california. we are in the state that has , twitter, google, and for us not to be getting taxed, we need taxes. that is what fuels our economy. host: let me start with job creation and the whole world of silicon valley in bringing jobs to the state. guest: california is facing one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation, certainly not the highest. a lot of that has to do with the nature and origin of the recent downturn, largely in the housing sector california had a bigger housing boom, so when we turn to housing bust, it hurts california harder. the

wanda f ond. [applause] charlene will now introduce the attorney general, tom corbett. [applause] >> thank you, darling. two years ago, as you recall, we had the privilege of hearing from the then attorney general and now gov. bob macdonald. we in pennsylvania are very proud of our attorney general. in fact, tom corbett's decisive victory in november 2008 for reelection was probably one bright spot in a day we would otherwise like to forget. as attorney general, he is known for his column and forthright demeanor, his fair but on waiver of prosecution of public officials who betrayed public trust. [applause] anbar making pennsylvania a better and safer place for all of our families including our unit test and the most vulnerable family members. please welcome attorney general tom corbett. [applause] >> thank you, charlene. i appreciate the invitation to attend today. on behalf of the commonwealth of pennsylvania, let me welcome you to pennsylvania, my home town. i know tim will say the same thing. for those of you, how many of you are from out of state? can i see a show

katrina, we knew that this was a sensitive area and one in that would struggle for years to come, and wanda was vulnerable to failures by the federal government -- one that was it will travel to failures by the federal government in a just an area or two. whether it was the levees that failed to protect the people of new orleans, or the plan approved by mineral management service that failed to even consider the possibility that oil could come ashore in a disaster of this size, we, the federal government, have failed. every day, every american hears it somewhere that aging is only as strong as its weakest link. there were two weeks of leaks that led to this disaster -- two weak links that led to this disaster, bp failing to maintain their own safety standards and being in too big of a hurry to cut corners and cut costs, ultimately into the loss of life and the loss of billions of dollars to the american people around the gulf and beyond. but there was another weak link, a well-noted weak link, one that this committee has been pursuing change in for almost six years now, a mineral management