>> please welcome former mayor of city and county of san francisco, willy l brown junior. >> let me welcome each and every one of you@city haul of city and county of san francisco on behalf of mayor edwin lee. in just a few minutes you will hear from him. we're here to celebrate the life of an incredible human being. there will be a series of persons telling you from their own personal perspective about this extraordinary human being, but we will commence the program the way nelson mandela would have wanted us to commence this program, and that is of course, by celebrating his life through the voice and sound of people who can sing, very young people who can sing. in this case, the pacific boy's choir academy, of all places, oakland, california. nelson mandela was about -- my daughter susan -- one of her many charitable activities that she does, this is one of them. if you will just kindly stand and the boy's will give you the national anthem of south africa and the national anthem of the good old usa. [music] [applause] >> marvelous rendition of our national anthem, but an incredibly impre

thank you very much willie brown for that. and what an incredible moment in history. that we have both mayors of san francisco and oakland being chinese-americans. we're linked to help build railroads with many of the chinese immigrants coming to san francisco to join in the immigration station just to reach our shores. this new bridge will not be just an engineer marvel but carrying 2 hundred and 80 thousand vehicles between san francisco and the east bay each day and hundreds of thousands of bicyclists at the same time. today marks the historic part of our region but it's a long ending of a long chapter after the 1989 earthquake. just 29 years ago it took 63 lives. and we were forced to with & an accepted opportunity to build something better. in my city because of the earthquake the embark freeway is gone. now the service retrofit of today's bay bridge will insure that when the next massive earthquake hits our infrastructure will withstand that. it serves as ingenuity and it will help us. as we say thank you to the contractors and the engineers, the men and women i

for being here today (clapping) >> (speaking spanish.) >> (clapping) on the brown side; right? willie. it's my pleasure >> (speaking spanish.) >> so, now i'd like to introduce dignity 89 supervisor campos and there's no translation for this he's from guatemala. he received his law degree from harvard please welcome supervisor david campos. thank you good evening. i'm so honored to be in front of of this amazing crowd it's a good lucking crowd. i want to acknowledge a bunch of folks i see the superintendant of our schools >> (speaking spanish.) >> (clapping) i'll be brief this evening should be about the students. but i want to say we've had some pretty incredible accomplishments as a latino community. we heard about the trust act passed in sacramento and thank you governor and absolutely and, of course, here at the local level thank you to john avalos and the entire community to worked to make sure we have no longer a relationship with immigration here 90 in san francisco. >> (speaking spanish.) >> we also have heard from ed lee the mayor thank you for being here because we are closin

you know if willie brown were here he wouldn't have let those first degree engines go by he would have fired the cohesive (laughter) >> but the mayor didn't mess up the fight of the red triple for the tenant against the howard's authority efforts the lawyer that led the fight (clapping.) but this is a tough day for me speaking about diversity a separate male. heather i knew george i loved george and i group together. if it would for george i won't have passed the bar he took me four days and asked me legal questions i learned 63 years in law school. what encountering brought to the city it's what heather brought not 9 the city of state but to the country george brought the neighborhoods into city hall. up until the time he was mayor the downtown groups and i don't say that in a negative way but they actually didn't control city hall but if you looked at every commission they almost all looked like me in her opinion all people from the more affluent parts of town that's with an a not an e. george was elected by the people in the neighborhood he made those commissioners allocating look l

yes, i've seen waters working with willy brown in the state assembly at that time, led california to divest its billions of dollars of vest /-pl in south africa, but prior to that it was governor george on his seat at the university of california who led the university of california to first divest its funds in south africa. and whereas we see yesterday some very unfortunate partisan comments as a result of barack /o bam obama living the spirit as he shook the hands of castro on a public stage. from the university of california, to the state legislature, to the city and county of san francisco, it was our board of supervisors, the first local legislative body in the country, led by cecil, thank you for reminding us of harvey milk, his successor on the board of supervisors, harry brit led to divest in south africa. so state of california, city and county of san francisco, we led the way in divesting significant amounts of money, which the rest of the world followed and turned the tide in south africa, and i think we should take some pride in that. [applause] >> doctor king once said t

saturday, boosts small businesses, more awareness mores customers including former san francisco mayor willy brown. he made a purchase at book passage inside the fairy building. >> there are no stockholders who share in whatever is produced here. there is no need to meet that kind of an obligation it keeps the money in the local economy, you know, per -- as i said, 66 every dollar stays within the local economy. keith says the challenge is getting people to shop small. >> instead of ringing people up and giving them food we try to make it a little bit more personable, and he thinks the copy is pretty good, too. >>> today's the day for the relaunch of the affordable care act web site. the team from now on, it runs smoothly. martha shade gives us a look. >> this web site will give us a look and we are going to be signing people up. >> the obama administration says most of the problems will be fixed tonight. healthcare.gov, their goal is to ensure the site can handle 50,000 users at any time and 800,000 users per day. one expert says the real test will be how fast people can get through the site. >>

i'd like to acknowledge the former mayor of san francisco willie brown who's here (clapping) >> it's have clinton, cop in the same paragraph. they have the same initially a which stands for adorable. someone who you unfortunately saw in our list david and ron deducting men are here to represent their father. david and ron where you are? are they here. oh, their way in the back. wow. we shove gotten you guys better seats. alex had a rare combination of empathy and he was the quiet it. the bike path is named in his honor and we'll open it tomorrow in his memory. there are also on a lighter note four other folks who deserve a moment of recognition. their unstoppable advocates for the east span. they've plated different roles by all four confusing for the rest of us share the first name ryan. so without further ado the lives of ryan ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ so our first brian is brian patterson. he's the first one all in his glory (clapping) you know, brian was always the most nerve i didn't say guy on the job you think he would be worried about the steel but he was worried about our visits to the job si

. >>> willie brown, the former mayor of san francisco, met with mandela back then. >> when nelson mandela came to california and he came to oakland -- one of the cherished photos in our archives is the meeting with the real saint nelson mandela. >> here it is of brown and mandela. after this meeting in 1996, as you might recall, brown would go on to become the first african-american mayor of san francisco. we continue our coverage on our website. that's all on nbcbayarea.com. >>> now to the weather. the bay area is under a freeze warning for the second night in a row. here's a live look over san jose. the cold weather has made for some dangerous driving conditions. we begin tonight's team coverage with our chief meteorologist who is tracking the cold snap and something else unusual that might be headed our way. >> that is snowfall. it was 16 degrees in napa at 6:00 this morning. a new record for you and the coldest temperatures all yearlong. just off to the north of the bay area, clear lake at 11. morgan hill 21. san jose coming in at 28. freeze warning still in effect for friday morning

then in the 1930s, and for one thing they did not have to tangle with someone as form mittable as willie brownughter ]. >> doing it for many decades after that. here's the clincher the old one can't withstand the earthquake. the new one can. so far as alternative transportation the folks in the 30s were quite farsighted running trains on the old bring but didn't put a sidewalk on that even though the golden gate had one. the sidewalk will go all the way to the island the bike advocates will advocate to get it to san francisco after that (clapping) and finally this is the one i particularly love it's about money. when the original bridge opened folks paid a dollar thirty to cross it that's $22 in today's economy. so tell me how bad they had if in the authorizes o 30s pr that's the old bridge and the new bridge. we're in oakland and it's fitting and a proper the first elected official is the chief of oakland. jean acquainting is one of my bosses so i'm sure her remarks will be excellent (clapping) >> and so welcome to oakland. (clapping). >> you know when i became mayor, i said oakland is a city

i felt it with the willie brown center we kind of indicated that this whole corridor would be an exciting part of the housing and have more thing we do. i'm proud of the agencies that have come together. let's take the examples and tell the rest of the city and the rest of the country you can mold great transportation with housing and with the quality of life and get everybody to participate apart appreciate all of you for being here today and the captain here keeping our residents save. by the resident of this wonderful part of our town our representatives i'm proud of the board. we're already remedy nifks candle stick and paul ma carton is going to be there. and i was a young guy when we had a concert with paul. but this projects is very important to all of us >> get ready for all those pictures okay. so coming up, of course, will the the mayor and chuck pail i didn't and jim and kevin and olsen and rebecca cook will be the ones in the pictures with the shovels. i want to do this i want to do a blirgz and i always do is people's blessings in other words, you're going to join me whenever

here are the names the honorable willie brown and others and legendary mustache like bonding bobby west. my name is there as the former two chairs of the board. we've had extensive programming over the 6 years and stated thousands even if people come through our doors. please fight to keep this in the fillmore and tell the story of the fillmore. please don't although throw out the baby with the bathwater >> thank you. (calling names) >> good afternoon madam chair and commissioners. i'm corp. run woods i chair the citizens advisory committee per we have been involved in the deposition of the bayview park and grateful to the oc ii staff for their solution to hold onto all the particles in mission bay until they're all developed maybe in 8 years from now, maybe and then transfer them. we think this give us an opportunity to think about the future and think about a way to have a coherent park system that used the cf d fund efficiently to fund ongoing maintenance. we forward to having the principles outlined by the yerba buena alliance for the yerba buena gardens applied also in mission bay

we've supported school garden and willie brown junior academy and other school garden and community garden that jeff will speak on this. we've fund for example, temple rock garden at the alice grifshth and we've spent many, many years trying to address food secure issues we funded southeast alliance i'm sorry. south food access group. this work helps to us partner with the bayview farmers market several years we've served the opera. the local resident that were participating with the bayview family were able to have their community gardens certified as organic and it was locally grown fresh and organic. sorry. we provided nutritional educational opportunity & at the farmers market and through the nonprofits. we supported the effort to shut down the plant. i appreciate the hard work of the community resident in mcthis a reality. we supported several energy efficiency and energy projects we funded over one hundred solar installations in the bayview area. we supported green jobs along with the garden jobs we fund we supported some capital improvements for example, 11 years ago we funded the b

. >> former san francisco mayor willie brown isn't the only book lover. check it out. president obama and his daughters dropped by washington, d.c. stores to buy a long list of books, including "the kite runner." >>> people spent more money this holiday weekend compared to last. shopper track is reporting that people spent more than $12 billion on thanksgiving and black friday. that's a 2% increase from last year. what's interesting, though, is that black friday numbers are down from last year because more stores were open on thanksgiving this year, so the two days combined do show an increase. >>> new at 11:00, a tribute in san francisco to honor the people united in the fight against hiv. tomorrow is world aids day. tonight, a tribute of light at the national aids memorial grove in golden gate park. organizers say it honors loved ones lost to aids and reminds people that the fight against hiv and aids is not over. >>> coming up next, hollywood is remembering the star of one of its most popular franchises. paul walker was killed after attending an event for his own ch

then when tom ammiano ran against willie brown, i got inspired. i thought, someone with integrity and honesty, if they can run for mayor, maybe i can be somebody who represents what is true about our people. that is what inspired me to run and be a candidate. one thing this year that i really tackling, and i expect to for a long time, looking at me and how it operates in my district. san francisco, we talk about it being a transit first city, but it does not mean a lot if transit is not very well thought out in places away from downtown. my district is where we need to create better options. all the way down to randall street, there is no accessible boarding areas for the church. there is a woman that lives in a wheelchair on santa rosa. she has to go across to glen park to get out transit. >> those new stations, those are the ones that we are going to have to depend on. >> along balboa park station, near geneva, i have been pushing hard to get ramps for pedestrians. right now, it is dangerous to cross the street. i want to insure the department o

. >> another bay area politician involved, willie brown. he served as the host when mandela made his bay area visit in 1990. >> there are some bay area services to honor nelson mandela. the group are both in the planning stages. the memorial church plans to hold its service this sunday. and you can see mandela's life in pictures and president obama's full remarks on our website, kpix.com. >> check out these people trying to keep warm. they are dressing in sweaters, heavy coats, hats. hugging puppies whenever possible. paul has been out there tonight. it has gone below freezing. >> it was 39 at 6:45. and my dogs are running outside doing his business, coming right back inside very quickly and efficiently. these are your current temperatures. here we go again. we are below freezing in petaluma and fair field and morgan hill. antioch one degree above freezing. widespread freeze warning, it may be a degree or two warmer, but we'll spend several hours below 32 degrees. widespread sub freezing temperatures. one of the few exceptions will be the c

. >>> former san francisco mayor willy brown served as the host when nelson mandela made that bay areait back in 1990. >> president kennedy was assassinated for his brother, bobby, martin luther king jr. , or, any of the other great people whom we have honored appropriately by virtual of their contributions. my guess is each one of them at this moment are welcoming in the real leader, nelson mandela. >> yeah, you heard it there. brown put mandela in the same group as john f. kennedy, robert kennedy, and he called nelson mandela the real leader. >>> barbara rogers visited south africa in 1993 and met with nelson mandela. grace cathedral is working on services to honor nelson mandela. >>> and we are looking back at mandela's life on our website. kpix.com. you will find a photo gallery and memorable quotes from the former leader. >>> we have breaking news. looks like waterfall, but it is water gushing from a broken line in martinez. the line snapped about an hour ago. it sent a lot of water. that break has since been shut off, but it has created a real mess going into yards, garages, crew

he was once honored by willie brown for his community service. >>> a san matteo man is dead while beingt by two cars while trying to cross the road. it happened near the highway 92 overpass in san matteo. the police say scott van dyck was not in a marked crosswalk when he was hit. one of the drivers stopped but the other driver kept going. the police are not considering filing any criminal charges. >>> celebrities paying tribute to paul walker in the wake of that deadly car crash. vin diesel is breaking his silence. >>> also drone deliveries right to your door. amazon's bold new idea and why some say it's a plan that won't fly. >>> and a rescue in southern california after a woman is stuck between two buildings. we're back in two. >>> cybermonday clicked with shoppers. the latest numbers show that sales were up 19% over last year and they could go higher before the night is over. a third of the sales is done on mobile devices up 61% from last year. this cybermonday could be the biggest online shopping day in history. and that success has some retailers already considering turning cyberm

. >> the first african-american mayor of san francisco, willie brown, led the service for the former south african president and worldwide leader for human rights. the impact reached the bay area. >> his values are san francisco values. even though they took so much from him he had courage and forgave the very people who put him in prison for more than 27 years in a racially divided south africa. he left his heart open. he changed the world. >> san francisco's impact on mandela's antiapartheid movement was highlighted. the deficitment campaign to put political pressure on south africa was carried out on college campuses and city halls in the bay area and also biological leaders at the state capital and credited with leading to nelson mandela's release in prison and an end to apartheid. >> he did not come out bitter and vindictive but came out, let us solve problems and reconcile. >> a south african moved to the united states 20 years ago and traveled self hours with his daughter to be here at the memorial. >> his work is not done. the greatest message from nelson mandela is that we h

. >> former san francisco mayor willie brown served as host when mandela made his bay area visit back in 1990. >> president kennedy was assassinated, his brother bobby, martin luther king, jr., or any of the other great people whom we have honored appropriately by virtue of their contributions. my guess is that each one of them at this moment are welcoming the real leader nelson mandela. >> brown says no one has matched the inspiration and humanity of nelson mandela. >>> former kpix 5 anchor and reporter barbara rodgers visited south africa in 1993. she met with nelson mandela in soweto and that was the year he won the nobel prize. a year later he became president. >>> grace cathedral and the black repertory group are working on a service to honor mandela. glide memorial will hold its service sunday. >> we are looking back at mendola's life on our website, kpix.com. find a photo gallery and memorable quotes from the former leader. >>> in other bay area headlines now on this friday, cold weather may have been responsible for this big water main break. this is in martinez. it happened l

visitors can come by these a civic memorial led by former mayor willie brown will be held at 8 a.m.ow in the city hall rotunda to celebrate mandela's life. >>: there are too many us to many of us on the sidelines comfortable and complacency for cynicism. forces must be heard. you can see a lot more of the president's speech on kron4 dot com. in honor of the human rights icon, all flags at city buildings and grounds will be flown at half-staff until sunset on sunday. theresanrudy guzman- duenaz:.may he rest in peace.that god bless us with another human who is willing to pick up the heavy burden of a torch such as he did.the torch to fight injustice, to fight for peace, and change. tell us what you think. join the conversation at kron 4 dot come or at facebook dot com slash kron 4. merrill newman. the 85- year old palo alto man detained for weeks by north korea -- says, that the so- called confession he made. was something he was forced to do. newman arrived at s-f-o on saturday. he said in statement on monday, the confession had been scripted - and says. he was intentionally emphasiz

speakers included former mayor willie brown, senator mark leno and cecil williams. speeches touched upon mandela's journey and the fight that needs to continue. >> nelson mandela, of course, transcended one of the most severe human dignities, harsh imprisonment for the crime of being who he was. >> people who attended were asked to sign a condolence book leaving their own messages for the late freedom fighter. >>> thousands of south africans are paying tribute as nelson mandela lies in state. mourners passed by the glass covered coffin. the line apparently goes back three blocks at least. government authorities are telling the crowds to be patient ands, please, do not take photos. >>> a sign language interpreter at yesterday's memorial in johannesburg was apparently a phony. he wasn't signing what the speakers on stage were saying. no word how he got the job. but the head of south africa's deaf federation says the interpreter was moving his arms and hands around, all right, but the motions had no meaning whatsoever. >>> pope francis is "time" magazine's person of th

lester hays, charles woodson, willie brown, former cal star signed a one-day contract in order to retire, or as he prefers to call it, graduate as a raider. he never played in a post season game. this is his only nfl touchdown, back in 2006 against the steelers. today he thanked all of his mentors, the fans, and the late al davis who drafted him in the first round and convinced him to switch positions. >> he said what position do you want to play? and i told him safety. obviously, he wasn't trying to hear that because he said to me, you know, i think that you have a chance to be one of the greatest corners we've had here. you have that ability in you. you know, you don't see it yet, but you have it in you. finally at the end, just because i saw that he believed in me, he asked me again, so what position do you want to play? and i said cornerback. [ laughter ] >>> well, the 49ers lost their wide receiver mario manningham for the rest of the season to injury today, but the good news, eight different players were selected to the pro bowl. that includes three line backers, ahmad brooks, patr

willie brown was host of the event. >> there have been lots of people in our lifetimes who had positions and they passed on but nobody ever matched the incredible inspiration and humanity of nelson mandela. >> california was one of the first stages to discourage financial investment in south africa during apartheid. "cbs evening news" will have much more on the death of nelson mandela. that's coming up at 5:30. and at 6:00, our own barbara rodgers will have a look back at the legendary leader and how he touched the bay area. >>> a night of cold for the bay area, temperatures were at freezing and below for many communities. the coats and scarves came out and the pets and plants went inside. kpix 5's ryan takeo is in pleasant hill where the cold means cash for some businesses. ryan. >> reporter: hi, liz. forget cold, hard cash. this is cold easy cash because some businesses just love this cold weather. when fixing shoes is your business, a cold front is a windfall. >> when the weather gets cold, it's busy. >> reporter: on a normal day, walnut creek's a1 shoe repair fixes about five pairs o

guests included willie brown and former secretary of state george shultz. shultz remarks mandela worked to solve problems. in oakland, city officials celebrated mandela's life. >> those leaders that put pechl first, that care about children they rise to the top. >> the ceremony included choir singing, readings from the writings and signing of a condolence book sent to south africa. >> and bay area people took center stage today. pacific boy choir performed a tune at ma memorial the only boy choir school west of the mississippi. they just wowed the crowd. >> are they good, or what? the other half performed in city hall this morning representing on both coasts. >> looking back over past 12 months, which person has had greatest impact on the world for better or worse? according to time magazine, it's pope francis. and 2013's person of the year. time says the compassion for the poor and softening of the opposition of homosexuality changed the tone, perception and focus of the church in an extraordinary way the vatican says the pope is not looking to become famo

willie brown! >> gary: we will have highlights for you and little bit later.x ellis and the dallas mavericks to meionite today staff curry talk about how the team can't get can't keep getting down a bit early in games. >> gary: if you believe charles barkley these are the two best games to best play teams in the nba. >> pam: if you want to stay in touch stay connected with kron for that, will be back tonight at 11:00 at sea than i never get used to the magnitude of this place, what it's taken to keep this country free. all societies build monuments to their dead to convince future combatants that it's an honor to die in battle. well, for these servicemen, it was, you know? and somebody to use this place to protest the war-- it just pisses me off. these are the lives that gave them that right. these men-- they should be respected. if they were really respected, maybe not so many of them would be buried here. are we going to get into something here, bones? i don't see why. i think we both wish this place were a lot smaller. agent booth, dr. brennan, right this w

then willie brown addressed the crowd helping convince regents to help withdraw the university in businessestrayed treyeding with south africa. >> and first vet was a regent vote that caused california to become the identifiable capitol of the movement to kill apartheid. >> former california george george duekmedjian decided it was a good political move to support divestment. now, a memorial will take place in the rotunda at city hall on wednesday. >> thank you. >> the reverend cecil williams is speaking tonight about nelson mandela among a host of leader who's met mandela. five years earlier he had been arrested on the berkeley campus. >> he made it work. well, he is the kind of person that may have spoken softly, he was able to be a statesman and bring people together. stay with us for a special edition of 2020 tonight at 10:00 >> still to come megabus offers cheap tickets to los angeles but what about customer service? >> michael finney talked to a man who d >> seven on your side told you about the megabus. >> michael finney is here with the story. >> the ride is terrific. terrific. a dou

guests included willie brown and former secretary of state george shultz. shultz remarks mandela worked to solve problems. in oakland, city officials celebrated mandela's life. >> those leaders that put pechl first, that care about children they rise to the top. >> the ceremony included choir singing, readings from the writings and signing of a condolence book sent to south africa. >> and bay area people took center stage today. pacific boy choir performed a tune at ma memorial the only boy choir school west of the mississippi. they just wowed the >> are they good, or what? the other half performed in city hall this morning representing on both coasts. >> looking back over past 12 months, which person has had greatest impact on the world for better or worse? according to time magazine, it's pope francis. and 2013's person of the year. time says the compassion for the poor and softening of the opposition of homosexuality changed the tone, perception and focus of the church in an extraordinary way the vatican says the pope is not looking to become famous but

then willie brown addressed the crowd helping convince regents to help withdraw the university in businesses strayed treyeding with south africa. >> and first vet was a regent vote that caused california to become the identifiable capitol of the movement to kill apartheid. >> former california george george duekmedjian decided it was a good political move to support divestment. now, a memorial will take place in the rotunda at city hall on wednesday. >> thank you. >> the reverend cecil williams is speaking tonight about nelson mandela among a host of leader who's met mandela. five years earlier he had been arrested on the berkeley campus. >> he made it work. well, he is the kind of person that may have spoken softly, he was able to be a statesman and bring people together. stay with us for a special edition of 2020 tonight at 10:00 >> still to come megabus offers cheap tickets to los angeles but what about customer service? >> michael finney talked to a man who didn't get luggage back for weeks. uncle go one,two,one,two,one [uncle]thistwo,one.cotch,okay? [niece]okay! [uncle]okay? [niece]one,

one of those was willie brown. >> that is what i was doing.ing power of the speakership to achieve the goal. >> celebrities joined in and marched with students. in june reej yenlts voted on a plan to divest holdings. in august in 1986 california legislature voted to do the same. now, mayor ed lee announced that the city will host a memorial to remember of live and legacy. >> and we have a special edition of 2020 tonight at 10:00. nelson mandela a man who changed the world. >> ebay's ceo responds to the drone delivery debate. >> hi, emily. >> right. we're at ebay headquarters. i'm here in san jose. as you know, amazon ceo has everybody talking earlier this week. he said the e commerce giant is delivering packages for drones. >> we're not focusing on long term fantasies but thing that's will change >> it offers local delivery in an hour or less. spotify plans to offer advertising services in the united states. will be similar to pan doera and i tunes radio. providing details next week. well amid news comcast, cox and kwlaert said to be consideri

you can come until 8:30 pn friday and it will be led by mayor willie brown and meantime the oakland city will be here and that and thatting place now as i take you out here live flags will be flown at half staff. mayor jean quan representatives of barbara lee and assemblyman will be also holding a memorial at noon. ktvu channel 2 morning news, brian flores. >>> and on the crash, the hearing is going on in washington, d.c. and this is representative of boeing, the company who made the plane and now a hotel janine, we are talking about the people 0 0 who need >> there is a television monitor up and there are 20 people inside watching the hearing and they are support staff who helped the crash in the after math. we are talking about the red cross, the ntsb and there is also translators here and family members were invited to -- invited to attend and so farther not here yet but they are expecting it some local family members to get some more information on this investigation. room. >> they came to get more information about the investigation am and the reason, they have mental felt staff to

we sat down with the former may of willie brown and talked about how california played a role. >> wet successful of all of the people interested in trying to get something going. the yawn verity of -- the yawn -- university of california kids tried to achieve the goal. with the board of regions. all of that was around the question of getting mandela out of jail. >> it was one of if first cities to go. the congressman lead the fight in washington. how did you manage to get it through. fl was a lot of -- there was a lot of questions about getting the state in involved in this. >> she was my lead person and she was all ways looking for soom way -- someway to do some thring -- something about that issue. she did what you should do. you see a horse moving along and hitch a ride. >> she took their issue and stapled it to hers. >> she made the exchange and you had advocates who carried her water. >> one of the protest leaders at berkeley points out this was a win for progressives. sometimes they say they don't have wins. this was a long time win for them. the president opponent posed it at

. >> it opened with african drummers, words from willie brown. mandela empowered communities and never stopped fighting fo equality. >> his life changed the world for the better and his legacy had an impact on our city. >> mayor lee set up a book for messages for members of the public. city flags will be nobody at half-staff through sunday. >> mayor and congresswoman invited members to a noon event. 20 global dignitaries offered their price. >>> ahead. out jay over what the sign language interpreter was doing. >>> two home sides in six hours, a violent day in vallejo brings the homicide count to 26 for the year. yesterday on fairgrounds drive. the second deadly shooting happened at 9:30 in a parking lot. live in vallejo with how police need help to stop the violence. >> there have been 24 homicides so far this year compared to 17 in all of last year. it's reaching a point the residents are fed up with the problem. an hour and a half ago this group of residents came out holding signs expressing concerns, but police need the community's help to get

we sat down with former willie brown who was the first to bring him to the bay area and how the whiteouse is reacting to the first accident with heckler >> the white house is livid. i am told that they can't understand how the process would have allowed anyone other than friends and relatives to be on the stage behind the president. >> but these were supposedly friends >> but the white house -- >> the white house didn't do the vetting. the vetting was done locally by people here. so instead of having all 5 members of the board of supervisors who were asians up there -- >> they stacked it >> they didn't stack it completely the fact you let one slip through, more than one, a whole host of them. what did you think of the president's reaction? >> i thought he was a genious when he turned and said we're not kicking him out. let him have dialogue with me. it changed the nature of the meeting and caused even the guy's buddies to shut up and pretty soon he shut up and that means, as he left, the same people speaking against him on the stage were outside protesting >> what is it about san fran

boost small businesses more awareness means more customers including former san francisco mayor, willie brown who made it look at -- have a purchase at book passage. >> there are no stockholders that share in what is produced here. no need to meet that obligation. it is a good thing. >> what that means small business keeps the money in the local economy. the $0.66 of every dollar stays on the local economy. >> reporter: .com main street the challenge is getting people to shop small year-round. that goal has him serving up some he says bigger chains can't. >> instead of ringing people up and giving them food we try to make it more personal. >> reporter: the coffee is pretty good. in pleasanton m-letter-mike pelton kron4 news. >>> president obama and his daughters did shopping. they went to the politics and prose bookstore in washington dc this trip has become an annual tradition. this time they picked up 20 books. the president said it is a long list that includes titles for every age group including his own and national security council spokesman says the government is concerned about two ame

. >> reporter: for the year ahead, california is looking at very big projects and joining us, willy brown. no stranger to big and chronicle reporter foley. we talk two of the biggest projects they've seen. the tunnels the government wants to build to connect northern california water and send it south and the high speed rail. these things are incredibly expensive. jerry is a good that likes to talk small and is talking bigger than ever >> you define them as big. jerry will not refer to the budgets as being big, bill. he'll talk about the necessity of california handling the 40 to 50 million people that will be here over the next 20 to 30 or 40 or 50 years and for 100 years, we'll be enjoying the benefit of both the tunnels and the rail. >> two words to that swimming pool. there's a resentment because northern california. >> that's what it comes down to. in los angeles, people swim in their pools with nice yards. you can talk small all you want. the price of the projects is not just big, it's swollen from the estimates and they'll hit jerry brown on that. not on much but these two. >> it's

. >> legends to speak is willie brown and sam williams and more. >> we continue at 6:30 with the top stories. >> including a shooting investigation in the south bay with a fast food parking lot turning into a crime scene. >> daly city police are looking out for a suspect who stole an ambulance during a medical call. >> from the traffic center here for leyla gulen, you can see the bay bridge is holiday lite with no delays into san francisco but a little blip on the screen with an accident in san mateo county and we will update that after ♪ [ female announcer ] wherever morning brings you, bring the energy you need. nature valley soft-baked oatmeal squares. softly baked, made with hearty oatmeal and a drizzle of cinnamon. they're nature valley's take on a morning classic. because when you keep going, the morning can bring you to brand-new places. ♪ nature valley. nature at its most delicious. isn't it time you discovered the sleep number bed? the only bed clinically proven to relieve back pain and improve sleep quality. and right now, it's our lowest prices of the season. save $300 to

willie brown still has the photographs from that day and remembers a humble man. >> he carried off the presidents as if he was totally unaware of how significant he really was. >> reporter: brown says mandela inspired change far beyond his homeland. >> i think his legacy will be the world not just south africa. i think what he did for south africa was as significant as what lincoln did with slavery. >> reporter: ultimately the uc system did divest more than 2 million into the fight. >>> president obama said he was one of the many millions inspired by nelson mandela as he mourned his passing. he called him a moral giant. >> we have lost one of the most influential, courageous and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this earth. >> reporter: the president ordered the flags at the white house, federal buildings and military bases to be flown at half staff until sunset monday. >>> a loaded shotgun at a bay area school and parents weren't notified until later. >> two days later you get a voice mail and i'm driving, i was like what. >> the reason the school was