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>> captain paul chignell, along with officers tastings ahastingd lopez. >> good evening to you all. my pleasure to introduce richard hastings and that lopez. -- matt lopez. saturday, july 16, 2011, officer richard hastings and asked matt lopez were on duty and in uniform. their primary assignment was to be on a fixed post detail on the imminence of a railway platform on third street between oakdale avenue and plu avenue. this platform and the surrounding areas are notorious for high in...

>> welcome to city hall. thank you for joining us. thank you for coming out. i want to thank members of the board of supervisors. i want to thank them for being here in this joint recognition of our commissioners and members of 14 different bodies that will be appointed today to committees and commissions. i want to thank all the friends and family for joining us. let me say how excited i am this past week, i have been watching a certain convention. next week, we will have an eve...

strategies today. we have seen the promise of law enforcement being able to work together with community-based organizations dedicated to violence reduction. this is possible but only of you all get involved. so for those of you that are here and watching at home, get involved and pick up the phone. you can go to our website to keep up with developments, sfpublicdefenderorg. we are creating initiatives around gangs and violence reduction. and applying brain science to the law, and advo...

and commissions. i want to thank all the friends and family for joining us. let me say how excited i am this past week, i have been watching a certain convention. next week, we will have an even more exciting convention to watch. it is of course, in the spirit of the expected national, regional, and state elections we are preparing for. it is also a reminder of the importance of our civic duty and all the different departments we have created. public engagement is extremely important t...

Its one of the biggest bomb bombardance in a while. what have we heard, richard? >> reporter: the opposition in homs has managed to put out that live video feed. theyve done it in the past but not for sustained period of time like theyve been doing today, putting out direct pictures showing the shelling of homs. weve seen plumes of smoke rising from the city. according to opposition sources, at least 50 people have been killed nationwide, many of them in homs. and the u.n. is concerned. it wants...

Coming later this month by mitt romney at the national association of latino elected and appointed officials. does he need to have some new policy ideas, something really big in hand thats going to make waves, going to get the attention of hispanic voters to take a second look or potentially even a first look? >> well, i think his advisers are definitely pushing to have some kind of prescriptive, positive message to push rather than just bash the opponents over on a topic like the economy. i thi...

Worldwide development conference. the rumor mill is in overdrive with talk of new offerings from the tech giant, including both hardware and software. cnbcs john ford is in san francisco with more on what could be a big week from apple. >> reporter: im here outside the site of apples worldwide developer conference, one of the biggest events apple has every year, and this year, its going to be especially big for a couple reasons. one, we very rarely have seen mac hardware, computer hardware, at t...

Campaign highlighting hispanic unemployment. christian science monitor reporter patrick johnson joins me now. some of mitt romneys tough talk during the primary debates came on the topic of immigration but hes making truly a big play for registered voters within the latino community. can the economic message make up for this wide gap he has with this pivotal group? president obama seems to have such a secure lead. >> it can. i dont think hispanic voters have made up their minds yet. and i think ...

13 inches of rain. all the wet weather damage estimated to be in the millions. the worst part, its not over. the weather channels mike seidel is there for us. youre standing in it. but the local forecast suggests theres not an end in sight. where is all this water supposed to go? >> reporter: well, the worst of it was saturday. were going to get some scattered showers and storms today. but the intensity will be nothing like saturday. theyre not going to get the kind of -- have the kind of issues...

hes the 37th commerce secretary of the united states. hes the former chairman and ceo of edison international and also the former president of the california public utilities commission. president obama when he first appointed him last year talked about the fact that he could help to bring -- to strengthen ties with the business community, the environmental community. both communities really cheered his appointment at the time. and he was brought in in part to strengthen this administr...