We have the members of the staff of the San Francisco fire department, San Francisco Police Department and also members of the San Francisco sheriffs department. We also want to thank our friends here in the city and county of San Francisco, the city administrators office, and particularly partnership with the Mayors Office and Neighborhood Services led by our own derek smith. This concludes the 50th year, the 50year memorial commemoration of dr. Martin luther king, jr. Here in the city and county of San Francisco. We thank you all for being here. We want you to spend this next week reflecting on dr. King, reflecting on his message of beloved community. And decide within ourselves those things that we can do to make it a more beloved community. As we conclude here, we want to be taken out on a happy day, by our musicians. Thank you everybody. Good afternoon. Id like to call the order the regular meeting of the San Francisco Public Utilities commission. Todays date is tuesday, february
We want to welcome you to the Martin Luther king, jr. 50year memorial commemoration. My name is aaron grisell, the executive director of the Northern California dr. Martin luther king, jr. Community foundation and again, we want to welcome you here today. On april 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in memphis, tennessee, dr. King, guess it was around 6 30 in the afternoon, weary body, tired, came out and they were headed out to a meeting and, rang out, standing on the landing there at the Lorraine Motel, with 3 or 4 folks, Jesse Jackson on one side, and shots rang out and hit dr. King. He fell and was pronounced dead at the hospital and was moved to a mortuary about six blocks from the motel. That shot changed america. It changed america in a way that enlivened our senses to what it means to treat persons as persons. That all of us are persons. And all of us have human dignity, inately, in and of ourselves. The day after dr. King died, nearly 7,000 people were standing outside at Civic Cen
accidental and not related to terrorism. so tough to see, knowing we have so many tourist landmarks here that are poplar across the nation. you can see on your screen, not a portions of times square are still closed at this hour as police continue to collect estigace and make sure that this is not a diversion in anticipation of something else. ged investigative team with our sister station new york has rightered many more details, and the leading theory from police )s oat this was a drunk or drugged driving incident. rivingiver undergoing tests right now as we speak, and we mentioned his history. we know two dwis on his record including one in which he was driving 99 miles per hour in a of oure per hour zone. mayor de blasio says it was a tough day for new york city, but is/2sve tremendous faith in the work of our first responders. thanks for joining us. the times square crash tops our i )ional news this midday hour, but we also have local headlines. good to have you with u
good morning, everybody, interstate 80, not a bad commute. later in the morning, we are obviously starting to see slower traffic, but this morning, it looks good if you are traveling through fairfield in palo alto, a frightening ordeal reported over the weekend. what makes this even scarier, after the alleged attack happened, the suspect returned to the victim s home and contacted her. the 35-year-old was arrested by police for felony sexual battery and police say the driver dropped off a man and a woman at a home. near the city line between pal tallet toe. this was on saturday and the woman said she called the driver of the realizing that she and her husband left a phone in the car. the victim went outside to meet him and retrieve the car. after he gave the phone to her, he kissed her and groped her breast. she immediately pushed him away and ran back inside of her house. reporter: the woman reported the incident to uber an hour later, police say the driver called the
within two years, it will have to pay an additional $15 million. reporting live in the news room, laura malpert, nbc bay area news. meanwhile a federal judge has denied a proposed settlement of a class action suit against another ride share service lift. the judge says the proposed $12 million agreement between the company and its drivers was not big enough. the judge believes it would have shortchanged drivers by as much as half of what they deserve. the drivers were challenging their classification as independent contractors. the judge is asking both sides to come to a new agreement next month. a disturbing investigation in contra costa county. a dental assistant is accused of molesting several children. police say in each case the kids were sedated while their parents were waiting in a nearby room. nbc bay area s elyce kirschner is in concord. what do we know so far? reporter: well, raj, we know the detectives discovered photos and video at the suspect s home showing