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Games. We got farmers markets. All going on. All going on on this saturday morning and really not a bad saturday morning to do anything outside. Sunday, maybe a little different. Again, a few sprinkles possible mainly to the south. Talking about northern neck, even south of fredericksburg, re but it youtraveling especially Virginia Beach and North Carolina, thats where yoh d into rain as the frontal system draped itself across North Carolina right now. H rain well to south, but eventually that rain moves to the north. Peeks of sunshine for u closer to home. Again, well have clouds out there to...

We started the center to give you the quick general background. It is the center that gathers together a bunch of different faculties from across the campus and also different departments that work on religion and collect in one place. And produce a set of programs that are public that people can come to on all sorts of different topics and religions spanning from the very beginning of recorded history until the present time. Berkeley is a place that has always had a tremendous range of different kinds of scholars. And has never had a collection point for bringing energies together. The berkel...

They took away a lot of my thunder because a lot of what they say was what i was going to go over. We are making a lot of headway in the short time that i have been involved. That is a good thing. It is important to know that from what i have seen our department does really reflect our community. We have approximately 400 officers that speak some type of foreignlanguage. Of that 400 or so, most of them, we have 173 that speak spanish, 81 are certified; 91 cantonese speakers, 60 certified; 20 mandarin, 9 certified, 7 russian, 6 certified, 39 tagalog and 5 vietnamese. There is no lag time to get...

If we can stream that its a great call. I am not sure how the civilian part is; for officers it is scenariobased. Commissioner chan. Commissioner chan i am reminded of what assistant District Attorney jean rolan said, the importance of maintaining trust. From the moment an officer and an inspector encounters the victim. I think the transformation that the department has had, president chu, i want to commend you for your work that started in 1998, none of this happened by accident. The moment that someone who does not speak english it is important for us to keep the safety net going for victims...

To get the process moving more quickly. On the street patrol officers, theyre using their own cell phones to call Language Line. On a real level of equipment, officers need a better way to ask his Language Line. We are working with the department and think outside of the box. Bilingual officers use digital recorders because of Department Requires them to tape interviews with victims, witnesses and suspects. The department was able to provide 50 digital recorders. We need more. Let me turn this over to deputy chief beal, a vital member of our team. I dont know if i am a vital member of the grou...