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[applause] >> gracias, thank you. >> i think we can applaud again. thank you so much. [applause] we heard her for the first time, or i heard her for the first time at the mission committed to market in the mission, and was completely enamored. we had to have her last year, and we had to hover again this year. thank you so much for being here again. [applause] now we begin the next portion of our program. we will begin to talk and discuss all of our incredible honorees tonight. the first is in the field of business. the first on a region that will be maria gallo, who unfortunately can...

for joining us tonight. where would like to present our mayor, mayor edwin m. lee. [applause] >> good afternoon. it is my pleasure to celebrate with you latino heritage month in san francisco. welcome! we live in a very unique place. i know the history of our own city has been wonderfully filled with people from the south to move to appear in the 1970's and 1980's. i want to thank all of the consul generals here representing your country and continuing to work with san francisco to make sure that we have good policies to welcome all of our immigrant visitors, families, and the reunif...

it was canceled in part because it overhappened with the art and soul festival. event organizers say oakland pride is compared more to families than those in san francisco and this year there's even more to celebrate. they say oakland has the third highest rate of same sex couples after seattle and san francisco. nearly 1,000 live in berkeley, attendees say they are not surprised that oakland is home to so many gay families. >> so many people in san francisco migrate to the east bay because of wanting to get a cheaper place to live and get more bang for their buck. >> you get to see ...

just lost 10% of your nest egg and who knows what happens in the next few days. maybe you'll buy some stocks cheaper now and gas prices are going down, that's another good thing, but for most people it's a wash. and i did find some optimism today. when wall street cuts and rains, main street gets clipped too. boy, does it. johnson and his stock did. >> they've been down 15-20%. >> not that unusual. not enough to stop getting a hair cut at the barbershop in palo alto, and not even enough to get concerned. >> i feel confident we'll be okay. >> reporter: they have seen recessions come a...

>> good sunday evening. i'm diane dwyer. many americans are going to bed tonight, wondering what is going to happen to their savings when the u.s. markets open tomorrow morning. and if markets overseas are any indication, it's not good. in asia, the hang seng is down 4% and the nikkei down a little more than 1%. today treasury secretary timothy geithner spoke exclusively to nbc about the s&p's decision to downgrade the u.s. credit rating. >> i think s&p has shown really terrible judgment, and they have handled themselves very poorly and shown a stunning lack of knowledge about u.s. b...