Major last second shake up in party leadership. Dnc chief Debbie Wasserman schultz is being forced to step down. Sunday night im walter perez. The big story tonight is a rocky start for Democratic National convention. Lets get to action news anchor Sarah Bloomquist to lead our coverage from the Wells Fargo Center. Sarah huge news before the Convention Even begins. That is right, we have news of leadership shake up as final touches were being made right here at the Wells Fargo Center for start of this convention. Secret service swept every inch of this building for much of the day yesterday, and into this morning. We are looking live at the stage where Hillary Clinton will accept her historic nomination, on thursday. But the big head line as we go into this convention is the surprise resignation of dnc National Chair woman Debbie Wasserman schultz. Late this afternoon Wasserman Schultz announced she will is he down at the end of the convention in the wake of the email leaks. Those email
First a terrifying ordeal for a woman jogging in brooklyn. She says a man tried to rape her at knifepoint inside Prospect Park. Now police say the hunt is on for her attacker. Cbs 2s Janelle Burrell joins us live from the scene with more. Janelle. Reporter chris, the good news in this case is that police collected more ef trying to pinpoint where that man is exactly leading to his arrest. It was near this entrance to Prospect Park that that woman was jogging alone. The man attempted to attack her, but she fought back. Surveillance cameras capturing this video of the man they are looking for. You can see him first walking, looking over his shoulder before running from the area near Prospect Park close to the time of the attack. Police released this sketch giving a better snapshot of what he may look like. Investigators say it was around 5 15 wednesday morning that the man zeroed in on a 23yearold woman who was jogging alone near the garfield place in Prospect Park west entrance. From be
We will be congratulating all of these working youth and that will be on january 24, 2015. Thank you very much, i appreciate your time. Thank you. We do have Public Comment. Sonya, carole bach, kirk griems. If you can come forward, please. Cmon up. Good morning, commissioners, my name is sonya, with San Francisco Park Alliance. As part of the Program Parks alliance is in full support of the program. Stewardship is one of the missions of the Park Alliance and program creating lifelong park stuarts for San Francisco and committed to revitalization to the expansion of the bay trail and the park system to the southeastern neighborhoods. As we work to ensure access to parks and open states to all residents in San Francisco we are creating these lifelong stuarts to ensure a more Sustainable Future for the park system. Thank you. Next speaker . Good morning, commissioners, im carole back with the port of San Francisco and im the port project manager for the park. Im so pleased to have the opp
Lasting commitment to the park within the Southeast Community that it was intended to serve. I think that the fact that in only 3 years, the first members of the first two classes have gone on to leadership or Employment Opportunities within the recreation and parks or elsewhere is really a testament to the fact that that deeper and continuing commitment to the communities and the parks is is being accomplished. The port is happy to support the greenagers. Its been a fantastic partnership for us and we look forward to their receipt of this grant and continue strengthening of the program. I would also like to echo kimberlys invitation that you come out in january as having participated in the past, its a fun and really inspiring event and the greenagers are an amazingly Energetic Group of teens. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello, month i name is jackie flynn. The executive director in the program in San Francisco and we work with the greenagers program and every week we provide and
Saturday at maclaren park, second saturday and take turns at facilitating meetings at various locations throughout other neighborhoods and they find research and use the project space to what they find. They meet with teens in their own age and lead a lot of crucial skills, teamwork and environmental education. We find this to be a creative natural career path for future opportunities within our own department, Apprenticeship Program and developing leaders in this field. Greenagers earn a stipend monthly as the 501 c partners. They have a lot of fun with the blue water nation and camping trip and they host a launch a day at the park. Some of our alumni have been recognized as the bound youth summit and Youth Opportunities including the task force for the playground. Since 2012, over 20 High School Students have graduated from the greenagers program and donated services to over 25 parks and open spaces and over 27 events in the southeast district. In 2014, greenagers were featured and a