Francisco and that starts a bay area conversation. Ill stop there and just to let you know that cutouts from the information on the one San Francisco. Org site. And give me a call rdfong sfchamber. Org and well let you know how we can make this a better city. Do we have any commissioner questions . Commissioner kubia. Hi. Ive done a full interview with you, i know youre one of the shares of the Economic Recovery Task force is thank you for fighting for Small Business on that task force, which is awesome and im a little concerned about the timeline of the task force. From what i read, the final report is due to be submitted to the Mayors Office in october when, of course, the bleeding is happening right now in such a big way and if were going to take Decisive Action to help Small Businesses, it needs to be done now. So my question tow to you, do yu feel theres an opportunity to book longterm is also shortterm quick changes to help Small Businesses who only have a couple of weeks left of
All after words programs are also available as podcasts. Hi lindy, its so nice to be here with you. Talking about your new book, the witches are coming. I want to start by asking you about humor. Because your writing in this book and always, is very funny. Would you call yourself a humor writer . I guess so. Thank you. People always call me a comedian which i dont feel is accurate because i dont do standup comedy. I have but it was a long time ago but its very hard and i didnt like it and i wasnt good at it. Im a comedy writer. I have a comedy tv show and im a humor writer and i certainly do nothing but try to be funny all the time. Thats my main mission. I guess i want to ask you as a writer, a feminist writer, political writer, a cultural critic. How is humor a useful entry point for the things you want to say . Its always been really useful to me ive found. Maybe thats, may be very convenient for me to say it goes thats what i like to write. But it feels like a great way to sell cha
Are demanding entry into your yr residence. In connection with a Halloween Party that killed five people exactly two weeks ago in arenda. This is one of several coordinated arrests. All linked to the arenda house party shooting. Good evening, im christen z. Thanks for joining us. Laura anthony broke the story online. She is live now with the latest. Laura. Reporter hi, dan. Just in the last hour, the contra costa sheriff has released a lot of new information. As it turns out the raid at this apartment complex were showing is just one of four. I can tell you the five individuals who were arrested and where theyre from, jar kwez sweeney, 20 years old. Jason isles also 20 from marin city. In san mateo, 28yearold lebron wallace. And devin williamson, 21 years old in vallejo. Williamsson is being charged as accessory. The other four face murder and conspiracy charges. This is the Contra Costa County Sheriffs Office s. W. A. T team. Reporter this is what residents of an apartment complex wok
He says the officers called him name. I wasnt resistant at all. I had no kind of arm force to keep them from putting me in cuffs. Reporter fosters attorney has now filed a claim against bart and the officers. He says the officers were engaged in a form of racial profiling and selective law enforcement. This is a case where a slight admonishment could have easily have occurred, but yet it did not. Foster was cited and detained about an hour, causing him to miss work. Barts general manager apologized to foster and bart riders in a public statement. He also said eating in the paid area is banned and that foster had refused to provide identification, cursed at officers and made homophobic slurs. A bart spokesperson tells abc7 news bart will not comment about a future lawsuit. Barts independent Police Auditor is conducting an investigation, which will be pausedis is served with a lawsuit. Inkland, Melanie Woodrow, abc7 news. Major new developments. Police investigating that Halloween House
School safety against targeted violence. I want to welcome everybody to the hearing room. I actually want to thankour witnesses for taking the time for your testimony. And in particular i want to give a shout out to max and tom and your families and the other families of the families for attending here and for just your unbelievable dedication turning your tragedy into hopefully some positive action that can prevent tragedies for other families, its remarkable what so many of the families have done in reaction to so many of these tragedies which date back to about 1998 is where we had the first directed attack, numbers of 56. I know in your testimony youre talkingabout 710 shootings since columbine in 1999. Columbine, 13 people were killed, 12 students, one teacher, 21injured, sandy hook in 2012, 26 killed. Two were injured and parkland, at Marjorie Stoneman douglas school, 17 killed and 17 injured. Anthe death and casualty toll is simply unbelievable, quite honestly. I grew up in the