think about dianne feinstein. first woman, member of the board, president of the board of supervisors, first woman mayor, first woman u.s. senator from the state of california, judiciary committee, intelligence committee, rules committee, first woman that in every one of these categories. she has broken every one of these barriers. an extraordinary leader, i can say this as i introduce her, the best is yet to come. ladies and gentlemen, senior senator from california, dianne feinstein! [cheers and applause] >> thank you, thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you, thank you. thank you very much, gavin. ubiquotous, oh, that's what it means, all right. i'm just so happy to be home. i'm so happy to be home and look at this stage where you have got two young brilliant leaders in gavin newsom and kamala harris and where you have three mayors, a present mayor, two of us that are getting a little long in the tooth. wait until that. and all of us here to salute the next district attorney of the city and county o

think about dianne feinstein. first woman, member of the board, president of the board of supervisors, first woman mayor, first woman u.s. senator from the state of california, judiciary committee, intelligence committee, rules committee, first woman that in every one of these categories. she has broken every one of these barriers. an extraordinary leader, i can say this as i introduce her, the best is yet to come.

senator feinstein for all of the work she did to

will be done on treasure island, dianne feinstein. you drive around this city, cities large and small. and on a muni bus that goes on time, dianne feinstein, you will enjoy third streetlight rail. dianne feinstein, willie brown, nancy pelosi, i can go

and senator feinstein. a year ago i had honor of being sworn in by your daughter, and i am honored today that you can join us here. we all know how much you have given and still

harkey said she wasn't surprised. >> i understand what she is doing if feinstein has any muscle at all she can figure out a way to put this money to good use and still retain the funds for california. >> if governor brown forms a transportation agency he may combine the high-speed rail authority and caltrans you understand it. a caltrans spokesman says caltrans supports that move because they will be able to coordinate more closely. from oakland, gil diaz, cbs 5. >>> federal transportation executives appear to be in favor of extending bart into the santa clara valley. the u.s. department of transportation is recommending more than $900 million in federal aid be set aside for bart over the next decade. that's the entire amount the agency had been asking for, a bart line from fremont to milpitas and the berryessa area might open by 2016. >>> time for that dreaded dmv trip for your routine vehicle registration. we all hate it. but you could save a lot of money and get the job done by staying home. that's what the governor is proposing in his new budget plan. drivers could get a $5 discoun

sincerely yours, diane feinstein, united states senator -- dianne feinstein, united states senator." [applause] >> i don't know what to say. i'm so overwhelmed. it really feels good to get some recognition from the politicians and top politicians. i'm glad that i lived to see this day. [applause] and i want to thank all who have made this day possible, including all the people at the library that put this event together. thank you very much. [applause] >> now, i would like to introduce the driving force behind this program, and award- winning, internationally known storyteller, recording artist, and educator. she is a truth teller and an artist for social change. she has made it her life's work to tell history through the words of its off forgotten witnesses. zero two one-women shows -- she wrote two one-women shows. she told the true story of the 1955-1956 montgomery bus boycott through the eyes of four women. please help me welcome her. >> i guess you are wondering why i'm standing here. [inaudible] my teachers have been teaching me a lot about standing up for what is right. it was

to my left, she will be on later on in the program, but we will start with dianne feinstein, the only woman who was ever held the mayorship of the city of san francisco. united states senator. [applause] start with the man who most recently left this job and went on to become the lieutenant governor of california, gavin newsom. [applause] frank jordan, former mayor frank jordan, former police chief of the city of san francisco. [applause] and my colleague from the legislative years and mayor of sanford says go, are new and tho san francisco. [applause] now that the stage is set, it is time clearly for prayer. reverend james, please come and give us the invocation. >> the per i offer todrayer i os on behalf of the more than 800 organizations in the city of county of san francisco. many of the agencies have served the people of san francisco for over 100 years. let us pray. got we come to you and prayer for our mayor, and when we. edwin lee. -- god, we come to you in prayer. as he renews his commitment to serve as our mayor, we ask you renewal his zeal for public service. grant him good

democrat dianne feinstein sent her first tweet on sunday. this was an update on a new courthouse in los angeles. the first tweet from feinstein came less than a week after a republican challenger criticized her for being disconnected with the public. a feinstein consultant says the senator had actually wanted to tweet for some time now. >>> the menlo park city council will hold a special meeting this evening because of concerns about facebook's plans to expand its new headquarters in the. many. concerns come from neighboring east palo alto where people fear more traffic congestion as well as higher rents. among the issues to be discussed a limit to the number of employees at facebook's east campus on willow road and potential of building out the campus on bay front expressway. >>> over in mountain view google is about a month away from launching a new system to profile users. the internet giant says more detailed profiles will help it give users more relevant search results and, of course, advertising that better pertains to their lives. >>

and senator feinstein. a year ago i had honor of being sworn in by your daughter, and i am honored today that you can join us here. we all know how much you have given and still give to our city. i will never forget our conversation last year outside the white house about what a special city san francisco is. worthy of every sacrifice. and thank you for your continued service and for your constant advice and counsel to me and all the former -- and to all the former mayor's here today. senator, we are looking forward to having you in washington looking out for us for many years to come. and [applause] into house democratic leader, nancy pelosi

. >>> dianne feinstein responded to a challenge from a republican by sending out her first tweet. she was accused of being out of touch because the senator didn't maintain a facebook or twitter account. she responded by setting up an account and tweeting about a new courthouse in los angeles. she is running for senate guest dianne feinstein. >>> a product used in hair salons must change their labels. the product used said the solution was free of formaldehyde when it was not. the change is part of a settlement with the company. >>> 21,000 bay area kaiser employees say they are going on strike tomorrow. ktvu's tom vacar is live at kaiser headquarters to explain somewhat behind the walk out. >> reporter: it will be a huge display of union power which the hospital says violates the nurse's contract. you wonder if anybody is really communicating with each other. >> reporter: the strike will effect 21 kaiser hospitals. 4400 members strike tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. like the strike last september, it is the second action in four months and that eupian is getting -- and that union is getting

feinstein, a year ago, i have the honor of being sworn in by your daughter, and i am happy that you could join us here. we know how much you have given and still give to the city. i will never forget our conversation outside the white house about how special san francisco is, worthy of every sacrifice. thank you for your continued service, and your cost of advice and counsel to me, and all former mayors here today. senator, we are happy to have you in washington looking out for us for many years to come. and the house democratic leader, nancy pelosi. thank you, and thank you for all of the amazing work that you do for san francisco and our country, leading the charge for health care reform were protecting funding for the treatment of hiv and aids, we will work hard to return you to congress this year. congresswoman spear, we want to return you to the majority's view can keep fighting for san francisco. thank you for being here today. and i see a few others are here today, i need to do all right or i will never hear the end of it. i am so happy that my friend from los angeles, and gene fro

senator feinstein is working very hard to preserve the 3 billion that the federal government awarded to the state of california. she, along with nancy pelosi and senator feinstein are working closely with the governor at making sure that happens. having said that, the high-speed rail project is a very long- term project. high-speed authority was first looking to target the central valley as the initial segment. they are still undergoing environmental review on all components. that is when to take some time. and -- going to take some time our project is designed under state and local law to accommodate a future extension to the east bay. it is also designed to accommodate and track to southern california. -- amtrak to southern california. as you know this is only 8 billion or 9 billion for the entire state of california. 950 million was going to other projects of that connect light speed rail. we were not going to get the money we needed from that pot of money. the 400 billion we a gone from the federal government is committed to the project. we have contracts. and the real money is w

[applause] and after the moscony years, it was diane feinstein. and her husband, richard blum, is here. they actually got married in the chambers upstairs. [applause] now, in just a minute, the president of the board of supervisors is going to say the words that will allow you, the public, to know what the vote was in his chambers earlier in the afternoon. but mr. lee, there have been several people from across the bay, from sacramento and other places, who are here to extend their warm welcome. standing next to you is mayor newsom's chief of protocol, my chief of protocol, diane's chief of protocol, everybody's chief of protocol, who's ever had a chief of protocol in san francisco, charlotte schultz. and i hope she sticks around as your chief of protocol. [applause] one of your state senators, and we have two of those, only one is present at the moment. the other one is up working on the budget. but senator leland yee is here to welcome you. [applause] and a man who went to bed on saturday night, a cop with a badge and who woke up on sunday morni

and senator feinstein. a year ago i had honor of being sworn in by your daughter, and i am honored today that you can join us here. we all know how much you have given and still give to our city. i will never forget our conversation last year outside the white house about what a special city san francisco is. worthy of every sacrifice. and thank you for your continued service and for your constant advice and counsel to me and all the former -- and to all the former mayor's here today. senator, we are looking forward to having you in washington looking out for us for many years to come. and [applause] into house democratic leader, nancy pelosi, thank you. [applause] thank you for all the amazing work you do for san francisco and for our country. whether it is leading the charge for health care reform or protecting funding for the treatment of hiv/aids, we are all going to work very hard to return speaker nancy pelosi to congress this year. [applause] congress woman spear, we want to return you to the majorit

diane feinstein will do the oath of office. win election and said his leadership style will stay pretty much the same. >> believe it or not, a fire watch now in effect for dozen northern california counties. one of the counties is maroon counties. it's rare for january. fire crews said someone may be setting a string of fires on purpose. they responded to at least eight fires overnight, some of them set very close to home. there are some reports of minor property damage. >> we had about a dozen small fires started around 9:30 this a evening. it led to a dozen small grass fires in central nevada. >> police seem to be cooperating with the fire department with that investigation. they are searching the area for suspects. firefighters say now is the time to protect your home. fanning out to help people how to be better prepared during this dry weather. they're hoping homeowners will clear out the excess fuels around their home and even pay for woodchippers for debris because of a grant that the department received. >>> in oakland,

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