my name is amy brown. the mayor since his regrets. he has a very busy schedule, as i am sure that you understand. welcome, everyone. mostly i want to just express to you that we do know in city government how important this industry is. we know it is important for our tourism visitors and our economy, the jobs that it directly and indirectly creates. most of all it is important because it is part of what makes san francisco san francisco. a vibrant nightlife is part of why tourists come here. the kinds of people that are creative and entrepreneurial, that come here and live here, creating jobs in high-tech industries, it is part of why they want to be here. because of our restaurants, entertainment, and clubs. i want to stress that we know how much good that you do for the city and we appreciate it. often we make it difficult to be small businesses here. i know that there is a lot of bureaucracy. we are trying, through the entertainment commission, to find ways to streamline the process. we look forward to hearing from you how we migh

brown, the first woman in that position. the city purchaser on the mayor's staff. if i miss you, please see me. we would be happy to announce she. thank you for joining us today. [applause] >> i would also like to thank our table sponsors and all of our incredible volunteers. thank you for all of the hard work putting this together. [applause] now we're going to start our awards presentation. the organization of the year award goes to the family violence prevention fund, esther is the executive director, and the family violence prevention fund, a quick description, works to prevent violence within the home and the committee to help those whose lives have been devastated by violence, because everyone has the right to live free of violence. for more than three decades they have work to end violence against women and children around the world. please join me in welcoming her. she's the director of the family violence prevention fund. [applause] >> thank you so much for this wonderful honor. this is an organizational award. thos

brown. >> thank you, president chiu and mr. mayor. yes, i inherited a really great idea and had lots of help from our fleet director tom fang and deputy city administrator and working with the staff of the sfmta to implement it. very exciting day to see it come to fruition. one of the things that makes us so great to work for san francisco is we're not afraid to do bold or innovative things. i will share with you we put together a pilot with five spaces city wide that we were going to move forward. when it got to public hearings, when it got to the board, rather than have people react negatively do it, they reacted very positively. they said five spaces actually weren't enough. so we ended up being able to add six more spaces to the pilot program. so people wanted to go more big and more bold. and our leaders wanted to do that. and that makes it exciting every day to come in and to have those new ideas when they're so well received. so i think this is going to be a great success. i think just the initial response to it with peo

karen brown, cbs news, los angeles. >>> a coroner in england says amy winehouse drank herself to death. the 27-year-old singer had more than five times the legal limit of alcohol in her blood when she died in july. doctors say winehouse suffered accidental alcohol poisoning when she resumed drinking after weeks of abstinence. she had fought a long battle against alcohol and drug abuse. >>> a british man has a new smart phone and it's built into his artificial arm. trever per due who was born without a left arm, has the world's first aesthetic device with a nokia phone. he said he got the idea because it was too hard to use a smart phone one handed. he says he can dial and text easily. he says it is brilliant. >>> coming up on this thursday morning, your weather forecast. >>> in sports, it is a cringe worthy kick and now the vikings brian robison will pay. separated from your own life... when the only thing you can be sure of is migraines with 15 or more headache days a month, you're living a maybe life. and you may be living with chronic migraine. but knowing that this thing you're goi

karen brown, cbs news, los angeles. >>> a coroner in england says amy winehouse drank herself to death. the 27-year-old singer had more than five times the legal limit of alcohol in her blood when she died in july. doctors say winehouse suffered accidental alcohol poisoning. she had fought a long battle against alcohol and drug abuse. >>> a british man has a new smart phone and it's built into his artificial arm. he was born without a left arm he has the world's first aesthetic device with a nokia phone. he said he got the idea because it was too hard to use a smart phone one handed. he says it is brilliant. >>> coming up on this thursday morning, your weather forecast. >>> in sports, it is a cringe worthy kick and now the vikings brian robison will pay. when you spend more days than not separated from your own life... when the only thing you can be sure of is migraines with 15 or more headache days a month, you're living a maybe life. and you may be living with chronic migraine. but knowing that this thing you're going through has a name, means knowing you can find treatments that are

♪ oh, do it ♪ express yourself [ female announcer ] introducing new warm cinnamon sugar cookie and brown sugar maple latte. coffee is like the holidays. it's better when you add your flavor. coffee-mate. from nestle. >>> good morning i'm amy hollyfield live in san francisco at the occupy sf camp where protesters are celebrating. they thought police were going to clear them out. now it is looking like they going to get to stay. >> reporter: i'm katie marzullo live in oakland. occupy oakland has been reduced to small numbers. but they are not done find out what they might have planned coming up next week. >>> good morning. good news winds diminished overnight, the fire threat is tapering. also brought chilly temperatures. 30s and 40s and how we will end up in the 70s the next couple of afternoons. >>> good thursday morning commute live shot of bay bridge who issues. following it all, ac transit updates and bart too, coming up. >>> because of the occupy protests we will be covering it. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. we've been talking about the occupy movement. let's start there. san