i would like to thank the san francisco fleet week association for helping put this together and grow this into the nation's largest emergency planning event. i don't know how many of you know it, but as a result of the success that we have had here developing partnerships, folks from this association and the conglomeration of people that take part have been called upon not only other places in the united states, but in fact we have at least one example where around the world they called upon a person from here to help share what we've learned as a group. this next two days, it's not just about the panels. the most important part i think for all of us that we've discovered is the personal relationships, looking each other in the eye, the ability to shake a hand and look each other in the eye and say we are in this together. it's a wonderful opportunity for each and every one of us to understand the capabilities and limitations that we each bring but i think most importantly for us in the military, it's for you on the civilian side to know it is not uncle sam showing up large and in ch

my name is lewis loeven and i'm the executive director of the san francisco fleet week association and what a great fleet week we're going to have for 2012. thank you. this is the second time we've had the uss macon islands and i want to thank captain pringle and his entire crew. what a great ship and what a great crew. they turned this swear hanger deck around all right night and turned it into a conference room and it looks absolutely beautiful. thank you, captain, and your entire crew. i'm going to make this short because we're already running a little bit behind schedule, but san francisco fleet week for the third year is organized with i object credible participation from city, civilian agencies from all around the region and all of us our fabulous united states military, the coast guard has been fabulous in providing assets to protect everybody out on the bay. it is one heck of a logistics program to get this whole program started and here we are the culmination of nearly a year of planning. we've had exercises, we've had lots of meetings down in san francisco up at the marines m

also the executive director of the fleet week association lewis lubin. thank you very much. (applause) >> i've had the pleasure of serving in the san francisco fire department for 22 years. it will benign years in nine since i stepped up and took the role of chief of the department. i continue to be proud of that. and i can say which i said earlier in the week, the coordination and the collaboration only gets better each year that we do this. and i'd also like to acknowledge the department of emergency management and all of her staff for coordinating so seamlessly with the fleet week association in addition to all of the other events that we have that's going on this week. so, thank you to our department of emergency management. (applause) >> as we discussed, it is so important to not only build relationships, but to strengthen them. and that is exactly what we're doing here this week. i'm also very proud that the fleet week association has once again included our community partners. as you know, in 1989 there was the loma prieto earthquake. we had many show up and go to wor

francisco fleet week association. they have people from the sea fair committee, board, if you l that is here observing what we do here in san francisco. and, so, those are great indicators to me that this program, this collaboration and partnership building is here to stay way beyond after i'm gone. >> and i'll just say 10% of the active duty coast guard makes its home here in the bay area. if we're a smaller coast guard tomorrow, we'll still have 10% of the coast guard here in the bay area. this is a critical hub for the coast guard. and when you look at the pacific, i expect to see our numbers to go up over time. so, i am not concerned in the least. my house and the 20 pacific area commanders before me, if you look out the door, that's my house right up from the light house. and, so, we are strategically located here in the bay. so, we will be here for the long term as well. >> any other questions from the audience? okay. if i could ask you one last one, that is, as you -- a number of you at the table have participa

week association. he says that fleet week will concentrate on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. we will have more reaction of the grounding of the blue angels coming up at 6:00. reporting live in san francisco, i'm cheryl herd, nbc bay area news. >>> we want to know will the cancellation of the blue angels show stop you from going to fleet week. you can vote by calling or voting, text one for yes or two for now. you can tweet us @nbcbayarea. >>> it is a stark reminder that the war in afghanistan continues. a 24-year-old man from san jose has been identified as one of the soldiers who was killed over the weekend. army specialist delfin santos, junior, was killed by a car bomb in kandahar on saturday. he was traveling to another province to deliver textbooks to children. the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. two other soldiers and a u.s. diplomat were also killed. their remains are now back on american soil. this is video of their flag-draped caskets arriving at dover air forc

week association. they have people from the sea fair committee, board, if you l that is here observing what we do here in san francisco. and, so, those are great indicators to me that this program, this collaboration and partnership building is here to stay way beyond after i'm gone. >> and i'll just say 10% of the active duty coast guard makes its home here in the bay area. if we're a smaller coast guard tomorrow, we'll still have 10% of the coast guard here in the bay area. this is a critical hub for the coast guard. and when you look at the pacific, i expect to see our numbers to go up over time. so, i am not concerned in the least. my house and the 20 pacific area commanders before me, if you look out the door, that's my house right up from the light house. and, so, we are strategically located here in the bay. so, we will be here for the long term as well. >> any other questions from the audience? okay. if i could ask you one last one, that is, as you -- a number of you at the table have participa

we got a phone call at the fleet week association to ask if we could help bring together some resources and leet a fact-finding mission and we did that. one of our panelists is up here, second from your left, rob dudgeon, he's with the department of emergency management and he's the director of emergency services. rob's organization has been instrumental in creating the program that we have from back in 2010 all the way through to today and i know in the future we're already talking about putting together a hot wash of everything we've learned through 2012's fleet week. so rob is going to talk about the van, turkey mission. from turkey we have rear admiral guereva he has more than 14 years sea-going experience serving across various frigates. he assumed command of the suband joint command, chilean joint chief. he has been promoted to the rank of rear admiral. nita demato, serving as a major, she actually has a dual career. as a reservist she's also a professional educator and she's currently serving as a congressional fellow in the office of bob casy of pennsylvania focusing on the appr

week association were asked to send a team to do an assessment of their earthquake and their preparations or lack of preparation. so the word is getting out. seattle invited us to come up and talk to them about incorporating that, this program, into their fleet week. so the word is getting out. i'd like to tell you just a story that i've told before to some of you but it relates very much to the next panel that we have here. back in april of 1992, i was commanding the first marine division and we had been to the gulf war and we had a lot of parades and we were feeling pretty good about things and on 30 april, 1992, the results of the rodney king trial were announced. two days later, we found the first marine division deployed to compton and watts and one of the most horrific sights i'd ever seen. it was the largest riot in u.s. history. 3,000 people were injured, 60 people were killed, and we actually ended up at one point in time having to use live ammunition. but once we did, the bloods and the krips and the gangs there realized we were serious. the reason we got involved is because the

chairman of the san francisco fleet week association. was in our kron 4 studios tonight. talking about the changes. ".for san francisco" continuing our team coverage. the blue angels are always a big draw during fleet week in san francisco. and many people are disappointed to hear. that they will not be coming to the bay area this year. kron 4's scott rates is live tonight in san francisco with reaction from business owners. scott? the ahead >> it is a shame because it brings a lot of this is for the entire area. had it is one of the busiest weeks that we have for the entire year. >> reporter: how is it going to impact your business? >> a lot! it is significant. >> reporter: the one thing that they all agree on is that they hope that this is temporary. and that the blue angels willn 2014. >> pam: a pleasant evening tonight across the bay area. and warmer weather is heading our way. here is a live look from our camera atop mount tamalpais. >> jacqueline: temperatures for about 10 degrees warmer with nearly 86. it is only going to get warmer. tomorrow, with 50s and even 60s

i'd like to thank the san francisco fleet week association, lewis loeven, specifically, major general myat, always a mentor, former secretary of state schultz and mrs. schultz, mrs. perry, honored to be in your presence. the uss makin island, chief of the fairest city in the world, san francisco, and he esteemed professionals. this is nice, i'm going to move south of here and take you to afghanistan. as you know we have marines, soldiers, sailors in afghanistan currently, but i'm going to bring you to when i was there during 2010 and 2011 after the president decided to surge the forces. first marine decision, first marine expeditionary force forward entered southwest afghanistan during 2009. we arrived in 2010 so it was a bit more stable. and we went straight to helman and nimruz province. very complex dynamic environment that we were operating in but before i begin it talk to you about the operational picture, i just want to give you a snapshot of afghanistan. when we got there i want to set the frame here so you understand what we're dealing with. afghanistan ranged 180th out of 1 8

late this evening we did get a statement from the chair person of the san francisco fleet week association. he told us the association will concentrate on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> our flash survey tonight, will the cancellation of the blue angels show stop you from going to fleet week? you can vote by texting or calling us. 408-300-9222. text 1 for yes or 3 for no or tweet us. we'll have the results later. >>> google's big idea is taking flight. the tech giant is moving forward with its plans to build an executive terminal. the city council in san jose cleared the way for the project today. the $82 million facility will be a place where google executives to park and service their private jets. airport officials had urged the city to approve the plan. they say it will generate more than $2 million every year in rent. >>> 50 years has past since the equal pay act of 1963 and women still make less money than their male counter parts. is the gender pay gap as wide as some believe. >> reporter: and the new 49ers stadium may not be the

we have built san francisco fleet week and its associated exercises into our training continuum, and we'll continue to do so into the future. this will give us several milestones on our calendar that will get our heads back into this very complex arena. so, we certainly understand that. i think we're going to be seeing guidance coming from the secretary of the defense in the next couple of years that will elevate this in terms of our responsibilities and mission sets. so, we're in the process of laying the groundwork for that right now at camp pendleton. >> ann? >> just to build on what general spiese said, fleet week, this used to be or started as a one-week event, is now really -- goes year round. and, so, the relationships we're building, it's not just for this week. you know, we're building trust. we're building -- we're building that kind of knowledge of each other's capabilities, of our competencies that we will continue to exercise throughout the yearses. so, i think that's a very important point to make, that fleet week is not just one week, but these relationships are ongoin

the blue angels will not be participating in the san francisco's fleet week. we will hear from the chairman's association. and new at 6:00 p.m., they are searching for a gunman who robbed a chcuyuck e cheese took off in a toyota prius. >> jacqueline: your full forecast, coming up. look at them kids. [ sigh ] they have no idea what it was like before u-verse high speed internet. yeah, you couldn't just stream movies to a device like that. one time, i had to wait half a day to watch a movie. you watched movies?! i was lucky if i could watch a show. show?! man, i was happy to see a sneezing panda clip! trevor, have you eaten today? you sound a little grumpy. [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. ♪ (male announcer) live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. >> they are the highlight of san francisco's fleet week. this year, the blue angels won't be here. >> we're cutting the entire season. up through november. >> pam: this is a disappointment for the entire comm

this neighborhood is used to fleet week and 4th of july. a few times a week year, they're either enjoying the chaos or living through it. but we're talking about week after week for months on end. >> reporter: organizers say races held last august and october show the city is ready for the big event and big crowds. >> last year was very important for us, how we would handle crowds and those sorts of things. we learned a lot. >> reporter: organizers say they'll place an acoustic curtain around the stage to reduce noise. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a neighborhood noise dispute is headed to concord city officials. it stems from a child care center. neighbors have complained about the noise, parking and traffic issues ther but the child care operator is asking the city for a zoning permit to allow her to stay and operate out of her home. the meeting to approve the permit is set for 9 a.m. next wednesday. >>> the california high-speed rail authority today is strongly denying a report that the cost o

. >> i think fleet week and the blue angels is really highlight what they do. this makes it fun. have seen a fifty -percent >> pam: an oakland gang associate testified today that a 17-year-old boy was one of three people who fired shots that wound up killing a 23-month old baby. this is surveillance video of the november shooting two years ago. during a preliminary hearing. the man testified that the shots.intended for a rival gang, were fired by 17 year old frederick coleman.as well as two other gang members. baby hiram.an innocent bystander. was shot in the head while being held by his father in an oakland parking lot two years ago. coleman's preliminary hearing is to determine if there is enough evidence against him to charge him with murder. >> police are investigating a shooting that killed one person and injured two others. authorities say, this morning. someone opened fire on three men as they were standing on the sidewalk near 20th and virginia. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. police do not believe the three victims were involved in any ille

this neighborhood is used to fleet week and 4th of july. a few times a week year, they're either enjoying the chaos or living through it. but we're talking about week after week for months on end. >> reporter: organizers say races held last august and october show the city is ready for the big event and big crowds. >> last year was very important for us, how we would handle crowds and those sorts of things. we learned a lot. >> reporter: organizers say they'll place an acoustic curtain around the stage to reduce noise. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a neighborhood noise dispute is headed to concord city officials. it stems from a child care center. neighbors have complained about the noise, parking and traffic issues there. but the child care operator is asking the city for a zoning permit to allow her to stay and operate out of her home. the meeting to approve the permit is set for 9 a.m. next wednesday. >>> the california high-speed rail authority today is strongly denying a report that the cost