got excited. >> building a better bay area. moving forward. finding solutions. this is abc7 news. ♪ >> i'm karina nova. you are watching "getting answers" on abc7. every day, we talk with experts about issues important to the bay area and we get answers for you in real time. today, we will bring you a segment we first promised yesterday with our media partner at the substandard. they will share findings from a new report on dirtiness of san francisco streets and which areas are the worst. also memorial day means sales at many stores. an expert tells us which items to buy and which to skip. but first remembering tina turner. the queen of rock 'n' roll died today at the age of 83, leaving behind a legendary career that saw more than 180 million albums

sold and 12 grammy award wins. joining us now to talk more about turner's life, career, legacy is a music journalist and author who was a longtime music critic for the san francisco chronicle, joel sullivan. thank you for joining us today. >> but to be with you. -- good to be with you. karina: you have covered the music industry for many years. you have been lucky enough to see her perform. can you talk about watching her in action? what a tina turner performance is like? >> good god, i first turner when i was 17 years old. she was at the fillmore auditorium with three icats. i turned around and i don't know that i had had a big thrill like that in my young life at that point. she was as sexy and

as you could be and keep your clothes on. she terrorized the auditorium audiences, they didn't know what hit them. karina: when you can chalk some hippies, you are doing pretty well. that was your first seeing her at 17 years old, then you saw her many times i'm assuming after that? >> i covered her whole career. any time she came to town, she was big news. i saw a lunchtime show at san francisco state at the bottom of her career. she had a good at the venetian room -- gig at the venetian room, putting on a biggest i'll show with all these dancers and she got in, fit in a lunchtime show at sf state, for what was paid $750.

karina: wow. i'm sure she still put on a heck of a show at lunch time. [laughter] >> [laughs] yeah, she burned it down at sf state. it was quite amazing. she got on stage and she just lit up and burned. she had this incredible energy, she connected with the audience. she absorbed their energy and just gave it back amplified. whether she was singing r&b with ike and tina or doing the heavy rock stuff she did after, "what's love got to do with it?" it all came from the same place in her. the music changed around her but she remained a constant element. karina: let's go back to when she started performing as a teenager in the tennessee rhythm and blues scene. you mentioned she then met ike turner for her career. that was the start of her

success. but not personally in her marriage. she even opened up about the abuse in her 2021 hbo documentary. can you talk about her relationship with like and how -- ike and how it impacted her life and career? >> ike turner, someone once called him the peak rows of rhythm and blues. he doesn't get a lot of credit because he has been so discredited by tina for being an abusive husband. but ike turner was there at the beginning of rock 'n' roll. he played piano on bb king's first recording session. when he met tina, anna he was a well-established band rhythm and blues bandleader. he saw something in her as a background vocalist, and he brought it out of her. they made a record called "a full and loved" and sent it -- " a fool in love" and

recording company in new york city. he loved the record. he had to convince ike was not an ike turner record, that it was ike and tina. and that was the beginning of tina being somebody. karina: as we know, they got a divorce but her career continued to skyrocket in the 1980's and 1990's. there were some big moments when she performed with mick jagger and got a star on the hollywood walk of fame. when you think of her long career, what moments stand out to you? >> you just mentioned jagger duet on the global telecast -- worldwide broadcast. that was a high point. having a movie made about your life is a high point, having a

broadway musical about her life is a high point. i mean, if you can do it in show business, tina turner did it. how about bassett queen in the movie of tommy? i wouldn't even know where to land with her. and don't forget -- she is a vocalist on the greatest record phil spector ever make. -- ever made. there is a masterpiece that did not make the charts in this country. karina: so many moments for such a long time. in 2018, she received the grammy lifetime achievement award. some say she paved the way for singers like beyonce and rihanna. when asked, turner said she wanted to be remember as the queen of rock 'n' roll and as a woman who showed others it is ok to strive for success. how do you think she will be remembered? >> she is a role model major proportions, no question about it. there wouldn't have been a beyowithout tina turner. she will be remembered as one of the great divas of rhythm and

blues up there with women like aretha franklin and etta james. who etched this deeply american music that resonated throughout the whole world. and as long as people know that there is something called soul music, they will remember tina turner. karina: that's for sure. i feel like she has still -- is still talked about today. even by young people. she is still relevant. it is amazing that she was able to make that happen. even at an older age, to stay relevant for so many years, that is pretty unique in the music industry, wouldn't you say? >> well, tina made her life story her b and the autobiography broke all that open and she was very forthcoming about being

abused, her hold tremendous struggles in life in interviews. but the fact is, every night she got on stage, she told her story all over again with the audience. so it wasn't like she is up there singing songs. she was up there being tina turner. and the audience knew what that meant. and that was what she brought to the state that other people -- stage that other people who just sing songs can't bring. karina: karina: in 2020 -- karina: in 2020, graphical what an honor. how will you beat honoring tina turner today or even this weekend? >> i dug out all the old albums hours ago. i've just been going through them. it is an incredible array of extraordinary music was the

greatest musicians of her generation playing with her or behind her. the ike and tina records are fantastic. there's a lot of live ike and tina recordings. and that show was pure dynamite. just unbelievable. one of the very best by the way of the live albums was recorded herein san francisco at the longgone but still will remember basin street west. and the disc jockeys doing the introduction. the ike and tina thing was very popular in oakland. karina: good to know actually. thanks, joel. we will all be remembering tina turner in our own ways whether it is listening to some of those amazing albums or watching maybe the movie or autobiography, there is so much out there. thank you so much for your time today. >> my pleasure. great to be with you. karina: our media partner at the sf standard will dive into dirty

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karina: now to a segment we first tried to bring you yesterday. whether you live in san francisco or not, chances are if you have ever walked around the city, you have noticed some parts are not that clean. trash cans are overflowing and there are some things on the sidewalks he would rather not see or step in, but just how bad is it? our media partner of the sf standard is answering that question in this new article, diving into a report released monday by the comptroller's office that spells out what many of us already know --san francisco's is a pretty girly

place. -- san francisco is a dirty place. joining us is a data journalist for the standard. thank you for being with us today. liz, tell us about the survey. what exactly did it look at? >> the survey was actually parts. one part of it looked at commercial corridors in san francisco. the spots that are busy with businesses mostly in the downtown area. the other survey which was this key citywide survey looked at residential blocks across the city. what it was try to do was understand what kind of maintenance, and cleanliness standards and readiness issues are hitting the city at different parts. karina: what did we find? is this a citywide problem? our certain neighborhoods -- are certain neighborhoods worse than others? >> it depends on which neighborhood you looked at. but when it comes to street litter or sidewalk litter, or even feces on the sidewalk,

those kind of issues tend to hit commercial corridors pretty hard and mostly in downtown areas. nobhill, let's underlined -- the tenderloin, soma, those had the biggest issues with litter and cleanliness related issues. certain topics like pavements and sidewalk clearance and things like that were worse in other neighborhoods, and that tended to do with just how we neighborhood was spaced out or different issues that plagued parts of the city more than others. karina: what other factors contribute to the sidewalks being so dirty? is there not enough people cleaning them? is it an "us" problem? what is the big issue? he walked through and you see all this trash -- you walk through and see all this trash. >> it is a whole combination of factors. sidewalks outside of businesses and homes are actually required to be gleaned by the tenant -- cleaned by the tenants that live in those spaces but not a lot of people know about the responsibility.

especially in areas where there tends to be a lot more garbage like commercial areas or people might throw away cigarette boat or candy wrapper a lot easier than in a less busy region. those areas tend to struggle with litter cleanup because there is higher volume. the department of public works and other cleaning organizations throughout the city tend to step in where individual residents may believe some of their trash. -- maybe leave some of their trash. the purpose of the survey to really help the department of public works and these teams target these areas that are struggling to keep their streets clean and sidewalks clear. karina: you also looked at cleanliness in transit shelters. what did you find there? >> that was one of the most shocking findings from this. about 90% of transit shelters in commercial areas were moderately to severely dirty. i think another 83% in the rest

of the city. it showed overwhelmingly compared to sidewalks and other, transit stations tented to beat -- tended to be some of the hardest hit. it is public service in san francisco. karina: has this been done before and have we found the city streets are getting dirtier? >> he happier but i think what is difficult to compare with the first time that they've done -- >> yet. what is difficult to compare with the survey as this is the first time they have done this specific kind of survey. but if you look at different performance in the city, residents' perception of cleanliness in the city has been steadily going down the last two or three years. at the very least a lot of residents are noticing that the city around them is potentially not as clean as it used to be. even if this is the first time we are really having this kind of granular data to look at,

individual neighborhoods and commercial versus business. karina: one of the issue was brought up was illegal dumping. people just throw bags of trash onto a beautiful city street. can you talk about that? is there anything being done to address that problem? >> illegal dumping particularly been an issue in the southeastern part of the city towards portola and bayview area where there's a lot of industrial shipyards and places like that. it is known as an illegal dumping hotspot because a lot of the folks that participate in that kind of activity recognize they can get their way with -- get away with it. one thing that's been done recently as a department of public works has an illegal dumping program to try to clean up certain neighborhoods, particularly the baby and -- bay view and portola. it's running li bin an issue --

it's runningly been an issue since 2019, 2020. karina: now that we have this information, does the city plan to take action to make things cleaner? are they going to actually be out there? are we going to see more people cleaning the streets? >> yet. i think even if it's not necessarily more people cleaning the streets, these kinds of surveys allow the city to be more judicious about how they use their resources. it allows them to tell a public works cleaning team to go focus on this one street and set of another one. this kind of data collection makes it easier for different departments to be more effective. a lot of the cleaning efforts the city does are also supplanted by individual efforts like volunteer cleanups and things like that. karina: but to no. -- good to know. liz, thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. you can check out more of the san francisco standard's other original reporting on their website, sfstandard.com.

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karina: a coming memorial dee wg tother with friends, for many of you, some people are thinking about the sales at the stores that are out there. but not all of the sales are worth your time. joining us live now with what to buy and what to avoid is andrea w., a consumer savings expert. thank you for being here today. >> thank you so much for having me. i know that everybody is looking for ways to stretch their budget and really looking forward to these memorial day sales. but they are definitely -- but there definitely are good deals to be had. karina: let's start with what buy beer but apparently appliances are a good thing to get this weekend? >> yes, historically over long

holiday weekends like memorial day, we see big savings on home appliances. and because this is a big ticket purchase, a lot of consumers out there have been holding off. if you need to replace, upgrade, now is the time to do it. you may not know this, but may i s maytag month because maytag is offering up to 30% off appliances through the end of may. and you can buy these at big-box stores whether it is home depot, lowe's, best buy, if they carry the brand, they are even saying you can get an extra $200 rebate if you purchase through select appliances -- three select appliances. they are offering $400 off the pet pro top load washer and $900 off the 36 inch french door refrigerator. here's a pro shopping tip, because everybody wants to stretch their dollars further. consider opening up a new credit card before big ticket purchases like this.

that's because a lot of cash back cards will give you free money when you spend a certain amount of money within the first few months of opening an account. so the chase freedom card for instance gives you $200 back when you spend $500. it is like an instant $200 discount on top of the sales. you can check out those types of card offers at card rates dot com. karina: the other tip we have on the screen is to sign up for the store emailed to get a new subscriber coupon. that might help as well. does it matter -- go ahead. >> i was just going to say also mattresses and furniture are another really good sale to be had right now. i'm seeing 53% off of beauty rest plush pillow top mattress firm and over $300 off options at safta, a popular brand, and home furniture, ashley furniture offering 50% off their spotlight deals and the variety of furniture items there like

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a lot of deals on wireless headphones and speakers, e-readers, tablets, smart phone devices. hold off for that. and of course back-to-school sales will start hitting shelves and of july/early august making it a better time to shop for laptops. when it comes to your outdoor entertaining essentials, it is on the mind of everybody, but you want to hold off. at the beginning of summer is when prices are at their highest for things like grills and patio furniture, umbrellas. hold off until if you can. you will see bigger sales are on the fourth of july or end of season would be the best time. the last one is summer clothing and sandals. there are so many great styles. maybe you are prepping for a vacation. the best deals will hit at the end of the season. make do with what you have. if you need to get something new, shop a resale site like poshmark, swindle society for kids, there are many great

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joining us today for "getting answers." we will be here every weekday at 3:00 p.m. answering questions with experts from around the bay area. "world news tonight" with david muir is next. >> david: tonight, the breaking news late today. tina turner has died. she was a legend. tonight tina turner in her own warrants here. we look back at her life from her childhood, her early years with ike turner, surviving abuse, how then she broke barriers redefining herself as a solo artist. emerging at a role model in one of music's most powerful performers, global icon. tonight from proud mary to what's love got to do with that, private dancer to "the best" attributes pouring in, mick jagger among men. the other news tonight, republican governor ron desantis making it official he's running for president. the plan to reveal it in a chat on twitter with elon musk that the technical challenges at this hour on the platform was loved by donald trump. jonathan karl reporting for