will see it real soon and she was in san francisco from 1889 to 1959 and the first chinese american physician in the country and working in the heart of san francisco and she adopted a lot of american service men over 1,000 and one of them that she called and the congressman from minnesota to create the first female branch of the navy and here to talk about her is jena lowell rice, give it up for her. >> mayor, lee, distinguished guest and friends and family. thank you, for honoring our great confident, dr. margaret mom chung, i have to admit, when we first heard about this they were really excited but we had no idea what it was. so we did a little research, and we found out what the tunnel boring machine was and

we looked at each other and we said really? >> really? >> they are going to name a massive construction machine after our anti-doc? that is what we called her. >> and then we thought about it, this is perfect, there is actually quite similar. in several different ways. this tunnel boring machine is a pioneer as it will start the tunneling in phase two of the central subway and auntie was a pioneer as you have heard as the first american board chinese physician in the country and she started the first western clinic in china town and why this will help to build a subway that will bring together neighborhoods of the city, and auntie brought together, serve men, politicians, hollywood and military brats, in their common

dedication to fighting or in dedication to the allieed cause. mom chung is huge and will be a real power be reckoned with. mom chung had a personality that was larger than life. and she also was someone to be reckoned with as she lobbied for the formation of the navy waves, although she could not get credit for it, and could never join, because of the race and age and that the government has drafted (inaudible) and she actually got involved in the way and forming it because after the pearl harbor and we joined the war, she volunteered to be a front line servant and she was turned down because she was a women and that drove her nuts and so therefore, they sent years and many, many meet

togs get the waves created which she did finally have a handle in. and lately, san francisco is counting on mom chung to get the job done, and the real mom chung she got the job done. she through sheer determination and hard work, became a physician. she is the eldest child of 11 kids. back then, traditionally she should have been helping mom and dad take care of all of the younger kids. but no she wanted to be a doctor and she said that i am going to be a doctor. because the thing is that she had her mother's support and that is what made everything okay. but could you imagine, 11 kids and your mom saying could you take care of them and she says no i am going to school. she was a real, and my dad once said, you know, auntie doc, she is a real, what did he call her?

i can't remember, something the power that you don't want to mess with. and mom chung also supported the world war ii effort by adopting and supporting over 1500 service men and as i said before, she was instrumental in the formation of the navy ways and so fung is san francisco is going to have a wonderful subway and our family is proud and humbled that mom change has a part in building it. and i know that mom chung is really smiling down upon us right now. thank you. [ applause ] >> the second machine, coming right up. it was named after big arm a, here in san francisco? 1881 to 1968 she is known as big ama because she was 6 feet tall. and the great grandmother of

san francisco. ama was a wealthy socialite and among other persuaded her first husband, to fund and design the construction of the palace of legion of honors at lands end in san francisco and when she was younger she was a model. okay? and she is the inspiration for the victory, statute atop of athlete monuments in union square and we are honored today to have her here and the grandson and the great grandson that is taking a picture right now. >> mayor lee, chairman, and members of the board of supervisors and members of the chung family and guests, what a remarkable contribution that mom chung made to the city of

fung and while big al moves contributions in a different field, she too loves san francisco. she were two wonderful women who left their marks. as an architect you love construction projects and so did my grandmother and not only provide the infrastructure that our country needs but thousands of jobs as well. they also benefit to how the creativity and optism and confidence to e future. she was a model and studied art as what is known as the san francisco art institute. she is best known, however, for conceiving and delivering another construction project, the california pal ace of legion of honor and it should be remembered that this museum was originally build as a memorial to all of the thousands who died in world war i. >> i am not sure what you have thought about having a tunnel boring machine named after her,

but she had a good sense of humor. she worked with a number of mayors and often entertaining them over a martini or two. i suspect, although it is not in my script that i was one way of insuring the (inaudible) of a permit application, mo pleased with this tribute. she will not stay on a job until august. however, she will have to work extra hard to keep up with mom chung. in closing, i wish to salute the engineers and contractors and thank the hundreds of men and women who arrived with their lunch pails and their hard hats each day for making this subway a reality. thank you all very much and i think that it is fitting that we honor the past, and as we are building the future last year muni celebrated the 100th

anniversary and we are the first public transit in the country and we are now the 7th largest and important part of the fabric of san francisco and honoring the path as we build the future i think is entirely fitting and so in closing, but before we cut the cake, i just want to acknowledge a few more folks that really it takes a village to make a project like this happen. and so i would acknowledge that the number of sfmta staff here from real estate to finance, the communications the construction, and they were all part of supporting this program going forward and maria from the transportation authority and from the department of public works and julie from the city attorney's office and i saw hernandez from labor, local 261, and we have been partnering and work ng tunnels and it is a specialized part of the craft and so we are training people and getting them to work. all of the other partners in

labor and the city and the community want to thank you all so incredibly much for being here, now the fun we are going to cut the cake, eat the cake and go down and check out the machines, thank you all for coming here today.

i'm derek, i'm hyungry, and ready to eat. these vendors offer a variety of the streets near you. these mobile restaurants are serving up original, creative and unusual combinations. you can grab something simple like a grilled cheese sandwich or something unique like curry. we areher here in the average eight -- upper haight. you will be competing in the quick buy food challenge.

an appetizer and if you are the winner you will get the title of the quitck bite "chompion." i am here with matt cohen, from off the grid. >> we assembled trucks and put them into a really unique heurban settings. >> what inspired you to start off the grid? >> i was helping people lodge mobile food trucks. the work asking for what can we get -- part together? we started our first location and then from there we expanded locations. >> why do think food trucks have grown? >> i have gotten popular

because the high cost of starting a brick and mortar or strong, the rise of social media, trucks can be easily located, and food trucks to offer a unique outdoor experience that is not easily replaced by any of their setting any worlwhere else in san franc. san francisco eaters are interested in cuisine. there adventuress. the fact theyuse grea use great ingredients and make gourmet food makes unpopular. >> i have been dying to have these. >> i have had that roach coach

experience. it is great they're making food they can trust. >> have you decided? >> we are in the thick of the competition? >> my game was thrown off because they pulled out of my first appetizer choice. >> how we going to crush clear? >> it will be easy. probably everyone has tried, something bacon tell us delicious. >> -- people tell us is delicious. >> hopefully you think the same thing. >> hopefully i am going to win. we're in the financial district. there is a food truck right there. every day changes. it is easy and fun to go down.

these are going to be really good. >> how are you going to dominate? >> i think he does not know what he is doing. >> i was thinking of doing [unintelligible] we are underrepresented. >> i was singing of starting an irish pub. that was my idea. >> one our biggest is the corned beef and cabbage. we are asking people what they're thinking in getting some feedback. >> for a lot of people i am sure this combination looks very wrong. it might not sound right on paper but when you taste it to or have it in your mouth, it is a variety. this is one of the best ways in creating community. people gather around and talk about it and get to know different cultures.

that brings people together and i hope more off the grid style and people can mingle and interact and remove all our differences and work on our similarities. this creates opportunity. >> the time has come and i am very hungry. what have you got? >> i got this from on the go, a sandwich, and a caramel cupcake. i went with home cooking. what de think? >> i will have another bite. >> sounds good. >> that was fantastic.

let's start with you. >> i had the fried mac and cheese, and twinkies. i wanted to get something kind of classic with a twist on it. >> it was crispy. >> i will admit. >> want to try fieried mac and cheese? >> was that the best twinkie? >> would you say you had the winning male? >> definitely. >> no. >> you are the "chompion." clair has won. you are the first "chompion."

>> they know it iwas me because i got a free meal. and check a map on -- check them out on facebook. take a peek at the stuff we have cut. to get our -- check out our blog. i will have >> you're watching quick bites, the show that is san francisco. and today you're in for a real treat. oh, my! food inspired by the mediterranean and middle east with a twist so unique you can only find it in one place in san francisco. we're at the 55th annual armenian festival and bizarre.

this is extra special not only because i happen to be armenian, but there is so much delicious food here. and i can't wait to share it with all of you. let's go. armenia, culture and cusine has had much cultural exchanges with its neighbors. today armenian food infuses he flavor from the mediterranean, middle east, and eastern europe. >> this is our 55th year and in san francisco we're the largest armenian food festival and widely recognized as one of the best food festivals in the area. we have vendors that come up from fresno, from los angeles showing off their craft. we really feel like we have something for everyone in the neighborhood and that's really what it is, is drawing people to see a little bit of our culture and experience what we experience weekend in and weekend out. >> we are behind the scenes now watching the chef at work preparing some delicious armenian kabob. this is a staple in armenian cooking, is that right? >> absolutely, since the

beginning of time. our soldiers used to skewer it on the swords. we have a combination of beef and lam and parsley. and every september over 2000 pounds of meat being cooked in three days. >> after all that savory protein, i was ready to check out the fresh veggie options. >> this is armenian cheat sheet. it's tomatos and mint and olive oil. that makes summer food. and what i'm doing is i'm putting some nutmeg. it is kind of like cream cheese. in armenia when they offer you food, you have to eat it. they would welcome you and food is very important for them. >> in every armenian community we feel like we're a "smallville"age and they come together to put on something like this. what i find really interesting

about san francisco is the blends of armenia that come together. once they are here, the way people work together at any age, including our grandmothers, our grandfathers, skewering the meat, it's fun to see. fun to see everybody get together. >> we call it subarek. it's a cheese turn over if you want. we make the dough from scratch. we boil it like you do for la san i can't. >> the amount of love and karin fused in these foods is tremendous. they come in every day to prepare, cook and bake bread, all in preparation for this big festival. >> nobody says no. when you come them, they have to come tomorrow for the feast. >> what a treat it is to taste a delicious recipe, all made from scratch and passed down through generations. it really makes you appreciate the little things. >> it's one of the best festivals. it's outstanding, a marvelous occasion. >> we're outside checking some

of the food to go options. i grabbed myself a ka bob sandwich, all kinds of herbs and spices. i'm going to taste this. looking fantastic. one of the best i've had in a long time. you know it's delicious b i have just enough room for dessert, my favorite part. we're behind the scenes right now watching how all the pastries get made. and we've got a whole array of pastries here. honey and nuts and cinnamon, all kinds of great ingredients. this is amazing. here's another yummy pastry made with filo dough. oh, my god. really sweet and similar, it's lighter. this is what i like. we have a lovely row here. looks like a very delicious and exciting surprise. i'm going to bite into it. here we go.

um. this is great with armenian coffee. now we're making some incredible armenian coffee. >> we buy our coffee, they have the best coffee. they come from armenia, specially made. and would you like to try it? >> i would like to try. >> would you like sugar or no sugar? >> no sugar today. i'm so excited. really earthy. you can really taste the grain. i think that's what makes it so special. really comes out. i hope you try it. we're having a great time at the armenian festival. we ate, we saw, and we definitely conquered. i don't know about you, but i have to go down to the food.

check out our blog for so much more at sf bites at tums abler.com. until next time, may the force be with you. ♪ ♪ >> first of all, everybody is welcome and we ask two things when they get here. one, that they try something they've never tried before. be it food or be it dancing or doing something. and if they feel like it was worth their while to tell one person and bring that person, that family member, that friend down the street to come with them. >> we're going to have to do a lot of eating so get ready. >> get ready. and you diet tomorrow. >> hi, i'm with building san francisco. and we have a special program of stay safe today where we're going to talk about what you can do to your home after an

earthquake to make it waterproof and to be more comfortable. we're here at spur in san francisco, this wonderful exhibit of safe enough to stay. and this is an example of what your home might be like after an earthquake. and we have today with us ben latimer from tvan. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> we'll talk about things you can do you don't have to be a professional contractor to make your home more livable after an earthquake. >> i want to talk about things a homeowner can do. we have comfort and we have things like a little bit of maybe safety if your front door is ajar and waterproofing if you have a leak in your roof, or if you have broken glass on the window. >> so unr, one of the most important fib use is keeping

outside out and inside in. let's look at windows. >> let's assume this window is broken in the earthquake. we have wind and rain blowing in. one of the most important things you need to do as a homeowner is secure the plastic properly. if you just take staples or nails and put them into the plastic, we're going to get a strong wind and rip it right off. what i'm going to have somebody do is they're going to have -- this is an old piece of shingle. you might have -- everybody has a piece of wood in their basement. it doesn't have to be fancy. they take out this rusty screw begun, and hopefully you have one of these. >> there is one at the neighborhood support center. >> at the neighborhood support center. you're going to wrap this plastic around this board, take your screw. and then screw that in. >> you need a permit for this? >> you do need a permit for this. and you can contact the former head building inspector to get that permit. that's it.

now when the wind blows, it's tight and it's not going to pull through, having a single point of contact. >> great. what about this door? take a look at this door. what can you do? let's say it doesn't shut tight. what can you do? >> for the sake of argument, we're on the inside. i can't lock my door at night. i have a very similar, very similar idea. i'm going to take my 2 by 4. i can put it across the jamb in the door. one. two. maybe i want another one up here, maybe another one down there. but i can go to sleep. and that quickly, i can get it off in the morning. >> terrific. what about the roof up here? we see people throw blue tarps over their roof after an earthquake. that seems reasonable. >> i think the blue tarp is reasonable. the things that people want to know that they need to know is if you have multiple tarps, how

you overlap. starting from the bottom and moving up so that you're overlapping this way. so, rain running down doesn't slide under your tarp. >> right. >> and the same technique we did over here, as silly as it may sound, wrapping the end of that blue tarp with your board and then securing that if you can underneath, if you have to on top is fine. but making sure that you don't have an area where the wind is going to get under and bill owe that tarp. >> the wind can rip it right off. >> and then you're back up there again. >> let's go inside and check out what we can do inside. >> old fun. here we go. >> so, ben, i see you have nails, universal tool right here. >> man's best friend. duct tape. let me show you a couple things we can use this for after an earthquake. this window right here, because it's off kilter, we have open seams all along. i have a lot of air coming through. i want to stay comfortable at night. i want to keep that air out. it's as simple as that, all the way around. >> excellent. >> now i don't have any air

coming in. let's say this one is one that would annoy me. everything is a little off. my doors won't stay closed. i take a piece of my favorite duct tape here, close it up. and at least it will stay out of my way when i'm trying to live throughout my day. if we're not talking about pressurized water, we're talking about just the drain, sometimes they're going to get a crack here. >> right, sure. >> and you're going to get a leak. duct tape around that is going to help us get through until we can get a plumber out and get that fixed as well. let's say we only have electricity in one room, so we're running extension cords across the house. if i'm going to run an extension cord from one room to the other, i don't want kids tripping on it. i don't want to trippon it. i take my trusty duct tape, tape it to the floor, and i don't have to worry about it getting kicked. >> great, great. look at this. let's look at the duct tape here because we see a big -- >> yes. in the event of an earthquake, i don't think we're going to have too many -- too much debris that's safe to put into

a plastic bag, even as strong as it might be. these are called vice bags. this is what they use to put rice and things when they ship it. this is something where i take my glass, i can take broken pieces of wood, i can take anything sharp and fill it. and it's not going to puncture and come out. it's not going to fall all over the floor. i've not going to have it sticking out, maybe scratch myself, cut myself or anything like that. these are a great thing to have. >> you have a little go-to box for emergencies. that's great. thanks very much for joining us, ben. it's really been interesting. and i want to thank you all for joining us here at the spur urban center. and we'll see you again [