union square. central patch of the city had forever shrugged off its past and beginnings. president teddy roosevelt came to san francisco to commemorate the newunion square. union square would find perhaps the noblist mission as a soup kitchen. it was at this dark hour on a wednesday morning in frill 1906, that union square and the newly built san francis hotel would form a bond that still exists today. built in 1904 at union square because of union square, st. s t. francis hotel was the -- >> we served breakfast just like we did right now. our guests were shaken and did not know what was going to happen next. and everything remained normal until the next morning when the fire broke out. >> reporter: refugees from the fire would move to union square. now it was the place to gather where forces you have left and maybe get something to eat. >> the early pictures show people out there with their trunks and luggage. a woman with her bird cage with her dress on and all done up. you would see tables where we would greet people out in the park. so they would have long picnic tables where people would eat. >> reporter: in the middle of rubble of unio

so today protesters gathered in union square in new york city in front of the bank of america branch to resist joining me from our studio in new york today is chris hedges surprise winning journalist and senior fellow at the nation institute who also spoke at today's protest in new york chris thanks so much for joining us today well for starters that let's let's go with today's events please tell me why you decided to take part in this protest and why you went after just bank of america for now. well you need to pick your targets bank of america is hardly the only corporation general electric as you mentioned is another pay any taxes bank of america and pay them for. three years now. look the normal mechanisms the traditional mechanisms by which incremental or piecemeal reform is made possible in this country are broken the legislative executive judicial branches of government not to mention most of the media has either withered away or been subsumed into the corporate embrace most everything the american sea watch read or hear is controlled by roughly a half dozen corporations inclu

to that point, actually, next friday, on union square, we will be having a new initiative along with the mayor and the fire chief designed to build and model resilient community is focusing on our most vulnerable communities in san francisco and making sure that they are prepared. i really want to encourage people to come out next friday, april 15th to union square. there will be disaster kids there and there will be other modules for those that want to be prepared. this is very apropos to what commissioner antonini is talking about. the people who need the red cross the most are those that of the most vulnerable population. when the buildings are not safe or sound, this is a problem even if we are not having a major disaster. >> thank you. three things. first, following up, i did read a staff memo and the census and i am looking forward to some additional information. at about the same time, i saw this particular district map with statistics on district 10. frankly, i could not figure out what it was trying to tell me even though it says this is from the san francisco elections task

news. yesterday was quite breezy walking down around downtown and union square.d coming off the bay put a chill in the air. but i think you will still need the coat this morning, especially this morning, as we do have a few clouds. we take a look at the emeryville kam. a few low clouds there on the horizon. nothing to get two concerned about. they should burn off throughout the morning hours here shortly. so good sunday morning to you as we take a look at temperatures. again, yesterday morning we have freezing temperatures to talk about. not this morning. a little bit warmer most areas. 39 in napa. and san jose, good morning to you, 43 degrees. weather highlights look like this. partly cloudy and still on the cool side this morning. a little warmer by this afternoon. the winds are not quite as strong as yesterday but still a little breezy, up to about 15 miles an hour. slight chance for a few showers in the north bay by tomorrow morning as the next storm system moves in and stays pretty well to the north. maybe a few sprinkles in the north bay but that's about it

news. a fire is forcing people to evacuate from a residential building on eddie street in san francisco's tenderloin neighborhood. that's just west of union square. initial reports say that fire started in a garbage compacter on the ground floor. it spread up through the building's garage chute and at one point flames were shooting from the roof, which is six stories up. the fire department has been evacuating people from that building. residents are sitting outside on the sidewalk. some have been getting medical attention. some have actually been taken away by ambulance. so far, we haven't heard of any serious injuries. firefighters say part of the roof is in danger of collapse. in fact, the captain has just ordered all firefighters off that rooftop. this fire started about an hour ago and firefighters speak, it is a three alarm blaze. there is heavy smoke in the tenderloin and union square area. we will continue to monitor the situation and pass on any important updates throughout the evening. >>> a doctor says the giants fan beaten after a dodgers game is showing signs of brain damage. tonight, several of his family members went before camera

union square. >>> more fall-out tonight from last week's incidents involving a southwest airlines jet liner. tonight a new federal aviation administration order is in effect requiring inspections on certain types of 737s. the new order means about 175 planes must be inspected immediately with 79 of those jets belonging to southwest. southwest says so far its own inspections have found five planes showing cracks. a crack in the fuselage of the southwest 737 is suspected of causing a five foot long hole to open up as the plane was in flight last friday. today federal investigator where is examining that piece that broke off. this is new video our washington, d.c. bureau shot today at the national transportation safety board lab. investigators are trying to find out why the jet ripped open in flight. >> this about four foot section was adjacent to the ruptured section. and both were removed. so this rupture occurred on the left side of the fuselage. >> investigators say the plane involved in last friday's incident was recently inspected in a way that required inspectors to take the plane apart to look at are

union square. >>> more fall-out tonight from last week's incidents involving a southwest airlines jet liner. tonight a new federal aviation administration order is in effect requiring inspections on certain types of 737s. the new order means about 175 planes must be inspected immediately with 79 of those jets belonging to southwest. southwest says so far its own inspections have found five planes showing cracks. a crack in the fuselage of the southwest 737 is suspected of causing a five foot long hole to open up as the plane was in flight last friday. today federal investigator where is examining that piece that broke off. this is new video our washington, d.c. bureau shot today at the national transportation safety board lab. investigators are trying to find out why the jet ripped open in flight. >> this about four foot section was adjacent to the ruptured section. and both were removed. so this rupture occurred on the left side of the fuselage. >> investigators say the plane involved in last friday's incident was recently inspected in a way that required inspectors to take the plane apart to look at are

want wasn't able to provide new clothes for boys this year because of financial hardship, but boys were able to take home a bag of cookies. >>> san francisco's union square was transformed into a dance floor this afternoon for dozens of couples. that looks like fun. a flash mob took over the square kicking off bay area dance week. professionals and students got the party started, but-everyone was invited to join in the fun. the event was called one dance. bay area dance week is celebrating its 13th year with almost 600 free dance events throughout the bay area. >>> the google executive credited with igniting a revolution in egypt is in the bay area tonight. he recently topped time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. gonan who was born in egypt and worked in dubai used facebook to organize millions of egyptians. the demonstrations overthrew president hosni mubarak early this year. >> it's something that i'm not like -- i was not looking for and i think that the most important thing is the cause. the cause is the hero and to get rid of the bad regime. >> earlier today gonan visited twitter. tonight he was at stanford to talk ab

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want wasn't able to provide new clothes for boys this year because of financial hardship, but boys were able to take home a bag of cookies. >>> san francisco's union square was transformed into a dance floor this afternoon for dozens of couples. that looks like fun. a flash mob took over the square kicking off bay area dance week. professionals and students got the party started, but-everyone was invited to join in the fun. the event was called one dance. bay area dance week is celebrating its 13th year with almost 600 free dance events throughout the bay area. >>> the google executive credited with igniting a revolution in egypt is in the bay area tonight. he recently topped time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. gonan who was born in egypt and worked in dubai used facebook to organize millions of egyptians. the demonstrations overthrew president hosni mubarak early this year. >> it's something that i'm not like -- i was not looking for and i think that the most important thing is the cause. the cause is the hero and to get rid of the bad regime. >> earlier today gonan visited twitter. tonight he was at stanford to talk ab

and again, this is not a new phenomenon i have been speaking with experts for more than a decade. does it mean if you are wearing a sharks cap in the middle of union square you will be attacked sn not necessarily. the experts want you to know who is wearing them and to keep an eye on things. if you see a corn huskers hat in the middle of a crime scene, it may not have been over an argument, but gang-related. live at police headquarters in san jose, i'm damian trujillo. >> thank you. we are following a pair of shootings in an oakland neighborhood. they are working at 79th and bancroft where one person was shotted and shots fired at 77th and international less than two miles from the scene. there no reports of injuries there. no word whether the shootings are related. >>> it's one of the most talked about scandals in recent bay area history. he said he is sorry, ashamed and ready to pay the consequences. that's what the former narcotics commander is saying. norman welsh shared with us what happened since the shocking arrest. live from martinez, a couple of questions for you, he talked to very few reporters. you are one of them. what did he say sn. >> repor

union square's stores. the only problem here, the money wasn't theirs. who became suspicious and called police. these stories and more coming up on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. >>> an annual study ranking the nation's airlines on their quality of service lists airtran as number 1. for the 21st year researchers at perdue and wichita state universities analyzed things on customer complaints and other things. hawaiian airlines second, followed by jetblue, alaska airlines and southwest. american eagle came in last among the airlines ranked. >>> nasa today announced it's delaying the launch this month of the space shuttle endeavour. endeavour's scheduled launch has been changed from april 19th to april 29th. that's because a russian cargo vehicle is slated to dock at the international space station on april 27th and nasa did not want its shuttle in the area where the russian docking took place. this will be endeavour's final flight and the next to last mission for the shuttle program. >> what a day here in the bay area. our chief meteorologist bill martin is off. rosemary orozco is filling in for him tonight. doesn't get much better than this. >> just a

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news in the last several months they have come up with more evidence which they believe will lead to arrests. >> he wants justice but quoted as saying he bears inform grudge against the city. union squareant want to make sure he gets a big heart felt welcome. this chain providing a? a complimentary stay at one of the hotels. owner of sears restaurant and lori diner has offered complimentary meals during the stay. >> we really feel bad for the family and like to show a small gesture to give them sense of comfort. >>reporter: there will be a memorial service on wechltdz also on that day shore will be briefed by district attorney george and police investigators on the latest development. vick lee, 7 news. >>> congresswoman giffords surge on today gave all system go for her trip to florida to watch her husband fly into space aboard the next to last shuttle mission. she suffered a near fatal gunshot wound to the head in a mass shooting in january in tucson. launch is set for friday afternoon at cape canaveral. president obama and his wife and 2 daughters will be there as well. >> good to see she's making so much progress. >> move on to sandy to talk about the weather forecast. sounds like w

> james: in the news this morning i husband of a german tourist shot and killed in san francisco is back in the bay area this morning. he and his wife were taking a walk near union square when they rounded a corner, that's when she was struck in the head by a stray bullet. police say was a gun battle between teenagers. there they made one arrest police said that man free have not charged anyone since. jonathan bloom explains what the victim has learned. >> here incidents as of the husband of a german tourist killed by a stray bullet august 8th, 22 and spoke to reporters after a private meeting with the district attorney. the told reporters that he never intended to come back after his 50 your wife was killed while there are visiting. he said he has revised it several oscar is an important place for his family to come back and honor his wife's family -- san francisco. he's confident that authorities are moving closer to solving this case. looks were to the day when they make an arrest. >> justine: the death toll from the weather that has drawn across the south is up to 173 people. spinning across five states. we'll have more on this throughout the morning. still much mo

new reality series coming up called "ice loves cocoa." we'll talk to you about that next time. all the best to you. >> i'm going, today i'm going to be at barnes and nobles at -- >> what time? >> union squaren. this is "today." >>> we are counting down to the royal wedding. with three days to go, we have the royal menu prediction. >> while an official royal menu hasn't been released, we are sure nothing but the best will reign at the banquet. >> i'm quite confident. i know the queen is inviting 600 people back to buckingham palace. i know they are going to serve canapes. usually it's stuffier. this time one bite only in case the queen comes by. >> you can't have a mouthful when that happens. >> you want to be there to greet. >> you do. >> we have our royal subjects bringing them out. jerry. >> nothing less than a silver tray. >> hello, gentlemen. >> we've got sausage potato puffs. there are hot appetizers. >> can't beat a good sausage puff. >> this is supposed to be a wedding of the people. >> this is more than one bite. >> two bites and the queen can wait a second. the second one is a smoked salomon wrapped around salomon perfect for kate and william. they met at st. andrew's which is in