being in union square, the design team spent a lot of time in the area. we sought out inspirational examples, we asked ourselves, how do they work. we found buildings that have well organized and scaled facades, buildings that have a relationship to the street and the sidewalk and consistently found buildings that are light in color through the use of terra cotta and consistent materials. what we saw, we found a transitional attitude that defines upper floors and lower floors. in approximate an attempt to stitch this building back into the context specifically to its neighbors, we mapped the street height -- or excuse me, the storefront scale on stockton and open farre'farrell on our to identify the lower floors and the upper floors. what's more is we're a corner property, and so we lifted the corner to acknowledge that. we also acknowledge union square with a further sort of lift in articulation of the architecture. to inform the scale of that move, we looked at -- we looked to the historical blade signs as a subtle gesture for a conte contextual scale m

rueben juniors and rose, our office represents several property owners the union square area. one of those projects is 120 stockton which is currently used as the macy's men's store, but is no longer owned by macy's and was approved for conversion. 50,000 square feet of office on the 6th and 7th floor. i would like to thank supervisor peskin and his office for cooperation and availability on the legislation. we appreciate the amendment that will grandfather pending and approved applications. that said, we do have one additional concern. i wanted to see if there was a possibility of doing minor amendment in that regard. for 120 stockton with the recent approval, the project team is moving forward with full speed on the leasing efforts. and we're concerned about a scenario whereby we might have a potential tenant for the upper floors that might consist of another non-retail use, similar to the ice cream museum and the color factory. these uses are non-retail and fall into the arts activity category and would be subject to the interim control. however, they're very appropriate fo

they opened up a shop in union square and the line to get in stretched for blocks. kylie jenner was there last night putting the finishing touches on the displays. >> i have been in the here -- >> the store is on grand avenue. check it out while you can. it is only open for one week. >>> this is a little-known fact. he has been keeping up with the kardashians for years. san jose is sunny but it is still breezy and cool in san francisco. will the cold break for the weekend? >>> and coming up at 6 pm, the pilots making history on this alaska airlines flight. >>> the markets closed mixed today. here is a look at the closing numbers from wall street. >>> we are almost there. we almost made it. the weekend is almost here.>> they made it already. we will be there soon. it is going to be a pleasant weekend. but for people who were saying it is almost memorial day and it is time to get warm, nowhere close. we are going to be below average for the next several days. the ocean breeze is still there. 72 degrees in concord. look at oakland. they barely got above 60 degrees toda

we catch up with a partner at union square ventures. the largest public offerings in years.iaomi filed to go public with an eye-popping $1 billion valuation. tesla ceo elon musk heated conference call after the company reported earnings wednesday. turned out musk's responses overshadowed the company results, which the expectations. -- beat expectations. then came what an analyst described as a truly bizarre earnings call, where musk had a blunt message for investors. elon: if you are concerned about volatility, you should buy another stock. i am not here to convince you to buy our stock. do not buy it if volatility is scary. there you go. emily: musk was especially combative with two analysts in this exchange. >> where specifically will you be -- elon: next. more boneheaded questions are not cool. next. >> can you let us know what percentage have actually taken steps to configure -- elon: we are going to go to youtube. sorry. these questions are so dry. they are killing me. emily: investor response was swift. shares of tesla fell 5%, its worst performance in less than a mont

nan from union ka square partners. we will be watching.imize injuring that you get your online content and keeping hackers at bay. that is next. this is bloomberg. emily: a voice-enabled ai raised $100 million in funding to compete with alexa's google and amazon. backers include samsung and nvidia. samsung plans to use it as a third-party option to amazon alexa. oundhound allows to deploy anywhere while maintaining content and users. when it comes to streaming video, games, and more, a critical component. the company announced first-quarter results monday, which beat revenue earnings per share. stocks trading higher since then. its ceo spoke to bloomberg about online streaming and the online security services the company provides. >> security is not something a lot of people see. they see the sporting events online and they think of akamai way, but security is one quarter of our revenue. when it is growing 36% year-over-year, it may be a bigger business maybe than media. >> how do they compare with margins on the security side? >> way, but

from the sidewalks and union square jampacked. hundreds of people trying to get a grams of kylie jenner. we will tell you why she is in the bay area. >> announcer: ktvu fox 2 news at noon starts now. >> i'm gasia mikaelian. >> and i'm frank mallicoat. tragedy as a gunman opens fire at santa fe high school in texas. here's what we know. harris county sheriff detectives that 8-10 people have been killed. most of the victims are students. one suspect in custody with another person also detained. right now, there are unknown numbers of injuries including sheriff's deputies. school officials say possible explosives have been found at the school with officers working to render them safe. >> take a look of the general location of the situation. santa fe in a town of just about 13,000 people. 30 miles southeast of houston, texas. busy following the latest developments. bringing us more. >> this is an active situation. police are working to clear those suspected explosive devices. first report came in around the time school was getting. th

with big tour...in oakland haaziq madyun kron4news (pam) a wild frenzy of excitement broke out in union squareity and reality show star kylie jenner ... showed up at her pop- up kron4newshaaziq madyun oakland haaziq madyun kron4news (pam) a wild frenzy of excitement broke out in union square today.... when social media celebrity and reality show star kylie jenner ... showed up at her pop- up shop in san francisco. by 10-this morning the line to get in to kylie jenner's store was more than three blocks long..... security guards let in only about 50 people at a time to shop for 30 - minutes.... at one point, those at the end of the line were told they would not be able to get in..... but some stayed anyway. <"we got here at 12 am and slept on this nasty concrete. i'm not going in there unless she goes in period."> for the shoppers who did not make in today, the pop up will last for eight days, closing up on saturday may 26th .. it is unclear if kylie jenner will be making an appearance on any of those other days.

this union square, etcetera, it seems like every generation, something new emerges in terms of how we relate to the public spaces and, you know in the 60's, we put garages underneath and dug it all up, and the 90's, and the same in union square. one of the questions i have -- and this is good. it's going to take us into the future. i attend workshops, and we have stickers and all kinds of stuff. in the in person intercept surveys, was the question ever asked of how people feel when they're in these spaces, and what did they say? i know how i feel when i walk-through civic center? >> i asked th-- we asked that. >> just in a general sense. >> yeah, not very happy about the spaces. >> yeah, it's big, cold, and uninviting. feels unsafe. >> it's what you would expect, given our own experiences. >> commissioner richards: it's so big you need to kind of connect it so that when people are walking from one end to the other, you need to connect it. it's such a big space, maintenance is key that's going to keep people coming back. >> definitely. and that's a huge part of the consideration that w

a very recent study for 2016, showed that union square generates approximately 37% of the san francisco's sales tax and general consumer goods which is a remarkable figure. so there -- we also have financial interests in making sure that the retail vibrancy continues unabated and so i wanted to make sure we don't end up regretting decisions to convert to office space where if we were creative -- even if we had some pdr and manufacturing uses that actually used to exist at union square, that it might be the right thing as supervisor safai said in terms of looking forward. manufacturing spaces becoming hot and we should try to incent things like that as well. if a member of the committee wants to move the aforementioned and circulated amendment and send this to the full board with recommendation, i would be delighted. >> so moved. >> supervisor tang: we have motion for amendment without objection. and if we can get a motion. >> make a motion to send this the full board with positive recommendations with amendment. >> we'll do that without objection. thank you, supervisor peskin. item 3. >>

a mob scene in san francisco union square as thousands came out to catch a glimpse of kylie jenner. she opened a new pop up store there. christy? >> reporter: that's right. the crowds did go crazy out here. crazy in a good way, though. they were screaming, some in tears, of course. trying to take pictures of her when kylie jen ershowed up. i want to show you what the crowd looks like in front of her pop up store and it's been like this for hours. >> the scream started before kylie jenner arrived and got more when she moved into her pop up store. >> most of the people wanted to see here. >> reporter: the line to see the reality show star stretching pr blocks. some people camped out over night. >> she's a kardashian, why not meet a kardashian. >> bro dy brooks came with friends and shopped before she arrived. >> i haven't bathed. i've been sleeping on the floor. >> we haven't been sleeping. >> i don't know what to do at this point. >> reporter: many fans came out with several bags, they were let in groups. >> i got lipstick for my friends and coworkers. >> i like the way kylie present

no major >>> abc7 news was in san francisco's union square a short time ago where kylie jenner's pop-upe will celebrate its grand opening tomorrow. >> dozens are camped out hoping to be among the first to buy her own brand of cosmetics. one fan explained the appeal of her lip kits. >> it's good. the highlighter i feel good when wear them. i feel like kiley channeling kylie. >> fans tried to pier through the doorway to get a peek at what goes on sale tomorrow. >> kylie was inside her store tonight helping with the finishing touches. we have to wear a little makeup in this job. larry and i are going straight over whether he we're done. >> the matte finish is a big deal. my daughters. >> really? okay. not personal experience. >> i'm sure it's great. make like a billion dollars off this thing. the giants and rockies go to extra innings game ended minutes ago. what is wrong with steph? what is happening with the best abc7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >> good evening. the giants opened a four-game series with colorado tonight. though we're more than a quarter of the way through

with strings ♪ ♪ these are a few of my favorite things ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> abc7 news was in san francisco's union square pop-up store will celebrate its grand opening tomorrow. >> dozens are camped out hoping to be among the first to buy her own brand of cosmetics. one fan explained the appeal of her lip kits. >> it's good. the highlighter i feel good when i wear them. i feel like kiley channeling kylie. >> fans tried to pier through the doorway to get a peek at what goes on sale tomorrow. >> kylie was inside her store tonight helping with the finishing touches. we have to wear a little makeup in this job. larry and i are going straight over whether he we're done. >> the matte finish is a big deal. my daughters. >> really? okay. not personal experience. >> i'm sure it's great. make like a billion dollars off this thing. the giants and rockies go to extra innings game ended minutes ago. what is wrong with steph? what is happening wit john chiang's father came it'here with little money,on. but big dreams for a better future. now john has a chance to make history. a champion of the underdog, john took on w

the company doing -- union square and chinatown. the company doing the work installed track from a lower grade steel. the city paid extra. the builder got it wrong. >> as the letter states the rail that was installed was the standard grade rail. in the contract, higher grade rail to be installed meant to ensure it lasts as long as it possibly can. >> reporter: the contractor says the track of all purchased with their approval. they changed their mind of what grade of steel they wanted in certain places. if the track has to be replaced it will not effect the project timetable. >>> after a decade of planning, work is under way tonight on the massive waterfront development as san francisco's pier 70. it will transform the world war ii ship building site into 28 acres of housing, retail office and art space. as part of the deal they agreed to save and refurbish some of the old buildings to reserve the industrial feel. >>> facebook is moving into the new headquarters. one of the biggest leasing deals in the city in years. the addresses a

the contractors building the central subway along 4th street through union square and into chinatown. but the construction company doing that work installed more than three miles of the track that was made from a lower grade steel. the city had paid extra for higher grade steel. the sfmta says that the builder got it wrong. >> as the letter states, the rail that was installed is the standard grade rail. in the contract, it specifies higher grade rail to be installed and that's meant to ensure that the rail lasts as long as it possibly can. >> the contractor tutor perini says that the track was all purchased and installed with sfmta's approval. they say that the sfmta changed its mind about what grade of steel that they wanted in certain places. the company also says that if track does have to be replaced, it will not affect the project timeline. >>> it's a loophole in the law. former elected officials are allowed to keep their campaign finance funds forever even if they never plan to run for office again and even after they die. there has been virtually no oversight on how tens of mil

abraham lincoln and union square manhattan. hardly be more different people more different presidents and abraham lincoln and donald trump but they have much in common. to this challenge just. on the minority of the popular vote but a majority and the electoral college. alexion provoked the civil war and out of that became the saving of the union the three hundred million slaves. that these are men's values when it came to a bargain when every five sleeves three one rare but one civilian died. from. enormous values are being pursued but certainly the disruption to the political system threatens trade war real wars social division within these united states but certainly from not change in america there will be a different political. from the present. better perhaps worse but certainly different. from times on myself and. goodbye for now. coming up on next week's show politics in this capital and took the surreal the minute that donald j. trump entered the white house but just as donald trump landed in substance the capture of t

abraham lincoln and union square manhattan. hardly be more different people more different presidents abraham lincoln and donald trump but they have much in common . to this challenge just. on the minority of the popular vote but a majority and the electoral college. alexion provoked the civil war and out of that became the saving of the union the three hundred million slaves. that these are men's values what up came to a bargain when every five sleeves three one rare one civilian died. from. enormous values are being pursued but certainly the disruption to the political system threatens trade war real wars social division families united states but certainly from not will come change in america there will be a different political. from the president. better perhaps worse but certainly different. from times on myself and. goodbye for now. coming up on next week's show politics in this capital and to the surreal the minute that donald j. trump entered the white house but just as donald trump landed in substance the capture of th

technology that is the superstructure of most crypto currencies delegations from andresen horwitz union square ventures and the national venture capital association among other stakeholder holders reportedly met with f.c.c. officials at the ses division of corporate finance to argue against a policy proposal to treat crypto currencies created by startups as securities that designation as a security would bring extensive oversight to such tokens as i spoke about on the program last week with attorney gary de wall the case law surrounding the definition of what a security is is crystal clear that kryptos are in fact securities under what is called the how we test nestle the food and candy company is paying starbucks over seven billion dollars why to be able to sell starbucks brand coffee products the often controversial swiss space food giant hopes to boost its global coffee business through the deal while starbucks is also in to supporting a jolt to its business artie's alex mccullough bitch is following the story in toronto alex thanks for being with us so what does this mean for nestle's and

secret we can assume that he has been whisked off to a safe house much like his daughter daughter union square pile was back when she was discharged from the same hospital last month and at the time scriptural put out a statement via the police saying that she was appealing for privacy and that despite being a russian citizen she was refusing all consular assistance from russia she's been kept well away from the public eye and out of the glare of the media and i think we can expect something very similar with a square pile to happen in fact i don't expect we're going to hear much more about him or his daughter from the british isles or ts at least and that in itself is very interesting given the massive scandal that the that poisoning sparked in the diplomatic fallout that we've had as a result between russia and the u.k. take a look at how the for the poisoning of the former double agent and his daughter has unfolded over the past two months. well. the government has concluded that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the act against . the script. that can be no suggestion of b

well, the taiwanese american cultural festival takes place may 12 from 10 am to 4 pm in union squaren san francisco, an all-day family-friendly festival with live performances, with food and fun, and it's all free. for more details, go to nbcbayarea.com. and stay right there, we have some more important information about the upcoming caamfest 36 and the tikim filipino food fun run. we've been talking about caamfest 36, the world's largest showcase for new asian american and asian film, as well as food and music. it runs from may 10 through the 24 at various sites in san francisco and oakland. the theme, culture in every sense. and the tikim filipino food fun run by the filipino channel ftc is coming up may 13 at the coyote point recreation area in san mateo. the run starts at 8 am, the food festival at 10 am. "tikim" means "to taste," so the event is not only a chance to taste all kinds of food on mother's day, but proceeds help provide meals for malnourished children in the philippines. you can get more information on both events, as well as our other topics today, by going to nbcba

s response to the poisoning of said get in union square park it's been or six years since wiki leaks founder had to seek asylum in the ecuadorian embassy in london during this time assad was visited by many friends celebrity guests and media but it looks like now he doesn't have that option on the table human rights activist peter tatchell says that new restrictions make life worse than in prison. ecuador granted political asylum granted him a safe haven in london embassy and it granted him citizenship with all the rights that go with citizenship those rights have now been unilaterally abrogated by the ecuadorian government and is affectively being held incommunicado he can't communicate with the outside world and the outside world cannot communicate with him that is more draconian restriction than even terrorists or rapists experience in prison they do have a right to communicate and does not so this is up a very very backward step which goes quite clearly against ecuador's own guarantee of human rights and free expression. at least six people have been killed in a reported saudi ai

abraham lincoln and union square my. hardly be more different people more different presidents abraham lincoln and donald trump but they have much in common. to this challenge just for the political establishment on a minority of the popular vote but a majority and the electoral college. alexion provoked the civil war and out of that became the saving of the union the three hundred million slaves. that these amends values would have came to a bargain when every five three one rare one civilian died. from. enormous values are being good but certainly the disruption to the political system threatens trade war real wars social division within these united states but certainly from not change in america there will be a different political amount jews from the present. better perhaps worse. from thais on myself. good bye for now. coming up on next week's show politics in this capital and to the surreal the minute that donald trump entered the white house but just as donald trump landed in substance the capture of the grand ol

a frenzy broke out in union square....edia celebrity and reality show star kylie jenner ... showed up at her pop- up shop today. kron4's maureen kelly was in the throng of screaming fans, some of whom had camped overnight .... to meet the youngest of the kardasian clan. by 10am there were over a thousand people waiting in line that snaked over three blocks. security guards let in only about 50 people in at a time to shop for 30 minutes.... at one point those at the end of the line were told they would not be able to get in.....but some stayed lined up anyway, just in case.they cut off the line here so we don't know, we don't know but we are tryingsome of those waited across the street hoping to get a glimpse of the celebrity.we just came from uc davis we skipped two classes and just drove down. one college student explains the draw.like a certain style and our era and our time, she's a really big influencial factor on our generationthose near the front of the line say they camped out for the priviledge...and were disappoin

north beach telegraph hill and part of union square. >> all of san francisco districts are remarkable i'm honored and delighted to represent really whereas with an the most intact district got chinatown, north beach fisherman's wharf russian hill and knob hill and the northwest waterfront some of the most wealthier and inning e impoverished people in san francisco obgyn siding it is ethically exists a bunch of tight-knit neighborhoods people know he each other by name a wonderful placed physically and socially to be all of the neighborhoods north beach and chinatown the i try to be out in the community as much as and i think, being a the cafe eating at the neighborhood lunch place people come up and talk to you, you never have time alone but really it is fun hi, i'm one the owners and is ceo of cafe trespassing in north beach many people refer to cafe trees as a the living room of north beach most of the clients are local and living up the hill come and meet with each other just the way the united states been since 1956 opposed by the grandfather a big people person people had people

with the planning department and oewd pass permanent controls around these conversions in the union square area to make sure we have appropriate value recapture. so i would like to move that grandfather amendment on page 5. >> supervisor breed: supervisor peskin has made a motion to amend. is there a second? seconded by supervisor ronen. can we take the amendment without objection? without objection, the amendment passes. and on the item as amended, can we take that same house, same call? without objection, the resolution as amended is adopted unanimously. next item. >> clerk: item 31 resolution to approve yerba buena gardens office of community investment and infrastructure to the city and county of san francisco and affirm the ceqa determination and make the appropriate findings. >> supervisor breed: same house, same call? without objection, the resolution is adopted unanimously. >> clerk: ordinance to amend the police code to require applicants for cannabis businesses to enter into a police code agreement or collective bargaining agreement. >> supervisor breed: supervisor safai. >> supe

a frenzy broke out in union square .... reality show star - kylie jenner - gave her fans a thrill .... by making a personal appearance in san francisco.(ken) it was for the grand opening of a pop up shop for her makeup and clothing lines.kron4's maureen kelly reports more than a thousand people lined up to get in, some camping out overnight. by 10am the line to get in to kylie jenner's store was over three blocks long.....security guards let in only about 50 people in at a time to shop for 30 minutes....at one point those at the end of the line were told they would not be able to get in.....but some stayed lined up anyway, just in case.we are getting in, i would be happy with some tissue paper, a bag, anything at this pointsome of those waited across the street hoping to get a glimpse of the celebrity.i just want to see kylie, yeah, priorities, prioritiesthose near the front of the line say they camped out for the priviledge.we got here at 12 am and slept on this nasty concrete. i'm not going in there unless she goes inthos

right next to the financial district, right next to union square, right next to places that people come to visit. last year, 2017, it was a hot spot for car break-ins. a high of 62 one month. but thank foss the reforms, we have seen a dramatic decrease in the amount of car break-ins here in the stockton garage. specifically an 83% decrease in the amount of car break-ins here. so in january, we had 44 break-ins. in february, 12. in the month of march, 9. and knock on wood, this year, so far -- this month so far, we've had zero in the month of april. so if you think about that from a high watermark of 62 last year per month, to now zero so far in the month of april, we need to acknowledge, celebrate and respect this as the city of san francisco. and we need to think about moving forward and what we're going do do about it. we thank chief scott, dedicated foot patrol officer here in the garage, which i know we can't replicate everywhere, but we've installed cameras, done fencing around the infrastructure to reduce the loitering. a ton of software and hardware upgrades, entry kiosk, monitor

an area that was known as the crow that ran along fourth avenue and stands from astor place to union square and it had always 48 bookstores. in the 90 years since then, all but one of them shuddered leaving it to be passed down to my father who recently died and now on to me always to be kept for the family. tonight we are super excited to be hosting stacey abrams, one of the most dynamic leaders in the country having played -- [applause] [cheering] having played a key role in the georgia state legislature she is making history as the first african-american woman to run for governor in the state of georgia. my husband coming u.s. senator ron wyden says this will be the first of the most important in 2018. as stacy has been a leader in improving women's health care, medicaid, tax fairness and other issues that are our priority is. in addition, specie is an accomplished writer having authored numerous articles on public policy and nonprofit organizations. in a secret life, stacy has written several award-winning romance and novels under her pen name selena montgomerie. [laughter] joining her

in san francisco, the annual taiwanese american cultural festival will fill union square with food, muzicrmances, happening saturday. >>> a teen animation festival for ages 13 through 19 and offers two days of collaborative appearances. see and smell the roses in the county fair building. that happened on sunday. on the peninsula, eat food, shop for arts, all while watching dancers and drummers at the stanford powwow at stanford's university on said the. in the north bay, the 30th annual mate madness rock 'n roll and, but ship and trade will be on scene on saturday. giants and a's are on the road. warriors continue the playoff run. that is your weekend watch. >>> four remnant nfl players fighting for criminal justice report -- reform. >> challenging in the upcoming lection. the changes they are calling for today on 4 on 2. >>> a few minutes away from the closing bell. dow jones up 58 point. -- points. nasdaq is down nearly 10 points. the s&p five -- 500 it slightly up. -- is slightly up. >>> expecting a record number of passengers on this friday. reasons include the end of the will develo

the contractor is building the central subway that runs on 4th street through union square and into chinatown. but the construction company doing the work installed more than 3 miles of the track that was made from a lower grade steel. the city had paid extra for higher grade metal. the sfmta says the builder got it wrong. the contractor tutor perini says the track was all purchased and installed with sfmta's approval. they say the sfmta changed its mind about what grade of steel they wanted in certain places. the company also says that if track does have to be replaced, it won't affect the project timeline. >>> the bike path from the eastern span of the bay bridge to yerba buena island is now open 24 hours a day. bicyclists say the chance to experience the views by moonlight should not be missed. the trial period runs through may 19th. after that, caltrans will decide if the path should remain open 24 hours a day. >>> mother's day is coming up this weekend. so how much will americans spend on the holiday? diane king hall from cbsmoneywatch.com has that and business news live from the new yor