we will miss you, harry britt. awe thank you. supervisor preston. >> thank you, president yee and i would like to join the remarks and thank you to supervisor mandelman and other colleagues of harry's memory. and britt was a longtime resident of the hate and former constituent and a democratic socialist and ahead of his time. it's been one of my pleasures being in office when i tell folks i am the first democratic socialist elected in 40 years and always wonderful with that area. and to talk about the amazing impact that he had on the city and how he was unapologetically a socialist at a time that was going against the conventional wisdom. harry is and will always be an inspiration to me. i have similar stories to some that my colleagues have shared. and he was such a pioneer for unheard voices for the lgbtq community and communities of color and really for the working class of san francisco. and over the course of the last number of days, almost weeks now since learning of his passing, really talked with a lot of fellow d.s.a. me

something, to organize. >> reporter: an emotional tribute to the late san francisco supervisor harry britt, a gay man who was appointed to fill harvey milk's seat after his assassination. >> he just really genuinely cared about, you know, making gay people at the time know that they're worth something and trans people and people of color. he loved coalition-building. >> reporter: a small group gathered in the castro and marched to city hall in his honor. in the midst of a pandemic, during the black lives matter movement, and on a subdued pride weekend, organizers say it felt right to honor britt and bring people together. >> although it is really sad that we can't celebrate the way that we want to, right now is a really special moment in our history where we are fighting for civil rights of all. >> reporter: longtime britt friend brad chappen says he would be proud to see people fighting for equality and marching in his honor. >> he would be really annoyed if we just had a memorial. he would want this to be about, you know, defunding the bloated police budget and really making a change. >>

harry britt, the former san francisco supervisor has died at the age of 82.orted appointed to the board of supervisors in 1979, to replace harvey mill who had been assassinated along with george moscone he peered in attribute, the supervisor tweeted, it is not possible to express what harry britt's leadership has meant to the city . and there have been progressive politics over the last four decades. >>> and donations for the national aids memorial organization. helping to make masks out of the fabric used to make the memorial's famous quote. they have made thousands of masks and hope to make more. they are also sharing stories of two pandemics. >>> nasa renaming its headquarters for a woman who beat the odds and also made history. here she is. the building will be named after mary w jackson, nasa's first female engineer. she was a technician in aerospace engineer. she went on to leave the world of females at nasa. >>> this morning police interview in east bay grocery store employee after a suspected shoplifter died inside a store. details on the early-mornin

harry britt was 82 . >>> we want to remind you that tiki one -- ktvu is collecting donations . so far volunteers have made thousands of masks and they hope to make more while sharing stories of two pandemics. >> that quilt is pretty impressive. >> it is. >>> it is 5:49 and we have steve paulson here to talk about the morning weather . >>> it is similar to tuesday, wednesday and thursday. higher clouds to the north and the sierra had thunderstorm activity on the lee side. it wasn't over tahoe like it was before. there was a big cloud bank up and down the coast. yesterday's temperatures were it was hot near the coast and away from the coast, it was not. the city at 67 in daly city at 62. napa airport with wind at 24-21 . it did not stop them from getting to 91 yesterday. 50s and 60s in your temperatures. not much of a difference until about the 9:00 hour and then we see separation taking place. heat advisories for mendocino county until 10:00 p.m. on friday. and for ukiah in eastern solano county, a low will drop in into oregon and northern nevada. the end result is that it will

.>>> new tonight, a vigil at san francisco city hall for -rights champion harry britt. britt passed away this week at the age of 82. back in 1979, he took the seat of -rights pioneer harvey milk on the board of supervisors after milk was assassinated. milk spent 14 years on the board and is credited with helping bring lgbt rights into the political mainstream. he is also remembered for authoring the nation's first domestic partners legislation. brick had battled diabetes and other health issues and spent his last few years at laguna honda hospital in the city. because of coronavirus restrictions, there are no plans yet for a memorial service. >> these cities, it's like living in . >> president trump ridicules oakland and other urban cities. how mayor schaff fired back.>>> a first though, allegations of racist and derogatory post on social media by the san jose police officers. the mayors called to fire anyone involved. you say that customers make their own rules. let's talk data. only xfinity mobile lets you switch up your wireless data whenever. i accept! 5g - everybod

today in the middle of pride week on the same day that we found out that former gays supervisor harry britt had passed away, it was just like a dagger to the heart of the community supervisor matt haney agrees saying the decision from the building owner was insensitive first started. >>closing i was such a huge hit to the community though all gbt power in the city and then to see it so visibly taking down almost like it was sort of a punitive saying there was really no reason for them to paint over they don't have any plans in that short term to build anything there. others also voicing their frustrations on the newly painted walls, messages like we will not be erased in black lives matter appeared overnight as bar owners work on finding a new safe space for the study in the city. >>the community says they won't be silenced we need safe we need to be treated as legitimate hume ounce. >>us we're going to continue to fight back and it's going to get worse, i start taking responsibility for actions that we also spoke to the bar owners of the study who said they can't comment right now. >>meanw

today in the middle of pride week on the same day that we found out that former gays supervisor harry britt had passed away, it was just like a dagger to the heart of the community supervisor matt haney agrees saying the decision from the building owner was insensitive first started. >>closing i was such a huge hit to the community though all gbt power in the city and then to see it so visibly taken down almost like it was sort of a punitive saying there was really no reason for them to pain over they don't have any plans in that short term to build anything there. others also voicing their frustrations on the newly painted walls messages like we will not be erased in black lives matter appeared overnight as bar owners work on finding a new safe space for the start of the city. >>the community says they won't be silenced. we need safe we need to be treated as such intimate q mounts. >>us we're going to continue to fight back and it's going to get worse, i start taking responsibility for our actions. >>now i spoke to the bar owners of the study said they can't comment right now meanwhile the

harry brit was appointed to the san francisco board of supervisors in 1979 to secede harvey milk. britt who was openly gay remained a supervisor more than a decade and helped lead the effort for the recognition of domestic partnership for gay people during the aids epidemic. he died early today at the hospital in san francisco at the age of #l 2. his friends say they consider him a pioneer in the struggle for the rights of all people. >> then there is this. stanford graduate mondere jones is on the cusp of history. he blew away a crowded field to win the democratic nomination to follow a long time pelosi ally in new york's 17th congressional district. if he wins the general election in november jones will be the first openly gay black member of congress. we'll follow that story of course. that is all for now. "world news tonight with david muir" is next. >>> tonight, several breaking developments as we come on the air. the coronavirus here in the u.s. surging to its highest level in two months. nearly 35,000 cases in just one day. and the cdc tonight with a grim new prediction. the reco

.>>> a vigil was held tonight for former san francisco supervisor harry brit who passed away this week at the age of 82 . britt succeededrights palmeiro on the board after milk was assassinated. he became a leading voice for the community. he is credited for bringing lgbt rights to the political mainstream. he spent 14 years on the board of supervisors and is remembered for authoring the nation's first domestic partners legislation in 1982. more than 10 years later, it was finally approved in san francisco. >> we actually are motivated to fight and keep up the fight that he started. you know, making sure that trans lives are heard and black lives matter and making sure we are fighting to defund the police and really putting those issues at the forefront. that is something he would have wanted. >> britt battled diabetes and spent the last five years at laguna hospital in the city. because of coronavirus restrictions there are no plans yet for a memorial service.>>> a reminder that ktvu is helping to collect donations right now for the national aids memorial. the organization is helping to make masks from fabric