brendan kearney, joining us live from i kearney, joining us live from california, trying to get to the that we can say for certain about this, but this trend of high—altitude objects suddenly emerging, is that something that we should be worried about and why do you think that might be the case? these have always been there stop i can point to the cold war examples, going back to the eisenhower administration of the united states, using very high—altitude balloons to spy using very high—altitude balloons to spy on the soviet union. so there's nothing new about this technology, although the specifics of manoeuvring and collection have of course, a long way. what i think is interesting is that we are learning interesting is that we are learning in the last week that a number of these balloons from china have overflown the united states, but some of them were missed because these are travelling so high and at relatively slow speeds that traditional radar that is equipped to look out for, say, russian bombers or surveillance aircraft is not going to necessarily catch these kinds of things.

the only orientation of the plans in different pictures or some -- iterations kearney strept is on the right and some at the top on some the bottom. it would be helpful for the vower if they were all in the same direction. >> thank you for tolerating me. thank you. commissioner peskin. are there further comments from board members? >> seeing none open this item to public comment. anyone had would like to talk you to about item 9, seeing no one. see if there is remote comment on item 9. hi, caller your 2 minutes begins now >> i'm maggie dawn. wanted to show support for the transportation improvement that has been in the works from the [inaudible] 2018 and i then and there was done separate low but this is an important upon lead to implement improvements. there is a lot of foot traffic. in this historic ports smith square. so i wanted call and show support and we hope to see this happen. thank you. >> thank you, caller. hi. caller your 2 minutes begins now. >> hi. i'm amy i'm a senior planner at choina town wellness center speaking on behalf for better park and recreation. thank you for

the only orientation of the plans in different pictures or some -- iterations kearney strept is on theome at the top on some the bottom. it would be helpful for the vower if they were all in the same direction. >> thank you for tolerating me. thank you. commissioner peskin. are there further comments from board members? >> seeing none open this item to public comment. anyone had would like to talk you to about item 9, seeing no one. see if there is remote comment on item 9. hi, caller your 2 minutes begins now >> i'm maggie dawn. wanted to show support for the transportation improvement that has been in the works from the [inaudible] 2018 and i then and there was done separate low but this is an important upon lead to implement improvements. there is a lot of foot traffic. in this historic ports smith square. so i wanted call and show support and we hope to see this happen. thank you. >> thank you, caller. hi. caller your 2 minutes begins now. >> hi. i'm amy i'm a senior planner at choina town wellness center speaking on behalf for better park and recreation. thank you for the presenta

the parade starts at second and market streets and ends at kearney and columbus.uzanne phan gives you a look at what goes into it. >> i'm very excited to see it on saturday. >> the tell you cannot wait for the parade. i love how the city brings different cultures alive. volunteers are working hard to put the finishing touches on their floats. early two dozen of them and nearly 100 groups will join the parade to welcome the year of the rabbit. >> it is going to be crowded for sure. it might be raining a little bit. >> rain or shine the par kicks off at 5:15 p.m. saturday. beginning at second and market streets throughout winds around union square and ends at kearney street and columbus avenue. there will be plenty of security. our officers then last year. >> we work with different departments in the city. we work with didi -- with dpw. sfpd. sheriff's department. the dem. every year we are concentrated on working with different departments making sure this is a safe secure place for people to enjoy the new year. >> the floods, costumes, the firecrackers and don't f

at kearney and columbus. >>> all this week we share lunar new year's stories leading up to the chinese new year parade on seven cisco, saturday night. this evening, ryan yamamoto introduces us to a group of golden girls from the golden age of chinatown. >> chinatown is my home. >> reporter: for cynthia, chinatown is more than just a neighborhood. >> i grew up here, i went to school here, and i am going to retire here. >> reporter: if you follow her down to the basement of this tiny museum, you will understand why. >> a lot of good memories. >> reporter: memories from the golden age of chinatown. a time that cynthia not only lived in, but was a part of. >> i started performing in 1963. >> reporter: a performer, and dancer in sky room chinatown nightclubs, with act used to grace the stage and silver screen. in fact, it was san francisco's ruthie choi who gave cynthia her start. >> i get a phone call from her, and she had just started a show to go on the road. she needed a dancer,, one of her dancers needed surgery and cannot be in the show. >> right here, at the age of 17. they used to s

if you'd like to visit the mural that on kearney street between clay and washington. happening tomorrow, the chinese new year parade returns to san francisco celebrating the year of the rabbit. the rabbit symbolizes longevity, peace and prosperity. the parade usually draws hundreds of thousands up to a million people this year. but organizers are expecting close to a million visitors and that's why police will be working around the clock to make sure people in the city are safe. >> that's why it's important that you not only in the parade, but in the perimeter, in the community surrounding the parade. so people understand that we're out there and we're there to support that. >> parade starts at 5 p 05:00pm saturday. people are urged to arrive early and take public transportation. >> next in sports, weather held out today for the atnt pebble beach. pro am and monterey county. always a beautiful setting. next in sports, aaron will have the highlights and will tell us who's on top of the leaderboard after 2 routes. >> knows news is your local election headquarters and ju

they started this afternoon at market in second and then continue down market to gary powell post kearney and columbus. the streets are expected to be clear, though, around 10 o'clock tonight. >> we want to get you a check of the 4 zone. forecast is a live look at the golden gate bridge. you can see that a slick road dark clouds hanging overhead. still, we had >> pretty good amount of rain. i would say it's almost misty, though, there all day long, right? mabrisa rodriguez has the details there. yeah, we're tracking scattered showers out there right now. but throughout tonight, we are going to see some isolated pockets of moderate to heavy rain. >> let's take a look at radar for out there right now. and as you can see, widespread light rain throughout the san francisco peninsula, even making its way eastward into the east bay. but scattered showers for those of you in the north bay and south bay. but we're going to see some heavier rain arriving tonight that some are going to track some pockets of moderate rain right around 8 o'clock this evening. that storm track going to shift to the so

here's a look at the route one that goes down geary powell post and kearney street. of course, there are a lot of street closures in the area abc 7 news reporter unser. hassan is live along the route unser. how's the weather out there? what does it feel like right now? jr. i don't think anybody's worried about the weather right now welcome to the year of the rabbit unlike years past the year of the rabbit said to be a bit more chill more reflective but not tonight tonight is going to be a huge celebration. you can see the parade floats are starting to line up here alongside me organizers want this event to entertain but also to educate so the float designs must reflect some aspect of chinese culture and tradition and of course, there will be the very popular traditional lion dances and firecrackers now according to some historians this parade goes back to the 1860s and now the san francisco chinese new year festival and parade is the largest in the world outside of asia. the parade is set to begin at second and market it goes through union square and then through chi

for more on the fighting around bakhmut, i'm joined by retired colonel brendan kearney, who spent moreary analyst, with particular interest in the current conflict in ukraine. thank you forjoining us. how important is this alleged military success? it important is this alleged military success?- military success? it is questionable - military success? it is questionable in - military success? it is questionable in terms military success? it is i questionable in terms of military success? it is - questionable in terms of its importance. bakhmut to those of us who study this as a profession really doesn't pose a significant tactical advantage to the russians if they take it. the ukrainians i think have been very wise in defending their positions there, because they have been able to literally inflict a significant number of casualties on the attacking russian forces. so i don't think if the ukrainians lose it, they lose that much with the loss of bakhmut. the news and video _ the loss of bakhmut. the news and video that _ the loss of bakhmut. the news and video that was _ the loss of bak

i spoke earlier with brendan kearney, a retired us colonel — who questioned the alleged russian victory. it is questionable in terms of its importance. bakhmut, to those of us who study this as a profession, really doesn't pose a significant tactical advantage to the russians if they take it. the ukrainians i think have been very wise in defending their positions there, because they have been able to literally inflict a significant number of casualties on the attacking russian forces. so i don't think if the ukrainians lose it, they lose that much with the loss of bakhmut. the news and video that was shown, do you think we can trust this information? i don't. i long ago ceased to trust anything that's coming out of russia. they just don't seem to want to play with the truth. the ukrainians sometimes exaggerate things also, but for the most part, what you hear from the ukrainians is very accurate information, when they give it to you. they are very good at their operational security in terms of not discussing things while operations are ongoing. so tomorrow, with the light coming up in u

so many russians still have an image of africa as described in kearney, chikavsky, his poems, while old and full of exotic threats, conflicts, wars, and poverty. don't get me wrong. these problems do exist on the continent, but not on the scale. the russian media wants us to believe, thus pulling that up. what did sophocles, what can you say about the africa, stereotypes of the russian elite, super ideal of them still, you see, when they get their information from the same sources as everybody else, mostly from the russian media. let me give you an example. just recently. russia's o t r t v channel covered the visit of russia's foreign ministers, her gay lover of to s what to me in the broadcast, as what genius king was shown, wearing a traditional outfit. the commentators mainly focused on whether he had any underwear beneath the garment. how many wives he had, it turned out he had 16, and if he was going to bring them all to the summit of the broadcast, presented a picture of modern russia suffering. an international isolation imposed by 1000000000 out of the planets. he tire populati

i'm joined now by brendan kearney, former military colonel from santa rosa, california.rs ago about the shooting down of an eye identified object over north american airspace. that was a week after the shooting down of a suspected chinese spy balloon. is there a pattern emerging?— balloon. is there a pattern emerging? balloon. is there a pattern emeruain ? ,, , , balloon. is there a pattern emerauin? ,, , , ., emerging? seemingly there is, and aood to emerging? seemingly there is, and good to speak _ emerging? seemingly there is, and good to speak with _ emerging? seemingly there is, and good to speak with you _ emerging? seemingly there is, and good to speak with you again, - emerging? seemingly there is, and good to speak with you again, by i emerging? seemingly there is, and l good to speak with you again, by the way. i'll be honest with you — taking a quick look at the places of these most recent shoot down, i would think and i may be wrong, but i would think that these balloons shot down over alaska and recently over the yukon territory �*s in canada, i would think

the parade starts at the second and market streets and ends at kearney and columbus. >> i am very excited. >> she cannot wait for the san francisco chinese new year parade. >> i love how the city brings different cultures alive. >> volunteers working hard to put finishing touches on their floats. nearly two dozen of them and nearly 100 groups will join the parade saturday to welcome the year of the rabbit. >> it might be raining a little bit but it is ok. >> the parade kicks off around 5:15 p.m. saturday beginning at second and market streets and winds around union square. the parade last 2.5 hours and there will be plenty of security. more officers than last year. >> we work with different departments in the city, sfpd, the sheriff department, the democrat, -- the dem. we are making sure this is a safe place to enjoy the new year. >> the floats, costumes and firecrackers and the golden dragon which symbolizes power, luck and strength. >> this is our dragon. we built it four or five years ago. definitely tall, around 8-9 feet tall, 288 feet long. >> long. the police department also has a

it ends at kearney and columbus. it's the largest celebration of its kind outside asia. putting finishing touches on the floats. there will be nearly two dozen of them. hundreds will join the parade to welcome the year of the rabbit. thousands of people are expected to pack the streets. plenty of security and more officers on the streets compared to last year. >> we walk with s.f.p.d. we work with sheriff department. work with the d.e.m. every year we always concentrate working with different department making sure that this is a safe, secure place for people to enjoy the new year. the highlight of the parade is a 288-foot golden dragon. it symbolizes power, luck, and strengths. kumasi: beyonce has added dates to her tour. it looks like for now there is still only one date here in the bay area. that is wednesday, august 30. levi stadium. cities with additional shows include chicago, new jersey, d.c., atlanta, l.a., and houston, which is her hometown. ticket master is requiring you register as a verified fan before you get a code and then you can buy the tickets. registra

if you'd like to visit the mural it on kearney street between clay and washington. merchants in san francisco's chinatown getting ready to welcome. they hope really big crowds this weekend. the annual chinese new year parade tomorrow night is among the celebrations planned kron four's gayle ong joins us now live here in the studio with the details. kale. >> ken and catherine, it's going to be a busy weekend in san francisco. the city's famous new year chinese new year parade is tomorrow. and that's expected to bring a lot of foot traffic. >> before the annual chinese new year parade begins in san francisco saturday. there will be a community street fair in chinatown on grand avenue between california and broadway featuring dozens of food and concession since walks. we make them chan owns the walk shop. her business will be front and center of the street fair and it brings in a lot of foot traffic. lot of. >> a lot a lot of what the local people and the big and people around the bay area and the tourist have something to look forward to chinatown. officials say one 3

started this afternoon at market and second street and they continue down market to gary powell post kearney and columbus. the roads are expected to be clear around 10 o'clock tonight. >> taking a live look now at our network of traffic cameras at this hour. as you can see, lots of slick wet roads all across the bay area bay bridge there on your left, san mateo near bottom left golden gate bridge and richmond center fell bridge on your right hand side. it's definitely a slick night. if you're going to be out on the roads, it looks like it's still moving through. grayson rodriguez with a look at the forecast in a recent. yeah, that's right, dan and well, not only are we tracking widespread light rain but even pockets of some moderate downpours. >> gusty winds expected through midnight tonight, 50 miles per hour or less. so let's take a look at radar for and zoom on into your neighborhood because as you can we're starting to dry out for those of you in the north bay. but we are seeing for redwood city, moderate rain making its way into your neighborhood and even lafayette starting to notice so

angela kearney works for unicef and says the humanitarian situation in war-torn syria is especially direy need water, sanitation, places they can go to the bathroom, and in many places they need mental health support and psychosocial support especially for the children. it is a bewildering time to be woken up in the middle of the night and now not have a home. some of them of lost family members, so they need to grieve for that. life is very difficult. correspondent: many syrians are growing more frustrated that international aid still has not reached them yet three ds after the quake struck. samer lived with his relatives in the quake hit city of messina. he lost six members of his family. >> i am still looking for one of my cousins. she is 19. we have been looking for her for four days and have not found her anywhere. not in the hospitals nor anywhere else. correspondent: further compounding the misery, one northwestern village became inundated with water today after a dam damage days earlier in the quake collapsed. >> we just want people to help us, to shelter these women and children

if you'd like to visit the mural, it is on kearney street between clay and washington. and coming up tonight on kron, 4 news at 9.30, are gayle ong will have everything you need to know about. tomorrow night's big lunar new year parade. also still to come, it's been more than 2 weeks since oakland's police chief was placed on administrative leave. >> we'll hear from the city's mayor on where things stand tonight. plus, tesla ceo elon musk cleared in court today. why the lawsuit faced? >> and in his favor and take a closer look at how san francisco honor black history today. when >> kron 4 is honoring black history all month long. and today san francisco mayor london breed was joined by the african american historical and cultural society for the 2023 black history month kickoff celebration. the event was held at city hall. it featured a number of key note speakers as well as musical performances. all honoring black heritage. the mayor says much progress has been made to fight racism, but there's still a lot of work that needs to be done. >> today. we honor our history.

it ends at kearney and columbus. it's the largest celebration of its kind outside asia.teers are putting finishing touches on the floats. there will be nearly two dozen of them. hundreds will join the parade to welcome the year of the rabbit. thousands of people are expected to pack the streets. plenty of security and more officers on the streets compared to last year. >> we walk with s.f.p.d. we work with sheriff department. work with the d.e.m. every year we always concentrate working with different department making sure that this is a safe, secure place for people to enjoy the new year. reggie: i was just talking to frances about the timing of the parade. she is saying right now it looks like the parade might get in dry. crossing fingers for that one. definitely going to rain tomorrow. hopefully not during the parade. the highlight of the parade is a 288-foot golden dragon. it symbolizes power, luck, and strengths. kumasi: our exhibition showca showcasing decades of chicant work. someone born in the u.s. whose family is from mexico. they are looking at artist amelia.

angela kearney works for unicef. says the humanitarian situation in war-torn syria is especially dire. angela: they need water, clean drinking water. they need sanitation, places that they can go to the bathroom. and, in many cases, they also need mental health support and psychosocial supportespecially for the children. it's a very bewildering time to be woken up in the middle of the night and now not have a home. or some of them have lost family members, and so they need to grieve for that. but it's that life is very, very different now. jane: many syrians are growing more and more frustrated that international aid still hasn't reached them yet, three days after the quake struck. samer hassani lived with his relatives in the quake-hit city of bisina. he lost six members of his family. samer: we're still looking for one of my cousins. she's 19. we have been looking for her on for four days now, and haven't found her anywhere, not in the hospitals, nor anywhere else. jane: further compounding the miseryone northweste

the route woeful through financial and union area and then china town at jackson and kearney about 3 rainy hours later. san francisco is the biggest lounar new year parade outside of asia and one of the bigef events of the year we are invested with clone you know before and after. team used we had more than 50 folks on the job. street cleaning, working in operations. using broom and weep tors pick update litteder. i think of us the last that follows the bands onfullies. i want to thank our crew for delivering a successful operation. >> as chair mogannam mentioned we launched the 23 season of love our city neighborhood beautification day in january. in district 11. we were joined by more than 100 volunteers. and chair mogannam, thank you for being there. we had our second event this past saturday in district 9, plantingistries and pick up litter in the mission and bernal heights. the rain kept some rolfe tierce home. we had a few dozen who were committed. put on rain pornos and braved the soggy weather. their energy inspired and great work was doneful we had a lots of young people of

it will go around union square, and that it will end at kearney and columbus, right on the edge of northach . that route is about 1.3 miles long. this morning. certain streets are already going to be blocked off. so keep that in mind if you're hoping to still get one of those tickets for the bleacher steeds and the grandstands well, those are sold out, but you can watch for free all along that parade route. there's not a bad seat in the house. and don't forget you can catch the entire parade as well. right here on ktvu, fox two, there is a special newscast at five o'clock tonight that will be followed by the parade from 6 to 8 ktvu. plus will replay that show at nine o'clock tonight and between four six p.m. tomorrow and as for the miss chinatown usa pageant, the bay area zone. ashland choi of redwood city was crowned miss chinatown usa 2023 last night, and she's getting up early to speak with us in actually, just a few minutes coming up right after the break, so we're excited about that. and of course i'll be down there. hosting with mike mibach amberleigh will be given our street cover

market streets at 5:15 they weave through the financial district and union square and at jackson and kearney around 8 p.m. san francisco the biggest lunar new year parade outside of asia and the biggest of the year we are involved. with clean up before and after. we will have 50 people on the job street cleaners and struck drivers working a core graphed operation involve being manual work and truck worse the last in the parade. we wrap it up. with following the marching bands and floats. we'll activate our department operation center allows us to practice and train staff in emergency to prepare us for upcoming emergencies. and we did act i have last touring the storm evenly if you watch the parid in person i hope you will stick arnold to see the final float in form of our cleaners. >> as chair post mentioned we kicked off our neighborhood beautification daych the 23 season of love our citizen. workday brought out over 100 community participates including high schoolers and young kids. we were joined by supervisor safai and the chair sanitation and streets commission and public ws employees w

i'm joined now by colonel brendan kearney, former chief of staff for us marine corps forces in europetary—general�*s concern. the ukrainians clearly need ammunition — but at the same time, there's been some emphasis recently that us trainers assisting the ukrainian military are concerned with just the sheer volume of ammunition the ukrainians may inadvertently be wasting. so there's a degree of ammunition discipline being emphasised with the ukrainian forces— and that's true for every military force, ammo discipline is something you want your military to be very cognizant of. be conservative in your use of ammunition and just don't think there is an unending source because that's not the case. 50 there is an unending source because that's not the case.— that's not the case. so that something _ that's not the case. so that something that _ that's not the case. so that something that can - that's not the case. so that something that can be - that's not the case. so that i something that can be taught that's not the case. so that - something that can be taught to the ukrainian troops? ye

good morning supervisors, my name is elizabeth kearney from the department of aging services, also knownas dos. we are asking the board to approve amendment for each grant amendment and one is for meals on wheels and self-help for the elderly. each of these organizations have been providing quality nutrition support and our leaders addressing food insecurity. i would like to provide general information about the services as a whole and speak specifically about each of the modifications. it sounds like you want to take all questions at the very end, is that correct? >> that's correct. wonderful. >> thank you. meals on wheels, project open hand and programs are for meals and older adults in the community. the pandemic in the last few years has scored how critical this program is for vulnerable populations who are higher at risk for food insecurity. we know that 45% of consumers that are in the programs last year were screened as food insecure. we also know that 97% of our nutrition clients surveyed last year reported less worried about having enough food to eat because they participated in

good morning supervisors, my name is elizabeth kearney from the department of aging services, also knownas dos. we are asking the board to approve amendment for each grant amendment and one is for meals on wheels and self-help for the elderly. each of these organizations have been providing quality nutrition support and our leaders addressing food insecurity. i would like to provide general information about the services as a whole and speak specifically about each of the modifications. it sounds like you want to take all questions at the very end, is that correct? >> that's correct. wonderful. >> thank you. meals on wheels, project open hand and programs are for meals and older adults in the community. the pandemic in the last few years has scored how critical this program is for vulnerable populations who are higher at risk for food insecurity. we know that 45% of consumers that are in the programs last year were screened as food insecure. we also know that 97% of our nutrition clients surveyed last year reported less worried about having enough food to eat because they participated in