economically, this is the cultural fabric of chinatown.think you've heard all the reasons, but more and more we're also seeing banquets go down to the south bay, and we need to return that because we saw during the pandemic it's the neighborhood economies that drive this city's economy, the neighborhood economies that make it. and if we lose people to other neighborhoods, it's not going to come back. so this is part of strengthening that infrastructure. thank you. thank you. do we have any further comments for agenda item number two? madam chair, i thank you so much. supervisor preston. thank you. chair melgar, i am very excited for this project. please add me as a co-sponsor to this item. thank you, president peskin, for your leadership on this and me as well. please. and yes, thank you so much. president peskin and i will let you make the motion and do last words. i would like to i also would like to acknowledge supervisor chan, who was the first co-sponsor of this item. and thank you both for affixing your names. and to all of you, agai

it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to shoot chinatown store front nobody. everybody on grand avenue. there was not a soul out walking around chinatown. a new asia restaurant, it used to be the biggest restaurant in chinatown. it can hold about a 1,000 people and i had been shooting events there for many years. it turned into a supermarket. and i got in. i shot the supermarket. you know, and its transformation. even the owner of the restaurant the restaurant, it's 50 years old. i said, yeah. it looks awful. history. because i'm shooting history. and it's impressive because it's history because you can't repeat. it's gone it's gone. >> you stick with her, she'll teach you everything. >> cellphone photography, that's going to be the generation. i think cellphones in the next two, three years, the big cameras are obsolete already. mirrorless camera is going to take over market and the cellphone is going to be better. but nobody's going to archive it. nobody's going to keep good history. everybody's going to take snapshots, but nobody's going to catalog. they do

>> you know chinatown better than i do.on the inside. >> oh, he has that fire in his belly that he wants to do more and be more. and it's something that i related to a lot. he's a bit of a maverick in a way. although he's still scared of the world. >> when willis is enlisted for help by a mysterious cop played by chloe bennet, suddenly the world around him begins to reveal itself in a new light. >> you are getting involved with things you don't yet understand. >> i think i forced willis. yeah. you literally. he's like the inciting incident. she seems very assured and very confident and very. she takes the. she kind of takes willis on this journey. >> when it came to creating this story, charles yu asked himself this question. >> how can we take a tv show, take a well-understood form, like a cop show, and break it into pieces and then reassemble it? >> and executive producer taika waititi took what he learned as a marvel director to this series. >> some of those things are lik, so confusing and like, if you were to try and e

it was a well-known member of the chinatown area. a man with mental health and addiction issues. through their year's long effort building trust with the community they knew just how to resolve the situation. >> example of how community policing is actually working. helping deescalate issues before it turns into like a violent use of force incident. >> reporter: the pair have been partners for five years. they graduated from the police academy together in 2019 and have become engrained in the chinatown community. walking the walk as well as they talk the talk. >> reporter: it is one of the few places in san francisco implementing community policing as the force remains under staffed. when the pair says can be put to use across the city. >> interact with the community on a daily basis. i think us being out here, seeing that, you know, we are out here, to address any of their concerns i think, making them feel more comfortable to go about their daily lives where people in other communities in different places outside of san francisco chinatown maybe they did not have that same expe

two months ago, the cousins met for the first time at tam's gallery, opening in chinatown. six of us showed up and we all said, let's come on, let's go. we've got a cousin here. and he says, people, i've got relatives here. i have never known. i felt very close to them immediately because they were very warm. all three of them were on their own journey and doing their own research before finding each other. kimberly, she got ahold of me on facebook and said, i think our grandmothers were sisters. ho visited marysville, found out that my uncle frank kim was still here and living in stockton. so he emailed frank and then my uncle forwarded the email to me. there are puzzles and the puzzles come together, but when you find a piece that's a gem, it's like an archeological dig. what happened here is just unimaginable for me. and now i have like the whole family like tree. the original family tree was started by gordon chang, a stanford professor and another new cousin in tam's life. here's what those family trees look like now. there are so many names and so many like all these

>> so willis, he's never left chinatown.e. i want to kind of -- kind of, you know, inform myself with that again. i went out, i bought like a $1,500 toyota corolla so i can take to it set to see how willis feels. the kind of car he would drive. >> jimmy: method acting kind of thing, embodying the character? >> yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. method acting on a toyota corolla. [ laughter ] and the car was so crappy that, you know in your gear shift, it says "d," "n," "r," for reverse. this doesn't have any letters. [ laughter ] first of all, you've got to crawl in from the passenger side and you've got to hope you're not going into reverse. [ laughter ] going the right way. >> jimmy: it's not like a garbage truck where you hear beeping when you're in reverse. >> no, there's no sound in this car whatsoever. >> jimmy: did you do -- that seems unsafe. >> yeah. so i took it on the lot like the first day. first of all, they wouldn't let me in. >> jimmy: to what, the -- >> like to the fox studios while shooting the show. and i'm the lead o

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born in chinatown, same as bruce lee, chinatown hospital.y family moved to the sunset in the late 70's, so my mom and dad thought, we are already doing construction, why don't we open a hardware store? it is nice dove tail to each other, so that is how that got started. we started this store in 1983, and we have been going every since, so now it is 40 years. i like serving my neighborhood. i fealt a hardware store is different from other businesses. most businesses you want to buy this or that and eat this or that. a hardware store is different. people come in and usually have a problem and need a solution and looking for you to navigate them through that problem and offer them products that help them get to where they need to go. the people are great. i love this neighborhood. there is different etnisties and cultures here. we all intermingle and mix together and get along fine and i like that about this neighborhood t. is nice place to be. it is near the beach and beautiful and near the zoom and park and stern grove. great schools and park

i did a walk on on wednesday morning as well through chinatown, chinatown as chinatown goes, so goes san francisco as the aapi and the chinese community goes, so goes san francisco. we need a thriving community that feels safe. and they will once again. they will have an ally in me every single day. i'll take one more kohler stephanie is going to have to resign her seat on the board of supervisors before your inauguration here. so that was henken defalco say, yeah, i'll try to be a part of that. and she says, listen, this mayor, the mayor, mayor breed is our mayor. she's our mayor. for the next two months. i look forward to partnering with her. but you know this. that's her decision. she is the mayor and i look forward to supporting her over the next eight weeks. i want to thank everybody for being here. i want to thank all of my supporters. i. we have change coming on january 8th, 2025. this city will rise again. thank you all for being here today. if anybody is going to be from other media, that's all right. we've been listening to san francisco mayor elect daniel lurie speaking fo

>> you know chinatown better than i do.d someone on the inside. >> oh, he has that fire in his belly that he wants to do more and be more. and it's something that i related to a lot. he's a bit of a maverick in a way. although he still scared of the world. >> when willis is enlisted for help by a mysterious cop played by chloe bennet, suddenly the world around him begins to reveal itself in a new light. >> you are getting involved with things you don't yet understand. >> i think i force willis. yeah. you literally. he's like the inciting incident. she seems very assured and very confident and very. she takes the. sheent kind of takes willis on this journey. >> when it came to creating this story, charles yu asked himself this question. >> how can we take a tv show, take a well-understood form, like a cop show, and break it into pieces and then reassemble it? >> and executive producer taika waititi took what he learned as a marvel director to this series. >> some of those things are lik, so confusing and like, if you were to

, it was mostly in chinatown. her poetry generally documents immigration and migration. sue is the marilyn gutel chair in urban studies and professor of political science at cuny. she was born in sao paulo and her first book of poetry is called qalandia. and finally, we have the famed molly crabapple author and illustrator and also an ap fellow. her contribution to our anthology is illustrated piece she did for us the taxi drivers successful organizing campaign. what's like a year and a half ago or like that? so will you show that to us? molly it's in the book so you can it's just like it's so one of the things that is remarkable, i think about this book is, yeah, so it's like five or six pages of images that she drew of taxi drivers who are organizing. but we also have poetry like poetry that celina wrote. so it's not just journalism and essays, personal essays like the essay that alex wrote. so without further ado, i want to start our discussion. a lot of these pieces we're discussing inequality, but they're rea

san francisco is pulling out all the stops for chinatown during the holiday season. what the city is donating to businesses. >> first, a look at what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live! right after abc seven news at 11. jimmy. >> watch tonight before the monkeys take over. oh ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho. tonight until 3 a.m. in rohnert park. two cars got stuck in high water on redwood drive. today, one person was stuck in their car. city services are continuing their work to mitigate flooding and close the affected roads. they're warning folks to avoid going in any standing water or around flood signs. just not worth the risk. even if it looks like you can do it. people are urged to only use 9-1-1 for emergencies, as they've been overwhelmed with calls in that area. as you can imagine, and the sonoma county fire district says it had to rescue two people in a jeep after they drove onto slosser road, which was closed because of flooding. the driver and the passenger were not hurt. >> in guerneville, people are moving to higher ground because of the rising russian riv

it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to shoot chinatown store front nobody.erybody on grand avenue. there was not a soul out walking around chinatown. a new asia restaurant it used to be the biggest restaurant in chinatown. it can hold about a 1,000 people and i had been shooting events there for many years. it turned into a supermarket. and i got in. i shot the supermarket. you know and its transformation. even the owner of the restaurant the restaurant it's 50 years old. i said yeah. it looks awful. history. because i'm shooting history. and it's impressive because it's history because you can't repeat. it's gone it's gone. >> you stick with her, she'll teach you everything. >> cellphone photography that's going to be the generation. i think cellphones in the next two, three years, the big cameras are obsolete already. mirrorless camera is going to take over market and the cellphone is going to be better. but nobody's going to archive it. nobody's going to keep good history. everybody's going to take snapshots, but nobody's going to catalog. they don't care

, a very funny man you know from "the daily show," and he as a new show on hulu called "interior chinatownny chieng is with us. [ cheers and applause ] and later, from our outdoor stage, a grammy-nominated band from kentucky. their album is called "you won't go before you're supposed to," music from knocked loose with poppy. [ cheers and applause ] our first guest tonight is an emmy and grammy-winning performer who is currently on her first stand-up tour in six years. the "my life on the ptsd list" tour stops at the chicago theater on new year's eve. please welcome kathy griffin. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: you look fantastic. you look festive. >> i am festive. i have my first new year's eve girg after i got [ bleep ] canned from cnn six years ago for a rather infamous photo of the previous administration, soon to be the next administration. >> jimmy: that's right, that's right, every so often i do a little decapitating on the side. [ laughter ] but i am done with that now. >> jimmy: i'm glad to see you, i really. >> mary: i love you so much. >> jimmy: what is that, a necklace you'

san francisco is pulling out all the stops for chinatown during the holiday season. what the city is donating to businesses. >> first, a look at what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live! right after abc seven news at 11. jimmy. >> watch tonight before the monkeys take over. oh ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho. ♪ honeybaked, how it glistens. ♪ ♪ mac and cheese, so delicious. ♪ ♪ sweet potato souffle. ♪ ♪ ham and turkey, hooray. ♪ ♪ feasting on some honeybaked all day. ♪ every bite is a celebration with the honey baked ham company. tonight until 3 a.m. in rohnert park. two cars got stuck in high water on redwood drive. today, one person was stuck in their car. city services are continuing their work to mitigate flooding and close the affected roads. they're warning folks to avoid going in any standing water or around flood signs. just not worth the risk. even if it looks like you can do it. people are urged to only use 9-1-1 for emergencies, as they've been overwhelmed with calls in that area. as you can imagine, and the sonoma county fire district says it had to rescue tw

. >> well, greg and cristina lurie selected saint mary's square near chinatown. he says he wants to see san francisco rise again, and he says he will sit down with every department head in the coming weeks. he told me that he wants his administration to have accountability, be on time and create change. >> the election is over. the time is now to fight for our city. >> daniel lurie addressed supporters friday at saint mary's square. the mayor elect a philanthropist, a native son from the levi strauss family and first time candidate, says he wants to give san francisco a new start. >> the people in my administration are going to reflect the diversity of this great city. we're going to look for people that are here in san francisco and, frankly, across this country and possibly the globe that want to come turn around a great american city. >> lurie acknowledged he'll be leading a city that has often been in the crosshairs of the incoming u.s. president, saying to the city's immigrant families who might feel under siege. >> i will have everybody's back here in san f

from there, he has gone on a tour of the city, chinatown, senior center to a luncheon, to ice cream. he road around on a fire truck. how do you closeout a day like that? with happy hour, of course. he come out to the avenues for a beer gathering with supporters and staff members. this has been, of course, a big day for dan lurie. >> what i learned over the last 13 months is that so many people love this city. it is time for us to start making people feel like the city loves them back. [ applause ] >> reporter: for lurie a walk felt like a victory lap, snapping photos and bumping into old friends like the president of the san francisco giants. >> i just realized i have known him half of his life. going back three decades. so, i think it will be fantastic to have him with, the good thing about him, he is a great listener in. he knows the city and he really cares about the city. >> reporter: turning around this city will not happen overnight. we have challenges ahead. >> reporter: mixed in was the acknowledgement what lurie has won is responsibility for the challenges, plane of which ha

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i only heard that about them spoken and i had heard that they were big wigs in chinatown and i didn't even know what that meant. so i started doing the research and then i realized is that both sides on my family lived in as downstairs neighbors from each other in that same apartment building. and i realized that i realized that there was a story there. and part of the story was my trying to understand god, who i am or, who i was in relation to the family members and the people who came, me and who they were in connection with each other. and again, growing up. i grew up estranged from my dad's side of the family. and i didn't know that. in fact, that they had been neighbors class at points in time, hated each other and other times, you know, like my parents got together and and so the families interconnected that way in downtown in new york's chinatown but also out in the jersey shore, where they had homes and what i think one of the things that one of the reasons why i worked on this book was that growing, not knowing this one side of my family i also grew up in this country and fif

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>> i mean, there's a lot of friends, a lot of family here in chinatown. >> supporters optimistic aboutaving a fresh face. >> we just love that he's an outsider and he's going to come in and he's going to break up the city family. he's going to break up all the problems that we've seen that are related to people knowing each other. he doesn't owe anybody anything and he's not going to be tainted by that. >> longtime friends confident lurie is fit to lead. >> daniel, who has led a life of service, who's led a sizable organization and had his heart, is, i think, a public servant and is also a problem solver. >> but he will face major challenges inheriting the city's $800 million budget deficit and constituents hungry for san francisco's big comeback. in san francisco, monica madden, abc seven news. >> in the north bay, there's fear and concern among many in the immigrant community due to president elect donald trump's promise to conduct mass deportations of undocumented immigrants once he takes office and it's unclear what that could mean to california's wine industry, which could face a

. >> reporter: in chinatown ed su, chairman of the chinatown merchants united association, has other concerns. >> we need more parking space. we need more business. if they take off the parking space, that means we're losing that business. >> reporter: the law went on the books the start of 2024, but the sfmta hasn't issued warnings until now. >> right now we're unclear about all the circumstances. >> reporter: su, who has a lot of questions about how it will work and the impact it may have on his neighborhood says he's frustrated sfmta outreach didn't begin sooner. >> got a whole year telling us what they're going to do it and how. >> reporter: some curbs are already painted red prohibiting parking close to a crosswalk, but under the new law drivers will be on the hook for parking within 20 feet of the crosswalk even if the curb isn't painted red. although he's not thrilled about the change, su says he'd like to see the curbs clearly marked red. the purpose of the law, make the roads safer. over 40 states already have laws similar to this one in place. the executive director of walk

well, went from chinatown and bounced around the city, a senior center, luncheon and will close at the avenues and a happy hour. the room is starting to fill up with supporters and campaign staffers for a beer to kind of wrap up the celebration end of this, but obviously there's the tremendous work to be done as he mentioned. that starts with forming an administration. he's going to have to hire a staff of about 80 people to fill out that end of city hall. so so much work to being done. he mentioned some of the other basic steps today like putting his financial interests in a kind of blind trust, talked about foregoing a salary, lots of little practical matters to sort through here, ryan, before we get to january and he's actually taking office, but today obviously a day to kind of take a breath. it's been a long nine-month campaign finally come to an end. >> cheers to a friday. cheers to a brand-new mayor. thank you, wilson walker reporting live at some random bar in the sunset. >>> oakland is on track to have a new mayor as well. at 5:30 we'll speak to some familiar faces who can jum

san francisco's chinatown is shining a spotlight on independent artists and publishers. chinese culture center of san francisco hosted the first ever chinatown ross alley zine festival. a zine is self-published work, usually small in circulation, and organizers say the festival aims to uplift black, indigenous and people of color in the arts and celebrate the cultural vibrancy of chinatown. and a reminder, abc seven is now the proud sponsor of san francisco's chinese new year parade. we'll be bringing it to you live next year. you can watch it right here on abc seven and everywhere you stream on february ♪ it's a little pill with a big story to tell ♪ ♪ i take once-daily jardiance ♪ ♪ at each day's staaart ♪ ♪ as time went on, it was easy to seeee ♪ ♪ i'm lowering my a1c ♪ jardiance works 24/7 in your body to flush out some sugar. and for adults with type two diabetes and known heart disease, jardiance can lower the risk of cardiovascular death, too. serious side effects may include ketoacidosis that may be fatal, dehydration that can lead to sudden worsening of kidney f

the small businesses in chinatown, of course, like everyone else, we are still hurting with many, many challenges and i would like to have him to bring that back. >> that positive image, by his very fact that he was on top of public safety after starting off there in chinatown, lurie also stopped to greet people at the lgbtq center open house and then went on to the bayview for a community lunch at gumbo social. >> he is making his way to different neighborhoods around the city, just an effort that he wants to represent all parts of the city. so that is his agenda through the rest of the day. >> yeah, laying that out very clearly today. all right. so now that the race has been settled here, are we hearing any response from from any of the other leading candidates in the mayor's race? >> well, you had the concession. you had his speech today, but really, all of the votes won't be finished counting until next week. and i spoke with board president aaron peskin, who obviously is a candidate. he said he's waiting until all of those votes come in. we have yet to hear from mark farrell or as

it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to chinatown store front nobody.on grand avenue. there was not a soul out walking around chinatown. a new asia restaurant it used to be the biggest restaurant in chinatown. it can hold aboutd a 1,000 people and i had been shooting events there for many years. it turned into a supermarket. and i got in. i shot the supermarket. you know and its transformation. even the owner of the restaurant the restaurant it's 50 years old. i said yeah. it looks awful. history. because i'm shooting history. and it's history because you can't repeat. it's gone it's gone. >> you stick with her, she'll teach you everything. >> cellphone photography that's going to be the hink cellphones in the next two, three years, the big cameras are obsolete already. mirrorless camera is going to take over market and the cellphone is going to be better. but nobody's going to archive it. nobody's going to keep good history. everybody's going to take snapshots, but nobody's going to catalog. they don't care. >> i want to see you. >> it's not a keepsake

the attacks began thursday with four stabbings in seattle's chinatown international district. friday, five more stabbings in the same neighborhood. cnn is following the investigation. do police believe that the man arrested is responsible for all these attacks? >> reporter: hey, fred, yes. they say it was witnesses who identified the suspect and they arrested him. the witnesses were able to verify this was in fact the suspect. they also were able to recover a weapon near the suspect and they also found a knife that was still inside of one of the victims. those are things they'll be able to test for evidence and use to verify that theory. now, we know that this happened in a time span of just 38 hours in the chinatown international district. authorities saying that at least nine or maybe even ten people were stabbed in this period of time. some of them were severely injured. friday at least five people were stabbed and we know that one of them was treated there at the scene and then released. but four others were taken to the hospital in critical condition. at the hospital the

now, this all happened within 38 hours in the chinatown international district .ow that at least nine or maybe even 10 people were stabbed . now, on friday, five people were stabbed, and of those, one was treated at the scene and then released. the other four were taken to harborview medical center in critical condition. the hospital was able to say, on friday night, that two of these victims have been upgraded and in terms of their conditions , and two others were still in critical condition. unfortunately, four or five other people were also stabbed on thursday, and police believe that the same person is responsible. take a listen to what authorities are saying. >> is a similar suspect description, the randomness of this , this is a horrific tragedy, a mass casualty event, officers matching a suspect deception given by witnesses, witnesses were then brought by, who look at that suspect, and confirmed that that was the correct person. >> reporter: you heard their authority saying we believe that most of these stabbings were random, but there is one random that ha

this all happened within 38 hours in the chinatown international district , and we know at least ninebe 10 people were stabbed. on friday, five people were stabbed and of those, one was treated at the scene and then released. the other four were taken to harborview medical center in critical condition. the hospital was able to stay on friday night that two of these victims had been upgraded in terms of their conditions to -- two others were in critical condition. unfortunately, four, maybe five other people were also stabbed on thursday , and again please believe the same person is responsible. take a listen to what authorities are saying. >> there is a similar description, the randomness of this . this is a horrific tragedy, a mass casualty event. officers located a suspect matching the description given by witnesses . officers detained that individual , witnesses were brought by who look at that suspect and confirmed that was the correct person. >> you heard authorities saying they believe that most of these stabbings were random, but there is one stabbing that happened on thursday

i only spoke about them in whispers their big wigs in chinatown i did not evenn know what that meant started doing the research. i realized both sides of my family upstairs and downstairs neighbors from each other in that same apartment building. once i realize r that, i realizd there was a story there. part of the story was my trying to understand who i am or who i was in relation to the family members that people came before me. who they were in connection with each other. and again growing up i grew up a strange for my dad's side family i did not know in fact they had been neighbors, classmates at point in time they hated each other. and other times like my parents got together much of the families were interconnected that way in downtown chinatown also out in the jersey shore where they had homes. one of the reasons i worked on this book growing up not knowing this one side of my family i also grew up in this country and my fifth generation new yorker watching media the very few portrayals of chinese-americans and asian americans even in the free to you beat me at 1970s. the lead

. >>> coming up next, the fashion show in chinatown.at the looks that cool kids wore hundreds of years ago. >>> and plus it is native american heritage month. a look at how bay area locals are washington loves to talk. i love to get stuff done. it's who i am. as mayor, i tackled homelessness... ...added 200 officers in 4 years... and saved our taxpayers $3 billion dollars. i've already got a plan to lower your grocery and insurance bills, to address climate change, and protect reproductive rights. and i'll work with anyone to get it done. i'm sam liccardo and i approve this message. >>> a fashion contest took place today in san francisco's chinatown. school aged models wore traditional clothing dating back over 4,000 years. they would showcase what daily attire would look like in ancient china. the organizers say they hope the event will inspire young people to connect with their cultural roots. >> this is like all age kind of event. also, we do want to start young and early, so even people, you know, they grow up here and they should a

. >>> a fashion contest celebrating ancient chinese culture took place in chinatown. school-age models wore traditional clothing dating back over 4000 years. they showcase what daily attire looks like in ancient china. the organizers says they hope the event is young people to connect with their cultural roots. [ music ] >> over in oakland, the intertribal friendship house hosted a craft fair, showcasing designs and jewelry. the organization helps them stay connected to heritage and traditions. >>> after the break, we bid farewell to a unique feature, why san francisco is in crisis and we need real experienced leadership. we need mark farrell. our interim mayor who got things done. who showed we can clear tent encampments, fight crime, and address the drug crisis. who will make the tough choices for our city's future. "i'm mark farrell. i'm running for mayor because san francisco deserves better." "i'm ready to deliver that change on day one." mark farrell. a proven leader with the experience we need. >>> if you have flown through terminal three at any time in the las

today, the chinese culture center of san francisco hosted the first ever chinatown.oss alley zine festival. a zine is a self-published work, usually small in circulation. organizers say the festival aims to uplift black, indigenous and people of color in the arts and celebrate the cultural vibrancy of chinatown. and a reminder abc seven is now the proud sponsor of san francisco's chinese new year parade. we'll be bringing it to you live next year, and you can watch it here on abc seven and wherever you happen to stream on february 15th. well, the 40 niners get one of their best players back and it is another busy day of college football. let's get to sarah hodges with another preview of sports. sarah. thanks, dion. an epic pregame speech helps san jose state go bowling. plus, the workhorse is back. christian mccaffrey is set to make his season debut. i got the details. and then there's the gmc sierra. available with the connected driving experience.... and the world's first six-function multipro tailgate. gmc sierra. it's the truck. get 0% apr on select 2024 sierra 1

merchants in the city's chinatown are also gearing up for the holiday season.liday lights donated by the city. shoppers in chinatown will be able to enjoy the decorative lights and special holiday promotions while visiting stores. a giant, life sized holiday panda will also be greeting shoppers on small business saturday next weekend, as well as a holiday concert being planned for later in december. still to come this morning, president joe biden hosts his last white house dinner for his term. his defiant message to americans. plus, the world can come together to reduce plastic pollution. that's the goal for a team at uc berkeley. a closer look coming up. and college football is here on abc seven. espn college gameday anchors rece davis and kirk herbstreit preview week 13 matchups from the gameday set in columbus, ohio. >> a november triple header from the sec on abc, and it will start at noon eastern time. ole miss on the road at florida. florida is just sort of playing their guts out here down the stretch. oh my gosh, what an amazing story. in this era of col

thank you, matt, because you can go chinatown. you could go to the miss. well, i can go chinatown. i could go to the walk the streets atl in the middle of night. i mean, all of it is san francisco and it just feels amazing. >> to be here with all of the folks who not only help with the campaign, but people who represent the very fabric of what makes san francisco. >> you? >> all right. that mayor london breed, who is obviously not giving up hope, nor should she with ranked choice voting. she's currently second trailing. >> daniel one of the heirs to the >> levi strauss fortune. and aaron peskin is in 3rd place there. again, the winner has to get at least 50% of the vote given the right choice voting rules. so a long way to go. it would seem right here with 37% of the vote it all right. we heard live what we heard daniel lurie and mayor breed just seconds ago. >> let's go and check in with our sara stinson. she is with that. aaron peskin in the campaign. >> in san francisco cierra, what's new there? >> yeah. join you live from been those here in north beach from aaron peskin. distri

merchants in san francisco's chinatown are gearing up for the holiday season as well.onated by the city. shoppers in chinatown will be able to enjoy the decorative lights and special holiday promotions while visiting stores. a giant life sized holiday panda will greet shoppers on small business saturday next weekend, and a holiday concert is also planned for later in december. still to come this morning at 6 a.m, the world can come together to reduce plastic pollution. that's the goal for a team at uc berkeley. we'll have a closer look coming up. plus a new contract. the new agreement to end a months long labor dispute on the penin each day is a unique blend of people to see and things to do. that's why you choose glucerna to help manage blood sugar response. uniquely designed with carbsteady. glucerna. bring on the day. ♪ you know i'm a dreamer ♪ ♪ but my heart's of gold ♪ with carbsteady. ♪ just one more night ♪ ♪ and i'm coming off this long and winding road ♪ ♪ i'm on my way ♪ ♪ i'm on my way ♪ ♪ home sweet home ♪ there's no place like the road home. receive a $5,5

>> i mean, there's a lot of friends, a lot of family here in chinatown. >> supporters optimistic about having a fresh face. >> we just love that he's an outsider and he's going to come in and he's going to break up the city family. he's going to break up all the problems that we've seen that are related to people knowing each other. he doesn't owe anybody anything, and he's not going to be tainted by that. >> longtime friends confident lurie is fit to lead. >> daniel, who has led a life of service, who's led a sizable organization and at his heart is, i think, a public servant and is also a problem solver. >> but he will face major challenges inheriting the city's $800 million budget deficit and constituents hungry for san francisco's big comeback. and as for shakeups in city hall, we asked lurie about a promise he made in our abc seven candidate interviews from last month. he says he still plans to meet with every major department head to get an idea of if any leadership changes are necessary there. and lurie, who spent millions of his own money to fund his campaign, says he does not

the chinatown merchants association organizes hand food contest. hanfu is a mandarin name for all the traditional styles of dress throughout china's history, and that history goes back more than 4000 years. participants chose a specific hand food to showcase for the crowd. some also performed, as one of the hosts explains, the event went far beyond a celebration of fashion. china has a very rich history, and each dynasty has its own costume and the way people wear represents that entire hundreds of years of history and the way people used to dress up and do things. yeah, the hanfu contest was held at the great star theater. okay, this one is funny. three women are taking their love of actor dev patel and turning it into a contest. the friends are organizing a dev patel lookalike contest in san francisco next sunday. they got the idea after a similar event was held in new york for timothee chalamet, a lookalike contest for him. that event drew thousands of people, including timothée chalamet, who showed up. the women say they created the event expec

merchants in san francisco's chinatown are gearing up for the holiday season.6 businesses were given holiday lights donated by the city. shoppers in chinatown will be able to enjoy the decorative lights and special holiday promotions while visiting stores. a giant life sized holiday panda will also be greeting shoppers on small business saturday next weekend, and a holiday concert is planned for later in december. gio benitez joins us now from new york to tell us what's coming up at 7:00 on good morning america. >> and good morning to you on this saturday. coming up here on gma. severe weather from coast to coast. officials in california are warning residents about major flooding as crews in new york go from cleaning up wildfires to snow in just a matter of days. what this could mean for your thanksgiving travel plans, and a first of its kind decision. the texas board of education narrowly voting to allow bible lessons in public school classrooms. what critics are saying about the new curriculum for millions of texas students. plus, have you heard of blue sky?

recall supporters talking to merchants in chinatown. price supporters at the farmers market. >> have you voted yet? thank you. >> reporter: recall supporters held a rally saturday morning. many of them families of murder victims crying out for justice like rachel. >> not only the grief of burying your child but not having any justice. >> reporter: her son isaiah was gunned down in fremont in 2022. authorities believe the four minors involved in the murder are also connected to three other homicides. she said the da would not charge the suspect in her son's case. >> if you are going to hold them accountable, how will they learn from their mistakes? >> reporter: organizers claim a yes will on the recall is a yes vote for safety. >> they know there is no accountability. even for the people who have been held accountable she is smashing cases through to get them resentenced. >> reporter: supporters say that is not true. they believe she's reforming the justice system that unfairly targets black and brown people. >> she does not believe that

la jueza tania chinatown cerró el caso vinculado a la interferencia electoral en el 2020 levi's horas la del manejo de los documentos clasificados en maralago. en su argumento señaló que una norma impide al departamento de justicia procesar a un presidente en ejercicio los cargos pueden revivir una vez trump termine su mandato. sin embargo, él podría perdonarse a sí mismo si tuviera sentido. por supuesto que no. una persona no se puede auto perdonar, pero después de la decisión de inmunidad de la corte suprema, no estoy seguro que la corte suprema necesariamente esté en desacuerdo. el equipo de donald trump celebró la decisión a la que calificó como un gran triunfo para el imperio de la ley. el caso de los documentos seguirá para los 2 coacusados en información de última hora. el presidente electo dijo que en su primer día de gobierno impondrá tarifas del 25% a todos los productos de méxico y de canadá en su red social truth social. el presidente presidente electo escribió esto será hasta que las drogas, en particular el fentanilo y los inmigrantes indocumentados, dejen de invadir el

rob nesbitt was at the speech in chinatown. he has the story. a large crowd of supporters gathered here in saint marys square for danielle lawrie speech. his first time speaking as mayor-elect this city >> will rise again for the first time friday. we saw the words mayor elect next to daniel lori's name. the nonprofit executives spoke to supporters in the entire city delivering a message about hope and change. strong values are not enough. they have to be drivers of actions and results. our mandate. our mandate. it's the show how government must deliver on its promises saying public safety riority with plans to build more affordable housing, attract more businesses downtown and tackle the opioid crisis. we are going to declare a fentanyl state of emergency on day one of our administration. we are going to get tough and those that are dealing drugs and we're going to be compassionate but tough about the conditions of our streets as well. we're going get people the help that they need more mental health and drug treatment. that's surely bucs made

it is considered the fourth chinatown in san francisco.idents are of chinese ancestry. the second unique, and fun aspect about this area is it is the garden district. there is a lot of urban agriculture and it was where the city grew the majority of the flowers. not only for san francisco but for the region. and of course, it is the location in mclaren park which is the city's second biggest park after golden gate. many people don't know the neighborhood in the first place if they haven't been there. we call it the best neighborhood nobody has ever heard our. every neighborhood in district nine has a very special aspect. where we are right now is the mission district. the mission district is a very special part of our city. you smell the tacos at the [speaking spanish] and they have the best latin pastries. they have these shortbread cookies with caramel in the middle. and then you walk further down and you have sunrise cafÉ. it is a place that you come for the incredible food, but also to learn about what is happening in the neighborhood

he was well liked in chinatown at a time of hate and crime directed at the aapi community.han, who also pushed thao's recall, says she drove a wedge between those seeking safety and those seeking social justice. >> we are saying this mayor has been doing a terrible job in a way to dividing people. so i need someone coming in as the next mayor and who can unify the people. >> reporter: but replacing the mayor will be more complicated. immediately after the vote is certified the job falls to president of the city council. that would be nicky fortunato bas, but she's currently running for county supervisor. if she wins, she probably wouldn't take the job as mayor and the council would appoint someone else. either way the council will reorganize in january and they could select a new president. >> and then there might be a different mayor. so nicky could be mayor for a couple weeks, assuming she loses her seat, but this is the supervisor's seat and then they could have another mayor or not and so there could be three different people. there could be two different people. who kn