whether you're an ad veteran urban forester chinatown has something for everyone. >> chinatown is notust again food also a hub of creativity and take a stroll down the street with murals as culture exhibitions to celebrate the heritage of this city. >> what the sun sets schoun truly come alive. >> it's night life is old and new a myriad of bars and you can distance the night away with friends. the museums and culture nonprofits play an important role in chinatown to teacher us about the past, present, and future and providing a platform for artist to engage in conversations and welcome to the china's holistic the mission so collect and preserve common council in america any person of my background can see themselves in chinatown for all people. and our founders help to create the studies. and usa with a was an amazing collector. chinatown center was founded no 1965 an art center for infer served for people for education and the center is an exciting place for dialogue and engage with the actor right now have a exhibition present tense playground that looks the development of chinatown

whether you're an ad veteran urban forester chinatown has something for everyone. >> chinatown is notagain food also a hub of creativity and take a stroll down the street with murals as culture exhibitions to celebrate the heritage of this city. >> what the sun sets schoun truly come alive. >> it's night life is old and new a myriad of bars and you can distance the night away with friends. the museums and culture nonprofits play an important role in chinatown to teacher us about the past, present, and future and providing a platform for artist to engage in conversations and welcome to the china's holistic the mission so collect and preserve common council in america any person of my background can see themselves in chinatown for all people. and our founders help to create the studies. and usa with a was an amazing collector. chinatown center was founded no 1965 an art center for infer served for people for education and the center is an exciting place for dialogue and engage with the actor right now have a exhibition present tense playground that looks the development of chinatown and

for those of you that haven't been to chinatown in the lunar new year and to the chinatown parade or the the lunar new year parade it is truly an event that i would encourage everybody in san francisco to make an effort to attend. we have our carnival. we have our italian heritage day. >> we have the pride parade. this one though really warrants some special attention because it is unique on the west coast. i've heard it's the biggest lunar new year parade in the country outside of china. it's really magical and so from that perspective the mta is really excited about accommodating this this request and we've done a little bit of math, if you will, to find our best estimation as to what the revenues that we will forego will amount to from the from the muni fares and from the lunar from the parking the two hours free at portsmouth square . >> and we've also got an estimation of the cost for ambassadors should the board decide to fund those as well. last time we were funding the ambassadors with any kind of like extra if you will, from the portsmouth square this time it's it would be o

malcolm young from the chinatown community development center.n i place up to malcolm young, this is what all of san francisco looks like right? >> i'm sorry. thank you everybody and thank you all and thank you to everybody for putting this together, for standing up in solidarity. i'm going to be quick today because you know, a lot of things have been said. i'm here just to really remind this city and this county that just like the city itself, chinatown is also a sanctuary community. chinatown was founded on the principle of sanctuary from 1885 to 1887. there were hundreds of anti-chinese riots across the state of california across the western united states people were lynched. they were killed. they were robbed. they were driven out of their small towns and in that moment san francisco chinatown became a sanctuary community. we've been one since 1885 and today we need to remain one and that is our commitment. i want to thank our families from our single room occupancies for being out here today for taking the time away from work from their fami

. >> well toh f a the society of america here on a chinatown the district preserved a the story of chinatownh any person of any background is sketch plan or accepted for all people the founder help to create the studies and with a major collectinthe objects that tel the material history of chinatown and so much is offend in chinatown incredible all the texture of the design a way to get from the east to the west and beyond that have an azin institution like c h f a toxy my name is malcolm young t burden of chinese chamber sil m morning. >> i'm judi one of your board members at the chinese c commerce. >> all right. we will get the show on the road andtart this morning with the show by everybody saying together, the following phrases. i want all of your dignitaries to rept as well. okay. i will say it and you follow. ready. doctor janing from the chinese hospital wants mow to say:awesome. >>■o that means make money happ new year and good healing for theyear. wealth and prosperity. and wealth and prosperity. >> all right. we will get the show on the road. first of all i want to recognize this i

director joanne lee at edge on the square where mayor laurie had the chinese night market down in chinatown and it was amazing the celebration was fantastic artists, intellectuals from the community, philosophers, dreamers, community stakeholders all were there deejay performances and performances all throughout chinatown. it was totally activated. it was exciting and it was important to see the level of investment and faith and belief that the new mayor laurie has in chinatown and its community. so that was really enlightening and encouraging. i wanted to add that if you've never been to one of the chinese night markets it's actually one of the highlights of my month and i always put it on my calendar and it is so much fun because you essentially all of grant avenue has like fresh food of chinese vendors and artists and each on the square which director remington mentioned always has a nice opening and you get to go in and see their galleries and it's just a it's a wonderful event to attend and really it was initiated by the civic joy fund and it really is like a great example of civic joy

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san francisco police are working to ensure merchants in chinatown feel safe during lunar new year celebrations next two weeks. chief bill scott was out there with community leaders on sunday. they discussed security, scam prevention and coordination with officers who patrol the area. chase center was also booming yesterday with the sound of taiko drums celebrating the year of the snake. the warriors hosted a lunar new year celebration to wish the community health, luck and prosperity. there were cultural performances, including traditional lion and dragon dances. people were also treated to culinary delights and other activities. we are counting down to the 2025 chinese new year parade. the big event is now just 12 days away on saturday, february 15th, and you can watch it live right here and everywhere you stream abc7. dan, ashley and i are excited to co-host it with david lui and diane lim joining us. we better see you either out on the parade route or joining us live on tv or on streaming. thanks for joining us. world news tonight with david muir starts now. i'll see you back >>> tonight, t

2025 attended the swearing in of supervisors connie chen and shyanne chen at the far east cafe and chinatown on january 11th attended the swearing in of supervisor mahmood at one jones street january 11th, 2025 attended the swearing in for supervisor cheryl at the presidio officers club january 14th, 2025 attended the public safety st teams discussion and january 15th 2025 attended demak and budget priorities meetings january 18th, 2025 attended a created and attended a water supply demonstration at our fire boat station 35 pier 22.5. we appreciate the attendance of commissioner frazier and commissioner nicole jo to that event january 20th, 2025. the command staff and other members of the department marched in the mlk freedom march. president morgan and commissioner collins marched with us as well. january 21st, 2025 labor management meeting was 798 also on january 20th 2020 first 2025 attended a street teams meeting. >> second street teams meeting today we address the 135 104 35th age to recruit academy a 54 new recruits probationary members and we also toured the treasure island training f

san francisco police and community leaders visited with chinatown merchants today. all of this part of lunar new year celebrations and a commitment to safety. the focus was on stockton street, where they discussed security, scam prevention ad coordination with officers who patrol the area. over in the east bay, today was the first ever lunar new year lion dance parade for the city of hercules. traditional dancers were accompanied by baby lion dance performers, plus some school marching bands, and miss asian global princesses were included. the celebrations brought plenty of treats and activities like arts and crafts. looks like the rain didn't stop them. chase center was booming today with the sound of taiko drums celebrating the year of the snake. the warriors hosted a lunar new year celebration to wish the community health, luck and prosperity. there were lots of cultural performances, including traditional lion and dragon dances. people were also treated to culinary delights and family friendly activities. and while we're speaking of the holiday, we are counting

she was raised in chinatown, graduated from san francisco state university and columbia university.ctions, a children's book, and plays. well, the san francisco spca is hosting a special dog vaccine clinic later today. it's part of their effort to fight a deadly virus spreading among dogs in the tenderloin and other parts of the city. the spca says there's been a dramatic increase in the number of canine parvovirus cases in the past few years. it's a very contagious illness. it can be fatal for dogs or cause seizures, dehydration and a rapid weight loss. the dog vaccinations will be available in the tenderloin beginning today at noon. >> my gut feeling is always that tariffs are not good for any economy. >> new tariffs on canada, mexico and china are set to go into effect as soon as tomorrow, with the leaders of those countries are promising in return. plus. a demonstration against the trump administration's increased enforcement of immigration laws. why? some are pledging to walk off the job in a day without immigrants. then a mostly dry morning commute. but this afternoon it will

london's traditional lunar new year parade drew big crowds to the city's chinatown, local reports saylondon's lunar new year celebration is one of the largest outside of asia. i want to thank you so much for your company. i'm rosemary church. have yourselves a wonderful day. cnn newsroom continues next with max foster and christina macfarlane. >> performance. >> it's the news. welcome back. but it's also kind of not the news. >> watch all. >> the information. >> on this show. >> so terrible. >> have i got news for you returns february 15th on tempur-pedic. >> designed the. >> ergo pro smart. >> base to help you fall asleep more easily. it's the only smart base that features our exclusive soundscape mode that synchronizes a gentle massage with relaxing sounds to help you drift peacefully off to sleep during our presidents day sale, save up to $500 on select adjustable mattress sets. shop now at tempur-pedic. com. >> my eyes. >> they're dry. >> uncomfortable. looking for extra hydration. now there's blink neutral tears. it works differently than drops. blink neutral tears is a once dail

. >> san francisco police and community leaders are working to ensure merchants in chinatown feel safeuring the lunar new year celebrations these next two weeks. their focus was on stockton street. leaders discussed security, scam prevention and coordination with officers who patrol the area. and chase center was booming yesterday with the sounds of taiko drums celebrating the year of the snake. the warriors hosted a lunar new year celebration to wish the community health, luck and prosperity. there were plenty of cultural performances, including traditional lion and dragon dances. people were also treated to culinary delights and family friendly activities. we are counting down to the 2025 chinese new year parade sponsored by toyota. the big event is now just 13 days away on saturday, february 15th. you can watch it live right here and everywhere you stream abc seven. >> what a show last night. the 2025 grammys honored the best music of the year, with artists like beyonce and sabrina carpenter having big award winning nights. >> and the award show also had healing moments for southern

. >> i also want to share that the central subway tunnel from chinatown rose park station to fourth and brannan will be closed from february 26th to march 14th. we will be doing work to stop the water that's been seeping into the tunnel and causing water damage while the tunnel is closed. we have prepared in in order to minimize the amount of time that the tunnel is closed. they're going to start some of the set up and staging in advance so that we are really using those construction days in an optimal way. so starting february 3rd crews will be doing some of the preparatory work. we will be using four parking spaces on washington street starting from february 17th to february 26th. the crews will be doing more visible prep work in the station including doing some protection work to make sure the construction doesn't impact any of the glass or any of the artwork from february 26 to march 14th. the tunnel will be closed and we will be operating a te bus between chinatown ross park station and the fourth and king stop. and we will be rerouting the t line into the market street subway oper

a lot of time to go to a chinatown to have that the new year parade and this the new year parade really that woke me up. actually does in my tool brand new book. okay. and and that's brand-new this my 36 37 congratulations. where do you get all your energy from? thing is when you love what you do, what love, what you do, you cannot vote in the morning. you look forward to york. if you love what you do, you have work day of your life. i want enjoy yourself new york where you'll open up. you're smart. you already and other love it. and then happy. you're happy. you know a thing or 2 about the uses i grew up watching you on pbs over the years. do want to update folks to and just how you're doing what when you project you're working? you know, i've been doing a lot of charity event after that. the pandem c, i a pop library. a lot of 5. >> doing fundraising for a lot of variety organization and a particular unlawful friendly breach. self-help of the elderly and >> food bank. yeah. lot 2nd, half a but the thing is, you know, we we've been so fortunate. that's why we have to get back to the co

officials say the celebrations generate 30% of the revenue for businesses in san francisco, chinatown the big lunar new year parade rolls through the city. the golden gate restaurant association says reservations are filling up fast. >> so it's going to be a busy city. >> about 800 restaurants, we're told. >> belong to the association valentine's day. the lunar new year as well as the nba all-star events are expected to draw big crowds to san francisco. and there's the ncaa championships that will be played and chase center in march. still ahead on the kron, morning news just in time for valentcne's day. 2 bay area locations are on a new list of the best romantic getaways in the u.s.. >> it's light rain today in the bay area for most part. but you know what? the north bay, it's a different story. up 2 inc es. additional rain in the north bay and the far reaches of the north bay and not have a pious look at all the raindrops on the lens racking up more rainfall. the full details coming up in just a bit. ♪♪ ♪♪ dreams begin here. welcome to the goodnight club. (vo) with fargo, your virtu

hi, my name is so i am a resident services supervisor with chinatown community center and i have theor to serve on the immigrants rights commission but i'm speaking on behalf of myself. i'm here to support the planning department team and and solidarity to expand the liaison program to underserved communities and then the neighborhood planning team has been very helpful to support and all the communities and to guide our own projects within tenderloin and city dc we're chinatown community center to support as well our tenderloin community action plan and for being equitable in the budget that they support the communities and families in need. then the community action plan had that been created a lot of support of that in the tenderloin and as well as we are here in solidarity for them to continue. >> thank you so much. good afternoon. planning commissioners my name is alma castellanos and i am the director of a small business nonprofit in the city galicia. >> i stand in solidarity with the equity communities across the city and strongly urge the planning commission to prioritize and

so street stalls, dancing, partying across chinatown on a day of family friendly activities.hat's it for the moment. more from me in about an hour's time. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to. gbnews.com/alerts. >> this is free speech nation. welcome to the show where we take a look at culture, current affairs and politics. and when they go mental, we push back. and there's lots of mental illness tonight in the first houn illness tonight in the first hour. a group of anti—racist campaigners claimed to have been attacked and targeted by anti—racists. what is going on.7 the home secretary writes to social media bosses asking for the removal of violent material accessed by the southport killer. is this censorship or sensibility? and church goers are left outraged after a york minster agreed to host a concert for an extreme heavy metal band, often using sacrilegious imagery. should places of worship ever be used for such things? and of course, myself and my fantastic panel will be answering questions fro