seeking a change, alfonzo moved to portland and then san francisco where he lived 30 years. he gave readings at the farm on potrero avenue and became active in community journalism. in the early '80s, he joined as a translator. alfonso continued to work in translating for the paper. he was at the office translating articles for the final edition of 2014 just eight days before he died. his work and presence within the community will be deeply missed. a memorial is planned for february 8th and it will begin at cafe labohem and move to the culturality center at 3:00 p.m. more information can be found at the facebook event page. i apologize that i have a couple of other items left. the next item is an item that my office is working with supervisor kim's office and she will be speaking on this item as well. last wednesday we had a tragic fire that occurred in an historic building at 22nd and mission street and very shortly i will be making commendation to a very heroic young man who was involved in that fire. the building was home to many families, businesses and individuals that