business we have is telling the truth year in the city and county of san francisco many of you know apa heritage is at the national celebration started in 1978 around the country a lot of countries celebrate by in 1995 we celebrate a special time of the year with the apa family to come together and have our own celebration and get to know each other a little bit better we are troud from 2005 on we're celebrating our tenth year. we're excited it's not easy to start a new tradition we're happy this new tradition is here to stay. i was informed and received a text message that mei was in city hall earlier but had to rush to a medical appointment nothing serious but we're happy to have our past, present supervisor david chiu to welcome asian heritage month >> aloha. >> and happy mayday and lay day i want to thank you for coming to be part of my favorite moments when is the kickoff of apa i was talking about to comparing canning carman chiu in 2008, there was only one asian medical examiner now i'm honored to serve with 5 of us representing the diversity of our city with an asian-american ma

being reported everyday the actions where you're a new emerging leader you all help to create that apa heritage history we're proud of. i want to thank all the folks who support the community and all the sponsors and leaders who take n this upon users and, of course, wherewith are we today we've got a board president who's been a president for 3 years so thank you defied for picking up that mantel (clapping). we have a wonderful mayor he'll express his regrets for not being here and, of course, katie chang who took the time to research jim write carter's work she is a great leader and i'm happy to be here to kickoff this event. thank you claudine (clapping.) thank you carmen. so for 10 years now this effort, of course, is supported by the mayor of the city and the board of supervisors and all the agencies that are very, very supportive to we want to thank our businesses and you community sponsors we couldn't you pull off the ceremony but through the month of may look for our ad on muni buses their distinguished looking. this is the image of this this is the reflection of the day it's h

next week we'll be receiving the apa community on wednesday we hope to see you p there. thank you very much for this recognize we appreciate it so much (clapping.) >> okay. colleagues i think from district 2 i get to have the next honor from any prospective i think we all as supervisors have the constituents in our districts that are the watchdogs in the neighborhood that look out for things and let us know what's happening and advocate for the well-being in our neighborhood i have the honor to honor today one of those people that did that with incredible passion in my district that's rose high on a hill it calls to me son. rose there she is come on up rose (clapping.) colleagues rose is for those who haven't geology gotten a chance to meet here she's a third-generation of chinese-american and this is where she say, i can't tell you and comfortably it is to have rose an a as a watch.org she services on the urban forest board since 2009 and the coalition off san francisco neighborhoods and the jordan board and worked on a number of advocacy role within japantown. she bega

bank to join the list of keep in mind companies that have been supporting apa heritage we believe in giving our time and talents and checkbook too important causes i'm proud of raymond kim our district manager serving open the board as vice chair and he talked me into writing the check. i'm a second generation immigrant to to country my grandparents came ear from greece at the turn the century we share 3 common things. the importance of education being one, i remember it was never an option to go to college just where and number 2 hard work the importance of working hard at whatever you do strife to be you're very best. my like to tell my employees if you think you're going to be successful out hard work you'll be better off going to the 7 eleven and buying a loiter ticket. we understand it takes a village and in this case, it is the world best city of san francisco and coming together 0 work together we're all about that today. so i want to compliment each of you and having the qualities to bring this together and i'll leave i with one of my 235ish9 quotes i condition to celebrate n

yesterday mayor ed lee and the apa selection committee on the street exceptional asians at our events they are a filipino-american and jonathan chinese-american and japanese-american and for their contributions in the community. so our committee had an additional to talk about the guests so our committee asked me to come and present this in celebration of the month. i have your apa heritage month local pin to give to you all one for each and thank you for your time (clapping.) thank you claudine why not continue on with our district 7 presentation by supervisor yee >> i don't think my honoree is here yet oh, there you are sorry (clapping) colleagues today i am not only honoring someone that is a trait blazers in our community but also someone i admire as a long term friend for asian pacific islander heritage month i'm honored to talk about this lady with her groundbreaking resolutions in san francisco. leann has dedicated her life she is he sunshine she came from hong kong and is proud of your public schools attending both arena junior high school and listen to this supervisor breed s

and congratulations zone (clapping) i would like to take a moment and acknowledge the chairwoman of apa heritage month i know she wasn't here when we started our program but invite claudine to say thank you on behalf of what you're going doing in san francisco. >> good afternoon. thank you for giving me a few minutes in apa heritage month i want to thank you for coming to the press conference and those of you who joined us in the community celebration yesterday actually, it was signed into law in 1978 any jimmy carter and we've celebrated with our folks 0 so this is the tenth anniversary of the city's organization and i want to share if and the members of the committee asked me to medical cannabis come and honoring the asian pacific islander americans in your district. yesterday mayor ed lee and the apa selection committee on the street exceptional asians at our events they are a filipino-american and jonathan chinese-american and japanese-american and for their contributions in the community. so our committee had an additional to talk about the guests so our committee asked me to come

. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the main thing is asians american heritage is 1/3rd of the apa heritage month pleaser website wwwapa.org and you'll find out mortar very short and simple i think it is effective >> thank you, greg is a great volunteer. chris was talking about the apa i got mentions i was really, really lucky to be in a village in a team of many, many volunteers that come together for the last 6 months and really work on aspects of how we want to celebrate apa heritage month there recent who many names to mention we have a team of 32 i know that many of you are here and thank you alleyway perez that has spent a lot of time with the process. thank you al >> and france and everybody as city hall. now i'd like to invite our co-chair to come and make announcements (clapping.) welcome and thank you so much for being here today. this is my favorite part every year ars as part of the celebration we honor individual that have an impact and every year i'm just blown away by the nomination that we've received i've learned so much we don't hear about your heros and people achieving groundbreaking

welcome to our board of supervisors celebration of apa heritage month every i do not really we have a tradition of honoring leadership in our 11 district as we celebrate the one hundred and 8 asian pacific islander diversity and our city's present and future i want to acknowledge the co-chair the apa heritage mocha you make a few words is claudine here. if not why not go to our presentations colleagues just to mix it up go in refers order commissioner dooley's will be first and supervisor cowen from district and then and down to district one with supervisor mar. so supervisor avalos. >> thank you president chiu. would like to call up paul and cocoa law from the bakery. >> so my honoree is from the geneva bakery they've they've been offering exceptional cakes in the excelsior a fact that anyone who had a slice of the birthday cake a few months ago can attest to. it was a great chinese bakery they offer freshly baked warm buns and like pinning apple and others. i'm not only honoring geneva bakery are you but paul and cocoa are generous to our schools their korgz many community events an

>> we partner with two organizations in the bay area that specifically do outreach to apa families. we found that we distribute both disposable and cloth diapers to those families. we found that within apa communities, especially with immigrant families, community is very important, building community within those groups is really important and so the diapers are used as an insensitive to increase enrollment and participation and get families to come to the center so they can build community and so that the program staff can actually also keep tabs on intake families that may not have that support and that network because they're recent immigrants. >> it's also a way to get them help, whether it's job support, resume seeking and that kind of stuff that they get help with. that's great. is there a cultural reluctance to accept help? do you see that among the asian-americans who are in need of diapers? >> that's a really good question. i think that there is a reluctance to -- joining a new group is really hard for any sort of new comer, but when you have an insensitive like diapers, t

business we have is telling the truth year in the city and county of san francisco many of you know apa heritage is at the national celebration started in 1978 around the country a lot of countries celebrate by in 1995 we celebrate a special time of the year with the apa family to come together and have our own celebration and get to kno

emergency shelter and dv shelter and transitional housing and stand alone housing, and the apa helps with the family's completing the applications and navigating to get one of the units and in beth of these systems. and there are no waiting lists, and sort of a rotational, and a rotational basis by access point, and and given the dynamic and instead of with the wait list that will get stale. what we are currently funded at to provide service and operational dollars, if we are looking at a housing ladder approach, and the housing ladder is defined as getting positive exits as a result in increase in income and the improvement in a lot of ways that allows a single adult to move out of supportive housing. i think that we want to have the discussion on whether or not the current level of funding hsa wide and city wide is adequate to provide those supports, and you know i think that the pilot at 5th and harrison will help us a little bit and i will touch on the controller's study that will help to give us more information on what sort of the right mix is. so let me at least tell you where

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he is such an ambitious man and he has an apa tight for regaining some of the territory lost. i think he's just kind of trying to pull the wool over our eyes. >> let me go to another issue. putin's popularity within his own country had dropped significantly. when this happened, his popularity soared. there is a great impulse to be once again this transnational power and i think he feeds to that. i'm not saying it's the perfect solution to his problems, but it has transformed public opinion. >> somebody else appeared on the scene. who was that? >> on this scene? the issue of ukraine? >> the president of switzerland and he also has another title. >> organization for security and cooperation of europe. >> is that possible, that putin has some of his own money, his 70 billion in with the swiss? >> he could send a message you're going to be in trouble with the sanctions. ata the same time, it offers putin somebody to talk to. putin's at 82 percent. if you grab eastern ukraine, what do you get? you got these provinces that are destitute and the whole world against you. i think putin

. >> but they didn't talk apa apathoreum theory. >> coming up. >> good morning, everyone, day game, four-gameith the tigers, so 12:35 low 90's through the central valley and 67 with sunshine in monterey and plagued by clouds in san diego and 69 in los angeles, and 103 in palm springs and 84 in yosemite. 70 in lake tahoe. leyla gulen? >> the early crash in oakland southbound at highway 13 is cleared. all lanes are re-opened. in san jose, not much is happening. we have top speeds beyond san jose airport 69 miles per hour on 101, 280, moving along without a hitch on highway 85 and 67 miles per hour up to cupertino. drive time traffic 580 tracy to dublin is seeing a buildup of remark before you get to the ultimate pass and only 28 gets you in the westbound direction and 680 southbound from dublin to mission boulevard south is 15 minutes and highway 85101 from cupertino is a short five minute commute. >> thank you, leyla gulen. >> big news for spacex, founded by tesla c.e.o. musk will unveil a new space ship that will carry people. musk and the team will unveil the dragon b-2 an updated version of

. >> thank you, i just wanted to announce that i had the opportunity to moderate a panel at the apa planningssociation in georgia, last week. the panel was focused primarily about protecting neighborhood commercial district with an overlay of formula retail and what is happening here in san francisco. we had four panelists, varying from different points of view and it was very well-received. lots of very interesting quesons, some challenging questions, but i think it was good for us to have that discussion. >> thank you. commissioner antonini. >> thank you. i have a few items. the first is that i need to get an opinion from staff. i don't need the answer today, but there was an editorial in one of the papers yesterday. i think it was the examiner and the writer stated the opinion, "if a project was voter-approved that the project then did not need environmental clearance and did not have to contribute to a lot of exactions and fees that most projects would." and i'm not sure if it was accurate about that, but that is a very important point that the public should be aware of, because there is

the black majority government has bought some dignity for many of those oppressed during apa aparthepartheid. it has delivered water and electricity. those things are important because although the services are under severe thread. people who have access to water often get cut off. people who have access to electricity often get cut off. >> hussein says he isn't voting? >> i didn't renew my membership because i don't concur with what i see. it is for my own good. the ruling african congress is expected to win this election. it has to not only manage high levels of dissatisfaction but also deliver on promises of a better life made to millions who are so desperately poor. >> hurricane katrina hit new orleans nine years ago but there are still areas that haven't recovered. we will tell you how people are trying to turn an entire neighborhood all the way around. >> from saudi arabia to indiana, america's first case of middle east respiratory syndrome is finally, improving. health officials say a man hospitalized with the mers virus is getting better each and every day. he worked as a hea

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good apa connected home? there is some buzz about this -- a connected home? there is some buzz about this. he could turn your phone into a remote control. move into this area, it has some catching up to do. bought a service last year. my guess to joins us now from stamford. what is your take on this report and the fact that apple might be announcing this smart home product line? >> i think it makes a lot of sense. i have several products in my bule and several bill in -- ilt-in products at my house. why it makes sense is because we thought apple might do a large panel tv in the last year of soap. i got back from taiwan. it turns out they did have a prototype, but looks like what they'll do in the short run is take apple tv and make it something where you can use in a home automation matter. maybe that can read the hub that works with your smart phone to help you do things like manage your life, home security, manager light bulbs, all of these various things to have a smart home. it makes sense. there is a good chance we get some insight into this on monday wh

we're showcasing apa culture here in the bay area.day we recognize bay area women coalition the group recognizes strng female leaders. an 11-year-old manages a rare heart condition. >> what he is about to do next is nothing short of remarkable. we have the very. >> growing up in hawaii scott was an avid surfer. he as been hitting the water again. this time to help him recover from surgery. in order to shim you twist your head retaining my motion of being able to twist my head is very important to me. >> here, you can see one of the bone spurs pressing on the spinal cord. >> the surgeon performed a multi level placement on scott. he says regaining range of motion can require very different types of rehab beginning with classic stretches. >> the lying on your back, pulling a knee up, then a second knee up. then both knees up it rounds out your back. and it causes the joints to unlock. >> in the case of surgery, the doctor says the goal is to avoid formation of scar tissue. in scott's case it left with enough neck movement to begin stret

the rocket which was carrying a communications satellite broke apa apart and burned up into the atmospherethe small pieces could actually fall back to earth. terrifying moments to tell you about. flames shoot from an engine. the flames heading to tulsa, oklahoma, when one of the boeing 757 two engines caught fire. american airlines only saying the planes suffered a quote maintenance issue. >> tens of thousands of people are on the move in southern california. they are trying to escape all of the planes that ravaged 10,000 acres there. they are trying to determine the cause and they are not ruling out arson. >> extreme weather as rains leave heavy rain. a possible tornado rips trees from their roots. >> a tornado touched down at an airport. it turned roads into rivers during rush hour traffic. this morning a fresh threat. >> maria molina tracking it for us. >> good morning heather and ainsley. the storm system that produced all of the severe weather from tornadoes to flooding this area today will be seeing the heavy rain system and could be seeing 3-5 inches of rain that's the reason we hav

we're showcasing apa culture here in the bay area.recognizing a teacher in east palo alto in march receiving presidential award for excellence in math and science instruction more information on instagram on abc7 news bay area. >> a dad ranks among coolest in the world will pemble followed through on a wish to create their own roller coaster in the backyard of their orinda home. will spend hours and thousands of dollars building this ride making a loop about around. well, if you go to ballet in oakland next week, you'll see something far different from traditional performances their season celebrates city diversity. it originated in oakland in the 90s. this style is now moving from the street to stage. >> they have a point in the whole dancing genre. >> they're collaborating with the oakland ballet. >> people get to see the classy side of turpin. >> they use their balance in a different way. >> it been fun sh stretched out of our shells a little bit. >> they're good, man. untapped potential. >> it was mayor jean kwan's idea. she's see

ultimately the way you build a businesslike ours is driving customers in, giving them a better experience apao you'll incorporate higher minimum wage, you'll incorporate higher food prices. how will you incorporate the higher cost of health care under obamaca obamacare? >> ultimately all of these affect everybody in this society, everybody in the industry. so we'll have on accommodate them and there will be a balance of more customers coming in the door. >> but do you have a strong opinion on obamacare, on raising the minimum wage? do you have a strong opinion for or against? >> let me say frankly, i'm on the record as saying i personally support, me personally, not the company, i support on increasing the minimum wage. i do if it's applied equally across the economy. if it is applied solely to -- it becomes an inflationary cost that applies to everybody. but it's an issue that we all have to ask. and it's an issue of what kind of society we want. when you have people living below a living wage, what kind of society is that? can people survive? is that what we want? >> i could answer by sayin

. >> he's an inmate from central correctional, apa. he assaulted a staff member over there.ting him out of his cell with him restrained in the front. the inmate advised the officer that he provided soap inside the cell. he went back in the cell, and the inmate closed door behind him. pulled the officer in. the inmate closed the door and assaulted the officer. >> this jacob has quite an extensive history. make sure the staff are aware the propensity for this guy to carry out violent acts like that. we need to make sure medical does a thorough check on this individual because the walls have closed in on this guy, and he's a little psychologically challenged right now. he was here for quite a bit of time. went to central because of his psychological issues. so it appears he's still very unstable. you're going to have to determine this individual's state of mind and see where he's at. is he still hostile, is he still wanting to fight? make sure we don't have a further incident. >> inmate jacob chavez agrees to talk to our crew and tell his version of the story. >> all i remember