bessie's husband did well in business. bessie outlived her husband. bessie decided she should buy a cane. she did but she's never used it. after walking up one of those san francisco hills, she then walks up three floors to her apartment. >> now everybody is more freer and people intermarry here, and a lot of chinese people have more education. and they're allowed to go to college. >> so it has turned out much better. >> oh yeah, it's much better now. it's different from the entire -- a different world. >> reporter: bessie and her family live the spirit of the motto that says endure what you can't change and change what you can't endure. >> reporter: hundreds of chinese immigrants died in the quake and the fire that is followed but only 12 chinese names are on official death lists. bessie chum died in 2002, she was 97 years old. >>> that's it for this week's second look. i'm frank somerville, we'll see you next week. continues. it's been mighty cold in here since "the big chill." what say we warm our hearts by... "st. elmo's fire"? yes! couple of wine

in 2003-2004, bessie carmichael was built. at that same time, it took us over a year to work with the rec and park to actually get this park built. it didn't just pop out of nowhere. it tookpt community's efforts to get the name and also to get the park built, which in 2006 it finally was there. and then in january, 2009 city and county of san francisco adopted the plan and this youth and family plan had two goals. one was to provide affordable housing in the area defined and two, intended to protect and enhance youth and families et cetera. this project does not meet those goals. building market rate housing is not going to house the people that need it in the neighborhood. thank you. >> thank you. >> did you want to speak? if you want to speak, come on up. >> this one? >> either. >> okay. hi, my name is pete lee. >> you can lift that microphone up. >> oh, yeah. [laughter ] >> cool. my name is still pete lee. i've spent -- i don't know -- four, five years working with kids in the tenderloin. and one of our -- one of my favori

in conjunction with bessy carmichael elementary school and was the result of a land swap between sfusd and rec and park. finally this park sat heart of south of market youth and family special use district -- a plan that our residents advocated for to ensure that families would have central consideration in this part of the south of market as we develop the entire neighborhood from the water front to the forecast this part of south of market was selected due to the clustering of youth and family related organizations, including the only public school in the neighborhood, bessy carmichael k-8, eugene friend rec center and affordable housing developments ranging from the dela cruz and studio apartment, and upcoming hugo hotel with the furniture hanging out of it, which you have seen is finally coming down for demolishment and will soon be affordable housing. because it used to be an industrial and commercial neighborhood, abag has projected population growth of 2.1 million people in the region and san francisco needs to build in order to meet the demand. as san francisco continues to gro

they went to school to, bessy carmichael education center, that we fought for tooth and nail with the vmd park. please help us. we look up to you, commissioners, to please help us protect and save our land in san francisco. the torinos own a lot of property and it's just about enough. we don't want any type of development in the south of market. please help us protect it. i am one of his tenants. we have not been evicted, but we're in the process. being filipino-american, sometimes a struggle here in the city, because i am -- a lot of people would see that i am low-income, but south of market is home to us and please help us protect our lands, please. we look up to you, commissioners, for everything from parks and recreation and land use in san francisco. please help us protect our land. and in essence, you know, we are being -- we're in the process right now. he bought the property within one year he subpoenaed us with eviction notices just wanted to let you know how they are. thank you. >> if you look at the size of the park i play basketball there a lot. it's a small fraction of ti

than seven degrees 15 washington dc at the three chicago at were also focusing on the texas area is bessie incident when we had freezing rain on their 26 and a storm system that would bring all of the freezing rain and problems to the f.w. in dallas us today move on over to the the carolinas parts of georgia and also tennessee and you can see from the deep south ride out the blue here indicating the snow with their also concerned about freezing line for northern north carolina. >>reporter: were still hold long to the ones remix to parts of the deep south today alive a pronounced at our san mateo bridge and the fog is not the concern today the concern this morning is the cold temperatures you see right now temperatures have dropped to ride around the freezing mark in santa rosa 32 when you factor in the wind chill the feels more like 26 degrees task even colder and nasa officials like 25 degrees this morning very cold conditions for the north bank of the third try not and livermore 39 in pleasanton where still sense and go conditions for vallejo and fairfield and several non concord very cl

the great thing about hockey is the plate so fast and so quick that there's not a bessie in the houseut five seconds. chough >>: these are two giant with the fans with the stadium record of california. >>: what are some of the challenges he faced over the past week? the is a football stadium built for the niners. >>: with a great experience you do all your 9 else worked in the day, and most of the buildings are about 55 to 60 degrees and doors and that's what it's going to be around game time. >>: how quickly will this rig be broken down? >>: the sharks and the 49ers connate handle that aspect. we turn this rig over to them afterwards. the popularity of the game is never been sharper and california. it's a the cells for the game and also interesting. >>: talk about this application i wish organelle light show in the application for people so phones. >>: is one of the information so any information about the game parking or, during replay, is any of those you can get out of the application. any information you did know about the game is played to be in the intermission of the game. >>:

sunday into monday for our friends across the south, it is going to be a bessie one this weekend.el of good news, janice. >> happy valentine's day. >> you're going to be busy. >> it's a busy one. make sure people are safe. >> it is dangerous. we make light of it but it can be deadly. uma? >>> and straight ahead right after this break, terrorists threatening mel tear families here at home via seener attacks. we'll talk to two women fighting back to help protect their families. and the add ven turp of a lifetime in outer space where zero gravity rules. it's all about the science on the international space station. our interview with two american astronauts onboard coming up next. >> two and a half hours of physical activity working out doing aerobic and ann aerobic exercise. it's go go, go pretty much all day every day. i've always loved exploring and looking for something better. that's the way i look at life. especially now that i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib a type of irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin, but wondered if

louis has dressed up as oprah, as michelle obama, as elizabeth bessie coleman. >> oh yes. >> the firstial. >> her parents say they wanted to teach their little girl about black culture and african-american history and if fun, positive meaningful way. what little kid doesn't love playing dress up? >> taking selfies. >> yeah. >> creative way to teach her about her history. >> she'll never forget those moments of the it's all in the way -- i think just think any great educators, put a fun spin on it. we'll never forget those pictures. >> thanks for that. >> thank you, lara. >>> "heat index" coming up. outside to rob for some weather. >> hey, george, you're missing all the snow. did you hear about the snow. >> i did it started when we left. >> reporter: let's go to washington d.c. snow coming down in washington d.c. winter weather advisory and winter storm warning posted for the carolinas and they saw severals inches of snow. the showers will continue through the afternoon and diminish past the lunch hour. across the south in new orleans 55 and drier. there's mountain snow you'll take in c

louis has dressed up as oprah, as michelle obama, as elizabeth bessie coleman. >> oh, yes. >> the firstach their little girl about black culture and african-american history in a fun, positive, meaningful way. what little kid doesn't love playing dress up? >> taking selfies. >> yeah. >> a really creative way to teach her about her history. >> she'll never forget those moments of the -- it's all in the way -- i think just think any great educators, put a fun spin on it. we'll never forget those pictures. thank you. >> thanks for that. >> thank you, lara. >>> "heat index" coming up. outside to rob for some weather. >> hey, george, wind chill, 16 degrees. you're missing all the snow in marshall. >> i did. started as soon as we left. >> so charming, your voice there. let's go to d.c., where a famous texan used to live at one point. they got some snow there. inch and a half and still coming down. winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings posted for the carolinas where they saw several inches of snow and nearly a foot in some spots across the deep south. there is your double-barrel