corner pocket at 401 broadway. the space is presently vacant was previously occupied by a bar known as a crowbar. the business would include a billiard academy which would include 12 pool tables and offer instructional services for pull players. this is categorized as other entertainment and is principally permitted with the broadway commercial district. the pool service would not be physically demise. there is a condition of approval limit the number of seats in a more than 49. this will allow the overall business to comply with the seating limitations of the small self-service restaurant category. at this time, the sponsor does not propose any alcohol sales on-site, but have indicated they may pursue this in the future. the additional call sales would not require conditional use authorization. policies within the general plan discourage the overconcentration of restaurant uses. staff estimates approximately 21% of the frontage was in the broadway occupied by eating and drinking units. the broadway corridor is mor

this show-- well, off-broadway at first, right? >> oh, well, before that a basement in a bookshop. i mean, that's where.. >> hinojosa: that you would go to after... >> ...that's where tommy kail and i met. i mean, there were... it was literally a storeroom that they converted into a black box theater. it was being painted when we met in that basement. so this was not, "trust me to take it to broadway," this was, "i have some good ideas on how to make show better," and that's the mindset we always tried to stay in mind. we didn't worry about the end goal. we just said, "well, how can this be better and how can this be clearer?" and if you keep your eye on the rock in front of you, then that's... that's the way to get it done. >> hinojosa: now, the show actually continues to change, even... like, in other words, you... there are lots of things that you talk about in the show. you bring up gentrification, you bring up immigration. it's not at all a political show per se, ( speaking in spanish) >> well, a spoonful of sugar. >> hinojosa

. >>> what do a major star, a love of broadway, and a group of motivated teens have in common?ay tuned to find out. >> and much more next on "teen kids news." ♪ >>> welcome to "teen kids news." i'm mwanzaa. >> and i'm jessica. here's our top story for this week. >> reporter: it's the building block of life itself, but too much of it can be very bad for your health. now there's a nationwide effort to protect us from something we love to add to our food. cheryl has the story. >> reporter: salt is everywhere. it's about 3% of the oceans. our bodies need it to survive. and we love its taste. >> my favorite salty foods are probably chips. potato chips. >> onion rings and french fries. >> french fries are my favorites. >> i really like pretzels and chips. >> ooh. i'd have to say potato chips and french fries. >> my favorite salty foods, probably salt and vinegar chips and also crunchy seaweed. >> reporter: the problem is too much salt is unhealthy. >> too much salt overwhelms your body. you eliminate salt with your kidneys. however, there's only so much your kidneys can do. all the e

now, the most expensive show in broadway history at $74 million has been revamped.own for an exclusive interview with the composers, bono and the edge, to find out what's going on. ♪ it is death-defying stunts like these that make spider-man one of the most anticipated broadway shows in recent memory. how fast are you going? when you're flying? >> probably about 40, 45 miles an hour. >> reporter: chris tierney is one of those flying spider-men. >> wow, bravo! as thrilling as it is to watch in the audience, it's more fun to watch it from up here. it's hard to believe he's back in the air, performing the very same stunts that temporarily shut the show down. in december, tierney was in a life threatening accident, falling 30 feet below the stage. >> broke three vertebrae, four ribs, my skull, my scapula and my elbow. >> reporter: pretty good scars, i hear. >> yeah. >> reporter: are we going to see? oh my gosh. wow. we were with him the day he came back to work, months ahead of schedule. >> welcome back. someone who represents the total spirit of this company, mr. tiern

and so i listed my broadway credits. "i've done les miserables, and i did miss saigon, and i won a tony award for it." it just... eyes glazed over, and right over the head. he's like, "what else have you done?" very seriously, looking at me. so iookd at my friend, who i had worked with in les mis. and we're looking at each other, it was like, "well, i did the voices of princess jasmine in aladdin and mulan." i got the biggest freakout that i've ever seen. >> hinojosa: you mean he started jumping up and down like... >> "no way!" and i'm like... it's amazing what pop culture and film will... you know, how it influences kids. >> hinojosa: so... >> it's just so... it was just so funny. it made my night. it really, really did. >> hinojosa: what are you thinking about what comes next? i mean, do you think, "look, i could be producing, i could be directing, i could..." i mean, what's your dream? >> for me, i kind of want to coach, to teach, and to do one-on-one coaching with people. i've done it for a couple of people back home

there was a lot of outreach done because of the nature to have broadway corridor and there were -- of the broadway corridor and there were 13 letters of support and five collective bodies like north beach. the communication with the central police department i would say was stellar and excellent and we are going to receive some conditions for that and they will be reasonable and customary and i'm sure that the applicant is going to accept those. i just want to say it is one of those things a the outreach was long, hard and extensive but at the same time at the end of the day, all the parties are in agreement, in accord. i look forward to that. >> thank you very much. >> ok. no further public comment, this adjourns the may 24 meeting of the san francisco entertainment commission. thank you. >> well done, commissioners. >> i have been a cable car grip for 21 years. i am a third generation. my grand farther and my dad worked over in green division for 27. i guess you could say it's blood. >> come on in. have a seat. hold on. i like it because i am standing up. i am outside without a roof

you doing a show tonight on broadway? >> i do.dream for every actor. to be on -- >> jimmy: you did it before? >> i did it years before. i did "pirates of penzance" in 1982. right here. >> jimmy: that's cool. still got the same -- does it feel the same? >> well, it's different from being -- being in the broadway theater now is different now than back then, because now they have cell phones that go off during the show. i mean, it always happens right at the great comic moment or the most dramatic moment. >> jimmy: oh, yeah. >> these cell phones go off in the theater and just -- to hear that little "deliverance" theme. ♪ you want to go out there and take that phone and -- >> jimmy: yes, exactly, exactly. >> so that's the only difference. otherwise, broadway stays the same. been that way for a century. the theater we're in, built in 1912, marlon brando was on that stage. kathryn hepburn. >> jimmy: you feel the ghosts and all the vibes over there? >> oh, yeah. they come out and haunt you a little bit. >> jimmy: they do. a little bit, y

so that is broadway. then i want to move on to my second place which is the lawrence street school, um, for colored children located a few blocks north of houseton. and i do not, unfortunately, i don't have an image of it. um, and this is where my great grandfather, so my great, great grandfather goes to the, um, mulberry street school, and my great, great grandfather goes to, um, the lawrence street school. and i know a lot about my great grandfather because of the, um, very lengthy eulogy that this man, george downing, wrote and published in the brooklyn citizen at the time of my great grandfather's death. and so what he says is that my great grandfather, that phillip's wife's father was named thomas white, that he was a white man from northern england. he says absolutely nothing about phillip's mother, but from looking at the, um, at phillip's death certificate it says that she comes from jamaica. her name was elizabeth steele, she was undoubtedly black. she's the one who, because of her my great grand

we're live at broadway plaza this morning. it's relatively quiet right now but in the next couple of hours this place is going to be hopping. we have a lot of fun in store. temperaturewise today, we're looking pretty warm. high pressure has set up shop right on top of the bay area. breezy conditions, especially throughout the east bay hills. this is what we're looking at throughout the day today. it's a crisp, clear start. but by this afternoon our temperatures are going to skyrocket with that warmdown sloping wind trend that set up that offshore flow. we'll see northeasterly dry winds warming us up into the 90s. 90 degrees in livermore. if you work in the city, pretty nice conditions downtown san francisco today, 82 degrees. shouldn't be all that bad. your seven-day shows you this is the only hot day we're working with this week. we'll drop off in temperatures significantly as we head into the weekend. we're talking about the 70s, more cloud cover, just in time for mother's day. should be perfect for those outdoor plans on mo

at that time, and nobody was interested in-- on broadway, certainly-- in a grumpy, hour-long play by somebody never heard of. and so it was done in berlin in german on a double bill with beckett's krapp's last tape. and i think that fact, which got picked up by the new york times, you know-- "young american playwright has to go to germany to have his first work done, and not even in english"-- i think that instantly made the play producible in new york city, because six months later, it was done off-broadway in english on the same double bill and ran for four years. so i quit my job delivering telegrams for western union-- [laughter] and settled in to be a playwright. now, do you speak or write german? no. no. it's a very strange language. do you speak it? no. no. you know, the verbs are at the ends of the sentences, so you can go along, you know, for a page and a half, not knowing what anybody is talking about, and then, all of a sudden, bang, at the end, there's a verb. but you had this-- this added advantage of sitting there the first time you watched it and not being able to say-

[ cheers and applause ] he's on broadway now. he's doing great. aw, man.his -- this girl is -- oh, my gosh. she's my new favorite. oh, my gosh. the amc show, "the killing." you guys watch that show? "the killing." [ cheers ] if you haven't seen this show, you got to watch it. it's the best new show. i love it so much. mireille enos is dropping by. she's awesome. [ cheers ] she is awesome. very good show. and we got some music from a nice piano band. the head and the heart will be here! [ cheers and applause ] they're really good. it's time for "late night" hashtags, you guys. here we go! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: there you go. these are lists on twitter where we give you the topic, and you send in the tweets. so, since it's graduation time, a lot of people are getting gifts. so, i decided to go on twitter and start a hashtag called "worst gifts ever." and i asked you at home to tweet out the worst gifts you ever got or gave to someone else. we got thousands of tweets. i was watching them come in all night. it was great. so, now, i thought i'd sha

now the creators of that series have unleashed their talents on broadway.can testify firsthand, good luck scoring a ticket. >> hello! who wants to see book of mormon tonight? >> reporter: everybody it seems. >> i would buy a ticket but they don't have to sell one. you have to join the lotery. >> reporter: it sold out for months with scalpers charging as much as $900 for one seat. so no wonder a huge crowd forms before every performance for a lottery that lets ten winners buy tickets. >> linda tam. >> reporter: this is what all the fuss is about. >> hello, my name is elder price. >> reporter: it's a musical about mormon missionaries. >> hello. >> reporter: really? when you think book of mormon and you think broadway musical, that doesn't really.... >> perfect. that's exactly what we thought. >> total perfect. >> hello, little boy. >> reporter: total sense if you're trey parker and matt stone. the irreverent creators of south park. they've had such a long-time fascination with mormonism, the religion founded in 1830 in upstate new york by joseph smith, that t

there were a few other batteries in the broadway area. but overall we are not seeing anything major or out of the ordinary for this time of year. one issue is that over the weekend we had an incident. we are still waiting for the report. we have yet to get it. i was working that evening and responded to the scene. what it looks like is that we had a shot fired. it is possible at this point that the shot fired was actually budue to an altercation in front of the venue. i will report on this incident once we have a full report and the investigation from sfpd, and we are able to do a little more digging on our own. that is what i have. vice chair joseph: the karaoke at 870 caravel -- taravel is what cross street? >> i would not be able to tell you. vice chair joseph: is that the place we permitted price that was problematic? >> i believe so. we did not permit twice. we permitted once. vice chair joseph: we turned it down once and then permitted another time. so we do not know if this is 14th avenue or 19th avenue, or where it is? >> i think

you know, it's -- unfortunately, there aren't a lot of african-american stories being told on broadway today. so it's such a delight for me to be able to telling a story about people in this world. you know? that's what i want to do, i want to reflect what is real life and real life is all different colors and all different experiences. so it's really nice to have people come and say, you know, this is the first play i've ever seen and thank you so much. that really is delightful to me. >> why aren't the people who make plays or produce plays, why aren't they making more stuff for us if we come -- >> i know! i don't know. you got to talk to them. i know that they are -- last year they did "fences," and i know that sam jackson is doing a play coming up. i did "cat on a hot tin roof" in london. let's just look at it. hopefully it's getting better. i'm just going to say that. let's put it out there, it's getting better. we're going to see more stories for people of color, whether that's on tv, film, broadway. >> tell me what it's like to be a high ly worth actress. what's your experience

i had done other broadway shows. >> that was a huge fan. dream girls came out of a full workshop that lasted for over three years that were different. a lot of the women, and jennifer lewis. all of them went through this. and jennifer holliday. the creating of the show came out of improv. all of these other women, we worked together to create the show. >> i was the third girl. i was like the mary wilson character. it was always between and the other character. it was loosely based on the supremes. it was the real relationship that was supposed to have happened in real life between those characters. i was the third girl out. i had a master's in fine arts. what i went to new york and started. tavis: were you depressed about that? a despondent? how did you navigate your way through that? >> i think michael was more upset about it that i was. he got me an agent. i was the only one not nominated for a tony. that was a devastating time for me. i remember crying at not being able to deal with that very well. i was still working, i had worked for y

support broadway. yeah.se ] i have a -- i have an idea for another play that you should do. >> okay. >> jimmy: "the view." [ laughter ] the musical. right? all these personalities, right? everyone's got. ♪ what you said to me what did you say to me ♪ did you mean that ♪ did you mean that ♪ ♪ i'm walking off the set i'm walking off the set ♪ ♪ that was ridiculous that was ridiculous ♪ ♪ he was born in hawaii part of the usa ♪ [ applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: go see "sister act" now playing at the broadway theater right here in new york city. the one and only whoopi goldberg, everybody. we'll be right back with jennifer hudson. come on back! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ on training days... i need the fuel to get me ahead of the pack. start with a breakfast that can't be beat. [ female announcer ] like the protein-packed sunrise subway melt. try it with juicy tomatoes, fresh toasted on flatbread. trying to stay on track? you've got to eat the best. [ female announcer ] like the orchard chicken salad sub. taste-riffic chic

you're on broadway now, you're getting crazy rave reviews for this play. -- enjoying it? >> yeah. >> jimmy: i know it's a lot of work. every time -- we get any actress from broadway, they come on -- it's a lot of work. i mean -- >> it is, you know, but -- but, you know that going in. you know -- >> jimmy: yeah. >> -- anyone who thinks it's going to be an easy ride is very, very mistaken. >> jimmy: do you get to go out and enjoy new york at all? >> i mean, i do. i don't really go out after the shows that much because -- >> jimmy: you don't go to clubs or anything? >> oh -- i don't go to clubs anyway. why? why? why? >> well, cause they're like -- it's horrible. absolutely horrendous. like, you know, as the only -- somebody was asking me about dancing, and because i dance in the show and i took a lot of lessons for it. and, but you know, i don't dance in clubs and dancing -- if frank leto music came on in the club, then if brotherhood of man started playing, then i could probably dance to that. i would tear it up. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: so then -- >> but any

support broadway. yeah. ] i have a -- i have an idea for another play that you should do. >> okay. >> jimmy: "the view." [ laughter ] the musical. right? all these personalities, right? everyone's got. ♪ what you said to me what did you say to me ♪ did you mean that ♪ did you mean that ♪ ♪ i'm walking off the set i'm walking off the set ♪ ♪ that was ridiculous that was ridiculous ♪ ♪ he was born in hawaii part of the usa ♪ [ applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: go see "sister act" now playing at the broadway theater right here in new york city. the one and only whoopi goldberg, everybody. we'll be right back with jennifer hudson. come on back! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ sizzling ] i'm telling you, it was drop dead -- [ sizzling ] ♪ so joey says to the guy -- [ sizzling ] [ male announcer ] fresh flavor never sounded so good. [ sizzling ] love when that happens. [ male announcer ] applebee's introduces two new sizzling entrees. try the new sizzling cajun steak and shrimp or our new sizzling smokehouse chicken stack. new s

fifth and broadway in oakland. kron 4's stanley roberts take as look at the problem. >> reporter: this is the intersection of fifth and broadway in oakland. woman just entered the cross walk. notice how the driver failed to yield. wait, it gets worse. watch as the woman is crossing. this minivan driver, ignores a man in the cross walk and asks me why i am recording him. drivers trying to get to interstate 880 or 2. people on foot are priority on the street. all the intersections in oakland, this one should be marked, but it's not. there is only a partial marking on the street. in one area, there is no marking at all. something else. see this person waiting to cross. let's stop the tape right here. they get the walk signal. watch this. this woman has to wave her umbrella to get attention to cross. >> this is the worst intersection in oakland. >> reporter: you know, he may just be right. stanley roberts, kron 4 news. >>> rain today but big changes tomorrow and again on friday. our forecast is see sawing, i will tell

i don't know what oprah's planning to do on broadway.ave ideas that she's welcome to use, and b i think will be a very big hit. >> it's everybody get ace car. the new broadway musical where everybody gets a car. you get a car. and you get a car. everybody gets a car. i got a car, raves "the new york times." i got a car, gushes the daily us into. and michael feingold of the village voice says if you only see one show this year where you get a car, make "everybody gets a car" the one. everybody gets a car. tickets on sale now. children under 16 get a bike. >> jimmy: well, that's nice. [ cheers and applause ] ticket prices are -- start at $24,000. but i think it's worth it. tonight on "american idol" it was elimination night. i wish steven tyler would eliminate those beads in his hair. tell you, it's starting to look like a christmas tree. james durbin was eliminated tonight from "american idol." i guess this was a big surprise. saturday morning, he'll be eliminateded from our memories too. [ laughter ] watch this. when the contestants get

and she lived a short walk away from broadway, and she used to hang around the wine bars there. and one day she met this very dynamic man who was more than twice her age, william franklin boothe, a man who was actually married at the time, and they began an affair. she was 18 years old; he was in his 40s--late 30s, early 40s. and she became pregnant and gave birth to david boothe, clare's brother, in 1902, and clare was born the following year. s--and they were still not married. c-span: did they ever marry? >> guest: i don't think they ever married because he didn't get a divorce until 1907, when clare was four years old. and i never found any papers, any marriage certificates. and i went to memphis, nashville, chicago, new york, everywhere they lived, found no evidence of a certificate. and he couldn't, in any case, have married in--remarried in new york state because in those days you could not marry if you were the guilty party in a divorce action, which he was. and in any case, by the time he was free to marry, the marriage was really on the rocks--the--the relationship was

at beautiful broadway plaza.ll tell you a little more about the creek that actually runs through walnut creek bearing the same name. >>> also we'll take you to the biggest little train exhibit you've ever seen in tay a fun one for the family. stick around. 7 i'm a curious seeker. i am a chemistry aficionado. diphenhydramine. magnesium hydroxide. atheletes foot. yes. i'm a people pleaser. if elected, i promise flu shots for all. i am a walking medical dictionary. congratulations virginia. inflamed uvula. i'm virginia. i'm a target pharmacist and i'm here to answer your questions. >>> our "may around the bay" tour continues. this morning we're waking up in walnut creek helping you to start your day as well. a lot of people associate this great city with fine dining, some fantastic shopping, but there's so much more to see. we'll bring it to you live. good morning to you, i'm laura garcia-cannon. thanks for joining us this morning. it's going to be a nice day as well. in fact, the warmest of the year so far. spring

we read it just last year where 455 vallejo, there was a rockslide that affected properties on broadway and montgomery. at rock slide occurred because of blasting that occurred back in the turn-of-the-century that left the rock week. 100 years later, the weak rock cannot stand there anymore and it fell. this slide is a long sansome street, where the city chose to protect sansome street and the cars, and they built this catchment wall. the sole purpose of this wall is to catch rocked that falls from private property. >> and every year or two, we get a call saying that rocks have fallen down the road and spilled over. this is the famous slide where we had a building at the top fall down this hill. this is the 22 street building. this was a watercolor done in 1945 by david mandel which -- by david mandelowiz. this building started gradually falling and sliding down. >> they had to replace the street right there. and in the process of jack hammering out the old st., they weakened the rocked. then the rockfall occurred. it undermined the building. once the building was undermined, it could n

soon-to-be former talk show host wants to be on broadway. she tells the chicago tribune she has stacks of plays she is looking at now. oprah's show wraps up after a 25-year run later this month. so hey, she tackled everything else. she has the color purple did that on broadway. >> probably successful at that, as well. >> i guess. have a great day. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com [ woman ] everybody's looking for deals these days, and i'm not talking about saving a dollar off shampoo or two-for-one tacos or something. i'm talking about paying less -- every month. like this deal. [ female announcer ] call today and get the fastest internet for the price -- an amazing $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. plus get access to the entire at&t national wi-fi network at no extra cost. [ woman ] with at&t, i'm surfing at hot spots all over town. ♪ i'm downloading music fast. and watching videos. cute! and the price is great. [ female announcer ] call at&t today and get the fastest internet for the price -

>> may be the sanest of the bunch. >>> it's a good show, the house of blue leaves is on broadway in aited engagement through july 9th. >>> and good morning, thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >>> thank you for waking up with us this thursday i'm mike hydeck. angie goff will have traffic in a moment. meteorologist howard bernstein says grab a sweater. if you don't like it when it's chilly on a walk or run, it may

let's talk broadway now, because now you're on broadway. you take a little bit of ah-ha.> my acting vacation is more acting. >> what's it been like for you? i know we briefly touched on it? >> it's been kind of a slice of heaven for me. there's something about this play, this particular production, and the effect it's having on audiences that, in many ways, is for me exactly why i got into acting to begin with. it is a true ensemble effort. there's just a group dynamic and a group power behind this piece, and it really seems to translate to the audience. >> yes. >> you know, every night we wrap this play up, and i feel very affected by it. it's all true. you know, it's all fact-based. and i think that has a big impact. and it's -- there's no denying it's sad. it's moving. you know. but there are movements of levity. 40efully i get to deliver a couple of them. >> you do. because it is a very serious topic for people who are not familiar with it. it's about the basically the aids epidemic when it first came out in new york and then around the country in the early '80s. >> n

it's pretty racy for broadway, i would say. >> yeah, it's pretty racy for anything.o, and i heard one of the songs, and i called up my agent and i said, "i don't know if i can do this." and he goes, "why? is it not great?" i go, "no, it's great, but i prefer not getting shot in my life." >> jimmy: exactly. >> i like maintaining living and breathing. >> jimmy: boy, oh, boy, you knocked it out of the park. 14 tony nominations, including you for best actor. how'd you find out? >> i got can a call for my manager. and she started screaming, and i started screaming. and then the dog started barking. [ laughter ] and then the baby started crying and pooped her pants. and so i had to hang up the phone and clean my baby up. >> jimmy: yeah. yeah. >> it's good, it kind of grounds you and reminds you that you're a father at the same time. >> jimmy: yeah. now, on the playbill q&a here it says you are a good impersonator, under special skills? >> yeah, it's kind of a boldfaced lie. i do -- you have to put something. so, oh, my god. >> jimmy: no, you look great. [ laughter ] stop i

i would say -- well, i sing "broadway baby." >> want to sing a little for us. ♪ i'm just a broadway baby. ♪ walking off my tired feet tired is right. i'm tired today. >> well, it sounds good to me. how about your favorite of the songs? >> i get to sing a lot of great songs. i sing "something's coming" from "west side story" and we sing a lot of great duets, a lot of fun duets we get to sing together and a fun little trio we sing at the end of act one which if you come and see the show that's something to look forward to, to stay for. >> speaking of coming to see the show, we know it's at the signature. it runs through when? >> june 12th. >> and tickets are available through ticketmaster or signature theater.org. thank you so much for coming in to talk to us about it. i'm excited about seeing the show. >> we can't wait to have you there. >>> thanks a lot it is now 11:27. in the next hatch hour, quick work by police in german up to, how investigators track down a murder suspect at a local shopping center. pl plus, remembering 9/11. why some are traveling to new york this week for a piece o