thank you very much for the analysis situation in murray. awful is especially bad and other busy cities are also seeing major food shortages . there are reports of people in the city of miracle, life rating shops, food and grocery stores and warehouses and now empty. and the world food program is wanting that food and water supply chains collapsing due to a lack of security. un 8 convoys have been unable to reach perceived cities. my conflict is the director of the world food programs, global office in berlin. we talk to him about the situation in the procedure credited cities and how his organization is trying to help the people we are trying to get access to bring food in her last contribution. and that need to get there hasn't been a possibility going through the humanitarian call. we are delivering food to cities . we're not entirely in circles. we have no food stocks, all those 3000000 people for 30 days. but we are still waiting and pressing for humanitarian coroner's kiki mary all marino, but it's impossible to get and it states that the money carrying corridors have been problem

i have been talking to business leaders across the city. they love this city. they want to invest. they want to support. they want san francisco to grow and to succeed. when i put out the call to businesses about committing to bring workers back into the offices. so many answers. they are investing and they are returning. what i have heard most from business leaders just as i have heard from residents and small business owners is that we need to continue to improve the conditions on our streets. our work in the tenderloin has attracted a lot of attention. supervisor haney was talking about the tl until we declared a state of emergency. it has fired a lot of debate. the main take away is that we cannot continue to accept things as they were. the families and the small businesses of the tenderloin deserve better. those on the streets deserve better. the people of the city deserve better. since 2018 we have added more safe shelter space in san francisco than we had at any time in the previous 20 years. two years ago we set an ambitious goal of adding 1500 new units of permanent support

the mayor and city leaders, business owners gather at sales force tower park to introduce blown sf a weeklong celebration at the end of the month will feature a wine walk. deejays roller skating in outdoor cinema and more. it's all part of the mayor's downtown recovery plan. and welcome back to san francisco program. well, the mayor says san francisco is a safe place to have workers return to the office which around 82% of the people in the city fully vaccinated. >> going home was easy. we all just did it in one day and was miraculous and we were n s- able to we were able to thrive and grow actually. but coming back is going to be a little more difficult. >> several san francisco companies made a promise to bring employees back into the office during the month of march. little sf runs march 27th until april 2nd. sarah says i'm a lot of great is off to europe to try to bring back more tourism to the city. she and other city leaders are visiting european cities like paris, london, brussels and more flirts. taylor's aqi tells us why the city says this trip is necessary. as we see more d

survivors emerged from the bombing of a theatre in the already busy city of marion.eliberately targeting the theatre that was being used as a shelter. russia denies carrying out the attack. 0fficials carrying out the attack. officials in kyiv say russia is carrying out a genocide. so the intention of _ carrying out a genocide. so the intention of russian _ carrying out a genocide. so the | intention of russian aggressors is to— intention of russian aggressors is to destroy mariupol to the ground _ is to destroy mariupol to the ground. but the main thing and the main— ground. but the main thing and the main tragedy that they are losing — the main tragedy that they are losing other people. we will rebuild _ losing other people. we will rebuild ukraine. but we will not, _ rebuild ukraine. but we will not. you _ rebuild ukraine. but we will not, you know, we cannot bring back— not, you know, we cannot bring back our— not, you know, we cannot bring back our people. they died. the ci of back our people. they died. the city of lviv. _ back our people. they died. the city of

let's continue to work together to bring back tourism to our city, to bring back conferences and businesses. let's bring back all the great things that we love about this city again, so thank you for this opportunity, and i look forward to what's coming our way. thank you so much. [applause] >> all right. next up, we're going to have the mayor come back and introduce one of her favorite groups. >> the hon. london breed: i am? >> yeah. >> the hon. london breed: okay. well, just to top it off and give you a bit of a little bit of a taste of what you can expect from all of the great activities that we're going to be adding to san francisco, right now, we have a performance from seven finger circus. they perform at club fugazi, and here's just a tidbit of here's san francisco. [♪♪♪] [applause] >> the hon. london breed: big round of applaud for seven finger circus. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: whoa! goodness, doesn't that make you nervous? do i clap? i don't want to mess them up, right? well, this is what you're going to be seeing all over san francisco, and we want to thank all of you f

>> i think anybody who has walked around the city, a business owner, a city official, even a residenthas been an increase in graffiti and vandalism. the numbers have borne that out. over the last year, there have been roughly 11,000 instances of graffiti on private businesses according to the department of public works. that has roughly doubled the amount seen in pre-pandemic times, leading some folks to consider a new approach to dealing with the issue. kristen: before we dive into the new approach, i want to ask if mayor breed has weighed in. she seems focused on cleaning up the city to get office workers and tourists to come back. she is kicking off a european tour to sell the city as a tourist haven, which is hard to do if the city is not visually appealing. has she commented? >> not directly, but the mayor's office is working in partnership with the supervisor on this impending program. kristen: the program you are speaking about is the graffiti abatement pilot program that supervisor myrna melgar is behind. tell us about what that includes. >> this would create a pilot program a

open for business a peninsula city filled with family-owned shops tries a new tactic to help the local economy recover from the pandemic downturn. thank you for joining us. i'm amanda del castillo. you're watching abc 7 news at 5 live here on abc 7 hulu live and wherever you stream. we begin with a story about the economy one of the issues. we focus on an efforts to help build a better bay area abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard shows us why you needed a passport to check out. shops and restaurants today in san bruno okay, so we're gonna we're actually check out here for lunch. yeah, lynette or cholski and rita simpson are on a mission to eat and shop their way through downtown san bruno on san mateo avenue. to support to our san mateo avenue, and they're taking part in the san bruno stroll an event created to help local businesses, which have struggled during the pandemic for starters everyone gets this passport with 40 shops and restaurants. they can visit you got a long journey ahead. we do we do so we're gonna go eat off the passport has perks like free tri-tip sliders at grand le

busy city had essentially blocked off access to downtown because they were expecting the truckers now i come from an area on the side of se dc where truckers normally would be and i can say i only saw cars. i didn't see any trucks or anything like that. but i do think that there obviously is some frustration in the country and it's not really what you're seeing now with the truckers. a new is an extension of what we've actually seeing with people around the country. initially, what was happening is, is that democrats were doing a very good job in mainstream media as well as characterizing this frustration as this is emblematic of conservatives or the republican party. there was so much focus on rick scott versus i mean i'm sorry i'm run to santa's versus andrew cuomo . remember earlier on in the crisis. and i think what we see now with the truckers is that it's really coming to a head and with so many states now essentially rescinding their mandates. you can actually dep, you can definitely say that the talkers have a point, but they haven't gotten to dc. it and i'm not sure when they

francisco visit visitation valley to see how this side of the city is the same but different. >> we are right now in outer richmond in the last business area of this city. this area of merchants is in the most western part of san francisco, continue blocks down the street they're going to fall into the pacific ocean. two blocks over you're going to have golden gate park. there is japanese, chinese, hamburgers, italian, you don't have to cook. you can just walk up and down the street and you can get your cheese. i love it. but the a very multicultural place with people from everywhere. it's just a wonderful environment. i love the richmond district. >> and my wife and i own a cafÉ we have specialty coffee drinks, your typical lattes and mochas and cappuccinos, and for lunches, sandwiches and soup and salad. made fresh to order. we have something for everybody >> my shop is in a very cool part of the city but that's one of the reasons why we provide such warm and generous treats, both physically and emotionally (♪♪) >> it's an old-fashioned general store. they have coffee. other than that what we sell is fishing equipment. go out and ha

it is considered an enterprise department of the city, meaning function like a business, they fund theirto revenue, so the airport itself has an interest because they need that revenue as well as the city at large. kristen: got it, like a marketing budget, right? sen. wiener: right -- >> right. kristen: the rationale would be increased business, revenue, airlines, ok. why do you think she has targeted europe? >> yeah, well, the reason for that is relative to other parts of the world, europe has high vaccination rates, and as a result, most countries in europe have limited or no restrictions on travel at this point, so people in those countries have the ability to come back and visit san francisco, and that's not the case in certain parts of asia, for example. they are saying this is the next frontier to bring tourists back. international tourism is particularly important to the city. international travelers spend more money in the city and at the airport, so they are really focusing on getting those travelers in particular back to the city. kristen: ah, audit, so one international travel

to do business in mainland china, of that i am sure. we just have to see that the city and businesses in the city have been enduring very troubled times over more than two years. is not just the pandemic, it was social unrest and the pandemic. the sooner we bring an end to this period, the sooner we resume normal, the easier it is to reinstate hong kong as asia's world city. juliette: when it comes to the fine print of what was announced yesterday and what we are still learning, what more would you like to see? there's been a concern about circuit breakers, if you have one plane with one covid positive person, is everyone on the plane going to be quarantined for 14 days and does that cause risk and uncertainty? frederick: we've seen many of the recent policies and actions by the hong kong government, which created significant uncertainty, and quite frankly, angst among the community. we have seen children separated from parents, we see a very unstable connectivity in terms of airlines providing flights in and out of hong kong due to the flight restrictions. if you bring

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it was a reaction to trying to keep our older businesses continuing in the city, and i think we've had itself is probably proof that it works. >> having the legacy business experience has helped us a lot, too because it makes it good for us because we have been in business so long and stayed here so long. >> we get to know people by name, and they bring their children, so we get to know them, also. it's a great experience to get to know them. supervisor yee comes to eat at the restaurant, so he's a wonderful customer, and he's very loyal to us. >> president yee: my favorite dish is the chile rellenos. i almost never from the same things. my owner's son comes out, you want the same thing again? >> well, we are known for our mole, and we do three different types of mole. in the beginning, i wasn't too familiar with the whole legacy program, but san francisco, being committed to preserve a lot of the old-time businesses, it's important to preserve a lot of the old time flavor of these neighborhoods, and in that capacity, it was great to be recognized by the city and county of san francisc

starting today, proof of vaccination were negative test will no longer be required to enter businesses . will the city guidelines have rolled back, individual businesses can choose to be more restrictive and this is the same for the chef. >> for the most umbrellas to take it on a day by day basis. we wearing a mask inside and check in vaccination cards. >> all of the bar owners are waiting for you to come. >> reporter: with vaccination rates rising , healthcare experts so we are building a strong line of defense against the virus. >> we made so much progress in parallel. >> reporter: the matter where you stand on the vaccination mandate to be lifted, business owners say this is a sign of progress. >> we have march madness and st. patrick's day and the vaccine mandate to be lifted is a cause for much celebration for us. >> reporter: proof of vaccination is still required to enter indoor mega-events . in the studio i am justin andrews, kpix 5. >> thank you so much, justin. >>> today is the last day masks are required at the most california public schools . many still recommend them into settings and the

recent example was one that we did as part of sf made week in partnership with the city seas partnership with small business, creating a 100 company selling day right here at city hall, in partnership with mayor lee and the board of supervisors, and it was just a wonderful opportunity for many of our smaller manufacturers who may be one or two-person shop, and who don't have the wherewithal to have their own dedicated retail store to show their products and it comes back to how do we help companies set more money into arthur businesses and develop more customers and their relationships, so that they can continue to grow and continue to stay here in san francisco. i'm amy kascel, and i'm the owner of amy kaschel san francisco. we started our line with wedding gowns, and about a year ago, we launched a ready to wear collection. san francisco's a great place to do business in terms of clientele. we have wonderful brides from all walks of life and doing really interesting things: architects, doctors, lawyers, teachers, artists, other like minded entrepreneurs, so really fantastic women to work with. i think it'

the city allows businesses to decide to be more restrictive if they choose. ropping and vaccination rates high, the city says it is time to do so today. so proof of vaccination or negative tests will no longer be required to enter inside essences. we are talking restaurants, bars, gyms, and fitness studios. one owner says that his staff is worried. >> for the most part, everybody really wants to take it on a day by day basis so right now, we are still following the same protocols. we are wearing our masks inside . we are checking vaccination cards and certainly, for any new employees that come in, we are still asking for proof of vaccination. >> in order to stay in line with the state guidelines, the city says proof of vaccination or the negative test is still required for indoor mega- events. that are gatherings of about 1000 people or more. >> that is easy to understand that. people are singing and having a good time of the virus can spread. >> they still have that in place for the big events. >>> the latest data from the cdc shows that just 2% of the u.s. p

keep isn't a busy city anyway, this city is about 50 percent evacuated already the any people are really left behind. those people have absolutely no choice and can't go anywhere else. any things, any people the any calls were seen moving on the street, or actually things like that car of that. or if you can see it with ukrainian flagon, it's actually a civilian comp. inside our territorial defense units. they have volunteers who are patrolling the city. what could be the reason for this curfew, why is it lasting such a long time? 35 hours? well, there's a number of reasons the deputy messages do with shelling. others of suggested that it's actually to do with the security operation to try and look for russian saboteurs that may be in the cities, not the 1st curfew that we've been through. and the last couple of weeks i was one last week last about the same time. and that was against a no, that was no peroration trying to look full russian saboteurs now. that's the curfew . but the fighting is ongoing about $1030.00, about an hour and a half, 2 hours ago. now actually we heard very loud

the economic hub of the black elite. george's capital is 2nd only to new york city in the number of black owned businesses. the city suburbs are also home to a company unlike any other, a company that aiming to be a kind of black owned amazon. by his late twenty's sharif abdulla league already had several projects to his name, including an online market place for black own businesses was gone. all. everything's good by story. how did a puzzle piece to the one right out at 800000 like 14400. i mean a lot of people viewed it took a site. oh yeah. so so that's really good for business. sharif abdul malik a young business graduate was quick to spot the potential of the growing by black movement. he found it. we buy black dot com in 2015. the website sells products from black owned businesses and sellers. everything from clothing to household goods. it took the black community by storm soon wrecking up more than 800000 customers and nearly a 1000000 social media followers. so for very long time, hundreds of years we've, we've always supported and bought white on this could be rooted from a lot african american

. >> reporter: odesa, still a relatively busy city. we have utilities here.cht club where rich russians would take their vacation in earlier times. instead, sand put into bags and human chains to cart off the center here to make barricade, hasn't seen the likes of since defending itself against nazis in 1940s but off to the east where i'm standing that the russian play book, as you mentioned, jim, becoming more palpable. in kherson, days ago, locals after two or three days of looting, failed utilities, humanitarian catastrophe, insulin and other medicines lacking today. they've seen eight trucks turn up in the central square. they appear to be brought in by those sympathizing with the russian military presence there, overnight, civilian convoy reported rolling into town and the concern voiced by ukrainian officials is we're about to see the kind of movie, the sort of fake synthetic show of support we saw in crimea, donetsk in 2015 and shift in favor of a russian military presence and then these humanitarian aid trucks were essentially put aid into a populatio

francisco is reopening its office to employees, and this comes as mayor, london breed and other city businesseople to come back to the city. ktvu zahle rasmus here now to explain to push to bring in workers and even tourists from overseas. good morning, david. the bottom line is mayor london breed and other business leaders in san francisco, say the city needs people to survive and recover economically. from this two year long pandemic and to start this morning, social media company twitter is reopening its office doors to welcome employees back . the company's ceo says workers can continue to work from home if they choose, but emphasize that there are definitely advantages to having everyone working in the same office space . now mayor london breed and other city leaders want other businesses to do the same and encourage their employees to come back. they've introduced a program called bloom sf, which will include free street performances this week, like from this one from seven fingers circus, which performs the ongoing show, dear san francisco at club forgot. see there are other outdoor ev

recent example was one that we did as part of sf made week in partnership with the city seas partnership with small business, creating a 100 company selling day right here at city hall, in partnership with mayor lee and the board of supervisors, and it was just a wonderful opportunity for many of our smaller manufacturers who may be one or two-person shop, and who don't have the wherewithal to have their own dedicated retail store to show their products and it comes back to how do we help companies set more money into arthur businesses and develop more customers and their relationships, so that they can continue to grow and continue to stay here in san francisco. i'm amy kascel, and i'm the owner of amy kaschel san francisco. we started our line with wedding gowns, and about a year ago, we launched a ready to wear collection. san francisco's a great place to do business in terms of clientele. we have wonderful brides from all walks of life and doing really interesting things: architects, doctors, lawyers, teachers, artists, other like minded entrepreneurs, so really fantastic women to work with. i think it'

. >> we are right now in outer richmond in the last business area of this city. this area of merchants is in the most western part of san francisco, continue blocks down the street they're going to fall into the pacific ocean. two blocks over you're going to have golden gate park. there is japanese, chinese, hamburgers, italian, you don't have to cook. you can just walk up and down the street and you can get your cheese. i love it. but the a very multicultural place with people from everywhere. it's just a wonderful environment. i love the richmond district. >> and my wife and i own a cafÉ we have specialty coffee drinks, your typical lattes and mochas and cappuccinos, and for lunches, sandwiches and soup and salad. made fresh to order. we have something for everybody >> my shop is in a very cool part of the city but that's one of the reasons why we provide such warm and generous treats, both physically and emotionally (♪♪) >> it's an old-fashioned general store. they have coffee. other than that what we sell is fishing equipment. go out and have a good time. >>

. ♪♪♪ my name is nita riccardi, i'm a painter for the city of san francisco and i have my own businesspainting contractor since 1994 called winning colors. my mother was kind of resistant. none of my brothers were painter. i went to college to be a chiropractor and i couldn't imagine being in an office all day. i dropped out of college to become a painter. >> we have been friends for about 15-20 years. we both decided that maybe i could work for her and so she hired me as a painter. she was always very kind. i wasn't actually a painter when she hired me and that was pretty cool but gave me an opportunity to learn the trade with her company. i went on to different job opportunities but we stayed friends. the division that i work for with san francisco was looking for a painter and so i suggested to my supervisor maybe we can give nita a shot. >> the painting i do for the city is primarily maintenance painting and i take care of anything from pipes on the roof to maintaining the walls and beautifying the bathrooms and graffiti removal. the work i do for myself is different because i'm no

i have been talking to business leaders across the city. they love this city. they want to invest. they want to support. they want san francisco to grow and to succeed. when i put out the call to businesses about committing to bring workers back into the offices. so many answers. they are investing and they are returning. what i have heard most from business leaders just as i have heard from residents and small business owners is that we need to continue to improve the conditions on our streets. our work in the tenderloin has attracted a lot of attention. supervisor haney was talking about the tl until we declared a state of emergency. it has fired a lot of debate. the main take away is that we cannot continue to accept things as they were. the families and the small businesses of the tenderloin deserve better. those on the streets deserve better. the people of the city deserve better. since 2018 we have added more safe shelter space in san francisco than we had at any time in the previous 20 years. two years ago we set an ambitious goal of adding 1500 new units of permanent support