china town has a large older population. more than 30 percent of china town are 65 and older twice the rate of san flrancisco population. how do we get the home bound seniors eshg vac wait. how do we find out if they are okay? another thing is language and cullural issues. a percentage of china town residents are what we call linguistically isolated meaning no one in the household age 14 or older speak english well. what this means is that all our response plans have to keep in mind that factor the signs and volunteer workers need to community in cantonese and mandarin. our trainings have to be cond t conducted in multilanguages. we convened a preparedness committee composed of organizations in china town. includes the we are fortunate to have 3 medical facilities in china town. chinese hospital. public health center 4 and we also have northeast medical service. these 3 organizations are part of our response network. we have the senior care organization such as self help for the elderly. senior health. the housing service li

>> my michael and here to talk to you about the china town response plan. an example of an effort between public sectors, private, community based, faith effort to really come together and respond to a unique need. let me tell you about it, it's a public, private and community partnership of 40 organizationings throughout the area. research, training and coaligz building. we are really in a good position to bring all the pieces together. after the 1989 earthquake, we realized that there something needed to be done for the china town residents. there were damage to older buildings. we had older chinese seniors afrayed to leave their home there was language and cultural gaps that existed. so, as a result. some of our concerns i mentioned a little china town is the most densely populated neighborhoods in san francisco. we have many sro buildings. so, it's not uncommon for an entire family or generations of a family to reside in one small room. when we see the sro buildings in china town it's not unheard to have hundreds of people on a floor sharing one emergen

my mom came to san francisco and wanted to do a grocery store in china town. spotted the store. funny. he spott eted porno book store he didn't have the money to do it so they started a sewing shop. they started things that shouldn't have b. started. >> is it a family, is that the best pat of entrepreneurship, is it's in your family? >> yeah. what the thing is, you bet the whole house knowing that if the worst case scenario, you can live with the worst case scenario, then it's good. when i started, i remember looking at the space and there were three or four people ahead of me and somehow i just knew this guy was, you know, arm crossed, you know, he was the owner. and the agent was something else, you know. and i -- he was chinese and i talked to him in his language and i made a deal right there, lock it up right now. four months free rent. if i don't get my permit or money you can keep my first and last. sometimes you've got to make that deal on the fly, at like the flea market. >> you said you saw a niche. what made you sort of able to spot that particular niche. >> niche? i w

it is going the start 9th street between franklin and webster in china town. among the stops, lincoln elementary school known as the segregated school for asian american students many years ago and a former luxury hotel site where her grandfather was a cook. it ends here at the the fox theatre, new members of city council, auditor and school board will also be sworn in. doors open 10:00 a.m., first come first served her first order of business will be tomorrow morning, she will be at the police department, talking about crime and challenges after dozens were laid off last year. >> big day ahead. thank you sharon chin live in oakland. >>> well, other swearing in ceremonies today include kamela harris as state attorney general. state superintendent of public instruction and insurance commissioner. >> kef san francisco mayor gavin newsom is postponing his swearing in until newly elected board of supervisors picks his replacement. >>> time is 5:06 a.m. tracy has your workweek forecast. everyone is getting back to work. >> getting back in the grind. a new year cond

. >> reporter: frank, here in san francisco's china town, many community leaders want to see ed lee as the in coming mayor, but the question is, did lee want the job? today he gave his answer. supporters of the ed lee gathered in a china town restaurant this afternoon but lee was not amongst them. lee was on vacation, after weeks of saying he did not want the job. a statement was read by one of his supporters. >> i love this city. >> i persuaded him it's for the good of the city. he cares deeply like we all do about this city. and he has the experience. >> reporter: if lee is appointed he would be the first chinese american to become mayor of san francisco joining gene quan who's the first mayor of oakland. >> historic for a community who have been working for over 100 years to enter the political mainstream of the city, registering voters, running for office. >> reporter: but there is still a major hurdle. the outgoing board of supervisors is expected to take up the issue tomorrow, but it's the incoming board that has the final vote. >> at least two of the new four members have commit

but why are they taking their message outside of china town? >>> as we understand we believe that oral sex occurred. >> that happened between two second graders experimenting with sex inside a classroom. it happened at an elementary school in oakland. and it's not the only incident at that school. ktvu's rita williams has been working on this story all day. she's in the newsroom now with what she's uncovered. rita. >> reporter: frank what oakland school districts officials say apparently what happened at an east oakland elementary school is hard to fathom. >> no. >> i still don't know how it could happen. >> reporter: that was the reaction from parents today when we told them what officials confirmed to us. apparently happened here at their children's school last week markum elementary. >> as we understand we believe that oral sex occurred. >> did occur? >> correct. >> reporter: that's oral sex inside of a classroom here, between a boy and a girl. both second graders. >> they are imitating what they see, they didn't will your -- didn't learn it

it will go from china town to the inauguration theater. >>> one of governor schwarzeneggers last acts before he leaves office has some people crying foul. the reason the family of a murdered college student is so upset. >>> a newly surfaced video is embarrassing the u.s. navy. the man behind that video and what it shows that is causing an uproar. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. >>> well good morning to you. there are new calls for permanent u.s. bases in afghanistan. lindsey graham says such bases would make sure that afghanistan never falls back into the hands of terrorists. however democratic congresswoman barbara lee says she is appalled by the calls for permanent bases and it's time to bring american troops back home. >>> the u.s. navy will investigate the clearly inappropriate video shown on the closed circuit tv system of the uss enterprise. those videos in 2006 and 2007 include gay slurs. men and women pretending to shower together including lewd scenes and tv languages. it was made by the man that was the second in command. he's no

>>> some people familiar with oakland's china town said it's always considered insular. there are plenty of business and community leaders here. historically, they tend not to venture outside of this neighborhood. things could be changing and some are attributing it to two of theon bay area's newly seate mayors. san francisco mayor add lee and gene kwan featured in the section on the way to last night's state dinner at the white house. they've become media darlings in this country and overseas. not only were they invited to rub shoulders with the nation's political big wigs, but they were seated within ten feet of president obama. kwan said president obama introduced him and went out of the way to tell both mayors that he was proud of his accomplishment. big crack in the glass ceiling. a lot of chinese interviews. >> kwan held the weekly press conference via skype. here in oakland's china town, some people are saying that not only are these residents decided of finally feeling like they have access to city hall, but some of them feel now that they will be fully represent

we hardly go to china town. >> in a casual way, they had fun with his body. they chained him to the back of the car and did fish tails. forensic evidence suggests his body came loose and they rechained him after rolling back over him to get him. now most of us heard about this. something we don't hear, dragged to death we assume it was -- >> like this. chained to the bumper of a truck. that's not true. it's like this. chained the back of the truck. watching the road behind him as he goes. this poem is called big thicket. jasper, texas. >> to big thicket a crack is a buck shot, a stick broke, cracked headlights. crack, the big thicket we go 2 sticks. drink, drink, light, light. stagger in the road. statistic o statistic broke. the light, buck shot light. >> buck on stagger. what you looking at. the white stick. along the trees, along the trees. the buck staggering home. the crack. big thicket. what are you doing here? >> stick broke. white light. break for home. white homing. ha, ha, go, go, buck shot, kra e crack, crack, crack. hit lights. what you think you

and representatives from the district attorney's office will hand out crime prevention tips in china town preventing burglary and extortion. shoppers will be given a pact with information about fraud and scams. >> many are on the move in china headed to their hometowns for celebrations. some $2.5 billion will travel on the train system to mark the start of the year of the rabbit. or the year of the hare. one rail official says it will be impossible to keep up with passenger demand. in addition to overcrowding the system, bad weather in the form of snow and sleet could jeopardize plans for millions to travel. >> china's president is kicking off a four-day visit to the united states, meeting with president obama right now. we have a live look at the pair together at the white house. in addition to meeting with the president he is going to meet with top ceos to talk about making it easier for china and the united states to do business. representatives from chinese companies will also attend. >> who can demonstrate, here is a way by our investment we are keeping americans employed, that would

. >> reporter: this morning kwan and her supporters will walk from china town to her swearing in at the fox theatre it will start at 8:30 a.m. and retrace significant spots in her personal journey the walk ends at the fox theatre where new members of city council, school board and city auditor will be sworn in at 11:00 a.m. kwan says her first order of business, will happen tomorrow morning. she is going to attend the first police line up of the oakland police department tomorrow, start to open the conversation about crime, tackling crime and how to do it with fewer police officers. first the swearing in ceremony this morning 11:00 a.m., doors open at the fox theatre at 10, and it is first come first served. >> she has a lot to tackle. sharon chin live for us in oakland. thank you. >>> 6:06 a.m. weather and traffic tracy is the sun going the come out today? >> yeah, the sun will come out and we are also expecting sunshine to be with us for most of the workweek. for this morning as you head out the door, plenty of clouds, temperatures a little chilly especially san the rosa. 36 degrees.

particular transaction, the agency is leasing to a limited partnership that is managed by both china town community development center and johnson interests for the purpose of obtaining tax credit investment, an equity investment to build 100 units of very low-income senior rental housing in a development named after a long-time western addition activist, mary helen rogers, called mary helen rogers senior community. we will lease the land for 70 years and will be providing a minimum -- requiring a minimum payment of $15,000 and the balance of the annual lease being subject to the availability of cash from that particular development. in addition to the lease, the agency is providing a subordinate loan of approximately $15.5 million to ensure that the building can be constructed. and the agency commission recommends the board's approval. thank you. president chiu: colleagues, any questions to redevelopment staff? supervisor? >> i just want to add some comments. this building is technically in district 6, daly's district. mary helen rogers happens to be an icon well known to many of us thro

. >> i have a group in town down and china town and the north tunnel.audible] the graffiti we abate everything is coming up to the areas now. >> i'm willing to take it on. i think -- >> you are telling me you are ready for this? >> i think so. >> okay. >> there you go. >> all right. >> all right. >> ready to do it. let's go. >> want to get the gray signses this over here and the garbage can and normally we don't do private property since it's on the corridor route you can come with me we will use black. >> we had a lot of changes in the graffiti unit. we do private property if someone moved we remove it and send it to the attorney's office and they take appropriate action. >> damage their property there. it's important to write the color in case they want to say what part of our house you abated the graffiti on. >> using your safety glasses the gloves. >> you got it. >> you know some places we gashi, people appreciate that. you know, a lot of timeses they say, thank you. >> the time where it's visible. a lot of people put it on the ground. >> i like whe

. >> reporter: that statement from lee was read at a china town celebration. he is currently out of the country but he says he will take the job if it is offered to him. if lee is appointed, he will be the first chinese american to be mayor of san francisco. >>> oakland mayor quan said today she is planning weekly meetings with the press to break ron dellums practices who hardly talked to the media. what the new mayor is doing to keep people safe. >>> shut down for good. that's what city leaders in san jose want to do after a violent new year's eve fight at club wet. but the club says all of this is being blown out of proportion. janine de la vega has the story. >> reporter: this is video shown on wet club website. >> at least two other females attacked her, knocked her to the ground. kicked her repeatedly and as a result of that attack, the female victim sustained a through and through puncture wound through her cheek. >> reporter: the heel also punctured the woman's neck and at one point was choking on her own blood. she was told by club workers that she wou

we hardly go to china town. before i came here, i held his hand. now my heart is a chinese box of riddels, no one understands. i blew hot soup for her on foggy nights. she trims the ends of my thinning hair, still she can't forget that day she faced the interrogation officers and said she was my sister. i have not told anyone we move like shadows in a haze of secrets and lies. now stairs fascinate her. she knows the neighbor's house by heart. 21 steps to the door. 9 windows. 1-1/2 bathrooms. she counts every timely visit just to make sure. in case one day she has to know. before i came here, i had a name. >> ships of wind. softly size the swaying trees in the secret place stilled by time. we toil between the deep brown earth crumbs past frommant toant in orderly procession surrounded by crushed new born grass and flattened flowers. many of us have died here. who's secret [inaudible] we do not know. nor the shift of wind the sudden wake that blocked the sun changes the course and brought with it the endless nights. we enl know the passing of formles

in china town three of the rumored candidates talked about security during the lunar ion. they are all favored to replace the city's new da. it could take the commission weeks or months to come up with a list of nominees to give to the mayor. >> a bay area woman in jail after five pipe bombs were found yesterday in a storage locker. police say a dangerous situation was averted because of a tip. what else could be done to prevent a similar situation? paul chambers live tonight with more. >> reporter: good evening. those pipe bombs found here behind me. law enforcement say they are glad they were tipped off because it could have been tragic. >> probably could have leveled the building. >> reporter: a 40-year-old deborah cole is in jail. she had five pipe bombs inside her storage unit. the video shows her and two others arriving at the storage unit. three hours later law enforcement stepped in and made an arrest. >> and it's just -- one bad apple you know and the thing is it was caught before anything happened. that shows we are on the ball somewhere taking care of the units.

woman and first asian mayor of oakland inauguration day starts at 8:30 with a ceremonial walk from china town to fox theatre she supported last night at the space and science center she said she is looking to make real changes to the city. >> it is a different time, different place i think when you involve different people, different things happen. i don't think one person does it when you are moving together you do. i know that from the work i have already done. >> tonight kwon will host an open house at city hall featuring tours of the mayors office and opportunities to sign up to volunteer. a live report at 5:00 p.m. >>> also sworn in, kamela harris state attorney general. state superintendent of public instruction and the insurance commissioner. gan newsom is postponing his swearing in until after the newly elected board of supervisors picks his replacement. >>> if you are taking the golden gate ferry it may cost you more than usual. ferries between marin county and san francisco charge 10% more if you use a clipper card a one way fair from sausalito is 4 .8 $5 a ticket from larkspur will

digging begins in front of neiman marcus, heading down stockton to market, then back out towards china town. it will take a year and a half to move utilities, another six years to complete the line. get ready for eight years of construction, detours. this store owner is concerned. >> when they did bart, the worst thing that happened was west of 5th to 8th, it's just still dead. it never really recovered because of the years of construction. i think their planning is smarter this time. >> reporter: this animation from the website shows the route from the 3rd street light rail north to the convention center up to market street, union square, and chinatown. one of the most congested corridors in san francisco. >> it's something that people are excited about and that people will use. numbers indicate that more people will use it and more people will go from this point to the area. >> reporter: this shopper is not impressed. >> this is terrible. not needed in my point of view. i love subways, but you don't need it in this area. >> reporter: the project has its boosters, especially in chinatown.

doors and facades of older buildings where we are trying to preserve store fronts especially in china townwith the wooden store fronts. but it it is allow uni~ sex toilet facilities. there a few other things, it does not use of that a lighthoullowsÑi you an exemption for the california energy code. which is a difficult code to meet where you do substantial remodel. there are structurural provisions and others in a historic building. yes , sir. >> [inaudible]. >> actually -- let's repeat the question for the televised. >> it's when folks step in in your the question was, when you buy an existing business or you are signing a lease you will turn to a restaurant it was not previously a restaurant. are there times when you sign on and you find out later that it's completely a different animal than you were expecting. costs are completely different. yes, that's a big, yes. there are heorror stories out there. we are brought in to help a gentlemen out who signed on for a national franchise much the national franchise has a basic construction cost. they handed out what it will be per square foot.

we have michaelllow from china town disaster preparedness committee an example of an organized neighborhood they have their own disaster plan. we have judy choi from animal care and control that will talk about pet preparedness and michael from pg and e. i will facilitate a discussion after based on the questions folks have. let's get started. >> i'm amy with the department of emergency management. thank you. >> hi. thank you all for chosing to get involved in the conversation of disaster prepared. i would like to present alth about the training program the san francisco department provides free of charge to you. there are a few people in the room that are are nert trained. anybody else? know we are appreciative for that. 1990 for the fighter department to the react which was training for citizens and how to take care theflgz after a sdaft every how to feel empowered about what they can do after the disaster instead of waiting in line for what people could do for them. it fits nicely that 20 years later we are having a conversation that encourages what people can to. there are a lot of peop

you see them raising ducks in the basements of china town restaurants. live ducks.r the guy building a helicopter in his garage in pacific heights. lifting the roof off the shed and lifting the yacht out. so many interesting things in san francisco. crazy stuff and all the great restaurants. okay, back to planning. the planning department is usually the place that everybody must start. if you are thinking of doing anything in san francisco. opening a business ever any sort or improving your house. you are putting on an addition. the planning department tells you what you arellowed to do. what areas you can do it in and what the restrictions are. before anybody commits to a lease or purchase, you must check with the planning department. i have a phone number on the page 2 in the middle for the planning information count 558-6377. you can call them and say, i'm thinking of opening a restaurant on the 600 block of mission street, am i allowed to have a small take out restaurant or a fast foodservice. am i allowed to have a small service restaurant in that location. the

so as more americans flock to china town some may be looking to satisfy an appetite for such one pork or peking duck others possibly seeking economic security in a foreign currency marina point nine r.t. new york. for more about the global giants r.t. spoke with rick ross off the manager of an engine called stop nato i for one remain skeptical about whether a better state to state in geopolitical. interests between the united states and china are going to improve in the in the year there's too much at stake and i think washington is hesitant to give up what it sees as its dominant role in the western pacific the united states which is going to talk to the good half dozen naval maneuvers and other war games in the journal neighborhood of china since late last july you might be accused of being militarily more assertive and aggressive in the region defense secretary robert gates who when he was in tokyo on the thirteenth of this month stated that a continued u.s. presence in japan was necessary to contain it in so many words to prevent increase chinese aggression as well as being used a

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. >>> the chinese new year begins february 1st, but celebrations are already on the way in china townlee is the first asian american mayor of san francisco. the year of the hare celebration kicked off. the event features food, and flowers for sale. flowers are considered to be symbolic of wealth in a home with a plan that blooms on new year's day signifies a year of prosperity. >>> people are praying at this popular site wishing for good luck in the year of the rabbit. >>> in san francisco, a long time health clinic is hoping to raise badly needed cash today to help keep those doors open. the line market clinic has helped the bisexual and tran sexual community. donations started to roll in and the clinic is still open. >>> and tonight a fundraiser will take place. you can make a donation on the clinic's website. you will find a link on our website. >>> a pocket of one bay area neighborhood is smiling this january week end. a new public library is now open in east oakland. the library branch attached to two schools is filled can computers, tacked of books, dvds and study rooms. >> i've

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so as more americans flock to china town some may be looking to satisfy an appetite for session one porkor peking duck others possibly seeking economic security in a foreign currency marina port nine r.t. new york. well later laurie hofner star varying york resident asked people whether the u.s. should be more aware of china's growing might if there's any real winner in the economic battle between east and west. maybe doing more of what the times called for right now. but also maybe it's maybe it's their time maybe it's their turn and is that ok with you yeah when donald trump runs for president i heard him last night he's going to charge china for that comes in here twenty five percent surcharge and we're going to pay our jet off with a surcharge so we need a whole new kind of mileage out of business we don't need a politician. yes a you can see the full resident in an hour's time here not. by the back of the headlines in a couple minutes stay with us. it was the strangest attempt of a military takeover of. the us president trying to overthrow a foreign country's government but his stra

so as more americans flock to china town some may be looking to satisfy an appetite for session one porkor peking duck others possibly seeking economic security in a foreign currency merino point nine r.t. . former british prime minister tony blair faced the country's iraq war inquiry for a second time on friday to explain his reasons for the military conflict said he stood shoulder to shoulder with the usa with decision to go to war but admitted he would granted the loss of life they stick it in journalist chris saying says documents about britain's involvement in the conflict only own says. i think to some extent the documents that are being published all the time now are giving us a picture we can always see documents more and more that say that in late two thousand and one after september the eleventh in early two thousand and two blair was looking for regime change was backing to looking to back the americans over regime change i think it's pretty conclusive that's why we went to war it is the documents of the telling the story rather than mr blair especially as blair seemed rather

so as more americans flock to china town some may be looking to satisfy an appetite for session one pork or peking duck others possibly seeking economic security in a foreign currency. r.t. me or. some other international using brief for you this hour former u.k. prime minister tony blair is to face a second round of questioning over his role and run up to the iraq war i think a lot is investigating right in any case of i think any of us in the invasion there will be asked to clarify his earlier own since i think the drugs and in which i still expect to demonstrate throughout interrogation. more than one hundred twenty people have been arrested in the largest single day mafia crackdown in u.s. history queues of numerous run into the illegal acts from extortion to drug trafficking f.b.i. agents use wiretaps and intelligence including assistance from more than a fantasy elements. rests which targeted new york's five main crime families took place in the city and in other areas northeast of the country. a mysterious billboard depicting the infamous deceased colombian drug lord scuba diving

so as more americans flock to china town some may be looking to satisfy an appetite for such one pork or peking duck others possibly seeking economic security in a foreign currency marina port nine r.t. new york some other international news in brief for yourself or u.k. prime minister tony blair is to face a second round of questioning over his role in the run up to the iraq war why are is investigating why did you take support of the us in the invasion they will be asked to clarify his anyroad says and he was protesters are expected to demonstrate throughout the inquiry. more than one hundred twenty people have been detained in the village a single day and i feel down in u.s. history use of force of violent and evil acts from murder and extortion to drug trafficking f.b.i. agents use wire taps of intelligence including assistance from the thousand informants switch targeting new york's five main crime families took place in the city and in other areas northeast of the country. south korea has agreed to a joint high level military talks with the north following months of tensions bet

so as more americans flock to china town some may be looking to satisfy an appetite for such one pork or peking duck others possibly seeking economic security in a foreign currency marina porton i am r.t. new york. ok now at some of the walls of the main stories this hour and former british prime minister tony blair has been questioned in london for a second time obey his role in the run up to the war the inquiry was investigating among all the issues why the u.k. supported the u.s. led invasion blair says he discussed regime change with then president bush and image of ignoring advice to the war was illegal when he was asked to clarify also as he gave to the panel members in january last year. so korea's military has a free all twenty one a crew members held on a kong a ship by pirates off the coast of somalia navy commandos stormed the vessel killing eight pirates and capturing five others the chemical transporter was hijacked at the weekend while on its way to sri lanka from the united arab emirates . into new zealand thousands of people have gathered near the interior ministry dem

mayor kwan began her nawing reagan by paying her respects to ancestor in oakland china town.walking past the building where her immigrant fat was a koochblingt all the way to the steps of city hall. >> the first thing i want to do is put the children at the heart of the politic the and the business of oakland. >>reporter: kwan want to reduce the city crime rate by improving education and job opportunities for youth. and she's asking for 2000 mentors. >> if i can get about some relationship of caring adult on one-to-one basis sometimes to help parent, sometimes kids were you the parent in foster care i think will make a huge difference. >>reporter: kwan l wants current youth programs to focus their funding on developing young people. >> not just for outside working like cleaning up the street and stuff. i want something more corporate. inside businesses so you can get that feel of how to be an adult. >>reporter: but kwan upcoming battle is convincing police officers to contribute 9 perfect of their pay into their pension to save the city money and put more police officers back

so as more americans flock to china town some may be looking to satisfy an appetite for session one pork or peking duck others possibly seeking economic security in a foreign currency marina port r.t. new york. european parliament has voted for even sanctions including travel restrictions to be imposed on the regime in bell routes and he's also on assets to be frozen in retaliation for the conduct of presidential elections one in a landslide by president alexander lukashenko that air national observers say were rigged the vote comes just before his inauguration and is also in response to a brutal crackdown on protesters that followed is when european parliament doesn't have the power to impose the science itself but awaits a meeting of the e.u. leaders at the end of the month among whom support is growing for action movie shango who is dubbed europe's alas the dictator has ordered retaliatory measures be prepared should be used against his regime while restrictions have been placed on the belorussian leader before british n.e.p. richard howard says the pressure on him this time will be m

so as more americans flock to china town some may be looking to satisfy an appetite for such one pork or peking duck others possibly seeking economic security in a foreign currency marina port nine r.t. new york. some of the day's other international news for you now officials say at least thirty two people have been killed off a bus collided or list and protestant nine others were injured in the accident or so the bus carrying fifty passengers lost control crashed into a station fuel tanker authorities are working to recover the victims from the. pressure is mounting on to news is in to prime minister to step down immediately as anti-government protests range on the country's capital tunis and she has already failed to quit after fresh elections are held the transitional government's promise to hold a vote within six months still hasn't set a date simple tales follows a month long uprising in the town. to president ben i mean something people killed in the first. irish prime minister brian cowen is battling to pressure from within his own party which is stepping down as its more that

. >> reporter: in past year, such warnings were referred to merchants in china town.but now they've seen the crimes in portola. >> we will be remised if we didn't try to get out in front of it knowing that it's happened in the past. so that's exactly what we're trying to do. >> reporter: here in san bruno market, the owner says it gets busier this time of year. >> the neighborhood gets really busy because people are getting ready for new year. >> reporter: and the owner here says she knows what to do if she see something happen. >> reporter: if you see something, you're going to call police. >> yeah, yeah, of course. >> reporter: and that's what police want. for residents not to be afraid if they see something to call them. >>> police are asking help locating a man that suffers from dementia. 57-year-old jose value at valdez is still missing tonight. jose valdez -- >>> nasa changes its shuttle schedule. what it means for the shuttle to be retired this year. >>> for now the temperatures are dropping. it's kind of cool out there. the weekend it is in stride. i'll let yo

three frequently mentioned candidates were all in china town.they are captain o' leery, sur and denise smith. >> i am certainly going to put my time and focus into it to make sure it's a thorough process but an efficient and prompt process because we can't wait around forever. >> reporter: top brass and the police officers association agree that the new chief should come from within the department. the commissioner will sent three names to the mayor for his consideration. >>> the contra costa police department says the bombs found in a storage locker belonged to debra cole who was a homeless work. authorities shut down part of interstate 680 while shorts detonated the devices. cole was arrested and is currently in jail on bomb charges. >>> and julio martinez gonzalez, workers discovered his body when they arrived at the home on monday. it's not yet known why he was in the house, especially because there were clear danger signs posted. as of right now the cause of his death still hasn't been determined. >>> a fresno county judge has released the

. >> reporter: chinese americans coming to build railroads, work in mines, live in china town ghettoso keep them separate. >> many chinese americans, many asian americans come from countries where the government were repressive and political participation in those countries was highly discouraged. >> reporter: despite all the hoopla now the real first was actually 40 years ago in san jose. when norman maneta was elected as the first asian american mayor of a major american city. >>> an fbi employee who oversaw security clearances in the san francisco bureau pled guilty today to making false statements to the agency. in 2007, rachelle tomaskul declared that she owed 866,000 -- >>> burlingame has pledged to step up against high speed rail. and if burlingame wants underground tracks it must raise the money itself. the council plans to decide on january 18th whether to join a lawsuit against the $43 billion project. >>> the auto show is underway. many bay area drivers told us they are especially concerned about fuel circumstantiality as they -- fuel efficiency as they watch gas prices inc