this is a china town funeral procession. the while quinon led a small band of doctors trying to stop the disease. economic disaster loomed. china sued the united states over the treatment of immigrant chinese in san francisco and that forced president william mchenry to order an inquiry and finally erratication efforts. people caught and killed rats. but 122 people had died. most scott says because of the denials and cover up. >> if it apt -- hasn't been for j.j. quinon which is a local hero. i think the plague could have wiped out hundreds maybe thousands of people in san francisco at that time. >>> the plague returned after the great earthquake and fire of 1906 which again created pet conditions for the disease. again infested rats fled destroyed stables. ironically, rat proofed china town escaped the worse of it this time. the 1907 plague spread up in ritzy nobhill and other communities. posters ranked all the residents, in fact, threatened them and this time newspapers had extensive coverage of the outbreak. the city pai

the chinese community in china town is heavily senior and elderly. and this is a dramatic change from the china town that i grew up in which was largely families. >> san francisco's china town has become a tourist attraction with some housing left for seniors and immigrants. you can walk through d.c.'s china town without seeing people of chinese descent. >> here, you have the chinese restaurants but no chinese per say. >> new york's chinatown is home to the largest chinatown in the people who matter where they move to, they always come back here. >> while fewer asian americans live in chinatown, the population shift means that more areas of the country will celebrate the year of the dragon. >> the new year celebration is tomorrow afternoon and h street in northwest. pat raid starts at 2:00 and the giant firecrackers go off at about 3:45. >>> southern states were hit hard in 2011 by tornadoes. hundreds of people died in those storms. hundreds of them are now trying to velocity ways to stay warm and stay safe if a tornado comes. >> we simply think of t

and lastly, i'd like us to close the meeting in honor of china town born civil rights and human rights activist franklin fung cho o.i.a. was born on may 29, 1936, and passed away a few weeks ago in november. he lost his life to leukemia and was a nate a native of china town but attended san francisco state university where he was active in the san francisco state third world strike and fighting for ethnic studies classes in our schools and worked for 30 years as a federal employee in washington, d.c. for the eeoc and civil rights commission. he was a long-time supporter of small businesses and promightor of the golden gate caterers and editor of china line and teacher of chinese cooking. he'll be missed by many in our communities and a memorial service was held last saturday at the presbyterian church in china town and plans are made for a similar event in washington, d.c. in lieu of flowers, mr. chow's family request donations be made in his memory to organizations such as cameron house or presbyterian church in china town for the work of cameron house and unlock incorporated in san f

new york's china town no longer home to the city's largest chinese population.cials there say it remains an important cultural center. >>> modern planes land in all sorts of adverse conditions. wind may be the biggest challenge for pilots. take a look at this youtube video that makes that point clear. several large jets landing in cross winds at germany's airport. the tilt ago will yous the planes to compensate for the powerful winds. pilots are trained to handle cross winds like this. >> term for it is crabbing. they crab into the wind and then when they get to the runway when they flare for the landing the nose points straight down to the runway. >> i knew i would learn something about that, thank you. >>> the clouds are out there not as low as they were yesterday. good morning everybody 4:50, almost 4:51 emeryville across the bay bridge to downtown san francisco you can see the includes mid and uper level clouds low clouds cause the delay. we'll keep an eye on it. about an hour from now is when they let us know they are going to have flight arrival delays. le

san francisco's china town will hold it's new year festival and parade february 11th. game day is next. we will rehash what happened today and --. >> we have to talk about that again? >> we do. >> good night.

the changes china town business owners. >> the next big goal he has set for himself. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. businesses in oakland china town district say they are fed up with the lack of parking in front of their stores. business owners tell ktvu news many of the street side parking lots are filled for hours with cars bearing handicap placards. those let the drivers park for free and for an unlimited time. yesterday we found 13 of 30 spots occupied by such cars. business owners say they need better parking for everyone. >> people will come shopping in china area. hopefully we are able to often a parking issue. so that we can -- >> one idea being floated is for the city to lower prices in the nearby garages that are rarely full. city is in the process of creating a committee task force with finding a solution. >>> it's coming up on 5:00. we want to check in with sal. any problems out there sal? >> it's pretty light out there. there is not a lot going on. which is nice. there is not a lot going on. we hope it will stay quiet. every time i say that sometimes

there was not a lot of original art work coming out of china town they wanted to provide incentives for development and create expressions they opened in in the international hotel in manila town and the first the programming was a lot of workshop and silk screening and sewing, music and visual arts and different kinds of performance. in the 70's ksw was involved in the actions going to the actions and when they were being evicted from the hotel they were protesting and it was that kind of action. it's evolved a lot from that from the 70's but there's all the artists we worked with all have a very specific political viewpoint. i think that -- a space for artists to express those views creatively and invite community dialogue. >> in 91 mark ezu launched the asian american jazz festival, ksw sponsored the event. >> the asian american jazz festival continued ksw's mission poets found their voices. ksw recognized a new generation of asian americans. the next initiative was laurened in 1998 to promote emerging artists under 35. that year they took a chance to see if san francisco was ready f

in china town they chose not to do that. if the city abandons the street it ends up in the property owners. >> you can go to the department of public works and find out how wide the sidewalk or the street and measure from the face of the curb back to the building ask you will almost know very, very closely -- >> exactly where the property is. >> or go to the corner and do a line of sight. >> all the buildings lineup her that's pretty much the property line. >> let's walk up here we travelled a block and a half. >> we have a wheel chair and you say this is too steep and can't pass does that create a nonconforming condition the city will will address? >> yes. if we get a complaint on a site even if its an existing condition we will log it in and we will address and site the property owner that you you have an existing noncompliant condition. >> they have to fix it in a way that at least allows minimum compliance for disabled access is this >> exactly. >> we have a very old historic sewer here. isn't this wonderful. ask san fra

go to voicesofmeningitis.org. >>> big city china towns are shrinking.many are moving to the suburbs. nationwide 62% of asian- americans live in the suburbs. and that is up from 54%. this indicates discrimination and other barriers have declined. >>> president obama's announcement of a plan to boost tourism could be big money and jobs. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar joins us live at peer 39. >> reporter: indeed. when it comes to white house initiatives, the program gets one attraction's seal of approval. >> reporter: this peer 39 attraction left out of the san francisco bay where the tourist industry was struggling to recover. >> not only did we get lots of visitors, local and from around the country, but it also just changed the way we had to operate the marina. >> reporter: welcome news. >> i think that is huge for us. animal stories are globally common. >> no one wants to take in u.s. visa. one of the most difficult countries to get a visa for. >> reporter: americans we met today agree. >> yeah. i don't think it should be so hard. i think it is a go

the elderly residents they could find hathey could find and a lot uponed to remain in china town or manila the housing was really very dangerous for many of them because it wasn't home. wasn't like their family or friends protecting them. i think for a lot of them died of a broken heart. if you look at the hotel it was not just a housing struggle it was a fight to open up other things bike a book store and a workshop. the asian american art form. at the same time this was not something that pertained to san francisco it spread. it became a symbol for asian americans all over the country. it was on television with the whole country to see much the struggle to save the hotel was over. both sides continued to maneuver trying to win the real victory hawould have on 848 kerny the impact lasted for 15 years. >> our mission was to get the building up. the e vision was 77 the building went down in 79. after 79 it was a hole in the ground. all the years when it was a hole in the ground nobody knew it was a manila town. this is the manila town district. this is the first community was here in san fr

china town garden is here in china town and it is actually a historic building built in 1884 we will that in just a moment this is a big big deal to the chinese community and other asian nations including korea, vietnam, mongolia, so on so we will learn more about it today from the experts, we have wu ping ya director of the foundation and the president of the community center good morning. >> good morning. >> we want to start off by what is the chinese new year all about. >> it is the first day of the lunar new year, celebrated by a lot of asians including the vietnamese and mongolians it is a different calendar system but essentially the same as regular new year we just celebrate it on a regular day we need more time to party. >> 15 days. >> 15 days. >> we do celebrate for 15 days. >> with a do these signs say? >> this means have a progressive happy new year. >> nice and everything has a meaning, we are going to do food later on and the special dishes and all that, so what is the whole 15 day celebration like? what do you do on day 1 and day 15? >> day 1, first day of new year ever

. >> i have a group in town down and china town and the north tunnel. 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 when touris

detectives release dollars this composite of a sketch they say kidnapped and assaulted a woman in china town last week. police say he spoke with a southern accent. a woman told investigators she was in her cash car when the man jumped into her car. she says he sexually assaulted her at gun point when her 15-month-old son was in the back seat. so far, no arrests have been made. >>> a maryland father is facing child abuse charge after police say he left his two young children inside his car in the cold while he shopped. he left his 4-year-old and 5-month-old children in the car for 20 minutes while he shopped at a walmart. both children are now with their mother. >>> today we're going to find out how budget cuts will affect the u.s. military. defense secretary leon panetta will outline the new defense strategy today. the plan will include $450 billion billion in cuts over the next ten years, it's expected to include the removal of some 4,000 troops from europe. the cuts will affect the production of u.s. weapons systems programs. if congress dead locks on spending, there could be an additional

we are live at china town garden, northwest dc located in china town and it is historic, built in 1884ck with you later on. >>> will recall the before we go we want to say good morning to robert youngerman he is our facebook fan of the day he is a super skins fan can't you tell by his hat although he looks not very happy right now. >> 20 years. >> that's why. >> for 20 years i know robert maybe next year. >>> if you would like to be tomorrow's fan of the day search us on fox 5 morning news and post a comment under robert's photo. >> that is it we are done except for now, we are going to send it over to tony and alison. >> oh. >> take it over. >> we are matching today. >> very

. >> she joins us now from china town gardens northwest hey, annie. >> hi tony and alison so we haveeen dabbling in a lot of celebrator things we have shown you traditions, customs, costumes, dances now it is for the food not a party until we have food but the thing about the chinese menu each dish has a special meaning and of course my personal guide joins me again, tell us a little bit about what kind of prep work goes into it? into making this this is a spread that a mom might make at home. >> absolutely. believe it or not we eat like that 15 days throughout the entire new year breakfast lunch and dinner this is only a portion what we usually eat. >> that is a lot of weight gaining going on. >> yeah. >> carbs in the asian diet. >> every dish has an auspicious meaning the fish upfront means animal of abundance when we eat every meal with a fish we cannot finish the fish we need to have left overs and extra so we can carry it forward so the prosperity is perpetual. >> is that a special type of fish? i know you said it in chinese our viewers might be curious >> actually we can use an

when it's complete, the subway will run from china town to the cal train station on fourth street. of the subway is expected to open in 2019. >> construction of that subway means big changes for two bus routes starting on saturday. the 30 bus and the 45 bus will be rerouted around union square instead of driving down stock to know street. the changes will be in effect for four years >>> oakland police say buses and cars traveling down certain city streets are now safer. vehicles in east oakland were often hit by snipers for target practice. increased officer patrols in that area lowered the number of those shootings. police credit their 100 blocks plan. >>> the internet returning back to normal. the web blackout's effect on proposed antipiracy legislation. >>> 49ers playoff tickets sold out on ticketmaster within minutes. why it's not too late. >>> and the last effort to keep the '9ers out of the southbay. how opponents plan to stop the new stadium. [ male announcer ] get ready for some deli-style delic-ious-ity: the subway big hot pastrami melt. dive into piled-high pastrami, spic

. >>> san francisco is sprucing up china town celebrating the year of the dragon.rade is set for february february 11. >>> we're wrapping up another fairly nice day, plenty of sunshine. it's also a pretty -- it's after pretty cold start this morning. temperatures starting to cool off. some areas of fog out there, neighborhoods back down to 30s. weekend forecast, more sunshine. things do pick up as we head into saturday. we have been talking aboutqresu advisory in place as swell increasing west northwest. so as a result you can see waves have been picking up throughout the day and today peaking as you head into early friday morning. this is a sizable surf event. it's not extreme. when you're on the beach especially when you have a high surf advisory. that will be the case for tonight and into your friday. overnight lows tomorrow morning -- overnight lows tomorrow morning. back down into 30s. oakland at 43. san jose 42. we'll start off to partly maybe cloudy observations. >> the this area of low pressure moves in from the north and cool us off a good 5 to 10 qdegrees

folks in oakland's china town huddled under umbrellas. rain is causing significant delays at san francisco international airport. an airport spokesperson tells ktvu that passengers are facing delays of up to 3 hours. and those are mostly on shortfall lights. coming up, ktvu's meteorologist rosemary orosko will tell us more >>> the field at candle stick park is being protect by this huge red and white tarp. the nfc championship game is set for sunday, of course, between the niners and the new york giants. and it may be a soggy game as more rain is expected. this cute scene is just part of the excitement. we'll show you more in less than ten minutes. >>> a wildfire burning near reno is now putting the area at risk for flooding. the charred land and the start of what could be heavy rain has authorities on alert. the fire already destroyed 26 houses since it started yesterday afternoon. about 2000 people are still under evacuation orders. the flames are about 50% contained. >>> when we get back, the trail of destruction in a bay area neighbor

the philippines, fire crackers echoed in the streets as crowds watched colorful performances in china town. chinese fillphilippinos travele a shrine signifying a blend of catholic and chinese tradition. many believe this year's symbol the dragon is the most suspicious of all of the signs in the chinese zodiac. that wraps up our bulletin. >> we have sports up next. >> welcome to the sports report. today we're going to sum up the new year's sumo tournament. baruto sewed up the championship on friday, but he came into saturday with a man with something to prove. so did his opponent. a perfect record would be the way to silence any doubters. on the other hand, hakuho needed to demonstrate that he was still a force to be reckoned with despite three losses. hakuho gets ahold of baruto's left arm and takes control. he retains a relentless stance and makes sure baruto won't forget who he's dealing with. baruto ends up with one loss, but still leaves with a smile. baruto's mother came from estonia to watch him receive the emperor's cup. his wife was also there. >> 27-year-old baruto is the ninth fr

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

they met with china town merchants in year's past they have been vulnerable to financial scams as partthe lunar transition of ross specialty -- no one is taken advantage of during the holiday. >>> with nine days and counting to south carolina's presidential primary, campaign is becoming a concern for some of the gop's presidential hopeful. nicole collins reports from washington president obama is already solidly bankrolled. 2011 brought president obama's campaign more than $220 million as he juggles his job as president with trying to raise none for his re-election campaign. >> if you're stick with me we're going to finish what we started in 2008. >> in the final 3 months of 2011 his campaign and democratic party hauled in $68 million. >> his enthusiasm is star contrast to what we've seen on the other side. >> reporter: far out pacing his rivals. as with -- tried to pull in money, they're also focused on the palmetto state primary. >> so i challenge you, you have a very important role to play. >> i hope he do well in south carolina. >> reporter: attacks on mitt romney continue on priva

the $1.6 billion project would extend from 4th and king street to china town. the letter will allow the city to begin digging a hole on 4th street. >>> san francisco attractive celebrates 22 years why it almost disappears but recently came back. finally arrived in the bay area. how long is it going to stick around, mark was monitoring storm tracker two. keep in mind if you can watch bay area news at 7:00 and all of our newscast on our computer or even your mobile device. we're streaming live on ktvu.com. [ male announcer ] for some reason those five food groups sound a whole lot better when you put them in a taco shell instead of a pyramid. old el paso. when you gotta have mexican. fantastic! pro-gresso ] they fit! okay-y... okay??? i've been eating progresso and now my favorite old jeans...fit. okay is there a woman i can talk to? [ male announcer ] progresso. 40 soups 100 calories or less. >>> a storm blasting the pacific northwest is causing problems up and down the west coast. rain seattle airport earlier today as of this afternoon two runways were open but

in talking with the merchants all over china town, chinese chamber, the stockton street merchants, the chinatown merchants association -- we wanted to capture a little bit more improvement this year on pedestrian safety. there was an idea that was created and talked about for several weeks where it began by a few years ago when i was public works director, that we expanded some of the sidewalks for the benefit of pedestrian safety. we worked very closely with the traffic division of mta. we worked with our health department. we worked with chinatown neighborhood groups and the businesses to expand those sidewalks, and it has actually become quite a positive thing. then, we had sunday streets this past year in the summer where we literally took over grant ave. that became a very positive thing. in fact, we started the first ping-pong tournament in chinatown as a result. more and more, there has been an interest that more of the sidewalks and potentially maybe even a strip of the parking area be taken over with more pedestrian and shared with merchants in the area, so we began this colla

. >>> plans to make dc's china town more like new york's time square have been put on home. owners of the verizon center had planned on putting in signs for the building. but after opposition, they are rethinking the idea. they want more time to share their plans with the community. a district council hearing on the topic is set for monday. >> that would have been cool. >> it could have been. >> cool. >> we'll see what happens. >> okay. all right. >>> should i run out and get snow tires on my car? >> no. i don't know why they're pretreating all of the roads. >> because if they don't pretreat them, then we'll talk about the fact they didn't pretreat the roads. >> there is no threat. maybe they're getting ahead of the game for tomorrow night. that's all i can assume. i don't know which data they're looking at. i wish i could see it because it's pretty depressing. i don't see much coming. here is our live weather camera. live shot of the capitol. temperature is just stuck on 40. it's been 40. that's the high so far today and it's been 40 since about 5:00. dew point 22. winds ou

. >> san francisco china town is new year january 23.ith that day 2 weeks away, crews were out this morning >> we should mention, as always, the parade will be broadcast live right here on channel two. >> we heard him talking about they want the tourist to like what they see. i can't imagine they are complaining about the weather. >>> no, bay area weather has been outstanding, clear skies, has everything you could want, sunshine, good air quality and great visibilities. if you get up to the top and look east, you can see the z clouds today. a.m. fog back in the forecast tomorrow. tomorrow, friday, just like today. maybe cooler as we get more cloud cover and wind. temperatures in the low 60s. overnight lowes 35 in santa rosa. patchy fog, if you had it this morning, you will have it tomorrow. south bay, 42 in san jose. weekend is around the corner. active pacific. you know what it is doing? generating big surf. that is where the swells are coming from. generating surfs at midlatitude. large swell tonight and tomorrow. it will be big. not r

s china town will not begin looking like times square new york any time soon.the owners at verizon center had planned on some new, big animated signs on the building but after some community opposition, they decided to rethink the issue. they want more time to share the plan with the community. a district hearing is set for monday. >>> up-and-coming film talent get their moment in the sun. >> justin bieber makes his mark on a set of wheels that could be yours. bigad shaban has those stories and more in your look at entertainment. >> the stars had their feet on the ground to walk the red carpet at the new york premiere of man on a ledge. the story mostly takes place 25 stories up and star sam worthington has a real life fear of heights. >> i'm more afraid of falling off and going splat. >> ed harris and elizabeth banks star in man on a ledge which opens next friday. >> justin bieber's autograph is expected to fetch some serious cash. singer signed the dashboard of a 2012 hyundai genesis coupe. the car is up for bid on ebay today. bieber has asked the proceeds fi

san francisco's china town will hold the new years festival and parade, on february 11. >>> we've got a happy ending to tell you about. it happened in washington, after a pregnant woman got stuck in an elevator. >> yes, they are two expecting parents driving through the snow and ice trying to make it to st. joseph hospital. but on the way to the delivery room, they make it to the hospital, and nurses had trouble with the elevator and they decided to use a different one, they got the father out in time but the mother got stuck. >> what is up with that? >> we got on the other elevator and went to the 14th floor and expecting to see them shortly and the doors didn't open. and they didn't open for about two hours. >> wow. baby blake was born in the elevator. 20 minutes later. so now he earned the nickname otis, the name you see in the elevator, the name of the elevator they were stuck in. >> i can't believe the dad got out. >> he better stay in that elevator. >> honey, let me help you. he is out and he is like where is your wife? >> oh, excuse me. >> what are you talking about? >> and wha

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. >> back here in the bay area, oakland mayor jean kwan visited china town to help celebrate the chineser. the first time an oakland mayor visited the oakland chinatown family association during the new year. the visit was symbolic given kwan this first female asian american mayor in a new york city. >> a new warning. the scan san francisco police department has seen -- the caller asks victims to wire money. one san francisco woman was tricked. whatook to what to watch out for. >> the phone call came out of the blue, and when she answeredn voice. >> my nephew says i wasn't drunk but all three of us and they want $3,500 bail. >> the man on the phone said he was beverly's nephew, attending a wedding in the domestic dominican republic and they got a car crash. i said, why do you sound like that? he said my nose is broken. he need with beverly not to tell anyone what happened but could she please wire him $3,500 for bail. >> he didn't want his parents to know. so i could understand >> bev >> bevel is -- beverly is in her 80s. getting around is difficult. she got a friend to drive her to the