and there's what's called the china town area town in place to protect that identity.but the neighborhood is facing new challenges. including rising rents. empty store fronts, and evictions of low income tenant. >> so what we're seeing is early red flags. >> reporter: red flags which some community leaders say include long time busies including the impressive china restaurant shutting down. hotels being used for more lucrative rentals. >> we used to see them go for $600 a month. if you can get $150 a night, what are you up against. >> reporter: speaking in cantoneese an older woman shares a letter she got today. that the building that her and her family lives in is now being sold. they pay about $500 a month for a single room. >> china town is dying right now. >> reporter: some say 25-year- old jenny chan cofounder of 1920c a space that offers space, is what is needed. >> i lived very close by. that's why i wanted to have a community oriented space. >> reporter: but critics say the building is not zoned for the type of business chan is running and that it violates the

they have 2 locations in china town and one in the richmond district and one in the visitation valley providing those classes. language capacity with self help for elderly includes cantonese and mandarin and happy to answer questions >> comment or questions? comnlt or questions from the public? hearing none all in favor? any opposed? thank you the motion carries. e, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with asian americans advancing justice asian law cock aucus for natural zakez for july 1, 2015-[inaudible] 102, 1075 dollars plus a 10 percent contiskancy not to exceed amount of 112, 316. do i have a motion to discuss? >> following suit as my colleague i would like to give brief information on each of these agencies. the caucus works primeally in the asian pacific islander community and the services they provide are to 60 unduplicated consumers and they are working with them on 1 to 1 issues and assistance and also providing for 400 units of legal assistance. their languages also include cantonese, mandarin tugalling and believe korean and they are located in ch

. >>> some people who live in san francisco's china town sapien trackification own the tech boom are threatening the neighborhood's culture. a community meeting focused on one sign of change. a new coworking space on grant avenue violates the neighborhood zoning plan. it offers work space, wi-fi, and other services for a membership fee. a founder says the space was vacant when she opened up. >> i live really close by that is why i really wanted to have a community oriented space. >> we really want to protect china town to be an immigrant gateway for immigrants and also for low income people who need a place that is affordable in this city. >> chan expects a decision same in the next few weeks. >>> new statistics show californians are cutting their water use by even more than governor brown is demanding. water use dropped by 23.3% in june. the governor called for a 25% cut. that is because they are taking advantage of a program that offers free recycled water from the is is is contra costa water district. >> i know since june 20th i haven't used our irrigation system at all. >> they g

. >> [inaudible] >> good morning my name is [inaudible] on behalf of china town community development center. we want to congratulate on [inaudible] we strongly support it and have a road map for [inaudible] i have 2 points. i couldn't emphasize the importance of [inaudible] recently it took us close to a year to [inaudible] if you haven't been there you should go there. it is bustaling with life. creating a indoor facility for the much needed folks in china town and providing [inaudible] it is 7 days a week [inaudible] not only providing critical service and how the people activate and [inaudible] hundreds of peem come also the playground. second comment i want to make in the strategic plan is objective 2.1, development implement a outreach plan [inaudible] register more people from low income neighborhood and [inaudible] inclusive and [inaudible] outreach to [inaudible] coalition on homelessness came out with a report last week, over 2 thousand families [inaudible] it is a compoint i think needs to be in the plan. to give a example, we live in north beach 2 blocks from the swimming

to conduct seismic safety and post dejaster response out reach to residence in china town. this is the first of its kind and get to be re--nob first of its kind and introduced to all the other neighborhoods. thanks to [inaudible] of housing inspection service and [inaudible] of the record management division for attending the ownership expo last month. last month where more than 500 attendees consisting of tenants lands lords and new owners learned about dbi and the resources we have available including housing inspection and [inaudible] i also want to thank plan review services staff, suzy song, derek chung, joseph [inaudible] for representing dbi at the real estate expo on july 11. thank you for director hewy for presenting at the outer sun set parks meeting where supervise rb tang and more than 50 resident were in attendance to learn about dbi. i want to end to [inaudible] nominated on outstanding staff membersism nominations may be e-mailed to william straum and needed as soon as possible to go bat the dbi recognition committee may review and select our second winner fo

. >>> the city of san francisco is reaching out to china town to get ready for an earthquake. announced a is $100,000 grant for the community use center and self-help for elderly in china town, free seismic safety, emergency preparedness, fire safety and post disaster response. >> be the next 25 years there will be an event, we can save more lives, get people to understand what the first 72 hours are. >> china tube residents will be asked to attend workshops. >>> the twinkling lights on the bay bridge should continue to dazzle people for at least ten year, the toll authority approved $2.1 million project for phil lips lighting north america to first installed in 2013 as part of the bay bridge's 75th anniversary celebration, the lights have been shut down since march to prepier for the permanent installation. >>> it will be a test of rhythm and style as cable car operators face off today in the long running san francisco tradition. >> cable car bell ringing contest at union square, eight cable operators and grips will compete, the top three con at the tans will get trophy, the

fraternal group headed by china town mobster who is also indicted in this case. sports agent marlin sullivan pleaded guilty to the same racketeering count with these underlying crimes. >> he associated and helped in the transfer of guns, attempted purchase of 10 kilos of cocaine. >> reporter: there four will be sentenced later this year. >> vic lee reporting. fremont police hope new surveillance video can help catch vandals who destroyed the almeida dam in may. police say vandals are responsible for releasing more than 49 million gallons of fresh water into the san francisco bay during morning hours of may 21. police are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to these people. >>> california cities chopped up best water savings yet. state regulators say a 29% cut in water use in urban areas in may compared to the same time two years ago. people are doing their best to save water. the board says rain may have helped conservation efforts in may. water savings are measured against 2013. that was the year before governor jerry brown declared a drought emerg

i'm a projpect manager with china town cdc which drep dweped the 2 surplus properties. i'm a resident of the mission since 1993 having been

i'm a projpect manager with china town cdc which drep dweped the 2 surplus properties. i'm a resident of the mission since 1993 having been displaced myself. asa fordable housing developer i know how challenging and costly it is to acquire sites for affordable housing. this initiative represents a exciting opportunity to expand san francisco's supply of affordable housing. the public sector and the mayors office of housing is our partner in creating thousands of affordable apartments. the mayors office [inaudible] developable land is getting expensive. every dollar the sit a spend is a dollar they cannot spend to build affordable housing. 18 and a half million dollars is another 18 and a half million we can't spend. currently most thf mayors office of housing resources preserve existing public housing which is important but it doesn't add a single unit to our affordable housing stock at a time when we need t. many city agencies own sites they no longer need for their core function. this is a public resource that should go to public good. i support this measure and look

i took tours of google, twitter, i visited china town and had a meeting with the mayor and discussed salmonella of the needs of san francisco when it comes to infrastructure. i had tons of meetings involving a variety of issues. i met to discuss a bill that i passed two years ago returning local control of the massage parlors over to the cities and being able to shut them down over prostitution and sex trafficking. i got a nice history lesson today and tour of the castro. i've enjoyed the trip so far and i brought some los angeles sunny weather to san francisco. >> we thank you for that. we talked about the lack of affordable housing and transportation issues, what are some challenges unique to each district since you spent time here in san francisco? >> san francisco is a city that's seven by seven miles. los angeles is 60 miles by 30 miles wide. the geography is extremely different. how we tackle transportation has to be somewhat different just because the geography is so big. we have over 6000-mileless of road. how do we get people from one part of the city to another is one of th

one example is 77 bod way in china town where we build affordable senior property on a parking lot. there sufordable senior housing on top of a post office on bush and larken and we also built on top of elementary schools when we finally rebuilt the international hotel demolished inl 1977. the city can do the same. we can build on storage sites and schools and parking garages. this initiative does a number of things which weal rer be sharing a power point presentation which april [inaudible] in myophilus will put together but a number of other things i want to say is this also conforms the law with the state surplus land act ubidated boy phil tang. the ability to submit a first right of negotiation on property considered for disposition. we aults encourage stfd and citycology to follow these standsers on their propt as well. a key aspect is provide citizen participation and oversight to insure the property ordinance is carried out. this is create chb, thoughtful and smart in a affordable way to increase the supply of affordable and middle class housing. san francisco residence made

by that is why i really wanted to have a community oriented space. >> we really want to protect china townimmigrant gateway for immigrants and for low income people who need a place that is affordable in the city. >> chan expects a decision from the zoning department sometime in the next couple of weeks. >>> new statistics show californians are cutting their water use by even more than governor brown is demanding. water use drops by 23%. some of them still have luscious green lawns and that is because they are taking advantage of a program that offers free recycled water from the central contra costa sanitary district. >> i pump water on a weekly basis. i think it's good we can cut back. i know since june 20th i haven't used our irrigation system at all. >> the sanitary district gave away 1.3 million gallons of water. >>> also this morning thousands of teachers are expected to meet in san jose for a summit. it's called better together california teacher summit. it starts at 7:30 this morning at the san jose state student union ballroom. 20,000 teachers are expected to come up with better t

a former china town gangster and 23 other defendants. this is after yee pleaded guilty thorax earring in return for a lesser sentence. >>> police are investigating a fatal crash reported just before 6:00 am on saratoga avenue. a man died after crashing a pickup truck into a light pole. he was the only person in the car and he later died at the hospital. vetters are not sure -- investigators are not sure what caused the may than to crash. >> it was a single vehicle so the detectives behind me are out here now investigating and are working with the coroner's office. >> the crash was the 25th fatal accident in san jose this year. >>> crews are making progress at a wildfire in solono county. the fire is now 60% contained. it began yesterday near mixed canyon and sky ranch roads northwest of vacaville. no homes were burned but up to a dozen are threatened. fire was sparked by a burning pick up. the blaze has been hard to fight because of strong winds and rugged terrain. >> the terrain is really, really steep and mixed canyon is a box canyon s

. >> reporter: an nbc10 viewer exposed this private china town bus driver texting 7 while driving theturnpike. we asked tonight how bus drivers are monitored. new jersey transit tells us itq ; &háhp &hc% sends under cover supervisors onk÷8ç)íñ routesi= o makeja'n sure rules are followed. most passengers say rule /,j breaking is not common. >> i've never seen it, honestly. in all the times i'm riding i've never seen it. >> reporter: new jersey transit says violations like this are quite rare. they're now investigating this case and promise swift and appropriate action. the new jersey transit says safety is its top priority. that driver could end up facing suspension or even termination after the agency's review. a review that will include a look at the cameras on board that bus. i'm george spencer, nbc10 news. >>> it's been two days since the notorious drug kingpin known as "el chapo" escaped from a maximum security prison in mexico and still no sign of him. today, authorities gathered at his home that is the beginning of the mile-long tunnel guzman used to escape. federal authorities

. >>> a federal judge has set october 19th as the trial date for china town association leader raymond chow. he and several other people will stand trial on organized crime charges. they claim that criminal faction of the china town group was involved in drug trafficking, sales of stolen and contraband goods, extortion and money laundering. he was charged in a federal indictment that brought down former state senator. >>> rangers have -- park geologist said it happened sometimes last week on section called the regular north face route. no 1 was injured. but officials are deciding how the new rock face will effect future climbing. that rock fall does not change the way hikers take the cable route to the top of the dome and there are other routes available to climbers who want to go up the hard way. >> you like being out there, don't you. >> i love the owe similarity. it's gorgeous. we took a geology walk when we were there last time. there are rock falls and slides all the time-out there. it's not taken serious. >> i'm kind of wishing i was on vacation again. >> yeah, i like to be headi

take on japan in the final match of soccer's world cup as we sent them out to join the fans in china town. can you even hear us there? >> reporter: well debra it's like the 4th of july parade never stopped here, a capacity crowd at this bar on sunday night when people are already hung over and tired from them before. one of the first people here today was katherine kelly. why did you want to come out the day after the 4th of july and be a part of this? >> i love watching men's soccer. it is great to see the women's team come out so well in this tournament. and so of course i was going to with here early, to get a great seat and watch them win tonight. >> i think that there are a lot of people who never watched women's soccer or the women's sport at all before this tournament, who are not really in to this. what is it about this team that have gotten so many people on it was special this year is that they really became a peak level of their performance, a great team for the tournament. and that they would play again. and i'm looking forward to it all. >> reporter: do you think it's a jumpi

. >> former china town gang leader is headed to trial.l racketeering charges in november. the charges range from money laundering to drug and weapons trafficking. four other defendants pled guilty last week and are now awaiting sentencing. you won't see jared pitching a subway sandwich any time soon. the restaurant chain suspended the spokesperson today. ajents were seen removing a number of computers from that home. now, it's not clear if the raid is related to the prior arrest of a business associate that was running the charitable foundation. fogul has not been arrested. >> the search is on for two people tonight presumed dead after a fiery mid-air collision. the crash between the f-16 happened near charleston, south carolina this morning. witnesses say he struck the side with a fire ball. the cause of the crash is under investigation. >>> the state looks sdimpb tonight after a massive sheet of rock fell from the mountain. the gra nit sheet measured roughly a hundred by 200 feet. no one was hurt or even witnessed it. the rock fall did

invest kbags in san francisco's china town. he faces up to 20 years in prison and a 250,0 $0 fine when he's sentenced in october. >>> tomorrow a contractor is taking the d.a.'s office to court. segway construction is asking a judge for a restraining order. the company wants to prevent investigators from testing evidence without one of their representatives present. segway is worrying about the evidence being tainted. last month, the wall donbalcony collapsed, killing 6 people and injuring several others. >> next at is 11:00, up close and personal. the shark encounter just off of our coast and it's caught on video. >> are you paying too much to fly? the government thinks you might be. >> how much water we are actually saving dpuring the drout. >> we could see some rare weather falling. more scattered showers moving into the south bay with intense thunderstorms off to our east. we'll track these rapidly changing conditions when we come right back. san jose airport that left one driver dead and five others injured , including an i

china town and down town built 6 percent. the castro, 12 percent. the south of market, 23 percent. one of the main factor seen in the report of poor housing or in the case of 5 district that had a negative housing balance account of the last 10 years is a large number of housing unit being lost because they are taken out of rent control. within example district 4 reported a loss of rent controlled unit at 867 percent. new fault eviction jz loss of rent control housing has been significant in all district across the city. district 8 had the most evictions, 844 units lost over the last 10 years. district 9, 688 evictions. district 6, 641 evections and in district 5 western addition and height, [inaudible] immediate action if we plan to build the minimum affordable housing. that means securing more site for affordable housing. addressing both of these needs are on the balt for 2015. both the affordable housing and surplus public land measure that the office introduce would the support of supervisor avalos, campos and mar. the data also shows that the eviction crisis and resulting loss

i tell jokes because i love to, amount tiny people and jokes in china town so that makes me super nuts >> >> larry: and with an accent by the way. >> i think ifw3 your humor relies on offending people, right, and hurting people's feelings, then you are not funny to begin with. >> you see -- >> oh, yeah. he looks funny. >> until now we are in front of a live audience. i am talk about remarks that hurt people in a live crowd supposedly said and it is a twitter thing and then your article is like amy shu-heart as an example, people who don't know amy schumer saying this is offensive, comparing her jokes to charlestown shooting and acting like that is a correlation you can make. >> larry: right. >> do you think it is hurt not to be able to talk about things like rape? >> of course -- nobody, nobody has an honest, really honest discussion because they are afraid they will get justice guyably boycotted by the majority. >> i didn't, like i didn't like the 1940s and 1950's. >> it is a bit of that. >> larry: oh, 1950. >> comedians we say what we say and then we get lambasted online but then aga

. >> i know a lot of people go to china town because they sell them off the back of their little shops an stuff. >> reporter: wednesday, police confiscated $50,000 worth of illegal fireworks in a home in east oakland. shows like this one will only ramp up tomorrow. >> you have to lock down or crack down on those people. >> reporter: they will have extra officer on the street, but not enough to focus on fireworks. now, police told me though they will have the extra officers out there, the bottom line is, it is really tough to get to each individual instance of illegal fireworks so they will have their hands full tomorrow. >> fingers crossed. thanks christin. >>> well, dazzling fireworks, the legal kind, are expected to light up the sky above the embarcadero tomorrow night. this is what it looked like last year. organizers were putting the finishing touches on this show at pier 50 to launch 10,000 fireworks and this year's show will be different. >> this year, we have a few different colors and effects that we will be shooting into the sky. but we need people to take a look at that. >> y

i know that folsom going eastbound currently turns and goes toward china town. i get i'm curious about the change from harrison street. i didn't understand what the exact change was >> yeah, so can i get the computer back? so, to answer your question about the [inaudible] basically the city has [inaudible] we prioritized harrison street based on community street as highest priority. part of that because the upper-er right touches all the neighborhoods. it is also a vision zero street. we will build harrison street and bull [inaudible] to the future dimension. here is a image of harrison and spear and on the left side of the image there is a much wider side walk. when we build the bull bout we'll build the curb line to the 30 foot side walk and return it to what it is now. in doing that we reduce the cost of the other streets and also close up the intersection squz make them much much safer as a pedestrian safety thing. to answer your other question, the mta used to run a bus on harrison street and because of the >> one east bound and one west bound? >> yes-it wa

. >> reporter: asked if his client would testify against any of the other defendants including china town gang leader boy chow he was adamant. >> no no no. no thank you. no, no no. the government is not interested in his testimony, nor does he have any testimony. in fact, as i leave this case i haven't got the slightest idea why he's in the same case with mr. shrimp boy. >> that's mr. shrimp boy at the center of the fbi investigation. coming up at 6:00 we'll talk about his links to this case and the other two defendants who were sentenced today. the fbi investigation that went on for more than two years included a lot of other people. there was even an attempt to wire up some fbi agents and get them to talk to joe montana. that didn't go anywhere. but the case against leland yee certainly did. reporting from the federal courthouse, mark matthews nbc bay area news. >>> coming up the are the airlines conspiring to keep your airfare high? the feds are looking into that. back in a moment. >>> investigators now say it was lightning, and not arson that burned down a south carolina church. but w

a motion hearing happens for raymond slipoid chow, a former china town gangster. it comes a few days after yee pled guilty to a charge of racketeering in return for a lesser sentence. chow faces multiple drug and racketeering charges. >>> volunteers and search teams continue their search for a baby who went missing a week ago. 6-month-old amber graham has not been seen since wednesday when she disappeared from her crib at her father's home. her father, 24-year-old matthew brown, has been named a person of interest. and investigators say he has given them inconsistent statements. meanwhile, amber's family is holding out hope she will be found safe. >> there has been a lot of rumors going around. placing blame on different parts of the family. but yesterday and today, would he have gone together, and had a unified front. we are all here searching. we all have the same goal, we want amber found. >> the shasta county sheriff's office is offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who can provide information on amber's whereabouts. >>> crews continue to battle a wildfire in so

. >> mostly down in the mission district, down in market, in china town. >> nowhere is immune, even in the iconic ferry building where thousands of tourists get their first impression of the city. >> not so good unfortunately. >> how come? what do you see in here? >> lots of trash. >> well, first of all, gough you got people

block here in china town.e end of the block and going around the corner, everybody wants a free antenna. i am here from antenna direct who's give behind this behind this giveaway. what's the reason forthis? >> if you can get an antenna, you can get about 75 channel in the bay area for no monthly charge. mostpeople does not aware it exists. >> where does san francisco stand? >> we have given away over 12, 000 antennas across the country. we just came from washington and wewere in denver right before that. this is probablythe biggest turn out we had out of 53 cities. ths thisis really gratifying. >> you have 300, 000 antennas to give out today. tafking. >> we can target certain demographics so there are four asian channels in the bay area. with digital targeting, we have been invited by the oca, the organization of the chinese americans to come out and help some of the residents to try to get access to programming. . >> reporter: this can be act as a unifying port, right? >> yes, a media is a unifying factor and

. >> jackson's son brandon also pleaded guilty but with a separate charge linking him to china town group, to another indicted in the case. >> he associated and helped in the transfer of guns, the attempt to purchase ten kilos of cocaine and conspiracy to commit murder. >> now leland lee and the other three defenders will face sentens ranging from four to ten years. >>> in contra costa county, state and county officials showed off a sting designed to catch people from posing as licensed contract yoofrs made over a hundred. >> one would think though could spot him from a mile away, when a man who said he was a contractor knocked on their door and said he could save the magnolia tree for $600 they trusted him. >> i wrote him a check for the whole amount. >> he did, i don't know why. >> when bill found out he was ripped off he was embear ased about it but still went to the district attorneys office and that's where he found out he is not alone. >> he's a good talker. good salesmen. he's talking a lot of people into it and a lot of people are handing over their money. >> at least $62,000 to t

. >> jackson's son brandon also pleaded guilty but with a separate charge linking him to china town group, to another indicted in the case. sports agent marlin sullivan pleaded guilty to the same racketeering count with these underlying crimes. >> he associated and helped in the transfer of guns, the attempt to purchase ten kilos of cocaine and conspiracy to commit murder. >> now leland lee and the other three defend ants will be sentenced later this year. sentences will range from four to ten years. >>> in contra costa county, state and county officials showed off a sting designed to catch people from posing as licensed contractors. they made 105 arrests statewide. as wayne shows us, there's one local man still at large and doing damage. >> at 88 years old one would think that bill mccourt could spot a bad deal from a mile away. so would his wife june. but when a man who said he was a contractor knocked on their door and said he could save the magnolia tree for $600 they trusted him. >> i wrote him a check for the whole amount. >> wrong. >> he did i don't know why. >> when bill found out

. >> the city of san francisco's reaching out to china town residents to get ready for an earthquake.e community youth center and self-help for the elderly to provide outreach, fire safety and post-disaster response. >> in the next 25 years there will be an event. we can save more lives and get people to understand what the first 72 hours do. >> they will be invited to attend work shops to prepare if disaster strikes. >>> a father of a baby girl has been released now from jail. investigators in shasta county let him go after he settled a probation case unrelated to his daughter's disappearance case. he is still considered a person of interest. the search was suspended on tuesday. they found no evidence that the baby had been taken. >>> they will announce which basis will be effected by lay-offs. they plan to reduce members and employees by 2017. the cuts are due to budget constraints. they must notify congress by this week. there are reports there could be additional layoffs if there are budget reductions. >>> pink slips are going to 7,8000 microsoft works. they will undergo major res

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