>> a local businessman is trying to make shoppers feel safer on the streets of oakland's chinatown. the c-e-o of chinatown's metropolitan bank, henry kiang has hired a private security guard to walk the beat 8 hours a day, 7 days a week. although the crime in chinatown is mostly petty theft, oakland's overall crime problem has created a sense of fear that kepts customers way. so kiang says it is his way to thank the community for supporting the bank for 30 years >> in hopes of making shoppers feel safer on the streets of oakland's chinatown. a local businessman is bringing in private security. >> police are hoping to might be connected to a shooting at a campbell nightclub over the weekend. this surveillance video from "the spot" night club shows someone walking behind the man in a cowboy hat. then you see another man

. >>> yeá+what one businessman is doing to help people feel safer in oakland's chinatown.then the nursing facility that was shut down. video hoping they catch the video of a shooter at a night club. the news continues after this. i love watching tv outside. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean, how did you know? i researched. no, i-i told you. no. yeah! no. the important part is that you're happy now. and i got you this visor. you made a visor! yes! that i'll never wear. ohh. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for two years with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. . >> police are hoping to identify 4 people connected to a shooting at a night club over the weekend. this is from the spot night club. a man in a cowboy hat and then another man and a man and woman walk through the door. these are the people they want to talk to. at 2:00 a.m. people were asked to turn down music when he w

and oakland's chinatown dan carmen, kron4 knows a. >>james:police are hoping to identify four people who might be connected to a shooting at a campbell nightclub over the weekend. this surveillance video from "the spot" night club shows someone walking behind the man in a cowboy hat. then you see another man and in a couple of seconds -- a man and woman walk through the door. the incident began around 2 am - when an employee asked a group of men to turn down their music in the parking lot. that's when one of the men reportedly shot the nightclub employee. police say the group ran off -- and they have not been arrested. the employee was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. fact fog residents of the six alarm fire at an apartment complex in redwood city two weeks ago are getting some help. dozens of people lost their homes.witnesses say people were screaming and running through hallways trying to get out. back in july another six- alarm fire happened just a mile away. and that fire displaced a hundred people and killed one

a local businessman is trying to make shoppers feel safer on the streets of oakland chinatown.politan bank henry kiang has hired a private security guards to walk the beat eight hours a day seven days a week. although the crime and chinatown is mostly petty theft, of one's overall crime problem has great a sense of fear that kept customers away. so he says it is his way to thank the community for support and the bank for 30 years groups and all we did so the community could use this more. member of the crime prevention council says this additional security plus the cameras will make a difference. police are hoping you can help identify four people who were shocked and a club. in a moment you will see a man and woman walked up behind them. police lights ask them questions and a dish-judge in relation to the one of the men reportedly shot that night club employee for telling them to turn down their music. police diwans ask these people may be a witness. the employee was taken from the hospital and is expected to survive. ♪ yeah, i dream about bacon. [sfx] wham! so i'm bringing ba

the c-e-o of chinatown's since metropolitan bank has hired a private security guard to patrol the area. >> catherine: crime in chinatown is mostly petty theft - but oakland's overall crime problem is keeping shoppers away. the added security is the ceo's way to thank the community for its support. >> we just thought that the local committee could use this more. >> catherine: a local crime prevention group says the private security patrol will help. they also point to the security cameras installed a few years ago. >> catherine: a rabbi who worked at a youth center in beverly hills is accused of sexually abusing children. mendel tevel was arrested at a community center in beverly hills, where he was working. >> catherine: the charges reportedly stem from tevel's time as a youth worker in brooklyn. the group says four men accuse him of abusing them as boys. "he was living here. nobody really knew that he was going to be working at a school, and, not long ago, it was brought to everyone's attention that he was working right here at jem community center -- which is a little bit concerning

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. >>> lots of tourists flock to chinatown, but it is more than a great place to visit.was named one of the 10 great neighborhoods to live. now, details on the honor by the american planning association. chinatown that is the largest community outside of asia was chosen for its architecture and the community activism. residents are recognized for protecting chinatown's character and identity and keeping the neighborhoods natural charm through careful planning. >>> still ahead, the movie everyone is talking about. what happens when a disaster happens in space? we have the real life hero who helped inspire that movie. and taking a live look outside from our sutro tower cam. the golden gate bridge under blue skies. blue skies. lisa argen will be along to those who've been denied equal access to health care... welcome to covered california. now, you can no longer be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. enroll today at coveredca.com. because all these whole grains aren't healthy unless you actually eat them ♪ multigrain cheerios. also available in delicious pe

in hopes of making shoppers feel safer on the streets of oakland's chinatown. a local businessman is bringing in >> catherine: kron 4's dan kerman has more. >> reporter: he is the one that will pay for the guard in the last year. it is his way to think think the committee for supporting the bake in the last 30 years. new tonight at 8--there is a community meeting tonight in >> we just felt the community could use this more. >> reporter: oakland all were all primed has placed here in the community and kept them away >> reporter: he thinks the additional security coverage and security cameras will help and make a difference and so does business officer business owners. >> anything that help bring the message it some good for the community. >> reporter: oakland to many neighborhoods have safety ambassadors. in oakland chinatown demand carmen kron 4 news >> catherine: new tonight at 8, there is a community meeting tonight in redwood city to help the redwood city to help the dozens of families who were displaced by a huge apartment fire earlier in the month. includi

clients, no matter how old they are, no matter how little english they know, they know how to get to chinatown, meaning they know how to get to our clinic. 85 percent of our staff is bilingual because we are serving many monolingual chinese patients. they can be child care providers so our clients can go out and work. >> we found more and more women of child bearing age come down with cancer and they have kids and the kids were having a horrible time and parents were having a horrible time. how do parents tell their kids they may not be here? what we do is provide a place and the material and support and then they figure out their own truth, what it means to them. i see the behavior change in front of my eyes. maybe they have never been able to go out of boundaries, their lives have been so rigid to sort of expressing that makes tremendous changes. because we did what we did, it is now sort of a nationwide model. >> i think you would be surprised if you come to these clinics. many of them i think would be your neighbors if you knew that. often times we just don't discuss that. we treat husband

he is a well known merchant in san francisco's chinatown. lee says he operated this grocery store next to his market on stockton street. >> every day, we would say hi. we smiled to each other for over 20 years. that's not easy. >> reporter: fire officials say many homes in the city have gates that can be popped open with hand tools. what made it extra hard to open was it had an extra hand bolt. they recommend neighbors have a lock box outside your home. >> you have to balance security and safety. >> reporter: back here live, friends and neighbors have left flowers and other gifts for the family. reporting live in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> a group is gathering tonight at the area known as the albany bulb near golden gate field to show support for the homeless people who live there members of the group share the bulb plan to camp out overnight in an effort to convince the city council to stop its plan to evict the people living there. people living there say they have a message for city leaders. >> have some low incom

we are coming up to street to chinatown. since 1957, we are the only city in the world that runs cable cars. these cars right here are part of national parks system. in the early 1960's, they became the first roles monument. the way city spread changed with the invention of the cable car. >> people know in san francisco, first thing they think about is, let's go vote. >> trigger treat san francisco we're here with the spoke activities and i'm hoping you're ready for hallowing. ? the weekly buses this tuesday try our hand at making our own halloween mask come to bryant street. but the space is limited so r v s public works and on thursday correcting check out and get into a costume contest but learn l about mosquitoes from the academy private attorney i microbiologists and a learn about the parish point the spoke i didn't motives and sill ma street come join out on the fun. and that's the weekly businesses. for more information sf governmentadjourned. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hello and welcome to this presentation. i'm san francisco purrs sin

we made a video about the enforcement on chinatown although they had strict parking rules they weren't enforced. so it's our belief that the enforcement and parking goals go hand in hand >> has the mta the thin staffing of the parking control officers is that an intentional decision by the mta that is i don't understand why the parking lot officers it certainly a benefit to the city not to have over the top enforcement but to symhave consistency is that a choose the agency made? >> thank you. i'm the director of security and a enforcement for the sfmta. certainly it's not american people intentional thing. much like with the police department staffing we have attrition and we have to keep up with the attrition. the city hires not at light speed as you know. we try to keep up with attrition. we hired 27 pc os back in january of last year but now through attrition we're at square one. i want to say that i don't think that you can because the enforcement or you're saying a lack of enforcement sole on the number of citations issued. simply base a citation isn't issued they're not addressin

based on some preliminary conversations we have the main town china >> thank you - >> we've proposed chinatown. >> thank you, thank you. >> i think this is more important than our time because a thank you you're two minutes are up. >> urging to pay for it - >> next speaker. >> thank you commissioner. just really don't have time to give you a history that you may need so perhaps i'll write you something but let me just say close to the 50 years i've been in this community. first of all, people talk about japan town it was never a scombrethd. i support bringing it back to grade but because bringing it back to grade will create new land l that was stolen from the community that land ought to be brought back and some specific set aside for african-american commercial development because you have a unique opportunity to right the wrongs of the promises that were never fulfilled when it comes to economic development in our city have you a chance to do something. you really need to look seriously as creating some set aside some velocities there were african-american and japanese-american who opposed

it is park in chinatown but outside and there is no way to identify it.lear that this vehicle is a commercial. this truck has the same issue. >> what company is this? >> what company? >> somebody, no name--for the record these drivers no law but it does choose to ignore it. >> and sampras's go, but stanley roberts, kron 4 news. >> there were wild pigs all over the place. let's take a look at some of the damage that they did. this is along the third hole. at least one day's work torn up with several gloms been ruined separat andlawns been growing scribble groundskeeper are putting up fences to get the necessary permits to put a stop to these pigs. >> i believe it is due to the drought. the pigs are running out and fold and they're coming down here and finding food. i have had at least 40 of them at night. what will like to do is have them get trapped by a bond it trapper and utilized. >> they're not in danger in us, they do not need to be around. there just ruining the and our record >> this is the golf course where this is happening. i do not want to play

. >>> lots of tour efforts flock to san francisco's chinatown, but it turns out it's more than just aplace to visit, it has been named one of the best ten places to live. the san francisco chronicle has the details. chinatown, the large of the chinese community outside of asia, was chosen for architecture and community activism. >>> san francisco is one of the nation's most expensive cities to live in, as you might know. but it's not as bad if you are a tourist. new hotel price index for 2013 shows honolulu as dethroned new york as the most expensive city to get a hotel room at $230 a night. new york is 211. third is miami, followed by boston and new orleans. san francisco hotel rooms rank eighth. this year $162 a night on average. >>> still ahead, the movie everyone is talking about. what happens when a disaster in space take place? we've got the real-life hero who helped inspire the plot. and taking a live look outside at 5:39 this morning. this is a view from our emeryville camera. you see the new eastern span of the bay bridge in the foreground. emeryville you are looking at 65 ri

chinatown was chosen for architecture and community activism.ecting the town's character and identify and keeping the natural charm through careful planning. i want to give you an update quickly on the southbound highway 101 in south san francisco. we have confirmed through the chp the accident was a fatality. somebody was killed. there are still two lanes closed but the entire freeway should reopen. chp estimating in maybe about ten more minutes. we will let you know when that happens. still ahead, the movie everyone is talking about. what happens when there's a disaster in space? we have a real-life hero who helped inspire the movie. and taking a live look outside. it's 6:38 right now. a gorgeous sunrise starting to happen. but not just yet. lisa argen is going to have your full forecast in just a few minutes. [ daughter ] hi mom. hey honey, the trip's great, very relaxing. are you sure you can't make it? but you come every year! you could be playing bingo right now! woooo! and there's movie night -- you love movies! [ laughs ] sorry honey, ca

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we've been working on this for over a year in areas like tenderloin, chinatown, the mission district, -- and supervisor john avalos and jermaine polack from avalos office have been working on a growing coalition of public health children and community based organizations and school groups and leaders to address the health impacts on sugary drinks. we are advocating support from african american and latino communities as well. sugary drinks are detrimental to the health of the public. the sugar consumption of these drinks impacts many of san francisco's most vulnerable population. supervisor avalos and wiener and the budget analyst office will be looking at the types of drinks. after that report is done we'll have a hearing on the impact on public health and the economy. the sugary drink distributor fee would pose $0.02 for each ounce of sugary benefits. there is some question about the grams of sugar to be looked at and we'll look into that at the committee level. this is funds being raised for communities that are high in diabetes and strokes and what we known from the best research

it encompasses north beach and chinatown. we have the city's famous hills. we have for the world comes to work, the financial district's, where the world comes to shop in union square, where the tourists spend time on fisherman's wharf , and the wonderful polk street neighborhoods. my district encompasses the ethnic and economic diversity that exists throughout the city. i think my district is emblematic of the entire city. you can find every political perspective you can possibly want in district 3. oftentimes, the interests of my district and the city are aligned. i do not have to think about those differences quite as often as some of my colleagues may have to. >> let's talk about the budget situation. we have been faced with some tough budget decisions again, including where to make cuts and whether or not to increase taxes. how will you approached these hard choices? >> our budget is one of the very top challenges facing city government right now. over each of the years i have served, we have had to balance budget deficits that were around $500 million.

a project by way of tunnel leading into chinatown by way of north beach. in december the first streetcar was driven into the tunnel. just two years after its berth, muni had added two lines. and k, l and m lines that span out from westportal. in 1928, the j line opened heading west to the beach. in 1944 san francisco voters finally approved muni take-over of the market street railway. by then motor bus and trolley bus improvement had given them the ability to conquer san francisco's hills. after the war most of the street-car lines would be replaced with motor or trolley bus service. in 1947, the mayor recommended replacing two lines with motor coaches. and it appeared that san francisco's iconic cable cars had seen their final days. entered mrs. cluskin, the leader to save the cable cars. arguing that the cable cars were a symbol of the city, and she entered a charter placed on the november ballot. it passed overwhelmly. the california street cable railway was purchased by the city in 1952. there were cut backs on the cable car system and in 1957 only thr

in the hundreds of workers in london's chinatown of stop work make no rocket as they march through the streets in protest of police raids against illegal immigrants they wave banners and slogans laging the. labeling this is as racist and targeted more than a dozen businesses raided in recent months. also clashes between israeli soldiers and locals have been reported in the west bank city of ramallah after troops killed the palestinians thought to be a member of a radical movement i.d.f. forces say that he played a key role in a televised bus bombing last november. and america along with ten year opinion and arab states have thrown their weight behind a. peace conference for next month to try and resolve the syrian conflict rebel groups though still not saying if they will attend the talks in geneva and whether the fragmented opposition has a valuable role to play in rebuilding syria that's a subject for debate in our he's crosstalk coming your way next hour. which they are very much themselves whether it's for a pan-islamic state or whether it's just for their own various criminal reig

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hundreds of workers in london's chinatown the stop work making a racket as they marched through the streets in protest of police raids against illegal immigrants they waved banners and slogans labeling the as racist and. border control officials have raided more than a dozen businesses in the area. and bank of america says the us government has failed to produce any evidence to back up its lawsuit for mortgage fraud the four week trial coming to an end the bank could be forced to pay a six billion dollars fine if found guilty of the institution is accused of misleading lenders during the housing boom that led to the two thousand and eight mortgage crisis though some economists say the government is simply searching for scapegoats. the banks that were responsible for the housing boom it was the government that's actually looting the banks right now i mean how they have been overinflated for probably a half a century is a redirector exultant washington policy is this is every u.s. president was like housing housing housing is greatest thing ever the banking industry was just sort of riding th

hundreds of workers in london's chinatown have stopped making a racket as they marched through the streets in protest of police raids against illegal immigrants they waved banners with slogans labeling the searches as racist and poorly targeted more than a dozen businesses have been hit in the area in recent months. the world headlines in the clashes between israeli soldiers and locals have been reported in the west bank city of ramallah. it's after troops killed a palestinian who was a member of a radical jihadist movement i.d.f. forces say he played a key role in. the bombing just last november. and the u.s. will send an extra one point six billion dollars in aid to pakistan military support will make up the major chunk of the allocated funds with only two hundred sixty million going toward civilian needs this comes right after amnesty international condemned america first drone war in pakistan saying it could be classified as a war crime. and america along with ten new european and arab states are throwing their weight behind a peace conference slated for next month to try and find a so

it even have a ca number but no name >> reporter: this truck has the same problem, its parked in chinatownside the vandalism to the truck it has no way of identfying this truck it's clear that the truck is a commercial truck >> reporter:this truck has the same issues nothing on this truck identfies what this truck does or who owns it he want company is this what compmay is this for somebody, somebody, no name yea no name and for the recored these drivers know the law, they just choose to ignore it often to bybass the fees that go with operating a truck >> reporter:in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news >>still ahead-- >> catherine: how the royals are breaking tradition, in the christening of little prince george. >> catherine: also - two panda cubs at the atlanta zoo have finally been named. that's next. >> catherine: the world got a glimpse of little prince george today. as he was headed for his christening. the 3-month old was christened at saint james palace. it was a small and intimate >> catherine: ceremony -- unlike royal tradition. his parents - william and catherine - are try

the american planning association says the recognition went to chinatown for its storied role as a culturals to protect its neighborhoods and identity. >> san francisco remains committed to improving chinatown's character to serve its 15,000 residents and the millions of tourists who visit annually. >> former president jimmy carter and his wife rosalynn will be in oakland today to support habitat for manatee. >> the cards will spend today working on a new habitat built townhome development in east oakland. just last week, volunteers working on the project were robbed at gunpoint. >> this is video from a helicopter partnership with abc news. >> today, the carters will be joined by hundreds of volunteers and tomorrow they will help renovate homes in san jose. >> the carters are celebrating 30 years of working with habitat for humanity. >> as the raiders continue to push for a new facility to replace the aging coliseum, we are learning, the team's owner has been checking out a potential new site in concord. >> kron4 is maureen kelly spoke to concord mayor was says, he will be welcome the silve

louis vuitton bag that you buy in a flagship store and one that you might buy on the streets of chinatown somewhere else except for the fact that people are willing to pay a lot of money because if you get the actual one with the brand it shows you can afford to pay for it so it's really about paying more money just to show that you can pay a lot of money and as you might not be surprised to learn there's a lot of money in that and really it's a brilliant business and marketing scheme if they have to because you know it's just the returns on this are are too good to be true if you will but you know i want to talk about michael kors because he kind of led the church you're. going to do his own thing started on i.p.o. and he has this whole luxury brand marc jacobs is getting on that same train but marc jacobs has two partners and that's going to be an interesting dynamic who is the chairman of. that's another is whale is doing pretty well here because they are going to profit when if in weigh in marc marc jacobs does get i.p.o. which would be about three years from now is what analysts are

. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >> the crime in chinatown is often passed the death but businessesy. they stated that the additional level of security is going to make a difference. maligned let's turn our attention to traffi >> in solano county there is a huge problem tine up the traffic. >> this occurs way before the junctions of there is no good way for you to get around this. motorists may have to go to 680 and that is not an option. a little closer to home there was a set of accidents on the east shore freeway where we have not recovered. the drive time is double what they should be. that is not the end of the problem there is an accident reported on westbound highway 24 and just after the 680 merge. that has backed up the traffic into concord on pleasant hill on interstate 680 southbound. we're still looking at a slow ride on an estate 580. this is nothing unusual but just heavy traffic. it is starting to get slow on 1 01 northbound and 85 spread the north bay ride is still pretty good. maligned a check of the bridges, the back abide the bay bridge is lighter than usual becau

expired in 2011, it even have a ca number but no name this truck has the same problem, its parked in chinatownbut outside the vandalism to the truck it has no way of identfying this truck it's clear that the truck is a commercial truck this truck has the same issues nothing on this truck identfies what this truck does or who owns it he want company is this what compmay is this for somebody, somebody, no name yea no name and for the recored these drivers know the law, they just choose to ignore it often to bybass the fees that go with operating a truck in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news if you have a comment or story idea for stanley, e- mail us at 'people behaving badly' at kron- four-dot- com. coming up at 8:30. no food before a night of drinking. an alarming number of college students are doing it. we look at the dangers drunk-orexia. plus students on a field trip lucky to be alive after their bus catches fire on the freeway. those stories ahead. i love watching tv outside. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why?

this weekend the bay area will play host to 49ers raiders football games, the a's, the chinatown festival> we have bart potentially striking, all the negatives we don't need to have. >> reporter: despite that the mayor was especially happy to check out the blue grass scene, especially since it wasn't costing the city a dime. >> do we have a weekend of respite, yes, we do. these moments are enjoyable. >> mc hammer still has it. >> he still looks great. >> he's still doing hammer time. >> jeff, this is one of the most active weekends really of the entire year in the bay area. >> the good part is the fire danger is going to clear out. we'll have warmer weather in the coast. saturday and sunday the best weather we'll have over the next 7 to 10 days. we've been talking about the wind today, top gusts here at 54 miles per hour. while we have had three fires in the past 24 hours, the one of largest concern right now that's blowing a lot of smoke you're smelling throughout the bay is the southeast of fairfield, pushing this smoke off some 20 to 40 miles. we put a scan on our radar and we have bee

you if you seriously think that harlem can avoid becoming a place the schomburg is a synagogue in chinatown? [laughter] >> i have heard you express the before. says something anyone that needs to keep their eye trained on. has long as there are black people in the streets of harlem even these encounters that i over here. the rome -- the space making. they had a conversation with a friend in to know really well what is happening and what has happened there. but the renaissance ballroom being a state that was created built brick by brick to have a business to be blocked from landmark status that the corporation could make a condominium there. i was talking to a friend in a deliberate nature of that building and what it took seems to be a dark story about our persistence my friend says but people always have to be fugitives the way we inhabit space so i think there are different ways to live with that problem per it is dominated by capital in the black people who control capital are interested in more capital. fed is not the first thing they try to do but that is something to be celebrated unf

just a quick trip to chinatown.i was worried she would think we were taking her back to vietnam, but she seemed okay. yeah, yeah. possibly because she was an infant when she left vietnam. also, vietnam is not china. well, i had a lollipop with me just in case. i love that we're doing this. it's important for her to explore the city she lives in. so much diversity. keep your wallet in your front pocket. my shoe's untied. oh, sweetie, it is. here, have a seat. right here. there you go. hey, hold bunny. (bell chimes in distance) no! no, no, no, no, no, no! bunny! how did you miss that, mitchell? mr. conductor! i-i... what? i was purell-ing! and it's me! why would you toss it? because my hands were full? i want bunny! i know. w--okay, i have an idea. let's catch the next train and ride it till it catches up. they don't catch up. that's called a collision. okay, well, do you have a better idea? you're the one that lost it. no, you tossed it. he who tossed it lost it. don't try to clever your way out of this. daddy lost b

. >> enjoy chinatown. don't look at the price tags because they don't mean is in. thank you, ken.ast name. >> the african war lord joe send kony has elude it capture. rest yourself during the commercial with this. it's believed he kidnapped some 66,000 children, and turned them into warriors or slaves, and the man you'll meet next says i can catch him but i need your help. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] with five perfectly sweetened whole grains... you can't help but see the good. >>> a fox report now. more on ted today's headlines. a new threat to children in syria, polio. the world health organization is now reporting at least two dozen children in one northeastern province or paralyzed and close to half of them have tested positive for polio. officials say half a million kids have not gotten vaccinations because of the civil war that dragged on now for more than two years. >>> violent storms and strong wind gusts toppled trees and power lines in australia. at least six people are hurt. the same area where fires destroyed hundreds of homes and tens of thousands of acres this month.

. >> 5:47, oakland's chinatown area may feel safer after a local businessman signed a contract to bringingrivate patrols for at least a year. henry cang says he didn't want to wait for the city or police to make his part of oakland feel safer. he won't say what it is costing him but he says it is a necessary step. >> there is certainly a perception that oakland is not as safe as it could be or should be, and china town is located in oakland. >> the city's records show crime increases after 5:00 p.m. so the private security company will be out on the streets at various times but will increase patrols during the early evening hours. >> 5:48 is the time. the morning commute has certainly had a lot of problems, starting to get busy out there. >> for the past two days we have seen lights at the bay bridge go on around this time and that is kind of early. i will predict it happens again. let's take a look, see the back up here getting into san francisco so maybe get a jump start here. the worse congestion is behind the toll plaza approaching the macarthur maze, an earlier five car crash, looks l

. >> i was headed downtown to meet a friend to go to dinner in chinatown.as dressed up and feeling very relaxed and comfortable. >> nicola finds a spot near the door. >> i remember i was holding the pole, and i remember another arm outstretched across. it was obviously a man's arm. >> what nicola doesn't know is the man standing beside her is a pervert. >> you know, i don't like -- why does this person keep pressing up against me and i realize you have all this [ bleep ] space here and i see your [ bleep ] is out. that's it! >> a passenger records the confrontation on a cell phone. >> when i turned around and i saw this person, his erect penis was out of his pants and he was wearing a condom and i realized what he had been doing. he had been trying to get off on me. >> nicola's small stature might make her look like an easy targets, but what the man doesn't know, she's an expert martial artist. fully prepared to defend herself. >> i said, i don't want to touch you, but if i have to, i will. >> nicola holds her ground. >> i know what i saw. >> and gets the a

over benches and the court was made to resemble familiar san francisco spots like china banks in chinatown>> cool. like riding a fake box of something that is real ten minutes away. it and kind of weird because usually we get kicked." >> there is a dirt case all the weekend activity, few, are free. on sunday, amateur skaters can ride the same course that the pro's will compete on. >> it is amazing what those guys can do. >> the unemployment benefits furloughed workers collect could end up just being a government loan. >> a warning to furloughed government workers collecting unemployment. if they get paid retroactively washington, dc, department of employment services said they have to give the unemployment money back and virginia implement commission said the state will demand every penny back. they will go to court to get the money if they have to. the largest money manager is bracing for october 17 government default selling off government debt holdings and report that fidelity and others have moved a significant portion of their portfolio into cash although they say they do expect congr

it was built on sixth street in 1887 when the heart of the city's chinatown was there. a suspected arson fire destroyed the community except for that one building. japanese immigrants moved into the area, the building became a boarding house and then a restaurant for some 90 years. >>> still ahead at 6:00, a close call in one of the nation's most congested areas. a father trying to defend his family and it was all caught on video. >>>s and i'm janelle wang. more on the government shutdown. which federal agencies being hit the hardest? and which agency is not being hit at all? that's coming up next. >>> and then it's open, but is it online? the glitches in the new health care exchanges that are impacting people all across the nation, plus the response here in california. >>> the blame game in full swing. republicans and democrats pointed the fingers at each other for causing the first government shutdown in 17 years. >> the argument, as you know, is in washington, but the real impact is felt across the country. nbc's janelle wang is here with more. >> raj and jessica, th

chinatown is known as the most densely populated neighborhood west of new york city. >>> still ahead here at 6:00, his mother thought he was at a friend's house but he was in another state. how a child stowaway is renewing questions about airline safety. >>> i'm sam brock. the u.s. cannot default on its debt. at least that's what several top republicans are saying to calm fears. but is it true? can we really pay the bills we have to pay and avoid default at all costs? "reality check" is coming up next. >>> i can't afford to have anybody waste my time and that's what they're doing. >> and she says she's angry and doesn't have much time left. one bay area woman fighting back against the government shutdown. compassionate plea, up next. >>> she's the nation's oldest full-time park ranger and she is not happy about the shutdown. the 92-year-old woman lives right here in the bay area and says the government is wasting her time. and her time is precious. nbc bay area's cheryl hurd is live at richmond at visitors center where the woman works. >> reporter: she does work here at the national