teams are moving in on an apartment in chinatown right now. sky 7-hd live over the scene near powell street and pacific avenue. >> a suspect is barricaded inside one of the experiment. vick lee joins us by phone from the scene. >> reporter: as you said, sky 7 is hovering over the area here in chinatown. i am at the corner of pacific and powell. there is what police are calling an active shooter, their words, in a building just up the street on pacific between two alleys. i believe they're wayne and keys alleys. now police are keeping everyone out of the immediate area. out of the line of fire so to speak. s.w.a.t. team members have converged on the building, i did see them arrive a little while ago. they went into the building. in fact, all of them, a group of six or eight, are inside the building. more are standing by. police negotiators have been talking back and forth with a person in that building. a while ago i heard yelling out of a window. the suspect was yelling profanities. police moved further back out of the sight of the building. l

michelle roberts joins us from chinatown. the flowers are posted all around that neighborhood. >> they were. there were dozen of these posters all over town. officials don't know who put them up, but they say there is growing tension in chinatown and all over the city against landlords who illegally use sights like air bnb. be this is it is thot your typical wanted poster. someone is accusing them of gentry fieing chinatown and destroying affordable housing for immigrant families by renting apartment units on air bnb. gl i think it's an expression of the frustration that people all over san francisco and the bay area are feeling. >> the supervisor doesn't know who posted the fliers throughout chinatown last week, but says landlords who illegally rent units on short-term housing sights wi sites will face penalties. >> they come in, fixing up buildings and turn them into 365 reals. >> just yesterday, air bnb filed a lawsuit against san francisco following a new order thans that will allow the city to fine air bnb. while the leg

the latest updates on the barricade situation in chinatown. we'll have that after the break. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, barricaded himself in an apartment. jackie: >>> let's get back to our breaking news in san francisco. jackie ward in chinatown where a suspect has barricaded himself inside an apartment. jackie. >> reporter: and the still very much a tense situation as this scene develops here on powell street. the area of powell and pacific still blocked off to traffic as police continue to negotiate with the suspect inside. he is in a flat on the 900 block of pacific and police know exactly where the suspect is. now trying to get him to come out without any incident. it all started when san francisco pd got a call of a break-in around 9:20 a.m. they believe the suspect entered the building through the roof. now, someone was home at the time. that person was able to get out of the apartment unharmed. police are asking as you can see roping off this area as we speak, i'm actually being asked to move here, but they're blocking off more and more of the sid

in the general fund those are the required funds on top of ocean wide will create open space in chinatowndministrative code by a community another piece of the benefits page addressed this the ordinance simplifying the technical details the ordinance will accomplish two things illustrated in the graph if i could get the overhead please. so first, the ordinance will memorialize to voluntary have $13 million no affordable housing above and beyond required and secondly, the contribution and $27 million ocean wide affordable housing and jobs housing fees to a new downtown neighborhood preservation fund in total the project will pay $30 million which is used more affordable housing within a one mile radius to offset the long-standing problems with chinatown and south of market with the avalos unlike the downtown fund it can be used for new construction and rehab for permanent and affordable housing another $18 million to the citywide affordable housing fund to direct the funds i've described tell the jury needs to waive the affordable housing fee and part of jobs housing fee shins since their

a dramatic standoff and police raid in san francis's chinatown.a n on pacific >>> a dramatic standoff and a police raid in san francisco's chinatown today it. a man ran into a hair salon on pacific avenue near powell street after first bursting into someone's apartment where he holed up for hours. kpix 5 reporter da lin shows us what happened when a situation that escalated after the suspect fell through a skylight. >> reporter: he crashed through the skylight trying to get away from police officers. police say this guy was not about to give up. in fact, they say he fought and bit the police officers who were trying to arrest him. before the flash-bang grenades and the shooting of a beanbag round at the suspect, it was fairly calm. negotiators tried for five hours to get a suspected burglar to surrender. it started with a 911 call about the burglar inside an apartment in chinatown. police stormed in and successfully rescued the man who lives in the apartment. >> officers confronted the suspect, who ran away from the officers into a new room and ba

the chinatown branch and ocean view branch and mission library branches will be at least 3 that will experience fis clt upgrades to make sure they are the libraries for the 21 century. again, i will emphasize just a few years ago, we were having e to consider cutting so many thing jz had double digit unemployment but as a result och good investment jz result of having great bond ratings and borrowing opportunities we'll invest in our libraries and make sure that they reflect what we want for our families, for our kids, for our parents, a safe, clean place to read, to learn. more and more you see the libraries are full of computers now too so they can access the internet, learn how to use it effectively. we do that and know we do that in the bayview library branch jz other branches so that we can use the libraries as 1 of our ininstruments to fill the digital divide at the same time. >> [inaudible] [yelling in background] >> for anyone to suggest that investing in our neighborhood branch libraries is i think a incredible gap of understanding. but, let me say this and i'll want to make

chinatown. i go by [inaudible] 4 or 5 times a week and see there are a lot of people there that can use more space. we remember there are 60 million members a year that come to the ggnra and this site is within walking disance of fort mason and aquatic park so think it will be a wond asset for the city to encourage you to pass all these things before you today. thank you. >> thank you. >> richard. >> commissioner [inaudible] good morning. we had a little [inaudible] today i'm interested in not bumping heads with you, i'm interested seeing what we can do about the public/private relationship. [inaudible] jan and her team come up with the real dollars [inaudible] and they are not quite ready to get into design aspect. being there is a reservoir up there and able to hold water i like the idea where you get something like a lagoon that would be nice up there because it has the calm and art straes of the location. now it seems it will be a stripped down park. [inaudible] restrooms and plumbing to hav

a shooting in oakland's chinatown.k kelly is on scene... >>> more now on breaking news a shooting in chinatown in oakland. mark kelly has the latest from the scene. >> reporter: allen, we were just a few blocks away from here doing a live report at oakland city hall at 6:00. just a few minutes before that, members of our crew described about hearing nine gunshots just a few blocks away. here we are now at 12th and franklin and you can see behind me a very large police presence right now. they have it -- the crime scene tape up all the way from 12th street to about 14th street. we still are waiting official confirmation from police exactly what happened and how many people were shot. but a witness described seeing one person on the ground no idea of the condition and two other men she described as stumbling around like they had gunshot wounds. some people have been taken to the hospital at this point. but we are still awaiting official confirmation. you can see down there a little further on franklin street there's a pa

mission economic development agency and chinatown community development were selected to develop the city and it is ideal for housing, it faces south to a park under construction on 17th and folsom. the project includes up to 139 units of affordable housing over ground floor using facing the park and include 20 percent set aside for homeless or at risk transitional age use. also includes a hub on the ground floor that include license childcare and youth after school programs and services, leadership programs and ground floor cafe with public restrooms. we request approval to authorize the skity to apply for the bond allocation and will return to the board to request-issue the bonds in late 2017 when the project is ready for construction. the bonds a conduit finances only. apply to the the bond allocation the developer must demonstrate site control which is achieved by a option to ground lease the site. the option leads to the ground lease with standard city terms. that is the term of 75 years with extension option for additional 24 years and annual rent of 10 percent of fair market v

the question is, i would like to ask you, what happens in north beach and in chinatown? that's all i want to get your opinion as to whether that helped the prohibition, helped? yes. >> yes. again i'm only representing the small businesses is in artistic. not being a small business owner anymore myself, i used to be a small business owner though in district 3, i have heard from many folks that the formula retail controls have helped them to be long-term tenants. i mean, these are folks that have basically been able to secure long-term leases and become literally acres of the community. they have been there for years. they feel protected and they recognize that, even though north beach, for example and chinatown, really tourist hubs. tourist destinations. the frankly one of the two neighborhoods that put san francisco on the map as a unique destination, that tour is some culture has still not been allowed to completely take over the entire identity of the neighborhood. that includes the residential as well. so, those formula retail controls absolutely help to ensure those

rfdyl: in chinatown, welcomed the ohio society of washington, d.c.story since no major sports team in cleveland has won a sports title since 1964. >> right now the bars are packed, so it makes me feel like i'm at home. cheryl: naturally he is a fan. >> it's tough, but it will be a long game. cheryl: cleveland scored first, but golden state was leading at the half. if you wanted a close game, you got it. is no longer with us. this would be the most awesome father's day gift for him. cavs pushed game seven after coming from a 3-1 deficit. >> it has been 50 years since a title. we have great fans, great people. we need it. the owner of the town tavern said her bars all the three times the business it typically gets on a sunday night. team lost, but she still won at the end of the night. leon: to the victors go the spoils. in addition to the hardware, a bonus. alison: how much will the cavs walk away with? kimberly suiters has a look. kimberly: first, the winners. just the ring from winning the nba $15,000. the winning team gets about $4 million. the los

the question is, i would like to ask you, what happens in north beach and in chinatown? that's all i want to get your opinion as to whether that helped the prohibition, helped? yes. >> yes. again i'm only representing the small businesses is in artistic. not being a small business owner anymore myself, i used to be a small business owner though in district 3, i have heard from many folks that the formula retail controls have helped them to be long-term tenants. i mean, these are folks that have basically been able to secure long-term leases and become literally acres of the community. they have been there for years. they feel protected and they recognize that, even though north beach, for example and chinatown, really tourist hubs. tourist destinations. the frankly one of the two neighborhoods that put san francisco on the map as a unique destination, that tour is some culture has still not been allowed to completely take over the entire identity of the neighborhood. that includes the residential as well. so, those formula retail controls absolutely help to ensure those

disappointing. >> some more unanswered questions never helps them. >> reporter: the gallery place chinatown metro station is back open for the yellow, green or red lines. if you plan on using it tomorrow morning for your commute, don't worry about it, it's working properly. as for what caused this bolt to start smoldering, investigators are trying to figure that out. we'll let you know as soon as that information becomes available on our nbc washington app. live here on nbc, shomari stone, news4. >> this drama coming as metro plans some major cuts for its work force while the transit agency deals with electric issues and a drop in ridership. it's going to eliminate 500 jobs. general manager paul field says it has to be done to save money. he said the cuts are deemed relevant and nonessential. >> there are certain individuals involved in this, and it's always sad when people lose their jobs with enormous ramifications. >> reporter: there are 13,000 employees in the metro system. metro is doing its part and announced the federal government's offer to chip in and pay some costs. >>> get ready

standoff in chinatown.e rolling as a gn tried to escape police by running into a hair salon! >>> a wild ending to a standoff in chinatown. out cameras were rolling as -- our cameras were rolling as a gunman escaped into a hair salon. >> campaigning across california at a dizzying pace. where hillary clinton and bernie sanders are visiting now just days before the california primary. >> new information about a kpix 5 investigation. bay area politicians treating themselves to free warriors particular. good evening, i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm ken bastida. >>> warriors tickets? you know they're hard to come by. but not if you are an oakland city council member. it turns out in fact tonight we have learned that two city council members will go to the game this sunday for free using tickets that would go for $10,000 apiece. mark kelly first exposed this practice and now, oakland's ethics commission says they will take a look at what's going on. >> our commission has full independent authority to impose penalties.

but chinatown is always busy. but they reopened these streets here. but the cops are still inside that salon and that apartment to collect evidence. >> all right. da lin, thank you so much. >>> on to campaign 2016, four days before the california primary. and the presidential candidates are trying to woo you. bernie sanders is holding a rally at the cloverdale municipal airport in just a couple of hours. earlier, he was in fairfield. >> let me thank all of you crazy people -- >> whoo! >> for coming out on a day like today. my god. >> he wasn't kidding. people stood in line for hours with temperatures near 100 degrees. sanders told the crowd it all comes down to turnout. >> if you hear that there is a large voter turnout, we will win. >> whoo! [ applause ] >> if you hear that there is a very large voter turnout, we'll win by a lot! [ applause and cheers ] >> as you can senator sanders trying to protect himself from the sun with a warriors hat. donald trump was also in northern california. this is redding. trump talked about jobs and last night's san jo

. >> tonight we received a number of complaints regarding massage establishments in chinatown that areot operating with permits. >> posting says it is nancy, asian, chinese female. friendly yet playful. >> the task force including tony flores from the special victims unit. with 25 years on the job, flores spent the last decade working domestic violence cases developing skills that translate well to human trafficking cases. >> they are similar as far as the victims not wanting to come forward with. the victims mistrust of the police. if there are immigration issues, those issues come in to play. >> the frustrating part for me is that you can almost see in their eyes that they want to get out but they don't know how to get out. when you are ready. i'm ready. >> it is a little after 6:00 p.m. when the team assembles outside of their first inspection location, top therapy academy on clay street. at first, everything appears to be in order. customers receive therapeutic massage from male and female practitioners but upstairs they discover numerous health code violations, including indicatio

nbc 10 joins us now from chinatown to explain. andrea?reporter: you may have heard the sirens, medics are always on the go trying to keep up with growing demand including the ones here at this station. the facts of the matter is that thousands of calls they respond to are net necessary, and that's why the fire department is launching a campaign saying this -- ambulance misused -- may cost lives. how do you know when is the right time to call an ambulance? >> well, when you can't handle them. like, my sister couldn't even walk. >> people with drugs and heroin around here, they're just laid out. we call quite often around here. >> reporter: a true emergency like this one, billboards going up in neighborhood where the fire department says too many calls. part of a new ambulance misuse campaign urging philadelphians to think twice before calling 911 when it's not a life or death situation. >> not going to happen. i don't care where you put your sign. >> the worst case scenario, a paramedic unit tied up in an area on a not medically necessary

h street, chinatown, dupont circle, u street, adams morgan. we are talking streets like connecticut avenue, vermont avenue, 14th street. places, specifically, where folks grab taxis or hail down the ride share vehicles, just to make sure everyone is out there being safe, getting home okay. the program actually starts today. it's going to start tonight until 11:00. that's when you can expect to see this particular lighting, this light pole here go on. it will be continuing for the next couple weeks. we are going to keep an eye on it. i'll have more coming up later in the show. >> thank you, megan. this morning on the gunman in the orlando attack. a federal official tells nbc news omar mateen bought a plane ticket to san francisco two days before the shooting. the purchase was made for his family to visit his ailing mother-in-law. on the night of the shooting, mateen arrived around midnight, left two hours, returned and started shooting. investigators don't know what he did during that period. >>> when you thought the gun control debate hit a de

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it is now building a 9000 ft.2 venue for 250 people along the north beach chinatown border. the speakeasy is a immersive theater means there's no separation between the audience and the actors. there's no actual stage. you build this theatrical environment. not parties were doing a replica of the speakeasy and we populate the environment with actors. they can be 35 actors in the cast that way people from making 23. so there will were one veterans, there are bootleggers and comment. there's regular people from the group, to the city for a night on the town. many actors by people like the bartender and the club owner and of the chorus girls in the mc. the evening unfolds. the audience members tend to come dressed in costumes. sorry heavily encouraged and weep with costumes out. in your speakeasy it's often hard to tell who the actors are and who the audience members are until the action unfolds. our format includes--it is a speakeasy so the physical layout includes a bar, backroom casino and cabaret space and cabaret space we do a vaudeville show authentic 1923 vaudeville show

abc 7 news was the first to report the standoff in chinatown. we sechbt out a push alert at 10:45 this morning. you can keep on top of breaking news when you sign up for push alerts with the abc 7 news app. just download it for free in your app store. >>> once again, a san francisco supervisor wants to bar the blue angels from flying over the city during fleet week. john alpha los told the "san francisco chronicle" he plans to introduce a nonbinding resolution by august that would only allow the team of six fa-18 jets to fly over the bay during practices an the air show itself. awf al ra los says the crash yesterday prompted him to take the action. >>> a vallejo elementary school was closed today after a suspicious device was found near it. the area was blob blocked off. detonation kwaimt was brought in. the device believed to be a pipe bomb was found near the school crossing area around stephen:30 a.m. the device detonated safely. no one was injured. the school principal said the fifth grade classes' field trip xed tulled for today was postpone

the third project is the chinatown service line project which is a primary care project. we know right now when patients enroll with us through the san francisco health plan in this case to chinatown public health center, they don't hear from us again. it's up to them to reach out. that is not a way to retain or attract patients as far as we can tell. we have many patients that have enrolled but not been seen by us. chinatown is our first study to see if we can create and then refine patient communications tools that will be effective. that's sort of the overview of where we are now and i'd like to ask patty to come up and talk about these projects and our larger strategic picture and we'll be happy to take any questions that you have. >> i'm a little shorter. thanks, racher, thanks, barbara, roland, ellis, i've been working here about 7 months now and it's an amazing introduction to public health in the bay area. i've lived here 20 years, i've just not been introduced to the amazing work this team does. one thing we are starting, we'll be sending it out next year, is a w

it happened while he was playing cards in chinatown. kpix 5's mark kelly has the story. >> reporter: it was the middle of the day here in portsmouth square park in chinatown when san francisco police say the suspect approached the victim from behind and stabbed him repeatedly in the head, neck, face and hands. i'm told the 89-year-old victim was under this pagoda friday at 2:30 p.m. playing cards with a friend when the suspect allegedly stabbed him with a large steak knife. >> there are speculations as to why this person may have done it. but until we get the facts, then, you know, i'm not able to say. >> i wouldn't expect anything like that to happen. >> reporter: would you feel fine walking through the park in the middle of day? >> middle of the day, yes. but not too late, like even early evening is dangerous. >> reporter: the victim is in critical condition at san francisco general. and the suspect is behind bars thanks to a number of witnesses here in portsmouth square park. in chinatown mark kelly, kpix 5. >> a group of veterans sa

the question is, i would like to ask you, what happens in north beach and in chinatown? that's all i want to get your opinion as to whether that helped the prohibition, helped? yes. >> yes. again i'm only representing the small businesses is in artistic. not being a small business owner anymore myself, i used to be a small business owner though in district 3, i have heard from many folks that the formula retail controls have helped them to be long-term tenants. i mean, these are folks that have basically been able to secure long-term leases and become literally acres of the community. they have been there for years. they feel protected and they recognize that, even though north beach, for example and chinatown, really tourist hubs. tourist destinations. the frankly one of the two neighborhoods that put san francisco on the map as a unique destination, that tour is some culture has still not been allowed to completely take over the entire identity of the neighborhood. that includes the residential as well. so, those formula retail controls absolutely help to ensure those

i live in chinatown sro.i'm a low-income family -- i'm able to support myself to live in a better place. right now affordable housing for our low-income familis is very hard to afford. i hope you can increase the budget a little bit for us to live in san francisco. right now i just want -- , as well as the board of supervisors to pay attention to and also attach importance to our low-income families, as well as sro families as well. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> translator: hello every supervisors. i am quan hou. my family is a low-income family. and we need better housing. thank you. >> translator: hello every supervisor. mi jing yan. my family and i all live in chinatown sro. we hope you guys can support the budget proposal. there are four members in my family. we all live in one sro, and let's take an example: children can only do their children on the bed. that is a little bit tough for our family. we hope the budget proposal can pay attention to the low-income families,

with a report of an armed man in a building in san francisco's chinatown neighborhood. abc 7 news reporter vic lee was the first reporter to tweet about this situation and vic joins us live with a look at exactly what happened there. vic? >> reporter: well, the building is in the middle of that block over there on this side of the street. you can see officers outside and there are still officers inside that building. and thank goodness it ended without a shot being fired. i talked to the captain in charge of this incident earlier. he told me that the objective was to end this through negotiations and that there was no hurry. and indeed there was no hurry. as you said, it started at 9:30 this morning. it ended about an hour and a half ago. s.w.a.t. team members converged on the 900 block of pacific after you knew in chinatown to this apartment building. this after patrol officers responded to a 911 call from the residence saying there was a burglary in progress. >> when officers arrived at the scene, responding to this call, we noticed the suspect was still at the scene,

chinatown. i go by [inaudible] 4 or 5 times a week and see there are a lot of people there that can use more space. we remember there are 60 million members a year that come to the ggnra and this site is within walking disance of fort mason and aquatic park so think it will be a wonderful asset for the city to encourage you to pass all these things before you today. thank you. >> thank you. >> richard. >> commissioner [inaudible] good morning. we had a little [inaudible] today i'm interested in not bumping heads with you, i'm interested seeing what we can do about the public/private relationship. [inaudible] jan and her team come up with the real dollars [inaudible] and they are not quite ready to get into design aspect. being there is a reservoir up there and able to hold water i like the idea where you get something like a lagoon that would be nice up there because it has the calm and art straes of the location. now it seems it will be a stripped down park. [inaudible] restrooms and plumbing t

also will increase those hours in the library-like i said in all the branch libraries including chinatown that will have the library hours expanded as well. when i go out there it was very crowded and everyone uses them throughout the weekend so expanded the hours is also part the deal. well, certainly muni has ever reason to do with transportation so one the programs that we supporting is called muni forward and that means increasing the services of muni by at least 10 percent . all the services include additional routes and includes improved routes and includes making sure muni moves deliberately on those routes in a safe way so it is very hard to get all the specifics but we can do so because it is part of the muni forward plan they approved. at the same time, they have some 30 vision zero projects. projects that will make the streets safer and engineered and designed to be safer. slow down traffic where the projects have pruben traffic going too fast and people are not taking the turns in a safe way to cause safety challenges for pedestrians for seniors, all that is in the 30 addition

story, suspect is behind bars, six officers injured after a five- hour standoff in san francisco chinatown. it started with friday morning 911 call for a burglar in an apartment next door and police arrived and rescued the elderly man inside after hours of negotiations and police doing a flash bang grenades appeared the suspect went through a skylight through the front door and ran next door into the hair salon. >> he was actively fighting and hitting, he was cutting people with a glass officers say the injured officers went to the hospital for treatment. >>> details about ucla gunman who killed a former professor and wife. before turning the gun on himself. investigated the motive behind the murder-suicide wednesday on the westwood campus. yesterday department unveiled the latest findings in the case. student appears to have been dispute between the gunman and on the cars part they may have taken intellectual property or something related and would not have been able to determine trigger event that would have led to this. >> ucla says the stolen intellectual property claims are false and

vote the general plan amendment up or down and not in any way craft it and i have constituents in chinatown. there are similar ways that we can craft the amendment and i look forward to doing that with planning department staff. >> okay so you are proposing something that's not necessarily a general plan but specific to each unique neighborhood within the general plan. >> correct and i think it's not a one size fits all solution. it's just a set of asterisks. >> i share the concern just to state what the language is that we're amending into the general plan it's to quote encourage greater levels of affordability on site and the city may adopt and as the name of the plan implies the general plan is general. it serves to provide parameters around future decisions and this board will make and today i'll be supporting the general plan amendment i believe it also helps us conform with decisions that we've taken and for example we as a board of supervisors have voted to increase the height for projects and voters have decided to increase the height for projects such as pier 70 but i fully underst

but going to chinatown. love going to hayes valley. it's a great interesting neighborhood. all we're saying is let's just have some fair rules of the game. the cu process is broken. commissioners clearly said that. two commissioners indicated some reform was necessary. thank you so much >> thank you. all right. next up, please. anymore speakers? at the end? all right, thank you i appreciate everyone who came out tonight. so, i note that it's onerous to participate in these, but i have to take difference it's absolutely essential adjuster. that's the fundamental basis of democracy. it's a pain in the butt but it works. there's creative ways to participate and so i applaud the community leaders who come out tonight both on behalf of residents and businesses representing their groups and reading letters of support were not. whatever your position is, but taking a position in your neighborhood, bringing it here the form of a letter were petition is a perfectly and genuine perfectly good and genuine way to participate please, do that and take that back to your neighborhoods plea

but going to chinatown. love going to hayes valley. it's a great interesting neighborhood. all we're saying is let's just have some fair rules of the game. the cu process is broken. commissioners clearly said that. two commissioners indicated some reform was necessary. thank you so much >> thank you. all right. next up, please. anymore speakers? at the end? all right, thank you i appreciate everyone who came out tonight. so, i note that it's onerous to participate in these, but i have to take difference it's absolutely essential adjuster. that's the fundamental basis of democracy. it's a pain in the butt but it works. there's creative ways to participate and so i applaud the community leaders who come out tonig both on behalf of residents and businesses representing their groups and reading letters of support were not. whatever your position is, but taking a position in your neighborhood, bringing it here the form of a letter were petition is a perfectly and genuine perfectly good and genuine way to participate please, do that and take that back to your neighborhoods please

. >> live in chinatown. >> your story. >> you have questions and we have answers. >> i cannot say enough about you guys. thank you so much. >> choose the news that matters where you live. >> this is the greatest night ever. >> choose the team that works for you. >> have you been a warriors fan your whole life? >>> an escaped robot blocked traffic in russia. we did not make this up. promobot left a lab on its own this week and walked 164 feet before its battery ran out. police had to direct traffic around the robot until it was removed. >> apparently an engineer forgot to shut a gate before testing its mobility. they answered questions for tourists and played the promotional messages on the speakers. >> promobot on the loose in the streets. >> does it play sports? a little baseball and basketball? >> or at least answer questions about them like larry beil does. >> i was hoping he can guard lebron and bring somebody immobile. the a's enjoyed some friday night pie. billy burns was the knee a -- >>> abc7 sports is brought to you by riverwalk casino. >> sports can bring people together in tim

>> reporter: back here live on 13th and franklin in oakland's chinatown, they are just about to beginigil. of this is the scene where the shooting happened last night. here we are 24 hours later, no arrests made. live in oakland, mark kelly, kpix 5. >>> tributes in the bay area mark tomorrow's anniversary of a deadly balcony collapse in berkeley. 6 people died, 7 others injured on june 16, 2015. most of the victims were from ireland working in the u.s. last summer. a memorial mass will take place at a catholic church in oakland. >>> firefighters are making headway on a wildfire that forced evacuations in calaveras county. cal fire says it has burned 83 acres, down from an initial figure of 225. it's burning just south of the comanche reservoir, 10% contained. it's churning through dry brush. it may have been sparked by a lawnmower. 12 families were evacuated. the fire started just before 1 p.m. today and so far, it's destroyed two outbuildings. >>> new at 6:00 a soon-to-open center in san francisco is geared toward addressing one of the city's most vexing problems. how to help the hom

the areas include h street, chinatown, dupont circle and adams morgan. you will see extra lighting 11:00 p.m. to 3:00 in the morning. >>> commuters can weigh in on plans to reduce congestion in california. the department of transportation wants to widen rolling road from two lanes to four. it would be from north of fairfax county parkway to old keane mill road. meetings from 6:30 to 8:30. >>> cleveland is celebrating with the first championship in decades. the team led by lebron james won its own championship for the city of cleveland since 1964. the parade will include fans and the players will be there marching through downtown cleveland. should be a big party. >> we'll see how it goes. first one in a long time. here are the current temperatures. i think we'll show them to you. a lot of you waking up in the 60s and 70s. chuck bell says we are in for another warm day. another look at that and the what to wear forecast. >> a lot of thing ks force a plane to be diverted. how about a fish? it landed one man in handcuffs and dozens of passeng woman: i have

>>marty gonzales: the first was in san francisco chinatown officers tossing off last bang grenade andd 930 friday morning when they arrive they barricaded himself and fired one shot the house is nickel shares will quickly brought in police eventually shot person with the been background he is now in police custody this morning. >>marty gonzales: about 330 yesterday afternoon someone made a bomb threat in san francisco that still searching for the person who made the threat. >>reporter: 0 warrant was issued for his arrest and that is because on may 25th he failed to appear in santa clara county superior court to face at the to the theft and drug charges stemming from a jiang or 34 rest he was sentenced to prison in june of 2006 for being an excellent position as well as other weapons related charges he was paroled almost four years later in january of 2010 only to be sent back to prison twice for violating parole the body was discovered inside of this home thursday morning after he had broken into and barricaded himself on might an autopsy was performed friday to determine if he died f

area medium income treasure island is a special case, of course, because a transitional population, chinatown the medium income $28,000 and for a household of 2 that again is around 35 percent of area medium income have to small universe of neighborhoods that have very stealing protecting 40ur8dz those are development with a high number of sros and my office is working on a sro acquisition rehab program to take our resources and target those special cases because in those developments it is very hard to finance an acquisition under any circumstances. >> have you considered public housing as well. >> i don't know if you know the numbers you mentioned the tenderloin, you mentioned chinatown. >> so the tenderloin and chinatown virtually every neighborhood has public housing we are go rehabilitating 35 hundred units of public housing the average ami for the public housing residents is actually less than $20,000 a year so those households are at the 20 percent of ami level and we have putting enormous amount of resources to protect those households and preserving that housing for the long term it

chinatown is tourists -- the neighborhood where the park will be built in san francisco park. representatives have reached out to us throughout this planning process which we appreciate. we look forward to the many benefits the parks will offer to the seniors we serve. we strongly support the creation of francisco park and encourage you to approve this next phase of project. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker please. >> good morning. my name is frank dawkins and resident of brunel heights and a park advocate and express my support for the sis park project. i have seen many changes in the city, good and bad, but one problem that still remains is the need for green open space in a dense part of the city. to have this park available to the residents of san francisco and the entire bay area would be a great benefit to our diverse communities after decades of being a vacant lot now is the time to provide the community with this great public park. i am thrilled to see the neighborhood park be a reality. i have spoke on this many years and to have open green space for th

h street, chinatown, dupont circle, u street and adams morgan, streets like connecticut avenue, seventh street, vermont avenue, 14th street. now, the program starts tonight. we're going to see those extra patrols as well as the extra lighting. you can expect that to be the case wednesday through sunday from 11:00 p.m. until 3:00 in the morning. once again, police just want to make sure everybody gets home safely. back to you all in the studio. >>> thanks, meagan. now to a developing story we're following. an 18-year-old man from indiana has been arrested and charged with trying to join isis. he was arrested on tuesday while trying to board a bus from indianapolis to new york where he was eventually going to travel to isis-controlled territory. fbi agents searched his home yesterday and removed some items. if convicted he faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. >>> and we're getting new details about the orlando shooting now. a federal official tells nbc news that omar mateen bought plane tickets to san francisco two days before the shooting. the purchase was made for his family

the scene similar to this one in chinatown, you see the vehicle's windows broken, glass all over the ground. any valuables inside, gone. it's believed the thieves work in teams. >> the suspects were driving a vehicle that let a passenger out, who would, we will say case the neighborhood. if you see this suspicious activity, call 911 right away. >> so far, just one arrest has been made. police say the number of break- ins are about the same as last year, but still, fairly high. >>> and this november, san francisco people with vote to create a neighborhood crime unit within sfpd. it will track car break-ins and burglaries, while enforcing laws to try to keep the neighborhoods safe. >>> some of the top doctors are out with an unusual warning about those new street lights that we're seeing more and more of. a concern the lights could be giving off an unhealthy glow. >> reporter: the l.e.d. lamps going up all over the country energy, efficient, giving everything a truer color. but now the american medical association says the advances are bad for your health. the problem comes down to col

a news conference in emeryville and went on to give a speech at city college and then surprised chinatown before his rally at chrissy field. abc7 news. >> now abc7 news reporter lilian kim continues our team coverage. >> she attended one of bill clinton's bay area rallies in support of his wife. >> bill clinton was busy today. 5* total of five campaign appearances in the bay area aimed at energizing supporters to get out and vote. >> the former president bill clinton made his fifth and final stop of the day in san francisco's bay view district where he emphasized the city's rich diversity and the global awareness. >> san francisco is uniquely positioned to understand that every american should care about the implications of our election and our choices for the rest of the world. >> at the same time hillary clinton spoke before a crowd in southern california where she urged supporters to head to the polls. the democratic nomination may be a virtual lock, but the campaign is trying to avoid an embarrassing loss in california. polls show a dead heat. >> we have six elections tomorrow and we'

the cavalry pl., chinatown station was shut down during the evening after smoke started pouring from onto the platform. crews had to extinguish a smoldering bolt on the tracks. passengers none too mac please.>> it is awful given the fact that people rely on the metro. to have the system go down like this where people cannot get out of the city is kind of awful. and heinous. i can't believe i paid money for this.>> reporter: metro says crews corrected a problem at gallery place. service resumed at 9:45. commuters are hoping things like this are not the norm. we know that the efficiency of metro evacuating stations and the response to smoke incidents has come under fire since the death last year. let's look at social media response. liz was in the area the gallery. this is gallery place right now. look at that crush of people trying to offload. the next one here, no fire alarm rain during the fire at gallery place. evacuation orders were only shouted by transit officers. another, video had to walk through six metro cars due to a fire. the last one here, this has got to stop. the smoke

. >>> the man arrested after friday's standoff in san francisco's chinatown is expected to appear in court this afternoon on several felony charges. investigators say jesse eckhardt barricaded himself in an apartment on pacific avenue on friday morning. the building was evacuated after several hours. police used a flash bang gra need to get him out. he ran outside into a nearby hair salon where he was arrested. eckhardt faces charges of resisting an officer and burglary. >>> police have arrested a driver on suspicion of hitting a uc screws student walking -- santa cruz student walking near campus sunday afternoon. 33-year-old juan castillo of watsonville faces charges including hit-and-run and driving without a license. witnesses report seeing a white sedan which was later identified as the chevrolet malibu hitting the pedestrian and speeding away. officers tracked down the car about a mile from the crash scene. part of its windshield was shattered. the 21-year-old student's injuries, though, are not considered life threatening. >>> san bruno police are asking for the public's help i

. >> live in chinatown. >> your story. >> you have questions and we have answers. >> i cannot say enough about you guys. thank you so much. >> choose the news that matters where you live. >> this is the greatest night ever. >> choose the team that works for you. >> have you been a warriors fan your whole life? >> ye >>> an escaped robot blocked traffic in russia. we did not make this up. promobot left a lab on its own this week and walked 164 feet before its battery ran out. police had to direct traffic around the robot until it was removed. >> apparently an engineer forgot to shut a gate before testing its mobility. they answered questions for tourists and played the promotional messages on the speakers. >> promobot on the loose in the streets. >> does it play sports? a little baseball and basketball? >> or at least answer questions about them like larry beil does. >> i was hoping he can guard lebron and bring somebody immobile. the a's enjoyed some friday night pie. billy burns was the knee a -- >>> abc7 sports is brought to you by riverwalk casino. >> sports can bring people together

san francisco police say they are seeing a rash of robberies in chinatown and the tenderloin mostly targeting asian women. police say the robber often attacks a woman from behind or distracts her by asking a question right before committing the crime. >>> coming up, homes burn in the path of a kern county wildfire. what firefighters fear from fast-moving flames from two fronts. >> and big news on the future home of the george lucas museum. what the award winning director has decided about his location. >> good gorgeous friday afternoon. i'm roberta gonzales in the kpix 5 weather center. and that right there looking out towards sutro tower. we had fog there just 30 minutes ago. it is now wiped away. we'll talk about the beaches and the hazards that you need to know about as the news continues. we'll be right back. ,, (upbeat music) - [voiceover] you are san francisco. we've been with you from the beginning. we've seen each other through good times and bad. sickness and health. we're with you san francisco, and you bring out the best in us. care. zuckerberg san francisco general hospital and tr

. >> live in chinatown. >> your story. >> you have questions and we have answers. >> i cannot say enoughbout you guys. thank you so much. >> choose the news that matters where you live. >> this is the greatest night ever. >> choose the team that works for you. >> have you been a warriors fan your whole life? as a supervisor at pg&e, it's my job to protect public safety keeping the power lines clear, while also protecting the environment. the natural world is a beautiful thing, the work that we do helps us protect it. public education is definitely a big part of our job, to teach our customers about the best type of trees to plant around the power lines. we want to keep the power on for our customers. we want to keep our community safe. this is our community, this is where we live. we need to make sure that we have a beautiful place for our children to live. together, we're building a better california. >>> an escaped robot blocked traffic in russia. we did not make this up. promobot left a lab on its own this week and walked 164 feet before its battery ran out. police had to direct traff

. >>> a scarey ride for dozens of passengers on a bus ride from chinatown to philadelphia to new york when the driver was busted for allegedly driving under the influence. this was a picture taken by the woman who was on the bus. the bus driver was stopped after passengers called police for help. the driver was taken into custody and has been fired from his job. that rider posted details of the ride on the review website and it reads in part he drove so crazily that three times he nearly drove into a wall or post and the last time everyone thought we would die because the bus nearly tipped over. this isn't the first time we've reported trouble with this company. last summer a driver was fired after video showed him texting and driving along the new jersey turnpi turnpike. >>> a 76-year-old woman is in critical condition tonight after she and another woman were hit by a septa bus this evening. the second woman is in stable condition right now. no charges filed tonight. >>> now it has been a big day of endorsements for hillary clinton. >> i am ready to get in this fight and work my hear

we posted on our facebook page of a picture of a flyer that was posted in san francisco's chinatown thosecritical of air b&b. we normally get like 3000 views if were lucky. this 1.6 million views. there's 10,000 comments on it. went around the work it was all the comments were negative against air b&b ready my point is, the whole world is watching you guys today. i hope you use your discretion and finally pass meaningful enforcement. >> supervisor peskin: thanks. i'm delighted this matter brought the tenants and landlords and the hotel owners and hotel workers together. next speaker, please. >> testifier: good morning. thank you for this legislation did my name is tessa wilborn long-term san francisco resident. we love our visitors, ut we need to have taxes paid by appropriate parties. websites sold merchandise for a long time before state sales taxes were imposed on them. it's not fair to brick-and-mortar businesses to have sales taxes apply to them but not to where businesses. this analogy here. the san francisco can use all the money it can get and i would also like to point out this l