no entertainment to attract people back to chinatown we need more entertainment programs in chinatown by approving that 0 project i'm sure about bring people to chinatown and improve china town therefore on behalf of the chinatown neighborhood association i ask for your support for the benefit of the chinatown economy thank you, commissioners. >> thank you >> next speaker, please. >> hello, i'm tom owner of the music and sounds as adapted business from fourth and townsend i understand the difficulty of relocating a growing southern concern a small business if so difficult to be a small business and also to be an arts organization speak easy has been an incredible source of over 70 jobs the people i've worked with that recorded at our studio is talented and capitaable musician spent 4 to 10 years in music school and not only paid in addition to the 70 employees but a resource for my company the 45 arcs actresses that are involved are talents for our company and provide jobs to them by offering them as resources for our clients i can speak to the quality and the personality and the ting

. >>> new at 6:00 controversy is in chinatown. someone has been posting these wanted signs in an attempt to shame certain airbnb hosts. the source of those posters is still a mystery tonight. >> but the message is clear. ktvu's cristina rendon tells us someone in the city is fed up with efforts to rejew is vie nature -- rejuvenate the community. >> reporter: among the iconic lanterns these posters are popping up as part of the landscape. >> it certainly caught my eye, being like a wanted poster in a post office. >> reporter: patrick connors took a picture of the poster in the financial district on his way to work wednesday. it's since been ripped down. >> i was surprised, chinatown mentioned in this flyer, which isn't a neighborhood i've heard discussed in terms of gentrification yet. so it almost seemed like a new front. >> reporter: the poster names a dozen individuals, saying these 12 airbnb hosts are responsible for destroying affordable housing. it claims the airbnb listings are gentrifying chinatown -- gentrifying china town

chinatown learned from that struggled at we pushed back in organized.hrough those types of struggles, we have been able to talk about chinatown more than just a place to get cheney's food and restaurants, plplaces like that, but as a vibrant community of people who deserve to have access to public education, who want to talk about immigrant rights issues, and talk about workers rights, as well. any popular activism really began around being a parent and a public education activist. can you talk about what is happening here in philadelphia, and also related to the democratic party platform and the republican party platform, if you will, talk about the major candidates' position on education? >> absolutely. beforey is philadelphia the largest citytyn the country, we are in a state with the worst funding gets in the nation between the poorest school districts and the wealthy's school districts. poverty and inequality are at the heart of the education justice struggle here in philadelphia. years since t the state takeover of philadelphia public schools, tha

. >> reporter: this is chinatown as the saying goes. in the old days, street sellers would set off the small fireworks on grant avenue to let the buyers know where they could get the big stuff. grant avenue was filled with young street sellers. it was that brazen. times have changed. in chinatown, you will still find the so-called runners, neighborhood chains who will take you where you can buy fireworks. usually, they're in a sowf near store right under the counter. this year, the runners are ha harder to find. just ask edward, who came here. >> for the past i don't know 40 years i've been coming down here to buy fireworks. this is the very first time i've been here since roughly 10:00 a.m. and not one person has asked me to buy any fireworks. >> reporter: we asked street barkers where we could buy fireworks. they were no help. simonte and other buyers believe it's because many are turning to the internet and there's also increased police presence in chinatown this week. >> we want to make it a safe fourth of july for everyone. >> repo

, so if you guys are out there, tweet us pictures, let us know what's going on out there in chinatown, as well. >> certainly updates on all of this coming up tonight on the news at 10:00 and the news at 11:00. >> all right, let's get final check on our forecast, gwen is back, the good news is the rain came in. >> the rain cooled us off a little bit. >> little bit, yes. >> but tomorrow is coming. >> right. we will start off little muggy tomorrow in the morning hours, but then things will improve. colds front comes through. nice westerly breeze behind it. humidity, that hashtag unwanted house guest will be taking bit of hike by the time we get to sunday, so a lot more comfortable for you, hopeful will he get out and enjoy it, we start to heat up wednesday again though, once we get into next week. by about mid week, temperatures will climb back into the mid 90s, again, but just enjoy the weekend while you have it. and i can't rule out maybe a pop up isolated storm tomorrow afternoon. >> that's not everybody, though. just -- >> right. exactly. >> very isolate in the nature. >> can still g

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

andrew [inaudible] chinatown [inaudible] two important points.inaudible] could lead to public planning and strategies [inaudible] high virtual of self esteem, one can establish the laws [inaudible] for human souls. [inaudible] generate force leading to long term social prosperity. [inaudible] work together smoothly in good harmony at all time. thank you. >> any other public comment at this time? seeing none public comment is closed. can i call item 8? >> item 8, adjournment. >> thank you very much. [meeting adjourned] >>[gavel] >> welcome ladies and gentlemen to the regular scheduled meeting of the san francisco ethics commission for june 27 2016. i will call the roll. commissioner tan, here. hayon, here. chiu, here. all are present and accounted for. churning to item 2, public comment. on matters appearing or not appearing under the agenda. i would as we have a very long agenda, which i anticipate comments, hopefully the comments will be limited to something other than this on the agenda. thank you. >> good evening commissioners

andrew [inaudible] chinatown [inaudible] two important points. [inaudible] could lead to public planning and strategies [inaudible] high virtual of self esteem, one can establish the laws [inaudible] for human souls. [inaudible] generate force leading to long term social prosperity. [inaudible] work together smoothly in good harmony at all time. thank you. >> any other public comment at this time? seeing none public comment is closed. can i call item 8? >> item 8, adjournment. >> thank you very much. [meeting adjourned]

andrew [inaudible] chinatown [inaudible] two important points. [inaudible] could lead to public planning and strategies [inaudible] high virtual of self esteem, one can establish the laws [inaudible] for human souls. [inaudible] generate force leading to long term social prosperity. [inaudible] work together smoothly in good harmony at all time. thank you. >> any other public comment at this time? seeing none public comment is closed. can i call item 8? >> item 8, adjournment. >> thank you very much. [meeting adjourned] >> (speaking foreign language.) >> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local biz and challenges the san franciscans to do their shop and dine in the 49 within the by supporting the services we help san francisco remain unique and successful and vibrant so where will you shop and dine in the 49 san francisco owes itch of the charm to the many neighborhoods people coma greet and meet it has an personality these neighborhoods are economic engine seeing the changes is a big deal to me especially being a san francisco native and it is imp

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. >> i think chinatown has always been a gateway for immigrants to come here. it clearly has a cultural identity. >> reporter: for a neighborhood that's been relatively insulated from the collateral damage of the tech explosion, there are growing signs of change. these are the signs we're talking about. anonymously posted flyers with the names and faces of 12 people said to be renting chinatown homes through airbnb. blaming them for, quote, destroying affordable housing for immigrant, minority and low- income families. but this isn't the first time we have seen social justice wanted signs here in san francisco. >> gentrification of the mission is driving lots of working class people out. >> reporter: back in the 90s it was the mission yuppie eradication mission. >> now it's short-term rentals instead of housing for people. >> reporter: 40% is single room occupancy and even that's expensive. >> sros are going for $1,300 a month which is incredible! like i said, 8 by 10 room shared bathroom and kitchen. >> i live and work in chinatown but i can't afford it. >> re

i had friends in chinatown who were part of these family associations. for years if you know chinatown and it is made up of a lot of different associations. some of these associations were created way back in the 1800's because there were a lot of discrimination of chinese so had to form own groups called family association to pull the money together because no one would hire them to do work. they had to borrow money from their own people because the banks wouldn't lend money. they wouldn't let them buy property. sound familiar? didn't happen just to chinies but did happen to chineties. the family associations over many decades helped themselves. when i became the mayor 5 years ago the family association said mayor, will you bless us with your presence? for many decades the family associations gave scholarships to our kids and we are proud of that. chinese, we love education and love our kids to succeed. i said i think that is a good idea but have one condition. they said, what is that because we didn't-you are the first chinese america mayor, can you co

. >> good evening supervisors i'm malcolm on behalf of the the chinatown development center and heren behalf of a number of organizations with were not able to make it the chinese chamber of commerce and head start and as well as some others i didn't write down i know the evening is late i want to thank first of all, supervisor kim in working with the community groups to shape this project to improve that and also want to thank the mayor's office they labored and appreciate it this process actually went smoothly ocean wide was a pleasure to work with including the representatives and got to a good place that made this better this is one of the first example i've seen of a project that actually stabilizing the community benefits process this neighborhood preservation fund will be absolutely critical to making sure that residents who are in place can stay in place and that's a key goal goal for san francisco i urge you to support this and thank you very much for all the support on this. >> thank you very much. >> next speaker, please. >> i'm phil on behalf of committee for a better bar

. >> reporter: iceland opened on tenth street in chinatown in may.bar will open across the street. >> we open one and see another one coming. >> reporter: with three more in the works chinatown should have five ty ice cream shops. this particular ice cream was popularized by tai vendors. >> they create a cold plate about maybe web degrees. >> reporter: thon icy plate they pour the dairy. creates all kinds of flavors peanut and chocolate sauce to strawberry short a cake with fresh strawberries and graham crackers in two minutes glime five beautiful rolls. >> reporter: rolls became the base for a bevy of topping options. >> fresh strawberries, bananas graham crackers chocolate. for any indication whether sad or happy. puts a smile on your face. >> yes. >> get some today. >> that looks delicious. >> it is 5:fifty seven up next scary moments for half a dozen people when their boat capsizes near ellis i'll glands plus trouble for the president of temple university. why neil theobald is out. details in a live report at 6:00. we'll be right back. >> ♪ phila

>> good evening supervisors, i'm with the chinatown community development center. first of all, i want to support the comments, that fernando made, and urge this board to put on the ballot, includes the commission, we're not sure what is 3 and 4. supervisor peskin said we're at measure 4. i want to add something to this conversation. we in chinatown have always understood that affordable housing, economic development, social services, are part of a broader, package around comprehensive community strategies, this will create an opportunity how these pieces work together in a cohesive way, if we did not have this kind of comprehensive conversation, in chinatown in the early 80s, the chinatown master plan with a conversation that understood that small businesses, were depende dependent, upon residents, and those residents, were folks, who were low income and could not survive, a rebuild of chinatown, as proposed by downtown office developers, this opportunity to have a public conversation, about marrying, these strategies, is something we're excited about, in the 39 y

in the morning. >> chinatown will be opened up late during this week three or 4:00 a.m. chinatown restaurants will be opened. >> boom. >> center city offers a few 24 hour diners, and, other little center city and south philadelphia town. >> little pete's is an icon. >> this is for 50,000 people in town right now who do not know that. >> let me tell you trying to keep you informed. >> little pete's at 17th and locust basically. if you get to 17th and locust you will see little pete's, 24 hours a day. >> is there usually a wait. >> a little bit of a wait. >> but it is worth it. you you go this there and you have seen people you will never see before. >> in ways you have never seen before. >> yes. >> a sleep in their soup, face up. >> keep kitchens opened past 11:00 (. >>> if all else fails is there always wawa. i love wawa hoagies. hoagie fest is over. >> it is over but always a hoagie fest in there. >> new people, in your hotel rooms, new people, welcome to philly. but a wawa, it is our version of like, well, a convenient store. a 7-eleven. >> it is better because people

. >>> the posters are shaming airbnb hosts and accusing them of changing the face of chinatown. these posters are popping up as part of the landscape. >> it caught my eye like a wanted poster. >> patrick took a picture of the poster w. it's been ripped down. >> i was surprised china turn was mentioned in the flyer. it's a neighborhood i've heard in terms of against triification -- jen triification. these hosts are responsible for destroying affordable housing. >> we saw them all-around chinatown, 1 to front door of the building where our office is. >> the organization works with low income imgrabs workers -- immigrant workers and new residents are driving out older generations. >> if we can't preserve affordable housing it checks who we are. >> aaron released a statement about the posters. it expresses a reality the community is being exploited. there's no question there's an increasing amount of illegal short-term rentals. supervisors approved tougher regulations, they support that kind of action but don't agree with the wanted signs. >> the posters were extreme. we don't agree

you shoot in actually chinatown apartment? who own building then became aware that their stoop was in a television show? >> yeah. they hated us shooting there. but i think they finally figured out that they have, you know, their stoop is on a hit tv show now. so it was pretty run down and we went and shot there the other day and it's totally redecorated. [ laughter ] it looks -- i mean, as much as you can redecorate a stoop in chinatown. >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] >> but there is a dumpling shop next door. their prices have gone from $1 to $2 a dumpling. >> seth: really? [ laughter ] you completely rejuvenated that neighborhood. like literally two storefronts. >> two storefronts we're totally bringing it. >> seth: i like the idea that someone said, hey, my stoop's on "mr. robot." somebody else said, dude, you better clean up your stoop. [ laughter ] >> and it's so bad. i mean, they probably think it looks so much better than it did. >> seth: well, then again, if you start low enough, it's amazing. you also, you are known -- y

i are been a san franciscan for 35 years with chinatown, the marina. i have been over at the library over in fisherman's wharf side and all the city and love everything that is happening. i am a resident at 690 market with a lot of times my 12 year old god daughter and 85 year old mother visits on market street. she is the one that asks me maybe i have gone numb about there activities on the [inaudible] and also there is a [inaudible] on the post side. she asks me after living in san francisco for over 30 years has marth street gotten worse. i don't know if when people say they didn't hear anything at nights and over the weekends, i hear sirens more ouchbnow than before. when we talk about fundraising i have done a lot of fundraising in chinatown. what i don't understand is the alcohol and the loud music associated with that. what i would like to when we talk about compromise, we want to address those types of issues in addition to the safety issue. the alcoholism arounds the area when you cannot control some of these events we talk about the super bow

. >> good evening supervisors i'm malcolm on behalf of the the chinatown development center and heren behalf of a number of organizations with were not able to make it the chinese chamber of commerce and head start and as well as some others i didn't write down i know the evening is late i want to thank first of all, supervisor kim in working with the community groups to shape this project to improve that and also want to thank the mayor's office they labored and appreciate it this process actually went smoothly ocean wide was a pleasure to work with including the representatives and got to a good place that made this better this is one of the first example i've seen of a project that actually stabilizing the community benefits process this neighborhood preservation fund will be absolutely critical to making sure that residents who are in place can stay in place and that's a key goal goal for san francisco i urge you to support this and thank you very much for all the support on this. >> thank you very much. >> next speaker, please. >> i'm phil on behalf of committee for a better bar

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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 opgreen space for the c

that was san jose chinatown.as first. >> anthony: it was a chinese community first. >> kurt: right, 1890 was when some of the first japanese arrived in this area. >> anthony: south bay, san jose. not much going on out here, other than world domination by a small group of tech companies. but on a happier, less paranoid note, san jose has one of the last three remaining japantowns in the country. >> anthony: who were the first japanese to come over? >> kurt: students, laborers looking for a better life. in traditional japanese families the first son inherited everything, so generally it was the second son who would get nothing who would come over. and when the first japanese came here one of the places they would stay at would be chinatown because you would have an asian community, they would be able to find food that was similar to japanese food, and kind of there would be a camaraderie. thank you. >> anthony: oh, thank you. curt fukuda grew up in the area and his family, like thousands of other japanese americans

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

i'm part of the project co-sponsors along with chinatown community development center and we're here to answer any questions that you have on the housing parcel, and the impact on the shadow for the park. so i'm going to also share the floor with other folks that have comments. >> thank you. >> are you done? thank you. next speaker. >> good morning commissioners. my name is catherine and i'm an attorney here on behalf of the project sponsor. and i'm here to briefly address how the shadow memorandum and sunlight ordinance come into play on the shadow here. as you know the shadow memorandum requires the commission to look at qualitative and quantitative factors of assessing the shadow on the park. here i think we'll see that both quantitative and qualitative factors show that the shadow is not going to significantly impact the park. the shadow memorandum provides a new shadow not provided if there is an existing shadow of 20%. here we have an existing shadow of the 1.448%. and a proposed new shadow of 1.395%. for a total shadow load of 2.843%, which is far below that 20% cap imposed by

i are been a san franciscan for 35 years with chinatown, the marina. i have been over at the library over in fisherman's wharf side and all the city and love everything that is happening. i am a resident at 690 market with a lot of times my 12 year old god daughter and 85 year old mother visits on market street. she is the one that asks me maybe i have gone numb about there activities on the [inaudible] and also there is a [inaudible] on the post side. she asks me after living in san francisco for over 30 years has marth street gotten worse. i don't know if when people say they didn't hear anything at nights and over the weekends, i hear sirens more ouchbnow than before. when we talk about fundraising i have done a lot of fundraising in chinatown. what i don't understand is the alcohol and the loud music associated with that. what i would like to when we talk about compromise, we want to address those types of issues in addition to the safety issue. the alcoholism arounds the area when you cannot control some of these events we talk about the super bow

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

on the edge of oakland's chinatown. most of the tenants do not speak englis kpix five's da lin found out just how bad those conditio are... and what the owner says abo them. da's intro standup: most fos who >> reporter: tenants accuse the new owners of harassing them. basically trying to force them out. these chinese immigrants came here for a better life but say the living conditions in their oakland building are worse than a third world country. >> reporter: one woman showed me that's how they shower right now because of a ceiling leak. and that's not the worst of it. contractors gutted several bathrooms back in february. leaving three toilets for 28 families to use. five months later, no relief in sight. >> they use the bucket. >> reporter: he's one of the very few here who can speak english. >> some of the rooms have their own bathrooms. all 36 families in the building now rely on one kitchen. mr. wong says the line waiting to cook at night gets long. since the new owners bought it last year, they have been using ha

. >>> later, new at 6:00, controversy in san francisco's chinatown over this flyer featuring landlordsairbnb. the message that is shedding light on a growing issue in the city. >>> today marks one year since the deadly shooting of hayward police sergeant scott lunger. flowers were left at hayward police headquarters today. flags are flying at half staff in honor of the police officers who were shot to death in baton rouge. lunger was killed after pulling a man over for driving recklessly. when the sergeant approached the car the driver opened fire killing lopinger. the suspect is facing murder charges. lunger was a 15-year police veteran. >> a bay area woman knows the pain of losing an officer is firsthand. her husband was veal was a vallejo police officer. jennifer is now asking police, or rather people to adopt a random police officer. >> i saw the news about what happened in baton rouge, and i was literally sick about it. >> reporter: on the heels of the shooting that killed five dallas police officers, three more officers were now dead, this time in louisiana, gunned down in a calc

. >> reporter: with three in the works chinatown will have five thai ice cream shops by the summer's end. on that icy plate they pour the dairy base. pop in fresh fruit to create all kinds of flavors. >> we put on a show for you. >> it's like ice cream made in in front of your eyes. >> it become the base for a bevy of topping options. >> there's ice cream for any occasion, whether your sad or happy, it will put a smile on your face. >> so glad you stayed with us, in "healthcheck" this morning there are warnings about a popular sin synthetic drug that could land you in time hospital. it's known as spice or k2. they are synthetics drugs that are modified to be stronger. they are used by teenagers and young adults. the high can lead to strokes and heart issues and kidney damage and death. >>> the number of deadly drug overdoses have surged over pennsylvania. researches reported a jump in deaths statewide from 2014 to 2015. 20 people died from overdoses. fentanyl has emerged as the second most abused opioid. >>> a second case of the so-called super bug has been found in the u.s., a patie

. >> iceland opened on 10th street in chinatown in may, and teaser bar opens any day now across the street. >> we open and then another one coming and another one coming, they should have five thai ice-cream shops by summer's end. this particular ice-cream was popularized by thai street vendors. >> on that icy plate they pour the dairy base and top with fresh fruit and create all kinds of flavors like peanuts and chocolate sauce and fresh strawberries and graham crackers. >> it's a show. >> in just two minutes time. >> two roles. fresh strawberries and chocolate and ice-cream flavor for any occasion. it puts a small on your face. today, lori grabs delicious jimmy dean sausage from the fridge, fully cooked and ready in seconds. it makes breakfast complete, which makes bill feel like completing the gazebo, prompting a celebration in lori's backyard. with jimmy dean, good mornings lead to great days. >>> meteorologist, melissa magee, as one final check of the accuweather forecast. >> still hot today rick, the forecast across the region, 93 for the high in philadelphia. sunshine and clouds and

chinatown and northeast philadelphia and the 35th in olney. the claim was that people wearing burkas would come in wearing bundles that appeared to be infants but were actually suicide bombs. >> we take all the threats seriously and we investigate them and right now we haven't found anything substantive yet but we'll take each and everyone of them searierouses. >> this none discrypt building in philadelphia is the intelligence center that monitors potential terrorism and emerging crime and all sorts of danger here in southeastern pennsylvania, new jersey, and delaware and on into maryland. with access to video feeds and social media 24/7. >> it allows people to do a lot of things, some is not the smartest things in the world. even if you have no intent to carry these things out i have no idea why people do these things. >> the intelligence gathering and analysis is at a fever pitch. >> we have the dnc coming up and we have to be much aware of all of these things. >> reporter: jim the philadelphia police are asking the problem to remain and sta

. >> abc 7 news was in chinatown as the former mayor willy brown and six city supervisors came out against the recall that started last friday. and even though who are critical of the mayor ed lee say it is not legal. >> and there is only if there is legal malfeasance for a recall. >> i always ask what we are doing for the city that is the right thing and i believe we are. having been elected eight months ago and the voters saying that we are going to be putting up a way to block him. >>> and there were free shots today for the cats and the dogs that is organized monthly for the low-income partners. >> it is important for the sh t shelter to keep the community healthy for owners who cannot afford it. aband so if we get it early and healthy, that is the way to keep them out of the animal shelter that is already very, very crowded. >> and pet owners received information on the low cost spay and neutering and as well as chipping. an volunteers e donate their time as well. >> and now sh, coming up, hancso has been cast and not in carbonate this time, but who is going to be starring as the char

on was rounded in san francisco's chinatown on friday night in pine street.7-year-old victim said she was walking on grant avenue playing pokemon go and a man snatched her cell phone and t off running. she was hurt but refused medical attention. >> business owners are warning pokemon go not to download on a company owned device because it could an security risk. the app could provide a gateway to sensitive corporation and accounts. some versions of pokemon go could have malware leading to hacks. >> after ten months, the post's pacifica will reopen their doors. last year, a customer accidentally drove into the retail lebanon of the post office and caused extensive structural damage. during the row pair, customers were given other sites to conduct postal business. today, it is back to normal. this happens this morning at 9:15. >> this could be a big day for throughs of people caught up in the volkswagen scandal, next at 5 o'clock a.m., the hearing in san francisco that could finally give them some relief. >> a rockstar welcome for bernie sanders at the democrat

space and retail use it is proposed by a partner between the economic development agency and the chinatown development center on may 10, 2016, supervisor campos introduced the proposed ordinance under board file which will mainstreamed the planning code to rise the zoning map sheet sorry z n zero 7 and height and bulk map from a public p zoning and 50 x height district to an urban mixed use umu and 85 height drieths rrpts the planning code section regulates the shadow cast by any verify environmental review voementd within one hour before sunrise and one hour before sunset they must - under the jurisdiction of the rec and park commission on july 21, 2016, the rec and park commission conducted a dual noticed public hearing on a regular meeting and recommend the planning commission find the shadows by the project on 17th street and fulsome will not be adverse to the use of park on june 10th the planning department dermentdz the proposed application was exempt from environmental review there section 15183 plus of ceqa guidelines and the california resource guide section had which provided an

. >> to connect it back into the community where all the neighborhoods like chinatown and washington square west and the convenience center, making this parts of the surrounding community. >> among the building renovated is an old warehouse, with an organic super market on the first floor. >> the goal at this point is to have commercial tenants in the warehouse location. mom's organic market with all the commercial tenants here late this fall. as for the big tower next door where all the residential units will be the hope is to them open by late fall early summer. live in center city, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> new residents of english gardens of belmont moved into their new homes in winfield heights. it allows people with disabilities to live independently while receiving the care they need. they have wheelchair accessible kitchens and bathrooms and places to gather for activities and exercising and more. >> a local organization working to feed the homeless and people in need in camden is in need itself. touch new jersey currently operates out of the ne