significant chinatown is.anding in the birthplace of san francisco. this plaque says the first wooden house was erected here in 1835. so before the chinese ever heard about gold mountain, there were people here establishing san francisco, and here we are: chinatown. robert: and where are we now? sue: we're on sacramento street, which is the street where the chinese first settled when they came for the gold rush. the street is named tangrenjie or tong yen gaai, the street of the chinese, and today the chinese chamber of commerce is headquartered here. robert: very significant place for you. sue: absolutely. connie: you know, there's a saying in chinese, and i'm going to say in chinese, you know? [speaking foreign language] that means there are three businesses: [speaking foreign language] restaurant business, [speaking foreign language] laundry business, [speaking foreign language] gambling business. these were the only three businesses chinese could participate in, you know, after the exclusion law. robert: an

i love chinatown. i just know people can go there and culturally appropriate things because i did when i was a teenager. i was the classic teenager who was totally into bruce lee, watches the movies, decided to dress like bruce lee because that was the fastest pass to mar martial artist prowess. i moved to the bay area in' 97, i still had the jacket and hadn't worn it for a wild. i was in my 20s. i said, i'm going to wear that kung fu jacket in san francisco where bruce lee was born. i wasn't in chinatown. i was in the rich area. it isn't touristy there. i walked two blocks into richmond and i said, they don't think of me as one of them. i'm an [ bleep ]. i'm going to take this jacket off and put it right here in this trash. i'm going to be a little chilly on the way home but that's a good lesson for me. don't be an [ bleep ]. >>> my name is w. kamau bell. as a comedian, i've made a living finding humor in parts of america i don't understand. and now i'm challenging myself to dig deeper. i'm on a missi

he was born in san francisco. >> that's right. >> america's first chinatown.ng -- i'm telling you like you don't know. let me explain how your dad works. >> tell me, please. what's this? what are you saying? >> kamau feels awkward. next on "united shades of america." even if you just want to talk about chinatown in san francisco, your dad comes up. if you want to talk about the chinese american experience, your dad comes up. if you want to talk about asians in the entertainment industry, your dad comes up. you want to talk martial arts. in a very short amount of time he got into a lot of places. >> he did. >> there's a lot of people that made martial arts movies but no one has broken through as a cultural icon like your dad did. if you're asking me, aside from the fact that he's extremely skilled as a martial artist and knew how to entertain and that's all very cool, but there's an energy about him that it makes you sort of sit forward a little bit. >> yeah. absolutely. >> you know, my father, and this is something i always want to really have people understan

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>> chinese people in chinatown had to stay in chinatown. >> yeah. >> that's a history people don't talk about. >> people like to promote san francisco as a welcoming place, that's not always true. >> how important was it to you growing up owning your chinese identity. >> you have opened such a -- >> is it important that change ease americans retain this culture? >> i've seen the hypersexualization of the asian female. >> it's something we've had to deal with all of our lives. you could find the right hotel for you at the best price? there is. because tripadvisor now compares prices from over 200 booking sites... ...to save you up to 30%... ...on the hotel you want. trust this bird's words. tripadvisor. the latest reviews. the lowest prices. i chose soccer over college because the opportunity was to good to pass up. but in the back of my mind, it was always that void, i want to earn a degree. i chose snhu because it gives me an opportunity to go back to school in a life that is chaotic. i want to have a strong foundation to attack that next challenge with. to actually commit to it is alw

. ♪[ music ] seniors in san francisco's chinatown...ow helps 40-thousand elderly in four bay area counties. >>> what started as a war on poverty program in 1966 to help seniors in san francisco's chinatown now helps 40,000 elderly in four counties in the bay area. spearheading the non-profit called self-help for the elderly is a woman whose personal inspiration first brought her to that agency 40 years ago. she is this week's jefferson award winner. >> reporter: whether it's helping seniors with alzheimer's and parkinson's, or leading a specially choreographed dance class, anna chung has been part of the bay area self-help for the elderly since the late '70s. born and raised in hong kong, annie's older brother and sister's experience with san francisco's "summer of love" almost dashed her hopes of coming here. >> for a while my parents said you shouldn't go to san francisco. >> reporter: she eventually made it, attended san francisco state, and right away she went to work for self-help for the elderly, in 1981 becoming the its director.

i wouldn't say the guru of chinatown. >> one of the hearts of chinatown. >> being chinese is the coolests celebrations are lit. >> they're literally lit. >> besides fireworks, when it comes to celebrating chinese new year, the best at it lion dancers. i'm heading to lion dance me to meet nor man law. if he can teach these kids in the course of years, he can teach me, right? >> it airs tomorrow 10:00 p.m. here on cnn. finally tonight, jeanne moos has a closer look at president trump and fake deadlines. >>> waiting for something coming out of the white house, give it two weeks. >> to the forefront turnover next two weeks. >> a decision on the paris climate accords. >> over the next two weeks. >> a plan for cutting taxes. >> two or three weeks that will be phenomenal. >> except it ended up being 11 weeks before a one page out line of attacks came out. the president sounds like a contract in the money pit. >> how long do you think all that will take? >> two weeks. >> how long lit take to put this place together? >> two weeks. >> two weeks? >> two weeks. >> you sound like a parakeet there. >>

. >> and once completed in 2019, muni metro service will be extended all the way into chinatown. >> "c 7 news" reporter cornell bernard joins us live. cornell. >> reporter: ama, dan, project managers calling this a real milestone. concrete being poured at this muni station. you'd never know it but hundreds of workers below stockton street tonight making it happen. we saw it all, but getting there wasn't easy. 70 cement mixers were lined up around union scare for the big pour, and it is all happening deep below the earth. >> reached the bottom, and we're -- today we're pouring, an all-day pour. >> that noise is tons of cement being pumped down from stockton street to the platform level of the future union square station on the central subway line. >> hundreds of people working underground. you can see yourself walking in here, you don't see much activity on the surface with the exception of the trucks lined up. >> reporter: reporting this story took some leg work, up and down ladders and across cat walks. our escort said, don't look down. >> told us we would need ear plugs down here an

happened in the city's chinatown at a souvenir store.t's where "abc 7 news" reporter lisa amin gu leasean is live with the detailed. >> reporter: it happened inside the store behind me on grant avenue. i spoke with the owner's wife and she told me she believes the suspect is mentally challenged and was causing problems inside the store, and that's when she says he attacked. charles liu recalls what little was said before he was punched in the face. he says this man, thomas baker, walked into the store sunday and started throwing hats on the ground. when the 86 year old confronted baker, he was punched. through a translator, liu told me he suddenly grabbed a bamboo kung-fu stick from a sales display. >> because he was mad. he was really mad. he said after he hit him, he got really mad so that's when he went for the stick and started hitting him. he hit him like that. >> reporter: how many times? >> translator: just a couple of times. >> reporter: baker also had a knife which he dropped before running out of the store. police caught him a

we're experiencing the first set back in chinatown. you have a ten-month delay in chinatown while work moves ahead at union square. that's maybe the theme from the bottom this week, a tale from two stations. >>> california made a whole lot of quick cash today, auctioning off a warehouse full of property, calling it their summer blowout. it includes lots of stuff people had to surrender to tsa agents at airports through the state. there is quite a bit of material that chp officers confiscated from drivers as well. >> there is a lot of jewelry. this auction particularly, if you're a car repair guy, there's all kinds of equipment having to do with car repair. >> the state holds these auctions in sacramento four or five times a year. you can even make bids online. >>> still to come, for some special needs children, this new bay area playground is truly majority. only on 5 how a girl scout made it a reality. >>> and in the weather department, we've got a break coming up, but first we've got more hot weather. as we look live toward diablo, w

>> right in here in chinatown. >> and i have not moved out for the last 40 years. >> rent control?> i became -- i wouldn't say the guru of chinatown. >> being chinese is the newest thing in the world. our new year's celebrations are blit. >> chinese new year celebrations are literally lit. >> besides firecrackers, the most recognizable part is the lion and dragon dancer. >> today i'm headed over to norman laua. if he can teach all these kids over the course of years, he request probably teach me in a few minutes, right? >> really. that's quite the challenge. how did that lessen go, a matter of minutes? >> i learned a matter of seconds, the amount of line dancing. didn't go well, tune in tonight. i guess the real answer is, whether they call you back. >> that's right. >> this episode, like the rest of the episodes of your season, you know, you touch on issues that might be uncomfortable to hear or delve into to talk. tonight you talk about some negative stereotypes about asian women, to what capacity, how did that conversation go. >> i talked to a filmmaker who made a documentary ca

. >> and once completed in 2019, muni metro service will be extended all the way into chinatown. >> "c 7 news" reporter cornell bernard joins us live. cornell. >> reporter: ama, dan, project managers calling this a real milestone. concrete being poured at this muni station. you'd never know it but hundreds of workers below stockton street tonight making it happen. we saw it all, but getting there wasn't easy. 70 cement mixers were lined up around union scare for the big pour, and it is all happening deep below the earth. >> reached the bottom, and we're -- today we're pouring, an all-day pour. >> that noise is tons of cement being pumped down from stockton street to the platform level of the future union square station on the central subway line. >> hundreds of people working underground. you can see yourself walking in here, you don't see much activity on the surface with the exception of the trucks lined up. >> reporter: reporting this story took some leg work, up and down ladders and across cat walks. our escort said, don't look down. >> told us we would need ear plugs down here an

happened in the city's chinatown at a souvenir store.t's where "abc 7 news" reporter lisa amin gu leasean is live with the detailed. >> reporter: it happened inside the store behind me on grant avenue. i spoke with the owner's wife and she told me she believes the suspect is mentally challenged and was causing problems inside the store, and that's when she says he attacked. charles liu recalls what little was said before he was punched in the face. he says this man, thomas baker, walked into the store sunday and started throwing hats on the ground. when the 86 year old confronted baker, he was punched. through a translator, liu told me he suddenly grabbed a bamboo kung-fu stick from a sales display. >> because he was mad. he was really mad. he said after he hit him, he got really mad so that's when he went for the stick and started hitting him. he hit him like that. >> reporter: how many times? >> translator: just a couple of times. >> reporter: baker also had a knife which he dropped before running out of the store. police caught him a

. >> some merchants in chinatown are fighting back against unruly custom customers. we're told one store owner took matters into his own hands. >> no, no, no. >> charles lue recalls what little was said before he was punched in the face. he said this man, thomas baker, walked into the store sunday and started throwing hats on the ground. when the 86-year-old confronted baker, he was punched. through a tranlsilator, he sudd kung fu stick from a sales display. >> because he was mad, really mad. he said after he hit him, he got really mad so he started hitting him. he hit him like that. >> how many times? >> just a couple of times. >> baker also had a knife, which he dropped before running out of the store. police caught him a few blocks away. >> he's lucky. he's really lucky. that guy could have overpowered him. and i certainly don't -- would not have handled it that way. >> those are the chinatown merchants association say crimes against store owners happen daily and are on the rise. it's leading to a lot of frustration. >> some of them, they're feisty. they'll fight

for now, liver in chinatown. fox5 local news. >> new tonight police in arlington county say their crackdown on atv, or on atv riders in general; working. they arrest add man seen driving recklessly down a busy road few months ago. stefan williams has been charged with he will looting police, concealing identity while wearing a mask, wreckless driving, operating a atv on the highway. police say large group of atv riders driving down arlington boulevard back in april. an officer in the middle of a traffic stop caught the group on his dash cam. dirt bikes and atv's are illegal on the roads in d.c., maryland, and virginia. >> coming un tonight, plans to move the fbi headquarters are dead now. >> but why the sudden decision? ronica? >> you know people inside have reportedly said they're worn bid their safety at the j edger hoover, fbi behind me, but plans to move the headquarters have been cancel. we'll break it all down after the break. >> and more political news, russian election meddling is yet again pulling focus

what we're experiencing in chinatown is the first setback of this project. that's about where things stand. you've got a 10 month delay a 1/2 mile north of here in chinatown while work moves ahead at union square. that's maybe the theme from the bottom this week with the central subway, a tale of two stations. wilson walker, kpix5. >>> tonight a historic plane is on a mission to break a record. this douglas dc-3 is on track to be the oldest aircraft to be flown around the world. the 7 7-year-old airplane started its tour in geneva back in march. today it was in oakland. astronaut mark kelly went for a ride. the aircraft is scheduled to complete its journey in switzerland. the world's smallest and cheapest private jet just hit the market. only on 5 tonight kpix5's betty yu picks us up for a spin. >> reporter: skip the airline schedule or traffic on the road and step inside the world's smallest private jet, the vision jet by cirrus aircraft. >> it's james bond meets tony stark meets the jetsons, right? you've got personal transportation taking you to and from

it happened at the residences of burglary place in chinatown early this morning. the best part was my photographer dry heaving after he stuck his camera inside that trash chute. there he goes there. take a look. here it is. this is the trash chute d.c. fire and ems tweeted a few photos of today. you see a red portion on the that bottom. the d.c. fire spokesperson says a man was sitting on top of that inside at the time. they used a harness haul method to pull him out. how did this happen? i'm told the man apparently thought he dropped his girl friend's cell phone inside when he threw out the trash. so he decided to take a look, placed his hand on the back wall of the chute and then his hand slipped and he fell from the third floor. thankfully not hurt, but a couple of neighbors definitely surprised after hearing this. >> i always wonder what happens like when i have my phone in my hand, i'm like no, put it in the other hand so it's not in the same hand as when i'm throwing down the trash because i always wonder what happens when it goes down there? like it's gone.

poke papa, you can visit in chinatown. kerry, we so appreciate you coming in here to visit with us, and show us how this dish is assembled. and you can try any variety of these and probably kind of make your own. >> you can definitely mix and match. >> cool. kerry, thank you so much for joining us. and best of luck to you in in aaron, back to you. >> erika, thank you. >>> child care takes a huge chunk out of paychecks. we're talking about 20% or more of an annual household income. it's no surprise to those of you with kids, we know. susan hogan breaks down where your money's going and who's paying the most partner that important service. >> reporter: it's an age-old problem. you have kids, you need child care because you work full-time. but the cost can oftentimes be so outrageous it's actually cheaper for one parent to quit their job and stay home. now, care.com conducted a survey with 1 ,000 parents nationwide asking them about their child care spending habits. the results are pretty revealing so let's take a look. 40% o

and target san francisco including chinatown, downtown, and mission street . at one point he allegedly told the f-b-i that if he couldn't make bombs himself... he would apply to a police department...then steal weapons once hired....and quote "redefine terror." the f--b-i says they eventually discovered al- haggagi had applied to the oakland police department. he was arrested after going to what he thought was an interview for the job. (grant) the f-b-i also says al-haggagi told them of plans to set brush fires in the berkeley hills, sell cocaine laced with poison in san francisco, and place backpack bombs around u-c berkeley. he is also facing identity theft charges. if he's convicted of all charges --- he could face up to 47 years in prison. and up to one million dollars in fines. pam... (pam) police in santa clara have arrested a man accused of exposing himself to kids near a santa clara school. this is the suspect -- wellington potter. police say, he exposed himself to two girls near haman elementary school. he is also a suspect in seven indecent exposure

it was supposed to carry passengers into chinatown the day after christmas next year. but according to the san francisco examiner, the project is expected to open mid-novmber of 2019. the central subway program director told the examiner that the delay stems from the contractor filing paperwork late. tudor, on the other hand, has filed a claim disputing that saying the sfmta changed designs during the submission process, which delays the start of work. everyone agrees the project is behind schedule and it will be tough to catch up. the examiner also reports the large trucks and loud construction has caused a drop in business to chinatown merchants. however, some good news to report. there is a silver lining. so far, the central subway project is within its nearly $1.6 billion budget, and it is currently sitting on a $76 million contingency fund they can use to cover any emergencies that should arise. live in san francisco, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> all right, tiffany, thank you. >> san jose police are looking for a woman accused of stabbing a man to death. it happ

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seniors in san francisco's chinatown... now helps 40-thousand elderly in four bay area counties.i >>> was started as a war on poverty program is helping seniors in chinatown and 40,000 only people in other counties. >> it is a woman whose personal inspiration first brought her to the agency 40 years ago. allen martin reports she is this week's jefferson award winner pick whether it is helping seniors with alzheimer's and parkinson's or leading a special dance class and me chung -- annie chung has been helping since elite 70s. her older brothers and sisters almost dashed her hopes of coming here. >> my parents said for a while maybe you should not go to summit disco. >> she eventually made it right away went to work for self-help for the elderly becoming its director in 1981. >> most of them even needed shelter or housing or food or clothing or income. >> it now helps 40,000 seniors a year in addition to serving 300,000 mills a year they also provide seniors who do not speak english housing and home care and hospice but she says it is not a handout. >> we empower the seniors to ma

when that one and a half billion dollar project is finished, it will give chinatown its first subway station connecting the neighborhood to bart and metro by the way of union square. it is expected to open in the summer of 2019. >> we told you about problems with coyotes in san francisco. now there is a warning in the south bay. the recent attack on a house cat that has owners on high alert. >>> he is one business owner that you don't want to mess with. an 86-year-old man fought off an attacker using a bamboo stick. k. >>> good morning. we do have some slow traffic out there, which you might expect. as we look at 280 northbound, that is beginning to get very crowded on the way up to the west valley. >>> outside our doors this morning, partly cloudy to mostly clear skies. and temperatures a near repeat as we felt and had on our monday. i will have a look at what to expect for today and in the extended forecast a warming trend. more on this coming up. >> this portion of fox 2 news brought to you by mercedes benz of san jose. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2. it is now 7:13. police say

. >>> on the next "united shades of america" talking to the people on the streets in chinatown.ey choose to honor their chinese heritage in the face of racist stereotypes, watch. >> on the first chinatown, seems like the identity of the city. >> exactly. but years ago, it's like another country. >> and people began to have these fears of chinese-americans. >> thai people and chinese are the same -- >> yes. >> that's a stereotype that is it's a welcoming place but that's not always true. how important was it for to you grow up using your chinese-american zenacciden ide >> -- oh, my god -- >> is it important that chinese-americans retain this culture? >> i've seen the hyper sexualization of the asian female. >> it's something that we've had to deal with our whole lives. >> an inferiority at genetic level. to help reduce my risk of progression, including preservision areds 2. my doctor said preservision areds 2 has the exact nutrient formula the national eye institute recommends to help reduce the risk of progression of moderate to advanced amd after 15 years of clinical studies. p

approval before they hit the market. >>> police say an 86-year-old san francisco store owner in chinatowna bamboo stick to fight off an attacker who had a nice but the store owner says a man came into his business around 4:00 sunday afternoon and started acting erratically. when the owner asked him to leave, the man punched him in the head repeatedly. he then noticed the attacker had a knife. he grabbed a bamboo stick and started hitting the man until he dropped the knife and ran out of the store. >> the suspect is in his 40s. the shopkeeper is in his 80s. the suspect was six feet tall and approximately 200 pounds. the shopkeeper was significantly shorter. the suspect had height and weight and age, perhaps, in his favor. things just worked out. >> police say they found the suspect, thomas baker, a couple of blocks away. he was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, elder abuse and violating probation. the store owner did suffer a head injury but refused medical treatment. >>> a woman accused of tampering with her fianci's kayak and watching him drown in the hudson river pled guilty

s the "war on chinatown.. now helps 40-thousand elderly in 4 counties..in the bay area. >>> what started as a war on poverty program in 1966 to help seniors in san francisco's chinatown now helps 40,000 elderly in four counties in the bay area. spearheading the non-profit called self-help for the elderly is a woman whose personal inspiration first brought her to that agency 40 years ago. she is this week's jefferson award winner. >> reporter: whether it's helping seniors with alzheimer's and parkinson's, or leading a specially choreographed dance class, anna chung has been part of the bay area self-help for the elderly since the late '70s. born and raised in hong kong, annie's older brother and sister's experience with san francisco's "summer of love" almost dashed her hopes of coming here. >> for a while my parents said you shouldn't go to san francisco. >> reporter: she eventually made it, attended san francisco state, and right away she went to work for self-help for the elderly, in 1981 becoming the its di

con -- [ as trump ] "wall" street and "chinatown." [ laughter ] chinatown. [ laughter ] pro, trump buying "i heart new york." con, mike pence buying a shirt that says, "i heart my wife and like new york as a friend." [ laughter and applause ] that's a catchy slogan. that's catchy. >> steve: fits on the back. >> jimmy: pro, seeing donald trump climb aboard the u.s.s. intrepid. con, then seeing new yorkers untie the rope and push it towards new jersey. [ laughter and applause ] "he's your problem now! au revoir!" >> steve: say hi to chris christie! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: pro, going to koreatown. con, starting a war with north koreatown. [ laughter and applause ] that's a tricky situation. >> steve: i'd be honored. nypd over $300,000 in extra security forces to control crowds. con, or they could do it for free with two united airline workers. i mean -- [ cheers and applause ] "get over here! come here!" pro, he'll be here for cinco de mayo. con, betsy devos thinks that's spanish for, "sink full of mayonnaise." well, that's -- [ laughter and applause ] not quite, not quite. >> steve: almost.

for now, live in chinatown, matt ac lan, fox5 local news. >> and we go from rales to the roads. happening right now, construction underway to improve one of maryland's most heavily traveled roadways in montgomery county. today governor larry hogan announced start of $97 million project to ease up congestion and improve safety on 270-6789 construction crews building new interchange on 270 at watt begins mill road gaithersburg, four lane bridge, will support economic development in the area, promises to reduce congestion between montgomeryville and avenue and the great seneca creek crossing. it will give you access to the metro, excuse me, the metropolitan grove mark station, as well as gaithersburg medical center. >> i can tell that you anyone who travels through this part of montgomery county, knows how bad congestion, how bad congestion can be, along chopper road, route 355, quinnscorer road and many other thorough fares, we're working very hard to improve all of those. >> the announcement today follows m dot a knowledgesment for relief project, designed to save you up to 30 mi

he said he wanted to target chinatown, downtown, mission street every underground club in the neighborhood" ---el fiscal afirmo que en una serie de conversaciones en julio de 2016, alhaggagi le dijo a un agente encubierto que el queria envenenar a personas que van a clubes nocturnos con una combinacion de cocaina y veneno de ratas para luego originar un incendio en las colinas de berkeley. --en la grabacion...el oficial le dice a un juez, alhaggagi llevo a al agente encubierto en un recorrido por el campus universitario de berkeley y apuntaba a los edificios y dormitorios que queria bombardear. ---segun los fiscales, los agentes encontraron en la computadora del sospechoso manuales sobre como crear bombas; el joven tambien habria tenido planes de viajar al estado islamico despues. sot "mr. alhaggagi said i think the best thing to do and i quote i think the best thing to do is plan everything out and carry many attacks and tactics at once which would show the enemies this is more than just guerilla warfare" ---las autoridades federales aseguran que al haggagi pas algun tiempo en yemen y vis

be rescued after he became trapped in a trash chute in an apartment building on seventh street in chinatown. the man was taking out the trash around 3:00 this morning when he thought he accidentally dropped his girl friend he tried to retrieve it and instead fell in. d.c. fire and rescue had to pump fresh air into the chute while they worked to free the man. the unit that specialized in confined space rescues was called to the scene. he was treated and released. >>> the suspect had a machete and mallet in his backpack. a laurel police officer is now searching for the good samaritan who helped him wrestle the suspect. only on 9 tonight our stephanie ramirez talked to the officer where it all happened. >> we see it a lot. you'll be wrestling with somebody and everybody pulls a camera out and points a camera, but nobody steps in. that's why i figured it was a pretty cool thing. >> reporter: that's why we turned on our cameras. the laurel police officer is trying to find the person who stepped in to help him. if you're watching channel 9 -- >> thank you and i owe you lunch. >> reporter: it was

he wanted to target chinatown, downtown, mission street. he told a confidential source, i know i'll probably get near 500. my goal is 10,000. the areas here are very crowded with a lot of traffic everywhere. >> his plot didn't end in san francisco. i'll tell you about his plans for the cal campus and for poisoning patrons for nightclubs coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> thank you, dan. >>> a fire burned two tents this morning. it broke out near west grand avenue and martin luther king jr. way. oakland firefighters quickly put it out. the fire started when someone tried to cook something. another fire burned at an oakland homeless encampment yesterday. a suspected arsonist was arrested for setting that fire. no one was hurt in either case. >>> protesters blocked the gates at kinder morgan richmond refinery this morning. they secured themselves to a mock 12-foot long pipeline and oil barrels. they were demanding a halt to the company's transmountain pipeline in canada. it would triple the capacity of the pipeline that runs from edmonton in

driving a white volkswagen jetta picks police say the an 86-year-old store owner in san francisco's chinatown, used a bamboo stick to fight off an attacker who was armed with a knife. store owner says the man came into his business on grant avenue around 4:00 sunday afternoon and began acting erratically. when the owner asked him to leave, the man punched him in the head. he notice the attacker was holding a knife. he grabbed a bamboo stick and began hitting the man until he dropped the knife. >> the suspect is in his 40s. the shopkeeper is in his 80s. the suspect was six feet tall, approximately 200 pounds. the shopkeeper was maybe 5 feet, 6 inches per the suspect had height and weight and age, perhaps in his favor. >> police on the suspect, thomas baker a few blocks away. he was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, elder abuse and violating probation. the store owner suffered a hand injury in the attack but refused medical treatment. >>> governor brown will be joined by former governor arnold schwarzenegger on treasure island. he will sign the bill that extends california's cap-and

link between the chase center and downtown and nearby bart stations but thanks to delays at the chinatown station, the subway will not be operational until months after the arena opens. >> at this point in time, if one part of the project is not functional, the entire project will be delayed. >> 3rd street is already mayhem. traffic is the issue and without the central subway going live it's just going to make a bad situation worse. >> the completion date for the subway has now been pushed back to november of 2019. about a month after the start of the nba regular season. >>> time now 4:43. the city of santa cruz is considering drastic measures to deal with the ongoing housing crisis. >> plus, a tiny organism is providing a spectacular show off the northern california coast. handballer 1: you know what i could go for? scrambled eggs and pancakes. crave van! jack: hey, guys. try my jumbo breakfast platter with sausage or bacon, plus 8 mini pancakes, eggs and a hash brown for just $2.99. you crave it. we serve it. crave van! killed after the car flipped on a busy stretch of "niles canyon >>>

. >> jv discount is a variety store in chinatown. they say state inspectors mailed them a notification that their store was selling children's hair clips with lead and cadium. >> the voongs say the inspectors say the jewelry had dangerous levels. they bought the items from san jose. >> i can't sleep, i'm thinking nobody can tell me about this. how i know what's going on. >> state law prohibits the manufacture, shipping and sale of costume jewelry that has excessive amounts of lead or cadium. retailers are required to get certifications that it's in commin lines -- compliance. voong showed where the hair clips were displays. >> i need to pick it up and throw it away. i don't sale no more. a few blocks away the owner said state inspectors came to her store. >> she showed where the hair accessories were displayed. she says the inspectors removed the items and fined herself $50 -- $750. we went to 2 other stores that state inspectors fined. as for voong she would not have sold those. i have grandchildren. >> merchants bought them in good

it took us a couple of minutes to find a store selling them in chinatown. >> it is dangerous. >> reporterke a look at how quickly they can get out of control. light one up and a slight breeze, you have a definition of a fire hazard. this from congresswoman jackie speier. >> if ydo you need to have a ho burned down to enforce the law? something external has the potential to burn down our homes, we should take action against it. >> reporter: we asked the san francisco police department to respond and we are still waiting for them to get back to us. the last time one of these floating lanterns caused a brush fire in california, that would be saturday this past saturday in moro bay. >> it is alarming to see those flames. they are literally flying up above us. >> common sense dictates that he shouldn't be using that with the temperatures we have. >> there is always the battery operated one. in terms of our weather forecast, you should not be doing that by any means as we head throughout the next couple of months. too dry and way too hot. this is a live view of the smoke plume of the alum rock

it's incredible because it's a tiny family-owned chinese immigrant bank in chinatown, it stuck between two noodle shops. silly bank of america to be indicted after the financial crisis. they were indicted because of a series of small improprieties that they reported to the authorities. they were eventually prosecuted for defrauding fannie mae. what is tradeshow the book syria have a tiny regional bank surrounded by all of these behemoth institutions that later settle for billions of dollars for committing crimes to massive scales but not criminally prosecuted. that's because we have this doctrine which is too big to fail. and too big to jail. we have openly said people a formal attorney general, eric holder have said they were reluctant to prosecute certain companies because they're worried about the collateral consequences of what it might do to the larger economy. the congress is therefore afraid to prosecute a big bank because were concerned it will upset the economy, that means you have to be small enough to be able to prosecute, right? that's what happened. they found a bank that

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racially aggregated hate crime charge because of the line "there were funky chinamen from funky chinatownon, but i have taken to kung fu fighting on stage. if that is a crime, then anything, any wordks s can be a crime. do you know how much power the state will have if we go too far down that road? that is why "kung fu fighting" is the hill to die on. >> the british singer was eventually released for lack of evidence. but he shouldn't have been arrested in the first place. >> the solution to all these speech issues is more speech. >> the good news is that some people do fight back with more speech. >> you have to have permission through the student development office. >> at modesto college, officials told this student he wasn't allowed to pass out copies of the constitution. the student fought back and won. dixie state also backed down when these students sued, demanding their right to speak. >> the great advantages of free speech is at least you know what people believe. if people can't express it now, you're going to have a more hateful, seething, festering society, than if people just

in 1751 when phillis comes to boston, arriving on a dock in what is now chinatown, at the corner of beach and tyler, if you care to walk there, you will see a plaque commemorating her arrival. at the time, the city and country were in the midst of a religious awakening. believing a man or woman of faith, including slaves, could speak to god directly. god was as close to them as their own heart. he was a loving parent who cared for them at all times and for every reason. george whitefield, an englishman, was the most popular preacher of the day. he could move thousands with his sermons. he was also a friend of susanna wheatley, often staying with the family when he visited boston. so phillis wheatley new him personally. when he died in 1770, she wrote an elegiac poem in his honor. she dedicated it to whitefield's english patroness. three years later, the countess supports the english publication of her first volume of poetry. this image of phillis in which she is not portrayed as a slave shows an alternate face of the poetess, who managed to succeed -- exceed through her own talent and amb

as it moves one step closer to bringing subway service to chinatown. >> here's tonight's primetime lineup "jimmy kimmel live." >> that does it for this edition of "abc7 news." >> for all of us, thank you for being here. this is "jeopardy!" please welcome today's contestants -- an office clerk from toronto, ontario, canada... a writer and editor from seattle, washington... and our returning champion -- an administrative assistant from granite city, illinois... whose 1-day cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. you're very kind. things started to pick up for us on "jeopardy!" in yesterday's program. all three players in good shape going into final. and kelly winding up the winner with $22,800, a big payday. gavin and sara-jane, it could happen to you also. we'll start finding out right now, won't we? the jeopardy! round comes first. one daily double awaiting you in one of these categories... help me. next... in honor of henry david thoreau's birthday today. "c-c" coming up in each correct response. g

the one and a half billion dollars project will give chinatown it's first subway station.he subway is due to be finished in dues of 2019. >>> those are some of the morning headlines. mike and sal, i send it back to you. >>> an apartment complex that was under construction and burned down in oakland will be rebuilt. they have started to clear debris at the site. the atf finished their investigation but has not said if the fire is arson. the company said if anything goes as plan, the complex could open by 2009. before the fire it was set to open this coming february. >>> caltrans is preparing state roadways so they are safer for self-driving cars. officials said many self- driving cars have problems following thin lines that mark the lanes , the lanes are being widened. >> the lanes are going to be wider and more reflective. they are going to be reflecting back the light. brighter lanes and thicker striping. >> they said the changes are part of a $285 million road repavement and will be paid for by the state's gas tax hike that takes effect in november. >> bart commuters wil

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last october jesse watters on "fox news" did a segment on chinatown and it was widely viewed. if traffic than a lot of terrible stereotypes. o'reilly gets on the television with chris wallace on "fox news" and he says well nobody made much of a fuss about the first night. it wasn't until people got ahold of it. isn't that a good thing and doesn't seem to amplify the people say hey look at this, you may have missed it because you know are ayn or anyone else can see all of the "msnbc" all the fox and radio with podcasts and forth so isn't there good and amplification? >> guest: you are asking the wrong question. i don't think i use the word evil in the book. i'm careful to say some people may very well be with what was done and i'm not here to tell you that everything is a smear operator is evil or bad. it's drawing attention to how they operate and at times variables operate in such a way that they are able to distort her overexaggerate something that happened in a way that it's intended to make people think there's overwhelming support for ergen something. you should at least