area of the city's chinatown been incinerated. for a few da s chinatown been incinerated.w days after, we don't - chinatown been incinerated. for a few days after, we don't have - chinatown been incinerated. iff?" —. few days after, we don't have enough few days after, we don�*t have enough food. we have had to stay at home. the prime minister has defied pressure to resign, saying he will never bow down to the evil intention of a few people. protesters have been tempted to set fire to the parliament building in the prime minister�*s private residence. they believe the government is corrupt and heavily influenced by china. there is also widespread unemployment. two years of closed borders duty covid have deepened the problem is leaving the already ravaged economy in tatters. the cost of these riots is expected to be $28 million. but the prime minister says it is his decision to switch the solomon islands diplomatic allegiance from taiwan to china that is behind the disturbances. a night—time curfew and the presence of 150 foreign peacekeepers from australia and papua new gu

then, thanks to the advocacy of the community including the friends at chinatown community development center that ensured these newly surplus pieces of land would be dedicated to a critical public use here in san francisco affordable housing. [applause] >> to continue the story. in 2016 the mayor's office of housing issued request for proposals on behalf of the city and the port. for two parcels known as 322-1 and the dwp parcel where we are today. as is the mayor's office of housing custom they knew what they wanted, gave us a detailed program of rough sizes and affordability. there are unique things here as a result of that. we also had the benefit of community design workshop organized by the city and i think we were the beneficiary of drawings and input from the community as many of you know this community is very engaged. with that information in hand, we set about the task of trying to assemble a team to design, build, operate and finance and build the building. bridge housen and john stewart per successful on a project not far from here on bay street. north beach place. for 12

one business owner already saying enough is enough in san francisco's chinatown. the signs some believe show small businesses are getting hit the hardest. mom, hurry, our show's gonna start soon. won't be too long. i'm leaving work now. ♪ people around ♪ ♪ christmas ♪ oh no. seriously? oh, don't worry. mommy'll be back soon. besides, we can record the show for her. it's not the same if she's not here. ♪ christmas ♪ ♪ the snow's coming down ♪ what the? oh my goodness. don't worry, i'm a nurse. we're on in 30 seconds. i don't suppose you can sing, can you? ♪ deck the halls ♪ ♪ but it's not like christmas at all ♪ mommy? that's mommy. whoa. ♪ and all the fun we had last year ♪ ♪ pretty lights on the tree ♪ ♪ i'm watching them shine ♪ watch the full story at xfinity.com/sing2 >>> good monday morning. the time is 4:47. and as you are heading out, it's a chilly start, but visibility here in walnut creek is looking good for you this morning. as you are stepping out the door. but we've seen the patchy dense fog rolling through parts of the north bay. look at santa rosa. v

for us in honiara, chinatown - troops? thank you. for us in honiara, chinatown has- troops?has been troops? thank you. for us in - honiara, chinatown has been burnt down. but i think for instance, honiara, that's where all the mayhem is taking place and it's still happening now as we speak. people are still continuing to burn down crops, despite some of the areas in the central part of honiara being secured, because it mainly people from the western side of honiara have come out, as well, and are trying to protect the city. so that's what's happening. currently 23 officers from the australian defence force arrived last night, and we are expecting more troops to arrive today. this morning we thought that things would quite and it down a bit, but they did not. we have information that they are still burning and looting in the eastern side of honiara, where most of the demonstrations are taking place now. opposition though to its closer ties to china, as opposed to taiwan isn't exactly new — what actually triggered these leaders democrat latest protest? last triggered these lea

the latest one we did was sf safe in chinatown, in particular. the outreach we are doing with the office of eewd and talking to and working with small businesses we are try to help when they do experience those particular problems with either grants or no interest loans. we have had to do a lot of that with discussions with business associations. they have been hard-hit and we provided support in some instances, not every single instance. [ inaudible ] >> we have not finalized the plans to close any streets to through traffic. right now what is happens is the main points of entry in the evening time to union square have been cut off. we are cutting off from what time, chief? 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. we are looking at permanent street closures. the goal is, of course, to make it difficult for cars to commit the acts that they have where they have basically rushed the stores, taken a lot of items and jumped in vehicles and taken off. we are looking at ways to make downtown shopping more safe for pedestrians. this is not just about stolen goods. this

many owners in chinatown could be looking to shut up shop for good in san francisco's chinatown jonathan mccall kron 4 news. that was not the only brazen jewelry heist in the bay area this week. concord police. >> are now seeking several suspects in this smash-and-grab robbery at the sun valley shopping center. it happened monday night while the mall was open with customers still inside shopping. police say 9 people injured. the iceberg diamond store with hammers and began smashing the glass displays. they also say the suspects threatened anyone who tried to intervene and then fled before police arrived. >> we've had shootings here. so nothing surprises me seems it tracked use your fact families now that seems to track criminals. >> some shoppers say they hammers hitting the glass sounded like gunfire. no shots were fired and no one was injured. anyone was information is asked to contact concord police. smash and grabs are a big problem in san francisco. the neighbors in the city's richmond district say a lot of the stolen items end up being dumped in thtir neighborhood. now there's a co

william: i like to think of all the chinatown grandmas as my grandmother.n: now, since our story first aired, things have only gotten better for the woman they call "grandma." on her birthday, officer ma arranged a motorcycle parade for her. they've also found her an apartment, a permanent place to live in chinatown to be closer to the community that cares for her. garvin: now, with "bay area proud" stories, we normally save the lesson we learn until after we've shared the details. but this next story, though, i'll start with it. it's simple, really. if you're in a tough spot and need help, ask for it. it's what one single mom, new to an east bay neighborhood, did with amazing results. garvin: this is a story that both begins and ends with a woman crying but, as you'll see, for two very different reasons. the first cry happened this summer in this parked car, christina sellers in the driver's seat. christina sellers: i told myself-- i'm gonna try to say this without crying, but i told myself, "i'm gonna give you ten minutes to cry." garvin: it was the culmi

he moderated one of the first debates i had when i was running for city attorney in chinatown.oard of supervisors, colleague in the legislature, working on legislation together and as a competitor when we both ran for mayor in 2011 and had to debate, debate, debate, five, six times a night i don't know how many times and most recently during the course of this transition, we have sat in my backyard talking about issues. i have been struck by his incredible intellect. his thirst for knowledge. most importantly, his independence, his honesty and his integrity and his respect for the traditions of the san francisco city attorney's office. so as i stand here today, i don't have a lot of advice for him, how to do the job right. he's going to figure that out and forge his own path but i know it's going to be great and he'll become the old glove probably a lot quicker than i did. i will offer this piece of advice, an indicator of how history repeats itself. last time there was a city attorney swearing in in here was january 2010. it was my third term. david chiu was in his first term

but we're bringing chinatown to city hall and want to take this opportunity to thank them for their amazing performance. thank you so much. (applause) now, you know san francisco loves a good swearing in, don't we? all the elected officials came out for this occasion. it may take me two hours to acknowledge each and every one of them, but i want to take this opportunity to recognize and thank the outgoing city attorney who has been our rock for 20 years. thank you dennis. (applause) and i see hiing in the crowd in her mask, the former city attorney before dennis, thank you for joining us. (applause) we're also joined by california's top law enforcer in the state, amazing he is joining us here today. thank you so much. (applause) we've got old mayors and new mayors and mayors just making it rain mayors, but i saw willy brown here earlier today, i want to thank him for being here. (applause) david's former roommate in college with a lot of secrets to tell, sam from san jose, thank you for being here with us. (applause) i want to recognize some of our state representatives that are joi

racist graffiti was discovered at an oakland chinatown market today. carl chan, president of oakland's chinatown chamber of commerce, tells ktvu. the graffiti was found outside of newton's market in chinatown this morning. chan says police have been notified. the chinatown area in oakland has been on high alert over the last year amid increased racial attacks on asians and asian americans. no arrests have been made. in this case. anyone with information about the graffiti is asked to call oakland police new tonight. starting tomorrow, petaluma police officers will be assigned to kennel worth junior high school until further notice due to a potential bomb threat. school district says the threat was made by someone using the anonymous stop it app, which is designed to report safety issues. misconduct and bullying at school district says they've been working closely with police to determine whether the bomb threat is credible. we have an update tonight on a story that we have been following all day long here a big bear that was up in a large tree in petal

still that serves 2000 district in the chinatown in the past it was the tradition and my family was the royal chef in the pot pals that's why we learned this stuff and moved from here to have dragon candy i want people to know that is art we will explain a walk and they can't walk in and out it is different techniques from stir frying to smoking to steaming and they do show of. >> beer a royalty for the age berry up to now not people know that especially the toughest they think this is - i really appreciate they love this art. >> from the cantonese to the hypomania and we have hot pots we have all of the cuisines of china in our chinatown you don't have to go far. >> small business is important to our neighborhood because if we really make a lot of people lives better more people get a job here not just a big firm. >> you don't have to go anywhere else we have pocketed of great neighborhoods haul have all have their own uniqueness. >> san francisco ha watching. >> ever wonder about programs the city is working on to make san francisco the best place to live and work we bring shine w

still that serves 2000 district in the chinatown in the past it was the tradition and my family was the royal chef in the pot pals that's why we learned this stuff and moved from here to have dragon candy i want people to know that is art we will explain a walk and they can't walk in and out it is different techniques from stir frying to smoking to steaming and they do show of. >> beer a royalty for the age berry up to now not people know that especially the toughest they think this is - i really appreciate they love this art. >> from the cantonese to the hypomania and we have hot pots we have all of the cuisines of china in our chinatown you don't have to go far. >> small business is important to our neighborhood because if we really make a lot of people lives better more people get a job here not just a big firm. >> you don't have to go anywhere else we have pocketed of great neighborhoods haul have all have their own uniqueness. >> as a woman of color who grew up in san francisco i understand how institutions can have an impact on communities of color. i think having my voice was

in san francisco's chinatown jonathan mccall kron 4 news. you know, as we mentioned earlier, that's not even the only brazen smash-and-grab that we're following for you tonight. the search is on. >> for a group of armed thieves in the east bay. this one happened at a jewelry store inside conquers sun valley mall happened monday night while it was open while other people were in the mall shopping. kron four's maureen kelly has the latest on that investigation. >> at this point. concord police say they don't have a handle yet on how much ali was taken during a smash-and-grab robbery. but they say initial reports are it was a substantial loss here's surveillance video showing the 9 suspects wearing hoodies and gloves with their faces covered as they wielded hammers attacking the glass display cases. police say the robbers mob the iceberg diamonds jewelry store and we're in and out in a flash. this video shows the aftermath of the store employee cleaning up the broken glass. the brazen crime happening around 07:30pm. well, the mall was still ope

it's 6 hateful slurs in messages found on the walls of an asian owned business in oakland's chinatown. just the latest in what has been a long string of asian hate crimes across the bay area. thank you so much for joining us here during kron, 4 news at 6 o'clock tonight. i'm justine waltman jonathan mccall. these latest racist messages found at the new 10 market on 7th street. >> kron four's taylor sackey talking with oakland leaders today who are now calling for the messages and the hate to stop. >> disturbing hateful messages recently spotted on the walls at newton's market on 7th street in oakland's chinatown neighborhood one of them reading go back to china. yellow f word there to this company. >> and is also telling how dangerous it could be but it's inflaming in trying comey. you know, so hate raleigh on us to go against, you committee carl chan is president of the oakland chinatown chamber of commerce. >> he first alerted the business owners about the anti-asian slurs written on their walls and says the owners who didn't want to speak on camera called police to hate. >> we stil

still that serves 2000 district in the chinatown in the past it was the tradition and my family was the royal chef in the pot pals that's why we learned this stuff and moved from here to have dragon candy i want people to know that is art we will explain a walk and they can't walk in and out it is different techniques from stir frying to smoking to steaming and they do show of. >> beer a royalty for the age berry up to now not people know that especially the toughest they think this is - i really appreciate they love this art. >> from the cantonese to the hypomania and we have hot pots we have all of the cuisines of china in our chinatown you don't have to go far. >> small business is important to our neighborhood because if we really make a lot of people lives better more people get a job here not just a big firm. >> you don't have to go anywhere else we have pocketed of great neighborhoods haul have all have their own uniqueness. >> san francisco has to all . >> president yee: of the 26 neighborhoods we have in west portal, it's probably the most unique in terms of a small little

well, today the suspect charged for assault in oakland's chinatown chamber of commerce. president will go to court for sentencing. in addition to us all. he was previously charged with a hate crime that those charges were since dropped call chan says he's going to be there to provide a victim's impact statement. however, groups like the anti police terror project plan to show up in support of dropping charges altogether. they cite mental illness. kron four's. taylor is aqi. has that story. >> a demand for action plan at the alameda county courthouse on thursday. anti-police terror project and its allies are asking that all charges be dropped against 25 year-old james lee ramzy ramzy was charged in may with assault and a hate crime following the attack on oakland chinatown chamber of commerce president karl chan. however, the hate crime charges were later dropped several months later, chan says he was walking near chinatown running errands when ramsey suddenly came from behind him and hit him in the head back in april on thursday. the district attorney's office has the op

to the chinatown district. staff supports this application and recommendations the application to the legacy business registry. i will turn it over to my colleague for her presentation. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. planning department staff. the fourth business application today is for the company that has been in san francisco for 43 years. teevan company was founded in 1963. after several years of operating. [indiscernable] the communities and the demolition of historic buildings. over the existence it has painted restored and remodeled hundreds of properties in san francisco and receive numerous awards from the preservation of the buildings. another award-winning project including the international center of san francisco. [indiscernable] and the sh residence. jim teevan hired the successor who took over the company with his wife jessie in 2002. in 2004 he moved to 2247 union street. the paper upon which he wrote the control of the company is a reminder of core values, traditions and commitme

asian neighborhood says that as many as 4 chinatown jewelry stores were also targeted over the weekenders are kind of scared. they don't know what of tight. they say people problem and there's no question. and come back. at the point where they're ready to just give up and calls. >> the owners of longboat jewelers say that they were only months away from retiring after 40 years kron 4 has reached out to the sapd for more details on this break in. but we have not heard back yet. >> so to come here on kron, 4 news at 5. we're beginning our series on the bay area homeless crisis as we go on the streets to get another perspective with one goal getting answers. also, how drug dealers are turning now to social media. they're targeting teenagers. sometimes even younger kids and the increase in fentanyl deaths we're seeing as a result. plus, we're going to be speaking live with infectious disease. doctor monica gandhi about vaccinating kids, particularly that second dose and why measles is now on the and why measles is now on the minds of many of tho i was injured in a car crash. and why measl

for us in honiara, chinatown has been burnt down.ra, that's where all the mayhem is taking place, and it's still happening now as we speak. people are still continuing to burn down shops, despite some of the areas in the central part of honiara being secured, because mainly people from the western side of honiara have come out, as well, and are trying to protect the city. so, that's what's happening. currently, as we understand, 23 officers from the australian defence force arrived last night, and we are expecting more troops to arrive today. this morning, we thought that things would quiten down a bit, but they did not. we had information that there is still burning and looting in the eastern side of honiara, where most of the demonstrations are taking place now. 0pposition, though, to its closer ties to china, as opposed to taiwan isn't exactly new — so what actually triggered these latest protest? the latest protests — actually, last week, there was a reconciliation ceremony held by the people of malaita province — they were the o

racist graffiti was discovered at a market in oakland's chinatown today. carl chan, president of oakland's chinatown chamber of commerce, tells ktvu that the graffiti was found outside of new tins market this morning. jen says police have been notified. the chinatown area in oakland has been on alert over the past year amid increased racial attacks nor rest have been made in this specific case. anyone with information about the graffiti is asked to call oakland police. kaiser says it has reached a tentative agreement with more than 50,000 of its workers mostly in southern california, who had been threatening to strike. however 2500 kaiser pharmacists here in northern california are still planning to walk off the job tomorrow. the unions for kaiser's pharmacists say they have been understaffed for months and their pay is not keeping up with inflation. kaiser says it hopes to reach agreements with those bargaining unit soon. non urgent and elective surgeries and procedures have now been postponed to prepare police officer who was injured in a car crash has b

firstly in the central area of the capital of the solomon islands and yesterday, in the chinatown areaolice managed to quell some of the disturbances in the central area but all hell broke loose in chinatown. many buildings burnt down and there are sporadic things going on in the east as we speak. why are they calling for the prime minister to resign? part of a long—running dispute that has been going on since september 2019 when they switched diplomatic recognition from thailand to china and the provincial government strongly objected to that switch and has wanted to retain links with taiwan which is led to a long—running stand—off between the prime minister and premier. a lot of people from the island have rallied behind their premier, resisted efforts of the premise and national government to unseat that premier and now a pro and asking for the prime minister himself to be unseated. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: egypt puts on an elaborate ceremony to mark the reopening of the ancient path of god in luxor. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the mu

many owners in chinatown could be looking to shut up shop for good in san francisco's chinatown jonathan mccall kron 4 news. >> that was not the only brazen jewelry heist in the bay area this week. concord police are looking for several suspects in this smash-and-grab robbery at the sun valley shopping center. it happened last night while the mall was open with customers shopping inside police say 9 people enter the iceberg diamond store with hammers began smashing the glass displays. they also say the suspects threatened anyone who tried to intervene and then they fled before police arrived. >> we've had shootings here. so nothing surprises made to scenes malls. attract use your fact families. now it seems to track criminals. >> some shoppers say the hammers hitting the glass sounded like gunfire, but no shots were fired and the good news is nobody was hurt. anyone who has any information is asked to contact concord police. >> smash and grabs. a big problem in san francisco but neighbors in the city's richmond district say a lot of the stolen items and up being dumped in their neighborh

the president, the oakland chinatown chamber of commerce. karl chan says the rhetoric surrounding his community is an ongoing problem. >> as you know, the the asian community, especially the pandemic. and then all to people in. and many people, especially it with a tent. not basically some people also being too. just because of the rhetoric. i think it's important for us to it's going nation is stan racist understand and we must find ways to educate everybody. >> chan says this most recent incident is the first in a few weeks after increased policing community patrols helped curtail attacks in the area. chan plans to make calls to local state and federal authorities this week to work together to try to come up with ways to stop the hate and racism. >> now to our coronavirus coverage san francisco mayor london breed and the city's health department are giving special recognition to 9 people. they're being recognized for helping the city to reach its vaccination rate. >> we need the entire city to know what they did. we need the entire city to

they were, as you mentioned, found in the area chinatown. a bird has to and chinatown is normally a very busy area. we believe the will. the luck report for suggesting these may have been looted to record inside the store, which was set life. and in the last few days, and of course chinatown was considered the flesh points the main area with some of these and government protests with targeting that were targeting the chinese funded operations. and the chinese run stores because they're grumpy and they're angry about the government decision in 2019 to give up their allegiance with taiwan instead, favoring a china. so the 1st 3 confirmed fatalities. we've also had on saturdays another development where the police have confirmed that they've arrested more than 100 people in relation to the last couple of days on rot related incident. so they haven't charged yet, but certainly they showing they want to move on this. we've got the prime minister, he, we still believe he isn't hiding 50 resign protection and safety. we saw on friday, his house, hi

of course chinatown is an area where, basically it's a big food provider in honey our. it's along the stools have been bent down at the not the down that close to because people are trying to avoid the bottom and being targeted. so the red cross is also on the ground. they trying to bury people to some of the stools on the outskirts of the city. so this weekend everyone will be watching to see if the trying to fit the peacekeepers as well as the new guinea and trips. if i can restore some sort of pace with this indefinite curfew, of course not, tom cliff, you all are in place in holding our sarah clog lifers. they're in prison. thanks. there are still ahead on i just, you know, why india's farmers are still rallying against unpopular agriculture. the government has promised to scram, ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with the sponsored play cut on airways. hello, we got some quiet weather in the forecast for japan as we go on through the weekend, but for the here and now western areas, still seeing some wintry flowers, high pressure across so much of china. so keep

and chinatown was the flash point. so the main central point where the, the ra have run to wire the last couple of days. the police to get to identify who the people were local report suggest might have been looses. who got stuck in the stool when it was late on the fire. and we also had another develop with police have confirmed that they've arrested more than $100.00 people. a suspected of being involved denise brought for the last few days. i haven't made any or put any charges light any charges as yet, but 2100 red wrists. show that these i came to moving quickly and identify who would they bring, laid is behind the last couple of days of writing. and so, as you mentioned, the mind, the people leading this group of anti government demonstrations have been what the people of my life, my life is the most populous province near the ones my angry at the prime minister and the central government, the accused them of neglecting them of withholding funds not to build a delivering on infrastructure in their province. and t

.) >> i'm proud to be a native san franciscan i grew up in the chinatown, north beach community portback and work with those that live in the community that i grew up in and that that very, very important to give back to continue to work with the community and hope e help those who may not be as capable in san francisco is surrounded on three sides by water, the fire boat station is intergal to maritime rescue and preparedness, not only for san francisco, but for all of the bay area. [sirens] >> fire station 35 was built in 1915. so it is over 100 years old. and helped it, we're going to build fire boat station 35. >> so the finished capital planning committee, i think about three years ago, issued a guidance that all city facilities must exist on sea level rise. >> the station 35, construction cost is approximately $30 million. and the schedule was complicated because of what you call a float. it is being fabricated in china, and will be brought to treasure island, where the building site efficient will be constructed on top of it, and then brought to pier 22 and a half for installa

raleigh on us to go against, you committee carl chan is president of the oakland chinatown chamber of commerce. >> he first alerted the business owners about the anti-asian slurs written on their walls and says the owners who didn't want to speak on camera called police to hate. >> we still ongoing this is actually pretty much pandemic. and we must find ways. and hopefully some positive to stop is hate not only against our company but again, chance been an ongoing active voice for this community, especially since anti-asian attacks increased during the pandemic. you know, i'm a home on ship with home washington 2020. >> you know, when to shun the rhetoric, you know, talking about chilly the asian community, especially the pandemic. >> and then all to people in. and many people, especially it with a tent. not really basically some people also being too. just because of the rhetoric. i think it's important for us to it's good nation is stan. let's just understand. and we must find ways to educate everybody. chan says. >> this most recent incident is the first time in a few weeks after i

by name a wonderful placed physically and socially to be all of the neighborhoods north beach and chinatown the i try to be out in the community as much as and i think, being a the cafe eating at the neighborhood lunch place people come up and talk to you, you never have time alone but really it is fun hi, i'm one the owners and is ceo of cafe trespassing in north beach many people refer to cafe trees as a the living room of north beach most of the clients are local and living up the hill come and meet with each other just the way the united states been since 1956 opposed by the grandfather a big people person people had people coming since the day we opened. >> it is of is first place on the west that that exposito 6 years ago but anyone was doing that starbuck's exists and it created a really welcoming pot. it is truly a legacy business but more importantly it really at the take care of their community my father from it was formally italy a fisherman and that town very rich in culture and music was a big part of it guitars and sank and combart in the evening that tradition they brought th

more than one section for the chinatown. you are correct. >> supervisor peskin: then i didn't make it up. and in the one spot on the map mr. star where you have a special sign district that overlaps with an nc, how does that work? >> the special sign controls. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. >> you're welcome. >> supervisor melgar: thank you very much supervisor stefani for introducing the legislation. i will be voting to support it. i think in the world of signage regulation in san francisco and i have to say i am one person who likes the messy clutter. i think it's one of those things that makes our city crazy and creative and great. i love the cows and the jeans and coca-cola signs and all of these things that make for interesting places in the commercial corridors. i know not everybody likes that. some folks like more order but i think the change you are proposing makes sense. it is very small. and i will be supporting it. thank you. >> supervisor stefani: thank you chair melgar. can i correct one thing said during publ

. ♪♪♪ garvin: san francisco's chinatown likes to boast it's the biggest one there is outside of asia-cer william ma: hello, ling lei. garvin: --but spend just a little time walking the beat with officer william ma, and suddenly chinatown seems very small-- william: hello, lee ho. garvin: --as in small-town small. every few feet, william runs into someone he knows. william: so, every time we walk, when we talk to people, they always say, "hi." we talk to people, greet them by their first names. william: [speaking chinese] garvin: this is, william says, his dream job, the kind of policing that's not just catching the bad guys but making sure their victims feel taken care of.

in oakland, racist graffiti was discovered at a market in chinatown. the president of oakland's chinatown chamber of commerce tells ktvu the graffiti was found outside new tins market yesterday morning, the chinatown areas been on high alert as the number of racial attacks has increased dramatically in the past year. anyone with information on this graffiti is asked to call police. more than 100. protesters held a rally outside of the headquarters of facebook's newly named parent company, meta. his brother. best book fairs bust. they say facebook is not doing enough to stop hate speech and misinformation in india. some of the demonstrators say that social media sites, including facebook, have pitted members of different religions against each other, and that has led to violence. their inability or turning a blind eye to hateful species and then not being able to moderate the voice of you know moderation that has directly resulted in people losing lives. a recent report from the associated press that facebook has known for years about groups in india us

chinatown has seen the violence firsthand. because of the short police staffing, volunteers are patrolling the business district. >> of a school isn't doing well, we give more resources and make changes. if the teachers aren't qualified enough, let's get qualified teachers. trainings. >> reporter: the chamber also wants freeway cameras in oakland. 580, 980, and a.d.d. don't have cameras that record. >> cameras on freeways, exits to freeways that would be a welcome addition to oakland point >> i'm supportive of us having cameras in oakland in the commercial corridors. >> reporter: they are also looking for solutions to increase morale in the police department. >> we need more officers on the ground. we have dipped below a number that we should not have allowed ourselves to get below. >> reporter: councilwoman carol fyfe is not ready to support cameras are more funding for officers, saying those discussions will have to be based on data. >> i want solutions that work. i don't want emotionally based solutions that people feel wil

and you will notice that chinatown looks, feels like it's own pocket.s like it's own pocket because it was segregated from the rest of the city -- like its own pocket because it was segregated from the rest of the city and cut off from city services for that is one thing. another example is, chinese-americans were not, could not go into integrated schools. for a long time, chinese-american segregated school and that eventually got shut down for 15 years, meaning there was no way of education for chinese-american children, until the supreme court ruled it unconstitutional, to which as a response, instead of putting chinese-american students in integrated schools, they reopened segregated school just so they didn't have to integrate them. kristen: dennis, i am going let you finish, why is a formal apology important? is it just i am sorry, or is there a promise of action? dennis: i think it is all of that. we have to recognize what happened in the past before we can move forward. hate is a terrible, terrible virus. hate has affected all of us in our city,