last night, i happened to be reading a little bit of the history of chinatown. literally hundreds of san franciscos were attacking -- san franciscans were attacking chinese residents in chinatown. and at that time, there were a handful of san franciscans that stood up and stood up for the chinese community, and i just want to say how proud i am of the san francisco community, saying no to the hate. we're at a time, 145 years later, at this asian ceremony, we have our first asian sheriff, sitting next to our first asian public defender, sitting next to asian supervisors, supported by our mayor, our district attorney, our commissioners, and so many of you from the community, whether you're our commissioners, whether you're from the chamber, whether you're from the six companies or whether you're a nonprofit that's stood with us, i just want to say thank you. and during the year of the tiger, i say thank you as we come roaring back. and with that, it is my pleasure to welcome not just our first asian public defender, but the first asian public defender in the count

last night, i happened to be reading a little bit of the history of chinatown.ioting where literally hundreds of san franciscos were attacking -- san franciscans were attacking chinese residents in chinatown. and at that time, there were a handful of san franciscans that stood up and stood up for the chinese community, and i just want to say how proud i am of the san francisco community, saying no to the hate. we're at a time, 145 years later, at this asian ceremony, we have our first asian sheriff, sitting next to our first asian public defender, sitting next to asian supervisors, supported by our mayor, our district attorney, our commissioners, and so many of you from the community, whether you're our commissioners, whether you're from the chamber, whether you're from the six companies or whether you're a nonprofit that's stood with us, i just want to say thank you. and during the year of the tiger, i say thank you as we come roaring back. and with that, it is my pleasure to welcome not just our first asian public defender, but the first asian public defender

our staff came up with feed and fuel chinatown using chinatown restaurants to provide meals to sro residentsnd pick up meals from the restaurants. i think sometimes there is this impression chinatown is going to last forever on its own. i think what the pandemic did for the first time to a whole new generation of folks was to spell that out clearly that if you don't care about chinatown every day of your life, it can go away. recognizes local people working to build a better bay area. it know someone who is working to create real cha okay, it's go time. team usa on the largest gig-speed network. which means this mega fan never misses a second. it's gig-speed wifi that's “mikaela shiffrin” fast. ok, that's fast! speed's cool, but does yours block threats? yup, even for these upstairs all-nighters rocking wifi speeds faster than a gig. can your internet do that? learn more about gig-speed wifi, or get started with xfinity internet for $19.99 a month for 12 months. click, call, or visit a store today. in new york city, ♪ ♪ there's always something new to discover. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ come be a part of

district three peskin representing chinatown. district four gordon mar.ma. melgar. district eight mandelman representing castro. district nine ronen thenition. district 11 supervisor safai. >> thank you. in paddition to the board of supervisors we would like to welcome the city-wide elected officials. no particular order. city attorney david chu. [indiscernable] district attorney, public defender har. board member lee and city college trustee allen wong. thank you all for joining us this afternoon. >> last but not least i would like to acknowledge the members of the heritage foundation board. different directors today. the foundation is a small nonprofit with individuals from diverse backgrounds. jj laura. [indiscernable] steve wilson. irene riley. [indiscernable] scott adams. in the audience are members of the apa heritage celebration committee. in the interest of time we cannot introduce all of you. please note we are so very much appreciative of your participation and service on the committee. thank you so much. [applause] >> really we appreciate the s

district three peskin representing chinatown. district four gordon mar. district five preston filmore. >> haney soma. melgar. district eight mandelman representing castro. district nine ronen thenition. district 11 supervisor safai. >> thank you. in paddition to the board of supervisors we would like to welcome the city-wide elected officials. no particular order. city attorney david chu. [indiscernable] district attorney, public defender har. board member lee and city college trustee allen wong. thank you all for joining us this afternoon. >> last but not least i would like to acknowledge the members of the heritage foundation board. different directors today. the foundation is a small nonprofit with individuals from diverse backgrounds. jj laura. [indiscernable] steve wilson. irene riley. [indiscernable] scott adams. in the audience are members of the apa heritage celebration committee. in the interest of time we cannot introduce all of you. please note we are so very much appreciative of your participation and service on the committee. thank you so muc

district three peskin representing chinatown. district four gordon mar.oma. melgar. district eight mandelman representing castro. district nine ronen thenition. district 11 supervisor safai. >> thank you. in paddition to the board of supervisors we would like to welcome the city-wide elected officials. no particular order. city attorney david chu. [indiscernable] district attorney, public defender har. board member lee and city college trustee allen wong. thank you all for joining us this afternoon. >> last but not least i would like to acknowledge the members of the heritage foundation board. different directors today. the foundation is a small nonprofit with individuals from diverse backgrounds. jj laura. [indiscernable] steve wilson. irene riley. [indiscernable] scott adams. in the audience are members of the apa heritage celebration committee. in the interest of time we cannot introduce all of you. please note we are so very much appreciative of your participation and service on the committee. thank you so much. [applause] >> really we appreciate the

they have been in union square, chinatown, fishermen's wharf.come through. i just started deploying them in the castro on friday and saturday night. they have been a huge success of their. while we work to higher officers, there is plenty of retired officers who want to come in and contribute. it has been a good program so far. the last thing i will say about staffing before i get into my final thoughts is we have seen that we have deployed a lot of officers. we know what happened back in november when there was some looting that took place. our thought is that we need to have enough officers out in the union square area to make sure that when our tourists and visitors and residents are coming through there to shop that they deal with safety, similar to what you see in new york city where there is an officer on every corner. we will continue to maintain staffing in order to protect all that come through those areas. that has been successful and we have scaled down a little bit, but we have moved forward on that. the last thing i will say before

chinatown amberleigh ktvu, fox two news. were you able to cast a lion dancers perform saturday. watch a special edition of the chinese new year parade. or if you just want to experience it all again. our special broadcast airs next weekend on ktvu. it will also feature in depth and behind the scenes stories that airs saturday night at six and then we'll have on corporate annotations of the parade sunday on ktvu plus. already then this is where we were. last week. a big ridge of high pressure warm saturday cooler sunday. here's where we are. now this low drops in. it's a it's a colder system. we're going to be cooler. obviously we're going to see low snow elevations tonight and tomorrow. maybe some dusting zahn bay area peaks. it's a possibility. it would just be that dusting and then we have a chance for a few sprinkles. scout showers. maybe a thunder shower, maybe a little hail, but again, it's going to be widely scattered. one person what you get if you get something a person two miles down. the road may get nothing. it's kind of one of those widely scattered days you'll see i

chinatown's grant avenue is slowly getting busier. at times, it is still quiet enough to have a sidewalk all to yourself. >> the last 2 year with the pandemic, we suffered. >> reporter: the chairman of the chinatown merchants united association of san francisco tells us there is a lot of excitement surrounding february 19. >> it means a lot to us. >> reporter: the return of the chinese new year festival and parade. >> it's really important to us. we are telling people that we are opening right now. >> reporter: along the waterfront people put the finishing touches on the various colorful and ornate floats that will be featured in saturday's parade. historically, it has been the biggest parade celebrating the lunar new year outside of asia. >> this is a celebration. >> reporter: william has been involved in the parade for two zodiac cycles, or 24 years. he's excited for the traditional components, and the new ones they have in store, but also eager to share a message of resilience. >> this year's parade means a lot to the community and

i urge you to support that time for chinatown. >> i am a planner at chinatown community development center i would like to clarify that the supports were signed by tenderloin and collaborative and tenderloin housing clinic and family collaborative. we are here to support for the redefining of group housing and items 9b and 9c. i was a part of larger group of stakeholder who is expressed concerns about the unclear and vague definition of free housing during the community process. and with plan we thank you planning and commissioner pes kin's office about the proposed changes we see today and the proposed legislation. there is a role for group housing project, but they should be the best project possible with different guidelines. and these two neighbors are the dense test in the city with the highest concentration of low income families and children many whom reside in over group housing projects. the only recommendation we have in regard to the s.u.d. is insuring we add all sros to be prohibited in these neighborhoods as well. currently the sros would be allowed and if we don't consider th

in san francisco chinatown. along the parade route, i'm da lin, kpix 5. >> and if you're going to the street fair tomorrow, muni is providing free rides until 5:00 in the morning monday. sfta also providing two hours of free parking in the parking garage for the remainder of february. >>> as the festivities continue this weekend, it's also the first weekend masks are not required indoors at most places in the bay area as covid case december crease. betty yu checks in to see how people are adapting in san francisco. >> reporter: doctors say that we're on the down slope of the omicron surge, but people shouldn't give up the masks all together. people overall say they're embracing the new rules. >> we'll get a pause of about three to six months regardless of what comes next. >> reporter: uscf professor says he expects immunity to wane in the early fall. still, we shouldn't see too many severe cases with boosters and recent infections at play. for now he says there are some situations where people should still wear

it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to shoot chinatown store front nobody.ry because you can't repeat. it's gone it's gone. >> you stick with her, she'll teach you everything. >> cellphone photography, that's going to be the generation. i think cellphones in the next two, three years, the big cameras are obsolete already. mirrorless camera is going to take over market and the cellphone is going to be better. but nobody's going to archive it. nobody's going to keep good history. everybody's going to take snapshots, but nobody's going to catalog. they don't care. >> i want to see you. >> it's not a keepsake. there's no memories behind it. everybody's sticking in the cloud. they lose it, who cares. but, you know, i care. >> last september of 2020, i had a minor stroke, and my daughter caught it on zoom. i was having a zoom call for my grand kids. and my daughter and my these little kids said, hey, you sound strange. yeah. i said i'm not able to speak properly. they said what happened. my wife was taking a nap and my daughter, she called home and said he's havin

so welcome everyone to chinatown and to our community.or and chief scott will be talking about public safety and on behalf of our community, particularly our seniors community, i'd like to welcome you all for this press conference. so as you know, back in may, the violence against the asian community and the seniors were already kind of increasing at the very alarming rate. i think back then, i remember the cases were around 2,000 to 3,000 cases of anti-asian hate and anti-asian incidents and i got a call in late april and may from ivy who is the mayor's policy director on safety and the mayor asked ivy to call me and sarah as to what our community needs because the attacks against our community had to be stopped. so, mayor, i want to stop and thank you for coming to us almost immediately when all this was happening and you asked and ivy asked me what i need, so i thought for one minute and said that as mayor to give me $30,000 to jump start the senior escorts program. it was a program that worked about 20 something years ago and because

. >> at the cocktail lounge on grant avenue in chinatown tonight, the owner greets the new year with golden voice and the hope it will be a golden year. >> i hope no more covid. everybody, a good life. >> reporter: fireworks in chinatown which according to chinese legend can ward off evil and bring good fortune. and today's new year parade, it is hoped the fireworks are more effective this year than the past two years which saw businesses closing and anti-asian violence. >> we really believe that we're going to roar back like the tiger for the entire city and chinatown. >> roar is right. the new year parade returns on february 19th and would you look at that? on top of the salesforce tower, a stunning red tiger paces. reverend norman phuong of the chinatown community center is psyched. >> it is time for us to see a tiger and roar and just going. we're going to turn things around. >> reporter: and amidst all the celebrations and the wishes for great things in the new year come an effort from washington, d.c. to make the lunar new year a national holiday. >> it's not just a day off for

chinatown celebrations and today like you saw along grand avenue and other parts of chinatown really the celebrations once again in full swing. we'll dip back live a little on later in the newscast. muni says it is celebrating the chinese new year by offering free service and additional safety measures this weekend. the agency says it has muni transit ambassadors on the buses and on bus stops in the -- in chinatown to assist riders and assist bus operators. free service began this morning at 5:00 and lasts through 5:00 a.m. monday morning. this includes the cable cars. you will not need to tap your clipper card or active ate a muni mobile ticket when you get onboard. now also this weekend, bart is doing something it's never done before. all five lines will be in service on sunday starting tomorrow. trains will also be running until midnight on sunday for the very first time since the start of the pandemic. moving on to developing news now, ukraine's president today called for russian president vladimir putin to meet and seek a resolution to the crisis. this unity march was held in la

we will get through this, no matter what. >> reporter: in good times, sentences goes chinatown is painted in a pallet of primary colors. fire red, emerald green, sunburst yellow. but, for the past two years, the city's historic neighborhood and commercial district has struggled to escape the long shadow of the seemingly never-ending pandemic. >> when omicron was announced, it was like we were back to march, 2020. it was back to, it looks like a ghost town. >> reporter: the simple truth is, when omicron appeared, visitors once again disappeared from chinatown. the good news is, the business community has come up with an artful way to lure them back. >> that represents goldengate fortunes and business. that is good because everyone has to scan code on it and that will open up different attractions. >> reporter: many murals like this have been put up throughout chinatown. tourists are encouraged to visit as many as they can. for them, it is part scavenger hunt. for businesses, it is part economic salvage mission. this new lunar year is the year of the tiger. it is about new beginnings, fresh

it's like this really big, momentous events for the chinatown and everything. a lot of people love to watch. it's amazing and it really able to showcase the wonderful treasures of our culture that we have here in chinatown. oh, my god, look what we made like. it's so beautiful. stephanie mufson and her crew built the floats that are in the parade. more than two months of hard work finally wrapped up friday afternoon. many reflect the year of the tiger. there's a lot of moving elements he's going to greet the crowd looking left to right emerging from the water, and then there's some moving pieces at the back. the floats are made with lots of glitter, wood and foam. mufson says there were supply chain issues. some were made with foam recycled from old floats. but there is no shortage of creativity. one float featured a bowl of noodles, a symbol of long life and tangerines. for good luck. the return of the parade is the celebration of community. we're remembering how important it is to just gather as a community to share moments of art and culture and really conne

the pandemic put it on hold, but now it is coming back and chinatown is buzzing over its return. kpix has what to expect as we celebrate the year of the tiger. >> reporter: the streets may be quiet, but in a matter of hours they will be packed with people celebrating something big for the first time in a long time. at long last, excitement, energy, and a celebration just around the corner on the streets of san francisco's chinatown, one that many have hoped for more than ever before. >> the last two years in the pandemic we really suffered. >> reporter: he is the chairman of the chinatown merchants united association of san francisco. he says february 19 is a day a lot of people have been waiting for. >> it means a lot for us. >> reporter: it marks the return of the new year festival and parade, one he hopes will bring a much-needed boost to this part of the city. >> we are telling people we are open right now. >> reporter: and the finishing touches were in the works friday to prepare for saturday's parade. >> like the year of the tiger, this is a big celebration. >> reporter: he

a father and son were randomly attacked in chinatown near 9th and webster. they were walking down the street and a man in a black sweater yelling racial slurs. the suspect drops his bag and hits the son. now, the father is then pushed to the ground when he tried to intervene. the witnesses were able to flag down officers who then arrested the attacker. the son suffered minor injuries but we are told he is doing okay. >>> tonight, the sister of a missing woman is asking the public to help, for help to bring her home. the police say 29-year-old was reported missing on monday. she was last seen on kearney street. she is from the los angeles area, was visiting with family. >> it is the fifth night now, we are going into the fifth night. we are just worried and we just want her to come home. i think everyone is just going out of their minds wondering what could of happened and also trying to stay positive. >> friends and family say they tried to contact her but her phone is turned off. they are sharing her story, putting up posters in hope in finding her. urging

i was down in chinatown last week and i cannot believe it.ly found parking. >> that is unusual. >> amazing, right. usually does so packed you cannot get through there with your car. i was surprised by how empty it looks. >> they really took a hit in 2020 and then again with omicron took another hit. they described it as back in march of 2020. hopefully things are starting to pick up and this in new york city, ♪ ♪ there's always something new to discover. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ come be a part of it. plan your next vacation at iloveny.com announcer: it's time to play "family feud"! give it up for steve harvey! steve: how y'all? what's up, y'all? come on, west virginia. how y'all? how's everybody? i appreciate that. thank y'all. appreciate it, everybody. well, welcome to "family feud," everybody. i'm your man steve harvey. [cheering and applause] got a good one for you today. returning for their second day, with a total of $20,000, from morgantown, west virginia, it's my homies, it's the champs, it's the nesler family. [cheering and applause] and from chic

malcolm young is the executive director of the chinatown community development center.for the gold rush, but for labor. they worked in minds. railroad yards, agriculture opened businesses in chinatown and more as the community grew. so did antifa. chinese sentiment , the amount of adversity that i think i, chinese and asians in general have faced isn't just virulent racism. it's not just the feeling it was actually laws on the books of violence, and also there were taxes that were put on the chinese specifically , only chinese, such as, like the ford or mining tax. and this is a tax that made it preventatively expensive for many of the miners to continue mining. the laws and violence against chinese spiraled into the chinese exclusion act first signed in 18 82. it banned all immigration of chinese laborers and prevented those already here from becoming citizens. you know , it's an arbitrary form of detainment and an angel island. it was dehumanizing. from 1910 to 1941 175,000. chinese immigrants were detained and subject to mistreatment and strict interrogation at the a

it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to shoot chinatown store front nobody. everybody on grand avenue. there was not a soul out walking around chinatown. a new asia restaurant, it used to be the biggest restaurant in chinatown. it can hold about a 1,000 people and i had been shooting events there for many years. it turned into a supermarket. and i got in. i shot the supermarket. you know, and its transformation. even the owner of the restaurant the restaurant, it's 50 years old. i said, yeah. it looks awful. history. because i'm shooting history. and it's impressive because it's history because you can't repeat. it's gone it's gone. >> you stick with her, she'll teach you everything. >> cellphone photography, that's going to be the generation. i think cellphones in the next two, three years, the big cameras are obsolete already. mirrorless camera is going to take over market and the cellphone is going to be better. but nobody's going to archive it. nobody's going to keep good history. everybody's going to take snapshots, but nobody's going to catalog. they do

. >> reporter: was he followed home from chinatown and robbed? the east bay neighborhood and what the thieves were after. >> a wild crisis in the community. mountain lions are the reason they're saying no to new development. >>> and the opening ceremony is about four hours away. our own janelle wang is in beijing and takes us behind the scenes. we'll also hear from palo alto figure skater vincent jo as he prepares to hit the ice. >>> good evening. we are getting new details about the altercation at that 49ers game down in los angeles. security footage shows daniel luna in a niners jersey was knocked to the ground by another man in a rams jersey. >> now, the mayor of inglewood outlining those details of what happened, but there is much more to the story. nbc bay area's ian cull joins us. ian, a lot of new information about that videotape and about the 49ers fan who is still in a coma. >> reporter: yeah, jessica, the mayor says police knew daniel luna was injured on sunday but only confirmed it was a crime after looking at surveillance video today.

we haven't seen since 2020 streets in san francisco's chinatown packed today to honor a culture and celebrate a new year. good evening, and thank you so much for joining us. i'm dionne lim. you're watching abc 7 news at five live here on abc 7 hulu live and wherever you stream. right away. this is a time to celebrate and heal as we take a live. look outside. this is the starting point of the parade set to begin in just about 15 minutes abc 7 news reporter. ryan curry has a look at some of the preparations behind the parade and the hopes for a brighter year ahead. crews are securing the details on each float ahead of the parade saturday evening. yeah, we're just in specting everything and and maybe done. stephanie mauffson's team want to make sure the floats look as good as possible when they head down market street during the parades anticipated return. it was canceled last year due to the pandemic. it's great to be back here right now because the hard work is the hard part. this is the this is the payoff coming out seeing people. enjoy. work we put into it most of the floats have a decorated

perfect for a parade to celebrate in chinatown.into the walnut creek area, your temperature hour-by-hour is going to bump up into the 50s. by about 10:00 a.m., notice we are cold right now but the winds are calm. by 1:00, 2:00, temperatures will be in the upper 60s. heading over to the south bay and san jose, 44 degrees. now, one big thing that's also going to change in addition to the drop in temperatures is going to be an increase in wind. so enjoy today's forecast. it is going to be beautiful. 72 degrees in morgan hill. los gatos, 70 degrees. in through the east bay, 69 in oakland, 72 in pleasanton. fremont, 70 degrees. san mateo, 68. redwood city, 70 degrees. san francisco will be in the upper 60s today, and up through santa rosa, 73. sonoma, 72. let's look at satellite radar and talk about what is going on and when the big change is coming. it will finally start feeling like winter around here. we have an upper level disturbance that is actually going to be kicking up the winds starting tomorrow, but also bringing in some clou

5 million people there, in and around chinatown, celebrating the festival. i estimate that about 70,000. i am not an expert on crowds. kristen: did it seem like fewer people than in past years? >> there was a lot of people but compared to before, there were probably still concerns about the pandemic. but it is good to see people coming back to chinatown, bringing back crowds and tourists into the community and celebrating the lunar new year. kristen: it makes a big boost to the economy, no doubt. what was the scene? what did you note that was different in terms of the mu door who showed up? >> so, after two years of the pandemic, and the community struggling with the virus and also anti-asian hate violence, i think there is hope in the community that this parade can bring back crowds enter -- crowds and tourists and just celebrating asian culture, welcoming others into the community and being part of a really inclusive environment and celebrating diversity. kristen: don't go away, we can continue to talk on facebook live while we take a short break. but we d

it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to shoot chinatown store front nobody. everybody on grand avenue. there was not a soul out walking around chinatown. a new asia restaurant, it used to be the biggest restaurant in chinatown. it can hold about a 1,000 people and i had been shooting events there for many years. it turned into a supermarket. and i got in. i shot the supermarket. you know, and its transformation. even the owner of the restaurant the restaurant, it's 50 years old. i said, yeah. it looks awful. history. because i'm shooting history. and it's impressive because it's history because you can't repeat. it's gone it's gone. >> you stick with her, she'll teach you everything. >> cellphone photography, that's going to be the generation. i think cellphones in the next two, three years, the big cameras are obsolete already. mirrorless camera is going to take over market and the cellphone is going to be better. but nobody's going to archive it. nobody's going to keep good history. everybody's going to take snapshots, but nobody's going to catalog. they do

stephen lee owns lions of the only nightclubs to open in recent years in chinatown.is hoping for a big weekend as the year of the tiger is celebrated. >> all across the board we are probably 50% down from what we were probably pre-pandemic. we are not giving up. we lasted this long during the pandemic. there is a good number of stores that survived it. j.r.: there are safety concerns in terms of -- in light of the anti-asian hate crimes. the sheriff and mayor say this will be a safe event. >> we will have meter ambassadors. j.r.: outside of city hall was lit up in red and gold for the lunar new year. >> the parade in san francisco is for the history books, so come on out, the floats are being made, the people are getting ready. i've got a new outfit, i'm super excited. >> much, so today is the celebration. j.r.: j.r. stone, abc 7 news. dan: just enjoy and the weather should be really nice for it. ama: sandhya patel is here with that. sandhya: it is going to be good parading weather. i want to show you the three day planner for the lunar new year festivities. tomorrow

you feel like chinatown is gonna roar back.s gonna come back stronger and better in san francisco's chinatown. greg lee ktvu. fox two news. you know, the san francisco chinese new year parade is just days away. you can see it live and in person to saturday, ktvu was a proud sponsor. and then a week later will air a special on the parade. you can watch that on the 26th. coming up on ktvu news at 6 30, a rude awakening for folks and one bay area neighborhood later in sports canon curry still the show last night before the warriors game dance step reflects on his sense enthusiasm and where the warriors are at in the nba all star break. and there is plenty of wildlife in barria parks, but one slavery animals spotted in an east bay park, but it shouldn't be there. the search oh, wow, barbara corcoran! good morning. sorry, we don't need any business help now. we're gigillionaires. what? we're gigillionaires now. i don't get it we have at&t business fiber with hyper-gig speeds. but i just... so thanks, but, we're doing great. i'm so h

until 5:00 pm in san francisco's chinatown. along the parade route, kpix 5. >> if you are going to the street fair, there is free rides until 5:00 am monday morning. there is also two hours of free parking. >>> the time now is 6: 10 am. still ahead, what can you expect as you make your way around the bay? plus, what we know about a fire that sparked in the santa cruz want more from your vitamin brand? get more with nature's bounty. from the first-ever triple action sleep supplement... to the only 24-hour vitamin c to heart-healthy support every day. get more with nature's bounty. >>> welcome back, happening today, bart is implementing upgrades to the sunday schedule. for the first time ever, the transit agency is offering services on all five of its lines and they are reducing the needs for transfers. they are adding hours, running trains until midnight for the first time since the pandemic began. >>> gas prices hit a record high this week, a gallon of gas now costs $4.73 on average. as we report, the prices have many people re

you feel like chinatown is gonna roar back.ronger and better in san francisco's chinatown. greg lee ktvu. fox two news. and reminder here that the chinese new year parade is roaring back. it's happening saturday night in san francisco . and then one week later, ktvu fox two will air a special program on the parade. today the nhl is making history in the broadcast booth that will have its first all black broadcasting team at tonight's game between the seattle cracking and the winnipeg jets. j. t brown crackers. tv analyst everett fitzhugh is usually the team's radio voices sliding over to the tv side of things, brown says. it's taken a long time to get to this point. it's just it's a cool thing that people obviously are still paying attention to what's going on. and, you know, obviously they're excited farmers, so i think it's awesome that we get to, you know, have a little bit of history here and you keep moving. the needle forward, says he knows this is a big deal and says he likely won't fully feel the significance to lease s

stephen lee owns lions of the only nightclubs to open in recent years in chinatown.of the tiger is celebrated. >> all across the board we are probably 50% down from what we were probably pre-pandemic. we are not giving up. we lasted this long during the pandemic. there is a good number of stores that survived it. j.r.: there are safety concerns in terms of -- in light of the anti-asian hate crimes. the sheriff and mayor say this will be a safe event. >> we will have meter ambassadors. j.r.: outside of city hall was lit up in red and gold for the lunar new year. >> the parade in san francisco is always one for the history books, so come on out, the floats are being made, the people are getting ready. i've got a new outfit, i'm super excited. >> much, so today is the celebration. j.r.: j.r. stone, abc 7 news. dan: just enjoy and the weather should be really nice for it. ama: sandhya patel is here with that. sandhya: it is going to be good parading weather. i want to show you the three day planner for the lunar new year festivities. tomorrow, mild. a little warmer satur

it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to shoot chinatown store front nobody. everybody on grand avenue. there was not a soul out walking around chinatown. a new asia restaurant it used to be the biggest restaurant in chinatown. it can hold about a 1,000 people and i had been shooting events there for many years. it turned into a supermarket. and i got in. i shot the supermarket. you know and its transformation. even the owner of the restaurant the restaurant it's 50 years old. i said yeah. it looks awful. history. because i'm shooting history. and it's impressive because it's history because you can't repeat. it's gone it's gone. >> you stick with her, she'll teach you everything. >> cellphone photography that's going to be the generation. i think cellphones in the next two, three years, the big cameras are obsolete already. mirrorless camera is going to take over market and the cellphone is going to be better. but nobody's going to archive it. nobody's going to keep good history. everybody's going to take snapshots, but nobody's going to catalog. they don't c

. >>> chinatown alive with excitement. the chinese new year parade is happening after a pandemic pause. and huge crowds are expected. how organizers and police are preparing. >> reporter: bleacher seats along the route sold out quickly according to organizers who say enthusiasm is high as a you welcome back the chinese new year parade. >> it brings back tourism to chinatown who has been hit hard. >> reporter: the new year's parade is usually a huge draw as hundreds of thousands swarm to chinatown to celebrate. there will be dozens of extra uniformed officers and security volunteers from diverse backgrounds this year. >> we will have marshall order with us and people trained thank will be able to step into action if anything happens. >> reporter: the diversity a sign of solidarity and a lunar new year celebration a chance to show that in a proud and public way. >> we're super excited about that coming out. we're here to let people know we're here. we're not invisible. we have a voice and we want to show people we're going t

chinatown has seen a small business struggle, banquet halls remaining closed. finally in a year of tiger, we can celebrate this safely under the health order and bring in lunar new year in person after two long years. thank you. i -- i urge to have your support. >> clerk: supervisor haney? submit, thank you. supervisor mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: thank you. colleagues i'm asking that we adjourn today's meeting in memory of kim korsoro. she was the long time publisher of the san francisco bay times newspaper. she remained the editor and publisher of the bay area holdest lgbtq plus newspaper for the next three decades. this internet era i think it is easy to lose sight of the critical important role that papers like the b.a.r., the bay time played in the queer community. kim and the bay times provided coverage of the emerging hiv-aids crises to readers about breakthrough treatments and care. they were very involved in queer community politics and some here may be familiar with the role that kim and the bay times played in the removal san francisco police

it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to shoot chinatown store front nobody.n grand avenue. there was not a soul out walking around chinatown. a new asia restaurant, it used to be the biggest restaurant in chinatown. it can hold about a 1,000 people and i had been shooting events there for many years. it turned into a supermarket. and i got in. i shot the supermarket. you know, and its transformation. even the owner of the restaurant the restaurant, it's 50 years old. i said, yeah. it looks awful. history. because i'm shooting history. and it's impressive because it's history because you can't repeat. it's gone it's gone. >> you stick with her, she'll teach you everything. >> cellphone photography, that's going to be the generation. i think cellphones in the next two, three years, the big cameras are obsolete already. mirrorless camera is going to take over market and the cellphone is going to be better. but nobody's going to archive it. nobody's going to keep good history. everybody's going to take snapshots, but nobody's going to catalog. they don't care. >>

more affordable in chinatown and many families could become homeless.e all see enough market rate housing in the city now and with affordable housing being built, they are open for op i willcation and sever thousand families apply for it. you can see the need for affordable housing in my neighborhood and in the city. please consider the best interest for low income families and continue the discussion and let the community and the mayor's office have more time to coordinate in order to decide the legislation that is truly beneficial to our community. thank you and we have another sro family that is prepared to speak. >> hello. [speaking in foreign language] good afternoon. we are a family of four living in an sro unit in chinatown for 10 years and my two kids don't have space to do their homework not to mention a space to play and exercise. my kids are young and i have limited income. my husband and i work very hard, our incomes are not enough to reach the minimum requirement of affordable housing. we don't even qualify. my parent live in the unit becau

we're gonna try way to bring tourism back to you the chinatown businesses the chinatown area becauses been hit hard economically, especially for the past two years local shops restaurants. some of them haven't really made it and some of them are just hanging on by a thread and so this means a lot to us in in different ways as a as a lunar new year celebration. it is a celebration of the year the tiger it basically it is a stands for boldness and resiliency and new beginnings. a lot of people do want to come out to the parade. do you have any tips on the best places to watch in person sapd or the local law enforcement will start closing roads around 3 pm. so if you're planning to drive in the city at the last moment, i probably would recommend against that just in case just so that you don't get locked up in in traffic with one of the street closures and things like that. i would say get there early pick a place to watch any place on the parade route is probably the best maybe closest to union square so you can check out those fireworks as well at the end. there have been some concern

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it's like this really big, momentous events for the chinatown and everything. a lot of people love to watch. it's amazing and it really able to showcase the wonderful treasures of our culture that we have here in chinatown. oh, my god, look what we made like. it's so beautiful. stephanie mufson and her crew built the floats that are in the parade. more than two months of hard work finally wrapped up friday afternoon. many reflect the year of the tiger. there's a lot of moving elements he's going to greet the crowd looking left to right emerging from the water, and then there's some moving pieces at the back. the floats are made with lots of glitter, wood and foam. mufson says there were supply chain issues. some were made with foam recycled from old floats. yeah but there's no shortage of creativity. one float featured a bowl of noodles , a symbol of long life and tangerines for good luck. the return of the parade is a celebration of community. we're remembering how important it is to just gather as a community to share moments of art and culture and really con

you feel like chinatown is gonna roar back. it's gonna come back stronger and better in san francisco's chinatown. greg lee ktvu. fox two news. ktvu is a proud sponsor of saturday's chinese new year parade. you can watch our special broadcast of it next week, right here on ktvu can look for that. saturday, february 26th. that's my life. that's my family. i have human myself. i need my dog. a plate tonight for someone to return a dog stolen in oakland. coming up surveillance video shows how a thief got away with the dog. a crash into u. c. berkeley sorority house forces residents to make new living arrangements. and the warriors touchdown in cleveland ahead of the nba all star festivities. jason appelbaum will have all the details coming up a little bit later in sports. plus, we'll look ahead to tomorrow's sentencing in a case that has captured national attention coming up. why the former police officer who says she accidentally shot a man to death may get yep, it's go time on the most reliable network. you get unlimited for jus

through 5 am monday muni also says extra transit ambassadors will be on buses and a bus stops in chinatown to help riders and support drivers in keeping. everyone there safe and if you're going have a great time. we're on your site with david muir is next. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley and i'm karina nova for sandia patel and all of us here. thanks for inviting us into your homes tonight. our next newscast is 6pm connect 24/7 at abc 7 news.com. thanks for watching. >>> tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. president biden a short time ago on vladimir putin and russia. the president saying he believes putin has made his decision and that he will invade ukraine. the president saying there is still room for diplomacy, but that given u.s. intelligence and what they're seeing, that putin has decided to invade. and that the u.s. warnings for days that there could be a false-flag attack, a manufactured incident that could ignite something much larger, tonight authorities believe russian separatists might have staged a car explosion in eastern ukraine today. evacuations of senior

so welcome everyone to chinatown and to our community. the mayor and chief scott will be talking about public safety and on behalf of our community, particularly our seniors community, i'd like to welcome you all for this press conference. so as you know, back in may, the violence against the asian community and the seniors were already kind of increasing at the very alarming rate. i think back then, i remember the cases were around 2,000 to 3,000 cases of anti-asian hate and anti-asian incidents and i got a call in late april and may from ivy who is the mayor's policy director on safety and the mayor asked ivy to call me and sarah as to what our community needs because the attacks against our community had to be stopped. so, mayor, i want to stop and thank you for coming to us almost immediately when all this was happening and you asked and ivy asked me what i need, so i thought for one minute and said that as mayor to give me $30,000 to jump start the senior escorts program. it was a program that worked about 20 something years ago and

it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to shoot chinatown store front nobody. everybody on grand avenue. there was not a soul out walking around chinatown. a new asia restaurant it used to be the biggest restaurant in chinatown. it can hold about a 1,000 people and i had been shooting events there for many years. it turned into a supermarket. and i got in. i shot the supermarket. you know and its transformation. even the owner of the restaurant the restaurant it's 50 years old. i said yeah. it looks awful. history. because i'm shooting history. and it's impressive because it's history because you can't repeat. it's gone it's gone. >> you stick with her, she'll teach you everything. >> cellphone photography that's going to be the generation. i think cellphones in the next two, three years, the big cameras are obsolete already. mirrorless camera is going to take over market and the cellphone is going to be better. but nobody's going to archive it. nobody's going to keep good history. everybody's going to take snapshots, but nobody's going to catalog. they don't c