. >>> later, chinatown's cuisine. the star of the show, where to go and what to try during san francisco restaurant week. >>> good evening. this is nbc bay area news tonight. i'm jessica aguirre. we are going to begin with the motive. new revelations about the murder of cash app founder, tech executive bob lee. 38-year-old mina momeni made his first court appearance today. here is what we've learned. according to newly released court documents, the murder was caught on a surveillance camera, and the stabbing may have stemmed from a fight over momeni's sister. that sister, kazar momeni was at today's court appearance. cameras not allowed in the court, but our reporters say they went inside and the hearing was brief and that nima momeni made a heart symbol with his hands and his sister and her husband made the same symbol back. the arraignment was pushed back to later this month. he's going to stay in jail until then. so what exactly happened leading up to that crime? here's what court documents reveal today. events beg

so, unless joe kept his corvette in chinatown, we really hope they were safe in chinatown.re wouldn't be any spies in chinatown, right? don't worry, nancy said it was safe. >> to everyone we should come to chinatown, precautions have been taken by our city. we know that there is a concern about tourism, traveling all throughout the world but we think it's very safe to be in chinatown. >> jesse: we looked at the map and it looks like biden put his classified documents next to a china buffet. excuse me are you all out of general tao's chicken? i will see the pee king docs biden has been caught transporting our top secrets all over the place. boxes of documents went from the white house to the u penn biden to chinatown which we're now just finding out about to delaware to boston. was hunter driving them around with his fang fang, jiaqi bao riding shot? hey, dad, it's hunter china moon bay fridge is full don't worry jiaqi found a totally safe llc across the street. we thought the garage was bad. but joe managed to outdo himself, didn't he? isn't there is a word for this? >> whe

history project then became the chinatown history museum. and back in the when i discovered that my chin grandfather, who i did not know growing up because i was estranged from that side of the family, i knew from his obituary that he had an oral history at the museum and all the way back then i was in search of that oral history. i did not get my hands on that oral history until some something years later. but i, i can say i would love to give a shout out to all of the many people who are working in local, particularly archives is for marginalized communities where larger museums are not saving these important archives of individuals who are important to stories. tell if if those young historians did not do that work back then i don't think i could have done, you know, significant sections of this book. so it's a shout out to those folks and. i know that you as well used to work at that museum. am i correct? professor liu? yes, yeah. that was the amazing piece of this was that when i picked up the book and saw mott street as the title i had

they're kind of a staple when you go to chinatown.ot of them were destroyed because of the recent storms. they're kind of looking worse for the where, right? now bridge builders in our community saw a need and they're stepping forward to replace them. but as betty yu is about to show you, there's a cost. >> you can tell that the hail has really done some damage here. >> reporter: chinatown's famous lanterns that have dressed up grand avenue for the last ten years took a beating during recent storms. they were no match against the hail, heavy rain, and strong winds. mother nature left them in such bad shape. an entire block of lanterns had to be taken down. many that are left are torn. >> we are pretty heartbroken actually. and a lot of the store owners afterward asked la >> reporter: lanterns symbolize love and prosperity. jenny chan, associate director of the chinatown merchant's association has partnered with the non-profit be chinatown to launch a fundraising effort for three blocks of new lanterns. cofounder lily low said they are

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jenny chan, associate director of the chinatown merchant association has partnered with be chinatown to start a fund raising effort for new lanterns. the cofounder lily low says that are more than just a photoop. >> they are the beauty and symbolism of chinatown. without the lanterns, i feel like there is no color. >> a lot of people come to chinatown, take photos of the lanterns. it helps us a lot because people look at instagram. >> reporter: in fact, during our interview, we saw people doing just that. taking photos with the lanterns in the background. each string of lanterns costs about a thousand dollars. including labor and materials. this time around, they plan to hire contractors to properly install each string. and to improve its life span. >> this is something new and challenging for us. but we are going to find innovative ways to secure it with better brackets for the new lanterns and also, if we overfund raise, we will also install lanterns on the 500 block of grant avenue since the store owners always complain about safety. >> reporter: its goal is $50,000. the two group

keeping chinatown safe after a rise in crime and a decline in business. our new efforts to stop the crime really working. >>> standing up for abortion access with the supreme court's most recent decision, vice president harris makes a surprise appearance at a rally in southern california. >> sunny skies and flowers blooming everywhere. another day of spring like weather. we are checking in on your microclimate forecast. >>> the new starts right now. thanks for joining us. san francisco chinatown has seen tourism numbers and neighborhood economy plummet as crime has started since the pandemic. late last year the city added millions of dollars in overtime for increase please control and the community investor program. we were in chinatown today to see if the city's efforts are working at the neighborhood celebrates springtime in the year of the rabbit. >> in san francisco's chinatown the rabbit represents longevity and good fortune. thousands of faces packing the street at the festival as a sign of good fortune after a few years of bad luck with a very publ

really feeling as they come to chinatown. are they feeling safer? the chinatown annual springtime festival. >> over the past couple of months, we have been having a really, really hard time with what people try to say we are. >> reporter: the mayor sees signs of the good old days and the thousands of faces packing the street. >> the people out here today demonstrate clearly that they love this city. they enjoy this city. they are having a good time in san francisco. >> reporter: following covid restrictions it has been tough for the neighborhood to bounce back. a washington dc family says they have seen videos and pictures of crime in chinatown, but came anyway. >> we have been feeling safe and feeling fine. a beautiful day. >> reporter: after spending millions more dollars on police patrols an adding a few unarmed community ambassadors to the downtown and the tourism corridor, city leaders and merchants say public opinion and the economy is turning around. >> it will help tremendously. we are lucky we are one of the few dist

betty yu is in chinatown with moore. >> reporter: the owner of this chinatown boba shop here on broadway. he says it has been a rough two years for the family business. video shows a woman walking past an already broken glass door, and she immediately goes for the tip jar and later comes around the counter and breaks open the register. she helps herself to all the cash inside before she leaves. the thief pulled it off in less than two minutes. about 10 minutes later, another burglar comes in and tries to see what he can take from the register, but did not have any luck. he does get his hands on tablets for apps like door dash and grubhub, then he makes his way upstairs and swipes a printer, cash and a purse. >> i was really, really sad. i was feeling optimistic when the rain was finally gone, and we would have a good weekend, sunny day. >> reporter: this is how the owner found her front door the next day. >> i had to claw my way in. >> reporter: nancy's two sons and her husband help her run the small business in chinatown. nancy decided that it was too expensive to replace the glass wind

chinatown merchants association wants to go from the campaign with a nonprofit called the chinatown to replace these lanterns and today they reached their goal which is fantastic. you cannot imagine chinatown without the lanterns. we have a link to their gofundme on our website. some of the donations driven from the bay area to a flood damage section of the central coast. see what a difference it made to the people receiving them. >> plus a look at what is next in the historic case against donald trump ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you can beat it! ♪ visit youcanbeatit.org or call 833-422-4255 to ask for medication to treat covid-19. we are grocery outlet and we are your bargain bliss market. what's bargain bliss? you know that feeling you get when you find the name brands you know and love, but for way, way less? that's bargain bliss. it's grocery outlet's 20% off wine sale going on now till april 11 we have hundreds of wines sure to pair with any gathering. so act now because these deals won't last long. stop in and save today ♪ grocery outlet bargain market ♪ >> building a better bay area, moving forward

ama: a san francisco family living in a 100 square feet unit in chinatown will get to go to the whitese. dan: they were chosen for a trip to the annual easter egg role. >> to every day, a one hundred square-foot unit in chinatown, san francisco, packed with all her personal belongings. she, her husband and their 15 and nine-year-old daughters have lived there for 11 years. they pay $700 a month to live in a 10 by 10 unit in a single room occupancy hotel in sro. it is tough to see, even tougher for most people to process. >> these are communal living situations. the rooms are typically 80 to 100 square feet. no private kitchens, private baths. you are sharing all facilities. >> our news partner and a reporter have 10 extensive reporting on these challenging sro housing conditions. it is why the executive director was floored when the white house and a group called national capacity reached out to chinatown community development center asking who they should invite to the annual easter egg role. >> we were blown away because how often do you get to go to the white house and role easter

now, the chinatown merchants association plans to apply for grants. i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> all right. well, coming up on the kron 4 morning news, are new plans to address homelessness throughout the state. what will governor newsom approve that plan? and one man is on a mission to tackle open air drug markets in soma and in the tenderloin. we'll have the details in the next half hour. former president trump will go to trial until next year. the details after the break. >> well, the epa announcing a settlement wednesday with valero after numerous violations in the north bay over the past 6 years after significant chemical incidents in benicia in 2017 19 inspectors found the refinery in violation of numerous safety codes, including failure to report the release of hazardous substances last year. the bay area air quality management district found valero have been illegally releasing dangerous hydrocarbons into the air from 2003 to 2019. also, cal osha fined valero just over $500,000 last year. violations that led to the death of a wor

my dad came from chinatown and got. came from chinatown and got involved with drugs and so on and it'shat she was before, he had a rough childhood and back on and then to actually turn over a new leaf and grow a business from ground up. when he started we were young and we went to his office and we hung out and watch them work sometimes. he's more of an artist, a creative, so he would draw designs and we would watch him convert those 2d designs into 3d products and i thought that was amazing. in 2016 he wasn't doing so well and back then my dad always said whatever he had he was going to give it to us in any way. that's when i started. my brotherjoined in 2019 so i thought i would try and give it a shot to manage the company back then. and he thought it was a good idea. to pass on the bets on. i guess it's not easy giving up control after more than 30 years of running the business. sirthere than 30 years of running the business. sir there are a few parts where still wanted to come back in and control for lack of a better word. it wasn't that easy relationship wise between us but we wor

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they functioned as an extra layer of security for those who live and work in chinatown.t's something chan says has been even more vital amid the rise and anti-asian hate crimes and a lot of the residents in the sro. they really like taking evening strolls, but it could get dark in the alleys and on the streets the lanterns at a sense of safety because it's they're lit up at night. they're also a big draw for visitors looking for that. perfect. san francisco photo op. i mean, can you imagine grand avenue without lanterns for the tourists? so yeah, we're working on it right now and we have a lot of challenges in our tours season already. so yeah, hopefully we'll get them done before the summer crossing fingers for good fortune in chinatown this crates abc 7 news. good fortune indeed. well two birds one stone how a plan to help some of the south bay's homeless could lead to a long-term solution for flooding that story ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪ you can beat it! ♪ visit youcanbeatit.org or call 833-422-4255 to ask for medication to treat covid-19. we've got our vision... ...and so much to

the police station in the chinatown neighbourhood.— police station in the chinatown neighbourhood.hbourhood. the man on the right and the man on _ neighbourhood. the man on the right and the man on the - neighbourhood. the man on the right and the man on the left i right and the man on the left are both new york city residents and they face charges of conspiring to act as agents for china and obstruction of justice. that is our programme here on bbc news. do stay with us, thanks for watching. hello there. we've started this week off on a pretty warm note. in fact, many parts of the uk saw the warmest day of the year so far on monday. however, over the next few days, those temperatures will be coming down as we pick up a chilly easterly breeze. and there could even be a bit of rain in places by the end of the week. now, high pressure dominates the scene over the next few days, sitting across scandinavia, bringing this easterly breeze. but more icy bars on the chart mean that easterly wind picks up and we'll start to see these weather fronts rolling in off the near continent, bringin

families gathered at a playground on sacramento street for the chinatown springtime festival.here were big basket giveaways, diy arts cras, photo booth, scavenger hunt, and carnival games. children got to hunt for eggs inside of a colorful big patch. city officials recognized the ho. there is no other chinatown on the planet that is this incredible. come on down and enjoy it. let's come out of the doom and gloom and get into the mood of spring. dion: local chinatown restaurants provided special discounts today, which will continue through the weekend. just ahead, something else special is happening in san francisco. the city is celebrating a birthday. why 415 defines the city by the bay and more ways than one. taking a live look outside, not a cloud in the sky, but get ready for a change in temperatures. we will talk about the cooler air moving in in your accuweather forecast. sports anchor: from gold and one center here in sacramento, game one of the warriors and kings first round playoff series. i had a yeah, that's the only food. they have broccoli smoothies, and broccoli p

it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to shoot chinatown store front nobody.nd 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. >> i wa

watch. >> check out these chinatown lanterns. can see a gaping hole that was left from the storms that tore right through them. now there are 3 blocks of lanterns that need to be replaced, costing a total of $90,000. but for business owners in chinatown, they say it's worth every penny and the wind. it was. >> it was in saying that we have to call so one out there to take down the 800 block slant or jenny chan works for the chinatown merchants association, the organization that independently paid for installed the red lanterns 10 years ago after the relentless storms tore them apart. the association is working to raise enough money to replace lanterns on 3 blocks cost about $30,000 per block to the chinese community. the red lanterns are more than light fixtures over symbolize prosperity, energy and life. >> i think they are not just lanterns in our culture, but really symbols of hope and prosperity. >> in the attract tourists to chinatown, helping shop owners like the owner of gen-z gems time to think >> the business to check ou

sarah. >> well, check out these chinatown lanterns. you can see a gaping hole that was left from the storms that tore right through them. now there are 3 blocks of lanterns that need to be replaced, costing a total of $90,000. but for business owners in chinatown, they say it's worth every penny. >> and the wind, it was it was insane that we have to call. so went out there to take down the 800 block slant or jenny chan works for the chinatown merchants association, the organization that independently paid for installed. >> the red lanterns 10 years ago after the relentless storms tore them apart. the association is working to raise enough money to replace lanterns on 3 blocks cost about $30,000 per block to the chinese community. the red lanterns are more than light fixtures over symbolize prosperity and energy and life. >> and i think they are not just lanterns in our culture, but really symbols of hope and prosperity. >> in the attract tourists to chinatown, helping shop owners like the owner of gen-z gems time to think >> the busine

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

now, the chinatown merchants association plans to apply for grants. i'm sara stinson reporting back to you. >> ok, sarah, thank you. now turning to national news this morning, the president of taiwan met with house speaker kevin mccarthy on u.s. soil marking a significant step now in u.s. taiwan. relations the meeting is already drawing some bed blowback from china. our dc correspondent anna wiernicki. >> is live with the latest on this story. hi, anne. good morning. will house speaker kevin mccarthy hosted the president of taiwan in california on wednesday to really emphasize u.s. support for the island. but >> china reacted to this meeting saying they were upset with it and threatened to retaliate. >> standing side by side at the ronald reagan presidential library in california on wednesday, house speaker kevin mccarthy and the president of taiwan say the u.s. tie. one relationship has never been str nger. we take our support for the people of taiwan. seriously. the president of taiwan, thanks, mccarthy and warned their democracy is under threat as

now, the chinatown merchants association plans to apply for grants.porting back to you. >> thank you, sarah. 7.21. that i palo alto police are searching for a basement prowler. that's after a man in his 80's was at home with his wife when he heard noises coming from the basement when he went to investigate. he says he saw a man ru up the stairs from the basement and out onto the street and into the darkness. this happened just before midnight sunday on university avenue near middlefield road which is just east of el camino. the man says far as you can tell, nothing was stolen. but police are now looking to see if anybody else has had a similar experience and who might be behind it. we'll take a break at 7.22. coming up after the break. valero energy corp. >> that corporation now agreeing to pay after multiple safety violations were reported in the north bay. explain what happened. people are always like, “what's retta short for?” mother teretta. [ angelic sound ] i'm a papertarian. it's like being a vegetarian, only i don't chew paper, i choose paper.

reporter: and from there it came to be that they would go along with chinatown cdc -- a chinatown cdc staffer who was an interpreter reporter: we asked her what it means to go. >> she would have only dreamed of this opportunity and she is very happy and very thankful. she is very excited that she might have a chance to see the president. [laughter] reporter: a huge challenge of the trip was how to get her and her daughter and staff member to the white house. wednesday, the chinatown cdc launched a gofundme campaign hoping to raise $6,000 for last minute airfare, transportation, and lodging. a day later, they surpassed their goal. >> that is quite amazing. thank you to the entire san francisco community. reporter: the translator says she was nearly moved to tears. >> she felt happy and sad at the same time because she has rarely traveled outside of san francisco and the space is obviously very confined in an sro. she is extreme the grateful and she says she hopes the community will continue to support more people. kristen: people came through for them. larry: i'm so happy. to go from o

dion: an iconic part of san francisco's chinatown took a hit during recent storms.ommunity is asking for help. dan: abc 7 anchor liz kreutz reports about a fundraising effort to replace red lanterns on grand avenue. ♪ liz: a place to find by the sound of music, the smell of good food and for the last 10 years, the sight of these iconic red lanterns on grand avenue. >> the red lanterns are a symbol of love and hope and prosperity. liz: look up now and you may notice something slightly off. on one block, they are gone and in the places they are still hanging. >> they just look tattered and old. liz: the reason is the recent weather. the atmospheric river's and windstorms that pummeled the bay area took a toll on the delicate paper lanterns, ripping them up and treading them into pieces. >> so as you can see, they are in bad shape. liz: eva and jackie are with nonprofit be chinatown to replace the lanterns. >> any support is very helpful. >> the project is not cheap. each strand of lanterns cost a thousand dollars and the need to replace three blocks of them. it is a c

reporter: just two days later one mile away, eight businesses in chinatown were also hit including the new gold-medal restaurant. >> it happened to my restaurant. really. those people don't fear anything. reporter: their security video shows the same suspects walking over from her business with huge wire cutter's heading toward lounge chinatown which suffered at least $36,000 worth of damage all caught on camera. >> we are all going through it. it does not matter what race, what kind of business you have. they want it and we have to protect it. reporter: they reached out immediately to former neighbors at lounge chinatown, meeting up over the weekend to collaborate on ideas to protect businesses in both neighborhoods. the oakland chinatown improvement council says they have already made some changes in terms of after-hours private security but it is going to cost them. >> one thing i can do and i have done is increase the nighttime patrol solely on ocic we cannot keep it up much longer. reporter: something they say that i was already made a difference after catching a burglary in proce

my dad grew up in chinatown and got - up in chinatown and got involved with drugs and stuff like thatgiven what it was before. he had a rough childhood and background and then to actually turnover a new leaf and build a business the ground up, when he first started we were young and we went to his office and we hung out and watched him work sometimes. he was more of an artist, creative, so he withdrawn some designs and we would watch him convert those to the designs in the 3d products ——we would draw some designs. i thought that was amazing. injune 2016 he was not doing so well and back then, my dad said whatever he had, he was going to give it to us anyway. that's when i started. my brotherjoined in 2019. i thought i would try to give it a shot to manage the company back then. he thought it was a good idea. pass on the button. i guess is not easy giving up control after more than 30 years of running the business —— baton. there are a few parts where he wanted to come back in and control, for lack of a better word! it was not that easy, relationship wise, between us but we worked thro

. >> just two days later a mile away, eight businesses in chinatown were also hit, including the new gold-medal restaurant ransacked. >> it happened to my restaurant. those people don't fear anything. the same suspects walking over from her business with huge wire cutters in hand, heading toward lambs chinatown which, as we've reported, suffered at least $36,000 of damage all caught on camera. >> we are all going through. it doesn't matter what race, what kind of business you have. they want it and we have to protect it. >> the co-owner reached out immediately to her former neighbors at lambs chinatown, meeting up over the weekend to collaborate on ideas to protect businesses in both neighborhoods. the open-chinatown improvement council says they've already started to make some changes in terms of after-hours private security, but it's going to cost them. >> the one thing i can do is to increase the nighttime patrol. we can't keep it up much longer. >> after catch progress early sunday morning, near 14th and madison. >> they saw our units and they stopped what they were doing and ran

her gift shop also in chinatown was broken into. that time, she lost around $4,000. nancy says she's seen a slight improvement when it comes to police control but urges support from the public. >> come to chinatown to help us out. >> reporter: and city leaders. >> it's up to the politicians. you can help us. i don't know what to say. i don't know how people can help us, but give us a peaceful and safe environment so we can survive. >> reporter: we reached out to the supervisor's office for comment but didn't hear back. gia vang, "today in the bay." >>> happening this weekend, bart is doing major track work on its busiest line. the yellow line that runs from antioch to sfo. crews are doing the work between aringa and rock ridge. free buses will replace service between the two stations. bart says riders can expect delays of about 30 minutes in that area. >>> this weekend is the first of five weekends throughout june for the track work. bart says it is replacing and updating old equipment. >>> at 7:11, minimum wage is going up for workers on the peninsula. coming up on

in chinatown there are 30 restaurants to choose from like golden king vietnamese restaurant. >> hard for everybody not only me. but we try to hold on to it and we try to make it happen to keep people coming back to chinatown. >> there are a lot of different types of cuisine. we have bakery which is what probably most people know chinatown is about but also where this restaurant is right now, a lot of different types of pastry restaurants, taiwanese cuisine, cantonese home style cuisines. a lot of floral shops as well. you seat two or three people for $15. >> for a list of participating restaurants we have links on nbc bay area.com as restaurant week goes until april 23rd. >>> up next, allergies have been extremely difficult to deal with this spring. so how do you know if it is just allergies or you're actually sick? what to look out for. >>> our response team has an invitation for you. >> yes we do. we have that plus a recent win where a viewer had been grinding his gears. >> reporter: good friday evening. let's run the numbers. first more than 600 people have filed complaints with u

edward sue is t chinatown merchants united of san francisco. leaders say there is help thanks to a $30,000 donation from the rose pack foundation. some businesses will get a new security camera. >> they do not have to go through bureaucracy and they can easily install these cameras much faster. reporter: local leaders say the cameras will be a big help. >> it will help the police in identifying. reporter: others say the cameras will be a deterrent to criminals. >> when you walk in to chinatown we will be watching you. reporter: a lot of businesses already have security cameras but community leaders say the grant money will give more mom-and-pop businesses a chance to install better quality cameras outside their place. >> 80% of stores already have inside cameras. but only a right now we are looking for a professional one outside. >> kathleen has several cameras inside her store. she and several other business owners have concerns. here. reporter: a bakery in chinatown sf has been broken into before. surveillance video captured it. >> we have tw

they recognize the vibrancy of chinatown. >> no other chinatown on the planet that is this incrediblest come on down and enjoy it. get into spring. dion: local chinatown restaurants also provided special discounts today which will continue through the weekend. we are hoping the sun continues as well. francis is joining us now to look at the weather. francis: you saw how gorgeous it was in the video with all that sunshine. tomorrow, another beautiful day to end our weekend. we will start off with live doppler 7. very quiet, not even much cloud cover. that will allow temperatures to cool down. right now, here is a view from the east bay hills. temperatures already dropping into the 40's. santa rosa is 44. livermore, 47. and concord is still hanging on to 50 degrees. we also take you to another live shot from the tower. you can see the camera shaking a bit, the wind is picking up and they are higher in the higher elevations. little change for tomorrow we are tracking possible showers, more like sprinkles monday night into early tuesday. might wake up tuesday morning wondering if it had r

the chinatown merchant association put them up over a decade ago.ince then, they have become a symbol of san francisco's chinatown. they are beautiful and iconic and they light up the street. business owners want to replace them. they have already gotten grants and donations. but they are asking for help to cover the rest. >> the tourists come and take pictures with our lanterns. we don't want to disappoint any tourists. our tourism is taking quite a hit from covid. >> shop owners are hoping they can get the lanterns back up before summer. they have set up a go fund me page. >>> here is a live look at san francisco where the city is trying to fix windows that have been falling from high-rises. today, mayor london breed announced an end to the city's 30 year inspection exemption for 71 of the city's tallest buildings. they have to provide a complete inspection of their facade within the next six months. this comes after several high- rise windows cracked in wind storms fell to the ground. our investigative unit reported that exemption existed. the su

. >>> in san francisco, a shop in chinatown was hit by two burglaries in one night.s not the first time they've had to deal with something like this over the last year. >> reporter: the owner of this chinatown shop on broadway and grant took over the space during the pandemic in 2021. it's been a rough two years for the family-run business. video shows a woman casually walk through an already broken glass door into the cafe after 4:00 a.m. thursday. she immediately goes for the tip jar and later comes around the counter and breaks open the register. she helps herself to the cash inside before th thief pulled it off in less than two minutes. ten minutes later, another burglar tries to see what he can take from the register but didn't have luck. he does get his hands on tablets for apps like door dash and grubhub. he makes his way upstairs and swipes a printer, cash, and a purse. >> i was feeling really down. i was feeling optimistic when the rain was finally gone and we were going to have a good weekend, sunny day. >> reporter: this is how the owner nancy found her fr

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

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

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

so many people come here for chinatown and that whole experience.able to do that. >> what can we expect today. yesterday was perfect. >> it was. today will be a repeat. a little bit warmer in inland areas than the coast of course but as we take a live look outside, we are already in store for good weather. it is mostly clear. the golden gate bridge is soaked in fog. we see a thin marine layer over oakland where temperatures are in the low 50s, upper 40s in santa rosa. into the afternoon it is mostly sunny. mild conditions on futurecast, we'll see high clouds later tonight. this is the 6:00 hour. showers stay to the north luckily into the overnight hours. we are waking up with clouds tomorrow and sunny skies into the afternoon. tomorrow we are going to be experiencing some of the breeziest conditions we will see all week. here is what we are looking at this morning along. light winds across the bay area, calm in oakland. we will see winds ramp up a hair more into the afternoon but this is normal. into our morning hours tomorrow, we are starting with

i hope people come to chinatown more often to help the small businesses.usiness and we are very welcoming to them. >>> as state and local officials begin mandating electric only appliances, john ramos introduces us to one couple in the south bay feeling the shock of trying to switch to electric. >> reporter: these homes ar older. mike's house is more than 100 years old and he has to climb under the house to get to the furnace and water heater. he and his wife thought they would do the right thing and replace gas appliances with electric but the problem doesn't lie with the appliances. >> that's it. >> reporter: to accommodate new demand, electrical panel needs to be updated which is something they were willing to pay an electrician to do. >> we started getting to various pge rules that make it difficult to replace a panel in place. >> reporter: rules say a new panel cannot be too close to the gas meter even though that's where many were installed in the past as an easy way for pge to read the meters. they were told they would need a steel post in their nar

he was like did you realize were family members have done such a good engagement in chinatown during period in time where it was several decades into chinese exclusion, and they were not able to vote. so they were completely disenfranchised, bright and terms of the political process. did you realize this is going on, and i said, no, i did not. so i i had heard of the chinese equal rights leak and the person who was to the proponent to integrated the chinese equal rights leak, and so this was a league of a merchants and chinese all across the country who were lobbying to stop the continuation of chinese exclusion on the bus, and so they got together in newark, pennsylvania, bent -- philadelphia, even a boston to gather, documents gather signatures speaking out against the continuation of exclusion in 1892. i will let you read the book in order to find out what happened, but i was incredibly moved by the work that they had done. and i later on found more documents and found more books where the writer from the newspaper ended up writing an entire book about the person it was the person

city officials recognized the vibrancy of the chinatown neighborhood. >> there is no other chinatownn the planet that is this incredible. come down and enjoy it. get into the mood of spring. liz: some restaurants in chinatown are offering special discounts this weekend. live look from our golden gate bridge camera. both sides of the sidewalks are closed in anticipation of a race. they will open after 10:00 this morning. it will start at chrissy field at 8:00. it is to help at-risk youth join outdoor education programs. there is a 10 mile race, 10k, and 5k fun run. a pancake breakfast will be held at the finish line. what is the weather going to be like, lisa? lisa: we are starting off cool in the 40's. we have cloud cover except for napa and concorde and the wind is breezy. that will indicate a cooler day today but we will have sun. the activity to the north will feel the tighter pressure gradients, meaning the wind, throughout the day. the cooler air mass follows, increasing clouds today. parts of the north bay looking like a cool monday, tuesday. by wednesday we turn things around.

francisco's chinatown. it's a place to find by the sound of music, the smell of good food. and for the last 10 years, the sight of these iconic red lanterns framing bustling grant avenue, the red lanterns, actually our symbol of love, and it's hope and actually prosperity. but look up now and you may notice something slightly off on one block. they're gone and in the places they're still hanging. they just look very tattered and old. the reason is the recent weather. look at that. the atmospheric rivers and windstorms that pummeled the bay area took a toll on the delicate paper lanterns, ripping them up and, in some cases, shredding them into pieces. so as you could see there in pretty bad shape evenly and jenny channel with the china town merchants association launched a go fund me campaign with the nonprofit b e. chinatown to replace the lanterns any amount and any support is very helpful. project isn't cheap. each strand of lanterns cost roughly $1000 and they need to replace he blocks of them. it's a cost, they say, is worth it. since the lanterns were first installed a

chinatown to replace the lanterns, so any amount and any support is very helpful. project isn't cheap. each strand of lanterns cost roughly $1000, and they need to replace three blocks of them. it's a cost, they say, is worth it. since the lanterns were first installed a decade ago, they functioned as an extra layer of security for those who live and work in chinatown. it's something chance says has been even more vital amid the rise in anti asian hate crimes, and a lot of the residents in the s r o. they really like taking evening strolls, but, um, it could get really dark in the alleys and on the streets the lanterns at a sense of safety because it's their lit up at night. there are also a big draw for visitors looking for that perfect san francisco photo op. i mean, can you imagine grant avenue without lanterns for the tourists? so yeah, we're working on it right now, and we have a lot of challenges in the arturs season already, so yeah, hopefully it will get them done before the summer crossing fingers for good fortune. and good news. in a few days, donations h

kumasi: small businesses in chinatown have a new resource to fight crime.undation is funding 100 new security cameras. the goal is to help get video of things like break-ins so that police can identify criminals. a lot of businesses in chinatown have security cameras, but the grant money will offer more mom-and-pop places a chance to install a chance to install better quality cameras. >> they don't have to go through bureaucracy, they can easily install the cameras in a much faster way. n, the effort to restoredo the iconic red lanterns has quickly met its fundraising goal. we brought you the story earlier this week. the lanterns were badly damaged in the recent storms, you can see from the video how torn and tattered they were from the wind and hail that we got. each strand of lanterns cost about $1000. there are about three blocks of them along grand avenue that need to be replaced. within 24 hours, chinatown reached the goal they set for a gofundme campaign. julian: starting this month, you can do yoga surrounded by drafts, zebras and more. the san franc

they allegedly conducted these operations from a floor in an office building in manhattan's chinatownou mentioned there. the key here is that they never notified the attorney general that they were acting as agents of a foreign government as they are required to do. so what they did is allegedly close the police station when they realized they were being investigated. the fbi eventually got an authorized search of the building and were able to question the men. prosecutors say they admitted that they had deleted their communications with their chinese government official they were in touch with in order to obstruct the fbi's probe. so the complaint goes into that specific police station, but also, even earlier, there were attempts to locate people of interest in the united states, including pro-democracy advocates living in california and trying to intimidate them. >> this is not the only report of china having some sort of shadow operation in other countries. what do we know from those countries, and what has china been saying about all of these latest discoveries? reporter: that's e

even removed many boxes to chinatown. can you believe that? million from china, where did that come from? i guess they were banking on hunters expertise. others stored in unsecured offices in pennsylvania, strewn over his garage floor where his famous corvette is also stored. all over the floor, including classified documents. but that's ok. perhaps, most importantly, he has 1850 boxes in delaware, which he is refusing to give up, but isn't that real obstruction? that's obstruction. as president, i have the right to declassify documents. and the process is automatic, if i take them with me, it's automatic, declassified. biden was vice president. he had absolutely no right to declassify his vice president. he doesn't come under the noncriminal residential record act, he comes under the very criminal federal records act, unfortunately for him. but it won't matter because they don't follow the law, which has severe penalties. he had classified documents that he took while he was a senator. which is absolutely inexcusable, and other senators, incl

. >> replay see iconic red lanterns in san francisco's chinatown. and many of those were damaged. some of them even destroyed during the recent storms hanging new ones comes with a big price tag. kron 4 sarah stinson joins us live in the studio is what it's going to take to get those lanterns replaced. yeah. well, 3 blocks of land turns destroyed by the storming. >> take a look at this. you see the gaping hole inside the lanterns. the storms really tore through them and it's going to cost about $90,000 to replace them. but for business owners i spoke with in chinatown, it's worth every penny. >> and the wind, it was it was insane that we have to call so one out there to take down the 800 block slant or jenny chan works for the chinatown merchants association, the organization that independently paid for installed. >> the red lanterns 10 years ago after the relentless storms tore them apart. the association is working to raise enough money to replace lanterns on 3 blocks cost about $30,000 per block to the chinese community. the red lanterns are more than light fixtures over symbol

and parts of chinatown. to pg, and e s latest information, they expect an estimate power to be restored to this remaining 6000 customers by noon today, but we'll continue to check with them and see if that's still the timeline live in san francisco ali rasmus ktvu oxygen news. thank you, thomas 5 32 happening today, governor newsom will fly to the nation's capital, he will be raising money for president biden's reelection campaign will be back here in california on saturday. earlier this month, governor newsom towards several red states, launching his new political action committee, called the campaign for democracy. former arkansas governor asa hutchinson is running for president. hutchinson who is a republican, made his announcement on the steps of a courthouse in bentonville, arkansas. he has been a member of the house of representatives and worked in the department of homeland security. now he says, donald trump should drop out of the presidential campaign since he was indicted by a new york grand jury l