abc7 news reporter ryan curry shows us how chinatown plans to overcome this obstacle. >> a vibrant chinatownn friday with locals and tourists crowding the streets. leaders in this community hope it looks even busier once apec starts in november. >> it's a world known gathering, so the whole world is going to be looking at san francisco this week. >> sfmta announced numerous street closures and public transit changes to make apec as secure as possible. part of those security measures could limit access to chinatown. on friday, chinatown leaders met with sfmta to talk about how to limit the impact on tourism. despite the changes, all the regular routes that might be in that area are going to be rerouted. and this line built with the intention of making it easier for people to access chinatown. but with one of the biggest conferences coming to san francisco in decades, this line won't be running. sfmta has to make adjustments. we'll be able to run high frequency sea shuttle trains between union square, market street station and chinatown. >> this is very important for us to make sure we maintai

but heavy security during the event will close muni lines leading to chinatown.ven news reporter, ryan curry shows us how chinatown plans to overcome this obstacle. all. for a vibrant chinatown down on friday with locals and tourists crowding the streets, leaders in this community hope it looks even busier once apec starts in november. >> it's a world known gathering, so the whole world is going to be looking at san francisco this week, sfmta announced numerous street closures and public transit changes to make apec as secure as possible. >> part of those security measures could limit access to chinatown on friday, chinatown leaders met with sfmta to talk about how to limit the impact on tourism. despite the changes, all the regular routes that might be in that area are going to be rerouted. this line built with the intention of making it easier for people to access chinatown. but with one of the biggest conferences coming to san francisco in decades, this line won't be running sfmta has to make adjustments. >> we'll be able to run high frequency tsay shuttle tra

part of those security measures could limit access to chinatown on friday.hinatown leaders met with sfmta to talk about how to limit the impact on tourism. despite the changes. >> all the regular routes that might be in that area are going to be rerouted. >> this line built with the intention of making it easier for people to access chinatown. but with one of the biggest conferences coming to san francisco in decades, this line won't be running. sfmta has to make adjustments. >> we'll be able to run high frequency tsay shuttle trains between union square market street station and chinatown. this is very important for us to make sure we maintain strong connectivity to chinatown in addition to that, sfmta will send text messages, emails and public notices to let people know of the changes. >> lee, with the chinatown merchants association says they need to make sure anyone traveling from apec to chinatown is aware of the alternate routes she envisions. a lot of people at apec touring the rest of the city, and they're going to have a cable car over at moscone ce

chinatown is aware of the alternate routes she envisions.ot of people at apec touring the rest of the city, and they're going to have a cable car over at moscone center, where people can take pictures so there that can remind them and say, yeah, come on over to visit the rest of the city. she says apec could bring thousands of people to chinatown , a big boost to the local businesses. she asks everyone to come together to show the beauty of san francisco. >> we're probably the most one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and we should all take that to our heart. and this is our time. ryan curry, abc7 news. >> we are keeping you up to date with the latest information as the bay area gets ready for apec to get alerts like this one sent to your mobile device. just download the abc7 news app and enable your push notifications when we return. a historic restaurant in san francisco's chinatown is now facing eviction . plus the race to get more americans home. the latest on the war in the middle east. plus, how some university students in th

you know, frankly, with the lack of thought around how to connect chinatown, you know, to the heart of the activities. >> despite the road closures and the numerous public transit detours, businesses in chinatown are still taking precautions, preparing for a massive influx of people. >> we one business we don't mind to be delayed, but as long we got business. >> kevin shannon, his staff at the golden gate fortune cookie factory are working long hours. he expects thousands to visit his store during apec. >> they make more cookies now to get prepared because cookies don't just come like that. it takes takes a lot of time for one by one by hand. see, they see me folding, a lot of folding, but it is work. >> he is excited about because he wants to see chinatown looking like it did before the pandemic. chinatown leaders say in order to achieve that, they plan to meet with sfmta about ways to bust in conference attendees without hindering security. >> there was a lot of hope that, you know, apec was going to be that thing, you know, that just kind of got us going again. and i still think it

to chinatown is aware of the alternate routes she envisions. a lot of people at apec touring the rest of the city, and they're going to have a cable car over at moscone center where people can take pictures. >> so there that can remind them and say, yeah, come on over to visit the rest of the city. >> she says apec could bring thousands of people to chinatown, a big boost to the local businesses. she asks everyone to come together to show the beauty of san francisco . >> we're probably the most one of the most beautiful cities in the world and we should all take that to our heart. and this is our time. >> ryan curry, abc seven news. still to come at six, probing the possibilities of reusable plastic bags, we investigate whether they can really be used as many times as manufacturers claim. >> also here. governor newsom's whirlwind trip to israel, a visit with californians there affect by the war. >> i'm chris alvarez at levi's stadium. the 49 ers one year ago traded for christian mccaffrey with his teammates are saying about him and an injury up

you know, frankly, with the lack of thought around how to connect chinatown, you know, to the heart of the activities. >> despite the road closures and the numerous public transit detours, businesses in chinatown are still taking precautions, preparing for a massive influx of people. >> we one business we don't mind to be delayed, but as long we got business. >> kevin shannon, his staff at the golden gate fortune cookie factory are working long hours. he expects thousands to visit his store during apec. >> they make more cookies now to get prepared because cookies don't just come like that. it takes takes a lot of time for one by one by hand. see, they see me folding, a lot of folding, but it is work. >> he is excited about because he wants to see chinatown looking like it did before the pandemic. chinatown leaders say in order to achieve that, they plan to meet with sfmta about ways to bust in conference attendees without hindering security. >> there was a lot of hope that, you know, apec was going to be that thing, you know, that just kind of got us going again. and i still think it

so it's not only about chinatown. this has brought relief and a quality of life to people in the tenderloin and in the mission. so this is of citywide import, and i want to say that as as malcolm said and as the mayor acknowledged, the role of the sro collaborative is also critical. and by the way, that is, i think the last time i stood with these people in this square is when they were standing up for funding for the sro collaboratives. and i said at that time it was not a want to have, it was a need to have. and that gets me to my last point and sorry, calvin, because you're going to have to translate all of this, which is this situation doesn't get cured once. this is a perennial forever commitment because there are always going to be poor families who are always going to have to be transitioned out in this very expensive town. so we've got to keep the program going. we've got to have portable vouchers. we have to continue those efforts in our appropriations at the mayor's office of housing, at the housing authorit

this is very important for us to make sure we maintain strong conductivity to chinatown. bart, caltrain will be fully operational uneffected. sams trans and golden gate experience very miner reroutes so if you are coming to san francisco that week, please do take public transit. very importantly, we will be publishing very detailed traffic walking biking and especially transit updates under our website later this afternoon and will continue to update that as we get more information. please go to sfmta.com/apec. where you can not only find information, but also sign up for regular alerts and updates. >> what about the cable cars and [indiscernible] >> yes. the cable cars will be disrupted by the nob hill area zone but grateful to the secret service and our team who found a way to continue operate the hyde street line from the cable car barn at mason street to the hyde street terminal so that will keep running. the rest of the line needs to be replaced by bus connectivity. >> it sounds like there are three areas. there is muscone, nob hill and waterfront portion. can you ta

and then page 70, lines 10-11 for the chinatown district. on page 71, lines 6-9 about, it is just correcting the zoning districts that this amendment applies to so we are removing sections 712, 720, 741, 744, 751, 752 through 757, adding an and crossing out 759, 760, 761, 762 and 764. page 71, line 24 and 25, adding more language. this all refers to the large lot development controls, so just correcting those and adding the zoning sections to that. that correction continues on until line 5 on page 72, and then on page 72, lines 12 and 13 is an example of the change that would be made and those zoning districts so a template for all the zoning districts listed and sample footnote page 15-16. then, same page line 19-25 are all the zoning districts where this change would happen and are then just calling out the footnote number that those tables would have. then on page 73 line 2 changing section number from 6 to 7. on page 73, line 14, changing road to drive. page 75 line 17-20 is striking out harrison street to 23, 23 to highway 1 following 1

vallejo street and 912 jackson street in chinatown. >> it is not acceptable. it is not humane. >> chiu claims the landlord's neglected properties and created hazardous conditions for tenants and neighbors. we are bringing this lawsuit to ensure that these owners are held accountable. the chinatown community development center, ccdc, works closely with sro tenants. the group says tenants taking action plus legal action by the city attorney will send a strong message to problems. >> landlords you cannot do these kinds of things, not only in chinatown, but you can't do these kinds of things in san francisco because if you do, the city is going to step in. >> department of building inspection says it's been working with landlords, trying to bring them into compliance. but they say things have gotten out of hand. >> is a cycle of neglect that's been very persistent and the city attorney coming in to ask for civil penalties was the game changer here. >> abc7 news reached out to the three landlords named. we reached one of them. he tells me he acquired the property i

vallejo street and 912 jackson street in chinatown. >> it is not acceptable. claims the landlord's neglected properties and created hazardous conditions for tenants and neighbors. we are bringing this lawsuit to ensure that these owners are held accountable. all the chinatown community development center ccdc works closely with sro tenants. the group says tenants taking action plus legal action by the city attorney will send a strong message to problematic landlords. >> you cannot do these kinds of things, not only in chinatown, but you can't do these kinds of things in san francisco, because if you do, the city is going to step in department of building inspection says it's been working with landlords, trying to bring them into compliance. >> but they say things have gotten out of hand, which is a cycle of neglect. >> that's been very persistent and said the city attorney coming in to ask for civil penalties was the game changer here. >> abc7 news reached out to the three landlords named. we reached one of them. he tells me he acquired the property in june th

this is the great star theater in san francisco's chinatown. yep, haunted, she says. it's also a stop on the new walking tour that she's launching next week in the city. we asked her how she decided to turn these tours into a full-time job. >> we started doing these tours as fund-raisers to raise funds for the videos that i film, the paranormal documentaries. then to be honest, you know, when covid hit, i had a job as a covid investigator. then that whole program was shut down. i couldn't find a job again because i needed to be outdoors or remote for various reasons. so i thought why don't i just do the ghost tours? and that's how i launched them. so it was basically something i love to do anyway, and it's lots of fun. and if i could do it as a living or even as a side job, that's great, right? >> you're coming us from the great star theater in chinatown. is that place haunted? >> in my opinion, yes. i actually came here around 2017, i think, to usher for a show. i was not here to do anything paranormal. my friend was in one of the musicals. i went down to the women's

it was over the hill from chinatown. it was kind of fun to experience being in a minority, which most white people don't get to experience that often. everything was just really within walking distance, so it make it really fun. when i was a teenager, we didn't have a lot of money. we could go to sam wong's and get super -- soup for $1. my parents came here and were drawn to the beatnik culture. they wanted to meet all of the writers who were so famous at the time, but my mother had some serious mental illness issues, and i don't think my father were really aware of that, and those didn't really become evident until i was about five, i guess, and my marriage blew up, and my mother took me all over the world. most of those ad ventures ended up bad because they would end up hospitalized. when i was about six i guess, my mother took me to japan, and that was a very interesting trip where we went over with a boyfriend of hers, and he was working there. i remember the open sewers and gigantic frogs that lived in the sewers an

it was over the hill from chinatown. it was kind of fun to experience being in a minority, which most white people don't get to experience that often. everything was just really within walking distance, so it make it really fun. when i was a teenager, we didn't have a lot of money. we could go to sam wong's and get super -- soup for $1. my parents came here and were drawn to the beatnik culture. they wanted to meet all of the writers who were so famous at the time, but my mother had some serious mental illness issues, and i don't think my father were really aware of that, and those didn't really become evident until i was about five, i guess, and my marriage blew up, and my mother took me all over the world. most of those ad ventures ended up bad because they would end up hospitalized. when i was about six i guess, my mother took me to japan, and that was a very interesting trip where we went over with a boyfriend of hers, and he was working there. i remember the open sewers and gigantic frogs that lived in the sewers an

you know, frankly, with the lack of thought around how to connect chinatown, you know, to the heart ofs. >> we want business. we don't mind to be delayed, but as long we got business, kevin chan and his staff at the golden gate fortune cookie factory expect thousands to visit his store during apec. >> they are working long hours to prepare just one of the businesses. they're still prepping for a massive influx of people to visit chinatown leaders say they plan to meet with sfmta about ways to bus and conference attendees without hindering the security. apec runs november 11th through the seventh kumasi thanks, gloria. >> we're hearing from a san francisco street vendor who will not be able to do business next month. a temporary ban is going into effect in the mission in november. it comes just four months after the start of a permitting program. city officials say it's an emergency measure to address health and safety concerns as sf public works employees say they have been attacked and unpermitted vendors are selling stolen goods and blocking sidewalks. we spoke with a permitted vendo

and that's something that people in chinatown worry will limit tourism.nted. >> you know, frankly. tsay with the lack of thought around how to connect chinatown, you know, to the heart of the activities we want business. >> we don't mind to be delayed, but as long as we got business, kevin chan and his staff at the golden gate fortune cookie factory expect thousands to visit his store during apec. >> they are working long hours to prepare just one of the businesses. they're still prepping for a massive influx of people. chinatown leaders say that they plan to meet with sfmta about ways to bus in conference attendees without hindering security. apec runs november 11th through the 17th and of course we will be covering it. kumasi. >> thank you, gloria. we are hearing from a san francisco street vendor who will not be able to do business next month. a temporary ban is going into effect in the mission in november. it comes just four months after the start of a permitting program. some city officials say this is an emergency measure to address health and safet

by name a wonderful placed physically and socially to be all of the neighborhoods north beach and chinatownthe 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 thi

that is something we were talking about earlier today about how you avoided chinatown senior research a little more about that. cheuk: [indiscernible] [laughter] cheuk: when i made the film i wanted to break the stereotype barrier. just like when i asked my publisher not to bring any chinese stuff on my cover. i do not want golden dragon, that on my cover, because i went to break the cliche of what chinese food is, and to a lot of north americans chinese food is almost always associated with chinatown, and i just want to get up from there, and besides, you get more interesting stories going outside of chinatown than -- i did my north american story in a little town out of saskatchewan. 1000 people, but there are two chinese restaurants there, and there are stories about -- anyway, i will not go into that, but it is kind of -- and that story was like, the chinese restaurant was open very late, so teenagers coming after the movie for coffee, apple pie, so it became a community center, and i wanted to show that kind of -- of the rule especially an ethnic restaurant served as a community

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

the city is suing 3 single room occupancy hotels in chinatown. they're located at 14. 49 powell, 7.90, balais o and 9.12, jackson street. the city says the tenants have had to deal with broken and rusted plumbing, broken doors and locks exposed wiring and broken windows. residents say they've been dealing with these kinds of problems for years. >> when they stop providing regular cleaning has they with plans repairs. we have all with rodent and what really broken windows. and that there's all the not and much more. >> city attorney david chiu says the city is trying to get the landlords to address the problems but has had little success. kron 4 reached out to the landlords listed. but we have yet to hear back. >> kron four's continuing to put the focus on fentanyl. the first person in california to be convicted of murder in connection with fentanyl distribution has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. nathaniel come gun was found guilty in july of causing the fentanyl death of a 15 year-old girl from roseville last year. prosecutors say he posse

cities suing 3 single room occupancy hotels in chinatown. located on 14. 49 powell street 7.90, vallejo street and 9.12, jackson street. citi says the tenants have had to deal with broken and rusted plumbing, broken doors and locks exposed wiring and broken windows. speaking at today's press conference, residents claimed they've been dealing with these problems for years. >> when they stop providing regular cleaning has they know repairs. we have all with rodent and really but can bring those and that that there's all the not and much more. >> city attorney david chiu says the city has tried to get the landlord to address these problems. but with little success today, kron 4 reached out to the landlords listed, but we have not yet heard back from any of them. >> check it out. surveillance video shows 5 guys wearing masks running into a gucci store. this is at the valley fair mall in san jose. they still about $50,000 worth of purses and merchandise and then took off all in just about 20 seconds. police say a responding officer was able to ar

we've worked really closely with an organization in chinatown to get some people there.a lot of a lot of downtown places, a lot of a lot of regulars i can say that along with restaurant week, we do eat drink in the fall and we're doing special events. one downtown at the vault steakhouse on november 3rd, one in the mission inn at curio on november eighth, and then one on the 12th at scoma's. so getting a real diversity of places involved. >> all right. can i ask you if you're doing or if you know, the restaurants are doing some special prefix things? yeah >> so what they do is they do they do a set menu and there are set menus for lunch as low as ten, $15. wow and usually, you know, that would be a place that probably do something like, you know, a soda, a burrito and a you know, maybe maybe a dessert. and then, you know, all the way up at dinner to $90, which would be a fancy or sit down menu, you know, often with some choices. but definitely a fancier experience. wow >> but look at that dinner like prefix. you can have like somewhere from 30 to $90. that sounds like a

they show up for folks in communities across this city including the folks in chinatown. these african american many behind me, who patrol chinatowns and other neighborhoods to keep the seniors place. in addition to police there are alternatives to policing and appreciative to the members of the board of supervisors, a number of commissioners, our leaders from all over san francisco, neighborhoods from the richmond to the tenderloin to the sunset to geneva towers and other places, people are coming out with one message, yes, we want reforms to our police department, but unfortunately members of the police commission have gone way too far. some of you remember and we chose this place deliberately, when there was a car break-in and the police were there, and the police and other members of the public disrupted that particular situation, so it didn't escalate, however, when the car sped off, many people wondered why the police could not pursue and make sure that that person is brought to justice. part of some of the changes to policies have limited our officers ability to be

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 at noon, the city of san francisco is suing a group of chinatown, property owners for creating, quote, inhumane living conditions. what the city hopes this lawsuit will change. and after being harassed and attacked what an east bay city is now doing to protect its street vendors. and breaking news, president biden just spoke about the war in israel declaring unwavering support for the country. how the u.s. is working to find the u.s. citizens still unaccounted for and the support that's now on the way to help the country at war. >> from the bay area's local news station. we now with breaking news. >> thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. i'm justine waltman. a grim update just now from president biden. 14 americans have now been killed in the war in israel. and some americans are still being held hostage by hamas. >> as president. i have no higher priority the safety of americans being held hostage around the world. >> so the president did condemn the terrorist attacks by hamas and israeli citizens calling the group the group, quote, sheer evil in both israel a

a lot of boxes were in chinatown and they moved in and out of chinatown.n you say what they do. it's a two-way street and dangerous thing to unleash. i got indicted four times in the last four minutes. i heard we are getting two more, d.o.j. is saying don't do it. we have gone up in the polls every time i got indicted. don't do it don't do it. don't do it. don't indict that son of a bitch. this is killing us. we are going to indict him right into the white house. enough. four is enough. did anybody hear al r pone. -- capone. he would shoot them through the head. he got indicted once. i got indicted four times and he didn't go to the wharton school of finance. i got indicted four times. but high level election interference because i'm the only candidate they cannot run against. the other candidates is we can win. every pole has bird brain getting killed. and i'm leading by 10, 14, 12, 9. but i'm leading by a lot. so what they say is we want to run against trump. if they were dying to run, they wouldn't be working with the local d.a. and local a.g.'s, the be

. >> san francisco's chinatown down hoping to see more visitors in just a few weeks as people from arounde to the bay area for a pay. good morning to you. it is friday, october 27th. the weekend is here. >> it's the beginning of adult halloween. yes >> yes. we love that. yeah conditions will be rather nice for a lot of us over the weekend. we're watching, though, in our hilltops and our mountains for enhanced fire danger over the weekend. we'll talk about those details in a second. it is cold out there this morning. look at these. 30s and 40s on the board. it's the coldest start in the city since april. you can see some of us close to the freezing mark. take the layers with you, the winter coat, maybe even the scarf. this morning we have clear skies. it's a brisk day. we'll have sunshine, but temperatures below average only in the 50s and in the 60s. then this weekend in our hills and mountains, a fire weather watch will go into effect for high fire danger. we're going to talk all about the winds, what to expect this weekend coming up in nine minutes. but let's check in with jobina and se

so it's not only about chinatown.s brought relief and a quality of life to people in the tenderloin and in the mission. so this is of citywide import, and i want to say that as as malcolm said and as the mayor acknowledged, the role of the sro collaborative is also critical. and by the way, that is, i think the last time i stood with these people in this square is when they were standing up for funding for the sro collaboratives. and i said at that time it was not a want to have, it was a need to have. and that gets me to my last point and sorry, calvin, because you're going to have to translate all of this, which is this situation doesn't get cured once. this is a perennial forever commitment because there are always going to be poor families who are always going to have to be transitioned out in this very expensive town. so we've got to keep the program going. we've got to have portable vouchers. we have to continue those efforts in our appropriations at the mayor's office of housing, at the housing authority. our j

plus, why san francisco is suing some chinatown.dlords what officials say they need to fix and the search for the thieves who broke into a gucci store in the south bay and took off with $50,000 worth of with $50,000 worth of merchandise. meet gold bond daily healing. a powerhouse lotion that moisturizes, heals, and smooths dry skin. with 7 moisturizers & 3 vitamins. and... new gold bond healing sensitive. clinically shown to heal & moisturize dry, sensitive skin. gold bond. >> take a look at this. police in san jose looking for the masked men seen on this video running into a gucci store at valley fair mall. police say the suspects took about $50,000 worth of merchandise in about 20 seconds. police say one officer did arrest one of the suspects, but they're still looking for 4 others. >> federal investigators are tripling a reward to help catch more criminals behind mail thefts and postal worker robberies, the reward now sits at $150,000. they say attacks on our postal workers are growing and thieves are taking off with packages 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 do

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

we are a family business that started in san francisco chinatown by my parents who started the businessin the mid 1980s. today we follow the same footsteps of my parents. we source the teas by the harvest season and style of crafting and the specific variety. we specialize in premium tea. today i still visit many of the farms we work with multigenerational farms that produce premium teas with its own natural flavors. it is very much like grapes for wine. what we do is more specialized, but it is more natural. growing up in san francisco i used to come and help my parents after school whether in middle school or high school and throughout college. i went to san francisco state university. i did stay home and i helped my parents work throughout the summers to learn what it is that makes our community so special. after graduating i worked for an investment bank in hong kong for a few years before returning when my dad said he was retiring. he passed away a few years ago. after taking over the business we made this a little more accessible for visitors as well as residents of san francisco

a lot of boxes were in chinatown and it turns out they moved in and out of chinatown and when you seethey do it is just terrible but that's the 2 way street, dangerous thing they unleashed, dangerous thing, wonder if my father would be proud. i got indicted four times in the last 12 minutes. i heard we are getting two more but i heard the doj, we've gone up in the polls every time i got indicted because the people understand that, don't do it, no more, don't do it. don't do it, don't indict that son of a bridge of a rich, don't indict him anymore. this is killing us, we are going to indicted him right into the white house, stop it, stop it, enough, enough. did anybody hear of alphonse capone, he would take a tough guy, slap them around, shoot them if he didn't like from, give them a dirty look, shoot them through the head. he only got indicted once, right. i got indicted four times. he didn't go to the wharton school of finance. i got indicted four times but this is high-level election interference that is happening for single reason because i'm the only candidate they cannot run agai

it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to shoot chinatown store front nobody.body 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 ca

yeah >> san francisco's chinatown neighborhood is next to get a moonlit market.t before the apex summit on november 10th and 11th. plans for the night market began when sfmta approved street closures that could impact chinatown's businesses during the conference, a successful test run of the market last month included food and creations from local vendors. it was such a hit. let's do it again. yes. >> well, just ahead, the bay area teens striving for success while advocating for others. >> she is a leader, whatever you ask her to do, she's going to do it next. >> she's an ally in action. we'll introduce you to soraya perez, working to help others, seeking to find their own voice. this is abc 724 >> live in san francisco, live in the south bay in san jose. in concord. live in oakland. yes. you're watching abc7 news live. any anytime anywhere. we are. we are. we are we are. we are. we are where you are. >> never miss a moment of the news that matters to you. download our abc7 bay area streaming app. join us and start watching but his vision dimmed with age. he had

community share and the economic boost and all across the city but particularly north beach and chinatownuld like to commend staff for the work they did. it was spot less and clean. i really wanted to commend everyone for a great fleet week activity and congratulations for pier 32, and that would extend those along the water front. that's really really great news. so i want to thank the staff. people forget we are seven 1/2 miles of water front that we maintain compared to sometimes other aspects of our city. i think the port does a really great job and i wanted to thank everyone. i did want to take a moment to express both my personal and public service support. sorry. i feel we need to acknowledge the acts that happened saturday and the violence that's happening in the middle east. those palestinians are our brothers and sisters. i want to acknowledge on behalf of the commissioner, the port city under attack right now on terrorism, that we do not support violence and we should acknowledge them today. thank you. . >> director adams? great report. i appreciate what you said about the late

so, it is going to stretch from chinatown to salm exparks clay street to the north and folsom street to the south as foreign leaders descend on the mascone center. the crack down starts november 14th. >>> sound familiar? people dropped and covered across california for a statewide earthquake drill. it is only a drill. the officials say it is important to be prepared as the plates beneath us are just itching to dance. bay area rapid transit participated in the great shakeout drill. all b.a.r.t slowed to a brief stop. we can not miss out on this. seven hours before that, 10:19, many people got a rude awakening by a accomplice fired alarm by the app myshake. did you get it? in the morning the phones with the app installed made a loud alert and verbal test warning. it is a state emergency services. okay, they had a simple explanation for their mistake. let's hear them out >> it was delivered in the wrong time zone. 10:19 a.m. utc and not pacific time. >> i hate when that happens. my shake reported a higher than accurate magnitude because of soft soil around the detector. the survey hopes