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chinatown could see major changes. only 3% of san francisco's roads currently feature separated bike lanes. >> how do we make sure that we prioritize the unique needs for chinatown, which are intensive loading at the curb and a lot of transit and more people on the sidewalk than anywhere else in san francisco. >> reporter: that congestion includes tourists on bicycles and e-scooters, often on sidewalks because of a lack of safe bike lanes. this family is visiting from the netherlands. >> we went almost right away here on the pavement from the road because all those cars, they drive fast. it's just not really safe. >> reporter: she says many european countries are much more bike friendly and connected, giving people more options to travel in congested cities. >> that's really our goal, is to make everyone who lives in san francisco feel like they can reasonably get around with their family without being forced to drive a car. >> bike lane through chinatown would be a plus because it just relieves some of the congestion.

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chinatown trip. yeah.the corner of the world that i live in and i think chinatown trip is remarkably important. and establishing that relationship as part i mean, it's kind of like are forced to go and make these connections at the front end. it would be a missed opportunity if ask you to really do that particularly as that. and by the way, i say that to other nominees, too. actually said, hey, i want you to alsotive here. and i mean, it can be th, different banquets and family associationsyou. but chinatown trip has really been the public transi group that i mean i think when sh ly showed up, i think when lydia so showed up, shesay, we met. we've established a relationship. i think that for the group chinatown trip. yeah. and that may collaborative conversation may lead to the to, you know, meet and get some buy support from, you know but yeah, chinatown trip. got it. okay and just so people don't think that, you know, this is i mean, this is an organization that is by decades that adv historically was di

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safe. >> but it's not just chinatown. this was a chance to connect people from all over the east bay communities united for restorative youth justice, or courage, was just one of the organizations present. >> if you look at just about every criminal justice, juvenile justice, police accountability, school discipline reform legislation that's been passed in california in the last 12, 13 years, our fingerprints are on it. >> the executive director says it was powerful to be able to meet with other groups doing similar work. >> oftentimes, i think a lot of our work can be very hyper local, and yet we're dealing with the same issues in chinatown as we are in fruitvale, as we are in west oakland and in other parts of her district. and so sometimes that work unfortunately happens in silos, where we just do a lot of community outreach, working with young folks formerly incarcerated, directly impacted, and also folks that are coming home from incarceration. >> it wasn't about politics. congresswoman lee saying this was a solution

chinatown trip. yeah.orld that i l i think chinatown trip is remarkably important. and establishing that relationship as part of the process is i meanlike running for office. you are forced to go and make these connections and, and i think it would be a missedt ask you to really particularly as that. and by the way, i say that actually said, hey, i want you to also be a representative here. and i mean, it can be things like going to, you know, different banquets and fam and what have you. but chinatown trip hasadvocacy group that ly showed up, i think when lydia so showed say, we met. we've established a relationship. i think starts there. so that's the group chinatown trip. yeah. in in an open collaborative them saying, hey, we might want to, you know, meet in and some support from, you know but yeah, chinatown trip. got it. ok and just so people don't think that, you know, this is i mean, this is an orga by decades that advocated for, i mean chinatown historically was discriminate, proposals. this is lon

, go beyond the boundaries of chinatown. in over the city. i mean, i, i hear as much from them about, you know the 29 and the, you know, eight and the 15 as i do about thed the 45. i'm just put it in bus numbers. but advocacy was with some, some democratic clubs, including the ed lee asian pacific democratic club, the glbtq asianh# alliance, working on issues of the broader, asian pacific islander community. so mo political side in the asian community, less on policy transit side. yes speak cantonese, i believe, the president may speak better cantonese than i do. i, my, i a mixed korean, and, and mandarin speaking household, and i speak some of that and my, my is sum. understood. so is mine. thank you. any other committee member questions at this time? okay. we'll open it up for public comment. we'll call you back up. yes. members speak on this item. should i speak at will be allowed two minutes. please. hi superv is bob esfandiari. i'm here just in my personal capacity today as a friend of mike's. you to support his nominat

in chinatown as well.n chinatown business leaders heard this idea, they were quick to object and reached out to the mayor's office. the mayor's people then reached out to the sfmta, and the agency says it's now done away with the idea. it's in no way to get the bike lanes, even the shared lane. it cannot be worked in the chinatown. the signals that if you just make enough noise that the city will just go counter to its goals and its values. bicycle advocates are disappointed, of course, and point out the city has set a goal to reduce vehicle traffic and increase bicycle safety by creating more protected bike lanes. let's talk about our weather. another mild and very pleasant day. very cruise control. yeah. comfortable outside until tomorrow. oh i know, hold that thought. yes, we're going to see those temperatures catapult up here as we head through tomorrow's forecast. i'm seeing about a 10 to 15 degree jump. so let me get you more details right now on that microclimate forecast. we'll take you outside and

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a that's why we have chinatown trip and what have you.t to that community, a co relies on e mta and public transit, to have a voice. and i mean, you know, qu frankly, with the seven member commission, there should probably be moran seat to an asian american, but what is important to me is that there be real relationshipal trust, real communicationer, lie lydia so, or like sharon ly, who were very, very present in the mmisned to the community, work collaboratively with the community, and gave the commission and behind the scenes. i mean, sometimes there were just just the incident that supervisor safaÍ wasout, which d rightfully or wrongfully by the chinatown community as an affront and an insult, and how it evolved that way. i honestly, i, i don't know, i mean, i certainly expressed on behalf of my constituents my displeasure, but i have not heard one word from the chinatown transit advocates that i rely on and havekewith for most of the last quarter of a cenry who, by the way, have welcomed and ushered in new, younger, activists and prof

that happens in chinatown. so, i've just always aligned with their their values of community, and when they reached out about potentially bringing on me to represent chinese food in the skies like i was, i was all in. so pretty interesting. okay. you're a perfectionist. can you pull this off? technically speaking, is the airline version of your michelin rated food going to be somewhat the same as your chinatown version? i guarantee the food is definitely better than what is out there, i had to really learn over this course. you know what the parameters were. and i think in that learning, i really understood what was going to be most effective. and i think most delicious, you know, flavor wise, texture wise, vibrancy of ingredients, so it's just been working with alaska, on this partnership for almost a year now, designing this menu, and we'll be doing about two more rotations of changes throughout the year. so yeah, keep checking in on on the food. and i'm and i'm guessing you've been testing this like literall

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chinatown night out.is an opportunity for us to continue to educate the community and those especially, especially those who are seniors, who are monolingual, to about public safety, to for them to come out to portman square to coming o september 4th at 4 p.m, many of the local police, policemen from the, from the local, from local, station will be coming out and just to, excuse me, just to, have a have a conversation and get to get to know the residents of chinatown better so that they, they feel a connection to the police. so there's no, they can approach them more easily. >> well, donald and tony, we're so excited about this. abc seven has committed to airing the parade all the way until 2030, which is a long time. but this year is the year of the snake. so talk to us about what's lucky about us kicking off this partnership in the year of the snake. >> well, the year of snake is an interesting year, it is it is, the year after the dragon in chinese. we they actually call it the little dragon. but i thi

a group of business leaders from san francisco's chinatown endorsed mayor london breed for reelection today. >> according to the s.f. examiner, attendance at hahn wonton house included leaders with chinatown's merchants united association chamber of commerce and the former new year parade director. breed vowed to include chinatown on any city policies that could affect the neighborhood, such as installing bike lanes. the other major candidates in the race include former mayor mark farrell, philanthropist daniel lurie, and advisers aaron peskin and asha safai. well, one east oakland school is opening up a new library today to young readers. >> the renovations at oakland's markham elementary school, made possible by the warriors and their read to achieve program. the team works with ross stores to improve literacy among bay area students. former warrior festus ely welcomed students to their new reading space and ktvu meteorologist reporter gonzalez emceed today's event, giving a shout out to the book cloudy with a chance of meatballs. the new library is opening just in time for the new

[laughter] qÑ chinatown.lcome to san francisco san francisco japantown is the oddity downtown i >> it was founded in the 1800s by japanese immigrants for construction over the jars japantown has become a home to japanese community with restaurants popular tourism heart of san francisco. and san francisco and japantown is it is one of the three the states and how i explain japantown we're a city within a city experience the japanese culture but really be a commun about and one of the best things about japantown isfood. there are dozens of in the neighborhood serving from modern deserts and go withfriends. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> my name is leader of the to we try something they creates like savory yummy favors we try like japanese flavor as japanese >> if you're foodie or quick and delicious meal you're sure something. >> it is a japanese deter and drink shop special we also offer a roasted green tea and we have and other flavors we're known for and sun disingenuous. >> japantown isf culture contrib

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safe. >> but it's not just chinatown. this was a chance to connect people from all over the east bay communities united for restorative youth justice, or courage, was just one of the organizations present. >> if you look at just about every criminal justice, juvenile justice, police accountability, school discipline reform legislation that's been passed in california in the last 12, 13 years, our fingerprints are on it. >> the executive director says it was powerful to be able to meet with other groups doing similar work. >> oftentimes, i think a lot of our work can be very hyper local, and yet we're dealing with the same issues in chinatown as we are in fruitvale, as we are in west oakland and in other parts of her district. and so sometimes that work unfortunately happens in silos where we just do a lot of community outreach, working with young folks formerly incarcerated, directly impacted, and also folks that are coming home from incarceration. >> it wasn't about politics. congresswoman lee saying this was a solutions

it's 120' under muni under bart chinatown in some unexpectedlynallenging soils. but that project is nearly complete. cl6q it's at about 98% completion right now which means we're testing trains, we're testing the elevators and escalators and the final electronics and we're still on track to open that in october presuming all of the well. so fingers crossed on in a one. allowing people to have a subway ride from the heart of chinatown all the way to convention center to the caltrans station and all the way down to bayview and visitation valley. >> it's great to see all these >& completion. we're all grateful for your team's hard work and the show mr. tumlin. thank you for the time you've given us today. >> my pleasure. thanks for having me. >> and that's it for this episode. for sf tv i'm chris manors. thanks for watching. >> this is regular meeting of the abatement appeals board. to remine everyone to mute yourself if you are not speaking and on the agenda is roll call. president chavez, present. commissioner alexander-tut, here. commissioner meng

chinatown streets are uniquely challenging due to the trucks that unload on the street and more peopleon the sidewalks than any other neighborhood in the city. >> that is our goal, to make everybody believe they can reasonably get around with family without driving. >> while many merchants would love to see safer sidewalks, others want assurances before plans are put into place. >> a bike lane to chinatown would be a plus. it relieves some of the congestion. >> >>> officials will host a listening tour for each district across the city. for a list of times and locations of the meetings we created a link on our website. >>> the mta put off a decision on whether or not to ban right turns at red lights this evening. >>> supporters say it reduced the number of pedestrians hit in those areas. >>> the school bus has not changed much in our lifetime but now oakland unified is a gripping ♪ ♪ get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer. ♪ ♪ (woman) i've got this dream... and you're all in it! (banker 1) let's hear it! (vo) with wells fargo premier a team can help you plan for your dream. (w

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safe. >> but it's not just chinatown.s a chance to connect people from all over the east bay communities united for restorative youth justice, or courage, was just one of the organizations present. >> if you look at just about every criminal justice, juvenile justice, police accountability, school discipline reform legislation that's been passed in california in the last 12, 13 years, our fingerprints are on it. >> the executive director says it was powerful to be able to meet with other groups doing similar work. >> oftentimes, i think a lot of our work can be very hyper local, and yet we're dealing with the same issues in chinatown as we are in fruitvale, as we are in west oakland and in other parts of her district. and so sometimes that work, unfortunately, has in silos where we just do a lot of community outreaching, working with young folks formerly incarcerated, directly impacted, and also folks that are coming home from incarceration. >> it wasn't about politics. congresswoman lee saying this was a solutions based

chinatown and have the businesses are growing and in the normal way.festival is one way to get people to come to chinatown. >> there were also booths run by health care organizations as well as city services. coming up, celebrating a major birthday with a thrill. how one woman jumped into her 102nd year of life. alright. what's the definition of character to you? umm... would you be a superhero or a supervillain? if you could say one thing to big tobacco, what would it be? it's so important in this time of change that we reclaim our sacred ways. i had to open my eyes. you can't continue to do this. deep breath. i'd want to ask them “why?” (♪) 1047 was authored by san francisco state senator scott wiener. he says the legislation will ensure the safe development of large scale ai systems. senator wiener held a virtual news conference a few minutes ago ahead of the assembly vote. he says the bill establishes clear, predictable, common sense safety standards for developers. >> ai has the potential to make the world a better place, but as with any powerful

dozens of seniors in oakland's chinatown are trying to figure out where they will be sleeping next. after a fire forced them out of their apartment building. good evening. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. now that fire happened early wednesday morning. the building is on ninth and madison and is now redtagged. many of the residents are pleading for help, including a place to stay, because the support from the red cross is about to run out. >> abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn shares their story. >> this unit right here, so close to the fire. >> hector padilla and his neighbor jackson lum, a senior, were among the dozens of residents in oakland's chinatown forced from their apartment early wednesday because of a devastating fire. >> it's actually you can see the dumpsters melted. >> neighbors believe an unhoused person set a dumpster on fire, and it spread to the apartment at ninth and madison and is home to many chinese speaking immigrants and low income families. stuart chen is with oakland chinatown improvement council. >> we're estimating it to be ab

born in chinatown, same as bruce lee, chinatown hospital.the sunset in the late 70's, so my mom and thought, we are already doing construction, why don't we open a hardware store? nice dove tail to each other, so that is how that got started. started this store in 1983, and we have been every since, so now it is 40 years. i serving my neighborhood. i fealt a hardware store is different sses. most businesses you want to buy this or thatanorthat. a hardware store is different. people come in and usually problem and need a solution and looking for you to navigate them through that offer them products that help them get to where they need to go. the people are great.is neighbo. there is different etnisties and cultures here. together and get along fine and i like about this neighborhood t. is nice place to be. it is near the beach and beautiful and near the zoom and park and stern grove. great schools and parks. what's twl not to like? i am always looks around the corner the next thing to and crank it up more and make it safer and more enjoyable

we are a beach town, we ara chinatown, and not a town at the sunset is home to 80 thousand people and we love our dogs.neat row houses, homes with yards, story homes and every quirk in to be sand dunes all the way to the ocean. when grow, san francisco's future ran through the we built rows and rows of housing great irish population and welcomed a population. today home to a gowing number of families from all backgrounds and the future starts here. >> we chose sunset knauz wg the pandemic we needed more space and mowe found the suns how walkable it is. we live along iving along where diana's school our son's day care is. >> our kids and all Ñç-k the neighborhood are really the future here and welive in the neighborhood. we love it so much. >> nina and ex first baby and it first leaders of newly formed sunset community band which bring of all ages at special events. >> we are to have our first kid and met so people and so many moving into the neighb here because this community is . >> bringing the community together and making it stronger i think a band can help with that it is a matte

dozens of seniors in oakland's chinatown are trying to figure out where they will be sleeping next. a fire forced them out of their apartment building. good evening. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. now that fire happened early wednesday morning. the building is on ninth and madison and is now redtagged. many of the residents are pleading for help, including a place to stay, because the support from the red cross is about to run out. >> abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn shares their story. >> this unit right here, so close to the fire. >> hector padilla and his neighbor jackson lum, a senior, were among the dozens of residents in oakland's chinatown forced from their apartment early wednesday because of a devastating fire. >> it's actually you can see the dumpsters melted. >> neighbors believe an unhoused person set a dumpster on fire, and it spread to the apartment at ninth and madison and is home to many chinese speaking immigrants and low income families. stuart chen is with oakland chinatown improvement council. >> we're estimating it to be about 15

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and the second hungry ghost festival is in chinatown today.sts can catch live performances, lots of food and community booths on hand. there will also be prizes for those who complete an art and shopping challenge in chinatown. >> berkeley law is launching the first ever law degree program with a focus on artificial intelligence. applications for the ai focused master of laws degree is now open. the berkeley law dean says the school is committed to anticipating the future needs of the profession, which includes adapting to emerging technologies. the program can be completed over two summers or through one remote summer, and one on campus. the program will begin summer of 2025. >> egg prices climbing once again because supply is limited. >> that's right. the average price for a dozen large eggs was more than $3 in july. for the first time in more than a year. recent consumer data showed the cost soared nearly 20% in july compared with the same month a year prior. researchers are blaming the bird flu for the shortage. the virus had a historic ou

armstrong claims the chinatown task force led to a 90% drop in crime.bay times also reported that the duong family donated money to buy drones for opd. it was initiated by sergeant michael chong, an unrelated internal investigation into chong for misconduct. eventually led to the firing of chief armstrong by mayor tao. >> before this chinatown task force, you know, oakland police department had, you know, regularly run unauthorized or unbudgeted overtime and tens of millions of dollars. >> isaiah tony is with the community based organization ibase. he says when opd eats up ot other city services, take a hit. >> minimum wage and wage theft are really important and the city never has enough capacity to handle all the complaints they get. >> tony's concerned more will likely emerge from the police department, which is still under federal oversight in oakland, anser hassan abc seven news. >> a woman who ran a community nonprofit group that partnered with san francisco police was in court today facing 34 felony charges. kyra worthy is the former executive di

armstrong claims the chinatown task force led to a 90% drop in crime.the east bay times also reported that the duong family donated money to buy drones for opd. it was initiated by sergeant michael chung, an unrelated internal investigation into chung for misconduct eventually led to the firing of chief armstrong by mayor tao. >> before this chinatown task force, you know, oakland police department had, you know, regularly run unauthorized or unbudgeted overtime and tens of millions of dollars. >> isaiah tony is with the community based organization ibase. he says when opd eats up ot other city services, take a hit. >> minimum wage and wage theft are really important and the city never has enough capacity to handle all the complaints they get. >> tony's concerned more will likely emerge from the police department, which is still under federal oversight in oakland, anser hassan abc seven news. >> to the south bay now, the san jose police department is releasing new images they hope will identify suspects in two cold case murders. the first image shows tw

in the neighborhood a much needed boost. >> chinatown. after the pandemic has been hit hard and we need to get the people come back to chinatown and have the business going and in the normal way. yeah the festival is one way to get people to come to chinatown, and some of the booths out there today were run by health care and city services doing outreach with the community. >> the silicon valley pride parade and festival wrapped up two days of festivities. >> we produce a girl as well. >> the celebration was held at plaza de cesar chavez in downtown san jose. organizers say the event started in 1975 as a gay rights rally, and evolved into a festival 48 years ago. this weekend, thousands of people came to enjoy the live music, vendors and artwork. >> for me personally, i just love coming out and seeing like the community come together and then being a part of it and being able to share my artwork with that is just awesome to me. >> the weekend capped an entire week of pride events in the south bay. some of the events included a drag cookin

chinatown night out. this is an opportunity for us to continue to educate the community and those especially, especially those who are seniors who are monolingual, to about public safety, to for them to come out to ptman square to, coming september 4th at 4 p.m, many of the local police, policemen from the, from the local, from local station will be coming out and just to, excuse me, just to, have a have a conversation and get to get to know the residents of chinatown better so that they, they feel a connection to the police. so there's no, they can approach them more easily. >> well, donald and tony, we're so excited about this. abc seven has committed to airing the parade all the way until 2030, which is a long time. but this year is the year of the snake. so talk to us about what's lucky about us kicking off this partnership in the year of the snake. >> well, the year of snake is an interesting year, it is, it is the year after the dragon in chinese. we they actually call it the little dragon. but i th

currently only 3% of san francisco roads have separated bike lanes and chinatown streets are especiallyging due to the high number of trucks that unload onto the street and more people on the sidewalks and any other neighborhood in the city. >> our goal is to make everyone who lives in san francisco feel like they can reasonably get around without being forced to drive a car. >> while many merchants in the area would love to see safer sidewalks, others want more assurance that it won't cut down on foot traffic. >> a bike lane in chinatown would be a plus because it would relieve some of the congestion. >> things like that are what i am worried about. making sure everything is done with the understanding of how it will impact businesses. >> officials will host a listening tour for each of the districts and they expect to have a finished plan by sometime next year. for a list of times and locations for the meetings we created a link on our website, kpix.com. >>> steph curry definitely br ♪♪ the best summer plans come from the back seat. let's go camping! i want to see a dinosaur! let's re

born in chinatown, same as bruce lee, chinatown hospital.the sunset in the late 70's, so my mom and dadng construction, why don't we open a hardware store? it each other, so that is how that got started. we star1983, and we have been goso now it is 40 years. i like my neighborhood. i fealt a hardware store is different from ot most businesses you want to buy this or that and eat a hardware store is different. people come in and usually have looking for you to navigate them through that problem an that help them get to where they need to go. the people are great. i love this neighborhood. there different etnisties and cultures here. we all intermingle and and get along fine and i like th. is nice place to be. it is near the beach and and near the zoom and park and stern grove. what's twl not to like? i am always looks around the corner the next thing to and crank it up more and make it safer and more enjoyable. bringing in new businesses. support them. great wall hardware, open 7 days a 6, saturday is 10 to 6 and sunday is to 3. my name is-the chalosism and, my name is annie, the coowner

oakland chinatown chamber of commerce is hosting the event.h a preview of what's to come at this year's event. hi claudine. >> hi, betty. yes so exciting to have this event coming to san francisco's chinatown. it's going to be a lot of fun. there's going to be dozens and dozens of cars there, and we've got a few of them here today. just to give you a little preview. i've also got nancy lau and edward lau here talking about this. tell me about this event. oh thank you. so this is going to be our third annual car show. >> and we're going to continue doing that since from the 2:02 years, we have a great response and people need this. and the neighbors and global visitors love it. and they want us to do it again. so it's happening. please join us. >> yes, you asked for it. we will bring it. tell me about how good this is for the community as well. oh of course. >> you know, this is going to be bringing people into chinatown for shopping, dining and everything. we're going to have a we're going to have a parade to, you know, at 3:00 in after 330 in

yeah >> the chamber of commerce says chinatown was hit very hard by the pandemic. and continuing to host the festival is one way to give businesses a much needed boost. >> the silicon valley pride parade and festival wrapped up its two days of festival festivities. the celebration was held at plaza de cesar chavez in downtown san jose. organizers say the event started in 1975 as a gay rights rally and evolved into a festival 48 years ago this weekend. thousands of people came to enjoy the live music vendors and artwork. >> for me personally, i just love coming out and seeing like the community come together and then being a part of it and being able to share my artwork with that is just awesome to me. >> the weekend capped an entire week of pride events in the south bay. some of the events included a drag cooking showdown and a pride flag raising event. >> and this weekend, the city of san bruno held a grand opening for a new recreation and aquatic center on two three. the new cutting edge facility has been years in the making. it has both indoor and outdoor pools,

. >> crowds of people headed to oakland's chinatown for the final day of the 35th annual street fest. booths selling foo, trinkets, clothes and plants lined multiple blocks. there were also two stages for performances. one organizer says there were also several booths dedicated to resources for some community outreach. >> the service, for example the hospital, the city, the agency. yeah, they all come here to they've been here for many, many years. >> the chamber of commerce says chinatown was hit hard by the pandemic, and continuing to host the festival is one way to give businesses a much needed boost. >> the silicon valley pride parade and festival wrapped up two days of festivities with little circle as one of the celebration was held at plaza de cesar chavez in san jose's downtown. organizers say the event started back in 1975 as a gay rights rally, but then evolved into a festival. this weekend, thousands of people came to enjoy the live music, all the vendors and the artwork. >> for me personally, i just love coming out and seeing like the community come together and then being

dozens of seniors in oakland's chinatown are trying to find a place to stay after a fire forced them out of their apartments. their complex is on ninth and madison. it is now redtagged the residents. we're hearing from say they need help, because support from the red cross will soon run out. abc seven news reporter suzanne fong shares their story. >> this unit right here, so close to the fire. >> hector padilla and his neighbor jackson lum, a senior, were among the dozens of residents in oakland's chinatown forced from their apartment early wednesday because of a devastating fire. >> it's actually you can see the dumpsters melted. >> reporter neighbors believe an unhoused person set a dumpster on fire. it spread to the apartment at ninth and madison and is home to many chinese speaking immigrants and low income families. stewart chen is with oakland chinatown improvement council. >> we're estimating it to be about 150, maybe even 180 residents living in that 31 units. a lot of them are still staying with their family, their friends, their couch surfing. we don't know who else will co

it was over the hill from chinatown.un to experience minority, which most white people don't get to experience that often. everything was just really within walking distance, so it make i really fun. when i was a teenager, we didn't have a lot ofmoney. we could go to sam wong's and get super -- $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 some serious mental illnes father were really aware of that and those didn't evident until i was about i guess, and my marriage blew up and my motok me all over the world. most of those ad ventures ended up bad 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 wentwith a boyfriend of hers, and he was working there. i remember the open sewers and gigantic frogs that lived in the ss a mostly i remember the smells tensely but i loved japan. was wonderful. toward the end. my mother had a breakdown, and that was the cycle. we would go somew

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thank you. >> um, i had a things i know that recently was launched library chinatown artist regulatory write arts commission director tang you know more about that i saw itthrogh the arts commission and i don't know what other organizations we're trying to put together a list of i guess. i don't know if their ed like longer-term grown kind word that is the call out to everybody to identify as artists they know who should be regulatory i believe there are several in the works that is kind of why they're looking forts i think there is definitely more information can be on the application. i wanted to mention that into a financing frndpening a show that and they are extly excited by the help from us they've been seeing owe howy can become everyone personal friend in the office of small business and hang out with and we're going to make a huge impact on their lives (laughter) so i said, you know, i'd like to kind of document they'roury or have someone kind of like document they're jouy they're in in right now and they're so enthusiastic i wanted to appreciate everybody at the offic and all

the next town hall is scheduled for tomorrow in chinatown. live in oakland. amber lee ktvu, fox two news. >> we are getting another look at yet another burglary caught on camera in downtown oakland. a corner market that specializes in african caribbean food was broken into early this morning. burglar burglars actually flipped around a camera and then used tools to yank open a security gate. one man is seen vaulting the counter and then just handing over a cash register to the other suspects. the market at the corner of eighth and clay downtown has been a staple in this community for nearly three decades, offering not only organic spices, jerk seasoning, and other mainstays of african, caribbean cuisine, but an opportunity at hiring at-risk teenagers and helping those in need. >> we've been here for 26 years, this store, and we've never had this happen to us in 26 years. we've helped so many people in this community. we've we've we've fed the homeless. we've given free food away. we've done so much good stuff in this community. why would somebody want to do th

tonight was the monthly chinatown night market in san francisco. it was a big success with thousands of people filling the streets to check out the vendors and spend time in community. there was live music, dragon dances, and plenty of food to choose from. the revival of this market was spearheaded by the civic joy fund and be chinatown. the market will run every second friday of the month through november. pretty cool. yeah, and it's shaping up to be really an especially busy weekend in san francisco. boy, it sure is. >> the first ever u.s. national wing foiling championship took off today in the waters off crissy field. this speed racing sport combines windsurfing and kitesurfing. >> abc seven news reporter ryan curry dives into the new sport with bay area roots. >> a foggy and windy day in san francisco. not ideal for summer, but perfect for these athletes. at crissy field. they're assembling their wing foiling rigs with hopes of becoming the first ever champion. >> this event is really unique. it's the first time a nationals has ever been held

dozens of seniors in oakland's chinatown are trying to find a place to stay after a fire forced them out of their apartments. their complex is on ninth and madison, and it's now redtagged. the residents we're hearing from say they need help because support from the red cross will soon run out. abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn shares their story. >> this unit right here, so close to the fire. >> hector padilla and his neighbor jackson lum, a senior, were among the dozens of residents in oakland's chinatown forced from their apartment early wednesday because of a devastating fire. >> it's actually you could see the dumpsters melted. >> reporter neighbors believe an unhoused person set a dumpster on fire. it spread to the apartment at ninth and madison and is home to many chinese speaking immigrants and low income families. stewart chen is with oakland chinatown improvement council. >> we're estimating it to be about 150, maybe even 180 residents living in that 31 units. a lot of them are still staying with their family. their friends, their couch surfing. we don't know who else wil