as did most of the russian, jewish who were here so the state erected a few quintessentially chinatown gatesmmon their relatives. >> for more than 35 years, john lee anderson has been reporting from conflict zones such as syria, lebanon, libya, iraq, and afghanistan. >> i lied about my age and traveled around africa. when i was 13, i told people i was 26. >> in the early 1990s while researching a biography, he and his family moved to cuba and ended up staying for three years. you lived here during the special period which was not so special. that was the bad times. the russians had pulled out. soviets all done. >> the economy went like this. >> completely tanked. >> 90%. it just tanked. >> cuba lost 80% of its import goods which led to widespread hunger, malnutrition, and a nose dive for the already difficult quality of life on the island. >> there was one place where we could buy food which was a soviet-style place with food that was flown in. quite bad food. under fidel's rule, that's the way it was. >> it's like a cargo cult version of chinese food here. dumplings. the szechuan chicken di

but today chinatown is fast disappearing. the famous gateonly remains as a tourist attraction surrounded by western food and clothing franchises. but it's about the people. at one time 3,000 chinese lived in washington's chinatown. today only 300 remain, and half of those might soon be gone. their building being replaced, jenny tang being evicted so luxury don condos will be built. >> every month we pay our rent on time. >> they're victory of gentrification, a process in which poor minorities are pushed out as the city develops and the wealthy move in. according to one study non-chinese populations in these areas have doubled in a decade, some researchers estimate that of the 15 large china towns in america only three remain authentic to their chinese cultural past. >> the chinatown is not just with the people chinatown is a place where social networks, economic fabrics, it's been built. >> but when chinese are pushed out, it breaks up cohesion of the community and threatens it was. in new york people are fighting back. >> in some ways new y

today chinatown is fast disappearing. the famous chinese gatevenue remains as a tourist attraction, surrounded by western food and clothing franchises. it's about the people. at one time 3,000 chinese lived in washington's chinatown. today only about 300 remain, and half of those might soon be gone. the building replaced, jenny tang to be evicted so a luxury condo can be built. >> most that live here have jobs. we don't have as much money with them. every day, every month we pay the rent. >> reporter: they are victims of gentrification, a prospect through which poor minorities are moved out. >> according to one study non-chinese populations in the areas doubled in a decade. some estimate of 15 large chinatowns, three are authentic to the chinese cultural past. >> china townis not just with the people. chinatown is a place where social networks, economic fabrics, right, it's been built. >> reporter: but when chinese are pushed out. it breaks up cultural co-herein of the community and threatens tradition. in new york, people are fighting back. >>

today, chinatown is fast disappearing. the famous chinese gate over the main avenue only remains as a tourist attraction, surrounded by western food and clothing franchises. it's about the people. at one time, 3,000 chinese lived in washington's chinatown. today, only about 300 remain, and half of those might soon be gone, their building being replaced, jenny to be evicted so a luxury condo can be built. >> most of the people that live here, we all have jobs, but even though we all have jobs, we don't have as much money as them, but every day, every month, we pay our rent on time. >> they're victims of what's called gentrification, a process where poor residents are pushed out as the city develops and the wealthy move in. according to one study, northern chinese populations in these areas have doubled in a decade, some researchers estimate that of the 15 large chinatowns in america, only three still remain authentic to their chinese cultural past. >> a china town is not just where the people reside. chinatown is a place where social networks, eco

and sipping into the golden gate bridge and that -- zipping into the golden gate bridge and that cell is pushing into chinatown in san francisco. it's raining over the golden gate bridge. you can see the raindrops falling now on the very slick pavement. temperatures right now 11 to 15 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. that's because it was a cold front that raced through the bay area so cooler air is coming in. periods of rain today, high surf warning today, coastal flood advisory in effect as well. a thunderstorm could pop at any time. we'll talk more about this coming up in 10 minutes. >>> we now know four people were killed last night when a medical helicopter crashed in kern county. the crew was taking a critical patient from porterville municipal airport to a hospital in bakersfield. dispatchers lost contact with the chopper shortly after 7 p.m. they notified fire and sheriff's officials that the aircraft was missing and less than two hours later search crews did find the debris field on a private property outside the town of mcfarland but it was too hard to get to because of the rugged terrain. >>> we go

gate was unveiled. it's open to chinatown. zouma's government announce d from next year mandarin will be fought in some public schools, with china providing the teachers. the idea has critics, but it is a sign of how important the government's knew each other >>> an unlicensed cambodian doctor has been given 25 years in prison for infecting more than 200 with h.i.v. he used dirty needles. several people infected have since died. wayne hay sent an update from the cambodian capital. >> the unlicensed doctor at the center of this scandal worked in a remote village in the west of the country. he was facing apart -- murder charges because he was using dirty needles at his clinic and they were infected. he had the charges downgraded to manslaughter. and he was sentenced to 25 years in prison. he maintains innocence and there could be an appeal. >> there was a big problem. particularly for those in rural parts of the country. they have no other choice but to see the doctors because there was a massive shortfall in cambodia >>> the is

. >> when jenny discovered that chinatown is fast disappearing. the famous chinese gateover the many avenue remains as a tourist attraction. but it's about the people. at one time 3,000 chinese lived in chinatown. today, only about 300 remain. and out of those the buildings are being replaced, and jenny will be evacuated so a luxury condo can be built. >> most of the people who live here. >> they are victories of gentrification as a city develops and the wealthy moves in. non-chinese in these areas have doubled in a decade, and of all the china towns, only three remain authentic to its past. it's been built. >> when chinese are pushed out it's breaks up social cohesion of the community and threatens traditions, but in new york people are fighting back. in some ways new york city has been one of the loan success stories of people taking to the streets to fight back against dense development because everyone here knows when heart, soul and original character of the original chinatown is gone it will likely never come back. in washington jenny tang knows this and is deeply

ago, she decided to live in the tight-knit ethnic enclave of chinatown to hold on to some ethage origins. it is fast disappearing. the gatevenue is a tourist attraction, surrounded by western food and clothing franchises. it's about the people. at one time 3,000 chinese lived in washington's chinatown. today onward 300 remain. half may be gone, the building replaced. jenny tank to be evicted to a condo can be built. >> most of the people that live here, we have jobs. even though we have jobs, we do not have enough money. every day, every nonth we pay our rent on time. >> they are victims of gentry tick fixation, a process through which poor minorities are pushed out. according to one study, non-chinese populations doubled in a decade, researchers estimating that of the 15 charge china up to s, three are authentic to chinese cultural pass. charlottetown is not just with the people. it's a place where social networks, economic fabrics have been built. when chinese are pushed out. it breaks up continuity. >> in some ways new york city has been a lone success story. people taking to the streets to fight back against developme

today, chinatown is fast disappearing. the famous chinese gate main avenue only remains as a tourist attraction, surrounded by western food and clothing franchises. it's about the people. at one time, 3,000 chinese lived in washington's chinatown. today, only about 300 remain, and half of those might soon be gone, their believe being replaced, jenny to be econvicted so a luxury condo can be built. >> most of the people has live here, we all have jobs, but even though we all have jobs, we don't have as much money as them, but every day, every month, we pay our rent on time. >> they're victims of what's called gentrification as the city develops and the wealthy move in. according to one study, northern chinese populations in these areas have doubled in a decade, some researchers estimate that of the 15 large chinatowns in america, only three still remain authentic to their chinese cultural past. >> a chain in a town is not just where the people reside. chinatown is a place where social networks, economic fabrics, it's been built. >> when chinese ar

almost 20 years ago from china, she chose to live in chinatown to hold on to some of her cultural heritage. but today china town is fast disappearing. the gatee main avenue remains as a tourist attraction. but it's about the people, at one time, 3,000 chinese lived in washington's chinatown. today only about 300 remain. and half of those might soon be gone. their building being replaced. jenny to be viced so a luxury condo can be built. >> most of the people that live here, we all have jobs. but we don't have as much money as them. but every day, every month, we pay our rent on time. >> reporter: they are victims of what is called gentrification, a process in which poor minorities are pushed out as a city develops and the wealthy move in. non-chinese populations in these areas have doubled in a decade. some researchers estimate of the 15 china towns in america only three still remain authentic. china town is not just with the people. china town is a place where social networks, economic fabrics, right -- [ technical difficulties ] >> everybody knows that the heart, soul, and character of their original china town is gone, it will likely neve

chinatown running for cover. most people carrying umbrellas and wearing coats to stay dry. even at the iconic golden gate bridge. >> : little bit of shower -- no problem, because it cooled off, and now you feel really good, haha. >> phillipe :locals touring the area for fun, had a blast sightseeing. but spent most of the time bundled up. >> : it's cold, haha. >> : i think its especially nice, and about to rain tomorrow. >> phillipe :he might be on to something there. we need it and can certainly use more of it. live in san francisco, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> catherine : we're continuing to track this storm online. at kron-four-dot-com. where we have interactive radar. also - we'll be on the air tomorrow morning starting at 4 a-m. with the latest on this storm. the list is out. east bay mud has released its names of the biggest water wasters in the area. kron four's j-r stone tells us who tops that list. >> j.r. :thisis the house of buster posey the video comes from our partnership with abc their 6 bedfroo,--bedroom, 5 bathroom house and kristi yamaguchi 5 bedroom 7 bathroom home yamaguchi tell

gate bridge is very slick right now. commuters here and across the bay area need to remember to slow down tonight. san francisco, a heavier batch offshore. through chinatown by 6:16 and i'll have details in my microclimate

traffic >> reporter: on the golden gate bridge is slow going in during this rush-hour traffic and will apply just hours ago passing to chinatown it came down really hard luckily for most they were prepared for a few people caught shopping about one most people carrying umbrellas it was amazing how wet and six the road got as soon as the water started coming down. the site of the drainage system was working. it was also a big if a bit windy chile as well and up here full of people wearing gloves not many umbrellas as we speak right now some tourists have made their way at the golden gate bridge. lovely for them fecund see the fog is not covering it though the rain is not coming down right now this relation late july during a year for any office of the envelope with the new like it's some before you head outside winter >> catherine: storm warning it for this year of early friday morning and that could be good for the ski resorts could make the draft that and pretty tough chp is asking people have the cars properly equipped i 80 highway 50 and a reminder complete forecast in all the bay area news kron 4 multiplication free to dow

chinatown, where fbi agents are looking for help in identifying a serial bank robber. we'll have the story coming up. >>> and good evening. i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri. wet roadways across the golden gate bridge. temperatures in the 40s. that extends across a very busy interstate 80 corridor from oakland to emeryville. let you know how the showers will or will not impact your new year's eve in a few minutes. the f-b-i calls him the "droopy face bandit", and you're looking at him. he's one of several bank robbery suspects detectives are working to faced bandit, and you're looking add him. he's one of several bank robbery suspects detectives are working to capture. they say they need your help. mark matthews is live in san francisco's chinatown right now. one bank robber has been pulling off the hooess for the past eight years? >> that's right. they're looking for droopy face. it sounds like something out of, i don't know, the dick tracy comics more properly, according to the fbi, he is the droopy faced bandit. federal agents say the asian neighborhoods of chinatown and clemente are where the droopy faced bandit has hit his banks. >> he's believed to be responsible for as many as ten ban

gate bridge is very slick right now. commuters here and across the bay area need to remember to slow down tonight. san francisco, a heavier batch offshore. through chinatown by 6:16 and i'll have details in my microclimate forecast. >>> you can keep track of the storm and others by the way in by downloading our nbc app and click down weather on the menu to get the forecast. >>> the rains are falling in the north bay. jeff was talking about how hard the rain is coming down. and michelle robinson with us. the overall winter forecast is much of the talk. >> people have been stocking up on those sand bags for when the big storm does come certainly. the rain has been a steady stream for the last hour. one business owner said even a sprink until the forecast is good for him. >> we're stocked up, ready to go. >> rain in the forecast usually means a busy day at jackson's hardware at san rafael. >> he had we get a few sprinkles out there. they realize it's time to get ready, knowing more is going to come. >> manager steve graham said they've stocked up on rain gear in anticipation of the el nino predicted this winter. >> they're preparing for emergencies. >> the m