if you want to amend the chinatown station -- >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, president and supervisors. today i would like to talk about the proposal of the naming of chinatown subway station for rose peck. the media reported about rose peck's involvement in money-laundering and voter fraud and the supervisor, aaron peskin himself filed 37 pages and a report to the ethics commission to investigate that. i would like to play this for everyone. thank you. >> people are brave enough and honest enough to actually name names and there are names of individuals, but behind those individuals are actually entities that are even more powerful than those individuals. one of the great things that the united states of america is people should not be afraid to talk. i am not afraid to speak. let me name names. the names are somebody who has been a gatekeeper in the chinese-american community for many years. she is well known in the press, and her name is rose peck, but it is just not about her, it is interests that she represents, bec

i understand and i thank the city of san francisco to build this subway station for chinatown. think subway station will benefit the whole community in chinatown and those in san francisco and the bay area and even related to visitors. but the devils are in the details. rose pak is a very controversial figure, as you just heard from previous commentators. they name rose pak as the subway station will cause a lot of dissertations and a lot of chinese groups and chinese communities. i think these defeat the purpose of the subway station, to benefit the whole chinese community, so i think some commentators, they have better proposal, lack of naming chinatown as the subway station or founding father as the subway station. that's more acceptable to the most chinese groups and that's a better choice, just for your concern. >> next speaker, please. >> good evening, supervisors. anandrew lokavia. honourable members, my name is rubin david goodman. i was born in oakland, we didn't buy our house on colby street until i was an infant less than six months old. i think the sentiment of the

>> [speaking chinese] >> translator: the other thing we should use, we should name the chinatown stationr a person's name, chinatown is chinatown, that is it. [speaking chinese] >> translator: she is not important political figure. i don't like her. i don't think she deserves it. we should not name the station after her. after all, she has a lot of connections with the chinese communist party. we should not use her name after this -- as the station name. we are all u.s. citizens and we should stand on the viewpoint of america. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. >> president yee: next speaker. >> translator: he also needs translation. greetings supervisors. [speaking chinese] >> translator: this week, i didn't plan to come here. but i saw a report from the journal about the petition signatures. as the lady mentioned before, 13 people spent two weekends and collected more than 400 signatures. a reporter from the journal claimed that he visited most of the business owners which collected the signatures. i don't know how many businesses he visited within one day. moreover, we only submit

and 90% of them were namin against namie chinatown station after rose pack. (speaking foreign language). >> three objections, if we name the subway station that will be very convenient for travelers and this is what they prefer. (speaking foreign language). >> one particular businessman want to come here and he could not so he asked me to record a voice to play for you. >> i'm albert chang, owner of shop. i know many merchants strongly against using the name rose pack because we're businessmen and we don't want to be confused by the name. this is the best way to help us, thank you. (speaking foreign language). >> the second reason people don't want her to name the station is they feel that she doesn't deserve it and she's a person with two faces. like everybody, we thought she has no property. after she died, her sibling fight for her heritage. (speaking foreign language). >> another reason, although -- >> thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is kathy zang. i'm a voter in district 9. i'm a founding member of an independent chinese language media and al

i'm here to address the issue of naming the chinatown subway station. i want to provide to you a bit more context. stanford university hoover institute released a comprehensive report last november. the title is china's influence in american interests promoting, constructive vigilance. it talks about the infiltration in the united states, into our local government, our university, chinese-american communities, and our media. chinese consulate infiltrate into the san francisco community through people like rose pack. she carry out concept policies to suppress pro-taiwan groups, and pro-democracy groups. rose pack also helped the consulate work together with the pro-ccp media to carry out china's propaganda. according to the report, the president of the china news service acknowledged that if china could gain control of the media in u.s., it would have better influence and a say in american politics. the report indicated over the course of the last 20 years, the series of chinese language media have fallen under the bejing control. the two newspapers name

my bet would be it would be the rose pak chinatown station. >> they all get their way. >> and so does rose. >> thank you. >>> from golf the greatest comeback to the nations highest civilian honor, president trump's pays tribute to the highs and lows of tiger woods career. >>> fighting back against an astoria kentucky derby disqualification. the owner of the horse is planning to do something nice for the >>> the community of asian americans outraged of what they call is a racist lunar new year card. tonight the push for percussions repercussions for the alameda county firefighters and. , the owner of the racehorse who was disqualified from the kentucky derby has lost his appeal. maximum security crossed the finish line 1st on saturday that the words determined the horse committed a foul by moving out of his lane. then country house was named the winner instead. today the horses owner filed an appeal with the kentucky horse racing commission but it has just rejected the appeal. the owner said maximum security will not be running in the preakness stakes horse race next saturday. >>> in w

this shows that the business owners in chinatown want to have the name of chinatown station. this is the voice of people of chinatown. i would like to ask the supervisor of chinatown, would you please leave the business owners in chinatown and listen to their worries, and respect their choices. as a voter of six districts, i would like to also ask the board board, especially my district supervisor, to support the chinatown merchants and residents choice and not name rose pack for any public structure. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: good afternoon for the president and board of supervisors. >> voice of translator: i have been in the district for nearly five years. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: during these five years, our family members go through -- [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: i heard the subway station would be named after rose pack. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: we want to know what the opinion is of chinese merchants in chinatown. [speaking

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. >>> the growing battle over what to name san francisco's new chinatown subway station, one group wantsme it after the controversial chinatown activists, rose pak. opponents question her financial dealings, and accuse her of retribution against political rivals. both sides are holding news conferences today ahead of next tuesday's decision. >>> the trial for the ghost ship warehouse fire really assumes to resume next week. agent, barbara maxwell said there were no reports of explosions, rigging glass, or molotov cocktails, however she acknowledged investigators did not test for accelerants while investigating the cause of the fire where 36 people died in december 2016. in the end, the investigation did not find an exact cause.>> they left out the number of things that could have been used to solve the cause of this fire, it was essentially disorganization and incompetence that led to the inconclusive results. >> the prosecutors say defendants, derick almena and max harris are responsible for creating a fire hazard in the warehouse. but defense lawyers say arsonists are to blame for the

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> groups will hold a rally today in a grueling battle over what they should name the new chinatown subway station. one wants to name it of rose pak . but, opponents question her financial dealings, and accuse her of retribution against political rivals. both sides are holding news conferences today. >>> the golden state warriors have two days off to regroup after losing game one of the nba finals to the toronto raptors. demarcus cousins was back in uniform for the first time since the first round of the playoffs, he played eight minutes last night, he had three points. it was packed in toronto for the first ever nba finals appearance in their hometown. the warriors managed to keep things close, but they were down 10 at the half. but, the raptors went on a run in the warriors lost this one. joe was at the game and tells us what it is going to take for the warriors to win game two. >> reporter: things couldn't have gone any better for fans who waited 24 years to see their team play their first nba finals series and take the lead. now it is up to the warriors to try to figure out a way to beat a tea

. >>> in san francisco, people are speaking out about a resolution to name chinatown's new central subway station after the late rose pack. she died three years ago and was well-known as an advocate in chinatown by protesters who stood on the steps of city hall urge them to oppose that resolution. they said rose pak was a polarizing figure. >> there's all kinds of political deals not in the best interests of san francisco. further, to further her own interest as well as those of her affiliates. >> supervisor aaron peskin is behind the push to name the station after rose pak and it currently will be called the china stone station. >>> will the oakland raiders front office stay busy during the off-season? the raiders traded a backup kicker to the chicago bears and last year at this time, he was a highly coveted undrafted free agent but mist last season because of an injury. the trade is for a conditional seven round pick in the year 2021. the raiders won't get anything if eddie pineiro is not on the bears active roster for at least five days. >>> 4:27 in colorado was one of the first states to lega

community stood on the steps of city hall today, protesting a resolution to name chinatown's new central suburb stationpat. pat died three years ago and was well known as a chinatown advocate. protestors urged the board of supervisors to vote against the resolution. they say he was a polarizing figure in their community. >> which are not in the best interests of san francisco. serving their own interests. as well as those of their afill yatds. >>'s supervisor pushed the name for the act to pass. act to pass. >>> it may be tough to order an uber or lyft onned with morning. drivers in san francisco, l.a., chicago and new york are going on strike starting at 7:00 am. the work-stop is planned for the same day uber gears up for their ipo. driver says they make less than minimum wage after expenses and are demanding a liveable wage. many people we talked with today are okay with the protest. >> i think it's fair. i think uber drivers are the backbone of the company, and they deserve a fair share and part of the profit. >> i believe it would make a big difference. so many people rely on uber now. my company r

chinatown. some leaders say that's a mistake. will be handed out today. >> there is a spaciaex capsule its way to the international space station.>> first, it is 4:36. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >>> we'll go about three hours back and here is a look at live doppler seven. put it in motion and you can see it rotated off the coast and around monterey and up in the north bay where we're going to have our best chance the next couple hours of wet weather. as you head down 680 and on 24. we'll say fair for everything this morning because of the damp ness that is out there. let's take a look at our 12-hour planner for the north bay. by 7:00 for the most part the drizzle is over. it will be patchy. you can see the clouds opening at 9:00 and then a mixture of more clouds than sunshine with temperatures trying to get into the mid-60s this afternoon. the east bay, cloudy and we'll break out in a little sunshine. wel we'll be cloudy and will have a mixture of clouds and sunshine and low 60s for most of us, one de even though i ran the windshield wipers, the streets didn't seem too slick. >> the

it's supposed to take passengers from the fourth street caltrain station to right here, the heart of chinatown, but this 1.7-mile extension has seen delays. >> delays. >> reporter: the reporal transit administration on may 8th states that the project management oversight committee is concerned there may be an additional cost increase of $102 million. and according to the sfmta if this project is not finished by december of this year, the contractor will be fined $50,000 per day. >> i wasn't emotionally ready for that "delays," lyanne, but thank you. >>> street closures start saturday night. muni service is being rerouted along the race route. bay to breakers is one of the largest, most popular footraces in the world and, of course, the big question this year is will it be rained out? mike nicco? >> give us some insight. >> that would be so depressing. >> you don't want to see people without clothes or with hardly any clothes on running in the rain? >> those costumes and wigs don't hold up t all the way through a least sunday. about 69 in san jose and morgan hill. that's as warm as it gets. ton

some san francisco residents are holding a rally to oppose plans for turning a new subway station in chinatownty as a whole. >>> and big games tonight, the san jose sharks and golden state warriors will play away, it's game 6 for the sharks in the stanley cup playoffs and game 4 for the warriors who are up 2-1. >>> news updates throughout the day on your favorite platforms including our website, kpix.com . that's yes for less. score the latest spring dresses at 20% to 60% off department store prices, at ross. yes for less. ...at a price that has you,s and like...d.hmmm. at ross. okay. that's yes for less. say yes to the latest spring trends at 20 to 60 percent off department store prices every day. at ross. yes for less. >>> we are tracking a new accident near mountain view. i want to show you what it looks like on the map. this is southbound 101 at 85. it was blocking some lanes but it has been pushed over to the shoulder. it is still affecting speeds to about 21 miles per hour. south bay drive times, 85 grinnell road to highway 101 is a 42 minute drive and looking in the right on 87 from hig

station. the stops are not equal to each other. look at soma. let just look at the new chinatown. look at this recently rang new -- >> do not direct to the audience >> those stations are elevated, well lit, they have transit ramps on both sides, on brandon and embarcadero, there is actual poetry to leave read. there is places to sit south of market. why is there an issue of station and equality on my street corner -- on my street corner, you can park a donkey -- >> please wrap up your comments. thank you. any other members of the public wish to comment on this item, please come forward. >> my name is willard duffy, i am a longtime resident of the outer zone, the forgotten zone. hundred years ago, a century ago , the outer sunset was -- i currently live in the tenderloin area. we do have a much higher incident of pedestrian fatalities, and i believe there was three this time last year. it is an artifact of the fact of the population is much greater. if you equalize for population, you have is equal of a chance to have a pedestrian accident anywhere in the city, including the sunset.

it is supposed to take passengers from the fourth street cal train station to -- right here. the heart of chinatownbut this 1.7 mile sentence has seen delays. >> delays! >> the report delivered to the federal transit administration on may 8 states the project management oversight committee, the pmoc, is concerned there may be an additional cost increase of $102 million. >> we're working on the differences and the challenges that arise as we complete the project. >> here's how the summit who represents that district sees it. >> finish the project. and then everybody can make claims and sue each other later. >> reporter: he says the only thing he can do is continue offering financial help. assistance to those merchants who have been affected by all of these delays. >> what are the residents? if it isn't complete as they say it will be. >> reporter: that's a good question. them if it isn't finished by december, then contractor is fined $50,000 a day. i have a feeling that the contractor will fight that. that's why the spup is telling everybody, you know, let's finish this and then deal with it later.

february of 2010 and supposed to take passengers from the fourth street cal train station to -- right here. the heart of chinatown. but this 1.7 mile extension has seen delays. >> delays. >> delays. >> reporter: the report delivered to the federal transit administration on may 8th states that the project management oversight committee, the pmoc, is concerned there may be an additional cost increase of $102 million. >> we're working together to work out any differences and the challenges that arise as we complete this project. >> reporter: here is how supervisor aaron peskin who represents that district sees it. >> we'll work all of that out. but right now everybody got to keep their eye on the prize which is to finish the project and get into revenue service. >> reporter: now according to the sfmta, if this project is not finished by december of this year, the contractor faces fines of $50,000 per day. i'm live in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> thanks very much. >>> happening now, san francisco transportation agency is getting its first look at data from the first phase of the city's scooter pilot

chinatown. for the last few years, i'm a member of the central police station, the police officers advisory to the central station. so i have, contact with policemen, law enforcement. since the inception of the policemen wearing the body cameras, it's really doing a good job for everybody. you know, before the camera, the police say this, the defendant say this and then the jury and judge had to decide who is saying what. now we have the camera to tell the whole story. and i hope that you don't change that. and i just heard president peskin -- supervisor, saying that the ordinance will not change the police department's law enforcement. that is very good. and there are chinatown merchants with shoplifting and all these shops in chinatown, our supervisor knows that, he encourages us to put out the cameras. and the merchant and the policemen are working together. i hope you will not change that. all these things, it's good for the police department. i hope your committee -- [bell ringing] -- to the police commission, so they will really go through this step-by-step, see what recommendation they make

. >>> happening today chinatown's leaders and merchants plan to gather in front of city hall to protest the name. a resolution to name the station subway advocate and political activist rose pak who died in 2016. they put together political deals and not those of the people. they would consider feedback from the chinatown community. >>> in the north bay we have the results of a half billion stu s. the study focused on expanding to napa and solano counties. the study looked at connecting to amtrak. the cost would be a billion dollars. >>> the james beard awards will be handed out today and 15 bay area chefs, restaurants, and bars are finalists and include cory lee who is up for outstanding chef, nominated for best new restaurant and the james beard media awards were already handed out. won for best on location television program. and samin nosrat hosts it. started as a food runner. we have a full list of bay area nominees on our website, and i'm hungry all over again just thinking about it. >> hi, mike. >> hey, reggie, natasha. welcome to monday. a look fro to ing as you head into san jose. so we had a little bit of wet weather,