choi immigrated to the u.s. from hong kong in 1969 and has been working in the restaurant industry since 1998. he became the owner and operator of s & e cafe in 2012. and back in november, i, with supervisor tang, were proud to help kickoff a special program called "champs." at mr. choi's champ is an acronym for choose, appetizing meal plan for seniors, now you know why there are acronyms for this. it's a new program allowing seniors to get nutritious meals at participating restaurants and mr. choi's restaurant is the first restaurant to participate. in fact, i believe maybe the first and only right now. and champs it's located in my district. s & e cafe serves residents throughout san francisco and, in fact to-date, the program has 1800 seniors signed up for the program and has served 3,000 meals since november through this program. these meals are approved by dietitians and will allow seniors to select their choice of meals. so it's not just having one meal that they can eat from and that is all they can eat.

so other than that, gung hay fat choy, happy new year. and yay, all of you out there in the public, too. bye. >> is there anyone else who would like to make public comment, general public comment? being none, general public comment is closed. at this time we're now on item 5, the consent calendar. and so for the commissioners, and the public, we have one amendment on the consent calendar before we start public comment. item 5i, commissioners there is only one grant that you will be accepting stowed from the menage foundation in the amount of $20,000 for the recreation and park department scholarship program and no. 2 from big billy, inc., doing business as as slims is not on today. so i need a motion as amended with 5a. with that, is there any member of the public who would like to comment on the consent calendar? being none, public comment is closed. commissioners >> entertain a motion. >> moved with amendment. >> second. >> moved and seconded with amendment, all those in favor, say aye? >> a. >> so moved. >> we're now on item and althou

naomi choi-smith, cbs news, new york. >>> a-rod apologized again. he apologized to fans.he apologized for misstakes that led to my suspension. he wrote quote, i take full responsibilities for my actions and i accept the fact that many of you will not believe my apology or anything i say at this point. >>> this is what baseball fans have been waiting for. spring training. red sox players and equipment arrived in ft. myers yesterday. the official starting date for boston pitchers and catchers is friday. this is the "cbs morning news." ng news." ♪ dinner's just better when i've got my helper with me. and country crock melts in for the perfect mashed potatoes, every time. creamy texture and rich buttery taste. mmm, mmm welcome to crock country. these are our cats, wolf and bear. the cat hair is so constant, it's like it's growing out of the floor. it drives me crazy. can we do something about this? (doorbell) woah. it's a swiffer sweeper. it's working like a magnet. ohhh! shed all you like, wolf. ♪ >>> for the first time in decades the international cloud atlas is expected to

steve choi reports from indonesia. >> reporter: for decades this incredible underweather landscape asthe focus of study for martin. a marine scientist and conservationists, he is working to protect this diverse region. it is home to 75% of the world's corral species, 3,000 different kinds of fish. >> it's the home for fish nursery ground for fish feeding ground for fish corral leaf is life shelter in the desert. >> reporter: but climate change is warming the ocean, causing corral bleaching and die off around the world. he worries this year's el nino will further warm the waters and take the reef another step closer to distinction. >> if the reef disappear, fish will also disappear. >> reporter: there are other threats to the corral. a dive resort operator has been battling an iron ore mine that has set up shop here. protests turned violent last year. the mine is protected by local officials. authorities we're told have been very aggressive in keeping divers away from their operation, so we're going to dive in here swim over as close as we can get to the jetty under water. the visibili

heather choi argued with an air stewart about how he had served nuts in a bag instead of on a plate.et was then forced to return to the terminal. >>> leading marine scientists are warning this year could prove devastating for corral reefs. they are worried their vibrant colors may soon fade threatening see life. steve choi reports. >> reporter: for decades this incredible underwater landscape has been the focus of study for martin, a marine scientist and conservationist, he is working to protect this diverse region. it's home to 75% of the world's corral species. 3,000 different kinds of fish and a host of other unique marine life. >> it's the home for fish nursery ground for fish feeding ground for fish. it's like shelter in the desert. >> reporter: but climate change is warming the ocean causing mass dioff -- die off. >> if the corral reef disappear, then fish also will disappear. >> reporter: there are other threats to the corral this dive resort operator has been battling an iron ore mine that has set up shop here. protests last year turned violent, with rocks being thrown. the m

let me start by saying, gung hay fat choy, happy new year to all of you. the only item i have is that this month, i gave the zoo management people the option to submit a written report inasmuch as the senior staff for scheduling reasons weren't available to give a personal presentation. but it made me think back to the way we schedule those reports, and hauling everybody down from the zoo once a month, we already have a zoo committee and three members of this commission sit on it. prior to 2008, there were no monthly reports presented to the commission, and i think was due to some issues at the zoo, that the commission took a more active role in what was going on. so what i am going to recommend is that we still get public presentations quarterly from the senior staff at the zoo. and that we continue to get monthly written reports that will be public reports as part of this agenda, submiting it to the commission. and margaret, you are going to have figure out how we get public comment on those reports, because i think there may be people here today who are

behind me it still has a little bit of waking up to do but it is never too early to say "gung hay fat choy." here in san francisco the lunar new year celebration is the largest asian event in north america. it is a two-week-long event. people have been out gathering the staples, tangerines, red envelopes and material for the signature dish. >> everything has significance in the buddhist delight. it's the same type of stuff, you know, the prosperity, the longevity, there's like those big long noodles in everything. >> reporter: but people have been having trouble finding some of the materials used in the buddha's delight because of the port shutdown which is of course another matter entirely. so back to the lunar new year, what is this, the year of the goat, sheep or ram? we have heard all three. so we decided to clear it up by checking with our media partner anchor with ktsf. [ speaking continual chinese ] >> reporter: so basically, it depends how you translate it. at the celebration, it's going to culminate here in san francisco with the chinese new year parade that is march 7. live in sa

we found that some of our chois jus weren't available. and we also didn't take into t that e kids really want to do camp with their friend eileen miller says in an area like this you have to start now. traditl sports and outdoor camps are already booking up. a bid this summer all thin s.t.e.m. >> anything offering science, techno engineering and math are super popular with kids because paren are concerned theye not g enough of that d year. >> if you can't get in a traditional camp try someg new, like learning how to clown around seriously.a circus camp teachi inc if you fall get back up and try again. speciay camps like this are on the rise. paddle boarding cooking with tiny chefs. there's even a camp dedicated to using only duct tape. they're very popular, they're out of box, they're out of e ordinary and very different progra that e off in the area. to save money, webse certificate.m posts discs daily. camp easy.com has a concierge serve and on activity rocket get ear bird specials. the latest round expiring march 1st. >> sign your kids

but it is safe to say, "gung hay fat choy."nar new year celebration is the largest asian event in north america started back in the 1800s. this is video from last year's parade which is going to happen on march 7th this year. you can find special symbols all over chinatown and a lot of red and green. >> which represents pretty much the good fortune, the money, green represents money, red represents, like, you know, the gore fortune like stuff. noodles represent longevity. that's why people eat a lot of noodles. >> reporter: celebrations have we gun in china and most of asia and beijing a centuries old bell tower rang a lot of people lit fireworks. that is meant to keep away bat spirits. otherwise burned incense while praying and if you are celebrating, you are in good company. roughly one sixth of the world celebrates the lunar new year. live in san francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> runners at that year's bay to breakers hope to break world records. the theme of this year's race is bay to breaking records. race organizers wa

i'm ken choi the chief executive officer in richmond and have multiple services a mental health agency in san francisco i'd like to share my story about the cost of living in the current fiscal year the job market is a influence there is a staff turnover to codify the candidates city employees usually get paid much better than my agency can pay people left to go to work inform the city affordable health care will occur diversity costs under the san francisco health care security audience represent and utility which is come - and the prices has gone up significantly on the other hand, we expect san francisco minimum wage audience will have an impact not only on the wajdz of the employee earning below the minimum wage but people coming earning 13 or $14 an hour so we really appreciated if the city can give an increase to compensate for the higher costs. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. i'm karen i'm a community organizer nor the industry collaborative part of the tenderloin housing client beyond the scope i need to reiterate the difficult of the work people do we work with th

>> good morning commissioners and gung hay hat choy, marvin yee. the item before you is for approval of the concept plan for a park in rincon hill. this item remains on the calendar, although it did receive the capital committee's recommendation for approval. it remains on the calendar due to outstanding questions that were not answered at the last meeting. as presented at the committee hearing, this project was generated through a public process. it gained community support and we received emails of support for the concept plan. we even had a speaker at the committee hearing in support of the project and its had received key approvals from the arts commission. on the overhead is the concept plan for your consideration. as part of the perfect purchase of the site by the city and presented by the adjacent owner for emergency egress. that easement is shown on the lower part of the design. it's the gray bar underneath the greenness of the park. on the overhead is an aerial of the park site that shows the location of that emergency egress easement. it'

. >> reporter: "gung hay fat choy." it is the beginning of a brand- new lunar year. celebration just wrapped up here the first celebration in chinatown. three rams ushered in their namesake lunar year in san francisco's chinatown. three for extra good luck. mayor lee led the procession through chinatown which included the horse the animal symbol of the lunar year that just passed. >> it will be better this year? >> what happened last year was not so good this year will bring you lots of good. >> reporter: fireworks are lit to ward off bad spirits during the celebration. it's base based on a chinese calendar. you saw the rams in the story. you can consider it the year of the sheep and goat depending how you translate chinese. anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> animal activists plan to protest china's dog and cat meat trade today. there will be rallies in cities around the world including one happening right now in san francisco's union square. demonstrators want china to keep pets off dinner plates. >>> police say they have made an arrest in last night's double shooting at a s

>>> well for more on this story, you can watch steve choi's full program on thursday at 2230 gmt. also let me just point you to the direction of our website, where you will find all of the day's headlines and top stories aljazeera.com. are in the stream. some say it is a violation of their constitutional rights. we will check out the online movement. >> correct me if i'm wrong did i stumble into mexico, or is this still the united states. >> plus, futurist predict that by 2020, we'll have our own digital twin. who may make our daily lives even easier, performing tasks and even consoling our loved ones after we are gone. and later a look back at the issue around #campaigns like bring back our girls. where are they now? and did they actually lead to meaningful change? >> digital producer and co-host is here, he is bringing in all of our feed pack, whenever we talk about these border check points whether they are at the poshedder, it's always divided. s and i think some of that depends on geography. >> extremely devicive. everyone is getting stopped now, 125 miles south of new york.

. >> "gung hay fat choy"! >> mayor ed lee kicking off the annual procession saying good- bye to the year of the horse and ushering in the year of the ram. live rams welcomed in the new year and plenty of other little rams, not kids, joined in, as well. >> it always centers around optimism, goodwill, good health, and hopefully great wealth. this year is no different. >> the 268-foot golden dragon made a return this year more than 100 people carrying that creature and the fireworks set off to scare away the bad spirits. the city's chinese new year festival and parade won of the largest celebrations outside of asia. this is pier 39 the world famous white crane dancers performing a traditional lion dance continuing lunar new year celebrations. the main event, the chinese new year parade set for saturday march 7. >> lots of festivities going on across the bay area this weekend. paul deanno live at treasure island today. paul, we're almost at, you know, the weekend eve, right? we're at friday eve at least. >> report

. >> reporter: officers like don choi with the animal care and control team or act, respond to a spike in calls about animals left out in the cold. under a new ordinance in philadelphia, it's against the law to leave an animal outdoors unprotected when the city declares a code blue or when it gets to 20 degrees or below. >> i'm going to leave him the ordinance and the warnings about the dog. >> if it's freezing cold for you, it's freezing cold for your dog. we have very few officers to cover the entire city. so we're really relying on people to do the right thing. >> reporter: monitoring of calls happens 24 hours a day, and this is the busiest act has seen it as the mercury approaches record cold temperatures. fines range up to $500. acct says it's getting so many phone calls, it's having a hard time keeping up. reporting live i'm denise nakano, nbc 10 news. >> use the nbc 10 app to get the latest information right on your smartphone or tablet. >>> police say a drunk driver is responsible for killing a brother and sister in chester county. we first told you about the deadly crash last

kennedy: gong hee fot choy, officially chinese new year, and we have ushered in the year of the sheepebrate, as you know, the night cap is always here to give you a reason to party, and i got two things for you tonight. the first is a beautiful roasted lamb leg, nothing let's you embrace the year of the sheep more than eating one, go ahead and devour the new year. mother it with salt, pepper, garlic, dijon mustard and olive oil. sit for a half hour, put it in a roasting pan with chicken stock and let the little lamb leg sit for 30 minutes in 425-degree oven and turn the heat down to 325 degrees and cook it for another hour. make sure have you gravy, roasted potatoes and call it a meal, call me in the morning. kennedy, what is that? orange blossom, that will bring you good luck, prosperity and perhaps fertility. gin, orange juice or grenadine, strain it into a jelly jar like i've done here, and when you get your own orange blossom in the oven, ease up on the gin, that's what i did. happy new year, may you be counting sheep and dollars all year long, my little orange blossom. and thank

they were going to hijack it for transit and stuff like indeed choi and different cities what they call future cities. i have the video and i will put on youtube if you do not know about it. please answer and tells about that. thank you. host: do you know anything about this? guest: i do not know. i think there is a larger conversation happening in this country about the roles of cities. the role that infrastructure plays to make anything productive in a sustainable environment for these areas. we have a couple of hesitation conversations around sustainability and things that they are tried to push. by putting all this together and putting mayors in the driver seat, it really changes. as chris was saying, what they're looking for something very specific. they have the polls on what cities need and the emphasis on sustainability and economic health. it is a very different conversation than what is happening in washington. host: here's a 20 -- a tweet from one of our viewers. in terms of overall infrastructure, u.s. rice 25th. along with the declining education, new companies will not mov

fashioned legislation requiring restaurants to train employees about food allergies. 14-year-old claire choi suffers from food allergies and she took the idea to her delegate. the senate passed a companion bill and both are now headed to the governor's desk. >>> we may never know what caused that petroleum smell in d.c.'s water system last year. d.c. water just wrapped up its investigation. they tested water in 140 locations in shaw and logan circle. they did not find any petroleum-based contaminant in the water and couldn't find the source of the smell either. but they say tests show the water is safe and they'll continue to monitor the effective neighborhoods. if you notice any change in your water quality, d.c. water says give them a call. >>> next metro passengers cold and frustrated after frigid temperatures cause major problems on the rails. the impact this weekend's winter blast could have on your travel. >>> a lifesaving answer to a dangerous addiction. >>> at 6:30 snow and ice threatening to have an effect this weekend after temperatures that broke a 119-year-old record this morning

now, niomi choy smith cbs two news, new york. >>> super bowl and then west minister.are so excited with. it will be big. >>> that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> now at 6:00 snow on our doorstep kathy. >> it is moving to the south as we speak, so this storm will bring heavy storm especially during early morning hours and main impact your morning commute, details on how much, and when it moves out coming up. >>> a ahead tonight fire and ice this video of the a harsh example of how dangerously cold it is tonight. record are being set. walt? >> reporter: well, this apartment building, blown apart by it gas explosion. but, zoo how have been gets out unhurt. i'll have the story of their escape and search for why it happened coming up. >>> and caught on camera a performing artists catches fire at philadelphia tattoo arts convention, "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. >>> "eyewitness news" with an eye on the storm tonight, it is moving in on the delaware valley. thinks the same system that has been dumping snow, all over the central u.s. >> road crews are not wasti

gung hay fat, choy. next, out of recession but below estimates.s reacting to latest figures out of japan. ♪ >> i am david ingles. it is monday, february 16, and these are your headlines. a health check of the japanese economy. the patient is healthier, but not quite ready to come off the medicine yet. of 2.6%,ng a growth missing the 3.7% estimate. fourth-quarter growth also revised. the economy is out of recession, but still feeling weak. looking --are exports are looking strong thanks to the u.s.. spending is still under pressure thanks to weak wage growth. i think that will remain the same unless we get wage revision in april. >> thailand is due to release its gdp report this morning. we will see if expansion there picked up in the fourth quarter. median estimate from economists is that 2%, which would be the fastest growth in more than a year. the figures are due out at 10:30 hong kong time. let's wrap things up with the latest from greece. junkoicials tell us that spoke with alexis tsipras. the call was received -- .equested by mr. tsipras it

i think among younger choy niece lead ares there is an -- chinese lead hes there is an increasing recognition the north core rean regime is an ugly piece of baggage and ultimate li it is in china's interest to see the two koreas united. unfortunately, much of the problem is in south korea which sees unification as a costly burden to them. i think that is a bad reading with what happened with the the reunification of of the two germanys. this would be an enormous accomplishment if we could reunify the two koreas. it would help economic developmenting for and south and stablize the region but it takes time. the chi noose have to be talked to at -- the chinese have to be talked to at some length. what to do with the american forces on the peninsula. i would be happy to move them from the 38th parallel where they would bo woolridge no longer be needed to a base where they would be available throughout asia. the chinese see the threat of the americans a along the river, they saw the movie in 1950 and they didn't like it then and they don't like it now. we can found a way to work this out with chin

choi blood today. i don't expect it is going to be an easy sell. we are going to be watching the press conference very closely. one other note greece appears to be doubling down. they are saying they think they have the liquidity, and they say they have a mandate from their people to go ahead and start spending again and reverse what they say is some pretty harsh social measures. francine: at the same time greek banks still have access to some ecb lingo's. what is available and for how long? hans: they have ela access. they relied on it extensively in 2012. even if they continue that and it is reviewed every two weeks the borrowing cost is still 1.55%. the overnight window was 0.05%. one other note on this, greece is looking for some sort of bridge loan, some extension so they can sell more short-term debt above the 15 billion limit. they will run out according to a person familiar with the matter february 25. before, we thought they might make it all to way to the summer. guy: a big night last night for greece. hans nichols, thank you very much. f

i think among younger choy niece lead ares there is an -- chinese lead hes there is an increasing recognition the north core rean regime is an ugly piece of baggage and ultimate li it is in china's interest to see the two koreas united. unfortunately, much of the problem is in south korea which sees unification as a costly burden to them. i think that is a bad reading with what happened with the the reunification of of the two germanys. this would be an enormous accomplishment if we could reunify the two koreas. it would help economic developmenting for and south and stablize the region but it takes time. the chi noose have to be talked to at -- the chinese have to be talked to at some length. what to do with the american forces on the peninsula. i would be happy to move them from the 38th parallel where they would bo woolridge no longer be needed to a base where they would be available throughout asia. the chinese see the threat of the americans a along the river they saw the movie in 1950 and they didn't like it then and they don't like it now. we can found a way to work this out with china

d choi being the poster child for this whole situation. right now, i am in new york. we have a situation going on now with our speaker. speaker silver. this looks just like more of government grabbing at the resources, rather than those resources ever getting to the problem. all they are doing here is encrypting more businesses with legal manipulations. we've known it. until you take power away from government spending, and get back into the hands of people who really know how to spend money, the small businesses etc. you will have this problem. the minutia of the budget what we will do here and there, it is too complex for any group of people. host: to claim at your concern is it specifically about state government or you think the same applies to the federal government? caller: right now the tax code just goes up and up. social security, that tax actually contribute as much the federal budget as income tax. you have 59 million people on social security people. there are so many issues. guest: there are a lot of issues. i think you ring up a good point. government ca

. >> sam, still we wish gung gung he fat choi. >> why are you connecting that to me? >> because you know the answer to the question. >> okay. that's good. well, yes, a lot of people they get all worked up about the super bowl which has correlation with no causation. in terms of the lunar calendar you could say there is causation because it's divisible by 4. the year of the ram, goat sheep, whatever you want to call it for this year since 1900 has actually gained a little more than the market on average, a little bit more than 7% and has risen about 80% of the time whereas more normally 67% is your typical advance. so if you're looking for one more additional piece of information to feel good about 2015 this is it. >> i guarantee, you know people who are at home or wherever you are watching guffawing things like that traders are watching things like that. >> sure, rick. i was going to ask a question. if we want to talk about numerology, one is people are saying, wait a minute do we think the fed hiking cycle is going to begin as we head into a presidential election yea

. >> fa choi, feliz aÑo nuevo chino, te doy suerte y prosperidad. >> perfecto, me encanta!casi, sean de carne, puerco o vegetarianos. vamos a calentar primero el aceite de sÉsame, que le da un gusto especial. despuÉs saldrÍamos el cebollín. >> ¿quÉ otra cosita mÁs? >> le echamos jengibre. >> perfecto. >> despuÉs le echamos salsa soya. >> eso no puede faltar en la comida china. >> exactamente. el vinagre de arroz... >> ahÍ tenemos sal.. >> no, azÚcar. >> yo pensÉ que era sal! >> no, la soya sala. y como opcional, semillas de sÉsame. >> me llamÓ mucho la atención la forma del dumpling. esto tiene forma de la corona de oro. >> sÍ, en la Época de los emperadores usaban las coronas de oro, y los dumplings son parecidos, y para nosotros nos da riqueza y fortuna. >> me dijiste que la naranjaen el idioma de ustedes es igual al oro. >> sÍ, la mandarina se llama kam, y el oro es kaam. >> es muy parecido. >> hay que comer la mandarina. >> ¿podemos sacar los dumplings? >> vamos a dejarlo un poquito mÁs. vamos a sacar la salsa. >> me busco un platito. quÉ cosa mÁs rica! la comida china

joining us with their take she have james ra mellie and also with us is roy choi from techno buffalo. ceo has been very ambitious with his plans. do you think he can pull off the kind of profitability he's projecting in just a few years? >> absolutely. we're going to see a new sony. it's been called the one-sony approach but we'll really see two sonys. one on entertainment and the other the aspect of the camera sensor market. we're going to see the electronic side of the sony business get pushed away, sold off, or spun off, but we'll see a more profitable end of sony become more prominent in the company. >> 25 times as much though james? >> right. i mean i really do think that this is an attainable goal for sony. what we have seen through the restructuring efforts is a more streamlined and leaner sony focusing on more profitable segments of their business. most investors don't realize how large the market is. these are the sensors in the front facing cameras of cell phones tablets, and used in automotive components. this is a huge huge market. sony is projecting 20% or so of their rev

d choi being the poster child for this whole situation. right now, i am in new york. we have a situation going on now with our speaker. speaker silver. this looks just like more of government grabbing at the resources, rather than those resources ever getting to the problem. all they are doing here is encrypting more businesses with legal manipulations. we've known it. until you take power away from government spending, and get back into the hands of people who really know how to spend money, the small businesses etc. you will have this problem. the minutia of the budget what we will do here and there, it is too complex for any group of people. host: to claim at your concern is it specifically about state government or you think the same applies to the federal government? caller: right now the tax code just goes up and up. social security, that tax actually contribute as much the federal budget as income tax. you have 59 million people on social security people. there are so many issues. guest: there are a lot of issues. i think you ring up a good point. government ca