standup right now today from here on this year, you will be -- continue to be fooled by the people at city hall. i am a city and county government employee. i work for public health. i am a behavioral health clinician. i train people how to behave, and i know the corruptive behavior in and out. i am a union bargaining chip with the mayor and board of supervisors. that's how i for if many of the corruptive behaviors does not stop, then you are in trouble. thank you. >> thank you very much [applause]. >> we have a gentleman who is also running for mayor as a write in candidate. antoine perry, you have two minutes. >> thank you. i'm a write-in candidate for mayor, as he just explained. i'm just trying to get in to an event to debate with these candidates, and i just want my due process. i just want to help the community, not just the community, the city of san francisco. i believe i'm a good mayor -- i could be a good mayor for the city. i'm up under a lot of pressure the way they treat me around here. they won't be fair and let me explain what i have to explain up on the podium with the rest of t

it was a bay area wide event held in city hall. several of the mayor's disability council members attended and that event was also very well received. and that same day, we had accessible business entrance, educational program. the next educational program around the city's ordinance for making our businesses and places of public accommodation accessible will be part of the earthquake safety fair that is on june 13. and then, let's see, ok, the next thing i want to announce, these are all things that are now coming up that i want to talk about. the next thing happening is the service dogs in private businesses and public spaces education event which will be held thursday, may 24, in the main library koret auditorium and you can register for that workshop as well. then a reminder that the last day to apply for vote-by-mail to be eligible in this upcoming june 5 election is on may 29. and then, one last thing that i wanted to announce is that the oakland mayor's commission for people with disabilities, which is the counterpart council

but i have a special announcement, you all here at city hall, you all, i'm getting ready to start my new tv show, and that's the somehow. and you all are wondering, what's the name of it, ace? back in the day, i was going to call it silly haul, but that's not right because i want it to go viral all over the world. the name is -- [inaudible] >> -- aceonthecase.net, .org,.com. my views are going to be factual. it's not no alternative news or the facts. it's going to be like i used to be involved with the facts. only the facts. anything that come out of my mouth could be effectuated with the video. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. madam president, no other members of the public in line, so i'll hand it over to you? >> president breed: thank you. are there any members of the public who would like to provide public comment at this time, seeing none, public comment is closed. madam clerk, we're going to go back to roll call for introduction. supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much, colleagues. i have received a lot of requests and would like to make a motion to close

i can find them here at city hall. i see them daily. >> reporter: so far, no sign of any rats here today, but the alameda county says they are thankful they have not seen rats spreading hepatitis a. the biggest threat they have is making sure the poison used to kill these rats is not harmful to the homeless or their pets. >>> bart is also dealing with some dirty circumstances that's prompting the transit agency to put more workers on site. they will have attendants inside the elevators. the goal? to keep people from doing things like using drugs and urinating. the move comes after this video went viral last week of a rider walking through the civic center bart station and it appears to show people using needles wheel others are unconscious on the ground. >>> the race for governor is in full swing, and a lot of money is flowing in. tonight we have new numbers for you, gavin newsom is leading the pack whether n it comes to fund raising, behind him is villaraigosa. just the last week alone he's collected more than $12 mil

unfortunately our city hall was hit by a bomb in april 1945 and the entire city hall and most of the archives were destroyed. i'm not sure what happened with the mayor's clothing, if they had been removed beforehand or burned during the bombing. >> thank you. how many years did it take for you to research all of this and put all of the puzzles together to solve the crime? >> about 3 years. i discovered the case in 2013 in a forester's dairy because he talked about the murder and it took me, i think, two years to get a book contract, some of the research went on but i didn't do it all myself, i can't afford to fly to the united states every time i had a research question so i hired a couple of researches out here. one of them an extremely talented archivist from washington, d.c., she used to be the librarian for the washington historical society, gail mccormick, she knows the library of congress like her own backyard and was able to dig up a lot of this information. my thanks goes to her because she helped shape the book to what it is today. >> you described the recreation of the monu

so horrified by this event, the new mayor hung up the old mayor's blood encrusted clothing in the city hall for over 37 years, as a reminder to the city that the crimes had not been solved. there was an investigator who handled the case. he ran down all sorts of leads. the investigative file runs up almost 800 pages but he could not crack the case. 37 years after the investigator had died, a letter came in from washington dc. this is just a snippet of it and it is written in the old gothic german handwriting so i don't expect you to be able to read it except the very top line. what does that say you washington dc, april 29, 1872, a german immigrant wrote this letter. he left a year after the murder because the townsfolk thought he did it. he was never on the investigative radar but they made his life such hell that he and his whole family packed their bags and went to the united states. if that hadn't happened this case would never have been stalled because roque in washington dc discover the critical clue that cracked the case. the german prosecutor was able to find corroborating evidence

city hall can help working parents by easing regulations and fees, allowing more child care centers to open. what is a crisis is the city budget of $10.2 billion, and the $88 million deficit for this coming year, rising to 800 million in three years. we just paid 77 million for a child care three years ago. in terms of value of child care, well, the u.s. department of health and human services reported the head start benefits have all disappeared by third grade. >> miss buck land, why do you believe this proposition is so important. >> parents need child care so they can support their families, and children need early care so they can vehemently start their life. child care and early education is expensive, costing $20,000 or more peryear on an after-tax basis. it's often a family's biggest expense after housing. over 50% of san francisco families live in eligible for state child care subsidies. unfortunately there's not enough slots for all families to qualify. every month, there are 2500 children on the waiting list for subsidies in san francisco, two thirds of them infants and toddl

in san francisco, there's a rally planned on city hall steps at noon. that's for union and immigrant rights. in mountain view a rally is planned at rain stork park community center. that's at 4:30 this afternoon. here in the south bay, there will be people meeting at roosevelt park. that's about a mile away from where we are now. they have a march planned for 5:00 this afternoon, which ends at the steps here on city hall. live in san jose, sandra osbourne, kpix 5. >>> right now the caravan of migrants that arrived from central america this weekend are standing firm. they are huddled near the u.s. border awaiting a chance to apply for asylum. officials have started processing some of the central american migrants. so far eight have been allowed through >>> special counsel robert mueller is giving a list of almost four dozen questions to president trump's lawyers. >> they're part of mueller's ongoing russian probe. officials are looking into how rub sha influenced the 2016 presidential election and whether trump obstructed justice. ''the new york times" r

city hall cannot operate without checks and balances.sn't worked for years and it will not work in the future. i will be the checks and balances. i will stop san francisco from being taken to the brink of catastrophe. so why am i running? while i believe in or -- core values that will guide me as your next mayor. accountability, law and order and uplifting our quality of life. everything from homelessness to car break-ins, to supporting our police officers, to building housing, to fixate community infrastructure and cleaning the streets, to maintaining quality leadership to department city heads. to helping neighbourhood small businesses and so much more. all these issues can and will be addressed by my three core values of accountability, law and order and uplifting our city's quality of life. the under -- other candidates for mayor think a solution to our financial woes is to continue to tax hard-working residents and add more and more burdens on small business owners and property owners and in a robin hood style. other candidates fund

number of departments to do what we think is a long overdue rethinking of the i say spas around city hall and the entire city center. there's a consultant team on board, some of whom is represented today, and we just wanted to give you an update on how that process is going. we are very excited about this. the department received funding about this a while ago, and we've convened a large group of city staff and constituents all within the district as well as many members of the community in that area, so nick will go over the process for you just to give you an update. >> thank you, john. good evening, commissioners. nick perry, planning stach. ve -- staff. i'd like to acknowledge behind me patrick, assistant plan manager, and also we have lauren and willett, our prime consultants on the public space design. so i'm just going to go briefly over the project background and talk about some of our community outreach highlights and then an overview of our street design work and our public space design work and hopefully some time for any questions or discussion you might have. little bit of hi

we hit valencia we made it to city hall. i have to doing that. [cheers and applause] and we've been advocating we are going to have improvements on geneva. we will have improvements on mission street and we are going to expand the opportunity and encourage people from the farthest parts of san francisco to precipitate -- participate in biking all over san francisco and feel safe. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. i want to take a minute to hear from our former state senator. [cheers and applause] >> thank you bryant and thank you bicycle coalition. this is remarkable. for those of us who are around for the first bike lanes on pope street and valencia, almost 20 years ago, to see the protected bike lanes, to see the expansiveness of our bike network, the green lanes, not only would it have been a dream, it would have been a prophetic vision. thank you bicycle coalition for making that vision come true. [cheers and applause] i also want to thank my copilot this morning. [cheers and applause] we were on a bicycle built for two

less than half an hour, at about 5:30, all these folks you see right here are going to march inside city hall and ask the city council members react to that incident that happened two weeks ago. they say that people who use 911 as a tool to discriminate against other people need to be held accountable. that's the latest here in oakland. i'm melissa colorado, nbc bay ar area news. >>> a ban on plastic straws. that's what the city is trying to do to reach the goal of zero waste by 2020. it call force a limited use -- calls for a limited use of plastic utensils. >> straws suck. >> simple truth is, when you grab a cup, nine times out of ten, you don't need a straw. >> the city's environment department reports 60% of the litter in san francisco comes from food-related items. if passed, the ban will go into effect in july of next year. >>> still to come at 5:00, a close call with an asteroid this afternoon. sort of. just how far away it was from hitting earth >>> plus, a laser pointed at a pilot as he tried to land at sfo. a look at how common this problem is becoming. >>> plenty of unusual weather

i just happened to indirectly fall into city hall and i seen the agenda. i'm here to support open source voting because we -- everybody is getting up here saying this is the city that knows how, a city that's the first and all that. i'm saying this as a parallel. i'm supporting it, but i'm also going to be here at the budget skatole find out if the city knows how, about what a person that looks like me, a black man in this $10.1 billion budget. you all ask for a little bit. where is it on the budget item anybody that's on the finance committee and that is my primary objective this year is to show a parallel where the city that knows how, but it don't care about people that look like me. you supervisor, although you're the president, i mean, not the president, but you're on that finance committee. my primary objective this year, y'all, is find an item line because may you rest and peace and we've got mark in there. he's smart, but his term is very, very short. i want to know who is in control right here in the city by the bay in san francisco because pretty

they do plan to march all the way down to the steps of city hall.ra across born, kpix 5. >>> time now it is 5:33. financial result like a fall day. may feel like a spring or summer day today. >> it's becoming more spring- like. we're getting snowfall across the sierra. that's always an exciting thing to say on may 1st. april ended pretty cool. now we're starting to see warmer weather. here's a look at high-def doppler. look at all that rain coming down through parts of sacramento as well. this would be snow flurries right along truckee, south lake tahoe there, carson city. we're getting just a few clouds out there this morning. you can see the moon, though. this is our back-up camera, and this would be the day after a full moon. and we do have clear conditions out there across mount vaca. santa rosa, 44 because of the clearing of the clods. temperatures are cooler than yesterday morning. 45 in livermore. oakland at 50, and concord at 51 degrees. your afternoon highs will be warmer than yesterday, about 10 degrees warmer in spots. i'll talk about how

he's had good relationships with you folks at city hall. that is to be expected. i'm going to talk about the response from those outside of city hall. 15 years ago i was an officer in ethics commission, there was a freeze on hiring we asked him to increase a half person, that didn't meet with the mayor well, we got that half person. it was a big advance that started to reduce our backlog. a few years later i was on a grand jury, he was responsive to the grand jury's request. some years later when different advocacy groups sought information, his staff were forth coming. all throughout the years i've been associated with him, i'm glad he's around, he's reliable and he'll tell us what is not going to work in our thoughts. thank you for this opportunity to help. >> supervisor safai: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, david, wanted to speak in support of the kicks of ben rosenfield for another ten years. i think he gave a comprehensive and humble statement about his history and his work. i think he builds on the professionalism that ed harrington brought to t

. >> reporter: jessica, lots of high school students here at city hall in san francisco tonight. some celebrating prom. some protesting gun violence. but they all agree changes to make schools safer must happen. >> no more silence. >> end gun violence. >> reporter: bay area student activists rallied outside city hall in san francisco demanding politicians do something to stop the cycle of deadly school shootings. 15-year-old jake cohen says he is fed up with gun violence. >> they've proven to us that they don't care about our lives. so we're going to vote them out of office. whether we can vote or we can't, we need to make sure these people are not elected again and again and again. >> reporter: behind the rally, mercy high school students head into city hall for prom night. >> very scary that we have to think about that, like someone shooting up the school. >> reporter: students have a list of demands for politicians including an assault weapons ban and bans on bump stocks and silencers. support for the scrutiny grotud is growing. some adults joined the rally tonight. john willi

they made their way to city hall and then they ended up here. there were multiple activists with -- championing different causes. we met, we interviewed with the uncle of oscar grant, the man shot and killed by a transit officer. he says, obviously, police brie ta brutality for him and his family. he was championing immigration rights. we saw a number of activists from all over the city marching down to downtown oakland and making their way here outside of the sheriff's office. >> it's a day where we get to actually show our power with our body, with our voices. >> reporter: of course the voices in oakland came together on tuesday to chant one message, sanctuary for all. >> immigrants are afraid to come out. that's why we're over here to give them support. >> reporter: they took their first steps at the port of oakland. continued to city hall. >> together in solidarity with each other, we're able to organize and not live in fear. actually live in power. >> reporter: ended outside the door of the county sheriff's office. activists claim deputies

we hit valencia we made it to city hall. i have to say, along the way well surreal experience for me. a couple of times i felt a little unsafe. a couple of times i saw people riding around one another, being impatient. cyclist can be impatient too right? at the end of the day, the experience for me it was eye-opening because i had never written to work in the city. this is my first time doing that. [cheers and applause] and we've been advocating to expand the opportunities on working with jamie and ed and the team over at sfmta on the transportation authority and advocates for the bicycle coalition. we are going to have improvements on geneva. we will have improvements on mission street and we are going to expand the opportunity and encourage people from the farthest parts of san francisco to precipitate -- participate in biking all over san francisco and feel safe. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. i want to take a minute to hear from our former state senator. [cheers and applause] >> thank you bryant

in san jose people are gathering at roosevelt park to march to city hall and another get started at 4:30 pm at mountain view. >>> workers and activists are marking mayday around the globe, things turned violent in paris. you can hear the popping sounds at the gathering, smoke was also rising above the crowd. hooded protesters earned a car and scrolled graffiti on buildings. police were wearing riot gear to move in and get things under control. >>> dozens of protesters were arrested in turkey as they made their way into istanbul. it holds symbolic value for the labor movement. they had it cordoned off the demonstrations. >>> more of a celebratory atmosphere in cuba as thousands took to the streets. the march and -- was headed by the current president and was joined by the communist party leader raul castro. they are asking for an end to the embargo that the u.s. imposed several years ago. >>> an employee and his friend are facing murder charges in the fatal shooting of a man. this man, and his friend are charged in the killing of another last week. they say the suspect followed the vic

we were worried about our wedding. >> san francisco city hall is not exactly st.ndsor castle. but it's a lot more accessible. a city hall wedding costs $174 for the license and a officiatant like kevin clark. he is not the arch bishop of canterbury. every bride we saw here did feel like a princess. abc 7 news. >>> this morning, kensington palace tweeted a picture of the royal wedding cake that will be served at the reception. it was made by marin county native claire ptak. it includes 44 pounds of butter and sugar and 50 bottles of elderflower cordial. the confection will have a heavenly taste and will be presented in a nontraditional way. >>> the wedding bells will chime for harry and meghan at san francisco's grace cathedral. the cathedral is ringing its bells because of the episcopal church's long ties to the united kingdom. historic grace cathedral is located at top knob hill. >>> kensington palace tweeted a picture of the first kitchen of the duke & duchess of sussex. it was really cool. we'll see some of those images later on in the show, hopefully. oh, here

and so i'm interested in just as the project develops seeing how we can kind of play with bringing city hall into the community into this new civic center. that's it. >> president hillis: commissioner moore? >> i just want to find a way to make the backside of the symphony hall, the backside of the war memorial, not just backs of buildings, but they are basically the bridge to hayes valley because the restaurant entertainment world of hayes valley which comes to the edge has been there for decades is as important to connect in order to really make this a whole. it's not just about creating a stage set with historic buildings bordering the space, but it's really the engaging of buildings from all sides to make it a district which is comfortable, safe, and attractive from all directions no matter on which street you walk. i just want to make that pitch. >> president hillis: all right. thank you very much for this. it's exciting, and commissioner moore was probably kpoj rating about having this every month, but i -- exaggerating about having this every month, but i want to see this be strategic

they have called city hall home for 12 years now. take a look. this is a live feed so you can't see much right now. we've been watching them raise chicks every spring and they have three more. >> triplets. >> look how cute that is. so you know about the triplets. >> far too well. >> look, here comes the baby. they are being fed by their parents there. later morning bird researchers from uc have a crew to attach a chip. >> always fun to watch. >> coming up on "today in the bay," nbc bay responds. >> the owner of a recalled washing machine runs spoke trouble getting it fixed, so we step in to him. i'm consumer investigators chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next. >>> happening now in just a few hour nra convention starts in downtown dallas. police prepare for large protests by gun control advocates. president trump and vice president pence will speak friday. plus call it ping-pong diplomacy north and south korea with teams at tble tennis championship. the samehingfor women's hockey during winter olympics. interesting to see the unification going

. >> reporter: a small rally on the steps of city hall, but with a large, loud message. >> what do we want? >> change. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> reporter: bay area student activists demanding change after yet another high school shooting. >> we are heart broken, but we are not shocked. >> reporter: students say school shootings have sadly become the new normal. >> our message tonight is that we won't stop fighting. >> reporter: jake cohen admits he is fearful at school. >> i have to use my fear to empower myself. >> reporter: mean of these students traveled to sacramento last monday to rally lawmakers for you gun laws. >> we are interested in legislation and getting our voice across. >> reporter: while the rally was happening students from mercy high school arrived for their prom at city hall. some say senior year has been tough. >> we have a right to our lives, we shouldn't be afraid of going to school. i don't want to get shot. i don't want to die. >> later the students staged a die-in on the sidewalk. >>> houston texasan's football star j.j. watts says he will pay for all t

but after our awards ceremony, we'll be having a little party inside city hall at the rotunda, and we'll be entertained by maddie b., who will be singing for us, and having raffle drawings throughout the event. so be sure to purchase a raffle ticket. >> also, who loves food? we'll have amazing asian food event, so we invite you to come after our awards presentation, may 5th, we're looking forward to seeing you. >> we'd like to thank all of our food sponsors who make our complementary event possible, and pulling this together, we'd like to thank our media sponsor, kayla events. thank you so much. we look forward to seeing you on may 2nd, but don't forget to pick up a full events list, with all the events happening in may celebrating asian heritage month. >> we have full events, along with information about our awards winners. so thank you all. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you, everyone for being here, and see you all next wednesday. thank you. it. >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their shop & dine in the 49 within the 49 square miles of

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rooms remained operational the entire time. >>> dozens of people held a protest barbecue outside city hall in oakland today. they wanted to grill city council members over an alleged racial confrontation that went viral. more than a million people have watched this youtube video that we're about to show you. happened two weeks ago at lake merritt. a woman dialed 911 to report that a black man was using a charcoal grill. the woman says he was breaking rules because charcoal is not permitted at this particular site. the police arrived, didn't cite anyone. >> how many of you care how many grills are at lake merritt? we need more grills not less, we need more music, not less, and more color not lescs color aroud the lake. >>> so what to do with all that cash. pot businesses are facing a dilemma. marn marijuana is still illegal f federally and most banks will not open accounts for pot businesses. >> as long as the banks say no, the industry will run on cash and lots of it. the state estimates $1 billion in new tax revenue alone. from growers to the government, everyone says it's dangerous and b

abc 7 news was at city hall this morning as san francisco supervisor cast her vote at the voting center there, remaining open through election, by the way. breed is running to finish out the term of ed lee who passed away unexpectedly in december. polls have shown breed with a narrow lead while today two other candidates kim and former state senator leno announced their now alliance strategy. each say they'll put dune the other as their second choice candidate. san francisco uses rank choice voting and the race could be decided by voters' rankings for second and third. >>> police are looking for a man who took pictures of female students in a bathroom stall at santa rosa junior college. at least two women have stepped forward now. on tuesday night around 7:45, a man held a cell phone underneath a stall and took pictures or video. now, ten minutes later, another student says a man did the same thing to her. this time, reaching over the petition to snap pictures. the women described the man as being in his 20s or 30s, 5'6", with either gray hair or a bald head. he was last seen wearing a

also, they are going to work to maintain the beautiful view that we have of city hall. so we've been appreciative of their efforts, and we, as a school, as a representative of the school, i do support and am in favor of this project. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello. i've been working with mitch wilson, the executive director of the bay area women's and children's center about 7 or 8 years. most of that time at the tenderloin community school. they couldn't be here today, but she wanted me to come and read this letter from her. dear planning commissioners, i'm speaking on behalf of the children's center to assure you of the building next to the tenderloin community elementary school at 600 van ness. we are a nonprofit to led the 8 year effort to establish the elementary school and has offered many programs at the school for the past 20 years, our director, board members, and staff have met with the representative of the owner and her team of architects numerous times over the past couple of years. we worked deliberately with them from the beginning on such i

we are live outside santa clara city hall. ktvu fox2 news. >> jesse, thank you. >>> california may soon require employers to keep records of sexual contact. the assembly passed a bill requiring employers with at least 50 workers to keep records of sexual misconduct complaints for at least 10 years. they could be used as evidence in lawsuits. the california chamber of commerce says those would be a burden on employers and once the bill to be amended. >>> uber is working to make policy changes to make it easier for passengers and drivers to report sexual misconduct claims. we have more on what the write your company is doing. >> reporter: good afternoon. uber want to make it easier for victims of sexual assault to come forward. the company tried to shed his reputation as one that brushes aside bad behavior, the same that led to delete uber frame last year. >> reporter: in an effort to overhaul its image, san francisco-based uber is updating its policy to give people more options to pursue claims of sexual misconduct. the ridesha

the former sheriff is no stranger to controversy here at san francisco city hall. today he was summoned for a vicious and dangerous dog hearing that as you said, he didn't show up for. the woman who summoned him here today says as a former sheriff, she thinks he should have known better. >> reporter: former san francisco sheriff and supervisor ross mirkarimi was supposed to return to city hall today for an accountability hearing. this time for something his dog allegedly did. >> and i said, oh, my god, he's really hurt. >> reporter: marty cobb says mirkarimi's dog attacked her chihuahua buddy. she paid nearly $800 in medical bills for bites to buddy's face, neck, and leg. she said mirkarimi dismissed her initial concerns. >> i saw a blood, and split his face open. i said oh, my god, look. and he said, i don't see anything. >> reporter: today mirkarimi was a no-show. >> he's the one that was there and saw everything. so i don't know why he's not here. >> reporter: instead, his wife, ileana lopez, appeared to defend their boxer kyra. >> did you guys talk about becaus

san francisco ed lee's 66th birthday and to honor him the city placed a new magnolia outside of city hall exemplifies great leadership each arbor day. lee was an easy choice. >> we picked this nice location because it is city hall, he was our mayor. they called and said hey, the king of the library, making sure our civil center looks nice. >> reporter: the tree and island it was planted on will also serve as a safe place for tourists to take pictures of city hall. >>> coming up, victims of the wine country wildfires are looking for a new kind of insurance tonight. >> in the form of indestructible homes. >> earthquake-proof, tornado- proof, hurricane-proof, tsunami-proof, mud slide- proof, every sustainable disaster. >> but why one expert says buyer beware. >>> and in terms of the forecast, nothing to be afraid of. we will have that for you when we come back. we can now use a blood sample toh care, target lung cancer more precisely. if we can do that, imagine what we can do for asthma. and if we can stop seizures in epilepsy patients with a small pacemaker for the brain, imagine what we ca

a big meeting at city hall. the city council will address these allegations as the mayor is calling for more action against her political rival. >> ask the councilman be removed from committees. ask that the council stop excusing his absences and stop paying him for being on the council, and ask both individually and collectively as a body, ask him to resign. >> a civics teacher running for board of supervisors. campaign staff accused of unwanted hugging and making inappropriate comments. santa clara police say they have received nine complaints from unwanted sexual behavior. he denies the allegations. santa clara mayor says tonight's meeting will provide an opportunity for him to respond to these allegations. meanwhile police are performing follow-up investigations to these investigations. abc 7 news matt keller. >>> a lot of people talking about the earthquake last night. >> i definitely felt it. its power across the area as far north as santa rosa p. >> reporter: 39.5 earthquake hit two miles east of oakland

. >> we picked this location because he worked at city hall, he was the mayor, and he would look outvic center and then call me and said we need to clean up the library, make sure the center looks nice. >> the tree will also be a safe place for tourists to take picture of city hall. >>> cinco de mayo celebrations are underway across the bay area tonight, and although many use the mexican holiday as an excuse to drink, kpix's andria borba reports there are many others keeping the real meaning of the day alive. >> reporter: from dancing in santa clara to softly strumming folk music in san francisco's mission district, and even wrestling in jack london square. the bay area celebration of cinco de mayo was in full effect. in recent years the celebration of the battle of puebla has been an excuse to get black out drunk, but in the bay area it was about tradition and not beer-soaked shenanigans and sombreros. >> we want to gather together with the latina community and celebrate the cultural traditions that we have as a latina community. >> reporter: despite a focus on non-fr at-like activi

she brings out a desk and bring city hall to the public.he says this is a good way to keep citizens engaged and talking. in west oakland, rob malcolm, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> a california grocery store is being sued after implementing a new spanish policy for employees. the albertson's stores in san diego, the lawsuit was filed yesterday by the us equal employment opportunity commission. he claims that the store prohibited employees from speaking spanish around non- spanish beakers. and it also prohibits them from speaking spanish to spanish- speaking customers even during breaks. workers complained about this restriction, but the store failed to take action according to the suit. >> if you are with your coworkers in the break room or whatnot, and they happen to speak spanish, why not speak spanish as --? mckay could be viewed as disrespectful to someone hearing it, because you do not know if they are speaking about you. >> albertson's released a statement that reads in part, albertson's shares a diverse customer population, and encourages emp