today so many wonderful people who care about celebrating the new year and the joy of this occasion city halll be a place that we continue to do that and i want to ask sophie to come forward as i officially declare monday, march 20th - tuesday, march 21, 2023, in the city and county of san francisco nowruz day. >> (clapping) thank you so much and at this time, i wanted to introduce my co-host supervisor saving thank you, ma'am mayor give it up for london breed. >> could i is the 18 day 18 year i'm sorry 18 year that we had nowruz celebration at city hall it started think o under governor gavin newsom a group of iranian got together and to recognize a community in many ways to a lot of people they're land use in one group out of that have a way to celebrate our culture at city hall so from that time going forward we have been having celebrations every year more and more fruitful and more and more event full and a beautiful way to show our culture. um, i want to recognize a few people before i say a few more words thank you, sophie the persian woman for organizing this and others and (clapping.

patrick's day, officially march 17th, city hall will be lit up in green to honor that history and on behalf of the city of san francisco, i officially declare an irish-american friendship and heritage day in san francisco. [applause] and i have one more proclamation for pat unique, i want to ask you to come on up and thank you for your work with the treasure island soccer team and so many other great things that you do in the community. we appreciate your advocacy and i know that your children, you have many of them, that they will carry back the legacy of the work that do you and give back. on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, i officially declare patrick martin uniak day in the city of san francisco. [applause] and with that, everyone enjoy the festivities, enjoy your city hall but please don't get in trouble. i want to make sure that you all get home stavely as you all have a really good time during this flag raising ceremony and all the other great activities that will exist in san francisco over the next couple of weeks. and we turn it back over to chief joann haze.

in a festive mood as oakland leaders celebrate city hall's grand re-opening. oakland hosted an event to kick off the reactivation of downtown as more people return to work in person. businesses are still recovering from the pandemic shutdowns and as jose martinez reports, some owners are staying optimistic as they see more movement downtown. >> reporter: that's right, i'm in downtown oakland where there is a promising sign of recovery for some of the restaurants that were hit hard by the pandemic. among them is a mexican deli that's right behind me that suffered a significant loss of clientele, especially from city hall employees. we're talking about more than 50% of its regular customers. now with the return of some of those city hall employees to their offices, they hope things get better. it's been a challenging couple of years for naomi perez. she owns the mexican deli right in the heart of downtown oakland. >> we're waiting until everything gets to normal, or the normal we have before the pandemic. >> reporter: her restaurant has been a fixture of the dow

running into city hall at 5 p.m. i have multiple occasions where i run down trying to get to the bathroom in city hall and an elected official would pass by or i'm holding a big bag of snacks. i think professionalism is important but like hayden was saying it is important to speak your truth and be yourself because coming into city hall, i didn't know anything about city politics. all i knew is i cared about these organizations, i cared about all these issues and i wanted to make a difference and people here really believed in me regardless how prfessional or elquent i was. they mentored me and come a long way. it is important a place like this is accessible for youth because people have offered me professional clothe to go to this event and they offered me opportunities to like speak on panels and have speeches in front of crowds of 200 people and i'm shocked people believe in my. that is what san francisco city government is and it is beautiful. >> everyone in the building is still like a person. i remember the fir

said, and they were doing a rally out there and then chanting and walking down the street here to city hallore the meeting, you can see the group. they are still behind me here. getting ready to go inside. some of them have already went inside for that city council meeting. they want to be in there to make sure their voices are heard. this a community group called soldiers. they're protesting the antioch police department after the release of text conversations between officers and people, they were investigating. >> police chief steve ford described the tax as racially abhorrent. he says that included racial slurs and officers comparing black people toeanimals such as gorillas and water buffalos there, also homophobic and sexually explicit language. the protests and rallies ahead of the special council meeting that just started at 5. and you can see there are people filtering into the meeting now because they want to be a part of that meeting. they want the city council meeting to know that they are here and how they feel about all this. we're going to be in that city council meeting that

patrick's day, officially march 17th, city hall will be lit up in green to honor that history and on i officially declare an irish-american friendship and heritage day in san francisco. [applause] and i have one more proclamation for pat unique, i want to ask you to come on up and thank you for your work with the treasure island soccer team and so many other great things that you do in the community. we appreciate your advocacy and i know that your children, you have many of them, that they will carry back the legacy of the work that do you and give back. on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, i officially declare patrick martin uniak day in the city of san francisco. [applause] and with that, everyone enjoy the festivities, enjoy your city hall but please don't get in trouble. i want to make sure that you all get home stavely as you all have a really good time during this flag raising ceremony and all the other great activities that will exist in san francisco over the next couple of weeks. and we turn it back over to chief joann haze. oh, liam is crashing the ceremony. t

but outside within the city and city hall is finished. officials are hoping the location on all of avenue will quote serve as a model for sustainability, all while improving the efficiency of city services and stamping son evil as the heart of silicon valley. this new city hall is an icon to those things so setting that example in silicon valley in the world of what can be done. city hall officially opened its doors to the public on march 20th with a formal public grand opening planned for september. along with the mayor's state of the city address reporting in sunnyvale. i'm a metadata. still, yo, abc seven news. hundreds will fill delores park in san francisco for an easter tradition. today the sisters of perpetual indulgence are hosting their 44th annual celebration. it kicks off with children's easter from 10 to noon, and that will include an egg hunt storytime and the easter bunny rupaul's drag race star honey mahogany hosts the more adult oriented event that's from noon to four and that will include the classic hunky jesus contest. a

of oakland about the ransomware attack as the city hosted an event to celebrate the reopening of city hall and more employees returning to in person work. lena howland is getting answers from city leaders about where the data breach stands now. >> for the first time in three years oakland city hall has reopened and that means more people are returning to in person work in the downtown area. >> this is the beginning of a new era, a new change. reporter: mayor sheng thao celebrating the return of these workers with the downtown activation event. >> a lot of us are meeting each other for the first time. reporter: this comes nearly two months into a ransomware attack that has put at least 4300 current city employees and possibly thousands of former employees at risk of being hacked. wednesday we learned the last drop of data which happened just in the past couple days was much bigger than previous dumps according to mayor sheng thao. >> we understand this is a large amount of data that was dropped into the black web. we are still going through what has actually been taken. reporter: many city

. >>> oakland is welcoming workers back to city hall. the step the city is taking to reviving the dying downtown. plus? >> think about what went on in your life in the last year. >>> in france protests push on marking 11 days since they started. 100 protesters infull traded black rock due to the ties to private pension funds. the french government raised the pension age from 62 to 67 pushing it through parliament without a vote and workers started to fight back ca ane uptions to trortion businesses. >>> u.s. stocks mostly fell wednesday on fears of a weakening economy. looking at where the markets are right now, take a look. we have been in the red all morning. 23 points for the dow jones. fedex is consolidating fed ex express and ground into one organization. it is to better compete with ups and amazon. the new structure will be fully implemented by june of next year and saving $4 billion by fiscal year 2025. the company announced a 10% divvy dent increase per share. >>> elon musk has been replaced by bernard arnow as the richest person.

but outside within the city and city hall is finished. officials are hoping the location on all of avenue will quote serve as a model for sustainability, all while improving the efficiency of city services and stamping son evil as the heart of silicon valley. this new city hall is an icon to those things so setting that example in silicon valley in the world of what can be done. city hall officially opened its doors to the public on march 20th with a formal public grand opening planned for september. along with the mayor's state of the city address reporting in sunnyvale. i'm a metadata. still, yo, abc seven news. hundreds will fill delores park in san francisco for an easter tradition. today the sisters of perpetual indulgence are hosting their 44th annual celebration kicks off with children's easter from 10 to noon, and that will include an egg hunt storytime and the easter bunny rupaul's drag race star honey mahogany hosts the more adult oriented event noon to four and that will include the classic hunky jesus contest. and it's just bri

but outside within the city and city hall is finished. officials are hoping the location on all of the avenue will quote serve as a model for sustainability, all while improving the efficiency of city services and stamping son evil as the heart of silicon valley. this new city hall is an icon to those things so setting that example in silicon valley in the world of what can be done. city hall officially opened its doors to the public on march 20th with a formal public grand opening planned for september. along with the mayor's state of the city address reporting in sunnyvale. i'm a metadata. still, yo, abc seven news. hundreds will fill delores park in san francisco for an easter tradition. today the sisters of perpetual indulgence are hosting their 44th annual celebration. it kicks off with children's easter from 10 to noon, and that will include an egg hunt story time and even the easter bunny rupaul's drag race star honey mahogany hosts the more adult oriented event from noon until four and that will include the classic hunky jesus cont

and we really wanted to thank thank you for the opportunity at city hall to recognize that great work so before i i'm going to turn it over to mayor london breed i want to recognize folks from the present of board of supervisors peskin and we have our supervisor la discard and raphael from the president alliance he vice president and commissioner benedict and we thank all the command staff here and i'm sorry commissioner walker thank you, thanks for having my back how can i miss you and the thank to the police officers association the part department and city that are here today, the folks that um, you know, kwoel corner how can we support you, you and there for you ar higher today first from jc penney as former boston property and thank you, bob for what you done next year the department and fewer generosity (clapping.) i want to thank the whole council and others and the alliance rodriguez and thanks to the hotel and the first coordination and j.p. morgan chase sea neighbors for a better san francisco and thank you for sending out today's invitation. okay. >> your three minutes begi

larry: in sunnyvale, the city celebrates the opening of its new city hall, being hailed as the first d when it comes to energy efficiency. abc 7 news reporter amanda therefore the -- amanda del castillo was there for the opening. amanda: the city's mayor says it is about sustainability and sustainability. >> storage for all of the electricity we are creating, you know, there's tons of automation from the blind system to other things within city hall, which make it that icon of innovation. amanda: in the shadow of the new building, despite surrounding areas still very much an active construction site. new city hall chambers, not quite finished, as supply chain issues held up some technology. mary -- mayor larry klein anticipates full completion by the end of the summer. a 26-acre campus with more on the way. >> this increase of open space, we will have an amphitheater, additional art outside, so it will become not just a meeting place inside but outside within the city. amanda: once city hall is finished, officials are hoping the location on all of avenue will serve as a model for sust

i got a permit to use the bike room from city hall and i filled out the form and the lady was looking at me and was like, you work here? i'm like yeah, i don't have a city e-mail address but can i write my employee id number. she is like, you have those, that is cute. she wouldn't talk to an adult like that. she wouldn't say you have employee id that is cute. i was like wow, in that moment. i don't want to tell too many stories. >> sometimes they don't take you seriously because you are a young person. >> i remember walking into supervisors office, we were inviting-legislative aids and a couple times they are like, hello. they are like, why are you here? i'm like this is a public office so everyone can walk into and second of all, we are commissioners. that is the reason we are here. >> i have been called cute so many timeatize is unbelievable. i'm like man, i'm just trying to do my job. i remember there was a interesting debate i had with this guy. we were doing a trash cleanup and it was me and this other dude talking about this book we read about youth involvement in politics. i sa

stores we are following around the bay area, oakland city leaders are celebrating the reopening of city halle city council just kland busine were hit hard when city hall employees started working from home. the mayor says she hopes events like this will bring people back to the downtown area. >> an activation of space is public safety, so you will see that we will be closing some streets down in downtown, to really show families and citizens that we are serious about public safety. >> the mayor has not said how often those streets will be closed for events like this.>>> students in san francisco took to the streets around noon today demanding action on gun safety. this was near sacramento street. the students marched down the sidewalk. we caught a similar scene in mill valley, this is a walkout, a part of a nationwide effort by the students. >>> let's celebrate bridge builders in our community, take a look at this. this local group is bringing much-needed supplies to pajaro flooding victims, they are doing it in a double-decker bus, beautifully decorated there. not only does it have space fo

whether city hall or 1155 market street or 1650 or 1650 mission. people were going all over to open a business. we have 13 departments. there are now colocated here in the permit center. this one stop shop is the beginning. the idea is simple. bring together all of the different departments and the different processes that are involved in permit nothing one house, one space so you don't have to be thrown around the city to figure out how to get your work done. but not only that, make sure that when people are together we figure out a way to help our departments collaborate. speak better and figure out how we remove all the impedimentses and presses we layered on. the process we have now was not manage that was done over night. it was done through decades of new processes that got layered upon each other. layers of different lus that got put in decade by decade. we have to look and do the nerdy work of figure outside what was is broken. where bottle necks are and removing those so you get your stores open earlier and homes built and make sure we hav

ama: there is still work to be done on the site and the new city hall chambers are not quite finisheds supply chain issues held up some technology. thmayor anticipates completion by the end of summer. dan: the golden state warriors of the season.ost before the end he will tell you about an now this tile says “spa day, all day.” but this modern look is so me. how's that for on-trend and on-budget? at floor and decor, with our high-quality selection at everyday low prices, your upgrade has never been more “you.” explore floor and decor today! dan: the warriors could have andrew wiggins back just before the playoffs. espn is reporting wiggins is nearing a return and is expected to be back as soon as tomorrow was the warriors take on oklahoma city at the chase center. wiggins has missed 22 games while attending to a private family issue. it is unclear how much he will regular-season games,y are glad to have them back. ama:ama: we have much more news ahead. dan: we do. let's look at the stories coming up at 5:30. >> thanks, the mayor asking for help in curbing the drug crisis in san franci

nbc bay area's scott budman is live at oakland city hall. the issue is when they should lift that moratorium, scott? >> reporter: exactly. i just got out of council chambers. that's where the leaders are meeting right now. their decision, when and how that eviction moratorium, which has been in place three years, should come to an end. oakland's eviction moratorium is, both sides agree, set to end this july with certain protections in place to help renters who need financial aid to make the transition. >> many of them are saying, without these protections, they'd be out on the street. >> reporter: something oakland's jamani edwards says is necessary to help protect those who have needed the more tome up. >> rather than ending it abruptly and irresponsibly that could lead to hundreds and even thousands of people becoming homeless and adding to the already precarious homeless crisis in oakland -- >> reporter: on the other side of the debate, some oakland property owners, like pamela mail, who says she's lost money since the moratorium began. >

i got a permit to use the bike room from city hall and i filled out the form and the lady was looking at me and was like, you work here? i'm like yeah, i don't have a city e-mail address but can i write my employee id number. she is like, you have those, that is cute. she wouldn't talk to an adult like that. she wouldn't say you have employee id that is cute. i was like wow, in that moment. i don't want to tell too many stories. >> sometimes they don't take you seriously because you are a young person. >> i remember walking into supervisors office, we were inviting-legislative aids and a couple times they are like, hello. they are like, why are you here? i'm like this is a public office so everyone can walk into and second of all, we are commissioners. that is the reason we are here. >> i have been called cute so many timeatize is unbelievable. i'm like man, i'm just trying to do my job. i remember there was a interesting debate i had with this guy. we were doing a trash cleanup and it was me and this other dude talking about this book we read about youth involvement in politics. i sa

she hosted a party yesterday with dancers and foot trucks meant to celebrate reopening of city hall and lure crowds back to the heart of the city. jose martinez has more. >> reporter: it's been a challenging couple years. she joins mexican deli at the hedow evhito normal thenormal we had the pandic. > area scene for the past 15 years. like many businesses, they were hit hard by the pandemic. she says she lost 50% of clients when lock down began. >> it's very hard to see you don't make money for you. you just make enough to pay bills. >> reporter: things are starting to get better. she says the restaurant finally sees light at the end of the tunnel, especially since some city employees have returned to the office. >> we have customers from the city hall or city oakland employees, the fire department. now they're starting to come back once a week or twice a week. >> reporter: like sonia, a loyal customer, she works for city of oakland and comes for lunch every time she's in the office. >> i lot of people lost clients. some businesses are actually closed. she kept being open which is great

city of sunnyvale has a new city hall and it's making a little bit of history. ral current and former city leaders are on-hand for the ribbon cutting. >> the building is located at the intersection of el camino real and south mathilda avenue. mayor larry klein says it's the first city hall in the country to be both net 0 energy and receive a platinum leed l e e d rating due to its sustainability features such as solar panels and its close location to mass transit. congratulations. the world's first privately built lunar rovers about to make history. it's called iris and the tiny rover was developed by a team of college students sick. >> carnegie mellon university over several years. iris is about the size of a shoe box and it weighs only 4 pounds making it the smallest rover task to explore the lunar surface. the carnegie mellon team says that there lightweight rover will be carried to the moon aboard a vulcan centaur rocket on may. 4th, the unofficial star wars day once their irises going to carry out a 60 hour mission collecting photos. and how about this lates

going to be out celebrating them today. >> reporter: the parade finished with a rally in front of city hall. and as the mayor offered proclamations, it was the students who supplied some inspiration for a city facing challenges of its own. >> it was a sense that we've done this before so we're capable of doing it again so it's just like -- if we work hard enough and just concentrate and stay focused. we can do it. >> as a real story behind all those kids. and that's why there's a lot of pull for this right? that's why everybody is like this, come on, come on and they got more to show. i'm telling you. it's not over with. this just shows you it can happen right here in oakland. >> reporter: of course it helps when you have strength in numbers. >> the oakland tech girls' team just completed a three-peat but the latest championship is even more impressive because it's in the first year of playing in division i competition. >>> still to come on cbs news bay area, a different parade across the bay. we'll take you to the cherry blossom festival in san francisco's japantown. >>> and if you are thi

. >> community members are rallying outside antioch city hall right now as inside city leaders are discussing those racist text messages sent by some of the cities. police officers. protesters are demanding changes at the police department. julie revealed racist text messages show alleged exchanges between 17 current officers at the department and those tax have now become the public focus of this investigation. community members gathered at the police station this afternoon and then they marched a few blocks over to city hall ahead of the council meeting tonight. >> kron four's harry live at that rally. she joins us now from antioch city hall with more. amanda. >> good evening. right now, many of those ralliers of actually went inside to go into the community meeting and talk to the city council members about what is going on. many speaking up during the public comment asking for an investigation into the police department. now before the meeting, the community groups gathered outside for that rally and march. they're protesting the antioch police department after the release of text convers

they plan to march down to city hall about an hour from now, when city council has that special meeting on police reform and racial equity. those gathered here are calling for the immediate firing of dozens of officers. who can we trust? because we trust them? no, we can't. there's distrust in antioch police, especially after the district attorney released another report filled with racist, sexist and homophobic texts sent among officers oftentimes using the n word, even images of gorillas and monkeys when chatting about black suspects. it's hard when you are in the community, and you can't feel safe. amongst the officers that are supposed to be protecting these latest revelations are part of an investigation by prosecutors and the fbi and not just comments but other alleged misconduct and police violence in the city. the community wants accountability. we want justice for those who have been murdered by the police department. nobody above the law ain't nobody above the law, with city council set to discuss police reforms, racial equity and investigatio members have ar message for the r

so if you slip and fall in front of city hall if there's a bus accident if there is an incident involvingncisco police department, we defend those matters. we also bring lawsuits on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, where most famous for litigating and obtaining the constitutional right to marry for lgbtq couples have sued gun manufacturers, payday lenders, oil companies, you name it, who are undercutting the rights of san franciscans and the city and county of san francisco. so now moving on to the opioid crisis. i understand you've had some success in court, um, dealing with manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies. could you elaborate a little bit on that for us, so the opioid industry and by that i refer to the legal industry that prescribes pain pills. um over years. uh, deceived americans and resulted in literally thousands upon thousands of deaths and tragedies that we see on our streets every day when it comes to the addictions that folks are experiencing. many of the addictions really stemmed from what happened over a decade plus period where the prescription pain

men still march to the police department, -- minutes, they will march from the police to farmiga city hall. a special -- special meeting will be held tonight. >> they're calling for change at the antioch police department. >> sending paszek -- pictures to each other about gorillas. saying they are at a zoo. it is really disturbing that is how they view the people of antioch. how can they treat a person humanely as a human when you cannot see them as one? >> he is calling for more accountability, many that gathers said allegations of racism at the antioch police department is not new. he said this is not a problem at antioch. >> it is time to do something about getting racist police officers out of department and making sure these do not happen. >> the rally and protest come after published protests reveal a chain of homophobic, racist, sexist, text messages sent by antioch police department over years. close to 40% of the police force may have taken part according to the public defender's office including high-ranking officers. >> i have concerns about the vice president of the police unio

these alive pictures in front of city hall in paris. the bill is said to raise the retirement age and franz from $62.00 to $64.00 . so let's go to city hall. natasha butler, standing by there for us. the cash at this was a make or break moment for the president. the last few weeks of the leading up to this day, is it fair to say that he wins on pension reform? i think is fair to say that president about michael has wanted to push through a pension reform since he was supposed to make it in 2017, it is repeated. he said, reforming the pension system is important because the pension system needs to be modernized and also needed to be streamlined to re economically viable and sustainable for future generations. so it is a win win because you have frances constitutional council validates in this more agreeing to the one of the main and key points made that racism times i turn 62 to 64. so a good day for christ. michael in many respects, but look, this reform has come out a price for the president because he faces perhaps a challenge and thr

>>> looking live in san francisco city hall, city leaders are getting ready for the start of the asian-american and pacific islander heritage month. the celebration starts may 1st and will highlight community culture like food, art, music and film. >> we have so much to celebrate this year. i am not just talking about academy awards. i am talking about the progress we made after a very challenginveral years as we bring our community back after covid in the wake of anti-asian hate as we move things forward. >> san francisco will also host the asian-american and pacific islander cooperation conference which brings local business leaders together from around the world. >>> let's take a live look and san jose city hall where the city has dropped a controversial housing proposal. the city council voted to reject the opportunity to purchase act, which would have given qualified nonprofits the ability to make the first offer on multifamily residential properties in the city. the idea of all this was to try and maintain affordable rents. instead, the city council will go after grants and other funding

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today's news conference will happen in front of the san jose city hall rotunda. >> new details in the search to replace ousted laron armstrong. process hasn't even started yet. the police commission this charge of finding three candidates to recommend to the mayor who will have the final pick the commission chair says it's not clear if the mayor will provide the funds for a nationwide search. it's been nearly two months since armstrong was fired and sand amove some commissioners dt support. julian: you may notice a big celebration. the mayor is hosting a so-called reactivation event at city hall as they expand their reopening and welcome more employees back for work. the mayor and other leaders are expected to attend the public was invited but that registration is now closed. >> future of downtown san francisco now has a road map to recovery. as an economic hub at the bay area, the city is really been a shadow of its former self since the pandemic. new legislation introduced yesterday by the mayor is aimed at taking the city's vacant office buildings and transforming them into housing