once at city hall, enjoy the cuisine. we have cocktails cultural performances and viz td the community exhibit table and get your raffle tickets as well. that is where you can also get your special 20 anniversary limited addition t-shirt and logo pin and also all kinds of extra-gifts and last but not least, we want to thank all the raffle prize donors for generosity and support for this year's celebration. [applause] now, for the grand finale of the program, the aapi cultural persession, this is a signature program of the heritage awards that started back in 2008 and was actually an idea of mrs. rose chung to begin with. please welcome, vocalest christine and let the show begin. [applause] >> good evening. [music] [singing] [singing we are the world] >> representing indonesian. representing thailand. representing berma. representing india. representing the philippines. [singing we are the world] representing vietnam. representing the philippines. representing nepal. [singing continued] representing thailand. representing

reporting live at san francisco city hall. i'm sergio quintana, nbc bay area news.we will, of course, keep an eye on the protests across the bay area throughout the newscast. coming up at 530. we'll take you to oakland to see the messages being sent by demonstrators there in the east bay garvin college campus, protesters on both sides of the country face police in riot gear. in the past 24 hours, they've been setting up camps for over a week now, but at two schools, columbia university and ucla, officers moved in as nbc's alice barr reports, president biden and lawmakers are keeping a watchful eye on all of it, a potentially watershed moment in the college campus protests against the war in gaza, columbia university overnight calling in the new york police department to clear the encampment and the building. pro-palestinian protesters had taken over more than 100 people were arrested, a mix of students and outside agitators who new york's mayor said had co-opted the movement. many people thought that this was a just a natural evolution of a protest. it was not. thes

this was the scene moments ago inside city hall, behind me, inside the city clerk's office where armstrong filed the paperwork necessary to announce his candidacy for the oakland city council. at large position. now, armstrong didn't give us specifics on what he would do to solve the city's biggest problems. but he says the three biggest issues facing oakland a budget deficit, homelessness and crime, which he says has risen since he was fired by oakland mayor shengtao as the police chief of this city. that firing took place back in february of 2023. the mayor says because of alleged misconduct in the police department when he was chief earlier this year, armstrong sued the city for wrongful termination. he claims he was fired by the mayor in retaliation for his speaking out about alleged misconduct by the federal monitor overseeing the oakland police department. he'd be coming in with an adversarial relationship with the mayor. you'd want to repair that, i assume, since you'd be on our city council and she'd be your leader of the council. how would you repair that? i don't consider it adve

we want to take you guys back out here, live to oakland at city hall. as i mentioned, this appears to be the only active may day demonstration here in the city. of course, we'll continue to monitor

the terrorist attack in the kroku city hall concert hall is considered one of the most brutal in the years in the history of russia. according to official data, 145 people died, including several belarusians. some visitors to that ill-fated one. concerts before are still considered missing. today people come here again with flowers, put up funeral lamps, bring toys, because among the dead there are six children, someone brings photographs of those who could not escape, and looking at their beautiful happy faces, the tragedy is felt. even more acutely, yes, the tragedy is truly terrible, goosebumps immediately begin to run from the scale, from the losses, this week it became known that a colleague who was listed as missing in our family, from that day it became known that he still turned out to be among the dead, and his eldest son, with whom he was also at the concert, is still in serious condition in the hospital. let us remind you that the tragedy occurred on the evening of march 22, people came to the concert of the picnic group, about 6.00 tickets were sold, but a few minutes bef

in poland, they opposed christ; the warsaw city hall banned catholic crosses, but ordered respect foransgender people, the wyborcza newspaper reports. warsaw is the first city in poland to ban the use of religious symbols in city hall offices. however, the restriction does not yet apply to wearing chest straps. crosses. at the same time, officials are urged to more often use feminives, impersonal forms, gender-neutral terminology and respect their rights. these measures were taken to be recognized and accepted. attention, social diversity. a monument to the hero of belarus nikita kukanenko was unveiled in polotsk. it symbolizes the courage and the highest level of skill that pilot andrei nicheporchik and nikita kukanenko showed in the baranovich area, sending the plane away from residential buildings and avoiding the loss of life. flight may 19 twenty-first year was their last. nikita kukanenko, graduate of the polotsk cadet school. that is why it was... a feat, that is, it is a symbol of patriotism, a symbol of heroism, it will undoubtedly serve primarily for our guys, such a source

nbc bay area sérgio quintana is live at city hall, where the protest ended earlier this afternoon.sadio yeah. when the demonstrators got here to san francisco city hall, there were a few speakers who did voice concerns over budget cuts at the city that could affect workers. and some people who spoke about concerns for immigrant workers rights. but from the start of the demonstration today, which was in the mission district, the overriding message was support for palestinians in gaza. niello viva palestina looking into the crowd gathered at mission in 24th street in san francisco, palestinian flags are the most visible part of this event on this international workers day, marchers in paris protested issues about the city hosting the olympic games, and people in manila marched for better wages and job security amidst rising prices. but here in san

front of city hall for this may day demonstration. it appears that this is the only active one here in the city of oakland. now, hundreds of these demonstrators are marching here from the federal building. earlier of course, in solidarity with palestine on this may day. and they're showing their solidarity to palestine during the war in gaza. now, earlier, we were at what was going to be another planned demonstration in oakland, but that wrapped up early. so you're looking at video from the west oakland bart, where organizers held a victory rally with the port of oakland, closing for the day due to their planned may day protest . now, organizers are calling this a victory, saying that the port could potentially lose millions of dollars by closing due to that planned protest, and in their protest, they said that that was in solidarity with palestinian union workers. we want to take you guys back out here, live to oakland at city hall. as i mentioned, this appears to be the only active may day demonstration here in the city. of course, w

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terry mcsweeney there at union square, a few blocks away at city hall. we will bring in nbc's sergio quintana, who continues our coverage of these bay area protests. reporter. well, this may day, also known as international workers day, here in san francisco, there are several groups that are part of this gathering outside of san francisco city hall. lots of labor groups advocating for their own individual issues collectively. but if you take a look out, you'll see that there are a whole lot of palestinian flags. that's basically become the overriding issue. there are a lot of these groups that are pledging their solidarity for the palestinian people in gaza in particular, as the conflict there continues, i can tell you that there is also some precautions for security here. if you go over to the front of city hall, they have a barrier that's set up, and there are some deputies that set up out front. that's in part because some of the prior protests, especially recently, have have become issues, especially as people have tried to take over freeways. as th

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

san francisco supervisors as you know was shot and killed in city hall in 1978. today civic leaders came to the plaza in the castro district to celebrate what he stood for. as they said that the city is closing in on securing a building for an lgbtq museum that would feature milk and many others. >> so be actual friends of harvey milk who continued to make sure his legacy is not forgotten, but used as a beacon of hope for future generations to come. >> sfo's harvey milk terminal is scheduled to open in june. the $2.4 billion project includes two new gates, ticket counters, new security checkpoints. the project will link all of san francisco's terminals at the airport after you go through a security. now milk also made history by being the first openly gay person to have a navy ship named after him. the usns harvey milk made a stop in san francisco back in march. a surpriseship that will deliver food, fuel, other materials to other navy ships at sea. milk served in the navy during the korean war. >>> well, blue origin has touched down after their space light. comin

well, we have the mayor of shanghai coming to city hall. he's already here with a delegation of 20 people. and it's really about celebrating our 45 year sister city relationship between san francisco and shanghai, renewing our commitment to develop our relationships and to build bridges. and it's great to have him and his delegation here. after they hosted me and my delegation in shanghai. >> why is that relationship with shanghai so important, especially now in the post-pandemic pandemic world? >> well, you know, san francisco is has a population of over 20% chinese. and we have many people who who come from china in different parts, mostly southern china. but the relationship is important because how our city was built, when you look at the architecture, when you look at, you know, the diversity and what people talk about and the significance of san francisco, it does have a lot to do with our relationship between, you know, the united states and china. and san francisco has played the gateway to the asia pacific to enhance that relationsh

among the gifts for museum experts is a climb to the balcony of the city hall. winners will get a bird's eye view of minsk under the opening credits of the music and tourist season in the upper city. next, my colleagues, tv news agency projects are also available on social networks and in the mobile application. qr code on the screen. new information already at one o'clock in the afternoon. see you. 7:5 6:2 the meeting lasted 1:25 minutes in the decisive battle for the trophy. belarus will fight with the first racket of the world, iga szwiątok, tomorrow. let me remind you that the girls recently met in the finals of a tournament in madrid, where a polish athlete celebrated victory in a three-set match. smargon and east. separated in peace in the opening match of the ninth round of the belarusian football championship (1:1). in the same time neman football players won a home match against derzhinsky arsenal and took ... first place in the championship standings. the meeting in grodno ended with the score 1:0. the only goal was scored by andrey yakimov. today the n

was shot and killed inside city hall in 1978 but his legacy lives on. >> so many actual friends of harvey milk can continue to be sure that his legacy is not forgotten , used as a beacon of hope for future generations to come. >> reporter: meanwhile, sfo's harvey milk terminal is scheduled to open in june. >>> the other big event happening today in san francisco was the bay to breakers. thousands of people out early this morning for one of the cities most colorful events. max darrow caught up with the participants. >> 10 , nine, eight -- >> reporter: the sound of the horn officially kicked off another edition of the san francisco tradition, bay to breakers. more than 21,000 people signed up for the seven mile run and fun this year. some participants are competitive runners , majority show up in costumes some crazy, some fun. and there were also some people who chose to show up in nothing at all. >> 113 years, started in 1912. so it is one of the oldest running races in the united states. >> reporter: we caught up with several runners during the unofficial ceremonial tortilla toss that mar

today, the indian health center of santa clara valley held a news conference in front of city hall.t started with what you see there, the traditional dance and prayer. california has the fifth highest rate of missing and murdered indigenous people in the united states, the center says. that includes two local women murdered in the past year, a 2016 report by the national crime information center found more than 5700 indigenous women reported to be missing in the united states. advocates say those numbers are often underreported or flat out ignored by law enforcement. murder is a third leading cause of death for american indian and alaska native women and girls ages 10 to 24. the number may be higher, but we don't know because data is not collected or it's not collected correctly. it's a big problem, city council member peter ortiz says 70% of all indigenous people live in urban areas across the u.s, including san jose. the oakland community stepping up to support a popular chef who fed the warriors during the 2019 nba finals and he's helped lead conversations on safety for businesse

what they're calling for at city hall . the news at six starts right now. good evening, and thanks for being with us. i'm raj mathai and i'm jessica aguirre. what should be on the chopping block? the city of san francisco is facing a massive budget shortfall over the next two years. right now, the mayor's office and the board of supervisors are trying to figure out what to cut in order to balance that budget. today at city hall, community leaders tried to make sure the city knows their programs should be spared. here's nbc's sergio quintana. we love s.f. s.f. love us. back on the steps of city hall today, a coalition of youth service organizations, immigrant support groups and lgbtq youth support groups came together to offer one message don't cut our programs. the groups say their services are vital to making the city a safe, vibrant and diverse place and should not be on the chopping block as the city tries to balance its strained budget. in fact, they say investing in their programs will prevent bigger costs later. we're going to wait until someone's

our colleagues at the bay guardian first reported on the influence of pg and e on city hall in 1969. des alameda, other bay area cities like palo alto, healdsburg and pittsburg have publicly owned power companies. >> all right. so you mentioned the eminent domain option, right? >> right. there is an option. >> what are the challenges against that? what are the barriers to that actually happening? >> well, i mean, the california puc can say, okay, this is what that grid is worth okay. so and pg and e can say we're still not interested. then san francisco can come and say, well, eminent domain. yeah, we can take it over. and if the, you know, the california puc can say, well, it's not worth 2.5 billion, it's worth 1.9 billion. >> sounds like that. >> and that's what they get to pay result in a long court case, right? >> yeah. yes. exactly. long legal battle or long negotiations. >> very long negotiation. >> i'm not 100 years. >> yeah. no. yeah. thanks, liane. sure >> the cost of california's water tunnel project is now estimated to be about $20 billion. today, the department of water re

nashaga kalektyvu, the lords are glad that this morning i meet here at the capital of the capital city hallely happy here to walk in the smoke, and this whole year i’m so worthy of the noble people, for this reason, of course, the kingdom of beltal and radio campaigns and administrative city, we will continue to work, have an effect, a product for our country and for our native minsk, our dear native city, which i am proud of. performers. legal education of youth: the academy of management today awarded the winners of the republican olympiad on the theory and practice of the electoral process. this year it took place in three stages. based on the results of the qualifying tests, out of almost 2.0 high school students, 70 children from all regions of the country reached the finals. students passed computer testing and also demonstrated ingenuity during an educational board game. 22. the winners were awarded diplomas and memorable gifts. of course, it is very honorable to participate in such a large-scale republican-level olympiad, despite the fact that i am a republican olympian in... me, th

three times if i'm not a experienced bike rider i probably don't make it to city hall. we need to make sure that we are being as aggressive as we can to make safe and equitable passageways all over san francisco. thank you all. happy bike to where ever today. i think we should grow back to calling bike to work day, but anyway, have a great day! [applause] >> thank you supervisor. before we close up, i just want to thank everyone for attending this rally. in my experience in being part of this coalition, it is definitely one of the most different unique diverse rallies we had in a really long time so thank you claire for pulling that together. it is really energyizing and helpful. really connecting all the different communities from all the corners of the city so that is a great thing. thank you to our membership. without you, we wouldn't be here, so-- [applause] --and thank you to our current executive director christopher white. [applause] and yeah, everyone have a wonderful day. thanks so much. happy bike to where ever day! the san francisco music hall of fame is a li

the city of oakland missing the chance to secure a $15 million grant to fight retail crime from city hall. >> ktvu james torres breaks down the auditor's 37 page report and the changes the city still has yet to make. >> lots of people wanted to know. >> michael houston spent more than six months investigating how the city of oakland missed submitting an application for a state grant worth $15 million. it would have helped combat organized retail theft, something chinatown community leader carl chan says the town struggles with in the city. >> and the leadership is, you know, really caring about what we're looking for, what we want for the people and for the businesses. okay, you know the utmost priority now is public safety and the things that they could have done, has been failing. >> the report reflects details of an investigation by ktvu back in december of the 85 days the application process was open, the audit reports. oakland was only fully engaged for about 16 days, and that was only when the department of economic workforce development stepped in, not realizing opd already started

students from elite public school took over the second floor of city hall in this very loud and spirited rally. the council last night overturned a planning commission decision to issue the school a major use permit. it was for campus inside a vacant building on georgia street in the city's downtown. opponents say the city's downtown core is no place for a 400 student school. >> we have some may rain on the horizon, but we're still enjoying this lovely stretch of weather as we take a live look outside. >> abc seven news meteorologist andy patel is getting us ready for our thursday in our 24 hour accuweather forecast. sandhya. yeah and ama if you like today's weather, you're going to love the weather for thursday. >> that's for sure. so let's check out our live picture from our mount tam cam. visibility is just terrific. it is still a little breezy in some areas, and it was a warm one inland today up into the low 80s right along the coast in the 50s. temperatures today generally 5 to 9 degrees above average. still retaining some of that warmth from earlier. today. it's 60 degrees right no

so to me there's plenty to cut from a lot of inefficient spending coming out of city hall right now. to me, public safety is job one. i believe it's a number one job of government to protect our residents. we have failed at that over the last six years. mayor breed has failed at that. she's led our police department decline to the point where our staffing compared to when i was mayor, we were down over 25. to me, that's just dereliction of duty. i want to protect the residents of san francisco, protect our visitors and bring our city back. you still want to replace the police chief? day one on the job. i believe we need to. yeah. look, chief, scott is a good man, but the reality is the average tenure of a police chief in the us is three years. he's been here for close to eight. we need someone that's going to come in with me when i'm mayor to fight for increased budget, fight for increased staffing, fight against the police commission, and make sure we support our officers every single day. homelessness is another huge issue in the city. in the city, i know public safety as well. dan

top priority tonight, city hall is preparing for a list of candidates. it's all about the inside track in san jose. not since 1976 has the city gone outside its ranks to find a police chief. they've all been internal, and the next 1st may be as well. that's because one of the applicants is current acting chief paul joseph. but the president of the silicon valley naacp says it's time for a change. and i think now, if we really want to change the direction and change the climate or the atmosphere of the police department, it's time to bring somebody from the outside in that would have a take us in a totally new direction. reverend jethro moore, the second, also says he believes community policing and engagement should be the new chief's top priority as a neighborhood association, we do value police officers, but the president of the dahle neighborhood association disagrees, saying crime fighting needs to be the new chief's priority. the safety of our community is extremely important and we want to be able to lean on the police just as much as we want them

. . ., ., , is well on course to stay in city hall. .~' ., , ., ~' is well on course to stay in cityor now. - hall. nick early, thank you very much indeed for now. more i hall. nick early, thank you very i much indeed for now. more results coming in all the time but we are joined now by the labour mp for bethnal green and bow. the bbc is calling london for labour, your reaction to that? well, we are really — labour, your reaction to that? well, we are really delighted _ labour, your reaction to that? well, we are really delighted to _ labour, your reaction to that? .m we are really delighted to hear the results so far, and of course we will wait for the returning officer to announce the result, but we are really pleased with the results so far, what we are seeing is a swing in well over four far, what we are seeing is a swing in well overfour —— far, what we are seeing is a swing in well over four —— well over 4% across a number of constituencies so far, but it looks like that swing is going to be hopefully greater than what he's had in the last election, and that he is set to win a

and land in the city hall and became a legislative aid to sophie maxwell. went through city departments when kamala harris was our district attorney i'm proud to represent the richmondad district supervisor. [music] we have great neighborhood commercial corridors that need to be protected. the reason why we launched the neighborhood business for supporting the [inaudible] for 15 years special more. we have the legacy business program the business around for 30 years or more and thought, you know, we gotta make sure the next generation contains for generations to come. am i'm ruth the owner of hamburger haven we came back on july 11. we were opened in 1968 at that time i believe one of the owners of mestart today went through a guy named andy in the early 70s and my father took it mid 70s. >> originally was just a burger joint. open late nights. then it changed over the years and became the breakfast staple. we specialize in breakfast, brunch come lunch now. i love this neighborhood. i grew up here. and it feels like home. i walk down the block and recognize

court extended the arrest until august 22 of four accused of involvement in the attack on the crocus city hallcert hall, the agency reports that the court satisfied the investigation's petition against the four alleged accomplices of the terrorist attack. we are monitoring the situation, but for now let’s return to the topic of the assassination attempt on prime minister fico. so, fitza is a left-centrist, founder and leader of the party. called the course social democracy. he was prime minister twice from the beginning from 2006 to the tenth years. his work was called successful. gdp grew, public debt decreased. however , after the elections of the tenth year, he was unable to assemble a coalition with other parties in parliament and had to resign. but it happened in 2012, this was fitz’s second office. in 1918, however, i had to again resign over the murder scandal of investigative journalist yang. the opposition then played on the public’s dissatisfaction with the actions of the ministry of internal affairs, first of all, and last fall there was another return, a victory in the next parliam

students from elite public school took over the second floor of city hall in this very loud and spirited the council last night overturned a planning commission decision to issue the school a major use permit. it was for campus inside a vacant building on georgia street in the city's downtown. opponents say the city's downtown core is no place for a 400 student school. >> we have some may rain on the horizon, but we're still enjoying this lovely stretch of weather as we take a live look outside. >> abc seven news meteorologist andy patel is getting us ready for our thursday in our 24 hour accuweather forecast. sandhya. yeah and ama if you like today's weather, you're going to love the weather for thursday. >> that's for sure. so let's check out our live picture from our mount tam cam. visibility is just terrific. it is still a little breezy in some areas, and it was a warm one inland today up into the low 80s right along the coast in the 50s. temperatures today generally 5 to 9 degrees above average. still retaining some of that warmth from earlier. today. it's 60 degrees right now in sa

support the rights of the lgbtq+ community in june, the rainbow flag will overlook the city from city hall a month long. san francisco also ringing in the beginning of pride month. city a huge rainbow flag. you see it right there over union square this morning across the bay area. cities celebrate lgbtq+ rights withiannual festivals, parades and events. the san francisco pride parade is set for june 30th. all of that details are on sf pride dot pride is kicking off a day early in walnut creek today, city officials raised the pride flag outside city hall. tomorrow. the city holds 2 pride events including drag queen story time similar events held in other bay area. cities in the past have drawn some protesters. but as kron four's philippe djegal reports, city officials positive turn. >> for the second time in 2 years, the city of walnut creek will host drag queen story time plus scraps last year's inaugural event was held at the lecture center for the arts and kevin safina says it was a big hit. kids are very engaged. parents are happy. we have people coming to the problem again, not just on

and new at noon on this friday, the city of oakland has raised the pride flag at city hall. ul flag went up against a bright blue sky just a short time ago. as pride month is about to get underway tomorrow, june the 1st, mayor shengtao said the city has always been an ally to the lgbtq plus community, but she said she feels that oakland is now putting more money behind the support, including the establishment of the lakeshore lgbtq cultural district. >> we demand that people are unafraid to be who they are, to love who they want to love, and for the and for. not just that, but for community to come together with government, to work together, to really make sure that there are spaces and places where people can feel safe. >> mayor tao also thanked staff members who helped the city achieve its goal of ensuring that the lgbtq plus community gets all the support they need for money or for many, whether it's just a dream. but twin sisters from the south bay will soon play badminton on the biggest stage in the world. how that pair went from young national champions to olympians com

the city still has yet to make in the city auditor's 37 page report, he lists every misstep from city hall, the police department and city staff who couldn't put a grant application together. >> he's calling it a disjointed process. >> lots of people wanted to know. >> michael houston spent more than six months investigating how the city of oakland missed submitting an application for a state grant worth $15 million. it would have helped combat organized retail theft, something chinatown community leader carl chan says the town struggles with in the city. >> and the leadership is, you know, really caring about what we're looking for, what we want for the people and for the businesses. okay, you know the utmost priority now is public safety and things that they could have done, has been failing. >> the report reflects details of an investigation by ktvu back in december of the 85 days the application process was open, the audit reports oakland was only fully engaged for about 16 days, and that was only when the department of economic workforce development stepped in, not realizing opd alrea

the other side you can see how this is empty right here at oakland city hall. but this whole thing started, take a look at the video. it started at 2:00, down at the federal building. this was like hundreds of people that started walking all of the way down broadway. they got all of the way down to the square. we had a chance to talk to some of them why they are using may day as another opportunity to get this message across. >> i am glad to see people around here that are not even palestinian, not arab, whole from a slew of culture of backgrounds and they find something, something like within themselves that, find something in common with the palestinian people. feels their pain and feels their power. >> ultimately they agree on the in fact this is an opportunity to get the message across. we are working on a story for you guys that will you be able to watch at 8:00. >> all right, thank you, we will look for it then on pix plus, thank you. >>> campus protests are escalating. so, anne makovevec is here. >> reporter: things got messy. ucla had to cancel classes

not pg and e, and this time it appears they finally have the political will of city hall. >> we haveoard who are adamant that we pursue this. >> if pg and e declines the offer, the california puc will then determine the estimated price of p-g-and-e's assets in san francisco, and a takeover is possible. it will be funded using a revenue bond, so it doesn't come out of taxes. >> it comes out of the revenue stream you get from selling the service for alioto, it's a matter of seeing is believing. >> you know, as saint francis of assisi says, try the impossible and make it possible. that's public power. that is possible. and it would be so great for our city. i just wish i could believe again that we had the elected officials that had the guts to do it. >> now, besides alameda, other bay area cities like palo alto, healdsburg and pittsburg have publicly owned power companies. now, this is a huge undertaking. >> well, it is it's complex. yeah, but they've talked about it for 100 years. we'll see. right? right. thanks, liane. sure >> coming up, how to get more qualified teachers into east b

heard back. >> in the south bay group of silicon valley nonprofits plan to rally outside of san jose city hallor more money to be put towards affordable housing. so the real coalition is the name of this group and they're asking city officials to do more to preserve money that would fund permanent housing solutions in response to a proposal. they say matt mayer hand met. mayor matt mahan is pushing. so the proposal would divert money away from measure e which originally set aside money for affordable housing city officials are considering using that money to clear homeless encampments along waterways and police residents in temporary shelters. the rally is set for 12, 30 this afternoon. we'll tell you what happens. >> 6.37 and a major setback in the effort to try to stop public money from going towards the stadium in las vegas. so the proposed ballot measure written by the nevada teachers union apparently will not be appearing in the next election. kron four's dan kerman explains why. when the battle lawmakers approved spending 380 million dollars in public money to help fund a stadium in las

yeah, one of those parades starts right here at city hall. of course, these celebrations are all to celebrate. cinco de mayo, which is the celebration of mexico's victory over france in the battle of puebla in 1862. and. you're right. there's two parades, two festivals, a lot going on, a lot of road closures. that one parade starts here at city hall in a couple of hours, about an hour or so. and 9:00, and then it ends at cesar chavez plaza, where there's going to be a festival until about 5:00. and then on the east side, another parade from the mexican heritage park to the emma prusch farm park. and a festival there from noon till about 4:00. so a lot to watch out for whether people are in the downtown or on the east side. as far as the road closures. and of course, we hope that just everybody has a happy and safe cinco de mayo. back to both of you. indeed. and one last time. happy birthday to our tom jensen. thanks for joining us on your birthday morning. and before we go, cynthia has one last look at the forecast. there were some cinco de m

terry was at city hall at the time of the fire. i feel like i should have been here, you know, i could have stopped preventing anything at all. >> my parents are elderly and they understood, like stuff like this happen, you know, this is my worst nightmare. >> the san francisco fire department is still investigating where the fire started and what might have caused it. in the meantime, neighbors here say they will continue to support this family in san francisco. luz pena abc seven news. >> the future of california's gig economy and prop 22 is now up to the california state supreme court. the law, which voters approved in 2020, classifies as uber and lyft drivers as contractors instead of employees. opponents say the law needs to change. abc seven news reporter suzanne phan is in the newsroom with what happened during today's hearing. suzanne. >> so, dan, about a million people are impacted by prop 22. the state supreme court is now deciding whether prop 22 is constitutional. labor unions and some drivers say it is not what the sta

a live look at san francisco city hall. where later today, mayor london breed and the mayor of shanghai, china will sign a memorandum of understanding. to keep up strong relationships between the sister cities last month. mayor breed visited china to secure shipment of pandas for the san francisco zoo and short relationships with businesses and airline carriers into the city. by the way, these pandas could be here as soon as the beginning of next year. looking live at san jose this morning and wishing congratulations to 8000 san jose state university students graduating. as the class of 2024. sean chitnis has a look at 2 graduates who are making commencement. couples celebration. gone. and day. salinas have already walked down the aisle together and on wednesday they will take some more special steps together on stage as graduates of the class of 2024. >>>>told ourselves that no matter what we're going to finish and that's what we did >reed>receive their masters in counselor education from san jose state university, the 1st

in the south bay a silicon valley nonprofit plan to rally outside of san jose city hall. money for affordable housing. the real coalition is asking city officials to do more to preserve money that would fund permanent housing solutions in response to a proposal that they say mayor matt mahan is pushing jose would divert money away from measure e which originally set aside money for affordable housing city officials are considering using that money to clear homeless encampments along waterways and also place a resident temporary shelters. the rally set for 12:30pm. well, for the first time in more than a decade, the vietnamese heritage garden in san jose is about to get major facelift. the guard was originally constructed in 2011 to honor the thousands of refugees, the flood vietnam after the fall of saigon in 1975. but it largely set if proven plans include a new card in the trees trails and pitches. there's also space to host community events there. jose mayor matt mahan. he's excited for the next steps for this cultural site. >> shared vision is a garden that remembers t

jana >> yes, they just arrived here at frank ogawa plaza in front of oakland city hall.the way so that you can see what is going on right now. they have over here to the left, a big truck that was leading the march from the federal building down telegraph across grand and then back down broadway. they've been using that as a stage. and as you can see, there are hundreds and hundreds of people here at frank ogawa plaza. others are still arriving. many of them are from different groups. we understand as many as 100 different organizations in this coalition. and you can see there are lots of families here, too. they are all here calling on this may day, this worker's day for a ceasefire and an end to the violence in gaza

he said the school board and district attorney recalls changed the political landscape, forcing city hall to take notice. >> this community has reporter: mayor london breed to those looking to win her seat at city hall, you can easily spot them at asian american functions courting the asian american vote. behind the scenes their campaign teams have staffers who are familiar with the community to do the community outreach. >> reporter: other candidates are taking it even one step further. [ speaking in a global language ] >> for example, like danny sutter running for distinct 3 supervisor which includes chinatown, he's learning cantonese for years and now in some of the campaign vans for political debate, he's showing off his speaking skill. >> reporter: as for lily, helping to organize the aapi vote may be an awakening of her own. she recently won an elective position on the democratic county central committee. >> there's still a lot of voters in the aapi community that aren't voting, that aren't registered to vote. >> reporter: more work to do to highlight the power of the asian american