. >> hi thank you for hearing our case today aim rachel the owner of the delores park cafe i'm here because i want to update and amend our licensed to delores cafe can continue to provide a place for all over the to go when we opened the cafe in 997 delores park was a really different place than today kind of rough and delores park was a no man's land between the castro and mission there was nothing else happening on the block no dell event no a phase city opposed coffee bar we were fortunate because right away delores park was where people came to meet their neighbors this was what we wanted to create from the moment we opened the cafe we've been about exultant 3 our myths and community has inspired me to open all 3 of my places and we have monthly art exhibits and fundraiser we host nonprofits for elementary schools and all sort of organizations around the city and our entertainment and arts programming hopefully about continue to be an integral part of community and how we give back to the community over the years we've witnessed the neighborhood grow and thrive new businesses on 8th str

delores park cafe has kept everything alive and we wouldn't have it anywhere else. thank you. >> thank you.>> i'm an activist in the transgender community. the nightlife has been a necessary part of my community and celebration. it's not exclusively an lgbt venue. it's one of the few days in san francisco you don't have to be 21 and over. when i moved here 19 years ago it was a booming music scene. it's dwindled because of gentrification and the vibrant queer and music and art is quickly disappearing. i ask you to please renew dolores park cafe so our communities and families can continue to gather safely and enjoy live music in san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. crista, hanson and the last cards. >> i am crista sansky manager of the dolores park cafe. i work most of the music nights, not all of them and i have done my best to manage and accommodate any kind of complaints that have happened. personally as a musician myself we hosted an open mic for a non-profit organization and the whole time i have been in this city i have been searching for these people and t

sometimes they can't even find a place to park on the stretch because of all the sunbathers at delores park who realize they can get away with it too. >> we tend to just continue to park up the street so we'll go on to the next block and the next block and basically create a one lane where there used to be a two-lane. >> you go to church? >> is that just parking only? >> reporter: it's illegal for everyone. worshippers just get a break. and so do the hundreds who drive to the park on sundays. >> on sunday we only have so many resources only so many park officers that can respond. when they do respond it's because of a complaint. >> illegal church parking has been taken over by illegal parking. both will get away with it on a wholesale basis. >> you know who's really annoyed by all this are bicyclists because they don't have the road they need, the street they need to ride down here sundays and other people who have gotten $110 double parking ticket when they point out that gee if i would have parked sunday on valencia street, on delores street, would have been fine. >> looks like everybody

welcome to beautiful delores park. this is a long time coming. back in 2008, voters approved a clean and safe neighborhood parks bond which allocated about $14 million to improve this incredible park. our goal together we are going to build the new dolores park that is going to be built to last. it is going to retain all of it's important features, all of it's historic qualities, all of it's essential beauty. but yet be built with the idea that this is whenever people come. >> we are going to be renovating all six tennis court's, replacing the basketball court with operations underneath so the staff has the ability to maintain the park. we are completely renovating the irrigation system and in addition to the operations we are building two new restroom buildings. this fund was part of the park renovation fund. we knew community was very supportive of a renovation fund. we engaged in a community process which we began with the park to do a detailed assessment of the condition of the park and very details conversation about what we can do in the pa

. >>> a playground sand box in san francisco's delores park will be offlimits to kids for a week. officials closed off the section yesterday after finding shards of glass in the sand. they say someone was drinking there late thursday night and smashed beer bottles along the retaining wall. recreation and park department crews removed the shard-filled sand yesterday. now as many as 20 tons of sand must be replaced. no word on the cost of the cleanup. >>> excitement in san jose today as the earthquakes take to the soccer field for the first time at the stadium. the team tested out the new privately funded $100 million home in an exhibition game against the l.a. galaxy. the european style horseshoe stadium seats 18,000 people, has a canopy roof and the steepest seating in the league's optimize viewing. >> beautiful. so excited. >> we had seats pretty high up but the view is great and it feels like you're on the field. >> it's a great day for the bay area. wonderful day for quake fans and let just hope it's a start of a wonderful season for all of us. >> the new stadium offers double

. >>> a playground sand box in delores park will be off limits for another week.park officials closed off the section of helen dillard after finding shards of glass in the sand. they say someone drinking there late thursday night smashed beer bottles along the retaining walls. recreation and park department removed the shard-filled sand yesterday. now as many as 20 tons of sand must be replaced. no word on the cost of the clean-up. >>> coming up next on abc7 news at 9:00, things are finally looking up for ski resorts in the bay area. fresh snow. look at how much will come down and what you'll face getting there. back here in the bay area, we see hail and thunderstorms. meteorologist drew tuma up next with your accuweather forecast. >> quite enough said on college hoops as the broncos on seennior night get this to >>> covering santa clara, san francisco, east bay, and all the bay area. this is abc7 news. >>> take a look at this. tahoe is enjoying some fresh snow. kirkwood mountain resort said it has received up to 10 inches of snow since the storm reached the area

he was tracked to delores park where police say he had multiple cans of paint with him.hey also say he was taking pictures of his graffiti. he's suspected to be the person spray painting the words, crist and sheep means? >> crist means crystal meth. sheep means [bleep] >> he's facing ten felony and 17 misdemeanor charges. a spokesman from the district attorney's office says in these kind of vandalism cases, a judge will often refuse the felony charges to misdemeanors and those convicted serve minimal jail time. but people we talk to hope it won't happen in the case. they say graffiti is ruining the city. they feel someone needs to pay for it. >>> golden state warriors center marreese speights will miss the game tonight because of a run-in with the law last year. he's being suspended would no pay for one game. he pleaded no contest to reckless driving in tampa, florida. he was arrested in august and was originally charged with driving under the influence. >>> a journalist raised in the bay area, held in iran for eight months. we spoke to his brother and his nunn newspaper

and in san francisco hundreds of penal packed delores park. we head to drew tuma for a first check on weather and live doppler 7 hd. >> certainly a taste of summer on this saturday. record highs in a few locations. take a look. san rafael tied a record of 81 degrees set back in 1969. napa toasty at 83 degrees. that ties a record. oakland, a new record. 79 degrees, besting the old record of 76 set back in 2003. livermore tying a record of 82 degrees. the taste of summer is going to lead into our sunday weather as well. we'll take a look at the warm numbers in the forecast in just a few minutes. matt? >> thanks drew. >>> nearly two dozen people were injured after a commuter train hit a car in los angeles. two cars derailed. danielle has the details. >> reporter: a chilling train/car crash in los angeles, adding to a list of such collisions across the u.s. a car was making an improper turn right in front of 9 university of southern california. the impact all but demolished the silver hyundai. miraculously the driver was still alive. >> we used th

well, he was tracked to delores park and police say he had several cans of paint with him. they also say he was taking photos of his graffiti. now, he's suspected of being the person who has been spray painting the word cheap everywhere from market street to tresh ire island. >> -- treasure island? >> what does that mean? [bleep] >> he's now facing ten felony and 17 misdemeanor charges. a spokesman from the d.a.'s says in most of these vandalism cases, a judge will reduce the felony charges to misdemeanors and those convicted serve minimal jail time. the people we talk to say they hope that's not the case. they say graffiti is ruining the city. it's very exsphynxive to clean up and -- expensive to clean up and somebody needs to pay for it. >>> people in san francisco who decide to relieve themselves against the wall of a building, public works is considering painting the walls with a water repellent paint. any liquid rebounds right on the shoes and pants of the offender. it started be to be used in the light district in hamburg, germany. the department of public works may u

. >>> security crews are getting ready to crack down on any vandals at delores park.staff members tomorrow and 6 on sunday. last month someone smashed glass bottles in the sand box causing it to be closed. they will have staff on hand to empty garbage cans. >>> over coming the odds. a student at cal is on the triathlon team, ktvu's rob roth tells us, he is also blind and today he received a little help. >> reporter: he is not adjust cal burkely athlete, he is a triathlete. >> 98% blind. >> most of what he sees is a dark blur. yet he competes. >> if you think about what you don't have you won't appreciate what you have. >> reporter: they are training for nationals next month in south carolina. they must run, swim and bike long distances. hard for most people who can see. >> he is an inspiration to the team. >> reporter: it is difficult oo grasp but he has to cope with -- what he has to cope with. . >> i hit the wall with my head sometimes. trying to work on that. >> reporter: rules allow him to ride tandem bike with a guy. this afternoon the challenged athlete foundati

. >>> 30 charges have been filed against a man suspected of vandalizing san francisco's delores park. andrew yarbrough is accused of causing more than $100,000 of damage back in february. police say the vandalism was so bad it actually delayed the renovation going on at the park. the da says yarbrough is facing 10 felonies, 20 misdemeanors for possessing graffiti tools. >>> an argument over the design of a future pedestrian bridge. naturalists say the design chosen could be lethal to birds and they want the city to go with a different design. len ramirez shows us why. >> reporter: we tend to think of a bird's eye view as something special but that may not be the case. in fact birds' blurry vision and blind spots are coming to the floor in arguments against this proposed new foot and bike bridge. >> birds do not see the way we do. their eyes are on the side of their heads. they don't focus as well. some of them if they have long beaks their beak actually creates a blind spot. >> reporter: she worries there could be many unnecessary bird kills if palo alto approves the design known as c

. >>> san francisco' popular delores park is littered with trash, which is attracting a new crowd, rats. the san francisco chronicle reports the park is covered with nearly 15,000 cubic yards of garbage every year. a lot of that comes from thousands of weekend partyers and their leftover food. that's plenty for the rats to feast on. the chronicle says the rodent problem has gotten worse since the park's renovation. >>> san jose's new mayor pledges more police and more services in his first state of the city address. mayor sanlacard delivered the address in east san jose, schoozing to give the address on a weekend so more people could attend. one of his priorities is beefing up police staffing. >>> first, we will renew san jose by making our city safer. our hard-working police officers remain stretched thin. we have seen our hard-working officer reduce crime in the past two years. >> liccardo also vowed to restore library services, help the homeless and expand after school and teen job programs. he also said he would work to secure funding to bring b.a.r.t. to the allen rock and downtown

drinking destroyed a hundred thousand dollars worth of park property. >> it is easy to see imr delores park is a a destination. how people enjoy their time on the lawn varies. >> frisbee. >> you can enjoy wine or beer in the park. >> artistic stuff. >> new place for the little ones to play opened up two years ago. two days ago, the fun was put on hold. >> they broke an enormous amount of glass in the sand box area and playground area. it is an enormous amount of sand that has to be replaced. >>> they broke into the construction area which occupies half of the park. they hot wired vehicles and took them for joy rides and crashed into an irrigation system and new buildings before starting a fire. >> boys will be boys. but, know, that -- no, that is not right. >> points for us to take care of the park patrol and security. >> the number of park rangers in the city was increased from two to four. they have a lot of ground to cover. 220 parks. and that includes golden gate park which is one of the largest in the world. >> they were there and asked if everyone was behaving himself. he said so far.

delores park is reportedly covered with nearly 15,000 cubic yards of garbage every year. partiers and their leftover food is the cause. that's plenty of reason for rats to start the feast. some people say it's an offputting issue. >> just take it back out, kids are playing out here. running around and picking up all kinds of stuff. it's not nice to go somewhere where there's trash everywhere. >> the rodent problem has gotten worse since the renovation. meantime the city is putting up traps. >> sorry it if you're having your breakfast on that one. >>> water district grapple with shortages of looming rate hikes, new outrage is growing over salaries for some top water executives. the bay area news group reports salaries for general managers at the four largest water districts are all more than double what governor brown is paid. some agencies, including san francisco public utility commissioners are now looking at rate hikes of more than 30%. report finds no bay area agencies are considering cutting or freezing salaries in the wake of looming rate hikes. >> water is a precio

park on the construction they say they're going to dedicate more of their park ranger resources to delors park to prevent this kind of destructive behavior. >>reporter: parts of the era track in one. parts of the area could possibly see an isolated showers or shallow crossing area of lies a little bit of clear skies and a few clouds across the region here live from the san mateo bridge before leaping off the west where do with a few high clouds in this area still wanted to say that way here the olecranon a few more low-level clouds in this to the scene to of all the area of if fret not temperatures are and 50s across the area oakland 57 degrees and for concord and a work 584 they saw a heavy thunderstorm that has quickly moved all of the area for more runoff 56 pleasant 58 san francisco 57 this city 52 an attempt to log on to continue to stay mild for much of the evening was a light winds into the next hour to images will be into los mid-50s we will see if five chance by endicott temperatures will fall to lower fifth is afforded by 9:00 p.m. the times is the duty to stay into low to mid 50's e

the parks department says they're going to dedicate more of their park ranger resources to the delors park. the police are going to step up patrols of both day and night here. they're trying to prevent this kind of destructive behavior <

. >>> a sand box at san francisco's delore res park is open again. it was closed for three weeks after vandals littered the play ground with broken glass. obviously, too dangerous for kids to play in like that. a mexican construction company called semex donated 20 tops of replacement sand so the kids are back in business. >> good to know. >>> still ahead, paying for savings. >> it's always the people, the taxpayer that pays. >> massive water rate hikes on the line for much of the bay area. why some say it is long overdue. >>> plus, the ripple effect and the controversy over the ferry to alcatraz. >>> the co-creator of the simpsons has died. find out how he got his start right here in the bay area. >>> 7 on your side's michael finney on a new deal that fixes mistakes on your credit card report. >>> pan blow sandoval did not leave his heart >>> breaking news, another blow to the 49ers. miller has opinion arrested for domestic abuse in santa clara it happened before midnight last thursday. no details on where he was arrested or the circumstances that l

. >>> a big pile of fresh spand, 20 tons of it was dumped at delores park.ir damage caused by vandals. a building materials company named cemix donated 20 pounds of sand at the playground. it's replacing sand that had to be taken out because vandals smashed glass in the sandbox. >>> an oakland mother killed while trying to protect her child from gunfire. after the break, the violent confrontation at a local hospital that investigators say may be connected. >>> a san jose man is shot outside of his apartment ely this morning -- early this morning. he's fighting for his life. we're live at the scene and we'll tell you what led up to the gunfire. >> it remains very busy in sesh parts throughout the bay area. as we take a live look in the south bay where traffic is moving okay through there. but there's still major problems along the eastshore freeway. we'll talk about that when we come back. >>> the fog is the big story here this morning. it's all about the fog. but after the fog lifts, it will be about the high clouds on the way. see if that can bring us any r

relied on the elms of the curbs to park their cars the other thing we looked at was the fact that alamo square didn't necessarily have a large number of people like delores or on the parks it is toured and tense players and people walking their dogs and not large crowds so actually the need for parking around the park was lower so we negotiated we came to a coincidence to have it restored so 6 of the 8 sectors r vp and the remaining two sects be two hour time sectors seethes and the north part of the panhandle we made sell street with r vp so - >> thank you now, it's interesting i know for neighbors neighborhood have that kind of overflow area on the edge of the parks on the edge of large municipal buildings it was a gift as well as we're confident that park users and other visitors from the commercial cords because the bottom of alamo square is a block of the about his busy commercial zone soltice we're confident that and impact the commercial zone negatively. >> that was our major concern of ours as well to allow the two block surveys of the parking for visitors. >> i have no other specific questions i know that imperfect tool for cars it's a big issue

with establishing oversized vehicle restrictions on santiago street, 10.2i establishes no parking any time on delores street. speakers include melody, natashia and janaro. melody? >> could we take the second speaker first, ms. boomer and let melody collect herself? >> natashia dedric followed by janaro. >> hello again i also am just a resident on this one, in termser of the oversized vehicle situation, i've come to many hearings, this is the first time it's been a full hearing that i've been to of the board, it's been these two guys that don't seem to be moved by anything honestly in my experience of sitting with them, so i hope today you'll respond to what we have to say because that was nice that you just responded although i would have liked to hear a little more on the medallions personally, but i just -- i've been watching this situation for over a year now and it's just anybody who seems to make a request for parking ban, they get it you walk in here, you ask for it and it seems like from the outside, you get it and it doesn't have to do with commercial vehicles, maybe there's a smidge where th

parks and just be that people left it in that condition is disheartening. >> earlier this month we told you about garbage that is continue rulely cleaned up at delores narc the mission district. the city spends a lot of money each year to keep the park clean. >>> there could be new talks about police pensions and benefits this week. last week a letter was sent to the city unions saying it's time to settle the issue. three years ago 70% of voters approved measure b forcing city workers to contribute more toward retirement. police unions have sued to stop the measure saying it forces applicants to look at better departments with better benefits. at an officer promotion celebration on friday ricardo says he wants to hon oorp the intent of the voter while working with the june. >>> daly city could pass a law banning discrimination against women. it is a move to push washington to ratify an international treaty adopted by the united nations. but it's more than symbolic. reporters say the law would also protect women from discrimination and harassment at work. other cities have passed a similar ordinance. >>> tonight there is a backlash against dull say and i g