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 they came to my cafe that night. it was great to perform and meet the people in this community. i look forward to continuing that. >> thank you. cat trin hanson. >> i'm also an independent musician and i have enjoyed rachel's very hospitable environment. in addition to the supported that a number of the other musicians have thrown, rachel has created a great place for us as musicians to hone our craft and gather community. i have also seen how much she's done to cater to the neighbors. i recently played there and i was playing in a sweat box because all of the windows were closed to make sure the neighbors were not bothered. i really see how much she and the manager and staff s

. >> 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 they came to my cafe that night. it was great to perform and meet the people in this community. i look forward to continuing that. >> thank you. cat trin hanson. >> i'm also an independent musician and i have enjoyed rachel's very hospitable en

. >>> the city of dolores park was no fun for youngster, hit with ran a difficults.ight of drinking destroyed $100,000 in park property. >> reporter: how people enjoy their time on the lawn varies. >> we can play frisbee. >> you can enjoy beer or wine. >> there's interesting, artistic stuff that's fun for the parents too. >> reporter: a new place for the little ones to play open 2 years ago. 2 days ago, their fun was put on hold. >> some people broke an enormous amount of glass. it will are require the removal and replacement of an enormous amount of sand. >> reporter: vandals borough into the construction area, which currently occupies about half of dolores park. they took the construction vehicle on joyrides and crashed into an irrigation system and new buildings before starting a fire. >> the glass is screwed up. i would say boys will be boys, but that's not right. >> it points to the need for us to invest more in our park patrol and other forms of park security. >> the number of supervisors was recently increased from 2 to 4, but they have a lot of ground to cove

. >> to learn more about the helen diller playground in dolores park, go to sfrecpark.org. >> i love teaching. it is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. >> this really is a place where all people can come and take a class and fill part of the community. this is very enriching as an artist. a lot of folks take these classes and take their digital imagery and turn it into negatives. >> there are not many black and white darkrooms available anymore. that is a really big draw. >> this is a signature piece. this is the bill largest darkroom in the u.s.. >> there are a lot of people that want to get into that dark room. >> i think it is the heart of this place. you feel it when you come in. >> the people who just started taking pictures so this is really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from different areas and also everyone who works here is working in photography. >> we get to build the community here. this is different. first of all, this is a great location. it

raise awareness of the problem across the city. >> police charged a man accused of doing damage to dolores park $100,000 work the park was tagged with graffiti undergoing $20 million renovation the north side supposed to reopen next month. >> the drought brought an early end to the ski season and decided it wasn't going to continue making snow. the story now from the sierra. >> the resorts have been fighting a lack of snow but this one, sierra at tahoe decided to surrender. with just a third of snowfall, the resort managed to stay open since december making snow and pushing it around. but the warm temperatures made it impractical to continue. >> i've been in the business 37 years, never closed in march. >> the general manager posted a statement saying the resort exhausted all tools and announced suspension of operations with a heavy heart. he said, this is unusual to admit it that the product no longer met their standards. >> keeping it real is the tag line. that is where we came from. >> the response has been positive. >> it's cool they're doing what they can to make sure we're only writing go

raise awareness of the problem across the city. >> police charged a man accused of doing damage to dolores park. $100,000 work the park was tagged with graffiti undergoing $20 million renovation the north side supposed to reopen next month. >> the drought brought an early end to the ski season and decided it wasn't going to continue making snow. the story now from the sierra. >> the resorts have been fighting a lack of snow but this one, sierra at tahoe decided to surrender. with just a third of snowfall, the resort managed to stay open since december making snow and pushing it around. but the warm temperatures made it impractical to continue. >> i've been in the business 37 years, never closed in march. >> the general manager posted a statement saying the resort exhausted all tools and announced suspension of operations with a heavy heart. he said, this is unusual to admit it that the product no longer met their standards. >> keeping it real is the tag line. that is where we came from. >> the response has been positive. >> it's cool they're doing what they can to make sure we're only writing g

>>> dolores park was no fun. ruben reports a night of drinking destroyed about $100,000 worth of park property. >> reporter: it is easy to see why dolores park is a popular destination. how people enjoy their time on the lawn varies. >> you can enjoy. beer or wine in the park. >> interesting. artistic type of stuff. >> fun for the parents too. >> little one their phone was put on hold. >> they broke an enormous amount of grass in the playground area. >> going to require the removal of an enormous a.m. of sands. they broke into the construction area which occupies half of the park. >> the construction vehicles were taken on turf and still wet cement and crashed into an irrigation system and new buildings before starting a fire. >> it screwed up. >> boys will be boys. but no, that is not right. >> it really points to the need for us to invest more in our park patrol and other forms of park security. >> super visor weiner said it was increased from two to four. >> 200 parks city wide and that includes the manmade pa

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 park and utilize what we can. >> parks are where people can gather and where to relax and a lot of people in the city don't have back yards and this is where we come to be with our community. >> 1, 2, 3. [ applause ] [ cheers and applau

. >> reporter: parkgoers are feeling the effects of the city's step-up patrols at dolores park. neighbors have been complaining about the trash and bad behavior for weeks. >> we really want to try a strong public education effort to be more conscious of how they're agenting in the park. we need to understand that we have a speedometer to a take care of the park. >> reporter: the city says their gardeners spend half of their hours picking up trash rather that work plants. people that live nearby say they have another problem. >> there were 3 separate people who urinate op our street. >> reporter: but not everyone is onboard with the big changes. some think it's overquill. >>> investigators say a boston police officer was shot in the face simply for doing his job. that officer is in a medically- induced coma. the man police say ishot the officer is dead. >> we have a police officer shot? >> yes we do, yes we do. >> reporter: the panic in the voices of responding officers was only the beginning. it was hours after police say sean moynahan was ambushed. >> it was a vim confrontation

the bakery, pizza, and dolores park cafe, there is no end in sight for the mouth watering food options adding to the culinary delights is the family of business he which includes skylight creamery, skylight and the 18 raisin. >> skylight market has been here since 1940. it's been in the family since 1964. his father and uncle bought the market and ran it through sam taking it over in 1998. at that point sam revamped the market. he installed a kitchen in the center of the market and really made it a place where chefs look forward to come. he created community through food. so we designed our community as having three parts we like to draw as a triangle where it's comprised of our producers that make the food, our staff, those who sell it, and our guests who come and buy and eat the food. and we really feel that we wouldn't exist if it weren't for all three of those components who really support each other. and that's kind of what we work towards every day. >> valley creamery was opened in 2006. the two pastry chefs who started it, chris hoover and walker who is sam's wife, supplied all

hundreds back dolores park to soak up the sun. tomorrow could be even warmer. abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma has a look at live doppler 7hd. >> we need the rain but second best this time of the year warm temperatures and sunshine. live look from the east bay hills cam remark showing you've not a cloud in the sky. that sun still a couple hours up there and we have comfortable temperatures right now. san francisco 63. oakland, 65. half moon bay right along the coast, ocean water influence currently coming in with a temperature cooler at 59 degrees. if you're headed out on the town this evening early on, tons of sunshine. that sun going down at 7:29 p.m. plenty of stars by 9:00, and we're clear and cool by 11:00. and that will set the stage for an even warmer day on the way for sunday. look at the accuweather numbers in a few minutes. >> tens of thousands of people from 40 nations throughout the world are here in the bay area for one of sports entertainments biggest nights. wrestlemania, tomorrow is the big show at levi's stadium. torch several legends of the m

hundreds back dolores park to soak up the sun. tomorrow could be even warmer. abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma has a look at live doppler 7hd. >> we need the rain but second best this time of the year warm temperatures and sunshine. live look from the east bay hills cam remark showing you've not a cloud in the sky. that sun still a couple hours up there and we have comfortable temperatures right now. san francisco 63. oakland, 65. half moon bay right along the coast, ocean water influence currently coming in with a temperature cooler at 59 degrees. if you're headed out on the town this evening early on, tons of sunshine. that sun going down at 7:29 p.m. plenty of stars by 9:00, and we're clear and cool by 11:00. and that will set the stage for an even warmer day on the way for sunday. look at the accuweather numbers in a few minutes. >> tens of thousands of people from 40 nations throughout the world are here in the bay area for one of sports entertainments biggest nights. wrestlemania, tomorrow is the big show at levi's stadium. torch several legends of the m

for such a long time and running it and developing a business, we know it's very difficult and dolores park has become a big mecca right now in these kinds of establishments are very important. the thing is we don't want owners to also take it for granted that there is no neighbors around either. so hopefully with the inspector and their sound check and hopefully with some sound proofing you will be able to run your business without restraints. however if it has to be that way, then so be it and if you wanted to keep the entertainment license. i motion to approve. >> there is a motion to approve. is there a second? >> i would like to second that but also want to add the direction to staff to please work with the neighbors and make sure that business owner in this case obviously you have tons of community support and good for you. it an amazing model but it wasn't necessarily set up as a music venue to start. i think there are some things that our inspectors can do to give you some tools, some help and things that won't cost you an arm and a leg but there are things that will help and i feel

who is suspected of vandalizing dolores park back in february. it was so bad it delayed the renovation going on in the park now. da says yarborough faces 10 tellnies and 20 -- felonies and 20 misdemeanors. >>> a suspected serial predator is behind bars this morning in san francisco. undercover officers arrested victor vasquez at huntington park last wednesday night. investigators linked him to a series of groping incidents over the last several months in the knob hill area. -- hill area. >> grab at their lower extremities. the victim would then scream and let out an alert they were harmed and the person would take off running. >> so far police have identified seven cases but they expect more. >>> some new details in the murder case of the oakland murder. the da won't file charges against a suspect. two of the three suspects arrested this weekend were booked on homicide charges but prosecutors declined to file charges against the third. the suspects are accused in the murder of 30-year-old chyemil pierce last week. she was trying to hustle her chil

>>pam: the mission dolores park sen the >>pam: a federal plan that could move the alcatraz ferry fromg >>pam: and the mission dolores park sam boxes finally safe to play in parry @ setbacks, an international building materials supplier, has donated 20 t of sand to refill the sandbox will endorse park in san francisco. battles letter the sand was smashed beer bottles back on the 17th of february. this and back sap was not safe to play in until all the materials were cleared and replaced. residents are calling on police the beef up patrols in that area. >>pam: now a federal plan that could mill the alkanet that alcatraz ferry to fort mason. is main people are outraged at the theory of plan. the set francisco chronicle reports monday that the ferry carries 1.7 million passengers annually parian supervise a pharaoh who represents the marina district says putting the ferry and for mason is absurd because traffic would cripple in the neighborhood. the move would also or businesses on fisherman's wharf the depends on the ferry traffic. the national park service officials said the mold may be

if you shift dolores park in the near future. atrol. >> they have been complaining about the bad behavior of park goers. >> emily turner reports more people to hire and keep things in check. >> park goers are feeling the effects of the stepped up control at dolores park. >> they are complaining about the trash and bad behavior for weeks. >> the city has plans to hire more rangers and lawsm a public campaign about appropriate use. >> we want to try a strong public education effort. to get people to be more conscious of how they are acting in the park and to understand than we all have a responsibility. >> the city said they spends half the hours at dell lore restoration park rather than picking up plants. >> they have another kind of problem. >> it is before in the park with the twins. and there are three except watd people who urinate on the street. >> they are not all on board with some of the changes. >> they think it is overkill and something that trash cans and port at that potty it is can't fix. >> relax and have a good time

>>> in san francisco they are hoping extra security will help stop vandalism and littering at dolores parkty's rec department says there will be four staff members at the park tomorrow and six on sunday. this after several vandals caused damage. and last month someone drinking in the park smashed glass bottles in the sand box causing it to close. they also plan to have staff over the weekend to empty trash cans. >>> amanda knox's family says they're relieved. knox is seen on this video was facing 26-1/2 years in prison. her former boyfriend who was also convicted was facing a 25 year sentence. but the high court said the evidence did not -- >>> a russian rocket carried scott kelly and his russian partner to the international space station. the goal is to learn how extended life in space prepares humans to an eventual mission to mars. >>> and now to a team of triumph. it includes a student who is in the track team, he also happens to be blind. >> reporter: he's not just any triathlete. >> i'm like 98% blind. >> reporter: most of what he is sees is a dark blur yet he competing. >> if you thi

. >>> a playground sandbox in san francisco's dolores park will be off-limits to kids for at least anotherark officials closed off this section of the playground friday after finding charreds of glass in the sand. they say someone drinking there late thursday night smashed beer bottles along the retaining walls. the rec and park officials removed the charreds friday and now 20 tons of glass must be replaced. >>> disney tony award-winning musical "newsies" will be putting on a show at the orpheum theater for the next couple weeks. leyland gulen checked out rehearsal and got the scoop. >> "newsies" has been a favorite on broadway since it opened in 2012. now for the first time audiences across the country can enjoy the heart-stopping show as it travels on a whirlwind 25-city year-long show. an action-packed show of this magnitude takes months to rehearse in the studios but once the sets are down, it doesn't end there. continuing to perfect their moves before an evening performance, the cast of "newsies" laid it all out for our abc7 news cameras at the lines ballet studios in san francisco. f

. >>> the crowds that fill san francisco's dolores park are leaving a lot of trash behind. the chronicle reports that the city's parks department spends $400,000 a year cleaning up the garbage and still neighbors complain about all the litter especially on the weekends. last week partiers left broken beer bottles in a children's sandbox. the paper says there's support for installing surveillance cameras to try and keep an eye out for the vandals. >>> 6:16. brian flores, how is the commute? it's been interesting already. >> it's been very interesting. we hoped it would be slow the middle of the week but it's gotten very busy. 6:16. there's going to be more traffic now. good morning. let's look at the san mateo bridge now. and as you can see traffic starting to build up there. at least through the highrise into foster city. yesterday as we looked at the traffic there was a lot of heavy traffic on 880 on the approach. it's starting to build up now so if you're headed towards san mateo in that general direction be aware it's starting to build up on the san mateo bridge in the we

news told you earlier this month about the garbage being left for everybody else to clean up at dolores parke mission district. now back over to drew to see what is to come in this hot weather we have had. >> you just want to be outside. a gorgeous past 48 hours and now some changes are headed our way. we will see a fair amount of cloud cover over the region and ahead of the cold front. showers around ukiah but nothing significant. the combination of the warm air temperatures and the above normal ocean water temperatures sent many to the beach. this peck tour was sent -- picture was sent to us, catching a wave around the bay. the bay areas are above normal. temperature wise we are in the upper 50s to lower 60s. out we go and live from the rooftop camera showing you the embarcadero and the ferry building lit up. you notice the flags on top of the ferry building waiving ever so gently. a light southwest wind right now at this hour. the forecast calls for the veil of high cloud cover and it will lead to a mainly cloudy day on the way for monday and it is dry and mild the next seven days. 61 in

he was tracked to dolores park where he had multiple cans of paint with him. they also say he was taking pictures of his graffiti. >> what does it mean? >> you know crystal meth and justification. >> he's now facing ten felony and 17 misdemeanor charges. a spokesman says in most of these type of vandalism cases, a judge will reduce the felony charges to misdemeanors and those convicted serve minimal jail time. but most hope that is not the case. >>> people in san francisco who decide to relieve themselves against the wall of a building may soon find out that could backfire. literally. thanks to this video. san francisco's department of public works is considering painting buildings with a new high-tech water repellent paint. it's already being used in germany. this is a paint that causes any liquid to splash right back on to the defender. the department of public works may use that paint. >> that is the funny story of the day for me. >>> 6:15 is the time. sal, have you heard of something like ha? >> yesterday on twitter. it was a lively discussion. >> it's a l

. >>> the crowds who -- that filled dolores park are leaving a lot of trash behind. the chronicle reports the parks department spends $400,000 a year cleaning up the garbage there and neighbors still complain about the trash left behind especially on the weekends. last week partiers left broken broke beer bottles in a children's sand box. surveillance cameras could be installed as a result. >>> 5:14. there are reports this morning the 49ers are showing signs they are trying to cut all ties with with former head coach john harbaugh. a web site posted several photos taken by a reader, jesse taylor who was visiting the museum in santa clara. taylor said the jim harbaugh exhibit had been removed and included his trademark khaki pants, 49ers sweatshirt and felt-tip pen. replaced with the uniforms of frank gore and justin smith. there's still reportedly a photo of harbaugh with the former university of michigan head coach. >>> while the 49ers may not want anything to do with harbaugh he's called a hero at the university of michigan. efforts headed to the -- he was headed to

andrew jar bro faces 30 charges of vandalizing dolores park last month. so bad it had delayed the big renovation going on at the park. >>> behind bars this morning undercover san francisco police officers have arrested victor vasquez at huntington park. investigators say he's behind several groping incidents over the last receive months in hill. so far police expect more cases. >>> new details in the murder case of an oakland mother. the da will not file charges against one of the suspects. two of the three suspects arrested this weekend were booked on homicide charges. but prosecutors declined to file charges against a third. the suspects are accused in the murder of 30-year-old chyemil pierce last week. she was trying to hustle her children inside their home when she was hit by a stray bullet. >>> 5:53,000s of california students will soon have better chance to earn -- a better chance to earn a college dog. >> today the -- degree. >> today the state will lay out demand. new rules on water cutbacks the (mom) when our little girl was born we got a subaru.

. >>> kids are back playing this afternoon in the dolores park sand pox. the play area closed since mid-february after vandals smashed beer bolts and left shattered glass in the sand. crews had to remove all the sand and block off the sand box but reopened today thanks to a mexican company that donated 20 tons of new sand. they have supplieded in building materials to the bay bridge and the transbay terminal construction as well. >>> what a gorgeous weekend it was as we bring in spencer christian. i have to make a confession, one of us on the set was thinking about calling in sick so nice today, alma decided to come to work. >> oh, right right right. >> all i can say. >> crossed my mind as well. i figure someone had to hold down the fort here. look what is going on with our lovely weather. live doppler 7 hd. some low clouds near the coast. the coastline was a bit cooler today than it has been of late. we had lots of sunshine inland and lots of mild weather. here is a look toward the golden gate from our sutro tower camera, see the low clouds beginning to p

yellow tape keeping children out of the sandbox and dolores park after vandalism wrote dozens of deer park there. the incident has sparked sadness and outrage. >>: is absolutely unforgivable that's can hurt somebody. some little ones may have been disappointed that the sandboxes closed off the parents were infuriated. they're made rig by the news that what happened. sometime thursday night people drinking and the children's playground/multiple bottles against retaining wall of the sandbox. it made a huge and dangerous mess. park officials say if it was just one or two then they would of been able to sift out the because the sheer amount of broken glass found in their it all had to be replaced. in all 15 t of sand at the dugout by workers and newsstand is on order. >>: is heartbreaking after the city put so much money into this parkin done so much for the offset. about two weeks prior to this incident vandals did about hundred thousand hours worth of damage to the part of the park under construction. the parks department says they're going to dedicate more of their park ranger resource

. >>> there's a problem in dolores park. ash left behind has red to a rat problem according to the san francisco chronicle. $4,000 a year is spent to clean up the park. >>> the 49ers are restocking the roster. san francisco has agreed to terms with the running back reggie bush. that according to espn. bush played just 11 games in two touchdowns last season. limited because of injury. he's now 30 years old and this will be his 10th season in the nfl. he will compete for playing time. the 49ers did announce shining of quarterback charise wright. he started 14 games and had 60 tackles last year. he and bush played for the trojans of usc. wright is expected to take the place of cox who is leaving the 49ers. agreed to a 3-year, $15 million contract with the tennessee titans. 2014 was his most productive proseason with five interceptions. >>> from the football field to the ice the san jose sharks qualified for the nhl playoffs for 10 straight receives but hope is fading the sharks can continue that streak. tied 2-2 against the blac

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. >>> clean-up continues today at a sand box that was vandalized at dolores park in san francisco.ight someone smashed beer bottles leaving shards of glass in the sand where children play. the sand box could be shut down for at least a week. last week vandals also scrawled graffiti at a construction site there. they damaged turf and irrigation system and also hot wired a vehicle. >>> now that the port of oakland and dock workers reached a tentative contract agreement the port faces a bigger challenge, new container vessels bigger than before. megaships require more space. the improvements would cost billions of dollars but without the upgrades importers would most likely take their products to other ports. oakland plans $1 billion of new warehouses it expects will be a big selling point. >>> details are now emerging about a proposed stadium in oakland for the raiders. a contractor tells the bay area news group that the owner just wants a stadium built and doesn't have to be a "taj mahal." >>> the new home of the san jose earthquake soccer team is earning glowing reviews. the -- fan

there's a special event today in dolores park called spot cancer in the park. >> it uses first derm, diagnose skin cancer. if you want to go the event is free to anyone who is interested in having a skin ailment checked out by professionals. >> sunscreen and uv detection bracelets will also be handed out. the event starts 11:00 this morning and runs until 4:00 in the afternoon. the skin checks will be held in the park at the corner of dolores and 18th. >> it is always good to have that sun block out. i was saying that yesterday, i see them, everyone's got it on the brain now. >> you saw mark ibanez when he came back from spring training, forehead all red and said it was that cloudy day where i didn't expect it. >> did you give him a lecture? >> no, i think he learned his lesson. always have something to protect yourself. a live look at partly sunny skies, a mix of clouds out there, low clouds as well as mid and high level clouds. started with drizzle, light showers this morning. they seemed to have tapered off. live look, still plenty of cloud cover and without a doubt some drizzle s

park. >>> hundreds of people turned up for a march in san francisco to protest the archbishop's controversial morality clause for teachers at four catholic schools. people marched from mission to dolores to st. mary's cathedral. they are upset with archbishop's requirement that teachers with required to sign a morality clause. >> religious freedom is not a license to discriminate and abuse our children and teachers in our school. it is not. >> protestors also delivered petitions asking the archbishop to promote acceptance and promote teachers rights. >>> a concert will be held to raise money for the school where andy lopez was once a student. the boy was shot and killed a year and a half ago. the deputy thought lopez was carrying an assault rifle. it turned out to be a bb gun. the concert is to raise funds for the cook middle school music center. >>> coming up on 4:39. coming up east bay mud customers crying foul over foul water. the problem the agency is admitting. >> but first recovery efforts continue at the site of that deadly plane crash in the french alps. the ran investigators say some of the victims may never be found. >> we're looking at the commute in the east bay and highwa