2013, 7 months after the lod was approved, the same day after meeting phil, he introduced us to don allen, the president of the merchant's association, we informed him we had received approval for our lod and at all points during the process, we have been transparent about our association to fifth and pacific and kate spade, we not only mention it in our lod application but we discuss it with the press and community leaders as well. our design philosophy, real estate strat sxri *f ji and business approach is significant different than any other brand in their portfolio. we only pursue a location that we can support on our own, we have every intention to preserve the unique character of the building. am i out of time? >> yes, you're out of time. did you bring photographs -- was that what you were -- >> sorry, i ran out of time. >> excuse me. >> sorry. >> i have them in my packet, right? >> yeah. >> okay, great. >> thank you. >> mr. sanchez? >> thank you, scott sanchez, planning department, this is another jurisdiction request for a letter of determination that was issued for the property o

. >> good evening, my name is don allen. i am also the owner of the casanova lounge for the last 16 years. i heard a lot of opinions about this issue over the last few months. when it came up i had never heard of jack spade or kate spade. i asked my wife what is jack spaed, she said that's kate spade's men's store. i think that indicates a popular knowledge of what jack spade is to the public. i think the valencia corridor has made an effort in the pass 2 years to try to avoid a formula retail without a conditional use hearing. i think that whether intentionally or not, the jack spade moniker has a lot of kate spade to buy -- bypass the intent and my case the conditional use hearing would be a benefit to this community because it's very divided an it's obviously an issue that needs an airing in our community. we have not had an opportunity to do that. the merchants haven't even discussed it. i think we all need a -- i'm just an advocate for this area. i feel if business mission business owners would like to help make the mis

. >> good evening, my name is don allen. i am also the owner of

clarify a couple of things, our organization has been around for 2 plus years and i am a friend of don allen, president of the mma, he told me that he never saw a letter from jack spade and that -- when he did finally speak with someone from jack spade, he told them that we would not tha, the vcma would not be amenable moving into our neighborhood and they should reach out to us, they never did that and we spoke to them, we tried to reach out to them through various means and we were never responded to so that's what i would like to say. >> thank you, i just want to point out that people who are officers of the valencia corridor merchants association should not speak at this time. >> thank you. >> thank you, president, commissioners for giving me the opportunity to speak tonight, i'm not an officer of the vcma, i'm the past president for clarity, and i'm a business owner of valencia street, one and a half blocks from jack spade, it's attempting to occupy by circumventing or conditional use process, it is hard being a business owner in san francisco and there are many obstacles to conquer and

don. >> reporter: allen, this really was a good day to see if america's cup sailing was ever going to gel with bay area spectators, and it sort of did begin to gel with spectators. >> let's hear the team. >> with just eight days of training on their new boat, the artemis team was back in the race for the america's cup trying to put behind them for now, at least, the heart break of losing teammate andrew simpson in an accident that struck their first boat in may. the winner of four of seven races will race new zealand. that winner will race for the artemis cup. >> you for sweden? >> no. i am just so thrill they are out. i am so excited -- thrilled they are on the bay. i am so excited for these guys. the. >> the races have not drawn the predicted crowds. >> a lot of people aren't into sailing, for one thing. >> here at the finish line, there was lots of space for spectators free of charge. >> it was a little disappointing that we don't quite have the turnout everybody expected. >> it is, yeah. this is the first time the race has been close enough people can watch them from shore. these are

don. >> reporter: allen, it was naso's own photographs and his notes of his encounters with women that prosecutors used to link him to the crimes in the 70s 70s. at one point during the trial he told the jury, don't keep records. deputy district attorney rosemary sloat projected a photo of the body of roxy roggasch on a screen telling the jury that the 18-year-old victim had been strangled with nylons that held semen matching dna of the alleged serial killer joseph naso. her body was found near sir francis drake in 1977. her brother was been waiting ever since for justice. >> there hasn't been a day i haven't thought about her, see? i finally got -- i'm going to the site where they dumped the body out the last two days. [ inaudible ] i want him to hurt for a long time. >> reporter: naso is on trial for the murder of four prospects, a 22-year-old whose body was found near port casta in 1978, pamela parsons found in 1983, and trace is tofoya found in 1994. investigators say there may be more victims because the four names were on a list of 10 found in naso's home. paralegal kerry spence said she rec

kpix 5's don knapp has more on the talks that went nowhere and chevron's response. >> reporter: allen, mayor mclaughlin says the inability of regulators to hold chevron to strict safety standards left the city with no recourse but to sue. the city of richmond blames chevron for negligence in the 2012 explosion that blanketed much of the east bay with a dark cloud of toxic smoke. richmond claims the refinery willfully disregarded public safety as a matter of corporate policy. >> the decisions that we believe created and set up what happened on august 6 of 2012 are decisions that are made in board rooms and those decisions deal with how much money are you going to budget for safety? >> reporter: 15,000 people were treated at hospitals for smoke related illnesses. richmond is seeking an unspecified amount of damages for the costs of emergency response, environmental clean- up, loss of value to city -- loss of value to city property and harm to public health. one system is filled with gaps where the petroleum industry has the upper hand. after talks with chevron broke down, richmond's onl

allen & company assisted in the process. and jeff bezos was at the conference in sun valley last month, as was don graham, the chairman and ceoompany. it seems like the deal was certainly discussed there, if not, you know, sort of -- if it didn't come about there. it does seem like something that took place in a relationship between don graham and jeff bezos. it's interesting looking at the recent spinoff of the news corp. assets, the publishing assets from the combined news corp. and fox company, now, the publishing assets are considered slower growth, much more challenged, but rupert murdoch has an interest in publishing and jeff bezos must have a personal interest in publishing as well. >> you know, julia, let me also note here that mr. bezos is buying simply the publishing part of this business. >> exactly. >> not the entire company. the "washington post" stock, i should tell you, as you're looking at this chart, has a market cap of some $4.2 billion. the publishing arm of the "washington post" company is being sold for $250 million. so let's make that -- >> scott, the -- the "washington post" company has increasingly bee

don king. it really was an amazing sweep of history through one man's eyes. >> what are some of the differences between the real eugene allenon in the movie? >> in the real mr. allen his son did go to vietnam but he survived and the one in the movie, well, i will let movie goers see but i think lee daniels has made a phenomenal movie. >> let's talk a little bit about some of the controversy. there is an op-ed in the grio by javier david that talks about the back lash against the movie. david writes the arguments deployed against the help are now being aimed at oprah winfrey's latest cinematic venture mainly that the movie does a disservice to blacks everywhere by making them appear subservient or diminished in the narrative. what is your take on that? >> nothing could be further from the truth. this is a real -- this is a movie based on a real story. there was a figure who served valiantly at the white house for 34 years and never missed a day of work. he saluted his flag every day of the year. he is a stitch in the american flag. and a beautiful stitch. just because he had to serve people i do not think we should belittle