jorge's not here, but jorge is -- he's busy in the excelsior with two neighborhood meetings in the excelsior tonight. so jorge, we're on tv, here you go, and we'll get this to you later. tina rose navarro. [applause]. >> okay. and you're doing the echo system stuff. >> sure. thank you. >> there you go. -- and you' >> thank you very much. >> tricia medina. you do a lot because i see you everywhere. >> i do. [ inaudible ] >> you do all the black ramps for all over the place. you do the ones in the castro. that's where i see your name. >> yes. >> so keep the money flowing. >> i will. >> there you go. congratulations. >> thank you. >> and last but not least, joaquin torres. and this one's special because one of the things that you did, and i know you were part of it, and it was your idea was the fire mitigation, and we just had a fire just not too long ago. when was the last -- [ inaudible ] >> we had west portal. >> the second one in wewes wewes west portal. [ inaudible ] >> but here, i just want the people to know that when the first -- that first fire in west portal came where squat and impos

the mission street in the excelsior and outer mission. bernal mission, and -- and finally broad randolph. more and more of our work is concentrated on those neighborhoods which have really been demanding our attention over the past few years where most of our work has been focused on stablization over attraction, well, that depends on which neighborhood we're talking about. what you'll see here, the five invested neighborhoods corridor with the total highest storefront vacancy rights include these, including lower fillmore and the western addition, and the excelsior. these taken together average about 16.4%, and that was at the end of 2017. it's important to remember that the numbers of the -- of storefronts that we're counting that lead to that data differ. you know, in some areas, we're talking about 50 storefronts that we're talking about that lead to that number, versus, say, the excelsior, which is 541. the five lowest vacancy rates include west portal, noriega and the sunset, noe valley. yes. union street, and chinatown. and togethe

this is the first of two sunday streets in the excelsior.on street from silver to geneva avenue. it runs from 11:00 to 4:00. you may want to dress in layers today. >> i think that's good advice. it's chilly this morning with 39 degrees. snta cruz right now. we are looking live where you can see it looks calm out there. the winds will kick up today out of the northwest keeping temperatures all over the bay. just in the mid 50s. maybe upper 50s around the south bay. we'll talk about how warm it will get and if and when the rain ends in a few minutes. >> thank you, lisa. have you been following march madness which brings another cinderella story as chicago loyola advances to the final four for the first time since 1963. mike shumann has the highlights coming up. get ready for spring-at the ross spring shoe event. ross has the must-have styles and brands for a fraction of what you'd pay elsewhere. step one: get to ross. step two: walk out with top brands at big savings... ...at the ross spring shoe event. at home.ld generate your own energy, or

this is the first of two sunday streets in the excelsior.s on mission street from silver to geneva avenue. it runs from 11:00 until 4:00. >>> and it is shaping up to be a great day. >> maybe a little nap in the sun? it is going to be a beauty out there when you can get the sun because there will be some clouds. just not in this shot. 47 at oakland. we're a little starved of vitamin d maybe so we have the cure for that. spring fever on the way. wait until you see the accuweather seven-day forecast. it is going to be a popular one, i think. that's coming up. >>> also coming up, march madness brings another cinderella story as loyola chicago advances to the final four for the first time since 1963. we have highlights coming up in sports. ♪ ♪ with the chase mobile app, michaela deprince could pay practically anyone, at any bank, all while performing a grand jetÉ between two grand pianos. she could... in a commercial. in real life she uses it to pay her sister, from her couch, for that sweater she stained. what sweater? (phone buzzes) life, lived

, so we have individualized planning work happening in several districts right now, the mission, excelsior and third street and outer mission -- or mission chavez to randall. so the first step is looking at what types of changes might need to be contemplated in terms of uses in those areas during those processes. what we have to contribute, as you know is our invested neighborhood data as an analysis tool, and then, the planning department is intending to do a use mix and vacancy survey, and we've talked about coordinating with them to maybe look at the neighborhoods where there's vacancy concerns. because this data is really helpful to think about do we need to contemplate changes or are things actually in the normal range. so the first recommendation is actually case by case and looking at these cases and figuring out, do we need to do anything? then, there's some other recommendations on a kind of policy level that may be -- may need to be looked at citywide but also can be looked at case by case. so one is what i basically just talked about. number two is looking at uses, particularly

excelsi excelsior, 52. castro and mission at 54 degrees right now. south beach, you can see it looks dry and kind of pretty this morning. good if you're on the roads. still dry. mass transit, still comfortable even though you have to turn the air conditioners on probably later today and also tomorrow. and the ferry, all sunshine. let's talk about the south bay today. look at this. 53 at 8:00. 69 by noon. look at these mid-70s from 1:00 to 6:00. still 65 at 8:00. now, for the east bay, 52 this morning. 69 at noon. mid to upper 70s from 1:00 to 6:00. 68 degrees as we head towards 8:00. it's going to be another cool to mild night as far as lows go. upper 40s to mid-50s with nothing but stars out there. maybe a little fog like we're seeing this morning. really enjoying the commute this week. nobody on the roads. >> yeah. we've got spring break for a lot of folks this week. lighter volumes. later in the morning yesterday it got really busy. earlier we were quiet. we're off to a great start. southbound 680 through-wall nut creek. these folks approaching hi

right here on the side street here, excelsior at bethel, when you get off of i-95, this is what you're seeing here. kids walking to school this morning might want to just be extra careful. and if you're walking out the door heading to your car, be careful, as well. some of that snow did freeze overnight on the cars. so you might need the ice scraper this morning, as well. the major roads really do not look bad. we took i-95 over here, did not look bad at all. still want to take it easy. we were in roxboro and manayunk this morning, and it was definitely difficult travels there, as well. we'll get back in storm force 10 now. we'll head to south philly and see what the conditions are like there. matt delucia, nbc10 news. >> personal experience, that's going to be like shoveling rocks. that snow is heavy. >>> the storm left thousands of people without power across our region, but power companies are making progress restoring electricity. among the hardest hit was bucks county where right now more than 47,000 customers are still in the dark. more than 19,000 remain without power in burling

mission and castro and excelsior and chris i field, bay view at 45. the warm spot in the ferry building heading to the financial district at 48. this is the look from the exploratorium. clouds cleared out and we've cooled significantly. the rain will return. exercising, you'll be dodging the showers. not an all-day rain but waves of rain off and on all day. same thing at the beaches. here's a look at the afternoon temperatures. mid to upper 50s, yesterday. notice the green becoming more prevalent in the afternoon hours. just about every hour in the planner for the east bay, you have a chance for showers and maybe a little sunshine here and there. could be a day of rainbows. temperatures running from 47 this morning to 51 at noon to, say, mid-50s from 4:00 to 6:00. in the south bay, 46. a little dry at 8:00. by 10:00, your chance of showers begins and goes through the evening hours. also, the rain, parts of it will hang around during the overnight hours and won't be as cold as this morning. upper 30s in the north bay valleys. low to mid-40s in the inla

the sunset, sunny side, glenn park, tpotrero hill h excelsior about 48 degrees. this is from mt. tam. you can see the blanke of fog with us. it will lift towards the lunch-hour. if you have errand to do or yard work today, good day to do it before the rain hits tomorrow into sunday. cool this morning, but comfy this afternoon. heading to the beach, you might want sunscreen. moderate. clouds and sunshine throughout the day. pretty comfortable from 52 at 8:00 to 64 at noon. upper of 60s through 4:00. if you're headed out this morning, dress for 57 at 8:00. as far as the east bay valleys go, we've got 51 at 8:00. we jump up to 66 at noon. we'll hang around 70 for the afternoon hours. back to 57 by 8:00. a very active pattern coming our way. details on that coming up. here's alexis. >>> definitely focused on the fog. golden gate, we're socked in. i now look into that. here's 101 and 880. starting to get heavier. however, if you're south of here, especially along the coast, like the monterey area, it is dense this morning. it's in a lot of areas. grab the keys and head out the door. i

and i also serve on the family connections board of excelsior and the center for youth wellness board i'm actively engaged through my role as a resident of the city. at cpmc, i direct our medi-cal strategy. we serve 1 in 3 through the san francisco health plan. we have active participation in the plan and this role on the board is critical to maintaining that we are up to date and making sure that the plan is vibrant and we're responding to the needs of patients and beneficiaries. i also oversee the development agreement health care commitments and work with nonprofit leaders across the city in forging community partnerships. so i look forward to continuing in this role. i've also had the privilege of serving on the finance committee so i have a particular area of focus ensuring the financial viability and the strength of the plan, so that it is available now and in perpetuity to serve this very important and vulnerable population in our city. thank you for having me here today and considering my reappointment. >> supervisor safai: thank you. any members of the committee have any ques

it happened on the border of the excelsior district. >> four people have been shot, an officer, a suspectd two other people in the area. abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow is at general hospital where all the shooting victims including the officer were taken. >> but let's begin with abc 7 news reporter vic lee, live at the scene. >> reporter: we're at geneva and gloria streets in the amazon crocker neighborhood. they just opened the streets where the shooting occurred. the san francisco police public information office will only confirm that an officer has been hit and he's been taken to san francisco general hospital. we have some video from sky 7 to show you, also some new video from the ground. let's go to that now. we are learning, however, from numerous reliable sources that the shooting occurred at or around amazon barbershop. the officer was shot in the leg. our sources tell us that he is conscious and breathing at san francisco general hospital. their words. now, the suspect, we are told, is also in surgery. we do not know

i see mel from the excelsior district. and you know, we're also going to be seeing across the street, housing built by mission housing. so it's great to see a transit hub building here. as mentioned earlier, we were proud to get $3.5 million in the budget to help get the first phase started. on his behalf i want to say thank you. one more shoutout, i see genesis is here, from david chiu's office. and a connection with david chiu's office, a shoutout to judson, who is the chief of staff, but used to work for sandoval and it goes all the way back. so it's so great to see years and years of work by dan weaver, so many people come to fruition. we were so proud to get a little bit of money to get things kick started, so happy to see the process. thank you for having me, thanks to phil, the commission, the supervisor and the mayor, great to be here today. can't wait to see the first phase when it opens up. thank you, all. >> thank you, alex, a couple more shoutouts from the design here is what takes your breath away. from darlin

this map is just an example of a project that is being worked on today from the mta in the excelsiordistrict and what it is meant to illustrate is how this process might play itself out. the project area is identified in yellow on the map. and the red dots are key land uses and destinations within that district, including schools, parks and so on. in this case, very sight specific pedestrian safety improvements are identified with a little pedestrian icon, and then corridors are identified as well for traffic calming improvements. again, we're really excited to be able to launch this program with the mta. we feel like it's greatly needed and appreciate your support. and any questions that you might have. >> co-chair blacksten: thank you for your presentation. so, i know time is moving a little bit away from us. i want to go back to my colleagues on the council. are there any additional questions that you would have of either one or both of these people? helen? >> council member smolinski: patrick, thank you for the presentation and this new initiative. it's very exciting and i think

70s and 80s and 90s saw a move to the richmond the sunset district and more recently out to the excelsior the avenue community as well as the ensuring u bayview so chinese family living all over the city and when he grape it was in this area. >> we're united. >> and growing up in the area that was a big part of the my leave you know playing basketball and mycy took band lessons and grew up. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> allergies welcome to the community fair it kicks off three weeks of celebrations for the year and let's keep everybody safe and celebrate the biggest parade outside of china on february 11th go best wishes and congratulations and 3, 2, 1 happy enough is enough. >> i grew up volley ball education and in media professional contrary as an educator he work with all skids whether or not caucasian hispanic and i african-american cumber a lot of arrest binge kids my philosophy to work with all kids but being here and griping in the chinese community being a chinese-american is important going to american school during the day but went to chinese school that is community is i

shooting happened on wednesday inside a barber shop on geneva avenue and london street which is in the excelsior district of san francisco. the security video along geneva avenue shows how shooting unfolded. police entered the amazon barbershop after receiving a report of a man with a gun. then the shooting started. a police officer, a teenager, and two barbers were also hit before police finally shot the gunman. again that police officer is now out of the hospital. (justine) it was a spring break trip to big sur that ended in tragedy. a former u-c santa cruz student was involved in a car crash that killed two people, two years ago. as mariana hicks reports -- tears filled the courtroom as the driver learned her sentence. two years to the week of a crash that killed two people-- the driver responsible learns her fate.march 21, 2016 -- lynnea hernandez was driving an suv with six of her friends heading down to big sur for spring break... a snapchat video showed the girls dancing, singing and passing around a marijuana pipe. prosecutors say just a few minutes later-- hernandez crossed into the onc

the next sunday streets is happening in two weeks, and that will be in the excelsior district. >>> the beautiful weather doesn't sound like it will last. >> they picked a good day for it. >> boy, did they? fog to start. and now it's making a comeback across the bay at this hour. making for interesting views from san francisco. take you to downtown and look at that. the.tos of the towers there, sticking out across the low clouds. currently, temperatures in the mid-50s, a high of 63 degrees. temperatures in the mid-50s this hour, and a bit more mild in san jose where earlier the temperatures climbed up to 74 degrees currently, 63. now, tonight we'll see patchy fog moving in and out across the bay. more sprinkles coming. highway 17 commute you might see stray showers during the day. temperatures tomorrow might not be quite as warm as today. mostly windy too. by late afternoon and evening. for the east bay temperatures, 70s in the trivalley. for the peninsula, mid-60s. upper 60s from san mateo into san francisco, also those winds picking up for your evening commutes and for the north bay h

when we have someone in our district who cares so much about all of the families that live in the excelsiort exist. i want to be part of that solution. that's all i want to do. there is no other ascen a -- ag. it's about doing the right thing. i want to begin with this morning i woke up and i have an altar to my mother since her passing in 2014. this morning, i just gave her a very special thank you, and she is -- she has been a wonderful, beautiful, first feminist in my life. as supervisor spoke to, i was raised mountain fields of the central valley. those conditions are harsh, very difficult for families. i came from a very poor family. we had a lot of struggles and challenges. my mother was extremely -- a woman of great conviction. she passed on a lot of teachings, one of which i shared today, which really had to do with, in my mind, it's really a resounding message of the right of people to live with dignity and respect. i think that that's been a driving force for me in a major teaching in my life. i'm rnd

acting mayor, mark farrell joined in on the ground breaking in the car barn in the excelsior districtit was built just after the turn of the century and was almost demolished after the loma prieta arthquake. it is undergoing renovation that will be used for exhibitions and it is including a nod to the past. >> space is going to be designed to accent the historic the windows will be restored and a beautiful art piece as well. >> people stepped in to save it from the wrecking ball. it took more than 20 years of work to get this project off ground. >>> san francisco is sticking to its reputation. >>> and kristin is here with what's coming up at 5:00. >>> thanks, putting the brakes on car break-ins. new at 5:00, find out if police are finally catching up to car burglars. >> i don't think they should be testing self-driving cars where people could actually be hit. >> fallout in the bay area after a pedestrian is killed by a self-driving uber vehicle in arizona. and there's some new competition for amazon. the services now being offered by google and the major retailers it has enliste >>> a

this is the first of two sunday streets in the excelsior.sion street from silver to geneva avenue. it runs from 11:00 to 4:00. what will the weather be like? >> cool. about ten degrees below average. we are getting used to the theme. it will change in the next few days but right now we have a passing shower in san francisco. 46 degrees, no delays yet. certainly you can see it's slick out there and cold. so we will allow today to bring a mixed bag, especially in the morning. i'll explain in a few minutes and talk about the layers coming off this week. >> thank you, lisa. also ahead, march madness brings another cinderella story as loyola chicago advances to the final 4 for the first time since 1963. they've got the lucky nun for a mascot. mike ♪ ♪ with the chase mobile app, michaela deprince could pay practically anyone, at any bank, all while performing a grand jetÉ between two grand pianos. she could... in a commercial. in real life she uses it to pay her sister, from her couch, for that sweater she stained. what sweater? (phone buzzes) lif

it happened on the border of the excelsior district. >> four people have been shot, an officer, a suspect, and two other people in the area. abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow is at general hospital where all the shooting victims including the officer were taken. >> but let's begin with abc 7 news reporter vic lee, live at the scene. >> reporter: we're at geneva and gloria streets in the amazon crocker neighborhood. they just opened the streets where the shooting occurred. the san francisco police public information office will only confirm that an officer has been hit and he's been taken to san francisco general hospital. we have some video from sky 7 to show you, also some new video from the ground. let's go to that now. we are learning, however, from numerous reliable sources that the shooting occurred at or around amazon barbershop. the officer was shot in the leg. our sources tell us that he is conscious and breathing at san francisco general hospital. their words. now, the suspect, we are told, is also in surgery. we do not know the extent of his wounds, however. our sources tell u

>> i attended excelsior sunday streets and it was really, really cool. big turn out. fun. i brought my kids. i had to carry -- pull the wagon though, that's the only complaint. [chuckles] >> get them on bicycles. >> next year. >> president adams: commissioner dooley? >> i just wanted to report we had a major fire in north beach and we're not sure yet right now whether the entire building will need to be demolished or whether we can find places temporarily for the people who are going to be displaced at least for some time. so we will be looking to see if there are any empty storefronts that might be able to accommodate these businesses in the meantime so that we don't lose them as permanent businesses in our neighborhood. >> president adams: didn't o.e.w.d. activate -- >> o.e.w.d. did activate the disaster -- the city's disaster fund and then we should be activating based on the number of businesses, the economic relief fund. especially if there is relocation involved, the economic relief, i know license deli took advantage of the program when they had to relocate. so yes.

the next is scheduled for march 25 in the excelsior. here is how it looks from transamerica out toward the bay bridge, beautiful day today. a beautiful evening as well, live at ocean beach, still warm, san francisco tumbled to 63, but in santa rosa, still 70 and in concord, 70 as well. high-pressure built in over california today, kept things nice and mild but also put a lid on the fog so that stuck around for an extended period of time. but once it cleared, boy, was it nice. a very deep low pressure trough from the gulf, this will be a cold weather system unlike late last week. the snow levels will lower with this one, rain will come down as well and the temperatures follow suit. winter storm watches are posted on tuesday afternoon throughout the sierra. a foot to two feet of new snow and that is just between now and wednesday by the way, really tuesday, wednesday, there will be more snow from tuesday from thursday through saturday. budget some extra travel time. need the rain, only 50% or so of average since the season began back on t

abc 7 news was in san francisco's excelsior district for a groundbreaking at the geneva car barn. undergo a $14 million renovation. the structure was built just after the turn of the century. the renovated building will be used for art exhibitions and live performances as well as feature a nod to the past. >> yeah, the space is going to be designed to make sure that we accent the historic nature of the building. so it's going to be left open with beautiful windows restored and there's going to be a beautiful public art piece as well. >> a neighborhood group stepped in after the loma prieta quake to save the car barn from the wrecking ball. they say it took more than 20 years of work to get the renovation project going, but nowt really is in earnest. >>> it's time to turn back to our forecast and find out howl this break is lasting. >> not much longer, sounds like. meteorologist drew tuma with the forecast. >> tomorrow morning, dry with cloudy skies. it's midday and into the afternoon the showers will impact the forecast. the clouds are steadily thickening. mainly overcast but stil

shooting happened on wednesday inside a barber shop on geneva avenue and london street which is in the excelsior district of san francisco. the security video along geneva avenue shows how shooting unfolded. police entered the amazon barbershop after receiving a report of a man with a gun. then the shooting started. a police officer, a teenager, and two barbers were also hit before police finally shot the gunman. again that police officer is now out of the hospital. (mabrisa rodriguez)additional shower activity is forecast late this afternoon and evening with isolated showers possibly lingering into sunday. dry weather is expected to return on monday and continue through next week. a warming trend is forecast for the first half of the week. another weak boundary is still on track to move south late this afternoon/early this evening. therefore, expect another round of shower activity to develop over the north bay and then gradually spread southward through early sunday. there is still a small chance for thunderstorms across the north bay, but chances are looking less and less. rainfall from this

i live in the excelsior district where you can also get very good food. i am also part of sac.'m a representative. i am the vice president of my class of 2020. what drives me to be a leader is surprisingly enough my parents. they drive me to be a leader because i notice that they didn't get the proper education in china and stuff. they also didn't have the resources and the opportunities to succeed as students. i want that to -- i want to ensure our students here in sfusd to have the best education as possible and to have the resources right there in front of them and not for them to look around for them. so thank you. [ applause ] >>> good evening, president, mendoza, superintendent dr. matthews, board commissioners and student delegates. i'm clarissa reno i'm a junior at lowell high school. i was born in palo alto, but i'm growing up in the bayview district. i'm currently the vice president of the lowell student association, student advisory council representative, student advocacy committee chair, and i was also the director of outreach for the hack-a-thon which happened las

been instrumental in our ability to serve almost 3,000 families a year with 30 plus services at the excelsior site. first 5 supported us tremendously with funding, training, mentoring, early literacy, preschool support and evaluation. we are hoping first 5 cannot only continue their support, but increase their support. because there is a demonstrated need and we really have to keep san francisco family friendly. she has been coming to family connections for ten years, first as a nanny, then as a mom, that has participated in our early childhood continuum of child parent drop in and the licensed pre-k program. four years ago she started bringing her son jordan to pre-k. her son is now in kindergarten. and the first thing jordan's teacher said to her this fall at the parent teacher conference was i can tell jordan went to a great pre-k. so that -- [bell ringing] >> thank you. good to see you. >> good morning, it's a pleasure to be here. thank you so much. i'm katy, executive director at safe and sound. formerly the san francisco child abuse prevention center. we seek to strengthen families and

these immediate needs of popping up at certain times in a specific manner like we just did in the excelsior at certain times of the year to create a sense of experience for a certain period of time and maybe how to replicate some of those idea doe -- ideas. those big ideas that support a brick and mortar space, they may not benefit as well as some other experiences. >> i think bringing your story to the neighborhoods, to the extent you can pull that off. i know it's labor intensive for you, but i think that can be really useful. i believe firmly in neighborhood business associations as the way to do grass roots development in the neighborhood. >> yeah. >> you know, i've been on the board of the chamber of commerce. that's not for small business in my opinion. what's for small business is your neighborhood association and its relationship to cdma. and the council of district merchants, which is named merchants, but it's really about small businesses, whether you're a merchant or a service business or whatever. i mean, even service businesses are going to have to be experimental. and the bett