very happy. >> reporter: david eller, president of the geary boulevard merchants association two blockstheater says four years, the building has crumbled. >> we had people breaking into the place, homeless people living inside. they trashed it. we always had like a fire there one time. >> >> reporter: he says were there one of the most iconic buildings in the neighborhood would reopen is welcome news . >> to see that finally happening is a blessing for the neighborhood. >> reporter: supervisor, sandra fuhrer has 18th and gary activated with the new project is welcome news . >> i think this is good, quite frankly, it has been vacant since 2004. i think the people of richmond district are ready for something to be prepared. >> reporter: in the neighborhood, some welcome the prospect of the new aquatic center . >> we need something like that in the neighborhood. we don't have anything? >> others say they want more details on the project before jumping in with both feet. >> i want to know who benefits. i want to know whether the public benefits. i want to know what developers expectations a

classic car show, food, dance, and music filled fillmore street between golden gate avenue and geary boulevardar's event to celebrate african-american culture. >>> in the east bay, communiies coming together for the people at town center. there was library music, dancing, food, free health screenings and more than 70 exhibitors. guests took home a goody bag full of fresh fruit provided by kaiser. >> the weather held out for all of it. >> beautiful. i love the fog. we'll have it tonight too. >> that's it for abc 7 news at 6:00. we'll see you right back here at 11:00. ...6, 7, 8 ♪ ♪ ♪ big dreams start with small steps... ...but dedication can get you there. so just start small... start saving. easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. ♪ ♪ chase. make more of what's yours®. [music] [music] >> tracy sellers: hey, everybody. welcome to "california bountiful." i'm your host, tracy sellers. and, you know, we often ask ourselves on the show, "what makes a great restaurant? is it the people, is it the location, is it the food?" well, in the case of the restaurant we're

. >> reporter: after closing its doors, the alexandria theater on geary boulevard in san francisco's d boulevard is a crumbling shadow of itself. the historic theater closed in 2004. now, the owners are preparing to reopen the theater as a 40,000 square foot complex but instead of movies, swimming will be the entertainment of choice. plans call for two pools, learning center and offices on the third floor. >> it has been very hefty. >> reporter: the president of the merchants association and owner of the beauty network two blocks away from the theater said for years, the ground the building has crumbled, drawing vandals and squatters. >> we had people crashing into the place, homeless people living inside a they trashed it. we always had almost had a fire there one time . >> he said one of the most iconic holdings in the neighborhood reopening is welcome news . >> to see that finally happening is a blessing for the neighborhood. >> reporter: supervisor, sandra fewer has made it a priority to catalog businesses and getting the area with an active project is welcome news . >> i think it

it's on geary boulevard and 18 avenue. you can see the building dead-center and the residential building under construction just beyond. the building was built in 1923. it was renovated in 1942. so it went from an egyption-style building and went to being art decoized in 1942 and there are some of the pictures there of the interior from 1942. it almost looks lick this except the trees are 10 years down line from where it is today. our project is the revitalization of the theater building which has been closed since 2004 for 15 years. the project will retain all of the historical fabric of the building while providing new community uses. the project is a new direction from the approved program in 2013. the new program includes a swim center with two swimming pools. which will include a 1,100 square foot addition in the west alley from the theater. it can't be seen from the street. for a visitor's gallery from the swimming center. expand the second floor has been done in the 2013 plan and for a learning center and utilizing

it happened just after 1:00 this morning an geary boulevard and fillmore street. officers arrived and tried to save the victim but were unsuccessful. police say the suspects are two men who drove away after the shooting. >>> developing news out of contra costa county. the chp says one person is dead and multiple people injured after a crash in orinda in the west bound lanes of highway 24 near wilder road. the crash closed all lanes for nearly three hours. they have since reopened. >>> developing news, president trump has become the first u.s. president to step into north korea, reaching across the dmz to shake hands with leader kim jong-un. president trump also exndn invitation to kim to visit the white house. the brief but historic encounter came together at the last minute. jonathasree house correspondent epor at fir meeting seemed well cario graphed president trump walking from the south korean side, kim jong-un from the north. good to see you again, kim said. never thought i would see you here. the handshake across the border. then the step in to north korea,

transit corridor to have brt as more frequently known the goal to get conveniently van ness and geary boulevard one of the most reliable transit systems in the country van ness avenue is a major connecter between potrero hill and mission on the south side of san francisco correcting connecting us to the marina and state highway in the financial with the western edition neighborhood it is mostly residential a lot of the geography of van ness the rain that is wide it was uses is a firebreak in the 1906 san francisco earthquake a lot of building occasion that helped of hoped to stop the fire from jumping van ness had a light rail or sprash separating and along geary 0 when we came to the question of how to address the needs on haven because of its cost effectiveness we have found in the brt system with the new vehicles. >> the new mr. secretary is a change we will actually have transit in the middle ♪ the far legal unit and a broadly prom >> one of the reasons it is in the center a was it is an clouf right-of-way a set of pedestrians will cross from the sidewalk to the middle of the street a. >> t

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think the transition from the small-scale residential that is still in this transitional area of geary boulevard makes it a very large building. i'm concerned that. i would prefer a six-story building or a building that does not add a roof deck of this size because you're tre trending towards luxury units. >> vice president koppel: commissioner richards? >> commissioner richards: i'm not a big fan of roof decks. i've had friends that lived in top -- three full units from front to back, and they never used the roof deck. if you -- i'm open to reducing the overhaall height of the building as commissioner moor samoore said, but i'm just not open to the apartment sharing the yard. >> vice president koppel: commissioner fung? >> commissioner fung: i'm supportive of the unit as constituted. i think this area can support larger structures, the three units. the only suggestion is i probably am not going to suggest anything that deals with the separation between the adjacent neighbor and this building on a on windows that are parallel to the property line. however, a small suggestion would be that a six-

it's on geary boulevard and 18 avenue. you can see the building dead-center and the residential building under construction just beyond. the building was built in 1923. it was renovated in 1942. so it went from an egyption-style building and went to being art decoized in 1942 and there are some of the pictures there of the interior from 1942.

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the geary boulevard would resurface 28 blocks between van ness and masonic. as part of the larger phase one project. the requested funds would cover a cost increase from updating construction cost estimates and funding gap from shifting funds within that project. and the project is estimated to be advertised later this summer. and open for use by january 2022. the second paving project is richmond paving renovations, which would resurface 20 blocks of residential streets in the richmond. the list of potential segments is included in your packet. and public works anticipates that construction would start in spring 2020, with all of the segments open by june of 2022. and the pedestrian safety category, 5th street quick build is a vision zero high-priority project, that would implement quick and effective safety measures on 5th between townsend and market. improvements include upgraded crosswalks, advanced limit lines, protected bikeways and bus boarding islands. and to accommodate these improvements, a travel lane and some parking would be removed. sfmta antici

we are talking about the alexandria theater on geary boulevard, enclosed 15 years ago. since then, it has been empty. now, a plan is underway to turn that empty building into a swimming center. it includes two poles, a learning center, and office space.>> i think this is good, quite frankly, it has been vacant since 2004, i think the people are ready to put something there. >> to see this finally happened, it is a blessing for the neighborhood. >> i think it is exciting, we need something in the neighborhood, we don't have anything.>> the public will be able to reserve and use public spaces inside. construction is due to begin next year, the developer hopes to open the doors by the year 2022.>>> san francisco salesforce transit center is getting ready to open next week. the test involved a series of flashing lights that went on for 10 minutes, enclosed 8 years ago after they found cracks in the beams just six weeks after it opened to the public. officials say the service will be phased in the coming weeks. >> did you fix everything out there? is everybody behaving for y