parkland throughout golden gate park, but not necessarily through golden community garden. we have it right in the middle of . >> let's get this party started. welcome to the golden gate park tennis center. good morning. i am phil ginsburg the manager of the san francisco recreation and parks department. it is my pleasure to welcome you here. you would think the bryan brothers answer arena were red -- serena were ready to play. this place has a buzz thanks to champions of tennis, golden gate park, our city. this facility is going to undergo a $27 million renovation starting almost today. it will transform this 125-year-old site, yes, we have been playing tennis since the 1890s. they have hosted billie jean king. so many more. this place is called the cradle of champions. one champion who i want to focus on is alice marble. an outspoken advocate for de segregation of american tennis. de segregation of this court came to the first african-american player to compete in the grand slam event in 1950. the tennis community continues to grow and she played here. [applause.] when we

during her tenure, she supported a 75 million-dollar bond to improve golden gate park infrastructure, worked with a variety of city groups and organizations on a successful tax measure for parks, oversaw the groundbreaking of the world-renowned national eighth grove in golden gate park, and welcome to 70,001 pope for a mass at candlestick park in 1987 that would be john paul ii. former staff members remember her cultivation of a work environment that allowed for creative solutions, and a real focus on working with teens and communities of colour. under her leadership, programs like the newspaper and friday nate fun or launched. after her tenure at the recreation and park department, she went on to consulting for a time, and then from 1998 to 2004 , she was the director of the san mateo county parks department, and in 2004, she became the manager of the sonoma county parks system. she was also active with the bay area ridge trail council. since her retirement, she began writing and has penned many short stories recounting her memories from her years of public service and what i would s

some of the complaints came from residents who live more than three miles from golden gate park. unfortunately, the map doesn't look very good here, but that's life. even though i live on mt. davidson, more than two miles from the golden gate park polo fields, the noise inside my home office was frequently overwhelming, and i had all of my windows and doors shut. though i support the annual outside lands festival, the proposed outside lands use permit has no noise limit and it does not specify what acoustical standards must be met or what testing protocols must be used to control noise levels at the festival and in the surrounding neighborhoods. it only requires outside lands to monitor noise levels and adjust them as required. and as required is not defined. it's a meaningless standard. san francisco previously adopted numerical noise standards with decibel limits for events at sharon meadow and golden gate park, and there are numerous other examples that have adopted numerical noise limits, including shoreline amphitheater in mountain view and st. james park in san jose. before

welcome to the golden gate park tennis center. good morning. i am phil ginsburg the manager of the san francisco recreation and parks department. it is my pleasure to welcome you here. you would think the bryan brothers answer arena were red -- serena were ready to play. this place has a buzz thanks to champions of tennis, golden gate park, our city. this facility is going to undergo a $27 million renovation

they say crooks have been targeting golden gate park. devin fehely has the details double >> the good news is car break- ins across the city or down significantly. unfortunately that is not true here in golden gate park. the broken back window of this tesla at golden gate park is but a small example of a much larger problem. >> i have had our car broken into three times. >> san francisco police department has tried to curb the troubling trend or but the alarming number of car break- ins and other property crimes plaguing the city. in the effort appears to be paying off, breakage down 21%. everywhere that is but golden gate park dahlbeck >> we should not have to worry about walking out of the apartment or house and wondering am i gonna have my window broken today. that should be the furthest thing from my mind. >> police received 168 reported break-ins through the end of march. that's 56 a month, to every day. some drivers wonder if more police and the patrols might be a deterrent to others think money and manpower should still go to viole

like the ones behind me can have access to a world renowned center in our city right here in golden gate park is made possible, yes, because the genre russ voters here -- voters support the park fund and we make every dollar count. to get the projects done faster, we rely on the support of contributors. mr. toby is here. he is an incredible contributor to this project. i want to acknowledge him and his family foundation and the incredible support of lisa and doug goldman who continue to support mr. and mrs. goldman who continue to support incredible projects all over the city. thank you to the corrett foundation. those were major contributions, and there are so many other people, whether you gave $5 or $5 million, every dollar that you gave made this project possible and you all should be proud for your contributions. i want be to thank each and every one of the tennis folks in the room. there are so many tennis people who make sure we protect the tennis courts in our city. that is so important. like i said, even though i tried and i wasn't that great, the fact is i had a place to try. that i

i live two blocks from golden gate park. i'm also an art director headquartered in the outer sunset with our flagship located one block from golden gate park. every year we experience an influx of visitors is during outside lands dates, which directly and positively influences our business, as well as our neighboring businesses, who many of them are currently here. i'm sure we're all aware of the non-san francisco residential demographic attending this event. new customers flood our san francisco location during this event and return to their communities with a unique experience to share. from their friends and family of these new customers have a chance to embrace the experience through our e-commerce platform. this trickle-down business model begins with one new walk-in and outside lands brings hundreds of thousands of this type of contact to our front door every year. we've been a word of mouth business since our inception of 2005 and outside lands helps continue that notion every year, and i'm sure we'll continue to in th

>>your golden gate park defenses are up in crews are preparing for tomorrow's highly anticipated for 20 event and festivities over 20,000 people. that's how many city park officials are anticipating to take part in tomorrow's festivities, thousands more than before because this year for 20 falls on a weekend. however, there are important things to keep in mind for anyone wanting to come and celebrate there will be no purchasing cannabis on site officials are asking everyone to buy at a licensed dispensary beforehand san francisco district try supervisor valley brown says buying your stash from an unlicensed provider. but you directly at risk for contamination last year. >>we had between 1012 had a overdose on fentanyl so what i'm saying to the public. you're welcome to come soon for 20 and enjoy yourself and have the hill please do not buy your cannabis on the street security portable bathrooms and buses will be provided to the surrounding festal area there will also be an area for lyft and uber drivers to pick up and drop off. fficials also say no pets will be allowed with the amount

next week is five playgrounds in the city including the panhandle, golden gate park. sergeant john mccauley park in the tenderloin playground, the play ground in mic chairren park and in the excelser. it is under the let's play sf initiative a $30 million public private partnership with the san francisco parks alliance supported by park fund money and general fund support. in total they will renovate 13 playgrounds around the city. washington square playground was completed a few months ago. we co-host one big groundbreaking for all five projects on thursday, april 25th at 11:00 a.m. this may marks 74 years since the en end of the holocaust. to remind those of the survivors an installation by a german artist is at the plaza. maybe you walked by it this morning. over 70 portraits of holocaust survivors including several local individuals, one i will talk about in a second. also including those from all across united states, germany, ukraine, they are to provide voice and visibility to survivors. courageous leann wonderfully presented by the institute of san francisco an

after we had citywide recycling, removing the centre from golden gate park, and industrial use in oneof the great american parks. we put a fee for out-of-town visitors, matching every city in the country that did the same, if not more in their own communities. we changed the vendor at the lake after years of haggling, and we finish the development of the soccer fields out at the end of golden gate park. the other thing, and i have always tipped my hat is we change the way we do business to do commune she -- committee meetings first so we can hear projects and hear the merit in the public and then remedy them before they come to the general meeting, and that had an enormous impact in bringing more civility to the meetings. as i like to say, everyone in san francisco has an opinion about parks, and rarely do two people agree. we try and work very hard to resolve those problems early. there were other factors that contributed to it, and one was, i think, and improvement. so with enormous private resources, aren't going to put their names out there, their reputations and their dollars wit

if you live anywhere near golden gate park, it is time to batten down the hatches a memory of a high school football player from alameda county lost to the waters of half moon bay. tonightbody of the student still has not been recovered at popular beach. the students started gathering at hayward high school to honor him. >> reporter: as often is the case with tragic losses like this one, saying this young man was well-liked is quickly becoming an obvious understatement. the vigil just got under way a couple moments ago. the students here all of his friends. a handful of community members as well but largely most down there are his football teammates. we were able to get a closer look a couple minutes ago, we have video right now. students are signing messages to him saying prayers. they have his football jersey and a wonderful picture of this young man the coach open the vigil talking about how kind and hard- working this man was and how great he was to coach. while all of this is going on his family is still at the beach . >> everybody is holding up. trying to be strong. stay strong

a san francisco supervisor sounding a warning, about the 420 hippie hill event at the golden gate park. >>> good evening to you. >>>the big crowds are expected at the 420 party, at golden gate park. don ford on how everyone, seems to be getting ready. >> -- >> reporter: folks are getting ready for this weekend's big marijuana smoke out but for those who lived here for a while they see the crowd has changed. alisha mccord is part owner of land of the sun gift shop. she sells all things hippie. and all things grateful dead. >> a different feel, different group of people. it's not the locals anymore know, in fact i prefer people to get out of here. because it's so crazy. >> reporter: down the street, another street said they are close -- shops it they are closing up for the weekend. but escape from new york pizza says, britt -- business is great during the marijuana weekend. >> reporter: -- >> it's going to be busy i was here last year, a bunch of people, high on marijuana. if we get a lot of

>>your golden gate park defenses are up in crews are preparing for tomorrow's highly anticipated for festivities over 20,000 people. that's how many city park officials are anticipating to take part in tomorrow's festivities, thousands more than before because this year for 20 falls on a weekend. however, there are important things to keep in mind for anyone wanting to come and celebrate there will be no purchasing cannabis on site officials are asking everyone to buy at a licensed dispensary beforehand san francisco district try supervisor valley brown says buying your stash from an unlicensed provider. but you directly at risk for contamination last year. >>we had between 1012 had a overdose on fentanyl so what i'm saying to the public. you're welcome to come soon for 20 and enjoy yourself and have the hill please do not buy your cannabis on the street. >>security portable bathrooms and buses will be provided to the surrounding festival area there were also be an area for lyft and uber drivers to pick up and drop off. officials also say no pets will be allowed with the amount of pe

we're here live in golden gate park christina tetreault kron 4 news. >>all right christine, thanks a lot for a live report from golden gate park we'll see in about an hour. let's go to the east bay this morning, firefighters in san leandro prevented a fire from causing serious damage to the sweet tiny desert restaurant on friday. the call came in about 5 30 friday morning fortunately, no one was injured. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. this morning. and police are not wasting any time in cracking down on dangerous and the legal side shows this weekend in oakland. kron four says he do in shows us that officers are already out in force. >>0 tolerance for illegal sideshows taking on a new meaning this weekend as the alameda county sheriff's office. >>teams up with local police one of the major crackdown. >>the number one and we're out today are ready to do in traffic enforcement in brown with our traffic task force which is a combination of pd and alameda county sheriff's office were out there today doing a high intensity traffic enforc

[applause] >> san francisco parks, golden gate park transforms into one of the greatest music festivalsl time, let's journey, inside, outside land. ♪ >> to this, our 6th year doing the outside lands and our relationship with san francisco, rec and park. and we work very closely with them in the planning and working very closely with the neighborhood organizations and with the city supervisors and with the city organizations and with the local police department, and i think that the outside lands is one of the unique festivals in the world and we have san francisco and we have golden gate park and we have the greatest oasis, in the world. and it has the people hiking up hills and down hills and a lot of people between stages. >> i love that it is all outside, the fresh air is great. >> they have the providers out here that are 72 local restaurants out here. >> celebrating, and that is really hot. >> 36 local winerries in northern california and 16 brewers out here. >> and you have seen a lot of people out here having a good time and we have no idea, how much work and planning has gone in

san francisco's golden gate park is expected to be jam packed with people celebrating pot.we've party on hippie hill means big busine

generous neighbors and involved in not just this project, but also the tennis center project in golden gate parkyou for all of your interest in parks. amy rubino, the director of the foundation family fund, thank you to amy. staff from san francisco for sports and recreation. thank you for your entire grapefruit stepping up here. anna, you have been amazing, i also want to acknowledge a captain from park station. [applause] i want to acknowledge jim elling from kaiser, they have been an incredible partner with us and supporting the playground, also present today our energy and robert from the parks and recreation open space advisory committee, thank you to prozac for all of your support and involvement. we have our construction and design team here. i want to thank contracting and rha landscape architecture. thank you for this. i also want to thank the city staff that's been involved in the design process. i saw albert from public works here. thank you for your incredible partnership. to my own team, to caribou prior to is not only involved in the panhandle project but hoping to drive the entire

your heading to golden gate park, bring a jacket. it is chilly.t summertime fog in the city. >> the fog rolled in last night to. >> yes, that's right . >> this camera is moving around today, looking at this because we have wind around 30 miles per hour. it does look like maybe some sprinkle activity on the camera lens. over the past few hours. today, one of the cooler days of the week, it happened on thursday when we were trying to find a way to cool off. but things started to laugh yesterday than bottoming out today. then we trended back up towards tomorrow and monday. a satellite showing you the weather saturday, the front, lots of clouds down towards santa rosa, nevada, san francisco and san jose. a little bit of green on the radar, this is not widespread. still, enough to maybe trigger a few sprinkles across portions of the bay area or a light shower this morning. the current numbers, most areas with cloudy skies, the mid-50s to start off your saturday morning. the wind is definitely cranking up, at the airport, sustained wind out of the west,

if you do get stuck in any traffic here on golden gate park maybe take a a a note from our friends here and just stay calm about it live in golden gate park in well below kron 4 news. >>thank you so much an oil law might be a fun day for people to get high. police are warning about getting a deal wise san mateo county deputies say they will be on the lookout for people lighting up and then getting behind the wheel kron four stand thorne is live in half moon bay tonight with more from police stand. >>well jay arce and retail county deputies say with the unofficial pot holiday falling on a saturday. they're expecting the possibility of more people driving under the influence the hope is those people decided to celebrate safely. san mateo county deputies are out in force looking for impaired drivers. the 4.20 celebration might be a fun day for people to get high. but police suggest not getting behind the wheel. we have a stepped up our patrol teams here on the cold side. all units will be out looking for impaired drivers. >>not just drunk drivers people have announced looking marijuana. >>

commute. >> it's going to be busy on the roadways and we're talking about closures not just in golden gate park, but they're in the hate. that's going to be big changes for those who live there. let's start with the closures in the park itself. now we have the normal saturday closures, but in addition to that, jfk drive is closed. part of marlin luther king jr. is closed and nancy pelosi drive, really the only way in is down 8th. you can go around the california academy of science. you can't go up 9th to go north. if you're going to take awhld this pub mclaren lodge which is 501 stanion street and that'stanion take a look at the big redlines and those are the outer perimeter of the closure. everything in site of that is closed to driving traffic. your east, west corridors are oak street and frederick street and your north south corridor is masonic and i can talk the -- everything inside there is going to be closed. my suggestion is to avoid the area if you can because it's going to be packed. and crowded. but how is the weather going to be mary? >> it's going to be cooler with more clouds so bi

john on that for >>there will be a few clouds out there in addition to those clouds right above golden gate parkre stepping outside today really nice day to roll to get now to golden gate park a day early 60's hayward free my age of 63 redwood city at 61. i'm talking more on your forecast still to com >>and i'm talking great traffic today it's been this way all morning long nice and light only 13 minutes as you make your way from the east bay over to it's on! get to the ross spring shoe event to score the latest styles for the whole family... ...and something for you. oh yeah. that's yes for less. you heard me - 20 to 60 percent off department store prices! at the ross spring shoe event. on now! and you find the same style you knoyou saw there... ross ...here? that's yes for less. yes! say yes to those spring trends you love, at 20 to 60 percent off specialty store prices, every day. at ross. yes for less. milk, fresh cream and only sustainably farmed vanilla. it's made with fresh cream, sugar and milk. breyers the good vanilla. we proudly partner with american farmers for grade a milk and cream

(applause). >> we will see you all to celebrate the 150th anniversary of golden gate park in late 2020. bring your rackets. [applause.] >> my name is amanda [inaudible] over see the girls sports program. when i came to san francisco and studied recreation and parks and towerism and after i graduated i moved to candlestick park and grain r gain adlot of experience work with the san francisco 49 and [inaudible] be agfemale in a vore sports dynamic facility. i coached volo ball on the side and as candle stick closed down the city had me move in92 too [inaudible] >> immediate interaction and response when you work with kids. i think that is what drives other people to do this. what drew me to come to [inaudible] to begin with for me to stay. i use today work in advertising as a media buyer and it wasn't fulfilling enough and i found a opportunity to be a writing coach. the moment [inaudible] you to take advantage of how you change and inspire a child by the words you say and actions you do. >> you have a 30 different programs for girls through rec and park and fast ball, soft ball and voll

rookie and stay tuned for abc7 news at 11:00. >>> a century old landmark in san francisco's golden gate park future. >> we were on court 12 like most of the time. >> for the former tennis star, the tennis central at golden gate park was a home away from home and the haunching pad for her pro career. >> my mom would drop us off and we would play all day long. 365 days a year. >> while she looks back wistfully at the early days, she said she's excited about the transformation about to take place here. the $12 million makeover that includes a huge new clubhouse, garden terraces and for the first ever, lighted courts. a major transformation for the site that has been this since the 1990s. the park director said the aging facilities are showing their wear. >> it's time. it's time to think about the next generation and the next century. >> reporter: at a party inside the old clubhouse, some long time members expressed mixed feelings about the clubhouse which they say will close the courts for a 84 and a half. >> the city could have done a great job renovating all these courts. it would have taken

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