tourists have never stopped coming to the haight ashbury.s famous corner represents the center of the hippie movement of the late 60s, and the summer of love changed the narrative of american culture. >> thousands of young people from around the country were descending on the city's haight ashbury district. >> we do not have an obligation to feed these people to house them or to care for them. the neighborhood saw a decline shortly after. >> since then, the haight has struggled, experiencing years of ups and downs. but between 2010 and 2015, the obvious street problems hampered any efforts to revitalize the area in 2016, mistakes made by the city's street construction project hurt businesses. >> construction crews have hit underground gas lines, resulting in five gas leaks since april on a single block of haight street. kristen sze evans is with the haight ashbury merchants association. >> by the time that construction project was over, it was well over 20 vacant storefronts. so a lot of businesses gave up during that four year construction

the haight ashbury neighborhood was one of them.less with a drug crisis and business closures made the home of the summer of love anything but lovable. but in an effort to improve the neighborhood, residents and business community members with the help of the city, transformed the haight into one of the most vibrant and safe communities. could it be a model to build a better bay area in other places? >> abc seven news reporter liam melendez is here to tell us how they did it. leanne >> well, this is a great example of, you know, the community coming together and say we are going to get things done because you have to understand the haight street corridor is also known for having business owners who voiced their concerns. you know, some of you may remember the sit lie law where people were not allowed to sit or lie on the sidewalk or they would get fined. now, many merchants there pushed for it, but itrillioneally didn't work. and now, years later, merchants and residents have taken a different approach to revitalizing the area. >> t

pasado le hablábamos sobre este problema que estaban viviendo en la escuela chárter kip josé calle haights lo que nos dijo. >> de hecho, 1 de los estudiantes en aquel entonces sobre lo que vivía. ha habido una vez que un residente que vive en su auto trató de seguir a un estudiante que estaba caminando cerquita de su escuela con un cuchillo. tanto los estudiantes como los padres decían que había bastante presencia de personas sin hogar. fue un mes después, en mayo, que gracias al reportaje que presentamos aquí, el alcalde matt mahan decidió visitar junto a nuestro equipo la escuela para hablar con ellos y tratar de buscar soluciones. >> bueno, este martes los miembros del consejo de san josé van a votar en torno a una ordenanza que prohibiría campamentos de indigentes y también de casas móviles. esto sería alrededor de las escuelas en toda la ciudad, y vamos a enlazarnos con flavio lacayo, que nos tiene más detalles sobre esta situación. >> flavio qué es lo que ha ocurrido hasta este momento? >> qué tal? buenas tardes. bueno acabamos de salir del edificio donde en estos momentos continúan

location, but thankfully, they reopened here back in 2022. >> this is a really busy location on haight street, lots of tourists coming to the secondhand stores. it's quite busy during the day into the evening time. so we're quite happy with this location and it's doing really well and it's a great location for the locals and also for people visiting. >> reporter: amber tells me whether you're a 49ers fan or packers fan, there's a place here for you. >> saturday is going to be -- we go all the way back. we've got pool tables, a stage, 25 tvs and we have plenty of room for everybody. >> reporter: of course, this excitement is happening all over the bay area this week. it's definitely going to be a fun week. it's going to be fun for us, too, to cover this great event this weekend. back to you guys. >> thanks, jose. definitely a party on saturday, plenty of fans to help the faithful get pumped up for saturday's game. sara donchey is here with a preview where we should hang out. >> they brought me in to talk about partying. >> yes. why not? >> that's very flattering to me, ryan. these fans

and thank you to the other businesses throughout san francisco from the haight from you check up and other are mvrnts came here to provide support? wonderful and we can't just say we port small businesses and then not do anything about it this is doing something about it i'm excited and proud of what we've been able to do. now you or. okay - >> i was going to say talk about the fun parts of legislation. um, but to talk about you know, just a few things how that will benefit others and i know you never thought weed see significant changes but not only the head six the merchants and small business owner an k4re789d street welcome ladies and gentlemen. >> (clapping) thank you for making all of us comfortable i'm a little bit nervous um, good morning. i'm sandy lee the president of the small business commission and you know, small business owners are passionate, resourceful and creative people. i opened my shop with my ask his in 2010 and with my family before that. this opportunity to create and business in the neighborhood changed my life as bayview native this in the city but raised m

to take you know and i feel like we got all all the things that we need in this building from from haightllos piensan del partido de mañana. >> creo que nos gusta el ambiente en la fiesta de que se que se brindan los juegos en familia porque siempre es una convivencia, es una celebración. >> yo pienso que tenemos el equipo bueno, tenemos que ponerlo, jugar juntos todo los 60 minutos, no lo más 30 20 hay que jugar 60 minutos de fútbol. >> cuánto va a ser el score a aviéntate un número 30 a 23. >> ahí nos vamos. >> vamos. hoy nos 20 toda la cobertura que tenemos. >> mañana vamos a pasar a la liga española porque hoy hubo sorpresas. vamos al partido entre el fútbol club barcelona y el villarreal. un partido loquísimo porque el villarreal se iba a ir arriba 2 a 0. el segundo este gol que caía de elías para poner las cosas 2 por 0, iba a venir. entonces el barça de atrás empatando el marcador y después yéndose arriba con un autogol de erick bailey. pero después se desfondó el equipo de xavi hernández acaba perdiendo 5 a 3 y xavi anuncia al final del partido que no será más técnico del barcelon

once again , they gathered in the central business district of haight park for a demonstration called stop the genocide in gaza. demonstrators called on western governments to put pressure on israel for its ongoing genocidal violence and oppression against palestinians. unfortunately, the australian government remains a staunch supporter of israel. so clearly 11 weeks mass protests the likes of which we have not seen before are affecting and they are feeling the pressure. some of the speakers said that the palestinians are experiencing the same struggle as the indigenous people of australia. during the last 200 years , hundreds of thousands of indigenous people were killed or forcibly displaced from their land and their families by the colonial authorities. people at the sydney march praised south africa for filing a case against israel at the international court of justice. this is a genocide. they should go to the international criminal court because they are committing war crimes. war crimes multiplied it is obvious to ordinary people that this is a massive war crime. the 11th cons

. >> reporter: amber is the lead bartender at this sports bar on haight street and every weekend it turnso a haven for football fans. >> a bunch of locals, a lot of neighborhood people, a lot of tourists. it's a kind of great ethnicity and cultural between the locals, tourists and sports fans. we welcome them all. >> reporter: the staff is working hard to make this gameday truly special. >> we're super ready for the game saturday. we are a 49ers bar, but we also have a huge packers thing as well. here is your ipa. we'll have jell-o shots, pizzas, full staff. >> reporter: the owner, cyril hackett, tells me -- >> it's going to be pretty fun here. i think the 49er fans will dominate because we're home and there's so many here. that's what makes this place really fun, having the opposing teams and the local team as well. it's going to be a good crowd and a good fun afternoon. >> reporter: whether you're a 49ers fan or a packers fan, there's a place here for you. >> start is going to be -- we go all the way back. we've got pool tables, 25 tvs and we have plenty of room for everybody. >> if you

he's behind the lifestyle brand weed brand cookies, which has a shop on haight street, uh- he said he was inspired to make the film when one day, a young man came to his store with some items that appeared to be stolen. um, and he he saw this guy as is pretty innocent, and he thought to himself, you know, this isn't the type of person i would imagine to be into this. you know, underground thieving business. um, and so he set out to tell that kid's story. who came to try to sell him stolen items. >> all right, well, let's check out a clip from the trailer. all right, that is pretty dramatic. i mean, just to be clear, this is not a documentary , right? despite how real it feels to us, this is all fiction and dramatized. yes. >> yeah, it's, uh, totally dramatized. i was there yesterday when they, uh, reenacted a bit, being uh- and, um, nobody was hurt in the process of filming that that is good. >> that is good. um, what about the name splash city? i mean, usually when we say here, splash around here, we think splash brothers like, you know, warriors. uh, is it a reference to something?

el tráfico en este momento y hacia la zona de san francisco en la zona de potrero haight street fair.dium llevó a rugir como nunca el escenario en lo que fue una hermosa jornada que vivimos desde muy temprano hasta el júbilo de la victoria final en amigos, en personas fuertes, otros tienen que era. por el saldo con todos los people to the voice. >> vamos a llegar hasta arriba. vamos a 6 6 anillos que nos vamos a traer. el ambiente fue hasta el mil al 100 ni siquiera mil, mil, mil, mil en el en el en el segundo tiempo. oh my god! estábamos bien. no. no. no, no! >> let's go! no, no. like man we cannot go out like this. >> we waited all a year to get to this game. and we finally we feel got a play a whole game. and we needed the whole game. and we got a done. but as always this is not the one that we set out to get all right. it's not the one. we said. >> fue solo parte del emotivo discurso de calle tras la épica remontada ante los detroit lions. palabras que confirman la complicidad y la alta energía que reina en el camerino de los 49ers. y como bien lo dijo el head coach rojo y dorado,

vemos que tenemos en la zona de potrero haight street tráfico bastante pesado cerca de la 101 y en laver condiciones bastante tranquilas en el tráfico. algunas zonas de mira, algunos tramos con tráfico bastante pesado en las 5 80 vemos ese tráfico bastante pesado igualmente hacia el norte y hacia la zona de walnut creek. tráfico pesado en algunos tramos y hacia el norte en las 6 80 el tráfico fluye bastante tranquilo. a esta hora, pero vámonos con max y los deportes. >> muchas gracias marcelo. los golden state warriors no solo traen felicidad al área de la bahía por sus recientes títulos en la nba, sino por su importante aporte a la comunidad . aquí les mostramos la más reciente jugada maestra from the golden state warriors gary payton the second. en esta ocasión fue gary payton the second, el encargado de llevar muchos regalos y también sacar sonrisas a los más pequeños en lo que fue una noche de bingo muy especial organizada por la organización ronald mcdonald y en donde los golden state warriors fueron parte importante al llevar al carismático gp2 gestos que hacen la diferencia who

with the help of the community, get cvs to reverse plans on closing a store in the lower haight. >> they need to understand that that shutting down a grocery store and succeeding notice in the heart of the fillmore, with the history of redevelopment and displacement from that neighborhood, with the number of seniors who rely on this place, it's just it's not okay. >> this safeway does have a history of theft problems. the store even installing gates inside. but executives made no mention of that as a reason for the planned closure. in an updated statement, safeway says like all retailers, we continue to evaluate the performance of our stores and occasionally it's necessary to close locations that aren't meeting financial expectations for 40 years. >> and you you you take money, you profit off the neighborhood and community, and then you just leave because it's not hitting your bottom line now. i mean, please, that's always the worst of corporate greed, safeway says. >> despite our best efforts, the webster store will close as planned. but there is still a hope that if that does happen, s

with the help of the community, get cvs to reverse plans on closing a store in the lower haight. >> they need to understand that that shutting down a grocery store and succeeding notice in the heart of the fillmore, with the history of redevelopment and displacement from that neighborhood, with the number of seniors who rely on this place, it's just it's not okay. >> this safeway does have a history of theft problems. the store even installing gates inside. but executives made no mention of that as a reason for the planned closure. in an updated statement, safeway says like all retailers, we continue to evaluate the performance of our stores and occasionally it's necessary to close locations that aren't meeting financial expectations for 40 years. >> and you you you take money, you profit off the neighborhood and community, and then you just leave because it's not hitting your bottom line now. i mean, please, that's always the worst of corporate greed, safeway says. >> despite our best efforts, the webster store will close as planned. but there is still a hope that if that does happen, s

and then you've also got haight street closed from college avenue to telegraph.ity is saying that it hopes to have all streets fully reopened by tonight. >> time now. 802. another oakland business has shut down, with the owners blaming the increased crime rate for keeping customers away. the upscale mexican restaurant calavera opened ten years ago. the owner, sarah ryan, says it was one of the businesses that held a one day shutdown to protest the growing criminal problem in the city, seen a reduction of close to 35% foot traffic from 22 to 23. >> there's daily buildings right here along broadway midday, and customers are just feeling afraid to walk on the streets of oakland, ryan says she was forced to shut down with a number of reservations dropped sharply in the last few weeks, but she says she hopes things will turn around and she can reopen. >> calavera or another restaurant someday soon. well, mayor london breed and community leaders held a kickoff event for three ballot measure campaigns in san francisco. >> prop c is intended to help convert empty office

last year, with the help of the community, he got cvs to reverse plans to close a store in the lower haight. safeway says the webster store will close as planned. many are hoping another grocery store will move on to that property in the future. >> antioch's mayor is ready to take action over the state of a once popular strip mall. the delta fair shopping center has fallen into disrepair. as you can see, buildings are boarded up and fenced off. trash and broken glass are everywhere. mayor lamar thorpe says the city has taken steps in the past to get the property owner to act, but nothing has worked out well. >> all we've utilized up to this point is code enforcement and some fines, but obviously we need to take greater legal action to ensure that we get these properties in a state that is fair to everybody. >> now, the property is owned by chew family llc. we have reached out to them but haven't heard back yet. >> as a race for the white house heats up, the political climate is becoming more dangerous. gloria, a growing number of officials are now being targeted in swatting incidents. >> th

the people who work at and mad dog in the fog on haight street are happy to host whoever shows up and hey remember the pandemic forced them to close for a little bit. but they were able to reopen in 2022. and they say there's lots of room for the 49er faithful to belly-up at the bar even if cheese heads show up. >> it's going to be a pretty fun here. you know, i think that -- 49er fans will dominate because obviously we're home and there's so many here. but there'll be a -- that's what makes this place really fun. like you know having the -- the opposing teams and the local team as well. so it's going to be a good crowd and a good -- good fun afternoon. >> fun afternoon and guess what? they have 25 televisions they will all be tuned in to the big game on saturday. >>> all right, reed. well, remember this? from last year. it was a tough end to the niners' season and the nfc championship game against the eagles in philly. brock purdy is hurt earlically the hopes of the team heading back to the super bowl are over. well, the niners won't be seeing the eagles this time around. philadelphi

in fact the people who work at mad dog in the fog on haight street are happy to host whoever shows upandemic forced them to close down for a while but they were able to reopen and bounce back in 2022. there's plenty of room for the 49er faithful and the cheese heads they say. >> it's going to be pretty fun here. i think the 49er fans will dominate because obviously we're hope and there's so many here but a there'll be a -- that's what makes this place really fun 678 like you know having the opposing teams and the local team as well. so it's going to be a good, good crowd and a -- good fun afternoon. >> workers tell us they have 25 tvs and every one of them will be tuned to the big game saturday. >>> all right, well, remember this from last year? it was a tough end to the niners' season and the nfc championship game against the eagles in philly. flush flush brock purdy gets hurt early and the hopes of your team heading back to the super bowl, well, they were over. the niners won't be seeing the eagles this time around. philadelphia in tampa in the wild card round and this one was all b

. >> the land between haight street and dwight way was originally bought in 1967 by the university forong history of protests and activism began. on may 15th, 1969, a violent confrontation between police and antiwar protesters turned deadly. since then, any plan to change the park has been met by protest. in 1971, plans to put in a soccer field failed in 1979, there was an attempt to put in a parking lot again, that didn't happen. then. in 1990, protesters fought for the right of the homeless to stay in the park, and in 1991, demonstrators raged for a week over the construction of volleyball courts. months later, in 1992, more protests over a plan to add a basketball court. dozens arrested more recently, the park has been home to tent encampments since then. in 2022, plans to build student housing at the location were once again thwarted at least temporarily. >> that's karina nova reporting. you can keep up to date on the latest developments on people's park on our website. abc seven news.com. you know, it was chilly today, but with the sun it still felt a little warm. and after the ra

this is on oak street, right near scott in the lower haight. authorities say the victim's injuries were not life threatening. officials say the suspect is in custody and that the two actually knew each other. but the exact connection remains unclear. the suspect was booked for assault with a deadly weapon, a carjacking suspect was arrested after leading officers on a high speed chase over the bay bridge. san francisco police say officers caught up with the suspect in vallejo after he threatened a man with a knife, and then took off with his car at north point and mason streets in the city. 420 this morning, the suspect is a 47 year old man from san francisco. his name has not been released. he was booked on a number of charges, including carjacking and reckless evading the family of a teenager killed in a hit and run crash in antioch last month is honoring the life and legacy of their loved one today. >> they laid the teen to rest ktvu bailey o'carroll spoke with the victim's family on what would have been his 14th birthday. >> family, friends

. ♪ he owns the church of eight wheels and abandoned church in the lower haight where he's taught skatings for the community work he provides for free and he started the volunteer skate patrol in 18979 to monitor and help skaters in golden gate park. he's fought against a proposed ban on roller skating in the park. and he succeeded in getting a section of 6th avenue near fulton closed to car traffic for skating. his weekly events at the park include friday night skates that started during covid, the gatherings draw neighbors together and even brought mayor london breed. >> i didn't know a soul when i first came but through roller skating, i have an entire family of people. and i think that this is the kind of thing that people want in san francisco. i think that people want this all over the world. >> reporter: chris donated the park benches at the skating space. he's inspired by d's commitment. >> he's just a giving soul. he's the heart and soul of skating in the city truthfully. >> reporter: outside golden gate park, d's partnered with the city to bring san francisco disco roller skatin

year, with the help of the community, he got cbs to reverse plans to close the store in the lower haightway says the webster store will be closing as planned, and many hope another grocery store will move onto that property in the future. >> san francisco based williams-sonoma announced it's delaying the closure of its only store left in the city. it plans to keep its longstanding post street location open until 2025. luxury retailer chanel bought out the three story building for $63 million back in 2022. now williams-sonoma previously planned to vacate it as the lease was ending, but did not elaborate why plans changed antioch's mayor is ready to take action over the state of a once popular strip mall. >> the delta fair shopping center is falling into fallen into disrepair, disrepair builder are boarded up, as you can see in fenced off trash and broken glass for everywhere. mayor lamar thorpe says the city has taken steps in the past to get the property owner to act, but nothing has worked well. >> all we've utilized up to this point is code enforcement and some fines, but obviously we

haight reed smith. >> all of my cronies are showing up today. see?shion themselves constitutional literalists except for when it comes to executive warmaking. commander-in-chief.road for the i think that's out of whack with historical examples with senators taft ore talk about tht evolution perhaps and get your >> i remember when barack obama had been on the campaign trail, really civil libertarian law professo answers to the war powers the president held and then after having taken office it really works a number on you. [laughter] your opinions on those things change. i wonder if that may be a general problem between candidates and incumbents? but do you have sense of conservative c-uppercase-letter or lower per. >> project is a very active discussion particularly on the house it focuses on that syria issue. how many years are we going to havestingency without a umf that actually applies to it? i think that is the problem. the 2001 voted right after 911. i don't think we can be too harsh on them that was a very difficult time. done. but the problem

and fillmore largely exempt as being priority equity communities and japantown as well, but for the haight ashbury, lower haight, north panhandle, divisadero, what outreach if any has been done about this legislation? >> thank you supervisor preston for the question. again, the planning commission is not the sponsor of the ordinance and dont want to speak on behalf of the mayor office but i tell the reason we are supportivef othis is the fact our own housing element requires us to increase housing choice midrise development for small and multifamily housing types in our well resourced neighborhoods and that is out reach generally done through the housing element proposals. for this specific legislation, our department again is not the sponsor, but many-outreach was done through the housing element program which this is accomplishing a objective was done. >> i appreciate the outreach from the housing development and think planning department did quite a bit of outreach in that context. i do think there's a difference. i don't think every topic ref rnls referenced in the 183 page housing ele

my name is a honest clearly a resident the haight additional to share our perspective and leadershipe need to make. as often said san francisco is a beacon of hope in recent years we are placard by issues those issues not in san francisco w weigh heavily on so many of us affordability and risk of hunger and chronic with substance abuse and sdpish public health i believe the governments responsibility to insure that everyone has affordable assess and homes for living in and safe streets and educational opportunities for san francisco advancement and healthy food and water when you have the basics you don't worry about surviving but the mayor is well intention but continued unaffordable not working and working that much harder to stay afloat that's why i'm running to serve as your mayor and excuse me - sir, are you seeking about running for office right now? (bell ringing) part of my remarks. >> i'm going to pause you, you have 26 seconds left this is about the business before the board a notice on their agenda. >> (multiple voices). >> no campaigning in this chamber. >> respectfully t

. >> one incident somebodys was haight and stanyan street and tried to board the shuttle with a power wheelchair and the shuttle driver thought she wouldn't be aible to secure the chair because it has wider tubes, and what we think is that she didn't look closely enough to at the chair and see if it had tie-downs, places to attach the tie-downs, and so what we are doing to address that is just make sure the drivers have better training and really know how to look for-because there shouldn't be-as long as the chair can meet the weight requirements it shouldn't be denied access unless it has been modified in some way. the operator said makes it so you can't tie it down, but really that shouldn't happen. there should be places to anchor the tie-down so that is what we think probably happened. what woo are doing is helping make sure they ramp up their training and we are participating more. emily will participate more in the training. >> do we know what happened to the--did we give them accommodations or anything like that? >> i worked--sorry to interrupt. >> i am curious, did we pull the

i live in the haight. i don't own a car. i spend a lot of my time and money in the mission.used to be my bike commute to work when i lived in bernal heights. all of us in the city care about our small businesses. they gave the city so much vitality. it's clear the situation on valencia isn't working for them. the business community, however, has had many unclear and mixed demands. many oppose the 2019 proposal for side riding bike lanes and push for the center running lanes instead. the point of government is to collect data and public opinion and then to lead. sfmta knows that 70% of people shopping on valencia come by foot, bike or transit, and those people spend more than people coming by car. we should configure the street to reflect this reality. there are pedestrian corridors all over the world that are bustling and active, and we see the success of weekend pedestrian blocks in valencia, the clement farmers market, night markets making those permanent will let us make the street even better with through permanent infrastructure rather than temporary. we can still have

i live in the haight. i don't own a car. i spend a lot of my time and money in the mission.used to be my bike commute to work when i lived in bernal heights. all of us in the city care about our small businesses. they gave the city so much vitality. it's clear the situation on valencia isn't working for them. the business community, however, has had many unclear and mixed demands. many oppose the 2019 proposal for side riding bike lanes and push for the center running lanes instead. the point of government is to collect data and public opinion and then to lead. sfmta knows that 70% of people shopping on valencia come by foot, bike or transit, and those people spend more than people coming by car. we should configure the street to reflect this reality. there are pedestrian corridors all over the world that are bustling and active, and we see the success of weekend pedestrian blocks in valencia, the clement farmers market, night markets making those permanent will let us make the street even better with through permanent infrastructure rather than temporary. we can still have

so, today i am taking this opportunity to recognize our haight ashbury community nursery school in coal valley district 8 and long time director co co drake. the school known as the coop. the co opopened in 1974 and located at gratin playground in coal valley. co co was there from the beginning initially as a coparent. early childhood education professional took over as director of the nursery in 1986. one coopdescribed co co as the life blood of the school creating a environment filled with fun, understanding and love. under her supervision or children grow i drive and caring at times pure gwenious guidance and dedication to the mission of the nursery school that remain in place and core values implemented in a consistent way for the past 50 years for generations of families. co co helps everyone she knows to see the good in others and the potential of what community can really be. co op are not for everyone, but for local parents who are able to juggle their work-lives and find the time to help out at the nursery, this coop has provided a rare affordable and wondrous chance to see and

so, today i am taking this opportunity to recognize our haight ashbury community nursery school in coal valley district 8 and long time director co co drake. the school known as the coop. the co opopened in 1974 and located at gratin playground in coal valley. co co was there from the beginning initially as a coparent. early childhood education professional took over as director of the nursery in 1986. one coopdescribed co co as the life blood of the school creating a environment filled with fun, understanding and love. under her supervision or children grow i drive and caring at times pure gwenious guidance and dedication to the mission of the nursery school that remain in place and core values implemented in a consistent way for the past 50 years for generations of families. co co helps everyone she knows to see the good in others and the potential of what community can really be. co op are not for everyone, but for local parents who are able to juggle their work-lives and find the time to help out at the nursery, this coop has provided a rare affordable and wondrous chance to see and

my name is a honest clearly a resident the haight additional to share our perspective and leadershipe need to make. as often said san francisco is a beacon of hope in recent years we are placard by issues those issues not in san francisco w weigh heavily on so many of us housing affordability and risk of hunger and chronic with substance abuse and sdpish public health i believe the governments responsibility to insure that everyone has affordable assess and homes for living in and safe streets and educational opportunities for san francisco advancement and healthy food and water when you have the basics you don't worry about surviving but the mayor is well intention but continued unaffordable not working and working that much harder to stay afloat that's why i'm running to serve as your mayor and excuse me - sir are you seeking about running for office right now? (bell ringing) part of my remarks. >> i'm going to pause you you have 26 seconds left this is about the business before the board a notice on their agenda. >> (multiple voices). >> no campaigning in this chamber. >> respectf