i'm a member of the japantown planning organizing committee. i would ask the commission to support the planning process. we really have looked seriously at the kinds of businesses that we think will support japan town and contribute to the long- term prosperity and continuation. when we were in the process, one of the things that happened is -- one of the restrictions was on formula retail because of the nature of formula retail or you can out compete source product and really drive our small businesses out of competition. and we need to maintain the small business space. we lost one of our centennial businesses, 100-year-old japanese market that, because of the nature of the small family business, founded more and more difficult to compete with chains tores -- stores. that is the nature of what we are trying to fight. in this case, we are very distressed that this business did not try to make links to the community, that they did things under the table, proceeding with the drilling through the floor of the building into the garage without gett

the main entry to the oldest synagogue west of the mississippi, i think, up on bush street, near japantown, recently converted to a senior center. where they closed up the entry now a window with a coach backed up to. actually entry people go in is a tiny door 50 feet up the door that says "disabled access" here that everybody goes in and out this tiny door. i think it's a big loss to take clearly what is intended to be the entry and block it up and sort of ignore it. >> this is very similar to the mill's building entry that we just looked at and goes no where. it's sad. it happens a lot to older buildings. >> i'm grateful they preserved the buildingx it's not easy to do to retrofit buildings. >> not sure it was appropriate because it was broken up into housing and theater space. >> a lot of the entrances that we saw are notable as being elaborate thing on a plain building. and the entrance sort of sets the tone more than anything else. this is an example of a building where the style of entrance is completely carried through with the elaboration of the building at the roof line and the to

let's take you outside to our sky camera network ond and our hd view showing japantown here with mist and plenty of cloud cover right across the golden gate bridge. this is the picture we're going to continue to see replicated here as we head into even parts of tomorrow as well. so let's bring you back to our rainfall totals, and we're going to transition right now into also another issue we're finding with this storm system. even though it's weak, it is still kicking up the seas 7 to 9 feet off the coastline. small craft advisory in effect as we continue throughout saturday. current numbers are starting to drop off. one of the warm spots was 62 in san jose, 64 in sunnyvale, markedly cooler for the east and north bay, temperatures down 10 to 15 degrees in some locations. slightly cooler air and onshore flow has made a big difference for us today. tomorrow morning, we'll find a few showers that will linger for us into parts of saturday. but we're still expecting sunshine for your weekend. that seven-die forecast, we have two weaknesses of on-again/off-again showers in the mix. over the

. >> thank you, lisa washington >>> a fire broke out at an apartment building in san jose's japantown that started last night at a three-story building on north fourth street. investigators say fire started in a first floor unit and spread to all 15 other apartments. 28 people were displaced. red cross arranged temporary housing. >>> new this morning we have gotten word that a second student has died after a school shooting in ohio. classes are cancelled today after a teenager opened fire on a group of students there. hundreds of people gathered in the city of chardon for a candlelight vigil for the victims last night. police say tj lane opened fire in the cafeteria at chardon high school. five students were shot in all. a teacher though chased lane from the cafeteria and police later arrested him just about a half mile away from the school. sources say lane told authorities that he was being bullied by some of those that he shot. >>> closer to home, the judge in the ross mirkarimi domestic violence trial says that the jury will be allowed to see a videotape of ross mirkarimi's wife.

the day of remembrance tomorrow will be celebrated in san jose's japantown and in san francisco, at theki center. where they'll pay tribute to a man who became famous when he openly defied the internment orders 70 years ago and he passed away last month. live in san jose, stephanie trong, diane, back to you. >>> espn is in crisis management mode tonight after an online article used a racial slur in its headline referring to recent chinese-american nba star, jeremy lin. it was part of an online headline, referring to lin's nine turnovers in the knicks's loss. the headline said "chink in the armor" it was up for 30 minutes before being taken down. espn is apologizing, saying we're are determining appropriate disciplinary action to insure this does not happen again and we regret and apologize for this mistake. the same slur was reportedly used on espn a few days ago as well. san francisco's senator, leland yi responded to the espn headline. here's part of his statement. this incident harkins back to 1947 when jackie robinson heard some of the ugliest racial epithets as it broke the color b

. >> so then tend to go from city hall up through i guess they go to japantown, through north beach, along the top of the city out to the presidio down the west side a little bit and then back to city hall. >> reporter: it's a lovely drive, i understand. but i tried it today. all signs were against me having luck. russian hill is very cool. a lot of nice old buildings but i'm not sure this is the 49 mile drive. i have yet to see a sign around here. here's the problem. it's a pretty cool sign with a seagull and stuff and people tend to steal them. >> so we replace them as needed and send interns in the sum another look every few years to see how they're doing. but certainly. people if they notice one is missing they can call 311 and let us know. >> reporter: the mta keeps a record of where and how many but i wouldn't know if one was missing because i don't know where they were suppose to be in the first place. i have been around a good portion of the northeast quadrant of san francisco and i have yet to see a 49 mile road sign even though the map says i'm on it. the bottom line, don't

. >>> in san jose, investigators are trying to determine what caused the fire there at a japantown apartmentuilding. 28 people were displaced. that fire began shortly before 8:00 last night at a three- story building on north fourth street. crews say it began in a first floor unit and spread to all 15 apartments. the red cross arranged for temporary housing. >>> the second student has died following that shooting at a high school in ohio yesterday. classes cancelled today at chardon high school after a teenager opened fire at a group of students in the cafeteria. hundreds gathered for a candlelight vigil last night for the victims. police say tj lane opened fire in the cafeteria. a witness says a bullet "grey's anatomied" his ear. >> didn't say anything before or during. silent the entire time. >> a teacher chased him from the cafeteria and he was arrested a half mile away. sources say lane told authorities he was being bullied by some of those he shot. he attends a school for at risk students 16 miles from chardon high school. >>> 6:35. several00 staff members at san francisco school -- sev

investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire at a japantown apartment building, 28 peopletreet. crews say it began in a first floor unit and spread to all 15 apartments. >>> we've got rain in the forecast. lawrence has the latest. >> clouds making their way across the skies, ominous looking bands off the coastline, some making its way onshore. we've seen light showers toward the coastline. looking toward the golden gate, dark clouds on the horizon as the line is pushing onshore. the showers for the most part mainly south of san francisco, along the peninsula into the santa cruz mountains. we're going to keep things unsettled but as we head toward tonight the main cold front is going to move in bringing more substantial rain to the bay area. unsettled late tonight and early tomorrow morning, a slick commute outside. temperatures way down today, this afternoon let's plan on highs only in the 50s. tomorrow starting out with some rain turning to showers, showers likely to continue into thursday, but by friday high pressure begins to build in. temperatures this next weekend und