our support if there's anything we can do in terms of research or our past experienced with the japantownr the cultural heshlg and economic strategy we could on two years ago or our work with the investment neighborhoods program we will be happy to share experience. >> are driver's license any other cities that have done that. >> no, that's the scary part we don't have precedent to look to internationally there's been recognize of intangible heritage assets for quite a while the legislation passed about 10 years ago or more but at the national and state level we don't have programs to look for that's one of the things we strurlgd with in the japantown experience to target cultural businesses institutions nonprofits in trying to find a way to support them we had to start basically at the beginning what are the criteria to define them so we came up with a method dissolution to help the community to find what we meant by cultural heritage. >> okay thanks more later. >> okay any further public comment seeing none, next item, please. >> item no. 7 is the director's report and i will be belief

it wrapped up this afternoon in japantown with a big parade. kron-4's will tran followed the festivities all day and shows how the community came together to celebrate japanese culture. >> reporter: wasn't easy jamming more than 50 thousand people into san francisco's japan town but it was a lot of fun doing it. the 48th northern california place to be on sunday to immerse yourself in all things japanese. like this family did from marin. back in terms of cultural identity and pride makes it more than worth it. this girl says it makes her even prouder to be of japanese descent. >> : the food was amazing. with lines that seem to go on forever. but once they got a taste. it was more than worth the wait. celebrating the end of winter and the beginning of spring. the colors. the sounds. make up the pagaentry of one of san francisco's most popular parades. >> : with that we hope to get a lot of money and hope to sustain this traditionorganizers called this year's >> reporter: festival a success..even before the parade was over. as long as people keep

. >>> the cherry blossom festival is wrapping up tomorrow in japantown. catch out martial arts performances and live bands as well. the colorful floats and taiko drummers will head to post and filmore streets. for a complete photo gallery of this week's events, go to kron4.com. >>> we'll start out with low clouds in the morning. that's what we have in the golden gate. although we've had cool temperatures, it's been a different story at the beaches. temperatures have been confined to the 50s. so we start out with gray skies just about everywhere. sunny skies for the afternoon. active weather taking place. just to the north, there's clear lake, to the north of the trinity mountains. now that the sun has gone down tonight, the suns have been winding down. the next several days, it looks like it will be active in the mountain, the see rare, and mountains north of the bay area. we are going to deal with the fog, 6 a.m., north bay and the livermore valley. san jose, possibly some low clouds early on. look for the clouds to clear the valley. all of that is back

the cherry blossom festival continues tomorrow in san francisco japantown. plenty of sunshine, by 2:00 it's bright and it's warm with a temperature around 68 degrees. we'll go across the bay for game three in what is a three-game series with the mariners and the a's. the uv index this time of year rather high so get the sun screen on. by 3:30, temperatures are mild, right around 70 degrees. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. tomorrow, a mild pattern setting up. endland valleys, low 80s, coast, low 60s by monday the kole front moves through, will cool us off bring clouds into the evening, and not out of the question that monday night and early tuesday morning we could have a sprinkle in the north bay but that's about it. after that once it gets out of here by wednesday, thursday, and friday, it is feeling like super -- summer around here lots of sunshine and temperatures 15 degrees above normal. >> not really good news but good news if your visiting from say, some like chicago. >> exactly. have to enjoy this weather. >> we have visitors in the studio.

in japantown. on sunday afternoon. a grand parade. it starts at one o'clock at civic center. post and filmore streets. for a full list of this weekend's events. go to our website. kron 4 dot com. >> reporter: the drought is taking a toll on creeks rivers and streams. this is the cracked dry bottom of what was once a particularly lush this section of coyote river. experts at a summit on pre-use warned that certain species of plant life for dying off and might not come back at all. >> reporter: doctors' medical center scheduled to close its doors for good after decades of trying to save the hospital the contra costa county decided to shut it down. this will happen after of the 21st of april. the property will eventually be sold off to pay debt. >> reporter: this is taking a proactive approach to the official celebrations that are happening here. police are promising to close down different roads and they did last year in the year will be extra trash cans. >> pam: tomorrow marks the 109th- anniversary. of the worst natural disaster in california history. the 19-06 earthquake. th

history project for the redevelopment agency in 2003 with 3 hundred people from is western edition and japantown and i'm not seeing that history that we recorded in the built landscape that being done so i would definitely recommend that you know we get a final list of what has been agreed to so the community can elevate and is final represents we need a environmental impact report on is impact of the redevelopment activities over the last 70 years for is african-american community. >> great no other cards? >> no. >> okay please call the next item. >> is the next order of business is item 7 report of chair. >> i did not have a report. >> next item, please. >> the the next order of business is item 8 report of executive director the request for proposal to develop and operate you up to one hundred 8 affordable units on third street mission bay block 3 formally homeless veterans and low income families with relayed supportive services mission bay south beach discussion madam director. >> commissioner and for members of the public i'm sure you're aware of the mission bay project areas were adapted

san francisco i was a san franciscan a long time ago and next door to the beach and even if the japantown center and most things from embarcadero are the professional concentrate career up in that area see i have been there all the time and my visioning vision in focus of chinatown a part and central district. >> thank you. next speaker. ash supervisors i'm the master tenant and the developer of the swedish hall i am here to talk about the past and its future we've had the good pleasure of working with the swedish society it's been a good experience to preserve and indeed expand the use of building we came in a year ago the cafe deno where was in danger of closing we worked with the former owners of the building and with the planning department i really want to congratulate tim frye and others for facilitating the building we added an ada escalator and i want to say we had a wonderful experience the swedish-american hall has indeed reopened and has music in is that nights a weekly and a venue for the upper market neighborhood this week 57 people have jobs it sat dark for over 9 years so i

. >> conner johnson legislative aide to board president london breed your bumping into the japantown it is more of a east west ax assess. >> i'm in supportive of changes commissioner richards proposals. >> commissioner johnson. >> thank you very much thank you commissioner richards for making that suggestion i highly suggest we make it a recommendation and the supervisors office to find a good way to implement that i also actually echo commissioner antonini maybe not taking the language of the recommendation on the future going back to look at 9 density bulls program from the stamping staff the reason is that because the density bonus program if finalized it is on the 35th to be something that depended on the rezoning district and not handicap ourselves that complicate things in the future how the density bonus program plays out to come back to the commission as it needs and may end up being something neighborhood by neighborhood and finally a question for staff what is the required parking ratio or non-parking space rubbers. >> when they were in the non commercial district they have

. >> reporter:they'll be singing japanese songs at the peace plaza in japantown. >> reporter:which isoolrosa parks elementary. >> bicultural program found a home at rosa parks elementary nearly 10 years ago.if you think it's an odd pairing to have kids at a school named after an african american civil rights leader leaning japanese.the teachers hear ask that you think again. >> reporter: >>historically the western addition was african american and japanese american so we feel we are coming a back to our roots here. our kindergarteners know their civil rights they know about martin luther king they learn about caesar chavez and they also learn about japanese internment. >>j-town is going to funk it up >> reporter:this fifth grader helping her schoolmates practice their dance for sunday's parade explains why she's here. >>my mom wanted me to learn another language and another culturenot just stay with in my heart all my life it's an annual event for kids in all grades in the japanese program here to march in the parade.and most are looking forward to itand not just because they get to w

. >> my name is catherine cuisine the member of the japantown and rosa parks school i'm here to thank you inclusion of world languages is important and especially the world languages that tend to be smaller programs or not immersion we have specialized needs that need to be addressed i think all the speakers from betsey carmichael illustrate that so much all of us can sympathy emphasize with one anothers programs to fund the programs and give the best quality education to our students having taken the first step of inclusion we look forward to working with the district to assure there's future funding for world languages and programs that need it and workout plans that role assure that equality and the important educational missions be served thank you. >> good evening. i'm jessica joseph a parent of a kindergartener. >> i don't have a speaking. >> oh, you need it, it's right here where you are oh hi and i didn't put my name on it. >> ms. joseph we have a board policy you're not permitted to speak is this our first board meeting. >> this is my second i have a speaking with my name on

equipment we had two successful outdoor events over the past weekend and the cherry blossom festival in japantown and the groves on the road that happened on 24th street between. myths and van ness both were successful in terms of countryside and sound we had one containment about the cherry blossom festival but they were resolved quickly and if there is no questions i'll pass the microphone over to inspector pauley and good evening, commissioners a couple of things to report performed open suspicion on fulsome they have a performance are a couple of members from the wolfgang it was pretty busy but there wasn't any issues i observed got a chance to talk to melissa a neighbor clanld about a street event with temporary occupancy with the permits and i talked to melissa about even though i went on the website for the department had hands those permits they don't require any public notice to so i told melissa you should still imagination to the neighborhoods that will cut down on trying to involve my agency she'll be doing that i performed a sound test and scoreboard and kitchen they were here trying

so fog developing, partly cloudy skies elsewhere dropping into 40s then if you're headed to japantownw, early cloud linger, lots of sunshine. bright breezy temperatures around 67 degrees. downtown san francisco 69 degrees and east bay low 70s a final stop 83 the high for pittsburgh. accu-weather forecast sh a warm weekend is on the way. cooler air tuesday a slight chance of sprinkles wednesday into thursday. >> slight chance? heard it before. >> thank you. >> can't get a ticket to comic con? well, the new convention coming our way. >> we're live with our 360 camera in traffic on this friday. able production assistant thomas is motoring along just coming through belmont. you can see it's moving along not too badly at this time of the day. the evening commute begins to wind down. heading southbound, not >>> a quick update on the police search in oakland. you can see officers are reopening seminary avenue. people in the neighborhood are being asked to stay inside for now. >> we'll stay on top of that. >> bay area comic lovers rejoice, apple co-founder teamed up with stan lee to bring you

so fog developing, partly cloudy skies elsewhere dropping into 40s then if you're headed to japantownorrow, early cloud linger, lots of sunshine. bright breezy temperatures around 67 degrees. downtown san francisco 69 degrees and east bay low 70s a final stop 83 the high for pittsburgh. accu-weather forecast sh a warm weekend is on the way. cooler air tuesday a slight chance of sprinkles wednesday into thursday. >> slight chance? heard it before. >> thank you. >> can't get a ticket to comic con? well, the new convention coming our way. >> we're live with our 360 camera in traffic on this friday. able production assistant thomas is motoring along just coming through belmont. you can see it's moving along not too badly at this time of the day. the evening commute begins to wind down. heading >>> a quick update on the police search in oakland. you can see officers are reopening seminary avenue. people in the neighborhood are being asked to stay inside for now. >> we'll stay on top of that. >> bay area comic lovers rejoice, apple co-founder teamed up with stan lee to bring your favorite c

it wrapped up sunday afternoon in japantown with kron-4's will tran followed the festivities all day long and shows how the community came together to celebrate japanese culture. >> reporter:wasn't easy jamming more than 50 thousand people into san francisco's japan town doing it. cherry blossom festival was the place to be on sunday to immerse yourself in all things japanese. like this family did from marin. organizers say it cost more than 300-thousand dollars to put on the event. but what they get back in terms of cultural identity and pride makes it more than worth it. this girl says it makes her even prouder to be of "i enjoy everyone enjoys my culture it's really hon. a very loving culture'" the food was amazing. "we raise money to help sustain projects and chinatown"would allow the world community service" but once they got a taste. it was more than worth the wait. "come here once a year with family and friends are really good time here really good food" >> reporter:cherry blossom is japan's way of celebrating the end of winter and the beginning of spring. the colors. the soun

the big cultural event wrapped up this afternoon in japantown. some 50 thousand people coming from all over the bay to enjoy the day. this is the 48th year of the event that celebrates japanese traditions. there was a parade, plenty of food, and of course the ever popular taiko drummers. organizers call this year's cherry blossom one of their biggest and best to date. >> vicki: the postal worker who landed a gyro-copter near the u- s capitol returned back to his home in rustin, florida. according to the tampa bay times.doug hughes had been planning this flight for two- and-a-half years. hughes' 80-mile stunt was in protest of campaign financing.calling his act a "civil disobedience". the mailman is being charged with operating an unregistered aircraft and vio fines by local news. a tweet cost a prominent researcher his seat on a united airlines san francisco-bound flight. researcher.chris roberts. suggested on twitter that onboard aircraft systems could be compromised. roberts was on his way to a computer security conference.when united would not

if you are headed to the cherry blossom festival in japantown tomorrow in san francisco lots of sunshinehe way. noon, we'll have 60s on the board. right around 67 degrees. 5:00, lots of sunshine, but turning cooler with the temperature of 64 degrees. if you're headed to the ball game tomorrow oakland a's first pitch, 58 degrees. the sun is very strong this time of the year. remember the sunscreen, uv index will be high. at 3:30 in the afternoon, temperatures right around 70 degrees. tomorrow, mild pattern out there. that cold front moves through here on monday. what it will do drop our temperatures, and actually increase the clouds monday evening. there's the chance we could have a sprinkle, only confined to the north bay. this front is quickly out of here on tuesday, and temperatures take off by wednesday and thursday, more like summer around here. the pattern looks like it will stick around for much of next weekend as well. >> thank you drew. >> sure. >>> the video posted right after a traffic stop that went viral with more than 18 million views. around here, we're all about fast. that

the cherry blossom festival in japantown continues. 57 tomorrow morning with the clouds opening up.id 60 with sunshine at noon to 5:00 and triathlete at half moon bay, and we will have clouds and 48. a great start at 6:00 and we will see sunshine breaking out and 56 by 10:00. we have high surf to the south and that is where it will stay but pore our beach hazards will be here through this evening. mid-80s through the central valley and 55 headed to lake tahoe. sue? >> yes, san rafael if the travels take to you novato south on 101 where we are north san pedro and central san rafael, it is great. at the grade we are in fog, across the golden gate bridge and macarthur maze the traffic is moving nicely. headed out of the central valley, in the friend. we do not see that too often. sluggish at antioch to concord and now under 20 minutes san rafael into san francisco and probably slower pause of the fog. kristen sze and eric? >> warriors fans get ready for a big weekend. >> we are in oakland to show you how the town is ramping up. >> do you want to get away with the familiar? act now if y

the cherry blossom festival continues in san francisco japantown, our own mike inouye and robert hondaut there in the parade. it starts at 1:00 p.m. and that will be a big event. thousands of people headed into the city just for the cherry blossom festival alone. you can imagine it will be busy in san francisco with all the events happening on the same weekend. as we head throughout the next couple of days temperatures will stay nice and warm. it does look like a good-looking beach weekend if that's something that you want to do. monday to tuesday you'll see over the next five days temperatures are really going to drop from 86 degrees in san jose today to 71 degrees with showers by tuesday. let's talk about the timing of our next weather system. we stop that clock for you midnight tuesday. showers moving through. they'll get even heavier as we head throughout wednesday. wednesday looks to be the most active. clearing out as we head through thursday and friday. as the jet stream stays just to the north of the bay area, we're looking good to measure, potentially, a quarter of an inch to

thousands of people headed to japantown to celebrate the cherry blossom festival. this is the 48th year, long-standing tradition in the city boy the bay. here's something that's pretty cool that's happening tomorrow, it's marine mammal science sunday. this is at the sausalito marine mammal center. temperatures will be nice and comfortable out there. 65 at noon, 71 by 4:00 p.m. admission is free. they rehabilitate sea life so you can learn a lot about the sea creatures that live here in the bay area and it's a really, really great event. good experience for you and the family. >>> let's talk about that home opener monday, 1:35. giants taking on the reds. temperatures will be comfortable. it looks like we're going to see the mid to upper 60s. showers hold off until we get into your tuesday. if we see anything right now, the best chance looks like up in the north bay, specifically the northernmost portion of sonoma county. we'll take every drop that we can get. i just want to show you your temperature change. remember, you can always check your seven-day forecast alwa

thousands of people headed to japantown, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.lovely weather out there today. 69 degrees. if you want something to do with the family, it is sunday at the marine mammals center and this is going to be a really great event. temperatures will be nice and comfortable out there. 65 degrees at noon. 71 degrees at 4:00 p.m. admission is free. you can learn a lot out there about our local sea life including sea lions like that and even the otters which are actually very rare and only found here in california. big temperature drop as we head throughout your monday. temperatures are going to tumble. so the difference between today and tomorrow, almost 10 degrees for some spots. what does that mean for our giants in that home opener at at&t park. i believing tell you, it is going to be cooler out there. first pitch, 1:35, winds out of the west. all the flags will be pointed right out towards center field. we could see gusts strong enough to potentially pick up and carry that ball and help it travel. temperatures look good. want to let you k

this weekend the cherry blossom festival in japantown is on saturday and sunday and we will have munith plenty of traffic in the area. map ahead. >> always a good time next, from inferno to eyesore the delay that have turned a building destroyed by a massive fire in san francisco into a magnet for graffiti taggers. >> the warriors amazing season is a big win for for bay area kids in a leg. stay tuned. [bulldog yawns] i can't wait to get to mattress discounters because the tempur-pedic bonus event is ending soon. choose $300 in free gifts, and get up to 48 months interest-free financing with any tempur-pedic mattress. ♪ mattress discounters ♪ >> covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> take a look at this, two car accident in san francisco's inner richmond neighborhood sent 7,000 gallons of water shooting into the air that we cannot afford to waste the crash happened before 11 o'clock. no one was seriously sure the fire department responded to check on each occupant and to shut off the water. >> a building destroyed by a big fire in san francis

. >> cherry blossom festival in cupertino and japantown taking place during that festival season as well. right now we're not out there because it's misty. that's all right. traffic flows fine. there are a lot of folks out there. bay bridge is busy. metering lights are on the a toet plaza. keeping you held up here thousand orinda. the center divide as you get over toward the caldecott tun l tunnel. the tunnel itself is clear. very light now. back to you. >>> san jose earthquakes are taking some notes out of the giants playbook. >> this afternoon the team will break down on its own edible garden inside the new stadium. the ceremony will include the planting of a cherry tree. the garden will eventually have fruit trees that represent santa clara valley. what used to be. >> hopefully no one chops down that cherry tree. >>> just last year the san francisco giants debuted their own edible guard ten, the first of its kind for any american sports facility right here in the ground breaking silicon valley. >>> 5:57. coming up, update to breaking news. a man was killed overnight in a house fire in

. >> reporter:in sf, te >> pam: the cherry blossom festival continues in san francisco's japantown next weekend. one of the highlights -- sunday afternoon's parade. >> pam: for a full schedule of events. go to our website. kron 4 dot com. >> reporter:"do you have an old smart phone or tablet sitting in at home? >> reporter:i found this really cool new app camio that let's you turn that unused device into a free home video surveillance system." (male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >>"it's about security and peace of mind" >> reporter:maura took an old android she downloaded the free camio app to it. >> reporter:plugged in ac power to the phone and set it up in her living room and uses it to check in on her mom who has health issues and is home alone during the day. >>"i use it to zoom in and see if she is breathing". >> reporter:camio can turn any smart phone or tablet into a home video surveillance camera >> reporter:you can have multiple feeds enough unused wi-fi gadgets laying around >> reporter:it works through your home you are turning into vi

japantown. lot of people headed out there including our own celebrity, mike inouye is going to be in the parade. 1:00 p.m., 9 degrees. he will be joined by robert hyundai. >> how many years have you been doing this? >> i've been doing this for almost ten years now. the last ten years solid. it's a great place. a horrible parking situation. do get there -- i think the parade kicks off a little before 1:00. i could be wrong because they have me stand ing there on the float in place so they don't want me to fall off so they tape me down. easy drive but we have the metering lights on at the toll plaza. the map will show you the maze and the approach. no big drama for a friday. just the build right there. looking at a crash that might have just happened in hayward. chper stiller a i'ving on scene. that's about it for the issues. here's south bay and there's the tri-valley. look the small bridge. crews are cleared. back to you. ♪ >>> sweet tunes of green day. you can be sure that east bay rockers gree

starts 1:00 this afternoon at civic center and will continue up polk to post street ending in japantownwill be joining in on the festivities. there will also be food booths and cultural performances and live music and arts and crafts. >>> the cherry blossom festival and parade is one option. another good option, head to a national park. because in honor of national parks week admission is free today. go to yosemite, and you will save $30. if you don't want to go there you have plenty of fantastic options in the bay area. you could go to-point reyes national sea shore, golden gate area. we have a full list at ktvu.com. look under web links. >>> as the supreme court considers the issue of same-sex marriage, so do the presidential candidates. the nation's highest court is expected to issue a ruling by june on the constitutionality of the gay marriage ban. that means inevitably candidates will be questioned on it and their records will be questioned as well. according to the chronicle candidates are already pointing fingers at each other for flip flopping on the issue >>> bmw is recalling n

japantown. as you notice, had a jacket on. we are expecting some overcast skies.ok an cook. we're expecting as i mentioned very nice day around the bill today. once they do person off, let's take a. go across the bay. 53 in san jose. 54 in concord the seven hi addict forecast means i can't wait here. highs from the mid-#ss 0. a chance -- a slight chance of showers. we keep you up to date on that. cron 4 mobile app. it's free and available on nearly all google play. get that as soon as you can. back to the news this morning, today marks 20 years since the bombing of the federal building that attack killed 168 people and caused of million ofs in damage. nobles from our cnn partnership is in oklahoma city and he takes a closer look at how they've changed in the past 20 years. >> it's often the first thing think of. it's the explosion that happened at the federal court building. >> someone had detonated a rider truck fill with explosives. the explosion destroyed or damaged more than 300 builds in a 16 hfer block radius and killed 168 people. >> the bombing in oklahoma