this is happening in japantown neighborhood.how us what is happening in the south bay. >> reporter: 20 years ago lawmakers were concerned tt e tn might fade away. 127 meetings later, after a lot of effort went into this, this japantown is going to see new development, going to find itself at the cross roads of its past and its future. there is excitement in the air in san jose's historic japantown. a nearly four-acre site that used to be the city corporation yard that is going to become the major mixed used development. retails stores, art center and a park. >> i think it will attract the younger generation because what is going to be going on in the courtyard as well as people coming in to eat and do other kinds of cultural things here in japantown. >> reporter: the cite hsite has meaning. yu is an historian with family ties to the site. >> to me this is my roots. my father was born here at 34 cleveland avenue. >> reporter: the development will address the housing shortage and give an economic boost to japantown. japantown was

i'm vallie brown, the proud supervisor of japantown. unfortunately, can you please tell me how to say happy new year in japanese? [inaudible] [applause] >> supervisor safai: good evening. my name is supervisor ahsha safai. happy new year. very happy to be here for the third or fourth year. congratulations to claudine and all the leadership for a.p.a. this is a wonderful celebration. i actually am also an asian supervisor from western asia, from the -- from the country of iran, so i'm going to say happy new year in farsi. [speaking native language] >> supervisor safai: thank you. [applause] >> thank you. ve we want to acknowledge d.b.i., the head, tom, and mohamed nuru from the department of public works. we have captain link from central station, and commander lozar. so the highlight of today's program is unveiling of the lunar new year stamp. as board of supervisors president yee mepgsed, inntion u.u u.s. post office issued the first series of stamps in 1993. this is the last year of the series of stamps. we are not sure if we're going

. >> san jose's japantown is only one of three left in the u.s.t was established as japanese immigrants came to establish their own businesses and work in agricultural. this map shows a portion of where the development site was leased to immigrants first from china and then from japan, where they set up shops and restaurants and homes. the new development will bring in new residents and allow new shops and restaurants to draw patrons from across the valley. >> i think this site will be a more diversified community and something like a brave new world. because it shows that how silicon valley has developed. it's become one of the most multicultural places in the united states. >> as excavation and construction gets under way, there is a strong likelihood that some artifacts might be discovered on this large site. an archaeologist has been hired to authenticate and to preserve anything that's found. artifacts previously discovered in japantown are on display at the japanese american museum of san jose. tenants for the new apartments and retail space

the 40th annual bay area day of remembrance was held in japantown yesterday, the event commemorates the executive order that essentially ended japanese internment camps during world war ii. how cool is this, our own mike inouye emceed the event this year. >> important, it started the internment camps. >> exactly. you can find more photos from the weekend event, you've put some on your facebook page? >> i put i few there. i also put links for san francisco and san jose's jap japantown, both have days of remembrance. >> it's a huge part of history and always nice, is that you always contribute to not just san francisco japantown but all the different events across the bay area. very nice. >> it's important to remember, because it is sad, it's a dark part, but it's an important part of our history so we commemorate. >> sadly, there are a lot of dark parts of our history. but come monday morning i'm like what did you do on the weekend? i'm like hey, mike, what event did you do? very generous with your time. >> we all do that, so thank you. >> well, sometimes. >> but that weather, you've bee

our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantowns little communities there that act as place makers. when you enter into little philippines, you're like where are the businesses, and that's one of the challenges we're trying to solve. >> undercover love wouldn't be possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community partnerships out there. it costs approximately $60,000 for every event. undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is food, music, the arts and being ativism all under one roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the dynamics of the filipino-american culture. i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when people come to discover,

also former fire commissioner, also supervisor from my districting in japantown district five.llaboration from the bond through the voters through the collaboration to the supervisors. we all appreciate that. i wanted to recognize that today. we have the vice president of the fire commission francine covington. we wanted to acknowledge joseph who's the neighborhood supervisor who remind us constantly that station 16 is his neighborhood. fire station as well. it's very important in 798 is represented as well. we thank you so much. we look forward to the work. this is the greatest example of san francisco which is collaboration and taking care of public safety. we also have mr. kendall coleman. thank you so much for all your contributions. thank you for the neighborhood in terms of your patience. thank you for being part of san francisco. thank you for this beautiful day. thank you. >> are we ready to cut the ribbon? father grown, will you come up u come up and say a prayer for us. then we'll cut the ribbon. >> we'll pray that the scissors work. i thank chief hayes-white for her

after 94 years, last night was the final night for business at wing's in japantown. according to the mercury news, it needs a half million dollars in renovations it's a price they aren't willing to pay. they hope to find another restaurant. >> 94 years, that's a long time. >> long time. >> geoff ranieri is with us now. it's intense what we're seeing in the north bay now. >> it's' coming down pretty good. we started the beginnings of this event we have been tracking for days now in anticipation of it getting here. and again, it is arriving. it's all about the atmosphere i can river, the pineapple express, it's pointing at marin, napa, sonoma counties. this is not the first time we've seen this event. we've had it a couple of times this month. that's why in napa we're 234% of normal in february. it is a similar picture across the bay area. that ground is just so saturated. as we get a closer look at storm ranger mobile doppler radar, no doubt the heaviest rainfall in marin, napa, sonoma counties. it's all moving off to the east. you're going to stay wet in petaluma, ce

certificates today to filmmakers at the annual films of remembrance gathering in san francisco's japantown. >> definitely sad that jeff was a friend, he was an advisory council member of the nichey bee foundation ever since he started. we were e-mailing about when he was going to present certificates on behalf of the city. >> reporter: in a statement san francisco mayor london breed said, quote, jeff always stood up for those who didn't have a voice, have been ignored and overlooked and who needed a real champion. he was committed not only to fight for justice in the courtroom, but he was also a relentless advocate for criminal justice reform. mayor breed also went on to say that our communities have lost a champion. in san francisco, sara zendehnam, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> many local leaders are going on social media to express their sadness as well. san francisco state senator scott wiener tweeted out, public defender jeff adachi was one of the most dedicated and effective public servants i've ever known. his passion for helping the most marginalized and stigmatized people in society was ex