francis square to japantown. thank you. [ applause ] lou recently told us that he completed his orientation and mobility training for the newly upgraded geary. today, he can now successfully walk from his home to his husband's work at calvary presbyterian church on philmore and jackson streets. [ applause ] lou told us this has been his goal ever since he moved to st. francis square in 2017. his mobility instructor had previously told him he was forbidden from crossing geary because it was just too unsafe and the webster bridge was not an option for him. but because of all the safety improvements and with excellent training, lou can now cross geary on his own and make it all the way to the calvary church. [ applause ] thank you so much, lou, for your service on the committee. and thank you for letting us share your story today. we are so happy that your neighborhood is now more accessible to you. and thank you for working so closely with the project staff to make sure all of our pedestrian signals are loud enough

francis square to japantown. thank you. [ applause ] lou recently told us that he completed his orientation and mobility training for the newly upgraded geary. today, he can now successfully walk from his home to his husband's work at calvary presbyterian church on philmore and jackson streets. [ applause ] lou told us this has been his goal ever since he moved to st. francis square in 2017. his mobility instructor had previously told him he was forbidden from crossing geary because it was just too unsafe and the webster bridge was not an option for him. but because of all the safety improvements and with excellent training, lou can now cross geary on his own and make it all the way to the calvary church. [ applause ] thank you so much, lou, for your service on the committee. and thank you for letting us share your story today. we are so happy that your neighborhood is now more accessible to you. and thank you for working so closely with the project staff to make sure all of our pedestrian signals are loud enough

commercial corridor like chinatown, or japantown, like our community is thriving and that we're going to continue to thrive in san francisco. i'm azenith smith ktvu, fox two news. alrighty ah, the rain went through. we've got more rain on the way we've been talking about that live camera of the golden gate bridge cameras moving a little bit. you'll see it just go back and forth of its kind of breezy out there. pretty windy up in the central valley as well and up in the lake tahoe area. they have some wind advisories on some of the bridges the yellow causeway going through sacramento there, so that's going to end as this system is that system blows out of here. there is the satellite loop or the radar loop and you'll see the rain come through. and move on up in the mountains. unless i said it gets stuck up in the mountains. it kind of hangs up up there. and so it's going to be up there over the next few hours, so it went through here in an hour hour and a half. it's going to cling to the mountains for another four or five hours so they could get some significant. rain and snow. here's

feels like just yesterday i was in japantown kicking off the 100 days until tokyo. things a little different now. at union square kicking off 100 days until those winter games in beijing. you can see right now we're honoring some of the local leaders. we have some city supervisors being honored and community activists. but this event got started about 15 minutes ago. runs until noon and features local and community business leaders from not only san francisco. also chinatown community. we'll also be meeting two-time u.s. silver medality of edmonds, 1960 alpine skiing olympian and '88 and '92 skiing olympian julian yunez. we did just see the dragon dance. really cool to see and we'll also be welcoming some of those youth skaters. they were warming up and they looked awesome. so again, 100 days until beijing and it's important to note there are going to be 109 medal events across 15 sports and there will also be some new events. women's monobob, men's and women's big air freestyle skiing and mixed team snowboard cross. those are the newer events for this event. janell

francis square to japantown. ] lou recently told us that he completed his orientation and mobility training for the newly upgraded geary. today, he can now successfully walk from his home to his husband's work at calvary presbyterian church on philmore and jackson streets. [ applause ] lou told us this has been his goal ever since he moved to st. francis square in 2017. his mobility instructor had previously told him he was forbidden from crossing geary because it was just too unsafe and the webster bridge was not an option for him. but because of all the safety improvements and with excellent training, lou can now cross geary on his own and make it all the way to the calvary church. [ applause ] thank you so much, lou, for your service on the committee. and thank you for letting us share your story today. we are so happy that your neighborhood is now more accessible to you. and thank you for working so closely with the project staff to make sure all of our pedestrian signals are loud enough so that they can be h

a massive tree came down in japantown. this is video from the citizen's app.ster streets. it came down this morning, hitting at least one car. no word on an estimated time to remove that tree or why it fell. >>> the golden gate warriors tip-off the home portion of the nba season tonight. tuesday they beat the lakers at the staples center. it went they face the clippers. warriors fans do have to show proof of vaccination to enter the chase center. earlier this week building inspectors were investigating two falls at a sunday night concert where one man tied. >>> people in some places are now worried about too much rain too soon. cierra johnson live this morning in santa rosa's sky hawk neighborhood where mudslides are a growing concern. >> reporter: this rain is continuing to fall. my hood is still up and our photographer has an umbrella over the camera because this rain is coming down. the concerns, as you could imagine, will be flooding. this was one of the neighborhoods hit hard by the fires. the other concern, a lot of communities without power this morning

our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantownace 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, i want them to rediscover the magic of w

commercial corridor like chinatown, or japantown, like our community is thriving and that we're going to continue to thrive. and the banners are funded by cultural district grants from the city. they won't be going down any time soon. the hope is to have these banners up for the next three years. julie yeah, so exciting and so many different banners with so many different stories to tell as nothing q. some good news. former president clinton was discharged today from a southern california hospital. clinton along with his wife, former secretary of state hillary clinton, walked out of uc irvine medical center this morning in orange county. mr hands, waved cameras and thank some of the hospital staff on the way out. the former president was admitted to the hospital last tuesday for a urinary tract infection that had spread to his bloodstream. a spokesperson said clinton was treated with i v antibiotics. former president trump is scheduled to return to new york to provide a videotaped deposition about an incident involving his security team during the early days of his presidential campai

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our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigon, there's 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

commercial corridor like chinatown, or japantown, like our community is thriving and that we're goingo. i'm azenith smith ktvu, fox two news. contractors made an unusual discovery inside the walls of a home coming up. the people who live there say it makes them feel like they are living in a museum. that startedn gruden resigning it was a 34 to 24 win for the silver and black with big plays from henry drugs and kenyan drake to give the interim head coach ricketts besides to a win. certainly it's emotional for everybody. right so i think they did a good job. um, it's a bunch of grown men of handling their emotions throughout the week. uh, put them in perspective when it was time to go play the game. it is a job for all of us and again, they seem to do really, really good job with it. it's definitely sucks. not hugging grew after a game like that, you know, um, some of the plays we ran, you know, and all that kind of stuff. he would've been so fired up, you know, to see his face, but. it is what it is. you know, we got to move forward. and moving forward means a game on sunday against t

our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown's 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

i did 45 years in japantown, but to see someone 41 years in civil servant, that's quite remarkable. i've known barbara since she was a child, so i really, really appreciate her service. i just wanted to acknowledge her activity, chief velo. i'm moving onto support services, could chief dewitt. what always happens, chief dewitt, is your section is large and inclusive, so it takes time. the only thing that sticks out again is this station 35 delay. i think when d.p.w. was here, and i hope they're listening tonight, that issue of discussion became more of an issue of oversight, so as these newsletters come from d.p.w., chief velo, i used to glaze as it, but now, i read it all the way down to the calendar. i think your location, chief dewitt, is pretty self-explanatory of another delay with 35, but basically the justification is there. i was somewhat concerned as the presentation by d.p.w., there was a budget aligned with that presentation that had some effect upon us, and i'm not going to say anything until i'm more versed, and i, through the chief and president, would like to get some

a large tree came down near japantown, and you can see that it fell on sutter and webster street. now is sierra johnson in san francisco looking at the conditions there, and she is going to have a live report in >>> the heaviest rain is yet to come, and we are tracking the biggest storm of the season yet. >> and a number of women have skipped the breast cancer screenings in the pandemic and why you need to schedule them now. join us tomorrow morning at 7:00. >>> live from local news and weather to the " today." it is thursday, october 21st. >> friday eve! >> that's right. we have jill martin. >> good morning. >> we've got a lot of fun today besides the news you need. i cannot wait to take you on a cruise around new york harbor with actor matthew rhys. >> you've been talking about this. >> he's my new man crush. you know him from "the americans" the hbo show. he

our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown's 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

and more than that, i realize it's what we call in japantown a two-way street of communication that we, the department commission, has in terms of contemporary brought up. what comes up for me is this is a tremendously expensive lesson learned. it ain't done, it ain't complete, and there has to be some kind of compensation moving forward. call it what you want, but this course of trust and confidence that has been expressed from what i hear, what you hear from our department, our commands level to the commission, is serious, serious. being a commissioner for 25 years, and knowing you 25 years, mr. garris, you reiterated altogether the projects, and i know that mr. garris asked for questions by e-mail to prepare for this. commissioners, i responded to mr. garris with ten questions: who selected the contractor, who selected 35? and i appreciate that, but part of the comments i'm making, as well, mr. garris, on your package, perhaps you're not knowledgeable, but on the package, there was a sheet called projects managed by san francisco department of public works key indicators, and i trie

our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantownn, there's 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

and more than that, i realize it's what we call in japantown a two-way street of communication that wee department commission, has in terms of contemporary brought up. what comes up for me is this is a tremendously expensive lesson learned. it ain't done, it ain't complete, and there has to be some kind of compensation moving forward. call it what you want, but this course of trust and confidence that has been expressed from what i hear, what you hear from our department, our commands level to the commission, is serious, serious. being a commissioner for 25 years, and knowing you 25 years, mr. garris, you reiterated altogether the projects, and i know that mr. garris asked for questions by e-mail to prepare for this. commissioners, i responded to mr. garris with ten questions: who selected the contractor, who selected 35? and i appreciate that, but part of the comments i'm making, as well, mr. garris, on your package, perhaps you're not knowledgeable, but on the package, there was a sheet called projects managed by san francisco department of public works key indicators, and i tried to