. >> calle japantown shop owner ig her grandfather's legacy throug. grandfather's legacy through or. grandfather's legacy through or. grandfather's legacy through or. grandfather's legacy through or. grandfather's legacy through or. grandfather's legacy through or. grandfather's legacy through or. grandfather's legacy through or. grandfather's legacy throu > >> this is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. > >> hello. you might call it up west reading friday. we are following breaking news. a parte meltdown stretching into the fry evening commute, all because ofe trouble in the trans bay tube. s got stuck in the tube when a trn lost power this morning. imagins this morning. imagine this. being there in the dark for almt 2 hours. b.a.r.t. still has not has not recovered. let's go to a a live look from the pleasant hill b.a.r.t. station where its been a frustrating commute for e just trying to get home from across the bay area. everyone has a story this evening. kpix 5's sara donchey is live in the the city. she is checking in on things in the embar

francisco's japantown. > >> it's the hardest san franciss japantown. it also has a lot of history as a symbol of the struggle of the city's japanesey the city's japanese community. the plaza just got a cash infusion for huge makeover. we t we report it is more than a fact more than a facelift. it is also also a step toward healing. >> reporter: welcome to san francisco's peac, one of only three remaining in e country. >> there were once many. almostl of them were wiped out during redevelopment. >> reporter: from a distance, the peace plaza with up to its name to you can see obvious signs of wear and tear. >> a lot of tlc needs to happen. needs to happen. >> it may look nice, and it was redone 20 years ago, but that rn ago, but that redesign did not e the community. it was flawed almost immediately. >> reporter: letting the space continue to deteriorate and leak and leak water to the garage below with the devastating. >> if there is no parking for ts area, many of the businesses wil suffer. a five-year plan to rene was launched. thanks to the pan, it ra

also state funding now headed to san francisco's japantown. the revitalization project underway. and we should see some scattered showers tonight. overnight into the early morning hours. i'll show you what it looks like on the radar right now. fiv day forecast as wel ba another busy day? of course - you're a cio in 2022. but you're ready. because you've got the next generation in global secure networking from comcast business. with fully integrated security solutions all in one place. so you're covered. on-premise and in the cloud. you can run things the way you want - your team, ours or a mix of both. with the nation's largest ip converged network. from the most innovative company. bring on today with comcast business. powering possibilities. china a social media challenge where people cook chicken in nyc will or over other over the counter medications, experts say. that's a recipe for disaster that could land people in the er or worse, health officials say boiling a medication can make ingredients much more concentrated and change its properties. they add that even if a person

one year later reporting in japantown, greg lee ktvu, fox two news. he has announced a soft launch for the long awaited central subway. it says the t third line is going to open in november. 19th with weekend shuttle service along four new stations fourth and brandon to the chinatown station , stopping along the way at your balbuena and union square service is going to be free in november and december. mew necesitan will allow for operator training on the system . the teeth are line will go into daily service in january in time for the lunar new year celebrations still to come. russia says it is regrouping in ukraine the new strategies its military is attempting on the battlefield. and later, tens of thousands of people are in san francisco for the return of dream force, and hotels and restaurants are hoping more conferences will follow. welcome to subway's biggest refresh yet. they're drafting 12 new subs for their all-new subway series menu. you've never seen subs like this before chuck. meteoric meatiness, and chowtown cheesiness... let's go to our

. > >> plus, it is considered the heart of japantown. and now, the the plaza is getting millions from the state for a long-plannd makeover. why it is seen as a sp toward healing for the community. that's news at 6:00 in about 10 minutes. > >> we have the nfl up top this tuesday. with jimmy garoppolo the starting quarterback again, what about backup? yes, there it purdy, but there's more now at the former seventh round pick you hasn't thrown a single nfl . today, the added pert banquet te practice squad. he has never thrown a pass in a regular-season game. the four-your man does a couple of neil downs. like a vern, he did it at the university of virginia. >> it is not in store for you get quarterbacks at any time. wo need a backup. > >> last week, the nba suspended the sun's owner one year for a number of offenses, including using the in word at least five. at least five times. he felt the the lead in part of, including draymond green, who once the other owners to vote if he should be forced to sell the te. >> someone like robert schreibe

this sprawling japantown was reduced to a much smaller size. and then when those folks were finally released at that time, they came back to rebuild their lives and their businesses . and in the sixties and seventies, the city came in with these redevelopment plans. and took their land once again took their homes through eminent domain took their businesses and , in fact, the peace plaza that exists today is actually one that was done without their input, so this is really an opportunity to bring the community in and create something that they're truly proud of, and make amends for at least some of the misgivings of the past. all right, and i think we're going to hear from one of those members of the community who you spoke with for this story. that's right. somebody who has lived in this community for a very long time and whose family was actually impacted by that redevelopment in the sixties and seventies. and our community was forced out a second time and it was just really devastating. this community will never completely recovered from tha

new at noon, san francisco's japantown is getting some new help to make big improvements.announced $6 million in state funding to be used to renovate and redesigned japan towns. peace plaza, essential location for festivals, celebrations and historic commemorations project is included in the city's 2020 health and recovery. bond king says the state funding will help keep the project on track and on budget. we knew that there needed to be additional $6 billion to make sure that this renovation was done right? and this community has waited decades and i'm saying decades for this renovation to occur. japantown project includes waterproofing and paving, as well as beautifying the space with plants, lighting and seating. uber blames the teenage heck group for last week's breach of its systems. uber says the group lapses was likely responsible for the hack. uber says the attacker used malware to gain access and two contractors, password and internal systems were accessed. but uber insists no other user data was actually compromised. here. the hacker group has been linked to seve

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

one year later reporting in japantown, greg lee ktvu. fox two news.ering free rides to monkey pox vaccination sites. it's a partnership with an l g b. t q plus civil rights organization. the offer is good for round trip rides up to $30 each way, and people can claim that offer by visiting e q c a dot org slash monkey pox coming up dream for has taken over san francisco south of market neighborhood after two years of scaled down events plus. former president trump's lawyers in court facing off against the justice department. i'm mike emanuel in washington. what happened inside the courtroom next? and a bill that would have allocated money to mental health services for california children is vetoed by governor newsom coming up why, he says the but it into the city ktvu christien kafton joining us now live from mosconi center, which has been transformed for that convention. good evening, christian. hey claudine. transformed is one word for it. take a look here behind me. you can see howard street between 3rd and 4th has indeed been transformed, converted

i like it used to sweets here about being in the japantown neighborhoods here.e, for sure. yeah it's different for me for sure, but i like it, you know, just to, you know, see other cultures and see what they like to endorse gin and all that. so it's cool for sure i like it's nice. the two are also promotes two preseason games between the warriors and washington wizards in japan, september 30th and october 2nd. and now the baseball a big win for the oakland a's in their effort to build a waterfront ballpark now meet a county judge upheld an environmental review of the $12 billion howard terminal project . the judge rejected lawsuits from groups including porter workers, who said the proposal would create safety hazards. the ballpark's opponents say they are considering appealing the decision. city of oakland will give an indigenous group the right to use five acres of parkland for natural resource restoration, cultural practices in public education. the land is called sequoia point. it sits above the sequoia bayview trail , one of the busiest trails in oakland's

. >> calle japantown shop owner ig her grandfather's legacy throug. grandfather's legacy through or. grandfather's legacy through or. grandfather's legacy through or. grandfather's legacy through or. grandfather's legacy through or. grandfather's legacy through or. grandfather's legacy through or. grandfather's legacy through or. grandfather's legacy throu > >> this is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. > >> hello. you might call it up west reading friday. we are following breaking news. a parte meltdown stretching into the fry evening commute, all because ofe trouble in the trans bay tube. s got stuck in the tube when a trn lost power this morning. imagins this morning. imagine this. being there in the dark for almt 2 hours. b.a.r.t. still has not no

i like it used to sweets here about being in the japantown neighbors here. for sure. it's different from me for sure, but i like it, you know, just to, you know, see other cultures and see what they like to endorse gin and all that. so it's cool for sure i like it's nice. well. the store also promotes two preseason games between the warriors and washington wizards that's going to be in japan on september 30th and october 2nd 49ers stands will likely feel better this morning about their teams prospect of winning the division . the los angeles rams didn't look like reigning super bowl champs. last night, they showed off a championship banner at the lombardi trophy. their opponents , though the buffalo bills were the ones looking like title contenders in the regular season opener. bills quarterback josh allen threw three touchdowns and ran for another. you know, guys appreciate that. you know, i play hard. i want to win win games, no matter how i can do it. um that's just a guess. an example of you know what i'm going to do to win a game and just try to get a f

for the golden state warriors ryan rollins and patrick baldwin getting a tour of san francisco's japantown today. this is all part of the rookies in the bay program to connect players with the community. it's also ahead of the team's trip to japan this fall. you're watching the 11 o'clock news on ktvu the 11 o'clock news on ktvu sports coming up next. have you seen my new phone yet? it like, folds in half. i would never switch to samsung, i love my phone. what??? ♪ (...it folds in half.) you see i love my phone. i would never switch to samsuuu... (gasping) ♪ another busy day? of course - you're a cio in 2022. but you're ready. because you've got the next generation in global secure networking from comcast business. with fully integrated security solutions all in one place. so you're covered. on-premise and in the cloud. you can run things the way you want - your team, ours or a mix of both. with the nation's largest ip converged network. from the most innovative company. bring on today with comcast business. powering possibilities. you might already know that prop 27 taxes and regulates on

i love japantown in that area. all right. time now is 4 39. i was looking for the clock there for a second. okay interestingly enough that the last day of summer is raining. tomorrow is the last day pamela . tomorrow is the official three pm on the 22nd. and it will be sunday. i mean, sonny gosh. tomorrow sunday, what am i doing saturday? sunny. get back here. all right. sunny sunny. it's a good thing. this isn't live, right? let's do that. let's try that again. only in house. alright. cordelia yesterday picked up a quarter of an inch livermore yesterday about 3 45 to around 4. 30 really good cell developed there as well. there were some couple reports of hail , especially around 5 80 out of the ultimate past. by the round. cordelia also valeo venetia. pretty good sell about four o'clock as well came by american canyon after that, mount diablo 17 100 dublin point oh, five, santa rosa, san rafael and coyote all reservoir picked up point. oh, four. our lowest moving, it has finally decided to pack its bags and embedded within that a lot of conve

mooim melody a resident and a culture bear of san francisco japantown. past 30 years our organization have japanese arts as an after school and in school program to over 10,000 students we serve city of san francisco with cultural programming this celebrates the cultural neighborhoods i'm aware how our community has weathered through world war ii incarsination diameter redevelopment era. participated in countless community forums held if protest in the sale of contested property in the 90's consisted of 2 thirds of san francisco japantown. and spoke out as a community member about the node for upon community space. to practice our cultural connection. no audio. and space for our displaced commune. this mid block open space is absolutely crucial to our community's well being. it is the heart of sudden front jeopardy an town over 114 years old. the oldest surviving japantown in the nation there are only 3 in the nation. and we are very fortunate that san francisco has one of them. of the iconic pagoada symbolized us and brings us hope and pride in san fran

next we had the community outreach team and educational team at the street fair in japantown and you can see going from left to right we had inspector tony there and everywhere from the monthly slides, inspector clarence and stan lee and [inaudible] and in between is sprinkled some of the cadets who did exceptional work maintaining outreach and helping with the events. next as mentioned we participated in the [inaudible] parade festival and the tony distributing education material and helmets in people in the community and had the nor cal fire girls camp for 9-12 grade and hands on orientation and training with firefighterring tools and equipment. all the topics are meant to inspire those into fire service and women in the bay area and see the inspector there as well handing out materials and that's my report for the month of july 2022. thank you. >> [off mic]. >> there's nobody on our public comment line. >> [off mic]. >> thank you commissioner. >> [off mic]. >> thank you very much madam president. thank you very much chief, very much and your comprehensive aren't. i have no questio

you're here, and i'll be in san jose's japantown celebrating a limited re-release of japatown, a journey. i posted about it on social already. midori kai returns as an outdoor live event. it is a boutique, japanese, american, asian arts. raising money for senior non-profit and school-aged groups. should be cooler than last weekend. get outside and enjoy the live musical entertainment, as well. it's by the hardly strictly hawaiian aloha band. trivalley, not hardly strictly anything, the splatter festival in dublin. it is everything, they say. the annual event promises multi-cultural experiences, incluing a world craft bazaar, food from the trivalley and a drone light show, something out of this world, baby. in san francisco, the chuseok festival. the korean autumn harvest festival. activities like tug-of-war, red light, green light, lotus lantern making, and do a selfie for some likes on your social. plus, live performances all day long, so get your crew ready for your road show right after this show. have a great saturday. >> thanks, mike. >>> the world's largest free hot balloon festiva

sushi in japantown the 2 young they're loving their new city and learning about its rich culture. >>e a big point of emphasis to get out and see the bay. a says events like this with the team is pretty spent with ryan. you know, love the city. i love the i'm not just saying that. because but i really love been out your bike riding a lot attention on the on the facility a lot. you know, i've been out and about checking out the city and see what i saw from the exit row over on boat. that to see a little bit like the bridge just be on the water for a little bit school. was that your first time on the water since you've been here on the boat going under the bridge is yes, as i've been k where i got family hoping have been our before one of the ferry in the water a little but i've been like those >> hey, i love the city, too. but all the warriors players, especially really the young guys they love to hang around mission bay around the stadium. we've got to get them out to other neighborhoods. north beach commission, a lot of good food places. got to spread your wings. enjoy the city while

they visited san francisco's japantown match store owners and sample some sushi and thi.wo preseason games between the warriors and the washington wizards. that will take place in japan on september 30th and october 2nd. a new family is joining the fax tv lineup this week with monarch jake hamiltonian recently went to nashville to interview country music star and monarch leading man trace atkins about what viewers can expect from the show. fox entertainment all star jake hambleton country music is the new empire and foxes, highly anticipated new drama monarch. we traveled to the grand ole opry in nashville to talk with country music star trace atkins about the drama of the music industry, both on television and in real life girl for an encore. should we please. for me, baby. you don't become the first family of country music without. that's the premise new series monarch, a show that's dishing out hot music and hotter drama every week dancing in her footsteps since the day i was born think i can't continue this legacy. just watch the stars oscar winner susan sarandon and

the governor's office has said the bill was flawed. in the heart of san francisco's japantown is onep closer to reality. now the peace plaza is located between gary and post street. it was built in the mid 19 sixties as a gift from osaka , japan. much of the plaza is original and is in need of an update the city of san francisco. budgeted $25 million, and now the state is sending $6 million to help with rising construction costs. there's so much history that is so significant right to the asian americans experience here in this country, and san francisco is at the heart of it preserved the history and make sure that for generations to come this is a place where people can continue to come to understand japanese american history but also celebrate japanese american culture. the project includes waterproofing and paving plant's lighting and seating renovations will hopefully begin in two years with an estimated completion of the renovation one year later coming up, we all try to monitor the amount of time we spend online and on social media, but your eyes will likely pop when you learn

next we had the community outreach team and educational team at the street fair in japantown and you can see going from left to right we had inspector tony there and everywhere from the monthly slides, inspector clarence and stan lee and [inaudible] and in between is sprinkled some of the cadets who did exceptional work maintaining outreach and helping with the events. next as mentioned we participated in the [inaudible] parade festival and the tony distributing education material and helmets in people in the community and had the nor cal fire girls camp for 9-12 grade and hands on orientation and training with firefighterring tools and equipment. all the topics are meant to inspire those into fire service and women in the bay area and see the inspector there as well handing out materials and that's my report for the month of july 2022. thank you. >> [off mic]. >> there's nobody on our public comment line. >> [off mic]. >> thank you commissioner. >> [off mic]. >> thank you very much madam president. thank you very much chief, very much and your comprehensive aren't. i have no questio

institution and businesses that form the fabric of our neighborhoods especially as a japanese-american our japantown is now in the country. i lived in the castro for 11 years. and interested in supporting small businesses and lowly own the businesses as we come out of the pandemic and the impacts felt by business owned by people of color. so exploring options there. on our commercial corridors is an area of focus you in. thank you for letting me peek and welcome your questions. >> clothes. do you have questions for the mayor's nominee to seat number 7 mr. braun? supervisor mandelman. i had the town to talk to mr. braun last week and i have known him for a couple of decades did in the know as much about his day job and learned more about this and seems he would be a good planning commissioner. >> thank you. supervisor mandelman. mr. braun, you and i discuss third degree and i discuss third degree with the city attorney's office i thought it important to deal with publicly and that is in and around the area of potential conflicts. strategic economics done work for virtually every municipality i in the

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

for trespassing and vandalism time now, 7 16 to revitalize plaza in the heart of san francisco's japantown is a step closer to reality. it's called the peace plaza is between gary and post street, built in the mid 19 sixties as a gift from osaka, japan. most of the plaza is a real journal and needs an update. he said he of san francisco budgeted $25 million for it. now the state is sending $6 million more to help with the rising cost of construction. there's so much history that is so significant right to the asian americans experience here in this country, and san francisco is at the heart of it preserved the history and make sure that for generations to come this is a place where people can continue to come to understand japanese american history but also celebrate japanese american culture project includes waterproofing and paving new plants. new lighting, new seating renovations will hopefully start in two years and be completed a year later. 7 17 and number of traffic issues here slick streets that massive police investigation on the cemetery bridge. where do we need to start progress

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

our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantownlittle 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 peo

building and their family's fascinating history of being sent to concentration camp and being sent to japantownnd then finally reestablishing their business to rhode island is a landmarking request. the landmarking will include future alterations of the property to maintain its historical character and to turn the building into office. the conditional use permit request is to authorize the third and fourth floor of the five story building and will be 580 square feet. and there is also an existing 12333 legal and existing non-conforming use. the remaining 75,000 square feet of the building will be in the pdr zoning district. the conversion to office will support the project sponsor's efforts to rehabilitation of these buildings and will cost $5 million and which will be for repairing the exterior facade and streetscape which will be enjoyed by the public in the area and this is prepared by a preservation consultant. it is expected the office space will be occupied by a tenant or tenants that have a mix and light industrial of office uses and already in touch with a number of tenants looking for