, joggers, people with dogs and people from every corner of san francisco have discovered that jfk promenade is a treasure. it enhances the parks so much. imagine a beautiful day in the park and weather on foot or on bike you are strolling down jfk, you pass sixth avenue and head to the music concourse for a concert or the museum; it is joyous and made golden gate park sproord. i have been hering about disk golf and pickle ball. can you tell us about and where people can practice and play. >> i knew you were going. pickle ball the fastest growing sports. you know across between 10 and is ping pong and may be with a whiffle ball. ping pong on a life sized course it is easy to learn about skill based people who are good are irrelevant good and it is easy to play. it is fun and accessible. we are trying to accommodate sport. we have over 55 courts around san francisco. 11 dedicated just for pickle balt others per pickle ball and tennis. we have 5 or 10 space you can play pickle ball indoors and keeping up with the tremendous popularity of the sport. disk golf has a loyal following it is also go

, joggers, people with dogs and people from every corner of san francisco have discovered that jfk promenade is a treasure. it enhances the parks so much. imagine a beautiful day in the park and weather on foot or on bike you are strolling down jfk, you pass sixth avenue and head to the music concourse for a concert or the museum; it is joyous and made golden gate park sproord. i have been hering about disk golf and pickle ball. can you tell us about and where people can practice and play. >> i knew you were going. pickle ball the fastest growing sports. you know across between 10 and is ping pong and may be with a whiffle ball. ping pong on a life sized course it is easy to learn about skill based people who are good are irrelevant good and it is easy to play. it is fun and accessible. we are trying to accommodate sport. we have over 55 courts around san francisco. 11 dedicated just for pickle balt others per pickle ball and tennis. we have 5 or 10 space you can play pickle ball indoors and keeping up with the tremendous popularity of the sport. disk golf has a loyal following it is also go

so, we are still studying the best options to insure pedestrian safety on the jfk promenade. the instillations that have been on the promenade have helped calm the cyclists who and scooter riders who tend to go pretty fast. we noticed a calming effect of the instillations and doing some research we found there is actually been four reported collisions. this is--could be under-reporting, but on all the car free roads, so not just jfk, there are only four collisions and only one of those is between a bike and a pedestrian. the other ones have been either between a vehicle and pedestrian or two bikes and so, of course this could be under-reported but that is comparison to 41 collisions reported during the same period, july 2021 to march 2023, and 41 that occurred on roads that do allow vehicles. slide 56 is a picture of the doggy diner heads installed on jfk as a instillation that we have seen to be calming some of the fast moving cyclist and scooter riders. that's my presentation. sorry it was took so long. my information is on the slide and i'll share the most recent version o

by rabbi sydney, immense of temple emanuel and the light display and twine also debuting along jfk promenade. >> in front meadow, local visual artist charles de cannes. i designed this display. it was made possible through a partnership with the san francisco parks alliance tree lighting guests were also treated to 30 minute winter light show at the san francisco conservatory. it runs half hour after sunset every night during the holidays. still ahead here on the kron 4 morning news, san francisco police are working to prevent more people from becoming victims of catalytic converter thefts. >> how they're getting it done and why some say it's just not enough. and after the break, california's budget deficit expected to grow by tens of billions of dollars in the next year. bernanke's plane, the potential solutions that the state could try to do to balance the budget. >> ken, welcome. welcome. people in with open arms. and when our arms are wrapped around our family members. >> and months after a wildfire devastated maui, residents are struggling with the return of tourists to the eye. >> and

well, and also the light display in that debuted at the jfk promenade in front of peacock metal.ol. >> basically work of art, isn't it? and it was a local visual artist who designed that display. they had a partnership with the san francisco parks alliance do that. tree lighting guests. we're all there. they got a 30 minute winter light show at the san francisco conservatory and that actually 30 minutes after sunset every night. so look at that. look at that. you can see that. yeah. >> after sundown, that's cool i love it. i love the different, you know, approached his the regular kind of the street. you totally, i got so that the christmas tree get lights out there. >> and i love it when they have the light shows on conservatory, how cool have to get out there for sure. but make sure if you're getting out there, you are bundling up for it because it is been a cold and it is about to be cold. the next few evenings ahead of us. temperatures will fall really quick when the sun goes down. and this morning we've got some 30's out there to start. it's nice and clear, though. so there'

and the light display and twine also debuted along the jfk promenade in front of peacock becoming prominent yeah. you said promenade. kind of tape. raman on. yeah. okay. prominent fancy okay with that fancy, right. it's pretty nice. i like that tree. >> and an artist made you know that and actually they light it. think you can see it every day. like 30 minutes. >> when the sun goes down, they do it every day in the conservatory. >> i think i've been there before. yeah, seen you can actually like press buttons and let it something on your phone and then you can do that. how much fun is that? thank you, dan, for tales that you can only do that at the promenade, though. okay. not on. go ahead, potato, but i do. still ahead on the kron 4 morning san jose police are trying to prevent people from becoming the victims catalytic converter thefts. >> so how can you protect this in your car? we're going to tell you. >> and also coming up after the break. california's budget deficit expected to grow tens of billions of dollars in the next year. we'll explain potential solutions. the state could try to

. >> this is at jfk promenade, my front of peacock meadow. and then we got this whole light show which you've actually been in and you and you don't have to get a ticket right allow you to show up there. you can not go on you know, phone. >> pull up the web site. you can adjust the colors and the lights and everything that's going on out there. really treason? yeah. it's sort of like like avatar in person. know it's got that alive. like force. and it's at the san francisco conservatory, right? that's where you go like it in that area and there's light shows that go on at the conservatory flowers. they light up the building and all that. yeah, i love this time. i wish they keep the lights here around. you know what they do and that's got to pay the bills, right? this is judy bills going up. and that's not today 11 right now. other news that we're following. >> how are, you know, make sure your catalytic converter doesn't get stolen. san jose has a new idea. we'll tell you. >> and some bay area cities are giving you money to pay for unwanted fi

. >> at jfk promenade in for a peacock meadow. they have this sort of like an art display. check that light light up in its. >> part of what the parks to out there, it's called entwined in twice, right? okay. >> and this is a seasonal thing and you're saying is you out there you if you download an app, you can control. yes, either an app or you just go online i can remember exactly what you then you can get you can control what gets laid sony. so much fun to take the kids out there. >> i love this time of year and i kind of wish keep the lights all year long. but we palm trees phase out all year long. i'll be that house, right? the one that never dick's life down. okay. >> 9.10 is right now. and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, san jose police are going to protect your catalytic converter and they have a new idea on how to do that. we'll tell you what it is. plus, some bay area cities are giving you a way that you can turn in a firearm and get money. we'll have the details. >> and there's a new poll out that shows which candidates are leading in california as u.s. se

, joggers, people with dogs and people from every corner of san francisco have discovered that jfk promenade is a treasure. it enhances the parks so much. imagine a beautiful day in the park and weather on foot or on bike you are strolling down jfk, you pass sixth avenue and head to the music concourse for a concert or the museum; it is joyous and made golden gate park sproord. i have been hering about disk golf and pickle ball. can you tell us about and where people can practice and play. >> i knew you were going. pickle ball the fastest growing sports. you know across between 10 and is ping pong and may be with a whiffle ball. ping pong on a life sized course it is easy to learn about skill based people who are good are irrelevant good and it is easy to play. it is fun and accessible. we are trying to accommodate sport. we have over 55 courts around san francisco. 11 dedicated just for pickle balt others per pickle ball and tennis. we have 5 or 10 space you can play pickle ball indoors and keeping up with the tremendous popularity of the sport. disk golf has a loyal following it is also go

, joggers, people with dogs and people from every corner of san francisco have discovered that jfk promenadeit enhances the parks so much. imagine a beautiful day in the park and weather on foot or on bike you are strolling down jfk, you pass sixth avenue and head to the music concourse for a concert or the museum; it is joyous and made golden gate park sproord. i have been hering about disk golf and pickle ball. can you tell us about and where people can practice and play. >> i knew you were going. pickle ball the fastest growing sports. you know across between 10 and is ping pong and may be with a whiffle ball. ping pong on a life sized course it is easy to learn about skill based people who are good are irrelevant good and it is easy to play. it is fun and accessible. we are trying to accommodate sport. we have over 55 courts around san francisco. 11 dedicated just for pickle balt others per pickle ball and tennis. we have 5 or 10 space you can play pickle ball indoors and keeping up with the tremendous popularity of the sport. disk golf has a loyal following it is also going to continue

have received are exactly what you would think that people are most comfortable in spaces like jfk promenadeare completely car free and completely safe operated. and then they are somewhat comfortable in physically protected spaces and most people, from what i've seen, feel very, very uncomfortable being asked to share the same space with a car or a class three route. so i just wanted to sort of ask, we have adopted a goal for the active communities plan and for streets in the city that that are our plan should be safe and intuitive for all users. so i just want to ask staff, whoever is meant to respond to this sort of how do we think class two and class three facilities sort of meet that standard of being safe and intuitive for all users? and i'm just personally feeling somewhat uncomfortable continuing to approve these types of facilities. good afternoon. ricardo lee, city traffic engineer. so the items before you are part of the treasure island planning process in which various cities departments have participated, including to sfcta caltrans mta, public works. this has been part of a ver

have received are exactly what you would think that people are most comfortable in spaces like jfk promenadeare completely car free and completely safe operated. and then they are somewhat comfortable in physically protected spaces and most people, from what i've seen, feel very, very uncomfortable being asked to share the same space with a car or a class three route. so i just wanted to sort of ask, we have adopted a goal for the active communities plan and for streets in the city that that are our plan should be safe and intuitive for all users. so i just want to ask staff, whoever is meant to respond to this sort of how do we think class two and class three facilities sort of meet that standard of being safe and intuitive for all users? and i'm just personally feeling somewhat uncomfortable continuing to approve these types of facilities. good afternoon. ricardo lee, city traffic engineer. so the items before you are part of the treasure island planning process in which various cities departments have participated, including to sfcta caltrans mta, public works. this has been part of a ver