and also i just recently learned that jim lazarus is leaving the chamber after 15 years and he is moving over to the senator's office. we will reach out to him and see if we can get him scheduled. if not the 10th, then in january to acknowledge him for the service and all the support he provided for us and the policy. and lastly, i will be sending over to you, the schedule for our 2019 meeting schedule. we will not have to -- there will be some adjustments. small business week is the first week of may. we will not need to change the first meeting of the month. but we will be needing to make a change to the second meeting of the month of may because of memorial day. so i have already prescheduled meeting times. i will need to affirm with you as to whether these adjusted times will work with your schedule. because of the indigenous peoples day in october. and november, because of veterans' day, i have reserved veterans' day is monday, november 11th. so i have reserved november 12th, which is a tuesday, 2 p.m. just so that i have room on the book. because these rooms book up quickly. ((plea

i am also excited that we are here with jim lazarus with the san francisco chamber of commerce and henry with the council of district merchants -- merchants. two incredible supporters of small business in the city. thank you for being here with us today. as well as northern police station captain who is keeping the neighborhood safe as well. thank you all so much. this is exciting. joaquin, you didn't do it justice. we are supposed to get people excited. shop and dine in the 49. shop and dine. and, you know, san francisco has some of the most incredible small businesses. people come here from everywhere to eat some amazing food. to find unique items and a lot of the boutique stores that exist in neighborhoods throughout san francisco. including the fillmore and west portal, and the richmond, and right here on union street. it is like one of my favorite places to hang out. there is chestnut street with a lot of shops and places. small businesses usually owned by one individual who is probably working the business themselves. and today, we are here to talk specifically about the holiday se

the prime suspect, an lapd detective named stephanie lazarus. but as jimback through the original murder book, he found almost nothing on lazarus, even though she was the exgirlfriend of sherry's husband. >> no indication she was ever spoken to? >> no. >> there was just one notation of the official crynology. they had written stephanie lazarus lazarus p.o., as in police officer. >> no paper trail. >> she seemed to be someone above suspicion. >> she had grown up in southern california. a tomboy of sorts. loved sports. she attended ucla where she played basketball. it was during her college days that she met and dated john rutton, long before he and sherry got married. after graduating in 1982, she surprised her family by joining the lapd. this when only a hand full of women entered the force. >> i was very proud of steph. it was a cool thing. >> she quickly rose through the ranks from patrol office to detective. she was popular, friendly, and well regarded. he assignments also included project d.a.r.e. a drug prevention program named at kids. she was twice