liam frost and der space mcphilpott, thank you. our elected family joining us today, our treasurer, jose cesnaros. our city attorney who keeps everything running, dennis harrara and our incredible members of the board of supervisor, supervisor katherine stephanie and supervisor gordon marr and supervisor matt hainey and thank you to those here from law enforcement, from the sheriff's office and police department and the fire department. ouincluding our fire chief, joae hayes-white. the irish community has really an incredible history as we know here in san francisco. starting with our first mayor, john geary, who served san francisco proudly, along with others who continue to follow and today, as we celebrate, we also pay ho ma goin thoughage ho longer with us. we know there are so many incredible leaders that are not with us today. i share this honor with them and i know many of their family members are here, as well. so i am looking forward here in san francisco as we raise the flag, as we celebrate during our st. patrick's day,

liam frost. >> thank you, shawn. i want to welcome everybody to the 168th st. patrick's day season. mayor reffed to this march as being the irish friendship month. this is what the united irish society has been pushing and working for, to make this a st. patrick's day season rather than just the st. patrick's day for the parade. as you know, we have the parade and we also have the visits to the assisted living homes like the va, the veteran's administration and st. anne's and last week, after our grand marsha alsl dinner and are happo have a grand marhsal happy go to all of the event. we appreciate the mayor taking her time to get there. thank you, mayor. [cheers and applause] we also thank the mayor for hosting this flag raising, so again we're thanking the mayor for that, as well as her aide, anthony moren and mark chandler and then the united irish society volunteered kevin birmingham for setting all this up. i want to thank all three of them. then the after-reception is being hosted by matt supervisors matt hainey and supervisor katherine stephanie and i want to thank them, as w

liam frost talked about the parade on midday live yesterday morning about what you can expect. >> if go out to the parade, you realize it's a community parade that happens in a big city. we have all the little dancers, the adult dancers, the bagpipes, dancing horses, dancing steers. first time i saw that i got a little worried. do we have insurance for this? we have a bull that comes out and dances. >> wow. sounds like a lot of fun. the parade will start on the corner of market and 2nd street at 11:30 a.m. mayor london breed will be the grand marshal. an estimated 100,000 people will line up to see the marching bands, all those dancers you just heard about and floats. other st. patrick's day celebrations in the bay area include the shamrock run in san jose and a festival in dublin in the east bay. frances, all those folks should look forward to warm and sunny weather. >> lots of bright sunshine so bring your sunglasses if you're heading to the parade and possibly a hat and sunscreen. here's a live shot looking out towards the exploratorium. winds are calm. so this offshore flow is go

liam frost talked about the parade on midday live yesterday morning where you can expect a little bit of everything. >> if you go out to the parade, you realize it's a community parade that happens in a big city. we have all the little dancers, the adult dancers, the bagpipes, dancing horses, dancing steers. do we have insurance for this? we have a bull that comes out and dances. >> wow. i love that he had green on his glasses. the parade will start on the corner of market and 2nd street at 11:30 a.m. mayor london breed will be the grand marshal. an estimated 100,000 people will lne up to see the marching bands, the dancers, the floats. other st. patrick's day celebrations in the bay area include the shamrock run in san jose and a festival in dublin in the east bay. frances, it should be nice and warm for everyone outside celebrating. >> it's going to be gorge out, warm, sunny. you'll need the sunscreen and sunglasses. we are in a warming trending so get ready for get ready to temperatures to be above average and even warmer tomorrow. i'll let you know what temperature to expect for y

liam frost talked about the parade on midday live yesterday morning about everything that you can expect. >> if you go out to the parade, you realize it's a community parade that happens in a big city. we have all the little dancers, the adult dancers, the bagpipes, dancing horses, dancing steers. first time i saw that i got a little worried. do we have insurance for this? we have a bull that comes out and dances. >> wow. i love his green glasses, they're just perfect. the parade will start on the corner of market and 2nd street at 11:30 a.m. mayor london breed will be the grand marshal. an estimated 100,000 people will line up to see the marching bands, all those dancers you just heard about and floats. other st. patrick's day celebrations in the bay area include the shamrock run in san jose and afest jal festival in >>> frances is here with our very sunny forecast. >> the warming trend will continue today and temperatures will be above average. check out this shot from emeryville. the waters are so calm, winds are calm, high pressure builds and that's going to allow temperatures to war