it's adjacent to mclaren park, right across the street, and then, of course, people can get onto it as, you know, steeper pathways to get up into the park itself. the project, the 590 leland project would effectively cut everybody else off so it no longer flows through. it's just like taking a forest and putting a road through it, and you effectively cutoff two sides completely so they become two separate things, not just one whole flowing community. for what i am wanting to say is i'd love to see the supervisors who have the power to -- >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> gamp. my name is chris barnet. i'm a 20 year resident of visitacion valley and i've been extensively involved with land use issues over the years. i was on the visitacion valley cac when we had development. i participated in other committees. i'm opposing this development, and supervisor cohen thank you so much for acknowledging the procedural aspect of this, and maybe the completely consideration of that. you know, on paper, i can see how this is a perfect space for five homes. it was legitimate

part of this tree snapped and fell on top of a man inside san francisco's mclaren park around 3 p.m. around the green water towers. the man was rushed to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries after being rescued. san francisco police and park rangers spent the afternoon and investigating, taking measurements of portions of the tree. a woman from the city's attorney office was also on scene. >> we ride our bikes up there sometimes, it is crazy. we just heard something fall just a little bit ago over here. they are always falling. >> when i bring my kids, yes, i tell them don't climb the trees. if you go anywhere in the park, you have to watch. >>> it is 4:35 right now. it was a lovely easter weekend. it was. i saw a lot of kids looking for the easter eggs in local parks. it was a good day. today we will have similar conditions to yesterday. a few clouds this morning with a west wind picking up. coastal cooling going on right now. our temperatures are pretty comfortable right now. san francisco is at 53 degrees. san jose is at 50 and there are an a few clouds at the coast impac

a tree came crashing down at san francisco's mclaren park today trapping a man underneath. melanie woodrow is live at the park with more. >> reporter: this is amazing. that is the tree up there that broke and the branch that fell on that man is down below. there are park rangers that are out here. and the woman you see next to the park ranger over to his right, that is someone here from the city's attorney office. most amazingly that this victim that was hit by the tree has nonlife-threatening injuries. the fire department say the man was listening to music when the tree broke and landed on him. he was able to call 911 from his cell phone and direct dispatchers to where he was while he was pinned underneath the tree. what is amazing about that is here in the park there are hundreds if not thousands of trees many of them have downed branches and so after first responders rescued that man, when park rangers came out to further their investigation, they had a difficult time finding the tree branch and the tree that was broken. the fact that the man was able to direct first resp

and helped guide dispatch so officers could find him.kron 4's ella sogomonian is live now from mclaren parkere it happened...ella how is that man doing this evening? live jr this park is 161 acres sprawling through the southern part of san francisco so you can imagine how hard it is for emergency crews to find a victim quickly but luckily this guy had his cell phone on him and was conscious enough to make that 9-1-1 call.voit happened at 3 this afternoon in a secluded area near mansell and john f shelly drive on a trail. the victim called police himself and was able to direct them to his exact location by using a landmark he rememebered and after hearing the sirens passing by.the fire department reports he was taken to a hospital with non life threatening injuries. a city attorney was on the scene with park rangers during the investigation.park goers were taken aback by the news.sot: gabriel bellone, park goer// "cont vo fire fighters estimated the tree was about 18 inches wide but say the parks and rec department should have the description and from how high up the tree fell although they

a man called 911 after the tree branch fell on him near a hiking trail in john mclaren park. the incident made some visitors nervous. >> it is kind of scary to think you could be walking and then get hit by a tree. >> it is pretty scary to me. i will think about it. >> the recreation and parks department has made efforts to clear the trees in the past but they have a lot of ground to cover. >>> so maybe don't take hikes. >> i was actually at the john mclaren park on the bikes yesterday. >> maybe just watch some sports sunday instead. >>> a federal judge will hear arguments in the u.s. postal service legal fight with the city of berkeley, today the trial involves the sale of berkeley historic downtown post office. berkeley city leaders passed a zoning ordinance requiring the building to be used for civic or nonprofit use only. the post office says that reduces the value of the 104- year-old building. a judge will be hearing one hour arguments from both sides starting at noon. there will not be any witnesses or new evidence. >>> the nasdaq, s&p 500 and l are all taking. -- tank

said the man called 911 at 3:00 in the afternoon after a branch fell on him on a hiking trail in mclaren park. >> it's kind of freaky to think you could be walking and, bam, a tree hits you. >> that's pretty scary to me. it will be something i will think about a little bit more. >> now the recreation and parks department tried to re move hazardous trees in the park, but they have a lot to look over. >>> a sacramento county sheriff's car hit a protester for stephon clark. the woman was treated for minor injuries at the hospital. the sacramento county sheriff's office said the crash happened at slow speeds and protesters were yelling and kicking the car. some witnesses described it as a hit and run. >> a few sheriffs arrived at the scene. they asked us to move out of the way. unfortunately, one of the protesters did not get out of the way fast enough and was hit and the sheriff sped off. >> now the chp is investigating, and the sacramento sheriff's office is conductinger that own review. >>> if you want to cross the golden gate bridge, you may want to low of your car at home. no parking is from

it happened in john mclaren park. the man called 911 and stayed on the phone with the dispatcher while search and rescue teams trying to find him under the tree. he was taken to a trauma center with serious injuries. investigators went to the scene to try to figure out what caused the tree to fall.>>> a new video shows a san francisco sheriff's car hitting a protester. this may be disturbing to some viewers. the sheriff's vehicle hit the woman before it drove on. a group of people crowded around her before she was taken to the hospital. this took place at a protest condemning the coiling -- killing of stephon clark. we have the story.>> reporter: the incident was captured on cell phone by legal observer guy danilowitz of the national lawyers guild. >> i saw there were about 50 to 100 angry but peaceful protesters blocking the eastbound lane of florin road at 65th street.>> reporter: in the midst of protester chance you could hear the sheriff's deputy say stanback away from the car. they were in a standoff on saturday

a tree came crashing down at san francisco's mclaren park today trapping a man underneath. odrow is live at the park with more. >> reporter: this is amazing. that is the tree up there that broke and the branch that fell on that man is down below. there are park rangers that are out here. and the woman you see next to the park ranger over to his right, that is someone here from the city's attorney office. most amazingly that this victim that was hit by the tree has nonlife-threatening injuries. the fire department says the man was listening to music when the tree broke and landed on him. he was able to call 911 from his cell phone and direct dispatchers to where he was while he was pinned underneath the tree. what is amazing about that is here in the park there are hundreds if not thousands of trees many of them have downed branches and so after first responders rescued that man, when park rangers came out to further their investigation, they had a difficult time finding the tree branch a

it happened yesterday afternoon in a secluded area of john mclaren park. the victim called police with his cell phone and was able to guide them to his location using landmarks. he was taken to a hospital with non life threatening injuries. fire fighters say the tree was about 18 inches wide. park officials do not know what caused the tree to fall ( robin ) firefighters put out a fire at a cintas warehouse in san leandro. it happened yesterday afternoon on 139th avenue near san leandro hospital. the fire was isolated to a storage area in the back of the building. firefighters were able to prevent the fire from spreading to the main building. no injuries were reported. ( robin ) starting today and happening all week... there will be several lane closures on several oakland- alameda bridges. the closures will all happen during non-peak commute hours. the closures will be happening on the miller- sweeney bridge today and tomorrow between 10 a-m and 2 p-m. and from wednesday to friday all lanes will be closed on the high street bridge from 10 a-m to 2 p-m. the

the latest sunday when a man was trapped during a portion of a downed tree in san francisco's mclaren parksaratoga residents understand the risk of removing these trees. >> they say they are going to plant native trees. how long is this going to become a natural habitat? not in my lifetime. >> reporter: carlos saucedo abc7 news. >>> you can see plenty of snow still on the ground there. the lifts are set to close on april 22nd. the state snow survey was taken today. the department of water resources says the snow pack doubled. but still 50% of normal. >> it was not adequate to get us up to a good outlook with respect to the water supply. >> 41% of california is in drought but an improvement from 48% a week ago. >>> check out the big waves in pacifica in this photo. this picture has the #abc7now. >>> spencer back now with an update on our forecast. >> diverse beauty this week. beautiful sunny skies to beautiful rainfall. sunny right now. and overnight clearly skies with low temperatures. sunny and mild today. highs move into the mid 70s inland and upper 60s to mid-60s along the bay. and then

the latest sunday when a man was trapped during a portion of a downed tree in san francisco's mclaren parke risk of removing these trees. >> they say they are going to plant native trees. how long is this going to become a natural habitat? not in my lifetime. >> reporter: carlos saucedo abc7 news. >>> you can see plenty of snow still on the ground there. the lifts are set to close on april 22nd. the state snow survey was taken today. the department of water resources says the snow pack doubled. but still 50% of normal. >> it was not adequate to get us up to a good outlook with respect to the water supply. >> 41% of california is in drought but an improvement from 48% a week ago. >>> check out the big waves in pacifica in this photo. this picture has the >>> spencer back now with an update on our forecast. >> diverse beauty this week. beautiful sunny skies to beautiful rainfall. sunny right now. and overnight clearly skies with low temperatures. sunny and mild today. highs move into the mid 70s inland and upper 60s to mid-60s along the bay. and then comes the storm. the storm will rank two

. >>> a man is recovering after being trapped under a fallen tree at mclaren park this afternoon.on of the tree, about 1 to 2 feet in die amter fell on the man as he was listening to jazz in the park. he was able to call 911 and guide firefighters to where he was. his injuries are described as nonlife threatening. regs to the park say you need to look up periodically. >> when i saw the story, it reminded myself to keep my head up when i'm walking. i try to stay out of the park when it's windy because you hear about trees falling all the time. >> a representative to the city's attorney office responded to take photos. >>> leaders in sacramento look to calm anger over the shooting of stephon clark. his pastor says weeks have been emotional. pastor darryl scarborough wents to seek justice. >> they may not do it in the most responsible way but to see that they care is exciting. >> clark was shot and killed on march 18th in his grandmother's back yard. police believe he was armed with a gn gun but only found a cell phone on him. >> a pair of explosions closed the road in front of the h

it happened yesterday afternoon in a secluded area of john mclaren park.with his cell phone and was able to guide them to his location using landmarks. he was taken to a hospital with non life threatening injuries. fire fighters say the tree was about 18 inches wide. park officials say the do not know what caused the tree to fall still no word this morning on what may have caused a fire at a warehouse in san leandro. it happened yesterday afternoon at cintas warehouse. on 139th avenue near san leandro hospital. the fire was isolated to a storage area in the back of the building. firefighters were able to prevent the fire from spreading to the main building. no injuries were reported. ( darya ) in the east bay... oakland's fire marshall has resigned... after being harshly criticized following the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire...that killed 36 people.this is video of that deadly fire. miguel trujilo's resignation was announced friday... fire chief darin white will now handle trujilo's duties while officials search for a replacement. the ghost ship warehou

. >>> a man is in the hospital after a tree fell on him in mclaren park. dispatchers think he was under the tree listening to music when it snapped. he called 911. firefighters were able to free the man and rushed him to the hospital with serious but not life threatening injuries. >> it is crazy up there. we ride our bikes up there. we heard something fall just a little bit ago. they are always falling. >> san francisco police and park rangers spent the afternoon investigating and taking measurements of portions of the tree. >>> let's see how the morning commute is looking this morning, jam ln? jacwill know -- jaclyn? >> one lane remains open on 101 at 680, and one is closed. so just a heads up for that. right now, our sensors just went back to the green so that is good. this is north on 101 north first street, traffic is fine in both directions. it is still early. 880, this is just south of 238. the taillights are moving in the southbound direction and getting a little crowded in the stretch. we are seeing the usual crowds develop along 580 and 205. trave

this happened at mclaren park yesterday. paramedics took him to the hospital, he did have serious injuries. but was able to go home hours later. we talked with hiker yesterday who still think that the park is a safe place. >> absolutely i think this park is pretty well maintained. i go on a lot of the side trails and they are usually pretty well cleared. >> no word on what caused the branch to fail. >>> researchers are hoping recent storms brought drastic changes to the sierra. the result of a new snow survey are expected later today. early last month researchers said a storm boosted the snow back level up to 80%, but still two-thirds below the average snow back level. we're certainly hoping for a little better there. >> and we definitely are. and we've been talking when atmospheric river expected to make its way in on thursday and it looks like judging by a cold front that sweeps in on friday this could be enough to generate more snow. so a quick look, your estimated sierra snow totals through sunday, we could get a couple i

the damage is sentencive is that the parks service says they will need assess the situation and come back a plan to rebuild. >>> another victim of the rage was at mclaren bike park which was closed because of muddy conditions. it opened in october. the bike park says it will send updates on sboem its status. >> it's hard to believe but it has been six months since the wildfires and there's a long road ahead. >> the deadline for a group of fire victims. >>> also, the former linebacker aldon smith arrested again. why he ended up in a san francisco jail this time. >>> and showing you a much brighter finish to the weekend. now tracking a ram >>> smith has been arrested for the third time in two months. he was booked into the county jail for violating a condition of the electronic monitoring while on bail. his new bail was set at half a million dollars. smith is due back this court wednesday afternoon and he has pleaded not guilty to domestic violence and other charges. prosecutors say he assaulted a woman book march 3rd. >>> some property owners in the north bay will face deadline to clear fire debris. it applies to residential property owners in sonoma co

called 911 at 3:00 yesterday afternoon after the tree branch fell on him near a hiking trail in mclaren park. the incident made a lot of park visitors nervous. >> it is scary to think you could be walking and then you get hit by a tree.>> that is pretty scary so that is something i will think about. >> the recreation and parks department has made efforts to clear hazardous trees in the past but there is a lot of ground overseas -- to oversee. >>> video shows a sacramento sheriff's car hitting a woman protesting the shooting death of stefon clark on saturday. the video shows the woman being hit and the deputy drives off. the woman was treated for minor injuries. the sacramento sheriff's department says the crash happened at slow speeds and the protesters were yelling while pounding and kicking the car. some witnesses call this a hit and run. >> two sheriff's sped up and arrived at the scene. they asked to move out of the way, unfortunately one of the protesters did not get out of the way fast enough and was hit. than the sheriff's sped off. >> chp is investigating the crash. the sheriff depar

a man is in the hospital after a tree fell on him in san francisco's mclaren park.1. his injuries are serious but not life threatening. >>> the department of water resources will take another snow pack survey today. the last check was under normal but overall march storms brought more snow to the sieras. you want "the best wifi you can pause with a tap." see? easy. time for bed. you want xfinity because it makes your life... simple. easy. awesome. get started with xfinity internet for $40 a month for 2 full years when you sign up for tv. plus, get 3x the speed of at&t and directv. click, call or visit a store today. celebrate friendship and beyond at the first ever pixar fest with all new fireworks and your favorite park parades. only at disneyland resort. >>> good morning. it is 7:57. a rough day on the roadways for your monday morning commute. we have slowdowns. eastbound 237 at fair oaks avenue, dropping speeds just below 55 miles per hour. your ride headed across the san mateo direction westbound is i will yellow, 22 mints from 880 to 101. there is a crash at hi