on 29th street, never mind noe valley, the epicenter of de facto demolition. per the staff, the current calcs facilitate speculation and demolitions because they are not stringent enough. there is something really wrong with these values still being accepted by the city for the past decade plus, speculators flipped properties using the calcs for a neighborhood wide cumulative increase in housing prices of over $150 million, with an average increase of over 4 million just in noe valley. most of these homes would have been considered starter homes, which were going to be protected under the policies of the 2014 housing element, but were not the ordinances creating the two suds finds the median sales price quote more than tripling from 2011 to 2021. this includes a 9% increase from 2019 to 2020 alone. noe valley projects that have sold or resold before, during and after the pandemic mirror this. some of these are flats that turned into single family homes. findings of a, quote underperformance close quote of housing built for middle income families and families i

this was the scene earlier today as that toilet was lifted in by crane at the noe valley town square.with a project cost of around $1.7 million. thec parks department saysúthe final touches are underway now, including utility and landscaping around the toilet. theyúsay the toilet will be in the can and fully functional by the end of march. this much needed public utility is the result of two years of work by >> here's a look now at the stories trending tonight on ktvu . com one of our top stories a woman was shot and killed in sppleasanton that led to a high speed police chaseútoday through parts of the east bay. it ended on interstate 580, when the suspect turned the gun on himself. that forced authorities to shut down the freeway for hours. also the california public utilities commission approved another pg and e rate hike, and protesters demonstrated outside that meeting in san francisco. angry at another major retailer announced long lt of shops that doors. you can fid these stories and much more all on ktvu.com. all right. >> coming up tonight, an art exhibit in the east bay is h

big day in one san francisco neighborhood, the noe valley public toilet finally arrives, ending a sagally made headlines all around the world. >> i'm spencer christian. this week is ending on a sunny note. i can't quite say that for the weekend. i'll have the accuwe you made a cow! actually it's a piggy bank. my inspiration to start saving. how about a more solid way to save? i'm listening. well, bmo helps get your savings habit into shape with a cash reward, every month you save. both: cash reward? and there's a cash bonus when you open a new checking account to get you started. wow. anything you can't do? ( ♪ ) mugs. ♪ bmo ♪ mugs. i was like shaking you know, . when i first reached out to jacoby and meyers. i didn't know if i had a case o. as soon as i got a hold of my . because of jacoby and meyers, it a medical bill or things like . if i know of any accident, i'm . usual it was. >> i was like, wait, i need sunglasses. put down the umbrella, get the sunglasses. future's so bright. >> we need spencer christian. given the unsettled nature of our weather recently, it does seem unusual.

pricey public potty at long last, the controversial toilet in noe valley is being installed. >> countdownoscars. just two days away, i talked with jimmy kimmel about his hosting duties and thanks to drew tuma, i got a question in which actor are you most afraid of? drew? i think you'll enjoy the response. >> yeah, i'm very excited to see how he responded to that outside this morning. a live look from sutro tower. we have great visibility. clear skies up above. if you're traveling today, we do have some issues. not here locally, but across the country from chicago to denver, atlanta and dallas. we have this storm system that's moving across the middle part of the country that will bring a mix of rain and snow, depending on where you are going. but looking at honolulu, it's gorgeous today. if you're headed to hawaii, temperatures in the upper 70s with fair conditions. here's a look at live doppler seven along with satellite this morning. what we're finding high pressure is in control. not a thing to see across california today is just going to be one of those beautiful days where temperatur

this is video of it arriving at noe valley town square.e says final touches are underway and it will be fully functional by the end of march. >> our time is 517 last weekend. stormy weather. it's blamed for a wastewater spill in sonoma county about 277,000 gallons of treated wastewater spilled a plant property near guerneville, and some of that water reached the russian river. now they're saying the river was rising. it was flowing fast at the time. no impact was seen on fish and other wildlife in the area. sonoma water officials have been notified about that spill. >> pg and e and the town of san anselmo are reviewing their utility storm reports after last month's storm caught them off guard. the storms led to outages , with some lasting more than 24 hours. the utility is now using the reports to work with san anselmo to repair damaged equipment ahead of future storms and the upcoming fire season. all right, let's head over to steve paulson. that leads right to you. not good to be caught off guard when there's a big storm. >> i wind event

here's some video of it arriving at the novo noe valley town square. see it's prefabricated with a project cost of about $1.7 million. the rec and parks department says the final touches are underway and it will be fully functional by the end of march. >> it's 710 and the commute is doing okay. if you are driving on highway 24, let's start there. it looks very good as you head up to the tunnel. no major issues here at the tunnel commute or on 680. there's been some slowing on highway four as we go to the bay looks pretty gs you drive to the bridge, there's a little bit of slowing. san mateo and dumbarton bridge have been bay commute has been light so far. 710 let's go back to the desk. >> okay. thank you. sal well, several bay area high school basketball teams will be playing for a state championship today and tomorrow. we tell you some of the young players bring home, plus blending the old with the new and revealing the stories that are trying to get out. >> we're getting an early look at renovations at the historic castro theater in san francisco. ho

. >>> in the bay area, a fatal car accident in san francisco's noe valley this morning. a black sedan overturned on diamond street between clip exer 25th. happened around 10:30. the driver was taken -- boy, look at that -- the driver was taken to the hospital where he later died. a prius parked in the area had a lot of damage. >>> two people injured, several displaced after a fire in the mission district early this morning. it was a house fire that happened about 2:00 in the morning at weiss street and 15th. fire crews say the flames affected a number of cars and at least two buildings. and they're still looking at what got that fire started. >>> check this out. this is time lapse video of the usns harvey milk leaving san francisco this afternoon on its way to its first mission in the middle east. the ship pulled away from piers 30 and 32, sailed under the bay bridge, past alcatraz, and then under the golden gate. >> that ship arrived in the bay area for the first time on thursday. sit a supply ship that will deliver food and fuel and other materials to other navy ships

noe valley police now investigating it as a hate crime and kron 4. h stinson shows us why. >> police say someone spray painted swastikas on ukrainian flags at 2 homes in mill valley. the affected neighbors already replaced their flags. i spoke with the owner of this home. he says he's deeply disturbed, especially as a jewish man. >> but to see it as watch the got your front lawn is just something that. that is beyond terrible. it's the motion. i'm sorry, it's it's emotional. can walk tell got choked up when talking about the vandalism that happened. >> at his mill valley home on saturday, he was out of town when he got an e-mail with pictures showing a swastika spray painted on the ukrainian flag on his property. nothing can. take that from my from my mind. wachtell has lived in this home for 40 years. he has previously served on city council and as mayor of mo valley, he says such an act of hate does not represent his city it wrong because this greeting somebody's property. it's wrong because the swastika this not belong in our community. >> and it's

lowman just under 2 inches of rain over an inch in san jose and close to an inch and half moon bay, noe valleyat the halfway mark and oakland, san francisco in the 60's over there. so right now our storm tracker is quiet. and then we were yesterday. you can see not a lot of green on the map and a closer look to what's happening. pretty clear skies out there. and looking ahead at the start of your week, it looks like we're in a drying trend here for monday tuesday with daytime highs in the 60's. we warm up a bit into the mid-sixties on tuesday and overnight lows will stay in the upper 40's low 50's. but then if you notice wednesday we have some rain coming. so you'll see that in the extended forecast in a few minutes. temperatures out the door. we're in the 50's upper 40's. so a change wise were a bit warmer in places like nevado and mountain view and not much of a change. but the breeze was the story today. we still have some breezy conditions and it could be a little breezy for tomorrow as well. so just throughout the night, we have partly cloudy skies, much calmer conditions that we were yes

in the mission bay districtism lived in san francisco in noe valley.w up with my mom and i went to high school in san ma te'o. after high school i went to mississippi where i played volleyball in university of southern mississippi. what got me going after college was i was applying to place related to fire and police i loved my experience but my family is home. i grew up here and could not be far from my family anymore i came back. >> i have been a firefighter for 4 years the transition to the fire department has been seam tells is the same. team work and coming together. transitioning to the job med me comfortable that i made the right decision to come become and work for a fire department that is big in diversity and equality and becoming a fell. i got to be a member at a few different fire stations. each station has their own culture. i worked in places that are xroem and with a young crew and had the most seniority have 3 or 2 years in whatever it may be. learning stuff when people have been in the job for 20 plus years and learning from people got

this happened around 1030 this morning near diamond and clipper streets in the noe valley neighborhood, the chronicle repor. the driver was ejected from their car. three other vehicles were damaged. it's not clear how the crash happened. and in san mateo, a person behind the wheel of a tesla looked to be asleep yesterday while speeding down highway 101. the driver was seen by a high school lacrosse team. the team's coach told ktvu, quote, we were all truly stunned at what we were witnessing. i don't care how reliable tesla may claim their autopilot is. in san jose, mayor matt meehan joined city workers to clean up an encampment in alviso with hopes of improving the quality of life for everyone housed or unhoused. >> by working together that we can create the safe, clean, vibrant community that we all want to live in. it's just great to see so many people out today. >> man is requesting money in this year's budget to dedicate resources to enforcing illegal dumping laws and rules on how large encampments can be. he says his budget request would increase the number of cleanup projects lik

. >> installation is finally underway on the controversial public restroom in san francisco's noe valleyproposed. remember, this is the one that is the million dollar toilet cruise offloaded it yesterday, the final step of a process that was originally costing $1.7 million. the city ended up backing away because it got such bad publicity. then an out of state vendor came in and donated this prefabricated modular restroom. in any case, the toilets should be ready to use by the end of the month. >> you sound enthused. >> i hope it's i hope it's great. >> the trial for a los gatos mom accused of throwing drunken parties for her underage son may not begin until next year. >> shannon o'connor received a new lawyer after she was unable to pay her original lawyer, pushing her trial back further. according to our media partners at the mercury news, a judge scheduled a june fifth hearing to set a trial date. o'connor was arrested in 2021 for reportedly organizing parties for her son and his friends, where some teens were sexually assaulted. she faces several charges, including child endangerment,

in the mission bay districtism lived in san francisco in noe valley. grew up with my mom and i went to high school in san ma te'o. after high school i went to mississippi where i played volleyball in university of southern mississippi. what got me going after college was i was applying to place related to fire and police i loved my experience but my family is home. i grew up here and could not be far from my family anymore i came back. >> i have been a firefighter for 4 years the transition to the fire department has been seam tells is the same. team work and coming together. transitioning to the job med me comfortable that i made the right decision to come become and work for a fire department that is big in diversity and equality and becoming a fell. i got to be a member at a few different fire stations. each station has their own culture. i worked in places that are xroem and with a young crew and had the most seniority have 3 or 2 years in whatever it may be. learning stuff when people have been in the job for 20 plus years and learning from people

alice b toklas, um, eastern neighborhoods, democratic club, west side family, democratic club, noe valley democratic club , um, the aag right, the um including my own korean american community, right where i have the korea times, as well as the hyundai daily, uh, supporting me and many of the korean community, small business owners in san francisco. i also have the endorsement for bailiff, which is the bar association asian, the lgbtq bar association also has endorsed me, and i am proud to stand by all of the first responder and the public and the first responder and the public safety, um, organizations such as the san francisco po for the firefighters, the deputy sheriffs, the adult and juvenile probation deputy officers who have also endorsed me. i've also have the um, the support of, uh, supervisor matt dorsey. mandelman engardio and the california state treasurer, fiona ma. i mean, there are so many support that came from so many different places that i did not expect, but i am proud to have an incredibly diversified base of supporters that span from a stay at home mom up to the compa

various districts and neighborhoods of two, five and eight, such as eureka valley, dolores heights, noe valley, and north panhandle consists of pavement resurfacing on 20 blocks and 14 intersections, constructing 12 curb ramps and seven blocks of sewer replacement in which sfpuc has joined to our contract. here's a breakdown of our project schedule between the planning, design, advertisement, award, construction and closeout phases, as typical with most of our our paving contracts, we have planning for about three years, you know, somewhere in 3 to 4. and this particular project we had started planning in the first quarter of 2018, through the second quarter of 2021. and we started design in the third quarter of 2021, for about two years. and completed in the third quarter of 2023, we had entered our advertisement in q4 of 2023, and we're currently in our award phase. and we anticipate, to begin construction in the second quarter of 2024 for just about a little bit over a year. all right. and so this contract we advertised in october and received five bids, towards the end of november, on the

in the mission bay districtism lived in san francisco in noe valley.hool in san ma te'o. after high school i went to mississippi where i played volleyball in university of southern mississippi. what got me going after college was i was applying to place related to fire and police i loved my experience but my family is home. i grew up here and could not be far from my family anymore i came back. >> i have been a firefighter for 4 years the transition to the fire department has been seam tells is the same. team work and coming together. transitioning to the job med me comfortable that i made the right decision to come become and work for a fire department that is big in diversity and equality and becoming a fell. i got to be a member at a few different fire stations. each station has their own culture. i worked in places that are xroem and with a young crew and had the most seniority have 3 or 2 years in whatever it may be. learning stuff when people have been in the job for 20 plus years and learning from people got in it grew me to adopt and work with

we offer tours in dog patch and potrero, innerrichmond, noe valley, palace of fine arts and tenderloin. our newest tour is climate change at chrisy field. since 197 8 our tours are free. we consider the pbs of walking tours in san francisco. like a pbs show, you can take one of our tours, and if you like you can make a donation if you don't you can take a free tour. 80 percent of the funding comes from doimation and receive a grant from the city grant from the arts. wells fargo and happy to announce our new est sponsor is one of the fabulous new hotels in san francisco. i don't know if the general manager is here, michael are you here? michael. [applause] that thank you. if you haven't vissted the ohotel on clay street it is magnificent. thank you to all of you and for your support. it is my honor to lead the organization for the last 6 years. there are wonderful group of people who love and cherish our city and always bright face every day to the thouchbs of people who visit the city. thank you again presidents peskin for acknowledging us, we appreciate it. >> thank you and i'll work

and it to me, it symbolizes the instability that these extreme remodels had, which is why noe valley was declared the epicenter of de facto demolition by the staff, it's first sold after the cfc for $7.6 million in september 2021. so that's during the pandemic, but it recently returned to the market, as i said, at $9 million. but it was. the listing has since been removed. i don't know if it's sold or if they just decided that they couldn't sell it. there's several others in the neighborhood priced in that range, some that even had their, their, their listings removed. there's one up on dolores heights that's been sort of sitting around for a couple of months. and my point with this is the instability that this creates in the market. and i really, really, really, really worry about this in the priority equity geographies, so let me just show you the pictures of the, the, the thing, just so you know. so there it is, the original house there. and then we're going to take off the barrel front and by the door. and then here it is during the construction you can see the two floors that we

we offer tours in dog patch and potrero, innerrichmond, noe valley, palace of fine arts and tenderloin. our newest tour is climate change at chrisy field. since 197 8 our tours are free. we consider the pbs of walking tours in san francisco. like a pbs show, you can take one of our tours, and if you like you can make a donation if you don't you can take a free tour. 80 percent of the funding comes from doimation and receive a grant from the city grant from the arts. wells fargo and happy to announce our new est sponsor is one of the fabulous new hotels in san francisco. i don't know if the general manager is here, michael are you here? michael. [applause] that thank you. if you haven't vissted the ohotel on clay street it is magnificent. thank you to all of you and for your support. it is my honor to lead the organization for the last 6 years. there are wonderful group of people who love and cherish our city and always bright face every day to the thouchbs of people who visit the city. thank you again presidents peskin for acknowledging us, we appreciate it. >> thank you and i'll work

this all happened around 1030 yesterday morning near diamond and clipper street in the noe valley neighborhoodronicle reports. the driver was ejected from the vehicle. three other vehicles were damaged. not clear how that crash happened when a bart board member stepping down, creating an open seat to represent the east bay director john mcpartland's resignation was announced on thursday. he cited family matters as his reason for stepping down from the elected position. mcpartland has served on the board since he was elected in november of 2008. the board might use a majority vote to appoint a director to the district five seat by may the 27th, if not the alameda county board of supervisors must appoint someone by june. the 27th, they would serve the rest of mcpartland's terms, which would have ended in december. >> well, the city of sunnyvale is applying for grants in the hopes of starting a pilot program that would create a cost effective rideshare option that may be more convenient than public transit. the city council unanimously voted on tuesday to partner with silicon valley hopper. that'

i am one of the largest property owners in noe valley and i have often talked to-not often, i talkedffy and wiener about developing the property. i had files, plans filed with the planning for 7 years now to build a house on what's presumably a empty lot. yes, the parcel must be split, but seeing nothing but delays and unfortunately that is why requirement i was planning using the money from that trophy house that will be built that i can't afford to own or live in and pay the mortgage or the taxes. but, it will support me for the rest of my life hopefully it will be longer then what's typically predicted for somebody my age. i'm 81 years old and i love the city. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i'm peter warfield, executive director of library user association library user 20084 at yahoo.com. couple points today. the library is planning on approving a new so called strategic plan. later regular meeting in march and it is complete rejection apparently of the existing mission statement and essentially blank check with no measureables

in the mission bay districtism lived in san francisco in noe valley. grew up with my mom and i went to high school in san ma te'o. after high school i went to mississippi where i played volleyball in university of southern mississippi. what got me going after college was i was applying to place related to fire and police i loved my experience but my family is home. i grew up here and could not be far from my family anymore i came back. >> i have been a firefighter for 4 years the transition to the fire department has been seam tells is the same. team work and coming together. transitioning to the job med me comfortable that i made the right decision to come become and work for a fire department that is big in diversity and equality and becoming a fell. i got to be a member at a few different fire stations. each station has their own culture. i worked in places that are xroem and with a young crew and had the most seniority have 3 or 2 years in whatever it may be. learning stuff when people have been in the job for 20 plus years and learning from people

i'm george shields and i live in noe valley, and i have no beef with either side, the appellant or the permit holder. i'm here to talk about the demolition calculations. if you can see on this thing in the overhead. this is a document from a joint hearing dbe and planning in 2018. and what it says in that first thing is building permits for vertical additions are the most common source of unauthorized demolitions. and i read the agenda last night, and i saw this project and i looked for the demo calcs on the plans in your packet, and there are no demo calcs on the plans in your packet, and there are no demo calcs on the pem. and the demo calcs are section 317. it's in the planning code. it's been there since 2009. you probably familiar with it and, what it does is it monitors what is removed. it is to prevent alterations from becoming demolitions. it's to allow reasonable alteration. so i looked at this further and i thought, okay, no demo calcs, even though it's two story expansion, which means the roof is going to come off, that's a big deal. you can't just plunk two floors on an exi

i live in noe valley. thank you for your attention and your excellent analysis. used to place these cameras, but i think it's important to look at what the effect of this trial is going to be. speed cameras using a back of the envelope calculation, or about every 25 miles or so, the you the threshold for enforcement is 11 miles an hour over the speed limit. so what the effect of these cameras is going to be is to require, drivers to tap their brakes every 25 miles, the violation is $50. no points on your license, no id of the driver. so this is really an excellent test, but it's not a solution in itself. right and we all know this this is a trial, but to really get a reduction improvements in safety, we need to increase the number of cameras from 33 up to, for example, every 800, which would be on the order of one one per mile, or preferably far more than that, safety. the to reduce speed, we need more action. we need to reduce. and these have been described by earlier speakers for example reducing speed limits down to a 25 mile an hour maximum and more traffic c

i live in noe valley. thank you for your attention and your excellent analysis. used to place these cameras, but i think it's important to look at what the effect of this trial is going to be. speed cameras using a back of the envelope calculation, or about every 25 miles or so, the you the threshold for enforcement is 11 miles an hour over the speed limit. so what the effect of these cameras is going to be is to require, drivers to tap their brakes every 25 miles, the violation is $50. no points on your license, no id of the driver. so this is really an excellent test, but it's not a solution in itself. right and we all know this this is a trial, but to really get a reduction improvements in safety, we need to increase the number of cameras from 33 up to, for example, every 800, which would be on the order of one one per mile, or preferably far more than that, safety. the to reduce speed, we need more action. we need to reduce. and these have been described by earlier speakers for example reducing speed limits down to a 25 mile an hour maximum and more traffic c