the road in the baldwin hill crenshaw neighborhood is officially obama boulevard. hundreds gathered to celebrate the unveiling. >> 3, 2, 1 [ cheering ] >> reporter: the historic event bringing together people of all age, genders and ethinicity. >> it was beautiful. it is actually like seems like a huge message. >> reporter: rodeo road is the end of the martin luther king junior boulevard named after barack obama. >> it's great that you can name it after someone living. >> reporter: it carry as deep significance. >> obama boulevard wouldn't be obama boulevard without martin luther king and others. >> reporter: two pillars of african american history remembered together creating an african american point of interest together. many here wanting to share the moment with the younger generation. >> we know that he was first black president. >> reporter: with the hope that the two men who created change will continue to inspire. >> back into this area it gives hope, a lot of dreams captioning provided in part by a grant from the department of education come true. >> it's

rodeo road in the baldwin hills crenshaw neighborhood is officially obama boulevard.now on the unveiling. >> reporter: people of all ages, genders and ethnicity here together. re together. rodeo road, the intersection at martin luther king boulevard renamed after the living former president barack obama. the name change carrying a deep significance to the baldwin hills crenshaw community. >> obama boulevard would not be obama boulevard without martin luther king and so many others. >> reporter: two pillars of african-american history remembered together, creating one of the most significant african-american points of interest in the country. >> their views and values were the same. so, that is right in line with that. >> reporter: many here wanted to share the moment with the younger generation >> we know that he was the first black president. >> reporter: with the hope that the two men that created change and left an indelible legacy will continue to inspire. >> back in this area it gives hope and a lot of dreams that can come true. >> it is not just to honor former

. >>> the city of los angeles that renamed a section of a road as obama boulevard in honor of the 44thsident of the united states. the name unveiling happened yesterday during a ceremony and day long festival to celebrate the historic occasion. we have more. >> reporter: a major milestone in south los angeles as the city celebrates the 44th president renaming the road obama boulevard. >> i never thought we'd see a black president and never change rodeo to obama boulevard. >> reporter: they marked the change. >> this is something we can really be proud of. in our lifetime and i'm glad in my mom's lifetime she was able to see an african-american president. it's been a long time coming. >> reporter: last august the l.a. city council voted to rename the 3.5 mile stretch of road. it's the perfect location since the then presidential candidate held a campaign rally on rodeo road in 2007. >> he walked up and down this street. then he addressed a crowd of 20,000. i think it's special for our community. >> reporter: the change comes in an area with a series of streets named after former preside

. >>> the city of los angeles has renamed a section of the road as obama boulevard in honor of the 44ths. the name unveiling happened yesterday during a ceremony and day long festival to celebrate the historic occasion. we have more from our sister station in l.a. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: a major milestone in south los angeles as the city celebrates america's 44th president renaming rodeo road obama boulevard. >> nothing i thought i'd ever see in my lifetime. i never thought we'd see a black president and never thought they would change rodeo, not rodeo, but rodeo to obama boulevard. >> the city holding the street renaming festival to mark the momentous change. >> this is something we can really be proud of in our lifetime and i'm glad in my mom's lifetime she was able to see an african-american president. it's been a long time coming. >> reporter: last august the city council voted unanimously to rename the pon since the th candidate held a campaign event at the reck center here in 2007. >> he walked up and down the street and addressed a crowd of 20,000, just like the 20,000 w

never thought we'd see a black president and never thought that they would change rodeo to obama boulevard>> the city holding the street renaming festival to market momentous change. >> this is something that we can really be proud of, you know. in our lifetime and i'm glad this in my mom's lifetime she was able to see an african-american president. it's been a long time coming. >> reporter: last august the l.a. city council voted unanimously to rename the 3.5-mile stretch of road and some say it's the perfect location since the then presidential candidate held a campaign rally at the recreation center in 2007. >> he walked up and down this street and addressed a crowd of 20,000. just like the 20,000 we have today, so i think that's special for our community. >> the change comes in an area with a series of streets named after former presidents including washington, adams and jefferson, but it is this street that comes with so much pride and excitement in this neighborhood. >> exuberance, excitement, you know. what an experience for us to be a part of this and then for our kid to be a part

obama boulevard. it was renamed after former president barack obama. it intersects with martin luther king boulevard. they hope it will revitalize the baldwin hills crenshaw neighborhood. >>> more americans say the country should get rid of the electoral college and switch to a popular vote. the 53% prefer directly pick the commander in chief. 43% say they want to keep the electoral college. >> san mateo is shuteade will d the possibility of providing a place for tired officers to sleep between shifts. one option they're considering is converting firestations into sleeping quarters >>> fire chief white officially retiring after 30 years in service. >> she was named first woman chief in 2004. she chose yesterday to be her last day to remember her friend former ed lee. >> 4:53 right now. up ahead, a look ahead from across the headlines across the bay area and across the nation. >>> schools are reopening in sri lanka. many parents are keeping their children out of classes today. parents are worried about the safety of their children after the bombings on e

. >>> a group of san jose residence is trying to bring a barack obama boulevard to their city. >> andare not having as easy of a time as los angeles. >> i was knocking on doors for barack obama in the primary in cleveland, ohio. >> this was alex shore in 2008. he met two african-american kids whose faces lit up with tleks of brack obama. >> i thought this would be a great tribute to their passion. >> l.a. unveiled barack obama boulevard after a two-year process. >> we'll continue to go through what the process is to get this done. it is just taking some time. >> this is much more sim. mr. you just need 500 signatures of affects residents or 20% if the population is less than 2,500. but for san jose not only do you need more than 50% residents affected rkt and their utility bill to prove it, you need to collect the name of every pro owner. they have more than 2,000 signatures on change.org. and in down san jose, it was easy to find support. >> i think it is a great idea. >> i agree. >> anywhere you live in the country, especially in a diversity like san hoes, we want to send a symbol t

and that new name is, there we go, obama boulevard. 2 mile street was renamed after theprident today. that intersects with martin luther king boulevard, which is why a festival took place today. the hope is that the new name wi baldwin hills crenshaw neighborhood. >>> well, it is an annual tradition here at nbc bay area, comcast cares day organized by our parent company. >> that's right. school.outh bay hundreds of a here's nbc bay area's tom jensen. >> reporter: more than 500 volunteers got their marching orders. >> let's hear it for principal amber andrati. >> reporter: and spread out across san jose's middle school campus knocking out a long list of chores. >> keep the library clean. >> reporter: making the school grounds a little nicer for its 700-plus students and their teachers. >> every year i end up doing the job for tall people. >> reporter: from sprucing up the garden to painting basketball courts and weeding, volunteers from nbc bay area, telemundo and the rest of the comcas f personal families, friends and neighbors to give

in the south bay local community organizer is petitions for a barack obama boulevard in san jose. los angeles recently unveiled a street in honor of the former president after a two-year process. the san jose group started about the same time but it says it's being slowed down by city hall. renaming a street in the city requires the signatures of more than 50% of residents plus utility bills to prove who they are. organizers also need the name and address of any affected property owner. >> anywhere you live in this country especially here in a diverse city like san jose, we want to send a symbol to our chirp that anyone can become president. >> the process was much easier 30 years ago. >> an update on san francisco's subway project. the opening is expected to be delayed and we're now getting a price tag for major cost overruns. reporting lyanne melendez has the story. >> reporter: people in chinatown referred to the central subway as the never-ending project. it was supposed to be completed by december 2019 but the oversight committee reports it's projected to be finished by febru

>>what's even more incredible president barack obama boulevard intersects with martin luther king junior boulevard 2 great men. the road will also become what is known as president's role where others streets are named after washington. adams and and jefferson. well bill and hillary clinton stopped in inglewood for the last stop on their north american speaking tour. now during the tour. the clintons pointed to the mueller report saying that it found the russians. they found that the russians conducted a sweeping and systematic interference with our election and they condemned thursday's phone conversation between president trump and russian president vladimir putin. >>interfered in our election and trump. >>well tickets for bill and hillary clinton speaking to are actually going for as little as 20 bucks. pretty affordable. happening today, president donald trump will present tiger woods with the presidential medal of freedom. this comes a few weeks after woods of course won his 5th masters golf title. it's his 15th major championship. he's not new to this after the when president trump

obama boulevard replaced a stretch of road through city.lishes a presidential row with washington, adams and jefferson boulevards. >> i get to live in lifetime where we elected first black president. share with my mother, 92 years old who voted and went to inauguration. i called her before i came here and she was in tears. >> especial experience. los angeles city council unanimously voted for renaming last august. >>> many restaurants are serving up sweet deals for cinco de mayo. offering $5 drink chipotle, free door dash delivery, and free tacos, parwayio loco, you have to show a coupon for that deal. >>> bay area entrepreneur is dishing up more than cookie dough at shops in san francisco. now with side of inspiration. hoping to go from sobriety to a sweet deal in the shark tank. >> cinnamon snickerdoodle. >> labor of love, dope. >> dope serves save to eat raw cookie dough. >> which millions of people will learn about on "shark tank." >> this is too dope to pass up. >> i love dessert, later part of my life, how could i make thing dessert m

. >>> rodeo road has a new name, obama boulevard. amed after former president barack obama. it intersects with martin luther king boulevard. the hope is it will help to revitalize the baldwin hills/crenshaw neighborhood. >> the president now says robert mueller should not talk to congress. >> but, scott, does the president have the power to stop him? >> the president has as much power as the congress allows him to have. is he a private citizen? does he have the right to do as he wishes? we think so. he can probably talk to congress. trump said bob mueller should not testify. no re-do for the dem. there is a mixed message here. the president said over and over the mueller report clears him. his attorney general said the mueller report clears him. why wouldn't he want mueller to speak to congress? it says specifically it's not an exoneration. it said if we had confidence we would so state. but based on the facts and applicable legal standards, we are unable to reach that judgment. the president retweeted that jerry falwell jr. saying he

the obama boulevard has been named and is open now in los angeles.nown as rodeo boulevard. a ceremony honored former president barack obama. that location is significant. he held his first major campaign rally near that road when he launched his presidential campaign in february of 2007. >>> well alex trebek, the host of "jeopardy" is battling for other the witness cancer. >>> on that scale, my gosh, i'm a 62 day survivor. >>> get the message. >> hang in there alex. he took part in a walk at the zoo raising money for the pancreatic cancer network. more than 2300 were at the event including some employees of "jeopardy." the walk raised more than $650,000. he recently announced he is battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer. >> madonna is being honored by the lgbtq community. over the weekend she was given the advocate for change award toot 30th annual glad media award show. that award hon morse people who changed the landscape of lgbt people through their work. she is only the second to win that award. president bill clinton received that honor in 2013. >>>

but a community organizer is petitioning for barack obama boulevard in san jose sooner than later. >>where they recently unveiled a street in honor of the former president, this san jose group is slowed down by city hall. >> chris rayes has the story. >> i was knocking on doors for barack obama in the primary in cleveland, ohio. >> reporter: this was alex shore in 2008. that is when he met two african-american kids whose faces lit up at the mention of then-candidate barack obama. >> that moment just stuck with me. as i thought about those boys over the years, i thought this would be a great tribute to their pa boulevard after a two-year process and shore said his committee hasn't had the same momentum. >> committee members and i will go through whatever the city pr processes to get this down. it is taking time. >> reporter: judging from the application one alone, the los angeles one is more simple. just get 500 signatures or 20% if the population is less than 2500 but for san jose not only you do need more than 50% of residents affected, their signature and the utility bill to prove i

city held a public street festival today, where they renamed a 3.7 mile stretch of day a road as obama boulevard la city council unanimously approved the change last august. well a stunning victory in this year's kentucky derby country house became the second biggest long shot winner in the race's 145 year history. the win came after maximum security was disqualified after an inquiry ruling. this is the first time the horse who finished first in the kentucky derby was disqualified. >>in the east bay, the contra costa county sheriff's office will host a free physical agility test tomorrow. the mock test is to prepare future law enforcement applicants for their actual test. this clinic will be open from 8 to 10 in the morning at the law enforcement training center in pittsburgh. that said to 40 marina boulevard. there will also be a circuit based workout session and a chance for you ask questions about the recruitment process. what is being billed as the bay area's largest cinco de mayo festival will be in richmond tomorrow, the annual event will be held from 10:00am until 05:00pm on 23th street b

>>president barack obama boulevard intersects with martin luther king junior boulevard, the boulevard will also become what is known as as presidents roh were other streets are named for washington adams and jefferson. >>well bill and hillary clinton stopped in inglewood for their last stop on their north american speaking tour. the tour is called an evening with president bill clinton and former secretary of state hillary rodham clinton. clinton excuse me the clintons pointed to the mueller report saying it found the russians conducted a sweeping and systematic interference in our election. and they condemned thursday's phone conversation between president trump and russian president vladimir putin. >>the mueller interfered in our election and trump. >>now tickets for bill and hillary clinton speaking tour we're going for as little as $20. coming up another bay area city is considering a navigation center and some residents are concerned about one of the proposed locations. >>and it doesn't seem like the measles outbreak is slowing down any time soon we have details on the new cases

obama boulevard. the three and a half mile street was renamed after the former president yesterday.martin luther king boulevard which is where a festival took place yesterday. they hope it will revitalize baldwin hills, crenshaw neighborhood. >>> an annual tradition at nbc bay area, comcast cares today. organized by our parent company comcast. in the south bay, hundreds of volunteers pitched in to help clean up a school. here's "today in the bay"'s tom jenson. >> reporter: 500 volunteers got their marching orders. >> let's hear it from the principal! >> reporter: and spread out across the middle school campus knocking out a long list of chores. >> keep the library clean. >> reporter: making the school grounds a little nicer for 700 plus students and their teachers. >> every year i end up doing the job for tall people. >> reporter: super sprucing up the garden to painting basketball courts and weeding, telemundo and the rest of the comcast family worked together with their personal families, friends, and neighbors to give back to the community. >> one of our employees brought a whole

thousands of people turned out in south los angeles for the unveiling of the new president barack obama boulevardeet sign. it replaces a 3 1/2 mile stretch of rodeo road, the name change is part of a street festival filled with musical performances by stevie wonder and sheila e and others. >> you know and the neighborhoods, there's gangs that you can easily fall through, with president obama's name on the street, it gives me hope that i could one day get out. >>> the name change is significant because it runs adjacent to a park where then senator obama held his first campaign rally in los angeles back in 2007. this morning, protest looms ahead of the highly anticipated ipo of uber this week. diane king hall has the money watch. good morning. >>> good morning. let's start with this, the threat of new tariffs sent stock markets in asia tumbling. the market got a big lift from strong job support and the dow rallied 197 points and the nasdaq jumped 127 and the s&p 500 gained 28. another organization is joining in the outcry against uber and lyft. they new york city taxi workers alliance as the member

. >>> president barack obama boulevard.ebrated the renaming of los angeles's historic black avenue. the unveiling ceremony was in the baldwin hills crenshaw section. they are hoping it will help revitalize the area and be a source of inspiration. >>> friday's job report showed unemployment at its lowest since 1969 but it does remain a bit higher for hispanics, almost double for african-americans. little progress since last month. joining me is democrat mark vici, a member of the small business committees with a welcome back to the broadcast. so you know what i think is really cool. i've heard about you. you drove uber during the legislative recess. >> yes. >> you wanted to get out there and meet constituents. talked to me as you were driving around and there in your back seat you were talking about whampt did you talk about? >> good morning. yeah, absolutely. i work at a different job once a month. since i've been in congress i've probably worked 60 or so jobs. i've delivered packages for ups, worked at tacareas. >> you've

. >>> in the south bay a local community organizer is petitions for a barack obama boulevard in san jose. l.a. recently unveiled their version of this. it was a two-year process to get -- >> anywhere you live in the country especially here in a diverse city like san jose, we want to send a symbol to our children that anyone can become president. >> that was rude. i wasn't done speaking yet, sir. where was i? >> i don't know. >> too much to explain. it takes a lot of signatures now to get a street named after something. >> it's more than 50% of residents have to sign on to it. >> going door-to-door. property owners have to get involved. it was a whole lot easier 30 years ago when woz way was christened by the children's museum after steve wozniak, the apple founder. >>> a new report from the city's transportation agency finds that riders took 242,000 trips during the first six months of a pilot program. the majority of trips were under 25 minutes and went less than two miles. most of the trips were downtown. it increases the number to 800 0 during the second phase. >>> the warriors' new h

rodeo road in los angeles is now officially president barack obama boulevard. the 3 1/2 mile street runs from culver to mid city los angeles. yesterday, the city hosted a street festival leading up to the unveiling. .>>> if you are a sharks fan or attend events at san jose sap center, be aware of new rules. the sap center has new bag policy. and it is not just for hockey games. it will be applying to all sporting events, concerts and family shows at the facility. starting july 1st, all bags must be clear and no bigger than 12 by 12. some small clutches will be allowed but no backpacks, briefcases or big purses. and in addition to enhancing security, the arena is hoping the policy will reduce the amount of time that people spend waiting in line. . >>> and stunning views of san francisco. coming up, we will give you a look at the tallest rooftop bar in the bay area. introducing my new spicy chicken strips combo. bigger, tastier strips of juicy chicken with crunchy batter. spice them up with hot sauce or cool them down with buttermilk ranch. try my 100% all-white

>>so president barack obama boulevard intersects with martin luther king junior boulevard.t is known as presidents row where other streets are named for washington adams and jefferson. all right now to bury baseball. the giants had a comeback win on the road against the cincinnati reds. things didn't start out too well for the giants, especially for picture. jeff, some are just check it out bottom of the first he gives up a 2 run. >>home run the ice then the next pitch red score another home run. and then on the 3rd pitch, the reds takes a margin deep for 3rd home run in a row. not pretty but the giants would overcome that bad for standing back top of the 6 buster posey goes deep to right center for a three-run shot there. top of the night, brandon crawford hitting the ball to right for a 2 run homer as well, the giants would hang on to win final score 6 to 5. the 2 teams play again later. this morning. first pitch 9th 35. >>the a's were also on the road they took on the pittsburgh pirates, the game went into 13 anning's is batter kendrys more of raul us with a hit to right

>>> the city of los angeles has renamed rodeo road to obama boulevard.ecause that's where he held his first major campaign rally when he launched his historic bid for president. >>> tiger woods will receive a special honor at the white house. president trump will present him with the presidential medal of freedom the highest civilian honor. it comes after tiger woods made a career come back and won the masters tournament. it was his 15th major tournament victory and his first since 2008. >>> coming back as part of a waterfront development project that was approved. the entertainment venue will include a public park and a 192 room hotel. it will be located on a lot being used for parking. it's a three-hour show with a combination of circuits, and dinner theater and array. >>> sailors from all over the world were in san francisco for the sale gp raises thousands of spectators lined up to get a good view of the catamarans zipping through the bay. there considered the world's fastest boats but the most cutting edge technology and they are capable of speeds u

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