. >> founder patrick carney says the used the pink triangle to label and shame gay prisoners and concentration camps. today, it's become a symbol of resistance, hope and love. >> this event reminds us of the terrible history of the pink triangle, but it's being used and flipped and remixed in order to elevate this community and bring us together. >> carney says the pink triangle now taking on renewed meaning with personal freedoms under attack across the country, there are over 500 anti-lgbtq, anti-trans and anti-trans bills, and it seems hate rages on and other nations as well. >> it is my duty, honor and privilege to proclaim you saint patrick the pink. >> patrick carney receiving this honorary sainthood from the sisters of perpetual indulgence. he says seeing the triangle completed is still inspiring. it just makes me happy that it's still here and it's like my child. the pink triangle will stay on top of twin peaks like a beacon through pride month, we will be celebrating our pride. >> we will be loud. we will be proud. >> in san francisco, cornell, bernard abc seven news certainly looks l

nations as well. >> it is my duty, honor and privilege to proclaim you saint patrick the pink patrick carney receiving this honorary sainthood from the sisters of perpetual indulgence. >> he says seeing the triangle completed is still inspiring. >> it just makes me happy that it's still here and it's like my child. >> the pink triangle will stay on top of twin peaks like a beacon. through pride month. we will be celebrating our pride. >> we will be loud. we will be proud. >> in san francisco. cornell, bernard abc seven news. >> and speaking of celebration, you can celebrate pride with abc seven all month long and watch our exclusive live coverage of the 54th annual san francisco pride parade live on june 30th. streaming everywhere you watch abc seven. now to a project helping to build a better bay area, the vta and south bay leaders are celebrating a new phase of a major transportation project. the 2.4 mile light rail extension will extend the vta service in san jose from the existing alum rock station to the eastridge transit center. it will include a light rail station at story road. the n

nations as well. >> it is my duty, honor and privilege to proclaim you saint patrick the pink patrick carneyreceiving this honorary sainthood from the sisters of perpetual indulgence. >> he says seeing the triangle completed is still inspiring. >> it just makes me happy that it's still here and it's like my child. >> the pink triangle will stay on top of twin peaks like a beacon. through pride month. we will be celebrating our pride. >> we will be loud. we will be proud in san francisco. >> cornell, bernard abc seven news. >> love it when the band comes out. celebrate pride with abc seven all month long and watch our exclusive, exclusive live coverage of the 54th annual san francisco pride parade live on june 30th, streaming wherever you watch abc seven. still ahead on abc seven. news at 11. joy on display for everyone to see. we'll take you to san francisco's second annual juneteenth parade and a little later for israeli hostages are back with their relatives tonight following a daring rescue operation. but we're learning tonight. it came with a heavy toll in gaza, and right now we're watch

nations as well. >> it is my duty, honor and privilege to proclaim you saint patrick the pink patrick carneysays seeing the triangle completed is still inspiring. >> it just makes me happy that it's still here and it's like my child. >> the pink triangle will stay on top of twin peaks like a beacon. through pride month. >> we will be celebrating our pride. we will be loud. we will be proud in san francisco. >> cornel bernard, abc seven news. >> you can celebrate pride with abc seven all month long and watch our exclusive live coverage of the 54th annual san francisco pride parade live on june 30th. streaming everywhere you watch abc seven. helping to build a better bay area, the vta and south bay leaders held a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday celebrating the start of the next phase of a major transportation improvement project. the 2.4 mile light rai extension will extend vta serve in san jose from the existing alum rock staon to the east ridge transit center. it will include a light rail station at story road. now, the new vta light rail extension is considered the final piece to connect

nations as well. >> it is my duty, honor and privilege to proclaim you saint patrick the pink patrick carney from the sisters of perpetual indulgence. >> he says seeing the triangle completed is still inspiring. >> it just makes me happy that it's still here. and it's like my child. >> the pink triangle will stay on top of twin peaks like a beacon. through pride month. >> we will be celebrating our pride. we will be loud. we will be proud. >> in san francisco, cornel bernard, abc seven news. >> you can celebrate pride with abc seven all month long and watch our exclusive live coverage of the 54th annual san francisco pride parade live on june 30th. streaming everywhere you watch abc seven now helping to build a better bay area, the vta and south bay leaders are celebrating a new phase of a major transportation improvement project. the 2.4 mile light rail extension will extend vta service in san jose from the existing alum rock station to the eastridge transit center. it will include a light rail station at story road. now, the new vta light rail extension is considered the final piece to con

. >> reporter: patrick carney puts in months planning and hours of labor every year to make sure thetriangle stands as a symbol people can never forget. >> just in the last 15 minutes i probably had four people ask me what it is, what it means. >> reporter: once intended as a badge of shame used to identify homosexuals in concentration camps during the holocaust, it has been reclaimed as a positive symbol by the lgbtq community. carney says with more anti-lgbt, trans, and drag bills popping up in legislatures every day, the effort he started 29 years ago continues to be necessary, but he never thought it would get this big. >> this started out as a renegade project. we snuck up and put it up in the dark of night so we wouldn't get arrested. >> reporter: now it's fully embraced not only by the lgbtq community, but the city as well which hosts a commemoration ceremony on twin peaks each year. it's also grown in size and duration. at first this triangle was only up for a weekend. now it's up for the majority of pride month. organizers say it took about 800 volunteers to lay down all of

>>patrick carney puts in money planning and hours of labor every year to make sure the pink triangle stands as a symbol people can never forget. >>just in the last 15 minutes, so probably had 4 people asked me what it is what it means >>once intended as a badge of shame, used to identify homosexuals in concentration camps during the holocaust. it has been we claim as a positive symbol by the lgbtq community. >>the rainbow flag is the antidote to the pink triangle. >>carney says with more anti lgbt q trans and drag bill popping up in legislature every day. effort he started 29 years ago. continues to be necessary. but he never thought it would get this big >>started out as a renegade press project. we snuck out and put it up in the dark of night so we wouldn't get arrested. than hate. >>now it's fully embraced. not only by the lgbt cuba community, but the the city as well, which hosts the commemoration. ceremony on twin peaks each year. it's also grown in size and duration. >>yeah. >>at 1st this triangle was only up for a weekend now it's up for the majority of pride month, organizers

patrick carney, thank you so much for your time this morning. >> thank you.h long. for now, we'll send it back to you in the studio live in san francisco. betty yu ktvu, fox two news. >> all right, betty, stay bundled up and we'll check in a little bit later. nice job. governor gavin newsom joined leaders of the lgbtq community to officially kick off a campaign, all in support of a measure that will appear on the november ballot. the freedom to marry initiative would give california voters a chance to fully enshrine the right to same sex marriage in the state constitution. marriage equality has already been legalized across the u.s, but california's constitution still says same sex couples are not allowed to marry. and newsom says marriage equality could be in danger due to recently enacted laws and court rulings. >> look what's happening. all these red states to voting rights, civil rights, lgbtq rights. look what's happened to women's rights. not just access to abortion, but the debate we're having today about access to contraception. this is real. >> it ha

a surprise visitor at san francisco's pink triangle, patrick carney, the triangles founder, shared this video with ktvu. he says he was doing some maintenance on twin peaks at that art installation yesterday when he noticed that coyote right behind him. the animal did not approach him and eventually just trotted away. this year's pink triangle is the largest in its 29 year history, at nearly an acre in size, it will remain up through the end of the month. >> san francisco voters could decide this fall on a nearly $400 million bond measure to improve the city's infrastructure, city leaders say. the healthy, safe and vibrant san francisco bond would raise $390 million. this money would be used for street safety improvements, park projects, housing for homeless families, and improvements for hospitals and clinics. now that includes repairs at zuckerberg san francisco general and laguna honda hospitals. >> many of our facilities are over 100 years old. we must fix the aging and deteriorating infrastructure to continue to deliver high quality care. >> if approved by the board, the bond measu

. >> the installation, now in its 29th year, began with patrick carney. he put up the first triangle with a group of friends under the cover of darkness so he wouldn't get arrested. >> it's a symbol of resilience and a symbol of protest and a symbol of our determination for equality. >> the pink triangle has a dark history. it was initially used by during world war two to identify gay people in concentration camps. today, the community has embraced it, turning it from a symbol of hate to something that's celebrated. its also a reminder of the community's history and present day challenges. there are 500 anti-lgbtq and anti-drag and anti-trans bills proposed across this country, so the pink triangle is more important than ever. mayor london breed and state senator scott wiener were among several elected officials who attended the ceremony. >> we are flipping the script in this city every single day by changing our policies, making sure that the next generation of not just queer people, but also allies are growing up with hope and love in their hearts. >> d

joining us now in studio, we have patrick carney, who is the founder of this event 29 years. it is amazing. the first pink triangle went up in the dark of night so we wouldn't get arrested. it was sort of a renegade crafts project. >> now you have hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people who show up and want to be a part of it, and we even have elected officials. >> so that shows it went from insurgent to mainstream. so we're really proud of that. but it's so important because part of celebrating any pride is understanding where you've been. so this is it. >> this is it. so let's talk about the history of the pink triangle and why it's so important for people to understand what the symbolism is. >> the pink triangle was used in the concentration camp to identify the homosexual prisoners. they had a whole array of colored triangles they had. here's the original chart. but they had yellow for jews, black for asocials, blue for immigrants, purple for jehovah's witness. and there were other triangles, and then pink for the gays and the gay. and the pink triangles were slightl

. >> patrick you want to start new. okay. >> commissioner carney is it possible to go back to the other project the one we just went through it applies it is still on the screen. >> what are you talking about. >> the water department project they're garage is similar because the vertical from bottom to top we wanted to simpler box it is elegant and the area the artwork from bottom to top like the glass you're breath into bottom to top. >> that that support- >> (multiple voices). >> ground to par get and excuse me - >> we can't go back to a project once it is processes so we can talk about with a whatever. >> 2002 was a visual on that. >> but let's in the. >> continue from ground to top on that garage. >> will fit that is what we talked about in december they render if went from vertical glass the speculators between the arts. >> (multiple voices). >> i got it. >> that's what we were thinking of in december. >> jamie is getting a lot of press. >> i'm sorry jackie you're jamie. >> there are now selecting the actor so- >> oh, are they are. >> not inte