i am a resident of the portola. i have lived there for 20 years and raised my twin daughters there, were now off in college. i am an active participant in our nonprofit, and i got involved about eight years ago when we realized that the idea was so bold that it needed all the help it could get. i am involved in this project primarily from the idea of a sustainable city future and sustainable cities have many different parts to them, and a big part is grow your food where the people live. i think that is increasingly going to be important in the world at large. this project, being landmarked as historical agricultural use provides the validity for future agriculture. so i request your support in designating this as a landmark agricultural use. >> thank you. >> is it possible to use a projector? great. thank you. i'm the project sponsor and l 37 partners. this light is to represent our local team working on this project. page turnbull has peer-reviewed the h.r.e. very quickly about the partners, i have concluded -- in

you say portola, i say portola.way, however you want to say it, we want your ideas about building a better bay area. join our better bay area group on facebook. >> the public is invited to a sneak peek at san francisco international airport's new harvey milk terminal one on saturday. spokesperson doug yakal joined reggie an question on midday live to explain why it's so special for the bay area. >> this is really the first airport terminal in the world to be named in honor of an lgbt leader. that's significant. you've got a facility that's brand-new that will allow millions of people from around the world to learn about harvey milk's story, his life and legacy. we are the first impression for so many people around the world for the bay area. this is a great way for people to learn about that. the initial exhibit starting this weekend is massive. it's 380 feet long by 30 feet high will almost 100 images that tell the story of harvey milk's life. it's amazing. > harvey milk terminal one is designed for lounging and pl

the arrest was disturbing news for regulars at the rec center pool in portola valley. i mean it's crazy that. >>it's up here in and coming up here since i was a little kid, but yeah. >>the sheriff's office says child-sex predators target jobs where they can have access to children. then they look to take advantage of the trust of other staff and parents and men the predators eventually groom the kids into inappropriate behavior. the sheriff's office says this arrest is a good reminder to speak with your children about possible sexually predators important thing is to have those safety talks with your children and. >>trust them when they do say that somebody made them feel uncomfortable and do something about it it's our job to protect the children and the youth of our community and we need to make sure that we give them all the tools that they can to come forwa d and be honest with us. >>the sheriff's office added that despite how the men being a photographer this investigation does not involve child-pornography at this time. however this investigation is ongoing, repo

>>was a photographer for a swim team, harvard's dan thorn live for us in portola valley tonight, he joinsow with more on this disturbing story. dan. >>well vicki we're told these accusations date back to the late 19 80's in the alleged abuse happened here at the love dare rec center in portola valley and also at the photographers menlo park home but now that the man is behind bars the sheriff's office is hoping that more victims come forward.

the garibaldi family and their roses. >> we're very proud of the agcult 250ur8 heritage here in the portola. so lose these would be a devastating blow. >> do you feel like it's an uphill climb. >> it's definitely a david and goliath battle. big developers with a lot of money versus a little neighborhood. we're very blue collar, we're not rich down here. but we believe in our history and that matters. >> reporter: the neighbors say their vision for this is to restore the green houses to make them commercial farms so they can sell flowers and produce to local restaurant anderson making this an education space for local children. reporting live, kumasi aaron, abc7 news. >> what's next? >> well, this is just the beginning of the process to see if it will be a landmark. the first hearing out of three will be tomorrow at 12:30 in the afternoon, guys. >> thank you so much. >> governor newsom appointed several leaders and experts to advise his administration on solutions to address the homelessness epidemic. libby schaaf is one of the elected officials involved. the group will assist local governme

so what is going on now and every other street in the portola, there are r.v.s lining the streets and the residents are complaining once again. we have no oversight or accountability for this department and it has got to change. if you don't have a lot of homelessness in your district, i am so happy for you, i am so happy that people don't have to sleep in the streets of your district. i'm so happy you don't have to answer these e-mails on a daily basis, but i don't know what else to do for my constituents. i have done everything that i can think of. it is time that we have oversight over this departments our constituents can learn about what the city is doing, if you have noticed in this e-mail, they say what is the city doing? i don't know. i call 311 every day and nobody responds. they can learn about what the city is doing, and they can have a place to weigh in on the solution and to demand action from this city. this is a well thought out, reasonable policy. our constituents are demanding it. the three supervisors of the three districts, they are the vast brent of homeless people

to the late 19 80's and the alleged abuse apparently happened here at the love dare rec center in portola valley and also at the photographers menlo park home. the sheriff's office tells us now with this information being out there they're hoping that more victims come forward. >>but there are recreations swim photographer randy, how the man is facing serious charges involving young boys, san mateo county deputies say the 47 year-old was sexually abusing children over a 30 year period he definitely took advantage of his position there and the trust of the parents and also the staff members at the rec centers laws. >>many other places where he worked. >>sheriff's office says they launched their investigation in january the man. so far 3 of those victims have come forward. >>we still believe that there are a lot of victims out there. if there were 3 there were probably more the arrest was disturbing news for regulars at the rec center pool in portola valley. i mean it's crazy it's a not been coming up here since i was a little kid, but yeah, the sheriff's office says child-sex predators tar

>>reporting in portola valley dan thorn kron 4 news. >>in thikin home burglaries in one nerich man, valley neighborhood has been hard hit it's a quiet part of town the borders else abroad day. and there have been 4 break ins. they're just in the last 30 days. police believe that they are all connected. >>yes, we do think that the crimes are connected simply because the point of entry is a scene that time of day is the same in that property that's taken us pretty some are there breaking in through the back sliding glass windows or doors and they're taking laptops electronics. >>and other valuables. >>surveillance cameras from july 18th show 2 hooded men leaving the scene of a burglary no arrests have been made. another big story this morning another juvenile hall lose san francisco leaders already voted shut down the city's facility. and now san g doing the same thing they're county at alternatives to the current juvenile hall. it may also no longer be cost effective to keep the doors open because the population of facility, a solo. in c

case dating back 30 years. 47-year-old randy handelman worked at the ladera recreation center in portola valley. taking swim team pictures. san mateo county investigators say some of the victims identified, boys just numb eight years old. >> reporter: these victims had been interacting with this individual with inappropriate behavior all the way back to 1987. >>> tonight, investigators say they think there may be more that comes out there. >>> california taking a big detour around the epa. for major automakers have made a deal with the state. for honda, volkswagen, bmw and volkswagen all pledging to tighten up their standards for vehicles sold in the united states. the white house and california leaders have been at loggerheads for the past two years. especially with the trump administration pushing to freeze auto emission standards. california gets to set its own standards. >> so, we decided, that we would just go directly to the car companies, and develop an agreement with them that made sense. both for california and for the rest of the nation. >> with the deal, all cars will run on a

he's accused of abusing boys in portola valley where he works as swim team photographer and his home as well. investigators believe that abuse dates back to the 1980s and they say there may be other victims. >>> busting a san francisco dognapper. san francisco police arrested leave van lock of taking a golden retriever from outside the japantown market. surveillance video caught the moment when someone walked up, unclipped the leash and walked off with the dog. it happened back on july 13th. there you see it. the dog was found a day later. the couple told police they found the dog wandering city streets. police were investigating a vandalism case, as theyived they spott during the investigation realized he matched the description of that dognapper on that tape. >>> carbon monoxide leak created a big scare at the vallejo police department. dispatchers noticed a rotten egg smell shortly after 5:00 a.m. the fire department showed up and evacuated the building. six employees had low levels of carbon monoxide in their system. thankful they they are okay. a bank of batteries and generators

sky 7 shows the old greenhouses at gary bali nursery in the city's portola neighborhood. they haven't been used in more than 25 years, but the neighbors there say they're not ready to see it torn down. a developer did buy the site in 2017 for $7.5 million. it has plans for a 63-unit development. >> our plan is to do housing which is much needed, 20% affordable and create a dedicated lot that will contribute to the public. >> it's definitely a david and goliath battle. >> the neighbors say their vision is to restore these greenhouses and make it a commercial farm that could grow flowers and produce to sell to the local community. >>> abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area. one of the issues we're focusing on is the environment. nbc 7 news reporter kate larsenf who is combating climate change from the kitchen. >> reporter: the impact of mission chinese food has extended beyond san francisco's dinner crowd. the bold menu, now a catalyst for global climate solutions. >> chefs have the potential to create significant cultural change. >> reporter: co-founder anth

at the love dare rec center in portola valley police say he's accused of several sexual-assault over several years at that rec center at the time of the incidents, the victims were between 8.13 years old had a man was arrested at his home in menlo park this afternoon. the sheriff's office believes there are more victims and they're encouraging anyone who had contact with him to come forward. >>looks like the days are numbered for san francisco's juvenile hall and now san mateo county is considering a similar action. our first day in kerman live for says m tailor night with more dan what's what's going on. >>well juvenile justice commission has recommended that the board of supervisors form a task force in san mateo county. they say that the juvenile hall might have been a great concept 3040 50 years ago, but now there are new studies and new beliefs of how to deal with kids this age who get into trouble in juvenile hall is not the best answer. in june, san francisco supervisors voted to shut down juvenile hall. now san mateo county's juvenile hall could be the next on the chopping bl

the district goes from geary through golden gate park with a small portion of golden gate up to portolahe divisderro and in the northwest section we have district 1. supervisor fewer and in the southwest is district 7, supervisor yee is the twin peak area and a significant portion with supervisor mandelman in district 8 and a tiny in district 2 with supervisor stefani. in our district we have many neighborhoods and a lot of neighborhood community groups and they're very involved, very interested in what's happening in their community which is great because we can't really succeed without the collaboration of our community members and a truly appreciate all their involvement. going down the neighborhoods and they all have a community group. ashbury haight and buena vista and hayes valley, midtown terrace, mount olympus and twin peaks and upper market. within our district we have 14 schools not including 9 so i guess we have 23 including three high schools, two middle schools and nine preschools. nine elementary schools and three senior housing facilities and 31 places of worship, four ma

located in the portola district of the excelsior neighborhood, 770 woolsey street occupies one full cityk bound by wayland street to the north, woolsey street to the south, hamilton street to the east, and bowed and street to the west. the properties are the former sight of a family owned flower nursery in operation from 1921 to 1990. this 2.2-acre site includes 18 greenhouse buildings, organized into two rose, and although the greenhouses were built over several decades between 1921

located in the portola district of the excelsior neighborhood, 770 woolsey street occupies one full cityk bound by wayland street to the north, woolsey street to the south, hamilton street to the east, and bowed and street to the west. the properties are the former sight of a family owned flower nursery in operation from 1921 to 1990. this 2.2-acre site includes 18 greenhouse buildings, organized into two rose, and although the greenhouses were built over several decades between 1921 and 1951, they are already woodframe structures with gable roofs and feature similar massing, orientation, and design. additional buildings on the property include a one-story woodframe boiler house constructed circa 1922, and a

a half mile west of portola valley road police say the crash involved a motorcycle and a tow truck causing the road to be closed for about 2 hours. no word yet on who the person was who died in that crash. as police are still investigating the case. new this morning police are looking for the gunman who shot at 2 cars on us highway one oh one. it happened yesterday morning after 7 just south of the junction with us and mcgill canyon road fortunately, no one was hurt. the initial fire burning in contra costa county is now 80% contained we should get an update in just a few minutes from now it's burning near the top of mo1nt diablo kron 4 a viewer sent us this video of the fire. so far it has burned about 4,000 acres near summit road. there have been no injuries or damage however to any structures. take a look at a terminal at sfo that's honoring san francisco's harvey plus some celebrities are responding after president trump announced he is working. >>to help get a rapper out of jail. overseas. and scientists are predicting even more a hot weather throughout the year how hot i those temper

sky 7 shows us the old greenhouses in the city's po portola neighborhood.n used in more than 25 years. neighbors say they're not willing to see it torn down. a developer who bought the site in 2017 for $7.5 million does have plans for a 63-unit development. >> our plan is to do housing which is much needed, 20% affordable and create a dedicated lot that will contribute to the public. >> it's definitely a david and goliath battle, no question. developers with a lot of money versus a little neighborhood, we're very blue collar. we're not rich down here. >> the neighbors say their vision is to restore the greenhouses and make it a commercial farm that could grow flowers and produce to sell to local restaurants. >>> abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area. a san francisco chef recently awarded the best culinary world prize, equated to the nobel prize for food. anthony myint is trying to affect climate change through food. a surcharge goes toward sustainable projects. an international panel of judges voted to recognize him for his efforts. the culi

said several more victims have come forward. 47-year-old randy worked at the recreation center in portola some abuse allegedly happened there as well as his home in menlo park. the sheriff's office tells us the additional victims will help strengthen their case. he is currently out on bail. >>> police made an arrest in a violent hit and run in san francisco. crash broke a matzoh in half and ruptured a fire hydrant at third street and carroll avenue in the bayview. it also left for teenagers with serious injuries. police arrested a 19-year-old woman identified as lynn vines. she has been booked for felony hit-and-run. police are trying to track down several men who robbed a ups driver. the driver was up loading and unloading packages en two men in hoodies grabbed several boxes. it happened yesterday morning in front of a verizon store on kenilworth drive. the suspects jumped into a honda suv with the third man behind the wheel. the packages contained cell phones and watches. >>> in new york father has been charged after his twin baby died in a hot car. he made the tragic discovery after hi

this happened last night around 6 on highway 84 about how a mile west of portola valley road. police say the crash involved a motorcycle and a tow truck causing the road to be closed for over 2 hours. no word on who the person was who died in the crash as police are still investigating. on the peninsula deputies arrested and for trying to break into several cars. this happened in half moon bay. the 800 block of 3rd avenue friday morning. authorities say a witness called in described the suspect who turned out to be 20 year-old jacob garibaldi garibaldi who lives in half moon bay was found and then placed under arrest, he faces suspicion of attempted vehicle burglary and vehicle tampering charges. the cleanup of the sausalito mudslide has been delayed again. city leaders found out this week that city staff. by fema when putting the project out to bid that means the city has to reopen the job, pushing back clean up until at least mid september. the mayor says the city is making sure it meets all of fema's requirements to ensure that the city gets reimbursed for the millions of d

year-old randolph halderman was a swim team photographer at the love dare a recreation districts in portola valley. he's accused of sexually abusing several boys over a 30 year period, 3 of those victims have come forward. the sheriff's office says that held a man's job as this one photographer gave him easy access to children. >>things to have those safety talks with your children and trust them when they do say that somebody made them feel uncomfortable and do something about it it's our job to protect the children in the youth of our community and we need to make sure that we give them all the tools that they can to come forward and be honest with us. >>yet despite called him and being a photographer the investigation at this point does not involve child-pornography. >>time now 9 34 in the east bay there's been a spike in home burglaries in a neighborhood in richmond burglars are targeting them a valley neighborhood which is a quiet part of town. the borders, elsa bronte there have been for break ins in this area in the last 30 days and police believe that they are all connected. >>yes,

. ♪ >> i'm jamie colby, and, today, i'm driving up a long, steep hill in portola valley, california,sco. i'm here to visit the heirs of a man who made the record books with his incredibly strange collection. and if i'm lucky, i may even get to ditch this s.u.v. and take the controls of a serious off-road ride. >> my name is allison littlefield. these are my half brothers, david and scott. >> when our father died, in 2009, we inherited 240 armored military vehicles. >> lots and lots of tanks. >> hi, allison. i'm jamie. >> hi. nice to meet you. >> thanks for having me up. this is a magnificent ranch. the ranch is very nice, but i'm here to see something else. >> come this way. >> these are real? >> these are real. >> this is one of several buildings on the littlefield ranch where they garage their strange inheritance. some guys collect stamps and coins. their dad, jacques littlefield, collected tanks. in fact, what you see here is part of the world's largest private collection of armored vehicles. allison tells me some of these tanks are incredibly rare, including this world war ii ger

half mile west of portola valley road. this crash involved a motorcycle and a tow truck. they had to close the road for 2 hours while they investigated no word yet on the victim who died in that crash. >>well to the north and now police in fairfield are searching for someone who hit a bicyclist and just drove away. so police say a 58 year-old woman she was riding her bike she was in the bike lane that happened on sunset avenue near daniel street. and that's when this red suv this 2003 saturn suv came through and ran her over the victims in critical, but stable condition meanwhile, police are looking for this vehicle right here, here's a photo of it license plate number 5 the c g 8, 0, 8, 1, if you see that vehicle contact police. 2 people are facing charges after a huge drug bust in the late how this happened over the past month and detectives with the solano county sheriff's office they were closely watching a man who they thought was selling drugs during a check on that man's house deputies say they found large amounts of meth heroin ecstasy guns ammunition, 31 year-old

a half-mile west of portola valley road that crash involved a motorcycle and a tow truck.was closed for 2 hours no word on on who died in the crash. well to the north and now police in fairfield are still searching for someone who hit a bicyclist and just drove away. >>police say that a 58 year-old woman was riding her bike in the bike lane on sunset avenue near daniel street. when this red suv the 2003 saturday to be just ran are over. here's a photo of it take a look the victim is in critical, but stable condition and this is the photo of the vehicle that police are looking for with the license plate number 5 c g 8, 0, 8, 1, if you see that vehicle you are asked to call police. 2 people are facing charges after a big drug bust in the late over the past month detectives with the solano county sheriff's office. they've been closely watching a man who they thought was selling drugs so during a check of the home the man's home. deputies say they found large amounts of meth heroin ecstasy guns ammunition. the 31 year-old gregory, so talent. he was arrested and there is a woma

year-old randolph haldeman was a swim team photographer at the le daraa recreational district in portola valley. he's accused of sexually abusing several boys over a 30 year period. again 3 victims have come forward so far sheriff's office says had a woman's job as this one, but i forgave him easy access to children. >>it is to have those safety talks with your children and trust them when they do say that somebody made them feel uncomfortable and do something about it it's our job to protect the children and the use of our community and we need to make sure that we give them all the tools that they can to come forward and be honest with us. >>well despite how the men's being a photographer the investigation at this point does not involve any child-pornography at least not at this time. still ahead new additions are being made to bart to try to stop the homeless from taking shelter in stations will tell you what coming up sam details juvenile hall could soon be closing. the altar of the alternatives that officials are now looking into and coming up in the next hour, the kron 00:04am morn

randolph, how the men was a swim team photographer at the love dare a recreation district it's in portola valley. he's accused of sexually abusing several boys over a gain. police think there are others out there sheriff's office says that held him his job as a swim photographer gave him easy access to a lot of children. >>thing is to have those safety talks with your children and trust them when they do say that somebody made them feel uncomfortable and do something about it it's our job to protect the children and the youth of our community and we need to make sure that we give them all the tools that they can to come forward and be honest with us. >>despite the whole demands being a photographer the investigation at this point does not involve child-pornography. >>the family of the bay area man has been missing for more than a year is asking for your help to try to find him and saw his disappearance luis garcia is his name he was last seen last july making a routine trip to see his wife. his car was recovered at candlestick point san francisco in his phone was found. covered in blood i

some 2 photographer actually at the recreation district in portola valley. he's accused of sexually abusing several boys over a 30 year period. so far 3 victims have come forward the sheriff's office says that halderman's job was a swim photographer to give an easy access to children. >>more things to have those safety talks with your children and trust them when they do say that somebody made them feel uncomfortable and do something about it it's our job to protect the children and the youth of our community and we need to make sure that we give them all the tools that they can to come forward and be honest with us. >>despite the whole dumb and being a photographer the investigation does not involve child-pornography not at this time anyway. >>police in san francisco have arrested a man accused of stealing a dog in japan town earlier this month, there's surveillance video where you can see a person a man and tying the dog's leash and then lacayo oil is it. the dog has since been returned to the owner it was found by a couple in the tenderloin and this man h