it's fantastic. >> the portola garden tour is the last saturday in september every year.rs every year. you can see us on the website >> good evening, this is the meeting on san francisco on the environment. the time is 5:03 p.m., please note

it's fantastic. >> the portola garden tour is the last saturday in september every year.alendars every year. you can see us on the website well, welcome. i'm doug shoemaker for mercy. housing. uh, california. i'm pleased to be here with our partners from episcopal community services and all the other partners in the room. um to start with like to begin the program by recognizing that we are gathered on ethno historic tribal territory, the indigenous aloni tribe. we recognize the importance of this land and welcome indeed, galvan , a member of the aloni indian tribe, to say a few words. thank you, andy.

it's fantastic. >> the portola garden tour is the last saturday in september every year.rs every year. you can see us on the website [music] ♪♪[drumming] [music] [drumming] [music] [drumming music] miyamoto [drumming] [mus] ... ... >> good evening. what a spirited lion dance to kickoff tonight. thank you to lion dance me and the high school students. thank you for the chinese association every year. and before the lion dance you might have heard master wong, entering the city hall. is also a beautiful chinese instrument and we are happy to have david wong and line dance to kickoff our celebration. get them a round of applause. now i like to say a few word in chinese. [speaking chinese] [applause] good evening i'm claudine chang pedestrian heritage foundation the heritage month in may is our priority, throughout the years we always look for know opportunity and special occasions where communities are coming together. and this evening is one of those occasions. at the beginning of this year, we are all so very excited welcome the now year. this january is spchl we have 2 ne

you get the portola parade and the portola parade was an opportunity for the community to say an economicight? you can sponsor afloat you can give money to it. you can build revenue for chinatown and the second one is the way to share the chinese culture with a large audience, you know in 1911, their cafe club produced their first, uh the cafe club produced the first ever marching band and has a bunch of those artifacts in its collection. now that show the photographic history of these young men who you know, went out and hired a band leader to teach them music. and then there was one leader of the band, a young guy who was in the rotc, the junior rotc, so he talked to marching you know, and so they adopted this very uniquely american persona, and that continued throughout all the parades essay has preserved instruments and uniforms and photos from that time is really cool cafe sweatshirt. again. the marching band. from i would guess is probably from the fifties. here is the catholic club band. let's see. this is. one of the local maybe one of the banquet halls or one of maybe in the one

i saw some higher numbers there just recently for portola valley, too. so also, you know, unfortunately, a lot of this boulder creek this morning just before 08:00am a tree down leaning on wires, wind and snow weight may have played a factor. that is why a lot of the roads are closed, right? because we've got dangerous conditions like that. so this is the storm system where it stands right now. you can see bulk of the more dramatic weather now has tracked towards southern california. they'll be dealing with that today into tomorrow. but for us, it's scattered showers for the most part. we're starting to see some peeks of sun as well up in santa rosa. just a few showers roll through. notice a few props on the radar. still that blew out there. some frozen precip is certainly around. here we are with some showers rolling through the peninsula and into the east bay take a little further south to santa cruz mountains where we've had, you know, highway kind tough ride there this morning for anyone. a lot of that was and then, of course, hey there, look at the

you get the portola parade and the portola parade was an opportunity for the community to say one. here's an economic driver, right? you can sponsor afloat you can give money to it. you can build revenue for chinatown and the second one is the way to share the chinese culture with a large audience, you know in 1911, their cafe club produced their first, uh the cafe club produced the first ever marching band and has a bunch of those artifacts and its collection. now that show the photographic history of these young men who you know, went out and hired a band leader to teach them music. and then there was one leader of the band, a young guy who was in the rotc, the junior rotc, so he talked to marching you know, and so they adopted this very uniquely american persona, and that continued throughout all the parades essay has preserved instruments and uniforms and photos from that time. so here's this really cool cafe sweatshirt. again. the marching band. from i would guess is probably from the fifties. here is the cafe club band. you can see, this is in one of the local might be one of

where we had heavier rain than indicated right now by the dark green in the area of redwood city and portola valley. that area of rain seems to be weakening at the moment, but it will be followed quickly by another cell. the snow continues to fall. right on s half moon bay area, we have prettyvy downpours,ea there h could instability here that you could see a lightning strike or two. a few seconds ago, i saw a lightning strike associated with it. let's take a look at the exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale. this is still a level 2 storm, although it is weakening. we may be downgrading it to a level 1 in the afternoon or early evening hours. right now, for the remainder of the day, we expect periods of showers, brief downpours, gusty wind, snow in the hills, isolated thunder and hail are possible. notice around 5:00 p.m., you see the snow becoming more widespread way up north around cloverdale. i do not think we will have much in the way of intense rainfall at that point. later in the evening, notice how you see areas of rain forming offshore. they will start squeezing through the bay arear. o

they were more in portola for improving the access to the farmer's market and desire and emphasis onighting and safety especially under some of the freeway crossings on san bruno corridor and access and improvements to the maclaren park to the west. in the west valley the projects that came to the top were safety improvements on san bruno avenue down the boulevard to connect the bike network and along that section the south streetscape which will show a concept of the design and connect the valley greenway which is a greenway that goes up 6-7 blocks up to the hillside but no dedicated crossing to connect this piece of the greenway. we are finding way to connect them to a one single linear park and improvements for transit access around the sunny dale development as that site develops. we developed a specific concept for this street and find that is a very competitive plan. we worked with the community and understand they want to activate this medium specifically and want to be able to access it safely and have opportunities for walking and public heart. we came up with a few differen

inches of snow in woodside as the storm was moving on by then in the santa cruz mountains, of course, portola valley seeing 6 inches of snow. simply amazing to see the snow out there. we're not done with the cold weather just yet. we've got another cold system to come. it's not going to be as cold as the one that just moved to the bay area, but we're likely to see more snow on peaks as we head toward next week. lawrence highway 17 is back open in the santa cruz mountains after being shut down for >> several hours this the chp was reporting a string of spinouts stalled cars because of snow and icy roads. kron four's gayle ong is live in boulder creek and has the latest. kale. >> catherine and ken highway 17 was shut down for 12 hours. people as you can imagine, relieved and has been back open. >> 7.30, friday morning, caltrans district 5 posting this video highway 17 close. >> and you can see it's still snowing pretty heavy. >> the snow kept the highway closed for much of the day. leaving drivers stranded at the higher altitudes. we're experiencing snow. >> with multiple vehicle spinouts at th

here is highway 35 as you work your way through up into the portola valley.re likely to see snow falling. there will likely be more snow on our hilltops as the day goes on. i will take the winter gloves, hat, scarves because it is chilly throughout the afternoon. as we had into the evening and overnight hours, heavy rain, gusty wind in heavier snow. some hamilton could see a foot of snow. kumasi: after thousands of votes, you season berkele -- berkeley. reggie: a gender neutral restroom. kumasi: this is what it looked like in mount hamilton just a few hours ago. reggie: this life look outside where it is to make yourself feel okay to drive... you're not okay to drive. -- snow in the bay area. this is what it looked like in most gappers -- in lost gatos. reggie: thousands of customers still without power. tips on what you should do to prepare for more outages. kumasi: dangerous driving conditions that we are keeping an eye on as several inches of snow are expected we start with the forecast. drew: showers right now in the form of rain and snow. those snow show

we'll see from woodside portola valley.of the higher elevations back over towards san gregorio. i would think there has to be a rain snow mix there. there was snow on the santa cruz mountains. looks like the system said oops. not going to more gun hill. i'll fall apart, but it's hanging out over gilroy back over 1 52 towards watson ville, so snow snow beautiful snow. why did you write that? no, i shoveled it. cold morning cloud showers. rain later if you know what that's from, you are a fan alright forties on the temps for low fifties. alright salles here. where are we going? we're gonna go over to union city because they have better news they have just cleared that crashed northbound 80 at alvarado niles. it was there for a while and you can see that the traffic is still going to be ah, it's still going to be slow as you drive getting up towards the area. you can see north. dont traffic from fremont coming up to union city is going to be slow, but again, they have just cleared the lane . southbound 80 traffic is okay, say

spruced up the pumpkin stairs guard extent picked up lit intermissions, burn heights and portola. the rain kept our volunteers home. but drew a few dozen folks who dawned the panchos and braved the soggy weather than i had energy and great work got diagonal volunteers of all ages showed up including high schoolers. tz freezing they got to work and warmed up. big thanks to the many public works employee who is came out on their day off to pitch. in community partnerships mean a lot to us. the volunteer events are staffed by community engagement team and urban forest and street and environmental service. next month on march 11 will be the bandwidth beautification day events of the year we celebrate arbor day we will plant more thon 100 fleece south of market. giving tours of the street tree nursery and have a fair for kids. bikt roadways, information group and focus on environment at sustainability. we expect to be joined by the mayor. senator wean and supervisor dorsey. this is an annual event we did have to put on pandemic pause. we are excited to be starting back up. of both volu

look in the distance, it's a little hard to see now because the fog has rolled in, but over there is portola valley and right in that area. we're hearing that. there is some snow up through those hills over there. we did see a light dusting over there a little earlier before that fog rolled in, and we're hoping to head on over there in a little bit. meanwhile, let's show you some video of what conditions were like in san francisco this morning and around the bay. earlier this morning, we hiked up to the top of mount davidson , the highest peak in san francisco, searching for snow, and we can tell you that the weather up there very beautiful , very cold, but not quite cold enough. as of six this morning, no snow or hail there now we have had this week is plenty of wild weather the wind already being blamed for damage around the bay area, specifically a lot of fallen trees around the bay area. high winds knocked down i wanted to 50 ft tree into a south san francisco home, taking out of power pole and a line on its way down. that incident knocked out power to more than 130 homes. the same story

they were more in portola for improving the access to the farmer's market and desire and emphasis ond safety especially under some of the freeway crossings on san bruno corridor and access and improvements to the maclaren park to the west. in the west valley the projects that came to the top were safety improvements on san bruno avenue down the boulevard to connect the bike network and along that section the south streetscape which will show a concept of the design and connect the valley greenway which is a greenway that goes up 6-7 blocks up to the hillside but no dedicated crossing to connect this piece of the greenway. we are finding way to connect them to a one single linear park and improvements for transit access around the sunny dale development as that site develops. we developed a specific concept for this street and find that is a very competitive plan. we worked with the community and understand they want to activate this medium specifically and want to be able to access it safely and have opportunities for walking and public heart. we came up with a few different concepts

someone used a drone to capture this image of just south of portola valley. ktvu james tours reports, the national weather service is calculated unprecedented snow totals. the sites from mount hambleton might be some of the prettiest views from the snowfall over the last few days, but you can't actually get up there because caltrans says those roads are still just a tad bit too dangerous to drive. click observatory on mount hambleton show snow falling up to midnight this morning through its sky camera. we have a lot of snow and ice on the road itself. our crew are doing their best to keep things clear for our access to the various buildings up here so we can do the things we need to do to keep things kind of ticking along, people hoped with clear skies today they could use the elevation to get a good view of the snow on the bay area hills and mountains trying to play in the snow. the exciting to see it on the hill. so i was looking forward to i got snowshoes in the back. i got micro spikes unprepared but highway 1 38 k mount hambleton road closed for miles, f

representative portola's chief of staff is also a republican.me people of president lincoln's famous team of rivals. hiring some key rivals who might disagree with you on some key things. congresswoman, i'm so glad we got your audio fixed! i really want to jump to the crux, really, of all i want to do here. i am fascinated with the move to put people that are from another party -- someone who actually ran against! you didn't make it out of the primary but they ran against you. they are on your team now. i want to know why you decided to do that, and what have the results? been -- i think it is a strong commitment to my bipartisanship. in fact it is really nonpartisan ship. most alaskans are independents or undeclared's. i think it is interesting that josh is being described as a political rival. we were in the field of 48 candidates to get to the primary. it was called a jungle primary and our new voting system. i didn't ever feel like i was running against anyone, necessarily, when it was the field of 48. the other thing is, josh rebuck, when i

so in fact, you do see up above saratoga up above scotts valley portola valley out here near woodsideove what side getting probably snow. maybe light snow flurries, nothing heavy. and then again up towards mount hambleton. you're seeing something there as well. and then this is going to be light stuff because as you can see in the in the on the radar that it's widely scattered shower activity. but tomorrow night it's going to be more aggressive , aggressive in aerial coverage , so there's going to be quite a bit of moisture available to do some snowing if you will, a freeze warning in effect, and then here's this unusual and rare certainly a winter storm warning for the bay area for the areas generally above 1000 ft. some of these rates these snow totals of foot in the north bay or six inches in the north bay. that's probably up in mount st helene. a. these numbers are pretty on the high end, but still, you know, santa cruz mountains could easily get four or five inches of snow, maybe six. that's a lot so travel plans thursday night into friday morning. going to be sketchy tonight. it

our chair lift skyline boulevard of portola heights road. this is what it looked like because the snow came down hard enough and it stuck long enough that this guy got a little ride, turn that into funds. kieran. >> all right. let's get you updated on again. the not so fun side of this storm and that's the power outage situation. few things you need to know as we take a live look here at the pg e outage map for you this morning. biggest outages are typically in the south bay and in the north bay. that's what we're kind of seeing this morning. so in all we have about 18,000 customers without power and walk you through where the hot spots are. we have one little bit out near lake merced said that's that little dot in orange and san francisco. and then in the south bay, we have that massive situation there along highway 17. i'm going zoom in here. so you can see there's less gatto's highway 17. this is where will tran was reporting from earlier this morning and just a moment ago, you can see there's lots of outages in the hills on either side.

they were more in portola for improving the access to the farmer's market and desire and emphasis ony especially under some of the freeway crossings on san bruno corridor and access and improvements to the maclaren park to the west. in the west valley the projects that came to the top were safety improvements on san bruno avenue down the boulevard to connect the bike network and along that section the south streetscape which will show a concept of the design and connect the valley greenway which is a greenway that goes up 6-7 blocks up to the hillside but no dedicated crossing to connect this piece of the greenway. we are finding way to connect them to a one single linear park and improvements for transit access around the sunny dale development as that site develops. we developed a specific concept for this street and find that is a very competitive plan. we worked with the community and understand they want to activate this medium specifically and want to be able to access it safely and have opportunities for walking and public heart. we came up with a few different concepts which

valley would say, beautiful portola valley, los altos, los altos hills.centerville right now. cupertino santa clara on its way into san jose. so, yes, heaviest rain so far has been to the north point reyes, santa rosa, petaluma, ken field between a third of an inch and over a half inch of rain. i'll add total as soon as i have time, and that's the system moving through for the morning, but i mean, there's no doubt about it here. there's the back edge to this and that will go through and we'll have sunshine here. late morning, early afternoon. it'll be cooler and breezy, but we do get some pretty good rain here in the morning habits has been to the north santa rosa at one time was saying heavy rain so not surprised by that half inch amount. we'll see if we get some totals coming in from maybe higher elevations are up in the russian river there now it's moving in. from oakland down freemont san jose into santa cruz in the santa cruz mountains, where they could easily get three quarters of an inch, maybe an inch widest locations. so morning rain windy at tim

similar to portola transportation plan, bay vow and visitation valley. we have a fee project piecemealed in the mission. . and creating confusion and creating safety issues. plan make streets safer and inclusive of all we look forward to working with everybody. thank you. >> thank you. the prop well<,> funding you include the pair transit coordinating cubs through the sfmta. of the ma is being presented. so appreciate you taking the time to roach out to the paratransit counsel i believe than i have a meeting tomorrow morning. thank you very much. and have a great day. >> thank you, caller. hi. caller your 2 minutes begins now. >> i'm maref a mission resident last night at a meeting about the new project mtaments to do putting lanes down the middle of valence why. we had suffer through the red lane and other whims this mta inflicted on the mission. i wish this we had a comprehensive transportation plan that is similar to had they have now in the bay vow and choina town. we need to stop piecemealing and experimenting on the mission and have something this

they were more in portola for improving the access to the farmer's market and desire and emphasis ong and safety especially under some of the freeway crossings on san bruno corridor and access and improvements to the maclaren park to the west. in the west valley the projects that came to the top were safety improvements on san bruno avenue down the boulevard to connect the bike network and along that section the south streetscape which will show a concept of the design and connect the valley greenway which is a greenway that goes up 6-7 blocks up to the hillside but no dedicated crossing to connect this piece of the greenway. we are finding way to connect them to a one single linear park and improvements for transit access around the sunny dale development as that site develops. we developed a specific concept for this street and find that is a very competitive plan. we worked with the community and understand they want to activate this medium specifically and want to be able to access it safely and have opportunities for walking and public heart. we came up with a few different conc

the 19 oh nine portola parade when they thought rich rebuild chinatown, but we need money and we need an opportunity for chinese americans and white americans to come together through business development and community building community growth. looked in. ely hired white architects to come up with the chinatown plan that we know today all of the kind of what some people call stereotyping, representations of architecture . other people call them attractive decorations. you know, you'll say what you will. we could debate this. that's fun, but the idea is, it's a time to celebrate bridging a building bridges. and that's what i see as the lunar new year today, you know, it's a continuation of that effort, which began to say, you know, we got to rebuild chinatown. we need your help. please supported by sponsoring the dragon by doing whatever and that intention of collaboration for mutual benefit continues today and ch essay. you know, we're celebrating black history month . we've got a whole show right now about bruce lee. as i mentioned, um guest curator is african american curates melan

similar to portola transportation plan, bay vow and visitation valley.ee project piecemealed in the mission. . and creating confusion and creating safety issues. plan make streets safer and inclusive of all we look forward to working with everybody. thank you. >> thank you. the prop well<,> funding you include the pair transit coordinating cubs through the sfmta. of the ma is being presented. so appreciate you taking the time to roach out to the paratransit counsel i believe than i have a meeting tomorrow morning. thank you very much. and have a great day. >> thank you, caller. hi. caller your 2 minutes begins now. >> i'm maref a mission resident last night at a meeting about the new project mtaments to do putting lanes down the middle of valence why. we had suffer through the red lane and other whims this mta inflicted on the mission. i wish this we had a comprehensive transportation plan that is similar to had they have now in the bay vow and choina town. we need to stop piecemealing and experimenting on the mission and have something this is truly com

at 10 charlie began education at brett heart elementary and later portola junior high school.bright student he struggled in conform to rashth norm and behavioral issues made him have challenge in school. when he was 14. decided to ends his school career. forged birth certificate and enter the airforce. he criminalitied time in the -- aelectronicallies time in the armed forces as the spark that would lead him in acvichl for black people those residing in the southeast sector of san francisco. charlie did 3 years in the airforce. and returned to san francisco before his 18th birthday. once home, he fathered 2 children. . moved by the jazz scene in the fillmore, he taught himself to be a drummer. played different gigs in night clugs in the fillmore. it was in one of those club this is charlie met his wife. they marryod april 16, 1959 and through this union 3 daughters were born. the couple will remain married until his death. propping his 30's. charlie noticed the economic challengers and exclusion of african-americans in san francisco's construction industry. he spoke out agains

at 10 charlie began education at brett heart elementary and later portola junior high school. he was a bright student he struggled in conform to rashth norm and behavioral issues made him have challenge in school. when he was 14. decided to ends his school career. forged birth certificate and enter the airforce. he criminalitied time in the -- aelectronicallies time in the armed forces as the spark that would lead him in acvichl for black people those residing in the southeast sector of san francisco. charlie did 3 years in the airforce. and returned to san francisco before his 18th birthday. once home, he fathered 2 children. . moved by the jazz scene in the fillmore, he taught himself to be a drummer. played different gigs in night clugs in the fillmore. it was in one of those club this is charlie met his wife. they marryod april 16, 1959 and through this union 3 daughters were born. the couple will remain married until his death. propping his 30's. charlie noticed the economic challengers and exclusion of african-americans in san francisco's construction industry. he spoke

and we than the portola neighborhood hope there is is action denied further building a city for each individuals involved and the business entity as they continue to demonstrate disregard. and i apologize to each the people here in the meeting for the impact and the i wish than i would dot same thing come forward, make apol joes and make it right. i agree that there needs to be they pay for the cover temporary house and rehousing for the tenants my heart goes out to you all. thank you. i'm francisco decosta i have heard the upon responsible of the building inspection during the commission talk about this building. there is an article that says that this developer has agreed for 1.2 million dollars. to are theifiy -- what is help nothing the building. so, i am asking the planning department have y'all consulted with the d. building inspection? have y'all brought this to the notice of the mayor? have you brought this to the notice of the supervisors so that every tenant can be made whole? this is am essential to the city. and the planning department must be have empathy but compassion.

see the corridors through the businesses perspectives since our last meeting we visited polk street portolaission captain. and this week we will go out to noe valley and also haight street. >> i will keep my report short. thank you very much. >> thank you? >> i had a thought and i got distracted. about something you said. what were you starting on the beginning there. >> flood. relief grant. >> the flood. >> is there an update on the sba jury room not at the moment. we are still awaiting federal or state resources and one was the disaster relief loans and they have a bit of press to go through. so we are probably upon weeks if not months out of knowing the status of that. >> i was a business owner today that had 80 thousand dollars in losses so. she was just trying to figure out what to do. and i said, well, there is we have a 2 thousand dollars grant. that is the 98% of the or 2% of the way there. so. you know i think that the sba thing would be helpful and keep our ice open as whether anything opens up at the state level with the emergency disaster declaration from the governor. and i wan

at 10 charlie began education at brett heart elementary and later portola junior high school.s a bright student he struggled in conform to rashth norm and behavioral issues made him have challenge in school. when he was 14. decided to ends his school career. forged birth certificate and enter the airforce. he criminalitied time in the -- aelectronicallies time in the armed forces as the spark that would lead him in acvichl for black people those residing in the southeast sector of san francisco. charlie did 3 years in the airforce. and returned to san francisco before his 18th birthday. once home, he fathered 2 children. . moved by the jazz scene in the fillmore, he taught himself to be a drummer. played different gigs in night clugs in the fillmore. it was in one of those club this is charlie met his wife. they marryod april 16, 1959 and through this union 3 daughters were born. the couple will remain married until his death. propping his 30's. charlie noticed the economic challengers and exclusion of african-americans in san francisco's construction industry. he spoke out ag