outer richmond, presidio heights and outer richmond with esteemed graduates such as chief suhr. we're also a hub of young people learning and a host of other speeches, really a great place for the community to gather. pacific heights, laurel heights, laurel heights is a hub of business. there is a merchant corridor as the inner and outer richmond district. jordan park, sea cliff, the lake district and also in laurel heights we have the california pacific medical center and the university of san francisco. so we have a very interesting culture going on in our very own district. the community policing advisory board members, several of them are here and thank you for that. we have a great community policing advisory board of directors. i was really lucky to come in the a time where there was a lot of change, but we have gotten a lot accomplished and patrice, i'm going to do it tonight and let them know that we have a very important project we have been working on morgan, thank you for being here. she has been working closely with us, but the richmond district has a lot of traffic

and then maybe the districts of the sunset, and the richmond? because i have a family in the sunset, so i'm concerned about both districts. and i'm also concerned about people knowing about the safety in the park, which it is kind of hard to do. so i just wanted to say when we get statistics, there are different statistics for residential and for kind of the park and stuff, so i would appreciate a breakdown. thank you. >> that is a very good question. i think the captain will explain the other side of the park is covered by park station and another station. thank you. >> my name is paul, and i live on 9th avenue. i want to comment on our police chief. she has done a wonderful job for us and we have been involved, my wife and i, in getting a block party going in our neighborhood. and we have been able to get the barriers set up on the streets to block them off for the block party. there is one other thing that just is kind of disturbing about this and i don't know when it falls under auspices or not. for people to get block partis going it costs

this is a live look at the richmond san rafael bridge.orning about this big rig that flipped over. the gusty winds knocked it over. it was blocking several lanes. it looks like they are making progress. they have righted that truck and hopefully it can get on and off the bridge. lanes have been blocked all morning long eastbound. by the way, the chp tells us they have responded to 70 -- 7-0 -- traffic accidents already this morning. >>> tomorrow the u.s. supreme court may reveal whether it will weigh in on same-sex marriage. justices may announce whether they will review the low gal tee of prop 8, california's ban on same-sex marriage, and they may also take up the federal defense of marriage act that bars federal benefits to same sex couples. if the court does review prop 8, a ruling would come before the term ends in june. if the justices refew to hear the case a lower court decision declaring it unconstitutional would stand. that would allow same sex weddings in this state to resume in days. or the court could put the whole issue on ho

we have good bustlines in our richmond district. i'm always looking at creating more efficiencies and finding where the needs are. there have been some cuts over the years, so -- to bus lines, like along the outer richmond district area that have led many seniors without a bus route to get up the hill or to get down the hill to go either grocery shopping -- so we are looking at how the system might not be closely enough based on the needs of people like, especially seniors, or disabled people. there's also some bustlines that are less used in the richmond district that we are now working with the muni system to think about continuing but maybe reduce its frequency, but continue its access for many people that live in isolated parts of the city. i strongly support stronger youth discount passes and supporting the bus system so that younger people have strong access. we are trying to work with the school district right now and city agencies to ensure that young people get more support. we want them to be lifelong transit riders as wel

take a look north of richmond, venire shaw, concord, and it's come down harder now. sycamore valley road and it's beginning to pick up a little bit in san francisco. but it's still well up in the north bay. you are getting the very gusty winds and some of the rain moving sideways now. fremont lighter rain. campbell and san jose you are quiet but the santa cruz mountains we are looking at more rain. we will be watching the rivers, too. carolyn. >> thank you, lisa. we are staying on top of any problems this morning's storm is creating on bay area roads. let's take a live look. the golden gate bridge where traffic seems to be just rolling along. keep in mind there are high wind advisories for all the bay area bridges. this is the san mateo bridge. traffic flowing but wind really whipping around. you know already that we have breaking news about two accidents, a fatal accident on interstate 280 in san francisco and the richmond-san rafael bridge, all lanes closed because of an overturn big rig. this is the bay bridge toll plaza. a live shot here. again, traffic at this e

. >> we're having a guest from a group called richmond built. they are talking about getting good jobs for people who need them. >> how often do you hear the major of major city call his own city strange. we'll be hearing from him and what city he can be talking about. >> we're finally out of the rain. forecast and all that. >>> we're start ing off with sad news this morning. three people are dead after a late night apartment fire in san jose. that fire began at 11:00 last night on bridge port court on the city's west side. this san jose fire department put out that fire then discovered the bodies of a man, woman and child. three other people including the officer who rescued one of the people who were injured were hospitalized with smoke inhalation. that fire displaced 56 people from the building. investigators are still looking into the cause. what you're looking at here are pictures from a fire yesterday in the mission district that left more than three dozen people homeless. this is in san francisco. it ripped through several apartment build

. >>> the statuses of richmond -- citizens of richmond weigh in on plans to repair the chevron oil refinery. [ female announcer ] here's to a whole world of happier holidays. time to enchant, delight and amaze. safeway will help you gather everyone round. a smoked, shank half ham is only 99 cents a pound. get breyer's ice cream for $2.88 and dessert will surely shine. make it a grand finale with starbucks just $6.99. turns out this season less is really so much more. so make your holiday merrier than ever before. safeway. ingredients for life. >>> a san jose man was released from u.s. immigration and customs enforcement detention today. he was brought to the united states when he was four years old was doiped a request to join -- denied a request to join the u.s. marines because of his immigration status. he was deported to mexico, came back, and during reactions that included a rally, and a petition drive, he was set free. >> i just want to thank everybody that made it possible for me to get released. all the people that signed the petition, the people that attended the vigil. and everybod

we are at the richmond parkway gertrude in north richmond.ole has gone completely down. crews were telling me as a just a few minutes ago, this line was still energized, so they definitely wanted us to keep our distance. grooms are also maintaining a distance so they can be sure that this line has been turned off. if you take a look to the left, the other area of concern is this other utility pole. you can see that that is also leaning a bit to the right. crews are not sure if that pull is going to hold. pg&e crew on scene with a replacement utility pole. there is a little bit of good news out of all of this. if you take a look to the left, there is a neighborhood here in north richmond. crews are telling me that that neighborhood does still have power, despite the fact that this utility pole is out. they say the transmission lines are running to the north. this neighborhood that you are looking at still has power. he could see that gertrude road shut down at this point. they certainly don't want anyone driving to the area. although, that nei

a guy by the name of marsh, who was from richmond, england. >> australia? >> australia? >> george turner marsh. >> no trees at all. people see trees in the city and think they may have been made. sand and scrub. at some point, these are the lives were used recreational -- these outer lands were used recreational lly. . >> there is. we hoave -- what, the third? >> depends on it you are coming the addition. but they all burned down. that was around 1900, so if you are ever stuck in traffic in the six-lane boulevard in 19th avenue, imagine what it was like back then. >> [inaudible] i would say this is after they began to develop some homesteading entries. >> it was a large chicken ranch out there. lawson chicken ranch was along 19th ave. >> [inaudible] >> not exactly. he donated the land later to the city, though. sort of the farm house feeling of the richmond. >> there is a water tower with a windmill in the back. >> right, get your water from wells. that was the early boathouses. looking at that map, sporting men would come out in the horses, have little rac

it's an organization that's been working hard to revitalize the richmond district, especially in the past few months as new leadership has emerged. the clement merchants association represents diverse businesses from a variety of cultural backgrounds that makes clement street stand out from other commercial districts. it's one of the most diverse places. i moved there in 1984 to second avenue and clement. it was considered the new chinatown but it's so much more than that. it's a gateway for many different types of newcomers but also businesses. this year, the clement street merchants celebrate their 90th year of outstanding service to the small business community to the whole city. and the roster is growing of many different businesses from cynthia huey's feed store, a great vintage clothing store, to park life gallery, to green apple bookstore, one of the last remaining independent bookstores in our whole city, and where you'll find me browsing in the used book section upstairs often, or my daughter in the children's section as well. i know -- isn't here but tremendous leadership f

richmond san rafael bridge light to moderate rain heading towards hercules and richmond uptick in yourrain the income hour this is starting to train the front stall that means we are seeing echoes roll over the same area more than once two or three times this morning that's going to lead to ponding on the roads, especially when next batch moves in over the next half hour or so. watch out in the north bay and along the peninsula, heavier rain on the way. >>> serious problem both directions of 80 through richmond and berkeley, lights eastbound before gilman traffic stopping there due to accident there and in the westbound direction here more flashing lights chp doing a traffic break. some of the traffic is getting by westbound towards the macarthur maze. two separate accidents on 80 both east and westbound and on westbound 80 san pablo dam red that accident blocking all lanes. -- treacherous drive give yourself lots of time. >>> 5:26. one of the giants' most important players in the world series will remain in orange and black next year. last night giants agreed on three year, 20 middle

a live look from the richmond stammer feeight san ral toll plaza. we will be right back. >> the dow was down almost 200 points right now with no sign of a deal in washington on the fiscal cliff. also the latest in new town conn and we're just minutes away from a national moment of silence to honor the victims were shot and killed in last week's school massacre. we'll be back in two minutes as the kron4 morning news continues. >> very close to a moment of silence being held in conn and around the nation to honor the 20 young children who were killed at sandy hook elementary school in new town conn. also these six school employees who lost their lives last friday at this time. this moment of >> this moment of silence is being recognized nationwide. president obama will be observing the way, a silence and the white house. also manwe see the doors opening. this might be city hall in new town. let's listen in as this moment of silence gets under way. (silence) (bell ringing) >> that completes the moment of silence. they began tolling more bells just to m

driving over the papers as well as the richmond san rafael. this is a southerly wind, in most cases which means it hits right up against your car. these costs, the sustained when his 31. gusting to near 40. 50 miles per hour at sometimes. sfo has gone down just a bit reporting 26th of october. 18 miles per hour in san jose, 12 in areas right around palo alto. the winds continue as this for weeks through. rain totals anywhere one to 3 inches around the bay area. two to five for the north bay. 7 inches for some of the hills. we are tracking this for you. i will show you when we expect the rain to come to an end coming up. in the meantime, christian continues our team coverage in the richmond san rafael bridge. good morning. >> reporter: you have some really, really good vice

oakland, just under two tenths of one into the same in sunnyvale richmond, just one tent.aid has subsided. spotty short patterns, just one- 10th of rainfall expectethat wew yesterday to enrichment and today. with less of cold air, 40's. 43 degrees in pleasanton and as you can see we will see plenty of 30's tomorrow. temperatures in your neighborhood and even talk about frost. when the next storm is coming >> the next will b the trans public transportation line. in the next edition of people behaving badly. >>pam: the bay area's favorite way to ring in the new year. is the biggest parties and spectacular fireworks. will all be on kron 4's new year's live show. it is hosted by catherine heenan and gary radnich. kron 4's - new year's live. december 31st at 11-30. only on kron-4. look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting,

chief suhr, captain ferrigno, and members of richmond district community.m joyce hicks, the director of the san francisco office of civil complaints. also here this evening is senior investigator eric balatzarmeted the office of civil complaints is the third largest oversight agency and only surpasses size by new york and chicago civilian oversight agencies. the office of civil complaints was created by a board of supervisors-sponsored chapter amendment in the 1982 and the office became operational in 1983. we are 30 years old. the occ was originally an office in the san francisco police department. but it was later placed under the jurisdiction of the police commission. the police commission is also a civilian body. the occ's function is to assist the police department in building trust with the community by being a bridge between the public and police in matters of misconduct and police policies. to that end the occ has a mission to ensure police accountability by conducting fair, timely and unbiased investigations, making recommendations on police police

richmond down 2. off the missed 3. richmond scores in traffic. that ties the game. still tied. five seconds left in this game. george mason can win it. they have the ball. edwards drives, to sherrod wright. he lets it fly with one second to go. that is good at the buzzer. wright had a game high 22. mason defeats richmond. gw a winner over v m i, 76-67. in the second game of this tournament, virginia andtony bennett, winner of 6 in a row. second half, odu goes on a run. the monarchs build a 7-point lead. the deficit is 4. joe harris misses. the putback and the foul. the cavaliers down by 1. final seconds of this game. old dominion is up by 2 now. they miss the free throw. virginia has a chance to tie it but watch. this the ball off the hands of joe harris. old dominion shocks virginia 63- 61. uva is now 0-3 this season again the caa. >>> after suffering their worst loss of the season last night in detroit, wizards head coach randy wittman called the performance embarrassing. bradley beal was back and nenj started his first game of the season. wizards would score just 13 points i

i also think personally as a property owner in the inner richmond, it really put the richmond and sunset neighborhoods on the map. not only within san francisco, but really nationally. and i think that has an obvious impact beyond the immediate fiscal effects on property values and business values. i'm very supportive and happy to endorse an extension to this contract. thank you. >> thank you. >>> good afternoon, my name is ari feingold, and i'm a curator for [speaker not understood], so i'm responsible for bringing local restaurants in the park and helping them transfer their operation into a fending operation in the park. i've been doing it for three years as a curator but was involved as a vendor before that. so, i've been with the festival since it started. i do consider it a real privilege to work with such a diverse group of local restaurants and to really sort of celebrate the incredible culinary culture in our city. a conversation started a few speakers ago about the local factor of the festival. i just want to say typically my strategy for acquiring new vendors is to start in th

with 2012 almost complete, richmond has recorded 18 homicides. that's down from 45 people killed three years ago, and richmond averaged about 36 homicides a year over the past decade. unlike many cities, richmond has actually increased police staffing in the past few years. some people also credit community efforts after richmond declared a state of emergency after a deadly summer in 2005. >>> up next first responders under attack. a group of firefighters responding to a blaze in up state new york are ambushed, shot and killed. >>> also tonight a mission worthy of sant klaus himself. the sleigh being used to deliver toys tonight in the south bay. >>> back here in just ten minutes i've got rain to talk about. the fog in the morning and then showers develop. i'll let you know when they start, when they end and how much we could see hey, look! a shooting star! make a wish! i wish we could lie here forever. i wish this test drive was over, so we could head back to the dealership. [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. test drive! but we still nee

it's the chevron refinery in richmond. chevron's predecessor standard oil began construction on the refinery back in 1801 four years before richmond incorporated as a city. it first began processing oil in 1902. today the refinery has the capacity to take in 350,000- barrels a day and turn it into gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, lubricating oil and others the refinery has been shut down since a fire at the refinery but chevron expects it to be back into capacity three months into the new year. in 1991 ktvu's george watson looked at how demand grew in the early part of the 20th century. >> in 1917 when america entered world war i it was supplying half of the oil required to fight the war. the use of oil revolutionized the way war is waged. oil fueled the planes, tanks, trucks and ships that fight wars. the end of the war actually increased the world's need for oil. by of the war, america was consuming oil faster than america could produce. the competition was stiff especially from the british and dutch oil interest. in 1919 ame

richmond has 190 police officers today. that's up from 150 in 2006. >>> and nurses set to begin a 24-hour strike this morning at hospitals. it is the latest in a series of short-term strikes by the california nurse's association. the strike will affect seven bay area center hospitals down in santa jose. all of the facilities plan to operate with replacement workers. leaders in management are at odds over benefits and staffing. the strike set to begin on this christmas eve in about an hour. >>> and even if it is a holiday tradition, the preyer air equality management district is asking people not to light wood burning fires or stoves. officials want to prevent a buildup of unhealthy air >> hope not. >> what about that bbd where you can just throw it in your tv? >> i like it. it's very clean. >> makes a little crack ling noise, too. >>> santa has been seen over the south pacific and delivered almost a billion -- >> look at that. the numbers keep going up. >>> and coming up, the u.s. department of defense mans it phones as chi

this disaster richmond san rafael bridge.ust the beginning of the day and we are expected to see more wind and rain. >> we're actually just a first system. storm tracker 4 is showing a dry break for certain parts of the north bay. san francisco is starting to dry out. it is starting to push its way eastward. it is really the east bay shore that mehserle went right now.for now we will k check with the traffic. >> we are tracking the bay bridge. it is a hot spot right now. for the first part of the morning the rollback of. that change just before 9:00 a.m. because a disabled reagan blocked the top two right lanes. the stall has been removed but the back up bridges to the macarthur mayes. the drive time has gone from nine minutes to about 29 minutes. the metering lights have been clamped down because of the two lines were blocked. if you are headed to the bay bridge you will encounter delays that are worse than a normal commute day. it is slow on all of your approaches. >> today and we are watching the storms across the nation.

christmas in richmond is providing a holiday meal and services at the north richmond senior center, as well. >>> we although that santa delivers on christmas day but did you know the u.s. postal service does do. they have been delivering mail on the christmas for the past three years. she dresses the part on december 25th and feels like santa when they answer the door. >> when their children at home, you get to see them. there is those smiles on the face and santa is really delivering on christmas day. >> dan: isn't that great. they only deliver express mail on christmas and nancy has been an employee at the robertsville post office for 28 years. neither rain, nor sleet will symptom nancy. >> we don't have to feed reindeer either. here is a look at live, it's raining here in san francisco as you can see on the live camera shot. wetter in some areas than in others. much of the day we had most concentrated in the north bay. you can see life doppler despite the fact have an approaching area of rainfall, things have calmed down there quite a bit. santa rosa was getting drenched earlier in

concord 64, oakland 66 richmond 60 to, santa rosa 68 your record high for today, 80.ler radar across the state is quiet, low 50s tahoe and yosemite, low to mid 60s elsewhere san diego 68, los angeles 72, palm springs at 70. >>> let's look at what is trending on twitter in the bay area. rest in peace jenni rivera, we've been reportingthon the mexican-american singing superstar died yesterday after her plane crashed in mexico. we'll have much more coming up in a few minutes. >> also trending facebook, polls close today for voting on future policy changes. and happy holidays. you can follow us on twitter. >>> annual lists are being released one of the first is yale law school's list of the year's most memorable quotes. mitt romney's comments about 47% of the population was selected as the year's most memorable. followed by his binders full of women comment. the. made the list for his you didn't build that quote about how people who built businesses had help from others. >>> secretary of state clinton fighting a stomach virus and will delay her overseas trip for a day she

and in fact, in the richmond case, the chevron richmond thing, two of the hottest attorneys on the planet have 4,800 clients and they're trying to sue the pants off chevron, and they're going to have some success. >> talking about infrastructure, the high-speed rail system was a bit of a story this year. congress tried to kill it. jerry brown full speed ahead. where's it stand? what are we going to see in 2013? >> well, i think you're going to start to see the laying of railroad tracks. now they're going to be out between madera and bakersfield, not exactly the hottest commute route in the state, but it's a beginning. and if investors, private investors see that this might actually be something that comes around, about 20% of the money will have to come from private investors anyhow. and then of course, success gives rise to new success. so, if people actually see that this is working and the public really embraces it, which is yet to be determined, then what you're going to see is probably this thing move forward, but it's really too early to tell whether or not this thing is really goin

light rain towards richmond, berkeley. but one hour before things get saturated. as i mentioned a quick look outside. the satellite & radar pressing to the south and moving through a ukiah. and the rainfall approaching the coach with more tonight. timing it out on futurecast. >> catherine: in bay area news. just a day after oakland's top officials unveiled a new plan to fight crime. three people were killed overnight. two young men were gunned down about one this morning on mead avenue. about an hour and a half later. a woman was found stabbed to death on walnut street. kron 4's j.r. stone has more on what one of the department's new "top cop" consultants is saying about the crime rate. >> this troubled community. >> reporter: bill bratton will be a consultant for oakland police department starting in february. >> it could we give this deployed in a timely manner and more effectively for crime-fighting strategies >> reporter: bratton also tells me it's about changing the relationship between officers and those in the community to where people trust the police. he

christmas in richmond is providing a holiday meal and services at the north richmond senior center, as well. >>> we although that santa delivers on christmas day but did you know the u.s. postal service does do. they have been delivering mail on the christmas for the past three years. she dresses the part on december 25th and feels like santa when they answer the door. >> when their children at home, you get to see them. there is those smiles on the face and santa is really delivering on christmas day. >> dan: isn't that great. they only deliver express mail on christmas and nancy has been an employee at the robertsville post office for 28 years. neither rain, nor sleet will symptom nancy. >> we don't have to feed reindeer either. here is a look at live, it's raining here in san francisco as you can see on the live camera shot. wetter in some areas than in others. much of the day we had most concentrated in the north bay. you can see life doppler despite the fact have an approaching area of rainfall, things have calmed down there quite a bit. santa rosa was getting drenched earlier in

christmas in richmond provided meals and services to the residents at the north richmond community senior citizen center. as we said at the top, a soggy christmas day. what is coming as folks head back to work? spencer christian is in for sandhya patel with the forecast. >> looks like our case of the soggies is going to last overnight. we don't have widespread heavy rainfall, but we do have pockets of showers. some locally heavy. we will start in the north bay where we have light rain and areas of light rain pushing through parts of sonoma county and napa county. a little farther south, south of san jose now and into the higher terrain, we have an area of assisted yes, sir rainfall moving away from populated areas and a little farther south from there from santa cruz down to castroville and out toward gilroy we have an area of assisted yes, sir and more concentrated rainfall. many areas are experiencing dry conditions. it is pleasantly cool to mild. temperatures in the mid40s in some of our inland locations in the north bay and low 50sin other locations like antioch, san francisco, half m

right there richmond district. also sunset. just right over the city some of that rain beginning to move on through. you can see also over toward berkeley and kenningston and emeryville. and back over toward martinez, crockett, pinole. orinda back heading toward -- there is plenty to go. there is still enhancement heading off the coast. we'll keep a eye on that. it looks like the rain will pick up shortly. really mild. 50s and 60s. you can see the plume of moisture just moving at us. it will be one more day of rain. this will be a far cry from anything we saw. cloudy with rain. 60s on the temps. we're sitting at 60 now. rain ends tonight. system will fall apart down around monterey. there will be a lot of fog. weekend will be dry. it will be cooler breezy. i think we will get rid of the fog too. >>> yahoo is buying another mobile startup as it tries to create more compelling products for smart phone and tablet users. yahoo announced it's buying san francisco based on the air video chat company. they are not saying if they will

christmas in richmond provided meals and services to the residents at the north richmond community senior citizen center. as we said at the top, a soggy christmas day. what is coming as folks head back to work? spencer christian is in for sandhya patel with the forecast. >> looks like our case of the soggies is going to last overnight. we don't have widespread heavy rainfall, but we do have pockets of showers. some locally heavy. we will start in the north bay where we have light rain and areas of light rain pushing through parts of sonoma county and napa county. a little farther south, south of san jose now and into the higher terrain, we have an area of assisted yes, sir rainfall moving away from populated areas and a little farther south from there from santa cruz down to castroville and out toward gilroy we have an area of assisted yes, sir and more concentrated rainfall. experiemany areas areg dry conditions. it is pleasantly cool to mild. temperatures in the mid40s in some of our inland locations in the north bay and low 50sin other locations like antioch, san francisco, half moon b

christmas in richmond provided meals and services to the residents at the north richmond community senioren center. as we said at the top, a soggy christmas day. what is coming as folks head back to work? spencer christian is in for sandhya patel with the forecast. >> looks like our case of the soggies is going to last overnight. we don't have widespread heavy rainfall, but we do have pockets of showers. some locally heavy. we will start in the north bay where we have light rain and areas of light rain pushing through parts of sonoma county and napa county. a little farther south, south of san jose now and into the higher terrain, we have an area of assisted yes, sir rainfall moving away from populated areas and a little farther south from there from santa cruz down to castroville and out toward gilroy we have an area of assisted yes, sir and more concentrated rainfall. many areas are experiencing dry conditions. it is pleasantly cool to mild. temperatures in the mid40s in some of our inland locations in the north bay and low 50sin other locations like antioch, san francisco, half moon ba

. >> we are running a womens' volleyball program here at richmond rec center.ing really nice. the ladies here really enjoy the exercise and the play and it's a lot of fun want this program is not for the faint at heart. it's really intense. the ladies come out. they are really going after it. they just love to play and compete. anyone can sign up. we're looking for more players. the women come from all over the city. we enjoy the program and we are getting people out to have fun in this beautiful city. >> rec and parks womens' volleyball program is available at richmond rec center. please visit us onli >> pilaties. it's a creation, an old regimen of exercise. really based on core engagement and core structure and core development. we do a lot of exercise in developing that and think about lengthening of the spine and our muscles. if you're a runner, if you're into kayaking, martial arts, cycling pilates are for you. >> programs are variety year around at various locations and to learn more come to the richmond athletic cente >> well, good morning, good morning,

25th and lake street near richmond district. i have to say monday i covered a tree that landed on a prius. this is the second prius damaged by a tree this week. this one landed on the hood of the car and a branch did major damage to the roof of this prius. i'm going down and you can see this tree is just snapped part of the reason is because the ground is so very saturated. it must have been forceful, part of the -- it lifted part of the sidewalk here on this street. public works crews are here waiting for us to finish with this live remote so they can start cutting up this tree. notify idea what tree it is but i'm going to take a picture of the tree and i'm going to tweet it so perhaps my followers will tell me what tree it is. i'm live in richmond district of san francisco, leann melendez, abc7 news. >>> good idea. hope folks can help her with that. trees are coming down across the bay including oakland this was on lymon road where a redwood came down on a house neighbors heard a loud crash quarter after 7:00 you can see why,

. >> programs are variety year around at various locations and to learn more come to the richmond athleticis is smack in the middle of the tenderloin neighborhood where there are 50,000 people within walking distance. you see the kids that are using what's provided, but there is so much opportunity for this to be a stronger, more welcoming, healthier, cleaner, safer place for the people in this community to play. there are going to be new green areas, a full-size basketball court, outdoor fitness equipment, community gardens, a brand-new clubhouse. it's going to be a much more welcoming spot for a neighborhood that really needs it. ♪ ♪ >> hello. you're watching the show that explores san francisco's love affair with food. there are at least 18 farmers markets in san francisco alone, providing fresh and affordable to year-round. this is a great resource that does not break the bank. to show just how easy it can be to do just that, we have come up with something called the farmers' market challenge. we find someone who loves to cook, give them $20, and challenge them to create a delicious me

district in inner richmond there was a death and a mental issue. and i am trying to understand how the officers are with the crisis intervention team are as adequately trained as possible to deal with whether it is immigrant and non-english speaking populations or african populations. and very sensitively i share a lot of concerns that have been raised by the aclu and many of the community-based groups that are here and the comments of my colleagues as well. thanks for being here and i will be watching carefully the january community meetings that the police commission will be holding as well. >> thank you, very quickly the case that you site in the richmond, that particular person in crisis murdered his mother with knives and then popped out and turned the knives on the officers, they did deploy the less lethal option and it was ineffective and continued the assault and having committed what had been a murder. those are again, tragedies to be sure, i can assure that the crisis intervention training is a priority to me. it is a priority for the dep