currently, s.f. shines is offer a pairing of business sign services.an be paired up with an architect to get your drawings done to help you start to do the actual work. we hope that people will stay tuned, and you can find out more information on our website. that's sfgov.org/osb. >> let's talk about the shared spaces program. it's been a huge success, and outdoor dining spaces are very popular. >> the shared spaces program, especially during the pandemic, really helped spaces survive. to have an outdoor space where people could safely gather was critical, and the office of small business has been working with these shared spaces during the pandemic. some may or may not have been up to the city's code regulations, so department of public works and other departments have been trying to figure out what violations are and help businesses come into compliance. the planning department and the city have decided that they'll give businesses until 2023 to come into compliance. also in the meantime, for businesses that want to start new shared spaces, new parkl

we had a film series, the s.f. punk film series that i put together.single night. people were so appreciative that someone was bringing this for them. it is free. everything in the library is free. >> it it is also a film producer who has a film coming out. maybe in 2018 about crime. what is the title of it? >> it is called san francisco first and only rock 'n' roll movie. crime, 1978. [laughter] >> when i first went to the art institute before the adventures were formed in 77, i was going to be a painter. i did not know i would turn into a punk singer. i got back into painting and i mostly do portraiture and figurative painting. one of the things about this job here is i discovered some great resources for images for my painting. i was looking through these mug shot books that we have here that are from the 1920s. i did a whole series of a mug shot paintings from those books. they are in the san francisco history centre's s.f. police department records. there are so many different things that the library provides for san franciscans that i feel like a

currently, s.f. shines is offer a pairing of business sign services.e paired up with an architect to get your drawings done to help you start to do the actual work. we hope that people will stay tuned, and you can find out more information on our website. that's sfgov.org/osb. >> let's talk about the shared spaces program. it's been a huge success, and outdoor dining spaces are very popular. >> the shared spaces program, especially during the pandemic, really helped spaces survive. to have an outdoor space where people could safely gather was critical, and the office of small business has been working with these shared spaces during the pandemic. some may or may not have been up to the city's code regulations, so department of public works and other departments have been trying to figure out what violations are and help businesses come into compliance. the planning department and the city have decided that they'll give businesses until 2023 to come into compliance. also in the meantime, for businesses that want to start new shared spaces, new parklets,

currently, s.f. shines is offer a pairing of business sign services.an be paired up with an architect to get your drawings done to help you start to do the actual work. we hope that people will stay tuned, and you can find out more information on our website. that's sfgov.org/osb. >> let's talk about the shared spaces program. it's been a huge success, and outdoor dining spaces are very popular. >> the shared spaces program, especially during the pandemic, really helped spaces survive. to have an outdoor space where people could safely gather was critical, and the office of small business has been working with these shared spaces during the pandemic. some may or may not have been up to the city's code regulations, so department of public works and other departments have been trying to figure out what violations are and help businesses come into compliance. the planning department and the city have decided that they'll give businesses until 2023 to come into compliance. also in the meantime, for businesses that want to start new shared spaces, new parkl

as the s.f. planning commission honors his legacy and impact in the tenderloin and throughout all san francisco. his pursuit of affordable housing as a matter of social justice for low income, working class individuals and families was inflected by lives, experience and powered by his education. murillo was born into mexican immigrant farm working family and became the first member of his family to attend college. thanks to opportunity programs like migrant education and federal trial programs. he graduated from university of california, berkeley and earned a master of public public policy from the harvard kennedy school. he dedicated his personal and professional life to fostering opportunity, equity, and general change for immigrants. low income families, and families of color as we remember him for passion and leadership in building housing for so many vulnerable families in san francisco, the challenging work that he had led with humility and grace. we wish his family, friends and community a

lori stood alongside community leaders today at lowell high school to discuss how he would support s.fannounced plans to shutter several of its schools. it comes amid a major budget deficit and declining enrollment. lori says city leaders have failed to address safety, affordability and an underperforming public school system. around and bring families back to san francisco if we're going to fix our public schools. students first need to feel safe at school to learn and thrive. >> lori also said his priorities include addressing chronic absenteeism and working to build affordable teacher housing. san francisco's homeward bound program one step closer to being reintroduced, a board of supervisors committee today unanimously approved revitalizing the program. >> it provides the homeless with travel and relocation assistance back to their hometowns and off san francisco streets. it was initiated in 2005 and then sidelined a few years ago by mayor breed. supporters say homeward bound would help the city to address homelessness at the end of the day. >> we're doing everything we can to reun

and, s.f.e to blossom and grow in san francisco. >> cornell, bernard abc seven news. >> more than a dozen community programs in san francisco are about to receive millions of dollars in federal funding. the money will come from the $460 billion government funding package signed by the president. now $12 million is coming right here to san francisco. here are some of the organizations benefiting from the financial boost. it includes the homeless prenatal program and the glide foundation. we've posted a full list of projects receiving the funds over on our website. abc seven news.com. the group, bay area for iran gathered for a women's day dedication here in san francisco. they want to bring attention to the women life freedom movement, pointing out the discriminatory laws set against women in iran, recognizing the brave women who've either lost their lives or in jail as political prisoners, as well as highlighting the injustices that they're encountering in daily life in iran, such as not being

the sign above the display read s.f. grieves and included photos of the young family.f helped organize the vigil this morning. >> just hold everybody close to our hearts and give people a little peace andúalso just remember the precious lives that we've lost. >ñ we can't feel their pain, but to let them know that we're thinking about them. theygre in our thoughts and prayers. >> san francisco police arrested the driver of that suv, identified as 78 year old mary fong lao. she faces charges of the wrong way, reckless and driving at an unsafe speed. a family friend of the victims says that their extended family is coming to the bay area from brazil to help take care of the couple's six month old baby again, the only family member who survivedúthat terrible crash, the baby is still in the hospital. >> andre ali, thank you. a one year old girl in texas died after being struck by a rideshare driver, just moments after she and her family were dropped off. we want to warn you the video can be disturbing to some viewers. surveillance video shows the other passengers getting ou

lori stood discuss how he would support to s.f. usd students if elected mayor.d plans to shutter several of its schools. it comes amid a major budget deficit and declining enrollment. lori says city leaders have failed to address public safety, affordability and an underperforming public school system. >> we must turn around and bring families back to san francisco if we're going to fix our public schools, students first need to feel safe at school to said. >> his priorities include addressingúchronic absenteeism and working to build affordable teacher housing. >> raceway celebrated its newly repaved track with a special charity event to raise money for underserved children and families in critical need in sonoma county. the raceway invited participants for a very rare opportunity to take the first laps on the new surface for $150. drivers got to race around the track three times in their own vehicle. the last time the track was repaved back in 2001. >> this is kind of a one in a multigeneration type of event. just because the pavement is so fresh, it is so smoo

we have been really blessed at s.f.ive right now. i've been on broadway. i was in the temptations musical.úi was in motown musical, and i got to play iconic characters like david ruffin and jermaine jackson and marvin gaye. these reid soskin is here. bay areatt- icon and it's such an honor and privilege for us at sf backo to tell her story. >> what kind of surprises do you think people will familiar withi mean, we've done features about her here and we know a little bit about her, but there might be a surprise or two if you go see it. i love this. >> our playwright, michael jean sullivan, incredible bay area black man, playwright. he wanted to humanize her. she's a lot of people who are idolized or, you know, seen as these above the normal characters. you know, they don't get to feel what it'& like to breathe, what it'sc like to be hurt, what it's like to, to truly be seen. and her home gotc broken into in her 90s and she fought him off by herself. that is the storyúof how the play begins, which i think a lot spof peopl

blue jellies are washing ashore at san francisco's ocean beach, according to our media partners at the s.fve been seen by the hundreds since last tuesday. experts say the wind is pushing them to the surface, where they collect their food, which is marine larvae and eggs. the ocean creatures known by known as by the wind sailors are not actually jellyfish, but they are related to the jellyfish and they can irritate your skin. and they have a thin, translucent sail that rises upward. >> the stanford women's basketball team is going to the sweet 16. they had to go to overtime to beat iowa state in their second round tournament game in palo alto last night, and they had to do it in front of brock purdy, who is an iowa state alum. the game was tight throughout, with both teams exchanging leads in overtime. brooke dimitri hits a three, giving stanford the lead with just 18 seconds left. the cardinal reached the sweet 16 for the 15th time in the last 16 years. what a record! >> cameron brink fouled out in her last game here at maples. how did you bounce back and survive a way to get through that.

walk s.f. and the sf bicycle coalition are pushing for more to be done. >> the san francisco bicycle coalition will play our part, holding decision makers accountable. >> all the data doesn't lie. we have around 30 people killed every year and about 3000 people injured. >> and part of the city's plan includes speeding up the installation of 400 automated license plate readers across the city. it aims to help catch drivers who flee the scene after hitting a pedestrian or a cyclist, and the mayor is also directing the sfmta to come up with a plan to tackle dangerous intersections live in the studio. gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. thank you gloria. >> a new state bill proposal aims to address traffic safety in school zones across california. >> i'm here today because of one simple but devastating fact traffic violence is the number one cause of death for california's school age children . it's not disease. it's not guns. it's not drowning. it's getting hit by a car. >> the bill is called a safe

so um, our office has been engaging with s.f. travel to figure out more creative ways to draw more of visitors to our local small businesses. um, but also just keep in mind that they are a membership based association. so we are again, trying to do what we can, um, uh, aside from that, that structure, uh, and also just to remind everyone that shop in sf, which is the campaign that our office runs, is really the way that we are trying to promote, um, uh, people, visitors getting more deeply into the neighborhoods because what we have noticed is that all those other travel sites, they don't curate lists as, as you know. well, um, and so all of the guided walks and tours that are on shop in sf for each neighborhood, they came from, the community. they came from the local. whether it's a merchants association or other association in the community, we ask them to give us like what are your top like 9 to 12 stops in your corridor? so those are we really encourage people to go to shop in sf and check out those pages and, and um, you kno

s.f. parent coalition. thank you.this is meredith dodson with sf parents, i want to just say a huge thank you to all of the parents and all of the educators who have worked so hard, advocating working with the district to get some of these changes to happen. i also want to thank, the curriculum and instruction team for their incredibly hard work to make all of these changes happen. i think it's a really exciting, monumental change for the district that's going to benefit thousands of kids for years to come, and we still have some concerns, and we're keeping a close watch and some of the things we're going to be listening and looking out for, are that you have a clear roadmap for how these changes will unfold, we want to see, you know, beyond a three page overview that you're, you're demonstrating and understand of how much it will take, including the price tag of doing this. well, we want assurances that sfusd will identify each and every child, not meeting grade level milestones, and that you will ensure they have re

currently, s.f. shines is offer a pairing of business sign services. up with an architect to get your drawings done to help you start to do the actual work. we hope that people will stay tuned, and you can find out more information on our website. that's sfgov.org/osb. >> let's talk about the shared spaces program. it's been a huge success, and outdoor dining spaces are very popular. >> the shared spaces program, especially during the pandemic, really helped spaces survive. to have an outdoor space where people could safely gather was critical, and the office of small business has been working with these shared spaces during the pandemic. some may or may not have been up to the city's code regulations, so department of public works and other departments have been trying to figure out what violations are and help businesses come into compliance. the planning department and the city have decided that they'll give businesses until 2023 to come into compliance. also in the meantime, for businesses that want to start new shared spaces, new parklets, that is

i am a new parent at s.f, usd and i was welcomed to sf community in december and my son has thrived.d it has been so difficult to find a school and actually teachers that support him. sfc has become a second family in these few short months, and it's impossible to think that we cannot stay there and that my daughter won't be able to go there if we continue to cut the k-8 schools. just like the parents before me and the teachers, i want to make sure that you're aware that we need the current staff, that we have, and we actually need more funding. and i know that we can find it. our students and our children here in san francisco need your support. so please dive deep wherever where the money is, find it, because we need a vice principal. we need our safety and support. we cannot survive without it. we need more social workers and i. i just don't want you to forget the pandemic has made it impossible, possible for mental health to be supported. our schools are the front line. thank you. hi, my name is ida ng . i'm the parent of a first grader at san francisco community school. i had co

s.f. cove. so i guess like right around there just north of the financial district, you know, there's been all that stuff in the paper about those high rises down there and the state density bonus. you know, people get upset when they talk about paying for people's beach homes in north carolina. do we should we be considering paying for high rises that haven't been even built yet and maybe shouldn't be built? thank you. may i respond to the groundwater question? i just to clarify the, for the groundwater that we're talking about at issue and is subject to that report about hunters point is shallow groundwater. so as sea levels rise, it will push up the shallow groundwater, the groundwater that, puc mixes with hetch hetchy is deep well groundwater. so they're different. they're they're they're not connected at all. they're separated by bedrock. i believe. yeah. that's good to know. okay. last call for public comment on this item. seeing no additional requests to speak, i take that back. we'll go

. >> now, grow s.f. had pushed for the ballot measures that won on tuesday that organization says wellorthern california says the measures that passed, especially proposition e, weakened police oversight and undermine reforms that were put in place to protect the public. >> well, it is still too close to call. the only statewide ballot propositionn if approved, proposition one would allow the state to build mental health and substance abuse treatment facilities and supportive housing for the homeless. it would all be funded primarilyc through the issuance of nearly $6.4 billion in bonds. as you can see there on your screen, the numbers are still very close this morning. >> all right, pam, time's 537. governor newsom was confronted by pro-palestinian protesters at a last night. gavin newsom, when will you call for a cease fire? >> gaza. how many more children have to be killed now? >> the protesters first met the governor when he arrived at the event in an suv. then they continued chanting as he walked into the building. the protesters said the governor has mishandled the situation in g

the sign here says s.f. grieves.ite, and some of the candles areústill lit from this vigil that happened last night. the vigil, held in honor of the three people killed at this bus stop when an suv crashed into them here on saturday afternoon. the victims were a father, mother and their young son and a family friend identified the victims as brazilian national diego olivera , his wife matilda, and their son joaquin. they over into the westbound lanes and hopped the curb, crashing into the bus shelter. the couple's six month old baby was the only survivor and remains at the pedestrian safety advocacy group walk sf organized this vigil and again, hundreds of people came out to pay their respects. arrested the driver of the suv identified as 78 year old mary fong law. she faces charges of vehicular manslaughter, driving the wrong way, recklessúdriving and driving at an unsafe speed. a family friend of the victims says that the extendedúfamily of area from brazil to help takeay- care of the six month old baby, the surviv

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s.f. native my whole life. so really happy to actually be in front of the board. my overall role as fresh specialist. i like to think of it as a bridge builder. i really do meet students where they're at in the halls, elevator shafts, stair wells and really get to know them on a holistic level. why they're out in the halls, what they're currently either running away from looking to meet or looking to get out of their overall unstructured time after getting to know them. you know, because our students are generally either missing class, missing their gpas, or a combination of both. um, but getting to know them in the halls after we have established rapport building out the team, which consists of getting to know the parents, getting to know their teachers, understanding the various interests so that we can try to connect them to supports inside and outside of our school. so having meetings, really understanding them at their core, and then identifying like, all right, if the students interest is football, getting connected to the football coach really understanding

including the famous concert venue bottom of the hill, the parkside and scheduled for relocation this year, s.fwer mart. today, most of the corridor has traditional bike lanes sandwiched between, curb parking and the travel lane. traditional bike lanes have conflict points, either when cars cross the bike lane to reach the curb, or when drivers open their doors without looking or when double parking forces people to merge into the travel lane, which can feel like swimming in a river of steel and glass, the one exception is the westbound portion on the north side, starting at rhode island, which is against the curb without any parking. we started an engagement, in 2022. we started our effort introducing the project and talking to the stakeholders. we heard a range of perspectives and we were thorough in our efforts with emails. doorknocking flyering, street fairs and meetings with neighborhood associations and merchant groups. overall, we talked to more than 25 businesses on the corridor, another 20 through the potrero dogpatch merchants association, four major employers in mission bay with coll