infections in san francisco.o reach our most vulnerable populations, particularly are african-american and latino communities who are not seeing their h.i.v. infections drop as others do, this means getting everyone, and i mean everyone access to services, treatment, and preventative medications like prep. [applause] >> and i'm confident that dr kovacs will get us to our goal. we are also confronting san francisco's other allegedly impossible problem, housing. housing. we have to produce and preserve housing, and keep people in their homes. i will continue to support the rights to civil council which we funded it last year's budget with $5.8 million so every tenant who needs a lawyer can get one, and through our small sight -- his most -- small site acquisition program, will fight to preserve rent-controlled buildings to keep people in neighborhoods secure. [applause] >> people like ms. miss wu, and 99-year-old woman who has been living in the same building in the richmond district for the past 30 years. or build

my name is patricia hernandez, and i am a native of san franciscan -- of san francisco. i was born and raised in the mission district, and i'm here to support hilary ronen, and i also work at the afterschool mission education project inc., please, please, she has done so much, she is warm, she really does care about our community. please, i am advocating for her to be the president of the board of supervisors. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is mckenzie. some of you may recognize me. i worked from rafael mandelman and matt haney on their incredible campaigns. i'm here to support hilary ronen for president of the boards. i saw her come out really hard for these guys in their campaigns, and i have seen her fight for the district that i live in, district nine, and being a newcomer to san francisco, i have been here for almost two years now, i was excited to come to a city that was progressive, and doing all the right things, but i do see a lot of infighting and splits within the democratic party here , and i think it's time

i am a fifth-generation san francisco suggest san francisco and. i live in district ten, and i have also lived in the sunset and the richmond, and i have two boys that go to school here in the city, i'm also a member of local 16, the stagehand to charge a union. i support the permit going through, and ask you to all help keep these jobs here, and help keep me and my family and the city where we have always been. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i am an owner and operator of downtown san francisco. we have three locations now. i'd like to reiterate that outside lands has a huge economic and financial and marketing impact for our business. we rely heavily on outside lands to carry and market our business to not only san francisco residents, or residents that visit alike. i would like to clarify that outside lands is not just another music festival, it is absolutely an arts and cultural and culinary events, which makes it different from all the other music festivals in the u.s. it makes it stand out for san francisco. thank you. >> th

and san francisco with more than an inch in redwood city, san jose and santa cruz.he sunrise at the sun setting at 5:41 pm. upper 40s to low to mid 50s with 49 in san mateo, 52 in mountain view, 54 in santa clara and san jose. a high of 48 in bonnet creek and for brentwood. berkeley seeing a high of 49, richmond a nap as well. 50 in alameda, san leandro, and 42 in lakeport for the high. >>> the giants fans fast at oracle park looking at off and on showers so bring your rain jacket umbrella with temperatures in the low 50s. >>> your 7-day forecast with off and on showers for the weekend, a break on monday before more showers tuesday, wednesday and thursday next week. >>> it is 5:50 am. >>> still to come on this is a kpix 5 news mo morning . >> put your hands behind your back. >> the tsa is reporting a record number of incidents involving guns at the u.s. airports and what the agency plans for the growing . >>> here's a live look outside as we look at the richmond-san rafael bridge, looking very different from yesterday when they were shut down but all lanes are open

san francisco 47, san jose 44 with santa rosa in low 40s. increasing rain and especially late morning into the early afternoon with widespread rain. all of us will see rain this afternoon and tonight. that means it will be a wet afternoon and evening commute, and it could be a mess later on the roadways for your afternoon and evening commute. we have wet weekend with off and on showers. this is a very active weather pattern with this next storm system coming to bring rain for all of us across the bay area later today. calming it out at the futurecast, at 11 am rain moves in and through 4 pm all of us was the light to moderate rain. as we go through saturday, off and on showers. here is 4 pm. sunday we are looking at off and on showers as well at 4 pm sunday. we will see lowering snow levels20 or 3000 kensundd see o feet. that means the highest mountain peaks in the bay area could see a little bit of snow. next week will be a wet pattern for the entire west coast. we have active weather over the next several days. sunrise at 7:07 am, sunset a

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right about san francisco. today is an example of that. i want to welcome everyone to district one. i want to acknowledge all the people here who's leadership and hard work was vital to it project. thank you to our amazing san francisco fire department and chief joann hayes white and to our fire commission president and fellow fire commissioners to our service. thank you to public works and our director for delivering this incredible project and doing it on budget. it was definitely worth the wait. finally, i want to thank the residents of district two and san francisco for your support and commitment to prepare a resilient city. we know this project could not have been possible without passing the bond in 2010 and 2014 and your commitment to earthquake safety makes all the difference in the world. it was worth the wait like i said. fire station 16, originally built in 1938 has been a home for the firefighters who proudly served geldengate valley and marina for the last 81 years. it's not just a building. i liv

in south san francisco, and san mateo. zooming into san francisco you can see it is pouring from downtown san francisco, the sunset district, daly city, and just over the bay bridge with moderate to heavy rainfall pushing through. there is a coastal flood advisory in effect from 5 am through 10 am with minor flooding possible in the low- lying areas in the immediate coast line in bayfront due to the high tide and onshore wind. with and breezy in spots with scattered showers and some downpours mixed with sunshine today. we have cool daytime highs, and off and on showers continuing to the weekend. we have an update on the russian river at guerneville, currently at 34.7, 2.5 feet above flood stage. it will stay above flood stage now until late tonight. the river has already crested, but we are still talking about minor to moderate flcounty the swollen russian river is expected to be above what stage for most of the day. we have been monitoring the rise of the river since yesterday. we are live from guerneville. >> reporter: t

i love san francisco.in my community and continue to help the residents who live here and continue to see my neighborhoods move into new housing, it's been a real joy. it's been a real joy. as latinos we are unified in some ways and incredibly diverse in others and this exhibit really is an exploration of nuance in how we present those ideas. ♪ our debts are not for sale. >> a piece about sanctuary and how his whole family served in the army and it's a long family tradition and these people that look at us as foreigners, we have been here and we are part of america, you know, and we had to reinforce that. i have been cure rating here for about 18 year. we started with a table top, candle, flower es, and a picture and people reacted to that like it was the monna lisa. >> the most important tradition as it relates to the show is idea of making offering. in traditional mexican alters, you see food, candy, drinks, cigarettes, the things that the person that the offerings where being made to can take with them

and downtown san francisco and san jose coming in at 50. and oakland, 51. and 46 in livermore, and 48 for santa rosa. dry for the most part and trackinort bay. you can see the wet weather from san rafael as well as over the richmond san rafael bridge and about to push into the peninsula. cloudy, mild, a few showers, we'll see increasing rain and wind as we head through the day, especially by this afternoon. that rain will really get going as well as the wind. a flash flood watch for the entire bay area and a wind advisory with gusts to 50 miles per hour. especially for the coast as well as the bay area hills and mountains. here's futurecast. let's time it out. here we are at 10 a.m. and you can see the rain begins to move in for the north bay. as we go through noon, stopping the clock, you can see into the san francisco peninsula and that spreads in as we head through the afternoon. the heaviest rain will be for the north bay. and you can see the rain from the bay area throughout the day on tuesday. a wet and windy start tomorrow at 5 a.m. and it keeps goin

of san francisco. and while you have heard some really compelling testimony and experiences from teachers and from other parents, i want you to know that there are thousands of parents -- and thousands of residents -- who voted to support prop g and prop little c and prop big c. and the second district is a membership organization and we voted to support prop g because we know how critical it is to support our teachers in our community schools. and we voted to support prop little c because we know how critical early childhood education is for our students. so all i'm asking is that you support the will of the voters and the families and the residents, many of whom you have met here today, who really support these issues. you have an opportunity to support the will of the voters in a real tangible way right now when you allocate this funding. and i appreciate your continued support for public education. thank you. >> hi. my name is allison eddie-brodman and i'm a resident of district 5. i understand tha

where is san francisco? i think this body should weigh in and advise the board of supervisors on casa and s.b. 50. and the board of supervisors should have a position for san francisco, because we have an an inconsistent position right now with some elective saying yes, and something no, and the directors are saying gas. i think that will really help us do it.

we are here to work with you and to create a safer san francisco. happy lunar new year, and there's one person i would like to recognize. there is a change in command we have in the central district. captain paul yep has been a major player at central station, and our new commanding officer, captain robert yeh, as well, and paul has helped with that transition immensely, so we're looking forward to the lunar new year. thank you, everybody. [applause] >> now, i want to introduce supervisor aaron peskin. [applause] >> supervisor peskin: thank you, miss worthy. miss worthy is worthy, and sf safe is a great organization. i just want to say that that joke was so funny, i regret having you to arrest you a few years back. but in all seriousness -- [speaking foreign language] [applause] >> supervisor peskin: mayor breed, to the president of the san francisco board of supervisors, norman yee, to the representatives of the other supervisors and elected officials gathered here today, to the command staff of the san francisco police department, to the represent

i was born in san diego and adopted out to san francisco when i was about 17 years old. i bounced around a little bit here in high school, but i've always been here in the bay. we are an inclusive preschool, which means that we cater to emp. we don't turn anyone away. we take every child regardless of race, creed, religious or ability. the most common thing i hear in my adult life is oh, you don't seem like you have autism. you seem so normal. yeah. that's 26 years of really, really, really hard work and i think thises that i still do. i was one of the first open adoptions for an lgbt couple. they split up when i was about four. one of them is partnered, and one of them is not, and then my biological mother, who is also a lesbian. very queer family. growing up in the 90's with a queer family was odd, i had the bubble to protect me, and here, i felt safe. i was bullied relatively infrequently. but i never really felt isolated or alone. i have known for virtually my entire life i was not suspended, but kindly asked to not ever bring it up again in first grade, my desire to

in san rafael, san leandro a high of just 500. lakeport at 42 and 40 for clearly. we will timeout the rain for you coming up. >>> a new writing project at a school in upstate new york is having a positive effect on students in and out of the classroom. >> hilary lane shows us how expressing gratitude is making kids happy and helping them sleep better. >> do you need a fresh journal? >> the eighth grade students at lincoln elementary begin the day by writing what they are grateful for. >> reporter: malachi and his classmates are writing in gratefulness journals. >> how do you think you've changed ? >> i've become more positive, more positive outlook on things, not just thinking about negative. >> reporter: researchers at uc berkeley find people who write down what they are thankful for sleep better, get sick less often and are happier. >> we started to appreciate -- >> reporter: the principal says since students started journaling last year poor behavior reports have dropped 40%. >> once they started writing in the journal it didn'

san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from.at you'll always recognize whenever you lock in the door. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪ >> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one b

as goes san francisco, so does san francisco, as goes california, so goes the nation. let's give it a shot in san francisco. but basically, this legislation would require departments that are seeking public funds to acquire or use surveillance technology to have a surveillance plan and a policy that would become -- come before the board of supervisors for approval, and as to existing technology, they would have 120 days to bring that before the board of supervisors, but most importantly, this legislation bans facial recognition technology, which we know, and the literature absolutely shows, and the concerns not only come from civil liberties groups, but they actually come from the tech industry, that facial recognition technology, which has the biases of the people who have developed it, disproportionately misidentified as people of color and women. this is a fact. you can read it and countless pieces of literature, and san francisco is a city first, and i am persuaded by the broad coalition of supporters, including the aclu, color change , council on american relation

a beloved leader in san francisco, and the number 1 fan and champion of our san francisco giants baseball team. he passed away at the past sunday, generate 27th, at the age of 76. he was absolutely instrumental in supporting the giants team and franchise. he purchased a franchise in 1992 , and kept our team in san francisco. born in manhattan, he moved to california to attend stanford university. he was a strategic business leader and led safely as chairman and c.e.o. from 1980- 1993 before taking over the giants. under his leadership, the giants made the playoffs four times including an appearance at the 2002 world series against the angels. the foundational leadership and competitive spirit set the stage for the team to continue fighting for greatness, including more playoff appearances, an unforgettable world series championships in 2010, 2012, in 2014. he will forever be demoralized at the iconic waterfront ballpark. he worked tirelessly to build this park without direct public funding in 2,000. some of his highest achievements achieved work on behalf of the community. he let the gian

i grew up in san francisco. be standing here in the city that raised me amongst the finest in blue, sfpd cat give yourselves a round of applause. [♪] and thank you to everybody who got time off. i come from a family of law enforcement. the government his name is clemens, so you might know my aunt and uncle. my aunt is lucy clemens. they are happily retired, so i wish you all the best, and thank you for all your service. nevertheless, i want to thank chief william scott. [applause] thank you for having this event and understanding how important it is to celebrate black history in san francisco. people have gentrification, no, no, no, we are still here. there are still so many generations of black history here in san francisco, and i think everybody, i thank you all for coming out here to celebrate. we have to give a huge thanks to our mayor, london breed. [cheers and applause] >> and i want to give a special shout out to the mastermind behind this event. brown. [cheers and applause] can i just say how humble he i

requesting authorization to modify the existing grant agreement with next village san francisco for the provision of the village model during the period of january 1, 2019 through june 30, 2019 additional amount of $50,000 plus 10% contingency for the amount not $291,636. thank you again linda. >> commissioners i take your approval for the budget modification with next village san francisco. next was founded in 2019 and served northeast sector of the city. next stands for in th northeast exchange team. they have local restaurants. there are film showing. there are writing classes. big part of village infrastructure is volunteer coordination of services. part of the fee for membership, you have the opportunity to call the village office, ask for a ride to the doctor and that volunteer services coordinated for you. the more members you have the more request come in and the more volunteers are needed. this is a big part of the village infrastructure maintaining this program. daas funded village program have a membership fee that encourages the active involvement of its members. this member

rafael -- san francisco, san rafael and 56 in san jose with 58 in santa rosa. your 7-day forecast on temperatures in the 50s with sunshine today. spotty showers for tomorrow with the weaker weather system, drying out thursday with sunshine friday and the next chance for showers is on sunday. >>> in half moon bay the san francisco county sheriff's deputy find two young mountain lion cubs downtown. look at these little babies. they appeared to be trying to escape the cold in this photo shows them snuggled up under the patrol car. officers said they were not aggressive and they kept the eye on them for safety. hopefully they have found their way back home into the woods. >> hopefully the mother was not too close. you don't want to run into the mother. >> i know i would be tempted to pay it the cubs but i know you're not supposed to. strack coming up in sports, it is time that the giants make the big announcement, the last season for bruce bochy with the full report coming up from scottsdale . strack would go to break a vecons tuesday morning as we take a live look

the rainfall amounts. 54 in san francisco and san rafael. oakland a highof 56, 55 in fremont and 56 in san jose. low average temperatures for this time of the year. tomorrow plenty of sunshine with high pressure building in continuing through friday. partly sunny with saturday showers, sunday into next week. >>> are you ready for the biggest tuna ever caught? we have it. >>> the giants new boss afraid to tell his parents about his new job, coming up. >> as we head outside to take a look at the cleared shot at the golden gate bridge with showers. it is 5:20 am. welcome back. it is 5:23 am. >>> we have metering lights on at the bay bridge toll plaza with cars cycling through a few probes that metering lights toward the incline it is a little bit sluggish working awake to the tunnel. at the 880 overpass, a crash reported at the berkeley curb and another at the toll plaza blocking at least one right lane. it is a busy right out of oakland into san francisco. >>> here is dennis with your sports. >> the baseball top reagent is coming to the natali

i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when people come to discover, i want them to rediscover the magic of what diversity and empathy can create. when you're positive and committed to using that energy, >> my passion for civil service is inspired by a tradition. scda stands for supervisorory control and data acquisition. we can respond to an alarm, store history, so we can look at previous events and see what went wrong and if we can improve it. operations came to scda and said, can you write a program that would run the pumps at crystal springs pump station to eliminate peak power usage during daytimes, and we performed that function. i love the puzzle. every time there's a problem that comes up, it's a puzzle that has to be solved, and we do it. >> travis writes all the code for the original water system. he is super

and 5 1/2 for santa rosa and 4 1/2 for san rafael. and four for san francisco. and 3 inches for concord, pleasanton, hayward. and this is through wednesday into early thursday. talking about the winds, futurecast wind gusts, we see the winds head through the afternoon. the wind advisory starts this afternoon and continue thes all day along with strong winds for tuesday. daytime highs today, mild, 57 in san francisco. and 58 in oakland. and 59 in fremont. and 60 in san jose. and 56 for santa rosa and napa. increasing rain and increasing wind today. especially in the afternoon throughout tonight, into tomorrow. a rainy and ndal loand scattered showers wednesday, possibly thursday, catching a break friday and more rain on saturday. now a check on traffic. >>> we'll make sure you get to work on time. we're looking at the north bay. things are quiet and so far, so good. from san rafael to san francisco, travel times, 15 minutes. a good start to the ride. and taking a look at the conditions across the richmond san rafael bridge, we're seeing okay speeds on the commute

where is san francisco? i think this body should weigh in and advise the board of supervisors on casa and s.b. 50. and the board of supervisors should have a position for san francisco, because we have an an inconsistent position right now with some elective saying yes, and something no, and the directors are saying gas. i think that will really help us do it. a few other things i have here ... we need to raise taxes, right? and tax increases, we have the howard jarvis institute, and they sue everybody unless they can get there two thirds, which is really hamstrung. my fear is with prop c., and the other ones we had where we had initiatives by citizens, signatures, and we have things that are 50 5%, anything lower than 67% will not pass. i am worried about that. there's all kinds of funding sources, with us one of the most regressive ones we have. is a property owner, i am happy to pay a property tax if this will work and it will start solving things. the new regional housing entity authority will collect re

they stopped at san antonio.e was wounded on guard duty and could not go to mexico with his group. he did a lot of sketch work in san antonio. he made some very beautiful sketches of the alamo. he was not happy with the way the army had redone the faÇade of the alamo. he thought it was poorly done when they put the roof on. he was not happy. he said it was like a ridiculous scroll. steve: is that the faÇade we see today? joel kitchens: that is the faÇade we see today. yes. steve: how did americans outside of texas understand or learn or visit these missions? joel kitchens: the missions became used as marketing. the romance of the missions as a symbolic of a mythological spanish cast the alamo for its tragic romance story. these were used by railroad companies, southern pacific and others, to bring tourists from the frontier to see the americas, certainly in the early parts of the 20th century there was a move to be america first. that became a rallying cry among many people who wanted people to bring their dollar

san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. our big story this morning. the area around a gas explosion in san francisco's inner richmond district remains closed this morning. this is video of the flames before fire crews arrived on scene yesterday afternoon. the gas line erupted just before 1:30 at a construction site in the area of geary boulevard and parker avenue. firefighters issued evacuations to people residing within one block of the fire. pg&e managned to cap the ruptured gas line at 3:45 p.m. <... was englufed in flames.>( no one was hurt ... but the fire spread to at least five buildings ... including a restaurant.fire officials say 8 workers were doing fiber optic work underground when they hit a gas line and caused the explosion. ( robin ) this morning we have dispatch audio from the chaos surrounding the gas explosion. it was very tense for fire dispatchers trying to determine where crews should focus their attention. take a listen. <...on where to go th

i was born and raised in san francisco.i started my cannabis business here, i support the creation of a public bank to help all mentioned before me, but also to create a safer path forward for the cannabis industry. this could create safer transactions, help us get funded as a new industry, and help control the illicit market. we have embraced cannabis, we should put supported all the way. thanks. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello, board of supervisors. my name is monica. i don't usually come to these meetings, but i am very interested in a public bank because banks did used to be local, and there weren't layers, and layers, and layers of decision-making that now exist with the corporate bank structure. i think that if we had a public bank, there would be a lot of transparency. there would be -- the decision-making would be localized, and the decisions would be made by the community, the actual people, rather then the so called citizens united meaning the big corporations who use cities as a form of laundromats for their

into downtown san jose. in san jose, i'm amanda del castillo, abc7 news. >>> all next week, abc7 news follows the bay area b.a.r.t. experience. see what it's like to ride now and what track the transit system will take next because a safer b.a.r.t. means a better bay area for all of us. if you rely on b.a.r.t. in the early morning hours, you'll notice a big change starting monday. b.a.r.t. trains will start running one hour later at 5:00 instead of 4:00. that's because of overnight seismic retrofitting inside the transbay tube. this change will affect about 2,900 commuters. buses will stop at selected stations to get riders across the bay. you can find the new schedule online at abc7 news.com, just search b.a.r.t. >>> 5:09 is our time and developing now, a dangerous winter storm is hitting the pacific northwest. this is new video from the seattle area. you can see cars stuck on the roads as the snow started falling yesterday. accumulations could reach 8 inches in some areas. hundreds of flights at seatac hav