this is the reason why we must act now to preserve the health reduce suffering of our fellow san franciscans. this declaration will help us ease the process of vaccine distribution. it will also send a message to the federal government that san francisco is in dire need of more vaccines. we had to prioritize first doses of vack cine to get vaccine is to as many people who benefit from it and we will differ, not cancel but differ the second deployment. we will notify the communities when our supply is sufficient to schedule the second doses. this is the best strategy at the moment to keep san franciscans as protected as possible while supplies are limited. and i want to no introduce senator scott wiener who is a strong champion for the health of gay men and all our lgbtq communities in san francisco during the outbreak of monkeypox. - >> public health is about. just like the city did and mayor and department of public health did so quickly at the beginning of covid pandemic and adjust like the city did 40 plus years ago when the federal government completely and utterly abandoned our communit

we are san franciscans. it takes all of us. i am here for it.i do not want to leave another legacy of toxic and chemical waste. i don't think that is too much to ask for. >> so what is the cost of inaction? >> williams of dollars, people's lives, we are all at risk of being inundated with feet of water. >> we believe that there. thank you all so much for the conversation. >> thank you. >>> you can find more of the reporting on our website, kqed.org. >>> a powerful tribute to the lives lost to the hiv epidemic. an intimate chapel in the north tower with the final major artwork. this week something beautiful, the aids interfaith memorial chapel is a reminder of the fragile and beautiful world we live in. >>> that is the end of our show for tonight. you can find us online or on twitter or email us . you can reach me on twitter as well. >>> thank you for joining us. we will see you next friday night. health a great weekend. ♪ geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett. tonight on "pbs news weekend"... amon's ambitions -- the big tech company's latest ex

and unfortunately, the 63 san franciscans have died due to covid. this is looking at the deaths due to covid per month and again, it's consistent with the fact that when you see surges, you see more deaths because of our very high vaccine rates across the city and because of access to effective treatment to prevent hospitalization. our death was thankfully much lower than they otherwise would be. next slide. our case rate by vaccination status, higher verses those vaccinated verses non-vaccinated and the rate is three times of unvaccinated residents compared to those who have received their series of vaccines. next slide. hospitalization numbers reflected in our case numbers and why this gives us confidence that the worse of our recent surge passed and we see the hospitalization numbers are starting to come down now and those would not be affected by home testing numbers so we know hospitalization numbers are delayed, surges in hospital numbers and declines in hospital numbers are delayed by ten days to two weeks after we see a corresponding changes

kron four's dan kerman reports. >> we've seen the long early morning lines of san franciscans trying et the monkeypox vaccination at one of a handful vaccination clinics. but no such clinics existence. san mateo county here, the public health department is giving vaccines to major health care systems in the county. and much of the rest is being shipped up to san francisco, the staff member david cameron's office was to go to san francisco and wait in line with everyone else and hopefully get a shot. >> patrick is and lives in san mateo county. he says that's not a legitimate way of taking care of those most at risk. there are man who lives san mateo county and i am a i was kind of hoping my county government would work for me and my supervisor would work free, but appears not to be the case. >> we're not going where we want to be to be as far as creating the best access. and so we continue to work on that. mark newman is the director of public health policy and planning for the san mateo county public health departments. he says vaccine doses are being sent to san francisco because th

tommy's joint is a place that my husband went to as a child and he's a fourth generation san franciscanill go to today with our children or grandchildren and share the stories of what was san francisco like back in the 1950s. >> i'm the general manager at tommy's joint. people mostly recognize tommy's joint for its murals on the outside of the building. very bright blue. you drive down and see what it is. they know the building. tommy's is a san francisco hoffa, which is a german-style presenting food. we have five different carved meats and we carve it by hand at the station. you prefer it to be carved whether you like your brisket fatty or want it lean. you want your pastrami to be very lean. you can say i want that piece of corn beef and want it cut, you know, very thick and i want it with some sauerkraut. tell the guys how you want to prepare it and they will do it right in front of you. san francisco's a place that's changing restaurants, except for tommy's joint. tommy's joint has been the same since it opened and that is important. san francisco in general that we don't lose a gr

powering possibilities. >> a lot of san franciscans are waking up to that marine layer.t only the san francisco area but the peninsula, too. it is very moist in the atmosphere but as we extend coe, this perfect and joy thuppe ouan 90s in our inland area. we will continue to warm up and we will talk about why that is happening happening coming up. > >> it is not going to be in gilroy but if you are willing to to drive further, you can attend attend a rival festival. the asparagus festival is hosting what it calls the california garlic festival. organizers called off their event to incree to increase costs. stalkers are setting up booths along garlic . garlic alley. visitors can sample dishes like garlic fries, pasta and ice cream. >> there will be a lot of delicious garlic dishes. that is is something new and exciting because if any group tends to put their spin on things, this will be no different. > >> that event runs from noon until 7:00 on saturday and sunday. > >> trey lance's time to shine has finally arrived. the chance for fans to see the young quarterback, tonight. > >> plus,

. > >> san franciscans want someone who can figure out how to mitigate some of this petty crime. >> tonight a pair of new challes new challengers in the race for san francisco district attorney. the newly announced candidates. > >> and tonight new information of just what the fbi might have been looking for during the search of former president trus president trump's estate. > >> and we'll meet a pair of longtime 49ers super fans providing the sound track for some of the team's biggest moments. >> we are the 49ers. we are always fighting and we're always exciting. >> getting ready for that preseason game tomorrow. > >> good evening, i'm yam yam. >> and i'm elizabeth cook. as the drought deepens, people in one pleasanton neighborhood are pushing back against a plan for a new recycled water filling station. kpix 5's katie nielsen asked them why. >> reporter: parkside is a quiet, dead end neighborhood in pleasanton that stretches almost a mile. >> it would be chaos if they opened the site. >> reporter: that's why laura says this is not the place for a recycled water distribution site serving r

experts and stakeholders to ensure the city's infrastructure and system meets the diverse needs of san franciscans. to ensure that families and early care and education providers have a voice for them. san francisco has always been a national leader in early childhood and this will only strengthen that reputation. thank you for your leadership and support. >> thank you. next caller, please. public speaker: good morning, supervisors. i'm the executive director of the family connection centers. the connection offers child care centers and preschool to centers to over 1500 young children, parents and caregivers each day. i want to express my enthusiasm of support for the care. our children are 90% low-income and people of color and mostly immigrants. for decades i have seen this care for children and parents must be integrated. especially during covid, we see how much the children and families struggle and we know that while we take care of children, everyday they go to their families for the rest of their days and the rest of their lives. we should be really proud of this department and the early sy

black san franciscans -- when conducting a search on black san franciscans. police need greater accountability. thank you. >> thank you, caller. you have two minutes. public speaker: i want to talk and focus on the businesses like walgreen's. right now we have people coming in just helping themselves and walking out. and the walgreen's manager tells me that in order for law enforcement to help them, they have to account for $100,000 of goods stolen and maybe they will consider their request. we have some who don't understand what are quality of life issues. why would i, for example go to the walgreen's and watch somebody just grab stuff and walk out, and sometimes walk out in front of the police car. this happens on san bruno avenue every time. san bruno. now you have on union square, all of these where people come in with guns. they come in with guns from the east bay to steal and according to some of the comments, we are supposed to allow them to have free for all. this is stupidity of the highest order. we should have high quality cameras to nip this in th

black san franciscans -- when conducting a search on black san franciscans. police need greater accountability. thank you. >> thank you, caller. you have two minutes. public speaker: i want to talk and focus on the businesses like walgreen's. right now we have people coming in just helping themselves and walking out. and the walgreen's manager tells me that in order for law enforcement to help them, they have to account for $100,000 of goods stolen and maybe they will consider their request. we have some who don't understand what are quality of life issues. why would i, for example go to the walgreen's and watch somebody just grab stuff and walk out, and sometimes walk out in front of the police car. this happens on san bruno avenue every time. san bruno. now you have on union square, all of these where people come in with guns. they come in with guns from the east bay to steal and according to some of the comments, we are supposed to allow them to have free for all. this is stupidity of the highest order. we should have high quality cameras to nip this in th

. >> the commissioners-my name is francisco decosta and a long time ago we the people, san franciscans fought for the sunshine task force and the ethics commission. over the years, especially the last 10 years, the sunshine task forces has failed us. now more then ever the ethics commission has failed us. the way they failed us is by kicking the can down the street and saying they don't have sufficient staff to do the (inaudible) when they do not know how to prioritize what is urgent. the entire nation knows that san francisco is one of the most corrupt cities the nation. and it is mandatory that the sunshine task force and the ethics commission and the controller and the san francisco city attorney do the right thing, but they have not. it has taken the federal bureau of investigation to indict (inaudible) from the san francisco public utility commission, but there is more to it. the san francisco public utilities commission is a most corrupt department today in the city. and the former city attorney is now the general manager makes $500 thousand is the fox guarding the chicken coop a

undiagnosed cases and want to the scope of the problem so we can raise the alarm and protect san franciscans. >> (inaudible) what is san francisco doing specifically to get the lion share of those (inaudible) >> we were certainly advocating with the mayor's letter and other advocacy to get a starting place of 35 thousand vaccines. it is very heart ening to hear about the large supply of vaccines the federal government announced and our vaccine supply in san francisco comes through the state of california, so we do have to wait for california allocation and then there is a distribution that happens that includes san francisco as well as other counties with the exsemgz of los angeles. >> (inaudible) >> everything we do in the tenderloin, we urban outfit. here, this gives us an opportunity to collaborate with other agencies and we become familiar with how other agencies operate and allow us to be more flexible and get better at what we depo in the line of work in this task. >> sometimes you go down and it's hard to get up. so we see ourselves as providing an opportunity for the unhoused to get

but at the same time, we cannot allow anyone to simply cost us lives of vulnerable san franciscans byrepeat repeatedly selling a very dangerous and lethal drug. alright we have a lot more to discuss with san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins. we are going to do more of that have more of this conversation on the other side of this break, including talking about the next phase of the campaign. we also are going to talk about recent criticism over her paid role with the chase of boudin recall effort and what she thinks about putin's decision not to run this putin ♪ strutting your wayn this november into my heart ♪ ♪ take your hat off make yourself at home ♪ ♪ how about stay the night then strut on home ♪ ♪ day 1 i'm in love with your strut ♪ ♪ day 2 i'm in love with your strut ♪ ♪ day 3 i'm in love with your strut ♪ ♪ guess what i'm in love with your strut ♪ ♪ i like your strut, do you wanna go struttin' struttin' ♪ ♪ you like my strut ♪ ♪ do you wanna go struttin' struttin' ♪ ♪ you like my strut ♪ ♪ then let's go struttin' right now ♪ ♪ you might already know that prop 27 taxes

i am a fourth generation san franciscan. in december, this building will be 103 years of age. it is an incredibly rich, rich history. [♪♪♪] >> my core responsibility as city hall historian is to keep the history of this building alive. i am also the tour program manager, and i chair the city advisory commission. i have two ways of looking at my life. i want it to be -- i wanted to be a fashion designer for the movies, and the other one, a political figure because i had some force from family members, so it was a constant battle between both. i ended up, for many years, doing the fashion, not for the movies, but for for san franciscan his and then in turn, big changes, and now i am here. the work that i do at city hall makes my life a broader, a richer, more fulfilling than if i was doing something in the garment industry. i had the opportunity to develop relationships with my docents. it is almost like an extended family. i have formed incredible relationships with them, and also some of the people that come to take a tour. she was a dressmaker of the first order. i would go v

i married a third generation san franciscan. i am a nurse by training. i was pedic critical care nurse. my first job was uc san francisco. i did practice nursing for 20 years before founding the center in the east bay. >> 20 years ago, you founded cer for bioethics and culture. >> i don't believe it but it's n 20 years. time flies. >> definitely. what caused you to take that step? >> i loved medicine, science, ty and certainly working in pediatric critical care nursing at major hospitals, we were always on cutting edge of new technology, new treatment, new . but i was interested in the eths of all the advancements. not just because we can do something do something doesn't mean we sh. so i went and studied bioethics. studied bioethics. >> i noticed you had advanced d, masters. >> it was part of my work that d the center that i run. >> the center is educational not 501c3 in california. i mention it is internationally known. you internationally known. you have testified at the un, have spoken foreign countries. people are interested in the knowledge you have

i am a san franciscan, i have friends and family here, i do not want anybody to suffer.down to tenderloin, the mission district, you see nothing but suffering. this is wrong. this is something that needs to stop. kristen: erica samberg, thank you for your time. up next, we talk to a congressman who is part of a delegation recently visiting taiwan. ♪good vibes by moa l.m. munoz & ryan t. short♪ ♪♪ ♪bout to get down, living it up♪ ♪never touch ground, never enough♪ ♪bout to get down, living it up♪ ♪never touch ground, never enough♪ ♪got me feeling good♪ ♪vibes♪ ♪♪ ♪got me feeling good♪ ♪vibes♪ ♪♪ ♪everything's everything's alright alright♪ get a free storage upgrade and case when you pre-order. kristen: u.s.-china relations remain tense over the future of taiwan as another high-profile u.s. official visits today. eric holcomb met with the taiwanese president to discuss economic cooperation. nancy pelosi visited earlier this month, followed by a delegation that included john garamendi whose district includes sacramento. he joins us live to discuss it. thank you for joining

telephone town hall later today to talk about the monkeypox outbreak and available resources for san franciscans. as of yesterday, san francisco is reporting 563 monkeypox cases. california's monkeypox numbers are almost at 2,000. four bay area counties are among the top tep jurisdictions with the most monkeypox cases. those include san francisco, alameda, santa clara and contra costa countys. the hours at the monkeypox vaccine clinic at san francisco general has been extended. it will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. monday through friday depending on spliechlt the current supply should last until thursday. still awaiting word on when they'll receive their next allocation and how much they'll be getting. >> i would just say that san francisco continues to have a higher rate of cases compared to the state overall. we're unfortunately proportionately having a very high rate of monkeypox, as far as i know the highest in the state right now. we expect those numbers to continue to increase. we're not seeing a plateau which is why we're encouraging people to get vaccinated, take prevention measures.

. >> reporter: flashforward and the native san franciscan is home for summer break, his first first yearod. morehouse is very helpful, exactly where you need to be. i love that i went away for college. it has been everything i have imagined it to be. >> reporter: israel did miss home and family, especially his two little sisters . >> i was very homesick. at a certain point, i wasn't depressed, but it was really hard being away from family for so long. >> reporter: now he is making up up for lost time taking his two best girls to a special outing. the san francisco-based nonprofit provides young people with internship opportunities focused on design, brand management and performing arts, like music and dance. >> i like how they try the hardest. >> reporter: she is impressed with the dancers rehearsing a special performance for mayor london breed. >> i like how they dance. i hope hope when i get older i can be like them. >> reporter: he knows his sisters can be anything they want to be because he sees himself as his protector and role model. >> i do it all for them so i don't care what i g

but about 10 years ag- the native san franciscans measg hip-hop careers when they noticd a terrible trendkilled. somebody went tl and we are like we need to do s. they wanted to do. a lot of thed to be honors. in the art and bus of rap kept him out of trouble. so, rich and danielle sounded t level in 2012. they have introdd up to 1800 at risk young peopleo music, dance, marketing, film, c design and fashion. >> i believe me and danielle's m is to help others pursue their . they took part in project levele city modeling tour. even more ml is the family like connection with rich and daniel. >> they grew up around here so it is very relatable. is really like a father figure. that is the secret formula, the family . family aspect. that comes from daniel. >> i am a leader in my community . i think it is pretty cool. >> reporter: she coaches dancers dancers like the group who performed for the mayor's birth. mayor's birthday. in the next room, other youth learned to den to design and print their own clothing line. participants aged aged 8 to 24 often come back as volunteers and role models. >>

. >> it is not something san franciscans might expect to see, but here it is caught on camera. a police officer from marin county dropping off a man who appears to be homeless and mentally l on 14th avenue in san francisco. the shops neighborec home acrose street. she says after the officer unloaded the man and his belongings, he drove off. the neighbors say after the men was dropped off, he started causing trouble in the neighborhood and seemed to like something on fire and then started throwing rocks and undressing in a driveway. san francisco police department and fire were called to respond. they arrived 30 minutes after he was left. >> san francisco is not a dumping ground. >> san francisco city attorney says his office is investigating. >> it is disturbing to think that another jurisdiction would drop someone experiencing homelessness or mental health challenges in the middle of a residential neighborhood with no services or resources around. it doesn't make for a good outcome. >> i want to a knowledge that we made a mistake. >> the spokesperson for the san rafael police d

of san franciscans helping people for so many years in san francisco. can we go go back a bit, too? obviously, just a tremendous disaster in san francisco when the 19 oh six earthquake struck. we all know much of the city was destroyed, either buildings collapsed, or we saw massive fires, but san francisco general hospital survived that quake, and obviously so many people were injured, also suffering from outbreaks of disease in the city. what role did that facility play in helping people after that disaster? well the 19 oh six earthquake absolutely affected everyone in san francisco and the s f g was truly at the center of providing stability and care. um after both the earthquake and then the fires that followed as the city rebuilt than the black plague came along, and then the city and county actually, then went on to create isolation wards and create new models of care related to that new challenge for the community, and so it's been this fearless leader for compassionate and team based care. um again for decades from the time of the when it opened

there are so many different things that the library provides for san franciscans that i feel like a lotave a library card. i've never been there. they need to come down and check it out and find out what we have. the people who are hiding stuff in their sellers and wondering what to do with these old photos or old junk, whether it is hippie stuff or punk stuff, or stuff from their grandparents, if they bring it here to us, we can preserve it and archive it and make it available to the public in the future. sdwroo gog and welcome to the victoria's og house or beautiful community in san francisco. we will like to welcome our am mayor london bride. supervisors and department of public health. thank you for joining us all. y victoria's house an arc dull residential community is supportive environment for clients that need assistance dealing with mental health and coping scythes. offer a process that delivers services, life skills and social programming supporting daily living, medication management, moles and housing. >> our all inclusive on site

gay men, bisexual men, trance persons and other lgbtq san franciscans.we're also going to expand to include sex workers as well. previous to today, we had been limits to vaccine to people who had a known exposure or told they had been in contact with a case by public health or venue they had attended. adds community spread has increased, it makes much more accepts to switch to a more general policy that takes into account more of the risks that people might have. we're working within this to provide equitable pathways for people in the communities. it's going to create more command and that will be a -- demand and that will be a challenge when we have limited vaccines. we want to not be a barrier or a bottleneck to people understanding that they would be eligible for vaccine as the supply allows. it's important to emphasize that due to these limitations, even though someone may be eligible for a vaccine, it's not the case right now that vaccine is always readily available to them. next slide, please. so, our vaccine strategy has been several toaltd. fold

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. >> reporter: about 10 years ago, , the native san franciscans wee nurturing hip-hop careers when they noticed a terrible trends. >> every time we came home, it uld be bad news. we hear that a young person have gotten killed, somebody went to jail. we were like, we need to do something, and it had to do somg that caters to what they like. a a lot of them wanted to be artists. >> reporter: rich new first-han. >> music saved my life. vote the art and business of rap kept him out of trouble. rich and dal founded project level in 2012. the nonprofit has introduced up to 1800 at risk and people to music, dance, marketing, field, graphic design, and fashion. >> i believe me and danielle's dream is to help others pursue r dream. >> reporter: morehouse college sophomore, israel loving, took part in the modeling to work. even more meaningful if the family-like connection. >> they ask where they are from. they grew up ery h verlatae. r figure. that's a secret formulae family aspect. that comes from . that comes from danielle. >> reporter: jasmine's confidence skyrocketed since she came to projec

oftentimes putting their lives on the line to ensure the safety of san franciscans. we take incidents like this seriously and want to thank the sfpd for their involvement in these investigations. dan kerman kron, 4 news. >> bay area police had their hands full with several sideshows over the weekend. one of them happened sunday about one in the morning on 13th street and south van ness in the city under the highway. one o one overpass. and in oakland, police there say they responded to a massive sideshow late saturday night. it drew as many as 200 spectators and 500 cars. oakland police say 7 people were arrested. 8 cars were towed and 4 citations were issued. >> well, your health senator scott wiener announces a new plan to allocate 41 million dollars to combat the monkeypox outbreak. in a statement released today, the senator said we've been fighting like to ensure california effectively response to the monkeypox outbreak and this emergency appropriation will be a huge help that both the state and local level. well keep ox is a painful and isolating disease and it'

. >> it is not something san franciscans are likely to see. >> dropping off a man that appears to be homeless and mentally ill. a shocked neighbor who asked not to be identified reported this video from the home across the street. he started causing trouble in the neighborhood. he seemed to like something on fire and then started throwing rocks. san francisco city attorney david chiu says his office is now investigating. >> it is disturbing to think that they would drop someone experience a homelessness in the middle of a residential neighborhood with no services or resources around it. it does not make for a good outcome. >> i want to acknowledge that we made a mistake. cuesta lieutenant is -- >> lieutenant says the officers never should have driven him outside of san francisco. >> they just brought them to san francisco to let the city deal with it. >> i understand that is what it looks like and want to extend our apology not only to the san francisco community much of the first responders. legal action now is not at the table either. >> we will look told any jurisdiction accountab