my eyes and my ears, but even more so, my heart. >> that beauty of motion and music, which san francisco ballet has been bringing to the stage since 1933, now has moved one ballet patron to open up new possibilities for the company's future. >> it's five times larger than the biggest gift we've ever received, arturo jacobus, the interim executive director, says a donor decided to give $60 million to the san francisco ballet. >> the anonymous donor didn't want to be in the spotlight, but wanted to help the company put a spotlight on new artists and choreographers to be able to bring in new audiences is absolutely key to the to the future of organizations like san francisco ballet. >> i'm looking forward to seeing what they do with it and see, see all the ballets they put on. >> the good news comes just as the new artistic director, tamara rojo, starts her first season grateful for this gift. >> it's not just me, but all future directors that will be able to continue to create the classics of the future. >> $50 million of the gift will be devoted to the endowment for creating new works. >> we're

at the san francisco ballet. in 1997 she was named the ballet's principle dancer the first chinese dancer and the youngest in san francisco ballet history. she had travel with the san francisco ballet and counts among her best accomplishments dancing with the san francisco ballet in china with the 20th anniversary with the company and danced with them for 29 seasons and retiring after her last performance tomorrow, february 14, which also happens to be her 48th birthday. i hope you will all join me to wish her much joy and happiness in her second act and the rest i submitted. >> supervisor dorsey. >> thank you. >> supervisor engardio. >> thank you. >> supervisor mandelman. >> i will submit. >> supervisor. >> thank you. >> supervisor peskin. >> submit. >> supervisor preston. >> submit. >> supervisor ronen. >> thank you colleagues i have a couple of items today. first i am introducing a resolution adding commemorative street name of [inaudible] at holly circle. in 2020 an incredible young man named shawn was shot an

able to bring in new audiences is absolutely key to the to the future of organizations like san francisco ballet. >> i'm looking forward to seeing what they do with it and see see all the ballets they put on. i'm very attracted to the uniqueness of and it represents san francisco to me. >> the good news comes just as the new artistic director, tamara rojo, starts her first season grateful for this gift. >> it's not just me, but all future directors that will be able to continue to create the classics of the future. >> $50 million of the gift will be devoted to the endowment for creating new works. >> i believe in the transformative power of the performing arts. we're here to provide a common empathy and understanding for different points of views in a way that is confrontational, which is very rare today. and the executive director says another other hope by that anonymous donor is that it will inspire other philanthropists to give to some of these arts organizations. >> mike, creating new works, getting new audiences. as you said at the beginning, a big night for the san francisco ballet. jenna

it was a pleasure having you on the show and enlightening us about the san francisco ballet. o much, damian. damian: thank you. well, we're gonna show you the website for the san francisco ballet. for more information you can log on. again, "swan lake" is underway until march the 3. there is "mid-summer night's dream," from march 12 to the 23. dos mujeres is april 4 to 14 and "mere mortals" april 18 to april 24. "swan lake encore," again, april 30 through may 5, just a whole slew of events. log onto that website, you'll find more about what's going on. up next on here on "comunidad del valle," "feeding the soul." please stay with us. the economy is simply not working for millions of hard working families. they're working harder than ever and they still can't make enough to get by to afford food and medicine to even keep a roof over their heads. we need to build more housing that's truly affordable. we need to address this terrible epidemic of homelessness. we need to invest in good paying jobs, union jobs and investments in our future. this, this is why i'm running for the us

well a $60 million gift has been received by the san francisco ballet from an anonymous donor, and isst contribution made to the ballet in its history. ktvu jana katsuyama talked to the ballet's leadership about how they will use that money to enhance their programs with this latest gift. >> a night at the ballet. >> this is my first time going tonight. yeah it's really exciting. my friend patrick. invited me, and i just like trying new things, so i thought it would be really fun. >> fun for first timer robert coleman, who was ready to see the san francisco ballet with his friend patrick smith, who says he was brought by a friend ten years ago and ended up loving it. >> i've never thought in my wildest dreams that i would be be able to be in a season ticket holder, and really opened my eyes and my ears, but even more so, my heart. >> that beauty of motion and music, which san francisco ballet has been bringing to the stage since 1933, now has moved one ballet patron to open up new possibilities for the company's future. here. >> it's five times larger than the biggest gift we've ever

absolutely key to the to the future of organizations like san francisco ballet. >> i'm looking forward to seeing what they do with it and see see all the ballets they put on san francisco ballet directors say. >> the anonymous donor also hopes that the gift will inspire other philanthropists to support other artists and organizations. >> broadway s.f. announced its new lineup for the upcoming season, the hit musicals wicked and hamilton will both be at the orpheum theater. wicked will start running on august 28th, and hamilton will hit the stage november 27th. other performances include some like it or some like it, hot, back to the future, the musical, and parade. as well. another storm is expected to hit the bay area this weekend, but it comes as cities around the region continue to recover from recent systems. >> why? some scientists say the extra water keeping us out of a drought could still bring danger. then frustration mounts in oakland as the city marks one year without a permanent police chief. >> the way things are here in oakland and nothing gets done, crime is going rapid.

able to bring in new audiences is absolutely key to the to the future of organizations like san francisco ballet>> i'm looking forward to seeing what they do with it and see see all the ballets they put on. >> the good news comes just as the new artistic director, tamara rojo, starts her first season grateful for this gift. >> it's not just me, but all future directors that will be able to continue to create the classics of the future. >> $50 million of the gift will be devoted to the endowment for creating new works. >> we're here to provide a common empathy and understanding for different points of views. in a way that is confrontational, which is very rare today, the executive director says that anonymous donor also is hoping that this gift will inspire other philanthropists to give generously to arts organizations in san francisco, jana katsuyama , ktvu, fox two news jana, thank you. >> time now for 47 broadway. saf just announced its new lineup for the coming season in the hit musicals wicked and hamilton will both be at the orpheum theater. wicked will start running august 28th. hamilton w

at the san francisco ballet. in 1997 she was named the ballet's principle dancer the first chinese dancer and the youngest in san francisco ballet history. she had travel with the san francisco ballet and counts among her best accomplishments dancing with the san francisco ballet in china with the 20th anniversary with the company and danced with them for 29 seasons and retiring after her last performance tomorrow, february 14, which also happens to be her 48th birthday. i hope you will all join me to wish her much joy and happiness in her second act and the rest i submitted. >> supervisor dorsey. >> thank you. >> supervisor engardio. >> thank you. >> supervisor mandelman. >> i will submit. >> supervisor. >> thank you. >> supervisor peskin. >> submit. >> supervisor preston. >> submit. >> supervisor ronen. >> thank you colleagues i have a couple of items today. first i am introducing a resolution adding commemorative street name of [inaudible] at holly circle. in 2020 an incredible young man named shawn was shot an

the other stories you voted for on my instagram. >>> well, it is a historic investment into san francisco ballet and an anonymous donor is gifting the ballet $60 million to create new work and acquire new masterpieces. this is the largest gift in the company's history. it's believed to be one of the largest donations ever given to an american ballet company. $50 million will go to the endowment to support new work in the years to come, and $10 million will help secure programslready in the works by artistic director. >>> quick reminder, you can now access nbc bay area news whenever you want. we're on all the time on roku and other streaming platforms. you can watch live breaking news, conferences, and repeats of our newscast. thank you so much for joining us at 4:30. jeff and janelle are working on the 5:00 newscast next, so make sure to stay with us. we're back in two minutes. we're back in two minutes. this ad? typical. politicians... "he's bad. i'm good." blah, blah. let's shake things up. with katie porter. porter refuses corporate pac money. and leads the fight to ban congressional stock tr

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able to bring in new audiences is absolutely key to the to the future of organizations like san francisco balletlooking forward to seeing what they do with it and see see all the ballets they put on san francisco ballet directors say. >> the anonymous donor also hopes that the gift will inspire other philanthropists to support other artists and organizations. >> broadway s.f. announced its new lineup for the upcoming season, the hit musicals wicked and hamilton will both be at the orpheum theater. wicked will start running on august 28th, and hamilton will hit the stage november 27th. other performances include some like it or some like it, hot, back to the future, the musical, and parade. as well. another storm is expected to hit the bay area this weekend, but it comes as cities around the region continue to recover from recent systems. >> why? some scientists say the extra water keeping us out of a drought could still bring danger. then frustration mounts in oakland as the city marks one year without a permanent police

san francisco ballet was founded in 1933 making it the oldest professional ballet company in the countryow 5:21. she's an inspiration for young athletes. after taking over the women's college sports world, we take you to iowa for the new amazing feat for caitlin clark. >>> hey, but before we head to break, we're going to take a live look at san francisco's chinatown this morning. the celebrations are started for the lunar new year and we have a lot more this weekend. we'll be right back. - it's so fun to watch jessica in this space. - this is a look at those clouds right now in real-time, but let's head underneath this cloud layer and take a look at our rainfall... - [narrator] the virtual view studio, part of "morning edition." weekday mornings starting at 5 on kpix. >>> welcome back on this friday. the nba heads into all-star weekend events in indianapolis. kick off tonight with the celebrity all-star game always fun to check that out and the dubs will return to action next thursday against the lakers. >>> well, the team hits the brake on a high note after a win against the utah jazz.

san francisco ballet takes the stage with stunning costumes and epic dancing of the ballet classic swan lake at the memorial opera house the weekend. >> brian sensors tour swings into oakland >> cedar on sunday. >> chicago, broadway's longest-running musical has been dazzling audiences for 27 years. after more than 10,000 performances, they are just getting started. get your tickets now at, broadwaysanjose.com. >>> have you driven near local park ? you may have noticed the big tops across the way. cirque du soleil's "kooza" is here and entertaining audiences. as gianna franco reports, the artists are from all over the world and for many of them being part of the circus is a family business. >> we have a net. we don't like much. my mom is happy with it. >> reporter: a fear of heights? not for jhon sanchez. >> you feel a little bit scary sometimes. but with a lot of training and hours, you get to pass through that. >> reporter: performs death-defying stunts weekly as part of the high wire group and cirque du soleil's production "kooza", it consists of other family members from columbia. >

san francisco will take you on an emotional ride with this mind-boggling acrobatics. the thrilling experiences displaying daring stunts. >>> here's what's going on in the bay area this weekend. san francisco balletes the stage with the stunning costumes and epic dancing of the balletclassic "swan lake." at war memorial opera house all weekend. >>> and brian setzer's rock billy riot 2024 tour swings into oakland on sunday. ♪ "chicago" broadway's longest running musical has been razzle-dazzling audiences for more than 20 years and after more than 10,000 performances they're just getting started. get thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for adults with hr positive, her2 negative metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole significantly delayed disease progression versus letrozole. ibrance may cause low white blood cell counts that may lead to serious infections. ibrance may cause severe inflammation of the lungs. both of these can lead to death. tell your doctor if you have new or worsening chest pain, cough, or trouble breathing. before taking ibrance, tell your

ballet companies. swan lake runs at the war memorial through march 3rd. san francisco'sion and parks department shared photos showing the results of a much needed park repair job. the department posted a before photo of an old pathway at golden gate golden gate heights park that had fallen into disrepair, and after photo shows the road with a smoother pathway ready to guide guests to the public playground in tennis courts. >> 857 now california one step closer to building the controversial delta tunnel project, that tunnel will divert water from the san francisco bay delta estuary and into big cities and agricultural operations, state scientists say. taking away the water would threaten the state's declining chinook salmon population. it's now up to the state's water resources control board to deny or issue the permit for the project. our special program, voices for change, returns this weekend. join us as we continue to celebrate black history month with a number of impactful interviews. we'll speak with the founder of the black cowboy coalition and organization focused

the san francisco ballet is bringing back swan lake starting today. which dates back to 1877, holds special meaning for the company. critics say the sf ballet performance back in 1988 is what launched san francisco's dance company into the world class discussion. swan lake runs at war memorial opera house through march 3rd, and you hear ukrainian national anthem and that will make them smile and feel good. >> that makes me happy. >> this weekend, two years ago, russia invaded ukraine. the musical gesture made by one ukrainian student here in the bay area that has inspired a group of schools to follow his lead and make it a show of peace and support and facing a judge in the south bay after being accused of killing a three year old boy. what happened in that courtroom and what we now know from court documents about this very disturbing case from ktvu, fox two news, this is mornings on two. well, good morning to you and thank you for joining us. welcome to mornings on two. i'm dave clark. >> good morning i'm pam cook. it's friday february 23rd i want to

i live in the city of san francisco and i love to go out and do things and recently i had tickets for the ballet my husband was out of town. i could not get anyone to go with me and i jumped on it and said who wants to go to the ballet and i ended up sitting next to a nice gentleman. it was not a date it was someone with a passion for the ballet >> that is what the founders were hoping for. two friends share a passion to create community and connect like-minded adults 40 years old and up. a group often overlooked in social apps. >> inspiration was our fathers, actually. we were thinking our fathers are lonely, you know, they near their 80s, and you know, we were worried about them. they had a love for costco that was not enough to bring them together from san diego and l.a. but we, we soon realized it is not about our fathers it is about older adults like us. >> it is clear from a number of studies that socialize lags is bad for your health as smoking ruers according to the u.s. surgeon general advisory on loneliness and isolation a quarter of americans 65 years old and up are socially isolated.