i am currently the manager of the one-stop career center in san francisco chinatown and oversee and manage a team of seven full-time staff. one stock is a comprehensive and integrated workforce development center, operated by to debut of nonprofit organizations. -- two nonprofit organizations. both agencies have more than 45 years of combined experience serving job-seekers and people with multiple barriers to obtaining economic sufficiency. we have those organizations with many training programs. it allows us to assess the needs of residents of san francisco and provide services to mitigate those needs with the goal of economic self-sufficiency for residents of san francisco. i am plunge in english and three dialects of chinese. -- i am fluent in english and three dialects of chinese. i believe that my experience operating the one-stop center allows me to provide a voice for immigrants and other job- seekers who have multiple barriers to employment to be able to fully integrate. supervisor kim: what would be one of your priorities in serving an advisory capacity? >> the priority is to refl

obama and her daughters had dinner in san francisco's chinatown. those are some of the many appearances she is making to raise her visibility during the 2012 campaign. here are some of the poll numbers that show why she is an asset. a poll taken last october found 63 percent of americans have a positive impression of her and only 21% view her unfavorably. today's search for the missing morgan hill teenager will once again take investigators off road. sierra lamar has been missing since march 16th. santa clara county sheriff's deputies off-road unit will search of the south coyote creek trail and the cochrane road area. on thursday, some volunteers found suspicious items near the home including an empty box labeled handcuffs and to use condoms. volunteers alerted authorities in those items are at a crime lab being tested. also this morning there is a youth march planned that will start at the morgan hill community center at 11:00. new this morning, a final night in antioch leaves one person dead and two others hurt. a group of men was kicked out of

friends remembering one of the victims yesterday in san francisco's chinatown. the 65 year-old man worked at the restaurant for 18 years. the restaurant's owner says the victims are husband and wife and daughter and son. he believes the fifth victim is the son's girlfriend >> this morning the stanford campus is mourning the death of a soft more volleyball player who died eight days after being taken in for a medical emergency. she remained in the intensive care unit until death. she had played on the u.s. junior national team in 2010. the parents of trayvon martin will be in washington to participate in a hate crime form on capitol hill. they express their pain last night. the teenager was shot and killed last month in florida. in neighborhood watch capt. says he shot martin in self- defense. investigations are underway in both the state and federal levels. 82 of arguments before the supreme court regarding the health care over reform law. >> protesters on hand yesterday as lawyers argue over whether the court can decide on the law's constitutionality. some argu

san francisco winter day. we are delighted to be here in chinatown. thank you to all of you who came out.his event. this is a very busy street. that's one of the reasons we are doing this project. we are here today -- i am transportation director with the sfmta. thank you, boss. we're geared today to mark yet another important milestone and the steady, continued progress that we are making for the future generations of san francisco in this critically important project criticallyphase 2 of the light rail, otherwise known as the central subway. it is a project that is very important for building capacity, to move san francisco in the future. it also has benefits for current generations of san franciscans. the benefit comes in the form of jobs. you cannot mention the word jobs these days without thinking of our great mayor lee. out further ado, i want to ask mayor lee to come up and say a few words. mayor lee: thank you. thank you for your great leadership. we would be dryer if the subway was built. we would be right here. i'm looking forward to it for the work that is about to happen. righ

. >>> the big lotto campaign 2012 the first lady and san francisco thought at the rnc luncheon chinatown this is obama's here for a fund-raiser cbs by political reporter grizzly was also there. >>> if you are anywhere near the california academy of sciences you may notice alignment here because 350 people were here to catch a glimpse of the first lady to rent at about $175,000 for the fund-raiser is no secret that the white house is taking advantage of the first lady's popularity into the most recent poll is 62 percent of americans say that they approved of the job at first lady is doing and we valley senior fire in the campaign where the first lady aventine she's made 43 appearances and just the past 10 months the obama's don't really can't in california there is expected to take a general election in november easily but what they do need is cash and they're getting a whole lot of it here. according to maximize your gang called $0.9 million that is just a little more than a year and that is the most that any state has given to the obama's and his campaign the first lady will be an idea

we are honored to be able to participate in it and bring this great change to chinatown and to san francisco. with that, and we are concluded. there's more information on our web site. i want to thank you all and are dignitaries for joining us today >> and on behalf of the society, its board of directors, and want to welcome you to the celebration of the 2012 black history month kickoff program here at city hall. on behalf of our sponsors, comcast, represented by linda today, i believe, and mr. chang, from comcast, on behalf of our co presenters who are in the audience and listed on the back of your program -- i will read them off to you and ask that they would stand as i read the groups of. the alpha kappa alpha sorority. we have the bayview ymca urban services program. please remain standing, if you would. we have the black women organized for political action in the crown. we have a black women's during the waters with us today. gamma phi delta sorority. the museum of the african diaspora. the national coalition of 100 black women, san francisco chapter. the it san francisco chapter of th

we are honored to be able to participate in it and bring this great change to chinatown and to san francisco. with that, and we are concluded. there's more information on our web site. i want to thank you all and are dignitaries for joining us today >> good evening and welcome to the march 21, 2012, meeting of the board of appeals. the presiding officer is for president michael garcia. joining him is commissioner fung, commissioner hillis, and commissioner hurtado. vice-president -- will be out this evening. she will provide the board with any legal advice this evening. at the control is the board's legal assistant and i am the board's executive director. we are also joined by representatives from the city department that have cases before the board. scott sanchez is here. he is the zoning administrator. he is representing the planning department and the planning commission. we are joined by joseph duffey, the senior building inspector representing the department of a building inspection. and john hwwang representing the department of public works and mapping. at this time, if you could go o

we are getting resports from people in san francisco who were in chinatown and the financial districtchmond. so many comments. hundreds and hundreds of comments. we're going to continue to go through them. we still need you to go to our facebook fan page and join in on the conversation. we just posted some new pictures on our facebook fan page on the damage and what you'll be able to see there is some danes that are knocked over and cracks and pictures and mirrors that are on the ground. and on our website, you'll be able to find a special earthquake session that will tell you everything you need to know. not only as far as what happened today and how to be prepared for the future because this is always a reminder that the big one could be coming. we want you to be prepared so you'll find out what you need to know about how much water and food as well as what type of paperwork, documentation, and medication as well as resources that you might need in the bay area. our twitter page. we're posting lots of information there and our facebook fan page. reading tons of the comments people a

we are honored to be able to participate in it and bring this great change to chinatown and to san francisco. with that, and we are concluded. there's more information on our web site. i want to thank you all and are dignitaries for joining us today >> good morning, everyone. my name is naomi kelly, city and minister -- city administrator. welcome to the portola neighborhood. we're celebrating the successful efforts to revitalize san bruno avenue. this city has had a great partnership with the portola never its steering committee, where some of it's never the investments include streetscape improvements, from planting trees and leaves to utility underground in and fixtures and to install office saw improvements and much more. today, mayor edwin lee will talk about launching the investing in iran initiative. joining him is supervisor malia cohen, robert ramirez from the portola neighborhood steering committee, and many department heads, including jennifer from the office of economic and workforce development, ed harrington from the san francisco public utilities commission, regina from the sm

>> items 3 and 4ordinance amending the san francisco planning code section 249.66 to: 1) create the chinatown transit station special use district at the southwest corner of stockton street and washington street (assessor block no. 211, lot no. 1); 2) permit the demolition of a mixed-use building in the chinatown residential neighborhood commercial district. president chiu: colleagues, can we do these items some house same call? items are passed. item five? >> item number 5. ordinance: 1) accepting the irrevocable offer of public infrastructure improvements associated with mission bay south blocks 2-7 and 13 phase i including acquisition facilities on portions of fourth street, mission rock street, china basin street, mission bay boulevard north, and mission bay boulevard south; 2) accepting additional property on portions of fourth street, mission rock street, and china basin street; 3) declaring city property and additional property as shown on official department of public works maps as open public right- of-way; 4) dedicating such improvements for public use and designating such areas and

they remembered one of the victims from last week's killings in san francisco's inside district they gathered at the lounge in chinatown to remember 65 year- old who worked at the restaurants and was shut for 18 years. >>> the restaurant's owner says the victims are husband and wife and their daughter and son he believes the fifth victim is the son's girlfriend. >>> tonight we learn that the suspected killer should not have even been in the bay area at the time the killings sharon shannon on the louvre level the police say lead to a massacre. they suspected the killing five people at the san francisco home was ordered to be deported in 2006. some neighbors are stunned. it's a tragedy that because of the floor on the system we would have things like this happened. >>> look at convicted in 1998 armed robbery of a chinese restaurant in san jose after serving eight years in san quentin prison from 1998 to 2006 and immigration judge ordered him deported back to vietnam but was released in the bay area. in 2001 u.s. supreme court ruled the u.s. cannot hold lawful immigrants indefinitely after serving a sentence the candor of

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friends remembered one of the victims from last week's killings in san francisco's ingle said district they gathered at the rnc luncheon chinatown tonight to honor a 65 year-old who worked at the restaurant as a chef for 18 years. restaurant owners say the victims are a husband and wife and their daughter and son. he believes the fifth victim is the son's girlfriend. tonight's sharon shannon on a legal loophole that police say led it to a massacre. he suspects in killing five people at the san francisco home was ordered to be deported in 2006 but wasn't because of an immigration ruling. some neighbors are stunned to. >>> is a tragedy that's because of that long the system will have things like this happened. >>> he is convicted in 1998 armed robbery of a chinese restaurant in san as a after serving eight years in san quentin prison from 1998 to 2006 an immigration judge ordered him deported back to vietnam buddy was released in the bay area. >>> in 2001 the u.s. supreme court ruled the u.s. cannot hold lawful immigrants indefinitely after serving their sentences they can be released after six months if their home country will ta

san francisco's in goal side district. mourners gathered at a lounge in chinatown to remember a 65 year-old who worked there as a chef for 18 years. he was one of five people found dead friday inside a home near city college. police say at least four of the victims were related but so far they will not say how. a family member discovered a gruesome scene friday morning. investigators are not yet saying how the victims died and it will not say how they knew their suspected killer was arrested sunday for the murders. he has a criminal history and back in 2006, he is expected to make his first court appearance tomorrow. almost two years after a pair of people were killed at a party in daly city, the dance party is returning to the bay area. banned from the cow palace it has found a new home across the bay at oracle arena. organizers tell you they will keep thousand safe this year >> they will try. there will be 12,000 electronic music fans here at oracle arena saturday night. it is not the music that is the problem, it is the drugs that the fans take and the conditions inside the arena and the promoters say the conditions will

campaign 2012 the first ladies and san francisco tonight our cameras spotted her and her daughter's having dinner at the rnc lounge one of the most well-known restaurant in chinatown. >>> political reporter crazily on what else is obama's doing in the bay area. if you are anywhere near the california academy of sciences to you notice a line around here because 350 people were here to clack catch a glimpse of the first lady and bring in $175,000 for the fund-raiser it's no secret that the white house is really taking advantage of the first lady's popularity in the most recent polling by marist 62 percent of americans say that they approve of the job at the first lady is doing and release the new fire in the campaign with the first lady of friends making 43 appearances in just the past 10 months the obama's don't really need a campaign in california there's i to take the general action in november easily but what they do need is cash and they're getting a whole lot of it. >>> $12.9 million in a little more than a year that that is the most that any state has given to the obama's in this campaign the first lady will be overnight in the bay area. that's where shall ma

the city of san francisco has been pounded with heavy rain in the past 30 minutes, zipping into chinatown with heaviest rain there. and sfo with three hour 52 minute delays right now as the rain continues. the gusty wind as well. the storm, and when it departs is coming up straight ahead. >> right now return to juliet in the east bay, from his wild winds to soaking rains, we are pretty much seen it all today? >> i'm so glad that my photographer had a hat because i really needed to borrow it. here we are, in oakland and it has been raining all day long. windy and cold. it is going to rain everywhere. wherever you will go you will find the weather would you believe that today even the fire crews were out doing fire prevention? what is up with that? >> this storm arrived with force as scheduled this afternoon. >> it has been storm after storm. i am an oakland native so i have been used to it. what are you going to do? just bundle up and get a drink somewhere. >> driving over the bay bridge a high wind advisory and dangerous driving conditions. >> we just left san fransisco and are headed int

san francisco at the zip code level. these are heavily concentrated in what we might call of the court of the city. but north-south fisherman's wharf, union square, chinatownnderloin, etc. as we look at the sales tax they that and how much of the sales, the city's sales come from night by the establishment in the area, it is about 80%, with 36% coming from that upper northeast quadrant, and another 14% from the marina, 14% from selma, 8% from the castro area, and another 6% from the japan town area. as i mentioned with our consultants, resurveyed over 300 patrons at my life establishments in these areas in the city. we wanted to find out what they're spending was and why they came to san francisco, in where they came from originally. on average, 43% of patrons that these businesses on any given night our san francisco residents, 57% live outside the city. a 11% come from elsewhere in california. 10% come from other countries. 36% live in other bay area counties. this is a very vital and important element in understanding the economic role of night life. we will explain why in a minute. the first one of the reasons, we asked them how many times they had bee

san francisco residents and a high number of children and seniors are among the active users. closing the club would disrupt a very popular summer kids camp that provides youngsters from chinatown and other areas of the kennedy with scholarships to attend and enjoy the activities. proposing to replace this facility several years down the road is something that would have limited facilities and be about a quarter of the size and offers a very poor substitute for what is now available. therefore, we urge the commission to reject the many changes and waivers that are necessary for this unacceptable project to go forward. thank-you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. on this eir, is it solid? it is debatable but it is smart growth and smart development. changes good down there. we need it. we do nothing, nobody wins. we do something, this is a win- win for everybody. we need that for the city and county of san francisco. this is important. i urge you to support the eir to move on to the full board. thank you very much. >> hello. i am an architect and a resident of san francisco. i appreciate the opportunity to speak. david wrote a letter and he is sorry that he cannot be here today.

san francisco with his wife and children. despite a modest start in the food industry, his hard work and dedication allowed him to build several successful grocery and restaurant businesses in chinatown. richard was highly respected in the community as an entrepreneur and business leader. in his story epitomizes the american dream. i want to thank him for his love for his wife, his children, his family, his compassion, and dedication to the chinatown community. colleagues, today i am introducing a drafting request regarding the privately owned public open spaces, otherwise known as popo's. we are always looking for ways to improve the livability of our -- urban spaces. they were required under the 1985 downtown plan. one square foot a public space for every 50 square feet of office space. we have 15 of these kinds of spaces. many of them are in the downtown area, in my district. unfortunately, very few people know about it, because it signed its requirements are vague -- because the sign age requirements are very vague. i want to thank the planning department and the san francisco chronicle for reminding us of the need to protect the spaces. thank you to supervisor wiener for root --