. >> i'm sure you're aware of in san francisco chinatown there are two chinese bunch of roadside i go every day monday and tuesday and wednesday, i go to both stockton and wells fargo is bargaining of course i know the best banker i'm sure you're aware of the union bargaining, however, the chinatown's for me is a good place to go to meet the - i mean in chinatown the only square area we have such quality of professional and work area it is like for me, i have a bank at wells fargo we go to other stair bucks and in that chinatown the wells fargo is forever the virtue norman yee is a good contact with people that are good people there. >> a comment to the commenter pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices please have your comments for us, please incorporate a couple of words otherwise, you put us in an awkward position. >> roll call vote. >> supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos absent supervisor chiu supervisor cohen supervisor farrell absent supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee that item passes. >> okay great gone t

. >>> we learned the name of the victim in yesterday's fatal collision in san francisco's chinatown. identified as 78-year-old ying. struck by a driver near stockton on sacramento streets. a witness says she was in the cross walk. the 40-year-old driver was arrested at the scene. >>> demonstrations held around the world today ahead of the united nation's climate summit. hundreds showed up as part of the people's climate march. largest demonstration for climate change in history. thousands filled the streets of new york city. >> reporter: an estimated 310,000 people chanted, drummed, and danced through the streets of manhattan on sunday demanding action on climate change. >> it is amazing. i never seen anything like it. i am glad something like this is happening in my life time. >> the people's march was planned just before world leaders held the climate sumit on the united nations on sunday. 1500 groups took part in the march including scientists, labor unions and 34 religious denominations. all of them making the same demands. >> i want people to pay attention that we are destroying

. >> i'm sure you're aware of in san francisco chinatown there are two chinese bunch of roadside i go every day monday and tuesday and wednesday, i go to both stockton and

and a nice day tomorrow for the autumn moon festival this weekend in san francisco's chinatown neighborhoodl have sunshine and 68 degrees. not bad. so what's next? high pressure is offshore. it's going to move inland. it will warm us up in the latter half of the week and what's now a hurricane what will then be a tropical storm and then just a tropical depression will begin to spread rain over the southern quarter of the state. mostly from eastern san diego county into imperial county and over into arizona. they will pick up 2 to 3" of rain so the cacti will get wet. that's probably not until monday afternoon and tuesday. for us, we have fog and low clouds. this is tomorrow morning at 7:00. so you can see fairly extensive low clouds extending from point reyes down through davenport off the san mateo county coastline. and as this rolls on, the day clears up maybe a few high clouds in the south bay because of the clouds from norbert. so "stratus quo" for sunday. warm inland, cool coast, things are going to warm up next week as high pressure begins to build in. forecast is a little bit cooler

. >>> the terrified victim of a home-invasion robbery in san francisco's chinatown is afraid that her attacker will come back. there were two burglaries and two home invasions in the chinatown area in july. a 65-year-old woman says a man somehow got in the front door of her apartment block, then went up to her third-floor apartment and held a butcher knife to her throat. >> if -- we need to be alert. we need to work together on this. >> reporter: now, here is a police sketch of the suspect described as an african- american american man possibly mixed race. he's balding 5'5" and weighs about 145 pounds. santa cruz police are offering an unusual reward for information about a serial shoplifter dubbed el mustacheo. this is the latest picture of the suspect. police say has stolen electronics from the store three times since july. and made his fourth attempt after being confronted by a costco employee. in return, the police officer is offering this drinking glass with a painted-on mustache as an award. >>> a plan to build a new ceremony is sparking controversy in san ramon. developers have

san francisco's chinatown is holding the moon festival. it dates back a thousand years.kicked off the festival along with beauty queens and ed lee. it's important to pass on the tradition. >> celebrations about food and family together. you know about the moon cake, we have the celebration and we eat moon cake. >> the festival resumes tomorrow and the dragon is the star of the grand finale. the event is free. >>> rescuers are working to bring people the safe after flash floods killed 200 people. 10s of thousands are stranded and in danger due to the rains. authorities say 4,000 homes have collapsed and dozens of bridges are damaged. >> in india a bus filled with a wedding party washed away. the region is suffering from the worst flooding in decades. >>> it's something people rarely see. hear the shocked reaction from the man recording this volcanic reaction. >>> we'll look at the full sunday forecast. . >> watch out for the shock, it's coming. holy smoking toledo. >> a look at a volcanic explosion in new guinea. this was taken last month by an australian couple. in 94 th

it was a horrific sight for those near the busy stockton tunnel in san francisco's chinatown. it struck just before 10:00 this morning. we're live now in the city after talking to witnesses who tell her that this is dangerous intersection. >> reporter: that's right. this stockton street tunnel is on one of the most dangerous corridors in the city with one of the highest rates of pedestrian deaths and injuries. there is a plan in place to make this street safer, but that is small comfort to the victim's family. the family completes the ceremony on the sidewalk just feet from where the 78-year-old was hit by a car just before 10:00 this morning. >> we need to watch the car when you cross the street. >> reporter: family members say she was likely crossing a stockton street at sacramento on her way to the senior center for a game of majhong. she often bot snacks ahead of time. -- bought snacks ahead of time. they booked a person. the 40-year-old san francisco resident now at county jail. his arrest was captured by a photographer who asked to be identified by his first name raymond

san francisco. and there's a lot going on across the bay area, we like to let you know what happens happening before the weekend arrives. this weekend is the autumn moon festival in san francisco's chinatown. saturday, beautiful parade, 69. and sunday, 68. a good time for you and the family. here's mike inouye. >> maybe get moon cakes. here we get friends to wait with us at bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights turns on just about four minutes ago. the fas-trak lanes took 3:30 to fill in. now past the 880. cash lanes backed up to west grand avenue. slower drive up the incline. coliseum will have 12:35 game, that means noon time traffic around there. rest of the east bay moving smoothly. the fact that you're close to the limit for the upper east shore no problems southbound 101 towards san francisco. along the peninsula, palo alto, our live look, we see north bound picking up the volume a tad. still at the limit. there's the ikea and home depot as folks traveling north past the other. the other side of the bay, fremont, southbound, for 880 past the truck scales and tesla. easy drive. at the limit around mission. north bound commute for the south bay is the issue. north bay 101 burst of tr

in san francisco, chinatown, saturday and sunday, it's the moon fest slal, lots of color, a parade out there, really, really cool event for you and the family. and yeah, colorful parade out there as well. you've been out there before, mike. >> i have, it's very busy out there. but also if you look around, a lot of pastries, moon cakes, exactly. you know where i'll be. over here, love that word. we're twashds west 580. there's a crash going on. you can seal the flashing lights. one set of blue and red flashing lights are at top of the screen. look at your map, we're talking about this back yum which is involving this minor injury crash. backs you up on the approach to hoppier, there you go, at automall. the rest of the drive is a typical build. you'll have more problems out of livermore. folks are held up back there in the livermore and dublin. south bay has the typical build. starting volume increase but no big suprises there. looking towards palo alto, traffic flows nicely along the peninsula. close to the limit there, and then the bay bridge toll plazas with all lanes are filled back

. >> san francisco's chinatown is holding its own celebrations at the moon festival. >> they were followedlee. >> they said it is important to pass on the tradition of a celebration that dates back more than 1,000 years. >> celebration about food and family together. you know. and you know about the moon. and then we have the celebration. and then we eat moon cake. >> festivities tip to add. and in china town and it will be at 5:00 p.m. it will feature a drag none. and anyone is invited to attend the free event. >> coming up at 8:00. >> new officer-involved shootings. this is the lowest rate and what is being credited for not using deadly force. >> the flames they have triggered for the people in the bay area. >> pleasant sumter pattern will continue with only a minor drop in temperatures for some and then we will have the afternoon highs for your area, coming up. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know you that former pro football player ickey woods will celebrate almost anything? unh-uh. number 44... whoooo! forty-four, that's me!

. >>> the terrified victim of a moment invasion robbery -- home- invasion robbery in san francisco's chinatownack may come back. there have been two since july. now, a 65-year-old woman says a man somehow got in through the front door of her apartment building and then went up to the third floor and put a butcher knife to her throat. >> we need to be alert. we need to work together on this. >> reporter: here's a police sketch of the suspect. he's described as african- american, man possibly mixed race. he's balding, 5'5", about 145 pounds. >>> the man who shot and killed -- who was shot and killed last night at the concert in mountain view, he was remembered in oakland. ♪ >> family members and friends of 38-year-old eric johnson held this vigil in lake merritt. they had candles and they shared stories about the concert promoter who was shot several times back stage at the shoreline amphitheater. a couple of days later, six people were arrested on weapons charges. but police say they still have not identified the shooter and say the weapon used in that killing has not been recovered. >>> home d

. >>> there is a new action plan designed to make a dangerous intersection in san francisco's chinatowner following the death of an elderly woman last week. 78-year-old fong yip li was hit and killed at stockton and sacramento streets. three days later, a neighbor in her building was hit and injured. family members say that intersection has been dangerous for too long. >> when i got that call that day, i couldn't believe it. no possible. my mom's so healthy. so active. sing and dance. >> a memorial service for her and a rally calling for new safety measures will be held tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. at that intersection. in the meantime, police are considering adding protected left-turn lanes and new safety features for people crossing the street. >>> firefighters battling the massive king fire in el dorado county say it's almost out and almost fully contained. it's burned more than 97,000 acres. it's now 92% contained. it's been burning for more than two weeks. yesterday, fire crews spent another day putting out hot spots. a lot of people are returning to the area just to find their homes are

. >> next speaker >> hi, everybody i'm nelson i was born and raised in san francisco and been living around chinatown my whole life i'm a student at uc davis my parents combthsd about thirty years i complemented high school and my family runs the restaurant in excelsior literally making that a mom and pop shop my father cooks and my mom prepares the meal. my mother speak less especially than my father. every time i go i am glad to see my folks are a repeat of customers this food industry is comprehensive so my family needs help. i'm happy to say the air b and b has options living outside the city opens up sf for visitors but opens a new market for 0 any parent more foot traffic but looking at outside of me and my family there's the community. our restaurants and neighboring businesses will benefit from the new faces and foot traffic i urge you all to pass this legislation thank you very much. >> luger with the local 2 there are 15 thousand local hotel workers they've been doubling up with grand folks to make ends meet this ordinance redefines the hotel first there's a growing cottage industry of clea

parades and lynn gassing are part of the harvest celebration at the festival this week with chinatown in san franciscocrafts and music and more. from apple pie to classic farm equipment, a variety of booze offering craft and music and wild turkey, santa cruz county fair promises to have no shortage of things to do and see if the whole family. >> some may call it splendor in the grass opera is celebrating 92nd season at golden gate park. the annual "san francisco chronicle" presents opera in the mark which is free. it draws thousands for picnics and sampling mozart and verdi and othello. >> san francisco improv has audiences in stitches with masters and stars and workshops on wednesday. for more information on all of these evens vest our website at abc7news.com. >>> a good time watching what is happening outside our station with the strobe light because we have been taking pictures of a turkey vulture. >> this turkey vulture have been visiting the strobe light area obviously budding t stars. maybe they want to watch dance dance -- "dancing wi [dramatic music] ♪ >> hey! hey! what's up? what up? what up?

. >> hi, everybody i'm nelson i was born and raised in city of san francisco and my family has rented an apartment in chinatowny family runs a restaurant in the excelsior it is a kramentd small chinese fast food place my mom and dad speak limited ernie help them and they have a pretty stream of customers i'm sure you're aware of the industry a excessive o explosively - i believe my mom and dad sees the traffic and it's not about my parent livelihood there's a flower shop in a filipino place and other local businesses that deserve the business the excelsior deserves a spotlight and home sharing could do that i hope you'll pass this legislation thank you for your time. >> hi my name is kathy incurring i'm in the castro district i'm a hosted airbnb host and i own my own tic and support home sharing i want to thank you all so much for on the work you're putting into this it must be a difficult task and an important issue thank you, very much several years i was one of the tenants that was looking for a place n to live in san francisco and having a hard time because of airbnb i was able to buy a 3 bedroom tic and h

san francisco railway. that he said would be the nucleus that would host the city. and san francisco gave further incentive to expand the city's network. a project by way of tunnel leading into chinatown by way of north beach. in december the first streetcar was driven into the tunnel. just two years after its berth, muni had added two lines. and k, l and m lines that span out from westportal. in 1928, the j line opened heading west to the beach. in 1944 san francisco voters finally approved muni take-over of the market street railway. by then motor bus and trolley bus improvement had given them the ability to conquer san francisco's hills. after the war most of the street-car lines would be replaced with motor or trolley bus service. in 1947, the mayor recommended replacing two lines with motor coaches. and it appeared that san francisco's iconic cable cars had seen their final days. entered mrs. cluskin, the leader to save the cable cars. arguing that the cable cars were a symbol of the city, and she entered a charter placed on the november ballot. it passed overwhelmly. the california street cable railway was purchased by the city in 1952. there were cut backs on the cable car syst

san francisco. this is video from sunday's event at portsmith square near chinatown.e says about 200 people turned out their biggest concern is if the chinese government decides not to back down and sends military troops into hong kong. >> the situation would deteriorate even more. we hope it won't happen. >> reporter: hong kong is such a major financial center, he says if things do get worse, people could get hurt and international markets could be affected. sergio quintana, abc 7 news. >> one more picture from hong kong. many of the demonstrators are students and in the middle of today's protest, teenagers took time out to make sure to do their homework. >>> scientists say a breast cancer drug is showing unprecedented benefits in extending lives for women with aggressive forms of that disease. for patients whose cancer has spread beyond the breast to other organs, the drug extends their lives 16 months to four years. that is the longest amount of time for a drug used as an initial treatment for advanced breast cancer. >> this is for what we call advanced breast canc

. >>> suspected chinatown crime boss raymond shrimp boy chou is suing san francisco and mayor ed lee. he wants records turned over. he claims those documents show mayor lee took a $20,000 bribe. that bribe came from the same undercover federal agent who claimed state senator leland yi took a similar payment. one of the criminal defense attorneys spoke about the civil lawsuit filed by a separate team of lawyers. >> for us, in the criminal defense case, look what it says. the real criminals could well be the corrupt politicians. they don't touch them. then the prosecution seeks a gag order so we can't reveal anything that we know through discovery. >> chou and yi both face multiple charges, including money laundering and gun trafficking. mayor lee denies the accusations. >>> union city police are trying to track down a thief who stole between $8,000 and $10,000 from a church. it happened at st. ann's church sometime tuesday morning. the pastor says someone snuck in through a side window, walked into the church office and grabbed a box with cash and checks inside. a surveillance camera h

san francisco police are asking for your help identifying a man wanted for several home invasions in the chinatown area. they released this sketch of the suspect, described as balding and african men and 5' 5" and 145 pounds. he is wanted for three break-ins the man enters the building in the video and searches for unlocked doors. some of the cases have been violent. >> an early warning system for earthquakes is the subject of an international conference at berkeley today. the early warning system issued an alert to bay area agencies ten seconds before the napa, struck and the conference will tack about feasibility of establishing a west coast warning system with a longer ahurt time. experts say it could save lives and property. >> a risk management company is giving lower damage estimate from the 6.0 magnitude earthquake. they are projecting insurance companies will pay no more than $250 million on damage to homes and small businesses and winery in snap pa and solano and sonoma considerably less than previous estimates that ranged from $500 million to $4 billion. the lower estimate is because of

his wife joined him with a seeing factory in chinatown she they were blessed with many children and great grandchildren. on behalf of the city of san franciscond supervisor mar and supervisor wiener i'd like to offer our condolences to his family and friends he'll be missed dearly. colleagues, i have two resolutions to oppose is lazy salt on women's constitutional right to choose sex selective bands are band on the basis of sex those will band the doctors and require the doctors and nurses to report women to authorities on abortion. the your best estimate for the abundance have been cloaked with anti asian rhetoric they have dorpgsdz to kill baby girls and chipping away at the right to which i see those bans are spreading across the country 21 states have proposed this ban and it's pass in 8 states in may it was introduced in the california state assembly. given our population of 38 percent of united airlines and given no city or state has given a position today, i'm oefb a resolution so san francisco, california be the first. i want to thank your co-sponsors supervisor tang, supervisor kim, supervisor london breed and cohen and take a momen

san francisco, don't forget the jacket this weekend. we have the autumn moon festival happening. cool one in chinatown, once the wind kicks up, you're going to feel it. we've got you covered on this one, as well. 43rd annual art and wine festival is going to be happening, temperatures warmer there and low to mid 80s. not a bad weekend coming our way. >> let's talk about the chardonnay. thanks, jeff. >>> still ahead at 5:00, apple is fighting back, the new security measures having put in place in the wake of that celebrity photo hack. >>> plus, caught on camera, a wild and unusual rescue on the peninsula, the animal in need of a little help. [ mike ] our living local program is identifying farmers within a 50-mile radius of the stores within their community. capay valley puts some of the most beautiful heirloom tomatoes in the box and we get those to the store on the next day. it's a really great relationship when you can buy fresh, flavorful, outstanding products from your neighbor. it's our passion for produce, combined with our strong sense of community. and we're able to deliver that experience by

or be fun maybe a little bit like the chinatown movie about the history of water use statewide, but i think it would be interesting for us, peninsula and san francisco centric people to have a history of water usage for 250 years. so i just thought i would mention that today in front of the commission. >> mark, thanks for being here and thanks for those comments. >> yes, commissioner torres? >>commissioner art torres: yes, it was juan and june ipero sister a -- sera. thank you for pointing that out. >> thanks again. an clark. it's good to see you again. >> thank you. an clark. i'm here to tell you the good news that after wloot -- a lot of worry and concern and after a lot of work by all of you and everyone who pitched in we had a great summer. it wasn't without a few surprises. my week was the last week of the regular summer and it finished about week and a half ago. during that week we had thunder, we had lightning, we had power shortage, telephone shortages, we got very warm an we got very cold, and i was amazed at how much fun everyone still had at camp of all ages. again, i want to thank you for that and let you know how much we appreciate all

brought back the fleet week to san francisco a great history of our city and the entire bay area celebrating the arrival of ships as earliest as 1908 i remind my friends in chinatown that port smith square search warrant named after the u.s. oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light port smith and also as important as celebrating the roll in the defense of our country more and more the military forces are asked in not demand to provide the humanitarian services around the world this is essentially the roll our military is playing more and more often is responding to disasters whether man made or natural they they're bringing and we get the opportunity quite frankly to get the experience they have and bring it into our planning and exercises and should be no surprise to all of you over one hundred and 50 fire hydrants and emergency mrarnlz have been working this morning to dot tabletop experience there were practicing 7.6 magnitude simulation on the san errands fault we're reviewing constantly the rolls that everybody will play in the recovery the funding practicing on the tangible top basis and where to put the medical arrivals how to use part the city and to

san francisco saturday morning is behind bars. the accident happened just before ten in the city's chinatown neighborhood. heading west on sacramento street and turned left southbound leading into the stockton tunnel when he hit and killed a woman in the road. the driver was arrested for vehicular manslaughter. >>> the beyond wonderland music festival continues tonight at shoreline amphitheater in mountain view. it drawings 20,000 people and has a reputation for being wild. they were busy stopping underage drinking and making arrests for drug possession. getting several complaints from neighbors. organizers of the event say they have made changes so noise shouldn't be an issue. >> there were noise complaints last year. we're just making sure that we keep count, like we did last year of how many noise complaints we have received. so far we have not received any. >> we repositioned our stages to make sure they are pointing in the same direction that the amphitheater faces and we have lowered the base to make sure that that doesn't bother the neighbors. >> no word if there were any noise complaints later in

chinatown. it's a show of solidarity. a street demonstration continues, supporters worry beijing won't back down. supporters here this weekend hope that doesn't happen. >> in san franciscoabc7 news. >> u.s. led forces carried out a round of air strikes in syria today. u.s. intelligence thought iraqi forces would be able to defend their country. >> nobody predicted this speed and be able to take over large swaths of territory in iraq. it did come as a surprise. >> the white house believes the strikes have been impactful and a british human rights group says one strike targeted a silo and only civilians were killed. a major general said there is no indication any civilians have died >> the head of the faa is reviewing security protocol following saturday's devastating fire in chicago. this to see how service could be returned to normal as quickly as possible. >> immediately, it's more eyes, more resources and frequent check ins with facilities but over the long term if there are things that we identify to change we're going to change them. >> 36-year-old contract technician appeared in court today. authorities say he started a fire friday, then, tried to commit suicide by

chinatown. it's a show of solidarity. a street demonstration continues, supporters worry beijing won't back down. supporters here this weekend hope that doesn't happen. >> in san francisco, abc7 news. >> u.s. led forces carried out a round of air strikes in syria today. u.s. intelligence thought iraqi forces would be able to defend their country. >> nobody predicted this speed and be able to take over large swaths of territory in iraq. it did come as a surprise. >> the white house believes the strikes have been impactful and a british human rights group says one strike targeted a silo and only civilians were killed. a major general said there is no indication any civilians have died >> the head of the faa is reviewing security protocol following saturday's devastating fire in chicago. this to see how service could be returned to normal as quickly as possible. >> immediately, it's more eyes, more resources and frequent check ins with facilities but over the long term if there are things that we identify to change we're going to change them. >> 36-year-old contract technician appeared in court today. authorities say he started a fire friday, then, tried to commit suicide

. >>> a san francisco man is under arrest this morning after a woman was hit and killed trying to cross the street. it happened in busy chinatown just before 10:00 on saturday morning near the stockton street tunnel. emergency crews responded to the area and descrisaid the woman d the scene. the tunnel was closed for three hours during the investigation. neighbors say that area is a challenging place to cross the street. >> for old people it's dangerous. >> why? >> because they can't walk fast. >> what do cars do? >> they don't stop. >> we're going to make a determination as to what signal lights were green and if there was a red hand up. on some of the blocks on stockton street the light may be green but the hand is red. >> the driver was identified by police. police are still asking witnesses to come forward. >>> police in richmond are searching for the suspects involved in a deadly double shooting. it happened at the same apartment complex riddled with gunfire on thursday. two men were shot and killed last night in richmond. it happened about 5:30 p.m. on fourth street and bissel avenue. one victim died at the scene. the oth

san francisco. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, scott. we really haven't seen too much of the rain, a little light drizzle on and off. it's been really dry, though. it is out here in chinatown pretty common to see umbrellas, we've seen some this entire morning here, but nothing major. it is the first pacific storm since april, so at this point people say they are happy to see every drop. resembled a waterfall of embers as fairly strong gusts blew sparks from power poles overnight as a result of the mix of rain and dust that built up during the dry spell. one major reason why nearly 12,000 people across the bay area lost power. the chp is worrying about another impact, the one on the road with the oil that's built up. >> it definitely percolates up once we get the wet weather because, obviously, oil is a lot lighter than water so it rises up and it definitely poses a slippery hazard. >> reporter: he makes deliveries around san francisco, even the slightest bit of rain can make his job more dangerous. >> you have to be more careful when you're driving around because you have to watch for pedestrians and when you're unloading the truck, slippery. >> reporter: in fact, you told

san francisco. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, scott. we really haven't seen too much of the rain, a little light drizzle on and off. it's been really dry, though. it is out here in chinatown