previously water foundation to lots of people brick water bottle so it is for the tuesday to the san francisco chinatown thank you. >> thank you very much is there another speaker? >> thank you. i'm march black and blue burger with the san francisco taxi alliance and i'm here speaking for united taxicab workers just to briefly touch on supervisor kim's question we do believe that the city of san francisco has regulatory authority over the tmcs and they have cherry that authority but that's a whole larger question as far as this legislation is concerned deputy director torrance is correct the hang up was over the ability of drivers and the public to go to the board of appeals to appeal decisions ride sharing individual permits and the issuance of new permits and after a couple of lawsuits and the resolution of those lawsuits we do have an agreement with the mta that in terms of any individual appeals appeals by individual on permit issues that they would retain the right to continue to go to the board of appeals a public process before any of that was changed we've also retained this right to bring those

>>reporter: 600 chinatown students will take the class by the end of the week. in san francisco david stephenson ktvu fox2 news. >>> within the past two hours health officials in contra costa county and confirmed a case of meningitis the student was rushed to the hospital yesterday and is now recovering. health officials say they still do not know what type of meningitis that is. in the worst-case scenario it can cause brain damage. and it's fatal in about 5% of the cases. health officials say they don't expect an outbreak. >> we've had a single isolated students get sick, and through the normal process of disease investigation we identified the most likely people who could have been exposed, and treated them with antibiotics. >> six students were possibly exposed. st. mary's said it will be vigilant and is letting everyone on campus no antibiotics are available. >>> after 60 years of patient care, doctors medical center and san pablo today closed its doors for good. doctors, nurses and other staff came together on the front lawn this morning. after the last shift for an emotion

happened is that san francisco was such a big port of call, like, during world war ii, and you had all these soldiers going in and out of san francisco. of course they went to chinatown in order to eat and to, you know, watch the singing and the dancing. and then they had these cookies, and they go home after the war, they go to minnesota, iowa, and they ask their local chinese restaurant, "why don't you have those authentic cookies?" and the chinese restaurateur goes, "what cookies," you know? and but slowly within a span of basically 15 years they go from something that's in california to a nationwide phenomenon. >> hinojosa: but doesn't it also have to do with the fact that the japanese were interned? >> right, right. >> hinojosa: so... which i think is the other thing that your book does really interestingly. because it shows how, you know, while food may be incorporated into part of all of us as americans... >> right. >> hinojosa: ...it's been a really hard, sometimes painful, tragic history behind that. because part of what gave birth to the fortune cookie was the fact that the japanese were being interned. >> right. so the idea... well, i kind of basically fig

happened is that san francisco was such a big port of call, like, during world war ii, and you had all these soldiers going in and out of san francisco. of course they went to chinatown in order to eat and to, you know, watch the singing and the dancing. and then they had these cookies, and they go home after the war, they go to minnesota, iowa, and they ask their local chinese restaurant, "why don't you have those authentic cookies?" and the chinese restaurateur goes, "what cookies," you know? and but slowly within a span of basically 15 years they go from something that's in california to a nationwide phenomenon. >> hinojosa: but doesn't it also have to do with the fact that the japanese were interned? >> right, right. >> hinojosa: so... which i think is the other thing that your book does really interestingly. because it shows how, you know, while food may be incorporated into part of all of us as americans... >> right. >> hinojosa: ...it's been a really hard, sometimes painful, tragic history behind that. because part of what gave birth to the fortune cookie was the fact that the japanese were being interned. >> right. so the idea... well, i kind of basically fig

san francisco. among them chinatown activist eddy zheng who was convicted of kidnapping and robbery 20 years ago. he has since been recognized for good work with young people. >>> the white house rolled out more easter festivities today. the first family was joined bit easter bunny for the annual easter egg roll. it's a tradition that stretches back 130 years. the white house invited more than 35,000 people from all 50 states for the festivities on the south lawn. >>> from homeless to hype. why this man says he couldn't have changed his life without a lot of help from here in the bay area. >>> don't bother lining up for apple's newest gadget. what you have to do instead to get your hands on the apple watch. >>> rain, snow, and thunderstorms. we have it all slated for your tuesday. the full forecast as the news continues right here this is not ice cream. this is not ice cream in an ice cream cone. this is not ice cream in an ice cream cone in the hand of a tall man. this is not ice cream in an ice cream cone in the hand of a tall man in san fran. this is not san fran. this is not a tall man it's p

a few microphones ago while walking in -- a few months ago while walking in the san francisco chinatownheard the familiar sound. >> i saw musicians, they play all kinds of cantonese music. >> reporter: since then he's been coming here. riding the bus after school. and on weekends. sometimes playing alone. >> reporter: often playing with the other street musicians. >> two months ago i played with them every week. >> reporter: only schoolwork keeps him from coming more. he comes because he loves to. >> i enjoy the music. >> the music itself is calming. >> reporter: as it calls to strangers on the street. >> it's very peaceful. >> simple notes. on a street corner. the two strings bridge what he knew. >> we usually play at night when i am in china. >> reporter: with what he knows. it is his past and his future. >> it may not be surprising but he wants a career in music eventually. >> he's on his way. >> i think so. >>> a freeway is about to shut down in oakland. coming up at 8:00, more on the overnight closure and how you can get around it. >> it's a game that had fans on the edge of their

acknowledge a few of the folks that are with us in san francisco so if you're not one of the four today your on the list and next week we'll be in chptd and from chinatown in the sunset and all over san francisco if you're not iron of the recipients of the award today, we'll 2r50i to keep this short supervisor jane kim. >> thank you mohammed. >> i also is the department head the department of public works is the real mayor of san francisco (laughter) which means our mayor was mayor before and how amazing is this is we have a mayor that didn't just come to clean up as a photo op but spend his time cleaning up the alleys and streets of san francisco mayor ed lee (clapping) we did give a shout out to the san francisco police department i have to recognize cantonese captain cherniss who is here (clapping) you all know him he heads the tenderloin police station and their police officers also personally clean the streets in san francisco so thank you for doing that (clapping) 0 over 20 years ago actually in 1994 a group of young people in chinatown that noticed their alleyways were not clean so they started doing research and knows there's a difference betwee

san francisco. among them chinatown activist eddie yang who was victoried of robbery nearly 20 years ago. >>> 5:08. president obama is calling the outline of a deal to reign in iran's program a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. he says this is the best bet to make sure iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon. u.s. would stand by israel if its security is threatened. the white house is working behind the scenes to sell the agreement to lawmakers on capitol hill. >>> 5:08. more san francisco police expected to be dismissed over racist texts. >>> a man ends up in the hospital after a day of what he didn't expect after making a rather big catch coming up. >>> rain, snow, thunderstorms and hail and how all of this will affect the oakland a's home opener. >>> freeways unusually quiet. some minor slowing right now as you approach north flynn and it completely clears out by the dublin interchange. travel times after the break. first, what drives you crazy during your commute? ask those questions or share those gripes by e-mailing crazy@kpix.com or tweet me and watch to see if your question (vo) at jennie-o, we hea

san francisco. among them chinatown activist eddie jang who was convicted of kidnapping and robbery nearly 20 years ago. >>> president obama is calling the outline of a deal to reign in iran's nuclear program a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. he talked with "new york times" columnnist tom friedman. >> this is our best bet by fire to make sure iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon. >> mr. obama also said the u.s. would stand by israel if its security was threatened. many lawmakers say congress should have a larger say on any final agreement. >> if the president feels like this is something that's good for the nation, surely he can sell this to the united states senate and the house. >> the senate plans it take up a bill next week that would give congress a role. the president says he would veto it, but it's also signaling he is open to finding a way for congress to weigh in. >>> it is 6:09. up next san francisco police officers involved in a texting scandal could be fired this week, but what happens to their cases? that's a lot more complicated. >>> an emergency vote could put the brakes on development

my name is shirley and i'm a youth leader from chinatown and san francisco has had a total number of 19 fatal collisions in the past year alone and i think that's important for the city to work on improving city streets is is is is is to decrease the total number of collisions from happening. we hope that vision zero will achieve its goal by the end of this year for its 24 projects and i want to thank safety sf sf sf for promoting this and i think that is actually an effective way to do this education outreach since to promote the message that safety is a priority to our citizens while education is being implemented into our communities it's also important for for engineering and enforcement to be also working along and this will also make vision zero achieve its goal more successful thank you. >> thank you and thank you for being here today. good afternoon i'm david yee and i am a resident of visitation valley. last week we surveyed a hundred pedestrians in chinatown during the the street fair and we asked them which intersections did you feel were the most dangerous when you were c

with these elements in place here's an example of what we might do with san francisco's cca this is a multiuse building in chinatown we could work closely with all of the rate payers here we can we can start with the ground floor commercial spaces and do our lighting programs and also work with the restaurant in the downstairs space expand upon or current pilot project to more accurately account for and pay for expensive equipment like this and do combustion safety testing and with an ability to use actual energy savings we could finally address the boiling the boilers in the basement they are too expensive to remove and replace. finally once the load is which widdled down as much as we can we'll create a micro grid for residential and commercial customers on site and the result for the program is more comprehensive projects and providing long-term savings and more efficient with our project management time and marketing dollars and avoid stranding the most expensive measures after the easy low hanging fruit is done. we know that energy cost savings have a positive cost savings and we know that many businesses that

density sorry the density of tobacco retailers many part of san francisco have many, many retailers that sell tobacco did tenderloin and chinatowno in partnership as well as community partners an ordinance was crafted that sets a cap or limit for future tobacco retailers in communities so no tobacco licenses are removed if the community or from grocery absorption it was vested to this small business commission there's a limit like alcohol licenses a limit not an unlimited supply of tobacco licenses it is something to be aware in previous times those were given out fairly libly so awhile some had quite a few less you know areas in the richmond like 37 tobacco arrangements whoik while the tenderloin is one hundred and 80 there

density sorry the density of tobacco retailers many part of san francisco have many, many retailers that sell tobacco did tenderloin and chinatown so in partnership as well as community partners an ordinance was crafted that sets a cap or limit for future tobacco retailers in communities so no tobacco licenses are removed if the community or from grocery absorption it was vested to this small business commission there's a limit like alcohol licenses a limit not an unlimited supply of tobacco licenses it is something to be aware in previous times those were given out fairly libly so awhile some had quite a few less you know areas in the richmond like 37 tobacco arrangements whoik while the tenderloin is one hundred and 80 there is some districts that have tobacco more tobacco transparency so this is the lead on this issue i wanted to make sure we give you more information and there maybe questions in future appeals that come before this board about the non-issuance of licenses because of the district is setting a cap for the licenses signed by the mayor and introduced by accident board i know it is new information if you have que

san francisco. early days of the city, the city grows up in what is the financial district on the edge of chinatown.verything they rely on for existence is the golden gate. it's of massive importance to the people what comes in and out of san francisco bay. they can't see it where they are. they get the idea to build a giant wooden structure. the years that it was up here, it gave the name telegraph hill. it survived although the structure is long gone. come to the 1870's and the city has growed up remarkably. it's fueled with money from the nevada silver mines and the gold rush. it's trying to be the paris of the west. now the beach is the suburbs, the we will their people lived on the bottom and the poorest people lived on the top because it was very hard getting to the top of telegraph hill. it was mostly lean-to sharks and bits of pieces of houses up here in the beginning. and a group of 20 businessmen decided that it would be better if the top of the hill remained for the public. so they put their money down and they bought four lots at the top of the hill and they gave them to the city. lily h

of massage establishment are located in 7 neighborhoods in san francisco this is the sunset the richmond and the financial district and chinatown and western edition so some of the unat the end consequences of into into 731 we have a two tier establishment some are under regulated but to have a level the playing field for all businesses in the city of san francisco so to show the next slide shows the dividends in the regulation if you're an exempt business or regulated by the public health department very w have revocable permit and subject to cost fees and all the regulatory health we recover our costs right now we're losing money not recovering the costs from the establishment through the department of public health you have to go through the land use and loss the tnc don't have to ply with local human trafficking or the state requirements also i want to say in general the massage establishments in san francisco has been did the over 50 percent of other establishments have at least one violation and 14 percent are is 10 or more 2008 we've revoked many permits they have a different owner and about thirty percent of those have

subsidies and the solution that we propose, and homeless and chinatown cdc to transition these familys to housing, i think is realistic. san francisco is [inaudible] in united states, and only 2% of the budget is dedicated to homelessness. so i appreciate your support of this initiative. >> thank you. >> hi i am elizabeth anchor the program director at compass point, we holder of wait list i have been there eight years and we have seen the numbers going up they went from 77 in 2008 all the way to 287. and during that time there is two times that we have seen the wait-list numbers go down in 2011 and the homeless authority came through. and the next time was in the last year and a half and we have had 125 chronically homeless families and taken them out of the system as a result the number has gone down significantly, and 137 families are waiting for shelter. those permits for housing units are now full. and we don't have any supportive housing units in the pipeline, and we are looking at that resource to slow down and looking to those wait list numbers to go back to eight or nine or 10 months to wait for shelter. if we don't aggress

san francisco. a dangerous police chase has lead to three collisions. >> one including a pedestrian hit on california street near chinatown. abc7 news reporter joins us live with the breaking details. katie? >> ama this is an active scene. the lieutenant was giving me details because they are still chasing after the robbery suspects i am told are in a black sedan. i will step out of the way so you can see. it was traveling eastbound and you can see on the hill where the cable car is parked and i am told that it was absolutely barreling down the hill. the lieutenant does confirm that the vehicle is suspected it in several robberies over the last few days. the people driving that vehicle are possibly connected to the robberies. from my understanding from what witnesses say, the car came into contact with the pedestrian between kierney and montgomery. that person has been trans prted to the hospital. we don't know if it is a man or woman. we spoke to those cable car riders and here is what they had to say. >> looked up the hill and watched what appeared to be a bract four-door sedan, literally coming over and hitting every b

association, telegraph hill dwellers, chinatown community development, north beach neighborhoods, hotel neighbors, top of the broadway cbg and port of san francisco. i was surprised in the community meetings there was actually great ideas that came out of it. and it was a useful process and we want to continue. it the four suggestions that we heard that we stuck to was stay at 40'. we awakened the corner of broadway and embarcadero so that it serves as a gateway up to north beach and chinatown. develop a plan for parking and balance with the transit-first policy. and to comply with all the public policies on the waterfront, which all encourage a theater, hotel, green space, and retail. just as another side note, quickly, that particular location is very important to us, because it was the site of the clark's point wharf that brought the 49ers ashore and, in fact the first city gate. in 1839 the rose circus came to san francisco, where the production of "othello" including elizabethan language and horseback juggling in order to sell it. montgomery street a year later, the first professional theater opened, the national theater, which was a french

san francisco. the group walk san francisco is offering the safety curriculum to children enrolled in after- school programs served by the chinatownpart of the program, children are taught to do more than just look both ways and stay in the crosswalk. >> the program goes beyond that because it actually takes children out to their neighborhood streets, whether it's their school neighborhood or community center, and it teaches them how to look at the street and see if they are dangerous by design. >> students are also encouraged to come up with solutions for improving safety at intersections by proposing changes to a mock transportation safety board. >>> a massive joint operation seized hundreds of millions of dollars worth of drugs on the waters of the pacific ocean. $424million worth of cocaine sitting on a dock in san diego. the drugs were seized during a six-month operation that included the u.s. coast guard, customs and border patrol, navy, even the royal canadian navy. the patrols were in the eastern pacific ocean and customs say team work was the key to the mission's success. >> team work makes the dream work. i mean, this is

san francisco. a dangerous police chase has lead to three collisions. >> one including a pedestrian hit on california street near chinatown. abc7 news reporter joins us live with the breaking details. katie? >> ama this is an active scene. the lieutenant was giving me details because they are still chasing after the robbery suspects i am told are in a black sedan. i will step out of the way so you can see. it was traveling eastbound and you can see on the hill where the cable car is parked and i am told that it was absolutely barreling down the hill. the lieutenant does confirm that the vehicle is suspected it in several robberies over the last few days. the people driving that vehicle are possibly connected to the robberies. from my understanding from what witnesses say, the car came into contact with the pedestrian between kierney and montgomery. that person has been trans prted to the hospital. we don't know if it is a man or woman. we spoke to those cable car riders aere is what they had to say. >> looked up the hill and watched what appeared to be a bract four-door sedan, literally coming over and hitting every bump

san francisco. a dangerous police chase has lead to three collisions. >> one including a pedestrian hit on california street near chinatownc7 news reporter joins us live with the breaking details. katie? >> ama this is an active scene. the lieutenant was giving me details because they are still chasing after the robbery suspects i am told are in a black sedan. i will step out of the way so you can see. it was traveling eastbound and you can see on the hill where the cable car is parked and i am told that it was absolutely barreling down the hill. the lieutenant does confirm that the vehicle is suspected it in several robberies over the last few days. the people driving that vehicle are possibly connected to the robberies. from my understanding from what witnesses say, the car came into contact with the pedestrian between kierney and montgomery. that person has been trans prted to the hospital. we don't know if it is a man or woman. we spoke to those cable car riders and here is what they had to say. >> looked up the hill and watched what appeared to be a bract four-door sedan, literally coming over and hitting every bump

chinatown schools for 5 years. here's my situation, i'm retired now, it's impossible to find an afford pbl studio in san francisco these days and there are not too many people looking for a 66-year-old roommate. i planned to substitute teach but that plan only works if i am able ch public transportation. our former neighbors who were forced out by this land lord have had to leave the city and even the state and i would probably need to leave the bay area too if i lose my apartment. the bigger picture is i worry about the future of san francisco. we're in danger of losing our working class and middle class. we need to keep creative spirits like my neighbors, brenda and the dancer, melissa, both a book keeper and fashion designer, alajandra, child care worker and stained glass artist. there are so many others like them, i think it's great san francisco is attracting wealth and investment but you cannot have a workable town that's only made up of rich people. this magical city is becoming too exclusive. so the tenants here need your help and we have much to offer, too. we're the kind of people who keep san francisco diver

here in san francisco county, citizenry, can we try to eminent domain of this particular piece of property? do we have a strong enough supervisor as we had formally at northeast -- in chinatown, can we get that kind of leg work going? i hope so, because this kind of timeline that they are trying to run over and over, i'm not too much in favor of. thank you, mark. >> thank you. >> is there anyone else who would like to make public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner low. >> we have shared the same goal with the developer is to build open space and provide new open space opportunities for what is the border of chinatown and the financial district, which is the densest area in the united states. so we do have the same goal. we just have to get to that finish line. i understand there is a 2001 planning motion, which exists. and which certain conditions should have been satisfied prior to issuance of the site permit. not pointing fingers of blame or who was right and who was wrong and who delayed? who is not being responsive? but i would like to see the conditions satisfied prior to our next capital committee meeting. those conditions are f

here in san francisco county, citizenry, can we try to eminent domain of this particular piece of property? do we have a strong enough supervisor as we had formally at northeast -- in chinatown, can we get that kind of leg work going? i hope so, because this kind of timeline that they are trying to run over and over, i'm not too much in favor of. thank you, mark. >> thank you. >> is there anyone else who would like to make public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner low. >> we have shared the same goal with the developer is

chinatown. >> the guy just simply walked in quickly, gave the cello to the bartender. >> reporter: san franciscostery man dropped off the stolen cello and told the bartender to call police. the very next day the cello was back in the hands of its 16- year-old owner. >> i didn't hear the, um, phone call. and then, um, i -- i went back in and then my mom had said, the cello is back and it was just a rush of relief and i'm just so infinitely grateful to them. ♪[ music ]♪ >> reporter: a twist in the case the teen says that took her by surprise. the teen says she is afraid to reveal her identity because the suspects are still out there. but she is grateful the cell slow back where it belongs. >> grateful to have it returned to us. ♪[ music ]♪ >> reporter: meanwhile, police continue their search for the criminal couple who they believe realized they had hit a sour note because the cello was dropped off the same night police released the surveillance video. >> the criminals did the smart thing and got rid of it. >> reporter: and we just spoke to the bartender who took that cello. he says he has no idea

" en san francisco que estaba seriamente herido tras ser impactado por un auto esta noche se encuentra en condicion estable. --un conductor que pasaba por la calle powell y washington en "chinatownll ayer a santiago montoya de 53 aÑos mientras trabajaba en uno de los controles del "cable car". --se nos informo que el conductor habria sido un turista y no enfrenta cargos en este momento. vocesar ---un hombre resulto lesionado mientras combatia un incendio de 2 alarmas en una casa ubicada en la cuadra mil 600 de la calle "helen drive" de la ciudad de "milbrae"... ---el incendio se reporto esta tarde a eso de las 3 y 30 y hasta el momento no se han determinado las causas del siniestro que consumio gran parte de la vivienda... ---el fuego fue contenido en unos diez minutos. vo-blanca --la policia de santa cruz le llama a este ladron de un banco de esa ciudad "mrs. doubtfire" por que el sospechoso se metio a robar al "u-s bank" en el bulevard "morrissey" vestido de mujer y una antes tambien habria estado en el atraco al "rabo bank" sobre la calle "mission". --el sujeto se fue cuando uno de los empleados se le acerc. vo-cesar --una madre de sacramento ha sido acusada y arrestada por i

problems in chinatown north beach and in the tenderloin and we can't run from area to area and the landlords, the last thing that the landlords pay for routine inspections. i have talk to the san francisco apartment owners. they support bringing back routine inspections so it's not like they don't -- the good landlords don't want it. we can go into the buildings and check everything. if it's okay it's okay and if not they will fix it. >> next speaker please. >> my name is john freedberg and a counselor with the housing rights committee and i am very concerned about the fact there are some tenants not here today who presented a very troubling picture of a building on a street near mission, a building that has over 20 units and a restaurant in it and according to the tenants they believe the landlord was a victim of an attempt to arson the building several times. there is nobody here today i believe from that building because of fear, maybe because of immigration issues, whatever, so my proposal is only there be a requirement for buildings that have over certain number of units have posted like an elevator a clear confidential phone number in specified size print with a promise of confide

san francisco. the conductor was helping passengers off the cable car when a passing driver hit him. it happened around 10:30 this morning near the corner of powell and washington in chinatown. passengers on that cable car were then put on a bus bridge. >>> if it seems bart is moving a little slower blame it on age. the system is increasingly showing its age. in fact one unnamed bart director was quoted this week as saying if riders knew all the issues, they might have second thoughts about ride. this is video bart provided showing some of the repair work that needs to be done to keep the system running. mark matthews is live outside the west oakland bart station. that sounds very convenient when the agency says it needs more money for the repairs. >> reporter: that's right. the spokeswoman for bart couldn't tell me which director made that comment. she said she didn't know. but she didn't seem very upset about it. in fact, there was a suggestion that bart was happy to be getting the attention. frequent bart riders tell us they have noticed more slowdowns. >> it's sporadic. but i would say yeah they picked up little bit yes. >> yeah they shut down the fruitvale station to t