residents and san francisco chinatown merchants. 30 years ago, october 17th, 1989, when the world series about to begin, between san francisco giants and oakland as. at 5:00 or 4:00 p.m. the earthquake struck san francisco with 6.9 magnitude. since then, whatever the political reason, the 480 highway was not usable and the beginning of chinatown projects. rose pak has bullied san francisco for 30 years. so i strongly recommend not naming rose pak subway station. thank you. >> thank you. >> any final public comments? this is for general public comment. things in the subject matter jurisdiction of the sfmta but not on today's agenda. are there any other people that want to make a comment. the public is closed. we'll move on to our consent calender. item 10, all matters here are considered to be routine and acted on by a single vote. there will be no separate discussions unless a member of the board or public requests. i have received no indication to severe or remove the items from staff. >> great. >> motion to approve. >> second. >> all in favor. aye. >> that motion passes. w

in san francisco's chinatown, i'm dion lim, abc7 news. >> thank you, dion. now, in the east bay, an arrest of suspected thieves shutdown lanes of 880 today. sky 7 is going to show us the area in oakland. look at all those officers out there. this is where police stopped a car coming from hayward. officers believe the car was connected to a theft at the dick's sporting goods store at hayward south land mall. you can see ten police and c.h.p. units are on the scene. officers took four people into custody. the arrests around 9:30 this morning forced the c.h.p. to shutdown two lanes of northbound 808 north of hig enburger road. the lanes have since been reopened. >> a man died when his car collided with an ace train in livermore just before 8:00 a.m. abc7 news reporter unser has the story and has more from livermore. unser. >> reporter: larry, good evening. you can see the intersection behind me is clear now. they don't have answers, but witnesses think the car was already in the railroad crossing when it was hit by the train. early this afternoon, emergency cre

following at least 8 violent attacks in san francisco's chinatown this year police say that they're working to improve safety for charles clifford has more on w at they're doing. >>well right now i'm standing in san francisco's chinatown this is a bustling part of the city full of tourists and locals pretty much every day of the year unfortunately they also see their share of crime here and sometimes it's violent crime. since the beginning of the year there have been at least 8 high-profile violent attacks in the chinese community here in san francisco, including an attack just last week were 2 broad daylight here beaten in in chinatown neighbors here want to do something about it today community leaders city officials and the police department held a public meeting talk about what's being done answer questions. the police department said they have beefed up foot patdols in the area also working on improving our response times they also say they need the public's help basically if you see something say something. >>please reach out to us. the police department so we can establish those line

rather at toland street and jeroen avenue near the bayview district in san francisco today, a public meeting was held in chinatown for neighbors who are worried about violent crime kron 4 charles clifford was there and has the details. >>well right now i'm standing in san francisco's chinatown this is a bustling part of the city full of tourists and locals pretty much every day of the year unfortunately they also see their share of crime here and sometimes it's violent crime since the beginning of the year there have been at least 8 high-profile violent attacks in the chinese community here in san francisco, including an attack just last week were 2 men were robbed and beaten in broad daylight here in chinatown and neighbors here want to do something about it today community leaders city officials and the police department held a public meeting, the talk about what's being done and answer questions. the police department said they have beefed up foot patrols in the area and also working on improving our response times they also say they need the public's help basically if you see something say something please re

how can you name san francisco's chinatown central subway station after a communist party's agent whose actions are harmful to american interests and values. at the federal level, more and more concern has been raised about the communist party using agents like her to inference -- influence our politics, and we are here today to help you so that you will not regret, in the future, and history will see that you did not turn a blind eye and look the other side when we tell you the true facts. thank you. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon, board of supervisors. my name is darren child and i would also like to express my concern in opposition regarding the resolution to name the chinatown subway station after rose pack. growing up in san francisco, for as long as i can remember, i always looked up to our great city and everything it represents. social freedom and cultural diversity. as a result, we are able to express ourselves regardless of race, gender, and/or beliefs. i bring this up because i believe that rose pack is not inaccurate or ethical representation of san francisco 's core val

well following at least 8 of violent attacks in san francisco's chinatown this year. police say that they are working to improve safety. the police department and city officials. they held a public meeting in chinatown to talk about the department's crime prevention efforts. so police told the crowd that more officers are patrolling chinatown and they're working to improve response times. he also reminded the public about surveillance cameras. it happened installed all along stockton street. and those cameras aimed to help deter crime and also catch criminals. happening today, the new terminal relief and francisco icon harvey milk will finally open at sfo. so the first phase of the billion redevelopment project will be completed today. so that is when the first 9 gates will open in the boarding area along with new restaurants and also security checkpoint. so when the project is finally complete their there will be as many as 25 i kate, the terminal was renamed to harvey milk terminal, one after plans to name the renamed the entire airport after him fell through. >>for

the victim of a violent robbery in san francisco's chinatown. it alarmed people and businesses because it happened in broad daylight had an intersection surrounded by people. why the victim is now speaking out.>>reporter: walter wong is greeted by a friend who asked him how he is doing. it is the first time he has returned to chinatown after being beaten and robbed on this busy road. he spoke to me about his ordeal.>> i was very scared. >>reporter: he said he was waiting for the stoplight to change at stockton and pacific when three men came up from behind, grabbed him by the arms, assaulted him and stole his watch. >> >> there were fellows behind me. they lifted me up and threw me on the ground. at that time i was unconscious. >> another saw the commotion and tried to help. this is -- cam video. the friend was knocked to the ground. wong said he blacked out. when he regained consciousness he was surrounded by people, including the police. he was taken to the hospital where he was treated for fractured cheek bone and bruises to the back of his h

we are living chinatown. >>> the victim runs the business in san francisco's chinatown and has been in the area for more than 30 years. nothing like this is ever happened to him before. >> reporter: on this friday evening, walter wong was greeted by a friend who asked him how he is doing. is the first time he has returned to chinatown, after he was beaten and robbed along a busy court or. in cantonese, he spoke about the ordeal. >> i was scared. it is always a concern that someone can come behind me. >> reporter: on july 15, he said he was waiting for the stoplight to change at stockton and pacific when suddenly, three men came from behind and grabbed him by the arms, assaulted him and stole his watch. >> to lift me up and threw me on the ground. at that time was unconscious. >> a friend of long saw the commotion and tried to help. this is dash cam video showing a suspect punching a friend in the face, knocking him to the ground. he suffered bruises. as for wong, he said he blacked out for several minutes when he regained consciousness, he was surrounded by people including the police.

i was born and raised in san francisco both in the richmond district and san francisco chinatown. i spent time in los angeles as a public defender. i served as a public defender in la for eight years i returned to my hometown here to work as a conflict counsel. it's the exact same type of work as a public defender, minus the recognition, minus the support staff and minus the benefits. in my eight years here, i continued on as a conflict counsel and did not apply for any public defender's office because my experience has opened my eyes to the fact that the clients who cannot be represented by the public defender's office still - due to a conflict of interest, still deserve a robust defense. i am a certified criminal law specialist. there are only 20 of us in san francisco. of the 20, 10 belong to our panel. i have personally tried and one life cases and there are many more experienced attorneys on our panel. all of us choose to do this type of work as opposed to privately retained work because we believe in representing those most marginalized in our communities. we want to be able

restaurants chinatown has phobia one of the best the most unique neighborhood shopping areas of san francisco. >> chinatown is one of the oldest chinatown in the state we need to be able allergies the people and that's the reason chinatown is showing more of the people will the traditional thepg. >> north beach is i know one of the last little italian community. >> one of the last neighborhood that hadn't changed a whole lot and san francisco community so strong and the sense of partnership with businesses as well and i just love north beach community old school italian comfort and love that is what italians are all about we need people to come here and shop here so we can keep this going not only us but, of course, everything else in the community i think local businesses the small ones and coffee shops are unique in their own way that is the characteristic of the neighborhood i peace officer prefer it is local character you have to support them. >> really notice the port this community we really need to kind of really shop locally and support the communityly live in it is more economic for people to surv

>> the ad shows sanders' wife jane touring a cramped single room occupancy building in san francisco's chinatown. she also went to an affordable housing. the sanders say that the bill of rights will include guaranteed health care, living wages and the right to fair, affordable housing. >>> coming up, a couple's dream dashed because of a mixup at a ed that had a woman giving birth to babies that she then had to give away. i'm jimmy dean, and only one thing can make a morning like this any nicer. a hearty, hefty, good tasting breakfast. with eggs, bacon, sausage, cheese and taters. and when you finish, you know you had something to eat. >>> one couple is suing a fertility clinic in los angeles after the mother gave birth to someone else's baby because of an ivf mixup. accord together new york couple's lawsuit, they went to a fertility clinic last year, paid more than $100,000 for ivf services. the parents who were both asians stayed that the embryo would give birth to a baby girl. but the mother gave birth to two boys who were not of asian decent. >>> interest would have to be an error in labeling

san francisco. and the other noodle factory is keen what noodle company. it was started back in 1940 in san francisco chinatown. you may recall there is an old photograph taken by mr. fred lyons stated in 1948 showing quinoa and its original -- at the original location, which is 870 washington street, and it shows you where people congregate and grab fresh noodles. we still make noodles the same way on our vintage noodle machines. we specialize in taiwanese and japanese style noodles and grabs we have been -- we have a rich story with my family where my grandfather immigrated to the u.s., he didn't have much. he only had a skill set of a noodle maker, in one of the places where he was employed was quinoa, so when the owners went into retirement, they first thought about having my grandfather take over, and that is where my family came into play and we had -- we came from a long line of noodle makers. my great-grandfather was a noodle maker and now we are in the fourth generation. we're hoping to continue this in -- this business within our family. thank you for consideration. >> thank you. >> thank you. any ot

chinatown, chinese medicine doctor. [video playing] thank you. >> good afternoon. i come from san francisco. your meeting, a lot of my friends, they support chinatown station. now, i show you a video of one of them. [video playing] >> excuse me, sir. you are not allowed to translate a video, the speaker's time is allotted for the speaker themselves. if that individual would like to translate the video, she is more than welcome to. but this is not your time to speak. >> next speaker, please. [speaking native language] >> my english is not very good. sorry. [speaking native language] >> she is the owner of a trading company, i does not have time to come up here. they asked me to come here to play this video for him. [video playing] everybody says no rose pak. i hope every supervisor to think about why. nobody likes it. chinatown only. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is alan, i live in on bernal heights. i just want to share with you what we went through the last couple of days. we know how the merchants feel about that, and the resident which had persuaded to come fort

chinatown san francisco is the largest chinatown outside of asia at the time and still is. it has about 20 percent of the cities population. and like immigrants anywhere, chinese are willing to do the jobs nobody else will. so it is laundry, cooks, porters, hotels everything else. there is rampant and blatant anti-asian bigotry and racism. in ways that now you look back, it is shocking. the mayor at the time, he later becomes and runs for and wins a seat in the u.s. senate in california. and his campaigns, signs really say keep california white. that was a focus. it was a very easy scapegoat for all of the problems that were happening in san francisco. and the governor at the time was a man named henry gage. and like politicians now, he pioneered the idea of calling into he did not agree with anything that was negative, fake news. so you have the worst of these in history coming to a place that in no way want to deal with it. and in no way want to acknowledge they could be in any danger. this is also the gateway to the entire country. so you have everything ripe for a crisi

abc7 news anchor dion lim provided this picture of a meeting in san francisco's chinatown. there have been a series of violent crimes targeting the chinese community. >>> tensions continue to grow with iran. president trump is disputing the claim that 17 spies working for the c.i.a. have been captured. the united kingdom is weighing in after a british tanker was seized and it's pointing the finger at the president. abc7 news reporter mona kosar abdi joins us with the developments. >> reporter: all spies are iranian nationals. that is according to iranian officials who say they were hired by the u.s. officials deny the claims. president trump says he may still be open to talking. >>> tonight washington and teheran at a crossroads. president trump telling reporters monday he's waiting to see how the feud with iran unfolds. >> let's see what happens with iran. we are ready for the absolute worst and we're ready for sense, too. >> reporter: the president's comments following reports that iranian officials arrested 17 iranian nationals it is accusing of working for the c.i.a. a

following at least 8 violent attacks in san francisco's chinatown this year.say they're working to improve safety. the police and city officials they held a public meeting in china town today to talk about crime prevention efforts. police captain robert hicks says that more officers are now patrolling chinatown and he says they're working to improve their response times and he reminded the public about surveillance cameras that have been installed along stockton street in the hopes of course of deterring crime and catching criminals. >>drivers on the richmond center fell bridge might be noticing a smoother ride this week caltrans crews are now wrapping up the monthslong emergency repairs to replace the falling concrete from the bridge's upper deck but as kron four's noel bella tells us there's still a lot of work to be done. >>we're trying to get as much life out of the structure as we can there's still many years left caltrans spokesman bart ney says after months of working to replace 31 expansion joints on the richmond center fell bridge is upper deck. motor

to apply, visit hawaiianairlines.com following at least 8 violent attacks in san francisco's chinatownhis year. >>police say that they are working to improve safety. the police department and city officials they held a public meeting in chinatown to talk about the department's crime prevention efforts. so police told the crowd that more officers are patrolling chinatown and they're working too improve response times as well he also reminded the public about surveillance cameras that they've installed up and down stockton street and they aim to help deter crime and also catch criminals. >>in the east bay, one person is dead and another is injured after a shooting in oakland, the shooting happened on 66 avenue right near bancroft avenue. not far from the spa town center actually police say they found 2 men shot both were taken to the hospital one of the victims died. the shooter. still on the loose this morning. these are also lookiny for a driver who they say nearly hit one of their officers and pedestrians nearby was right near lake merritt police pulled over a 22,019 chevy camaro with

>>well following at least 8 violent attacks in san francisco's chinatown this year police say that they're working now to improve safety. the police department and city officials held a public meeting in chinatown to talk about the department's crime prevention efforts. police told the crowd more officers are patrolling chinatown and they're working to improve response times. he also reminded the public about surveillance cameras have been installed along stockton street that aim to help deter crime and catch criminals. and he's bay city at the center of the sanctuary's movement. now finds itself possibly in conflict with its own policies. new research from the university of washington center for human rights shows that ice actually chartered flights out of oakland airport to deport nearly 27,000 people and transfer another 16,000 a detention centers. this all happened between 2010 2018 oakland, as you may know is one of 9 cities in california that of been used by federal immigration authorities. i says it's decided to discontinue the use of charter flights out of oakland. they did that ba

>>following at least 8 violent attacks in san francisco's chinatown this year police say that they are working to improve safety. so the police department and city officials they held a public meeting in chinatown to talk about the department's crime prevention efforts. police told the crowd that more officers are indeed for trolling chinatown and they're working to improve response times he also reminded the public about surveillance cameras that have been installed all along stockton street that aim to help deter crime and also catch the criminals. well 2 of san francisco supervisors want to ban natural gas from all newman, this supple construction in major renovations. so the supervisors plan to introduce the legislation in september and hopes to get signed by the new year. the supervisors say that the proposal would reduce emissions a new city buildings to 0 and also demonstrate the city's commitment to leading the transition to an all electric future berkeley recently became the first city to ban natural gas and its new buildings. >>happening tomorrow, former special counsel rober

>>well following at least a violent attacks in san francisco's chinatown this year police say that they are working to improve safety. the police department and city officials held a public meeting in chinatown to talk about the department's crime prevention police told the crowd that more officers are indeed patrolling chinatown and they're working to improve response times ahd also he also reminded the public about surveillance cameras that have have been installed up and down stockton street that aim to help deter crime and also have help catch criminals. well 2 of san francisco supervisors want to ban natural gas from all new municipal construction of major renovations. so the supervisors plan to introduce the legislation in september and hopes to get it signed by the new year. the supervisors say that the proposal would reduce emissions a new city buildings to 0 and also demonstrate that the city's you know they're committed to leading the transition to all electric future. berkeley recently became the first city to ban natural gas in their buildings. >>happening today, the mayor o

how can you name san francisco's chinatown central subway station after a communist party's agent whose actions are harmful to american interests and values. at the federal level, more and more concern has been raised about the communist party using agents like her to inference -

square miles of san francisco by supporting local services in the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so we're will you shop & dine in the 49 chinatown has to be one the best unique shopping areas in san francisco that is color fulfill and safe each vegetation and seafood and find everything in chinatown the walk shop in chinatown welcome to jason dessert i'm the fifth generation of candy in san francisco still that serves 2000 district in the chinatown in the past it was the tradition and my family was the royal chef in the pot pals that's why we learned this stuff and moved from here to have dragon candy i want people to know that is art we will explain a walk and they can't walk in and out it is different techniques from stir frying to smoking to steaming and they do show of. >> beer a royalty for the age berry up to now not people know that especially the toughest they think this is - i really appreciate they love this art. >> from the cantonese to the hypomania and we have hot pots we have all of the cuisines of china in our chinatown you don't have to go far. >> small business is important to our neighborhood because if we real

chinatown. san francisco is a work that is a nations and when you have relatives your family comes to san francisco we all bring them to chinatown. you really want a name after rose pak chinatown station? we chinese don't want to do that and i'm here. the time short and i want to express that aaron peskin, leave the chinese people alone. just let the chinese people in chinatown and people aroun aroue world decide this is chinatown station. we don't need to name 16th street, 26th street trump station, we certainly don't need inform add a name to any station. it's just confusing for the uber drivers and confusing for anybody and chinatown should be chinatown as simple as that and the other way day when i was at home my children in my family asked me wh whose is rose pak. you can google it. if they're in china they cannot google it. you can find out who she and and what she has done to chinese people in san francisco and chinese people around the world and we all come here for freedom. we all come here to embrace american freedom. i hope that we would not name someone if the human rights violator and

of i i his favorite district 5 e 3 is in the northwest surrounded by the san francisco bay the district is the boosting chinatown oar embarcadero financial district fisherman's wharf exhibit no. north beach telegraph hill and part of union square. >> all of san francisco districts are remarkable i'm honored and delighted to represent really whereas with an the most intact district got chinatown, north beach fisherman's wharf russian hill and knob hill and the northwest waterfront some of the most wealthier and inning e impoverished people in san francisco obgyn siding it is ethically exists a bunch of tight-knit neighborhoods people know he each other by name a wonderful placed physically and socially to be all of the neighborhoods north beach and chinatown the i try to be out in the community as much as and i think, being a the cafe eating at the neighborhood lunch place people come up and talk to you, you never have time alone but really it is fun hi, i'm one the owners and is ceo of cafe trespassing in north beach many people refer to cafe trees as a the living room of north beach most of the clients are loca

san francisco. i work at chinatown community center, and we are excited to share and empower with our arab and muslim members in the student. i want to tell you about and thank you for your continued support of the arab mothers community e.s.l. and life skills program that is freetor everyone operating as a t.l. in district 6. in a little bit, you will hear a bit from arab mothers who are community partners, service providers, educators, advocates, talking in solidarity about this. so today, i'd really urge you to support and continue supporting, fully funding this incredibly life changing program. this budget is approved by the a.p.i. council and the budget justice coalition. and i want to thank many of the board of supervisors who are doing so. for close to a decade, this class has operated on a bare bones budget, and we are -- every single day, you'll see 50 immigrant refugee women in hijabs, mostly arabic, and shuffling their kids through the maze of open air drug dealing, and feces. this is a space with complimentary child care and culturally empowering arab community engagement. what's signific

san francisco mayor lonn agreed toured chinatown today in an effort to reassure merchants and residents there would be more police, security cameras along the busiest street where violent assaults and car robberies have taken place. vic lee has that story. >> we're going to have to do something. >> reporter: the mayor came to than city hall would be doing it all it can to protect them. the street crimes filled the entire front page today of the world journal. this after a heated community meeting here yesterday. frustrated and angry, merchants and residents asked for more police. this video shows a man with a stick smashing windows of cars along stockton street. these stills taken last week shows a chooz community lieder on the you ground after he was talked by a group which stole his gold rolex watch. he waits for an ambulance which witnesses say took a half hour to respond. this video shows channing being beaten by the same assailants on the same crosswalk. he told me today he ran over to help the victim, a close friend of his when someone from the group punched him in the face. >> af

san francisco. there is a swinging hanging from a tree at the top. it is as if you are swinging over the entire city. there are two unique aspects. it is considered the fourth chinatownn francisco. sixty% of the residents are of chinese ancestry. the second unique, and fun aspect about this area is it is the garden district. there is a lot of urban agriculture and it was where the city grew the majority of the flowers. not only for san francisco but for the region. and of course, it is the location in mclaren park which is the city's second biggest park after golden gate. many people don't know the neighborhood in the first place if they haven't been there. we call it the best neighborhood nobody has ever heard our. every neighborhood in district nine has a very special aspect. where we are right now is the mission district. the mission district is a very special part of our city. you smell the tacos at the [speaking spanish] and they have the best latin pastries. they have these shortbread cookies with caramel in the middle. and then you walk further down and you have sunrise cafÉ. it is a place that you come for the incredible food, but also to learn about what is

san francisco is hard. building underneath chinatown, a busy street like stockton that is only 3 lanes wide and making sure that as we build, all of these great neighborhoods around union square and chinatown can continue to thrive. >> reporter: the project director told us today that he thinks it will take about 6 weeks to get a sense of where the project stands right now. at that time, he will be able to give us a better sense of when you think the entire project will be wrapped up. live at union square in some cisco, christien kafton, ktvu fox2 news. >>> immigration rights advocates are expected to voice their concerns during this afternoon's meeting of port of oakland commissioners following the reports that immigration officials used the oakland airport as a transit hub to remove undocumented immigrants from the united states. >> reporter: i.c.e. reportedly chartered nearly 2000 flights out of oakland carrying more than 40,000 detain people over at recent a bank year period. rights groups say that violates oakland sanctuary city policy. >> we just want to remind the portland city they are a century an

. >>> also in san francisco, police are increasing patrols in chinatown after a recent increase in crime. just yesterday, police pursued a vehicle from fisherman's wharf into chinatown where crushed with another car. the warmer season means there is more shoplifting, robberies and other trouble in their doors. police say they have noticed the uptick and are beefing up trolls. >>> california is the first date to offer healthcare coverage to undocumented young adults. gavin newsom signing this into legislation yesterday. young adults 25 and younger are eligible for medicaid regardless of status. the governor and other democratic leaders say this is only the beginning. they plan to expand coverage to more adults in the years to come. >>> customs officials confirmed they are investigating allegations of sexual assault at a migrant detention facility in arizona. this after a teenage girl from honduras said that an officer touched her inappropriately during what was supposed to be a routine patdown. in the meantime, a mother who spent time in a detention center in texas testified today before

san francisco is hard. we are building underneath chinatown in a busy street like stockton that is only three lanes wide.king sure as we build that all these great neighborhoods continue to thrive. >> reporter: the project director and will take six weeks to get a sense of where the central subway project stands and at that time he will give us a better plan on when it is set to be completed. >>>tough new emissions standards, a deal between california and four big automakers that bypasses the federal government. ulating r in sports we talk tonight that the giants will most likely hold on to madison bumgarner and possibly buyers before the trade deadline. >>> democratic strategy going forward. >>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleep world. my experience with usaa has been excellent. they really appreciate the military family and it really shows. with all that usaa offers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. it was funny because when we would call anotn