the san francisco city attorney says safe injection sites work. nonprofits have opened the sites in new york city and chu believes the same could still be done in san francisco. >> to save lives, i support a nonprofit moving forward with new york's model. the department of justice has not asked those new york site to stop their operations. j.r.: not news for lynn likes to hear, her son is addicted to final and living on the streets. >> we have been putting too many resources into addiction maintenance and not enough resources are going into treatment and habilitation -- rehabilitation. j.r.: she says the methadone clinics are not even open 24 hours a day. senator wiener and david chu agree with that and believe all these ideas need to be put into place. j.r. stone, abc 7 news. ama: a vigil held for the latest victim of violence in oakland, a 60-year-old woman who worked as a dentist in the east bay. tim johns was at the vigil and spoke to one of the victim's patients. >> flowers and incense monday afternoon in oakland. people gathered near the spot

the san francisco city attorney says safe injection sites work. rofits have opened the sites in new york city and chu believes the same could still be done in san francisco. >> to save lives, i support a nonprofit moving forward with new york's model. the department of justice has not asked those new york site to stop their operations. j.r.: not news for lynn likes to hear, her son is addicted to final and living on the streets. >> we have been putting too many resources into addiction maintenance and not enough resources are going into treatment and habilitation -- rehabilitation. j.r.: she says the methadone clinics are not even open 24 hours a day. senator wiener and david chu agree with that and believe all these ideas need to be put into place. j.r. stone, abc 7 news. ama: a vigil held for the latest victim of violence in oakland, a 60-year-old woman who worked as a dentist in the east bay. tim johns was at the vigil and spoke to one of the victim's patients. >> flowers and incense monday afternoon in oakland. people gathered near the spot whe

i would like to call it a mission day in san francisco. >> city college provides free tuition to all ancisco residents. it opens access to those living in or around the mission district instead of having to travel across town to their main campus. >> this is what we need. there is nothing better that you can give to a community than education. the future is ours. >> the campus still faces an uphill battle. before the pandemic, they had 8000 registered students, compared to today with just 300. >> something the interim dean of students blames the pandemic on. >> the pandemic, and prior to that, enrollment had been going down in california. >> the retiring dean said there were dozens of teachers laid off. >> in order to balance the budget, there was a layoff of teachers and you do not have classes. >> a student trustee said the majority of his peers were not willing to adapt to the digital atmosphere. >> having to adapt to technology, not being hands-on, that took a long time. i know a lot of students felt that was not their approach so they took a step back and focused on life and not

challenges. >> in the middle of a residential neighborhood with no resources around it. >> the san francisco city man suffering from homelessness and mental illness in san francisco's richmond district. you see it there. good evening, everybody. thanks for being with us tonight on k

san francisco street. san rafael pd is apologizing, but the san francisco city attorney says it may not be enough. see for yourself. video showing the san rafael police officer leaving man near corner of lake and 14th avenue in san francisco. person who shot the video doesn't want to be identified. said the man lingered in the neighborhood a while, appeared to then start a fire. sfpd and sf fire called in. san rafael pd issuing a statement apologizing, saying the department has opened internal investigation. san francisco city attorney is also investigating. >> it's egregious, it's not fair to him. he doesn't know way around here. >> disturbing that another jurisdiction would drop someone experiencing homelessness or mental health challenges in middle of residential neighborhood with no services or resources. >> lot of things in play here. city attorney's office has previously sued state of nevada for similar practices. that case led to $400,000 settlement. >>> in south bay now, eerie story involving bta. a bus driver arrested this summer accused of making violent threats against other employees. i

city's richmond district. kron four's amanda hari 6. a look at the video. san francisco. it is not a dumping ground that san francisco city attorney david shoes reaction after seeing this video. appears a police officer's dropping off a man experiencing mental illness and homelessness. >> in the residential area 14th avenue and lake street in these photos taken by neighbors. you can clearly see the vehicle is marked with. sandra fell police. i think someone mentioned there like 9 cities between here and san rafael. it's disturbing to think that >> another jurisdiction might drop someone who is homeless or is experiencing mental health challenges. >> in the middle of a residential neighborhood with no resources around at this video is time stamped at 05:27pm on july. 30th. >> about 10 minutes later, san francisco police officers were getting calls to respond to the area. sfpd says, quote, officers assigned to richmond station responded to the area of 14th avenue and lake street for guarding a person in distress. officers arrived on the scene and located an adult male subjec

millions of dollars in new state funding is coming to san francisco to improve and expand resources for api seniors in the city's sunset district. san francisco state assembly member phil ting announced the new funding $2.3 million will be used to renovate the south sunset playground clubhouse and another 1.2 million in state funding will support self help for the elderly. planned senior center on terrible street. we want to make sure that the community spaces that we have that are precious that people know where to go. people get services. we're trying to get them renovated and upgraded and so that they're ready for the next 50 years. the $3.5 million from the projects come from the funding through the state's 2022 through 23 budget. vegetation fire near highway one on one today, coming up what investigators believe might have sparked the flames and millions of americans are at risk of losing their medicaid health coverage unless you covid era declaration is extended the emergency declaration that might be extended into next year. californians have a choice between two initiatives on sports betting. prop 27 gen

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. >> the san francisco city attorney's office is investigating tonight after a sandra fell police officer was caught on camera dropping off a man suffering from homelessness and mental illness in san francisco's richmond district. you see it there. good evening, everybody. thanks for being with us tonight on kron. 4 news at 10, i'm grant lotus and i'm catherine heenan. ken and pam are off tonight. >> harper's amanda hari talk to the city attorney about this and has a closer look at the video. >> san francisco, it is not a dumping ground that san francisco city attorney david shoes reaction after seeing this video. appears a police officer's dropping off a man experiencing mental illness and homelessness. >> in the residential area 14th avenue and lake street in these photos taken by neighbors. you can clearly see the vehicle is marked with. sandra fell police. i think someone mentioned there like 9 cities between here and san rafael. it's disturbing to think that >> another jurisdiction might drop someone who is homeless or is experiencing mental health challenges. >> in the middle of a r

san francisco. this is going to be so exciting for san francisco. >> and i know that in a major city like san francisco, we have our challenges, but it doesn't mean we shouldn't take an opportunity. >> to have a good time. but having a good time come sect into keeping people safe for san francisco. mayor london breed. the ultimate goal is to keep people safe to make sure everyone's having a good time. sfpd deputy chief robert o'sullivan is in charge of outside lands joint public we will have a full and very visible complement of police all 3 days for the 72 hours for this event, both on the interior and the exterior. if you are planning on packing a bag to bring with you for the day. >> keep this in mind. if you're coming in to bring a backpack, please bring clear bags. we've had this policy for several years. >> and that is important. you'll be turned away. your bag will be turned away if you don't bring a clear bag. there is no mask requirement to into the music but again, we want people to understand that covid and monkeypox are still. >> issues that are out there and the department of public health

san francisco. our community is one of the largest growing communities in the bay area. and now we can also see the the cityfrancisco move the vision of a education and dignity for all students that that it's laid backers of the initiative say the san francisco unified school district is the first in the state to observe dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> a federal lawsuit has been filed against the city of san francisco as well as the city's police and fire departments. a woman who was protesting the overturning of roe v wade at a warriors finals game this year said she was unlawfully injected with a sedative kron four's. rob nesbitt was outside chase center today, but the woman explained what happened to her. he joins us now live from the newsroom with the details. rob. >> grant curry mcknight says she was at game 5 of the nba finals between the warriors and celtics on june 13th exercising her first amendment rights. she understands what she was removed from the game. she doesn't understand why a sedative was put into or arm when she wasn't posing a threat to herself or others. this video courtside captures the

they're also asking anyone who saw heard anything to call san francisco police. san francisco city attorney david shoe and former city attorney louise rennie or taking legal action in hopes of saving the city run nursing home. separate lawsuits have been filed against the federal government to keep laguna honda hospital and rehabilitation center from closing for good. depending shutdown has upset many supporters since the process began in may. nine patients died shortly after being forced to transfer, the chronicle reported . a federal agency officials said the timing can be revisited in july two is asking the government to exert compassion and common sense. the united states is set to declare a public health emergency as monkeypox cases continue to rise nationwide. the emergency would bolster the federal response to the outbreak, which is already infected more than 6600 americans. the declaration comes as the biden ministrations has faced criticism over the pace of vaccine availability for monkeypox clinics in major cities such as new york and san francisco, so they haven't receiv

san francisco at 4 32. let's get back to the headlines. thank you. sal san francisco city accusing the san rafael police department of abandoning a homeless man in the city. ktvu is amberleigh shows us the video of an officer dropping the man off in a san francisco neighborhood. this video shows a marked san rafael police vehicle parked along 14th avenue near lake street in san francisco's richmond district police officer lets out a homeless man this took place on july 30th around 5. 30 pm city leaders tell me the video was taken by a resident who wishes to remain anonymous. i think it's actually really sad. i mean, it's the last thing that anybody who isn't house needs is to be just left on the street after the officer left san francisco fire , and police responded to reports of the man setting tree branches on fire and throwing rocks department spokesman tells me the man was transported to a hospital for medical attention. it was disturbing the idea that another jurisdiction would dump a person who is experiencing homelessness or mental health challenges in the middle of

our office is suing on behalf of the city of san francisco the ceo of our city the 45th mayor of san francisco mayor london breed. >> thank you, david. i want to start by acknowledging and everyone thattinging our city attorney for his work and efforts and finding a possible solution to deal with this really challenging and complex problem. fact is, we should not have to be here. we should not have to be here to protect patients. and what is interesting is the arguments that have been used to protect patients have been the arguments to protect patients from the federal government. and in fact this is a long very frustrating process that started left year. when the leader of the laguna honda self reported challenges with those who over dozed who did in the die and the need to develop systems to support this hospital to ensure patients safety. cms did not come to us we went to them because laguna honda we understand have complex challenges, but important low, we have systems and regulations we know we must follow. so we went to them. and there was a discovery that there were things we n

alex hogan, ktvu fox two news san francisco city attorney is accusing the san rafael police departmentoperly transporting amanda's homeless to the city and leaving him in the richmond district with nothing. neighbor took this video on july 30th that shows the marks san rafael police vehicles stopping on 14th avenue near lake you can see, the officer opened the door and in a minute we see the man come out of the vehicle. it was disturbing the idea that another jurisdiction would dump a person who is experiencing homelessness or mental health challenges in the middle of a residential neighborhood without any services. short time later, san francisco police and fire officials was told about a man in the area, setting tree branches on fire and throwing rocks. officers took the man to a hospital for medical attention . san rafael police say the officer had approval from his supervisor to take the man to san francisco. san rafael city leaders have apologized and say they have now told their officers not to transport people who are homeless to other jurisdictions. san francisco city attorney

i would like to call it august 5, mission day in san francisco. lena: city college provides free tuition to all san francisco residents. the mission center opens up access for those living in or around the mission district instead of having to travel across town to their main campus. >> this is what we need and there is nothing, nothing better that you can give to a community than education, because the future is ours. lena: the campus still faces an uphill battle. before the pandemic, they had 8,000 registered students, compared to today with just 300. integer the interim dean of students, jorge bell blames the pandemic on. >> the fact that we closed the doors for two and a half years, the pandemic, and prior to that, i think the enrollment had been going down in california. lena: because of that, the founding dean says there were dozens of teachers laid off. >> in order to balance the budget there was a layoff of teachers, and you layoff teachers, you don't have classes, et cetera. lena: the majority of his peers were willing to adapt to the digital atmosp

san francisco favorite john's grill was unanimously approved for the city's legacy business registry, 114 year old restaurant near union square, joins eight other san francisco businesses. to be added to the exclusive list. the registry recognizes and honors longstanding community businesses as valuable cultural assets to the city. now the company's making the registry this summer represent 10 different san francisco neighborhoods. they include glen park, chiropractic, goat hill, pizza, latin bridal and wilcox frozen foods, which is the first frozen food distributor. in the city. congratulations to them. inflation might be causing people to cut back on dining out about americans are still getting their daily cup of coffee with their pastries. the national coffee association says roughly two thirds of americans drink coffee, everyday research shows spending at coffee and pastry shops increased 1.9% in june compared to last year. according to our market research company. the average price of coffee from a cafe is nearly $5 and perfect to go with coffee donuts. krispy kreme is celebratin

but in the city of san francisco who we talked over 50% of the jail is black in san francisco. city that has less than 5% black population which points to what the san francisco public defender says is another crisis. many of those waiting for their day in court. >> facing drug charges. >> and i'm committed to making sure that we restore accountability with respect to drug dealing in san francisco. as you says, that he is concerned that he is hearing echoes of what he calls the failed war on drugs era. returning with san francisco's new da. the concern we have there is that there has been an approach. >> carson approach of locking people up based on drug offenses. now going on 50 years, it started with the nixon administration. >> and what that has led to is ballooning population in our jails in prison, but it is not addressed at all. the public health crisis, which is what drug use is san francisco public defender, mano ross, who was part of a class action lawsuit representing all of his clients who are awaiting their day in court. >> with that legal process in and of itself i

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san francisco city college has reopened its mission district campus nearly two and a half years after the pandemic began. this comes as the school struggles with declining enrollment numbers abc 7 news reporter lena howland explains. what's being done to try and bring the campus back to life. it's a day more than two years in the making today's this most special day. i do believe this is i would like to call it august 5th mission day in san francisco. it's provides free tuition to all san francisco residents the mission center opens up access for those living in or around the mission district instead of having to travel across town to their main campus. this is what we need and there's nothing nothing better. you can give to a community than education because the future is ours, but the campus still faces in uphill battle before the students compared to today with just 300 something interim dean of students jorge bell blames the pandemic on the fac closed the door for two and a half years the pandemic and then prior to that. i think the enrollment has been going down in california. an

a san francisco woman says she was unlawfully injected with a sedative by first responders at a protest. now a federal lawsuit has been filed against the city of san francisco as well as the police and fire departments. thank you for joining us for kron. 4 news at 6. i'm pam moore and i'm ken wayne. the incident happened when the woman was protesting against the supreme court's decision to overturn the abortion rights et a warriors game. kron four's nesbitt was outside. chase ended today when the woman explained what happened to her. he joins us live with more. >> pam curry. mcknight says she was that game 5 of the nba finals between the warriors and celtics on june 13th exercising their first amendment rights. she understands what she was removed from the game. she does not understand why a sedative was put into your arm when she wasn't posing a threat to herself or others. this video courtside captures the moment curry mcknight was dragged away by security at the chase center. >> the 42 year-old carried a banner with her to the main floor protesting the supreme court's landmark ruling overturning roe vnrsus wade ground for women and girls

here is the story. >> reporter: a cloud is hanging over san francisco city hall. the board of supervisors president is accused of using a racial slur against the chivas cadet >> i just want him to tell the truth. >> reporter: he says that his truth is explaining what happened when the supervisor was asked to take off his belt before going through security at city hall. >> we did make an agreement between him and i that if there was not a crowd i would want him. it was the weekend of pride and obviously there is a hustick to agreement. >> butler says the supervisor wanted to push his way through but he did not allow it. that is when walton got mad and used a racial slur. >> he looked at me and pointed at the glass and said it is in words like you do cause the problem. >> reporter: an internal memo claims that walton admitted to using the racial slur many times during the exchange. and now walton is defending the exchange in two written statements saying in part the whole thing is being mischaracterized. he says no other supervisor has been more on the sheriff depar

alright jana katsuyama live tonight in san francisco, johnathan q staying in the city. san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins has announced her new cash bail policy. the announcement comes just about a month after she was sworn into office while acknowledging the inequalities in cash bail policies as her predecessor chaser boudin did. jenkins policy permits cash bail in limited misdemeanor cases as required by law. in a statement, the district attorney's that in part cash bail unfairly penalizes those with less financial means and disproportionately affects defendants of color, protecting victims and ensuring public safety or my top priorities. we will not shy away from holding offenders accountable, but we will not perpetuate further injustice and inequities attend tonight. police in the east bay are investigating a case of a woman potentially making threats to a family in pittsburgh in a dispute over dog waste. the pittsburgh homeowner who asked to remain anonymous, shared this video showing woman pulling out what appears to be a gun and pointing it toward the

san francisco. this is going to be so exciting for san francisco. >> and i know that in a major city like san francisco, we have our challenges, but it doesn't mean we shouldn't take an opportunity. >> to have a good time. but having a good time come sect into keeping people safe for san francisco. mayor london breed. the ultimate goal is to keep people safe to make sure everyone's having a good time. sfpd deputy chief robert o'sullivan is in charge of outside lands. join public we will have a full and very visible complement of police all 3 days for the 72 hours for this event, both on the interior and the exterior. if you are planning on packing a bag to bring with you for the day. >> keep this in mind. if you're coming in to bring a backpack, please bring clear bags. we've had this policy for several years. >> and that is important. you'll be turned away. your bag will be turned away if you don't bring a clear bag. there is no mask requirement to enter the music but again, we want people to understand that covid and monkeypox are still. >> issues that are out there and the department of public healt

or do you think a victory over the mind, for example, that in the american wonderful city of san franciscohorities give out syringes and the wounded. uh, we all, we all made good money, thinking our generals included. or do you consider it a victory over the mind, for example, that in the wonderful american city of san francisco, the city authorities give out syringes and drugs for free to everyone and children see it. but the austrian chancellor is already calling alcohol and psychotropic drugs a salvation from inflation. but you probably can't help but know that ballet is excluded from the programs of dance schools, do you know why? because this is the conflicting nature of white european ideas, what is darkness, what is light? anatoly alexandrovich but when you say, we are a culture who thought and hoped for the democratic development of their country. here, by culture, whom do you mean yourself or such your colleagues, damn it. and then another element of the liberal paradise where did you go? did you know that the swedish company uf has released a burger with the taste of humanity? no

mcknight is filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of san francisco's was the san francisco police and fire departments. the san francisco city attorney's office released a statement about the incident saying, quote, we have yet to be served with the lawsuit will review it once we are served and respond appropriately. >> in the east student died after a medical emergency during a youth football practice at clayton valley. charter high school. according to local officials. right? brett bratton, fay, he suffered a medical emergency about 7.30, in the evening last sunday. he was rushed to a hospital where he died 2 days later. he was set to begin school at diablo view, middle school this month. his school is hoping to honor him throughout the school year. a go fund me page has been set up by his family designed to raise money for his funeral services and other expenses. >> members of san francisco's era and muslim communities are celebrating a victory tonight as the school board agrees to observe the eid holiday. eid is composed of 2 islamic religious festivals and will now be officia

lieutenant says the officers never should have driven him outside of san francisco. >> they just brought them to san francisco to let the city deal with it. >> i understand that is what it looks like and want to extend our apology not only to the san francisco community much of the first responders. legal action now is not at the table either. >> we will look told any jurisdiction accountable that is proven to engage in this behavior. any jurisdiction that is thinking about doing this needs to think twice. >> the spokesperson for the san rafael police department reiterated that drivers someone into san francisco is not part of their policy whatsoever. he said they are addressing the issue internally with both the officer involved and the supervisor on duty who approved him doing this. in the newsroom, abc 7 news. >> what is the protocol? how should they have handled this when they picked him up? >> they could have tried to find him shelter or guide him to double transportation like a bus stop. resources are limited on what to take a person like this but they said unequivocally this should have not been taken to san francisco

san francisco's richmond district here. thank you for joining us tonight on kron. 4 news at 9, everybody. i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. the san francisco cityground that

but in the city of san francisco who we talked over 50% of the jail is black in san francisco. it's city that has less than 5% black population which points to what the san francisco public defender says is another crisis. many of those waiting for their day in court. >> facing drug charges. >> and i'm committed to making sure that we restore accountability with respect to drug dealing in san francisco. as you says, that he is concerned that he is hearing echoes of what he calls the failed war on drugs era. returning with san francisco's new da. the concern we have there is that there has been an approach. >> carson approach of locking people up based on drug offenses. now going on 50 years, it started with the nixon administration. >> and what that has led to is ballooning population in our jails in prison, but it is not addressed at all. the public health crisis, which is what drug use is san francisco public defender, mano ross, who was part of a class action lawsuit representing all of his clients who are awaiting their day in court. >> with that legal process in and of itse

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laid outhcluej onthone hidden somewhere in san francisco had a lot of people looking until the pandemic. the city stopped issuing dig 20. two years later it nay have more treasure hunters than>>ilson wa hunt in san francisco. >> my first dig date was the first week of june 2020. i got to wait six, seven months. >> reporter: when darren hicks applied for a permit to dig up a san francisco city park, he had no idea he'd end up waiting 2 1/2 years, but his wait is over and he is finally probing away. >> could be up to about three feet down possibly. hoping it would be about half of that. >> reporter: the spot he has landed on portsmouth square known as the heart of chinatown, now, not to get too deep into his solution, it's largely based on some historic context of the park and several very specific visual cues in the illustration. >> i turn to the left and this looks just like her nose. so for me it's pretty much the only logical place to dig. >> reporter: it begins under the watchful eye of a park ranger. darren, of course, is doing this the right way, while some others are not. what you might cal

supervisor have been brief and cordial, with the exception of that day in san francisco, amberleigh ktvu. fox two news. the city of san francisco is suing the federal government in an effort to keep laguna honda hospital and rehab center open city attorney david chu and former city attorney louise rennie have filed separate lawsuits to stop government officials from cutting off funding to the long term care facility come september, depending shutdown of the city run facility has upset many supporters, who say as many as 600 residents would be displaced . at least eight patients have died since may after they were forced to transfer to other facilities. david shoe is asking the government to exert compassion and common sense. forever 150 years, laguna honda has provided critical skilled nursing and rehabilitation services for our most vulnerable residents. as the last safety net for our seniors. our family members with severe disabilities , those who can't take care of themselves. says the federal agency that funds the hospital chosen arbitrary deadline september 13th to end more than $200 million in funding a u

san francisco city attorney is accusing the san rafael police department of abandoning a homeless man in the city video shows a san rafael police officer dropping the man off in a residential neighborhood in san francisco. ktvu is amber lee has reaction and an apology. this video shows a marked san rafael police vehicle parked along 14th avenue near lake street in san francisco's richmond district police officer lets out a homeless man this took place on july 30th around 5. 30 pm city leaders tell me the video was taken by a resident who wishes to remain anonymous. i think it's actually really sad. i mean, it's the last thing that anybody who isn't house needs is to be just left on the street after the officer left san francisco fire, and police responded to reports of the man setting tree branches on fire and throwing rocks department spokesman tells me the man was transported to a hospital for medical attention. it was disturbing the idea that another jurisdiction would dump a person who is experiencing homelessness or mental health challenges in the middle of a residential neighbor

like oakland, san francisco, los angeles, with trained staff members on standby to help in the case of an overdose. some city officials are in favor of newsom's decision, including the president of the san francisco police officers association who says the locations could have become drugged and subtracting even more drug dealers and addicts to neighborhoods. supporters, however, argue the sites have proven to be effective. >> been proven and over 100 places in the world, there have that at least 22 studies of these sites that have shown how they reduce staffs, improve access to care while not increasing public safety issues in the surrounding community. >> mayor london breed is not happy with newsom's decision but says she will continue to work on overdose prevention. and oakland's mayor libby schaff calling the governor's decision incredibly disappointing but went on to say she appreciates the governors direction to convene experts to create detailed models for pilot programs. adding will partner with the secretary of health and human services and work urgently as people's lives depend on it. >> coming up,

the nonprofit is taking part in a rally on sunday at 11 am at san francisco city hall, along with elected leaders and first responders, the event will memorialize more than 300 lives , lost this year alone to overdoses in san francisco. the u. s is sending additional weaponry to ukraine that's worth more than three quarters of a billion dollars, and this comes as ukraine soldiers are trying to more forcefully defend themselves against russian attacks. fox's alex hogan reports from kiev on the latest in the war. fresh piles of brick and ash mark the latest casualties of war. only hours earlier. these were homes full of life for the first day in roughly six weeks, russia claimed no additional ukrainian land, but it's the daily attacks on residential buildings that force consistent evacuations. pentagon's new military package of $775 million will provide ukraine with more highly coveted high mars rocket systems, but also new equipment like surveillance grows and mine resistant vehicles. both russia and ukraine accused each other of planning provocations outside of these apparition nuclear po

san francisco city attorney said that he fully supports setting up one of these types of sites in san francisco as long as it is run by a nonprofit. currently there is no such organization actually planning on heading up this type of site. one more note to add. former governor brown vetoed a similar bill in 2018. >>> another headline, a well- known dentist gun down and oak was little site neighborhood. the aap i community is in a familiar place, demanding justice. family and friends tell us victim is a doctor. she celebrated her 60th birthday a couple of weeks ago. the dentist was shot and killed yesterday, moments after parking her car. here is a look at security camera video that capture the moments right before it happened. you can see a dark sedan parked and seconds later that white lexus pulls up next to it and someone gets out of the lexis, goes to the passenger side of the sedan and seconds later we hear screams and three gunshots. a vigil is being held in little saigon. this started about 90 minutes ago, filled with community leaders and oakland police chief and other city lea

. >> i'm chris and you are watching san francisco riegz the show that focused on reguilding and reimagining our city our guest is the general manager of the san francisco rec and parks, with us to talk about new parks, music and other developments. mr. ginsberg, welcome. >> thank you a pleasure to be here >> nice to see you again. >> last time was during the pandemic and virtual. so it is good to be back here. >> indeed. before we get in specifics, let's start with a broad question, how can will park's system play a part in the economic recovery? >> well, our parks system playing an important role throughout the pandemic. parks were here when people in san francisco needed them the most. a place where people could gather and could care for mentality health and fizz cat health and have a sense of community and a sense of place during a really weird time. and now that things are reopening and figure out how to recover, parks are going to continue to play a significant role >> people are out and having a good time. there are special events happening in parks. concerts and the weather is good. the best

queer member of the san francisco fire department and i'm especially proud to be part of an organization that respects and values our diverse communities in san francisco. [♪♪] >>> a citye no other, san francisco has been a beacon of hope, and an ally towards lgbtq equal rights. [♪♪] >> known as the gay capital of america, san francisco has been at the forefront fighting gay civil rights for decades becoming a bedrock for the historical firsts. the first city with the first openly gay bar. the first pride parade. the first city to legalize gay marriage. the first place of the iconic gay pride flag. established to help cancel policy, programses, and initiatives to support trans and lgbtq communities in san francisco. >> we've created an opportunity to have a seat at the table. where trans can be part of city government and create more civic engagement through our trans advisory committee which advises our office and the mayor's office. we've also worked to really address where there's gaps across services to see where we can address things like housing and homelessness, low income, access to small businesses and employment and education. so we really worked across the b

san francisco staple. the restaurant , john's grill has been unanimously approved for the city's legacy business registry .14 year old restaurant joins eight other san francisco businesses to be added to the exclusive list of now 321 businesses. the registry recognizes and honors longstanding community businesses as valuable cultural assets to the city, and i spoke to john constant, the owner of john's grill tonight, and he said once he found out about the honor, his first phone call was to dad. it's really an honor to be a part of it. um we are so excited when we got accepted into the registry called my father and mother. so there was a time when john's grill has been around for 114 years, so we are. we're just all very honored and excited to be a part of it. galston says he's also excited about leaving the pandemic in the past and moving forward, he says this summer san franciscans and tours are back out dining at the historic restaurant lunch and dinner seven days a week. the nine companies making the legacy business registry this summer encompassed 10 different san francisco neighborhoods. others makin

. >> reporter: a cloud is hanging over san francisco city a hall. the board supervisor president is accused of using slur against a cadet. omari butler says his truth is explaining what happened to the supervisor walten was asked to to take off his belt before going through the meal metal detector. that's when the supervisor pushed his way through and used a slur word. >> an internal memo from the sheriff's department claims walton admitted to using the word many times during the exchange. now walten is addressing the event saying the whole thing is being mischaracterized. he said no other supervie visor had been a torn in the city's. >> what he's talking about is something that's above my pay grade. >> reporter: no worker should be treated with disrespect. the n word isn't appropriate in the workplace and an apology would be appropriate. >> if he apologizing much, it won't mean much. i just want him to reach out. >>> city leaders and community members gathered in oakland to kpháepl rate the khraoegs commemorate a new mural in fruitvale. that's wher

drop off a homeless man in san francisco and then driving away kron four's amanda hari shows us that video. >> san francisco, it is not a dumping ground that san francisco city attorney david shoes reaction after seeing this video. appears a police officer's dropping off a man experiencing mental illness and homelessness. >> in the residential area of 14th avenue and lake street in these photos taken by neighbors. you can clearly see the vehicle is marked with. sandra fell police. i think someone mentioned there like 9 cities between here and san rafael. it's disturbing to think that >> another jurisdiction might drop someone who is homeless or is experiencing mental health challenges. >> in the middle of a residential neighborhood with no resources around at this video is time stamped at 05:27pm on july. 30th. >> about 10 minutes later, san francisco police officers were getting calls to respond to the area. sfpd says, quote, officers assigned to richmond station responded to the area of 14th avenue and lake street for guarding a person in distress. officers arrived on the scene and located an adult male subject. officers summoned medics to the scene and th