san francisco has lost a self-less leader, a dedicated servant to the public, and a tireless bearer of equality's torch, says lieutenant governor gavin newsom. his contagious love for san francisco elevated the city, and he will be missed and loved by all of us. thank you. now, we will entertain public comment before closed session item by mr. alan yiaung. please to the podium, and we'll allow three minutes. >> hello. good evening again. i'm not sure what to say, but as i said -- mentioned before, i'm really sorry about what happened this school year, but please consider what happened throughout my whole 16 years of teaching at washington high school. and the students that came in earlier, they're not -- i didn't ask them to come. i mean, i just posted a couple of things to a couple of parents, and then they were the ones that said, you should show up, you should show up, and i really appreciate the students for coming today. but -- and i know there's enough e-mails that were sent, and i've got copies of them. please read them, because they're the only ones that i think that can speak mostly about who i am and that you can consider. and i know that as i've said earlier, words do hurt, but i never

san francisco has lost a selfless leader, a dedicated servant to the public and a tireless bearer of equality's torch. he goes on to say his optimism and contiguous love for san francisco elevated the city to new heights. >> governor jerry brown put out this statement, saying ed lee was a true champion for the working people and epitomized the california spirit. he'll truly be missed. >> beautiful words. want to talk to scott mczbgrew. he's been taking a look at the remarkable life of ed lee. many fingerprints on the city of san francisco. >> particularly in high-tech. remember, he didn't necessarily expect to become mayor. that was where it happened. lee was appointed to mayor's office after san francisco mayor gavin nusome left city hall to go to sacramento and be the lieutenant governor. lee said at the time he didn't want the mayor's job but he would never run for re-election. rose pac for credited pushing him into the election. died in 2015, was a key influencer in san francisco's chinese community, pushing lee to become the first asian american mayor of san francisco. so lee became san francisco's 42ered mayor in january of 2011, appointed, not elected and almost immediately there

. >> yes, still windy in the upper elevations, that's keeping san francisco pretty mild. right now from our roof camera, 56 degrees in the city, 55 in half moon bay and it's 52 in livermore. so it is still pretty windy out there. red flag warning and a wind advisory for the upper elevations of the north and east bay but it all changes by midday. i'll have the details next. >> lisa, thank you. >>> also ahead, hundreds of guns are off the streets after a gun buy-back event and someone even nur turned in a bazooka. >>> new details about a classified program as >>> good morning, everyone. the time right now is 6:13 on this sunday. here's a live look outside from our abc 7 exploratorium camera. you can see the lights of the financial district all lit up. the embarcadero center right there. meteorologist lisa argen returns with the full forecast helping plan the week ahead. >>> new this morning, three astronauts from russia, japan and the u.s. are on their way to the international space station. the astronauts boarded the soyuz capsule in kazakhstan and took off around 11:30 last night pacific time. the capsule entered orbit nine m

the winds pick up. looking at san francisco city hall there and the winds at the lower elevations still fairly light. the higher elevations, they're gusting about 30 miles per hour. san francisco, 54 right now. low 50s, 55 in san jose. the flag isn't even blowing in the wind right now. 48 fairfield, napa in the upper 40s, livermore 41 degrees. emeryville you still have good visibility. the forecast, gusty winds tonight increased fire danger. we're looking at windy and bright conditions saturday through early sunday. winds will ease through that sunday afternoon. there's a slight chance of showers middle of next week. hour by hour wind forecast 11:00 tonight those gusty winds continuing 31 to 34 miles per hour. the strongest winds in the wee hour of the morning picking up to 40 miles per hour in fairfield. remaining that way saturday morning. notice that direction out of the north-northeast. this is a very drying wind. saturday night it's still going around 11:00. with that wind continuing to dry out the air, the fire danger will be running high. so please be vigilant as we head into the weekend. rela

san francisco mayor gavin newsom tweeted: "absolutely heartbroken by mayor lee's passing. san francisco has lost a selfless leader, and dedicated public servant.... whose intellect, integrity, boundless optimism & contagious love... elevated our city. jen and i mourn the loss of a dear friend. our prayers are with anita, brianna and tania." (pam) with mayor ed lee's passing .. london breed becomes san francisco's new acting mayor. she was first elected to the board of supervisors in 2012, and re-elected in 2016. and the board of supervisors elected her as its president twice.. since 2015. kron 4's dan kerman reports from city hall ... with more on san francisco's new mayor. soti am currently the acting mayor and will assume that responsibilitysan francisco native london breed becomes san francisco's first african american woman to take charge of the citysot amos brown/ naacp sf president 10-20she's proven she can break the glass ceiling, that she can hold her own with men and this is what we need more ofnaacp san francisco president and 3rd baptist church pastor amos brown says breed is a member of his church and learned leadership skills through the naacp youth council. like ed lee, breed grew up in public housing, but says that did not serve as a ro

san francisco mayor...gavin newsom...tweeted: "absolutely heartbroken by mayor lee's passing. san francisco has lost a selfless leader, and dedicated public servant, whose intellect, integrity, boundless optimism & contagious love... elevated our city. jen and i mourn the loss of a dear friend. our prayers are with anita, brianna and tania." (grant) san francisco's new acting mayor, london breed, was first elected to the board of supervisors in 20-12. she's been board president since 20-15. (vicki) kron 4's dan kerman is live for us tonight at san francisco city hall with more on san francisco's new mayor. sotlike me, ed grew up in public housingsan francisco's new acting mayor london breed was raised by her grandmother in san francisco public housing and it's always been and continues to be a top priority. sot london breed/acting s.f. mayor 13-23when i first became a member of the board of supervisors he asked my top three priorities and i said public housing public housing public housing, and as someone who grew up there and spent most of my life there, as did mayor lee, we bonded over that. but san francisco's new acting mayor has other priorities as wellsot amos brown/ naacp sf president 37-46she has a passion for social justice, education, communi

the caption absolutely heart broken b mayor lee'spassing. san francisco has lost a leader and dedicated public servant whose integrity and love elevated our cityrest. his body was taken to dally city. >> opponents may have disaeed with him on policy,ut everyone agrees that our mayor was a good man with a good heart. >> speaking of twitter, ed lee's final tweet was posted about 24 hours ago and could be seen as somewhat of a final message. his last linethere, we need to ntinue to build safe housing at all income levels. >>> today leaders discussed proposing a nationwide ban on sothing that doesn't exist, at least not yet. >> it sounds confusing, but we explainhy scientists say it's a future worse than nuclear war and want governments to take acti. >> your kids probably have one of these, right? not quite. >> reporter: whayou're watching is not real, but the makers of this film worry it could be. >> it does facial recognition. inside here is three grams of shaped explosives. >> reporter: the video was shown to county supervisors. >> it's pretty realistic for what we're looking at in the not too distant future. >> reporr: the lecturer asked congr

the caption absolutely heart broken by mayor lee's passing. san francisco has lost a leader and dedicated public servant whose integrity and love elevated our city arrest. his body was taken to dally city. >> opponents may have disagreed with him on policy, but everyone agrees that our mayor was a good man with a good heart. >> speaking of twitter, ed lee's final tweet was posted about 24 hours ago and could be seen as somewhat of a final message. his last line there, we need to continue to build safe housing at all income levels. >>> today leaders discussed proposing a nationwide ban on something that doesn't exist, at least not yet. >> it sounds confusing, but we explain why scientists say a future worse than nuclear war and want governments to take action. >> your kids probably have one of these, right? not quite. >> reporter: what you're watching is not real, but the makers of this film worry it could be. >> it does facial recognition. inside here is three grams of shaped explosives. >> reporter: the video was shown to county supervisors. >> it's pretty realistic for what we're looking at in the not too distant future. >> reporter: the lectu

the mayor's passing. san francisco has lost a selfless leader and dedicated servant who is boundless opt mission and contagious love elevated the city dear friend. our friends are with the family. we will have more on the passing as we continue in just a few moments. i'll take that. hey, l'eggo my eggo. i don't see your name on it. really? ba bam! know the rules. keep your eggo. l'eggo my eggo. okay. ( james ) breaking news we are following... san francisco mayor ed lee has died. city officials made the announcement early this morning. the mayor passed away coming up on the 9:30 am half hour, we continue to hear reaction from around the bay area and around the country to the sudden passing of san francisco mayor ed lee. he died of a heart a cat -- heart attack at the age of 65. >> we just heard from jerry brown and lieutenant governor gavin newsom. you are seeing a tweet for district 4 katie training -- katy tang. holding onto the happy memories and sending all of my love to his beloved anita and daughters. we're seeing people expressing their heart fort -- heartfelt wishes. >> now the torch passes to the next mayor -- we are at cit

san francisco mayor gavin newsom tweeted: "absolutely heartbroken by mayor lee's passing. san francisco has lost a selfless leader, and dedicated public servant.... whose intellect, integrity, boundless optimism & contagious love... elevated our city. jen and i mourn the loss of a dear friend. our prayers are with anita, brianna and tania." (robin) coming up on the kron 4 morning news ... with the passing of mayor ed lee, london breed is now the new acting mayor of san francisco. a look into who she is. (robin) and... an overnight fire in the east bay has destroyed a pair of homes and damaged a half dozen others. details on what started the blaze. (robin) also... a heated exchange in a east bay starbucks. the altercation that led to a woman being escorted out. (robin) welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. rebecca:look for mostly dry conditions today before a storm system brings widespread rainfall and breezy to locally gusty winds during the day wednesday to the north bay and through the remainder of the region wednesday night. after another period of dry conditions, a third system is possible late in the upcoming weekend. weekend. the upcoming weekend. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mat

city records...the building had no elevator. we will keep tracking this breaking story and bring you updates throughout the night. (catherine) a big story we're following... san francisco - as always - will host one of the country's biggest new year's eve celebrations.. (grant) the large crowds means increased security. kron four's philippe djegal reports from san francisco... where he spoke with local law enforcement agencies about how they plan to keep people safe. (philippe) it's empty now... but starting at eight o'clock sunday night... dozens of federal, state and local law enforcement agency personnel will work out of the emergency operations center at the san francisco department of emergency management. kristin hogen is the manager of government affairs.kristin hogen/sfdem- "just by being close together, we can problem solve quite quickly. we also are able to get a sense of what's happening in the field very quickly as well, because we're all working shoulder to shoulder." the san francisco police department says it's district stations will be fully staffed, so officers can respond to calls for service... but officer robert rueca adds that on new year's eve, th

necessarily have to go to city hall, but there's a way to have your voice elevated and to be able to share and engage in the conversation."glover, who grew up in san francisco'sight-ashbury district, still travels on behalf of unicef regularly.but even at home, he thinks there are very simple violations of human rights that often get overlooked as such, like the lack of affordable housing."the whole idea of gentrification - isn't that a violation? why do they say that? isn't that some sort of violation of people's right to exist?"it seemed glover would have loved to stay and chat longer, but he wrapped up with this final idea."we have to look at it in all of its manifestations, not just necessarily the most egregious and the most glaring example of human rights." (spencer)davis told me human rights day isn's so much a day of major events - because those events for civil and human rights should happen all the time.rather, she called the day a reminder of what needs to be done.live in studio, spencer blake, kron four news. (jr stone) in national news... alabama voters head to the polls on tuesday in the very closely-watched senate race between doug jones and ro

the elevated risk, given what we've seen here in new york city. so, they've done that in vegas as well. you know, boston and philadelphia, san franciscoall of these cities have upped up their security with extra sniper and observation teams and police officers on the ground. the test has happened, you see the big switch. the big ball is 12 feet wide and beautiful indeed. it's snowing, we're about 350 feet above the air and that rises-- jimmy, if you go up, maybe. it's up in the air and begins the decent sunday night. the temperature 10 degrees on sunday night. the second coldest new year's eve in new york city history. we will be here for you and so will over a million crazy people who decide to be out here for ten-plus hours to watch the whole thing. leland: you said crazy, not me, buddy. i'll give you dedicated over the past couple of days and for your work tomorrow night. >> dedicated, yeah. leland: keep it up and best to jimmy and tamara who is out there as well. happy new year. >> thank you. leland: gillian. gillian: coming up, big changes for taxpayers in 2018. we'll break that down for you. it's also been a record-breaking year