. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the san francisco playground's hitsvery dates back to 1927 when the area where the presentund and center is today was purchased by the city for $27,000. in the 1950s, the sen consider was expanded by then mayor robinson and the old gym was built. thanks to the passage of the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond, the sunset playground has undergone extensive renovation to its four acres of fields, courts, play grounds, community rooms, and historic gymnasium. >> here we are. 60 years and $14 million later, and we have got this beautiful, brand-new rec center completely accessible to the entire neighborhood. >> the new rec center houses multi-purpose rooms for all kinds of activities including basketball, line dancing, playing ping-pong and arts can crafts. >> you can use it for whatever you want to do, you can do it here. >> on friday, november 16, the dedication and ribbon cutting took place at the sunset playground and recreation center, celebrating its renovation. it was raining, but the rain clearly did not dampen the spirits of the dignitaries, community members

san jose is struggling to niend money for park maintenance. what this could mean for your playground. >> one of the oldest schools in san francisco is closing. i'm kate larson why many parents blame the priest at this church. >> i'm sandhya patel tracking an atmospheric river. find out how this storm will . at 110 tsig >>nc: li whe y live, this is >> good evening,everne. i'm abc7 news meteorolsahy yoneed a littim tute.te doppler. a few sprinkles right now. this storm is a strong system that is developing here in the pacific. the thing is it's still a level 1 with an atmospheric river that is going to move through pretty rapidly. the rain is going to begin bright and early for the morning commute. you will notice some pockets of moderate showers, and that is going to slow down your ride. this is just the beginning of what's to come. the rest of your hour by hour time line is coming right up. dan and alma? >> thank you, sandhya. a disturbing discovery in the east bay. a body found burned in an alameda park. 0 of certificates responded after reports of a fire this afternoon. >> that's when they found the charred remains. abc7 news reporter lisa

sand garden with chines and drums. >> it is a visionary $3.5 million world class playground in the heart of san francisco this is just really a big, community win and a celebration for us all. >> to learn more about the helen diller playground in dolores park, go to sfrecpark.org. >> welcome. we're glad you're here. this is the regular meeting of the board of education of the san francisco unified school district. today is march 12, 2019. roll call, please. (roll call). >> thank you. tonight i will open this meeting in honour of zora that said those that don't got it can't show it and those that no got i, can't hide it. section a, information for the public and section b,

san francisco has become a playground for the obscenely rich with no room for anyone who makes less than$150,000 annually. it used to be a place of culture and diversity where people can grow up and dream of growing old, but now it's a shadow of its former self-. income inequality is at an all time high. companies can and should pay their fair share for operating in san francisco. the city is what it is because of the great diverse working class communities, folks of color and folks who call it home. the tech wave and influx of millionaires is not accidental. this again points to the question who is it benefiting? these private corporations enrich a few while displacing many. we urge the board to counteract these impacts. >> supervisor mar: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning. my name is jennifer esteen. i'm a registered nurse for the city of san francisco. i'm here at a -- as a public citizen and seiu 1021. when we talk about equity, we can't just talk about equity for businesses, we have to talk about equity for all. i heard the budget analyst -- which sounded like he had

support initiatives that allow for us to invest in these parks and playgrounds is why we are able to really transform parks all over san francisco an amazing way we do it also because of our private partners, and we are so grateful that the parks alliance and the work that they continue to do to fund raise more parks in san francisco is critical to our ability to do projects like this. i know that the family foundation is here today. thank you so much for your investment and so many incredible opportunities, as well as jeff here from the foundation who continues to really make these incredible investments. it means a lot, it is so great to have an incredible leader and phil ginsberg and the members of the commission who time and time again bridge those gaps with those partnerships, so that we can do everything we can in this city to make sure our recreation and parks space, our facilities, are the best anywhere, because we love our parks, whether it is running through them, whether it is playing basketball at them, whether it is swinging in the swing set, whether it is playing checkers like i used to do, i don't know if anyone s

playground, the play ground in mic chairren park and in the excelser. it is under the let's play sf initiative a $30 million public private partnership with the san francisco parks alliance supported by park fund money and general fund support. in total they will renovate 13 playgrounds around the city. washington square playground was completed a few months ago. we co-host one big groundbreaking for all five projects on thursday, april 25th at 11:00 a.m. this may marks 74 years since the en end of the holocaust. to remind those of the survivors an installation by a german artist is at the plaza. maybe you walked by it this morning. over 70 portraits of holocaust survivors including several local individuals, one i will talk about in a second. also including those from all across united states, germany, ukraine, they are to provide voice and visibility to survivors. courageous leann wonderfully presented by the institute of san francisco and the german consoling lat in part he -- consulate it is previously at the lincoln memorial in washington, d.c. and at the headquarters in new york city. it celebrates strength of survivors and they are pictured in the l

san francisco park. two middle school students were jogging at joe dimaggio playground in north beach on wednesday afternoons when the dog ran up and bit them on the legs. the owner and the dog left the park shortly after the attack. the dog was large. the dogs owner is a white woman in her 30s. she was seen wearing a black shirt and a purple best. >>> a highway patrol officer paralyzed in an accident at a trampoline park is moving ahead with a lawsuit after years of legal wrangling. the chp officer jumping into a pit filled with foam blocks while his young daughter looked on. this was in 2013. he says he hit his head and suddenly realized he couldn't feel anything. >> the next thing i know, i heard a pop and i immediately felt the hot sensation from my chest down. >> i was thinking, i don't want him to die. i don't want him to die. >> cbs has confirmed that at least six people have died at trampoline parks and almost 18,000 people wound up in emergency rooms because of trampoline park injuries. deandre had to learn to walk and still has a limb and is in chronic pain. bankruptcy has delayed the lawsuit for

when i was a kid growing up in san francisco i had access to our parks, and we had a tennis court, we had ping-pong in the rec center, we had basketball, incredible playgroundswe were so lucky to walk across the street in the summer and participate in the free lunch program. because of this tremendous amount of support that we get from our recreation and parks department in san francisco, we provide an opportunity for young kids, for seniors, for communities to grow and thrive and enjoy the outdoors in such an incredible way. we do this not just with city resources, we do this because so many incredible people like the folks here today contribute financially to make projects like this incredible project a reality for those in san francisco. i am so excited what this will do to change lives all over the city. the thing that i want to highlight with the work that is going to be done with so many young people is the opportunity to provide transportation to this tennis center so that young kids like the ones behind me can have access to a world renowned center in our city right here in golden gate park. this is made possible, yes, because the genre russ voters h

two playgrounds were littered with glass, pellet guns and clothing from the lost and found the past few weeks. >>> driving through the mission in san francisco will be a little less green. you'll notice that as the city is going to cut down 51 ficus trees along 24th street. it originally planned to cut down 76 but scaled it back after a heated public hearing. the public works department say the 50-year-old trees are a safety hazard. >> we have seen them come down, hit cars, block lanes of traffic, and in a couple of instances, injure people. >> they will be replaced with red maple or other trees that are a little more sturdy. >>> 4:36. coming up on "today in the bay", a recent tweet from president trump getting the attention of the social media ceo. will the private closed door meeting between the two, and what the president is now saying. >> plus, a partnership that will potentially make some of your amazon returns a little easier. the deal affecting millions of customers nationwide. sometimes, the pressures of today's world can make it tough to take care of yourself. but nature's bounty has innovative ways to help you maintain balance and

playground voice when i need to. anyway, and i went to san francisco state and i had wonderful tales from their too, but i went to work for -- i started volunteering in political campaigns. the first person i ever volunteered for was for john burden. john sends his greetings. i talked to him a few days ago. so then i worked for the state legislature. at the time, we had a planning director whose name was alan jacobson, and he was very supportive of parks and recreation. he just completed the open space for the city's master plan, and i was working for willie brown at the time. he came to me and said, would we sponsor -- would we sponsor the candlestick state recreational area to be made a state park? it was just open space at the time. we took it to the legislature. the guy who was director of the parks informed us there was no place for urban parks in the system, if you can imagine. anyways, that was while -- he got his comeuppance. >> it was the first of many. the other thing that alan had came up with was this idea of having a lot more parks and trying to get parks in high need to neighborhoods, which were the mino

san >> wow, are the beetles here or are we just reoping the playground? i'm not sure which. thanks to the 2008 parks funds, where you're standing is the home and all of you san francisco votersion investment in this neighborhood. i was born and raised four blocks from where we stand today. i came and played in this park, on the equipment, in the you know what i mean you know jim gym and structure today. >> to make this a park that everybody can enjoy, a diversity that would show the city that this is what san francisco is all about. >> what we got here is 3,000 new square feet of places for people to be healthy and be active and the community to gather. >> if you see /kaelly's mural in the building, there cannot be an imagery that's more related to this place. what people told us about what the importance of the windmills and the green houses and the flowers that used to be grown here and the wind, let's not forget the wind. >> we have to continue to invest in our city's infrastructure and creating new. this is a recreation center for the 21st century and for the 21st century communities. >> we finally made something after somebody that everybody needs and this is the park.

. >>> san francisco police want help tracking down a dangerous dog. >> it bit two middle schoolers at joe dimaggio playground during a school pe assign many. the children did not provoke the dog. it is described as a large dog, white with black and gray colored spots. its owner is a white woman in her 30s wearing a black shirt and purple vest. the two children are now recovering. >>> the city of san jose is struggling to find moneys to keeps its parks in shape. playgrounds have about a 15-year life span. some will need to be removed because they're unsafe. restoration could cost the city up to a million per playground, money the city doesn't have. >> some of the structures are gone. you don't even know what it used to be, a post there. >> an annual review of the city's parks. if you'd like to know where your neighborhood park lands on the list, it's on our website, abc7news.com. >>> uc davis health has confirmed 200 people may have been exposed to measles in its emergency room in sacramento. they sent letters to those who visited on march 17th when a young girl was diagnosed with the illness. the e.r. took a

playground and then feces around. the homelessness has become the new normal in san francisco. >> absolutely. >> sean: here's reactionhe former secret service agent. i will start with you. let me go with you on the legal question. media already is freaking out about the attorney general can have a press conference tomorro tomorrow. somewhere i read that we have freedom of speech in this country. i read it somewhere. they are freaking out, barr talk to the president's lawyers. is there something called executive privilege that would have applied as it relates to the mueller report? the democrats got rid of the independent counsel office? >> what they are really worried about is that bill barr will set the agenda. you will have a press conference before the report comes out and they don't like what he is going to say. what he is going to say is what he said in that summary. there was no evidence of collusion and no interference with the investigation. he said he was never turned down for anything that he wanted and what the media does not like in the democrats don't like is that bill barr will set the table and those w

san francisco police are looking for a dog and its owner after the dog attacked 2 middle school students. the students were playing at joe dimaggio playground in the north beach on wednesday afternoon. they were bit by a dog right on the corner of mason street and lamar both victims had bite marks on their legs and they were taken to the hospital for treatment. police say it's a large white and black dog with gray colored spots that that's what police have arrested 30 year-old lee or birdland for attack packing a man with a sword in san francisco. this happened on march 29th near fillmore street and oak street near the church of 8 wills skating rink berglund attack the victim with a sword and ran away. he was wearing a make america great again hats at the time. 2 witnesses came forward came in contact with the attacker before it all happened. police say that the man was a glaring and a juicy yelling homophobic ce homophobic slurs at them. the victim is expected to be ok. while till now a woman was fired after reportedly harassing a man wearing a make america great again hat at a coffee shop and posting his picture online khan force has it b

playground in chinatown. like chinatown, the soma neighborhood has some of the most densely populated areas in san francisco and unlike chinatown some of the greatest displacement that has been long time resident of the soma neighborhoods. v.m.d. park is a community family room, living room, garden or yard. unless upriver for access by high need neighborhood. the project fails to satisfy the planning department february 3, 1989 memorandum. the values to sun light at v.m.d. is high. in 2015, rec and park commission found the project proposed by the project and that casted a smaller shadow than it does currently. if the rec and park commission unanimously found it would be an impact only v.m.d. park, we urge the city to preserve life of a v.m.d. and we support somcan and their efforts. thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is raymond. i work in the neighborhood. i'm here today to urge you to please support this appeal and tell the developer to redesign the project. this is far more than just a shadow. i urge you look beyond the shadow and see this park and v.m.d. is value. the history of it. the community and the

. >>> to san francisco where people are asking for help in finding a large dog that bit two middle school students. it happened wednesday afternoon at joe dimaggio playgroundnorth beach. both were treated at the hospital for injuries to their legs. investigators describe the big dog as white with black and gray-colored spots. the owner was a woman in her 30s wearing a black shirt and a purple investment. >>> the mormon church is reversing course on a controversial policy involving couples, same-sex marriages and their children. the church said it would no longer classify same-sex couples as apostates but maintains its stance against gay marriage. it also stance it would allow children of gay and lesbian parents to be baptized. under the previous policy, minors had to turn 18, move out of their home, and disavow same-sex relationships before receiving the blessing of the mormon church. >>> the city of chicago plans to file a simple lawsuit against actor, jussie smollett. the empire actor has refused to pay $130,000 in investigation costs. today was the deadline that the mayor gave to smollett who is accused of faking a hate crime against himself and wasting

>>time is 6 21 in san francisco police are looking for the dog who bit to middle school students. they were playing at and joe dimaggio playgroundn north beach wednesday afternoon. when they were bitten by the dog, the corner of mason street and lombard the kids had bite marks on their legs and they were taken to hospital for treatment. but nobody has seen the dog or its owner since it was a big white dog with black and grey spots. 22 and as we head to the break, let's take another peek at the radar to see how so close that. >>storms get into a sense still pretty far off the coast. >>and later a man claiming to be the boy who vanished in 2011. >>turns out the fbi says they have the dna wasn't him. the family is >>for taking another live look at the radar right now still plenty of activity sitting out there to our west but as for the bay area itself not a whole lot to be talking about just yet unknown robin sprinkles on a couple of cameras including on the richmond, san or fell bridge and what we are looking at in the vicinity is certainly some light rainfall some lighter stuff still though across the bay, some of the heaviest of

playground, picnic area and ball field will not be impacted. the department determines the project shadow contract would not be significant. shadow would fall on lesser used areas of the park. the san franciscoecreation of park commission concurred with this conclusion on december 20, 2018 when it adopted a resolution recommending to the planning commission that new shadow cast by the project at 1052 to 1060 folsom would not have impact only the v.m.d. we received a letter from the appellant this afternoon. it brings up an old project tonight the site located at 190 russ street which the department issued a community-planned evaluation in march of 2014. the project at 190 russ street was disapproved by the recreation and park commission in january 2015. the letter questions why the 190 russ street project was not discussed in this pc -- c.p.e. today. the recreation of park commission reviewed the shadow study and concurred with our determination that the new shadow on the park will be less than significant. moreover, the c.p.e. issued for the project as we're discussing today, both concluded that project specific shadow impacts would be less than significant. the determinations were based on

already have lengthy records, san francisco police are looking for a dog and its owner after the dog bit to middle school student says students were running at joe dimaggio playground in north beach yesterday around noon. when they're bitten by a dog at the corner of mason street and lombard both victims had bite marks on their legs and were taken to the hospital for treatment. police say the dog is described as large and white with black and gray colored spots. the dog owner was only described as a white female wearing a black shirt and a purple vest. police arrested a man who attacked another man with a sword and officers say the attacker was wearing a red make america great again hat thirty-year-old me or berglund was arrested last night police found him in a restaurant in the area of any streets in the tenderloin the attack happened on march 29th year fillmore and oak streets near the church of 8 wheels skating rink in the city. the man astacked the victim with a sword and ran away. 2 witnesses came in contact with the attacker before that happened and they said the man was glaring and yelling homophobic slurs at them. the victim is expected to be ok. >>new det

the hospital. 5 oh 7 in san francisco police are looking for a dog and its owner after the dog attacked 2 middle school students. the students were playing at joe dimaggio playground in north beach. wednesday afternoon. when they were bitten by a dog and on the corner of mason street and lombard the kids had bite marks on their legs and they were taken to the hospital for treatment. but the dog and the owner weren't seen those a large white dog with black and gray colored spots. >>a man accused of trying to poison a co worker pleads not guilty in court 34 year-old david hsu picture right there pleading not guilty for premeditated attempted murder, he's accused of putting. a toxic metal into a co-worker's food and water between 2017 2018. the judge saying issue f if he actually makes the $2 million bail. he must wear an ankle bracelet and stay away from his colleague as well as the workplace. he would also be required to surrender his passport. in the south bay police are investigating a shooting that targeted a bicyclist officers say the 36 year-old was shot in front of a home on tilden avenue in morgan hill on wednesday night he was taken to the hospital and at l

san francisco police are looking for the owner of a dog that attacked two kids at a park. investigators say to medical students was drugging jogging when a dog with them on their legs a joe dimaggio playground in north beach on wednesday. the dog and its owner left the park shortly after the attack. witnesses told police the dog was large and white with black and gray spots. the owner is a white woman in her 30s was seen wearing a black shirt and purple vest. >>> straightahead this morning, a die off downstream. how the battle to put out an intense fire ended up killing fish miles away. >>> it is about to get rainy. noticeably renier just-in-time for the commute, like from 7 am on. it will be the early part of this afternoon and that is what i will detail coming up in the complete forecast. >>> speaking of your commute, reports of a new crash at even if no one in your home smokes, secondhand smoke can be closer than you think. secondhand smoke from a neighbor's apartment can enter your home through air vents, through light fixtures and even through cracks in the walls and the floors. secondhand smoke is toxic. especially to children. protect your family. visit tobaccofreeca.com. ♪ ♪ star wa

times in san francisco, a battle over navigation centers, a proposal to shut down a juvenile hall and today is walk to work day. the mayor joins us live now. this time at hayes valley playgroundis morning a big start of the day. >> every year it's always a great opportunity to get some exercise. >> i know you will be walking to city hall. there's a group of supervisors proposing to shut down juvenile hall. yes or no close the door or not? >> to be clear, it's not as easy as yes or no. i put together a panel to talk about ways to continue to do what we are doing best that is to reduce the population of the hall. over the past 15 years with the programs and things that we have been doing we reduced it by two thirds. the information that's been put out there is not entirely accurate, the case hall - - lotus 700 young people unfortunately and 40 are actually in the hall. it's not as easy as there's only 40 clients, the folks are working with, you have so many kids that are connected with their communities and families and our goal is to get them on the right path. >> do you agree with critics who say there's too much handholding. if 16 or 17 breaks into a car or steal a car, they