thought -- that he thought was obscene that had been put up. the city of sanembrace it's musicians. when they have the centennial for city hall, they brought in all kinds of local musicians and i got to perform at that. that was, at -- in a way, and appreciation from the city of san francisco for the musical legends. i feel like a lot of people in san francisco don't realize what resources there are at the library. we had a film series, the s.f. punk film series that i put together. it was nearly sold out every single night. people were so appreciative that someone was bringing this for them. it is free. everything in the library is free. >> it it is also a film producer who has a film coming out. maybe in 2018 about crime. what is the title of it? >> it is called san francisco first and only rock 'n' roll movie. crime, 1978. [laughter] >> when i first went to the art institute before the adventures were formed in 77, i was going to be a painter. i did not know i would turn into a punk singer. i got back into painting and i mostly do portraiture and figurative

with sand the way that san francisco was and when you look at a map of san francisco have a unique street grid and one of the thing is those streets started off in extremely long piers. but by 1875 they know they needed more so the ferry building was built and it was a long affair and the first cars turned around at the ferry building and picking up people and goods and then last night the street light cars the trams came to that area also. but by the late 1880s we needed something better than the ferry building. a bond issue was passed for $600,000. to build a new ferry building i would say 800 thousand for a studio apartment in san francisco they thought that was a grand ferry building had a competition to hire an architecture and choose a young aspiring architect and in the long paris and san francisco had grand plans for this transit station. so he proposed the beautiful new building i wanted it wider, there is none tonight. than that actually is but the price of concrete quitclaim two how and was not completed and killed. but it opened a greater claim and became fully operational bef

when i got my drivers license and i will not tell what year that was, i thought i'll drive to san francisco. i hopped on the cable car and immediately transported to a different place and different time and felt the city's energy and decided i wanted to move here. i was transported to new time and place, all cities change and evolve and it is time for san francisco to reimagine its downtown. can california street be the center of economic activity with art, with culture, with hospitality? yes. yes it can. the downtown sf partnership is here to serve the city and lead that. no hill is too steep for the city and downtown to climb. we must reimagine ourselves, it can be done and we are doing it together. thank you all and congratulations. [applause] >> cable cars both the original line that ran on clay and sacramento street ended in 1942 and the california line which enders are simnel to mobility for the china town community and i like to call up don. donald is head of the san francisco chinese chamber of commerce and would love to hear some words from you. >> thank you. [applause] mayor breed

san jose. the project was broken ground earlier today. be a mixed-use building with retail space below. units will be reserved for households that are between 30 and 50% of san jose's median income. city leaders joined the organization to celebrate the start of construction. >> to say here is our commitment as a community, to make sure that our families have access to safe, affordable, beautiful housing. >> half of the units will be reserved for rapid rehousing, helping the homeless transition into more permanent housing quickly. >>> a long-awaited program will bring millions of dollars in storm relief to victims in california. the state will provide $95 million for undocumented families impacted by the storms. eligible households could qualify for up to $4500, and the funds will be available until may of next year or until the money runs out. >>> still ahead at 5:00, san francisco city leaders are trying to figure out how to breathe new life into downtown. the one group hoping to reduce reliance on tech and finance. >> if we give people

san francisco. just yesterday i was at an artificial intelligence conference in downtown san francisco all ai leaders from all over came to our city to share ideas around the technology that is changing the world. the excitement and the energy was inspiring. 11 of top 20ai companies are here in san francisco. 3400 employees and 5.7 billion dollars in capital you can't talk about ai without talking about this city. we are at the heart of when is next. the centers of innovation the home to those dreaming of what is possible. we are in a moment. a moment bursting with opportunity were uncertainty, yes. that's who. real opportunity. 3 months ago during my state of the city we launched our road map to our downtown recovery. this road map is recognizing we need to change and set a clear vision. this we can't just do what we have always done and cross our fingers and hope that everything will w out. there are challenges we face. and all of us everyone in this room we can and must work together. to solve them. and we need to start by changing the narratives about san francisco. we need to tell our own story

san rafael. sunshine there was a lot of low clouds around san francisco. the seabreeze is ongoing. i thought it was interesting not just to show the temperatures at lake tahoe that the snow that's also still up there. as you could see on the radar, there's new snow falling for parts of the sierra here on june 10. not much in the way of activity over here, not far from the higher peaks near yosemite and mammoth there was snow falling. 30 degrees for high elevation. in relation to those thunderstorms pulling north toward interstate 80 going toward chico and redding with thunderstorms in the evening forecast. we are seeing a lot of clouds but not many shower chances. there's a slight chance we could see some drifting up toward the south. perhaps more around the north bay but the story of the morning is the low cloud cover as we wake up to drizzle with the these to begin tomorrow morning. the seabreeze will keep birchers down again as we go for the afternoon. we may manage 70s around san jose. xts bayside for sunday afternoon. we expect another busy day for the sierra. a slight chance t

reporter: the downtown area san francisco was at about 29% of its activity during the same period in 2019. the downtown area of san jose was at about 75% of its activity. oakland was at about 48% during the same period. vacancies may account for some of the differences. office vacancy in san francisco tripled from a 6.3% vacancy rate to a 17.2% vacancy rate. >> maybe there is not for companies to come back. reporter: last week, mayor london breed announced upcoming events in chinatown to attract visitors to shop and down -- dying in the neighborhood. >> to remind people makes san francisco so special. >> i was just in san month and people were out running in the streets. you feel safe when you walk around. reporter: in his interview, gonzalez also mentioned san diego. >> it looked pretty clean at least. reporter: san diego made the top 10 list for downtown recoveries as of april 10. two other california bakersfield and fresno, made it to the top five. an ever-growing c city leaders as san francisco looks to flourish again. liz: to break this matier is here. dan: why is san francisco s

not california yet and was not fully san francisco yet. >> because he was an american citizen but spoke spanish he was able to during the time when america was taking over california from mexico, there was annexations that happened and conflict emerging and war, of course. he was part of the peek deliberations and am bas doorship to create the state of california a vice council to mexico. mexico granted him citizenship. he loaned the government of san francisco money. to funds some of the war efforts to establish the city itself and the state, of course. he established the first hotel here the person people turned to often to receive dignitaries or hold large gatherings established the first public school here and helped start the public school system. he piloted the first steam ship on the bay. a big event for san francisco and depict instead state seal the ship was the sitk a. there is a small 4 block long length of street, owned much of that runs essentially where the transamerica building is to it ends at california. i walk today before am a cute side street. at this point t i

he was at a fund-raising dinner in downtown san francisco and he had another fundraiser at a private oe -- home. governor newsom was also there. ea biden hosted a panel focused on artificial intelligence and joined by experts from uc berkeley and stanford. the president highlighted the benefits and the risks of a growing industry. pres. biden: these are some of the world's leading experts on this issue. >> it is crazy to around. gloria: many went out to try to catch a glimpse of the president as he went to his fundraisers in the bay area. the president will be leaving from san francisco international airport and later this morning we will capture that so stay tuned to abc 7 for the latest. spotted over marin intercepting a plane that was flying into airspace and temporary closed because of president biden's visit and that wasn't the only issue. the north american -- highlighting the flight restrictions in the bay area and all three events ended without incident. president biden was at an event in san francisco and he expressed words of love and support following his son's plea agreeme

i came to san francisco when i was five years old. the first time i rode a cable car and i went to see a christmas tree and we rode the cable car with the christmas worker and that was the first time i rode the cable car and didn't ride again until i worked here. i was in the medical field for a while and i wanted a change. some people don't do that but i started with the mta of september of 1999 and came over to cable car in 2008. it was a general sign up and that's when you can go to different divisions and i signed up as a conductor and came over here and been here since. there were a few ladies that were over at woods that wanted to come over here and we had decided we wanted to leave woods and come to a different division and cable car was it. i do know there has been only four women that work the cable car in the 150 years and i am the second person to represent the cable car and i also know that during the 19, i think 60s and women were not even allowed to ride on the side of a cable car so it's exciting to know you can go from

a teenager, they did i think it was on the grammys, boss scags narrated the san franciscone and they did a spot on it and how it's evolved and convergence of multi culture and the emergence of gay community, lgbtq, it was not even called that then. >> so like any good listening back then, i played softball and a friend on the team said, the fire department is recruiting women. i took the test in 88 and 89 i got hired. and i always say this, it was like a perfect career, it was like social work, i love that connecting and helping people aspect and physical. so i was like a social worker with an ax basically. and i just thought, this is like, this is it, i hit the jackpot. part of my story is, i grew up across the street from a fire station and as a young girl, i use today love going in there and would go in there whenever my parents voted, they the old fashion voting machines. sxifs in awe of the place but i never saw anybody that looked anything like me. it was all men, it was all white men and so, i never knew that i could do that. this was in the 70s. and i worked in sev

he was elected san francisco da on a campaign of policing and public safety forms. he was recalled in 2022. just 2.5 years into his four year term. his critics slammed him for being soft on crime, saying his progressive reforms were too lenient, making san francisco less safe. that sometimes harsh criticism will not deter him from what is ahead. >> we've got to continue to be principled, even in the face of often public discourse that is hostile and disrespectful and is trying to move us backwards to failed policies. >> he believes support for progressive policies continues to grow. he says never say never, but for now, he is not interested in reelection. >> i was frustrated with the extent to which public policymaking is devoid of facts and evidence and even short-term memory. >> he says he is still committed to criminal justice reform. coming up with data-driven solutions to public safety challenges. >> we can debate which policies are better and which feel better to us, but we've got to do the work. that's what i'm excited about here at berkeley law, to be able to

justice breyer: san francisco was fabulous. we didn't spend too much time looking for sam spade. we might have done. but before i say anything about san francisco, i'd like to thank you and i'd like to thank the supreme court historical society for inviting us to this. in my own mind, there are few organizations as important in the law. 2500 years ago, it was athena. who was athena? i didn't know too much before i started reading. but nonetheless, athena was not just the god of architecture shefrbgs the god -- she was the goddess of justice. and if we remember our college, whatever we were at, it ends up with amenities and athena comes there and says, this is the seat of my justice, this is the seat of justice, it will last, it will last here as wide as the bounds of athens. the greatest habitation in the world. you look at that and i promise you, every one of you connected with law would have done what i did, my heart jumped it. actually jumped. because i think athena has not always prevailed, of course. there have been horrible things that have happened in this world. sometimes

san francisco. just yesterday i was at an artificial intelligence conference in downtown san francisco all ai leaders from all over came to our city to share ideas around the technology that is changing the world. the excitement and the energy was inspiring. 11 of top 20ai companies are here in san francisco. 3400 employees and 5.7 billion dollars in capital you can't talk about ai without talking about this city. we are at the heart of when is next. the centers of innovation the home to those dreaming of what is possible. we are in a moment. a moment bursting with opportunity were uncertainty, yes. that's who. real opportunity. 3 months ago during my state of the city we launched our road map to our downtown recovery. this road map is recognizing we need to change and set a clear vision. this we can't just do what we have always done and cross our fingers and hope that everything will w out. there are challenges we face. and all of us everyone in this room we can and must work together. to solve them. and we need to start by changing the narratives about san francisco. we need to tell our own story

francisco hotel produce market the colombo market was the first building for san francisco. and was the epic center and the colombo market was demolished for others gotten gateway project with the form building became a continued landmark designation and the giant requirements meets the dedication and significant for the onsite and offsite and with the building and the department regions this this historic preservation commission regions approval of the landmark designation of the colombo market arch forwarded to the board of supervisors. since passage was integrity the property owner has submitted comments not part of designation and staff has received comments in support from the historical society and san francisco heretic and prepared the nomination for the presentation on its history that concludes my presentation. unless the commission has questions. thank you. >> thank you. >> no immediate questions for staff we should take public comment members of the public this is your opportunity come forward or press star three if on the phone. >> i'm the director of advocacy a

was involved. their investigation continues. we are hearing from former sanistrict attorney chesa boudin about his new job after he was record last year. he is now the executive director of the new criminal law and justice center at uc berkeley's school of law. the center will focus on research and advocacy work to advance criminal justice reforms. boudin was a public defender before becoming san francisco's da, and today on the floor he reflected on the recall that removed him from office last year, saying he, quote, made mistakes along the way. i have lots of regrets and certainly learned a ton of lessons. it was my first time in elected office and i was an outsider in city hall and i never was an insider. and i'm going to be honest with you, i didn't want to be an insider. we got serious problems in san francisco city hall and i ran on a platform precisely of being an outsider who would bring change . boudin says he's thrilled to be starting a new chapter of his career among the students and faculty, helping to make the legal system more just. one of the t

that same night, they begun implementing what was effectively a dress rehearsal for the siege of san diego barricades appeared un um to mask man stoked the streets from his hub. but the holiday inn, rather than carriage which oversold the action. this room in 5 to the suite was also used by the other one cottage as the leader of the serbian democratic party or last. yes, he lived here with his family in this sweet cottage, his wife and his 2 children. and they stayed here until the shootings on the 6th of april at 1992 square after cottage escaped from the hotel with his family. following monday, the 6th of april, a large but peaceful protest, football is the in unity made its way from the parliament towards the holiday inn. encourage you to face the personnel repairs on the upper floors, open fire. most of the engine list, somebody had coverage was nearby when the shooting started. i remember when the shots came from the holiday and actually we heard correctly. we heard some noise and then we so people, you know, falling down stairs, you through running every there, you know, hiding

roberts says paying san jose $2,500 was the most cost effective way for chan to close the nuisance complainted by the city. as a part of the settlement, san jose police will have to remove chen's name from its website and social media pages. san jose city attorney also confirm no evidence of theft was found and the settlement includes an injunction requiring chen to follow compliance codes. the bay area has been hit hard by a catalytic converter thefts in the last few years and one auto shop owner says he doesn't see the issue being resolved anytime soon. this is a catalytic converter that was cut off of a nissan. what they're after is the substrate inside that honeycomb material that's inside the catalytic converter. sean pham owns keystone auto service in santa clara and says already this year he's had ten customer who've had their catalytic converter stolen. it's unfortunate, right? a lot of these manufacturers, they design the cars not thinking that it was going to get stolen. and these guys have found ways to go about doing it. and the downside is, as a consumer, you're now stuck with t

san mateo was only 67. san jose couldn't even muster a 70. san anselmo did it 70. but the big story this morning was the with the cold lows west of pine grove. i did see 38 also west petaluma, i saw 39 hollister, sonoma. great and whittaker, stanford, lafayette reservoir and panola, all. between 41 and 43 degrees 50 degrees sonoma mountain, 52 berkeley lab 53. ben lomond mountain. not very warm air aloft, not at all. so there's really no inversion setting up tahoe and truckee, both dropped to 2829 this morning. that's cold. reno was down to 42 degrees. so i mean, a very cool pattern here for us for alsoot had a 100 degree temperature going back 284 days, back to september eighth. the upper low, though, went over land. so it was more of a wind producer and cool brought in some cooler air. the next one coming in and has a more over water trajectory that will be here tomorrow. so water temps have gone down. bodega bay, 51, san francisco 52. san francisco. boy was bouncing between 57 and 58 just last week. that is a big drop. you get that northwest wind a couple of 60s,

during the week of april 10 this year, the downtown area in san francisco was at 29 cents of its activity in 2019. other bay area cities more vibrant. downtown san jose was at 75%, oakland of vacancies may account for some differences. the president of the california retailers association inc.'s is a key factor. >> was in san diego last month, people are in the streets. you feel safe. that is not felt when you go to san francisco. kumasi: tower data san diego made the top 10 list for downtown recoveries as of april 10, raking number seven. two other california cities, bakersfield and fresno made it in the top five. reggie: governor newsom not holding back against the states critics. he sat down for an interview with sean hannity, calling out ron desantis for sending migrants on a plane to sacramento. >> i sat down with these bargains, talked to everyone of them. they were misled. they were told they had jobs, told they were going to get court dates changed. they were dropped off, knocked on the door and left. reggie: the terror of the san francisco republican party says this will not be t

with sand the way that san francisco was and when you look at a map of san francisco have a unique streetxtremely long piers. but by 1875 they know they needed more so the ferry building was built and it was a long affair and the first cars turned around at the ferry building and picking up people and goods and then last night the street light cars the trams came to that area also. but by the late 1880s we needed something better than the ferry building. a bond issue was passed for $600,000. to build a new ferry building i would say 800 thousand for a studio apartment in san francisco they thought that was a grand ferry building had a competition to hire an architecture and choose a young aspiring architect and in the long paris and san francisco had grand plans for this transit station. so he proposed the beautiful new building i wanted it wider, there is none tonight. than that actually is but the price of concrete quitclaim two how and was not completed and killed. but it opened a greater claim and became fully operational before 1898 and first carriages and horses for the primary mode

the man accused of stabbing someone in san francisco's chinatown bakery has to face a judge. his hearing wasck already and it may be delayed once again. we'll have a live report from san francisco. good morning, and welcome to the midday newscast. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. first, weal talk about the unveiling of a new women's soccer team in the south bay. a live press conference will be getting under way this midday. we are moments away from knowing the team's name, colors and home field. they say don't expect a traditional mascot. make sure you stick around for the newscast because we'll have more of that for you. an exciting time in san jose. >>> a man accused of stabbing a bakery worker in san francisco's chinatown was back before a judge this morning. >> nbc bay area's bob redell is joining us live from the hall of justice in san francisco. the suspect was in court yesterday and back there again today. did he enter a plea at all? >> no, he didn't. his public defender asked for more time and the judge accepted that and he will enter a plea on june 27th and this was the s

be found on the sausalito pride website. >> and a bystander's sprinbs into action when a man was shot in san francisco, how he was able to get medical help even before first responders arrived and a fight breaks out at san mateo high school. how parents are reacting to a video. it shows a violent altercation between students. also another major insurance company will not write new policies for california homeowners. led to that decision? >> police in san francisco are investigating a shooting that sent a man to the hospital and kron four's gayle ong was at the same. she has the details. >> well, that gunshot victim is expected to survive. he was treated by an off-duty trauma surgeon before first responders arrived to the scene. >> screams echoing through the street in san francisco's tenderloin district just before 12, 15 friday afternoon. i just heard too. this off-duty trauma surgeon jumped into action, kind of slowly walk make sure that within the more shots fired. >> and i was laying in street bleeding from his by. that's when malloy gland treated the man's injuries. some guy walks by >>

not california yet and was not fully san francisco yet. >> because he was an american citizen but spoke spanish he was able to during the time when america was taking over california from mexico, there was annexations that happened and conflict emerging and war, of course. he was part of the peek deliberations and am bas doorship to create the state of california a vice council to mexico. mexico granted him citizenship. he loaned the government of san francisco money. to funds some of the war efforts to establish the city itself and the state, of course. he established the first hotel here the person people turned to often to receive dignitaries or hold large gatherings established the first public school here and helped start the public school system. he piloted the first steam ship on the bay. a big event for san francisco and depict instead state seal the ship was the sitk a. there is a small 4 block long length of street, owned much of that runs essentially where the transamerica building is to it ends at california. i walk today before am a cute side street. at this point t i

san jose. your average was 77. we're at 78 right there at right there, close to average our little of livermore. 79 as your average 81 is what we're looking even santa rosa, your average with 79. and we're looking at 80 tomorrow is going to be even warmer. so you wake up again, 06:00am where had this cloudy conditions by 9. thankfully, those clearing skies. those temperatures are going to rise a little bit faster. a similar to today, just a little warmer by noon. we'll continue to track those breezy conditions inland. we're going to be in the mid 70's by noon tomorrow. bay. 66 in mid 60's for you. >> and in the coast be hovering around. 59, we're starting to see some cloudy conditions by the coast. but take a look at those highs. you can see inland. we're going to be right there at the mid 80's tomorrow. even oakland, 72 hayward, 74. so definitely about 5 degrees warmer tomorrow, compared to today, half moon bay. we're going to be at 60. so again, our 7 day forecast just really showing you this weekend. like you sa

. >> this was not the headline that san francisco was looking for father's day weekend and on julian:- and on juneteenth. julian: this is along a slew of things that have been happening recently, the mass shooting among fishermen's worth, major hotels doing the same thing. how do they turn around this pr nightmare? >> this does not help. it is a serious question about how we are going to get out of this sort of circle. they are calling it the doom loom. right now it's one thing after another. this latest incident, for as bad as it could have been, a grand theft auto type shootout along the embarcadero between two of the most iconic slices of real estate you could ever see. could've been worse. nobody died. there were children involved. one of the cars swerved and almost hit two kids. it did hit them but did not hurt them seriously. others were hurt by broken glass. one of the people in the cars engaged in the shootout took bullets to the chest. the woman that was with him shot apparently in the arm. but it could've been worse. and they are grappling with what exactly we are dealing wi

wade. >> i was making my remarks and said when i leave here, i'm going home to san francisco to see allu and turn on the rainbow lights to express our pride! [ cheers and applause ] >> and you know what they said to me? get out of here! >> that lighting event was not without controversy. an artist is adamant the nonprofit that put on the display stole her work as we first reported yesterday evening. the illuminates welcome display for san francisco pride last year, side by side with the artist's work. she says she's been displaying her work all over th world for 14 years and says she has a copyright for it. she was hoping illuminate would pull th plug on tonight's light installation, which as you saw, did not happen. or that they might credit her directly. she said she was too upset to watch tonight's presentation. >> the thing that hurts me even more is the irony that lovely nancy pelosi, who i adore, um, and the fact that i, um, premiered my first global rainbow for obama's inauguratio is going to introduce this work and it's, it's just beyond me. i, i just won't accept it. >> but ill

roberts says paying san jose $2,500 was the most cost effective way for chan to close. ance. complaint filed by the city as a part of the settlement, san jose police will have to remove chen's name from its website and social media pages. san jose's city attorney also confirmed no evidence of theft was found and the settlement includes an injunction requiring chen to follow compliance codes. the bay area has been hit hard by catalytic converter thefts in the last few years, and one auto shop owner says he doesn't see the issue being resolved anytime soon. this is a catalytic converter that was cut off of a nissan. what they're after is the substrate inside that honeycomb material that's inside the catalytic converter. sean pham owns keystone auto service in santa clara and says already this year he's had ten customers who've had their catalytic converter stolen. it's unfortunate, right? a lot of these manufacturers, they design the cars not thinking that it was going to get stolen. and these guys have found ways to go about doing it. and the downside is, as a consumer, y

the san jose quakes are hoping toit was a pretty tense first day of summer school at san mateo high schoolght broke out between students from force has it. but you talk to parents and students after the altercation. >> as authorities investigating stabbing at san mateo high school were right there. yeah, those there's a lot of people as you can see in the cell phone video, the hallway was filled with students when a fight broke out here at mateo high school in san mateo 16 year-old, brooke. we very was in the hallway when it happened and says she saw a sharp object in the hands of one of the students involved in the scuffle. yeah, i saw older the seniors probably wish guy get turner tack. they're light and they're trying attack a guy who is a graduate from school. >> there and he was walking by with teacher and the teacher try to break it up. but there were knives that were pulled yet. >> officials with the san mateo union high school district confirmed in fact that the altercation between the students did involve a knife. san mateo police were notified and arrived on the scene a short tim

this episode was born from a newspaper strike at the san frncisco chronicle.the reporters could not share their news in print so they took to the tvs green right here at kqed with a show they named newspaper of the air. the show featured local journalists reporting stories that would normally have appeared in the san francisco chronicle. >> good evening, i am mille lacs and this is kqed newspaper of the year, a unique experiment in television's presentation and analysis. this is the 15th day of the san francisco newspaper strike. tonight and every night while the strike glass, kqed will present this newspaper of the year. how long can the strike last? >> it can last a long time. they're in negotiations in los angeles and although there is no direct connection between those two strikes, the fact is that i think the los angeles situation will have to be disposed of in some way before the hearst paper here, which is now tied to the chronicle, will be willing to deal with the question here unless an enormous amount of both pressure from the community, the public,

andrew, quite sus was found sitting in a van with the engine running and san carlos deputy say crisis failed a number of field sobriety tests inside that van deputies found an unloaded rifle, a loaded handgun and several high capacity magazines. isis was booked into the san mateo county jail. 2 people are recovering after their car hit a home in el granada. happened at the intersection of highway one and deo avenue on saturday morning. 2 cars crashed on highway 1, one of those vehicles was then sent careening off the freeway and through a yard before slamming into the home. 2 people were sent to the hospital. chp is investigating. >> well, people took to the streets of cal hollow this weekend for the union street festival. the annual event featuring arts and crafts food live music and the classic waiters race. it's want teams of 3 run down the street holding a tray of drinks in a relay format. the winners taking home a cash prize would do when you know it's a festival and we do in bringing a moroccan street for to the festival. so we're doing that. >> and that has chicken my guys and

tim kennedy was gordon's high school basketball coach. the san jose native was a three-time league mvp, two-time state player of the year, and a mcdonald's american at mitty. he hung a couple of championship banners. kennedy is not surprised his former star player is shining on basketball's biggest stage. >> it's a special moment. just for one of your players not only to make the nba, but to be at the highest level in the nba finals. >> reporter: after high school, gordon played one season at arizona. >> aaron ggordon! >> reporter: was selected 12th over all by the orlando magic. traded to denver in 2021. since joining the nuggets, the two-time runner-up in the nba slam dunk contest has shown there's more to his game than just size, strength, and athleticism. >> what i've always loved is to play the right way and we do that here. i don't care if i score 50 or zero, long as i'm helping impact the game and we're winning. >> reporter: being a selfless teammate with an incredible work ethic, kennedy says that's what makes aaron special. he preaches t