. >> my name is yvonne piper on the nurse practitioner here at sf city clinic. he was the first time i came to city clinic was a little intimidated. the first time i got treated for [inaudible]. i walked up to the redline and was greeted with a warm welcome i'm chad redden and anna client of city clinic >> even has had an std clinic since all the way back to 1911. at that time, the clinic was founded to provide std diagnosis treatment for sex workers. there's been a big increase in std rates after the earthquake and the fire a lot of people were homeless and there were more sex work and were homeless sex workers. there were some public health experts who are pretty progressive for their time thought that by providing std diagnosis and treatmentsex workers that we might be able to get a handle on std rates in san francisco. >> when you're at the clinic you're going to wait with whoever else is able to register at the front desk first. after you register your seat in the waiting room and wait to be seen. after you are called you come to the back and meet with a hea

at sf city hall, dan kerman kron 4 news.(vicki) ed lee's low=key style served him well as he dealt with the many challenges he faced during his nearly seven -years in office as the mayor of san francisco.(grant) as catherine (grant) francisco.mayor of san office as the seven -years in his nearly faced during challenges he many challenges he faced during his nearly seven -years in office as the mayor of san (grant) as catherine heenan show us, he was both blamed and applauded for changing the face of san francisco. news.kerman kron 4 news. (vicki) ed lee's low=key style served him well as he dealt with the many challenges he faced during his nearly seven -years in office as the mayor of san francisco.(grant) as catherine heenan show us, he was both blamed and applauded for changing the face of san francisco. it is special to be the first asian american mayor of this cityed lee took office nearly seven years ago.... a longtime city hall bureaucrat who said he had no ambition other than to serve out gavin newsom's term after ne

at sf city hall, dan kerman kron 4 news. (pam)(pam) our coverage on the death of mayor ed lee continues on kron-4-dot-com. we are posting reaction from the community... we also have a photo gallery of ed lee during his tenure as mayor.. along with a look back at his major accomplishments. ( grant ) an overnight fire in the oakland hills has destroyed two homes and damaged a half dozen others. fortunately, no one was injured. tonight we are hearing from neighbors who saw the flames just feet away from their houses. kron 4's charles clifford is live for us tonight in oakland with details. charles? yeah, right now i'm standing along snake road here in the montclair neighborhood. the fire burned right behind me here. you can see the road is still closed down. and this afternoon, i caught up with a neighbor who live just up the hill here. he says the flames got a little close for comfort.late monday evening, norman miller walked out onto his balcony and saw flames shooting into the air just below his house here in oakland hills.

at sf city hall, dan kerman kron 4 news. (robin) our coverage on the death of mayor ed lee continues on kron-4-dot-com. we are posting reaction from the community... we also have a photo gallery of ed lee during his tenure as mayor along with a look back at his major accomplishments. (robin @ landing) an overnight fire in the oakland hills has destroyed two homes and damaged a half dozen others. and we are now hearing from neighbors who saw the flames just feet away from their houses. kron 4's charles clifford has the details. <...own language.>(robin) video of a heated exchange in a walnut creek starbucks.. it shows a woman appearing to get angry at other customers for speaking korean. it caused such a stir she was eventually escorted out. kron four's spencer blake has more on how it all "especially that oriental. i hate it.i'm sorry, but they are allowed to speak their language.you know what, president obama said that everyone in here, the majority in america, should speak english."this encounter caught on cell phone video

sf made is a public private partnership in the city of san francisco to help manufacturers start, grow, and stay right here in san francisco. sf made really provides wraparound resources for manufacturers that sets us apart from other small business support organizations who provide more generalized support. everything we do has really been developed over time by listening and thinking about what manufacturer needs grow. for example, it would be traditional things like helping them find capital, provide assistance loans, help to provide small business owners with education. we have had some great experience doing what you might call pop ups or temporary selling events, and maybe the most recent example was one that we did as part of sf made week in partnership with the city seas partnership with small business, creating a 100 company selling day right here at city hall, in partnership with mayor lee and the board of supervisors, and it was just a wonderful opportunity for many of our smaller manufacturers who may be one or two-person shop, and who don't have the wherewithal to have the

according to sf gate city council members are expected to vote on this today. their move follows pressure from the city's police review commission. members believe that since factors like wind and volatile crowds can prevent officers from specifically targeting aggressor, they should not be allowed to use that deterrent at all. >>> the pittsburg city council has voted to install new freeway cameras to stop freeway shootings. they will be put in place along stretches of interstate 80 and highway 4. data will be collected from a system of shot spotters, cameras and license plate readers. several people are raising concerns about privacy. >> there was a lot of vagueness about where all of this data is ending up. when you're dealing with mass bulk surveillance as i stated 99% of the data that's being collected here at least has nothing to do with any crime. >> law enforcement will be allowed access to the system information on a need to know criminal investigation basis. >> caltrans is funding the project with $3.5 million over three years. >>> surveillance video s

according to sf gate city council members are expected to vote today. their move follows pressure by the city's police review commission. this law was just approved in september. members believe that since factors like wind and volatile crowds can prevent officers from specifically pepper spraying an agressor they should not be allowed to use a deterrent at all. >>> this is what it looks like inside of the city of pittsburg surveillance headquarters. they will need mormon torse because the city counsel has unanimously voted to install freeway cameras to try to stop freeway shootings, katie utehs has the story. >> reporter: surveillance cameras will be installed along stretches of interstate 80 and 84 in be couldn't costa free ways. >> the city of pittsburg has had cameras on our streets since 2005. >> reporter: city council voted for pittsburg pd to be the hub for the county wide data collection. take a look inside, you can see the setup that's already in place for pittsburg's current program. the data collection will come from shot spotters, cameras an

working in collaboration with city agencies (including the sfpd, sffd and sf department of emergency management) the park has decided, in the interest of public safety, to restrict swimming in the cove to monitor and access the situation in light of two recent marine mammal bites. ( darya ) thanks lydia. check back through out the morning. (james)(james)san franciso said its final goodbye to its late mayor ed lee ... who passed away last week.his public memorial service filled the rotunda of city hall there were some speakers who attended mayor lee's memorial .. and they ranged from politicians to athletes.many of them spoke about how they admired mayor lee's efforts to make san francisco a safer city ... rather then just promoting himself.visitors got to hear from lee's daughters ... tania and brianna ... who say they were deeply touched and moved. <"thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers, for the flowers you've sent, for the donations you've made in his name, and for the beautiful memorial outside of city hall and in front of our home."> (james)representative nancy pel

. >> reporter: each year, more than 1 million travelers learn about ocean beach from sf travel, the city'stravel association. when we checked the website, it warned the water was cold and advised extreme caution, but it said swimming is allowed. following our report, the park service reached out and the association has now updated its online guide to match the signs. swimming is not advised at ocean beach. >> i really want them to take away that they should not go near the water. >> reporter: the new messaging is especially important right now. park service patrollers roam the beach to alert visitors to be careful, but the ocean rescue staff only comes out from march through october. so, if you're at ocean beach this winter, the signs are the only warning you'll get. with the investigative unit, i'm liz wagner, back to you. >> liz, thanks. if you have a story for our investigative unit, call 888-996-tips or visit our website, nbcbayarea.com/weinvestigate. >>> a lot of people will be making a new year's resolution to get in shape and lose weight, and a local bay area company is trying to fi

where there are reports of where there york city out of new breaking news more on our ( james ) maze to sf. ( james ) more on our breaking news out of new york city where there are reports of an explosion in manhattan. this is a live shot from the scene. its near the port authority bus terminal. witnesses say there was a very loud explosion and people were seen running out of the terminal near times square. the subway has been evacuated. law enforcement says one man had an explosive device strapped to him. he is custody. at least one other person was injured in the explosion. ( darya ) our top story this morning... wildfires continue to burn out of control in southern california. ( james ) now the thomas fire in ventura county is getting closer to santa barbara. this is a live shot from that fire.( darya ) it's burned 230- thousand acres and is now the fifth largest fire in california's history. and this morning it is just 10-percent contained.( james ) and here is a map showing just how big this fire is. you can see just how close it is to santa barbara this morning. kim hutcherson is kim

as always you can watch the house live on c-span sf and the senate live on c-span 2. >>> c-span city tour takes you to springfield, missouri. on january 6 and 7. while in springfield we're working with media come to exemployer the literary scene and history of the birthplace of route 66 in southwest missouri. on saturday january 6 at noon eastern on book tv. author talks about the conflict occurring along the kansas missouri border. in the struggle over slavery. in his book the border between them. >>> so the legend of john brown grows. as part of this struggle that people locally understand is really the beginning of the civil war. >>> then sunday january 7. at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv. we visit the nra national sporting arms museum. >> roosevelt was probably the shootingest president. a very avid hunter: first thing he did when he left offices organize and go on a very large hunti hunting safari to africa. it has the presidential seal. engraved on the breech. and of course roosevelt was famous for the bull moose party. and there is a bull moose engraved on the side plate of

san francisco has 7,000 parking meters already demand based in the city through sf park. the good news, the average rate at the parking meters has been $2.50. that's good news for folks concerned about the prices potentially increasing. it will expand citywide to 30,000 parker meters in mid january. pete suratos, for "today in the bay." >> change for a lot of people. >> cheaper to take uber. >> 6:39. new this morning, "time" magazine highlights the me too movement. "time" named the silent breakers as the person of the year. the editor-in-chief says it me too movement where men and women speak out about their experience with harassment and assault spread rapidly. the "today" show spoke with alyssa alyssa milano who helped it. >> i thought if women could come forward and say me, too, two beautiful words she started. we can shape it and get an idea of the magnitude of the issue and problem. i sent the tweet and went to sleep. i woke up and there are 53,000 replies. >> gave a lot of people the outlet to speak out. you can see the full interview that includes the movement's or

francisco the best place to live and work we bring shine won our city department and the people making them happy what happened next sf oh, san francisco known for it's looks at and history and beauty this place arts has it all but it's city government is pretty unique in fact, san francisco city departments are filled with truly initiative programming that turns this way our goal is to create programs that are easily digestable and easy to follow so that our resident can participate in healing the planet with the new take dial initiative they're getting close to zero waste we 2020 and today san francisco is diverting land filled and while those numbers are imperfect not enough. >> we're sending over 4 hundred thousand tons of waste to the landfill and over the 4 hundred tons 10 thousands are textile and unwanted listen ones doesn't have to be find in the trash. >> i could has are the ones creating the partnerships with the rail kwloth stores putting an in store collection box near the checks stand so customers can bring their used clothes to the store and deposit off. >> textile will be accessible in buildings though

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i would like to briefly share with you the experiences as an sf native living in the city i love. the mission wasn't full of lovely eateries that attracted out of towners, and it wasn't featured positively in the media. because of the nature of our neighborhood, my mom thought is imperative to find alternatives for quality education for her children. i was one of the few students of color in schools outside of my neighborhood, a feat that meant we had to get up earlier, travel farther and put forth extraordinary efforts to make sure to secure better out comes for the future. i didn't easily access information about higher education options through my school. i was not encouraged to pursue college education. at that time, my family's strife frequently distracted from my learning, i didn't have anybody on campus to support me. the only reason i was able to attend college was because my older sister helped me, and to her, i owe a lot. today, i level the playing field for students who come from similar backgrounds: students who want choice, students who want to be seen, students who f