this is the proposed chinatown construction schedule. he effort, once we begin the demolition process -- the chinatown station will take approximately 52 months to construct. beginning in mid-2012. we would like to advertise for bids for the construction of the station, which primarily as the underground portion of the station, beginning at the end of this month. some of the shots before you are some of the interior spaces of the station. we have participated in -- the project has done considerable our reach to the community, working with the community, back to 2004, regarding the proposed environmental litigations, type of construction that is proposed for the chinatown community. and some of the -- the actual construction techniques that will be implemented for the station. unlike the other two stations on the program, the union square market street station and the moscow station, the chinatown station will be actually a mine station, which will minimize service disruption to the chinatown community. essentially, we are using a tried an

the project is located within the chinatown neighborhood across the street from st. mary's square. all of the antennas would be enclosed in a radio transmission screen designed to resemble the masonry of the building. it is considered a historic resource but the project has the potential impact on the building or any potential to historic district as the proposed and tennis are set back and screamed. the department has now received any comment from the public on this project and recommends approval as the project is consistent with the facilities siting guidelines. the antennas will be minimally visible and will not affect the architectural integrity of the building. the project complies with the applicable requirements of the plan and is consistent with the general plan. i am available of the have any questions. thank you very much. commissioner antonini: -- president miguel: project sponsor? >> in conferring with the city attorney, he discussed this and i do not have a conflict. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm from at&t external affairs. at&t is seeking your approval of a c

in fact, we started the first ping-pong tournament in chinatown as a result. more and more, there has been an interest that more of the sidewalks and potentially maybe even a strip of the parking area be taken over with more pedestrian and shared with merchants in the area, so we began this collaboration through the mayor's office with the collaboration of all of the chinatown merchants groups, the chamber of commerce, the merchants association. the stockton street merchants in particular, who are standing behind me. as well as the family association. then, certainly with supervisor david chiu and his staff, in thinking what we could do to enhance the time when it is most busy. we determined with the participation of our police department, our health department, our traffic division, and all the other agencies associated with our city administrator's office. the acting administrator is here to for dissipate as well. the 10 days before chinese new year is really the most impactual. we have a lot of families here not only eating, but buying the kinds of things th

the burbs. why d.c.'s chinatown is not the only one that is changing. >>> and first, kids think everyone is old, right? and especially teachers. can't argue with them this time. olivia from chicago is getting ready to turn 100 years young. she's been teaching since 1935 and has no plans to quit. her mother lyes to be 100 two of her cousins made it to 101.  . >> we're just a few days away from the chinese new year's celebration in northwest d.c. the now census numbers show a real decline in the traditional chinatown. he's more. >> reporter: they show 62% of americans live in the suburbs, up from 54% a year ago. the fastest racial loop in the u.s. is more likely than any other minority group to live in the suburbs. that means a decline in traditional urban neighborhoods. david lee crew up in san francisco's chinatown and later moved to the city's richmond district as so-called satellite chinatown. >> the chinese community in chinatown now is heavily senior and elderly. and this is a dramatic change from the chinatown

it is another step on the ladder of things we need to make the chinatown station move forward. it is good news that that is moving. finally, you may have seen the press release on it. we have initiated, or will be initiating, a route of the 30 and 45 buses to the west side of union square, starting on january 21. for the time being, we are not changing the eight. but the 35 will loop around the west side. that will be in place for about four years to facilitate construction of the central subway. the central subway does have a new website that was launched on december 21, so i encourage you to check that out at www .centralsubwaysf.com. it is user-friendly, with a lot of product information. we hope that will continue to improve communication with the public, with regard to arguably our largest and most significant capital project. a few other points on service improvement. i may have mentioned this briefly before, but i am happy to announce we have finalized the plans for expansion of the 14l to daly city bart. it was a pretty big gap to have a major station and transit line so

we're here at the gate and chinatown. e here to signal that our lunar year, the year of the dragon, will be enjoyed by everybody without exception, and that everyone should feel safe. but also that, you know, there is education. if there is anything that they are teaching us, it is to prevent ourselves from being victims. so that there is less problems for everybody and that we recognize that the greatest hassle is for us to be victims of circumstances that we could actually prevent. so, watching out for each other, working with our officers, knowing that there is a great captain at our local police station that has command of everybody here that is competent, can speak different languages, that can get to any signal that there is something that is wrong is going on. and then, most importantly, that we do celebrate this wonderful occasion in the most positive way with everybody. we want people to come into our city and come to chinatown. come into all the chinatowns in san francisco, including this great one here, and cele

is home to the largest chinatown in the people who matter where they move to, they always come back here. >> while fewer asian americans live in chinatown, the population shift means that more areas of the country will celebrate the year of the dragon. >> the new year celebration is tomorrow afternoon and h street in northwest. pat raid starts at 2:00 and the giant firecrackers go off at about 3:45. >>> southern states were hit hard in 2011 by tornadoes. hundreds of people died in those storms. hundreds of them are now trying to velocity ways to stay warm and stay safe if a tornado comes. >> we simply think of tornado alley but you may be surprised to hear that the hardest hit states were the hardest south. the hardest hit state in 2011 was alabama with 177 twisters. neighboring mississippi saw 162 tornadoes, the second highest. next on the list, texas, north carolina, and missouri. the pictures are hard to forget. the deadly day on april 27th when 248 people lost their lives in the state of alabama. after that horrific day, the governor created a coun

we call the richmond district the new chinatown in the 1980's at that time.being around the tremendous unique neighborhood, and discovering san francisco in the 1980's as i grew up, but i also have been very active as a community organizer. i worked in chinatown, and some first jobs also at the mental health center in the richmond area multi services in the 1980's, and i was also a staff are at the chinatown youth center -- i was also a staffer. a lot of my work has been supporting community empowerment, especially in an immigrant and people of color communities. most recently, i have been teaching at san francisco state. i ran the immigrant rights coalition in the city in the 1990's for several years. i'm also an immigration attorney, and a lot of my passion is supporting in power met for immigrant communities in the city as well. >> why did you choose to live in san francisco? supervisor mar: a lot of people bring this up, but is one of the most exciting, culturally diverse places in the world. learning about new cultures and people from different parts of

we call the richmond district the new chinatown in the 1980's at that time.ust being around the tremendous unique neighborhood, and discovering san francisco in the 1980's as i grew up, but i also have been very active as a community organizer. i worked in chinatown, and some first jobs also at the mental health center in the richmond area multi services in the 1980's, and i was also a staff are at the chinatown youth center -- i was also a staffer. a lot of my work has been supporting community empowerment, especially in an immigrant and people of color communities. most recy,

, this will impact chinatown greatly, could delete the small business community. chinatown has the highest density of commercial areas in the city. this legislation calls for the beginning of housing in the chinatown area, the requirement of providing recaps screenings. i have no idea why rooftop screening is a priority. and the article basically talks about people getting blindsided by the legislation. also, the impact. there are lots of plastic awnings. i think when legislators are pushing for legislation, we teen -- we need to know what are the impact in the community. i am talking about the first time we heard about this was in may, over half a year. people got to know about it through the newspaper. so i think we need to -- the planning department needs to do a better job of moving this legislation. when it comes down to it, it is all about respect. i do not think this is the model for community planning. thank you. i am submitting this newspaper, and also this letter. thank you. >>>> good morning, commissioner peter cohen, from the council of community hous

the country. in new york chinatown is no longer home to the city's largest chinese population.ere say it remains an important cultural center. >> big influx of immigrants settling in the suburbs all over the bay area, good schools, education a big factor for immigrants of all communities. >> cheaper than living downtown, sure. >>> no rain in sight, right? >> not really. another week and another seven days without rain. we could use a break after the rain but we are going to need more and more sierra snow. right now the models go out to 16 days have a few blips for next week but outside of the seven day cycle. good morning. coming up on 5:51. you saw the clouds, they are mid and upper level, not as many low clouds as we had yesterday. they are doing the same thing, keeping temperatures mile, 51 san francisco and oakland, cool spot, 41 napa, everybody else mid to upper 40s monterey bay and inland low to mid 40s. i think we'll see more sunshine and warmer temperatures today we'll still have high clouds won't be as thick as they were yesterday. we don't have to get rid of those low

the point. we want to continue discussing some of tho chinatown. the overall goal of the legislation was to clarify, simplify, and amendment planning code, as it applies, not only to district 3, but in ways that further underline principles such as affordable housing, alternative transportation, the livability of our community, in ways that we all agree on. on the average, to make clear for the record, we introduced this legislation in may. i have had a number of formal meetings in the summer. as recently as last friday, president chiu and i met with bcdc. we have also worked with stakeholders, and we hope those conversations continue, but we will formally set down peter cohen later in the year to continue those discussions. we do not believe that is the end of stickle broader reach. we see this as the midpoint where we are. after we are past the commission level, we will have a robust conversation with supervisors at the land use committee and full board potentially. we will consider pulling out particular pieces of the legislation. i will report b

more than 700,000 people are expected to visit the chinatown until the end of chinese new year on february 6th. >> we have weather up next. >> hi and welcome back. already here in central tokyo, japan, we have been seeing snow. it is piling up about one to two centimeters already. travel disturbances already here in tokyo. however, this system will be moving away from the pacific side so by tuesday morning looks like the wet weather will be tapering off. but overnight we could see fresh snow piling up to 25 centimeters in the mountainous areas. meanwhile in the sea of japan side, we are still seeing the wintry pattern remaining and fresh snow could be piling up as much as 60 centimeters in some area. strong winds are companying this system and that could pick up the waves as high as five meters high. now elsewhere here in eastern asia high pressure will be dominant in much of the area. linger temperatures around the coastal areas as well. we're also seeing very heavy downpours just in the south of the philippines as well as northeastern malasia that could trigger some flooding. we're talki

. >> reporter:ç this is how mostf the street parking works around here in chinatown. an hour at one of these kiosks but the spaces can fill up fast so some businesses are asking the city to crack down on cheaters and give the paying customers a break. almost as familiar as the sights and sounds as smells of chinatown. >> finding parking is really hard. >> reporter: is the perpetual shortages of street parking. >> parking in chinatown is a challenge. >> i think not only for chinatown but i talk to many commercial districts, they're all suffering. >> reporter: he says many of these spaces remain occupied for hours or even days by cars with handicapped placards which pay no fees and have no time limit. we walked all the way around this block and counted 13 out oç 30 cars, almost half, had handicapped placards in the window like this one. >> i'm lucky i got a disabled card. >> reporter: this man told us back pain makes his placard legit. better enforcement could save businesses and the city millions. the garages often sits empty. weeks before the chinese new year business

new year, all the departments all get together, and we all work very hard in making sure that the chinatowna is clean, free from graffiti. that the merchants are allocated -- educated about our ordinances. this year, we're going to do something special and a little bit different. we have been working with the merchants association, the chinese chamber of commerce and many associations here to come up with a great idea to make walking much easier but also to make buying merchandise and enjoying chinatown much easier. hopefully also allowing the bus to run smoothly while these activities are going on. without further delay, i would like to introduce our mayor, who is no stranger to chinatown and who is really spearheading this idea. thank you. [applause] mayor lee: let's see if everybody can occupy the parking space. exactly what we want to do is make sure people use the sidewalks as much as possible. first of all, how the new year, everyone. i know that as we celebrate the traditional new year, as soon as i finish with one new year, i get ready for the next year, because chinese new year is