for me is a good place to go to meet the - i mean in chinatown the only square area we have such quality of professional and work area it is like for me, i have a bank at wells fargo we go to other stair bucks and in that chinatown the wells fargo is forever the virtue norman yee is a good contact with people that are good people there. >> a comment to the commenter pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices please have your comments for us, please incorporate a couple of words otherwise, you put us in an awkward position. >> roll call vote. >> supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos absent supervisor chiu supervisor cohen supervisor farrell absent supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee that item passes. >> okay great gone to our plans and projects. >> appoint bryan larkin to the financial committee seeing no comments from the panel is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed resolved. >> supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos absent supervisor chiu supervisor cohen supervisor farrell abs

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the morning had my breakfast on broadway close to stockton i was enjoying my talk to the four side of people in chinatown routinely restaurant and think i was holding a platform for myself and all of a sudden outside the restaurant of the construction in the city there is noise and being a hostess really construction work outside and then the duty i didn't and pollution was right there we have to look at the restaurants i had to go to other restaurant to continue my day a no nonsense construction noise since this is truly necessary construction wo work. >> thank you very much are there are had is there any additional public comment seeing none, public comment is closed and the informational item next. >> item 5 adaptation of the legislation items. >> colleagues questions or comments public comment is closed. seeing none, i have a reality. >> supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos absent supervisor chiu supervisor cohen supervisor farrell absent supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee that item passes. >> great. next item. >> item 6 authorize the execut

the family a 78-year-old grow. of 8 that was struck and killed in chinatown this past weekend it's been you know very difficult year i think that the board r ta board has done a lot of work and the board of supervisors to port the vision zero work but obviously much to be done we have so much work to do and it can't happenzoon enough i think that our vision zero committee will have e help with the education and capital street improvements when we meet on tuesday september at 10:00 a.m. at city hall i'm pleased to talk about governor's law under this law the drivers must maintain 3 photo when passing bicyclists if the motorist can't she or he must slow to a prudent speed and pass only when safe thank you to sandra and governor jerry brown and the treasure island management legal entity for the transportation authority that was a protected measure to firewall our prop k from the future operations of the new item ma we want to thank tom assemblyman for this initiative locally over the summer i was able to tour the yerba buena gardens island that is making progress together with our chief deputy i learned and experienc

and the fact that you are going to be very close and leverage the relationships with chinatown and the community there and given this this is a specific city and all the interactions with asian increase more and more that you reflect that in why you are staffing programming and looking at what it needs and offers. just as a comment and suggestion in that regard and that you are leveraging here with your community and i'm just speaking now for the chinatown community as well. thank you. >> i want to thank you for coming out. i brought one daughter one evening because she was thinking of majoring in theatre and i think that made quite an i am parks mpression -- impression on her as well and i want to thank you for the various non-profit charities and you really did your part to be a good steward for so many organizations in the city. i'm excited about teatro zinzanni coming back. i think it was a wonderful addition to the water front and as we listen to everybody speaking so passionately. like commissioner said we'll get criticized no mary what -- matter what we do. i want to get

a few minutes ago, this statement was released, "i deeply apologize to the residents of chinatown and san francisco for the conduct of a former employee. comments made by this former employee on her last day of employment are absolutely not a representation of how much we love and support chinatown and every other community in san francisco." the ceo goes on to say that the company has added additional training processes as a result of what happened. >>> apple pay denied the company's new and much hyped payment system causing problems for some early adopters. bank of america is apologizing for a glitch causing double charges, sometimes even triple charges. bank of america says about 1,000 transactions have been affected. it's now reversing the duplicate charges. >>> as we head into the busy holiday shopping season, a new perk comes at a higher cost. shoppers on amazon, best buy, and gap will have to spend more to quality for free shipping. according to the wall street journal, a customer needs to spend approximately $82 per order. that is up from $76 during the same period last year.

it says they deeply apologize to the residents of chinatown for the conduct. the company says they are adding additional training for its guides. live in the newsroom, katie utehs, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, katie. >>> san francisco's embattled fire chief said she will survive a growing number of calls for her resignation but today leaders of the various employee groups including the union told joanne hayes-white they want her out. tara moriarty is live from headquarters where the two sides sat down for the first time. did it get a little tense, tara? >> reporter: it's really loud. it looks like the kansas city royals arrived into town. so they are blocking off the area around the ballpark as the buses make their way down. i wanted to let you know about that bit there. but things did get a bit heated inside of this closed-door meeting here at san francisco fire department headquarters. these two sides were supposed to sit down and come together on their differences. but when the rank and file stepped out of meeting, they made it clear they a

safeway to make it concerning convenient for her shopping and it will be helpful for the elderly living no chinatown helping the people around her so thank you for linking. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> i live in bay city so i believe this is a lot of spaces to build vacant store and also people live in the city in bay city more people that way it will be nice to have a supermarket and other kind of store in bay view for more prosperity and more people have a job and so it is also convenient for the people living in bay city so thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> supervisor my name is i enjoy a appreciate the convenience of shooting in a one store whether w where there are plenty of items more choices people like to spend more money and buy a lot of farther products they have more resources to maintain their space in a way that is convenient and healthy and comfortable especially for moms with babies if they shop space and more employment opportunities i'd like to see a lot of departments local labor store which are easy to go to thank you. >> thank you very much, sir. >>

additional training and in a statement company ceo christian watts, says: i deeply apologize to the residents of chinatown and san francisco, for the conduct of a former employee. comments made by this former employee on her last day of employment are absolutely not a representation of how much we love and support chinatown, and every other community in san francisco. >> reporter:the mayor says it's all about educating people not but at home. that this type of intolerance is simply not acceptable >>the company has to recognize that they are in a diverse international city and this shouldn't go on , not in 2014, it should never happen . >> reporter: this tour guide, it does not likely represent other tour guides and the san francisco city. >> pam: late in the afternoon, supervisor david chiu and joined activists and community members in chinatown. to voice their outrage over the tour guides comments. >> pam: chiu says, the company's c-e-o has agreed to sitdown with chinatown community leaders. to talk about how to move forward. >> we have so many from our community that can tell the rest of the world what

. >> your [ bleep ] laundry hanging out the window. >> the woman insults just about everything about chinatown. the food, parades, and the people. the video was posted on youtube tuesday. the description says it was the woman's last day on the job. supervisor david chu represents chinatown on the boozer. >> it is incredibly sad and disheartening that in 2014 someone would say such incredibly hurtful things. >> reporter: chu and other community leaders organized a rally, calling on better oversight in the tourism industry and cultural sensitivity training. tour company ceo christian watts released a statement. he apologizes saying comments made by this former employee on her last day of employment are absolutely not a representation of how much we love and support chinatown. >> apologies aren't enough. >> reporter: sue lee with the chinese historical suit wants to know why the driver did not stop the woman. she would like to meet with company officials. >> i'd like some engagements. let's talk about this. you know, let's see how we can make it better. let's see how we can engage these people wh

the crimes. live in chinatown i'm sarah bloomquist, "channel 6 action news." jim. >> thank you, sarah. shamira hawkins worthy turned herself in this morning on 1600 theft charges and investigators say the 30-year-old social worker stole from her employer and the city of philadelphia department of human services authorities say she submitted fake over time worth about 6400 dollars and as part of her job she also had access to septa tokens and vettors say she took about 17,000 700 dollars worth of tokens for her own personal use and harrisburg, a bill to expand pennsylvania hate crime protections moved forward today and house judiciary committee passed house bill number 177 by vote of 19-4 this morning and the measure would broaden existing hate crimes law toen include hate crimes based on sexual orientation and gepder identity and legislation picked up steam after beating of two gay men in center city philadelphia last month and the bill now moves to the full house for a vote. coming up on "action news" tonight, new evidence and possible sighting as the search for suspected cop-killer er

additional training and in a statement company ceo christian watts, says: i deeply apologize to the residents of chinatownan francisco, for the conduct of a former employee. comments made by this former employee on her last day of employment are absolutely not a representation of how much we love and support chinatown, and every other community in san francisco. the mayor says it's all about educating people not just in school and at work, but at home. that this type of intolerance is simply not acceptable >> the company has to recognize that they are in a diverse international city and this shouldn't go on , not in 2014, it should never happen supervisor david chiu released a statement today saying quote "i am incredibly saddened and disappointed that in 2014, we are still hearing this hurtful and stereotypical speech targeted at any group in our community." new at 11. fremont police have identified the armed robbery suspect. who prompted authorities to shut down traffic on interstate-880 last week. authorities believe. deandre mcleod escaped police and hid in nearby bushes, before he was picked up by an

and parade and everything in the neighborhood and at the end you can hear people on the bus applauding. >> your chinatown jade [ blank ] and no one wears jade [ blank ] and your knock off purses [blank] and the knock off suitcases [blank] and t-shirts and [blank] and your laundry hang out the windows [blank] your three or four people in each of your houses [blank] and your noise and [blank] and drag gones and [blank] and chinatown. >> the person who posted this said it was the last day on the job and i went to the company this morning and they would not have anyone speak but off camera, the remain employee says the guide does not represent the many men and women who work at the company. the supervisor david chu demanded an apology from the company calling the remarks offensive and racist and hurtful. we have the full unedited verse on our website. check it out. >>> nick, thank you. >> game three of the world series is tomorrow. when fans get to tam -- at&t park they will notify an increase in security with bag screenings and every delivery truck. over to pier 96 we have more details. >> yes, kristen, fan

post it was the last day on the job and the woman dropped the "f" bomb every other word and slams the chinatown people and everything about neighborhood and people are applauding. more than 500 people have posted comments after the link sharing feel inand responses have been mixed. >>> the world series is coming back to the bay area with both teams tied after the giants dropped game two in kansas city last night. royals take game two! >> royals closer struck out to end the game with the giants losing 7-2 but the next three games art at&t park and they hope to wrap it up at home. players are expected to arrive later today at the ballpark. >> they are. they are actually expected to take to the field for a light practice this afternoon at 5:00. less than an hour ago we saw the giants clubhouse manager arrive with a truck full of giants gear and you can see the crews unloading to take to the locker room so everything is ready when players arrive to practice. last night, the game did not go the way the giants hoped. we ask a flaring of tempers during the sixth inning meltdown . >> you like to be gre

in the video, the woman complains about chinatown to a bus full of tourists. rally against the rant is under way. david chu demanded an apology for the offensive racist remarks. abc 7 news has learned san jose police officials accepted gifts from the 49ers, possibly violating department regulations. abc 7 news reporter vick lee is at levi stadium with the story you'll see only on 7. >> you'll recall that earlier this month, a san jose police sergeant was called by 49er defensive end ray mcdonald on the night he was arrested for allegedly abusing his pregnant fiancee. that cop did go to mcdonald's house and subsequently it led to a very complicated police investigation. after that, the chief stopped his officer from working security with the 49ers because he was concerned about the policy, he was concerned about this perception of an overly cozy relationship. the question now is just how cozy is that relationship with the higher ups? abc 7 news has learned that members of the department's command staff accepted free tickets to at least two 49er games. in august

successfully locating 11 commercial tenants in 19 residential households with 57 residents from the chinatown station into new locations to work and live. and participating as a member of the mta's real estate and facilities vision for the 21st century report and the addendum team. to rebuild, renew, and expand our facilities for the agency to meet the needs of the city's growing population and demand for more transit and transportation services. congratulations to ken for his 29 years of service to the mta and the city and best wishes to ken on his retirement and his next endeavors. ken? (applause) >> on behalf of the board of directors to our agency and all the people of the city, congratulations on your outstanding service for almost 30 years. job well done. we're very grateful to you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, and good afternoon chairman nolan and honorable directors of our board. my name is again ken yee and i'm honored here to be receiving this award. as a matter of fact, that's my third award from the board. so, the first one was on the resource conservation, the second one was

andria borba has more on the uncomfortable ride that too ugly turn at chinatown. bleeped nats with enoughs to make george carlin blush...a tour bus guide supposedly working on her lt day, bottle of some kind in hand...let's the tourists kw *exactly what she thinks of chinatown. nats 30.19.24 at first we saw it and thoughtt was a joke the video appear be no joke...much of it note for tv. 15.03.18.13 when you come to america you got to assimilate a little bit. and here in america we don't eat turtles and frogs. but, they bring that here to america. gotta assimilate a little chinatown in the guide's crosshairs...salo ns...the sidewalks...the food...the language barrier. david chiu\president, sf board of supervisors 26.54.08 we're l incredibly sad and disappoi that in 2014 someone would r these very stereotypical and racist comments about a mine into the video ---listen closely...that's applause 15.03.50.15 nats applause 27.57.10 i hope that we lea that they didn't understandt she was saying and they're t native english speakers the expletive laced rant doesn't stop there -- up next a war nev

as the scour guide went off on chinatown creating a social media firestorm. the woman reached out to abc7 to give her side of the story. >> i intend the to do it as a satire portion of the tour. the woman did not want to be identified and did not want to show her face and did not even tell me her name but said it was a joke that went terribly wrong. >> my intention was to talk about the neighbors and not to address the people in anyway that would insight harm against them. >> i asked her about this part of the rant. >> when you come to america you have to assimilate a little bit and in america we don't east turtles and frogs. >> maybe that was a personal jab against the chinese people. >> supervisor david chu has been a critic of the woman's actions and asked me to call so she could speak and he wanted to know, why? >> i thought i could ben the rules and i thought i could be a little outrageous and it was something that went way too far. >> it has been very painful moment for many. obviously not just for chinese americans in san francisco but anyone who has ev

the developing details. >> a tour guide is on a double decker red bus on a racist rant through chinatown, the guide was postedby a germ an tourist with 170,000 views this morning. this is chinatown [ blank ] and here is jade [blank] and your knock offs [blank] and t-shirts and [ blank ] and [ blank ] and [blank], and three or four people inside each one of your little [blank] and the noise, parade, dragons [blank] [ blank >> people liked what they hear. they were applauding. we are trying to track down which tour company the operator worked for but the post are said it was her last day on the job dropping the "f" bomb every other word and slammed chinatown people and everything about the neighborhood including the parade and the food generating 170,000 views. people have left comments and there are mixed feelings. >>> this morning, some of us getting what we have been waiting positive and others, fought is much. >> we are only get partial eclipse and this is a half sickle and that is night. this sphere is where the eclipse will take place. the further north you are the more the moon will plot -- blot out the

"i deeply apologize to the residents of chinatown and san francisco for the conduct of a former employee. comments made by this former employee on her last day of employment are absolutely not a representation of how much we love and support chinatown." john iverson took the city tour today. >> great tour guide. i think it's really stupid. >> reporter: because of this incident the company is saying that they have added additional training to make sure that their tours in the future are up to their standard. and coming up in our next hour, san francisco mayor ed lee weighs in on the rant. >>> also in san francisco, a trolley-type tour bus hit and killed a woman near the intersection of mccallister and polk next to city hall. police say the victim, in her 60s, was in the crosswalk when it happened around 11:00 this morning. it is not known if the driver will face charges. >>> new developments now in the attack in the canada's capital city of ottawa. police are piecing together the gun man's past in hopes of understanding his motive. michael zehaf-bibeau may have had extremist views and app

chinatown. and philadelphia school officials touch off a contract war wit >>> this is the way that it looked yesterday morning in chinatown when the owner of a business was attacked, beaten and raped. she was also robbed. but tonight the alleged attacker is in custody behind bars. >>> it is monday night the big story on "action news" tonight is the arrest of 29-year-old brandon menley charged with rape and other offenses. dann cuellar is live at 9th street. they got their man, say the police? >>reporter:that is right. he gave a statement to a special victims investigators responsible for the crime. >>reporter:he beat her into a studio at 9th. >> he forced her into the area. >>reporter:it was 8:00 a.m. when she opened the door for art classes. she was alone. the suspect walked in and a beating an assault happened. the victim offered him money to stop. he took $600 and fled. sources tell action that they caught up with menley at a shelter for homeless men a few blocks away. >> when i came out of the door, i saw them staking out the place. he was sick mentally sick to do something like that. that is some

she gon to warn the tourists not toe to chinatown. 15.04.28.01 we have a china in my hometown of los angel that is way cleaner, way be restaurants not as many peo this is a horrible place to live. if you are considering moving to san francisco, although this is the cheape neighborhood, do not live h i have learned my lesson. t people wake you up at 6 in e morning at one point some people on bus actually clapped. we we unable to identify that tour guide or what bus compy she worked for. san francisco supervisor david chiu says expects an apology. it has happened again. anotr man jumped the fence at the white house. the unarmed suspect from maryland didn't make it fare was quickly taken down by st service agents and their do. this follows an incident la month when omar gonzalez ju the fence, armed with a kni and made it all way to the room. a c-h-p officer is under investigation for stealing d photos of a woman. the cont costa times reports: officer sean harrington pulled the n over on 680 in san ramon.. r allegedly driving drunk. he found the photos on her i- phone.. and sent them to

it shows the suspect attacking a woman inside a business in the city's chinatown neighborhood. e say he choked her, sexually asauled her and robbed her. she had to be taken to the hospital to be treated. >>> teachers will be forced to start contributing money to their own medical benefits. that will send millions of dollars pouring into the distressed philadelphia school budget. >>> a final farewell today for a pension state trooper, accidentally killed last week. a funeral service was held in northeast philadelphia for 26-year-old david kedra. officials say the trooper was shot in the chest tuesday after another trooper's gun accidentally discharged. >>> four high school football players at the jersey shore are off the field after police charged them with a spree of armed robberies in two different counties. 18-year-old devin delaney didn't say much when he appeared in court this afternoon. authorities arrested delaney and threeç teammates of the lakewo high school football team. the other suspects have not been identified because they're 17. this video shows delaney's arrest

part of the message is that chinatown [ indiscernible ] >> the tour company, city sightseeing, said: comments made by this former employee on her last day of employment are absolutely not a representation of how much we love and support chinatown and every other community in san francisco." >>> another american has ebola. wendy gillette reports a doctor who treated ebola patients in west africa is now isolated in new york. >> reporter: this "new york post" video shows dr. craig spencer being rushed to bellevue hospital in manhattan escorted by a convoy of emergency vehicles. the city took no chances after sensors showed symptoms of ebola. the emts wore full protective gear as he was transferred to an isolation unit. new york city mayor bill de blasio urged residents to stay calm after he tested positive for ebola the city's first case. >> new yorkers have not been exposed to a person's bodily fluid are not at risk. >> reporter: he had been monitoring his temperature twice a day since returning from guinea where he treated ebola patients. health officials say he was not contagious when

the suspects description. we'll le let you know how that pans out. live in chinatown. ar sarah bloomquist, "channel 6 action news." >> philadelphia police are serving for the driver that accidentally injured a highway patrol officer last night. it happened i-95 xwreer near academy road before 6 p.m.. investigators say a ladder flew off somebody's vehicle forcing several cars to slam on their brakes. 41-year-old motorcycle officer hit the back of one of those cars. he was treated to injuries for his jaw, hip, face, shoulder and the officer was on his way to trooper david kendra's viewing at the time of the crash. >> a bill that would expand pennsylvania's hate crime protections is one step closer to welcome becoming law. the house judiciary committee pass it passed house bill 177 by a vote of 19-4 this morning and the measure banz hate crimes based on sexual orientation and gepder identity. it was originally introduced last year. but it picked up steam following vicious beating of two gay men in center city last month. the bill moves to the full house for a voxt the penn

rhode island island avenue and the last place here at the gallery place chinatown. >> the way to get around metro can be a frantic one but four men visually made miserable for four women. >> it's really offensive. and as a woman you shouldn't have to be subjected to that. >> authorities say in the last several weeks these men have exposed themselves to female passengers aboard a train. three cases on the red line and the green line from august to october. >> it is punishing because there are so many people around all the time. >> police say these crimes have occurred on trains. in some cases the men expose themselves just before a stop and then flee when doors open. >> they're flashing and running. that is very disturbing. >> authorities were able to get these images based on witness information and the fact that they are literally thousands of cameras in this system. >> they've got cameras all over, the inside, the outside and every little space. >> and metro officials are concerned about these cases because they fear these types of crimes can escalate to more serious sexual miscond

police say a man walked into the art studio on the 100 block of north ninth street in chinatown. ted beating the owner. he's also accused of sexually assaulting and robbing her. police say the attacker stole $600 before taking off. we'll have much more coming up in a live report at 6:00. >> septa is gearing up to get rid of those tokens and go high tech. >> it is test agnew system and i got an exclusive behind the scenes look at what you can expect. ♪ >> it will be faster. >> you don't have to have the cash money. >> easier. >> not having to worry about dropping tokens. >> septa rides into the future. no more tokens. >> i think this is the 1950s with the tokens. i'm not sure why it's taking so long. >> septa's new system has been in the works for years. this is septa's test lab on the tenth floor of septa's headquarters building on market street. we got an exclusive behind the scenes look where septa has several prototype machines that look close to what riders will see next year. >> we're anxious for transit to be launched in 2015 and then we'll move ahead to 2016 with regional r

. >>> philadelphia police arrested a man in connection with the violent sexual assault in the chinatown section. the brandon manly is charged with attacking a 45 year-old woman at an arts studio on ninth street. this happened sunday. police say he repeatedly hit victim with the in metal object, sexually assaulted her and took $600. police arrested manly in the homeless shelter. >>> the philadelphia sports community mourning passing of a legend, man who brought philadelphia sports into their living room for decade. he was a play by play by for so many sports here in philadelphia from the original nba team, philadelphia warriors, to the eagles 1960 championship game. howard eskin will have more on his inn chris be career in sports in a minute. >> including bill campbell's famous call of the 100-point game by wilt chamberlain. >>> protests rights, protesters rights violated, when a judge has to say about how marchers were treated in ferguson, missouri. >>> and a little girl mall by a dog losing her donations through surgery after her family is accused offsetting up a hoax, who is stepping

thrust was traveling from new the cost chinatown area to casino in connecticut. police received a several 911 calls from passengers on board thing there was a disturbance. >> people were being physically harmed. >> the bus pulled over into a construction zone and flagged down a state trooper working there. as the state trooper approached the bus, the suspect in passenger were engaged in a physical altercation. the suspect was armed with a cutting instrument. he refused to put down the advancing then began to the officer. it was then that the trooper responded. assessed --er off thend deflected pavement and hit a witness. two others on board were also stabbed. >> the suspect later died from his injuries. the cause of death is unclear. police say the suspect was harming himself with a sharp weapon while on the bus. do or die for the orioles today. they are down three games to none heading into this afternoon's matchup with the kansas city royals. wins, they aree heading to the world series for the first time in 30 years. first pitch is at 4:07 this afternoon. more t

. >>> the family of a woman who was hit and killed in a pedestrian accident in san francisco's chinatown are pressing city leaders to increase safety at one of the most dangerous intersections in the city. good afternoon, i'm torrey campbell. brian flores is live on the corner of stockton and sacramento with the call to action today. good afternoon, brian. >> reporter: hi, torre. good afternoon. there were a couple of close calls of pedestrians almost getting hit by cars here but the latest fatality happened less than two weeks ago. now the family members of the victim as well as chinatown community leaders say enough is enough. >> slow down. >> for chinatown. >> let's make it right. >> change the lights. >> reporter: chantds, prayers and a call for action -- chants, prayers and a call for action rang loud. community members along with city leaders urged for changes at the deadly intersection. the most recent tragedy happened on saturday, september 20. 78-year-old, a grandmother of eight and former music teacher was killed by a driver who was turning left. >> in my humble opinion, she's

into chinatown i really know the workers in chinatown on stomping stockton and grand avenue and jackson street they're not getting the minimum pay they pop only getting half of what they supposed to be earned what the law says and the employer does not honor over time and do give sick pay and vacationed this is why i urge you to let the chain store and big store comes in so that the workers will get the pay and the city do have a enforcement agency they call it the labor standards but they understaffed and overworked now most of workers i do interact with them i drink coffee and i sleep in the park with them and they don't feel reluctant they want to be the screeners and do want to put themselves out to give evidence against the workers so i urge you to make all those corrections and considerations thank you (clapping.) thank you very much. is there any additional public comment on those items 3 and 4? seeing none, public comment is closed supervisor mar >> yeah. thank you everyone for the testimony and the real thoughtful comments i wanted to say that i think this is a balanced approac

and part of the message is chinatown is an amazing community. >> the tour company said this: comments made by this former employee on her last day of employment are absolutely not a representation of how much we love and support chinatown and every other community in san francisco. >>> well, switching gears, water is at a premium and some say that raising those premiums even higher is the best way to get through the drought. >> it's a harsh plan but as kiet do reports, it's what one stanford researcher says we must do. it's a story you'll only see on kpix 5. >> when you have low supply and high demand of something, well, this just might be a good time to consider raising the price of water. >> there's nothing though like a drought to point out the obvious. >> reporter: it's a no-brainer says stanford researcher buzz thompson who released a paper entitled, the path to innovation. he says water utilities who charge the same rate no matter how much water is used needs to stop. >> the best way of encouraging people to conserve is to charge those people who are using the most water higher

the u.s. san francisco's chinatown reflects asia's influence on america. the first chinese immigrants came to the new world as laborers in the 19th century. their descendents celebrate their heritage with a tai qi demonstration at the asia festival. anson liang and angela pan immigrated from singapore five years ago. the couple felt constrained there. >> it's my dream, so i came to silicon valley to do my start-up and i think that's the place to develop my business and my career. people here are more open, more used to exchanging ideas, sharing your dreams, sharing your resources with each other. >> the drive to succeed among young asian americans is a major factor in san francisco's booming economy. for anson and angela, it's all about moving up. they want to make it on this side of the pacific. like many other asian immigrants, they combine conservative values with a real ability to adapt. they enjoy america's creative freedom but still value their own traditions. >> anson is aiming for the top. his new company uses space in a shared office for young entr

the outrage over what she said led to a protest at chinatown's portsmouth square. >> message here today san francisco has no tolerance for racist comments. we have no tolerance for anyone who wants to target a group in the community and part of the message also is that chinatown is an amazing community. >> the tour company city sightseeing said: comments made by this former employee on her last day of prompt are absolutely not a representation of how much we have love and support every other community in san francisco including chinatown. >>> the baseball team is working with major league baseball and in the courts to win permission to play in san jose. the "mercury news" reports that san jose officials are giving the a's up to 7 more years for the negotiations. the a's do have a new 10-year lease at the oakland coliseum. but it allows them to leave early for san jose. >>> there's another first for levi's stadium tonight. it will be hosting its first college football game. elizabeth has been warning you about the traffic. california golden bears play the oregon ducks at 7 p.m. there cou