the walk shop in chinatown welcome to jason dessert i'm the fifth generation of candy in san francisco still that serves 2000 district in the chinatown in the past it was the tradition and my family was the royal chef in the pot pals that's why we learned this stuff and moved from here to have dragon candy i want people to know that is art we will explain a walk and they can't walk in and out it is different techniques from stir frying to smoking to steaming and they do show of. >> beer a royalty for the age berry up to now not people know that especially the toughest they think this is - i really appreciate they love this art. >> from the cantonese to the hypomania and we have hot pots we have all of the cuisines of china in our chinatown you don't have to go far. >> small business is important to our neighborhood because if we really make a lot of people lives better more people get a job here not just a big firm. >> you don't have to go anywhere else we have pocketed of great neighborhoods haul have all have their own uniqueness. >> san

. >> i think the only other one was the chinatown one. i'll defer to you on whether or not to proceed with that. >> so this is part of the city-wide conversation. here is what -- again i think as i said earlier i think -- i mean this is legislation that came to the board of supervisors originally sponsored by mayor lee. subsequently cosponsored by supervisor sheehy. relative to those amendments, we do not need to make those amendments today. in terms of the road map, we can take things out. we just cannot add things, is that correct deputy city attorney givner? >> the question what you can do on monday? monday or tuesday of next week? >> correct. >> you can on monday or tuesday roll back some of the restrictions that you adopt today or were adopted last thursday without triggering another hearing. if you impose o editional restrictions, that would trigger another hearing after monday or tuesday. >> so in other words, if you carved out an area today, you could add it back next tuesday but -- so for the sake of continuing the discussion and

, and we found that the delays to the construction at the chinatown station site have caused a clear decline in the profitablity of this praj will merchant community. i'm now confident that the community outreach has taken place, and i'm also quite pleased and want to thank the mayor's office and the mta or identifying an additional 225,000 to provide grants to merchants most impacted by the construction of the central chinatown subway station. i really want to thank mr. torres for his work around this issue, and i appreciate that. the eligible uses of these additional funds has been expanded to meet the actual needs of these chinatown merchants, which include basic things like rent, utility, and wages. the additional 225,000 is not before this body today for approval, but i'm informed that eowd is soliciting applications and determining the extent of direct and indirect impacts to adjacent businesses in furtherance of distributing these funds by the end of this calendar year. i'm also looking forward to identifying funds within the larger central subway mitigation package for the ins

but the chinatown that you see today with my recollection of what it was when i was growing up in the '50s and '60s now there is the influx of vietnamese, thai, laotian and it is really diverse but that community is a constant cycle of dispersion and now we get the onslaught from the financial district encroaching on chinatown with the old mom-and-pop stores with startup businesses as the buildings are taken over by the tech companies so this man who has been documenting chinatown in seattle and san francisco and vancouver and los angeles has dedicated his entire life as a photojournalist to document the chinatowns which are becoming somewhat extinct because the chinese have to live in the ghettos because they were not allowed into the white neighborhoods profile fifth good ninth own property or testify in the court during the chinese exclusion act. so with those territories they are untouched with gas or oil or pipelines so that is in the other displacement so ever since 1977 i have seen him since those days but i am just delighted and i am amazed you have been doing this work only a

the eligible uses of these additional funds has been expanded to meet the actual needs of these chinatown merchants, which include basic things like rent, utility, and wages. the additional 225,000 is not before this body today for approval, but i'm informed that eowd is soliciting applications and determining the extent of direct and indirect impacts to adjacent businesses in furtherance of distributing these funds by the end of this calendar year. i'm also looking forward to identifying funds within the larger central subway mitigation package for the installation of security cameras along this part of stockton street which has been plagued by graffiti and crime since the outset of construction. in the meantime, colleagues, i respectfully request your support for the release of the 225,000 that is before you today, which i'm informed will fund additional corridor management staff, as well as a pilot program, to substanceidize parking fees at the port square garage by will also be helpful to the economic vitality of chinatown, and thank you mr. torres. >> thank you very much, supervisor

for all the hotels in the mission, tenderloin, soma, chinatown, north beach, knob hill and even the richmond and elsewhere, it is imperative that this gets passed. thank you very much. >> thank you, jordan. next speaker, please. >> my name is candy crawford and i live at the mission hoement and i'm also part of the mission collaborative. i'm in support of these upgrades because we live in fear of having fires all the time. we have smokers in our hotel, but we've had many fires and none of the sprinklers have turned on. we've had fires in the kitchen area where there is no sprinkler. we've had fires in the laundry room where the lint gets trapped in the wall. and no sprinkler. we barely have alarms. so, we are definitely in support of this because we live in fear for our lives all the time. thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> i'm tim huang with the mission collaborative and i'm here in support of the proposed changes to the sprinkler ordinance. so, first i want to thank supervisor peskin and his team for spearheading this bill. so i lead fire and earthquake prevention worksho

is one of the oldest chinatown in the state we need to be able allergies the people and that's the reason chinatown is showing more of the people will the traditional thepg. >> north beach is i know one of the last little italian community. >> one of the last neighborhood that hadn't changed a whole lot and san francisco community so strong and the sense of partnership with businesses as well and i just love north beach community old school italian comfort and love that is what italians are all about we need people to come here and shop here so we can keep this going not only us but, of course, everything else in the community i think local businesses the small ones and coffee shops are unique in their own way that is the characteristic of the neighborhood i peace officer prefer it is local character you have to support them. >> really notice the port this community we really need to kind of really shop locally and support the communityly live in it is more economic for people to survive here. >> i came down to treasure island to look for a we've got a long wa

districts are remarkable i'm honored and delighted to represent really whereas with an the most intact district got chinatownan's wharf russian hill and knob hill and the northwest waterfront some of the most wealthier and inning e impoverished people in san francisco obgyn siding it is ethically exists a bunch of tight-knit neighborhoods people know he each other by name a wonderful placed physically and socially to be all of the neighborhoods north beach and chinatown the i try to be out in the community as much as and i think, being a the cafe eating at the neighborhood lunch place people come up and talk to you, you never have time alone but really it is fun hi, i'm one the owners and is ceo of cafe trespassing in north beach many people refer to cafe trees as a the living room of north beach most of the clients are local and living up the hill come and meet with each other just the way the united states been since 1956 opposed by the grandfather a big people person people had people coming since the day we opened. >> it is of is first place on the west that that exposito 6 years ago but anyone was doing

service from visitation valley up through bayview, dog patch, mission bay and into the heart of the city in chinatown. one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the united states. so, this expansion we got as a part of a deal we made with the federal government. and the federal government entered into -- we entered into a grand agreement to the town of $982 million i think at the time. anyway, the biggest federal grant san francisco had ever received and as part of the deal, they say we'll give you that money to build the subway, but you need to start expanding your light rail service. so these first 24 cars are partly funded by the central subway project, but also a requirement that we had to meet in order as part of our obligations and the requirement was that we would have these cars in service by the time the central subway was done. and as i said, we're ahead of schedule. we'll have these first 24 cars ahead in service well in advance of the central subway opening and all that was made possible and driven by the leadership at the united states department of transportation and particular

roland was unparalleled in his leadership to the community and was honored by the chinatown resource center. children services. asian pacific fund, health services and numerous others. he had a deep love fort next generation, believing they will build a more vibrant world. our condolence to his wife kathy, children and grandchildren. i added my name with supervisors fewer and yee to the pass of of herb lee. i would like to adjourn today's meeting in the memory of jemo preeny, who was an incredible north beach figure, remarkable photographer. he knew the score of everything happening in north beach. i had the honor of presiding over the marriage to his sweetheart, helene khan back in april of this year. we will miss you, jemo, i would like to adjourn in the memory of nate roth and send condolences to ann. and on behalf of the board of supervisors we'll miss you. i have a bunch more i am submitting. >> president breed: thank you, supervisor peskin. supervisor yee would like to make comments. >> supervisor yee: really quickly. i'm going to add my name to dr. roland also. i've known him

according to the san francisco examiner, the chair of the chinatown neighborhood association wants mayore to provide more than the $450,000 he is pledging. he says the area affected is bigger than the city realizes. >>> well, small cracks in parts of a newly rebuilt concrete spillway at the oroville dam are not a safety problem according to officials. they say the hairline cracks are caused by design elements and they were expected. they say the cracks do not need to be repaired but will be closely watched. as we reported back in february, authorities ordered the evacuation of almost 200,000 people downstream of the dam when both spillways started crumbling. both of the spillways are ready to handle our winter weather. >>> the time is 6:57. some people in a fremont neighborhood want help dealing with a growing number of attacks by bobcats on chickens. this is a video of a bobcat that he was able to track. this is after nine of his chickens were killed in one month. they had to let the bobcat go because trapping them is illegal. the school right next door also has chickens on their proper

the central subway extends from chinatown through union square and south of market. many business owners say they have been losing business during the long street closures. if approved, the board will give $225,000 to those shops and restaurants but the chinatown neighborhood association is requesting more. >>> el cerrito is setting new rules for pott dispensaries that will be allowed. the two businesses will be allowed to deliver marijuana to customers within the city. but operators of the pot businesses will have to undergo background checks and provide security plans. both shops will also have to be more than 600 feet away from parks and schools. smoking and consumption will not be allowed at the dispensaries. >>> it could be a travel nightmare. thousands of american airlines flights at risk of being canceled this holiday season. i'll have the details coming up. >> reporter: clear skies across the bay area this morning. but also the cool conditions allowing for some patchy fog in the valleys. i'll explain. >> this part of your morning commute 101, this is right nea

this 9,000 square foot flagship store is located here on seventh street in the chinatown penn quarterood. >> this is a disease that goes undiagnosed or miss diagnosed as much as 90% of the time. maryland and virginia, two of the states hit the hardest. only on news4 mark segraves speaks with famed singer song writer jesse colin young who says his career almost ended because of lyme disease. >> reporter: after more than 50 years, jesse colin young is still writing songs and still touring the world. in 1969 he scored a top 10 hit with his band young bloods, and the song get together. but his newest song is more personal. it's called >> when i wake tomorrow morning, who will i be, a man who is strong and willing or lost and angry? >> reporter: young is speaking about his battle with lyme disease. >> and it's hell to live like that. >> reporter: like hundreds of thousands of americans, young's lyme disease went undiagnosed for decades. then he was miss diagnosed, also a common problem for those suffering with lyme. >> i was pretty sick. we had no idea what it was. i mean, they gave me ant

parking are really insane. >> it's outrageous. >> little fanfare, parking meters in the busiest streets around chinatown jumped $5.50 an hour. >> tourists are trapped. we don't know those things. surge pricing started in 2016 as a pilot program. the city raises parking prices to encourage turnover in the busiest spots. >> high demand spaces, we keep adjusting the prices up and the prices down. >> ddot wants at least one available spot per block. when the program started that was the case 33% of the time. now it jumped to 75%. >> approximately 30 to 40% of the congestion in downtown can be due to people circling around the block trying to find open parking space. >> ddot created an app called park d.c. on the other side of the street it's $3.25. on our side it's $2.30. the next time you come downtown check out the app to see how many spots are available and how much it will cost you. reporting live in chinatown, i'm sam sweeney. abc7 news. michelle: thank you. campus fire bombing on video now there is new information about the man police say is to blame. jonathan: first, though, police officers are runni

the central subway extends from chinatown through union square and south of market. the board of supervisors budget and finance committee is set to vote thursday on aiding the businesses. >>> well, a new effort kicks off in san francisco today aimed at improving pedestrian and bicyclist safety. >> kpix 5's anne makovec is live in the south of market area to explain. anne. >> reporter: yeah. this street 2nd street here behind me is very popular for pedestrians when it comes to baseball games. at&t park is right here behind me. it's not still busy a little after 6 a.m. but you can see the construction equipment here ready to roll for the 2nd street improvement project. it's going to begin the next phase of construction today. this area big for bikes and pedestrians. they have been making little changes for a year and a half now but today starts the next big push. the city is calling this a green connector for the neighborhood which has been getting more and more populated with all the soma high-rises around here. here's how it will eventually look. a wide sidewalk, sepa

for this particular community, the chinatown north beach community of san francisco, the seniors wouldut of the service area, or they went to nursing homes where people were not as familiar with both language and cultural diversity. what they came up with as an idea was to actually combine affordable housing and senior services. >> it wasn't easy to get the housing project off the ground at the time, but the community rallied, including senator dianne feinstein, who was mayor at the time and a huge proponent of the project. today, as many as 70 seniors rely on housing, and up to 170 depend on health services here. two of those residents are sisters lee lin and wan a. lee lin says she's pleased with the apartment upgrades. >> at least it's like a new room to us, brand-new everything. yeah, everything is so clean, so convenient. of course. very happy. we love it. >> but it's the ability to reside and get health services in one place that's made life much easier for them. >> where i used to live, with my son, there was no chinese around the area. during the day, when they go to work, i am

the "san francisco examiner" reports there's strong opposition to marijuana in the chinatown area, although francisco widely supported proposition 64. prop 64 kicks in statewide january 1st making recreational marijuana legal under california state law. >>> to get drivers to slow down, one south bay city may be looking to residents to help by arming them with radar guns. anne makovec is live in gilroy this morning with the details on the plan. anne. >> reporter: people here in gilroy say speeding is a major problem. so they are looking at all options including giving everyday people the power that right now only police have, using radar guns to catch speeders. it is an idea that was proposed by gilroy's mayor training resident civilians to use a radar gun. these people would check out the guns from police, work in pairs, and then turn violators in to police. officers would then send the vehicle's registered owner a warning. >> speeding is happening all over the city, and we cannot hire enough police officers just to do enforcement. >> reporter: now, this idea is in the very preliminary stag

, stopping to soak up some of the history. >> chinatown was one of theo come and tour. so one of the things that really i think makes my heart sing is watching how well our dogs work and how well our teams work together in what can be a chaotic environment. >> this is the largest tour group the organization has ever brought to mayor ed lee >>> from facebook to google and intel, the new visitor center is another sign that terk tourism is becoming a thing. >> when it comes tovalley, tech connect with companies in more ways than one. >> i've been watching the construction go on over the past couple of years. it was interesting to see what it looked like when it was finished. >> apple opened its new visitors center, customers making the trip to cupertino to be the first inside. >> it's coming, i need to travel to go there. if it's possible, i will go. >> call it a sign of the times. people talking about technology with much fanfare. this couple came from france and decided to drop by as part of their honeymoon. >> it's very, very wow. it's a great experience

the organizations 75th anniversary. visitors and their dogs strolled through chinatown. >> chinatown was one of the top places they wanted to come and tour. one of the things that really, i think, makes my heart sing is watching how well our dogs work and how well our teams work together in what can be a chaotic environment. >> it's the largest tour group the organization has ever brought to chinatown. earlier today mayor ed lee proclaimed this guide dog day. >>> what a difference a day makes. good evening to all of you. check out live doppler 7, no rain to speak of. ended up being a nice sunny afternoon. when you take a look at this picture, 2-4 feet of snow is being reported at the highest elevations in kirkwood. we don't have any snow coming here to the bay area, but we certainly are going to feel the chill. it's going to feel more like winter than fall. i want to show you the temperature trend for napa. average low is 43 degrees. tomorrow morning, 35. on sunday down to 34 degrees. you will see milder temperatures in the mornings as we head toward next week. until then, get ready for a cold morning, especially in the

so commissioner riley came with us to chinatown in december, when we did a great -- and again, this speaks to the mayor doing these merchant walks almost every month for shop and dine. it was fun. i think we ate more than we were supposed to, but we will be hosting another one shortly in chinatown. >> will you let me know? >> yes. somup coming -- we just did one in noe. some upcoming ones -- castro, we'll be returning to knowy park later this month. some members love the shop and dine, so they'll ask if they can do a shop and dine with the merchant branding. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> all right. do we have any members of the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners, any closing comments? >> no. this is a great program, and we're looking forward to mayor's walk tonight in the castro. i know we're going to cliff's, but his other favorite place, which is hot cookie. i know i'm going to get in trouble for saying that, but that is his favorite spot. >> all right. all righty. onto the next item. thank you, marianne.

the organization's 75th anniversary. visitors and their dogs stronghold through chinatown stopping to zoning up some of the history hand more than a few boxes of takeout. >> chinatown was one of the top places that they wanted to come and tour, so one of the things that really i think makes my heart sing is watching how well our dogs work and teams work together in what can be a chaotic environment. >> this is the largest tour group that the organization has ever brought to chinatown. earlier today mayor ed lee proclaimed this guide dog day. >>> and while we're talking about dog, you should get one if you want to live longer apparently. according to swedish researchers for people living hey lone, owning a dog can decrease your risk death by 33%. the risk cardio vascular-related deaths was reduced when compared to a person without a pet. the animals offer support, and you can reduce your risk death by 11%. >>> coming up next, will the october fires leave a smokey taste in this year's wines? we sent wayne freedman up to wine country to find out youlu cod saulve ergy ulby w. out flax. or sply adjust your thermostat. do your th

start approximating tomorrow, a the penn quarter in chinatown neighborhoods. d the cheapest parking spots about a dollar an hour. the really good spots during peak times, those are going to cost you as much as $5.50 an hour, that is way up from the current primetime rate of 2.75 an hour. all of this meant to improve the parking situation downtown. >>> another update on the texas church shooting straight ahead. darcy spencer standing by at the live desk. >>> a local family struggles for answers after a fight in this parking lot ends with the dea th ham: i'm ralph northam and as a doctor, nobody ever asked if i'm a democrat or republican. they just want my help. so if donald trump is helping virginia i'll work with him. but donald trump proposed cutting virginia's school funding, rolling back our clean air and water protections, and taking away health care from thousands of virginians. as a candidate for governor, p to donald trump on all of it. ed gillespie refuses to stand up to him at all. before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesn't have fios,

chinatown. we are fortunate to have ay [ino chase away the marijuana shops. your supervisors maintain this quay, w -- way, wt marijuana shops in chinatown. thank you. >> good afternoon, my name is le valencia, i'm not an s.f. res dt part of the s.f. canada working. as a research, i completed one e the first and comprehensive repn cannabis. i am highly concerned about adue permits. not only does it create a tempoy monopoly of existing businessest have been able to survive/floure tie certain level of privilege. it opens the doors for the oppoo continue to pus unequitable lane concerns. they are more to prone to happea adult setting that is not flush. if this is a regulatory experimt should not be done at the expenf equity applicants since they hao navigate an equitable landscape. thank you for your time. >> supervisor farrell: next spe, please. come on up. >> interpreter: good afternoon.ç a am a resident from sunset. i3me am here representing manys and communities members. i am here to support many of you supervisors already saying thate limit -- should be limi

starting tomorrow, ddot will test out a new demand based pricing plan in the penn quarters and chinatown. for instance, you will find the cheapest parking thoughts around $1 per hour on biweekday mornin. the really good spot during peak times could cost you as much as $5.50 an hour which is way up from the current rate of 2 ppt$. >> be interesting to see how that works out. >>> congress dives into tax reform, the new xbox drops and so did taylor swift's new album. all in the week ahead. >> a lot coming up. and saving money and staying warm this winwinter, news 4 is working for you toget you set ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs. but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan to take money out of virginia public schools as a washington dc lobbyist, ed gillespie worked for lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. and ed gillespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education. i'veand at sixty-two,life. you shouldn't have to worry about h

the downpour there. san francisco, we're watching california street, chinatown where some of the heavier rain is falling.e is a live look from our golden gate bridge camera. and it is a rainy view. the wind is definitely howling. atlas peak in the north bay, gusts close to 50 miles an hour. 49 right now. so far rainfall totals almost an inch in santa rosa. winds are about an inch and a half. you notice fairfield it drops off. san francisco 0.0. oakland .38. it's turning to snow in the mountains. 80 and 88 requiring chains right now. and a winter storm warning is up. it will remain up until friday morning. 2 to 4 feet of snow expected at the highest elevations, but travel is not recommended. because of the gusty winds, it's going to be near zero visibility. here is preview of the morning commute. watch out the roads will be slippery. the rain will be coming down hard as the strong first of the season on our storm ill pack scale level 3 storm pushes through between tonight and tomorrow morning. 1 to 2 inches of rain for most areas. in the hills, the totals will be higher. and of course the concern is the f

the statue in san francisco's chinatown neighborhood shows three somber young asian women holding hands while an older woman looks on from below. activists say it symbolizes the hundreds of thousands of women and girls mostly from korea who were abducted and enslaved in imperial japanese military brothels before and during the second world war eighty nine year old young so levy is one of the few surviving so-called comfort women she was kidnapped from korea at age fifteen and forced to work in a brothel in taiwan where one woman would be forced to have sex with as many as one hundred or more soldiers every day. activists in south korea and the united states say the government of japan has not issued a sufficiently sincere apology for that brutal war time treatment activists have set up dozens of similar memorials around the world angering the japanese government. the comfort women issue has been deviled japanese south korean relations for decades despite repeated efforts to agree on an acceptable apology and reparations for survivors now it has damaged u.s. japanese friendship as well t

the city's network. a project by way of tunnel leading into chinatown by way of north beach. in december the first streetcar was driven into the tunnel. just two years after its berth, muni had added two lines. and k, l and m lines that span out from westportal. in 1928, the j line opened heading west to the beach. in 1944 san francisco voters finally approved muni take-over of the market street railway. by then motor bus and trolley bus improvement had given them the ability to conquer san francisco's hills. after the war most of the street-car lines would be replaced with motor or trolley bus service. in 1947, the mayor recommended replacing two lines with motor coaches. and it appeared that san francisco's iconic cable cars had seen their final days. entered mrs. cluskin, the leader to save the cable cars. arguing that the cable cars were a symbol of the city, and she entered a charter placed on the november ballot. it passed overwhelmly. the california street cable railway was purchased by the city in 1952. there were cut backs on the cable car system and in 1957 only thre

i see we have representatives from the co-developer chinatown community development center. i see reverend fong in the audience with swords to plowshares as well as the architect. this is also one of the projects where we got some philanthropic dollars for the veterans for low -- homeless families, for 100% affordable housing project. and this allows us to take the next step in securing a loan, entering into a loan agreement with the developer to initiate construction. so with that, i will turn it over to kim to present on this item. >> great. thank you very much. good afternoon, madam chair and members of the commission. i'm kim obstfeldt with o.c.i.i. community redevelopment housing team. i'm here seeking authorize for the director to enter into a ground lease and amended restated loan agreement with chinatown community develop. center and swords to plowshares, block 3 east. planned 119 unit development that will serve formerly homeless veterans and low-income families. this request is made in anticipation of the close of construction financing and start of construction in

boulevard, and number 8, prohibit medical cannabis dispensaries and cannabis retail uses in the mixed chinatown retail district. discussion and possible action item. the presenter is brittni chacuata, legislative aide, supervisor malia cohen. >> i think you practiced. >> clerk: i did. >> thank you again for letting me discuss this item. so as you all are aware, on september 26th, the city dr introduced its proposed regulations for cannabis operations in san francisco, and i just want to begin by truly thanking the small business commission for your really in depth discussion, your comprehensive package that came out of this commission, detailing which items you supported, and what you had question questions on, and what you had recommendations for. that was extremely helpful, and on behalf of the supervisor, i appreciate you all for taking the time to dive deeply into this legislation and really embrace your siblings in the small business struggle who are now selling a legal commodity and just want to get on-line and do what voters have approved, so thank you. >> thank you. >> so to begin, supe

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the downpour there. san francisco, we're watching california street, chinatown where some of the heavier rain is falling. a live look from our golden gate bridge camera. and it is a rainy view. the wind is definitely howling. atlas peak in the north bay, gusts close to 50 miles an hour. 49 right now. so far rainfall totals almost an inch in santa rosa. winds are about an inch and a half. you notice fairfield it drops off. san francisco 0.0. oakland .38. it's turning to snow in the mountains. 80 and 88 requiring chains right now. and a winter storm warning is up. it will remain up until friday morning. 2 to 4 feet of snow expected at the highest elevations, but travel is not recommended. because of the gusty winds, it's going to be near zero visibility. here is preview of the morning commute. watch out the roads will be slippery. the rain will be coming down hard as the strong first of the season on our storm ill pack scale level 3 storm pushes through between tonight and tomorrow morning. 1 to 2 inches of rain for most areas. in the hills, the totals will be higher. and of course the concern is the flood

so the state erected a few quintessentially chinatown gates. ir relatives. >> anthony: for more than 35 years, jon lee anderson has been reporting from conflict zones such as syria, lebanon, libya, iraq, and afghanistan. >> jon: i lied about my age and travelled around africa. when i was 13, i told people i was 26. >> anthony: in the early 1990s while researching a biography of che guevara, he and his family moved to cuba and ended up staying for three years. >> anthony: you lived here during the special period, which was not so special. that was the bad times. >> jon: that was the bad time. >> anthony: the russians had pulled out. soviets all done. >> jon: the economy went like this. >> anthony: completely tanked. >> jon: 90%. it just tanked. >> anthony: cuba lost 80% of its import goods which led to widespread hunger, malnutrition, and a nose dive for the already difficult quality of life on the island. >> jon: there was one place where we could buy food which was a soviet-style place with food that was flown in. quite bad food. under fidel's

the projects are chinatown developmenter and block three east will provide 119 affordable rental units for formerly homeless et haver rans and low income families. the 62 units for vetter rarns are a mix of studio and one-bedroom and will be targeted for households earning up to 30% of the area median income. 5 # a -- 5 # a will be supported by veterans housing vouchers. and 70 will receive rent subs y subsidies through loft. the 56 family units are one, two, and three bedroom units and affordable to families earning up to 60% of ami or $69,000 for a year for a family of four. this bond transaction is conduit financing which is not require the city to pledge repayment of the bond. additional financing sources for the project include a $4.5 million private donation from the san francisco citizens initiative for technology and innovation, and award from the federal home loan bank affordable housing program, a loan from ocii, and a $10 million award from the california department of housing and community developments, veterans housing and homelessness prevention program. and this is the f

the one in san francisco is located in chinatown.>>> model of the golden gate bridge must undergo testing before it can be added to the bridge. they need to perform more wind testing on a model of the bridge before the span can be modified. testing done last month show the models performed well in winds up to 100 miles per hour. it became unstable when a change. when the tests are completed crews will add netting to the -- alone the one .7 mile bridge to prevent suicides. at the same time it will be seismically retrofitted. the project will be complete by 2021.>>> 70,000 -- how many donated over the past 15 years for the warm coat drive. this year's drive began today. we will show you how easy it is to make a big difference in someone's life.>>> if you plan on buying a christmas tree you are not alone. it might cost you a little more this year. >>> a mild day for today. a nice forecast for tomorrow. sunday completely different. a stronger storm system developing offshore. what if home security was different? what if it looked different? what if the measure of working, was that you never h