. >> this is the city of st. francis. we are a sanctuary city. so we take the lead on a lot of issues. >> reporter: maddie scott became an activist after her son was shot in san francisco 22 years ago. she says schools, families, communities will need to watch out for red flags. >> ask relatives, is there a gun in the home? do you see signs of mental illness? if you do, how to help that person. >> reporter: they spoke about the power behind the students' voices at stoneman douglas high school in florida and a renewed hope for meaningful change. kate larsen, abc 7 news. >>> a group of oakland students will join others at our nation's capitol for a protest this weekend. the students gathered today and have been affected by gun violence in their own neighborhoods. >> i just recently lost my big brother to gun violence, and this took a big toll on my family, and we're still like really affected by it. >> the group will fly to washington, d.c. on friday. sister marches will be held in other cities, including san francisco. we'll have coverage of the ra

. >> this is the city of st. francis. we are a sanctuary city. so we take the lead on a lot of issues. >> reporter: maddie scott became an activist after her son was shot in san francisco 22 years ago. she says schools, families, communities will need to watch out for red flags. >> ask relatives, is there a gun in the home? do you see signs of mental illness? if you do, how to help that person. >> reporter: they spoke about the power behind the students' voices at stoneman douglas high school in florida and a renewed hope for meaningful change. kate larsen, abc 7 news. >>> a group of oakland students will join others at our nation's capitol for a protest this weekend. the students gathered today and have been affected by gun violence in their own neighborhoods. >> i just recently lost my big brother to gun violence, and this took a big toll on my family, and we're still like really affected by it. >> the group will fly to washington, d.c. on friday. sister marches will be held in other cities, including san francisco. we'll have coverage of the ra

phil and i have more things we're going to say on the topic, but i want to thank all of you for being part of the compassion that is the city of st. francisthank you very much. >> good afternoon, everyone. my name is hillary ronen, i'm the supervisor of district 9, which includes the mission district which has been plagued by tent encampments in many years. as in john's case, the only thing that really solves homelessness is housing. but the thing that solves street homelessness, people living in tent encampments on our street, dangerous conditions and squalor are navigation centers. i'm so proud of the work i did with phil ting. when i got into officer a year ago and was able to security the temporary navigation sent which allowed us to reduce the number of tents in the mission from at a high before the navigation center opened, of 246 tents, to today, or actually yesterday, of 40 tents in the mission. that work was only possible because we opened that temporary navigation center. i did that together with noou ryu and jeff co-sin ski. we opened that center to solve the crisis in the mission, but we know we only have that center for a cer

the area instead of leaving the state. i want more projects like this so that everyone can have a home like us, the city of st. francis. please approve this project as soon as possible. >> vice president richards: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is david hatfield. i'm representing a nonprofit in the city called illuminate. there have been a lot of important points brought up today, not the least of which is the dire need for housing in san francisco specifically below market rate housing, and i'm excited that this project addresses that, but i want to talk to you about our experience at illuminate as a partner to tidewater. some of you may be familiar that illuminate is the organization behind the creation of the bay lights project. as soon as those lights went on-line, we turned our attention to our next project, which was a two mile project up and down market street. and as a nonprofit that struggles to stay funded, doesn't even have an office, we were desperate for some space on market -- on market street so that we could show off our next project. we were fortunate to be in

the slaughter and pollution will continue. san francisco today is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the world, and moral positions this city takes. the city of st. francis will resonate loud and clear throughout the world, so i hope we will all come together and declare no animal fur in san francisco. it is not fashionable, it is an atrocity. thank you. >> supervisor sheehy: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi. my name is tiffany rose and on behalf of people for the ethical treatment of animals, more than 6.5 members worldwide, i urge you to pass supervisor tang's proposed ordinance banning the sale of real fur in the city. san francisco is forward seeking and full of people who care about animals and as mr. sheehy -- excuse me, is that correct? >> supervisor sheehy: yeah. >> stated, as stye full of people who take action for what is right. i was born here. i'm proof. 85% of the fur industry's skin come from animals who are kept in cramped, filthy wire cages on fur farms where they go insane from intense confinement and deprivation. these animals are killed by able electrocution many animals are alive when their skin is torn off. en anywhered coyotes

. >> this is the city of st. francis. so we take the lead on a lot of issues. >> maddy scott became a gun violence activist after her son was shot 22 years ago. she says schools, families, communities only to watch out for red flags. >> ask relatives, is there a gun in the home, see signs of mental illness, recognize those signs. if you do, how to help that person. >> the experts about the power behind the students' voices in florida. a renewed hope for meaningful change. in san francisco, kate larsen, abc 7 news. >>> california has no plans to hit the brakes on self-driving cars despite that deadly crash in arizona. next month the dmv will begin issuing permits to allow driverless car tests in the golden state. transportation officials say they're aware a driverless uber car struck and killed a woman on sunday. they see no need to alter the plans. it had a backup operator in that vehicle, although uber is likely not at fault, the driver may still face charges. as for the fallout from that crash, toyota will temporarily st

city of san francisco. i'm grateful to my constituents for the joy and privilege of representing them in congress. st. francis of assisi is the patron saint of the city of san francisco and his prayer is our anthem. lord, make me a channel of my peas. where there is darkness, maybe bring light. where there is hatred, may we bring love. where there is despair, may we bring hope. i said that the day i was born sworn in, because it was in that spirit i was sent to congress. i'm humbled by my colleagues, who had the courage to elect the first woman speaker of the house. that was no small feat. bringing us closer to the ideal of equality that is america's hope and heritage. i'm great. many of my colleagues are here today. -- i am grateful many of my colleagues are here today. [applause] rep. pelosi: stand up, all right. colleagues and former colleagues. quite frankly, if there had not been so many more women elected to congress, we would not have had a woman speaker, so i am pleased so many of our women members are here, led by lois frankel, chairwoman of the women's caucus. and stretching the term colleague to th

please remember the values that we share in this city of st. francis. keep these foremost in mind as you take part in creating this contract. in short, no justice, no deal. so thank you again for your careful attention to this important contract. >> thank you for your comments. [bell ringing] >> next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is john crew. i've been a member of the no justice no deal coallatiition. i'm here as a resident for 40 years and a pissed off taxpayer. we spend an awful lot of money for police services in this town, and we're not getting anywhere close to what we're asking for. i'm going to quickly go through some history. the last time this negotiation or this mou was up for renegotiation was 2007. at the time, the city gave a package to the poa, which the president of the poa said at the time, this is the most lucrative package in the country. what did we get in return? father smith just went through some of the scenarios we went through. i don't have to go through it again. we ha this police department in the life of the last contra

of easter. >>> how about this touching moment at the vatican city, ahead of easter, pope francis stopped the pope mobile to let a child with down syndrome join him for a ride around st. peter's square. the security detail did not like it, but the 12-year-old is also a cancer survivor and wanted to meet the pope for a very long time. >> i can't imagine what that moment was like. last look at the weather. a nice day today. >> it is. looks good for easter weekend, and people are making plans to get outside, low 70s today in san francisco, cooling down for the weekend, and we should keep the sunshine over the next few days, and next week, going to bring it back closer to normal for this time of year. today, you may be setting records, though. >> no complaints, though. >> wear the sunscreen if you are headed outside. go a's. >> next report at 5:00, see you here at 4:30 in the morning. ♪ ♪ get high speed internet from at&t. $30 per month. no extra monthly fees. more for your thing. that's our thing. visit att.com/internet. >>> we're live in five, four, three, two, one. >> okay. >> there it is! >> this is for real. "roseanne" for president. okay, don't rule it out entirely

the coming of age film was snuffed, ending the night without one academy award. >> reporter: tooth st. francis high school, -- sacramento routing this oscar night for favorite daughter, and her love song to california's capital citydy bird.>> are neon sign got in the movie for a second. >> reporter: 10 times the number of people that can fit into club written wanted in for their oscar party. the steady stream of sightseers continues. out in front of the now famous big blue house. took us go see if we can find that house. here it is. i have to tell you, this is my first red carpet interview. talking little did we know this would be a red carpet in the moment. >> reporter: greta alma mater, young women are looking up to the oscar-nominated director and screenwriter, looking up to her, and seeing their own futures. took when i grow up i want to be a singer. my goal is to win a grammy. it is incredible to see. >> reporter: today a extra level of pride for many to be from sacramento. the town that wanted the movies this year, long before the statues were ever handed out.>> we definitely made sacramento proud. it was a really good film, even though it didn't win, go see it. >>> we will see you tomorrow. hello. hello. h

the city. for example, glen park, which is right near a bart station or the st. francis wood area within walking distance of the west portal station. both are accessible. i also want to bring up the current job-housing gap in this area is an amazon hq2 worth of jobs. we don't see cities like pittsburgh who are competing for the amazon hq2 plan not coming up with ideas about how they're going to house all of those workers. i, as a resident of san francisco, feel nervous about my future tenure in the city and my possible displacement from where i live. i would also ask all of you planning commissioners who are deciding on the fate of this project, it seems like we take the idea that we have a lot of transit in this city for granted, and a lot of the people who will be commuting into central soma, if we don't have a nice job-housing development in that area are going to be using cal tran and bart. they're packed to the gills. they're overcapacity. i commuted for a year in 2014. i was consistently getting bumped from trains because i was unable to actually get on the train because they were so full. so those ar

city to mark home sunday that's the day that christians believe jesus made its triumphant entrance into jerusalem pope francis led the service in st peter's square there was also celebrations in jerusalem of the church of the holy sepulcher. german foreign minister heikal mazas in israel where he has condemned to semitism on his official visit to the country was stopped off the yard fashion holocaust memorial in jerusalem maz says solidarity with israel is central to german foreign policy to meet the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who also visits the palestinian territories for talks with president mahmoud abbas. right when i'll cross over to our correspondent tanya kramer who is in jerusalem for more time to thanks for joining us what psychologic spectate from this visit. one in hi can you foreign minister of germany has said that he wants to come to is well early in his you function as a point minister you hospital yesterday as justice minister and he said it's very important when he went into politics he used this phrase strong statement saying that's because of the holocaust that's because. it's now you can see that also in his it's you know. he went this afternoon to visit

city to mark palm sunday the day christians believe jesus made his triumphant entrance into jerusalem old francis lead the service in st peter's square there was also celebrations in jerusalem at the church of the holy. a special roman catholic mass has been held in the french town of fair to commemorate the four victims of friday's deadly islamist attack the bishop said the police officer who died after trading places with the hostage who helped save the nation the first direct commercial flight between australia and britain has landed in london increased fuel efficiency of a new generation of airliners has made ultra long haul routes possible but it also reflects reflects a shift in the aviation market away from stop all those in favor of direct connections. when the australian flag carrier qantas first flew the so-called kangaroo route to britain after the second world war it took four days and seven stop overs taking off in perth the new nonstop service operated by a boeing seven eight seven dreamliner covered the nearly fifteen thousand kilometers to london in just seventeen hours well it's historic day for western australia a historic day for aviation a historic day i want to talk tod

city to mark palm sunday the day christians believe jesus made his triumphant entrance into jerusalem pope francis led the service in st peter's square there were also celebrations in jerusalem at the church of the holy set. a special roman catholic mass has been held in the french town of terre to commemorate the for victims of friday's deadly attack the bishop said the police officer who died after trading places for the hostage quote helped save the nation. german foreign minister hi colossus is in israel where he is has condemned to semitism on his first official visit to the country months stopped off at the yad vashem holocaust memorial in jerusalem says solidarity with israel is central to german foreign policy is also set to meet the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and will also be visiting the palestinian territories for talks with president mahmoud abbas . right when i'll cross over to our correspondent tanya kramer who is in jerusalem for more time here thanks for joining us what's the high command is expecting from this visit. one in hi can you foreign minister of germany has said that he wants to come to is well early in his you function as a point minister you hospita

city is named in honor of st. francis of assisi. his compassion for service led to them to act in times of extreme poverty and we reference him all the time. italian-americans have had a long presence here with the first arriving in the early 1800s. italian immigrants built strong traditions in fishing, winemaking, and ghirardelli started. and a college was founded, today 19 as the university of san francisco. in aftermath of the 1906 disaster, bank of italy set up a desk from two barrels and wooden plank to help provide financial resources. the network and institution expanded to what we know as bank of america. the city's reputation as a vibrant, world-renowned center is built on contributions by artists, singers, dancers, filmmakers and philanthropists. for example, first resident opera company was established in 1923, which in collaboration with other members, led to the creation of the san francisco opera association. the oldest surviving opera company on the west coast. he also organized the construction of the war memorial opera house during the great depression as a monument to veterans of the first world war. free open space