i'm a huge fan of union square.e the environment, you get to walk around and see stuff and experience san francisco and retail and shopping environment. the third floor, i'm more than okay. >> i appreciate commissioner moore and president koppel's comments. this is something we debate here at the planning commission. we were presented with the economic recovery strategies and you talked about the vacancy of office in the downtown. we have not gone deeper into what is going to happen as a recovery strategy for the vacant offices. again, that 14 million square feet is a huge -- i think it's a huge amount. i mean, what does the downtown look like right now? when i go to downtown right now, it's pretty much a ghost town, you know. and there's a lot of -- you know, vacant spaces or vacant -- you can just see it. so as we are having this kind of discussion and this project is coming here right now, the issue about the retail, i also hear about, you know, we know about the changing of the retails from the building to the o

visitors are already returning to union square. we expect that retail in visitor activity will ramp up through the rest of the year city hall. all and business leaders need to get together and be very aggressive about reimagining. what this downtown can look like j. chang with the san francisco chamber of commerce says there needs to be a plan to attract foot traffic. he says lower rents may bring back innovators such as artists and small businesses priced out of the city. before the pandemic, people are gonna be really hungry for human interaction, so we have an opportunity here to bring back live entertainment. bring back art into the into the center of the city. i think the things they're going to bounce back. look, i think it's only a matter of time. but who knows how long that's gonna be? paperwork filed by unit glow with the unemployment department shows 69 people will lose their jobs. retailers other bay area locations will remain open in san francisco amberleigh ktvu, fox two news. had tonight. it's a u. s military prison t

taylor: let's get to the ceo of union square hospitality, danny meyer.raised 250 million in its ipo. how are you thinking about the recovery in dining, particularly in a hard hit new york city at this moment? danny: i am glad you asked the question in that sense. we are doing in a lot of different world right now. the full-service restaurant industry has been hit a lot harder than any other segment, because think about what that means. it means you are being greeted at the door by somebody, seated, waited on, someone coming to your table, checking your coat, etc. all of those touching point on the kind of things we don't felt -- feel comfortable or haven't felt comfortable or been permitted to do over the last year. the fast casual segment have had much stronger recoveries much more weakly, because those were segments that never fully depended upon in room dining and seating anyway and work much more quickly able to pit to the digital transformation -- pivot to the digital transformation for online and delivery. taylor: how do you think of digital as a b

francisco's union square that have closer doors for good during the pandemic.sandra lee with the troubling retail trend and whether the chamber of commerce thinks the air recon bounced back ever, andre here at union square, we saw many empty storefronts just about everywhere we walked. still many people tell us they're surprised that the unit clothes store here on pell is closing, you. nick lowe at san francisco union square has been a large and bright presence for nearly a decade. but there is now a sign at the front entrance, letting customers know its last day will be march. 21st it hurts. it's i mean, i remember when the store opened, it opened in 2012. it was the japanese retailers first west coast door turned different colors. customers poured inside. those who work and live in the area say there is now an eeriness as they recall a bustling downtown before the pandemic going all the different restaurants and everything, and now look at it. it's like a ghost town. there's a friday afternoon on valentine's day weekend union glow appears to be the latest in

i'm a huge fan of union square. i love the environment, you get to walk around and see stuff and experience san francisco and retail and shopping environment. the third floor, i'm more than okay. >> i appreciate commissioner moore and president koppel's comments. this is something we debate here at the planning commission. we were presented with the economic recovery strategies and you talked about the vacancy of office in the downtown. we have not gone deeper into what is going to happen as a recovery strategy for the vacant offices. again, that 14 million square feet is a huge -- i think it's a huge amount. i mean, what does the downtown look like right now? when i go to downtown right now, it's pretty much a ghost town, you know. and there's a lot of -- you know, vacant spaces or vacant -- you can just see it. so as we are having this kind of discussion and this project is coming here right now, the issue about the retail, i also hear about, you know, we know about the changing of the retails from the building to

>>empty store fronts in union square. >>a developing story tonight in san francisco police are searching for the person who's shot 2 men near the ferry building. it happened just after 8 o'clock tonight on drums treats about block. from the embarcadero near market street. police arrived to find the 2 men been shot they were both rushed to the hospital one of them with life threatening injuries police have set up a perimeter. while they're searching for the so far they do not have a description of exactly they're looking for. >>new video tonight from san francisco here the aftermath of a grease fire at casa mexicano that's a restaurant near church and market streets firefighters got the call just before 08:00pm. it is now under control the cause is being investigated at this time, it's unclear. just how much damage was done fortunately, no injuries were reported. and uniqlo in san francisco just announced it is shutting its doors for good the company's website states march 21st will be the last day of business uniqlo has n

another retail store near san francisco's union square, is closing its doors for good unique.unced plans to lay off 69 workers and close it store on powell street near ellis, the japanese clothing company is the latest in a long string of retailers that have been hit hard during the pandemic and are now calling it quits in union square, unique. lo open the san francisco store in 2012, and at the time it was the chain's first location on the west coast. the last day of business will be march 31st. one of san francisco's historic movie theaters, is permanently closed due to the pandemic. this scene, a art said the empire movie theater first opened in 1925 is the portal theater and was a landmark and an integral part of the west portal neighborhood for almost a century, cinemark took over the theater in 2003, but it's now decided not to renew its lease and close the theater. it is the first theater in san francisco to permanently closed since the start of the pandemic. the san ramon city council has unanimously approved a controversial expansion plan for costco, the store in danv

it happened near san francisco's union square. beyonce was actually going up to san francisco on monday. and he was picking up my ring that was being resized and brought scrubs with him. trances her fiance left scruggs and their subaru in a parking garage at southern kerney. all four windows were down a crack within this band of like 2030 minutes, he came back and scruggs was gone. that were really ignorant to even assume that we can keep him safe in our car. but there's a twist to the tale fingerprints and the windows those prints and surveillance video led police to arrest 43 year old being fences sewn in the tenderloin for allegedly stealing scrubs. but he didn't have the dog and there was another problem. it's his own, refused to tell investigators where the puppy was located, officer robert roca says police are exploring a number of possibilities. whether the dog was sold. whether the dog was bound by someone out there in the public. the suspect is someone who does not have a home, so we're probably guessing that either he so

it happened near san francisco's union square.ance was actually going up to san francisco on monday. and he was picking up my ring that was being resized and brought scruggs with him. trances her fiance left scruggs and their subaru in a parking garage at southern kerney. all four windows were down a crack within this band of like 2030 minutes, he came back and scruggs was gone. that were really ignorant to even assume that we can keep them safe in our car. but there's a twist to the tale fingerprints and the windows. those prints and surveillance video led police to arrest 43 year old being fed says sony in the tenderloin for allegedly stealing scrubs. but he didn't have the dog. and there was another problem zone refused to tell investigators where the puppy was located. officer robert roca says police or was sold. whether the dog was bound by someone out there in the public. the suspect is someone who does not have a home, so we're probably guessing that you know, he sold him for a little bit of money to another, either another

mark will see then another retail store near union square is closing its doors for good, you know, glow has announced plans to lay off 69 workers and close it store located in the powell street near ellis, the japanese clothing companies, the latest in a string of retailers that have been hit hard during the pandemic and are calling it quits in union square. you go open the san francisco store in 2012 minutes time. it was the chain's first location on the west coast. the last day of business is march. 31st, one of san francisco. historic movie theaters is now permanently closed due to the pandemic. the sinner arts at the empire movie theater first opened in 1925 as a portal theater and was a landmark in an integral part of the west portal neighborhood for almost a century, cinemark now actually took over the theater in 2003, but it now decided not to renew its lease. and as a result, the first theater in san francisco it is now the first theater too close permanently in san francisco because of the pandemic. well still to come tonight, a woman from gilroy charged with being a part of la

it happened near san francisco's union square.ance was actually going up to san francisco on monday. and he was picking up my ring that was being resized and brought scruggs with him. trances her fiance left scruggs and their subaru in a parking garage at southern kerney. all four windows were down a crack within this band of like 2030 minutes, he came back and scruggs was gone. that were really ignorant to even assume that we can keep them safe in our car. but there's a twist to the tale fingerprints and the windows. those prints and surveillance video led police to arrest 43 year old being fed says sony in the tenderloin for allegedly stealing scrubs. but he didn't have the dog. and there was another problem zone refused to tell investigators where the puppy was located, officer robert roca says police are exploring a number of possibilities. whether the dog was sold. whether the dog was bound by someone out there in the public. the suspect is someone who does not have a home, so we're probably guessing that you know, he sold hi

the owner closed the union square location a week ago because of crime. >>> an elderly woman was assaultedjose. her daughter said it happened yesterday at an asian grocery store as she was preparing for lunar new year. >> the crime that happened yesterday must not be allowed to continue in our city. this is not an isolated event. we are seeing countless elders in the asian-american community being targeted, attacked, and robbed throughout the bay area. >> we first brought you that press conference on cbsn bay area. you can check that out on our website kpix.com or download our kpix 5 app. >>> switching gears to paul heggen. >>> our forecast will continue for several more days. there is an outside chance of a shower by midweek. that is courtesy of the big-time weather. the atmosphere pressing down and bringing us the dry weather but also the warm weather. while we need the rain, enjoy the pleasant temperatures. things aren't going to change a lot through the weekend. a few high clouds by the end of the weekend but it doesn't look like it will block much sunshine sunday. you can see the next

. >>> and another union square store is shutting its doors. popular japanese clothing store uniqlo confirmed it is closing its location on powell street this spring. the company plans to lay off 69 workers at the store by april 2nd. uniqlo did not provide a reason for the closure but the area has been hit hard by the lack of in-person shopping due to the pandemic. >>> all right, lisa, just sad to hear store after store closing in union square. it's just going to be such a different san francisco when we can all finally go back and enjoy it. >> who knows when that will be but slightly winter-like weather, especially in the mountains. back home it's more like mist and drizzle. and light showers. but it is february, you would expect that we would be a little bit on the damp and cool side. live doppler 7 showing you a loop of the precipitation that began about midnight last night. and the north bay is wet and now we're looking at some showers pushing in to the east bay and just along the coast there and the peninsula and going in closer to san fra

union square, madison square, washington square, cypress square, ramsey park. you can just imagine. these were the northern suburbs of the city. in the years before the civil war, this is where the wealthy move too. this is what is known as a middle class wealth. they were leaving the city of the year theme thirties, leaving it to the commerce, to the industry that is coming in and the immigrants. and they're getting out of there and they're moving to these partially ports of town. on the north side of washington square, you can see on the upper left the rose still there today, built in 1831, one of the finest -- probably one of the finest residential complexes in the country, urban residential complexes in the country at that time, when they built this in 1831. walk-in another few blocks north, you're in the country. that is how the small the city was. by the way, west of fifth avenue, the rose east of fifth avenue. west of fifth avenue, this is what washington square north looked like until about 1950, 51. when in order to build the big building there on the bottom of fifth avenue

. >>> a bar heavily damaged in a fire, this broke out overnight at pacific cocktail haven near union square. nearly 50 firefighters responded to the scene. and the owner posted this picture of the damage inside. % support, beyond its tropical concept, it is known for hosting holiday themed pop up bars. no. it was moved from 807 franklin st. yesterday to fulton street. it was a half mile journey. doesn't gathered to watch as a huge homemade its way through the streets. trees had to be trimmed and street signs removed. the move took four hours. >>> a program designed to help low income homeowners make their homes more energy if you should is leaving behind a trail of devastation. for no money down it sounds a great deal but it is not free, and many bay area residents are finding out that the hard way. >> our mortgage payments, $600 a month, and we were stunned because we could not afford it. >> project home tonight at 11 pm on kpix5. >>> the mother's side hustle selling some sexy videos it's a kids kicked out of school. why she says they are the victims of bullying. >> here is our secret life

the search is on for the person who vandalized this lunar new year statue in union square. just before midnight sunday, surveillance video captures the vandal pulling off the horn of this ox statue. it is one of 11 life size statues designed by local art. is and installed across san francisco in the year of the ox celebration. >>> our covid numbers have received the lowest point in months. this shows the 14-day average. you can check out on january 8, it was at an all time high of 14%. today it is at a low of fore.2%. that's where the state was in the beginning of november. covid cases are dropping across the country as states take different approaches to fighting the pandemic while keeping the economy afloat. what can we learn comparing the curves between california and florida? >> reporter: california has had among the strictest lockdowns in the country. >> we're announcing and introducing a regional stay-at-home order. >> reporter: compared to florida where there's video after video of little mask wearing. >> we've saved our economy. >> reporter: in the last few weeks, b

any talk to perhaps form a community benefit district in chinatown like there is in japantown, union square, where property owners and business owners can get together, say we want this, and essentially work with the city as a partner to fund some extra services, which could include policing or if not policing, you know, patrols, security? so what do you think? is there talk of that? >> i think many groups are eager to take actions to tackle all this violence, so currently, there's many groups talking in chinatown from merchant associations, community partners and might not necessarily have to call community benefit district, but we are constantly having meetings and people are united than ever. they want to come together to really tackle this issue that in chinatown, in japantown, in the tenderloin, in any area in san francisco, because we know this is not only chinatown in san francisco that has this violence incident, but city wide. we're over 30% of the population in san francisco. >> sarah, you and the other groups together today are calling for a day of action coming up this saturday,

in san francisco, four month old puppy was stolen from a car near union square.the puppy is a white maltese named scruggs. the crime happened on monday, police said the public was inside a parked suv on sutter street. the owner was gone for just a short time when he returned his dog had been stolen. today police arrested a suspect but investors, investigators say he refused to tell them where the puppy is. anyone within for information, is asked to call san francisco police. it is no surprise that bart has taken a huge financial hit because of the pandemic. bart officials say they could lose $1 billion in revenue through the next fiscal year. ktvu jana katsuyama joins us now live and janet, the drop in ridership is unprecedented. julie bart. officials say that ridership is down more than 80% since before the pandemic, and they also say that it could take them up to a decade to recover. at the walnut creek bart station. this is what a weekday at 5 p.m. looks like now nearly empty platforms and cars, replacing pre pandemic rush hour before you don't even have a pla

and the number of empty spaces in union square is growing you might remember that h and m closed backarea ria based retailer gap closed its flagship store in union square back in august marshals just closed on january 30th. >>coming up on the kron 4 morning news plans have been put on hold to resume indoor church services in the south bay. we'll have reaction from one frustrated church. >>when we come back stick with us. >>good morning welcome back south bay church is to or planning indoor worship have to put those plans on hold now. yes, santa clara county revoked plans to allow indoor services shortly after churches had already gotten the green light to do so kron four's rob fladeboe has reaction from one church in san jose. >>like the sign out front says san jose's bethel church here on winchester boulevard. well once again until further notice be holding services outdoors in the parking lot and online. the supreme court last week held that santa clara county's health order banning large indoor gatherings violates the freedom of religious expression. but now after granting an injun

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monday, has been reunited with his owner's scruggs was taken from an suv in a parking garage near union square and sold by the thief. and earlier tonight, i spoke with strug's owner, who said owners rather who say they were relief that have their puppy home again. we did not expect this. we were up in san francisco earlier today like looking still, they actually driving around trying to see if we can find them. so this is. yes. yeah honestly, acenas. we got home. we were just really happy because he was like excited to be back. yeah, they're very excited. luckily a richmond woman who purchased him in the tenderloin called police and returned him after realizing he was stolen. police have not yet identified a suspect. well another happy reunion in southern california as lady gaga is two stolen dogs have been returned safely, but it's not since christie to colbert reports police are still looking for a motive and the suspects. lady gaga is to french bulldogs were recovered unharmed. ah woman brought the two pumps to a los angeles police station friday night, two days after they were stolen from

meeting in union square, no crowds and no floats is totally different, because we don't have that kind of feeling anymore. we don't we don't feel that the way we don't feel the happiness. we don't feel that street fair this you'll be used to be a street fair. harlan wong is the parade's director. this very difficult decision to help with the parade. cancel as you can imagine, because this is one of the largest celebration of the chinese new year outside of asia. revelry did go on. but for the first time it was a virtual celebration with pre taped videos and virtual floats airing on tv and online. this is very very, you know. and i don't want to happen again. actually this is video from last year's parade what organizers say concerns about the emerging coronavirus caused a drop in attendance masks were just starting to pop up, but we're not widespread in the crowd's a few weeks before a state wide lockdown would begin this evening, there was still some impromptu celebrations. as evident by what happened in the middle of this interview. it's kind of set. no parade means just one more cha

. >>> another union square store is shutting its doors. popular japanese clothing store confirmed they're closing the location on powell street this spring. the company plans to layoff 69 workers by april 2nd. the area has been hit hard by lack of in person shopping due to the pandemic. so sad to see another store close. a different city we return to, lisa, when we get back to normal. >>> definitely. if you head outside, you need time to enjoy sun and dry weather. it is wet in the southern portion of the bay area and sun is shining in the northern portion. so we are looking at a mixed bag as the system quickly exits live doppler over hamilton and the hills, it has been wet the past hour. you widen the view, notice to the north more activity, extreme northern california. we're just on the tail end of the system. we have snow in the mountains, although the temperature is at 33 degrees at the airport, just above freezing, precip has stopped, but may be a rain snow mix. want to show you this, this is a deep trough moving over california. that'

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started in 19207 by benjamin basch on book roper stretching from union square 48 bookstores. until after 93 years the strand is the sole survivor now run by third-generation owner nancy bass white. want to thank all of you for your support. we have a little community of book lovers, and authors and like frank we would not be here today. we are so very appreciative of all of you. so tonight we're thrilled to have with us frank figliuzzi for the launch of his newest book the fbi way. the special egypt rising to be assistant director is held senior fbi positions major american city and was appointed the fbi's chief inspector to oversee sensitive internal inquiries. and he holds certificates from harvard, john f. kennedy school of government and northwestern kellogg school management. today's national security analyst for nbc news on leadership and risk management during an information in conversation is natasha birx ran to purchase a national such correspondent, previously should a staff writer. worked as a politics report from insider after graduate from vassar college in 2014

. >>> an objection statue has been repaired and returned to san francisco's union square after it was vandalized earlier this month. the statue was one of many that were placed around the city for loun far new year. someone knocked off one of the objection's horns and now it looks good as new. police are still searching for those vandal s. >>> part of building a better bay area is fighting for racial and social justice. abc7 news is seeing video after video of assaults and ugliness out on the streets. it's not always clear that race is a factor, but what is known is that the hate crimes in recent weeks have rocked a community and certainly is leaving them on edge. abc7 news anchor dion lim has been reporting on this issue for months. she's here now with a new push, dion, to get people to report these kinds of crimes. >> exactly. this has been so challenging. and dan, as you know, reporting on these incidents, that is weighing so heavily on my heart. in a 24-hour period, i got about two dozen stories from viewers who say they or perhaps someone they know experienced an attack. many of

it's six another retail store, shutting down in san francisco's union square. dozens of layoffs., we have much more on the lunar new year. the message from president biden and the first lady, how they address the recent ho! d takes another turn a stunning admission by a top aide to governor andrew cuomo. reporter laura ingle has details. the new york post reporting yesterday a top aide to governor cuomo admitted the administration withheld the state's true covid nursing home death tally. according to the report, the secretary to the governor melissa derosa, privately apologized during a video call with state democratic leaders, saying the administration froze out of fear federal process. peters would use the true numbers against them. they could have just communicated all that to us, but they chose not to. they kept everyone in the dark. new york's nursing home death told nearly 50% higher than reported jumping from 8500 to 15,000 nursing home patients. a senior adviser to governor cuomo, telling fox news quote. we explained that the trump administration was in the midst of a pol

police say the dog was stolen on monday near union square. we'll take a quick break here 5.37 in a moment oakland's new police chief unites with the city's community liaison out on the streets will tell you what they discussed while touring the fruitvale neighborhood. >>and conditions today, nice and clear all over again we will be seeing a calm start to this morning. but increasingly windy towards the finish of the day holding on to the 60's for another one your forecast ahead. and it's early but we already have traffic accidents in hot spots to tell you about your commute into the city right now is that you must an exit under 9 minutes were tracking your drive times we'll have that coming up after the break. >>in a newly elected oakland police chief leronne armstrong he walked the streets of fruitvale you can see him right there yesterday handing out masks talking to business owners and introducing himself to people in that area. city officials say that area has consistently suffered from crime and the department is working to do more to es

last week, they shut down their union square store because of a rash of muggings, the ceo tells the chronicle. quote. we have 17 other stores, including three internationally. this just doesn't happen anywhere else. it's only here. san francisco police say they're investigating. a man accused of threatening to shoot up a mall while live streaming it on snapchat is now facing several felonies, san jose police say when they arrested that man he was armed with weapons. ktvu crime reporter henry lee now with what he's learned about the suspect, it began with a chilling alert to san jose police life stream snapshot. making claims that he want to we don't shoot up a mall. police quickly tracked the suspect to the valley fair mall in san jose. officers quickly spotted the suspect on the second floor. he wasn't that hard to find and was wearing shoulder length hair purple in color. this is the mug shot of 21 year old hunter title of seaside who was arrested without incident. police say he had this a r 15 pistol, ammunition and another gun. no shots were fired, and no one was hurt, but police say it c

patel at her union square dental office doing what dentists do but trying to live up to her promise to environmental saving touches like as little paper as possible. new materials for crowns and filling cavities, l.e.d. lighting, countertops made from recycled water bottles, walls insulated with shredded bluejean denim. an environmental award from recology made out of trash of course. >> the first certified dental practice in the state of california, second in the nation so i take a lot of pride in that. >> my own dentist saying no doubt, scott, you left the dentist until the very last opportunity. we're finished looking at bay area businesses making a difference. on the morning show. tonight as we continue our climate in crisis series, scott budman will look at new ways of recycling food that's tonight at 6:00. >> all right, we're looking forward to it. thank you. >>> it is 6:00 right now and happening now, oakland apparently on the verge of naming a new top cop. sources tell us long time veteran is expected to take over the helm of a department now in turmoil. a live report just mome

near union square. >>still to come a tense confrontation between thieves and a victim look at this caught on camera. why the suspects did not get away with what they wanted. >>and victoria's secret continuing to shrink its store count. more locations are permanently closing their doors. covid's still a threat. and on reopening schools, we know what happens when we don't put safety first. ignore proper ventilation or rates of community spread, and the virus worsens. fail to provide masks or class sizes that allow for social distancing, and classrooms close back down. a successful reopening requires real safety and accountability measures. including prioritizing vaccines for educators. parents and educators agree: reopen schools. putting safety first. >>well it looks like more angels are up losing their wings victoria's secret planning to permanently close another 30 to 50 stores nationwide this comes after the chain closed 250 stores just last year. l brands which owns victoria's secrets is still plannin

. >>> someone vandalized an objection statue for lunar new year in san francisco's union square.san francisco police say they're investigating the vandalism, which happened sunday night. today we asked san francisco mayor breed about the numerous incidents recently that have targeted the asian american community. she says it's a much bigger issue than just the attacks. >> we still have a. november challenges around violence in general. and what i don't want this to be is a divisive issue. the african american community in this city stands in solidarity with our asian brothers and sisters. >> the san francisco police department is asking for help in tracking down those responsible for vandalizing the objection statue. simply will not tolerate. >> come on. it's so silly. they'll find the person responsible. >>> on to the weather forecast. spencer, oui got a little bit more rain it sounds like, but some nice days ahead too. >> you're right about that, dan. let's start with tonight's forecast. we're going have mainly clear skies, especially during the overnight hours. and it is going

dualbiotics gummies to help support digestive health. month old puppy that was stolen from a car near union squaresay the white maltese named scruggs was taken from a parked suv on center street on monday. the owner says he was gone for just a short time, and when he returned, his dog was gone. officers arrested a suspect yesterday, but the dog is still missing. anyone with information is asked to give san francisco police a call. bart officials are looking for solutions to the transit agencies steep drop in ridership and revenue. the bart board says the agency expects to lose as much as $1 billion in revenue through the next fiscal year with new commute patterns. more people working from home long term and people moving out of the bay area. pandemic may have changed bart's future. what does it look like? in a world where you know we are only at, say, 25% 30% hereabouts recovery rate and how do we make up the rest of that pie chart? look at the end of the day with respect to return to service. certainly we can. we can hope to get full service well before that, but i'm not sure that a three year fu

specifically the union square park wuwuwon did have the shadow increases and from 0 to 0.3%.numerically that is a small amount quantitatively. qualitatively, yes, there is an argument that it is nonetheless still casting a shadowened a shadow is shadow, but .003 of a budget was created. parcel f as a project and emblem project can add .01% of the shadow and to absorb the budget for the park. and i can abc more questions if that's curious. >> thank you, mr. foster. supervisor van ness. as section i don't remember, beened awe planning code and let's just try that. 295. that is with so let's pull it up that is in the what you are doing real quick. and i think what you are relying on is a misinterpretation and with the when the supervisor wrote that, it was meant to have the study done by professor bosleman and that was then adopted. but -- and for 20 years that stood until then mayor willie brown convinced a city attorney con fibs vinsed them that it was a process that could be done again and again. chinese playground was a zero tolerance playground, but every time you got anoth

police say that the dog, the stolen on monday near union square. >>and these pay the city of antioch is grappling with fallout from a series of shootings and in custody deaths in just the past week, a man died in police custody, to first responders were shot and 2 suspects have been arrested after a person was shot during an armed robbery at a target. mayor lamar thorpe says he was planning a special city council meeting next month about police reform but the spike in violence has prompted him to call a special meeting tomorrow night to put his plan in action. >>the problem is we have segments of our population that stone. the level of confidence that other groups they will continue to see. some of these instances where people just go freely able to show up to a target and start shooting. >>mayor thorpe says he has a good working relationship with police chief there tammany brooks adding the 2 collaborated on some of thorpe's proposed changes and the council will evaluate they include creating a mental health crisis response team. officer training

. >>> another union square store is shutting it doors.ar unique confirmed it is closing it location on powell street this spring. the company plans to lay off 69 workers at the store by april 2nd. unique did not provide a reason for the closure but the area has been hard hit by the lack of in-person shopping due to the pandemic. >>> still to come on abc7 mornings, the second impeachment trial. the president's lawyers make their case and now just hours away from closing arguments and a potential vote. >>> plus, the cdc issues guidelines for reopening schools. the new recommendations for safely returning to in-person ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) once-weekly ozempic® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes like emily lower their blood sugar. a majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. here's your a1c. oh! my a1c is under 7! (announcer) and you may lose weight. adults who took ozempic® lost on average up to 12 pounds. i lost almost 12 pounds! oh! (announcer) for those also with known heart dis

last week, they shut down their union square store because of a rash of muggings, the ceo ceo tells the chronicle quote. we have 17 other stores, including three internationally. this just doesn't happen anywhere else. it's on lee here, san francisco police say they're investigating. a man accused of threatening to shoot up a mall while live streaming it on. snapchat is now charged with several felonies, san jose police say when they arrested that man he was armed with weapons. ktvu is crime reporter henry lee with what he's learned about the suspect. do you want? for example? it began with a chilling alert to san jose. police picked luis live streaming on snapshot, making claims that he wants to go. don't shoot up a mall. police quickly tracked the suspect to the valley fair mall in san jose. officers quickly spotted the suspect on the second floor. he wasn't that hard to find and was wearing shoulder length hair. purple in color. this is the mug shot of 21 year old 100 title of seaside who was arrested without incident. police say he had this a r 15 pistol, ammunition and another gun.

police are asking for your help to find a four month old puppy that was stolen from a car near union square police say the white maltese his name is shrugs was taken from a parked suv on center street. it happened on monday. owner says he was gone for just a short time, and when he came back, his dog was gone. officers arrested a suspect yesterday, but the dog is still missing. anyone with information is asked in the same neighborhood is in shock after a father was shot and killed while picking up his children from football practice. ah witness tells us on wednesday night a gunman arrived at concordia park in east oakland and opened fire killing 38 year old reuben luis. he was a father to three young boys and went to the park to pick up two of them when he was gunned down. this man was laying here. okay dying and his children was right over there, watching them to see those those kids running around trying to pick up all their stuff, their belongings. they had to come back here by the man and pick up and it just that hurted me like, why would you do that? and a park? we kids, lewis was a ju

stretching from union square, from 40 bookstores until after 93 years the strand is a sole survivor now run by third-generation owner nancy bass white. we want to thank all of you for your support. we have a loyal community of book lovers and authors like frank we wouldn't be a and we're so very appreciative of all of you. so tonight we're thrilled to have with us frank figliuzzi for the launch of his newest book united states. frank served as as a specialt with the fbi for 25 years rising to become assistant director charged with leaving the bureau's feigned counterintelligence division. he has held senior fbi leadership positions major american city and was appointed the fbi's chief inspector to oversee sensitive internal inquiries. he is a graduate of fairfield university and uconn school of law and hold certificates from harvard, john f. kennedy school of government and northwestern kellogg school. today is national security analyst for nbc news and he's a sought-after speaker and and instructor on the leadership of risk management. joining franking conversation is natasha bertrand.

the hayes valley and union square stores will close for now.olice and the mayor's office are planning to meet with the owner of those stores. benefitsdevelopments in theidart california supreme court has th to overturn prop 22. the ballot measure which passed keeps drivers as independent contractors. the opposition argues that the prop limits the power of state governments to grant workers the right to organize. it also excludes drivers from being eligible for workers comp. the case could still be filed, though, in a lower court. >>> coming up, the tech executive who is backing down. after setting up a website that showed he intended to run for governor. >>> and jobina's one on one interhave with grammy winning arrested a man with purple hair after bringing a loaded gun to the westfield valley mall. police say they got a tip from the santa cruz county sheriff's office about a man who was streaming on snapchat. he apparently talked about shooting up the mall. police tracked this guy down and within 45 minutes they found him at the mall, with a g

. >>> uniqlo will close its main store at union square in san francisco march 26th, one of several major chains to leave. uniqlo has other locations in san francisco, daly city, san jose and milpitas. >>> the head economist at comerica bank tells the "san francisco business times" he's worried the overall exodus from california will hurt the state economy for years to come and there may be enough people leaving for texas and idaho and interestingly enough tennessee, we may lose some seats in congress. now, robert dai says house prices in california should o r still low inventory. >>> on friday, the bay area council launched a new program to try to make california's business climate a little bit more friendly in hopes the companies will stay. >>> the markets are closed for the holiday today but will reopen on tuesday, with the dow at new records. i mentioned energy prices higher, that usually helps markets move higher as well. so a little trivia. the nyse is one of the last organizations to call this washington's birthday. when they had the day they never officially named it. >> the more

stretching from union square, from 40 bookstores until after 93 years the strand is a sole survivor now run by third-generation owner nancy bass white. we want to thank all of you for your support. we have a loyal community of book lovers and authors like frank we wouldn't be a and we're so very appreciative of all of you. so tonight

and by connecting popular shopping and dining destinations from the castro past union square to the prairie building along the market out of the wharf, the f-line facilitates into spending which translates into more tax revenue for the city. part of your stated goal that jeff and julie stated of stimulating economic renaissance for the city, helping our come back, we ask that the f be brought back. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. moderator, are there additional callers on the line? >> you have zero questions remaining. >> clerk: so with that, we will close public comment. directors, are there any final questions for staff? i think jeff, you were going to, if not, you were going to go over what's up for tomorrow. >> that's right. as well as your homework assignment for tonight and tomorrow morning. are we ready to share that? >> clerk: yes, please. >> okay. let's do this. i'll be quick. so here we go. can you see my screen? >> clerk: yes, we can. >> okay. let's see. next slide. okay. so in your email inbox, you will see an excel spreadsheet we just sent out to all of you. this is -- don't ta

i don't know how many of the last two previous callers have walked through union square, have seen the vacancy rates, seen the crime. i live in the parkside. our car window has been broken into twice. i've been chased down the street on powell street at work by a drug addict. this city is really out of control. we need to support our police, we need to give chief scott all the resources he possibly has and make our residents safe. if we don't do that, we don't have the tax dollars coming in, our businesses keep leaving. we see yelp leave today, we see oracle leaving the city. if we don't start supporting our businesses and making our residents safe, our city keeps going down a deeper hole, and it is just extremely sad, as someone who's been here for 40 years. thank you so much. >> good evening, commissioners. my name is stephen rude, and i'm the manager for the hotel zoe in san francisco. -- in fisherman's wharf. i am a resident of san francisco. the safety of our residents and san francisco is incredibly important to me, and i'd like to thank chief scott and the sfpd for the work that

the women commute down to the ladies mile, which is the union madison square area, the 14th and 23rd street area. a that community is done with horse cars. now maybe it's a great time, but, believe me, if you had to depend on these things, they were just horrible. this gives you an idea of the traffic. you are in madison square. that's fifth avenue going you want, broadway is going off to the left. look at that backup of horse cars. and if you're headed to wall street, that's another three miles. so, you think commutation today is pretty awful. it was pretty awful back then. and when you got downtown on the left is a cartoon of what was the busiest intersection in america. and one of the most busy in the world. that is broadway and fulton street, the portico is st. paul's church which is still there today. there is the u.s. post office which thank goodness is not there today. that stood until 1938. and that means there is broadway going up towards tribeca going up towards what is today the brooklyn bridge. chicago on the right was no better. that's the middle of the loop in the 1890s

extensions of the city and alter egos of the city were blanketing communities from japan county and union squaren the press and accusation and subsequent lawsuit alleging that some of those surveillance cameras were unlawfully accessed to monitor peaceful protesters. this also comes at a time when other cbds, namely the castro cbd is contemplating accepts over a half a million dollars from a person of high net worth who is involved in local san francisco politics and was quoted in the "new york times," which raised eyebrows about the intent of the donor and the role that cbds play. what cbd's relationships are with the city and whether or not they follow or should follow other city policies. i present this resolution to you in that context which would urge oewd to establish administratively that these extra city entities authorized by the board of supervisors and that can be disbanded by this board of supervisors that the districts would be required to disclose all contributions that are made in their and annual reports so they could not be anonymous contributions and prohibit them from acceptin

they have to commute down to wall street and the ladies have to commute down to the union madison square area, 18th and 21st. and all that building is done with horse cars. now, it's funny and disney world, -- believe me if you had to depend on these things that were just horrible. and, this gives you an idea of the traffic here in madison square by the way, that's madison square on the right side. that's fifth avenue going up down, prague to broadway's going to the left. look at that backup of horse cars and if you're heading to wall street, that's another three miles. so, you think commuting his bad today, it was pretty bad back then. and when you got downtown, on the left of support of what was the busiest intersection of america and one of the busiest in the world, that is broadway and fulcrum street, that is st. paul's church. which is still there today. there is the u.s. post office that is not there today. the preservation is of course built over that. but that stood until 1938 and that means there is broadway going up towards try becca and that's park row by the way, going up to

i don't know how many of the last two previous callers have walked through union square, have seen the vacancy rates, seen the crime. i live in the parkside. our car window has been broken into twice. i've been chased down the street on powell street at work by a drug addict. this city is really out of control. we need to support our police, we need to give chief scott all the resources he possibly has and make our residents safe. if we don't do that, we don't have the tax dollars coming in, our businesses keep leaving. we see yelp leave today, we see oracle leaving the city. if we don't start supporting our businesses and making our residents safe, our city keeps going down a deeper hole, and it is just extremely sad, as someone who's been here for 40 years. thank you so much. >> good evening, commissioners. my name is stephen rude, and i'm the manager for the hotel zoe in san francisco. -- in fisherman's wharf. i am a resident of san francisco. the safety of our residents and san francisco is incredibly important to me, and i'd like to thank chief scott and the sfpd for the work that