all he wanted to do was make a difference this halloween, but now as al wong explains, his now as al wong explains, his neighbors are making a fuss. >> reporter: over the past two years, sam's backyard haunted house has been a huge charitable success. >> a lot of people come through and get scared. a lot of money and food is raised for the community food bank. >> reporter: but the construction and crowds have attracted complaints and forced sam to apply and argue for a city permit. >> we just want to make sure it fits well in your neighborhood and make sure it's safe for everybody. >> reporter: the turnout at a city hearing was overwhelmingly in favor of sam. >> kids do things on their own for the good of the community and the good of the neighborhood i think it should be applauded. >> reporter: but his neighbor says hundreds of people during four nights of festivities is too much for her family. >> we just don't think this is the appropriate area to be doing this. >> i saw a body with no head. >> reporter: the city awarded the permit but it will cost $461. >> then only $300 will go

>> here. >> council member harriet wong? >> present. >> council member roland wong? >> present. >> thank you. may we please have the reading of the agenda. >> agenda item no. 1. welcome, introduction and roll call. agenda item no. 2, action item. reading and approval of the agenda. agenda item no. 3, public comment. items not on today's agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. each speaker is limited to 3 minutes. information item no. 4, report from co-chair senhaux. agenda item no. 5, information item. presentation on mandatory disabled access improvements legislation. supervisor katy tang will summarize legislation introduced at the board of supervisors' meeting on tuesday, july 7th, 2015. the legislation creates a new citywide program requiring owners of a building with a place of accommodation to take steps to ensure that primary entris are usable by persons with disabilities. presentation by supervisor katy tang, district 4. public comment is welcomed. agenda item no. 6. information-item. 25 years the americans with disabilities act, ada. a brief overview

council member wong? harriet wong? >> so due to the number of people retiring, are they going to be looking for these congregate meals. is there going to be funding for all of this and all the people with disabilities? >> well, the short answer is no. there is never enough. and certainly there is a wait list for home delivered meals. i wouldn't be able to speak to the congregate meals, if there is a way to get to the site, but in home delivered meals there is an uptake whereas 5 years ago we would get 100 referrals and month and now we are getting 150 a month. that's just for seniors. it's always increasing and no there is not enough resources. >> i wanted to add to what jason is saying. while we really appreciate the mayor's office and the board of supervisors adding well over $2.4 million this year to our budget to increase services in all of these areas, home delivered meals, congregate, delivery of groceries, it is really not enough based on our needs assess ment and i know the next speaker will speak more about th

council member wong? harriet wong? >> so due to the number of people retiring, are they going to be looking for these congregate meals. is there going to be funding for all of this and all the people with disabilities? >> well, the short answer is no. there is never enough. and certainly there is a wait list for home delivered meals. i wouldn't be able to speak to the congregate meals, if there is a way to get to the site, but in home delivered meals there is an uptake whereas 5 years ago we would get 100 referrals and month and now we are getting 150 a month. that's just for seniors. it's always increasing and no there is not enough resources. >> i wanted to add to what jason is saying. while we really appreciate the mayor's office and the board of supervisors adding well over $2.4 million this year to our budget to increase services in all of these areas, home delivered meals, congregate, delivery of groceries, it is really not enough based on our needs assess ment and i know the next speaker will speak more about th

to your point, council member wong, which this is the first step in that process. also regarding laguna honda hospital, that it would be helpful for us to know more about your experience of your difficulties getting from the new hospital to the old administration building. this particular improvement right now is really very focused on just getting a path of travel to the administration building. i don't currently have a project to connect the old to the new from the exterior, but my memory is that there is an interior >> it's important to see how much more access we get out of the sites. the other thing when council helped us to set priorities we focused on access to government buildings and our secretary 2nd priority was access to health care and it's our third priorities where we got into the access of the culture facilities and the recreational facilities and that's why you see more of the emphasis on the projects now because we've done many of the other first priority projects already. and then one last piece too is that today i was out at the golden gate park

wong kim's parents were not illegals.act were permanent -- they had permanent domicel -- domicile so they were here legally in the united states. the question i asked was whether or not the supreme court ruled on children whose parents were not citizens -- >> let me explain where it's irrelevant. >> really, let's take a look at the 14th amendment just because we don't have a lot of time. the 14th amendment says that all persons born here are naturalized in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction are citizens of the united states. now, what does subject to the jurisdiction mean? >> this means an individual who is subject to the authority of the united states government, to force the united states laws. and your honor, this very question was considered during the legislative history leading to the ratification. what it means basically, everybody except for foreign diplomats, foreign soldiers and perhaps indians on tribal land. that is what it means. your status is lawful, and lawful immigrant is irrelevant. it's t

it is friday september 11th i'm claudine wong in for pam cook today. >> good morning. good to see you. let's check our weather and traffic. are we talking about heat again? was steve talking about heat? >> i keep talking to steve about the heat. >> i just posted on facebook the guy waving the white flag. >> to fan himself? >> that too. many said that is enough. i get it. it's been all week long. it will still be hot for some inland today. although maybe not as hot as 108-109. but it will be hot. there are signs of a little cooler pattern around the coast. the fog is still out there. high pressure is kicking in. reluctant to let go. 60s and 80s and 90s to near 100. it will be a cooler friday for some. the higher clouds have moved off. 50s and 60s and 70s. some of the lows not getting below 70 degrees. west, southwest 16 it's been picking up. the key is 20 plus. we'll see if that is at travis and sfo has a west at 13 that is picking up as well. we'll see if they fall apart or couldn't to strengthen up a little bit. higher clouds to the southwest. all right sal what do yo

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abc 7 news reporter allen wong has the story.you, the video is graphic. >> reporter: he considered you thanizing him. >> he can't eat because his lirms and mouth are so swollen. after inserting a feeding tube, the cat showed hope. a fire crew from eugene oregon found him wondering, unable to see, the tips of his ears melted, his legs skorjed by the planes. >> there are eyeds in there. his nose is pretty plugged up. we're finally able to kind of op his mouth. >> the daz was found in this drive way near 175 near middletown. he's one of many pets that were left behind of saturday, the evacuation. >> 65 healthy dogs that we're trying to find their owners. >> as evacuee, ssz begin returning, expected to see more injured or lost pets. for now, its's schismly trying to find the owner of mr. bones. in lake port, allen wong, abc p news. >> and, today, the same vet snare yan clinic is caring for another injured cat. she was found on greenway court. if you want to help our abc 7 give where you live hotline, it's open right in and out to mak

i'm alan wong, abc 7 news. >>> and from the valley fire has emerged a story of kids helping kids. on thursday firefighters distributed toys to kids evacuated from the fire. this morning the sonoma county youth football wild cats and their cheer group will also help. they're holding a toy drive at their home grave at el malino high school from 11:30 to 4:00. the toys will be taken to the moose lodge evacuation center tomorrow where the players all dressed in uniform will be handing out the gifts. >>> lake county deputies a raised jeremiah mcginnis. authorities say he stole a jeep from an evacuated authority in n. lower lake. they also say he admitted to spray paint tg black and white to make it look like a police vehicle and filling the suv with several items stolen from the home. >>> the lake county animal shelter is using social media to track down the owners of more than 200 pets found in the valley fire zone. heart breaking pictures of dogs and facebook page. workers want to reunite all the pets and owners. abandoned animals will have go up for adoption. >>> the butte fire is g

wong considers herself to be better off than as a girl growing up in the countryside. >> translator:e is much better than when i was young, 100 times better. in the past people would starve to death. now we don't have money but at least people give us food. >> reporter: in june president xi jinping promised to eradicate poverty within five years, ten years ahead of the u.n.'s global target and he made the pledge weeks after four children were found dead in this house in a poor countryside area. state media said they killed themselves after being abandon by their parents. they like millions of other poor mothers and fathers had gone to the cities to look for work. the tragedy was a reminder of just how difficult it will be for china to reach its ambitious goal says the u.n. official in charge of combatting poverty here. >> so if we can care more about the income distribution and the more balanced development in the urban areas i'm sure this kind of phenomenon can be lowered in the future. >> reporter: she and her husband have not heard about the new york summit where world leaders are

good morning i'm claudine wong in for pam cook. >> and good morning i'm dave clark. we're also talking about our weather. our hot weather for a lot of people. steve paulson has the forecast. >> still hot inland. maybe not the 108's or 109's. >> can we tell if x104 or 103? >> yes. it's hot. coast though cooling off. fog horn sounding in the city. a little built of a breeze. delta breeze. strongest we have seen since monday. 60s and 70s coast, bay. 80s and 90s to near 100 degrees. but it will be cooler over the weekend. higher clouds from remains of hurricane linda beginning to move up from central and southern california it will be here tonight. 50s to 70s on your temps. for inland areas they need to get to 20-25 and then we can celebrate a cooler pattern. not there yet. some of the higher clouds offshore. the fog is there it's just not making a move but the higher clouds are. so fog on the coast, hot inland. high clouds for some. it will be a little cooler around the bay with 80s. but still 60s and 70s to near 100 degrees. sal what do you have for us? >>> that cleare

ktvu's claudine wong reports, one of the teams competing is doing things a little differently. >> the closer and you will see something else. a large number of female officers. >> not as common but it is becoming more and more frequent. >> reporter: not something they talk about. [ indiscernible ] >> i have no idea how many women are on the team. we are a team. we are people. who are doing a good job. >> being a woman has no effect on how i feel about being on the team. >> reporter: considering the numbers. female officers make up 22% of the berkeley police department. 20% or 9-45 officers on the s.w.a.t. team are women. the team is broken up into different units but 4-26 are women and that includes one of the commanders. that is unusual in a male dominated industry. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> especially for the situations -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: there have been women in every role on the team. even though the reasons they sign up have nothing to do with gender. >> i became an officer after 9/11 and i was looking for a way to make a positive contribution to the c

. >> good morning, i'm claudine wong in for pam cook and yes, it is hot. right? >> it's early. >> it will still be hot. >> for some. >> for some. but relief is on the way. >> by the time we meet again. which would be monday. >> you could always come in on saturday. >> i've done that before. >> and sunday. >> come hang out steve. >> it will be much cooler. >> you're the best. >> you don't know what to do with me paulson. >> for some inland areas it will be another hot day. we are keeping an eye on the delta breeze. that is the key. if it gets over 20, then we will start the cooler weather. there is a little bit of a west wind at sfo but emphasis on a little bit. that is the problem. the breeze was there yesterday at 3:00. 61 at ocean beach. 104 probably in the shade in walnut creek or wherever you were inland it's just 90s and 100s. higher clouds have cleared out. they will be on the move. 50s and 60s and 70s. just a tremendous difference.

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"the washington post" reporter jean wong and an entourage of more than 200 fans and school officials accompany the team on the trip. >> they wanted this to be a goodwill tour to expand georgetown's brand and pride. >> but the hoyas are not the only high-profile americans in china. >> vice president joe biden was in town at the same time. there's a little bit of tension between the united states and china. joe biden is over there to try to smooth it out economically and politically. >> in fact, biden attends the first game the hoyas play, which goes on without incident. but he isn't there the next night when they take on china's rockets. a team with players from the people's liberation army. >> their team has a little bit more of an edge because of the military affiliation and from the beginning of that game, a lot of fouls, a really physical type of game. >> although dubbed the china/u.s. friendship basketball match, this game is anything but friendly. >> the officials did not do a good job controlling the situation. there was foul after foul after foul being called on georgetown. by

wong should dong started his business with the money he made from real estate. . >> huang ran a breeding facility specializing in tibetan mastiffs. he named his business, paradise for continue tibetan mastiffs. he would invite wealthy people from rural areas to sell them parent dogs or rent them dogs for stud. on good days, he could earn up to several hundred thousand u.s. dollars. >> it's been four years since we visited huang's breeding facility. the sign on the gate has changed. and no one responded to our calls. a car approaches while we are outside. >> the buildings are the same, but there are no spaces for puppies to play around. the huge cages for displays adult dogs are also gone. the man tells us his parents purchased the facility and left him in charge of breeding tibetan mastiffs. he says he's never met huang. sales of tibetan mastiffs peaked in 2012, but the increase in overnight breeders led to a proliferation of mongrel breeds. huang shall pung is a breeder who decided to quit the industry. he has always had a fondness for tibetan mastiffs and bega

linda wong madam clerk, any announcements? yee completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the september 5th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated okay marrying item one. >> resolution ryan white authorizing the district attorney's office to congratulate expend a grant in $2.1 million for the claims board for the project compensation for crime victims for july 2015 through june 30th, 2018. >> from our da's office. >> from the victims department our investments of criminal served many victims we have refrltdz navigating them through the relocation and emergency assistants we get this grant from the state the state requires the resolution to congratulate receive funding do you have any questions for me. >> i don't see any colleagues okay. >> thank you. >> puncture appreciated we'll move on to public comment anybody wish to congratulate comment seeing none, public comment is closed colleagues, we have this item can i have a motion to co

coincidentally, the guy's name was wayne wong from hong kong. [laughter]. >> it's easy to remember. >> it was. that's how i remember it to this day. i don't remember anyone i played, but i lost to wayne wong from hong kong and i just had to stay over there until our whole team came back and my coach wanted me to practice the next day and i was done with it. so i remember back behind the dorms where you stay at junior wimbledon all my rackets, into the floor. so i actually came back -- >> tossed them. >> i came back to the states with no rackets. and at that point i had said i probably don't -- i'm probably not good enough to play professional tennis but maybe i'll take the next couple of months off before i start thinking about schools. >> and, in fact, you came back from that. >> apparently you make some rash decisions when you're 16 and 17 years old. >> shock. shock of shocks. so you rose to be number one among juniors, went pro in 2000. and by 2003, 12 years ago as we sit here today, you went to number one. number one for about nine months? >

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. >>> good morning, i'm claudine wong. >>> yogi ber rah has -- berra has died at 90. he was famous for playing baseball. he was famous for a lot of his sayings. >>> >> hello, claudine. has you on your toes at 4:00 a.m., brian when claudine is here. >>> the breeze is still there. a bigger fog bank. the inland has plunged about 20 degrees. west 18. wind gusts, about 35, 40 miles an hour. it is a cool one. we'll see these drop another few degrees. digging out in the pacific and the desert in the west, it will be a fight between the two. breezy today. mostly sunny. temperatures will start off in the 50s, 70s, and 80s. >>> we are looking at a commute that is not bad at all. you have a little bit of time to hang out and watch us for a little bit if you want. there's our spider if you can see it. boris the spider. it's aays funny to see. at fremont, it is a nice- looking drive. >>> new reports about a san francisco firefighter about drinking on duty and missing a call. the firefighter had requested that day off for a medical appointment, but that was denied. at some point in

. >>> months long street owchtions, student leader joshua wong appeared in court, pled not guilty to charge of participating in an illegal assembly. the 18-year-old spearheaded last year's prodemocracy movement against beijing's dictating elections. >> it really affect my life and attendance to school. but i still think that it's -- i do not regret and i still -- it's a vision for me to make is the square and last year. >> wong's trial is set for october 30th. two other student leaders also pled not guilty at the hearing to similar charges. china's military might, to mark the surrender of the end of world war ii. interwelcome back to al jazeera america, i'm antonio mora. coming up, many kids in kenya are out of school. striking teachers. won't go back to work without a raise. >>> but first a look at the stories making headlines across the u.s. in our american minute. police are widening their search for the killer of a police officer. in fox lake charles gliniewicz was gunned down while on patrol yesterday. >>> a maryland judge ruled today that separate trials will be held for each o

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. >> good morning, i'm claudine wong. pam cook will be here in awhile. a man who was killed in a boating accident over the weekend has been identified by family members as the son of former 49ers ceo peter harris. this accident happened just before 1:30 yesterday afternoon. the accident killed 26-year-old michael harris of san francisco. he just graduated from santa claire ram university with a masters in psychology. >> there is a warning if you are heading to the beach. a beach hazard. large swells and dangerous rip currents are expected through tomorrow. >> there is a connector between two east bay freeway. it's expected to stay open through this afternoon. an suv hit a power pole in san leandro. alex savidge is there live that has shut down the connector between 880 and everything else. right alex? >> reporter: yes, it is. the southbound connector from 880 and everywhere else. it was an out of control suv that caused this problem here. you can see mg e crews are here for -- it will take several hours to get this wrapped up and in the meantime this tra

so for example, a dog barking, there's not anything wong with the dog barking.hen they do it in your yard or apartment or bother the neighbors or you, that's when it's troublesome. getting back to environmental enrichment plays a big part in preventing problems. even a puppy as young as murphy, i can teach him to sit, to lay down, to do something called hand targeting where he touches his nose to the palm of my hand as the foundation for coming when called. these are all things that are really, really e easy to do. and they're all about the dog having fun because they're earning things they want whether it be food or praise or anything else they like. >> you and i were talking, i've got a 4 and 3-year-old. when is the best age to have a dog. you want them to take on some of the responsibility. you should never expect kids to do it all. >> i worry when people say i'm getting a dog for my children because really what we need to remember is that when you get a dog and you have children in the home, you're going to always be the one as the parent who is responsible

you know claudine wong is a great dancer.teph curry's daughter riley became an internet star when she did the nene and now steph curry himself is showing off his dance move. >>> the auto giant says it will invest $50 million over the next five years. engineers say they are working on several prototypes. however the car they are developing will not be completely self-driving. they are also looking at other ideas like cars that sense the drivers mood or offers little luxuries like massages. >>> tomorrow is the official debut of the popular yet revamped pumpkin spiced latte at starbucks. this years pumpkin spice latte won't include artificial flavors and colors and starbucks is adding real pumpkin. the changes are response to a popular food bloggers post what was in that drink? >>> steph curry showed off a lot more than his basketball skills. yep. he whipped it and did the nene. steph curry busting out his dance moves. you remember his daughter riley became an internet sensation when she did the dance. steph curry said he learne

. >>> welcome back it is wednesday, september 23rd i'm claudine wong in for pam cook this morning. >> i know who you are. good morning, i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. was it cool for you this morning? >> it was. i put on a little jacket. i had to dig it out. i had to find it. >> steve, very noticeable. >> it is very noticeable. we also have a little bit of a breeze. nothing too crazy. yesterday was roaring for awhile but it is a little bit on the cooling side. it will be sunny today. only patchy fog out there. 47 napa airport pap lot of 50s and half-moon bay is flirting there. coast is mostly clear. a little bit of fog up the north bay. can't really see it to the north but it's there. southwest 18. yesterday was about 40 miles an hour so it's come down a lot. west at oakland, south at concord so it's not that strong. mostly sunny. a little breezy. nice today. temperatures coming up a little bit. 80s through the interior but 60s and 70s by the water. all right here is sal at 5:01. it's still quiet we hope. >> it is still quiet. we have a couple things but it's so

al len wong will bring -- alan wang will bring you the remarkable survival story of this cat in 10 minutes. now abc7 news is partnering with the red cross to support wildfire victims. make a $10 donation text the word "red cross" to 90999. if you would rather call, we have a live phone bank set up tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. so you can do that. >>> moving to our weather. here is a live look outside from our exploratorium camera. here is meteorologist sandhya patel with what's ahead. sand yaw? >> -- sandhya? >> we are just looking a some clouds. rain is coming and that will be very helpful to the firefighters. tomorrow morning it is near the fire zone around noontime, and as far as rainfall is concerned take a look for yourself. we are expecting .15 to .60 of an inch of rain. higher humidity and more help for the firefighters to gain ground. i'll be back with a detailed look at the time line for the rain and the rest of the bay area coming up. dan? >> thank you, sandhya. >>> san ramon need your help finding a man who abducted a girl. he is white and 40 years old and 5-10 with a muscular build wi

. >> councilman wong? >> thank you for the update. i have a question regarding laguna honda hospital. i know the residents at the new building and the path of travel getting to the administrative building at the hospital is very difficult to get through now. is there better access from the old hospital to the new ? >> this project focuses primarily on the point of arrival being by car. if you drive yourself to the administration building and connecting these new accessible spaces to the ramp. there is a ramp that leads to the parking area to the administration building. there is an new curb ramp installed to the existing ramp. okay, you had they will -- elevator study? where was that? >> this is on the nine existing elevators within the campus. that study is under way. and will be completed shortly. but there is no current plan to upgrade those elevators at this point. >> it's for the old building? >> yes. >> okay. just curious. okay, it's the old laguna honda elevator. >> that's correct. it's two separate projects and i failed to men

abc7 news reporter alan wong talked to ramos' friends about what is next. >> i am lost right now. >> he let his tears go after finding out his friend was murdered under this i-580 overpass in oakland. police say 27-year-old antonio ramos exchanged some words with a man while painting a mural with a group of fellow artists. >> before we knew it the man pulled out a gun and shot him. >> friends say the man was messing with the equipment and antonio asked him to stop. >> he was working on this part of the mural. antonio's artistic friends say interestingly the boy resembles antonio. >> the wall is part of the oakland superhero mural project. the students at west oakland middle school cree it aed a boy with a -- created a boy with a musical car healing the violent neighborhood. >> i don't want to even believe that we live in a society where this consistantly happens to young people. >> she runs the nonprofit. >> antonio had a huge smile. he was a bright light. >> we don't have a person like that in this world. we are are still stuck with these people around here. they are destroying stuf

joining me pam wong, coordinator, and amy lamb, in charge of design and communication for the museum.hank you both for being here. >> thanks for having us. >> first of all, before we talk about the festival, bring us up to date in terms of the museum, how's it doing. >> the chinese historical society of america's museum, the political, social, historical contributions of chinese in america. we are gearing up for the gala september 19th. >> tell us a little about that, above and beyond in chinatown, what it is about. what do you want to make sure people understand about it. >> on saturday, september 19th we're going to be celebrating cecelia chiang. she's the celebrated restauranteur who introduced cuisine to mainstream america. >> food a big thing for these events. >> uh-huh. >> how about in terms of the festival itself. what do you want people to know about what's going on and honoring cecelia. >> well, because we are celebrating cecelia, she has a remarkable, extraordinary story. her story, she started her restaurant the mandarin almost by accident. i know from her working and putti

. >> seth: you were in a movie that could not have been farther away from "blade" is "tu wong fu: with love julie newmar." [ cheers and applause ] >> oh, yeah, yeah. most people have never seen that movie. >> seth: that was a lot -- that was an enthusiastic response. i feel like people were behind it. >> i don't know how much it cost, but thank you, thank you. >> seth: you were with -- so john leguizamo is in that film. >> yep and the late, wonderful, late patrick swayze. >> seth: absolutely fantastic cast. >> my brother. rest in peace, yeah. [ applause ] >> seth: now i heard, is it true that john had a dog on the set that was an unpopular dog? >> john had a schizophrenic dog on the set. [ light laughter ] it was a dog that every time we come -- it was like a lost dog. and a stray dog. and he picked it up and took it in. and every time we would come to the set, we walked into the make-up trailer and john would have the dog with him. and the dog would, like, bark at everybody who came into the make-up trailer. so people got a little tired of that, you know. and one thing led to another.

farrell and i will be chairing this committee and i am shared by supervisor tang and i want to thank wong as well as the members of sfgtv covering this meeting. >> please silence any electronic devices and speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk and items today will be appear on the september 29th, board of supervisor's agenda unless otherwise stated. >> could you call item one? >> item one, resolution, authorizing the police department, accept and expend the donation of $55,000 pursuant to the order of final distribution of the estate of nguey woo. >> we have the deputy chief here to speak on this item. >> yes, good morning, i am ali and the deputy chief administration, san francisco police department. on behalf of the chief and the entire san francisco police department, we want to first and foremost thank the estate of woo for the tremendous donation. these funds have been ear marked for continuing our community policing efforts and we are most gracious and thankful that the board is considering allowing us to accept these funds. >> great. thanks very much. >> seeing no comments

in benetia, alan wong abc 7 news. >> police in palo alto look for for man who punch add mother pushing her baby in a stroller and then robbed her. take a look. tonight they release this sketch of the man accused here. on middle field road police say he punched her in the head as she was trying to stop the baby from crying. then ripped the purse off of her shoulder and took off running. baby not hurt. >>> at the time sunnyvale charter school where police say 8-year-old girl was molested is scheduled to reopen on wednesday. school was forced to shut down for background check on school staff. 1 18-year-old jonathan ciao teacher aide accused of molesting the girl. lillian is live at spark charter school with latest on the story. lil i don't know? >>reporter: despite all this happened parents eager to get the children back to school. they are hopeful sparks can move beyond that. firm. employee should have had should have cleared a background check before they started work. that's hr 1 one.would you kno >>reporter: santa clara county superintendent blasted spark charter school for failing to

wong we've talked about that last time in terms of looking it nothing was provided to us. >> uh-huh.does our organization own that building. >> no. >> your representing from them. >> yes. >> the in order to handle the permitting and construction of that project they're going to have to require possible two things one is their right to be able to sit there their ability to constrict at the property line wall and secondly, in terms of where the underground portion of the foundation will require either shoring or someone else the owner ever your property is going to have to enter into the agreements to be able to construct that building. >> uh-huh. >> that's where you are leverage is for a robust logistics plan. >> okay. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> when i was last here and talked about the boxes and the fact that you know people have to the been informed where it is they're going to be ref their mail it turns out even though i'm not our organization has a box in that facility alliance for a better district 6 even though i personally don't have a mailbox there the other southe

wong we've talked about that last time in terms of looking it nothing was provided to us. >> uh-huh.does our organization own that building. >> no. >> your representing from them. >> yes. >> the in order to handle the permitting and construction of that project they're going to have to require possible two things one is their right to be able to sit there their ability to constrict at the property line wall and secondly, in terms of where the underground portion of the foundation will require either shoring or someone else the owner ever your property is going to have to enter into the agreements to be able to construct that building. >> uh-huh. >> that's where you are leverage is for a robust logistics plan. >> okay. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> when i was last here and talked about the boxes and the fact that you know people have to the been informed where it is they're going to be ref their mail it turns out even though i'm not our organization has a box in that facility alliance for a better district 6 even though i personally don't have a mailbox there the other southe

i'm alan wong reporting live, back to you. >>> of course, many schools in the area are closed because of this fire. classes are cancelled at all public schools. howl mountain school district and pope valley elementary are closed and for the latest closures, visit abc7news.com. >>> the air quality has been downgraded to poor in lake counties. sky 7 hd shows the smoke thick and lingering. for more, let's go to drew tuma for live doppler. >> we'll see smoky haze across the bay area. this is a time lapse showing you a smoky sunset where you notice the smoke from the valley fire creating what looked like a fiery sunset earlier this evening. moderate air quality but tomorrow, the county has issued an air quality advisory as the fire and seeing more smoke and ash. out there now, winds helping to keep the smoke away. an on shore cool flow under cutting and keeping it well above the bay area away from our lungs. right now, this system i should say this fire is so massive, it kind of is acting like its own weather system creating chaotic winds. winds out of the west and northwest and winds out

a wong rongful death suit was filed. gray's death set off a series of sometimes violent protests and looting across baltimore. the mayor says the settlement is in the best financial interest of the city, and does not say anything about the guilt or innocence of the six officers facing trial. >>> pope francis is making headlines today. he announced one of the biggest changes the church has seen in centuries affecting catholic couples who want their marriages annulled. >> the pope is not fast tracking divorce, but he's showing ing ing mercy is catholic couples. it is the latest grand gesture from the pope as a pastor of the people. he has decided to make it easier to have a catholic marriage annulled. >> basically, it reduces the bureaucratic, long bureaucratic process, and it makes the process a lot simpler. >> reporter: marriage annulments have long considered a perk of the rich who have the clout and the money to endure the process, which can take years. catholics are not allowed to receive communion. now francis is say

discussion >>> reflecting local sentiment, a prominent norwegian newspaper published a column calling wong is straw man for the communist party. >> this is not the only place that is attracting interest. as tensions ramp up between russia and the west, an old soviet outpost is drawing moscow's attention. find out why, we jumped in a boat and headed there by way of the baron sea. there's no roads that connect the settlements. here in this russian coal settlement, the hallmarks of a bygone soviet era are everywhere. >> maybe if there was incentives, our goal is communism. yes. of course our goal is not communism today. just a memory for the period of russia. >> reporter: like the old soviet days, this settlement receives supplies and food imports from moscow. despite the fact that the amount of coal produced here has declined dramatically over the years. that does not mine it is not valuable. >> the soviet demographic policy put settlements over russia and the soviet union that in a market economy is difficult to sustain. if some of the settlements in the far north, the bases can acquire a s

in san francisco, claudine wong, ktvu fox 2news. . >>> the valley fire is still burning tonight.e. i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm heather holmes in tonight for julie. the bay area is heating up. want to show you live pictures of the current conditions in downtown san jose, where today temperatures reached into the 80s. and the heat is expected to continue through the weekend. it is the same story up in lake county, where tonight crews are continuing to battle the valley fire and the heat could slow down that fire fight. >>> meteorologist mark tamayo is with us now. the heat today, nothing compared to what we're looking at this weekend. >> yeah, a big bump heading into saturday. we've been enjoying the cooler temperatures all week long, even rain showers. that was the case on wednesday. highs from this afternoon, nothing too extreme yet. we had 70 near the immediate coastline toward pacifica, mid to upper 80s out toward antioch and livermore and san jose, as you heard maxed out at 81 degrees. here's the latest happening. warm to hot weekend. temperatures from today, livermore. l

that's right. >> seth: and this is based on a book by eddie wong. >> yes, that's right. >> seth: whorom book to television show? >> gosh, we have our great producer, melvin mars was a fan of the book, and he just saw it as a show, and he, you know, just tried his hardest to get it made, and got eddie, you know, on board, and found me, and from there the pieces came together, and we made a pilot, and the pilot was amazing. and i never thought it would get picked up, because it had been over 20 years. >> seth: yeah. >> so there was an asian-american family on network tv. so i don't know if they're going to pick it up, you know. but the pieces just came together. >> seth: it's great. [ cheers and applause ] absolutely. the -- shaq gets named a bunch in the first season. and now he actually shows up in season two. >> he's going to be on our show. it was incredible meeting him. i was born and raised in l.a. shaq, obviously, was a laker for many years. brought us three championships. i was so psyched to meet him when i found out he was doing our show. when i first saw him, i was like "o, m

farrell and i will be chairing this committee and i am shared by supervisor tang and i want to thank wongs well as the members of sfgtv covering this meeting. >> please silence any electronic devices and speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk and items today will be appear on the september 29th, board of supervisor's agenda unless otherwise stated. >> could you call item one? >> item one, resolution, authorizing the police department, accept and expend the donation of $55,000 pursuant to the order of final distribution of the estate of nguey woo. >> we have the deputy chief here to speak on this item. >> yes, good morning, i am ali and the deputy chief administration, san francisco police department. on behalf of the chief and the entire san francisco police department, we want to first and foremost thank the estate of woo for the tremendous donation. these funds have been ear marked for continuing our community policing efforts and we are most gracious and thankful that the board is considering allowing us to accept these funds. >> great. thanks very much. >> seeing no comments,

at the napa county fairgrounds in calistoga, alan, wong abc 7 news. >> l temperature heat up going in the weekend let's check in with sand why to find out what it means for the firefighters. sandhya. >> yes. that doesn't mean good news obviously the heat build the humidity is going to drop. take a look at the temperature trend interthe valley fire area over the next 7 days. high will be come up. upper 80's to. mid 90's saturday through monday s.that's when the concern is with the humidity dropping it could make it tough for the firefighters in the valley fire area. the good news physician they can continue to mick progress like they did yesterday with the rain and extra cloud cover winds aren't expected to be too bad in the over fit hours tomorrow morning pretty light and heading that the afternoon not pick up much. radar track ago changing pick. how it will play in the weekend forecast coming up. >> thanks very much. one woman rode out the valley fire inside her hilltop home on could be-point mountain with only the dog by her side. she says nobody told her tow vac ate and even if the

. >>> welcome back it is wednesday, september 23rd i'm claudine wong in for pam cook this morning. >> i know who you are. good morning, i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. was it cool for you this morning? >> it was. i put on a little jacket. i had to dig it out. i had to find it. >> steve, very noticeable. >> it is very noticeable. we also have a little bit of a breeze. nothing too crazy. yesterday was roaring for awhile but it is a little bit on the cooling side. it will be sunny today. only patchy fog out there. 47 napa airport pap lot of 50s and half-moon bay is flirting there. coast is mostly clear.

al len wong will bring -- alan wang will bring you the remarkable survival story of this cat in 10 minutes. now abc7 news is partnering with the red cross to support wildfire victims. make a $10 donation text the word "red cross" to 90999. if you would rather call, we have a live phone bank set up tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. so you can do that. >>> moving to our weather. here is a live look outside from our exploratorium camera. here is meteorologist sandhya patel with what's ahead. sand yaw? >> -- sandhya? >> we are just looking at some clouds. rain is coming and that will be very helpful to the firefighters. tomorrow morning it is near the fire zone around noontime, and as far as rainfall is concerned take a look for yourself. we are expecting .15 to .60 of an inch of rain. higher humidity and more help for the firefighters to gain ground. i'll be back with a detailed look at the time line for the rain and the rest of the bay area coming up. dan? >> thank you, sandhya. >>> san ramon need your help finding a man who abducted a girl. he is white and 40 years old and 5-10 with a muscular build w

may i have the introduction read, please by council member wong?od afternoon and welcome to the mayor's disability council this friday, july 17th, 2015 in room 400 of the san francisco city hall. city hall is accessible to persons using wheelchairs, and other assistive mobility devices. wheelchair access is provided at via ramps. wheelchair access at the polk carlton good lett is available with lift. assistive listening devices are available and our meeting is open-captioned and sign-language interpreted. our agendas are also available in large print, and braille. please ask staff for