reiko: well, we're joining with the yerba buena gardens festival.hey're presenting us and it's an event open to the entire public but it also celebrates the 88th anniversary of the obon dancing coming to the united states. robert: yeah, i know, and of course, your father-in-law was the one that brought it here. reiko: he is the one that brought it here, and we will start with his original choreography with one dance. robert: oh, very nice. tell us a little bit about the convention. i just think that that is such an interesting thing and especially for people who just culturally i think it's very much something that when they hear it they're kind of intrigued by it. yumi: well, it's the 16th world buddhist women's convention and it's presented by the federation of buddhist women's associations here in the us, in the continental us, which is part of the buddhist churches of america. and so it's part of a network of buddhist women's associations worldwide. so we're gonna have people coming from japan and hawaii and canada and brazil and all over the co

. >> clerk: update on yerba buena island updates. this is a presentation. >> good morning, eric cordova here to discuss the leadership update, led by tida as well as caltrans, basically. basically, the concept that you have in front of you shows the three major construction projects that are about to embark here and actually already started. i'm going to start from the top of the screen there that shows the michaela road construction. it is planned to be completed by the spring or summer of next year. there we go. my apologies. the project that the transportation committee has been leading is the off-roading of that off ramp, and the realignment project, taking south gate road there and realigning it. and the other major project that should start probably the summertime of 2021 is the west side bridges. as you see there in kind of a light orange color, that we anticipate starting in 2021. we're at approximately 60% design. i will get into details now on all of these. right there, what you see is basically an artist's rendering of the

singh oversaw the completion of several older redevelopment project areas including the yerba buena center and the western addition areas. he also supported numerous redevelopment plans and the specific development projects with his oversight and approval, the agency adopted the hunter's point shipyard, mission bay north, mission bay south, transbay, and bayview's hunter point redevelopment plan certain development agreements associated with these plans survived the redevelopment dissolution and commit the city and successor agency to continue to use tax increment financing, his zoning powers, and other authority to create positive changes in blighted areas where tens of thousands of san franciscans will live and work. >> and whereas, mr. singh also approved major amendments to redevelopment plans including the expansion of the rankin point south beach project area to provide land for the construction of the san francisco giants ballpark, the expansion of the center to include the restoration of the historic emporium site can develop into the westfield mall on market street, and the reprog

check out this combination: the world buddhist women's convention, partnering with the yerba buena gardensent american bon dancing. those of you who have been to a bon festival know what kind of dancing that we're talking about. the event also celebrates the introduction of bon dancing in the us 88 years ago by reverend yoshi iwanaga and today his daughter-in-law, bay area obon dancing legend, reiko iwanaga, will join us. and then we go on to the big upcoming silicon valley pride

alsoleared.101 at yerba buena >>> happening today, a hearing for the man accused in the attack of a wouldr san francisco condo building. >> apparently he be facing charges in a second case. apparently he can prove he wasn't involved in that case. abc 7's amy hollyfield is live in san francisco. >> reporter: the district attorney says they will ask the judge the charges be dropped. they say austin vincent wasn't even here in san francisco when the crime he is accused of committing happened. he was in southn tim inheruar attackalle phen she heho threatened her with a knife. those charges will be dropped today. but he is still charged in the case that has attracted so much attention. vincent is captured on vance video. a woman is seen being assaulted outside her south beach apartment complex. the case sparked outrage when he was arrested but yet released from jail. the victim said she does not feel safe. he is in custody and is expected to be in court for a hearing this morning at 9:00. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> if you're waking up to us at 4:30, good morning. he

i'm here before you to discuss the construction contract for yerba buena association to increase the contract amount by $339,000, bringing the total not-to-exceed amount to $1,017,000, which is greater than 10% over the original approved budget of $678,000. i want to stress for the commissioners that this is not a request for additional funds. the project is fully funded. as you all are aware, this was -- this is a very historic site and there were a number of unforeseen conditions that arose in the course of the demolition of this site. we have conditions ranging from layers of asphalt to historic subbase structures for monuments dating back to 1888, so i'm here today to recommend -- i should say this is supported by the tennis coalition of san francisco, as well, so staff recommends amending the construction contract for the demolition and abatement to increase the contract amount by $339,000. and i'll just repeat the agenda wording, bringing the total not-to-exceed amount to $1,017,000, which is greater than 10% of the original budget. thank you. >> thank you. >> clerk: is there a

here's a live picture at yerba buena island. and san francisco bay.nd 24 hours later, we're tracking a cooling trend just in time for the weekend. >> cooler today than yesterday. but there's unhealthy air lingering. >> the spare the air alert is in the area. >> if you're inland, in livermore or concord. you'll have the heat with you today. if you're closer to the coast you're feeling the cooldown. and we're feeling it in oakland. it's a little bit nicer. and the spare the air alert is still in effect. 70degrees right now in san francisco. and the 90s are not too far away. take a look at walnut creek right now. already at 95 degrees. and we have heat up in fairfield and fremont. santa rosa heating up. novato at 88 degrees. there is still heat out there. a live picture shows beautiful blue skies. it's hazy and a little bit of a breeze. we'll see the on shore flow pick up and that my friends is what is going to bring in the better cooling to those of you inland. it's under about 10 miles per hour. we still have the heat advisory and you can see the areas

everything from oceanside to southeast plant and all the computations including treasure island and yerba buena. we have all the preventative responsibility, maintaining maintenance and also keeping up with work orders from operations. i would say one of the things fortunately for me is the staff is incredibleably motivated. the staff here knows what to do, how to do the job safely, and it makes my job incredibly easy. >> they know the job, and they know the challenges, and i think it's all about personal pride. they want to do a good job. from our maintenance group to our i.n.c., dedication to the people. when they're going home, and they're crossing the bay bridge, and they get a call that there's a problem with a pump station on treasure island, they return to work. they turnaround in westbound traffic and get back to work and get this pump back in line, and i can't tell you how much that means to me as a boss and the city and county of san francisco. >> as a group, if they didn't do what they do, the streets would be flooded with waste and gray water, and it could become a health hazard. we

then you can head over to yerba buena gardens for a live entertainment experience, cultural exhibits,izer go expect 80,000 to attend the event. frances is here to let us know what to expect with the weather forecast. >> hi. it will be very cloudy in san francisco for the pistahan festival today, but overall mild temperatures around the bay area. this is live doppler 7, the satellite image. gray skies to start out with, and temperatures mainly in the 60s. then this afternoon we will warm up into the 80s inland. more sunshine for everyone except at the coast. so san francisco, 63. as you head near the beaches, a little milder. if you are heading inland and around the bay we will see some 70s. tonight the clouds will start to move back in at 9:00 and temperatures will start to drop. kumasi. >> thanks, frances. up next, breaking news. accused sex trafficker jeffrey accused sex trafficker jeffrey epstein found managingaudrey's on it.s? eating right? on it! staying active? on it. audrey thinks she's doing all she can to manage her type 2 diabetes and heart disease but is her treatment doing

festivities start at 11:00 this morning with the parade down market street, and then you can head over to yerba buenalive entertainment, cultural exhibits, art, filipino food and, of course, a lot of filipino fun. it is free to get in and organizers expect 80,000 to attend the event in over two days. it looks like a lot of fun. i know you have been there before. >> it is a lot of fun. i even did some of the filipino dancing in college in the costume. you need a jacket today. it will be a bit breezy and on the cool side in san francisco. also, we have the low clouds over sfo causing flight arrival delays of 55 minutes. we have a warm-up starting tomorrow. i'll let you know which areas will see near 100 degrees. >> oh, gosh. >> next week. >> all right, frances. thank you. >>> also coming up next, bryce harper silences giants' fans heckling him with a pretty big night, which was punctuated by this splash hit into mccovey cove. larry beil has the highlights coming up in sports. you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase relieves your worst symp