it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to shoot chinatown store front nobody. everybody on grand avenue. there was not a soul out walking around chinatown. a new asia restaurant, it used to be the biggest restaurant in chinatown. it can hold about a 1,000 people and i had been shooting events there for many years. it turned into a supermarket. and i got in. i shot the supermarket. you know, and its transformation. even the owner of the restaurant the restaurant, it's 50 years old. i said, yeah. it looks awful. history. because i'm shooting history. and it's impressive because it's history because you can't repeat. it's gone it's gone. >> you stick with her, she'll teach you everything. >> cellphone photography, that's going to be the generation. i think cellphones in the next two, three years, the big cameras are obsolete already. mirrorless camera is going to take over market and the cellphone is going to be better. but nobody's going to archive it. nobody's going to keep good history. everybody's going to take snapshots, but nobody's going to catalog. they do

chinatown has seen a small business struggle, banquet halls remaining closed. finally in a year of tiger, we can celebrate this safely under the health order and bring in lunar new year in person after two long years. thank you. i -- i urge to have your support. >> clerk: supervisor haney? submit, thank you. supervisor mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: thank you. colleagues i'm asking that we adjourn today's meeting in memory of kim korsoro. she was the long time publisher of the san francisco bay times newspaper. she remained the editor and publisher of the bay area holdest lgbtq plus newspaper for the next three decades. this internet era i think it is easy to lose sight of the critical important role that papers like the b.a.r., the bay time played in the queer community. kim and the bay times provided coverage of the emerging hiv-aids crises to readers about breakthrough treatments and care. they were very involved in queer community politics and some here may be familiar with the role that kim and the bay times played in the removal san francisco police

district three peskin representing chinatown. district four gordon mar. district five preston filmore. >> haney soma. melgar. district eight mandelman representing castro. district nine ronen thenition. district 11 supervisor safai. >> thank you. in paddition to the board of supervisors we would like to welcome the city-wide elected officials. no particular order. city attorney david chu. [indiscernable] district attorney, public defender har. board member lee and city college trustee allen wong. thank you all for joining us this afternoon. >> last but not least i would like to acknowledge the members of the heritage foundation board. different directors today. the foundation is a small nonprofit with individuals from diverse backgrounds. jj laura. [indiscernable] steve wilson. irene riley. [indiscernable] scott adams. in the audience are members of the apa heritage celebration committee. in the interest of time we cannot introduce all of you. please note we are so very much appreciative of your participation and service on the committee. thank you so muc

district three peskin representing chinatown. district four gordon mar. district five preston filmore. >> haney soma. melgar. district eight mandelman representing castro. district nine ronen thenition. district 11 supervisor safai. >> thank you. in paddition to the board of supervisors we would like to welcome the city-wide elected officials. no particular order. city attorney david chu. [indiscernable] district attorney, public defender har. board member lee and city college trustee allen wong. thank you all for joining us this afternoon. >> last but not least i would like to acknowledge the members of the heritage foundation board. different directors today. the foundation is a small nonprofit with individuals from diverse backgrounds. jj laura. [indiscernable] steve wilson. irene riley. [indiscernable] scott adams. in the audience are members of the apa heritage celebration committee. in the interest of time we cannot introduce all of you. please note we are so very much appreciative of your participation and service on the committee. thank you so muc

so welcome everyone to chinatown and to our community. the mayor and chief scott will be talking about public safety and on behalf of our community, particularly our seniors community, i'd like to welcome you all for this press conference. so as you know, back in may, the violence against the asian community and the seniors were already kind of increasing at the very alarming rate. i think back then, i remember the cases were around 2,000 to 3,000 cases of anti-asian hate and anti-asian incidents and i got a call in late april and may from ivy who is the mayor's policy director on safety and the mayor asked ivy to call me and sarah as to what our community needs because the attacks against our community had to be stopped. so, mayor, i want to stop and thank you for coming to us almost immediately when all this was happening and you asked and ivy asked me what i need, so i thought for one minute and said that as mayor to give me $30,000 to jump start the senior escorts program. it was a program that worked about 20 something years ago and

district three peskin representing chinatown. district four gordon mar. district five preston filmore. >> haney soma. melgar. district eight mandelman representing castro. district nine ronen thenition. district 11 supervisor safai. >> thank you. in paddition to the board of supervisors we would like to welcome the city-wide elected officials. no particular order. city attorney david chu. [indiscernable] district attorney, public defender har. board member lee and city college trustee allen wong. thank you all for joining us this afternoon. >> last but not least i would like to acknowledge the members of the heritage foundation board. different directors today. the foundation is a small nonprofit with individuals from diverse backgrounds. jj laura. [indiscernable] steve wilson. irene riley. [indiscernable] scott adams. in the audience are members of the apa heritage celebration committee. in the interest of time we cannot introduce all of you. please note we are so very much appreciative of your participation and service on the committee. thank you so muc

it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to shoot chinatown store front nobody. everybody on grand avenue. there was not a soul out walking around chinatown. a new asia restaurant, it used to be the biggest restaurant in chinatown. it can hold about a 1,000 people and i had been shooting events there for many years. it turned into a supermarket. and i got in. i shot the supermarket. you know, and its transformation. even the owner of the restaurant the restaurant, it's 50 years old. i said, yeah. it looks awful. history. because i'm shooting history. and it's impressive because it's history because you can't repeat. it's gone it's gone. >> you stick with her, she'll teach you everything. >> cellphone photography, that's going to be the generation. i think cellphones in the next two, three years, the big cameras are obsolete already. mirrorless camera is going to take over market and the cellphone is going to be better. but nobody's going to archive it. nobody's going to keep good history. everybody's going to take snapshots, but nobody's going to catalog. they do

we're going to take you around the bay area, chinatown to show you the celebration on this year of the tiger. >>> happy new year. yes, it's a new beginning, the lunar new year. many celebrations were cancelled last year because of the pandemic, but not this time. the year of the tiger has gotten off to a roaring start. the tigers joined the dragons today in san francisco. the year of the tiger will also mark the return of the annual parade february 19th. big hopes this year will mark a turning point for the asian american community that's not only being hit hard by the pandemic but also asian attacks and hate crimes. >> we're going to roar back, ride the tiger for the entire city and chinatown. >> and in the south bay thousands of people in san jose's little saigon neighborhood, many of those who attended say they took the day off from work to be with family and friends. some called for the legislature to recognize the lunar new year as a formal state holiday. reverend norman fong joins us. nice to have you with us, especially on this auspicious evening. you've been doing this a long t

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

it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to shoot chinatown store front nobody. everybody on grand avenue. there was not a soul out walking around chinatown. a new asia restaurant, it used to be the biggest restaurant in chinatown. it can hold about a 1,000 people and i had been shooting events there for many years. it turned into a supermarket. and i got in. i shot the supermarket. you know, and its transformation. even the owner of the restaurant the restaurant, it's 50 years old. i said, yeah. it looks awful. history. because i'm shooting history. and it's impressive because it's history because you can't repeat. it's gone it's gone. >> you stick with her, she'll teach you everything. >> cellphone photography, that's going to be the generation. i think cellphones in the next two, three years, the big cameras are obsolete already. mirrorless camera is going to take over market and the cellphone is going to be better. but nobody's going to archive it. nobody's going to keep good history. everybody's going to take snapshots, but nobody's going to catalog. they do

they are excited to celebrate san francisco's historic chinatown and happy to bring tourism back. >> it is a celebration of the year of the tiger. it basically is standing for boldness and resiliency and new beginnings. liz: the honorary marshal of this year's parade is shannon lee, the daughter of bruce lee area -- bruce lee. also happening right now service started at 5:00 this morning lasting through monday at 5:00 including cable cars and direct access to the chinatown community and we can festivities. you will not need to tap your card or ticket. what a good day to get a ride on the cable car. lisa: the parade coming back. so exciting. nice today and tomorrow. mid 50's to upper 60's with a light breeze for the street fair. tomorrow, not going to reach 60. 70 in oakland, lower 70's to the north end of the bay. over into livermore, one more day before we really begin to chill out on sunday and monday is chilly with more sun. look at the level 1 system. it is going to stay cool all week long, well below average, in the 50's for most of us tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. it will b

it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to shoot chinatown store front nobody. everybody on grand avenue. there was not a soul out walking around chinatown. a new asia restaurant, it used to be the biggest restaurant in chinatown. it can hold about a 1,000 people and i had been shooting events there for many years. it turned into a supermarket. and i got in. i shot the supermarket. you know, and its transformation. even the owner of the restaurant the restaurant, it's 50 years old. i said, yeah. it looks awful. history. because i'm shooting history. and it's impressive because it's history because you can't repeat. it's gone it's gone. >> you stick with her, she'll teach you everything. >> cellphone photography, that's going to be the generation. i think cellphones in the next two, three years, the big cameras are obsolete already. mirrorless camera is going to take over market and the cellphone is going to be better. but nobody's going to archive it. nobody's going to keep good history. everybody's going to take snapshots, but nobody's going to catalog. they do

[speaking foreign language ] >> i usually take bus 29 to go to chinatown, and also i take my grandchild and go to school, but now jfk drive is closed. it is very inconvenient for us, and also not only do i take my grandchild to school, sometimes i the park, and also i go through the park and go to chinatown for dim sum, but since the road is closed, it makes it very hard for us to access all this area. i strongly opposed to close jfk drive. thank you. >> okay. our next commenter, you have been permitted to unmute. [speaking foreign language ] >> okay. i oppose to close the jfk drive because i need to take my son to see his grandmother, so i need to use jfk drive, but now it is closed. so my grandson cannot access and visit his grandmother. i strongly opposed to close jfk drive. >> thank you. our next commenter, patricia, you have been permitted to unmute. >> hi. i just want to reiterate what everyone is saying that our fate is in your hands. i am just asking you to please do the right thing and do not agree with m.t.a. the best thing to do for the majority of san franciscans is to close

it has been a busy and fun day in chinatown. people enjoyed displays and performances like this one on grant avenue as a part of the festival component of the celebration. this was probably one of the busiest days chinatown has experienced since the pandemic started back in 2020. the neighborhood has struggled over the past two years. so, seeing all of these people was a welcome sight to a lot of folks who work here. like orlando of eastern bakery, one of the oldest spots in town. >> thank god. >> reporter: phil said he has been coming to the celebration his entire life and he is glad to have the festival and parade back as it brings people together. >> it is important to me and it is nice to be able to come out and get together. and, to celebrate this tradition. >> reporter: cable cars were decorated to bring in the spirit of the lunar new year and rights were free. we got a sneak peek at what some of the floats will look like that will be featured in the parade. the parade is celebrating the year of the tiger and will have two

san francisco zero the tiger celebrations kicked off today in the heart of chinatown. ktvu is tom baker was at the opening event, which culminates in the chinese new year's parade. america's oldest chinatown, kicked off the lunar new year on monday to a huge sunbathed crowd . brave confident in the genetic tigers are gone to take on the challenge. everyone's invited to the weeks long celebration. this is it, everybody be brave, not stupid. i got my mass on you. william mass to the list. chinese new year's parade here was in 2020 just before covid shut america down two years of unwanted hibernation. right so what now? we really want to have a warrant. come back with the light. with the year of the tiger. it's been a tough two years in the face of a global pandemic and unprecedented acts of hate are chinese community has shown the world what it means to be strong and resilient. the safest at least trans missive community in all of san francisco, which in turn is the safest community in the state of california. so let's stand united and make sure that we really bring the

this happened in chinatown and the victim was asian. it's not clear whether her race was a factor here, but any crimes like this raise concerns because there's been an increase in violation against asians not just in new york but around the country. you may remember last month the woman who was killed when she was pushed before a subway train in times square was also asian. neither of these incidents has been labeled a hate crime. but this is also happening at a time when violent crime is on the rise in new york city. new mayor eric adams made improving public safety a centerpiece of his administration. he put out a statement sunday saying i and new yorkers across the city mourn for the innocent woman murdered in her home last night in chinatown and stand with our asian brothers and sisters today. the mission of this administration is clear. we won't let this violence go unchecked. now, this suspect, 25-year-old nash, according to court documents, had at least three prior arrests, including vandalizing subway card machines and trying to

america's oldest chinatown, kicked off the lunar new year to a huge sunbathed crowd. brave confident , energetic and tigers are dung to take on the challenge. everyone's invited to the weeks long celebration. is it everybody be brave, not stupid. i got my mass on you. william mass to the list. chinese new year's parade here was in 2020 just before covid shut america down for two years of unwanted hibernation. right so what now? we really want to have a warrant. come back with the light. with the year of the tiger. it's been a tough two years face of a global pandemic and unprecedented acts of hate are chinese community has shown the world what it means to be strong and resilient, safest. at least trans missive community in all of san francisco, which in turn is the safest community in the state of california. so let's stand united and make sure that we really bring the excitement back to san francisco and chinatown. the chinese general council passed on china's best wishes. i wish everybody happy new year enjoy. he's health, happiness and fortune in the year of the ti

you feel like chinatown is gonna roar back. it's gonna come back stronger and better in san francisco's chinatown. greg lee ktvu. fox two news. and a reminder that the chinese new year parade is happening this saturday in san francisco. you're going to be there, alex, right? it will be. yeah we both will be looking forward to it. and then one week later, ktvu has a very special program on the parade. you don't want to miss that, and that's coming up the following saturday. a lot of fun. alright coming up for us here on the floor. today the fbi is warning about the rise of sim card swapping will tell you how you can avoid becoming the you can avoid becoming the victim of this scam. when subway opened, they changed the fast food game. but sometimes, you gotta refresh, to be fresh. welcome to the eat fresh refresh we got the - wait, that's new. because we're refreshing the refresh. what? there's the new honey mustard chicken, the subway club, and the new baja turkey avocado with- new baja chipotle sauce? yep they're constantly ref

. >> this neighborhood is the largest chinese population in san francisco and it is not chinatown. what leaders are hoping to do to protect its citizens as people celebrate the lunar new year. >>> a beautiful sunset and the overall weather pattern is just kind of stuck in place which means that this weather will continue and i will have a look at the forecast coming up. okay, it's go time. team usa on the largest gig-speed network. which means this mega fan never misses a second. it's gig-speed wifi that's “mikaela shiffrin” fast. ok, that's fast! speed's cool, but does yours block threats? yup, even for these upstairs all-nighters rocking wifi speeds faster than a gig. can your internet do that? learn more about gig-speed wifi, or get started with xfinity internet for $19.99 a month for 12 months. click, call, or visit a store today. >>> new at 6:00, as bay area residents continue to celebrate the lunar new year, there is a new push to strengthen safety measures to protect potentially targeted victims. we are in the sunset in san francisco. >> reporter: the sunset has the larg

kristen: shared with us of them hitting the san francisco chinatown neighborhood hard. that was a community thought as being less politically engaged. >> definitely permit our report has been focusing extensively on this. sort of the efforts to get chinese-americans to vote in this election. he told me today that it's been an organic movement of chinese-americans just feeling a little bit more engaged in the selection. one of the big issues on the ballot as the school board recall. a lot of chinese-american parents feel like this is their chance to get their voice heard for the future voice of their kids. who may be concerned about the future of san francisco schools. with enclosures due to covid, lower admissions -- some of the other issues the school board has taken on these days. kristen: also, let's not forget there's the city assessor. the appointed city assessor is running unopposed. not really much drama in terms of the outcome. but how he got there speaks to the drama in city hall and the corruption scandals. >> that seat is really important in the city. he is k

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for many people who live in chinatown, this is their backyard. this is where many people come to congregate, and we are so happy to be able to deliver this project on time and under budget. >> a reason we all agreed to name this memorex center is because it is part of the history of i hear -- to name this rec center, is because it is part of the history of san francisco. >> they took off from logan airport, and the call of duty was to alert american airlines that her plane was hijacked, and she stayed on the phone prior to the crash into the no. 9 world trade center. >> i would like to claim today the center and the naming of it. [applause] >> kmer i actually challenged me to a little bit of a ping pong -- the mayor actually challenge me to a little bit of a ping- pong, so i accept your challenge. ♪ >> it is an amazing spot. it is a state of the art center. >> is beautiful. rights i would like to come here and joinit. >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their shop & dine in the 49 within the 49 squar

the parade starts at market and 2nd streets and runs through union square and ends in chinatown. there will be road closures. that is something to keep in mind if you will be downtown saturday. the parade starts at 530 and organizers are recommending you get there early. a parade coordinator said they are happy to bring tourism back to san francisco. you could hear the full interview at 7:00 this morning. that will be going on during our streaming newscast. everyone is so happy the parade is back in person. kumasi: it is exciting. we want to remind you that muni is doing free rides so you can celebrate. that includes the cable cars. rides are free starting at 5:00 a.m.. extra transit ambassadors will be on buses and bus stops in chinatown to help riders and support drivers and keeping everyone safe. reggie: a cargo ship full of cars is on fire and floating adrift in the middle of the sea. kumasi: the chancellor resigning immediat ♪ ♪ whether someone is across the neighborhood, across the street, or across the room, you have the power to make them feel right at home. ♪ ♪ r

it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to shoot chinatown store front nobody. everybody on grand avenue. there was not a soul out walking around chinatown. a new asia restaurant, it used to be the biggest restaurant in chinatown. it can hold about a 1,000 people and i had been shooting events there for many years. it turned into a supermarket. and i got in. i shot the supermarket. you know, and its transformation. even the owner of the restaurant the restaurant, it's 50 years old. i said, yeah. it looks awful. history. because i'm shooting history. and it's impressive because it's history because you can't repeat. it's gone it's gone. >> you stick with her, she'll teach you everything. >> cellphone photography, that's going to be the generation. i think cellphones in the next two, three years, the big cameras are obsolete already. mirrorless camera is going to take over market and the cellphone is going to be better. but nobody's going to archive it. nobody's going to keep good history. everybody's going to take snapshots, but nobody's going to catalog. they do

the chinese chamber of commerce held a celebration in chinatown. a big crowd showed up to hear guest speakers. some praised the asian community or their strength during the pandemic, and the rise of aapi hate. >> we are here because the sun is shining, the tiger is going to roar. chinatown is coming back, and the chinese community is going to continued to drive. >> the tiger represents strength and courage. the celebration comes to san francisco is a to make an official apology to the chinese- american community. kpix 5's any toy will have more on that coming up at 6:00. >>> our big weather story is the wind. earlier today, the trees were blowing around on mount diablo. check in with first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen with more on that. >>> the wind is starting to calm down a bit, but it will be another breezy day tomorrow. the strongest gusts we had today for most of the bay area were in the 30 to 40 mile-per- hour range. those are relaxing. really of a handful of spots reporting over 15 miles per hour. that doesn't mean we are going to c

lunar celebrations kicking off with fireworks in chinatown today. big hope there also for the year of the tiger after two years of pandemic shutdowns and violent attacks on the aapi community, they're hoping today will be better for the new year. the announcement, the return of san francisco's world renowned new year's parade which had been canceled last year. the city administrator says san francisco is ready for the return of a signature event. >> we want to make sure people continue to celebrate safely, but the thing is, people, if you are boosted, you have your vaccines, come on out and enjoy the city. enjoy what we have to offer. >> also today, passing out the traditional red envelopes and dragon dancers zigzagging through chinatown's streets. the actual parade is scheduled for february 19th. and our traffic reporter mike inaway celebrating the lunar new year as well, hoping you and 84 family can join him this friday. he'll be emceeing the celebration which will include a performance from a traditional chinese lion dance troupe. lots of fun for

george tan and his family came out early to pacific and grant in chinatown. they explored the street there after a night watching the chinese new year parade. we like seeing all the cars and we like seeing the fire trucks and the police cars, right? hundreds of vendors set up their tents embracing the crowds of people easing their concerns of coronavirus. i think in the next coming weeks here, we're going to start to see a rapid return to the way it was to some degree in san francisco and people enjoying our great city organizers say the attendance for both the parade and the two day street fair is a great sign for how far we've come in the pandemic. grateful their world looks different than it did last year. it's amazing people are coming to us that the right thing. thank you. you know, we're glad this is happening again. we're glad you're bringing the community out, and we're glad to have a sense of normalcy. it's nice to feel a little bit more normalcy reporting in san francisco i'm james torres ktvu. fox two news. and if you weren't able to join us last n

it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to shoot chinatown store front nobody. everybody on grand avenue. there was not a soul out walking around chinatown. a new asia restaurant it used to be the biggest restaurant in chinatown. it can hold about a 1,000 people and i had been shooting events there for many years. it turned into a supermarket. and i got in. i shot the supermarket. you know and its transformation. even the owner of the restaurant the restaurant it's 50 years old. i said yeah. it looks awful. history. because i'm shooting history. and it's impressive because it's history because you can't repeat. it's gone it's gone. >> you stick with her, she'll teach you everything. >> cellphone photography that's going to be the generation. i think cellphones in the next two, three years, the big cameras are obsolete already. mirrorless camera is going to take over market and the cellphone is going to be better. but nobody's going to archive it. nobody's going to keep good history. everybody's going to take snapshots, but nobody's going to catalog. they don't c

chinatown is expecting a big turnout this year. tickets are sold out. >> they were waiting for a parade today. tens of thousands of people showing up for events earlier today. it's

district three peskin representing chinatown. district four gordon mar. district five preston filmore. >> haney soma. melgar. district eight mandelman representing castro. district nine ronen thenition. district 11 supervisor safai. >> thank you. in paddition to the board of supervisors we would like to welcome the city-wide elected officials. no particular order. city attorney david chu. [indiscernable] district attorney, public defender har. board member lee and city college trustee allen wong. thank you all for joining us this afternoon. >> last but not least i would like to acknowledge the members of the heritage foundation board. different directors today. the foundation is a small nonprofit with individuals from diverse backgrounds. jj laura. [indiscernable] steve wilson. irene riley. [indiscernable] scott adams. in the audience are members of the apa heritage celebration committee. in the interest of time we cannot introduce all of you. please note we are so very much appreciative of your participation and service on the committee. thank you so muc

lee's death, a spark rallies protesting violence against asian americans in the chinatown neighborhood of new york city and groups here in the bay area say this tragedy also hits close to home here as well. kron four's sack explains. >> this one was caught. this is the first recount. >> founder of san francisco community organization. asians are strong hudson, lau, emotional on tuesday, talking about the murder of 35 year-old christina yuna lee family out there, you know, and >> i know the neighborhood i think we're making for christine has won. >> is carrie lee died early sunday morning after returning home to her chinatown apartment in new york city. surveillance video shows the suspect. 25 year-old some odd nash into her apartment building where he later forced his way into lee's home when police finally gained access to her apartment, lee was found dead in the bath tub stabbed more than 40 times. police found nash hiding under the bed. he was arraigned monday night on murder and burglary charges. these death comes nearly a month after berkeley native michelle go was shoved to her d

the victim was apparently targeted after leaving oakland's chinatown kron four's. dan thorn has that story. >> cell phone video from wednesday shows 3 men attacking the victim outside of their san leandro the man is heard pleading that he will give up what they want, but the thieves continue their ambush as clay. >> this to unfortunately, you know, this this is not the only incident. karl chan, the president of oakland's chinatown, chamber of commerce, says the victim was followed from chinatown to his home in san leandro. >> this type of targeting is something chan says he's seeing more and more is they do because, you know, it's too many times >> and and it's impacting our many, many residents for a the women and also the >> in the video, the struggle is seen going out of you, but the victim can still be heard. the trio was stealing the man's expensive wristwatch. and after taking it, they escaped in a silver car. the man left on the ground calling for help. san leandro police have put out robbery prevention tips, including being aware of your surroundings and re

it goes around union square before passing through chinatown. the celebration dates back to the 18 60's at the time. the city's community of chinese migrants wanted to showcase and celebrate their culture and heritage. the parade grew in popularity over the years and it's now one of the largest celebrations of its kind in the world. organizers say this year's special after being affected by the pandemic. >> it had a significant impact on a lot of local businesses and a lot of businesses, a lot of restaurants have been struggling to kind of just make ends meet that along with a lot of the day and the anti kind of sentiment that's been going around. >> now before the parade, you can walk chinatown, the city's chamber of commerce is hosting its annual community street fair today. and tomorrow that starts at 10 this morning. if you need to get their well, muni will be providing free rides all weekend long for anyone who wants to celebrate the lunar new year in san francisco. that includes free rides on the cable cars as well as all street cars and b

america's oldest chinatown, kicked off the lunar new year to a huge sunbathed crowd. brave confident in the genetic and tigers are gong to take on the challenge. everyone's invited to the weeks long celebration. this is it, everybody be brave, not stupid. i got my mass on you. william mass to the list. chinese new year's parade here was in 2020 just before covid shut america down two years of unwanted hibernation. right? so what now we really want to have a warrant. come back with the light. with the year of the tiger. it's been a tough two years in the base of a global pandemic and unprecedented acts of hate are chinese community has shown the world what it means to be strong and resilient. the safest. at least trans missive community in all of san francisco, which in turn is the safest community in the state of california. so let's stand united and make sure that we really bring the excitement back to san francisco and chinatown. the chinese general council passed on china's best wishes are wish everybody happy new year enjoy. he's #### happiness and fortune in the

steven lee owns lions den, one of the only nightclubs to open in recent years in chinatown, and honing for big weekend as the year of the tiger is celebrated. >> all across the board we are probably 50% down than what we were probably pre-pandemic. we are not giving up and lasted this long and during the pandemic, you know, there is, there is a good number of stores that survived submit report report well, there are certainly safety concerns in light of the anti-asian hate crimes bull the sheriff and mayor are say this will be a safe event. >> we are going to be out unfull force. we have meter mades and police officers? am we have ambassadors. >> while san francisco mayor spoke inside of city hall, and above traditional lions, outside of city hall was lit up in red and gold for the lawnar new year. >> the lunar new year parade in san francisco is always one for the history books. so come on out. floats are being made. the people are getting ready. i got a new outit fit. i am super excitessed. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ oop the city has suffered so much through, you know, everything, f

america's oldest chinatown, kicked off the lunar new year on monday to a huge sunbathed crowd. brave confident , energetic and tigers are dung to take on the challenge. everyone's invited to the weeks long celebration zit everybody be brave, not stupid. i got my mass on you. william mass to the list. chinese new year's parade here was in 2020 just before covid shut america down two years of unwanted hibernation. right so what now? we really want to have a warrant. come back with the light. with the year of the tiger. it's been a tough two years face of a global pandemic in unprecedented acts of hate are chinese community has shown the world what it means to be strong and resilient. the safest at least trans missive community in all of san francisco, which in turn is the safest community in the state of california. so let's stand united and make sure that we really bring the excitement back to san francisco and chinatown. the chinese general council passed on china's best wishes. i wish everybody happy new year enjoy. he's health, happiness and fortune in the year of the tiger a

chinatown to his home in san leandro. this type of targeting is something chan says he's seeing more and more is that they do because, you know, is too many times >> and and it's impacting our many, many residents for a mostly on and also the >> in the video, the struggle is seen going out of you, but the victim can still be heard. the trio was stealing the man's expensive wristwatch. and after taking it, they escaped in a silver car. the man left on the ground calling for help. san leandro police have put out robbery prevention tips, including being aware of your surroundings and reporting suspicious behavior. chan is hoping when these types of crimes involved criminals from one community following people to another community that the police department's continue to work together, people should be held accountable. >> you know, must be consequences. you know, many crotch. >> reporting in san leandro, dan thorn kron. 4 news milpitas man is now in jail after police say he killed a woman and then buried her in a backyard on

chinatown, mainly. is there feedback that you all are incorporating with what information actually sticks and how you're putting it out with some of our merchant communities that you are talking with? or is there a conduit that you work through or is ddi offering resources to these business communities? >> commissioner zouzounis, i'll take an aspect of that and i may pass it over to the office of smallbusiness to talk about the merchant reported . but part of ourstrategy is to focus on property owners . we understand on the ground it's not always that simple but when it comes to who is required to come into compliance we see it as an issue withthe property owners need to come into compliance and we are sending letters . we sent letters last month and we will be sending postcards also the properties that we believe are out of compliance for have not submitted their checklist . so we're going to be focused on those property owners. i think we're going to try to do it in a way that's not your typical city

agency to commitment value and are focussing on for the month of february and putting extra attention on chinatown and the travel and celebration associated with the lunar new year. when it comes to hiring and bus operators in particular, too, have been hitting the headlines. and we did not have a lot of cushion. with a smaller class size and we intended to start 84 new trainees and only started 51. fortunately, the human eare sources team as early as december started to see these challenges and have revamped how we're doing the operator hiring including going straight to a survey rather than the traditional lift format. which means that the march and april classes are filling up. so i am confident that we will get to larger classes, but we do need time to graduate additional classes in order to deliver the service and the public is expecting. and other key groups like the transit planning group has been doing all this work to reshape the system. and we are not alone in this. and the controller's office is reporting all-time vacancy rates city wide. next slide. we are missing 20-25% of the service

it is considered the fourth chinatown in san francisco. sixty% of the residents are of chinese ancestry. the second unique, and fun aspect about this area is it is the garden district. there is a lot of urban agriculture and it was where the city grew the majority of the flowers. not only for san francisco but for the region. and of course, it is the location in mclaren park which is the city's second biggest park after golden gate. many people don't know the neighborhood in the first place if they haven't been there. we call it the best neighborhood nobody has ever heard our. every neighborhood in district nine has a very special aspect. where we are right now is the mission district. the mission district is a very special part of our city. you smell the tacos at the [speaking spanish] and they have the best latin pastries. they have these shortbread cookies with caramel in the middle. and then you walk further down and you have sunrise cafÉ. it is a place that you come for the incredible food, but also to learn about what is happening i

agency to commitment value and are focussing on for the month of february and putting extra attention on chinatown and the travel and celebration associated with the lunar new year. when it comes to hiring and bus operators in particular, too, have been hitting the headlines. and we did not have a lot of cushion. with a smaller class size and we intended to start 84 new trainees and only started 51. fortunately, the human eare sources team as early as december started to see these challenges and have revamped how we're doing the operator hiring including going straight to a survey rather than the traditional lift format. which means that the march and april classes are filling up. so i am confident that we will get to larger classes, but we do need time to graduate additional classes in order to deliver the service and the public is expecting. and other key groups like the transit planning group has been doing all this work to reshape the system. and we are not alone in this. and the controller's office is reporting all-time vacancy rates city wide. next slide. we are missing 20-25% of the service

they are putting a lot of shelters in chinatown area. in one mile we have five existing shelters and putting four more in our neighborhood. if you look into these shelters, turning the tide wanting to keep the community members in their community or children can go to the school in their own neighborhood. however, if you look into this shelter like only one of them is for families. the rest of them, the eight other shelters are all for single adults. chinatown has been taking care of a lot of homeless individuals. it is not like we are -- there is a capacity we can do and people should look into fair share. >> dana: that's an excellent point and thank you for bringing it up. we would like to stay if touch with you. >> bill: thank you. i just want to make this point here about this murder here because sometimes when this happens it truly draws the attention of people and appropriately so. this is a paragraph from the daily mail how he found the killer. bloody under lee's bed with a wound on his torso and cuts would suggest that she fought

they are putting more homeless shelters in chinatown. no one cares. they aren't politically viable to the democrats. democrats don't care. >> jesse: you have heard a lot of outraged about that and you were just mentioning these homeless shelters that are going into chinatown, listen, if you see someone who is deranged maniac and you see a woman who was walking around by herself you're probably going to take a shot if you're that crazy. >> dana: also stick around for the next block because we are going to talk about the increasing voting power of asian americans which is starting to happen in certain places we will see that in california for the school board, and this case there is a concerned citizen. they said, i asked what is the one thing that you love to do that would help your committee? don't put an additional homeless shelters and our neighborhood. only one of those would be for families, the rest of her single males. we didn't even mention the other crime, there was a woman shoved in front of the subway, the woman who was hit by the baseball b

it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to shoot chinatown store front nobody. everybody on grand avenue. there was not a soul out walking around chinatown. a new asia restaurant it used to be the biggest restaurant in chinatown. it can hold about a 1,000 people and i had been shooting events there for many years. it turned into a supermarket. and i got in. i shot the supermarket. you know and its transformation. even the owner of the restaurant the restaurant it's 50 years old. i said yeah. it looks awful. history. because i'm shooting history. and it's impressive because it's history because you can't repeat. it's gone it's gone. >> you stick with her, she'll teach you everything. >> cellphone photography that's going to be the generation. i think cellphones in the next two, three years, the big cameras are obsolete already. mirrorless camera is going to take over market and the cellphone is going to be better. but nobody's going to archive it. nobody's going to keep good history. everybody's going to take snapshots, but nobody's going to catalog. they don't c

. >> reporter: it is a major interest for the chinatown chamber of commerce. they've been rallying to set up cameras. in many of the crimes, they have not been able to identify who did it, but with the cameras, it will be a good tool. >> how far do we have to go to provide this additional safety. >>> good news for catholicism our positivity rate lass dipped to 3.6%. last month we were near the 19% mark. county by county we saw the same story. the numbers are going down. contra costa is at 5%, alameda county at 3.2%. >>> we're learning about heart troubles for people who've recovered from covid. one issue is the boomerang heart rate where the heart suddenly speeds up. a study found that the risk of heart disease increased substantially in the year after getting covid. unclear if the culprit is covid or pandemic anxiety. one thing that helps cut down on long-haul covid symptoms is the vaccine of course. >> it seems to have an effect on covid symptoms. it almost reverses long covid symptoms. >> it could load to economic issues. as many as 2 million americans have

a witness believes the victim was targeted in an oakland's chinatown and followed. thieves took his rolex watch and hit him over the head. chinatown's chamber of commerce president believes asians may be even specifically targeted this time of year. >> we know that during the lunar new year they realize many traditions, people may be carrying cash or the red envelope being given out to the children. >> he says the victim is staying away from his home. police do say they're actively working leads in this case. >>> 6:53 and a new push for a bay area community to help protect mountain lions. "today in the bay's" tom jensen tells us leaders say that the cougars need the land more than people do but not everyone is buying that. >> reporter: it's been an issue for years up and down the peninsula, cougars coming into contact with communities, and it's not just in woodside. >> you see mountain lions in redwood city and san bruno. it's like, okay. >> reporter: buy yolgt say the run-ins are inevitable as cities and towns encroach more on wildlife habitat. the town of woodside