delores park cafe has kept everything alive and we wouldn't have it anywhere else. thank you. >> thank you.>> i'm an activist in the transgender community. the nightlife has been a necessary part of my community and celebration. it's not exclusively an lgbt venue. it's one of the few days in san francisco you don't have to be 21 and over. when i moved here 19 years ago it was a booming music scene. it's dwindled because of gentrification and the vibrant queer and music and art is quickly disappearing. i ask you to please renew dolores park cafe so our communities and families can continue to gather safely and enjoy live music in san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. crista, hanson and the last cards. >> i am crista sansky manager of the dolores park cafe. i work most of the music nights, not all of them and i have done my best to manage and accommodate any kind of complaints that have happened. personally as a musician myself we hosted an open mic for a non-profit organization and the whole time i have been in this city i have been searching for these people and t

than today kind of rough and delores park was a no man's land between the castro and mission there was nothing else happening on the block no dell event no a phase city opposed coffee bar we were fortunate because right away delores park was where people came to meet their neighbors this was what we wanted to create from the moment we opened the cafe we've been about exultant 3 our myths and community has inspired me to open all 3 of my places and we have monthly art exhibits and fundraiser we host nonprofits for elementary schools and all sort of organizations around the city and our entertainment and arts programming hopefully about continue to be an integral part of community and how we give back to the community over the years we've witnessed the neighborhood grow and thrive new businesses on 8th street and delores park became a designation different from years ago and all had along the way through the changes we've been here providing a space for independent all over the to share their creativity since 1999 we've 235u6rd a place for the effort creativity and i believe that art and

on sundays the city looks the other way when churchgoers park along the median on delores street. the churchgoers are a little annoyed by another group trying to take advantage of that little perk. >> this is all hard to wrap your head around because it's all illegal. the city looks the other way. one group who is supposed to take advantage of this can't because another group is taking the benefit it's supposed to get. here's why. >> the crowd ed mission district is crowded too by houses of worship especially around popular delores park. thousands of people show up during the day sunday to attend services and parking would be at a premium if the city didn't look the other way and let worshippers double park on the median on several streets. >> it's been an ongoing argument with some who say it violates church and state separation, indifference to the religious community. it's complicated. and gets even more complicated because churchgoers say sometimes they can't even find a place to park on the stretch because of all the sunbathers at delores park who realize they can get away wi

thank you delores. yeah katie, i knew it, praying for you, hubby and babies. is there two nuggets on the way at the end of september. thank you for that. appreciate that. lets go out to storm scan. it is brewing out to the south. the it is a rain producer at this point. but that will be changing, as this starts to move into some colder air. we will start to see pinks, purple begin to show up. thinks a full day away. by about this time tomorrow we are starting to see the beginnings of the moisture moving in. because we will start off at this time in the morning it is still cold enough to produce snow. this is our latest expectation in terms of the snowfall. it start off on i-95 with the slushy one to three or 3 inches before turning to a wet, chilly rain later on in the day but primarily snow further north we will go. we have two to 4 inches, locally up to six but this will mainly fall on grass surfaces. thankfully that is one and only big storm we are tracking. we will look forward in the forecast granted still cool but quiet and most of the seven day is bring

there's a proposed bulba at san jose and delores, through fairmount's participation, we have learned that the crossing mission at san jose is a major concern to families walking to skaolt. we also have data from the department of public health that analyzes student transportation patterns and parent surveys, our findings revealed that 30% of families live within a mile of fairmount and within a quarter mile, there's a significant concentration of families that live east of mission street, meaning that our most vulnerable users of children are forced to cross these streets twice a day. also the 91% of the family that is already walk to school site the safety of crossing intersections is their concern, crossing at mission is critical, for families to keep doing this, currently families that can walk are choosing other less active modes of transportation because of these barriers so on behalf of walk sf we're asking the board to implement these changes as soon as possible. thank you. >> thank you. >> melody, followed by nick. >> melody, are you ready? okay. >> thank you for your patienc

welcome to beautiful delores park. this is a long time coming. back in 2008, voters approved a clean and safe neighborhood parks bond which allocated about $14 million to improve this incredible park. our goal together we are going to build the new dolores park that is going to be built to last. it is going to retain all of it's important features, all of it's historic qualities, all of it's essential beauty. but yet be built with the idea that this is whenever people come. >> we are going to be renovating all six tennis court's, replacing the basketball court with operations underneath so the staff has the ability to maintain the park. we are completely renovating the irrigation system and in addition to the operations we are building two new restroom buildings. this fund was part of the park renovation fund. we knew community was very supportive of a renovation fund. we engaged in a community process which we began with the park to do a detailed assessment of the condition of the park and very details conversation about what we can do in the pa

. >>> a playground sand box in delores park will be off limits for another week. park officials closed off the section of helen dillard after finding shards of glass in the sand. they say someone drinking there late thursday night smashed beer bottles along the retaining walls. recreation and park department removed the shard-filled sand yesterday. now as many as 20 tons of sand must be replaced. no word on the cost of the clean-up. >>> coming up next on abc7 news at 9:00, things are finally looking up for ski resorts in the bay area. fresh snow. look at how much will come down and what you'll face getting there. back here in the bay area, we see hail and thunderstorms. meteorologist drew tuma up next with your accuweather forecast. >> quite enough said on college hoops as the broncos on seennior night get this to >>> covering santa clara, san francisco, east bay, and all the bay area. this is abc7 news. >>> take a look at this. tahoe is enjoying some fresh snow. kirkwood mountain resort said it has received up to 10 inches of snow since the storm reached the area

delores gave them a hug and said i love these guys. praise also for the 911 dispatcher who managed to keep a panic stricken tammy as calm as she possibly could. listen here. >> is it you and your mom? who else is inside? they're there. they're coming, okay? >> and we're all going to die. obviously they didn't and in other happy news neither did their dogs. the cops wheeled up that dumpster there and they threw the two puppies out. everybody all happy and healthy, bill. bill: well done man. >> a frightening story. bill: indeed. that's the first responder right there. thank you. jonathan hunt live in los angeles. good ending. martha: breaking news from the supreme court where the legality of tax subsidies for obamacare is being challenged. we'll tell you what the judges are saying after this. it's a fact. kind of like mute buttons equal danger. ...that sound good? not being on this phone call sounds good. it's not muted. was that you jason? it was geoffrey! it was jason. it could've been brenda. how do i get hotel deals nobody else gets?

rich have been co-chairs of the foundation we've been an quiet phase trying to obscure philanthropic delores dollars to secure the support we need to remain the premier public health facility in this city serving our community with world-class care i'm very proud and i mean very proud to announce along with any co-chairs that in this quiet phase where many of you have supported not only the million dollars but the $250,000 level many of you sitting down sit here today we've raised over $12,800,000,000 (clapping) toy is amazing we're exciting to pubically announce the heart of our city's public campaign we have a goal to raise $135 million so we still have a little ways to go before the new building opens this december in 2015 each of the early leadership commitments to the heart of our city campaign helped to assure we could buy the proper equipment the critical needs of the hospital during the rebuild, and promote the well-being to all we wouldn't be where we are we beginning with our donors to those who westward our call with generous contributions. >> i want to begin first and foremost wi

that vigil begins at 6:00 at mission delores basilica that's at 16th and delores streets. archbishop salvatore cordileone has drawn criticism in past months to adding a so-called morality clause to a schoolteacher's handbook. >>> traffic might be light this time of day, but a new report shows that traffic in general is getting worse, especially in the south bay. no one will be shocked, i think. a live look at san jose 101, 101 highway. according to the mercury news highway 101 north out of san benito county is one of the busiest roadways in the bay area and it's growing at a fast pace. traffic levels jumped almost 40% in 2013 the most recent year for which the figures are available. as we have been become accustomed, most of the traffic comes from people who live in more affordable housing areas, like hollister or gilroy morgan hill, and then commute into silicon valley for work. >> trying to get the best bang for your buck there. >>> 11:17 right now, as our cars and trucks become smarter and filled with new technology there is a new device to ensure the right person is dr

. >> earlier this month we told you about garbage that is continue rulely cleaned up at delores narc the mission district. the city spends a lot of money each year to keep the park clean. >>> there could be new talks about police pensions and benefits this week. last week a letter was sent to the city unions saying it's time to settle the issue. three years ago 70% of voters approved measure b forcing city workers to contribute more toward retirement. police unions have sued to stop the measure saying it forces applicants to look at better departments with better benefits. at an officer promotion celebration on friday ricardo says he wants to hon oorp the intent of the voter while working with the june. >>> daly city could pass a law banning discrimination against women. it is a move to push washington to ratify an international treaty adopted by the united nations. but it's more than symbolic. reporters say the law would also protect women from discrimination and harassment at work. other cities have passed a similar ordinance. >>> tonight there is a backlash against dull say and i

and so last but not least is delores fisher doris may not come to the stage if you don't want to we'll come to you so doris thank you for alu all you've done doris calls me all the time with great ideas how to advance the bottom lines she's a very, very committed to our work and in all ways we as a city are trying to surrounded our kids so doris it's to be routine by the planning commission, and may be acted upon by a single roll call vote honor to have your husband's name in the club and your general reiterate and his generosity made all this happen and i love our interactions you're a strong woman you're an incredibly brilliant woman i appreciate you all you do i'm coming to you (clapping) here we go 1 2, 3 here we go 1 2, 3. (clapping.) just to be clear mayor ed lee we're not failing to acknowledge you, you come up last night in the program so hopefully hopefully we're going to fit this under the wire i know the mayors on a tight timeline next is the youngest son john fisher that served on our board find governors and moved to the trustee he and his brother bob serve on the broouts

would be $50 a month when i went in january, i was surprised by found out that it was 6 hundred and 50 delores dollars for that month it is a bait-and-switch they told me specifically saving me money yet i had to pay this amount of money per month and the problems continue. >> this is the photo i referenced earlier thank you for sending that to me. >> is there anyone from the public who wishes to speak okay seeing none, public comment is closed supervisor wiener. >> again, thank you mr. chairman for allowing me to hold this hearing thank you, everyone who presented i really want to thank blue shield for coming today, i know it's not easy to come to this kind of hearing and you were the only insurance companies that agreed to come to and i appreciate the candor that the condition exists whatever our views to address it but regardless how we address it that has to be addressed and you know when your that talking about very serious medical continues conditions like hiv or hepatitis or cancer and so on and so forth when you start telling anyone whether or not necessary have insurance but particula

thing we looked at was the fact that alamo square didn't necessarily have a large number of people like delores or on the parks it is toured and tense players and people walking their dogs and not large crowds so actually the need for parking around the park was lower so we negotiated we came to a coincidence to have it restored so 6 of the 8 sectors r vp and the remaining two sects be two hour time sectors seethes and the north part of the panhandle we made sell street with r vp so - >> thank you now, it's interesting i know for neighbors neighborhood have that kind of overflow area on the edge of the parks on the edge of large municipal buildings it was a gift as well as we're confident that park users and other visitors from the commercial cords because the bottom of alamo square is a block of the about his busy commercial zone soltice we're confident that and impact the commercial zone negatively. >> that was our major concern of ours as well to allow the two block surveys of the parking for visitors. >> i have no other specific questions i know that imperfect tool for cars it's a big issue

contain the sound like and suddenly one bit of information will an applicant something on the agenda the delores cafe we received a complaint a couple of weeks back i've discussed strategies with ownership there about keeping sound at bay and making sure that they have the tools to insure a peaceful neighborhood after a site visits two weeks ago we heard from the complainant so i guess all things are working if there's anything on my notes or questions about anything i've mentioned pleased let me know. >> any questions. >> nope. >> all right. >> good evening, commissioners i've furnished all of you with notes my notes that i'm not going to take time to explain anything unless you have questions if you do i'll answer them now if noting we'll move on. >> do we have a chance to look at the notes can you give us a highlight. >> sorry sorry yeah. >> complainant came into the office a few weeks therapy complaining about a party an 777 before a done street i went by several times wasn't successful until a recent stop i stopped and talked to the people they didn't know who i was i was able to get a lot

fails one to 3 at this point we'll move on to item 14 your project is approved by default item 14 on delores street a mandatory discretionary review. >> yes. commissioner richards. >> i want to be clear i have a past professional relationship with the architect on the project team we were working together sth that would not make me bias in any way. >> thank you for disclosing that. >> good afternoon. i'm with the planning staff you have with you a discretionary use authorization of the building permit involved with major alternatives with a second-story 3 unit this. >> i'm sorry marseille if you could depart the chambers quietly we have matters on the floor. >> it involves the major alternatives with the 3 story building with square feet it result in a him or her moving the wall standing out and adding a rear addition and adding two levels below a 3 car garage will be staples to 57 hundred square feet the project will think maintain the existing number of floor plans with an unit is non-conforming 3 rent controls will remain on site and one unit will remain 2 bedrooms and one, two family siz

. >>> a playground sand box in san francisco's delores park will be offlimits to kids for a week. park officials closed off the section yesterday after finding shards of glass in the sand. they say someone was drinking there late thursday night and smashed beer bottles along the retaining wall. recreation and park department crews removed the shard-filled sand yesterday. now as many as 20 tons of sand must be replaced. no word on the cost of the cleanup. >>> excitement in san jose today as the earthquakes take to the soccer field for the first time at the stadium. the team tested out the new privately funded $100 million home in an exhibition game against the l.a. galaxy. the european style horseshoe stadium seats 18,000 people, has a canopy roof and the steepest seating in the league's optimize viewing. >> beautiful. so excited. >> we had seats pretty high up but the view is great and it feels like you're on the field. >> it's a great day for the bay area. wonderful day for quake fans and let just hope it's a start of a wonderful season for all of us. >> the new stadium offers do

. >> i'm even though executive director of delores street a nonprofit in the mission district that provides homeless services and legal services i repeating really want to thank you supervisor mar for your leadership this is critical to our city it will start to address the issue but i agree it is a long term issue that needs additional resources and more attention from you all as well as the mayor we face a numerous challenges when we're hiring we have the shelter monitoring and the nurses assistant it get paid from 12 to $14 an hour many of the staff can't afford to live in san francisco for vallejo it puts a burden and many people i've spoken to so hiring and retaining staff is a big concern and definitely impacts our clients and impacts the city and others services the city provides i also want to mention a challenge that i know is maybe beyond the scope of the hearings we receive a number of contract that are federal funding that have been flat funded for lower city contracts if there's something that the city can do to address that city i know there's 09 challenges fits the reality we

but delores everybody else, i have to tell you wind will be peeking in more than. that we are expecting 30 miles an hour at times. lets take a walk. we will walk on a boardwalk and we will fine ourselves walking on the boardwalk in rehoboth beach and we're the only ones out here. maybe we should be skipping. we have a lot of room to do it. it is still tark out there. when the sun comes out we have some cloud in front of it. the not the the most bright of day and not the warmest of days either. we have a couple of snow showers that are starting to die out a little bit the but you can see some thinking about heading in to central delaware. so kent county you may be finding some and southern new castle county just some very light flurries out there. later on today there could be a couple stray flurries maybe even a narrow band of a snow shower and one or two areas. otherwise it looks like a relatively quiet the but cold day to day. our temperatures in the 30's right now. thirty-six in philadelphia. thirty-three in trenton. 34 degrees in wilmington but factor in the wi

he was tracked to delores park where police say he had multiple cans of paint with him. they also say he was taking pictures of his graffiti. he's suspected to be the person spray painting the words, crist and sheep means? >> crist means crystal meth. sheep means [bleep] >> he's facing ten felony and 17 misdemeanor charges. a spokesman from the district attorney's office says in these kind of vandalism cases, a judge will often refuse the felony charges to misdemeanors and those convicted serve minimal jail time. but people we talk to hope it won't happen in the case. they say graffiti is ruining the city. they feel someone needs to pay for it. >>> golden state warriors center marreese speights will miss the game tonight because of a run-in with the law last year. he's being suspended would no pay for one game. he pleaded no contest to reckless driving in tampa, florida. he was arrested in august and was originally charged with driving under the influence. >>> a journalist raised in the bay area, held in iran for eight months. we spoke to his brother and his nunn newspap

it happened in the mission delores corridor, not known as a high crime area. janine de tara moriarty is live there. what do you know about it? >> reporter: neighbors we just spoke to said it was extremely noisy because police were on the bullhorns telling one of the suspects to come down from off of the roof from the green house you see. they said they were shocked that this burglar shot a child with them parked in a car nearby. this is the home they were targeting. it's under renovation all while the 4-year-old sat in the car nearby. neighbors started to hear strange noises coming from that house. so they called 911. when officers arrived, they saw signs of a break-in. police were able to detain two suspects. as their investigation progress. they discovered a 4-year-old boy possibly related to a suspect there parked in a car. he was taken to the hospital for evaluation. nans are shocked that the burglars -- neighbors are shocked that the burglars brought a child. but they are not surprised that a home was burglarized. >> i would -- if i were to rob a house, i

similar numbers around middletown delaware, low 40's, delores in newark 43, eagleville lou only had 37 degrees for the afternoon high temperature. tomorrow it gets a bit better and milder air tries to work its way in next week. outside right now we take a live look at center city, still some clouds over the region. there could be a flurry or sprinkle in some spots over the next hour or two but once we lose the sun things should quiet down and things remain partly cloudy tonight. another month with below average temperatures. march so far we're 4 degrees from where we should be for the month. that's pretty impressive and that's been the trend really the past several months and precipitation doing well above average there, over 2-inches where we should be. highest temperature so far this month 68 degrees, the lowest coming down to 11. i don't know if we'll hit that 68 for the rest of the month. looks like that will be our warmest. maybe a few flurries southeast pennsylvania southward into delaware, new jersey possible. elsewhere just cloudy skies. once it passes it rushes in colder air t