i personally came to america and i live in chinatown. so ever since i was young, the needs are always there, and it's weird because you will see chinatown, you go there in san francisco, chinatown, a row of grocery stores. >> yes. >> but no one sees what the need is because there's a lot of seniors, a lot of working faement families, and a lot of folks who just don't have access to the funding for the food they need. >> of course, because of the immigrant situation, you get a lot of cultural resist tones asking for help or seeking help. >> especially seniors. last year we did a story with one of the seniors that i work with. she was just saying, you know, with no work, you know, retirement and the amount of money from retirement, they only get a couple hundred, maybe $800 she said for rent and everything, and every dollar that we were able to supplement with the food that we give from our pantries, even that one apple, that's maybe $1 or $2 she can spend on something else, maybe medicine for her knees or her injuries she had. >> even aft

a chaotic morning in the section of chinatown. crews were on the scene of several man hole fires earlier. you see t pouring out of the man hole there. went into nearby buildings as well. causing other concerns. this could be the reason why. it might have been triggered by the water main break that happened earlier this morning. this was scene. water pouring out into the streets, flooding several of them. the incident shutting down some of those busy roadways in chinatown. >> anchor: headaches today during the morning commute. >> reporter: heavy smoke on kneeland street in chinatown this morning. firefighters scrambling to the scene. buildings were being evacuated. >> i have come here from new zealand. and so, yeah it's been a long journey. injust got here yesterday on a red-eye flight. i was trying to get a bit of shut-eye. i'm being told to get out. >> reporter: the fires sparked by this water main break just after 5:00 this morning. sending thousands and thousands of gallons of water cascading down the street. the water seeping

the next application is for golden gate fortune cookies a popular chinatown destination and the only local business that makes and sells handmade fortune cookies. hamburger haven is a 1960s breakfast and hamburger diner to serve the richmond district for 48 years. navarro's tempo karate studio is a multigenerational family business that is taught the art of self-defense to mission district of his residence for 50 years. project open hand is a nonprofit organization based in the tenderloin district that provides free of the meals, groceries and nutrition counseling in education and social work services to senior citizens in critically ill members of the community. these sacred grounds cafÉ is a neighborhood coffee shop in the panhandle that has served as a creative hub for poets students and artist since 1972. sam jordan some part is a neighborhood gathering spot since 1959 that is served as a hub for the african-american community and-as a hub for african-american community building and organizing for over 50 years. it's building is designated as san francisco limerick number 263. t

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. ; we are right underneath the chinatown arch. i want to show you the active investigation ongoing. multiple shots fired at a just before 3:00 this morning. a man was standing up next to the car when police arrived. he was rushed to the hospital. he is in serious condition. there is no suspect description at this hour. we're working to find out what led up to the incident. we will let you know as soon as we have information. we have street closures. >> we do have that portion of further notice between 6th and 7th in chinatown. authorities are on scene. light traffic right now. we do not see a lot of delays. something that could impact your commute as the volume begins to increase. sticking with the right into d.c., definitely below. there's a crash. we have activity on both sides of the road. kenilworth avenue starting to slow after eastern toward pennsylvania avenue. crashes out of brandywine. northbound 5 near brandywine road. i am back in 10 minutes to update your ride and the rails. what a chilly start it is today. >> at least

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. >>> a broken water main makes a mess on the edge of chinatown. first the streets filled with water and then several manholes caught fire before people had to evacuate because of a carbon monoxide scare. david robichaud boston tonight. david-- >> reporter: there's a water main break that's patched up. and plenty of activity going on. ever source is here to try to get power restored. the hazmat unit is on scene. and the biggest problem may be some businesses that could not be opened for several days. >> reporter: the forecast calls onslaught. millions of gallons poured into the streets of chinatown. >> we had a 20-inch water main that broke this morning. and the residual of all the water got in the manhole system. and short circuited. >> reporter: workers use hoses and brooms to try to push the water and the mud out. >> it's gross and i've never seen it like this before >> reporter: a mess is one thing but this turned dangerous. there were three underground electrical fires set off by the cascading water. those sent thick, toxic smoke into the buil

clean-up underway at chinatown sparking flooding and manhole fires. it caused a messy commute for drivers coming into the city. the usually busy street is under nearly a foot of water today. steve cooper is live now to show us how things are out there right now. >> well, it was a rough morning commute around here, turned into a rough evening commute, as well. you can see some of the lanes here on neyland street are still taken up. work crews still trying to clean up the mess. it all began with flooding this morning ask then there was fire. >> i went up to my room and a firefighter hit the door, and we just left. >> reporter: thick, acrid smoke spewing from multiple manhole covers here on neyland street in chinatown just after 9:00 this morning, forcing as many as 100 people staying at the boston youth hostel out into the streets, bundled new blankets. >> i just got here yesterday on a red eye flight so i was trying to get a bit of shut-eye and suddenly told to get out. >> reporter: fire officials say the manhole fires were sparked sending thousands an

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a blood of trouble followed by a smoky situation in chinatown. all making for a chaotic morning commute. s new england. i'll let you know when the rain moves out of here. >> reporter: and a trip to the school nurse, leads to a medicine mix-up, a mom and dad shaken up after their daughter is given the wrong pill. >>> the mother-son relationship and for it to end this way, it's terrible, it's tragic and we need to make sure we find out what happened. >> reporter: breaking news at 6:00. a brockton mother found stabbed taken her tamed son into custody. police are now questioning that 18-year-old. >> 7's kelli o'hara joins us live on the scene with the latest information at 6:00. kelli. >> crime scene investigators are still inside of this home. they've been here for hours. you can see crime scene tape surrounding this house, state police parked outside and the d.a. is calling this a tragedy. >> she was wailing and screaming andid >> reporter: when mary called 911 she did know what she was calling for help for but knew it was bad. >> i saw her holleri

. >> in chinatown. crews on the scene of several manhole fires today. you can see heavy smoke pouring out of the manholes, also going into nearby buildings. fire officials say it could have been triggered by a water main break this morning. water flooded the streets as crews raced to clean up that huge mess. roadways in that area shut down for hours. 7's steve cooper live for us in chinatown. he has the very latest on the situation, what's going on right yeah crews are still busy work taking up lanes in the theater district as crews work to clean up the mess here, it began early this morning with a broken water main, followed by fire. [ sirens ] >> we -- a firefighter hit the door and we just left. >> reporter: thick acrid smoke spewing from in chinatown just after 9:00 this morning, forcing as many as 100 people staying at the boston youth hostel out in the streets bundled up in blankets. >> just got here yesterday on a red eye flight and trying to get a bit of shut-eye and suddenly being told to get out. >> reporter: the manhole fires were sparked by

weight chinatown station to send. white rose pak station as you may know the persecution of following gong a peaceful meditation practice based on the principles of truth on this compassion and forbearance is going on in china for 17 years. however the persecution has not been limited to china alone in his seas seeped into american society along. rose that was involved in facilitating this persecution and talk to the quest of the chinese consulate. the community of american citizens and following gong practitioners and seriously hurt and betrayed on her is was okay furthermore most actively well but the atrocities that were taking place in china where people have been killed for their organs and sold on the black market. knowing this, she traveled to china for extended medical state where she received a kidney transplant .. she came back claiming that she fully recovered and one wonders why she chose to leave the bay area which has the finest medical technology in the world to china for such an organ transplant. could

weight chinatown station to send. white rose pak station as you may know the persecution of following gong a peaceful meditation practice based on the principles of truth on this compassion and forbearance is going on in china for 17 years. however the persecution has not been limited to china alone in his seas seeped into american society along. rose that was involved in facilitating this persecution and talk to the quest of the chinese consulate. the community of american citizens and following gong practitioners and seriously hurt and betrayed on her is was okay furthermore most actively well but the atrocities that were taking place in china where people have been killed for their organs and sold on the black market. knowing this, she traveled to china for extended medical state where she received a kidney transplant .. she came back claiming that she fully recovered and one wonders why she chose to leave the bay area which has the finest medical technology in the world to china for such an organ transplant. could

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first, water, then fire, creates a big mess in chinatown. tonight, how it impacted surrounding businesses and -- >> he's going out for the 70 sift anniversary of pearl -- 70 75th anniversary of pearl a standing ovation at the airport, head back to an old battleground. >> blair: we're staying on that breaking news out of brockton tonight, where a woman was found stabbed to death. police are now questioning her own teenage son. >> elizabeth: john monahan has been outside the home where this happened this afternoon. john, you spoke with a neighbor who says another relative begged her for help. >> the reporter: that's right, a screaming for help and dragged the grandmother back to this home here, where her daughter was inside, she had been stabbed several times. police tonight are questioning the victim's 18-year-old son, but so far, no charges. >> i did not know what i was talking in to. >> the reporter: mary ann says this woman wrapped in a camouflage coat, came to her home, wailing and screaming for help. >> she just grabbed my hand, and star

. >> suddenly i'm being told to t in chinatown, after a bad break. >>> several buildings in boston had to be evacuated due to manhole fires and a water main break. streets were shut down as fire crews worked to knock down those fires, leading to a lot of detours. 7 on the scene in boston, and steve cooper has more on how they finally got the situation under control. steve. >> right. the fire commissioner, adam, telling us today that they had to use a special fold to knock down -- a special foam to knock shape right now because a couple lanes here are still taken up by this huge mess. it all began with a water main break 12 hours ago. >> it's kind of crazy. >> i think there's just a big mess. >> reporter: with the blaring signs of sirens, boston firefighters had their hands full this morning, rescuing with plumes of choking smoke coming from as many as four manhole fires in chinatown. the chaotic scene all led to as many as 100 people being evte hostel. >> it's confusing, and would be nice if someone actually told everyone what was going on. >> reporter: the fire officials later on say

that firefighter wading through major water main break in chinatown. the water flooding several streets there. and in fact, some of those roads had to be closed while they got the water cut off this morning. it obviously disrupted part of the morning rush. there's still delays in the area. that's why because a large part of the road had to be dug up to get to the water main and get it fixed. this is at washington and beech street. be alert if you are headed to that area today. >>> now to the latest on trump's transition. the president elect be making a major announcement next month. his tweet reads i will be holding a major news conference in new york city with my children on december 15th to discuss the fact that i will be leaving. great business in tote until order to fully focus on running the country in order to make america great again. he said it's important he does not have a conflict of interest while he's the president. now voter fraud had been a hot toward a recount in wisconsin. stein sat down with 7 new to give her reasoning for recount. >>

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. >> gene: speaking of road problems, breaking news in chinatown. this is the first video we are getting from the scene of water main flooding the street and washington street and intersection of stewart street and businesses in the area likely will have damage from all of that water. police directing people around that mess. we have a crew heading to do the scene right now. they should be there live soon as we have them on the story and updated and on top of the story all morning. >> sara: developing news in taunton and man struck in the road just before 9:00 last night and the driver took off. fox25 catherine parrotta live at the scene on state street where that victim suffered a serious leg injury. catherine? >> catherine: yeah, this is state street here behind me, and what we are learning from neighbors this morning is this crash, hit the person and then dragged him pretty much all the police do, of course, say this person then left the scene, so they are continuing to investigate this today, even though you see the scene since been cleared here

so it's very accessible to the chinatown community but also a gateway to chinatown for the rest of the city. everyone in california goes by their knob hill is right there. it just hugely important and historic terms that it's there and that it persists. to try to present poetry to try present this kind of music it really needs some protection from the bakeries of the economics in the city. so i think historic status would benefit it greatly. it's not a corporate-doesn't the huge corporate umbrella over it just is the production so please, consider it very seriously. thank you very much. >>[applause] >> thank you. >> hi. my name is benny lewis. i'm an active story took him up member of multiethnic theater in san francisco. on bush and golf recently we had to vacate the premises because of earthquake the structuring. i met clara sue about two years ago at a poetry reading and we headed off and she sent me an e-mail and told me she was opening her music store in turn it over to she wondered arts organization in there even though businesses had a poster but she wanted arts in their to brin

a big mess and boston's chinatown with the motter -- a water main break. it forces evacuations. officials say several buildings had to be evacuated because of si let's get right out to the scene with the latest.>> it has been pretty chaotic down here for the last seven hours now. boston fire officials tell us three manholes caught fire as a result of the water main break. you can see the foam they used to distinguish the fire's. this may cause increased levels including the hospital. more than 100 people have been evacuated in all.>> water gushes down the street in chinatown after a massive water main break on washington street. the water quickly filled the roads and filled -- port into buildings. when the water was turned back on multiple manholes caught fire. it left broken pavement and the money mess behind. people heading forced to sidestep piles of mad and puddles of water.>> i have never seen it like this before. >> crews rushed to the scene to turn off the water. boston police diver to traffic around the area in the midst of the heck morning commute.>> i'm running late be

. >> the photos were donated at the chinatown by a nonprofit group trying to preserve the chinatown community. >> the abc7 news i-team has an inside look at a special ops team battling mexican drug cartels in the early. these are not medicinal marijuana dispensaries. the workers bring chemicals banned in the country. >> those toxics on one marijuana site are killing up to five to ten miles of creek. >> the i team takes you along for the race, the takedown and the investigation. that's later on. right now at 6:00, big day to oakland as thousands of raider fans push back against move to las vegas. >>> a look at your monday morning forecast. drew tuma is up next with the accuweather forecast. >> the 49ers have now lost seven straight and may be tough to find another win. highlights and reaction >>> the raider nation's cheering for a victory while oakland pushes 0 for the playoffs and fans are urging the silver and black to stay in oakland, group handed out signs like these outside the coliseum before tonight's showdown against the raiders' archrivals the denver broncos. las vegas plans to build

. >> the photos were donated at the chinatown by a nonprofit group trying to preserve the chinatown community. >> the abc7 news i-team has an inside look at a special ops team battling mexican drug cartels in the early. these are not medicinal marijuana dispensaries. the workers bring chemicals banned in the country. >> those toxics on one marijuana site are killing up to five to ten miles of creek. >> the i team takes you along for the race, the takedown and the investigation. that's later on. right now at 6:00, big day to oakland as thousands of raider fans push back against move to las vegas. >>> a look at your monday morning forecast. drew tuma is up next with the accuweather forecast. >> the 49ers have now lost seven straight and may be tough to find another win. to find another win. highlights and reaction coming want a great way to help our children thrive? then be sure to vote yes on proposition 55. prop 55 doesn't raise taxes on anyone. instead, it simply maintains the current tax rate on the wealthiest californians to prevent education cuts that would hurt our kids. no wonder prop 5

kneeland street in chinatown under several inches of water. >> it's a little crazy and hectic. i come this way a lot. it puts a dent in plans for a lot of people. >> it got worse. all that water pouring underground caused electrical fires in at least three manholes, sending thick, toxic smoke into the air. >> the problem is migration. the smoke can migrate. and it brings the power into the building. that's a problem. >> reporter: it put a huge dent the best efforts to sweep out the cascading water. boston kitchen pizza was lucky. they were still able to serve some lunch to people who felt like stepping over fire hoses. >> we have 6 inches of water in the basement. the electricity and gas are fine. that's the only damage in the basement. we don't keep anything there. so it was god's blessing. >> reporter: as for the traffic, still a lot of restrictions and detours down here. washington street closed between kneeland and boylston. and kneeland is closed between tremont -- boston police will give us an update on the traffic conditions in a couple of hours. live in chinatown, i'm d

. >> the photos were donated to chinatown revitalization, that's a nonprofit group trying to preserve the fresno chinatown community. >>> the abc 7 i-team has an inside look at a special ops team that's battling mexican drug cartels operating right here in the bay area. these are not medicinal marijuana dispense ris doing it. the cartel brings in chemicals that are banned in this country and set up grow operations set deep inside public lands. >> they're killing up to five to ten miles of creek and every living thing in that creek. >> the i-team takes you along on the race, the chase and the takedown tonight at 11:00. >>> coming up on the news at 9:00, a big day in oaklands a thousands of raider fans push back against a move to vegas and a look at your monday morning forecast. meteorologist drew tuma up next with the accuweather forecast. >> while fans try to keep their team in oakland, the raiders took on the broncos tonight at the black hole. it was a silver and black's run game that carried >>> raider nation pushing for a victory while oakland pushes for the playoffs. fans would lo

>> chaos in chinatown. a water main break triggers underground fires shutting down road and >> a police officer is injured on a two-car crash. an update on both drivers' conditions. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> a teenager accused of stabbing his own mother to death inside brockton. >> we're live at the sne on merritt avenue. >> tim jt told us a 18-year-old son is being held in the stabbing death of his mother we also know a neighbor intervened and may have saved the grandmother. neighbors heard screams coming from this house. a grandmother, moer and adult son all live here. they saw the grandmother running house-to-house screaming for help. finally gettin one neighbor's help the two ran become into the house andten to that neighbor describe what happened next. >> zombie like. heame lunging through the grandmother and said, no you're not going in. >> firefighters arrived and found the grandson sitti

. >> art loveers have a treat a multimedical exhibit opening in chinatown with a back story. >> i was fascinated, at historical society, a traveling exhibit from new york that now here is permanent. it is a southwest water colors, 12, are simply amazing commission oned in the 1950s for a restaurant located in chinatown ground breaking when it opened because it turned authentic cantonese dishes. they were missing in the 70s but they showed up when they were at auction and the historical society bought seven and this weekend you can see the full set of 12. you can see one of the water colors, what you seeing is the angel island barracks. the entire display is interactive. we will have much more on the grand opening tomorrow morning at 10:00 on hood line so catch that segment at midday. the entire display is fascinating but the water colors have a rich history. >> great reason to visit chinatown. >> driving from coast to coast in an electric car is about to get >> these are the seven thing need to know before you go. developing news, the body found buried in a shallow grave at the campus

a water main break causing big problems in boston's chinatown neighborhood. nancy chen is live at the scene with breaking details. nancy? >> nancy: nicole, good mornin quite the mess out here in boston's china town. i'm standing at the intersection of kneeland and harrison. we're about two blocks west from the actual water main break itself, but take a look at all of this. this is where traffic is being diverted to. all that standing water continues to flow. a lot of traffic now being snarled, as you can see. this is make thoroughfare. they're now blocking off, traffic being diverted at hair isn't and kneeland. on the other side, it's being stopped at stewart. this is creating a traffic people try to get in for work. it's happening at the height of rush hour, people trying to get into tufts medical center, as well, as children's hospital for their jobs. take a look at video from the scene of the water main break itself at washington street. that entire section flooded. this happened around just about after 5:00 a.m. and so they have been trying to clean it up

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. >> thank you on behalf of the chinatown i'm here to express your strong support of disapproval it convert the third from journal to office use we believe the planning department as interpret the planning code and the special use is incomparable with the zoning district and with the downtown plan tell the court is subject and as an actively organization working for 40 plus years to improve the quality of life for the residents in the area we've seen those o how those neighbors are threatened by the improvement of the downtown district this trend is gwen with the tech industry into and around our communities we firmly believe that this pending decision sets a precedent that needs to protect the character the neighborhood so we respectfully urge the commission to support this disapproval for did you conditional use authorization. >> okay is there any additional public comment? >> sue hester i support the staff as well i participated in the process for the downtown plan and after that the chinatown plan there was a lot of planning department planning that went into and thought that went into

. >> thank you on behalf of the chinatown i'm here to express your strong support of disapproval it convert the third from journal to office use we believe the planning department as interpret the planning code and the special use is incomparable with the zoning district and with the downtown plan tell the court is subject and as an actively organization working for 40 plus years to improve the quality of life for the residents in the area we've seen those o how those neighbors are threatened by the improvement of the downtown district this trend is gwen with the tech industry into and around our communities we firmly believe that this pending decision sets a precedent that needs to protect the character the neighborhood so we respectfully urge the commission to support this disapproval for did you conditional use authorization. >> okay is there any additional public comment? >> sue hester i support the staff as well i participated in the process for the downtown plan and after that the chinatown plan there was a lot of planning department planning that went into and thought that went into

and getting the best of both worlds working with the chinatown cca thank you for your work. >> thank you, supervisor kim. >> supervisor cowen thank you good to see everyone on the sf safe team i've been the the board for 6 years helping to maintain the safety and safety in terms of men tablet a balance between good community mrool being vigilant and not racial precisely that is kresh8ly important for neighbors to be helpful and we have attended many meetings and have been grateful to have the same perspective that was independent and outside of the government and observed of the police department but yet a group of k34ir789d people that understand the need to organize the community members to pay attention addition supervisor kim to empower small business owners to grateful for your work and good to see wilford on the team and joined the team we know we trained him well. >> (laughter). and you know just the highest compliment to 9 team >> thank you supervisor cowen supervisor mar. >> thanks to irene for helping in the richmond district and i also wanted to thank leslie chiu for the m

and getting the best of both worlds working with the chinatown cca thank you for your work. >> thank you, supervisor kim. >> supervisor cowen thank you good to see everyone on the sf safe team i've been the the board for 6 years helping to maintain the safety and safety in terms of men tablet a balance between good community mrool being vigilant and not racial precisely that is kresh8ly important for neighbors to be helpful and we have attended many meetings and have been grateful to have the same perspective that was independent and outside of the government and observed of the police department but yet a group of k34ir789d people that understand the need to organize the community members to pay attention addition supervisor kim to empower small business owners to grateful for your work and good to see wilford on the team and joined the team we know we trained him well. >> (laughter). and you know just the highest compliment to 9 team >> thank you supervisor cowen supervisor mar. >> thanks to irene for helping in the richmond district and i also wanted to thank leslie chiu for the m

so here, chinatown. such as it is. but are there any chinese left in havana? >> no. there's a few new chinese. >> right. >> at one point the chinese community in cuba was huge, but they pretty much cleared out after the revolution, as did most of the russian, jewish immigres who were here so the state erected a few quintessentially chinatown gates. muster the 14 chinese people left and summon their relatives. >> for more than 35 years, john lee anderson has been reporting from conflict zones such as syria, lebanon, libya, iraq, and afghanistan. >> i lied about my age and traveled around africa. when i was 13, i told people i was 26. >> in the early 1990s while researching a biography, he and his family moved to cuba and ended up staying for three years. you lived here during the special period which was not so special. that was the bad times. the russians had pulled out. soviets all done. >> the economy went like this. >> completely tanked. >> 90%. it just tanked. >> cuba lost 80% of its import goods which led to widespread hunger, malnutrition, and a nosedive for th

and getting the best of both worlds working with the chinatown cca thank you for your work. >> thank you, supervisor kim. >> supervisor cowen thank you good to see everyone on the sf safe team i've been the the board for 6 years helping to maintain the safety and safety in terms of men tablet a balance between good community mrool being vigilant and not racial precisely that is kresh8ly important for neighbors to be helpful and we have attended many meetings and have been grateful to have the same perspective that was independent and outside of the government and observed of the police department but yet a group of k34ir789d people that understand the need to organize the community members to pay attention addition supervisor kim to empower small business owners to grateful for your work and good to see wilford on the team and joined the team we know we trained him well. >> (laughter). and you know just the highest compliment to 9 team >> thank you supervisor cowen supervisor mar. >> thanks to irene for helping in the richmond district and i also wanted to thank leslie chiu for the m

a major water main break in boston has shut down part of chinatown. crews working to turn that water off. >>> developing this morning, car and the driver takes off. the search this morning for the person behind the wheel. >>> a local fire chief accused of violating the public's trust and taxpayer money. what items he is accused of using that taxpayer money on. >> sara: gronk is on the mend so he couldn't make to a charity event close to his heart. how a teammate came to f the void. >>> today is the 30th. >> sara: i can't believe it. came here so fast. christmas is around the corner. a damp, dry start of the day, don't put the umbrellas away just yet. sarah wroblewski tracking when the next batch of rain moves in. >> at least we need it. much-needed rain. this morning, we have some clouds and fog. temperatures big difference. 30s north and west. we are looking at visibility down to under a mile for falmouth to chatham and nantucket right now. norwood and down to a quarter of a mile. manchester, new hampshire and through the connecticut river valley som

so i know that chinatown and our downtown has been viciously hurt. i represent downtown, jack london, but my colleague has the pleasure of representing district 2, which includes our chinatown, where we also have immigrants and people of color who do not feel safe. so we will hear from council dean at this time. >> i want to say thank you to our young people for being here. [ cheers and applause ] >> i want to say thank you for your passion. first of all, as a councilmember, i pledge to all of you we'll do whatever we can to protect you all. you are our children. we'll protect you. i make that commitment to you all. you get it? we're here for you. we need you to work with us as well. as our community, we stand together today to say no to the violence and to say no to the destruction. when we were out touring the community today, we had a merchant who immigrated from laos 30 years ago. he has been in business the last three years. vandals destroyed his business. he is thinking of whether or not he should stay in oakland. our message was clear that he