as a political advocacy. >> and his first words were norm mineta, the nicest guy you'll ever meet. >> reporter: former san francisco mayor willie brown, now 88 years old said mineta served under two presidents, a democrat and republican because he was admired and respected by all. >> norm mineta, one more request. you have preceded me. my relationship with the lord requires some putting in a good word. >> reporter: leon panetta recalled how everyone confused the two as they both served in congress together. >> and so began the infamous mi mineta-panetta saga. remember, i used to tell norm, i said look, norm, let's face it, the only reason you got elected mayor is because everybody thought you were italian. >> reporter: mineta was wearing his boy scout uniform when his family was shipped off to a japanese internment camp and imprisoned for two years, an experience that didn't break him. it molded him. >> as he had in san jose, he calmly, resolutely united people of different races and parties around a central principal. that we might fail to meet our nation's great ideals. but we must

. >> norm mineta was right, and we need to follow him right to the very end. >>> now at 7:00, remembering a man who was beloved in the bay area and beyond. good evening. i'm ryan yamamoto. >> and i'm elizabeth cook. a final farewell to norman mineta. he broke barriers as the first asian american to serve as mayor of san jose. he also became the first asian american to hold a u.s. cabinet post. >> the man who left a lasting impact on the bay area's biggest city and the nation. ♪ >> reporter: norm mineta, whose modestry was legendary, likely would not have to approved of such a big fuss. nonetheless, hundreds gathered to share a laugh and shed a tear. robert ragsack played basketball with mineta at san jose high nearly 80 years ago. what kind of loss is this for you? >> well, it's actually terrible because there's so few of us. hold on. >> i didn't want our country to do to others what had happened to norm. >> reporter: everyone had a story. diane produced a documentary and interviewed representative dan lunn gren, a republican who was supposed to talk about mineta as a political adversar

the city is paying tribute to norm mineta. he served as mayor, congressman and history-making cabinet member. he devoted his life to public service, representing san jose. today his widow brought his ashes home as people lined the streets to pay their respects. tomorrow a public ceremony will be held to remember him. former president clinton will be among the speakers. >> kiet do reports today was all about his hometown saying goodbye. >> reporter: mr. mineta's cremated remains traveled thousands of miles from the east coast and are finally here at san jose city hall where he will lay in state throughout the day. the community came out today to say welcome home. as norm mineta landed at the airport that bears his name, while his motorcade passed through his childhood neighborhood of japantown, amidst the outpouring of love and respect, it all begs the question, was he a friend, a hero, a public servant? perhaps all of the above. blanca alvarado was a close friend. >> these moments of reflection are a tribute to a man who was e

the city is paying tribute to norm mineta. he served as mayor, congressman and history-making cabinet member. he devoted his life to public service, representing san jose. today his widow brought his ashes home as people lined the streets to pay their respects. tomorrow a public ceremony will be held to remember him. former president clinton will be among the speakers. >> kiet do reports today was all about his hometown saying goodbye. >> reporter: mr.

at other people's expense. >> norm mineta was also the first asian american to serve as a city of san jose city council member and then the mayor. we brought you live coverage of the memorial for norman mineta on "cbs news bay area." you can find it streaming 24/7 on kpix.com and on the cbs news app. >>> still ahead on kpix 5 and "cbs news bay area," we'll introduce you to some of the people working every day to try and make the bay area a better place. and how you can do the same. >>> plus, the world cup is coming back to the bay area. find out where you can see the best soccer players from around the world come out to play. >> oh, it's incredibly exciting. opening this store has been a long time coming. we've been working on this for so long. >> it's been years in the making, but does the new san jose eataly live up to the hype? >>> temperatures are a little below average today. they'll be a lot low wanna help kids get their homework done? well, an internet connection's a good start. but kids also need computers. and sometimes the hardest thing about homework is finding a place to d

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. >> norm mineta was right, and we need to follow him right to the very end. >>> now at 7:00, remembering a man who was beloved in the bay area and beyond. good evening. i'm ryan yamamoto. >> and i'm elizabeth cook. a final farewell to norman mineta. he broke barriers as the first asian american to serve as mayor of san jose. he also became the first asian american to hold a u.s. cabinet post. >> the man who left a lasting impact on the bay area's biggest city and the nation. ♪ >> reporter: norm mineta, whose modestry was legendary, likely would not have to approved of such a big fuss. nonetheless, hundreds gathered to share a laugh and shed a tear. robert ragsack played basketball with mineta at san jose high nearly 80 years ago. what kind of loss is this for you? >> well, it's

if a memorial service today on the east coast for a native son of san jose norm mineta. today's ceremony brought together friends family and political. heavyweights he had always had a better vision about our country more perfect union. he always had knowledge about the subjects that he was talking about. so when he spoke we listened if we were smart we listened secretary minetta died last month that is home in maryland and although he had moved to the east coast his heart remained in his beloved hometown. every day i drive to work on the norman y, minetta, california highway 85 15 minutes from the minute a transportation institute at san jose state university i think you get the picture of san jose's regard for dad. secretary minetto will return home on w nose city hall on thursday. another memorial is planned at the san jose civic auditorium where former president bill clinton will speak then minetta will be laid to rest next to his parents and his siblings in the city. he called the valley of his dreams. a grand opening on the peninsula is building a better bay area b

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. >>> and a look back at the life and legacy of norm mineta as leaders, including former president reflect on his remarkable contributions to san jose and the nation. good evening. i'm ryan yamamoto. >> and i'm elizabeth cook. rent prices are rebounding all across the country, but some bay area cities are lagging behind. rental prices in san francisco are still sky-high, but a new report shows they're actually lower now in the city than before the pandemic. san francisco is the only major u.s. city where that holds true. >> san jose has seen prices go back up, but is still behind the national average, ranking second to the last in rent growths since the beginning of the pandemic. kpix 5's andria borba breaks down the reasons why and where you can still work a deal. >> reporter: while still by no means or definition cheap -- >> my whole rent is $4,000. me and my roommate pay $2,000. it's a two bedroom, one bath. >> reporter: the cost of rent in san francisco has still not returned to what it was in march of 2020. with a medium one-bedroom 2900. >> we're the last place that hasn't fully rebo

. >> he was an army veteran, a former congressman, statesman, and fort two many, he was simply norm. >> i'm glad i got to know 43. >> reporter: today's tribute to norman mineta was at times humorous. >> it caused people to believe him. they didn't believe me. they didn't believe bill clinton. they didn't believe a whole lot of us, and norman mineta, for whatever reason. >> reporter: the mayor was once monette is congressional intern. >> i remember how ironic that a guy driving an awful dodge co. cold would be in education. >> reporter: everyone seem to have a funny anecdote about everyone knew as nora. a man born of japanese immigrants at the tender age of 10 was gone was the way to determine count camp. >> for most of us what happened was a result of a lifelong range. not norm. it made him fight even more. for a better america for the rest of his life. >> reporter: after graduating from san jose high school, he became mayor of san jose a congressman and congressman monetta wrote the civil rights act of 1983 granting reparations for japanese- americans who had been incarcerated in in

welcome home, norm. >> reporter: sam liccardo started his political life as an intern in mineta's office. rod dared on, who heads the mineta transportation institute, and former councilwoman in county superwoman, blanco alvarado. >> it is such an amazing homecoming for dad. you know, you can take the boy out, but you can't ever take the valley out of the boy. this welcome home today was everything to our family. i know it would have been for him today. >> reporter: norman mineta's homecoming will, not in an official memorial tomorrow when president clinton will add his voice to those who expressed theirs today. in san jose, robert handa, nbc bay area news. >>> 10 years ago, andre, an immigration program paved the way for undocumented students to remain in the u.s. the deferred action for childhood arrivals, or daca, was operated on june 15th, 2012. today's anniversary comes during an appeals court, to determine the program's future. president biden on twitter this morning urging congress to make the program permanent. >> to dreamers and the organizers who have been in this fight for so l

that norm manetta was different. than any politician you ever know, and you'll ever meet these words of praise from former president bill clinton. i had fortuitous opportunity to make him the first asian american ever and the presidential cabinet. i'm grateful to george bush. who were normal estimation i served with him still hated my guts. manera was deeply religious and committed to the methodist church he once taught sunday school decades ago, this man was in his class. when i find that i found out he was running for mayor said, that's the guy that's the guy that japanese community needs. ah to lead leon panetta recalled mineta's heroism on the day of 9 11 when , as transportation secretary, he grounded all airlines norm made some very tough decisions that day and a very tough moment. for our country. but the decisions that he made save lives a man whose family suffered the injustice of incarceration along with other japanese americans during world war two era dedicated his life to fighting for democracy that serv

that norm manetta was different. than any politician you ever know, and you'll ever meet these words of praise from former president bill clinton. i had fortuitous opportunity to make him the first asian american ever and a presidential cabinet. i'm grateful to george bush. who were normal is asking me. should i serve with him? still hated my guts. manera was deeply religious and committed to the methodist church he once taught sunday school decades ago, this man was in his class. when i find that i found out he was running for mayor. that's the guy that's the guy that japanese community needs. ah to lead leon panetta recalled mineta's heroism on the day of 9 11 when , as transportation secretary, he grounded all airlines norm made some very tough decisions that day and a very tough moment. for our country. but the decisions that he made save lives a man whose family suffered the injustice of incarceration along with other japanese americans during world war two era dedicated his life to fighting for democracy that s

ooh, that norm manetta was different. than any politician you will ever know. and you'll ever meet these words of praise from former president bill clinton. i'm glad i had the fortuitous opportunity to make him the first asian american ever and the presidential cabinet. i'm grateful to george bush. who were normal estimate. should i serve with him still hated my guts. manera was deeply religious and committed to the methodist church he once taught sunday school decades ago, this man was in his class. when i find that i found out he was running for mayor said. that's the guy that's the guy that japanese community needs. ah to lead leon panetta recalled mineta's heroism on the day of 9 11 when, as transportation secretary, he grounded all airlines norm made some very tough decisions that day at a very tough moment. for our country. but the decisions that he made save lives a man whose family suffered the injustice of incarceration along with other japanese americans during world war two era dedicated his life to fighting for democracy that serves everyone and non

today friends and family paid tribute to the late norman mineta. to live with the example that norm has left we must re energize are resolved. to create a world in which people are not left behind because of differences. but our embraced so that all can flourish. in san jose, elected leaders and community members began two days of memorials for norman. eta. hello again, everyone. i'm julie julie haener and i'm alex savage, the city's first mayor of color would go on to serve in the u. s house and in the cabinets of two presidential administrations. ktvu south. a reporter jesse gary, joining us now live from san jose city hall. with coverage on today's ceremony, jesse. alex julie. there's about an hour for the public to come out and view the urn that contains the remains of norman eta that's inside the attend a of city hall and ended seven. so you have a little bit less than an hour to do so. earlier today, a ceremony a rest i

mineta who only wanted to be called norm was born in san jose in 1931. but the outbreak of war for america a decade later would shape his views on politics for his lifetime. president roosevelt ordered his family and thousands of other japanese americans to leave their homes and businesses incarcerated behind barbed wire. do the hostilities with imperial japan and based on unfounded fears those who look different might pose a threat dwyer and machine guns pointed inward from the guard towers at the corners. and were not designed to protect but rather to detain point in the country's race relations didn't diminish his view of the american experience. after the war. he graduated from uc berkeley and eventually was recruited into politics. the city council seat in the sixties was soon followed by the mayor's office by the end of that decade for me, and i believe a lot of champions americans. it was a very proud moment to years later was going up the political ladder again now elected to the u. s house norm in his gentle and persuasive manner. with his winni

ooh, that norm manetta was different. than any politician you will ever know. and you'll ever meet these words of praise from former president bill clinton. i had fortuitous opportunity to make him the first asian american ever and the presidential cabinet. i'm grateful to george bush. who were normal estimation i served with him still hated my guts. manera was deeply religious and committed to the methodist church he once taught sunday school decades ago, this man was in his class. when i find that i found out he was running for mayor said, that's the guy that's the guy that japanese community needs. ah to lead leon panetta recalled. mineta's heroism on the day of 9 11 when , as transportation secretary grounded all airlines nor made some very tough decisions that day at a very tough moment. for our country. but the decisions that he made save lives a man whose family suffered the injustice of incarceration along with other japanese americans during world war two era dedicated his life to fighting for democracy that serves everyone and none of this works. if w