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wilson walker shows us the latest editions to the plaza. >> reporter: these pits were empty for the last couple of years. >> reporter: it is not every day that the city goes digging into civic center plaza. on this morning, this gardener and park service manager are embarking on something that might take decades >> we have to wait until the tree gets to the height of the mature trees. >> reporter: the mature tree is an artifact. it so the front lawn with the unmistakable shapes >> these are sycamore trees, the most common tree in the city ask county of san francisco. a type of pruning where it looks like a can and it keeps the trees at one standard height. >> reporter: the oldest trees here went in the ground 80-90 years ago the four planted will take years to catch up and that is one of the reasons why the pits where the sycamores failed sat empty for so long >> takes them a really long time to grow to this form. so, i think there may be he'station in replanting it because you never know how the city is going to change. there may be a redesign or we should wait. >> the biggest goal of t
wilson walker shows us the latest editions to the plaza. >> reporter: these pits were empty for the last couple of years. >> reporter: it is not every day that the city goes digging into civic center plaza. on this morning, this gardener and park service manager are embarking on something that might take decades >> we have to wait until the tree gets to the height of the mature trees. >> reporter: the mature tree is an artifact. it so the front lawn with the unmistakable...
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wilson walker spoke to an activist who has been pushing for reform from the very start. >> my name is felicia jones. i'm the founder of wealth and disparities in the black community. i'm also the founder of justice for mario woods coalition. >> reporter: for felicia jones, the ceremony at city hall was a milestone in a journey that started years ago. having been pushing for greater accountability for police. since the shooting of mario woods in 2015. >> even though it may be a world stage in regards to the super bowl, it will have to be a royal stage in justice. >> reporter: nearly a decade later, here she was leading a cheer in a room full of police officers, marking what everyone will agree is a step in not a finish line. >> it is not perfect. but we have finished. >> reporter: san francisco police say they have essentially finished the justice department, mayor london breed in an election year and the chief of police, describing it as a milestone accomplished in spite of head winds. >> not only do we continue to push forward with this work and made it happen, but we did so during t
wilson walker spoke to an activist who has been pushing for reform from the very start. >> my name is felicia jones. i'm the founder of wealth and disparities in the black community. i'm also the founder of justice for mario woods coalition. >> reporter: for felicia jones, the ceremony at city hall was a milestone in a journey that started years ago. having been pushing for greater accountability for police. since the shooting of mario woods in 2015. >> even though it may be a...
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let's go to wilson walker. he is live on the san francisco side of the bridge. wilson, what is it like there now? >> reporter: listening to everything that you are telling us, my first thought is on this end of the bridge, you can't see anything. i am with photo journalist rick and his observation is he has done this 30 years and never stood in the middle of the highway like this. if you are one of the cars or one of the people trying to bike over the bridge, it's hard to see what's happening. the protest is way off out of sight especially given the arc of the bridge. you can't see what's going on. everyone here is left to wait and sort of look at their phones and try to figure out what's going on. there is no one out here to tell you what's going on. i've got a little bit video to show you of how this unfolded. suppose you were coming to the bridge from the south, heading towards marin and got stuck and were waiting there a couple hours. what did you do? have a listen to this gentleman who was coming from the press idio trust trying to manage the situation. >>
let's go to wilson walker. he is live on the san francisco side of the bridge. wilson, what is it like there now? >> reporter: listening to everything that you are telling us, my first thought is on this end of the bridge, you can't see anything. i am with photo journalist rick and his observation is he has done this 30 years and never stood in the middle of the highway like this. if you are one of the cars or one of the people trying to bike over the bridge, it's hard to see what's...
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well, that new canal wll go into service in the next couple of weeks and as our wilson walker shows us, it already faces the very same challenge as the last one. >> here in the forround, you are looking at the old canal and over that dirt pile there is the new canal. this is typically an image that people hat kind of problem have out here? this is it. lem >> stretchinout tulare county is a megaproject that is just about finished. it is the new friant-kern canal. >> it is about 12 feet higher than the old. >> the old canal built in the 1940s with a califoa water disaster in slow motion,3 sinking with the vallelower since the time it was built. it as continued. with capacity cut by more th60%, the only option was a new canal but it faces the same problem. >> i've got some posterboard for you, wilson. it will blow your mind. >> johnny amal is chief operating officer of the friant water authority and about to celebrathe opening of this water line for farmland and pple. >> now, wehave encountered a new area between avenue 136 and the tule river that is cting tricky financing and on day one,
well, that new canal wll go into service in the next couple of weeks and as our wilson walker shows us, it already faces the very same challenge as the last one. >> here in the forround, you are looking at the old canal and over that dirt pile there is the new canal. this is typically an image that people hat kind of problem have out here? this is it. lem >> stretchinout tulare county is a megaproject that is just about finished. it is the new friant-kern canal. >> it is about...
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so, our wilson walker has reaction to the progress and the acknowledgement that the work is not finished. >> my name is felicia jones, i am founder of justice for mario woods. >> reporter: today was a milestone in a journey that started years ago having been pushing for greater accountability for the police since the shooting of mario woods in 2015. >> even though it may be a world stage in regards to the super bowl it has to be a world stage in justice. >> reporter: nearly a decade later here she was leading a cheer in a room full of police officers marking what everyone agrees is a step and not a finish line >> it is not perfect. but we have finished. >> reporter: san francisco police say they have essentially finished all 272 reforms recommended by state and federal justice departments. mayor london breed in an election year and the chief of police described it as a milestone accomplished in spite of headwinds. >> we not only continue to push forward with this work and made it happen, we did so during a challenging time after a global pandemic where we saw crime start to skyrocket. >>
so, our wilson walker has reaction to the progress and the acknowledgement that the work is not finished. >> my name is felicia jones, i am founder of justice for mario woods. >> reporter: today was a milestone in a journey that started years ago having been pushing for greater accountability for the police since the shooting of mario woods in 2015. >> even though it may be a world stage in regards to the super bowl it has to be a world stage in justice. >> reporter:...
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wilson walker has more from fresno county. >> reporter: this is sour main canal, it runs the length of the district. kind of like the highway. it is the main highway of the district. >> manny is general manager of the highway system that is the james irrigation district in fresno county. a small district. they are very proud of the solarintegrated ground water recharge pools that were full just a few months ago. >> our king subbase last year, recharging the water. last year's pay off is a different story. >> normally this is all filled on a wet year we have it filled with the water. >> reporter: the current allocation initially just 15% of their contract it has since been bumped up to 35%. >> every year we have to wait, hold our breath and see how much of that we are going to get. >> right here we have a barely field that we planted late last fall and across the street we got some winter forage. >> reporter: farmers are also left guessing if the allocations are low. he would normally go under ground. >> that is when you start to turn on the pumps and get as much water as you can. now,
wilson walker has more from fresno county. >> reporter: this is sour main canal, it runs the length of the district. kind of like the highway. it is the main highway of the district. >> manny is general manager of the highway system that is the james irrigation district in fresno county. a small district. they are very proud of the solarintegrated ground water recharge pools that were full just a few months ago. >> our king subbase last year, recharging the water. last year's...
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wilson walker has more on what it means for voter turnout and how it can swing the results. >> you know, to me as a political scientist i am fascinated by an election that is hard to pridict >> there are predictions. but, it is an experiment. >> reporter: the experiment is the shift in san francisco's election calendar, a move that will bump the race for mayor off of those low turnout odd years over to the very high turnout presidential cycle and the implications could be enormous. >> look at what you have seen san francisco historically. low turnout, tends to have moderates, increases, progressive voters turnout. what happens in a high turnout election. >> we are going to see probably 85% turnout of people voting for their mayor instead of what we usually get which is the lower 40s. >> reporter: the progressive supervisor, not just a fan of the consolidated elections he put the issue on the ballot where voters loved the idea as well, passing with 71% of the vote. >> even people who have disagreements from the more progressive to the more moderate end of the spectrum agreed on prop h. y
wilson walker has more on what it means for voter turnout and how it can swing the results. >> you know, to me as a political scientist i am fascinated by an election that is hard to pridict >> there are predictions. but, it is an experiment. >> reporter: the experiment is the shift in san francisco's election calendar, a move that will bump the race for mayor off of those low turnout odd years over to the very high turnout presidential cycle and the implications could be...
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wilson walker shows us a popular business that's had its share of struggles and now banking on downtown oakland for its comeback. >> i love you. >> love you, too. >> see you again soon, all right? precious cargo. >> reporter: tim clark came from a half hour away to get this cargo. he was among the very first customers at horn barbecue's new location which relaunched with a line at the door. >> the king, the beef rib. look at that thing. holy moly. oh, my god. i miss this. i miss this so much. it's so good to have it back again. >> we stay committed to the city and the city has definitely shown up and shown love for us, so we're humbled by it. >> reporter: it has been an up and down ride for namesake chef horn, but his barbecue and brand are now planted in downtown oakland where there are more than a few places to draw foot traffic. >> swan's market and it comes down into eighth and there's great food, great restaurants all around town. >> reporter: i asked you if downtown oakland might be doing better than downtown san francisco. you said increase. >> i did say yes because to me living
wilson walker shows us a popular business that's had its share of struggles and now banking on downtown oakland for its comeback. >> i love you. >> love you, too. >> see you again soon, all right? precious cargo. >> reporter: tim clark came from a half hour away to get this cargo. he was among the very first customers at horn barbecue's new location which relaunched with a line at the door. >> the king, the beef rib. look at that thing. holy moly. oh, my god. i...
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so the city is asking people to celerate their love of pot somewhere else, but wilson walker talked to nearby business own who aren't sure what to expect tomorrow. everyone came from all around and would shop and this is like such a great thing and it's changed in the last teyears dramatically. it's very different. >> reporter: alicia mccord is always happy to see more foot traffic on haight street, but lack of an official vent only means more questions like how many people might be coming? >> so i really have no idea. the merchant association, we all have talked about it and it looks like it's going to be ort of the same. >> i think it will be good for the merchant corridor here. we have a lot of head shops. the 4-20 scene tends to evolve year to year. >> well, a lot of people definitely did not like the sensing of the whole thing and whatnot. they felt it disrupted of the natural spontas gathering that it was. >> reporter: in some years te crowds, weather, and a long day of drugs and alcohol have all added up to be a little too much for this neighood. >> i think that became a problem
so the city is asking people to celerate their love of pot somewhere else, but wilson walker talked to nearby business own who aren't sure what to expect tomorrow. everyone came from all around and would shop and this is like such a great thing and it's changed in the last teyears dramatically. it's very different. >> reporter: alicia mccord is always happy to see more foot traffic on haight street, but lack of an official vent only means more questions like how many people might be...
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walker is there. one of the big issues san francisco's new mayor will face. the wave of major store closures downtown. from the owner of the west field mall walking away if the property to macy's, there are impacts and in fact one small business owner says she is an example of the problem. sasha darling opened her boutique store in the mission district believing in the neighborhood in 2007 but ten years later, her landlord raised the rent in $3,000 to $8,000 a month. and added to that she says concerns about crime and lack of foot traffic since the pandemic. so guess what? sasha now relocated to los angeles. >> i mean, i was definitely one of the people that hadn't spent any time in the bay area -- but being in bay area. >> darling says the change of scenery opened her mind and she also said the move helped her to rent a small apartment for a third of the previous rent and eventually buy a house. >>> well, the latest example of the bay area bouncing back. you can see art on display this weekend as 85
walker is there. one of the big issues san francisco's new mayor will face. the wave of major store closures downtown. from the owner of the west field mall walking away if the property to macy's, there are impacts and in fact one small business owner says she is an example of the problem. sasha darling opened her boutique store in the mission district believing in the neighborhood in 2007 but ten years later, her landlord raised the rent in $3,000 to $8,000 a month. and added to that she says...
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but, he says he doesn't see the race that way, he told wilson walker he has another word on his mind. >> i think people know my work on behalf of neighborhoods in san francisco. i want to be a neighborhood mayor that honors every neighborhood in san francisco. >> neighborhood, the word of the day as he made his run official but this is not a new keyword, it is the same word we heard back when we were asking whether or not he would join the race. >> you know, i started out as a neighborhood guy, i started out as a neighborhood activist in north beach. >> let's unpack the word a little bit, on one level, it is a nice way about building a coalition, he has a quarter century of experience here in north beach. and how about t deep connections with the chinese community of san francisco. >> reporter: chinatown is the core of the city's asian population, a third of the vote in san francisco, there is a reason other candidates have made major announcements in this very plaza. recent years have shown the strength of this voting constituency. political scientist will tell you, voters do not alw
but, he says he doesn't see the race that way, he told wilson walker he has another word on his mind. >> i think people know my work on behalf of neighborhoods in san francisco. i want to be a neighborhood mayor that honors every neighborhood in san francisco. >> neighborhood, the word of the day as he made his run official but this is not a new keyword, it is the same word we heard back when we were asking whether or not he would join the race. >> you know, i started out as a...
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wilson walker heard today from some of the drivers on the golden gate bridge who waited for hours while the police untangled protesters who chained themselves together. >> reporter: we saw a similar protest several months ago on the bay bridge, seeing it again now. obviously something of a contest between law enforcement and protesters to take control of the bridges. or keep control of the bridges if you are a driver, cyclist, anyone out here today you are stuck in the middle. >> i am sympathetic. i understand the cause, i do. i just wish i would of left 20 minutes earlier i would of missed all of this. >> just short of the bridge in a sea of cars going nowhere. a driver trying to reach family on the other side. >> i am going to try to get through. my daughter needs me. she has four little ones there and i am supposed to help take care of them while she is working. >> yes, i work over the bridge. so, you know, not many options. i think about the ferry. >> people started walking their dogs and striking out for supplies. >> yes. it is an uber and he is lovely. >> our poor uber driver. >>
wilson walker heard today from some of the drivers on the golden gate bridge who waited for hours while the police untangled protesters who chained themselves together. >> reporter: we saw a similar protest several months ago on the bay bridge, seeing it again now. obviously something of a contest between law enforcement and protesters to take control of the bridges. or keep control of the bridges if you are a driver, cyclist, anyone out here today you are stuck in the middle. >> i...
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wilson walker begins our team coverage at the golden gate bridge tonight. wilson? >> reporter: liz, we saw this late last year over on the bay bridge. we've seen it again now. so clearly we're involved in a little contest of cat and mouse between the protesters and law enforcement. if you were trying to cross the bridge here, drive up 880 today, you are simply caught in the middle. >> i'm sympathetic and i understand the cause. i do and i just wish i'd have left 20 minutes earlier. i'd have missed all it. >> reporter: just short of the bridge and a sea of cars going inwhere, one driver trying to reach family on the other side. >> i'm going to try to get through. my daughter needs me. she's got four little ones there and i'm supposed to be helping take care of them while she's working. >> yeah. i work over the bridge. so not many other options. think about the ferry. >> reporter: the hours dragged on. people started walking their dogs and striking out for supplies. >> yes. it's an uber and he's lovely. >> reporter: amongst the crowd a constant chatter about the prot
wilson walker begins our team coverage at the golden gate bridge tonight. wilson? >> reporter: liz, we saw this late last year over on the bay bridge. we've seen it again now. so clearly we're involved in a little contest of cat and mouse between the protesters and law enforcement. if you were trying to cross the bridge here, drive up 880 today, you are simply caught in the middle. >> i'm sympathetic and i understand the cause. i do and i just wish i'd have left 20 minutes earlier....
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that new canal will go into service in the next couple weeks and as wilson walker shows us, it's already facing the very same challenge as the first one. >> reporter: you're looking at in the foreground the old canal and over that dirt pile there is the new canal. this is typically an image people look at and think oh, my gosh, what kind of problem do you have to solve out here and that's it. stretching out across ten miles of tulare county is a quiet california mega project that is just about finished. it is the new friant kern canal. the old canal built in the 1940s has been sinking with the valley floor since the time it was built. it was raised in the '70s, but the subsidence has continued and with capacity cut by 60%, the only option was a new canal, but it faces the same old problem. >> i've got some poster boards for you, wilson. this will blow your mind. >> reporter: donnie amroall is chief operating officer of the friant water authority about to celebrate the grand opening of this 300 $300 million for a quarter million people. >> we've encountered a new area of subsidence creati
that new canal will go into service in the next couple weeks and as wilson walker shows us, it's already facing the very same challenge as the first one. >> reporter: you're looking at in the foreground the old canal and over that dirt pile there is the new canal. this is typically an image people look at and think oh, my gosh, what kind of problem do you have to solve out here and that's it. stretching out across ten miles of tulare county is a quiet california mega project that is just...
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as wilson walker shows us, business owrs around the park are still bracing for big crowds. >> hi, guys. how are you? 4-20 everyone came from changed in the last ten years dramatically. always happy to ee more ourt is traffic on haight set, but 4-20 always ings some uncertainty and this year's lack of event brings more questions like how many people might be coming? >> i really have no idea. the merchant association, we all talked about it and it looks like it's going to be sort of the same. >> i think it will be good for the merchant corridor. we have a lot of head shops. 3 >> reporter: michael xavier efinitely did not like the fencing of the whole thing and whatnot. they felt, you know, it disrupted of the natural spontaneogathering that it was. >> reporter: in some years the cro, weather, and a long day odrugs and alcohol have all dded up to be a little too much for this neighborhood. >> i think that became a oblem, too like alcohol and whatnotand it just becomes, yeah, pretcrazy. ú>> reporter: following this saga over the tends to descend upon. it's all the neighborhoods around thi
as wilson walker shows us, business owrs around the park are still bracing for big crowds. >> hi, guys. how are you? 4-20 everyone came from changed in the last ten years dramatically. always happy to ee more ourt is traffic on haight set, but 4-20 always ings some uncertainty and this year's lack of event brings more questions like how many people might be coming? >> i really have no idea. the merchant association, we all talked about it and it looks like it's going to be sort of...
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but as our wilson walker tells us that would come with the loss of parking on a busy commercial corridor. >>what you want to see is when they come off the grill. there you go. there's a better 1. remarks claimed sandwich shop boasts 5 star reviews the problem. for his business, he says his right outside his front door. my staff, each 1 of them has been smash and grab 4 times and that, he argues, is why his customers will be reluctant to walk from surrounding streets. for parking lots. if 32 spaces are about 40% of the parking on grand it is lost to the installation of new protected bike lanes. people don't want to be away from the cars. nafta area was police. properly. they wouldn't mind. so here is cava kava is a longtime client. for elizabeth macdonald. it is a concern about accessibility for long time clients or people carrying their animals. and she says. the corridor itself. is also vulnerable. so i think that it's no secret that a lot of small businesses in the bay area and brick and mortar businesses are struggling a little bit right now. we need to be thinking about how to preven
but as our wilson walker tells us that would come with the loss of parking on a busy commercial corridor. >>what you want to see is when they come off the grill. there you go. there's a better 1. remarks claimed sandwich shop boasts 5 star reviews the problem. for his business, he says his right outside his front door. my staff, each 1 of them has been smash and grab 4 times and that, he argues, is why his customers will be reluctant to walk from surrounding streets. for parking lots. if...
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wilson walker has a look at the progress the department has made in its reform efforts and where there is still room for improvements. >> my name is felicia jones. i am the founder of wealth indisparities in the black community. >> reporter: for felicia jones the ceremony at city hall was a milestone in a journey that started years ago having been pushing for greater accountability for police since the shooting of mario woods in 2015. >> even though it may be a world stage in regards to the super bowl, it has to be a world stage in justice. >> reporter: nearly a decade later here she was leading a cheer in a room full of police officers marking what everyone agrees is a step and not a finish line. >> it's not perfect, but we have finished. >> reporter: san francisco police say they essentially finished all 272 reforms recommended by state and federal justice departments, mayor london breed an n an election year and the chief of police describing it as a milestone accomplished in spite of headwinds. >> we not only continue to push forward with this work and made it happen, we did so dur
wilson walker has a look at the progress the department has made in its reform efforts and where there is still room for improvements. >> my name is felicia jones. i am the founder of wealth indisparities in the black community. >> reporter: for felicia jones the ceremony at city hall was a milestone in a journey that started years ago having been pushing for greater accountability for police since the shooting of mario woods in 2015. >> even though it may be a world stage in...
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our wilson walker got some insight today into simpson's life before his infamy from a friend of his family. >> it's something when you can say two letters, you just say o.j., just say o.j., people know who you're talking about around the world. >> reporter: for timothy allen simon the letters o.j. are more than the san francisco sports hero who became notorious. he knew simpson from the time he was a child. >> i'm a native san franciscan and o.j. is maybe one of the most famous native san franciscans of all times. i've known his family my entire life. >> reporter: he says the story of o.j. simpson is one that changed this country. it was at first the fairytale success of a young man famously from the city's poorest neighborhoods. >> you might say this is what i'm trying to do now. right now i'm trying to make it. i came from a pretty rough neighborhood around here. >> it was tough. life is tough. when we say a tough community, i hope that your viewers don't necessarily view that it's because of its zip code necessarily. >> i feel if i make it, that would be a good example for other kids ou
our wilson walker got some insight today into simpson's life before his infamy from a friend of his family. >> it's something when you can say two letters, you just say o.j., just say o.j., people know who you're talking about around the world. >> reporter: for timothy allen simon the letters o.j. are more than the san francisco sports hero who became notorious. he knew simpson from the time he was a child. >> i'm a native san franciscan and o.j. is maybe one of the most...
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. >> the city quickly unveiled a plan to make the intersection much safer, but as wilson walker explains, the redesign is getting plenty of pushback. >> i grew up on west portal. my family home is still on west portal. >> reporter: marios postal chases in the heart of west portal. while shaken by the tragedy just around the corner from his business but he is among those asking for a pause in the proposed changes to the center section. >> to take a step back, take a deep breath, let's discuss it. the things that we are doing for our community will be long-lasting . >> there are three issues here. the issue of public safety, the issue of beautifying and making the area more welcoming, and then there is the issue of the impact to small businesses. >> reporter: lisa moore owns siren boutique. she is not convinced the plan will necessarily improve safety . and then there is the timeline. >> while we care deeply about public safety , and of course, employees, customers, my kids who live and work in this neighborhood, also, we feel that this proposal was basically introduced to us after it was
. >> the city quickly unveiled a plan to make the intersection much safer, but as wilson walker explains, the redesign is getting plenty of pushback. >> i grew up on west portal. my family home is still on west portal. >> reporter: marios postal chases in the heart of west portal. while shaken by the tragedy just around the corner from his business but he is among those asking for a pause in the proposed changes to the center section. >> to take a step back, take a deep...
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wilson walker spoke with an activist who has been pushing for reform from the very start. >> my name is felicia jones, i am the founder of wealth and disparity in the black community and the founder of justice for mario woods coalition >> for felicia jones the ceremony was a milestone in a journey that started years ago. having been pushed for greater accountability for the police since the shooting of mario woods in 2015. >> even though it may be a world stage in regards to the super bowl, it has to be a world stage for justice. >> reporter: nearly a decade later here she was leading a cheer in a room full of police officers marking what everyone agrees is a step and not a finish line. >> it is not perfect. we have finished. >> san francisco police say they have essentially finished all 272 reforms recommended by state and federal justice departments. mayor london breed in an election year and the chief of police described it as a milestone accomplished inspite of headwinds. >> we not only continue to push forward with this and made it happen we did so during a challenging time afte
wilson walker spoke with an activist who has been pushing for reform from the very start. >> my name is felicia jones, i am the founder of wealth and disparity in the black community and the founder of justice for mario woods coalition >> for felicia jones the ceremony was a milestone in a journey that started years ago. having been pushed for greater accountability for the police since the shooting of mario woods in 2015. >> even though it may be a world stage in regards to...
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wilson walker went along with mayor breed as she walks san bruno avenue in the portola district. >> oh, my goodness, leon. you got my grandmother out here in the cold. >> reporter: in a blustery afternoon wind mayor london breed hit san bruno avenue going door to door along a business corridor with a large chinese population and a sure sign that the campaign and hand-to-hand politics are well underway. >> you got a whole crew. come on. come on. >> reporter: accompanied by the woman she calls her asian grandmother, breed led a team of supporters up and down this street for some voter outreach. her other job was never far away. >> i was asking the mayor if she's going to be fixing the potholes on mission street here in san francisco. we do a lot of low riding there and our cars are getting messed up. >> you said lowrider. i'll talk to roberta. >> sounds good. >> my hope is by being out here i can answer questions, deal with people's issues and concerns, even a speed bump that still hasn't happened. >> reporter: breed must also convince residents that things are getting better in san fran
wilson walker went along with mayor breed as she walks san bruno avenue in the portola district. >> oh, my goodness, leon. you got my grandmother out here in the cold. >> reporter: in a blustery afternoon wind mayor london breed hit san bruno avenue going door to door along a business corridor with a large chinese population and a sure sign that the campaign and hand-to-hand politics are well underway. >> you got a whole crew. come on. come on. >> reporter: accompanied...
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and as our wilson walker reports, the football player turned fallen star leaves behind a complicated legacy that started right here in san francisco. >> it's something that when you can say two letters, just say o. j., just say o. j., people know who you're talking about. around the world. >> reporter: for timothy allen simon, the letters o. j. are more than the san francisco sports hero who became notorious. he knew simpson from the time he was a child. >> i'm a native of san francisco, and o. j. is maybe one of the most famous natives of san francisco of all times. i've known his family my entire life. >> reporter: he says the story of o. j. is one that changed this country. it was at first the fairy tale success of a young man famously from the city's poorest neighborhoods. >> right now i'm trying to make it. i came from a pretty rough neighborhood around here. >> i mean, it was tough. it was tough. life is tough. so when we say a tough community, i hope your viewers don't necessarily view that as because of the zip code necessarily. >> i feel if i make it, that would be a good ex
and as our wilson walker reports, the football player turned fallen star leaves behind a complicated legacy that started right here in san francisco. >> it's something that when you can say two letters, just say o. j., just say o. j., people know who you're talking about. around the world. >> reporter: for timothy allen simon, the letters o. j. are more than the san francisco sports hero who became notorious. he knew simpson from the time he was a child. >> i'm a native of san...
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. >> our wilson walker sat down with conter in 2016 as he was leaving for a 75th commemoration ceremony in hawaii. >> here is the motion picture record released by the united states navy. >> the first bombs start. we knew what was going on immediately. >> reporter: 95-year-old lou conter doesn't need a news reel to know what happened at pearl harbor. he was right in the middle of it. >> i was the quarter master third class on the 7th of december and the uss arizona. we only lasted nine minutes. >> here is the actual bombing of the mighty uss arizona. >> we took the bomb down on the star board side forward by number two turret. it went through five decks into the lower handling room of the forward magazines and it blew up the forward magazines. that's where you see the blast. >> reporter: 1,177 men died that morning on the arizona and of the 335 survivors only five are left. conter was given a grand sendoff to the 75th anniversary ceremony in hawaii, but he is not traveling alone. with his family he's taking the ashes of another arizona survivor, clarendon hetrick who died earlier this y
. >> our wilson walker sat down with conter in 2016 as he was leaving for a 75th commemoration ceremony in hawaii. >> here is the motion picture record released by the united states navy. >> the first bombs start. we knew what was going on immediately. >> reporter: 95-year-old lou conter doesn't need a news reel to know what happened at pearl harbor. he was right in the middle of it. >> i was the quarter master third class on the 7th of december and the uss...
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our wilson walker talked with commuters who had no choice but to wait it out. >> i'm sympathetic, and i understand the cause. i do. and i just wish i'd have left 20 minutes earlier, i'd have missed all of this. >> reporter: just short of the bridge and a sea of cars going nowhere, one driver trying to reach family on the other side. >> i'm going to try to get through. my daughter needs me. she got four little ones there, and i'm supposed to be helping take care of them while she's working. >> yeah, yea, i work over the bridge. so you know, not many other options. think about the ferry. >> reporter: the hours dragged on. people started walking their dogs and striking out for supplies. >> yes,s the an uber, and he's lovely. >> our poor uber driver. >> reporter: and amongst the crowd a constant chatter about the protest that had stuck them all there. some were sympathetic. >> like, yes, it's an inconvenience, but it's also inconvenient to be a human being in gaza right now. >> stop arming israel, which i think we should stop arming israel, so i'm in support of that. >> reporter: there wa
our wilson walker talked with commuters who had no choice but to wait it out. >> i'm sympathetic, and i understand the cause. i do. and i just wish i'd have left 20 minutes earlier, i'd have missed all of this. >> reporter: just short of the bridge and a sea of cars going nowhere, one driver trying to reach family on the other side. >> i'm going to try to get through. my daughter needs me. she got four little ones there, and i'm supposed to be helping take care of them while...
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our wilson walker was there. >> i love you. >> love you too. >> see you again soon, all right? precious cargo. >> reporter: tim clark came from a half hour away to get this cargo. he was among the first customers at horn barbecue's new location which relaunched with a line at the door. >> the the king, the beef rib, look at that thing. holy moly. oh my god. i missed this. i missed this so much. it's so good to have it back again. >> we've stayed committed to the city, and, um, the city has definitely shown up and showed love for us. we're humbled by it. >> reporter: it's been an up and down ride for name sake chef matt horn, but his restaurant and brand are now planted in downtown oakland where there's a chance to draw foot traffic. >> swan's market comes right down into 8th, and there's great food and restaurants all around town. >> reporter: i asked you if downtown oakland might be doing better than downtown san francisco, and you said yes? >> i did say yes because to me, living here, downtown oakland is more homelier. san francisco seems so business-like. everything is rushi
our wilson walker was there. >> i love you. >> love you too. >> see you again soon, all right? precious cargo. >> reporter: tim clark came from a half hour away to get this cargo. he was among the first customers at horn barbecue's new location which relaunched with a line at the door. >> the the king, the beef rib, look at that thing. holy moly. oh my god. i missed this. i missed this so much. it's so good to have it back again. >> we've stayed committed to...
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wilson walker was there. >> i love you. i will see you again soon, all right. precious cargo. >> reporter: tim clark came from a half hour a way to get the cargo. it relaunched with a line at the door. the king, the beef rib. look at that thing. holy moley. oh, my god. i miss this. i miss this so much. it's good to have it back again. >> we stay committed to the city and the city has shown up for us. we are humbled by it. >> it has been an up and down ride for matt horn but his barbecue and brand are planted in downtown oakland where there are more than a few places to draw foot traffic. >> swan's market. it comes right down to eighth and great food, restaurants around town. >> reporter: i asked if downtown oakland is doing better than downtown san francisco. you said yes. >> for me, downtown oakland is more homier. >> san francisco has farmer's markets and things of that nature but it's business like. everything is so rushy rushy, hurry, hurry. >> reporter: oakland's core faces the challenges. like san francisco the office vacancy rate is high. the amount of s
wilson walker was there. >> i love you. i will see you again soon, all right. precious cargo. >> reporter: tim clark came from a half hour a way to get the cargo. it relaunched with a line at the door. the king, the beef rib. look at that thing. holy moley. oh, my god. i miss this. i miss this so much. it's good to have it back again. >> we stay committed to the city and the city has shown up for us. we are humbled by it. >> it has been an up and down ride for matt horn...
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walker shows us, business owners around the park are still bracing for some big crowds. >> 4/20 , everyone came from all around, this is such a great thing and it has changed in the last 10 years, dramatically. it's very different. >> reporter: alicia is always happy to see more foot traffic but like a lot of merchants here, 4/20 also brings uncertainty and this year's lack of an official event only means more questions like how many people might be coming. >> i really have no idea, the merchant association, we all talked about it and it looks like it's going to be sort of the same. >> i think it'll be good for the merchant corridor here. >> reporter: michael xavier knows a little something about crowds, and he says the 4/20 scene tends to evolve year-to-year. >> a lot of people definitely do not like the fencing of the whole thing, like it disrupted the natural spontaneous gathering that it was. >> reporter: and it all added up to be a little bit too much for this neighborhood. >> i think that became a problem, the alcohol and whatnot, it just becomes pretty crazy. >> reporter: if you hav
walker shows us, business owners around the park are still bracing for some big crowds. >> 4/20 , everyone came from all around, this is such a great thing and it has changed in the last 10 years, dramatically. it's very different. >> reporter: alicia is always happy to see more foot traffic but like a lot of merchants here, 4/20 also brings uncertainty and this year's lack of an official event only means more questions like how many people might be coming. >> i really have no...
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wilson walker was there. >> i love you. i will see you again soon, all right. precious cargo. >> reporter: tim clark came from a half hour away to get the cargo. it relaunched with a line at the door. the king, the beef rib. look at that thing. holy moley. oh, my god. i miss this. i miss this so much. it's good to have it back again. >> we stay committed to the city and the city has shown up for us. we are humbled by it. >> it has been an up and down ride for matt horn but his barbecue and brand are planted in downtown oakland where there are more than a few places to draw foot traffic. >> swan's market. it comes right down to eighth and great food, restaurants around town. >> reporter: i asked you if downtown oakland is doing better than downtown san francisco. you said yes. >> for me, downtown oakland is more homier. >> san francisco has farmer's markets and things of that nature but it's business like. everything is so rushy rushy, hurry, hurry. >> reporter: oakland's core faces the challenges. like san francisco the office vacancy rate is high. the amount o
wilson walker was there. >> i love you. i will see you again soon, all right. precious cargo. >> reporter: tim clark came from a half hour away to get the cargo. it relaunched with a line at the door. the king, the beef rib. look at that thing. holy moley. oh, my god. i miss this. i miss this so much. it's good to have it back again. >> we stay committed to the city and the city has shown up for us. we are humbled by it. >> it has been an up and down ride for matt horn...
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wilson walker checks in with a non-profit medical provider who just got a notice despite her planters succeeding at keeping sidewalks clear. >> reporter: this is the problem where they are saying that the width is not wide enough. >> reporter: for vivica anderson, the planters were a measure of last resort when the situation on van nuys was complicating her work at the pacific vision center helping underserved patients from across california. >> we have a lot of patients who are coming in for care, so it is really important they can navigate these sidewalks. so we just did what everybody else had done, and it has dramatically allowed us now to have sidewalks that people can navigate. >> reporter: but now anderson and many of her neighbors have been informed by public works that most of these planters are in various forms of violation. >> a thru way zone that's less than 72 inches. >> reporter: those sitting along van ness do allow for the specified 72 inches for sidewalk accessibility, the planters here on large do not. but as they point out, the sidewalk is not even wide to begin wit
wilson walker checks in with a non-profit medical provider who just got a notice despite her planters succeeding at keeping sidewalks clear. >> reporter: this is the problem where they are saying that the width is not wide enough. >> reporter: for vivica anderson, the planters were a measure of last resort when the situation on van nuys was complicating her work at the pacific vision center helping underserved patients from across california. >> we have a lot of patients who...
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walker shows us, business owners around the park are still bracing for big prep -- crowds. >> everyone came from all around and they would shop and this was such a great thing and it has changed in the last 10 years dramatically, it is very different. >> reporter: alicia is always happy to see more foot traffic here but like a lot of merchants, 4/20 also brings uncertainty and this year's lack of an official event only means more questions like how many people might be coming. >> i really have no idea, the merchant association we all talked about it, and it looks like it is going to be sort of the same. >> i think it'll be good for the merchant corridor here. >> reporter: michael xavier knows a little something about the crowds, he runs the haight street fair and he says the scene tends to evolve year-to-year. >> a lot of people didn't like the fencing of the whole thing, they felt it disrupted the natural spontaneous gathering that it was. >> reporter: and in some years, the crowd, the weather and the drugs and alcohol added up to be a little bit too much for this neighborhood. >> tha
walker shows us, business owners around the park are still bracing for big prep -- crowds. >> everyone came from all around and they would shop and this was such a great thing and it has changed in the last 10 years dramatically, it is very different. >> reporter: alicia is always happy to see more foot traffic here but like a lot of merchants, 4/20 also brings uncertainty and this year's lack of an official event only means more questions like how many people might be coming....
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wilson walker caught up with peskin on friday as he was filing the paperwork to join the race. >> i think you will know my work on behalf of neighborhoods in san francisco. i want to be a neighborhood mayor that honors every neighborhood in san francisco. >> reporter: neighborhood is the word of the day as he made his run official, but this is not a new keyword, it's the same word we heard when we were asking whether or not he would join the race. >> i started out as a neighborhood guy, i started out as a neighborhood activist in north beach. >> reporter: let's unpack the word neighborhood a little bit, on one level, if you are running for mayor, neighborhoods are a nice way to think about building a coalition, he has about a quarter century of experience in north beach. and how about the next neighborhood over? >> the reason i'm launching this campaign is because of my deep and abiding connections with the chinese community. >> reporter: chinatown is more than a neighborhood, it is the core of the city's asian population, there is a reason that other candidates have made major announceme
wilson walker caught up with peskin on friday as he was filing the paperwork to join the race. >> i think you will know my work on behalf of neighborhoods in san francisco. i want to be a neighborhood mayor that honors every neighborhood in san francisco. >> reporter: neighborhood is the word of the day as he made his run official, but this is not a new keyword, it's the same word we heard when we were asking whether or not he would join the race. >> i started out as a...
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and is wilson walker shows us, it is already facing the very same challenge as the last one. >> you are looking in the foreground the old canal and just over that dirt pile, is the new canal. this is typically an image that people look at and think my gosh, what kind of problem do you have to solve out here? >> reporter: stretching out across 10 miles is a quiet california megaproject , that is just about finished . it is the new canal. >> that is 10 or 12 feet higher than the old. >> reporter: the old canal bit in the 1940s was a water disaster in slow motion. syncing with the valley floor since the time it was built . it was raised in the 70s but at the subsidence has continued, and with capacity cut more than 60% the only option was a new canal but it faces the same old problem. >> we have poster boards for you, wilson. this will blow your mind. >> reporter: johnny's chief operating officer of the water authority. about to celebrate the grand opening of this $300 million lifeline. for 1 million acres of farmland and a quarter million people. >> now we have encountered a new area of s
and is wilson walker shows us, it is already facing the very same challenge as the last one. >> you are looking in the foreground the old canal and just over that dirt pile, is the new canal. this is typically an image that people look at and think my gosh, what kind of problem do you have to solve out here? >> reporter: stretching out across 10 miles is a quiet california megaproject , that is just about finished . it is the new canal. >> that is 10 or 12 feet higher than the...
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our wilson walker sat down with conter back in 2016 as he was leaving for a 75th commemoration ceremony in hawaii. >> here's the motion picture record. >> the first bombs start -- we knew what was going on immediately. >> reporter: 95-year-old lou conter doesn't need a newsreel to know what happened at pearl harbor. >> i was the quartermaster third class on the 7th of december and uss arizona. we only lasted you know, nine minutes. >> here's the actual bombing of the mighty uss arizona. >> and we took the bomb downened the star board side forward by number two turret and went into the lower handling room and it blue up the forward magazines. >> reporter: 1,177 men died that morning on the arizona. and of the 335 survivors, only five are left. >> flying with us today. [ applause ] >> reporter: conter was given a grand sentoff to the 70th anniversary ceremony in hawaii but he is not traveling i loan. along with his family, he's also taking ashes of another arizona survivor. who died earlier this year at the age of 92. >> five of us left and there's -- three of us that are going to be buri
our wilson walker sat down with conter back in 2016 as he was leaving for a 75th commemoration ceremony in hawaii. >> here's the motion picture record. >> the first bombs start -- we knew what was going on immediately. >> reporter: 95-year-old lou conter doesn't need a newsreel to know what happened at pearl harbor. >> i was the quartermaster third class on the 7th of december and uss arizona. we only lasted you know, nine minutes. >> here's the actual bombing of...
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our wilson walker takes a look back at his controversial life and the impact it still has on us with one man who knew o. j. his entire life. >> but it's something that when you can say two letters, you just say o.j. just say o.j. people know who you are talking about around the world. >> reporter: for timothy allen simon, the letters o.j. are more than the san francisco sports hero who became notorious. he knew simpson from the time he was a child. >> well, i'm a native san franciscan. and, you know, o.j. is -- maybe one of the most famous native san franciscans of all-time. i have known his family my entire life. >> reporter: he says the story of o.j. simpson is one that has changed this country and it was at first the fairytale success of a young man famously from the city's poorest neighborhoods. >> you might say this is what i'm trying to do now. you know, right now, i'm trying to make it and i came from a pretty rough neighborhood around here. >> yeah, it was tough. it was tough. life is tough. so when we say a tough community, i hope that your viewers don't necessarily view tha
our wilson walker takes a look back at his controversial life and the impact it still has on us with one man who knew o. j. his entire life. >> but it's something that when you can say two letters, you just say o.j. just say o.j. people know who you are talking about around the world. >> reporter: for timothy allen simon, the letters o.j. are more than the san francisco sports hero who became notorious. he knew simpson from the time he was a child. >> well, i'm a native san...
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walker went along with mayor breed doing the same as she walked san bruno avenue in the portola district. >> oh my goodness. you -- leon, you got my grandmothers out here in the cold. >> reporter: in a blustery afternoon wind, mayor london breed hit san bruno avenue going door-to-door along a business corridor with a large chinese population in a sure sign that the campaign and hand to hand politics are well under way. [ laughter ] >> come on. come on. >> reporter: accompanied by the woman she calls her asian grandmother, breed led a team of supporters up and down the street for some voter outreach. her other job was never far away. >> i was asking -- the mayor if she's going to be fixing the potholes on mission street. here in san francisco. we don't -- a lot of low riding there and our cars are getting messed up. >> you say low rider. i'll talk to roberto. yeah. >> all right, that's good. >> my hope is that by being out here i can answer questions and i can deal with people's issues and concerns. i mean, even -- a speed bump that's still not happened. >> reporter: beyond the job of bei
walker went along with mayor breed doing the same as she walked san bruno avenue in the portola district. >> oh my goodness. you -- leon, you got my grandmothers out here in the cold. >> reporter: in a blustery afternoon wind, mayor london breed hit san bruno avenue going door-to-door along a business corridor with a large chinese population in a sure sign that the campaign and hand to hand politics are well under way. [ laughter ] >> come on. come on. >> reporter:...
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wilson walker sat down with him back in 2016 as he was leaving for a 75th commemoration ceremony in hawaii. >> released by the united states navy. >> the first bombs start -- we knew what was going on immediately. >> reporter: 9 #-year-old lou conter doesn't need a news role to know what happened at pearl harbor. he was right in the middle of it. >> we only lasted, you know, nine minutes. >> here's the actual bombing of the mighty uss arizona. >> and we took that bomb down on the star board side forward by number two tourette and went through five decks into the lower handling room of the forward magazines and it flew up the forward magazines. that's where you see the blast. >> reporter: 1,177 men died that morning on the arizona and of the 335 survivors, only five are left. [ applause ] he was given a grand sendoff to the 75th anniversary ceremony in hawaii but he is not traveling alone. along with his family, he's also taking the ashes of another arizona survivor. clinton het trick who died this year at the age of 92. >> five of us left and there's three of us that are going to be buried
wilson walker sat down with him back in 2016 as he was leaving for a 75th commemoration ceremony in hawaii. >> released by the united states navy. >> the first bombs start -- we knew what was going on immediately. >> reporter: 9 #-year-old lou conter doesn't need a news role to know what happened at pearl harbor. he was right in the middle of it. >> we only lasted, you know, nine minutes. >> here's the actual bombing of the mighty uss arizona. >> and we took...
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our wilson walker takes a look back at the complicated legacy with one man who knew oj his entire life. >> but it's something that when you can say two letters, you just say oj. just say oj. people know who you are talking about. around the world. >> reporter: for timothy allen simon the letters oj are more than the san francisco sports hero who became notorious he knew simpson from the time he was a child. >> well, native san franciscan. and you know, oj is -- maybe one of the most famous native san franciscans of all-time. i have known his family my entire life. >> reporter: he says the story of o.j. simpson is one that has changed this country and it was at first the fairy team success of a young man famously from the city's poorest neighborhoods. >> you might say this is with i'm trying to do now. i come from a pretty rough neighborhood around here. >> yeah, it was tough. it was tough. life is tough. so when we say a tough community, i hope that your viewers don't necessarily view that is because of its zip code necessarily. >> i feel if i make it. that would be a good example for
our wilson walker takes a look back at the complicated legacy with one man who knew oj his entire life. >> but it's something that when you can say two letters, you just say oj. just say oj. people know who you are talking about. around the world. >> reporter: for timothy allen simon the letters oj are more than the san francisco sports hero who became notorious he knew simpson from the time he was a child. >> well, native san franciscan. and you know, oj is -- maybe one of...
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after the match, he spoke to rob walker about overcoming his recent struggles on and off the table. such a long time into doldrums, two years holding it down and not mention anything, but it has been challenging, even taking medication for anxiety. challenging, even taking medication foranxiety. even challenging, even taking medication for anxiety. even in small tournaments when i'm not plain, that's how bad the game can meet me feel at times. i didn't want to do that any more, so i had a bit of excitement the last few weeks, feeling like i can get through the ball better, then you come down and crush the earth, out there last night starting to wonder a bit and thought if i could get back on track. there were bits there today so it a bit more optimism and relief that i can sustain it. no good doing it for one match or the all tournament, you have to sustain it for a few months, even a year. played great for three years, but can have by day, hejust had played great for three years, but can have by day, he just had to get it right. is can have by day, he 'ust had to get it riuht. , ca
after the match, he spoke to rob walker about overcoming his recent struggles on and off the table. such a long time into doldrums, two years holding it down and not mention anything, but it has been challenging, even taking medication for anxiety. challenging, even taking medication foranxiety. even challenging, even taking medication for anxiety. even in small tournaments when i'm not plain, that's how bad the game can meet me feel at times. i didn't want to do that any more, so i had a bit...