Has become a hot button issue in the upcoming Mayoral Election as some candidates say that struggling businesses are proof that San Francisco leadership needs to change. For more on this we check in with Wilson Walker live in front of macys. This is a big story. We knew there would be fallout. One thought is we have seen this before with nordstrom. Whole foods. A lot of big closures and we know the conversation. Is it changing retail or the city like a breakup . Is it them or us . Now it happens during the Election Year so this falls into the mayoral campaign. Huge stores like macys or walgreens, they are closing. Business goes down. This man does not operate on the scale of macys, but he is around the corner from union square. He knows this is more bad news among a handful of Stores Across the city, now only one is currently suffering. The store downtown goes down more than 50 . Still downtown. Residential is fine. There are no more tourists. There are no more big companies. There are definitely possibilities. It is not like nordstroms where they say we are leaving and exiting. This is a different situation. Mayor london breed repeatedly using the word opportunity when discussing macys announcement that she started by emphasizing this. Just to be clear, macys made a business decision to close 150 stores all over the country. There are 150 closures , but it is not an easy environment for business. For the second day in a row daniel, who already has a billboard above union square grabbed a headline to make his case that city leadership, as a whole has failed. This is a blow, but , we are coming back. This city is the greatest city in the world. We need a plan. Owners say it will take more people to start filling the massive amount of space that is already empty and he says that the help is needed fast. They can see it is dying. They have to save it. Do you think that can happen . I believe it can be done. He has been in that location since 1991. He has seen a lot of change. As we were talking we agreed, a lot of what we talk about around union square, things that may be problematic for the business goes back a long way. Here is video from 2018. In the last few years it has been more about the mentally ill individuals on the street acting erratically on sidewalks, coming into stores. 2018, six years ago , that was the head of the Business District at the time. Talking about problems mounting for years. We talk about the pandemic and changing retail and nearterm things. You talk with people in the neighborhood, problems and concerns go back many years, about a decade. These are problems mounting for a long time and that is what the conversation will be sounding like as we move toward the Mayoral Election 250 days away. These are not sudden problems, these have built up and you can hear that in the frustration of the people who are tired. You add macys to the mix and things need to turn around. There will be the change and reimagining conversation. Thank you so much. Macys has been at union square since 1929. Generation the people in the bay area have memories there. Anne makovec with more from shoppers who are sad to see it go. I worked in the area so this is personal for you, too . Everybody got a little down. I used to buy birthday presents there every year. This year looks like it will be the last. A lot of people do agree macys has gone downhill over the last five years. But it was always there is something to count on. It has been there several decades by this point. That is something we dont know what the end date will be. The supervisor confirmed that the store will stay open until the end of the year, but the location will be put up for sale. Macys, a fixture in that district sponsoring the Christmas Tree lighting, famous for holiday windows featuring the spca. Adoptable cats and dogs. The store with decades of memories for bay area natives and tourists alike. I was like, that is a staple. It has been here for so long. Especially for union square, you think about macys. Some people are blaming the streets below , the crime and openair drug use. We heard from a man who works nearby. That we were going up for it. Getting things taken care of , by knowing that macys is closing , it is not going upward. We heard from the Union Square Alliance saying there is no getting around the fact that the announcement hurts, but they believe we should work to a solution that allows macys to keep this store opened. If that does not come to pass, the expectation is that a new owner will come forward. The Alliance Says in all likelihood there will be a Holiday Shopping season and a holiday tree later this year. There is something bittersweet about that, knowing it is eventually going the way of the dodo. That is really true. You probably know this is just the latest store closing. There have been several others, including big ones like nordstrom, anthropology, Banana Republic and old navy and walgreens in the financial district. People rallied outside of San Francisco and front street. Hoping to put pressure on walgreens to change course. Losing this store that is so close to so many residents is a big blow. A walgreens spokesperson says several factors went into the decision, but ultimately it is due to a decrease in foot traffic in the financial district since the pandemic. Congress running out of time to avoid a partial government shutdown. There are some major Sticking Point in the negotiations as President Biden calls leaders from both parties to hash things out, both sides expressing optimism. Democrats want to the deal to include aid for ukraine as House Speaker mike johnson doubled down saying that the southern border should be priority number one. We must take care of americas needs first. When you talk about americas needs you to talk about the open border. There is back and forth on different issues, but i dont think those are insurmountable. If lawmakers not reachable by friday agencies including agriculture and transportation will run out of money with the defense and justice departments running out friday. Developers turning hotels into longterm housing, why they see the upside outweighs potential pitfalls. They are among the hardest hit in the housing crisis. They dont have resources or connections. When they are housed we can address their needs. Tens of thousands of acres up in flames in the midwest. The everyday item that started this. Overflowing with ideas and energy. Thats the San Francisco chronicle endorsing democrat katie porter for senate over all other options. Porter is easily the most impressive candidate. Known for her grilling of corporate executives. With deep policy knowledge. Katie porters housing plan has bipartisanfriendly ideas to bring homebuilding costs down. And the chronicle praises her ideas to end soft corruption in politics. Lets shake up the senate. With democrat katie porter. Im katie porter and i approve this message. Democrats agree. With democrat katie porter. Conservative republican steve garvey is the wrong choice for the senate. Our republican opponent here on this stage has voted for donald trump twice. Mr. Garvey, you voted for him twice. As your own man, what is your decision . Garvey is wrong for california. But garveys surging in the polls. Fox news says garvey would be a boost to republican control of the senate. Stop garvey. Adam schiff for senate. Im adam schiff, and i approve this message. Now to some other stories. A popular burger spot is back up whenever someone threw a chair through the front window. The person ran into sams in north beach yesterday afternoon and started harassing people who works there and then they called 911, the man broke the window and damaged several pieces of equipment in the restaurant. I saw that there was a problem, but the hamburgers are too good to pass up. Nobody was hurt, no arrests have been made. Firefighters in Contra Costa County pull a car from a lake in Pleasant Hill today outside of county buildings near 680. Firefighters got a call about some of the crashing into the lake, but when they arrived nobody was in it. In the south bay raging waters will reopen this summer under new management. The city approved a new lease and contract with california dream and entertainment to run the park through next september. Raging waters closed last summer, the new operator will renovate and add new dining and drink options. Almost every day we talk about the housing crisis and ways that communities are trying to address that. We talked about how California Developers are taking advantage of builder remedies which give them power to ignore local zoning clones codes if there is no approved plan, but instead of building brandnew projects some developers are using what is already there. How they are turning hotels into housing for people who need it the most. Workers are putting the pieces in place to house the homeless. In this case they are not building from scratch. They are converting an old motel to permanent homes. Will it work . Just ask paul jamison. This is my humble abode. Jamison lives of his dogs in milpitas, the apartment used to be an extended stay hotel. I have never come into a situation like this. Where i received help. For years jamison was homeless living in a broken down pickup camper, an injury prevented him from working and he went broke trying to pay legal fees and court costs to keep visitation rights for his daughter. It was a nightmare. Jamisons building was converted by the nonprofit Jamboree Housing Corporation which is specializing in the fastgrowing niche of hotel the housing projects. The company with two ongoing projects in the south bay including this motel on north fourth street. We can see whats inside the walls and what makes the convergence challenging. Michael massey says there are advantages to converting existing buildings. You dont have to build foundation or bring plumbing. There are expensive hidden costs. This is what we are talking about. You can see the water damage. What motel owners do is cover things up. Convergence can be faster than building from the ground up , which is important because housing is needed. It is a way to get units online, tailored for the population. When finished this will house 75 young adults coming out of the foster care system. They are among the hardest hit. They dont have resources or connections. Or healthcare, identifying potential mental illness. Once they are housed we can address the full range of needs. Paul says he hopes the young people coming into safe and stable housing will trigger a live turnaround. I really think by now if i had not been rescued i would probably be dead. He says that the workers are converting more than buildings, they are also helping change lives. The lunar lander may have tipped over when it touched down. Why the mission was not a failure. Back on earth, nice weather across the bay area. Plenty of sunshine, warming up after a chilly start, a beautiful post sunset sky. One more dry day tomorrow and then big changes. What do i see in peter dixon . I see my husband. The father of our girls. I see a public servant. A man who served under secretary clinton in the state department. Where he took on the epidemic of violence against women in the congo. I see a fighter, a tenacious problemsolver. Who will go to congress and protect abortion rights and our democracy. Because he sees a Better Future for all of us. Im peter dixon and i approved this message. I launched our campaign at this union hall. Lets go win this thing then we hit the road and never stopped. You shared with me your frustration at working harder to barely get by and afford a place to live. Your fears for our democracy and freedoms and your dreams for yourself, your family, and the future. It is not too late to realize those dreams. Im adam schiff, and i approve this message because together we can still get big things done. If you thought you are having a bad day, look at this. In nebraska a lawn more malfunction sparking a 71,000 acre wildfire. Thankfully nobody was hurt, but two homes and several buildings have been destroyed. The fire is about half co on the moon. The lunar lander tipped over while touching down near the south pole friday after one of its legs got stuck in a ditch. That compromised communication and power. But all was not lost, intuitive machines, the company that built the lender was able to recover data from the craft. Scientists consider the mission a success. Nasa has said all along, we need to be able to prove we can not master the moon, but live with and on it before we take on a greater challenge. This was the first could you spacecraft to land on the moon in more than 50 years. Whether the moon or mars, not a friendly environment for us. We prefer safely on the ground in the bay area. The last couple days of dry and sunny weather which we are enjoying. Unfortunately about to end. We need a little more rain before the rainy season ends, but this time around not arriving with flooding potential. One more day of dry weather to enjoy, dry and mild, the warmest temperatures we will have for a while. It is going to be a significantly Colder Weather pattern coming this week. Beautiful post sunset skies. Looking from the mark hopkins hotel, in the upper 50s, even 60 in santa rosa, but santa rosa will be cold by early tomorrow morning with upper 30s. A mix of 30s and 40s to begin the day wednesday. Low to mid 40s around the bay and coast with temperatures warming up with chilly conditions to begin the day. Topping out a couple degrees above average. Lets look at the forecast highs. Upper 60s in san jose, the warm spot is 68, antioch on your heels for the warmest location at 67. The cool spot will be at half moon bay, upper 50s which is where you were today. That is fine for late february. Most of us are nearnormal for this time of year. Already noticeable cooling on thursday with the coldest temperatures arriving into the first weekend in march since we have flipped the calendar page. Lets approach the rain after the dog walking forecast. Preparing for the rain one day early now, be prepared, always be prepared. Temperatures in the 60s in sonoma, break out of the rain gear thursday and friday and saturday and sunday. On futurecast with increasing clouds tomorrow night, rain showers beginning thursday and then waves of light to moderate rain moving in thursday afternoon and evening. Drivetime thursday afternoon looks like a mess. Some breaks in between the waves, light to moderate rainfall. Breaks in between with reports of heavy rain helping to mitigate flooding potential. We will keep an eye out for this because several Straight Days of rain chances, but overall we should be able to get to the event with a significant flooding threat. Adding up rain day by day with a few hundreds of rain on thursday and then more on friday. More on top of that for saturday and more lingering showers on sunday. At this up and the expectation is one two inches on a widespread basis with some spots getting up to two inches of rainfall. The wind will be noticeable. This is the wind chart from friday morning through saturday afternoon you can see these places in the red. Thats where we three see 30 mileperhour wind gusts. Not nearly what we had in early february, but enough for sporadic Power Outages thursday and friday. Snow will be adding up in the sierra by thursday night, now do not travel into the mountains for the weekend. They will be adding up to 10 feet of snow at the highest elevations and a potential of five feet at lake level with blizzard warnings thursday continuing through sunday and it will be flat out dangerous. Impossible to travel in the sierra. If you manage to get up there before it happens, everything will be closed and the avalanche threat is off the charts. Not a good idea closer to the weekend. Sevenday forecast, one more calm day tomorrow. Temperatures then drop off as the wet weather pattern arrives with wind and rain saturday and friday, saturday will be the coldest day with the snow level down to 2500 feet friday night so there will be snow in the higher peaks around the bay area, but not much consequence. One dry day on monday before more showers arrive by tuesday of next week. It is a unsettled start to the month of march. A good day when you can see the plant in the plant tube. Now for a look at whats going on on the cbs evening news, lets check in with Norah Odonnell. Coming up on the cbs evening news. You may be hit with higher prices at a major fast food restaurant. The decision by wendys to experiment with surge pricing during busy hours. That and more headlines tonight on the cbs evening news. San franciscos smelliest tourist attraction. Now there is a rare chance to see it in full bloom. When Peter Dickson led my platoon into combat in afghanistan, he cared about two things completing the mission, and making sure his marines came home. And we all did. Petes always fought for what he believes in, and i know hell do the same in congress for affordable housing, the rights of women, and the democracy he swore to protect. Because helping people who need it has always been petes mission. And i know hell get it done. Next Generation Veteran Fund is responsible for the content of this ad. Visitors to the California Academy of science in San Francisco holding their breath in anticipation. Now holding it for different reason, the corpse flower famous for its horrific stench finally started blooming today. This is time lapse video and this is a live look at the flower by itself. It is called morass. If you want to see it and smell it, go soon. The academy of science is opened on weekdays and you should get there early because the line gets long. There is somebody admiring it. Work is underway to modify a piece of public art being blamed for killing two dozen birds in sacramento. The teams welding and sawing away on the 20 foot tall sculpture, members of the Wildlife Care Association say that gaps in the hollow metal arch allow birds to get trapped inside. Petaluma based artist david best installed the structure in 2015 and designed new sheets to cover gaps. It was an accident. I had no intention of making a cage to trap birds. Access panels are being created on the base of each arch so rescuers can free any birds that may be able to get in. Two to the grammar police, his advocate for a sentence with the word with to end with with . Merriamwebster dictionary may have put this question to bed. The dictionary affirmed once and for all it is okay for senders to end with a preposition words like two or of or from can complete the end of a thought in english. Not everyone in the grammar world is convinced so the debate will rage on. Cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell overflowing with ideas and energy. Thats the San Francisco chronicle endorsing democrat katie porter for senate over all other options. Porter is easily the most impressive candidate. Known for her grilling of corporate executives. With deep policy knowledge. Katie porters housing plan has bipartisanfriendly ideas to bring homebuilding costs down. And the chronicle praises her ideas to end soft corruption in politics. Lets shake up the senate. With democrat katie porter. Im katie porter and i approve this message. Democrats agree. With democrat katie porter. Conservative republican steve garvey is the wrong choice for the senate. Our republican opponent here on this stage has voted for donald trump twice. Mr. Garvey, you voted for him twice. As your own man, what is your decision . Garvey is wrong for california. But garveys surging in the polls. Fox news says garvey would be a boost to republican control of the senate. Stop garvey. Adam schiff for senate. Im adam schiff, and i approve this message. What do i see in peter dixon . I see my husband. The father of our girls. I see a public servant. A man who served under secretary clinton in the state department. Where he took on the epidemic of violence against women in the congo. I see a fighter, a tenacious problemsolver. Who will go to congress and protect abortion rights and our democracy. Because he sees a Better Future for all of us. Im peter dixon and i approved this message. Norah tonight, the shutdown showdown. Tensions over government funding, the southern border and russias war in ukraine. The writing is literally on the wall here. We are not asking too much. We just need artillery shells and aviation. The rest we will do ourselves. Norah we are in
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