Day but the people here in South San Francisco in orange park would not have it any other way. This is home to steel mills and shipbuilding and now medical advances and Million Dollar homes. We have police, we have fire and the residents of South San Francisco coming out to fair park. Its about 52 degrees. I am still cold. I had to bring out the puffy jacket. I thought surely the fog will burn off and be sunny. This is San Francisco. I wanted the fog. Growing up in the bay area, temperatures like this, i would fly out of San Francisco and in the summertime i had a couple of friends and this is what it is. You asked me why i remember this Football Game, it was the fall of 93 and i was away and we won the home but when we came to South San Francisco i had never been so beat up by life. And they hit me hard. So they have a great Football Program at South San Francisco high school. My mama send colorado right now. And she is a huge fan of sees candy. So we have been trying to pick up a box for mom later on. Thats great candy here in the bay area. There is so much to ask lord in South San Francisco. We have a reporter at the brewing company. Hes going be talking about all the good food as well. And i mentioned police, firefighters and residents, lots of fun and orange park. I should say the city came out in a big way. Will get to them in a but first lets talk a little bit about the history of South San Francisco, decades ago all the way up to today. South San Francisco originated in the late 1970s and the establishment of stockyards and marketplace for cattle. The city located on the Western Shores of San Francisco bay and northern san mateo can county. Peter e hiller was the wealthy man from the midwest. Incorporated in 1908, it had other industry that included shipbuilding industry to support the world were. In the next few years a considerable portion of the real estate was devoted to industry which was manufacturing, wholesaling, transportation facilities and utilities. One of the most Recognizable Companies is sees candies, it continues to make its fabulous chocolates inside at South San Francisco factory. In 1928, a group ordered the property taxes increase so they could build these on side of the mountain. The industrial city. Today the population of more than 63,000 people, a thriving community. It is home to the Largest Biotech Companies including industry giants genentech and amgen. I mentioned genentech, on the way in, to South San Francisco, going down 19th avenue, there are four or five genentech buses that i passed. More than 4000 employees. The city is changing four decades. One thing is not changing is the people that make it what it is. She did this in a big way in orange park. What do you have . What a great turnout, it has been amazing to watch. We have firefighters as you mentioned, and one that was actually right there on the top of that latter. And the American Flag is hanging above us really incredible. Taking a look around, i want you to see the incredible turnout that has come out today. We have everyone here from the community from the First Responders to other members that celebrate how great south city is and it all has to see. And we are all over this park, i mean all over. Its a really big park. Let me show you and decide as weve got our set up but on the other side, let me show you this picture because so many groups of people and Community Groups have come out to say hey, let me tell you what we are about as well. This is incredible. The area over here, throughout the part of the park, if you come back alive, we see all the boots. What do you have . We have a game . You have this other job, tell me what else you do . Im a Parking Enforcement officer. I love it. Your wife . She came out here. You do this on the side and we were talking earlier, whered you get more love . Here at this booth . I get love everywhere. [ laughter ] we appreciate you being out here. Certainly a great day out here in south city. Back to you guys. Claudia, thank you. Great times outside of orange garden. We have Sal Castaneda at armstrong brewing company. Reporter you know, im standing out here on grand avenue, a lot of businesses here and we will talk about that in a second. My town, this is something i know about. I will talk about this in a moment but when i went out to south city, the first thing i wanted was a sandwich. Lets see what i found. If you want a nononsense italian sub in South San Francisco, look no further than little lucas and met shop on el camino real. It looks small but it cranks up between 3500 sandwiches a day on the inside. They are fresh. Diana and her husband mike took over this from the original owners nearly 20 years ago but they kept most things the same. What is special about this place is the long history, generous portions and oh yes, the sausage. A special sauce or jalapeno hot sauce is the secret ingredient that adds a special taste. The sauces are what we are known for, thats original. However, there are some few specials that my husband who loves to cook and is good at it, has added to the menu for as so we have 22 specials. Cut and half and are as much as a whole sandwich and some places. What also makes a good is the fresh bread. I got a traditional salami sandwich with swiss cheese on this dutch bread. Across town we visited a morah, another longtime Family Business serving up mediterranean and middle eastern food complete with house made bread made in the oven every day. We visited at lunch and the elegant dining room was busy which meant the. Kitchen was turning out the food. We have kebab, one of the most popular dishes as you can see the kitchen from almost every spot cassette. The ships are tending to the up and. We do the traditional with a california twist. We use fresh local ingredients to put out the dishes. The owner recommends the massive platter which is an appetizer platter. It has a little bit of everything including bubba canouse, tabulate and tahini sauce. Falafel and warm fresh pizza. After watching the kitchen detail the preparation, it was finally my turn. And for dessert i had this beautiful pastry of the lodo filled with semolina custard with orange topped by housemaid rosewater ice cream. I come back just for this. To top all of this Delicious Food i thought a strong cup of coffee would hit the spot and boy did i find a good spot. It is called deadeye coffee bar across the street from city hall. This small barn serve traditional coffee drinks and some not so traditional once. This is drip coffee with one shot of espresso. Three shots of espresso for the deadeye. You can have it hot or cold. This is already more caffeinated than the regular. Are you kidding me . I decided on the cobra red eye with one shot of this also because i was afraid. Although it is small it has a great layout for people to be friendly and the barista is our real artist. In the south city you need a pick me up so here you go. I will let you know if im up all night after this. I had one of their coffees this morning and i had the strongest one. No big deal, no big deal. I want to mention that South San Francisco has a great mexican food sing. Look at the burrito i got. If you want a serious reader or go to la moreno around the corner, there are a lot of good spots for mexican food. Come to South San Francisco, you will not go away hungry. Coming up later, we will talk about some of the craft brewing going on here at a place called armstrong brewing. Sal, you had me at hello but you also had me with that salami and cheese. The sandwiches look fantastic. Great job. I cant help but think about how people here in south city really have come out. We have hundreds of people here in orangeburg. Theres also a responsibility the people in south city have been responding to and are acting on. Coming up later, we will take you to the surf program. This is Community Emergency response team. Its about being prepared and taking care of yourself and others. Fire safety search and rescue, team organizations, medical operations, and members of the fire department. Thats why it is so important for residents to get involved. Not just to take care of themselves but others in the city. We look forward to that. Good start. We are just getting warmed up, much more to come. We will check in with Frank Mallicoat and his entertaining stories. And we will learn more about the city. Youre watching the nine, live from South San Francisco. Sco. [ singing ] i could listen all day, my goodness. This is the st. Augustine chancel choir, founded ages ago. 30 members strong. I asked them why they do it and he said they do it for the service of the lord. And they are all volunteers. It is the sound of voices only. It is magical. Admittedly chili at orange park and south city. Lets check in with Frank Mallicoat. I know youve got people around you. I have a ton of people around me, good morning one and all. We are talking trivia on this beautiful friday. Believe it it or not, this was known as the city. It was known for its spa, we are here and loving it. That the city has a rich tradition of a lot of history. We took to the streets to find out what south san franciscans really know about their town. South San Francisco has been known as the blank city for years, can you fill in the blank . The quiet city . Capital city . Its a very good city. I cant argue with that. Have you looked on the hill over there . Industrial city. Industrial city. You needed a little help didnt you . They spell out South San Francisco, the industrial city. It has been here since the 1920s. I am now sitting on the the in industrial and how big are these letters and what are they made of . They are bigger than me. 25 feet . Gravel . Who cares . The letters are some meant to say the least and 25 feet. Multiply that by three. 60 feet . True or false, South San Francisco got its name from a very big meatpacker out of chicago . I never heard that. I dont know. The meatpacking industry had a big influence on the town. True. Are you sure . No. I dont know. I could not make that up. We are in front of city hall. It is modeled after a very important building in our nations history in philadelphia. Can you name the building . U. S. History. Oh my gosh. The declaration of . The name of the hall would be . I dont know that. Was the name of the hall . Constitutional . Independence hall. Thats what im feeling. You are correct. It is also the center of biotech. Name the biggest biotech company. Genentech. Genentech. Genentech. Genentech. Really . You are correct. Awesome. Genentech, yes. All but one got that. They been around is 1976. The Fire Departments mascot, can i have a high five sparky . Can you give us a move . This entire department is watching right now, laughing. So guys we will send it back to you. It never occurred to me to look at that sign . You know what, it is a very good park, its about a mile from here, just up against the neighborhood. We hiked up there and its a 1. 2 mile loop around the top of the mountain. You can go up to the letters and check them out, they are 60 feet long as you just found out. Some of the best views of the bay you casee from there, you can see the airport and san bruno. Theres eucalyptus and wildfires. I highly recommend the. It is gorgeous and easy access. Mike and i will have to put on our hiking boots and get up there. All right, joining us live in orange park, shes the leader of the city, mayor carol matsumoto. Thank you for joining us. We were just talking about this. Do you get up there and you love it . I spent more time picking up acorns. We use to plant up there and then let me tell you a story about some of the seniors. They use to slide down the letters on cardboard. You were mayor according to my notes in 2004 and 2009 and 2014, and now, it is safe to say you like being mayor of South San Francisco. What do you love about the city . I think first of all, this is the fourth time. I love the city because of the diversity. I love who we are, i love the fact that the city goes way back in a so resilient. We moved from cattle ranches to sunflowers, to industrial and now the largest Biotech Center in the world. It is all of it. And change is difficult and. Light and despite this, we have a great community. Lets talk about going forward. I did somehow shopping and the average price of a home is over 1 million. You have people who need housing and you have Public Housing on public property . Back in the day, we produced the largest low Income Housing and affordable but then the state got mad at the city and they took away our redevelopment funding. So as a result we were very choosy. We have to support the workforce. We accumulated properties that could be the solution for redevelopment. We are back with the mayor. Sorry about that technical glitch. What is your favorite about this . I love the fact that we are resilient. I always say welcome to southside . Is go San Francisco family. We make a community, we are all about community. I have the Council Members here in the vice mayor. We are all 18. A pleasure and thanks for having us. One of the things that i love about southcentral to sell severances go is the place that makes chocolate. And now we can have a little taste of what its like to be inside sees candy. Is there anything else today . Is someone who grove here, this is your backyard. How well did you know sees . I live just five minutes away from the candy factory. My aunt work in the Factory Store so it has been in our family forever. And we got the first store in 1936. And then the factory in 1940. And then later we moved here just to i mean, we use some of the same recipes that they use back in the day. The victoria coffee and then the bonbons or hand dipped just like she used to do back in the day. It is like a walk in the factory, it is great. Thats what factories love about sees candies, lots of things have changed in south city but this is still the same. You walk in and is still the same, its just like when you were a kid. Its a memory and a tradition. I hope it will be here for a long time. Its a big part of the community. They donate and do fundraising with local schools and programs. Its always fun when they have local events. You can bring things to their events. Thank you for showing us the story. I cant imagine going to high school and getting to work for sees candies. And theres a little bit of peanut brittle. I like the thing with the almonds. And you like the peanut brittle . If i have a favorite, dark chocolate and milk chocolate. Every time we go, we get a little sample, it entices you in. Speaking of lollipops, july 20 is a lollipop day at sees candies. You can go into any store and claim your lollipop. How about that . My mom said my dental issues is because of sees candies. But she says that with a smile. Very good. Its more than candy. Sal castaneda is going to give us an idea of whats happening at armstrong brewery. Stay with us. The nature of a virus is to change. Move. Mutate. Today, lifechanging technology from abbott is helping hunt them down at their source. Because the faster we can identify new viruses, the faster we can get to stopping them. The most personal technology, is technology with the power to change your life. Life. To the fullest. [ singing ] the choir was starting years ago. They are all volunteers. Think of the time in the rehearsals. And they all have smiles on their faces with a beautiful sound. And here and far beyond. The mayor talked about the future and one thing i like is learning about the history. I think about South San Francisco and right down the street is oyster point marina. And we think about what was going on there in the 40s. They were Building Navy ships. They built 48 ships in about 48 months. Right here in our backyard. A lot happening here. We have a lot of fun. And we have a lot of people gathering. All right, thank you very much. If youre coming to South San Francisco and decide to go a couple of miles over the speed limit, ive got news for you. Follow me. Excuse me. Sparky, how are you buddy . Cutting through. They have really fast police cars. We will ruin the picture. Weve got the chief. Weve got these sergeant, tell us about the corvette. This is a 1981 chevy corvette that we obtained back in the late 90s and early 2000s. It was put together through donations from the local businesses and fundraising events. When the city really adopted the concept of Community Policing and outreach to children in the schools. This was gang resistance education. This was a tool to go out and educate the children. To create a more friendly environment so they dont see the Standard Police car. Its great for them. We use it mainly to get photo ops. We bring it to community events. It really draws the attention to the friendlier side of the police industry. Have you told anyone about this or have you pulled anyone over . It is a real police car. So if you are motoring through town, beware right . You can get pulled over. 1981 corvette. Thank you very much and we appreciate it. Word to the wise if youre driving through South San Francisco. And you have a fast car, turn it down a little. All right . Frank, thank you for that. Someone that i interviewed in the bay area is jackie spear. And one thing i never knew is that she grew up right here in South San Francisco. Exactly. She spent much of the time in the peninsula. Most people know about her harrowing experience in georgetown guyana. So that was back in 1978. She said that ms. One of the reasons that she solidified the idea of public service. She actually grew up in a small house about a mile from right here. This is the last row of houses on sign hill we could break down a Cardboard Box and we could get on the top of the hill and slide down those letters in our backyard. It was a great childhood. We know her now is congresswoman jackie spear but back then she was known as karen. Ckie is her middle name. She grew up in this house on parkway. My parents bought their house on parkway for 30,000. That house today is probably over 1 million. She moved to south city as a young child. This was a bluecollar community and my parents were bluecollar. My father worked and we lived on that little house on the hill. And i grew up your. Now her childhood home is worth more than 1 million. It has a different paint job. I could walk down grand avenue and show you some of the places that are still there. And some places that just recently closed because the community is changing. She went to Parkway Middle School that started her on a path of public service. It was the person who inspired me to be a leader. Because i was in the eighth grade and he made me editorin chief of the school paper. So he would call me chief. She said they gave her the confidence to lead her peers and then later her office. She represents much of San Mateo County and South San Francisco in the house of representatives. They shaped her earliest years. It was a great childhood she said. Very simple but great. 30,000 that her parents bought it for, i cannot get over that. We learned a lot about blue collar, workingclass, all of that. She had a rather. If the brother was ever sick, it was expected to get on the paper and deliver the papers. So that is one of the many lessons she learned. If you need help, i will help you out. I still get a paper. I have a lot of respect for those people who throw those papers and those driveways. Lets go back to Sal Castaneda one more time. Hes that armstrong brewing. I was just about to try some beer here at armstrong brewing. I want to bring in and colombo who is the cofounder. Thanks for being with us. You are bringing your brewing right to South San Francisco. We are across the street from city hall. How do you see this neighborhood changing . Yes, we opened about four years ago. We like to think of ourselves as bringing this back, we were the first post prohibition brewery. So the first one in almost 100 years. Your cofounder also told me that you wanted to incorporate South San Francisco history so you have a lot of pictures of the south city and old south city on the walls. I like the fact that it has a real speakeasy feeling. Is downstairs and people can come here and try the beer. I would like to try some of the stuff that you have made. If you can talk me through some of that. I will first of all have to try the ipa. So now we are seeing where you could order. This is the industrial ipa . Traditional west coast ipa. Named after the industrial city. Oh, that is pretty good. This darker beer is . One of the newest releases, that is the banana pancakes stout. Tell me about this. 40 pounds of fresh bananas, a little bit of walnut and vanilla. And a little bit of maple syrup. The last one i will try, you made a beer of skittles . Or has skittles in it . This is the rainbow. This is 4000 individual skittles in the mix. That is tasty, i didnt think i would like it but i do. You dont get much of the sweetness. On behalf of all South San Francisco, i want to thank you for bringing good craft beer down here to downtown. It taste really great. Thank you very much, we hope to see you when you can get down here. This is really something where you can tuck yourself and away from the street, its across the street from city hall. Thank you, i will be there soon. Before we go, lets show the viewer something that they may not know. I want to pull up your seventh grade school photo. This is from westborough junior high school. Where you attended. And you look very sharp, my friend. Tell us a little story about the junior high. You know what, its up on the hill, near callan boulevard. So San Francisco, its like a 10 minute drive of the hill from westborough. I enjoyed my time there. It was a little mini high school before one up to reirden high school in San Francisco. You look the great. So thanks for the two. It was fantastic. Talk about a moment in time. You will never see my seventh grade picture. I have friends and places. Aright, anytime we talk about the self, we talk about the people. We are being introduced to a hometown hero. She was growing up your in the south city, she is still here. She is helping her community and the amazing connection we will tell you about next. Its no ordinary day for our family at dennys. Its crepe day. A Family Tradition we started about 22 minutes ago and now we can continue that tradition at home with dennys delivery. See you at dennys or dennys. Com welcome back to South San Francisco. We are at orange park and weve been talking about the future of the city and the history of the city. And i mentioned, how i play date Football Game at south city high. 25 years ago. But before that, there was a phenomenal football team. In 1973, the warriors were 70. But that team never gave up one point. Wow. 420, a good defense. So that 1973 team was something. We mentioned a moment ago about a story that was started more than a decade ago about a woman who turned to the fire department. Now shes here in orange park. Lets catch up with her. What i love about these stories is that we get to tell these really special remarkable stories about the special spots. Let me show you this. We are in the Sculpture Garden which is gorgeous, if you have not major way over here, this feels like a wellkept secret. It is beautiful and we love to spend time here. And we love you love to tell you the story of this young emt and the firefighters here in south city. This is the story that is just incredible. When you think about the thousands of calls the First Responders respond to every year in the city. This one call many years ago. These two together. It has kept them together ever since. It is all about being prepared. But for sarah buscher, it doesnt feel like work. I have been working here for about a year and a half. As long as she can remember, this is the career she wanted. In first grade, i always said paramedic firefighter. She was born when they responded to a 911 call. She was just four years old. It was probably 12 hours. The captain carboni was on both calls. Afterwards ago when an eye toward the firestation with the girl scouts. And they asked us, it is anyone thinking about that. So the lightbulb just went on. So i looked over and i recognized her and i recognized her mom and i said oh yeah, now i remember. I was in son in school with his son joey. These two families would grow even closer. Joey and sarah knew they wanted to be firefighters when they were little. I would look at the captains and say i cant wait to come be a firefighter and work for the citys and years ago when the captain and his son left for college, sarah stay close to home. I finished my Associates Degree in fire technology. I went to the fire academy. I got my ent certificate. Then i went to Paramedic School for which was about a year and a half process. She would not quit until she gets a. Thats why tell her to keep going. While there are no guarantees she will get to work here in south city when she becomes a paramedic, she is already making her mark is one of only four women in the department. It is changing and of course to be part of that change is one of the greatest things for me. They know it is something to think about, the remarkable coincidence to cross paths after so long ago. So the odds of me being on duty at that particular time, to be the one that responded to her house, those are pretty long odds. Ready remarkable when you see where they are today. These are the pictures of the two families on vacation. And both sarah and the son joey there in the blue shirt are still working on becoming firefighters. A dream the are giving closer to every day. Back life out here at orange memorial park. We also are reminded that this is the reason and the feeling you have of how much they love their job and the people. So we are with them and wish them the best and they feel like south city is great because of people like these First Responders. Back to you. Exactly, a remarkable story. Thank you for that. When we started here but ktvu, it was 2005. And you may not remember but this happened in march 2005 in South San Francisco. An official tornado touched down. I do remember. There were dozens of homes that were hit. This was unheard of everyone said. You dont think about tornadoes when you live in earthquake country but every once in a while we see that in this microclimate. There were also people that help to their neighbors. You want to help your neighbors in south that the. So lets welcome ken anderson from the fire department. Lets talk about the cert program. s Community Emergency response team. We are asking them if they have time if they want to be a cert member and a good start is one of the classes that we have on the 17th, on saturday. Its called ready south city. They learn a little bit about it and they can learn the preparedness skills for themselves. Why is that important to have . We will look at the newscast this morning and talk about two main events. The heavy rain coming in with Tropical Storm barry and then the other things happening in southern california. Thats exactly why we need a cert team. We were talking about the tornado that hit in 2005. So we are thinking about earthquakes as well. So you have rescue and search. And correct and what is so great about our team is that you can talk about tornadoes and an earthquake and what they do is they take care of their family first. So theres the 36 hour academy and they learn the skills to take care of their family and then their neighbors. And then they come to respond and help us at the firestation. Im a member of our hometown cert team. So theres another way they can get that . Cash is always good. That helps us keep our cert team running. And you know, with 150 members, about 45 are super active members. They do about 8000 hours of volunteer time a year. So that includes their training and then active in the city. Supported, do it, or make it happen. Its so nice to have you here. Of course. Weve got about 10 minutes left to go so i will have some wine now. It is 5 00 somewhere. We will learn more about the area but i am more of a white wine guy. Youre watching the nine live in South San Francisco. Sco. Its no ordinary day for our family at dennys. Its crepe day. A Family Tradition we started about 22 minutes ago and now we can continue that tradition at home with dennys delivery. See you at dennys or dennys. Com the sound of the st. Augustine chancel choir. They have been here all morning. Joining us now is David Galanti with the wind school that is located right here in South San Francisco. We are on grand avenue across from city hall. Do you teach about wine . We teach about wine but it doesnt have to be hard. With wind it out to be fun. We train for careers. We do fun consumer events and classes. How to taste and talk about wine, you learn your own taste. And asked for it effectively. Do you mind . I am a total novice. This is my first time trying wine. I smell a. So smell it. So i take a sip of it. You can swallow. What are we drinking right here . I dont need a spit cut. So we are tasting a little riesling from alsace. The idea here is showing style. If ive only got a couple of minutes in line 101, you teach the basics. Do you like crisp creamy to we . What does that mean . And whats about this . Could it be a girls night out . The red weve got Cabernet Sauvignon from washington state. So the idea is the riesling issuing crisp and the cabernet is showing q. Week if you will. It has tannin, like coffee, it does dry and gripping. The acid is more like lemonade. We go from one copy to wine. Thank you very much, great job with the San Francisco wine store. If you have a chance, go out there. This is incredible. Were headed to sunnyvale and going all over. Thank you so much for joining us. And for enjoying all that south city has to offer. Hundreds of people here at orange park. Congratulations and thank you for having us. Announcer live from new york city, its the Wendy Williams show. Now, heres wendy [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause]