Man. Im drawn to the kind of leader thats nice and ed lee was nice. He was a mayor who led with compassion, who was an incredibly kind person. Ed lee always had an open door for any of us. We could call him at any time. Reporter the mayor came from humble beginnings. He grew up in Public Housing. His father a veteran, mother a se se seamstress. He never forgot who he was and where he came from. He was quiet and low key. Reporter his priorities were housing, homelessness, jobs and minimum wage. He had Many Political battles in his three decades of public service. Opponents may have disagreed with him on policy, but everyone agrees that our mayor was a good man with a good heart. Reporter the flags here at city hall are at half staff. Thats where they will be for the next 30 days. I go back on a personal note with mayor ed leew way back during the days he was an activist with the asian law caucus. He campaigned for a lot of things that he believed were good. He then spent three decades h
Who did more than lead San Francisco. Ed lee is being remembered as a mayor, family man and friend. The unexpected death of ed lee has left the bay area stunned. It has. The impact has spread far beyond San Francisco and were going to share some of those stories with you tonight. We have coverage showing what a difference this man made. Lets begin now with vick lee who is live at city hall. You spent a lot of years covering the mayor. Reporter people are dropping off flowers here at the steps of city hall as you can see. Theres a bigger memorial of flowers on the second floor at the mayors office. The reaction here today as you can imagine is a lot of crying and hugging. Lots of people Walking Around simply shocked and saddened. Mayor ed lee passed away early this morning. Reporter the board of supervisors president now acting mayor made the announcement this morning. This after meetings with the mayors staff and Department Heads before her news conference. Theyre tributes had a common
But to everyone we met and everywhere we went, mayor lee was like beyonce with a mustache. Ed lee had the qualities of a person whom, if you did an interview of all of the ones that i just spoke about, he would be the only one that would be rated appropriately by the head hunters as to who ought to be mayor. All the rest of us would be considered okay. I think if theres any legacy of ed, its a reminder that life is short. And our wisdom is way too limited to win fleeting victories at other peoples expenses. Eds life was about fry triumph together. He knew that a measure of his success or any public figures success was not the honors received but the difference that he made in the lives of regular people in our community. Nothing was too small or too big for him, from stuffing envelopes to speaking on stage, my dad was happy to do it all. Often until late hours in the night. Just think of this. Head of the human rights commission, purchaser of the city, head of the department of public
And im carolyn tyler. Today hundreds of people packed city hall for a public memorial from the governor and u. S. Senators to everyday ordinary residents whose lives were touched by ed lee. We have Live Team Coverage from city hall. First, lets head outside to abc 7 News Reporter alyssa harrington. Elisa . Reporter flowers cover the steps of city hall tonight. Mourners are stopping by to leave flowers, candles and letters for ed lee. I spoke to gavin newsom just a few minutes ago. He said you want to live like your eulogy and mayor lee did. He is being remembered for being kind, his humility, his deep love for San Francisco. Ed lee was a real person. He was a person that communicated integrity. A love of life. In china, San Franciscos First Chinese american mayor, he was like a superstar. An icon. But to everyone we met and everywhere we went, mayor lee was like beyonce with a mustache. Ed lee had the qualities of a person whom, if you did an interview of all of the ones that i just sp
35 ukiah. And around lake tahoe 20s, 30s, and teens, and day for us of temperatures in the 30s and 40s. In the four corners, maybe a little rain down there. Another dry day and well have more on the rain early wednesday in about 10 minutes. Heres sal at 6 01. Good morning to you. We do have traffic thats getting a lot slower, especially on the key freeways. We start with interstate 80 and show you the 23minute drive from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. Its getting more crowded. At the bay bridge an incident on the span slowed things down a little bit more than normal. Still a 20minute delay. It looks good to San Francisco. This is 880 in oakland. North and southbound looking good. And no problems on 880 south from hayward down to free month. Its 6 01. And lets go back to the desk. Topping our news, bart police are searching for the three men who stabbed a man and a woman last night at the hayward bart station. Alex savidge is in hayward. Reporter we dont have an understandi