Local politicians. We saw barry bonds and joe montana. It was a dignitary who did most of his speaking and they remembered mayor lee as a man who knew what he stood for. He presented himself to children as a politician who was also noble. [ music ] reporter mayor ed lee was remembered as a humble, lowkey politician whose career in politics was something he never set out to do. He received highranking appointments from elected officials who trusted him as the man for the job. Lieutenant governor gavin newsom said mayor lee was an extraordinary politician who never sought the spotlight. Speakers such as senator dianne feinstein, nancy pelosi and london buried remembered mayor lee as a man without scandal, without trash and who put the city first. Ed was a person who had an infectious smile. He had a feeling that was expressed that he wanted to work with him. Whenever i got a call from ed lee , it was always pleasant. Even when he asked for things, he did it with such a charm and humanity
Live where you live, this is abc 7 news. A candle light vigil in china captures a tribute for late San Francisco mayor ed lee, remembrance some members of the community included, what the memorial on sunday left out. Good evening and thanks for joining us, members of San Francisco china town gathered to remember the mayor who got his political start in that communities. Hundreds gathered including the acting mayor and other city f h officials, also members of the Bay Area Chinese Community of course, they held their own event earlier today because felt they werent represented at the public memorial on sunday. We have the story. At sundays Memorial Service chief of protocolo recalled his infectious laugh. He had a wonder half with that picture squinty eyes and wonderful smile. That deeply insulted many in the asian community. I was shocked, am i hearing it correctly. Everybody felt very uncomfortable and didnt know how thoohandle that. They spoke at a Different Service on thursday in ch
The women said they plan to attend the Union Meeting next wednesday at which they will try to get the members present to approve their candidacy. Devin fehely kpix 5. A judge says abbe area woman whose bay area woman whose adopted son killed a sheriff deputy can keep her home. She put up her home for her sons bail but he failed to show up in court on drug and weapons charges. And months later he got into a shootout that killed the deputy. The suspect later died of his wounds. Today the judge said the mother and attorney went to Great Lengths to help authorities track down her son and theres no evidence she had a role in his decision to skip bail. A group of men are filing a lawsuit against San Jose Police accusing the department of singling out gay men during sting operations. Len ramirez on white lake on why they claim cops cross the line. Reporter this has been a case that is ongoing in san jose for the last three years. The federal lawsuit is now including accusing the san jose pd o
Exactly this time tomorrow, a lot of us will be seeing that wet weather. Live doppler tracking it all right now. Just a few light sprinkles around cloverdale and ukiah, but a cold front is just off the coast, swinging through here in the next 24 hours. The first area to see the rain will be the north bay. Santa rosa, for example, the rain arrives in the Early Morning hours and its on and off throughout the morning. So this is a light system over the next 4 ho24 hours. The north bay, three quarters of an inch. Hour by hour and well time out the storm for you coming up in the forecast. Thank you very much. Happening now in santa rosa, new threats brought on by the rain. Hundreds of feet of storm pipe healthed causing a sinkhole and bringing the possibility of landslides. The city discovered a drainpipe running underneath the road was compromised by the flames. Cornell bernard shows us this isnt the only problem area. Reporter this sinkhole seven feet deep and four feet wide was discovere
Shrunk to a section boarded by 280 to the south and santa clara street to the north. Coyote creek runs right through the middle of this zone. David louie has more. Priority one is assessing when conditions are safe for residents to return home. Its nagging on the minds of every city official how this catastrophic flood didnt happen the way they thought it would, even after a week of planning. The rock springs neighborhood wasnt supposed to flood like this or at all. We need to figure out what went on, blockages, what were the irk us that contributed to the channel. Flows coming out of the channel at that bone the. Theres no question well need to do things differently next time. That assessing what those things are, its going to require us to understand better what happened. Anderson reservoir which uses coyote creek for drainage when it exceeds capacity. Anderson was filling faster than it could bleed off. We have an outlet at the base of that dam, that outlet has been opened fully sin