Through 70s was a Thriving Black Community known all over the world. It established black businesses. Black people werent allowed to leads outside the fillmore because of racism so we were a self sustaining community. The beautiful thing about the fillmore is that you had white, jewish, you had all people from all over the world coming to shop and spend their money in black businesses. It was really the togetherness that we all strive for. My daughter and my great uncle played jazz on fillmore. But the city, the federal government and the state through redevelopment agency, through the board of supervisors who held the power decided to use imminent domain and bulldoze the fillmore. 40 square blocks was bulldozed. That red dot on the picture, thats where sheafway is. You can see st. Marrys marrysa theydral. Thats the National Distribution center for the newspaper. It was the fillmore heritage center. You can see the highrise building projects. They bulldozed our community and put us in
12 years. Theres a lot of issues on the table here today, reparations for destruction of the black community, i support nurses in the e. R. , i support taxi drivers, i still take taxis. I will not take uber or lyft because im a union person. It seems like the people here in San Francisco are hurting. And thats what im hearing from everybody today. So i know that you guys are not god, and you cant solve all the problems, but to the extent that you can, im asking for help. You are probably tired about hearing of city college needing help because weve been at this for eight years one way or another. Ive been campaigning for several things to get more funding for probably at least eight years if not longer than that. But what i want to say is this midnight massacre of this last 300 classes, its like the straw that breaks the camels back. So we really need your help on this. And a lot of other people in this room need help as well. Thank you. Next speaker. Thank you for your patience and go
The big story today is the weather. Its been raining much of the weekend. Its caused a number of week. This video was sent in. Flooding south bound 280 just before the Mission Street exit. Gingerly driving through that mess. Drivers had to navigate the big puddle, causing some mighty big traffic backups as well. The weather really cause problems all around the bay all night and all day. So whats in store for today . Rosemary orozco with more on how the state is shaping up for us. Perhaps just a few scattered showers. It started out a little slow, but then the sky opened up. Outside our doors at this hour, a slick roadway over the Golden Gate Bridge. Mostly cloudy skies, and we are going to remain mostly cloudy at least until the afternoon. Will get some breaks in the cloud cover as the system continues to wind down. Outside our doors at this hour, widespread scattered showers reported over the bay area. There is a look at the radar. You can see the north bay done really dry at the mome
That the attorney signed a deal with pg e to pave a way to tens of thousands of wildfire victims to receive compensation. Roughly 40 fire victims and a small fraction involved in the settlement heard firsthand some of the details of the 13 in half billion dollars settlement with pg e. s market is the largest settlement in history. Reporter and attorney representing more than 50,000 victims. They give more specifics on the deal. This man who lost his home had questions about payments and process. What is the criteria and time . What is the range of the payments . That is what i came for. He met attorneys could not find or give details, but it will be distributed to depending on the claims. 6. 75 billion in cash and stocks. It will go into a trust fund established for the victims. Reporter this man says he lost everything including his home. He was underinsured. s but i do not have money. I just hope this money comes on time. Spoke we found that there were underinsured properties. Emotio
Worse time. It happened on friday morning. We have Azenith Smith and she joins us now. Reporter know time is a good time to be a victim of a burglary. Especially during the holidays. This is the busiest time of year for them. Locally, a Security Camera captured a clear answer of the crux. This is the biggest moment for us during the holidays. Reporter in the san jose, they booked back to back events. Th iriday at 4 40 am, the owner noticed computers, ipads and money missing. It wtil he saw security footage that the warehouse had been burglarized. We go from the vessel, computers and paperwork. Reporter the Security Cameras captured thieves take items. It took 12 minutes. He wants an heirloom belonging to the family. One of the clients brought it and it is valued at 1500. They knew right away what kind of vessels we have. Back he says these people have been at the store before. His biggest fear, the computers contain client information. She is wearing a full hoodie , a long hoodie and i