up in the system. and if we had more of the three people we have here, jeff would not have a job. he does a great job with what he does, but marlene it is a woman i met many years ago when i was working at the city college of san francisco, and she was a staunch advocate for immigrants who did not have any voice, and she gave them a voice. and she continues to do that today. when i was elected to the school board, should continue to advocate for immigrant rights, esl classes, and i tip my cat. rejected my cap. she was a teacher, principal, deputy superintendent, and the first asian-american superintendent and san francisco public schools. [applause] and elaine, who took me as a freshman many years ago, 19-, and i was a young kid from new york chinatown, and every other word that i started out with came out with "f," and it was not "frank." she has been a tremendous mentor to me and thousands of students at uc berkeley. if they are all winners today. i am pleased and proud to announce at tonight's winner is dr. elaine kim. [applause] elaine is very proud to accept this award. she is out of town and could not be with us this evening. let's give her another round of applause in absentia, and thank you very much. [applause] do i get to keep this? [laughter] >> thank you very much. congratulations to dr. kim, and special thanks to our other nominees. we were like to thank everybody for all of their hard work for their time in coordinating and organizing the awards process. please could give them a round of applause -- please give them a round of applause. [applause] are your stomachs growling? there is a reception, catered by some of the best agent pacific -- asian pacific ches. at this time, i would like to bring up chris, the owner and chef to speak on behalf of all of tonight's chefs. that is a little nervous. i have been speaking to him backstage. give him a really warm welcome, and make him feel really welcome. [applause] >> good evening. thank you. i had a chance to talk to her this evening, backstage. i have to say, does anybody watched "eye on the bay"? she is great. she is one of the best newscasters out right now. anyway, we are very honored tonight to celebrate this heritage, apa heritage and the celebrations of tonight, the nation's chaffs -- the asian chefs. over here, i have a great chef who has worked to get this event together. i was not the greatest chefs, i miss just put on this stage to talk. the people who really do the jobs are the ones behind me. before tonight, i was given a script to talk about, and prior to this, i had two glasses of wine. [laughter] we are chefs, not public speakers. we worked very hard tonight to create this great meal, and we are on the ground floor. there are other great chefs. at the same time, we're celebrating and honoring the heritage. i hope that you continue to celebrate this event. i promised backstage i would make this speech short so that you all who are hungry can go up and have your meals. thank you all. [applause] >> you did good! that was not so bad. wasn't he great? nothing to be nervous about. [applause] chris, you are preaching to the choir. the key to all of the chefs tonight, making this a success. thank you. [applause] >> i forgot something. of it like to toast the mayor, happy birthday, mayor. i am sorry, mayor, i'd drink before you, backstage. >> how old are you? i met at how young. we also want to congratulate joe, so please show your congratulations to her, and all of the participating restaurants, and enjoy the sample food tonight. [applause] and i think we can what welet yu go. at the end of tonight's ceremony, please proceed upstairs to the green room. please be sure to get a ticket from the usher as you leave because it is your ticket to enter. also, please hang on to the ticket because many of the restaurants you will be sampling food from tonight are offering a 10% discount when you show that ticket at their restaurant. but don't move yet, because the tickets will not be passed out and the doors to the green room will not be open until our program here has finished. and good news, we are about halfway through. [laughter] only another hour and a half ago. keating, kidding. time now for the grand finale. for that, i'd like to turn this over to rose. >> it is a pleasure to coordinate this sekhmet so that you may enjoy a rich cultural elegance of our various asian communities. please at applaud them. let's give them a warm welcome. ♪ >> ♪ somewhere over the rainbow way up high there's a dream that you dream of once in a lullabye oh, somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly and a dream that you dream of dreams really do come true ooh, some day i wish upon a star wake up where the clouds are far behind me where trouble melts like lemon drops high above the chimney top that is where you will find me somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly and the dream that you dare to oh, why, oh, why acn'can't i? i see trees of green red roses, too all watch them grow for me and you when i think to myself what a wonderful world well, i see skies of blue and i see clouds of white and the brightness of being and i think to myself got a wonderful world - what a wonderful world the colors of the rainbow so pretty and the sky the faces of peacople going by how do you do? i love you i hear babies cry and i watch them grow they'll learn much more than we'll know and i think to myself what a wonderful world world someday i wish upon a star with up where the clouds are far behind me where trouble melts like lemon drops high above the chimney top that is where you'll find me somewhere over the rainbow bluebirsds fly and the dream that you dare to oh, why, oh, why can't i? well, i see trees of green and red roses, too i will watch them bloom for me and knew and i think to myself at what a wonderful world well, i see skies of blue and i see clouds of white and the brightness of being i like the dark and i think to myself what the wonderful world the colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky also wrote the people passing by i see friends shaking hands saying, how do you do? i, i love you i hear babies cry and i watch them grow they will learn much more than we will know it and i think to myself what a wonderful world world sunday i wish upon a star with up where the clouds are five behind mare behind me or trouble mislike lemon drops high above the chimney top that is where you'll find me ♪ >> thank you so much to the cultural procession community. we are glad that we got together yesterday to reverse this. at this time, with like to invite the mayor and the first lady to the stage. [applause] we will ask you to stand center stage. mayor lee. mayor lee, we have a surprise for you. and i'm going to ask you to lead us. >> ♪ happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday, mayor lee happy birthday to you ♪ ♪ [applause] >> we would like to thank -- ed, please make a wish in blowout the candles -- and blow out the candles. [laughter] [applause] we would like to thank peter of the california culinary academy, a person here to say a few words about this beautiful cake. >> thank the. mr. mayor, on behalf of the california culinary academy, where like to wish you a happy birthday. this is made and designed by our very own pastry chefs. chefs, please come out. and one of his many students. this cake is totally edible. and we made enough that it will be able to serve 500, if the mayor cuts small little pieces. [laughter] any way, happy birthday. >> thank you very much! wonderful! >> whoo, happy birthday to mayor ed lee! we have a party in the house! thank you. and we are all going to get to have a piece. thank you. we're going to remove the cake so that it can be cut and you could each have a piece. meanwhile, we will have the finale, and we ask everybody to stand up and dance, ok? we would like to ask the elected officials, the dignitaries, commissioners, come up to the stage! we're going to ask the mayor to stay on the stage so we can watch him boogie. everyone, come on up. hi, dean, , not. all right, party in the house! come up! ♪ [dance music plays] ♪ ♪ [applause] >> great. whoo! ok, , like to ask our cultural profession folks to gather around the mayor for a group photo. please gather around, thank you. and we need to back up a little bit, thank you. all right. is the mayor a great dancer or what? we need to get him to boogie down at his campaign. a reminder, pick up your ticket, please, as you had upstairs to the green room, at the reception, and i will see you at 7:00 p.m. weeknights on channel 5. have a great time tonight. thank you. enjoy, mental, eat. -- enjoy, mingle, eat. >> good morning, everyone. i am the president of the board of directors of the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district. it is my absolute pleasure to welcome all of you here this morning. thank you so much for coming out. as caretakers of this magnificent bridge, all of us here in the district know how treasured this landmark is and we know that each of us sees this bridge as our very own. it has its own personal meeting, its own history, and even its own emotional pull. that is why we celebrate this 75th anniversary with the theme bridging us all. since its inception, the golden gate bridge has had the power to connect us, and we happily share this bridge with the city, the bay area, state, nation, and even the world. to kick off our celebration today, it is only fitting that we are joined by so many special guests, the people, organizations, and public agencies that have been absolutely instrumental in helping us kick off this anniversary celebration. first, i would like to welcome the wonderful organizing partners of our 75th anniversary and all those representing those partners who have joined with us here today. we begin with the golden gate bridge highway transportation district board and staff. [applause] raise your hand, board members and staff. the golden gate national parks conservancy board, board associates, and staff. where are you? [applause] the national park service. [applause] the presidio trust board and staff. [applause] and the elected officials and the staff of the great city and county of san francisco. [applause] than today we want to welcome our corporate partners who have supported our anniversary with funding and communications support. we are especially grateful to our to our partners. genentech, represented by jeffrey teeter. [applause] hewlett-packard, represented today by kirsten rivera. [applause] kaiser permanente take, represented by yvette radford. [applause] wells fargo, represented by richard belite. [applause] to our cable partner, odwalla, represented by mason thorton. [applause] to our building partner, chevron, represented by russ yaro. [applause] david miller. [applause] levi strauss and co., represented by jill nash. [applause] pg&e, represented today by tony early. [applause] who proposed to his beautiful wife on the golden gate bridge. a fantastic story. [applause] speeck products -- speck products, represented by their whole marketing team. [applause] thank you all so much. we would not be here without your brief and to support. please join me in expressing our gratitude to our media and promotion partners -- and this is quite a list. nbc bay area. [applause] san francisco chronicle, sf gate, kgo, knbr, kfso, san francisco magazine, san francisco travels, telemundo, and because it is the 21st century, twitter. and of course, we are grateful to our business and individual contributors, through our joseph strauss legacy circle. we welcome all of them here today. for the lead car predict we thank bank of america foundation. thank you. [applause] and deep gratitude to the reset and of goldman fund for your the individual gift. thank you so much lisa and doug. [applause] today, on this memorial day weekend, we are honored to be joined by representatives from our armed forces and san francisco fleet week association, who will be introduced later in the program. [applause] finally, we are thrilled to have so many public agencies, special districts, and elected officials joined us today. we have to of representatives from congresswoman woolsey's office and jackie spear's office.

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