Story to share about panda diplomacy. Plus, a complete weekend shutdown of highway 37 near napa is almost over, but drivers will soon be going through this again. Always live abc seven news starts right now. Hopefully we will be able to welcome the pandas here as early as sometime. At the beginning of next year. San Francisco Mayor london breed returning today with news about her Economic Development trip to china and above all, bringing pandas to the city. Good evening and thanks for joining us, everybody. Im diane lim, abc seven News Reporter cornell bernard has details on the panda monium around panda diplomacy. Its definitely great to be home mayor. London breed back in San Francisco with news about her weeklong trip to china. We were truly successful in our trip. We had numerous meetings with government officials, with airlines, and with business leaders. We held a Business Forum of people who have interest in not only doing business in San Francisco, but investing in San Francisc
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