Actor Who's Lived In San Francisco For Decades Evicted From North Beach Apartment

NEW AT 11:00, AN ACTOR AND ENTERTAINER IS FACING EVICTION TONIGHT, FROM THE APARTMENT HE AND HIS WIFE HAVE LIVED IN FOR DECADES. WE HAVE THE DETAILS OF THE FINAL SHOWDOWN, TOMORROW. HE IS RETIRED THESE DAYS AND SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME AT THE CORNER CAFI. THE GENTLEMAN YOU ARE ABOUT TO MEET WAS ONCE A LOCAL STAR. A CHARACTER IN NORTH BEACH WHO COULD SOON BE FORCED OUT. HE HAS NO TIME FOR BIGGERS. SAM HAD A SHORT TURN ON THE TV SHOW KUNG FU AS DAVID CAREY DEAN'S ART TEACHER. HE LATER TRAVELED TO THAILAND TO BE IN A FILM WITH JIM KELLY. AND VANCOUVER FOR A SYDNEY MOVIE. HE HAS BEEN A SERVER AND A SINGER. HE HAS SPENT MOST OF HIS 86 YEARS IN SAN FRANCISCO, BUT THAT COULD SOON CHANGE. HE IS GETTING EVICTED FROM THE SMALL APARTMENT IN NORTH BEACH WHERE HE HAS LIVED SINCE 1965. IT SO THEY CAN RAISE THE RENT. HIS WIFE SAYS THE LANDLADY TOLD HIM THEY HAD TO LEAVE IN 2016, - - THEY SAY IT IS TO GET OUT OF THE RENTAL BUSINESS. I SPOKE TO SCOTT FRIEDMAN BY PHONE TONIGHT. HE SAYS JANICE AND HER HUSBAND PLAN TO MOVE INTO THE PROPERTY, AND ALSO PLAN TO MOVE THEIR ELDERLY PARENTS IN NEXT DOOR, AS WELL AS OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS. THEY'VE OFFERED MORE MONEY BUT THE RENTERS ARE FIGHTING IT IN COURT AND IT IS COSTING THEM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THE JUDGES DECIDED THE CASE IN FAVOR OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS. THEY WILL BE MAKING ONE MORE APPEAL IN COURT TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND THEY WORRY THEY COULD BE THROWN OUT FOR GOOD. SAM WILL HAVE TO LEAVE HIS HOME OF MORE THAN 50 YEARS. MY HUSBAND WILL NO LONGER BE LIVING IN THIS CITY.

Channel: KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA

Views: 27,600

Keywords: KPIX 5 News Evening, KPIX, Kung Fu, David Carradine, Sam Hiona, Eviction, San Francisco, Housing Crisis, Bay Area Housing

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Length: 2min 33sec (153 seconds)

Published: Wed Nov 13 2019