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i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. governor gavin newsom and state attorney general rob bonta are launching part two in the state's latest efforts to battle crime in oakland and surrounding areas with violent crime up over 20% in oakland last year. they're sending in state attorneys to help the alameda county da's office prosecute more criminals. just in the last half hour, i spoke with attorney general rob bonta and asked him how this is going to work. attorney general bonta, thanks so much for joining us. sending in state attorneys under your purview to handle local business. is this a reflection of how critical you think things have become in alameda county? >> there's no doubt that the levels of, of crime and safety, public safety challenges in oakland, the east bay, alameda county are unacceptable and i think nearly every leader will tell you that. and it's a time for collaborative leadership. the different levels and layers of government working together. the governor's office, my team at the doj, the da's office
i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. governor gavin newsom and state attorney general rob bonta are launching part two in the state's latest efforts to battle crime in oakland and surrounding areas with violent crime up over 20% in oakland last year. they're sending in state attorneys to help the alameda county da's office prosecute more criminals. just in the last half hour, i spoke with attorney general rob bonta and asked him how this is going to work. attorney general bonta, thanks so...
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kristen. >> wow. and spencer, of course you had warned us about the flash flood warning possibility and that all the creeks and rivers ground. everything is so saturated in that localized flooding was possible. but the fact that, as you mentioned, this thing is just kind of sat over us for a relatively long period of time just dumping and dumping that worsened things dramatically, didn't it? it did. >> and that's unusual. we don't have that happen very often, but sometimes these systems just stall because of lack of steering in the upper atmosphere. and so that, as you pointed out, that rain was just dumping on us for about two hours in pretty much the same areas marin county, the golden gate, san francisco, and the northern part of the peninsula. and down in the santa cruz mountains. that's where the heaviest rainfall totals have been so far today. and of course, there is flooding in virtually all of those regions. >> boy, it is crazy. spencer. thank you so much. we'll keep checking back with you. me
kristen. >> wow. and spencer, of course you had warned us about the flash flood warning possibility and that all the creeks and rivers ground. everything is so saturated in that localized flooding was possible. but the fact that, as you mentioned, this thing is just kind of sat over us for a relatively long period of time just dumping and dumping that worsened things dramatically, didn't it? it did. >> and that's unusual. we don't have that happen very often, but sometimes these...
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i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. you know, close games are always the toughest to lose and most difficult to comprehend and accept. fans are asking what ifs and what now. after the niners 22, to 25 loss to the chiefs, a game in which the niners had led for most of the game and had many opportunities to close it out, joining us live now to look back and look forward is former san jose mercury news columnist mark purdy. no relation to the niners brock purdy not at all. bummer. but thanks so much for joining us. mark. good to have you. >> thanks. yeah, i pretend he's my cousin, but he's he's really not i mean, it should get you into the games or something, but, um, look, losses are always tough, but is it fair to say this one has every right to be extra hard to get over? oh, yeah. i mean, when you get to the you don't you only get to the super bowl so many times and, and when you come this close and you can't come any closer than an overtime defeat, uh, this has to be the 40 niners have had other crushing, soul crushing
i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. you know, close games are always the toughest to lose and most difficult to comprehend and accept. fans are asking what ifs and what now. after the niners 22, to 25 loss to the chiefs, a game in which the niners had led for most of the game and had many opportunities to close it out, joining us live now to look back and look forward is former san jose mercury news columnist mark purdy. no relation to the niners brock purdy not at all. bummer. but thanks...
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but at the same time, kristen, it's important that we reflect our values. look, the truth is that members of the most vulnerable are being targeted, whether it be on reproductive freedom, not just on abortion, but contra ception rolling back voting rights, lgbt rights of votes that are so important for each and every one of us to re-instill the support and the integrity of congress and actually delivering for everyday people. that's what we need to get past the partizanship chip and do the partnership. and that's why i'm excited about this opportunity to continue to bring the level of experience that i've provided to congress. >> all right. we only have less than four minutes, but i really want to touch on some of the biggest issues for the south bay. just saw the headline today that buying a home near nvidia santa clara headquarters is nearly impossible. housing affordability is an issue throughout, i guess not just the south bay, but the peninsula and the santa cruz area, the entire district, even for people at pretty high income levels, what would you pu
but at the same time, kristen, it's important that we reflect our values. look, the truth is that members of the most vulnerable are being targeted, whether it be on reproductive freedom, not just on abortion, but contra ception rolling back voting rights, lgbt rights of votes that are so important for each and every one of us to re-instill the support and the integrity of congress and actually delivering for everyday people. that's what we need to get past the partizanship chip and do the...
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i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. bay area health officials are watching an alarming surge in norovirus cases. what is driving the spread of this stomach bug? here to talk more about that. other major medical headlines and has just completed trip to alabama to study the effects of racism on health care. ucsf infectious diseases specialist doctor peter chin-hong. doctor chin-hong, nice to have you on the show. >> thanks for having me on, kristen. >> there's so much to talk about. i want to start with norovirus because it hits closest to home. how many cases have we seen locally and when did this start? >> yeah, so we gathered typical surge uh- every winter. but of course people kind of forgot about it because in the early part of the pandemic, i'd say in the first uh- two years or so, we virtually had no cases. um, but, um, we've been having just making up for lost time essentially by having i would say, thousands of cases in the area. many of them are uncounted because they don't come to the hospital. but other measur
i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. bay area health officials are watching an alarming surge in norovirus cases. what is driving the spread of this stomach bug? here to talk more about that. other major medical headlines and has just completed trip to alabama to study the effects of racism on health care. ucsf infectious diseases specialist doctor peter chin-hong. doctor chin-hong, nice to have you on the show. >> thanks for having me on, kristen. >> there's so much to talk...
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hi, juliet. >> hi, kristen. very nice to speak to you. >> what is the mission behind the standard's opinion section? >> sure. i'm i'm really looking forward to creating a space where we can have a dialog, as you said, about a lot of the issues that are facing the city. but also a place where people can provide proposed solutions and discuss and debate those. um, there's a lot going on in our city and our community, and so i hope that this is a place where people can really debate and discuss different topics. >> i imagine some of the essays might start with a complaint or a problem, but the goal is not just to stay there, but to move forward to solutions and discussion. all right, so why launch this section now? >> so, um, sure. well, the standard is only a couple of years old, and it takes a long time to build out a newsroom. and this is a new thing that, um, we decided to add. i joined the team at the end of last year, and it's a great time to launch an opinion section, given that it's an election year and the
hi, juliet. >> hi, kristen. very nice to speak to you. >> what is the mission behind the standard's opinion section? >> sure. i'm i'm really looking forward to creating a space where we can have a dialog, as you said, about a lot of the issues that are facing the city. but also a place where people can provide proposed solutions and discuss and debate those. um, there's a lot going on in our city and our community, and so i hope that this is a place where people can really...
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i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. new developments in the investigation into the mass shooting at the kansas city chiefs super bowl parade and rally yesterday, police now say the shooting started as a dispute between several attendees. a mother of two was killed, nearly two dozen others were hurt, including children. three people are in custody and police say two of them are juveniles. this marks the 48th mass shooting in america in this new year. gun violence is taking a toll, not just on those directly impacted, but on the mental health of the masses. joining us live now to talk about it, erica felix, professor of clinical psychology at uc santa barbara. professor felix, thanks for joining us. thank you for having me. it's an important conversation. i know you studied the effects of disasters, terrorism and mass shootings on our psyche. what happens to us when something like this happens ? >> well, when we see this on the news, we are compassionate people. we feel emotions like anxiety, worry, stress. we sometimes p
i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. new developments in the investigation into the mass shooting at the kansas city chiefs super bowl parade and rally yesterday, police now say the shooting started as a dispute between several attendees. a mother of two was killed, nearly two dozen others were hurt, including children. three people are in custody and police say two of them are juveniles. this marks the 48th mass shooting in america in this new year. gun violence is taking a toll, not just...
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you know, kristen. so there's some people that argue that, you know, oakland put itself in some of this mess by some of the rules that it put on its own police. for example, if somebody leaving the scene of a crime or committing a crime but not a violent crime, oakland cops aren't allowed to pursue it in hot pursuit because it's considered a danger to the rest of the public. chp isn't bound by those rules. they can do what they want to do within the strictures of california law, and that's going the oakland police tell me that that's a great help, that if they're chasing somebody, the chp can come in there as well. also the chp has been a tremendous help in san francisco in cracking down on the open air drug marketing and fentanyl crisis by bringing the resources of the state and the intelligence of the state to bear, as well. and that's what they're hoping to do in oakland, not just say, patrol and keep an eye out for sideshows and, you know, crazy traffic situations, but actually get in there and help
you know, kristen. so there's some people that argue that, you know, oakland put itself in some of this mess by some of the rules that it put on its own police. for example, if somebody leaving the scene of a crime or committing a crime but not a violent crime, oakland cops aren't allowed to pursue it in hot pursuit because it's considered a danger to the rest of the public. chp isn't bound by those rules. they can do what they want to do within the strictures of california law, and that's...
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doctor tucciarone, thanks for your time. >> kristen, thanks for having me. so what is seasonal depression and how common is it? seasonal depression is very common. uh- happens almost 5% of patients that we see even up to 10% in primary care facilities. primary care clinics. and it's really a depression that's kind of coupled to uh- the late fall and early winter. and namely reductions in sunlight and exposure to sunlight. >> can you explain why that reduction in sunlight, what does it do to us physiologically, you know, why does it lead to those feelings of depression? >> sure. the mechanisms aren't totally understood, but we do think that, uh, disruptions in light can mess with certain aspects of our brain, referred to as our circadian rhythms. and our circadian rhythms are regulated by a region of our brain called the hypothalamus. but uh, this region of the hypothalamus called the suprachiasmatic nucleus, regulates multiple processes in our body, including our sleep, our metabolism, um, and our mood and so as we get more, uh, less exposure to bright light
doctor tucciarone, thanks for your time. >> kristen, thanks for having me. so what is seasonal depression and how common is it? seasonal depression is very common. uh- happens almost 5% of patients that we see even up to 10% in primary care facilities. primary care clinics. and it's really a depression that's kind of coupled to uh- the late fall and early winter. and namely reductions in sunlight and exposure to sunlight. >> can you explain why that reduction in sunlight, what does...
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i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. white house officials are now discrediting the report with vice president kamala harris calling it a political attack that's, quote, inappropriate and troubling. this follows mr. biden's own uneven defense of himself last night at a last minute news conference, mr. president, mr. president for months when you were asked about your age you would respond with the words watch me. >> many american people have been watching and they have expressed concerns about your age. >> that is your judgment. that is your judgment. that is not the judgment of the press. >> they express concerns about your mental acuity. they say that you are too old. mr. president, in december you told me that you believe there are many other democrats who could defeat donald trump. so why does it have to be you now? what is your answer to the most qualified person in this country to be president of the united states and finish the job? >> i started? >> well, republicans are already planning to use all of this as fodd
i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. white house officials are now discrediting the report with vice president kamala harris calling it a political attack that's, quote, inappropriate and troubling. this follows mr. biden's own uneven defense of himself last night at a last minute news conference, mr. president, mr. president for months when you were asked about your age you would respond with the words watch me. >> many american people have been watching and they have expressed...
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i'm kristen sze thanks for joining us. we start with a look at the battering from our latest round of storms. strong winds brought down a tree on a home in boulder creek, sadly killing a 45 year old man. he was just identified as robert brainard, the third downed trees, flooding and power outages are the major headlines across the bay area right now in the north bay, there's widespread road and vineyard flooding in forestville. work is underway in san mateo to remove a fallen eucalyptus tree outside peninsula temple, bethel and bright horizons preschool daycare. arborists say the tree crushed a heavy duty front gate and took down other trees, but did not damage any buildings. the damage is causing power outages across the region at this hour. p-g-and-e's reporting more than 162,000 customers are without power and some could remain in the dark for days. we're going to take a deeper dive into the power problems in just a few minutes. but first, let's bring in weather anchor spencer christian with the latest. hey, spencer. >>
i'm kristen sze thanks for joining us. we start with a look at the battering from our latest round of storms. strong winds brought down a tree on a home in boulder creek, sadly killing a 45 year old man. he was just identified as robert brainard, the third downed trees, flooding and power outages are the major headlines across the bay area right now in the north bay, there's widespread road and vineyard flooding in forestville. work is underway in san mateo to remove a fallen eucalyptus tree...
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i'm kristen sze . thanks for joining us. a heavy snowfall may be taking aim at lake tahoe, but here in the bay area, we are in for another stretch of rainy days, including back to back storms that are going to really pack a punch. so let's take a live look outside right now it is cloudy this afternoon, still dry, but things are going to look a lot different come saturday. abc7 meteorologist drew tuma has a look at the timeline of the storms. >> today is totally dry despite those overcast conditions, we'll have temperatures into the mid 60s so it will feel a little mild out there with limited sunshine. any friday night plans? you're totally fine. you can see later on this evening. close to midnight. we're still dry in those temperatures. pretty steady in the mid 50s throughout the evening. now tomorrow is when the rain returns a level two a moderate system on the abc seven storm impact scale. rain heavy at times, particularly in the afternoon. those winds will be gusty about 20 to 40mph and a high surf advisory will be in eff
i'm kristen sze . thanks for joining us. a heavy snowfall may be taking aim at lake tahoe, but here in the bay area, we are in for another stretch of rainy days, including back to back storms that are going to really pack a punch. so let's take a live look outside right now it is cloudy this afternoon, still dry, but things are going to look a lot different come saturday. abc7 meteorologist drew tuma has a look at the timeline of the storms. >> today is totally dry despite those overcast...
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kristen. >> very active. spencer. thank you. as more wet weather moves in, remember you can track the rain anytime with the same live doppler seven radar that spencer and our weather team uses. just search abc seven news bay area in your device's app store to download it now. now to a new snapshot of how san franciscans are feeling three weeks before the march election. that has lots of ballot measures and months before the san francisco mayoral election in november, the chamber of commerce conducts its city beat poll each year, surveying residents on a whole host of issues. the big headline this year for the question is san francisco on the right or wrong? track? 72% say wrong track. only 22% say right track. and there is more. joining us live now to talk about the results and what they mean. the president of the san francisco chamber of commerce, rodney fong . hey, rodney, thanks for joining us. >> good afternoon. >> thank you so real quickly for our viewers. why do you do this annual survey? what is it that chamber members, m
kristen. >> very active. spencer. thank you. as more wet weather moves in, remember you can track the rain anytime with the same live doppler seven radar that spencer and our weather team uses. just search abc seven news bay area in your device's app store to download it now. now to a new snapshot of how san franciscans are feeling three weeks before the march election. that has lots of ballot measures and months before the san francisco mayoral election in november, the chamber of...
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i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. president biden was in the bay area yesterday when he said details of the new sanctions would be released today. they now back in washington after he met with the wife and daughter of alexei navalny in san francisco. so he had this to say to justify the action two years ago, shortly before dawn, russian troops marched across the border in ukraine, and putin believed he could easily bend the will and break the resolve of the free people of ukraine that he could roll into ukraine and he would roll over them. >> two years later, he remains wrong. that's why i'm announcing more than 500 new sanctions and response since putin's brutal war of conquest in response to alexei navalny's death. >> joining us live now to discuss what is being imposed and what the impact might be. stanford political scientist and the author of russia resurrected its power and purpose in a new global order, doctor catherine stoner. doctor stoner, thanks for your time today. >> thanks for having me. who and what do
i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. president biden was in the bay area yesterday when he said details of the new sanctions would be released today. they now back in washington after he met with the wife and daughter of alexei navalny in san francisco. so he had this to say to justify the action two years ago, shortly before dawn, russian troops marched across the border in ukraine, and putin believed he could easily bend the will and break the resolve of the free people of ukraine that he...
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i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. from the mayor's office to the california senate seat, lots of political intrigue this week. so joining us live to talk about all of this is abc7 news insider, phil matier, the man who handles all the intrigue around here. >> phil, it's an interesting place to be for intrigue. i have to give you that, not the least of which is the san francisco's mayor's race. should we start there? >> because i think there's an interesting new poll done by the dave binder group looking at it, this was pulled last month and walk us through these numbers, which show london breed and daniel lurie actually kind of close right now. >> the poll was paid for by daniel lurie and his supporters. so we have to put that buyer beware in there. but it does reflect other polls that we've seen. london breed holds about a quarter of the vote for first picks. daniel lurie has 21. mark farrell, a former interim mayor and supervisor, has 15. he's yet to announce, and arshad safai, a supervisor for on the progressive si
i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. from the mayor's office to the california senate seat, lots of political intrigue this week. so joining us live to talk about all of this is abc7 news insider, phil matier, the man who handles all the intrigue around here. >> phil, it's an interesting place to be for intrigue. i have to give you that, not the least of which is the san francisco's mayor's race. should we start there? >> because i think there's an interesting new poll done by...
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i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. it's a complicated issue, but i ask that you stay with me because if it hasn't already happened in your kids school district or maybe town, it will soon. throughout california, school districts have been switching over from at large to district elections to fill school board seats. um today, tonight, san francisco is poised to become the latest to do so. but critics say this is a misprint interpretation of the law and the victim is kids education. joining us live now to share different viewpoints scott rafferty, a walnut creek lawyer who's threat of a lawsuit is triggering san francisco's change. he's on the right, and john trasvina, a san francisco native and human rights attorney, past president of the mexican american legal defense and education fund and former dean of university of san francisco's law school. gentlemen, welcome. >> good to see you, kirsten. >> uh, scott, i'll start with you because, well, i should tell our viewers, scott, you sent san francisco unified a demand le
i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. it's a complicated issue, but i ask that you stay with me because if it hasn't already happened in your kids school district or maybe town, it will soon. throughout california, school districts have been switching over from at large to district elections to fill school board seats. um today, tonight, san francisco is poised to become the latest to do so. but critics say this is a misprint interpretation of the law and the victim is kids education. joining...
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i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. we'll have those interviews coming your way. but first we just want to start with these new pictures just in from president biden's visit to the bay area yesterday and today. this afternoon, he met with the widow and daughter of the late russian dissident alexei navalny in san francisco today. navalny, of course, died last week in a russian penal colony and was the leader of the opposition movement against vladimir putin, his wife yulia. earlier this week vowed to continue his fight . she flew to the united states to be with their daughter, who is the other person you see pictured here? she's a current student at stanford. so again, the mother and daughter meeting with president biden today and we'll have much more on this story on abc seven news at four. now to our top segment. the fbi and homeland security are in investigating after today's attack. cellular service suffered widespread outages. at&t has just announced it has fully restored all service, but its impact was disruptive, including to emergency services joining us li
i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. we'll have those interviews coming your way. but first we just want to start with these new pictures just in from president biden's visit to the bay area yesterday and today. this afternoon, he met with the widow and daughter of the late russian dissident alexei navalny in san francisco today. navalny, of course, died last week in a russian penal colony and was the leader of the opposition movement against vladimir putin, his wife yulia. earlier this week...
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i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. a state lawmaker from san francisco has introduced a first of its kind legislation to protect pet owners looking to rent homes. the bill is in its early stages, but here to talk about why he proposed, it is assembly member matt haney. assembly member haney, thanks for your time. >> thank you so much. it's good to be with you. >> all right. so how did this bill come about and why do you think it's necessary? >> well, odds are most of the people who are watching right now now own a pet. uh- the majority of californians have pets. uh- the large majority. over two thirds of california renters have pets. and if you talk to any of them, what they'll tell you is that the housing crisis is already really bad. but it's much worse for them uh- people who own pets need places to live. yet right now, despite the fact that over two thirds of renters have a pet, if you go onto zillow, if you go onto craigslist and in san francisco, you'll see that just about 20% of units are available to people wit
i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. a state lawmaker from san francisco has introduced a first of its kind legislation to protect pet owners looking to rent homes. the bill is in its early stages, but here to talk about why he proposed, it is assembly member matt haney. assembly member haney, thanks for your time. >> thank you so much. it's good to be with you. >> all right. so how did this bill come about and why do you think it's necessary? >> well, odds are most of the...
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i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. we'll get to those conversations in just a moment. but first, the storm door is open and rain is moving through this weekend. we are tracking a level one storm today on our exclusive abc7 news storm impact scale. we'll see rain and wind here in the bay area. in fact, you're seeing it now from this emeryville camera looking at i-80 and across the bay raining right now. and of course, that means snow in the sierra. abc seven news meteorologist lisa argen has a look at what's in store for this evening and the weekend. the rain and wind continue to push through the bay area with our level one system, and this is just the beginning of several rainy days, so light to moderate rain continues throughout the day. >> today. and these winds already have been quite breezy to gusty 25 to 35 miles an hour out of the southwest. and that makes for a slippery evening commute. so if we go hour by hour throughout the rest of the afternoon soon, notice this cold front slicing through the east bay and the peninsula right in time for that afternoon drive,
i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. we'll get to those conversations in just a moment. but first, the storm door is open and rain is moving through this weekend. we are tracking a level one storm today on our exclusive abc7 news storm impact scale. we'll see rain and wind here in the bay area. in fact, you're seeing it now from this emeryville camera looking at i-80 and across the bay raining right now. and of course, that means snow in the sierra. abc seven news meteorologist lisa argen...