. >>> san francisco is the latest bay area city to weigh in with good news on the omicron surge. city health leaders say cases are steadily dropping. data from san francisco shows cases peas on january 9. a patent nearly 21 cases per day, but on january 12, cases dropped a little more than 1000 cases per day. but the medical director warns that the omicron surge is not over yet. >> hospitalizations, which trail the peak in cases you will still continue to go up. for now, we expect to meet capacity within the healthcare system to take care of people both with covid, and with other healthcare needs. >>> here is a look at the latest statewide covid numbers. the test positivity rate continues to inch down slightly to 20.7%. that is more than 86,000 new cases reported. today marks 2 years as the cdc confirmed the first u.s. case of covid-19 in washington state. >>> looking live at the white house where president biden today marked his first anniversary in office. covid is just one of the big challenges still facing the biden administration. cbs news correspondent natalie brand joint j

as to why, the san francisco city attorney, david chiu. >> the fact that these two companies have not been forthcoming with us on exactly what is happening is very troubling. her back as omicron surged in the bay area, so too did crowds seeking to get a covid test. community wellness set up two free covid testing tables in san francisco, including this one in front of mission high school on dolores street. inside the biohazard bags handed out to each person standing in line, test kits with swabs and tubes with stickers identifying crestview clinical laboratory. as to how the companies are connected -- >> it is very unclear. we've heard mixed things about what the relationship could be, and this is why we need more information. or back in august during the delta surge my community wellness set up a table in front of this natural foods grocery in fairfax. the store told kpix 5 that they did not want them there. public health officials shut the site down, singing with the unauthorized , and violated business code. >> what is going on the testing -- >> reporter: the san francisco mayor lo

with demand for covid-19 testing surging today a separate san francisco city leaders are worried pop-up testing sites on city sidewalks could be less than legal. >> it would be unacceptable if there are rogue actors trying to exploit the situation , setting up unlicensed testing facilities to try to make a quick buck. >> reporter: this was the corner of dolores and 18th next to miss in high school. a company called community wellness america has set up a pop-up site. today i'm a it was gone. the corner was empty and under investigation by the san francisco city attorney. >> we are specifically looking for a specific federal license that these operators are supposed to have. >> reporter: we did checking into community wellness america. irs documents revealed the organization is a 501(c)(3), a tax-exempt public charity. the certificate on display was for its partner, crestview clinical laboratories method is supposed to test all of the samples, but that certificate had expired in november. we found a federal website indicating it actually expires at the end of the month. they are concerne

customers and the connections to the san francisco city hall corruption scandal. but first, we do hear an awful lot about the chaos and the staffing issues at hospitals. so let's take you to the ground floor and bring you dr. raven, an emergency doctor at usf and here to answer your covid questions. ask those at facebook.com/ab c7news. i'm surprised he could escape the eer for a little bit. dr. raven: no problem. thanks for having me. dion: dr. patchy is nothing omicron will ultimately find just about everybody. how are people supposed to take that quote? are we supposed to think of this as the common cold? dr. raven: well, it's a really great question. i think we are probably starting to approach that. for some people, omicron is a little bit more than the common cold. but for most people, it's not presenting a severe enough illness where you would need to go to the hospital or anything like that. so it is unbelievable because it does evade our vaccines in terms of the infection component. a lot of people are getting it. and everybody i know that's been doing eve

san francisco city officials say they are working to make sure public services are up and running in the midst of the omicron surge, even though 81% of residents are vaccinated, the city is seeing a surge in cases. officials say 186 police department staff members, including 167 sworn officers are now under quarantine. 135 fire department staffers and 85 sf muni workers are also quarantined. students all around the bay area are returning to class this week and mandated testing is helping schools to catch some covid cases. ktvu magus. joining us live tonight from stanford, where 175 students have tested positive after returning from the winter break, emma alex. many stanford students have yet to return to campus because right now classes are virtual, meaning that the number of positive covid cases may continue to climb. one of my best friends on campus tested positive after coming back. two days ago. i want to say it's very strange, i think the canvas is a lot less lively. 146 students are isolating in stanford housing this week after testing positive for covid classes are virtual for

today, san francisco's city attorney issued subpoenas to that testing company and its lab. the city attorney has questions about what's going on inside and we have some answers. consumer investigator chris kimura who exposed three questionable sites last week, has been digging into the latest sites in question. chris, what do you have? >> first, we know uncle sam has paid them a lot of money for covid testing. more than $90 million since the pandemic started. most of that money going to the lab. the city says these were literal pop-ups that would appear on the streets of san francisco one day, due tests, maybe reappear elsewhere, and then disappear. the companies are called community wellness america and crestview clinical laboratory. they're headquartered near san diego and l.a. the city attorney, his office is demanding they turn over tons of inside information, all documents about everyone tested in san francisco. all paperwork connecting the companies, all policies, procedures, protocols, training and more. she calls them rogued based on reports to his office about the

a little cooler today. 54 in san francisco, daly, city york. 54 as well, half moon bay and mid to lower 40's san francisco south. they're just 55 burlingame. 55 as well. and then along the peninsula, right? was city palo alto mid to lower 50's in the south. they were looking at san jose a little warmer. 58, santa clara york. 57. so no. 54 hayward union city in fremont all mid-fifties ear and the east bay, a little cooler. so walnut creek or end to all low 50's moraga. 51 up here in sonoma. 49. natalie, you're 49 as well. fairfield, upper 40's and had a little. you're at 50. so we're going to be tracking that system that arrives a little bit before 07:00am in the north bay continues traveling throughout the bay area over the weekend, saturday and sunday. we get a break. it could be that we see another weak system sunday night. we're going to track that as well. monday into tuesday of next week. we have a break and some sunshine. and yet again, maybe another system that's going to arrive wednesday into thursday. overnight lows in the inland areas, upper 30's, a little cooler there. and al

san francisco city supervisors have sided to continue their hearing on the plan to february 8th. they approved it two weeks ago but wanted to revisit the topic yesterday. >>> the mayor is promising to open a service center to help people who are homeless and using drugs. she is requesting more police overtime to crack down on crime. protestors rallied claiming the it won't fund the organizations that help people the most. they believe that it'll trigger a police crack down. >>> this morning we are hearing from the family of a sacramento man killed by a shark off the california coast. >> this happened on christmas eve while he was surfing near morrow bay. he was visiting family for the holidays. the harbor officials say another surfer found his board bobbing in the water and followed the board's leash down to his body and dragged him onto the beach but it was too late. >> i thought that my car crash, heart attack. i hadn't a clue. i was just in shock. >> the harbor master said that he was likely attacked by a great white shark. >>> the water district board of directors will discus

with demand for covid-19 testing surging today, san francisco city leaders are worried pop-up test sites on city sidewalks could be less than legal. >> it would be unacceptable if there are rogue actors trying to exploit the situation, setting up unlicensed testing facilities to try to make a quick buck. >> reporter: this was the corner of dolores and 18th next to missing high school yesterday. a company called community wellness awareness america set up a pop-up site. today it was gone. the corner empty, and under investigation by simmons for city attorney david chiu. >> we are looking for a specific federal license that these operators are supposed to have. >> reporter: weeded checking into community wellness america. here is what we found. irs documents revealed the organization is a 501(c)(3), a tax-exempt public charity. the certificate on display was for its partner, crestview clinical laboratories, that is supposed to test all of the samples. that certificate had expired in november, but we found a federal website indicating it actually expires at the end of the month. they were c

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in the chinatown in san francisco and new york city. we saw business drop by 50% before some local case. to the virus of racism. due to discrimination to stereotypes. york city police later arrested a homeless man who fled from the subway station. >> but later turned himself in. he was identified as 61 year-old simon marshall and has been charged with second-degree murder. police are in show that. >> that's new word that they got i'm taylor bisacky reporting kron. 4 news. >> and new york city mayor eric adams attended a vigil for go in times square, tweeting, quote, i'm recommitted to ending this kind of fear. we must stop crime. we must help those facing eental health issues, but we must unite our city and not allow divisions to tear us apart. and before michelle goes death, adams also proposed adding more officers to subway stations in new york city. although there were officers present when she was killed. back here at home, san ramon police have arrested a couple that they say may be linked. now to a series of jewelry thefts around

as we go to break here, a live look at san francisco city hall all lit up in red and gold tonight. go niners. of carmel. this driver ws forced to turn around last night as a colorado fire quickly grew in size. tonight, highway one is closed from andrew molera state park to the granite canyon bridge. and the fact that it's january and a wildfire sparked in the central coast took a lot of people by surprise. ktvu greg liggins tells us the fire and others are forcing cal fire to treat fire season like it is all year round. it was already dark and windy at about 7 30 friday night when cal fire says it got a report of a fire breaking out near the coast, a few miles north of big sur. it was too dark to launch an air attack and the winds were gusting up to 50 miles an hour in some places. so um, it was extreme fire behavior burning very close to the coast in monterey county, the colorado fire as it's known, burning in the palo colorado canyon area has reportedly damaged to your it's not a heavily populated area, but it is threatening homes and lead law enforcement to evacuate people livin

ahead of the big game tomorrow. 56 degrees in san francisco. city looking pretty good. not much in the way of fog right now. san jose, 56 degrees, and few of those mid and high level clouds, may see a few sprinkles overnight into the morning. walnut creek 49 and light winds and some patchy fog. slight chance of sprinkles as times and visibility at times around the north bay and santa rosa down to 2 to 3 miles at times and patchy fog for the morning. mid to upper 40s, lunchtime is closer to 60, warming up to low 60s for afternoon. san jose southward, upper 50s, san francisco to oakland. checking out storm ranger. sprinkles near union city. if you're not seeing rain, lowest levels of the atmosphere are dry, it's raining higher up but not all hitting the ground. there's a chance to see more bands moving through between now and midmorning tomorrow. through 9:00 a.m., a chance of showers and then clearing south to north, partial clearing during the day. talking about showers but rain totals, you have to look hard. would be nice to get something to wet the ground. next seven

covid surge on the part of sf usd and san francisco city leaders. >> that as a board of education commissioner allison collins believes created a crisis for parents, teachers and students. this is an educational emergency. we have schools that are, you know, barely able to function because of lack of staffing. we're trying to fill gaps with parent and we're trying to fill gaps with central office staff. and that's just not. >> that is just not acceptable. colin says limited available testing sites in the district and overcrowded testing locations that are open to the public. >> are 2 major problems going into the second week of school? the line was. >> out the door around the block up the hill. >> it was. and at the end of the day when we shut down, there are still people wanting more testing. a lead official is describing her recent experience at a public testing site in the city's lakeview district. she talks about how the lack of available testing is disrupting the regular school routine of special needs students. there's a lot of families who have kids with disabilities, especially those k

the view here over the cities, san francisco 48 right now. the number in concord is 43. santa rosa, 41 with fog having now developed. that's where we will watch, usual drill here. we have seen the censor go to half a mile at the sonoma airport. everybody else is good. hayward you can see for seven miles and a similar story down peninsula, similar story in san jose. a few high clouds now. we'll keep a few of those around through early part of the day. we won't get the same kind of late day mid afternoon gray out that we had yesterday. we'll have a few high clouds that will stay with us into afternoon. north bay will be looking at more blue sky than anything else. from marin south we'll probably continue to see high clouds. under those clouds we go back to the mid 60s today for daytime highs. that's the story for the south bay. here are numbers for the inland valleys of east bay where we will be in the low 60s. we'll see temperatures in the heart of the bay climb to the upper 50s, low to mid 60s through marin and numbers through lake and mendocino county will top out in mi

the city of san francisco has come around to embrace it's musicians. when they have the centennial for city hall, they brought in all kinds of local musicians and i got to perform at that. that was, at -- in a way, and appreciation from the city of san francisco for the musical legends. i feel like a lot of people in san francisco don't realize what resources there are at the library. we had a film series, the s.f. punk film series that i put together. it was nearly sold out every single night. people were so appreciative that someone was bringing this for them. it is free. everything in the library is free. >> it it is also a film producer who has a film coming out. maybe in 2018 about crime. what is the title of it? >> it is called san francisco first and only rock 'n' roll movie. crime, 1978. [laughter] >> when i first went to the art institute before the adventures were formed in 77, i was going to be a painter. i did not know i would turn into a punk singer. i got back into painting and i mostly do portraiture and figurative painting. one of the t

as to why, san francisco city attorney david chiu. >> it's early in the investigation, but the fact that these two companies have not been forthcoming with us on exactly what is happening is very troubling. >> reporter: as omicron surged in the bay area, so did crowds seeking to get a covid test. community wellness set up two free covid testing tables in san francisco, including this one in front of mission high school on dolores street. inside the biohazard bags handed out to each person standing in line, test kits with swabs and tubes with stickers identifying crestview clinical laboratory. as to how the companies are connected -- >> it is very unclear. we have heard mixed things about what the relationship could be. this is why we need more information. back in august, during last year's delta search, community wellness set up a table in front of this natural food grocery in fairfax. the store told kpix 5 that they did not want them there. public health officials shut the site down, saying it was unauthorized and violated business codes. the san francisco mayor says it is critical to

san francisco city hall, san jose city hall, san jose international airport and sfo will all be illuminated in red and gold tomorrow night to show support. the price of a monthly netflix subscription is going up in the u. s. and canada as of today, the company says that users with the basic plan, which does not include hi def, streaming will pay a dollar more up to 9 99 a month. standard plans will increase from 13 99 months to $15.49 and premium plans will be up to 1999. netflix last race prices about a year and a half ago. actor alec baldwin has turned over his cell phone to investigators looking into the deadly shooting on the rust film set, his lawyer said baldwin's phone was given to authorities in new york state this morning. the santa fe sheriff's offices, gathering more evidence about what led to the fatal shooting of cinematographer halina hutchins in new mexico. last october. baldwin shot and killed hutchins and injured the film's director, joel sousa. during rehearsal. his attorney said today that baldwin did nothing wrong and quote there are no answers on his phone. hundreds of

san francisco's city attorney served a pair of subpoenas to community wellness america and crestview clinical laboratories to companies tied to questionable testing sites in san francisco community wellness, setting up this covid testing site at 18th and delores streets last week with outdated clinical laboratory improvement amendment or clear licensing for crestview labs on display, the city attorney asked the companies to clarify the licensing issues last week. and we had sent a letter requesting information to them last week, they have been less than four forthcoming and we are now sending subpoenas so we can get more information to understand what's going on here. the subpoenas requests both companies preserved documents pertaining to one another, but we've been concerned about is that there are rogue testing operations in san francisco and beyond, where folks are not using appropriate and safe health techniques and gathering information crest. few labs responded to our request for information via email, saying in part quote, we responded to the inquiry letter from the sf city at

as part of this metallica takeover of san francisco includes supporting small businesses in our city. it includes doing a cleanup at the beach and really calling attention to a number of environmental challenges that we have as a city and a country. it calls attention to the need to support city and night life. and in san francisco, i'm proud that we've waived $5 million in fees for night life to see our artists perform all over san francisco. but the attention that metallica brings that takes this up to the next level is what's going to really make this city shine. you know, we've been through a really tough time. it's been two years of wildfires, seeing the skies turn yellow, the protests and the skies for racial justice, the pandemic, kids who weren't in schools, people who couldn't see their family members. this global pandemic has tested us like nothing else, and what people need now more than ever is hope. hope for the future, hope for what we know is the very best of us, and today, we celebrate that with music, something that brought us together during the pandemic and will con

now san francisco's city attorney is stepping in demanding community wellness. america produced the appropriate paperwork to operate legally. we have sent a letter to community wellness asking for documentation to show that they are indeed a legitimate licensed lawful testing facility. we have not yet received information back from them. we reached out to crestview clinical said they aren't operating any covid testing sites in san francisco and an email crest you saidse test sites use crestview name or any other credentials, they must have obtained it illegally. without our knowledge, they must have used our license without our approval, and we will never let anyone use our license. the man operating the site monday told us to reach out to his company's supervisor, a woman named jennifer. when i called monday. she hung up on me as soon as i identified myself. but monday evening at 9 24 pm, she texted a copy of a valid certification again from crest view and tuesday left a voicemail. how does it feel that you just denied your whole community? thousands and thousa

i attended city college of san francisco, the culinary arts program, where it was called hotel and restaurant back then in the early 90's. nopalito on broderick street, it's based on no specific region in mexico. all our masa is hand made. we cook our own corn in house. everything is pretty much hand made on a daily basis, so day and night, we're making hand made tortillas, carnitas, salsas. a lot of love put into this. [♪♪♪] >> used to be very easy to define casual dining, fine dining, quick service. now, it's shades of gray, and we're trying to define that experience through that spectrum of service. fine dining calls into white table cloths. the cafeteria is large production kitchen, understanding vast production kitchens, the googles and the facebooks of the world that have those types of kitchens. and the ideas that change every year, again, it's the notion and the venue. >> one of the things i love about vince is one of our outlets is a concept restaurant, and he changes the concept every year to show students how to do a startup restaurant. it's been a pizzeria, a taco bar. it's

this is the fourth san francisco city attorney says he's looking for licensing and documentation and those subpoenas will legally force the companies in question to comply . welcome everyone to the four i'm alex, seven, and i'm cristina rendon, the city attorney has turned up the heat in this investigation. ktvu is christian captain has been following the story as it unfolded over the last two weeks and joins us now live in christian. the city attorney's office has filed a series of subpoenas looking into these companies involved. remember all this starts last week when the city attorney sent a letter to those companies asking them to provide documentation that they have the proper licensing to practice and take those tests. he says that he didn't get any response. so now he's filed paperwork, ordering them to provide proof that they have licenses to operate. san francisco's city attorney served a pair of subpoenas to community wellness america and crestview clinical laboratories to companies tied to questionable testing sites in san francisco community wellness, setting up this covi

with demand for covid-19 testing surging today a separate san francisco city leaders are worried pop-up testing sites on city sidewalks could be less than legal. >> it would be unacceptable if there are rogue actors trying to exploit the situation , setting up unlicensed testing facilities to try to make a quick buck. >> reporter: this was the corner of dolores and 18th next to miss in high school. a company called community wellness america has set up a pop-up site. today i'm a it was gone. the corner was empty and under investigation by the san

along with more positive covid cases comes more hospitalizations according to the city of san francisco's covid dashboard, there were 97 total covid-19 hospitalizations on january second, that's actually up from just 21 hospitalizations. the day before thanksgiving. crawford's amanda hari check in with officials in the east bay and the south bay to find out how their hospital systems are handling the search. >> well, we have our icu defense is going up just like every other county after more positive covid cases comes more hospitalization. but doctor on mall, the director of healthcare preparedness for santa clara county says it's not currently as high as it was in december of 2020, but given what we're seeing in terms of community transmission, in terms of case numbers are monitoring the situation, very toasty. he says omicron does seem to cause less severe illness with a higher number of people being infected. it is likely more people will end up in the hospital and possibly the icu. gov. >> the number of positive patients in the icu has increased in contra costa county from just 7 on d

in san francisco, kpix 5 . >>> san francisco city services are struggling to cope with covid absences. new numbers just in. 184 police officers. 140 fire department employees. 122 workers in quarantine. saying they are missing up to 50% of scheduled service, which could mean longer wait times. warning these writers to prepare for bustling delays . agency is working through a spike in covid related sick calls and positive cases. roads that usually come every 15 minutes are now coming every 30 minutes. in some cases the agencies says they may be forced to temporarily cancel a bus line. >>> coming up. we will take a closer look at how covid is impacting public transit around the bay area. >>> let's give you a live look at the white house. the vaccine requirements are facing a critical test at the supreme court. skyler henry, on the special court session that lasted hours . >> friday the her challenges to 2 administration vaccine rules but one requiring the vaccine or weekly testing for businesses with 100 or more employees. the other going healthcare workers at facilities that receive me

san francisco city officials say they're also taking action to make sure public services continued to run even as the number of covid cases surges. 81% of people who live in the city are vaccinated, but exposure can force some workers to stay home, officials say. 186 police staff members are quarantined, including 167 sworn officers, 135 members of the fire department and 85. union workers are also quarantined. the san francisco babble at ballet is postponing its gala events this season because of the recent surge in cases. performances were scheduled for later this month at the war memorial opera house and san francisco city hall there now rescheduled for the month of march. ticket holders can use their existing tickets for the new date, exchange them for another date or get a refund . san francisco is launching a new mobile recycling program that makes it more convenient to get cash for recycling cans and bottles. it's called bottle bank , the mobile recycling program. is it to sites today? stones town gallery, a parking lot and at two 63rd street near south venice and mission to us

with demand for covid-19 testing surging today, san francisco city leaders are worried pop-up test sites on city sidewalks could be less than legal. >> it would be unacceptable if there are rogue actors trying to exploit the situation, setting up unlicensed testing facilities to try to make a quick buck. >> reporter: this was the corner of dolores and 18th next to missing high school yesterday. a company called community wellness awareness america set up a pop-up site. today it was gone. the corner empty, and under investigation by simmons

here is a live look at san francisco city hall in red and gold. san jose city hall is lit up as well as both the san jose airport and sfo. the 49ers face the cowboys tomorrow afternoon. that is it for this edition of abc 7 news at 6:00. for spencer alvarez and spencer christian, stay with us and we will see you right back here tonight fo (announcer) the following is a paid advertisement from time life. my name is robin williams. (announcer) hold on to your hats. for those of you on acid, this is a frisbee. (announcer) the time has come for an epic entertainment event. it's mind-blowing, it's jaw-dropping, and most of all, it's-- -genius. -genius. -genius. -comedic genius. (announcer) time life proudly presents a once in a lifetime collection decades in the making. yo, robin. (announcer) robin williams: comic genius. you're sucked into drinking beer by believing it's a healthy thing. all these beer commercials usually show big men, manly man doing manly things. you've just killed a small animal. it's time for a light beer. why not have a realistic

san francisco city attorney david chu always appreciate your time. thanks for joining us. thanks for having me. a new highway project is expected to improve traffic in san mateo today, congresswoman jackie speier announced plans to widen it real line connecting ramps at how a 1 to 1 and 92. congresswoman speier says before the pandemic about 400,000 cars traveled through that interchange every day, putting many people at risk of an accident. what you will see on the highway is. a number of things, among them skid marks from accidents, broken parts from cars. we're parts of an accident. and. it is often times overloaded. construction for the project is on track to begin next year, and congresswoman spear says funding will likely be available through president biden infrastructure bill. we probably canceled 12 15 different public events that were going to happen here. people in sonoma county have a new batch of pandemic era rules . they're trying to get used to coming up how that's impacting businesses working to cash in on holiday weekend crowds. warriors seeing right in ch

what san francisco city leaders and advocates say needs to be does. so a tragedy like this doesn't happen again. >> we have an update now to a story we first brought you last night at 10 o'clock. a federal judge sentenced a santa rosa woman to more than 6 years in prison after supplying fentanyl to the father of that 13 month-old boy leading to the death of both the father and the son. 2 others were also convicted in this case for playing a role in selling the drugs to 29 year-old patrick o'neill. back in 2019. and it was at that time. the kron, 4 news unknowingly interview, the person who federal authorities say actually sold the drugs to o neale. >> kron four's taylor. the second has the latest. >> more than 2 years have passed since the death of patrick o'neill and his then 13 month-old son, liam, who lived in santa rosa. the 2 died after coming into contact with sentinel in september of 2019. and on wednesday, the last of 3 defendants, leanna zamora was sentenced to more than 6 years in prison after being convicted of supplying fentanyl. that was

you can see san francisco city hall all lit up. city hall in san jose and both sfo and san jose airports will be in red and gold. if you are counting, it has been 27 years since the niners and cowboys last met in the playoffs. it should be fun. that's all the time we have for this edition of abc 7 news at 5:00. for spencer and kris and all of us here, thanks for joining us. we will see you right back here in about 30 minutes with abc 7 news at 6:00. >>> tonight, breaking news as we come on the air in the west. a hostage situation at a texas synagogue. a young man taking multiple hostages including a rabbi and three others inside congregation beth israel near the dallas/ft. worth area. he has released at least one male hostage uninjured. s.w.a.t. teams, the fbi, and hostage negotiators responding to the scene. authorities say the suspect is demanding the release of a terrorist now in federal prison. the white house closely monitoring the situation. >>> another major story we're following tonight, the entire u.s. west coast facing a

walk san francisco along with our advocates together with our city's mayor london breed and our city's agencies are pushing hard to make san francisco the beacon for other cities. we are trying to show what we can do when safety is the number one priority. and trying to cross the street is no longer a life or death situation. this infrastructure bill is focused on safety. that is incredible. this might be the first time in our city's history that federal agency is thinking about safety first. and as secretary of transportation pete buttigieg said, we cannot and should not accept these fatalities as part of walk fran and representatives for standing with us today. thank you for taking action to fundamentally change this country's approach to traffic safety. thank you so much. >> thank you for being with us. >> i want to extend my deep gratitude to madam speaker and representative for your tireless leadership in d.c., fighting for equity for bay area residents. the infrastructure and jobs act means equity for san franciscans right here in the south of market and means equity because this

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francisco board for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations. [applause] >> here is a little city seal pen with my signature. i give this to all people i swear in to serve. ladies and gentlemen, the latest person for the board tackling work force in san francisco and making real change. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed, for taking time-out of your schedule to do this. thank you to the leaders of labor here today, especially my board members, susan, mike, charlie, debra, and my good friend karen. i want to thank you for taking time for the swearing in. it means a lot to me because i have always been really challenged by the fact there rvs and have notes in the work force, and i really want to fight overcoming making sure that everyone becomes a very. everyone has an opportunity to get a job and a wealthy job and to join a union if they so choose. that is my mantra since i was little. it is my mantra to this day. i will fight to make sure. that is what the labor council is about making sure there are opportunities for people a

francisco, city just made a plea to stop 911 calls about covid and flu symptoms. apparently people are listening. the city says the 911 call centers had been overwhelmed with nonemergency calls for covid symptoms. the number dropped to just 318 calls for service on saturday. the day before, there were more than 400 medical calls. crews responded to about 200 of them. >>> since the aids epidemic began in the late '70s gay men have been banned from giving blood. during the pandemic blood supplies nationwide have dipped critically low. now a new push is underway to get the fda to reconsider the rules about who is qualified to donate. the ban was recently changed to allow men who have had gay sex to donate after three months instead of 12 but researchers say since each donation is individually tested for hiv, the danger of transmission is reduced in any case. >> i do think with the current deferral ctainly of a year's ft length and also one would argue even three months in length. >> i would definitely be pretty sad if i came in all of a sudden and they said oh actual

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. >>> san francisco city supervisors voting next week on a resolution to formally apologized to the chinese community for past atrocities and committing to support future investments. meanwhile, we are learning more about a plan charged in dozens of attacks on asian businesses in the city and why he is not in jail tonight. here is kpix5. >> reporter: the 37-year-old suspect is scheduled to appear in court again at the end of the month. >> reporter: surveillance video from several chinese- owned businesses captured a man on a scooter last summer. smashing windows, sometimes with a slingshot, entering stores and burglarizing the property. >> the authorities say that leis the man responsible for a string of 27 separate attacks. and chinatown and the ocean avenue corridor. and august of last year. >> his target was the asian community. what would of happen if any of the victims were in this at that time, came out, trying to defend their store. >> reporter: they charged him soon after the police arrested him in august with 27 felony counts of vandalism, four felony counts of second degree burgla

we got a preview of san francisco's city campus series. murals of all sizes will be held to renovate the pier 70 ship building site. the hope is that it will add beauty and color to san francisco dogpatch neighborhood. >> in my opinion, these murals represent art and artists willing to risk their lives to beautify the streets of their neighborhoods and communities and give back to a larger purpose. >> the exhibition is open to the public this weekend and you can see it next week through the end of the month. >>> straightahead, the pandemic has a lot more people working from just about anywhere. how that is changing how people offer rentals like airbnb. >>> coming up at 6:00, concerns in the south bay. a multimillion dollar project in the works to protect communities at risk. >>> hospitalization is close to reaching record numbers. we will ask blaine why it is more critical to highlight the difference between four covid patients, versus with new year, new start. and now comcast business is making it easy to get going with the ready. set. sa

francisco board for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations. [applause] >> here is a little city seal pen with my signature. i give this to all people i swear in to serve. ladies and gentlemen, the latest person for the board tackling work force in san francisco and making real change. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed, for taking time-out of your schedule to do this. thank you to the leaders of labor here today, especially my board members, susan, mike, charlie, debra, and my good friend karen. i want to thank you for taking time for the swearing in. it means a lot to me because i have always been really challenged by the fact there rvs and have notes in the work force, and i really want to fight overcoming making sure that everyone becomes a very. everyone has an opportunity to get a job and a wealthy job and to join a union if they so choose. that is my mantra since i was little. it is my mantra to this day. i will fight to make sure. that is what the labor council is about making sure there are opportunities for people a

in the chinatown in san francisco and new york city. we saw business drop by 50% before single covid case. to the virus of racism. due to discrimination to stereotypes that york city police later arrested a homeless man who fled from the subway station. >> but later turned himself in. he was identified as 61 year-old simon marshall and has been charged with second-degree murder. police are in show that. >> that day you were the i'm taylor bisacky reporting kron. 4 news. >> in the south bay, a teenager allegedly involved in a holiday smash and grab is facing a string of felony charges. 19 year-old gregory jefferson was arrested at his home in pittsburgh earlier this month where police found this more than 30 boxes of luxury sneakers, clothing. >> and a ghost gun. police say jefferson is connected to 2 robberies at the high-end shoe store called fix kicks in santa clara. the first robbery involved about 18 people with $80,000 worth of merchandise stolen. the second robbery was just 5 days later with about 28 people involved feeling more t

i'm an attorney in the san francisco city attorney's office. i supervise the tax team, giving tax advice to the treasurer, tax collect or, drafting tax legislation. the thing i remember my mother telling me as a child is that you need to be prepared to take care of yourself and i knew that i wanted to be able to do something that i enjoyed. i didn't expect anybody to give me anything because nobody ever gave her anything and i also i always saw her fighting for the things that she wanted in life for herself and for her children. >> my name is jasmine flores. i am working as an admin assistant in the city attorney's office. i have always enjoyed the tasks that i have been given. on the days i show up and work on my own is empowering. for me, happiness in being more involved in a person-to-person interaction. my dream jobs includes being a physician, paramedic, firefighter, working with animals with the public. on a personal level with self improvement. my sister is the biggest influence in my life because she taught me to go forward with what ma

. >>> and a live look at san francisco where city supervisors will review the mayor's ordinance to expand police access to surveillance cameras. it adds certain property crimes like organized retail theft and looting to a list of critical event that would let officers monitor the cameras in realtime. the push comes roughly two months after several flash mob style robberies in san francisco and other nearby cities. >>> new, the sat college admission exam will soon go digital. it was just announced this morning. >> this move also means the test will be shorter. justin andrews is live talking to colleges about this change. >> the board did a pilot test on digital sat's for months it. revealed 80% of students found it less stressful but this is at a time when thousands of colleges and universities have already either halted or ended testing requirements. in a couple years those paper sat tests and number 2 pencils can be ditched. tuesday morning the college board announced the sat will go all digital starting in 2024. current sophomore nora tam in oakland said she is already doing practice sa

speaking of the city, san francisco is recording now more positive covid cases than ever before. on average, more than 1300 people now are testing positive each day in the city. and the mayor is now require hospitals to administer more tests or face a hefty fine kron four's. rob nesbitt explains. >> last week san francisco broke a record testing more than 17,000 people for covid in one day. the problem is that the department of health is conducting the majority of those tests and they say hospitals need to pick up the slack. with more tests come more positive cases. director of health in san francisco, doctor grant colfax gave an update tuesday on the city's record breaking numbers. and right now. >> nearly one in 5 tests are positive. the san francisco department of public health along with mayor london breed's office will now require large health care providers to help administer tests to minimize the surge in omicron cases, health department to shoulder on the vast burden of the of this testing. >> and so as we learn to live with this virus has a testing on demand. absence was

meantime, in san francisco, health officials say covid cases peaked in the city. the light at the end of the tunnel is here. we may go through another tunnel again, but just know that there is hope, and there is like officials say case numbers have been dropping since january 9th when they top 2100 per day, on average, because san francisco vaccination and booster rates are high, most cases have been mild or asymptomatic. five deaths have been reported this month compared to 165 in january of 2021. it looks good with regard to making it through. we are likely to make it through this surge and come out in a much better place since hospitalizations leg infections . officials say hospitalizations will continue to climb for a few days, but nowhere near to the level where they will overwhelm san francisco's hospitals. there is more evidence tonight that people who received the johnson and johnson vaccine get the biggest immune boost from a moderna or a fighter booster. a new study of healthcare workers in the new england journal of medicine shows the m n r a vaccines p

there, you can compare san francisco's current car break-in rate to other major cities, and we'll take you to one block that sees as many as ten car burglaries in a single day. that's all at nbcbayarea.com/investigations. with the investigative unit, i'm bigad shaban. candice: thanks, bigad. now, you've heard about san francisco's sinking and tilting millennium tower, but that's not the only building sinking in the bay area. turns out lots of them are but not quite the same way or for the same reasons. next, we investigate new research that shows how big buildings are putting pressure on the earth. ♪♪♪ enjoy the gift of being together. the binaxnow covid-19 antigen self test has the same technology used by doctors and detects multiple variants. so in just 15 minutes, you can test, know, and go. available in stores and online. ♪♪♪ if you're buzzed and doing this... available in stores and online. to make yourself feel okay to drive... you're not okay to drive. ♪♪ we all need a rock we can rely on. to be strong. to overcome anything. ♪♪ to be...unstoppable. that's why

san francisco, hitting the city at double, even triple the rates of other major cities. so who's to blame, and what are the consequences? we investigate. then-- female1: if i hadn't come forward, there would either have been a suicide if a kid got isolated or, you know, harassed by her. there could've been a pregnancy. announcer: an nbc bay area exclusive. for the first time since the scandal broke, two women come forward to talk to our investigative team about how a los gatos mom allegedly lured their daughters to parties at her home where she served alcohol to underaged teenagers and encouraged sexual encounters. plus-- tom parsons: i looked at every building in the bay area, so just under a million buildings. announcer: and guess what? a lot of 'em are sinking, but not quite like the infamous millennium tower. tonight, we investigate the implications of new satellite data showing much of san francisco is sinking as sea levels keep rising. candice nguyen: good evening, and thanks for joining us. i'm investigative reporter candice nguyen. we start tonight with a story t