afternoon. we're here at the police department, where any minute now we're going to be getting an update from both the deputies from the alameda county sheriff's office, as well as officers here at the union city police department. but let's recap what you just mentioned. moments ago. that's right. a shooting on dow avenue. and alvarado-niles road. that's just around the corner from here. this is a live picture that we're giving you heavy police presence. we couldn'trillioneally even get close to the scene. but one of our photographers had been there already. and this is how we're giving you that live. look. police dispatch audio into the newsroom. moments ago, giving us an idea about what happened. and yes, a deputy has been shot. let's take a listen. >> sapphire. sapphire 33370. >> dow avenue. shots fired. were you hit. >> i'll be heading there. >> now, we were just told that deputy is in critical, but not life threatening condition. that's good news there. but we

are going to be getting more answers to some of these questions shortly here in just a few moments. alameda county sheriff's office says the deputies were serving a search warrant when the suspect opened fire. the injured deputy again with non-life threatening injuries. of course, we'll keep you updated as we learn more, which should be coming any minute now for now, i'll send it back to you guys. >> okay. thanks very much, ryan. we'll stay on top of this. of course. >> and now let's continue our abc seven news team coverage in castro valley. >> that's where we find abc seven news reporter zac fuentes at eden medical center. zach >> yeah, that's right. we're on stanton avenue right here. just behind me is a road that's open to emergency vehicles only. and that is where we have been seeing law enforcement cars coming in and out, many of them right now staying put just next to the hospital as we believe they're waiting for any updates they can get on their colleague that we now know was in critical condition, but facing non life threatening injuries that is the good news. that is that update. we just got really only moments ago. now what i can say is that

while everyone out here has been anxious, there is a relative sense of calm and that probably is led to that update that we just got that their colleague is facing non-life threatening injuries, but still a lot of activity up and down this road as many officers have been coming in and out of the hospital still as this is still an investigation that is going to be worked on for some time. but again, we now know that deputies condition is critical. but non-life life threatening injuries again, we're still seeing some emergency vehicles coming in and out. we've seen different detectives and deputies going in and out of the hospital. as we've been out here in the last hour or so. again, we're going to continue to wait for more updates on the suspect and more on what led up to this, and we'll continue to track those and bring them to you as soon as we get them. right now, live in castro valley, zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> zach, thank you so much. and we did send out an alert as soon as this breaking news hit, making sure you're on top of the latest updates and weather with the abc seven news bay area app. just be sure to turn on the apps

notifications. >> and again, we're monitoring that story very closely. but let's switch gears for a moment to the weather. things are clearing out now after a wet start to the day for more, let's go to abc seven news meteorologist sandyha patel. sandy >> yeah. dan. most of thatrillionain rain that came down this morning and soaked the morning commute has moved out, but showers remain behind the system. so let me show you the live cameras from mount tam to vollmer. we are still seeing raindrops on the lens. it is definitely a murky view from santa cruz and some clouds linger from sutro tower on live doppler seven. we still have some very light spotty showers across the region in san francisco, light showers and sprinkles in the east bay. berkeley street level radar heading into emeryville, powell street yes, for the afternoon evening commute, we are still dealing with some slippery roadways from greenbrae to larkspur, fourth street, san anselmo. watch out, you still will need those wipers. take a wider view of live doppler seven. you will see that there were some showers that came through thunderstorms south of us near monterey bay, and now,

as we go, hour by hour, just some spotty light showers through this evening and late tonight. everything starts to quiet down. fog is with us tomorrow morning and that's going to start the day, so be aware of that breezy right now along the coastline 23 mile an hour. winds in half moon bay sfo 22. it's a one on our storm impact scale through tonight. spotty showers, some damp roadways and breezy along the coast. i'll be back with a look at what you can expect and whether these views will be changing as we head towards tomorrow. in just a little bit. kristin. >> oh, that's worth sticking around for. sandhya. thank you. oakland a's owner john fisher was in las vegas today to explain why the team has delayed new renderings for a stadium there. speaking at a las vegas chamber of commerce event, fisher says the team planned to present detailed renderings in december, but they decided to wait after the mass shooting at unlv. he says the team is now working with bally's to include plans for a resort around the stadium. fisher says the a's met

yesterday with a contractor, designer and an architect to go over the plans, and he's looking for help paying for the $1.5 billion stadium that will be funded mostly with equity from my family. >> we'd actually like to do, you know, consider raising capital, especially from local investors, because we think that that creates a connection to the community. >> fisher maintains the stadium will be ready for the 2028 season in a second. >> walgreen's will close its doors in san francisco's downtown district. the store, located on two at 275 sacramento street, will shut down on february 27th. our media partners at the sf standard spoke with a store representative who says the closure is due to low foot traffic, just not enough business customers will now have to go to 3009 montgomery street, located, which is four blocks away. this will be the fourth walgreens to close in downtown san francisco since last fall. >> today is a big day in contra

costa county. they are conducting their annual homeless count. it's an important figure to know because it helps cities and the county to get the funding needed for necessary services. as abc seven news reporter, anser hassan has the details. >> the count for the number of those who are homeless is on in contra costa county. >> this is a really important count because this count really drives a lot of the significant funding that comes in to serve this population. >> anna roth is the chief executive officer for contra costa health. on wednesday, 200 volunteers went out to count the number of homeless and unhoused living in the county, called the point in time count. this one day, head count is the figure that counties across the u.s. will use to secure local, state, and federal funding such as from the department of housing and urban development or hud. >> you name it, hud has one grant or another, um, that support us, and we have a little over 20 or about $20 million that we get in hud funding. and

again, that is all based on this number of those millions of dollars are not just to help those on the streets, but to operate a wide range of services such as homeless shelters like this one in concord. >> that's where danny has been living for the past seven months. >> i have my own space and you know, i can't go out in the morning. whatever. find a job. work and come back right now in contra costa, we have about a 2% vacancy rate in all of our housing that's affordable or or above market rate. >> so that just shows you we need more housing and days like this will help us bring those dollars in. >> according to data from hud from the past 15 years, contra costa county has seen an overall decline in the number of homeless. more than 4000 people in 2008, just over 3000 in 2022, and then down to 2300 in 2023. but christie saxton, director of health, housing and homeless services, says this one day figure is often an undercount.

of the total number of people they serve annually. >> last year, we touched over 10,000 people. um, and so that's a far cry larger than the about 3000 that you count on. you know, one day a year. >> the county says a more accurate count will also help with future planning. final count is due to hud in april in concord, anser hassan. abc seven news. a long planned housing development in the ultra wealthy community of belvedere is finally moving forward, despite public outcry about it. >> it's a story we first reported two years ago. according to the chronicle this week, the city council rejected an effort to delay the 40 unit project at mallard point. the development would be the first low income housing built in belvedere in 30 years, the report says. construction could begin next year. >> university of california students from around the state gathered in san francisco today to make their voices heard in a pro-palestinian protest. students from all ten uc campuses rallied outside the

board of regents meeting in mission bay. they claim the university system is using their tuition money to fund genocide in gaza. protesters also say students who have tried to meet with administrators to discuss this have been denied. >> whenever we have tried voicing our concerns on our individual campuses, it has not been met with respect. we have not been heard. so we have been kind of pushed into this point where we have to come here in hopes that somebody will listen to our concerns about our safety . >> the group is calling on the board of regents to divest from any company that's funding genocide. we reached to uc for a response, but have not yet heard back. >> another pro-palestine protest happened today in san leandro. hundreds of health care workers rallied outside a company called l3 harris, which contracts with the us department of defense. protests say l3 harris creates some of the technology for bombs that are being dropped on gaza hospitals. one ucsf doctor at the rally says it's personal for

him because he spent 25 years working in gaza. >> when those bombs are dropping on gaza hospitals, those are the hospitals that i've been in. those are the hospitals that i've seen people in. those are the hospitals where my colleagues have worked and lived and are now dead. >> he went on to say protesters want to see l3. harris charged with war crimes for violating the leahy act that says it's illegal for u.s. companies to engage in activities that contribute to human rights abuses. we reached out to l3 harris for a response, but we have not heard back. developing news out of southern california, where six people were found dead in the mojave desert. >> the bodies were found in el mirage, which is a remote part of san bernardino county, about 20 miles from victorville. video shows a dark colored suv riddled with bullet holes in. some of the bodies also appeared to be burned. investigators are not releasing a whole lot of details , but they said initially they found five bodies last night and then a sixth one was discovered

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seven news reporter a south bay reporter dustin dawsey, explains the sound of excavators. hopefully means a return to normalcy is coming soon. >> clean up from a christmas fire now underway in los altos. this building along el camino real went up in flames on december 25th. now, almost a month later to the day, demolition on the 20,000 square foot building has started as you can see, the roof has collapsed so that collapse might might cause more collapse. >> and so we're going to dismantle this building from the top down, and then that'll allow a safe environment with hopefully no overhead obstructions for the firefighters and investigators

to complete that investigation. >> the community has been anxiously awaiting this process to begin. the aftermath of the fire has created issues on the road with traffic blocked on el camino for a month, residents are happy to see the reopening getting closer. >> i almost have ran into people a couple times rear ended them because it's not. it's not a u-turn lane. it's just an open section in the road and they're making illegal u-turns there. so it's kind of a traffic, uh, problem. >> i think it helps if nothing else, for like traffic on el camino is already bad enough, so it'll definitely kind of improve things there. >> it's also caused headaches for nearby businesses like chef shoes and armadillo willy's as well. much of the parking lot has been closed, leading to a dip in business for these restaurant demolition is a long time coming. >> it could have been months, so we're happy and hopefully they're going to tear down the section where el camino be reopened again and we'll have some smooth traffic going through it, getting more customers in here after the origin and cause of the fire is determined by investigators, the city will complete the full demolition of the building, but when that happens and when the

road reopens is still unclear. >> everyone hopes it's sooner rather than later. obviously we've had less of a struggle than the people who have businesses in the building and we empathize with them, but we still have our struggles, you know, even with being open, once it's down, hope, hopefully. >> fingers crossed, it'll, um, open up so our businesses can sort of get back to the norm in los altos. >> dustin dawsey abc seven news. >> look at this honda. it had bad damage after plunging into the water near the dumbarton bridge this morning. the chp believes the teenager behind the wheel was probably speeding down the long straightaway thatrillionuns along highway 84 when he lost control of the car. he wasn't hurt, thank goodness, but check out all the water pouring out of that car. probably a total loss. we'll have to see. >> yeah, that is crazy. all right. >> we have quite a bit of water to start our day, but the break won't be long. >> no that's right. meteorologist cindy patel is tracking it. good bit of rain today, cindy. >> yeah, this morning, i mean,

it came down pretty fast, but it was a good soaking and then moved out of here with just some showers trailing this afternoon. dan and kristen, let's take a look at live doppler seven. and we'll talk about where we are. still seeing some moisture. so as we get you into street level radar right around vacaville, you will notice also heading across 80, it is wet across this region. light showers out towards the fairfield area and moving around. crockett. martinez seven 8680 you are going to run into some slick roadways as we take you back in time. yes, we did have some pockets of moderate to brief heavy rain this morning, but luckily it didn't cause any storm damage and it moved on quickly right now we are seeing just some trailing showers as we do have a very moist, low level environment. now take a look at the rainfall. last 24 hours. picking up 4000/700 in santa rosa. kentfield 6/10 half an inch san francisco oakland about a third of an inch in fairfield.

livermore 2000/300 getting up to 4000/300 in san jose, half an inch at sfo and almost that in ben lomond. take a look at this live view from our santa cruz camera. it's pretty cool. as you will notice of an artwork, some design out there, somebody enjoying their time. it's all calm on the coast, just some clouds. so definitely raining from our mount tam cam right now. san francisco, oakland 59 degrees, low 60s from san jose to san mateo 55. in half moon bay. and it is a dark sky from our emeryville camera. not quite done with the wet weather yet, so hang on to the umbrellas mid 50s from santa rosa to napa. currently 56, in concord and 59 in livermore, and a beautiful view from our san jose camera where they are seeing the sun breaking through the clouds through tonight. scattered showers tomorrow morning. areas of dense fog and we are looking at tomorrow through friday. remaining dry for most areas. i'll explain in just a moment because the north bay has an opportunity for some light rain friday night. tonight it's a

level one. spotty shower, some damp roadways, breezy near the coast as we go, hour by hour at 5:00. still looking at those scattered showers. 9 p.m. the showers will be mainly in the east bay and down towards the south bay by 11 p.m. we're just looking at the fog, but that is going to be problematic. tomorrow morning for the commute, so be aware of that. you'll need that extra time and by late morning you start to see the clearing there will be plenty of sun in between before clouds increase again tomorrow night. 40s for your temperatures first thing in the morning, you will need to bundle up. it will start off cool tomorrow afternoon. 50s to 60s and mainly sunny skies for your thursday. looking ahead to the weekend. on sunday we are expecting a warm up. we're going to be seeing some low 70s, even hints of mid 70s in the south bay monday. that warmth holds, especially for the southern part of our viewing area, so let's take a look at levi's stadium on sunday. at kickoff, 71 degrees warm with sunshine on for the nfc championship game as they host the lions. they'll be showing off with nice weather. fourth quarter 63 degrees.

certainly going to be different from last weekend's game when it was just a soggy one. accuweather seven day forecast a morning fog giving way to a dry day tomorrow as we head towards friday. mostly cloudy friday night we have a chance of a few showers in the north bay. saturday. north bay showers. it's why there's no storm impact scale. it's not going to be area wide sunday spring like weather and above average. still monday before we bring in a level two storm on wednesday. so kristen and dan, i think that storm looks like it's going to have more of a punch. >> it does. okay. thank you. >> thank you sandy, very much. all right. let's update this breaking news. we're we've been talking about the top of the newscast today. this shooting in alameda county. and deputy shot and wounded to the area of the 33,000 block of dow avenue for a report of a deputy shot in the area. >> alameda county sheriff's department were they were serving a eviction in um during this investigation when shots were fired, um one deputy was

was struck and has been transported to a local trauma center for treatment of injuries . is, um, right now it's an ongoing crime scene. um, multiple local agencies responded to assist um, and right now, you know, they're working the crime scene right now as far as identifying, you know, motives, finding finding out suspects, finding any information they can into the reasons why this happened. where was the deputy shot? uh, we don't have that information right now. what are you taking into custody? uh, i think they're working that right now. um, but as as far as i know, i mean, they're still working the investigation. do we mean it is a barricade situation, or is it. yeah, we have the we have the area lockdown. and they believe that the suspect is still in the area. um, so yeah, it's safe to say that it's they're barricaded right now, but right now we're still working on our leads to find out who this individual is and things like that. so you're saying suspect? >> i heard there was three suspects, possibly one in

custody. two. two still at large. that was about an hour ago. >> i know our our our folks out there, they're working all leads. um, they may have some people detained, but as as of right now, as far as i know, there's at least one shooter, and that's who we're considering. the suspect. >> can you tell me the circumstances? was it at a business? i mean, it was very industrial. the area that i saw was. >> i can refer that question to the captain. as far as that. >> yes, it is an industrial area. the deputies were assigned to the civil unit, and they were there to affect an eviction. uh, when they arrived on scene shortly thereafter, shot a shot, was fired. a deputy was struck and as my partner here said, uh, non-life threatening injuries. but he is critical. and at a trauma center, being treated. i'm trying to understand it wasn't an eviction notice, but it was a business. so we're not sure if they were using that space for a residence or if they were using it for a business. those details are still being

worked out right now. our focus is getting the individual or individuals involved into custody. >> do we have any idea on the type of weapon that was used here? >> we don't have that information. do you have a description of the suspect and an identity? we i don't have that information right now. you said one shot that we know of, but we're not. we're still trying to. it's still developing , you know, it's still an active scene. investigators are working it. so we don't want to get too, you know, deep into details that may or may not be accurate. how many deputies were there at the time that the one deputy was shot? um, i can confirm at least two, but i'm not sure how many were on scene. we don't usually do evictions with one person, so there were at least two deputies on scene. >> did they return fire? i don't know, at this point. >> we don't have those details. can you say which hospital he was taken to? >> no. as far as the, uh, road goes there, i'm sure some people might be anxious to find out. is

how long the scene will be ongoing. >> do you have any anticipation as to how long the road will be closed down? >> well, we don't know. we had a critical incident and we are still trying to determine, you know, what we have and who we have. and so until that is, you know, until we can deem the area safe, then that road will be closed down. but my partner here can speak more to, you know, the roads here in union city and what's going to happen with that? >> yeah. right now we don't really have a time frame until we figure out exactly what we have. um, who's involved and, you know, as far as locating the possible suspects. so, um, there is no timetable. but for the time being, that area is locked down. um, and i suggest anybody that's coming through the area to avoid that area because it is going to be heavily congested. right now. is there any reason there's reason to believe he's in one of the buildings? we believe. we believe that, yes. any plans to move in or, uh, you know, i'll leave that up to the tactical side. they're out

there. they're working the case right now. so, um, they'll be doing their thing out there. who scene is this? >> is he a union city or is it alameda county sheriff's? >> um, right now, primarily we it's our scene. it's union city scene. but we're working with alameda county as far as, um, you know, as far as the investigation as well. >> had you guys or alameda county sheriff's been to that location in the past, and if so, what for? >> as far as the sheriff's office, i don't know what the history is. >> i, i don't have the information on regarding the workup that our civil unit did prior to going to that location. >> as far as the union city's involvement, as far as best of my knowledge, we haven't been to that location for, um, any call similar to that. so you said you can't say what the nature. >> what that whether they were using that building for residents or for business is it just happened inside that building. >> correct. industrial correct.

had somebody reported this suspect and that's what led to going to this location or that, then part of any long time investigation of the suspect again, i don't know the details of why they were being evicted, but civil was there conducting the business that our civil unit does. >> they affect the eviction once it's gone through the court process? so what the details of that process are, i don't know at this point. >> is there surveillance video and body cam footage of this incident? >> i mean, as far as the for the investigation, um, i'm sure i mean, our investigators out there are working on all that stuff, trying to follow all leads to see what's available and things like that. their body cameras were on when i mean, maybe that's her question. >> her, the deputies when. >> what i can tell you is that we do wear body worn cameras. we wear body worn cameras. whether it was activated or or not. i can't tell you that right now,

can you go over the role of this? >> you've been listening in on a live news conference being held jointly by the alameda county sheriff's office in union city, basically what they said was alameda county sheriff's deputies were serving an eviction notice in the area when a suspect opened fire and struck one of the deputies. >> yeah. and this was at it's an industrial area light industrial miller interiors. it's a door company at doe avenue and alvarado-niles road again in union city. one deputy shot in the arm. we're told he's in critical but not life threatening condition at eden medical center. and whoever pulled the trigger, at least one suspect apparently still on the loose. yeah. >> so the war they want to get out. is that the suspect is still in the area, likely, and considered armed and dangerous. and if you have any information, you're encouraged to contact union city police. >> we'll continue to stay on this story. this developing, breaking news in alameda county and union city. but

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as he was abandoned in san leandro not long after a carjacker in oakland. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena retraced the timeline of how the boy wound up there and how his family's persistence and ingenuity led law enforcement. more than 30 miles away to make

the arrest. this shocking video shows the moment a suspect driving a stolen vehicle suddenly stops with a two year old boy in his lap, carries him out of the car, leaves the boy and drives off. >> the two year old boy is left wandering alone less than a minute later, a bus driver stops and calls for help. >> they found the child and the boys had a vehicle and pulled over and dropped the child off, and then fled to black mode. juvenile. about two years old. people in the area begin to come out of their businesses to help the two year old. >> it just happened just right outside my front door right there. these things happen. don't really surprise me anymore because it's just crime is on a upswing. >> this is the emotional moment when the boy was reunited with his mom in san leandro. he had been in the back seat of their vehicle when the car was stolen outside their home in oakland. we pieced together how the boy was found in san leandro for

miles from home. turns out a police officer in san leandro had been listening to the oakland police radio. i actually heard that oakland was investigating a stolen vehicle that may have involved a child being taken with it, so once our officers were made able to make that connection, then we notified opd that we had a infant found. police officers arrived. on scene and confirmed the two year old was the same boy who had been kidnaped in the stolen vehicle. >> it's a great feeling, i think, for all the officers involved who were able to reunite the child with their family members, it's always, you know, great to be able to bring about a happy ending for a kid. >> as a mother, as a mother held her two year old, she gave police a key tool to go after the suspect in her car. she left her iphone and airpods. these key devices in this search, her cell phone as well as her airpods were still inside of her vehicle, so she was fortunate enough that she was able to get a friend's phone and utilize the find my iphone application and

luckily, the two year old child was dropped off and they were able to be reunited. the mother tracked her phone, miles away from san leandro. her car was all the way in marin county at a mcdonald's parking lot. >> the mother was able to give us continuous updates, at one point showing that the devices appear to be uh- on tiburon boulevard. our sheriff's deputies responded and located the vehicle unoccupied in the mcdonald's parking lot. the security camera footage showed a male and a female exit the stolen vehicle and then leave, going northbound behind mcdonald's. >> the car was recovered and now tiburon police and marine county deputies were set on finding the suspect, but plainclothes detectives along with tiburon pd, were able to look in the area and found two subjects sitting at a bus stop, uh, near rock hill road on tiburon boulevard. back in oakland, the mother and her two year old son are recovering while thankful

that even though her son was kidnaped, strangers and officers throughout the bay area made sure he came home. >> we don't operate on an island. we're not isolated. we utilize the help of other agencies and we often extend our help as well. >> in san leandro, luz pena, abc seven news. >> a california lawmaker wants to slow down speeders with a controversial proposal that's sure to rile up many drivers. the bill by state senator scott wiener would require speed limiters on vehicles sold or manufactured in california. the technology would physically prevent a vehicle from being driven more than ten miles an hour over the posted speed limit. it would apply in both city streets and highways. wiener says the bill is not government overreach. >> when the federal government started mandating seat belts, there were people who said that's an overreach. you're invading my freedom. i think we understand now that without that, seatbelts have saved countless, countless lives. >> last year, the national

transportation safety board recommended speed limiters be installed on all vehicles. the devices are already required in the european union. >> now, this comes as data from the national highway traffic safety administration finds that california's roadways are ranked the third deadliest for pedestrians. >> yeah, sorry to see that obviously. and tonight the abc seven news i-team is taking a deeper dive into the areas of concern all across the bay area. >> i-team reporter stephanie sierra joins us now with the details. steph it's gotten worse here in california. yeah, much worse. >> and there are many areas of concern. to put that rise in perspective, data from the governor's highway safety association shows a 19% increase in us pedestrian fatalities since 2019. now as we mentioned, california is among the worst in the country, a trend we're seeing right here in parts of the bay area. why are so many california pedestrians dying at night? that's a question facing state leaders as a disturbing trend is threatening our roadways. >> we're not talking about near hits. we're talking about fatalities. we're talking about

pedestrians and bikers who are being killed because they're in a public space, a quarter of california's fatalities are pedestrians. >> that's according to federal data. through 2021. and that same data analyzed by the i-team shows that trend has worsened over the past decade. for example, in 2012, there were 653 fatal cities that it jumped to more than 100 in 2021. same story across the u.s. >> we are seeing nationally pedestrian deaths are the highest they've been since 1981, and that's kind of crazy because our vehicles are safer. we've made a lot of improvements in technology, but yet we're killing more, more people just because they're going out for a walk. >> jonathan adkins is the ceo of the governor's highway safety association. he says all of these crashes are preventable, but we want to have our infrastructure such that it's it allows for mistakes to happen and mistakes shouldn't kill you. >> i'm building an infrastructure where there's safe place to cross. >> but this san mateo family had

a safe place to cross. yet this young girl nearly got hit by a speeding suv who failed to stop. video captured in september of 2022. since then, a new law passed allowing six california cities to pilot speed cameras in san francisco for example, there will be 33 installed this year to slow drivers down data shows a vehicle going 42mph has a five fold higher probability of killing a pedestrian at hits than if it were going 25mph in november of 2021. alameda county supervisor wilma chan was killed after being struck by a car while walking her dog. the city later identified that intersection as a high injury intersection. our goal is zero deaths and severe injuries, according to data analyzed by the abc7 news i-team, alameda county is ranked one of the worst in the bay area for pedestrian fatalities, with 28 lives lost, more than a third of overall traffic deaths in 2021.

the other top five counties reporting the most pedestrian fatalities that year are santa clara, with 35, contra costa with 20 and san francisco with 15. and that's the highest it's been since 2018. so what's being done about it? >> california has never prioritized pedestrian safety. >> state senator anthony portantino wanted to change that. a year after chan's death, the governor signed his bill sb 932, into law. it requires a county or city to identify high injury streets and intersections in its general plan and prioritize safety improvements to reduce collisions by 2025. >> we just need to, you know, hold cities more accountable to. >> case in point, the city of alameda launched the vision zero action plan, an effort to try and eliminate traffic deaths and severe injuries by 2035. >> just over two years. we have the safety improvements have been installed at over 130 intersections throughout the city. >> some of the enhancements include new lighting, upgraded crosswalks, markings, and new

program pedestrian intervals. at 68 intersections that allow pedestrians to get a few second head start on a green light before vehicles. >> in the last couple of years, about three quarters of our police departments traffic enforcement stops occurred on high injury corridors. >> the i-team reviewed the city's plan and found dozens of intersections labeled high injury for pedestrians, many of which are near hospitals, schools and parks. >> we've put a lot of effort into enforcement as state senator portentino points out, and harnessed awareness leads to more accountability. >> 8-80, i want to point out our analysis found 21% of these fatal cities happened during the day, but an overwhelming 79% happened at night from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. so you can never be too careful for sure now, perhaps technology will help with that someday when we have smarter cities and urban environments. >> yeah. thanks, steph. >> absolutely. >> all right. well, new york city takes an unprecedented step when it comes to social media. plus the us cities where you

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city. adams says it's time that social media is treated like other public health hazards, and that tech companies take responsibility for their products. hmm. what do you guys think about this one? if it involves kids, kristen and it's not being monitored, that could be hazardous. >> especially to the younger kids. yeah >> i mean, i think you're seeing tech companies who are sensitive to the blowback that they're getting because basically, i mean, the goal of all these devices is to get you hooked. so they're trying to take like the preemptive strike. but how do you enforce this? you know, dan, if i see another facebook post, i'm locking you up, like, what are you going to do? i mean, how is this in any way enforceable? yeah it may not be. >> maybe it just is an awareness thing, but all right. speaking of awareness, you know, chicago is the windy city, second city or chinatown, maybe. but it may soon have another nickname. how about bed bug burg? for the fourth year in a row, orkin has ranked chicago as the worst city

in the u.s. for pests. the list is based on data from areas where orkin performed the most residential and commercial bedbug treatments. last year, a new york city came in second. by the way, philadelphia third. san francisco was. 41st. you know, we all are kind of uh. sandy creeped out by bedbugs? yes that is disgusting. >> dan uh- i'm glad san francisco was 41st, though. but it is disturbing to see where our other cities ranked. >> you know, larry, you know, you think about it a lot when you travel and stay in a hotel and you wonder, you know, people, one of the recommendations don't put your suitcase on the floor, which is what i always do, i don't know, do you ever worry about this when you travel? >> i don't, but my kids are constantly yelling at me about all the things that i. oh yeah, we were in vegas a few months ago and i grabbed the suitcase and i tossed it on the bed and they were like, no. and i'm just like, what did i do? what did i do? they're like, don't do that.

don't you know the germs and all the things you're moving on to the crazy. i don't know, i'm just like, you know, hey, the more germs you're exposed to, the more immunity. >> better immunity. >> yeah. thank you. >> a lot of. yes. that's true. thank you. >> yeah. >> by the way, that bed, where do we get close up? >> shots of bedbugs. how do you find that? i know, kudos to that. >> more gross up close. yeah, yeah. >> apologies if you're prepping dinner right now. okay. a british zoo is trying to get some mischievous parrots to stop saying bad words. the lincolnshire wildlife park says newly donated birds eric, captain and sheila, along with five others, say some very offensive things. the park is putting them with 92 non swearing parrots to try to, you know, get them toonform, go with the flow, fix the problem. if it doesn't work, the zoo could have a big problem with 100 parrots. so swearing you know at visitors. polly want an f-bomb. yeah, it just means whoever they were with before the trainers, whoever they were listening to, swore a lot. right? said curse words.

>> is it me or. >> i find it funny. >> i find it funny, too. >> there's a reason we had to get rid of the sports department parrot. i'll just say that i wonder who taught that sports department parrots. >> well, that's. >> i mean, it goes without saying. you know, actually, a buddy of mine in hawaii has a parrot, and he loves the washington commanders. and so this summertime, he would give the bird like a peanut and say, who's going to win the super bowl? and he would say, washington, washington. and it was i was like, well, you're really brainwashing this bird picking bad teams. but it's really cute when they, you know, i also ran into one of those parrots that said some things that you'd go, oh, i know, right. >> oh, potty mouth, were you listening to larry? >> did he say that about me? yeah >> well. >> oh, larry said much worse parrot i've ever heard. true true. all right. it may be the end of the line for baby names. popular when millennials were

being born. a study by website babycenter.com. com says many of the names just aren't popular anymore. in fact, they've been falling over the last decade or so among girls. the names include brooke, blake, amanda and michelle. for boys, it's anything ending in aiden. so caden, jayden, braden, those kind of names may go extinct. it's interesting. you know, names sandhya do have kind of a lifespan. they get hot, they get cold. >> it's true. >> the standards don't you know? whatever. >> yeah. remember tiffany? yeah oh, yeah. yes. >> and the list just turn over every year, depending on what? everybody's kind of jumping on the bandwagon for. right? >> right. >> whatever happened to bob or bill or larry? >> dan we just got sort of just so unfortunately dan, we're so pedestrian. >> i mean, it's just sad. i mean , what i don't want is we don't need any more tods. yeah we don't need another todd. okay. >> kristin and i didn't even make the list.

>> right? kristin. >> that's right. >> kristin is a lovely name. >> oh, thank you very much, sandy. >> i especially love your name, but i do think that, you know, some of these are classics, and they'll probably not go extinct. like the study says. it'll just become, you know, not as trendy, but there's always going to be michelle's. come on. >> that's true. >> and then some, you know, some celebrity will name their kid. and then it catches on briefly. yeah, that's this edition of the four at four kristen. sandhya rry we'll be back. >> and ♪ ♪ ♪ get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. contact your volvo retailer to learn more.

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they're not widespread and they're not quite as heavy as earlier in the day. north bay right now we are seeing some spotty light showers around larkspur heading into the east bay rodeo. you will notice street level radar. san pablo expressway. so a few more hours of some spotty light showers and then fog will be the concern tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon, plenty of sun in store. so let's check out your high temperatures. 50s and 60s. and if you're waiting for more rain friday night, chance in the north bay. saturday. the rain line stays in the north bay. and then look what happens. big ridge builds in. and then we do have the potential for an atmospheric river next wednesday, which will bring quite the soaking with winds and sierra snow still days out. so stay tuned. the accuweather seven day forecast, featuring milder weather and then warmer

weather. almost spring like for the niners game on sunday. level two storm on wednesday, kristen sze cannot complain. thank you sandhya. all right skateboarders don't have to give up their boards if they head up to the snow. >> check out these snow skate. it's. yeah, it's a skateboard attached to the top of a snowboard. oh, i get it. okay. kurt zapata designed and sells them near donner summit. he says the experience is closer to skateboarding than snowboarding is. >> it's all your control, all your connection to the board. you're reading the mountain and you're reading the snow. you're reading yourself. you're reading the board. you're just immersed in the whole experience. all. >> that is a sweet sound to many donner ski ranch near truckee was the first resort in the tahoe basin in the north tahoe basin to allow snow skating on its slopes. >> the sport is now popular in the us, europe and japan. that's interesting. it looks really cool and i bet it gives you more

control. but dan, you know, just like you know how with ice skates you have a sharper edge. i wonder if this has a sharper edge where if you fall, you know, or crash into somebody else, it could hurt you a little bit. >> maybe i, you know, i've only tried snowboarding once and you catch that edge, you're down in a second. all right. much more sports ahead. >> yeah. after the break, we'll take you live to levi sta to protect the rule of law, or to build affordable housing, or write california's patients bill of rights. but i know adam through the big brother program. we've been brothers since i was seven. he stood by my side as i graduated from yale, and i stood by his side when he married eve, the love of his life. i'm a little biased, but take it from adam's little brother. he'll make us all proud

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in sports anchor chris alvarez is live from levi's stadium. following the team's first practice of this game week, chris. >> hi, dan and chris and yeah, they call it championship wednesday around the nfl as we get ready for the nfc and afc championships this weekend, specifically with the nfc championship, the niners are back in it for a third straight season, fourth time in the last five seasons. deebo sammy, the wide receiver who's dealing with the shoulder injury, did not practice today, but he did do some sprints on the side, which our cameras were not allowed to film. his teammates were back on the practice field. we did get a window in to see what the niners were doing on a cloudy day in santa clara. they're getting ready in a scenario they know well, but unlike the last previous two years, this game isn't in l.a. or philly. it's right here at levi's. the niners are back home with a chance to get to the super bowl for the first time since the 2019 season. yeah it's definitely different in the playoffs. >> you kind of have that mental

early, early in the week that you're just ready to go. sometimes it takes until game day to get going, but in the playoffs you're ready to play play on wednesday. >> obviously i'm excited that we're here. and so now it's you know, last years last year that was its own game. um it wasn't it hasn't been anything that has bled into this year or this game. and you know, this is the 40 niners against the lions. now so it's a it's a new year. you know for me obviously i got hurt last year and it sucked. that was part of the game. um you know going into this game healthy feel good. and um you know i think for all of us, we're obviously hungry and want to get to the next game after you work so hard all season long. >> we talked about it all season. to be able to put ourselves in a position where we could play the nfc championship game again and also do it at home. you know how big that is for us. and we did that. you know we have that opportunity right now. so how can you not sell out. how can you not give your all to this thing. how can you not make sure you're playing

your best ball for three hours on sunday? you know, i know the type of team we have, the type of players we have and talent. i know if we play our best ball for three hours, we'll we'll get the job done. >> some quick breaking football news jim harbaugh has been hired by the la chargers. of course, was at michigan just a couple of weeks ago with the national championship. is also at the 40 niners and stanford. so a much more football talk and basketball talk on after the game following the mavericks and the mavericks game here on abc seven okay chris

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