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fortune cookie isn't the only place to get little messages of wisdom, predictions and life lessons. a parking garage in san francisco is dishing it out. our media partner, the san francisco standard, has that story. but first, it's all hands on deck to crack down on crime in oakland. you're watching, getting answers . i'm kristin zee, thanks for joining us. today. governor newsom announced he is sending 120 additional chp officers to oakland and the east bay to address rising crime. oakland mayor shan tao says she welcomes this new reinforcement on top of what the state sent before her. >> we did have the six chp officers and a sergeant, and we saw that that that actually made an impact and so having this 120 chp officers here in the east bay, specifically in oakland, again, this will be very helpful to ensure that we keep our community safe. >> now to discuss this new push to improve public safety is abc7

news insider phil matier. so, phil, we're told this move will increase the state police presence in that area by nine fold. is that making a statement? >> oh, it's absolutely making a statement. i mean, making a statement locally saying that the governor is with oakland and its efforts to try to cope with an ever increasing crime rate. and it's also making a national statement. let's be honest about it. in the last couple of months, oakland has become the new poster child for crime uh- san francisco was the shoplifting center. we saw that now oakland has become the crime center. the in-n-out burger closes because of crime. the uh- other businesses are are talking about having employees stay inside rather than even go out for their lunches. uh- images like that, and most recently, a gas station robbery. the killing of a police officer in a at a pot club robbery and the gas station robbery that was caught on tape and went viral by a texas mother offering a $10,000

reward. kristen, you put those things together and it's an election year. and nationally, there's a lot of reasons for gavin newsom to be concerned about oakland. >> got it. just to put some data to some of the things that you mentioned just now. so last year in oakland, violent incidents went up 21. robberies went up 38, burglary is up 23, but how exactly would the chp officers work to stop that? like what would their responsibilities be? >> well, up until now, what they've been doing is helping out with traffic enforcement and stolen cars. they are really good at that, and they are now it's going to be expanded. we're going to have k-9 units coming in. we're going to have aerial and helicopter support for chases. and now with this number of chp uh- on the scene, we're going to be having chases. you know, kristen. so there's some people that argue that, you know, oakland put itself in some of this mess by some of the rules that it put on its own police. for example, if somebody leaving the scene of a crime or

committing a crime but not a violent crime, oakland cops aren't allowed to pursue it in hot pursuit because it's considered a danger to the rest of the public. chp isn't bound by those rules. they can do what they want to do within the strictures of california law, and that's going the oakland police tell me that that's a great help, that if they're chasing somebody, the chp can come in there as well. also the chp has been a tremendous help in san francisco in cracking down on the open air drug marketing and fentanyl crisis by bringing the resources of the state and the intelligence of the state to bear, as well. and that's what they're hoping to do in oakland, not just say, patrol and keep an eye out for sideshows and, you know, crazy traffic situations, but actually get in there and help with the patrolling. interesting that because they are state, they can do some of the things that the locals can't do because of their own laws. >> do you think this may lead to a change in the local rules and ordinances and laws?

>> you know, that's a really interesting juxtaposition there so far. you know, i mean, a couple of years ago, the sort of the mantra in oakland, which is considered a very progressive city was you can't arrest your way out of crime. we need to go to the root causes of it. and that even included freezing positions in the police department and redirecting funds from the police department to other community based programs. now, while they're watching the rest of the bay area and the and the state and cross country national crime dropping and oakland's rising, you know, they're quietly they're they're reevaluating, but publicly so far, nobody's made a move to change the sort of the ground rules in oakland, which is strange because as governor points out, san francisco has decreased its crime with the help of the chp, whereas oakland is continuing to rise. and it's not a situation we're seeing in neighboring berkeley or san leandro or alameda. oakland has become sort of this free zone

for crime. people, in fact, are coming from outside of oakland to commit their crimes here. and all of the people arrested for the killing of the oakland police officer while they were burglarizing that pot club were from out of the area. so oakland is getting a rap, a rap, among other criminal elements to come here. >> are there signs that perhaps voter sentiment, resident sentiment is shifting and a little bit ahead of the rules shifting? yes there seems to be sort of a shift going on, not only is the district attorney, pamela price, who is very progressive and said she wasn't for locking everybody up, she's facing a potential recall there out there collecting the signatures right now as a matter of fact, qingtao mayor of oakland for the similar reasons is getting uh- signatures. >> people are putting out signature drives to recall her. so yes, the public is expressing itself. whether the politicians listen to that remains to be

seen. but yes, there has been a change, a shift in the feeling among voters that said, okay, we tried that. it hasn't not only hasn't worked, it has gotten worse. we've got to do something different. >> fill these officers, 120 of them. will they be spread out or will they be zeroing in on certain hot zones or problem areas? >> it's going to be it's when they start, when they finish and exactly what they do is going to be decided between them and the city of oakland, uh. it's they're not probably going to publicize what it is they're doing because they don't want to give people a heads up. but in the past, what they've done is, is been heavily presence on the freeways and on east oakland remains to be seen where they're going to go. now, if they're going to go into the hegenberger area and other places that have been hit by these roving bandits and, you know what's changed? a tremendous amount in oakland in the last couple of years. it used to be that there were neighborhoods you didn't go into because of high crime. now what we're finding is that it's all over the city and nobody really

knows where it is. so the question of where to patrol, hey, start anywhere. >> sadly. hey you mentioned that you talked to some oakland police types and they seem to welcome this. what about the community groups? right. as you said, there were some who were opposed to more policing as the as the way to go. have you talked to folks? >> no, i haven't, and i haven't heard from them either. in the past when the chp has come in, this has to be the third time. twice in recent years, community groups like the, for example, that that say it's uh- for the uh- that are monitoring police say this is a return to the failed practices of the 90s and the 80s. i haven't heard that yet. we might hear that in the next couple of days, but it's kind of interesting. gavin newsom, on one hand says, we don't want to go back to the days of the war on drugs and yet he's bringing in a whole division in order to sort of do that. it's the drugs, it's the crime, and he's going back. you can't arrest your way out of crime. no no, but he's going to give it a try.

>> um, since you bring up governor newsom, i think i'll end it with this question. and that is, is all this happening with the potential for him seeking the 2028, perhaps presidential nomination in mind? i think that's part of it. >> but there's a little closer one. he has been out and around the country campaigning for, uh, president joe biden and he carries california on his back wherever he goes. he likes to point to it proudly and say, california knows how. in this case, it's an embarrassing point. so he's got to show that california knows how, not just for himself in maybe 2028, but for the biden administration in 2024, because crime is on people's minds and they are looking to oakland in california to see what's happening there when they cast their votes for who stays in washington as well, that is for sure. >> all right. abc7 news insider phil matier, thanks so much for joining us for this conversation. all right. all right. don't go away because coming up next, you thought your kid was done with the sats no longer necessary to apply to

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were in your household. this may very well affect them. yesterday dartmouth college, one of the eight ivy league universities, announced starting this fall, it's going to require applicants to submit standardized test scores again on so the sat or act. dartmouth is not the first to do this, but it just may be the one to reverse the test. optional trend that's really taken hold since the pandemic. joining us live now is the founder and ceo of the bay area

based private college consulting firm cardinal education. allen co. allen, thanks for joining us . >> hello, kristen. >> all right. let's see if we can get your volume up a little bit. but doing the pandemic right. almost all colleges made taking the sats or acts an optional part of the application process. what was the rationale for that? >> the initial rationale was that people wouldn't be able to access test sites in the pandemic. and then people got a little, i think, carried away and then started introduce other facets into the equation. >> okay, so but it's been a few years now that kids have gotten used to, oh, i can submit my score if it's good and i want to, but if i don't want to take it, that's fine as well. but yesterday dartmouth announced it is reinstating the standardized test requirement. and here's part of their explanation. i want to show our viewers test scores represent an especially valuable tool to identify high achieving applicants from low, low and middle income backgrounds can, contrary to

what some have perceived. standardized testing allows us to admit a broader and more diverse range of students. now, allen, i want you to explain that because wasn't part of the argument against the standardized test, that they are unfair towards students from disadvantaged backgrounds, since wealthier kids could hire tutors and test prep services like the ones you offer. >> important principles of admissions for private universities for elite universities is enrollment management. so really affluent students are actually only competing against other really affluent students. and so by lower income students opting out or even middle class students opting out of taking the test, what they've done is they've made themselves less competitive against their peers. >> so that's what dartmouth mentioned. and i like to dive into that just a little bit more, because they pointed out that they found out that some kids from disadvantaged backgrounds did not submit their test scores, and that actually hurt them, and they would have

been admitted had they submitted their score that they thought was not good enough. can you explain that? >> that was just a little bit too much game theory and maybe some poor advice. i mean, what dartmouth has done is they've just set out loud what admissions officers have been trying, saying ever since the test. optional policies have gone into place. and so they just made it official. >> so they were saying as part of this, that just grades, gpa were not really enough to help them to say yes to the kids. they really wanted to say yes to in an effort to diversify their classes is explain why they felt it wasn't sufficient. >> well, grades and gpa, a lot of it is personality dependent. sometimes it's based on your relationship with your teacher and you know you can't always control that. also not every school offers the same courses or has the same level of difficulty. so the sat is really the only measure that is the

same for absolutely everyone. >> all right. so dartmouth saying hey, this will actually help us, right. because the score is not viewed in a um, you know, it's not either good or not good in a binary context. it's really based on where you came from, your school and what the average is there. um, so they're not the first. a few other top schools, i believe, have gone back to the sats, mit, georgetown. but why is this one so consequential? all it's because dartmouth is part of the ivy league, and they're, generally speaking, the thought leaders in elite university admissions, and they generally move together. >> so we do expect to see more universities reenacting standardized testing policies. >> so do you think other ivies and then other top 20, 25, 50 universities will all follow suit soon? >> first, i think many will. some of them have announced that they won't. so just out of principle, they won't go back on their words. however what we do know is having standardized test scores has been a real advantage

in terms of probabilities and scholarship opportunities and it always will remain that way. all right. >> i imagine that ucs are not going to go back to that. they're not not they're not even test optional. their test blind. so they won't even look at them. they won't take them. but i want to ask you given that right, given that more universities will probably start asking for it as a requirement again, what do you advise students do if they, you know, can't afford to hire test, prep or tutors? what can they do to position themselves? >> well? the college board has a partnership with khan academy, and they actually have one of the best sat preparation courses available. it's free and it's probably better than 95% of paid sat tutors anyway, so i highly encourage students to check it out. >> all right. um, and by the way, just since we're talking about sats, aren't they changing this year? i understand no more number two pencils soon. going all digital. >> yes. so they have changed,

and a lot of students are switching over to the act instead. and universities, they like both tests equally. so try to figure out which one is better for you okay. >> because i understand like some kids might do better on one versus the other. and again, i think if you go to a khan academy, you can kind of figure out which one suits you, but will only the format change or the content as well. on the sat? >> the content is changing a little bit, but the format is changing quite dramatically, including adaptive testing. that makes the questions harder the more you get, right. and so there's a little bit of a psychological factor that makes it somewhat challenging for some students. yes. >> all right. and given that it's going digital, does this remove the issue of kids this past year, past few years not being able to get a testing slot anywhere near them and having to drive 100 miles per, you know, to go to someplace where they can take the sats as well. >> we think this is going to dramatically help those issues. >> okay. so look, it's more than

just about grades and test scores, as we know in terms of really positioning yourself to get into a competitive college. so what would you advise students do? let's say you've got a high school freshman or a sophomore or junior who's listening right now. >> well, first take the sophomore psat seriously because that tells you a year and a half in advance what you need to do for the sat. if anything. so that's the first piece of advice that i would give. and also read universities are really rewarding reading in a way that's not popular, and it's not cool to talk about reading, but that's probably the number one reason why students aren't making it to the universities. they want. >> all right here that kids i heard they hear that i hope they heard that about reading allen co with cardinal education. thanks so much for shedding some light on this new requirement by dartmouth. >> thank you so much. >> take care. take care. you'll find one of the latest art installations in san francisco under your feet. our media partner, the san francisco standard, shows us how the city

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an experience. a new art exhibit right now, not at a museum, but at a parking garage. our media partner, the san francisco standard, just published an article that takes a look at the san francisco garage, where every space gets a little pearl of wisdom. joining us live now is the reporter who wrote the story astrakhan. hey astrid. >> hey. how you doing? >> good, good. just fine. i wish my garage here at the station was more interesting. like that. but where is this garage that's doling out fortune cookie type of messages to people? >> yeah. isn't it cool? it's actually on vallejo street. kind of on the border of north beach and chinatown. it's just a very ordinary looking garage from the outside. >> all right, but inside. look at this. we're panning some of

your video showing you have remarkable power, which you're not using. uh, if you wish to, you will have an opportunity, huh? by the way, are these new? >> no, they're actually more than 20 years old. so i, i did a little deep dive into this. i had to put sfmtahrough their paces to help me research it, but basically two artists in cotructed, were given like arst $40,000 commission to make this project. and another project that puts faces of people from the neighborhood on the side of the building. and they came up with almost 200 fortune cookie like messages. >> so they've been there yet i've never visited. okay let's just show some of those messages , take a look at a few of them up close. uh- i like this one. this is the greatest day of your life. it's so awesome when you find a parking space, you pull in there and you seeum, yeah, sorry, we got to get rid of our banner there. um, this is the greatest day of your life. okay, cool, cool. next one, a party is going on inside you. all right?

and then you are not your car. i'm su what that means. i mean, yeah, i'm not my car. my car is a little banged up and old, though, so some of them are a little crypticright? >> yeah, yeah, but w like, who actually ideated the messages for the artists. yeah. the artists came up with them themselves. ey basically put the stencils togethernd let the workers who are constructing the garage just kind of go to town and put them wherever they wanted. but the two artists, neither of whom lives in san francisco anymore, basically came up with these themselves. >> so now does it take any sort of maintenance? >> i mean, you know, it's been there a while. >> yeah, it's a multi-story garage. i think four of the five floors really don't get a lot of direct sunlight or wind. so so those numbers are looking pretty good. yeah up on the roof though, a lot of the a lot of the messages have been kind of worn almost. they're almost obliterated. the only ones you can really see are along the rear wall. >> you know, this idea for art installations inside. a garage,

the north beach garage, or maybe even other places that are unusual? >> is that starting to pick up more speed again? >> you know, i wish it would right? i mean, i drive a busted 2002 honda accord. so, you know, you are not your car. that definitely registers with me, but who wouldn't want to pull into a space and have something to remember it by other than just some bland two digit number? >> i know, right? i mean, and i know you're really into the art scene, i wonder if you've seen any cooler places or more unexpected places for an art installation so far in terms of a parking garage? >> i mean, this is the best one i've ever seen anywhere. san francisco or otherwise. but you know, this city, there's always some cool stuff popping up. i mean, entwined in golden gate park that i could stare at that for hours. so yeah, we're always on the lookout. >> i believe that north beach garage also has a couple of murals, right? of important leaders, the chinatown, north beach, which kind of, you know, that garage straddles the two areas? >> yeah, it's true. they're a little a little harder to see.

they're not huge and they're kind of sprinkled throughout the structure. if you're paying attention to where you're parking, you're definitely going be looking at the ground, not the not the ceiling or the walls as much. so they take a little more scrutiny to find them. but yeah, they're they're okay. >> i mean, people are going to want to know because now everyone's interested in this garage. are there fees reasonable. the parking rates. >> oh, what a what a good question. i, i would imagine they're the standard sfmta rates right. it's not downtown. so you're not going to pay top dollar. i think i want to say it's about 30 bucks for the day. >> aha. okay. i realized that was totally outside the scope of your article and the angle. but you know, i was just wondering because you're kind of getting parking and a little art experience in one, and we know museums in san francisco are not exactly cheap either. >> that is true. it's probably a lot of bang for your buck when you're comparing it to the deyoung or the legion. >> i think. so look, i, you know , i love the story because i think at a time like this, when the city does have lots of other

issues, right. um that they're grappling with, um, art can get lost in the discussion, but i wonder, you know, if you have any thoughts and have talked to people who have thoughts about kind of still investing money and attention and time into it? >> i mean, right, that's kind of the existential crisis the city is facing. >> i am perpetually on the hunt for things that brighten people's days, or just make life in san francisco just a little more sparkly. so i am constantly got my eyes peeled for things exactly like this garage. and yeah, i am. i'm always on the hunt for more. >> you sparkle away and hunt away and bring back what you find to us. >> all right? >> anytime. >> all right. astrakhan, thank you so much. >> take care. >> thank you. >> you can check out astrid's article and more of the san francisco standard's other original reporting on their website. sf standard.com and abc7 will continue to bring you more segments featuring the standards, city focused journalism twice a week right here on getting answers at 3 p.m. and remember, we stream 24

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