lyanne melendez, abc seven news spencer christian here. >> interesting story.bate there. can we call you mister microclimate tonight. you certainly can because it was like that around the bay area today. that's the story of bay area weather so often right? yes. the difference from one microclimate to the next. well, today we had heat just about everywhere except on the coast tonight, as you can see on the future cast, we'll get a little cooling relief and onshore flow, little return of the marine layer, some offshore drizzle. and that means the overnight temperatures will be in a fairly comfortable range. a little mild, but mainly mid to upper 50s. then tomorrow a much cooler day than today. we had so many locations today inland in the triple digits. tomorrow warmest locations inland will be in the low to mid 90s. we'll see upper 70s around the bay where today we saw upper 80s and then as we look ahead to tuesday and wednesday, there will be further cooling. so let's go ahead and take a look at the accuweather seven day forecast for the next four days. sunday t

>> in san francisco, lyanne melendez abc seven news. >> so beautiful.ung museum right here in san francisco. tickets are still available online on the fine arts museums of san francisco website. coming up in our next half hour on abc. seven mornings for israeli hostages are back with their relatives this morning following a daring rescue operation. we're hearing it came with a heavy toll in gaza. back here at home, cutting ties with music mogul sean diddy combs, the vote coming from howard university. this week. >> this is abc 724 seven. >> in san francisco, live at levi's stadium in san jose. >> live in oakland? >> yeah. >> you're watching abc seven news live anytime, anywhere. we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are where you are. >> never miss a moment of the news that matters to you. download our abc seven bay area streaming app. join us and a slow network is no network for business. that's why more choose comcast business. and now, we're introducing ultimate speed for business —our fastest plans yet. we're up to 12 times faster than verizon,

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lyanne melendez abc seven news. >> we want to make sure you know if you or someone you are close to isg with substance abuse issues, there is help. we've put together a list of local resources. just go to our website abc seven news.com slash. take action. >> a global peace summit is getting some celebrity publicity thanks to a post from madonna. >> there may not be much of anything we all agree on these days, but i pray we can all agree that our children need to be protected. on june 15th, world leaders will gather in switzerland, world leaders will gather in switzerland on saturday to focus on an end to the war in ukraine. >> madonna expressed her support for the summit and drew attention to it. in a post on instagram, she said the meeting will also focus on the return of more than 19,000 children who were torn from their families and deported to russia. nearly 90 countries will be in attendance. moscow hasn't been invited, but says it wouldn't have attended anyway. vice president kamala harris will attend as part of the u.s. delegation. >> all right. coming up next, the transamerica

. >> abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez looks at the artistic arrangements on display.he way a sculptor sees a perfect piece of marble. >> nature gives us a perfect art form. >> nature doesn't make any mistake. >> trained in japan, she's brought her creations to life over four decades. at the deyoung museum's annual bouquets to art exhibit. >> still, you know, a little touch up. i want to do. but i think, okay, now in its 40th year, the show infuses floral arrangements to mirror and celebrate traditional works of art, from the vertical elegance of classical statue to a field of billowing cotton balls captured in an oil painting. >> the arrangements add a new dimension of shape and color to the artworks they're placed in front of, and so you study it a little while, and then you start coming up with ideas. for michael damian, it's the combination of cactus and a painting of mexican revolutionaries is absolutely, you know, and that was that was a rare find. >> we found that at a nursery about a week or two ago. >> and then we knew we wanted tall rectangular copper for cre

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and abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez looks at the artistic arrangements that are on display. >pproaches flowers the way a sculptor sees a perfect piece of marble. >> nature gives us a public art form. nature doesn't make any mistake. >> trained in japan, she's brought her creations to life over four decades. at the deyoung museum's annual bouquets to art exhibit. >> still, you know, a little touch up. i want to do. but i think, okay, now in its 40th year, the show infuses floral arrangements to mirror and celebrate traditional works of art, from the vertical elegance of classical statue to a field of billowing cotton balls captured in an oil painting. >> the arrangements add a new dimension of shape and color to the artworks they're placed in front of, and so you study it a little while, and then you start coming up with ideas. for michael dakin, it's the combination of cactus and a painting of mexican revolutionaries is absolutely, you know, and that was a that was a rare find. >> we found that at a nursery about a week or two ago. >> and then we knew we wanted tall rectangula

abc seven's lyanne melendez will join us to discuss the new vision honoring the late lgbtq icon.untain lions, eagles and yes, some snakes. abc's evans climate and environment producer tim didion is taking us on an adventure to scope out the bay area's newest premier open space. we'll tell you where. coming up, join us for those stories and more at 530 on abc seven bay area streaming tv. dan and ummah. all right steph, thank you very much. >> and you can download the abc seven app or head to abc seven news.com and join steph in two minutes. >> and if you're watching us here on tv world news tonight with david muir is next for sandhya patel. all of us, we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz. >> we will see you again at six. ♪ jardiance! -it's a little pill with a ♪ ♪ big story to tell. ♪ ♪ i take once-daily jardiance ♪ ♪ at each day's staaart. ♪ ♪ as time went on it was easy to seeee, ♪ ♪ i'm lowering my a1c! ♪ jardiance works twenty-four seven in your body to flush out some sugar. and for adults with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease, jardiance can lower t

abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez tells us.ly way to guarantee union square survival. >> union square was the shopping mecca of the bay area, always the place to be seen where demonstrators found a voice. bands entertained mayors held wine festivals, while another used it to launch his campaign, not to mention a us president has been on the square. everyone found their way here, even a man and his rat. and the 1980s was unofficially the golden age of union square and city planners did their best to keep the office sector away. that person waving below is me because i want to show you how kearny street was once the dividing line between the financial district and union square, so office spaces stayed confined to that side of kearny, basically preventing them from entering union square. >> we wanted i think, as a city, to really protect union square because it represented a global enterprise. >> but everyone knows a business district has to evolve to thrive and it took the city decades to finally own up to that. >> the idea that

abc seven news building a better bay area reporter lyanne melendez has new information that raises someious questions about how the school district has spent money from past bond measures, bonds to renovate school facilities are and always will be a never ending cost. >> when i used to campaign for these bonds, people used to always say to us when is enough? when are you going to stop asking for money? and i would always say, never. when are you going to stop fixing your house? >> the longest serving school board commissioner, now retired, recalls the track record of some of these bonds. it hasn't always been stellar. in the 1990s, under then superintendent bill rojas, there was a history of improper spending practices with bond money. here's what the incoming superintendent at the time, arlene ackerman, told the chronicle in may 2000. basically, there were no control systems in place. documents had been destroyed or were missing. decisions were made that were clearly outside of what voters had approved. since then, the bond expenditure process has been more transparent. until 2016, whe

. >> abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez is here for some trash talk about the city's trash cans.. dan, now late last year, we learned through a report that it takes longer and costs more to build homes in san francisco than anywhere else in california. homes aren't the only thing we're slow at. sure, you can blame it on the pandemic, but does it take several years to cover the city with trash cans? apparently so. for a major city, san francisco has a fairly good number of trash cans. but we have a problem. trash tends to find its way onto city streets, tarnishing san francisco's image even further. like right here they cleaned today, and two minutes later, somebody will trash it. it's been found that the more people litter, the more it becomes a habit. they're desensitized. why can't we just have a nice can out in san francisco, a nice wire basket like they have in some other cities? >> we tried that in our pilot program and we saw that it didn't work. we're slobs. i don't know if it's slobs. it's really it's behavior issues. >> the city then realized that they needed some kind o

abc seven building a better bay area reporter lyanne melendez has new information that raises some seriousrict has already spent the money. >> bonds to renovate school facilities are, and always will be a never ending cost. >> when i used to campaign for these bonds, people used to always say to us, when is enough? when are you going to stop asking for money? and i would always say never. when are you going to stop fixing your house? >> the longest serving school board commissioner, now retired, recalls the track record of some of these bonds. it hasn't always been stellar. in the 1990s, under then superintendent bill rojas, there was a history of improper spending practices with bond money. here's what the incoming superintend pendant at the time, arlene ackerman, told the chronicle in may 2000 basically, there were no control systems in place. documents had been destroyed or were missing. decisions were made that were clearly outside of what voters had approved. since then, the bond expenditure process has been more transparent until 2016, when voters passed a million bond. in that bond.

abc seven building a better bay area reporter lyanne melendez is here with a startling new study. >>e stories because we want to want to understand the impact that fentanyl continues to have on this city. now this study came out only after a fentanyl user told the ucsf main researcher that he does not share his drug paraphernalia because of the resin. you know, that stuff that stays on there, the greater the build up, the bigger the high and the possibility of a fatal overdose increases. this is a common scenario in san francisco's tenderloin district. sidewalks like this one, cluttered with mattresses, broken chairs, and even a sofa. >> every day we get a complaint that the kids can't walk by. >> it's one of the many issues police and city crews deal with every day. now there's a different concern on these streets, making sure that the fentanyl that accumulate daetz on little pieces of aluminum foil, the residue doesn't kill someone. >> this residue remains bioactive even though it looks burnt. it's the sugars that are in the filler, if you will, that's burnt. the active product rem

. >> reporter lyanne melendez looked into that issue, joining us now, the rest of the country looks atutely. it's unreal. i mean, i can't even imagine, you know, one thing that i have to say is that in order to qualify for a mortgage in san mateo county, you have to make $500,000. wow. because the medium price for a home is 1.9 million. now what? how do you like that? we can do that. well you know, i'm no math major. it's simple economics, though. for years, many cities in the bay area have said build, build, build. but hey, far away in livermore, tracy, antioch, brentwood out there. now, the state has said it's time to build in your backyard. so why then, are so many communities still fighting against new developments? right? that's what we wanted to know. people in san mateo like to keep things the way they are now. there's a belief here that traditions never really go out of style, except that when it comes to new construction, the status quo here is being challenged by a state mandate to build more housing. >> in the case of san mateo, they have to make a plan for where you could b

so abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez is asking why so many communities are resistant to new neighbors>> leanne. well i did major in math, but it's simple economics for many years, cities in the bay have said, let's build, build, build. but far away in livermore, tracy, antioch, brentwood out there now, the state has said it's time to build in your backyard. so why then, are so many communities still fighting against new development? that's what we wanted to know. >> reporter people in san mateo like to keep things the way they are. there's a belief here that traditions never really go out of style, except that when it comes to new construction, the status quo here is being challenged by a state mandate to build more housing. >> in the case of san mateo, they have to make a plan for where you could build 7015 units. >> san mateo is now being sued by the housing action coalition because their plan to build more housing isn't happening quickly enough. >> as we look at their list of where they say that it is possible to build housing, they included a lot of sites that are unrealistic. >>

>> that is a question abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez looked into san francisco's civil grandr some answers. yeah, i'm glad that they did this report. >> and you ask anybody in san francisco and other places and many people will say this was really needed. so the title of the civil grand jury's report is dimming the spark of illegal fireworks in san francisco. now they are recommending the creation of a task force to prevent the use of illegal fireworks, as well as educating residents right about the many dangers that come with these often huge displays. what once was a crowd pleasing event on the 4th of july has turned into several unsettling nights of booming explosions. take san francisco's mission district. so tell me how bad the situation is here in the mission. oh, to me, it's like a war zone. >> they have these ones that shoot up about 20 or 30 of them. one of them got about three feet from my face. people out here until two, 3:00 in the morning, according to the findings of a san francisco civil grand jury report. >> in the past six years, the number of 9-1-1 dispatche

>> that's the question abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez is here to tell us.ly way to guarantee union square's survival. yeah, and you know, we think of ourselves as this, you know, progressive city. >> but honestly, san francisco began this so-called economic downward trend in the union square area years before the pandemic. and instead of reinventing itself like other cities have, san francisco moved at a snail's pace. union square was the shopping mecca of the bay area. always the place to be seen where demonstrators found a voice. bands entertained, mayors held wine festivals, while another used it to launch his campaign. not to mention, a us president has been on the square. everyone found their way here, even a man and his rat. and the 1980s was unofficially the golden age of union square. and city planners did their best to keep the office sector away. that person waving below is me because i want to show you how kearny street was once the dividing line between the financial district and union square. so office spaces stayed confined to that side of kea

abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez tells us it's the only way to guarantee union square's survivalare was the shopping mecca of the bay area, always the place to be seen where demonstrators found a voice. bands entertained mayors held wine festivals, while another used it to launch his campaign, not to mention a us president has been on the square. everyone found their way here, even a man and his rat and the 1980s was unofficially the golden age of union square. and city planners did their best to keep the office sector away. that person waving below is me because i want to show you how kearny street was once the dividing line between the financial district and union square, so office spaces stayed confined to that side of kearny. basically preventing them from entering union square. >> we wanted, i think, as a city, to really protect union square because it represented a global enterprise. >> but everyone knows a business district has to evolve to thrive , and it took the city decades to finally own up to that. >> the idea that a flagship store needs two stories, you know, maybe

. >> an abc seven news reporter, lyanne melendez, is here to tell us that, you know, nothing is givenere are a lot closer maybe to renovating the plaza. >> yeah, i think if you ask them, they'll say we're this close. we'll see, we'll see. with that said, the renovation of that plaza has been controversial. some are in favor, others not so much. not only will it be costly, but getting to this point has taken years. and so are we. surprised? well, it's the san francisco way, 1961 president john f kennedy made a bold proposition to congress, landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. then in 1969, this happened. >> it's one small step for man >> you know the rest. so we have to ask ourselves, how is it that it took only eight years to put a man on the moon, yet it has taken more than 24 years to renovate harvey milk plaza in the castro district. >> you know how it is in this town. you know i mean, everybody has an opinion about everything as activist cleve jones and others reminded us, democracy is what defines us, but it often means delaying projects. >> in 1985, t

abc seven building a better bay area reporter lyanne melendez has new information that raises some serious the money. >> bonds to renovate school facilities are and always will be a never ending cost. >> when i used the campaign for these bonds, people used to always say to us when is enough? when are you going to stop asking for money? and i would always say never. when are you going to stop fixing your house? >> the longest serving school board commissioner, now retired, recalls the track record of some of these bonds. it hasn't always been stellar. in the 1990s, under then superintendent bill rojas, there was a history of improper spending practices with bond money. here's what the incoming superintendent at the time, arlene ackerman, told the chronicle in may 2000. basically there were no control systems in place. documents had been destroyed or were missing. decisions were made that were clearly outside of what voters had approved. since then, the bond expenditure process has been more transparent. until 2016, when voters passed a $744 million bond in that bond. school modernization p

abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez has the story. >> union square was the shopping mecca of theplace to be seen where demonstrators found a voice. bands entertained, mayors held wine festivals while another used it to launch his campaign not to mention a us president has been on the square. everyone found their way here, even a man and his rat. and the 1980s was unofficially the golden age of union square, and city planners did their best to keep the office sector away. that person waving below is me because i want to show you how kearny street was once the dividing line between the financial district and union square, so office spaces stayed confined to that side of kearny, basically preventing them from entering union square. >> we wanted i think, as a city, to really protect union square because it represented a global enterprise. >> but everyone knows a business district has to evolve to thrive. and it took the city decades to finally own up to that. >> the idea that a flagship store needs two stories, you know, maybe even three, is very much outdated. >> larissa ortiz, a fo

>> abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez has been looking into these efforts to try to build a betterays, and we find that a lot of these agencies blame it on covid, covid, covid. >> but i say yes and no, because, listen, when you start a project nine years ago and has it has yet to be completed, that's when we hold sfmta accountable. now, viewers remembered when the project was first announced in 2015 and asked us for updates. well here's what we found. maybe you have seen them, or maybe not. >> what's at the top of it? is it intrusive? it looks like something that's monitoring you. i'm assuming it's something showing bus lines and, routes for this area. >> it is pretty much what you see. a long pole with solar lighting at the top and signs indicating the bus route. muni wants to make sure you know which bus you're hopping on during the day or night. >> so you can look at this sign saying that, oh, this is where i catch my bus. >> these muni bus stop signs began going up in 2015. the idea was to have 3600 signs around the city, but by 2018, there were only 22 of them in operation cle

abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez tells us. it's the only way to guarantee union square's survival. >> union square was the shopping mecca of the bay area, always the place to be seen where demonstrators found a voice. bands entertained, mayors held wine festivals, while another used it to launch his campaign. not to mention, a us president has been on the square. everyone found their way here, even a man and his rat. and the 1980s was unofficially the golden age of union square. and city planners did their best to keep the office sector away. that person waving below is me because i want to show you how kearny street was once the dividing line between the financial district and union square. so office spaces stayed confined to that side of kearny, basically preventing them from entering union square. >> we wanted, i think, as a city, to really protect union square because it represented a global enterprise. >> but everyone knows a business district has to evolve to thrive, and it took the city decades to finally own up to that