now, news to build a better bay area from abc 7. just a day after b.a.r.t announced big changes including a new ambassador program, today interim chief ed alvarez began his official tenure and a new train team program was announced. this comes as the agency makes a push to cut down on crime and improve rider experience. good afternoon. thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. i'm dan ashley. he has served hins chief rojas retired last spring. he is a 22-year veteran of the team. live at walnut creek b.a.r.t with a look at the efforts to build a better bark, eric thomas. >> reporter: ed alvarez spent the last couple of years as the department's second in command, trying to make sure that officers like the trains run on time. b.a.r.t introduced him today and

alvarez said job one is simple, police presence in the station and the trains. >> i finally have the opportunity to use the additional police officers to put them out to our system and increase our presence. we know with presence we will be deterring and increase safety in our system. >> reporter: the agency is able to increase the presence with the 19 new officers hired in the past year. alvarez says starting monday 12 will be assigned to right trains at various stations, especially at night and on weekends, to stem what has become an increasing problem. >> unfortunately, 2019 we had 45% up tick in thefts of electronic devices. >> reporter: more than half of the violent crime on b.a.r.t is related to the theft of electronics. the biggest up tick was at balboa station. he is called a good filth. >> he is called a good fit. >> someone from our b.a.r.t

family. >> reporter: he says pairing officers with the ten unarmed volunteers who walk the trains, gives him 22 sets of eyes and ears to spot trouble, and that's welcome news to the b.a.r.t riders we talked to. >> as long as they identify the problems that they had before and make sure that everybody understands that, you know, when you on b.a.r.t be cool. >> i like the fact cops are going to be more involved. i like the fact they're going to stop more crimes that will be happening on the b.a.r.t. >> that's eric thomas reporting. we want to hear your b.a.r.t stories and ideas. tell us what you have seen and how you think the agency can improve. just go to abc7news.com/better bay area. click on this bart story and scroll down. there you will find an easy way to send us your story ideas. the former executive director of the oakland coliseum

authority made his first court appearance today. scott mckib en did not enter a plea. prosecutors say he violated the law by seeking a $50,000 fee for negotiating the naming rights between the coliseum. he says his client did a poor job communicating the nuances with his role with the coliseum authority. >> he assumed that they would believe that he was working out his compensation with ring central and that there would not be a question about that. that was an assumption probably in retrospect he shouldn't have made. >> mckibben resigned from his post last august, never receiving the $50,000 fee. the naming rights deal is now being renegotiated. governor newsom unveiled his new $222 billion budget proposal stating that california is in great financial shape. >> we are enjoying record

surpluses. we have seen our bond ratings increase not once but twice in the past 12 months and we are paying down an unprecedented amount of money in terms of our debts and long-term obligations. >> the governor's budget includes a $5.6 billion surplus and $21 billion in reserve for any economic downturn. it also includes $20,000 stipends to teachers at high-needs schools. now, coming up at 4:30 "abc 7 news" reporter lyanne melendez looks at the governor's plans for health candidate including low income immigrants in the country illegally. sonoma county is looking for a solution for what it calls a public health crisis. >> the county is struggling to provide housing for homeless people living in west santa rosa. the county first considered sending them to a camp site at the county airport only to learn mustard gas is buried there

underground. >> a day after the county's homeless chief resigned there's a plan from neighbors about a plan to buy houses for the homeless. ending homelessness is a focus for bidding a better bay area. >> wayne freedman has the story. >> reporter: what looks like any other house on davis treat in santa rosa has taken on the figurative form of a question mark for alan thomas who lives nearby. >> the question is how it will be run and impact the neighbors. >> reporter: it is one of three homes the county is thinking of purchasing and turning into shelters for some of the homeless people living along the joe rodota trail. board wants it cleared by the end of the month. after a vote next tuesday barbie robinson is likely to be the enter 'em person in charge of the process. >> our goal is not just to throw individuals into houses. our goal is to stabilize them, to improve their well-being. >> reporter: barbie robinson says she has not had a single day off in weeks. she already runs the county

health department and she plans to take a wholistic hilgt approach in dealing with the homeless by treating symptoms ranging from drug abuse to mental issues. the county has given her $12 million in seed money. >> can $12 million solve the county's problem? >> absolutely not. i see it as a start. >> reporter: sonoma county is hardly unique in having a homeless crisis. there are camps like this in every major city and county and there's a disconnect between the haves and have notes. places like 811 davis, a symbol of distrust. >> joe ribota trail will be reelected to a residential neighborhood. >> i feel that the county not handling their business on the trail and they're basically dumping this issue. >> reporter: meantime, barry robinson promises a degree of vetting, houses with rules for residents. her goal, to make good neighbors from people in a bad situation. temporary neighbors until they find their footing. >> this isn't a one solution just get someone in a house. we know it is not a build it and

they will come, it is a build it, support them and provide interventions andesources and they will come and be successful. >> that was our wayne freedman reporting on the latest situation there. palo alto police are looking for three suspects in a really outrageous break in at a safe way store pharmacy on middlefield road. investigators say three men broke through the pharmacy's window about 12:40 this morning and stole prescription drugs. one of the suspects pointed a gun at a store employee. >> i just nahear the noise and went to see what happened. that's when i see the guy and i point to me and say, hey, get on the floor. >> he followed the gunman's orders and was not hurt. police believe the crime was an isolated incident and not related to tuesday's smash-and-grab robbery at bloomingdale's at the stanford shopping center. the pet au loma police department is warning about a potential scam. according to investigators

thieves are posing as pg&e employees and are demanding customers give immediate payment not to have their service cut off. they will request a prepaid card or other non-traceable method of payment. police say pg&e doesn't specify how to make a bill payment. let's turn your attention to the weather for a few minutes. a live look outside from mount tam and east bay hills tower cameras. we will try to bring it up for you in a minute. >> let's get to spencer christian with the forecast. >> i was looking at the cameras a moment ago. a light storm is on the way. here is live doppler 7, and at the moment mainly calm and clear weather. the approaching storm ranks one on the impact scale, light sense sbi. we will see scattered showers and occasional wind gusts up to 35 miles per hour. large breaking waves as we have a high surf advisory.

at 11:00 tonight there will be showers in the north bay already. the showers will sweep south ward and eastward and patchy fog will different. by the afternoon tomorrow we will see dryer, sunnier conditions. that means good news for the 49ers' playoff game against the minnesota vikings. i will give you a closer look at the forecast in a bit. dan. the chinese community was told to celebrate the lieu far new year but be alert. in china to you where the chief and officers walked the neighborhood talking with merchants. every year thieves seek to take advantage of the most vulnerable citizens. police are concerned about the blessing scam in which thieves steal money promising to ward

off evil spritz. >> don't take out your valuables or your wallets when you are around people you're not familiar with. before withdrawing huge super of money, talk to your family first. >> all good advice. chief scott also says his officers have language translation apps on their phones so they can communicate with non-english speakers. playoff fever. gearing up for the first round of the playoffs. live in santa clara. code breakers. the young linguists who figured out what the professionals couldn't. buses only? the proposal

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playoff game at the new stadium. tickets are officially sold out but earlier fans had a chance to win by making a splash. >> live in santa clara to explain, chris nguyen. >> reporter: hi there. the team had a ticket giveaway throughout the afternoon here at levi's stadium, and it involved a slip and slide. yes, a slip and slide, some water works out here. the last tickets were given out moments ago and some fans drove hours just for a chance to win. outside levi's stadium this afternoon fans of the 49ers lined up to get their hands on tickets for the playoffs. >> hitting your chance every play, yelling, you're losing your voice every game. it is awesome. >> reporter: the team holding its first-ever 49ers' playoff splash event ahead of saturday's game.

nick motley came to soak up the experience. >> watching them now it is like going back into the '80s and enjoying the times of success. man, wasn't that wonderful? yes, i'm excited. >> reporter: some drove hours for a chance to win one of the eight pairs of tickets up for grabs. fans had to slip and slide to enter the contest. >> the best ever, i will do anything for 49ers' tickets now, baby. 49er faithful! let's go, let's go! >> reporter: preparations were taking place at san pedestrian row square. they've even created a special jimmy g pie to mark the occasion. >> it has pepperoni, bacon, garlic, pineapple, chile flakes, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese and tomato sauce. >> reporter: the 49ers with a prime opportunity to taste success of their own. >> stay true to what they've

done all season. trust in what they know, stick to what the coaches cook up. just being great. >> reporter: the 49ers expect more than 70,000 fans to attend tomorrow's game here at levi's. live in santa clara, i'm chris nguyen, "abc 7 news." >> it will be fun and wild. thanks, chris. chris, we know the game is sold out, but how much are tickets going for on the secondary market? >> reporter: yeah, great question. we just checked ticket master and we've noticed that the prices have actually gone down throughout the day. right now tickets in the upper deck, the 400 level, are going for about $170. >> wow. >> thanks, chris. so boudine bakery getting in the spirit with a 49ers sour dough loaf for fans. it won't come cheap though. the $149 loaf can be purchased in person at boudin at the

wharf, the flagship location at fisherman's wharf or special ordered. >> a bargain at twice the price. it is the end of an era for a san francisco icon. sir francis drake doorman tom sweeney is retiring on sunday. he is hanging up his classic jacket paf 43 years as chief doorman. he is the longest serving beef eater doorman ever. he has shaken hands with every u.s. president from gerald ford to barack obama. we have known him a long time and wish him the best. if you happened to be pointed toward the water, you would have caught the arrival of the king tides. a number of citizen scientists helped photograph the phenomenon to document the reach of the tides that crested at roughly 10:21 a.m. scientists say the highest level a reached nearly seven feet and

gave visitors an interesting glimpse into the future. >> king tide actually is a nice preview of what normal tides will be like in the future with sea level rise. king tides, again, are just sort of giving us a little taste of what just everyday normal tides are going to be. >> the tides are caused by the pull of the sun and moon in unison when the earth is in the right position. the exploratorium will be offering a free tide walk and electionure tomorrow at 10:45 in the morning, departing between piers 3 and 5 on san francisco's embarcadero. >> let's talk about the king tides. >> i think we should stop genderizing them and call them the royal tides. >> please. >> here is a look at live doppler 7. we have mainly clear skies over the bay area right now. clouds will begin to increase shortly, especiall up in the north bay where we expect a few

showers. here is a view from sutro tower which showed part of san francisco a moment ago, but obviously low clouds have moved over the city and are obscuring our view. currently, 56 degrees right now in san francisco and in oakland. we have upper 50s in redwood city, san jose and gilroy and 52 in half moon bay. we currently have temperature readings of 56 at santa rosa. petaluma, 58. napa, 54. fairfield no, sir reporting at this hour, and upper 50s in concord and livermore. a view of the golden gate is nice and clear. mainly blue skies in that direction but that's the direction from which the next storm is coming. showers overnight starting in the north bay continuing into the early morning hours. king tides continue to rise, which would produce localized flooding in low-lying areas. we can expect a series of storms, mainly light storms over the next several days. a high surf advisory in effect 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. sunday.

breakers could reach heights between 20 and 24 feet and there's the possible of dangerous sneaker waves. bear it in mind if you will be along the coastline. the approaching storm ranks one on the storm impact scale, a storm of light intensity. it will start late tonight in north bay and contine through the early morning hours as it sweeps south ward and eastward. wind out of the northwest at 20 miles per hour at times, and again the large breaking waves. starting at 7:00 p.m. it looks like this. showers developing later in the north bay, pushing south ward and eastward. we don't ex period widespread heavy rainfall. during the overnight hours the showers will be passing through the central part, down to the peninsula and east bay. by mid morning, 9:00 or 10:00 or so, we will see the showers winding down. by midday we can expect partial clearing going into afternoon hours, looks like a partly to mostly sunny remainder of the day. low temperatures in the low to mid 40s, so not a wide range f

temperatures as the showers sweep through. high temperatures tomorrow will range from low and mid 50s at the coast to mainly mid and upper 50s around the bay, shoreline and inland. let's skip ahead to rainfall totals. by end of the day we are expecting under a tenth of an inch of rain in most locations, perhaps wetter around calistoga where we expect .12 of an inch. game conditions at levi's stadium tomorrow afternoon, partly sunny skies, cool temperatures, temperature about 54, 55 degrees as the 49ers take on the vikings. the accuweather seven-day forecast, i talked about a series of storms coming our way. we might have a break early sunday but more showers moving in late sunday night. light wind expected on monday. showers likely on tuesday. both storms ranking only one on the srm impact scale. later in the week on thursday we expect a more vigorous storm coming in. we are giving that a ranking of two. a rainy and windy day. >> we haven't had that pattern

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the band announced his passing today on twitter. he was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 2013. he toured with the band up until 2015 when he was diagnosed with brain cancer. he was 67 years old. authorities in the central valley are crediting three fresno state students with helping them send a murder suspect to prison. >> reporter shayla jeradin showed how the students used special skills to crack a case baffling investigators. >> reporter: a secret code used by an inmate to communicate with people outside of the jail was proving to be a puzzle for police. >> the fresno police department contacted our department because they had someone in custody that was using what they thought was a minority language, not a very common language, and they couldn't find a translator for it. >> reporter: the accused inmate was charged with murder and was using this secret language to make calls to family members,

trying to establish an alibi. >> i was in a meeting where they played a snippet of the conversation and i recognized it wasn't -- it wasn't a real language. >> reporter: that's when police enlisted the help of the fresno state linguistics department and three students, their identities kept a secret for their safety, steps up to the task, listening to phone calls for hours. >> the police asked him, what are you saying and, you know, what is that, right? he called it -- he and his family called it pig latin. he was well aware he was being recorded. during the tapes often bragged about how they would never figure it out. >> reporter: finally, they found their rosetta stone. >> there's a point where he was trying to say that someone was in critical condition and in the code that came out as kritika connika dishika, but he was having trouble saying it and finally said it in plain english. >> that was the key they were looking for. >> that was the cool part, the fun pay-off. it was a bunch of digging through hours and hours of audio

files. >> reporter: the students spent months translating the files, providing police with valuable evidence that was finally used in the courtroom. >> it just seemed awesome to see your students out there doing it all by themselves, just from what they had picked up in class. >> reporter: thanks to the evidence provided by the students, the accused was charged with murder and was given a life sentence without parole. >> it is really cool and rewarding work, but this was something that was completely out of -- you never think you will get to work on something that has this kind of real-world impact. >> reporter shayla thanks to the students he was convicted and sent to life in prison. we are going to walk you through assembly phil tang has to say about the budget coming up. forget harry and meghan, we will take you back to the other royal escape to the u.s. decades ago. it happened here in the bay area. and the jeopardy greatest of

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about $5 billion. it includes a $5.6 billion surplus and $21 billion in reserves for any economic downturn. one of the big changes, medi-cal coverage will be extended to low nbc 65 year olds and over regardless of immigration status. lyanne melendez is in the newsroom with the details. >> reporter: well, ama, the governor made the announcement some expected but many were hoping for. some in sacramento were not sure the governor would include undocumented low income seniors in his budget proposal. after examining the issue newsom said it was something the state had to do. >> we believe it is the right thing to do morally and ethically and we believe it is the financially responsible thing to do. >> reporter: this means upwards of 27,000 seniors who fall under that category can apply for medi-cal. the cost, $64.2 million a year. that represents a fraction of the governor's $222 billion

budget proposal. >> government need to help these people because they working in america like everybody else. >> reporter: california already includes low income undocumented children in the medi-cal program. as of january 1st, it was expanded to also have young adults up to the age of 26. >> and that does cover primary care, dental, medication, a lot of the other essential health benefits people need to stay healthy. >> reporter: the chairman of the san francisco republican party criticized the latest expansion. >> it is not beige number a bige $222 billion budget but it is the message that we're sending, that we're continuing to create magnets to draw illegal immigrants into the united states. >> reporter: and now here is another side to that. some are concerned that expanding the program would put an added burden on the system. as we know, there aren't enough doctors who take medi-cal. now the argument is that you

will have more people enrolling in a program that basically is to capacity. in the newsroom, leean melendez, "abc 7 news." >> thanks a lot. a lot to talk about here regarding the budget. assembly member phil ting, a chairman of the budget committee here with you. great to see you. >> great to see you too, dan. >> i know you support the plan, and the statement you released talks about the progress that it represents. any gaps in the plan from your perspective? >> well, at this point we only have so much money. we are setting aside and we now have $21 billion worth of reserves for rainy day. >> is that enough? >> well, the lao would like us to have $25 billion, so we're more money away. having said that we are a year or two away from a recession, so we're hopeful it is enough to get us through some of the toughest times. now, we have less money than we did last year, so we can be less ambitious. i was very happy to see the governor put forward $750 million towards homelessness, which is probably the biggest issue right now for california.

>> absolutely. is that enough money? >> it is definitely not enough because we have, oh, about 130,000 people who are homeless, and it takes a while to build permanent housing and it also takes time to get the services needed to get them off the street. but it is a huge investment. over the last -- last three years, if we do the 750, we will have put almost $2 billion towards homelessness. >> and do you think, phil, we will have solved the homeless problem? it seems to be getting worse and we keep throwing money at it and it doesn't help. >> the challenge is over the last three years we've taken more people off the street than we have in quite a while. the challenge is for every person we're taking off the street it is two or three people coming on to the street. that's the problem. so i think what we need to do is really take a look at some of the strategies to see what we can do to stop the inflow of people going on to the street. >> not just deal with the folks actually homeless now.

>> that's right. >> which of course we have to help them in some way, but try to prevent more people in the pipeline basically. >> the scariest part about the pipeline, the biggest jump in the pipeline are people over 50. there's a misnomer that it is folks with mental health issues or they're drug addicted. people over 50 who otherwise look totally normal, totally stable, maybe they lost a job, something happened, it is some very small situation, major life change, all of a sudden they're on the street. the longer they're on the street, the harder to get them back off. if we can prevent those -- especially those folks to get on the streets, it will be a huge help to the problem. >> okay. $222 billion budge emt, it t, i massive number. >> yes. >> does it represent some financial discipline? we're saving money in a rainy day fund, is it a disciplined budget? >> absolutely. the largest bulk of the budget for the state is k-12. that's by far california's largest priority.

it end up being about half of the budget. the next biggest chunks are around health care. i know we were just talking about health care a second ago. the third largest chunk tends to be around higher education. those fit very much with people's priorities. >> the governor -- we talked about the surplus and the rainy day fund today. the governor also talked about the low income tax credit. i think we want to hear from the governor on this if we can. do we have that sound bite? >> we have half a billion dollars of a low income tax credit. it was $85 million when i got here, it is half a billion dollars because of the support of the legislature and phil ting and a million others upstairs that are now upset that i didn't mention them, that advocated for this over the years, but we got it done. >> talk about the importance of the low income tax credit. >> it was huge. i mean the earned income tax credit is one of the best ways it is a tax credit for people who are working. the biggest challenge is many of them don't make enough to file

taxes so they don't file taxes, but they actually filed taxes they could get hundreds to thousands of dollars back. you mentioned earlier one of the glaring issues that was missing, one thing we were hoping to see included that wasn't was we have hardworking californians who aren't documented. they use what is called an i-10. they weren't included in the earned income tax credit. they're working, they're totally eligible income wise for the tax credit but because of their immigration status they're not eligible. we would love to see those hardworking californians in that category as well. >> some of what the governor announced, you look forward to it being successful in the assembly? >> absolutely. we think it shares a loft of our vision and values. we are all part of the same california dream, and we think it really represents the best of our state. >> great. always great to see you. thank you for coming. >> thank you, dan. >> appreciate it. back to ama. thank you, dan. democratic presidential

candidate maryan williamson announced help is suspending her campaign. she struggled to get momentum in the polls and laid off her staff. she didn't want to take votes away from other progressive candidates. >> we want to check on the weather. the weekend is here. we have a big game in the south bay tomorrow. spencer christian has been tracking everything going on. >> i just came from the tracking place. here is a look at live doppler 7. mainly calm weather, but we have a storm coming our way ranking one on the storm impact scale. through late tonight and tomorrow morning we can expect scattered showers, breezy to windy conditions, large breaking waves. by midday tomorrow we expect the showers to have ended giving way to partial clearing. sunday will start as a sunny day but late night showers may develop. going into monday, continuing into tuesday, maybe a break on wednesday with a more vigorous storm likely on thursday. this is the active weather pattern for the next week, dan and ama. >> spencer, thank you very much.

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stories to start a conversation today. first up, an oakland assembly member is researching the possibility of adding a bus-only lane on the bay bridge. rob botta has directed staff to look at a bus-only lane on the bridge. his interest was sparked by a resident that responded to a call for the best ideas on facebook. it is just in the exploratory phase, but how many buses go across the bay bridge anyway. do we need a special lane for buses? >> maybe the tech companies. >> here is the thing. one bus takes up the space of two cars. each car, what, four people. that's eight people. a bus carries about 35 to 40 people, so you do the math. it has to be one of the trans bay solutions, right? we have to get more people back and forth. >> i don't know, but there are not that many buses crossing. >> here is the thing. i think i would be against it if it is a twake away from a car

lane. what if you take a shoulder lane or break down lane and make it only during the morning peak or take one of the eastbound lanes, make it a contra direction are like on the golden gate. >> that's extremely dangerous. >> it is. >> you're fun to listen to even when i disagree with you. >> i know. kristen has a lot to say about the bus lane. >> i have to say i have a friend who is a transit planner. he has been working on me and brainwashing me. >> brainwashing is the operative. >> we're out of time. >> zip it. >> how young is too young to have a cellphone? a vermont lawmaker is suggesting anyone younger than 21. >> what! >> yes. state senator john rodgers issued a bill that would ban cellphones for anyone under 21. he says they're too immature to have the devices. his proposal calls for one year of imprisonment or a $1,000 fine or both. he admits his bill has zero chance of passing, but he wanted to introduce it to raise

attention to tish. >> maybe we shouldn't take about it too long since it has zero chance. >> it is a safety issue for a lot of parents, too. you like to be able to get hold of your child. >> exactly. that was the first thought that popped into my head. it is not just under 21 year olds causing the accidents with the cellphones. >> definitely. that's a good point, spencer. >> don't look at me. i'm out of speaking time. >> you used up your allotted time for all four stories. >> i did. listen to this. grass and shrubs and mosses are popping up on mount everest and across the himalayas and that's not a good thing. >> no. >> right, because british scientists say they measured small but significant increases in vegetable between the 13,000 and 19,000 foot levels, likely due to climate change. they're warning that urgent research is needed to understand the consequences of the increase in vegetation. so, spencer, does it mean they're finding, you know, vegetation at the snow level where you wouldn't normally have that? >> that's what it means. it upsets the entire eco balance.

so the temperatures are rising in the higher elevations where normally you wouldn't see any kind of vegetation growing. >> to me what is so scary about this, over the eons the planet has eated and cooled many times but we're clearly contributing to this now. you know this better than anyone, spencer, the changes in the weather patterns and things we are seeing shouldn't happen in our life times. storms are worse than they were in our kids. >> and changes are happening at an alarming pace, that's the problem. >> up there it is alarming because the glaciers are melting faster which could cause flooding for the communities in the himalayas. >> and rising ocean levels and the things you hear about all the time. is it mine? >> yes. >> my chance! a new york retailer has a new line of threads dedicated to the chinese new year. the apparel features an embroidered creature called subway pizza rat because this will be the year of the rat. >> of course. >> take for instance, this $395 sweater if you are looking for something a little less pricey you might consider the sneakers

for $275, or a beanie for $95. rag and bone, which has a store on fill more, is offering an option to pay in monthly installments to which one critic tweeted, that you can finance? that's insanity. >> that's pricey stuff. >> if you have to have a payment plan for your sweater, maybe you don't need it. >> to tie it to chinese new year, that's like nothing my family would have. to tie it in, i'm suspicious there. >> we have to go because kristen has a bus to catch. >> going! >> that's the four at 4:00. we will about making choices. well i didn't choose metastatic breast cancer. not the exact type. not this specific mutation. but i did pick hope...

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in addition to premature aging the delicate skin around your eyes can be susceptible to skin cancer. joining me is dr. jerome potozkin, board certified dermatologist and spokesperson for the skin cancer foundation. thank you for coming in today. >> thank you for having me. >> we hear a lot about skin cancer, but i guess i'm not that familiar with skin cancer around the eyes. what part in particular are we talking about, under, on the eyelid? >> it is actually pretty common. skin cancer is the most common cancer affecting mankind, and in the united states it is estimated at about 3 million

people will be diagnosed with skin cancer in 2020. over those skin cancers, about 5% to 10% are eyelid skin cancer. can be the upper eyelid, the lower eyelid or the crease next to your nose. >> is it because we aren't putting sunscreen close enough or in that area? i'm not sure of the directions on sunscreen. >> it is just an area exposed to the sun. 85% of skin cancers are on the eye and neck. it is delicate skin exposed to the sun that is getting sun damage and it is a common area to get skin cancer. it is one that most people don't expect to get skin cancer, so it can be a small area not healing, a new little bum many. sometimes it doesn't look like a typical skin cancer, so it is really important if somebody notices something on their eyelid to be checked out by an expert. >> oh, yeah. you are seeing pictures on your screen because generally when you think of skin cancer you are

looking for irregular edges, on something on a mark, getting bigger. is it something like that as well where it would get bigger? >> that's a great point you bring up. you are talking about melanoma skin cancer, which is a dark -- usually a dark spot with irregular borders, irregular pigmentation. the most common skin cancers we see on eyelids are nonmelanoma skin cancers, the most common being baseal cell carcinoma which appears as a non-healing sore, can be an area of redness or pigmentation that doesn't go away. >> what is the prognosis? >> it is excellent. when we see nonmelanoma skin cancer on the eyes we do a special surgery that is microscopically controlled removal of skin cancer allowing us to remove tissue layer by layer, checking as we go. this allows us to get a 97 to

99% cure rate. we take out the smallest ai mount of tissue possible in order to get the skin cancer out. >> a good question i guess would be how do we try to protect ourselves? is it -- do sunglasses help? should we just be putting more -- i know it is delicate, but should we be putting more sunscreen in the area? >> sunscreen is critical, and a lot of people prefer an organic sunscreen, one with zinc oxide because of the delicate tissue of the eye. the number two thing are sunglasses. >> okay. >> these types of sunglasses are the wrap around type that protect all of the eyelid skin. they may not be the most stylish. they're usual for people secure in themselves or in a committed relationship. they're not ray bans or super stylish once but they get the job done. they blackout 100% of the ultraviolet lied and have the side pieces that get the skin on the side. >> most sunglasses, they look

cool but there's a lot of sun exposure from the side, the top. it doesn't do a lot of protecting. >> exactly. >> doctor, thank you for coming in and giving us some good insight on this. we appreciate your time. >> thank you so much. >> dan. that's great information, ama. well, oprah's wellness tour is coming to san francisco next month. while we are talking health, but you can get a preview on abc 7. tamron hall will be going behind the scenes of oprah winfrey's 2020 health necessary tour and talking with her about her mission to get their lives in focus. you can catch the enter value wi -- interview with oprah at 10:00. up next, the other royal who tried to get away and how she ended up right here in the bay area. kristen is here with what is coming up on "abc 7 news" at 5:00. kristen. thanks, dan. coming up on "abc 7 news" at 5:00, a touching tribute. the scrapbook one woman crafted for the family of a man who died chasing a chief in oakland.

one of the biggest cities is kicking off restaurant week. business owners say turnout will help them recover from this summer's power shut-off. how people are returning western appliance as it gets ready to close its stores. these stories and more when i join dan for "abc 7 news" at 5:00. we did into the issues oticeable where yo

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san francisco. more from the film vault. >> elaborate preparations were made for the arrival of princess margaret and lord snowden. >> they were an international sensation when they were greeted by san francisco mayor john shelly and his family. a line of dignitaries welcomed her at san francisco international airport in november of 1965. >> kathleen, was this something of an honor for you? >> yes, it was. >> had you been uninstructed on what to do? >> some things i had been instructed on. >> what exactly were those? >> well, like how to curt situate and when and when to go up and present the bouquet to her. >> the royal stop kicked off a three-day visit to the city by the bay, a police escort into the city brought her highness face-to-face with san francisco's social elite, including the city's darling actress carol channing, in town for a production of "hello,

dolly." >> her royal highness is breaking several old world traditions in her visit to the new world. one is a press conference. >> royal high necessarness prin margaret. >> at the san francisco press club the princess addressed the media on her first day in the country. >> i have longed to come to this country for ages, and i'm so thrilled that it has now become a reality. we are delighted that our visit should start here in your beautiful city of san francisco of which i have heard so much. >> the princess visited uc berkley and monterey during her three-day visit to california but didn't leave without a ride on a cable tar and visit to coit tower before the next leg of her tour. jobina fortson, "abc 7 news." >> fun look back. we posted the original 1965 reports on our website for you to watch in their entirety. that's at abc7 news.com. that will do it for this

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