reddi red issue. it's an everyone issue. a blight on the soul of america. it's time to join hands on a transformational solution. >> for 40 minutes, the governor laid out what the solution would look like. >> the california solution has to be more housing. health care and housing can no longer be divorced. we've got to get serious about this stuff. >> good evening, i'm ama daetz. >> no mention of wildfires or pg&e ales problems or the friction with the federal government. >> today the governor was focussed on one single issue. >> homelessness. what do you think. is it currently the biggest issue california is facing or is it something else like climate change, health care or crime? >> get out your phone and take part in tonight's live poll. that poll's going to remain open right now. >> abc 7 news reporter laura anthony digs into the governor's promises and what's practical. >> the state of california is

not just thriving, but in many instances, leading the country. >> reporter: in his second state of the state address, gavin newsom hailed his successes, but only briefly. >> we remain the fifth largest economy in the world. some 3.4 million jobs have been create since the great recession. >> reporter: newsom then turned his attention to what he considers his state's greatest challenge. >> it's a disgrace that the richest state in the richest nation, succeeding across so many sectors, is falling so far behind to properly house, heal and humanely treat so many of its own people. >> reporter: newsom pointed to emergency measures, such as the distribution of fema trailers like these recently delivered to oakland, with more on the way for other counties like sonoma, sana clara and contra costa. but he says it will take

millions of dollars in new funding. >> i know you've lost patience. i've lost patience. >> i love that speech. i have never seen a governor own the problem of homelessness. >> we lead the nation in poverty, in homelessness, the cost of energy, the cost of housing. the overall cost of living. i didn't hear a lot from governor that lays forward a new direction. >> reporter: the governor was trying to emphasize that solving this crisis is not just his problem. it should be everyone's. >> i don't think homelessness can be solved. i know that homelessness can be solved. >> reporter: laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> all right, and you're looking at the results of the bottom of your screen from all the voting. recei right now 63% of the vote is coming in say homeless is the biggest problem. >> and not surprising, crime is

in the a 20%. health care only at 5% at this moment. earlier today we brought in san francisco chronicle insider and contributor phil matier. >> to share his insight on the governor's speech and why it focussed so much on this one topic, homelessness. >> poll after poll shows it's the number one concern of voters up and down the state, from santa rosa to san yeah sasee to. the population of the homeless in california rose 16% to an estimated 151,000. that's equivalent of the population of hayward. okay? all right? >> okay. >> the 39th biggest city in california would be all the homeless put together. >> and you can read phil matier's columns in the chronicle every wednesday as well as sunday. abc 7 news has tracked the homeless population in each of the bay area's nine counties

going back over a decade. you can see what the situation is like where you live by looking for this story on abc 7 news.com. president trump went on the offensive against california during an appearance this afternoon in bakersfield. mr. trump decried the homelessness crisis, describing san francisco as a slum. he also addressed a key issue for central valley farmers. he signed an order rolling back an order. >> can you imagine a state being rationed, when you have millions and millions and millions of gallons being poured out into the pacific ocean that you could have and you'd have more water than you knew what to do with. >> president trump began his day at a fund raiser in rancho mirage. some are posing a walkout

tomorrow at oracle. the primary, less than two weeks away now. the santa clara county registrar of voters is rolling out all new technology that promises it won't be susceptible to hackers. david louie has a preview. >> reporter: security is tight at the registrar of voters where staff work in a locked cage. the new laptops, printers and ballot scanners to be delivered friday have been shrink wrapped to prevent tampering. hackers can't access data over the internet. this represents an investment of $13 million. >> we don't want to have a voting system that is online and susceptible to hacking as you may say. so it's very important that our system is not connected to the internet. >> reporter: most of the nearly 950,000 registered voters here use mail-in ballots which went in two weeks ago.

55,000 of them have already been processed. under the state's new voter's choice act, every santa clara county voter automatically receives a mailed ballot. voters can choose to cast their ballot in person at any of the 110 voting centers. most will be at secure, accessible meeting halls with access to power to run electronics. even the ballots have changed. this is the old ballot where you used to have to mark and fill in the gap between the arrow. on the new ballot you have little red circles, and you're basically filling in the bubble. all these new changes could lead to confusion. >> it will be because this is a whole new model. this is why we're trying to have as much stuff as we can and staff at the front called the greeters. they will be the ones assessing the crowds coming in and saying are you ready to vote. >> reporter: tablets will be used to see if you are ready to

vote or for a ballot in chinese. new optical scanners will record the votes at up to 200 ballots per minute. in san jose, david louie. the denevada caucus is this saturday. super tuesday in california and 14 other states is tuesday march 3rd. as you prepare to fill out your ballot, check out our abc 7 original series, "chasing california." a new episode comes out tomorrow. for now, you can catch up on the episodes about individual candidates and independent voters. we are following breaking news. at least eight people have been killed in shootings in a german city. police are still searching tfor the suspects south of frankfurt. one german outlet is saying two

separate hookah lounges were targeted. very strange story here. new at 6:00, a woman was attacked while she did pushups in a gym full of people in fremont, and detectives think there may be more victims. police say jonathan anderson, this man, interrupted a class monday, forcing the woman to the ground and pulling down her clothes. other people at the gym rushed to help. they pushed the man off the women and held him until police got there and arrested him. police say anderson gave a detailed confession. also new at 6:00, we're getting our first look at suspects, part of a group that put three men in the hospital. the attack happened at the transit mall in santa rosa. these two were part after group of seven or eight men who attacked another group. the two groups did not know each other. three victims were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. a murder suspect has turned himself in after a woman was found dead inside an airbnb

rental in east san jose yesterday. 25 year old himself in. the house was recently converted into an airbnb. >> you've got that many people coming in and out of your house, the odds are going to come around. and sure enough they did. >> an airbnb spokesperson says they are urgely investigating their and are offering full support in the investigation. the first of three community meetings to let people know what to expect when a major construction project shuts down 101 for weeks. we flew over what will become a construction site. the northbound and southbound lanes of 101 will close between

280 and hospital curve. the reason for the closure is part of building a better bay area. melanie woodrow is live from mlk middle school with the story. melanie? >> reporter: we've seen just about two dozen people come here for this meeting. there'll be another opportunity tomorrow night and again on saturday afternoon. we are still several months from this project, but already businesses and residents are talking about the anticipated traffic delays. for three weeks, this july, cal trans says drivers can expect t delays as crews work to reconstruct the alameny circle. 240,000 vehicles travel the interchange each day. eileen maxey is in one of those vehicles. >> it's probably going to add a considerable amount to my already pretty long commute every day. >> reporter: work is expected to begin july 7 and last through

july 28. >> i'm not so sure nothing ever starts on time other finishes on time. >> reporter: she worries customers won't want to be bothered. >> we have a crumbling infrastructure here. and we all understand improvements need to be made. it's just the timeliness of it is going to hurt. and there's nothing we can do about it, right. >> reporter: lane capacity will be reduced from two to three lanes. and 50 miles per how much will be enforced. >> i am very sympathetic to business and residents in the area when there is construction, but i think people want a magic cure, like in the middle of the night it's all going to be fixed, voila, that's not going to happen. >> reporter: driver safety is the heart of the project.

>> long term it will mean a better, smoother drive for everybody. >> reporter: drivers will benefit from a smoother roadway and structurally sound deck. they say you should plan ahead if you're able to avo driving u.s. 101, carpool, take transit, bike, and how about this one. work from home. with your boss's permission, of course. live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7ness. a missing hiker was found safe last night. next we are live with the continued search efforts for a couple that seems to have vanished just without a trace. i'm spencer christian.

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in the air, through the water and on foot. searchers continue to scour the north bay for a missing couple, but there's still no sign of them. this is who they're looking for. carol caparski and her husband, ian irwin. they didn't check out on saturday like they were supposed to. abc 7 news reporters have been on this story all week. any hints about what happened to them? >> reporter: ama, none whatsoever. that's what's complicating this investigation. the couple took off without taking their cell phone, so they can't be tracked. there's no surveillance video. no sightings. rescue crews went in for a bigger search of the water areas and came out empty handed. despite the calm waters, dive teams returned to shore with no

new leads. they've been missing since friday. >> we have side scanners, we had a dog out there trying to detect scent, and we had nothing turn up. >> reporter: four days into the search, the investigation has shifted from land to water. rescue teams used boats equipped with sonar. >> we searched the west shore line, the east side of the bay. and we haven't seen them yet. >> reporter: rescue teams have already covered a two-mile area of point reyes sea shore as well as the airbnb rental where the couple was staying. it may now require going back for another look. >> i know the search managers are looking at all the tracks from the gps devices we've had on searchers to determine if there's any possible way we missed spots or we want to check spots again. >> of course it's a concern, because whenever something like that happens around here. >> reporter: jose has worked

construction in the area since the 1980s. the investigation has been the tak of t talk of the town. he praises the search teams. >> i know some locals. and that would do the best if you find someone. >> reporter: sergeant snyder says the family's been involved in the search plans and are hoping for answers. >> they're sad, they're worried. they're worried for carol and ian and want them to come home safely. that's why we're still out there searching. >> reporter: as we've been reporting, detectives here at the sheriff's office have been looking into the couple's financial records and haven't been able to find anything. crews will be back out again tomorrow. abc 7 news. >> anser, thank you. we know there's been a lot of interest in the story, download our abc 7 news. fish and wildlife officials have not found a mountain lion that scratched and bit a

6-year-old girl. the park near cupertino is still closed because of this. it will not reopen until authorities say it's safe. the sunday morning attack left the toddler with minor injuries. the park and open space preserve is in the hills above los altos and cupertino and very popular for families looking for a weekend outing. but, again, it will stay closed until they decide it is safe to reopen. >> a lot of people are heading to other spots because it's so dry lately. >> it's still a little spring like, even though it's cooled off a little bit. spencer christian is talking about a wee amount of sflan rain? >> neighbormaybe a wee amount. no rainfall so far. and we're not expecting any until possibly saturday morning. here's a live view from the rooftop camera looking out over the embarcadero on a nice, lovely, pleasant, mild evening. milder across the bay at

oakland, 63. redwood city 64. 69 at gilroy and 50 at half moon bay. a lovely view of the western sky, the afterglow of sunset is there. it's currently 57 degrees in santa rosa, petaluma 53. upper 50s at napa, 58 in livermore, and a nice view from sutro tower looking out over san francisco in these pre-fog hours. we're going to have high clouds and fog increasing overneaight. isolated showers are possible late friday night into early saturday morning. let's take a look at our fog overnight, starting at midnight. we expect fog to develop visibly over the central valley, we'll see a little patchy fog around the coast and bay as well, but we don't expect it to be very widespread. it may not really interfere with morning commuting. it will burn away by midmorning.

temperatures will drop to the low 40s and upper 30s. about 40 degrees will be the low on the coast. tomorrow will remain quite mild with low 60s along the coast. mid to upper 60s along the bay shore line. and almost 70 in the warmest inland locations. now let's take a look at the approaching rainfall. starting 5:00 friday morning we'll see the development of a little wet weather system to our south. monterey southward it will be raining in the early morning hours on saturday. by midmorning here, 9:00 a.m. or so, maybe rain to move into the south bay, over toward mt. hamilton and much of the south bay. but it's going to be short-lived. it will end quickly and it looks like the reminde of the weekend will be dry. the projection for rainfall totals look pretty low. zero rain is expected in the north bay, and many east bay

locations. we may see up to 200th of an inch. so again, much needed rain, but it doesn't look like it's going to be much rain. here's accuweather seven-day forecast. we start another dry spell on sunday. in fact, late saturday, actually breezy and cooler saturday after the wee bit of rain. then we start to warm up again monday, tuesday, and wednesday next week with high temperatures up to and above 70 degrees inland. looks like an early arrival of spring. >> yeah, sure does. thanks, spencer. all right, fast food ads are known for economically powerfully influenced my values.

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easing fears about coronavirus on wall street helped push all three major indexes to new highs. apple gained nearly two percentage points. it was sparked by the cupertino company warning about its forecast. the the future is in doubt for blue apron. it reported a quarterly loss. it is appointing the management team to evaluate options, which could include selling the

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the cdc issued its first warning for americans traveling

to hong kong at coronavirus outbreak has spread there. >> it's a level one warning. >> chinese officials report 108 more people died of coronavirus in hubei province today bringing the death toll to 2,029. globally, 2,120 have died. >> hong kong reported two deaths. global number of confirmed cases is over 76,000 now, with the vast majority of those in mainland china. >> the cdc confirmed 12 people who arrived at travis air force base tested positive for the virus. the hospital says the patients are cared for in special isolation rooms with negative pressure to reduce risk of exposure. another bus load left travis this morning after being quarantined for two weeks. abc 7 news spoke to one man this morning who said it's strategy

to thi strange to think his ordeal is over. >> it's a weird feeling to be out. i almost got used to that lifestyle of going to a hotel and having three meals a day. >> the cdc is also recommending all quarantined americans who arrived from the diamond princess undergo independent testing. santa clara officials got an update from the public health department about the response to the coronavirus in their county. the number of cases in the county remains at two. public health director dr. sarah coty revealed that the health department authorized a legal order to quarantine those patients in their holmmes. the risk of spreading in the county is still very low. >> we encourage people to go to school every day, go to work every day. the only thing i would say, and this is general, is if you are sick, stay home, with whatever you're sick with.

>> the public health department wants to remind people to keep calm, cover their cough and regularly wash their hands. >> coronavirus fears, whether they're actually warranted, are affecting the bay area from stores to schools. >> eric thomas has more on that. >> reporter: this should be a festive and lucrative time of year for businesses in oakland's chinatown. >> normally, we would be expecting many people, customers coming to chinatown. >> reporter: that's how things usually look in the weeks after chinese new year, but not this time, not with visitors staying home over fears of the covid-19 coronavirus. >> it is a drop. and it is not what we have expected during chinese new year. >> reporter: the covid-19 variant want discovered in wuhan and some people worry about a link between the discovery of the virus there and potential spread to areas like chinatown, but alameda county has reported no confirmed coronavirus cases

and chinatown merchants want you to know it's safe. >> i'm still encouraging people to come out and not only come to chinatown but go to places and enjoy yourself and your family. >> they're not the only ones fighting the stigma. the oakland unified school district is following state guide lines, asking students who have visited mainland china to stay home at least 14 days and come to school only if no symptoms develop, but doing that without stigmatizing the kids is a balancing act. >> we don't stigmatize anybody. we don't allow anybody to stigmatize anybody. >> reporter: they are asking cools schools to take extra steps protect the privacy of students and staff. one firefighter is missing and one dead after fire

dstroyed the porterville library. two teens believed to have started the fire intentionally yesterday afternon have been arrested. a reporter from our sister station in fresno is on the scene. >> reporter: as the community mourns the loss of firefighter figueroa, they are continuing to search for firefighter jones. once urban search and rescue teams were able to gain access to the interior, investigators used drones to aid crane operators in recovery efforts. each piece removed getting them one step closer to finding jones. >> the firefighters are all address everything that has happened with the city and the community. >> reporter: captain figueroa's family was paying tribute to their fallen hero. >> it doesn't feel real. it doesn't. >> reporter: figueroa's brothers saying he died doing what he

loved. >> to the city of porterville, my family, his friends, he was everyone's hero. >> reporter: as news of the tragedy spread sha, the city ca together. two teens have been arrested. because they're minors, they can't comment on how they're moving forward. reporting in porterville, abc 7 news. new at 6:00, oakland police wrapped up coffee with a cop today at the same starbucks where a man died after chasing after thieves who stole his laptop. this morning they talked with neighbors, including two on horseback. it was new year's eve day when the man died while trying to get his laptop back. one person we spoke with today was at the starbucks that day and spoke about what it has been like in the neighborhood since.

>> it's minutely getting better. i'm next door. i follow that. and i'm feeling a little safer in the community since it's happened. it feels like there is some movement in the right direction. and i'll take it. >> three suspects are currently facing charges in the death. if you want to know the answer to something, it's easy to ask a digital assistant, but what about the human element? >> meet one of the human books making up a human librariy soon for one day only. a class action

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a san francisco judge reduc refused to dismiss a l l >> seven on your side's michael finney has been following this closely. >> yeah, following it for some time. fast track asked the court several times to dismiss these claims. it tried to throw the class action lawyers off the case, even ban the public from the

courtroom. after six years, the trial is finally set to begin. this dispute began when the golden gate bridge switched to all electronic tolling back in 2013. drivers without a fast track account are supposed to get toll invoices in the mail. the lawsuit claims hundreds of motorists never got invoices, mostly due to mailing mistakes. and instead of trying to find those drivers, fast track piled on penalties, sometimes thousands of dollars in fees. >> there have been hundreds or maybe even thousands of people who were charged penalties for invoices they never received. and what fast track did is they just shredded invoices and imposed a penalty on top of that. >> the suit also claims fast track makes it too difficult to dispute toll penalties. motorists must pay all the charges up front before they can get a hearing. fast track says it did nothing

wrong and asks the court to dismiss the claims. the judge deny thad requeied th and the trial will go forward. fast track has also asked that the public be barred from part of the trial. now seven on your side is objecting, saying public policies should never be kept secret. we will be there to assert those rights when the trial begins. >> excellent. please do. >> thank you, michael. our stretch of spring-like weather continues, but the question is, for how leadership that makes a difference. vo: a great president and an effective mayor. obama: he's been a leader throughout the country for the past twelve years, mr. michael bloomberg is here. vo: together they worked to combat gun violence,

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and that's why i'm endorsing tom steyer. because when big oil tried to stop our clean air laws, he led us to victory. same with the keystone pipeline. when tom says we can save the world and do it together believe him. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. a bay area library is writing a new chapter in how users learn from experience. instead of printed books, the library in redwood city introducing living ones. most people heading to the redwood city library are there to check out a book. but this woman is a human book. >> a human book is a book that you talk to. you learn from the book. by talking, by making that personal interaction. >> reporter: librarian jenny barnes says it was launched in

skan skapd nave yeah. >> we know people who we know are good at being open and who share. >> reporter: instead of a book. the program invites participants to borrow a transgender, an addict, firefighter or muslim. >> they can ask me any question. there is notng off the table. >> what is it like being muslim in america. >> reporter: they can check out their book for a 20-minute session. >> for the most part, it's very good. and i thank god that i'm living in this state. >> what sort of stereotype have yu faced? >> tolerance is rock bottom for me. >> reporter: the human book session often takes surprising turns. you can't always judge a human by its cover. >> she circles my face, and she says, no, but you're wearing this. but that took me off guard.

and i told her, i'm as american as you are. >> reporter: the library has hosted two sessions with another scheduled. like regular library, it's all free with one important difference. >> they're not allowed to take the human book home. you you have to raid ead it at the library. >> reporter: you can sign up and find out more information by going to our website. >> i love that idea. >> it's neat. tonight we are releasing a new episode of my podcast called "what really matters "th." this week, bryan boitano. it's not all about winning. >> the thing about sports, you develop this toolbox of tools that you can take wherever you go, and skaters or athletes have an easier time accomplishing things in other forms of life,

because they know how to focus. they know how to, you know, they have a work ethic. >> briyan talks about what it took to be a champion skater, what was so hard about the last time he skated in public and the prestigious honor from president obama that left him no choice but to finally stip forwaep fora gay man. you can find my podcast on abc 7 news.com and youtube. new episodes are released every wednesday. spencer christian is back with the spring-like forecast. >> i would like to suggest that rain really matters. dry conditions right now, going into the overnight hours we'll see an increase in high clouds and patchy fog developing. upper 30s, low 40s. then tomorrow it will be another mild day. even upper 60s near the bay and

near 70 inland. then we skip ahead it to the che of rain. in the that we get into friday afternoon. we'll see rain developing south of monterey, then early saturday morning, and a little bit of, little patch of rain moves up into the south bay and near the santa cruz mountains and quickly disappears. this could be another dry weekend. here's accuweather forecast. slight, slight chance of sprinkles overnight friday night into early saturday morning. once again, if anything does fall in the bay area, it's likely to be in the south bay and santa cruz mountains and amount to one or two hundreths of an inch. >> thank you, spencer. on to sports. let's talk a little as baseball. >> can they break 100 this year? what about the possibility of,

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good evening. for the a's and giants, spring is in full swing. hitters facing live pitching and the a's facing live questioning from chris alvarez who spent the day in mesa. >> reporter: day three of full squad workouts, but it was something bob melvin did on

monday that still has some of his players coming in on a scooter, does that set the tone for spring? and what was the story with that? >> he came in and said he was getting old. but no, it was fun. he's just a boss. so he can do whatever he wants. yeah, so he can, yeah, just do his own thing. >> he's kind of in one of those moods. that morning i brought my scooter in. thought i'd use it. i'm really surprised that i found it at the end of the day, but yeah, just to add a little spice. >> reporter: after back to back 97 win campaigns with losses in the wildcard campaign, the a's are look to take the next step forward in 2020. >> i think we can win the world ear eas series. we have pitching at the beginning of the year that we may not have had in years past. we like our roster now. it's still about playing well and getting off to a good start. >> world series. anything less we're not going to

be satisfied with. >> reporter: ricky henderson is here at camp, and his presence has proven invaluable. >> he was the best at getting on base and hitting lead-off home runs. of course he's the best stolen base guy in the game. >> he could walk into any camp, and everybody would know who he is. he's an oakland a, a local guy. he grew up in the east bay, just a natural to have him in camp. >> reporter: with the raiders now in las vegas and the warriors in san francisco, i asked bob melvin what it's like to be the only team in oakland. in part he say it's unfortunate but hopes it benefits the team going forward. abc 7 sports. the nba all-star break thankfully ends tomorrow. the warriors will be back in action against the houston rockets at chase center. a possible return in march.

but some question whether it makes since to bring steph back in a loss season. curry can't wait to get back on the court. >> i haven't seen anybody work harder than steph in post-practice workouts. they're seeing him and what he goes through, what he does. and it's beautiful to watch. so i think our team is getting a bounce from that, a bounce of energy and a reminder that, you know, better days are ahead. >> certainly. after this horrific crash in the daytona 500, racing fans were fearing the worst for ryan newman. how do you survive that? that's why what happened today is the best story and the best video ever the day, because here we are just a few days later. it's almost unbelievable. look at the smile on his gas his two girls. he was released from the hospital. these pictures were posted of ryan and his daughters.

he is out and about heading out the door right there. it's truly remarkable and fantastic. you can't have a pay-per-view butte witho pay-per-view bout without a little hype, right? wich explains why tyson fury was nose to nose. we have a physical confrontation. mild shoving ensued. fury and wilder fought to a draw. see it on espn plus on saturday, and it is $79.99 on pay-per-view. it looks very much like tonight's democratic debate. >> pushing and shoving. >> more trash talking. >> anybody wearing sunglasses in the debate? >> no. >> what about steph? should he come back in march? the season's kind of -- >> there's some people who think steph and klay should be bubble wrapped. make sure nothing can go wrong. but as steve kerr pointed out,

what about fans who paid big money to go to chase center. if you have a star available to play, whyust sit him. >> he wants to play. >> anybody can get hurt. >> keeps him sharp. >> anybody can get hurt at any point. having the guy preserved for next season doesn't -- >> no bubble wrap. >> you turn into gel. >> klay is another story. i don't expect klay to come back this season. >> thanks, larry. >> join us tonight at 11:00. after a series of bad luck, we're talking about an explosion, a car chase and vehicle vandalism, residents in one san jose neighborhood say their quality of life has been impacted. that story at 11:00. plus, a rare look inside the biocontainment unit treating coronavirus in the u.s. we appreciate your time. >> i'm ama daetz. for all of us here at abc 7

news, thanks for joining us. have a great night.

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