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in preventing symptomatic covid- 19. >> i think that really establishes this vaccine out there, with the other vaccines, as extraordinarily effective. >> reporter: ucla's dr. annie buck meyer and susan -- with the san francisco department of public health were involved in the astrazeneca trials. this is a result that excites the doctor. >> it is very good news. >> reporter: the safety and efficacy analysis was based on 32,000 participants in the u.s., peru, and chile. >> it was monitored by a data safety board, and the same dsb that has monitored other studies. that is why there are no concerns about safety. >> reporter: in the uk out about 2 milliomillio 18 reported blood clots in the brain. >> it was an extremely rare event. >> reporter: medical
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researchers in norway and germany found that the astrazeneca vaccine could trigger a new reaction to is there anything particularly different from this vaccine that might be causing the blood clots? >> if you look at millions of people you will find people have blood clots. there is not something specific that i think is different about astrazeneca, there are some small differences between all of the vaccines. some have to do with the case and astrazeneca the type of envelope it uses and the exact way that the protein and dna information is delivered. >> reporter: but doctors agreed that based on the u.s. data the vaccine is effective. in san francisco loose peña, abc7 news. thousands of patients affected by the low supplies are starting to get contget about rescheduling those appointments. while that does bring relief
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obviously the back and forth between the county and pfizer is starting to heat up. chris when has the story. >> reporter: on the covid-19 vaccine front, last week san jose teacher sarah nolan was one of 70,000 kaiser permanente members with be transferred to pfizer due to the low supply from the state. after days in limbo she is now confirmed for the shot. >> one last thing i have to stress about which is nice. >> reporter: kaiser iskaiser iss them of mismanaging the allocation by purposely giving their doses away to other people. they are accusing the county of being in violation of cdc roles and will be filing a complaint with the u.s. department of health and human human human hu
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in his statement to abc7 news, spokesperson said in part, we understand that the vaccine supply can vary from week to week and rescheduled appointments may happen. but the counties regrettable approach is not the way to manage these challenges. officials say they previously provided kaiser with 8000 doses when faced with similar shortage and was disappointed the company declined to participate. earlier this afternoon they pushed back and said the county has gone to extraordinary lengths to ensure robust access to vaccination for all county residents, including kaiser members when kaiser did not offer appointments itself. unlike kaiser the county is focused on community members seaward disproportionately affected by covid-19. as the back-and-forth plays out -- >> we have to think outside the box, what can we do? what do people need to do? or together as a team to solve it. >> reporter: the public is hopeful that lessons can be learned by all.
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in san jose, chris nguyen, abc7 news. vaccine eligibility and more supplies are on the way, the county health department says thanks to an increase in the supply of covid vaccines it is liable to open the process up to more people. anybody 50 and older who lives or works in the county is now eligible, it does not matter if you have underlying health conditions. all your vexing coverage in one place, abc7news.com/vaccine and check out the news story breaking down the differences between the available options that are out there. you can also vaccine tracker and ask any questions you might have. bay area communities are taking action against those targeting asian americans. a rally in san francisco today was a strong show of solidarity. >> we will -- >> many people gathered at the hall of justice and sent a message to the district
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attorney that they expect tough sentences in cases of attacks against asian americans. a double ac -- >> for the advancement of colored people, colored comes in all colors. >> that's right. >> and we welcome you to join the movement. >> we reached out for comment after today's rally and have not yet heard back. san francisco school board commissioner, allison collins, refused calls to resign over controversial tweets about asian americans from 2016. abc7 reporter , lyanne melendez, joins us live with the latest. >> reporter: is another controversy that many say it will stain the reputation of the san francisco school board. first it was the murals that george washington high school, then the attempt to rename certain schools, then doing
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away with the admissions policy at lowell high school, and these offensive tweets. the board meets tomorrow, and kristin i am sure you commissioner allison collins will get a earful from the community. the series of tweets posted by school board member allison collins in 2016 criticizes asian americans for wanting to, in her words, assimilate and get ahead. many asian americans believe they benefit from the model minority bf's, and states looking to combat black antiracism and at my daughter's mostly asian-american school. there are other tweets with the same theme. >> it really bothers me when you read those quotes is despicable. she should not be in office, and anyone who supports or should not be in office. >> reporter: we reached out to collins but she did not respond. collins recently posted she does not plan to step down and
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that her 2016 tweets were taken out of context. board president, gabriela lopez said she stands in solidarity with and asian-american communities. this week has been marked by hate and violence, she says, and now words matter more than ever. i appreciated that vice president collins has apologized for her remarks. another board member, mark santos, says collins has work to do with the asian communiy. >> i think she needs to make sure that she is going around the bay area and beyond to correct the impressions that she left. >> reporter: a former school board member has previously said this board is not in touch with the community. >> my own impression is that it is sparely cohesive as a board the disconnect is between the board and the community.
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>> reporter: a facebook group with 951 members is asking that collins, lopez, and a third school board member be recalled. there is even a website, recalled the school board. 10 of the 11 school board supervisors have asked that collins step down. supervisor dean preston did not call for her resignation but said it was difficult for him to see her path forward on the school board. >> reporter: so we know there will be a big rally tomorrow in front of lowell high school demanding that she resign, and of course criticizing the school board as well. that will be at 11:45 in the morning on community leaders will be there, along with some big names. >> all right, well well well wee as you pointed out, the school board hs been in the news, not only across san francisco but across the country for a variety of topics. are there any intended consequences for their recent actions?
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>> reporter: yes, and guess. some people are already hinting that the school board members should not be elected but appointed, there is that. the second, kristin, is the voters in san francisco, i believe, have learned they really have to do their homework and research when voting for the school board members or any elected official. >> yeah, until this last year a lot of people did not research their school board members. appreciate that keep us posted about tomorrow's rally. part of a better bear area is fighting for social justice we have a lot of resources to find your l.a. , go to abc7news.com. developing news on the ongoing struggle for californians to get their unemployment benefits. new concerns emerging out after complaints about the edd's website going down. michael finney here with the latest hurdle, it is mind- boggling if you think about all the stories you personally have done this past year on the problems with these payments.
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>> reporter: it is unbelievable. if it is not one thing, it is another. let me give you the latest. now i received multiple reports from 7 on your side viewers saying that the edd's website was down completely or glitching, and that is preventing them from logging in to certify to get their benefits. people are worried this will create even more of a delay getting their payments. we reached out to the edd which told us it is working to get details from its i.t. department, and says it will update assume. now california assemblyman, jim patterson, out of friends know, is calling for more accountability. he plans to ask the edd for a three month report. he is pretty talked ticked off. he held the zoom conference today to discuss the issues. he said his office has been flooded with calls. over the weekend about the website being down, i am continuing to look into this
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reports of an active shooter at a grocery store brought out a massive police response in boulder, colorado. video shows dozens of officers and at least six ambulances at the scene. state officials say a suspect open fire on them. there werereries but no details available. a shirtless man with blood running down his leg was escorted out of the store and in handcuffs by by by by by by they left the scene carrying the bleeding man. the border is closed, that message to from the white house trying to cross the southern border into the u.s. the federal government is now turning away adults and families at the u.s./mexico line. first images released today show migrant teenagers sleeping in mats in crowded conditions. >> we were left with a very challenging situation, and we have to treat this issue that is reflective of our values as
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americans, and do it in a way that is fair and humane. >> people feel they can cross the border illegally now, without the same consequences they would've faced when president trump was president. >> border officials say this migrant surge is unlike anything they have health, it is a critical pillar of building a better bay area, over the past year several hundred volunteers collected valuable covid-19 data that was used by health agencies, researchers and the white house. abc7 news reporter david louis introduces us to two of the volunteers who want to make a difference. >> reporter: 20-year- she is back in the bay area as classes at american university shifted online. she heard a call for volunteers to collect covid-19 information so she joined the covid tracing project. >> accountability was huge for the project, holding institutions accountable, making sure everyone wants the information had access to it. >> reporter: as cases grew so did her time analyzing data.
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her first day day day day day d in time she specialized in tracking long-term care facilities. >> is hard not to look at the human beings behind the numbers, and every single day you are looking at numbers that affect real people. >> reporter: they saw a lack of standardization from state to state that could impact national numbers. keeping up was a task. >> we were watching about 35 press conferences a day, like in three hours. we would have 3-4 screens up, one in the left ear and one in the right year. >> the group expanded to 900, people mostly in their 20s working across the country with passion and compassion. all wanting to share data to everyone with numbers for race and ethnicity andethnicity anded
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facilities and hospitals. their work has been done by the trump and biden administrations, by academics, by medical journals, and by media. >> cannot talk about how surreal it is about having a community of 900 people with one shared belief that what they are doing is making an impact. >> reporter: data collecting is packed up now that government is doing its job. their contribution to public service a badge of honor.of hon. onto the weather now, spring has sprung, and kristen maybe allergy season as well. >> i am so sorry, i was telling drew i cannot help myself. >> you can hear her sneezing, a lot of us are feeling that pain. tree pollen is at very high levels, combine that with gusty winds blowing around all the pollen, your allergies will act a. not only today unfortunately, but for the next couple of days. let's look at the winds right now. it is strongest near the coastline, gusting up up up up
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sfo, near 30 in santa rosa, 22 the current wind gust at half moon bay. tomorrow the winds will become more widespread. pier 39, i get a kick out of this picture all the time. the sea lions enjoying the sunshine right now. a live look at the calm bay waters. a really fantastic site to see this time of year. temperature wise right now, in the city about 57 degrees, a lot of 60s on the board from mountain view, morgan hill, half moon bay with the wind much cooler at 43 degrees. you can see on the cam tiburon in the foreground and east bay oakland in the backgroundthe baa the sunshine will stick with us over the next seven days, a pretty dry pattern setting up. a lot of 60s from napa, fairfield, to livermore. tomorrow a couple of degrees warmer than we are today as a warming trend. overnight tonight we will find we are in the low to mid 40s around the bay shoreline. winds will again stick with us
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overnight tonight. you will maybe here the gusts from time to time, 15-25 miles per hour. otherwise it gets chilly in the north bay with temperatures in the 30s. for that fact we have a frost advisory and freeze warning for lake and mendocino county starting early tomorrow morning where temperatures could drop as low as the upper 20s. certainly a cold morning there. we are tracking a cold front that is just beginning to enter northern california, about the additional cloud cover today, as the front swings through here over the next 24 hours it will kick up those winds even more. future truck for wind gusts tomorrow morning is a breezy start. the strongest winds will be confined to the northbay hours mountains in the early morning hours, and fairly heavy for everybody by the afternoon. by noon or 1:00 p.m. the winds gusting up to 40 miles per hour. we have a wind advisory in effect tomorrow, because the
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winds could reach near 40 miles per hour at times and the wind will dragon some warmer air. windy tomorrow and wednesday, look at the temperatures in the 70s. a little cooler on thursday, but look at the weekend larry and kristen, saturday and sunday above-average. i think some spots could reach close to 80 degrees. i know you like that. this is your weather isn't it? >> that is great. >> all right, thanks. >> can't you be happy for me kristen? >> no, i can't. storm! speakers can do more than
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some time. the pulse that beats dothat be is a huge reflection of what is going on across the region. but the heartbeat right now is on life-support and some people are asking if it can even survive before the pandemic the city had 5 million square feet of available office space. today nearly 14 million square feet of office space are empty across the the the the the the equivalent of 10 empty salesforce towers. think of that, 10 towers. how the offices will reopen and whether people come back to them that is what we went to the streets to find ofind ofindo >> reporter: pick in history on any day of the weekend downtown san francisco pretty much feels like a sunday morning. for more than a year now downtown san francisco has been a ghost town. high-rises are mostly empty, inside most of the the the the
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time stands still nothing has been touched or moved in more than a year. it is as if those people vanished into thin air. just last year walking along the streets it would be packed, packed with workers heading into the high-rises. so, right now, how filled up are they? >> reporter: the office but right now what we see around the city it is probably 10-15% occupied. >> reporter: in other words only one or two out of 10 floors in one of these things is actually filled? >> a general statement will vary per building and per industry but that's kind of what we are looking at. >> reporter: do you think they will come back? >> we do, we think people are excited to come back. >> reporter: john bryant is with the san francisco building and office and management association. he said downtown faced challenges before the pandemic like crowded trains and of course the homeless on the streets. what are the chances that the pandemic on top of that hills the downtown? what if people just
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>> you are absolutely right there were always be an issue of homelessness and safety in mass transit and that plays a part in the psyche of people coming downtown. i think what we are focused on right now is making sure our buildings are healthy, and safe when people are ready to come back in and they are. and they have been since the summer and fall and they will be ready once the city opens up and people start coming back to the office. some other issues around homelessness and safety and crime absolutely need to be addressed. we think everybody needs to feel safe and comfortable in the environment downtown, and i think that is something we will have to continue finding solutions for. >> reporter: grant says tenants are telling building owners they miss their offices but the offices will likely look the same when the
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what is the post pandemic office look like? >> i think it is embedded in our psyche at this point that people need more space. i think that is a departure from what we have seen over the past decade or so where people had open office plans and people would find a desk and that was where they worked. even though they will be coming to the office and probably a reduced capacity we will need increased office space to make sure we can increase people spacing appropriately. i think tenants are looking at it right now and it is something employees are asking for. >> reporter: look around hardly anyone has been in the offices for a year. the office on montgomery street has been empty since things just left where the workers left them. >> usually this place would be filled with vendors and consultants working to ensure businesses get back on their feet. >> reporter: okay a lot of businesses are looking to get back on their feet these days. how many people would you have on staff on any given day? >> we are growing, we had the biggest year in spite of covid, but usually there would be about 18 people in this office, and i will walk you to one of our rooms here. as you can tell, we had been
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left withoutknowing we would come back in a year. we have sweaters on the table, some shoes under the table. folks are ready to come back and they have been for about a year. >> reporter: many downtown offices are small, like this one, that means spreading people out will mean some people actually have to work at home. >> we have grown the staff to now 20, of the 20, 5 of them are permanently out of the bay area. >> reporter: see you had five leave the bay area? so that leaves you with about 15, right? how many of them will come in on any given day? how big will the office be after this? >> we certainly cannot put 18 in here comfortably again. >> reporter: why not? >> folks won't feel comfortable sitting is closely as they used to. >> reporter: even if they are vaccinated? >> we think so. things are changing, and we think we want to give the sales
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staff they comfort, if they come in they are not feeling 100% they don't have to be in as enclosed of a space. and we don't have any windows that open. >> reporter: that is to of many of the downtown offices. take a look at the salesforce tower, the city's largest office building. all these buildings go way up in the window still open. how are you circulating air? how do you make people feel comfortable? >> they have such high tech air systems they bring in 100% fresh air from the outside and the condition it, filter it, condition it with cooling and heating and deliver it out to the tenants offices. >> reporter: that air eventually makes its way at the top of the tower. so what are these things? are they humidifiers or what? >> these are hepa filters, we put these in the lobby in the event there gets to be a line
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coming out of the elevator lobby, these things will circulate and filter the air. >> reporter: how many people does this building hold? >> this building holds more than several thousand 10,000. >> reporter: how many people can get on the elevator at one time? >> right now, four. >> reporter: how will you get 7000 people in and out of the building, or 5000 or 3000, without the line going down the block? >> we have a lot of elevators, we have 34 elevators here. >> reporter: not every building has 70 elevators or those that are fast. they will need serious coordination. they are betting on the fact they will only be one quarter full out of the gate, right? so as things ease up then they will fill up, is that the idea? >> that is the idea. there is an expectation that businesses will stagger start times and finish times, so not everyone is showing up at 8:00 orne 9:00. they will put them in half-hour buckets and bring them in
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a period of a couple of hours, the same thing on the way out, stagger them on the way out, so they are not all in the lobby at one time. >> reporter: in some cases it may not just be the hours staggered, but actually the days and employees who are rotated in and out of the office. one person could be in for two days or one week, another three days and then the following week may be switch the schedules. it will be very choreographed and some tense times probably in the building lobbies. it will also open up for people to commute longer, if you are only coming into the city two or three days a week, maybe the nightmare commute that was bad a year ago won't be so bad. it could change where we live, how we get here, and how we spend our money. >> that is very true. but phil, do you think
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employees even want to come back to offices? we certainly are hearing from companies that work from home can be a permanent thing, especially with big tech companies. >> reporter: a lot of employers are saying yes, and a lot is contingent on when the kids go back to school. but a lot miss the camaraderie of the office, they miss the creative energy of the office, and the employer's sort of miss the productivity as well. on one hand they say people will be able to stay out longer and work remotely, the jury is still out as to whether that has the energy it needs to elevate companies up to the level they were pre-pandemic. said the people most likely to go back first are the people who want to. >> so what happens when you have a huge amount of office space that is available now? san francisco, four years, the price per square foot was outrageous to rent. so what happens to all of that? >> reporter: one thing is with more space required between people, people with
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will have to use up more space. that is one thing we are looking at. another thing is some of this might have to be repurposed. there is talk of changing some of the older office buildings into condos, especially in areas around union square. a financial city, we will see what happens there. but you the buildings can hold them what type of clientele they have, and it will also have to see whether how the buildings are built going forward to recondition for the next time something like a pandemic strikes. >> yeah, just the whole elevator issue. >> reporter: something as simple as that, larry, you are right. how many people can you get in an elevator? we will see. >> all right, thank you phil. very interesting, a lot of logistics to contend with there. all this week phil will be looking at issues plaguing downtown. what happens when all the people filling up
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leaders in miami beach are bringing down the hammer on spring breakers were flocking to the city. the curfew in the south beach entertainment district has been extended until at least april 12. it comes after out of control crowds defied the curfew while we can. fights, stampedes, even gunfire broke out among the swarms of people who packed miami beach. police have already arrested more than 1000 people this spring break season. who has been there and done spring break there in miami? this is crazy! >> i looked at larry. >> not spring break, i was there. for the super -- [ laughter ] two years ago we went to the super bowl, that was why i was looking at thoseat thoseat those said it looks just like super
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bowl week to meet. at least some people were wearing masks there. i have not gone to spring break in a while. >> i've been to miami beach, it is a blast. it is a shame to see. i get we are all tired, and you hope with the vaccine -- but you know, cases are rising in 22 states around the country, those are not the scenes that are helpful. if we just stay the course a little longer we might be able to get out of this with out another surge. >> they are not saying don't come here, but come here and play by our rules. you have to get out by 8:00 p.m. and space yourselves out. we are not seeing that in florida, they will take the matter into their own hands to keep the city safe. they have a 98% positivity rate night now. we have to do something. >> it people cannot have discipline we can't have nice things, right? >> it is florida, they play by their own set of rules over there. the nfl announced today the draft will be held with a select number of prospects and
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fans around cleveland, and in an effort to promote coronavirus vaccination, each team will select fully vaccinated fans and they will get seats at the rock 'n roll hall of fame andfame andfame and stadium. the draft will start april 29. when i first read this i thought, oh boy, here we go again. but we are five weeks away. it is kind of a race, even if you look at the miami situation. is a race between vaccination and getting crowded again. doesn't seem like that? it could go either way really. >> it could go could go could g the latest information is, thank goodness, by the end of april, we might have a vaccine for every californian, and and even most adult americans. the pace is picking up dramatically with vaccines. so, the timing may be pretty
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good. >> so, who wants to go to cleveland? >> no, but i was thinking that is another nice thing as a perk for the vaccinated to be able to go. drew was just telling me you could get krispy kreme doughnuts which i did not know was a thing too. >> hopefully, like dan alluded to, we get more and more supply, and more and more people keep getting vaccinated. we have a fourth vaccine on the horizon hopefully. hopefully will become a community of the the the the th the have-nots. if you feel like you put on extra pounds during the pandemic, maybe this will make you feel better. americans gained an average of nearly 2 pounds per month while sheltering in place. you know when the orders were in effect. research showed 7500 weight measurements on bluetooth connected smart scales. if the growing rate is two pounds per month, some of us gamed 20 pounds last year, so the quarantine 15 is real. i admit to the quarantine five here guys. >>
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i mean two pounds a week, it is hard. you have been sheltering in place, you have not been out and about, and it is easy to sit and eat more than we should sometimes. at least the weather is improving and that will encourage people to get out and start exercising again. but i have to say, two pounds a week, why is it so easy to gain weight and so hard to lose it demark as soon as they are done with vaccines i want them to to your full attention that makes weight gain obsolete. >> now you are talking, man! >> it is two pounds a month dan, not a week. if it was two pounds a week it would be 100 pounds overweight, anyway, yeah. >> it's not that bad. >> all right. speaking of what kristen was talking about, krispy kreme is offering incentive to get vaccinated. the doughnut chain is gibbering of free glazed doughnut doughnu
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shows proof of vaccination. the deal is good at any location, any day, for the rest of the year. it is super easy, just show your covid vaccine card to get the freebie and you will have plenty of chances and locations. krispy kreme has 369 stores nationwide, so -- >> now we are getting up to the two pounds per week territory. >> that will do it. >> it is brilliant from krispy kreme, drew, because you know if you go when you won't just get one doughnut. >> of course, especially the sign that says they are fresh a dozen. >> yesterday, i happened to be in front of a krispy kreme and the line was like, 10 people along. i was like wow, there is a resurgence in popularity for krispy kreme, and i think this promotional thing is pretty clever. as people go in they will get that dozen. >> for sure, i love krispy kreme, and they are are are are
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