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tonight on a special edition of abc7 news live local analysis of president biden's address to congress. we look at how the president's plans will affect us here. started plus infiltrating antifa in the bay area. the trump supporter goes undercover and finds the group fs possible violent plans for this weekend. the spotlight is on the alameda police department following a fatal struggle which experts they could have been prevented. building a better bay area for a safe and secure future,this is abc7 news. there is not a single thing , nothing, nothing beyond our
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capacity. we can do whatever he set our mind that we do together. so let's begin to get together. >> wrapped up his first address to congress: for changes that could affect our health, our future and our bank accounts. good evening i'm on a date per the spec i am dan ashley. thank you for joining us. the presidents predictably began his speech by touting progress on vaccinations. spec 90% of americans now live within 5 miles of a vaccination site. everyone over the age of 16, everyone, is now eligible to get vaccinated right now, right away. [ applause ] go get vaccinated, america. spec and much of the speech was focused on what's next as america bounces back from the pandemic. he says his american families plant will expand access to education and reduce the childcare. the president also
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congress and americans on is to truly dell infrastructure and jobs play. the presence of the benefits are twofold. >> this is the largest jobs plan since world war ii. it creates jobs. upgrade transportation infrastructure. jobs. modernizing our roads. bridges, highways. >> to find initiatives he talked about tonight the president said he does plan to raise taxes on the richest americans and pledged to limit it there and not raise taxes on the middle class thing most americans have paid enough. something oppressive that it happened during the speech tonight. they for the first time in u.s. history to women were in the position right behind the president, vice president, harrison speaker nancy pelosi both from the bay area. in front of the president still lots of empty seats as you see. only about 200 were present all masked and socially distance. the house chamber can hold
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1600. joining us is abc 7 news insider film a tier at the presidential address. >> great to see you. the president has big ideas. especially the american families plan to invest in education and childcare. are the circumstances right that this will actually become reality? >> reporter: that remains to be seen. in washington, there's nothing like a crisis to get things done. as a matter fact, sometimes the only way things get done is in a crisis. now, the crisis prompted the big covid relief package, which was unprecedented, but it got through. not so much with the infrastructure. they're still talking about that. so the question is, is america up for this? was able to say the need was out there for one of the most ambitious social and family programs we have ever seen? childcare, early education, free college for a community college. selling it icing it's the only way we can keep on top that we
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are coming back that we are coming back strong but we need to stay on top. that's different than an emergency we saw in covid. think it's going to be tough for him to sell these social and the infrastructure as opposed to the covid relief project. >> what about raising taxes the president talked about that. it's always a tricky subject. especially in the bay area with a lot of high earners out there. if passed, how would that impact the bay area? >> reporter: it's a double edged sword. you have to take a look at some things. in california we already text the wealthiest. is not affected decimated the top 1% account for about half of the general fund money we have. because we tax the wealthy. the problem is, or the challenge is, if the feds start taxing them at a higher rate as well, it's the combined tax of the state and the federal income tax on these people could get up, you know, into maybe, like, 50%.
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that might prompt some of them to relocate to arizona, texas or other places. we would then lose that state funds. it's a tight rope for california. we are already doing it and finding a lot of programs. as a matter fact, a lot of what joe biden talked about in this address, they are already on track to do in california. governor gavin newsom and a democratic legislature is going to be implementing a lot of those based on the taxes of the wealthy. the trick is going to be them even more for the nation by keeping them in california where their money comes for us. >> that's a tricky tightrope to walk. we already see people in california leave for cheaper pastures and other places. phil, we heard the president talk about a lot of topics. he brought up george floyd. he talked about the john lewis voting rights act. he pledged support for transgender americans and even talked about ending cancer. very wide-ranging. that can be aspirational and
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inspiring, but realistically, what can we expect to change? >> reporter: let's not forget he also talked about gun- control. immigration reform. a host of issues. you know, it's a very tight, tight walk in washington these days. yes, the democrats control the house of representatives, but not all democrats are on board with the programs that the biden administration is putting out there. also the senate, split right down the middle in terms of power between democrats and republicans. one of the questions going forward, and we have seen this in the past, what do you do in a logjam? do we debate? compromise? to redo this new thing called executive orders we have seen since the bush demonstration grow and grow. were present finally says, congress isn't doing it, i have the will of the people behind me and the best interest of the people behind me, i am signing this and is going to go into
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effect. the good part of that is that for them, it goes into effect and they can accomplish their goals even with the logjam in congress. the downside of that is only last for as long as a party's is empowering the next president comes in and either unsigned or signs new ones. the question is, can joe biden, with his calm demeanor and his expressed willingness to work with both sides actually do that and put us on a path for long-term growth as opposed to this jerk back and forth every election. >> with these executive orders that have sort of indicated an expansion of presidential power in the last couple of days. after the president finished, a south carolina senator jim scott delivered the republican response. that the democrats want a partisan wish list. they won't even build bridges to build bridges. less than 6% of the president's plan goes to roads and bridges. it's a liberal wish list. a big government waste. plus, the biggest job killing tax hikes in a generation.
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>> for a full wrap up of the president's beach as well as a fact check on what was said tonight by both parties, had to abc7news.com. return to an i-team exclusive . sucking, stirring an online meeting of far left activists in sonoma county discussing a possible protest for this saturday. >> we may come out and take something over with us. [ bleep ] >> let's kill people purpose. let's kill people. [ laughter ] >> let's kill some cops. >> you heard what they said. the i-team has been investigating the possible connection to recent acts of vandalism including this scene at the former home of a derek chauvin defense witness a week ago. we have a story you will only see on 7. >> reporter: former police officer testified's use
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of force expert in the george floyd trial. defending the actions of derek chauvin. >> derek chauvin was justified. we met four days later mast figures in black three severed pigs head and pigs plug at the house where he used to live in west santa rosa. >> i know the victims in this case feel threatened. they don't feel safe in their home. >> reporter: brought hasn't lived there for more than a year. a short time later police suspect the same group cover the handset to a nearby shopping plaza with oink.blood posting a sign, the i-team is getting possible insight and vandalism insight from a business owner and trump supportive ever traded a group of antifascist activists. >> it was a manifesto and i could tell they were a threat to the community. we needed to do something about this. >> reporter: the manifesto posted online for samara county radical action or
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do not hesitate, do not wage. the brick in the street is meant to be thrown. the paint in the can is meant to be sprayed. the cop in your head is meant to be killed. the trump support was able to join the group that communicate through the encrypted messaging app wicker. >> expressed you are of a like opinion. >> the use of comrade. i want to smash the system, same as you. make them not feel alone because that is what they want to hear to know there's more people with them. he met he saved messages, documents and recordings. the i-team learned the leader who goes by the screen them, marb, is a college student arrested at this oakland right after the death of george floyd. the district attorney declined to file charges. the trump support that he made this recording in march when marb, discussed naming the group soco antifa. >> it was initially soco antifa the people didn't like when
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they call themselves antifa. >> they were, like, we are going to get on the fbi watchlist. >> he also talked about that hand statue being vandalized on other occasions. >> did someone use stencils? >> freehand. it was actually a lot easier for this situation. >> this is the list. >> reporter: the infiltrator tells me copy what the group calls its target list. people they want to publish private information, addresses and phone numbers to seville them for possible vandalism. after his testimony, they placed barry broad at the top of the list and within an hour of the attack on his former house he is back on wicker. saying house owned by barry broad and if someone can swing by comrades will be grateful. the target list includes the head of the deputy sheriffs union. with the called killer deputies. officers involved in cute
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confrontations. and trump supporters including sandy metzger. >> i really cannot strongly against antifa and blm. >> reporter: she has a santa rosa republican federated and broke the news that her name appears on the target list. it's an obvious question but is a concern you? >> it does concern me a little bit, but that's not going to stop me from speaking out. somebody has to speak out. >> reporter: the recording showed the group has already checked out metzger's house. >> we went to metzger's house. >> it was too late at night to do any surveying. >> we just wanted to see where it was. >> reporter: on the same recording marb appears to plan for this saturday, may 1. >> i think it would be sick to organize something more extreme for national workers day. >> reporter: is difficult of this desk clip is a twisted joke or a serious proposal. >> it's made day, baby. come out and take something
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over with us. i don't [ bleep ] no progress. let's keep hope it works better is kill people. [ laughter ] let's kill some cops, like, -- >> reporter: the infiltrator has been in touch with the sheriffs department in santa rosa police about the potential threat. >> i don't know if any specific threats to my knowledge that have been made. obviously, if threats are made we are going to take those very seriously and we're going to look into that. >> reporter: marb refused my temps for an interview with the infiltrator intercepted one message from the group leader about me asking about sra. to firmly restate our position, nobody, myself included, should cooperate with press or cops. the infiltrator tells me tidung inte wh soco. >> and felt like getting a pass from governments saying they don't exist, they are a myth.
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they are just an idea when obviously they are very real any big threat. >> reporter: since i have been working on the story, marb has been taking social media accounts both public and private. if you have something we should investigate, call us or email me. >> you do such a great job looking into all of this. thank you. the battle to fight drought and save salmon has broader implications. that's coming up. no rain is in the it was one by spring standards today. i will let you know how long this is going to last. coming up. programming note for you. because of the presidential address tonight and the nfl draft the next two nights both wheel of fortune and jeopardy will be seen later than usual
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markley fire in an attempt to keep concealed castro's death. he faces new murder and arson charges. the spotlight is on the alameda police department this evening over eight handling of 26-year-old mario gonzalez a struggle last week that had deadly consequences. video of the incident has been released. this part we'll show you was before things got physical. three officers involved had been identified. they are james fisher, cameron leahy and eric mckinley. we have just learned all are on paid administrative leave. the i-team requested to see if any of them had previous misconduct complaints. it's unclear how long each officer force. i-team reporter stephanie sierra is digging deeper into the case. >> i did get your name yet. >> reporter: from casual questioning to screams of pain. 26-year-old mario gonzalez screamed for his life as two alameda police officers pinned him face first on the ground for leslie 6 minutes and 17
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seconds before he died. > it has epte offices got a call about a disorderly and possibly toxic it a person. after getting another car, the officers talked with gonzalez roughly 12 minutes asking general questions about his identity. >> what's your name? >> reporter: while forcing him to the ground. >> he didn't really have any information before they laid their hands on him. >> reporter: i nurse practitioner specializes in mental health and integrative psychiatry. for the past 17 years she is treated thousands of patients in the bay area struggling with trauma, anxiety, and substance abuse. >> what was your initial reaction after watching the video? >> i was having a hard time believing it. there wasn't anything there that said to me that this person should've been preened on the ground. >> reporter: retired lapd homicide detective timothy t williams agrees on a firm that specializes in analyzing police use of force. >> they stayed on his back.
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>> mario, calm down please. >> he wasn't resisting. he was trying to position himself to breathe. >> reporter: williams said the officers had some opportunities to avoid this situation. >> mario! >> everything doesn't have to be wrestling match. you take your time and get a supervisor along with proper resources and you wouldn't see what you saw. >> reporter: about 28 seconds before gonzalez died. >> think we can roll him on his side? >> and officer who asked the question should've been proactive and had gotten him on his side. he may still be alive today. >> they didn't know anything about him medically. this is a guy who is obese could have had a cardiac condition. >> reporter: the footage tells the story. gonzalez was fighting to breathe for around 6 minutes and 17 seconds. the alameda county sheriff's office is conducting a formal investigation. we are told the
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we warmed up pretty good today. >> we will have it have it have day. it was a good day to get out into your pool, if you have on your backyard. i want to show your picture from a san jose camera. absolutely clear outside this evening. we look towards the shark tank. i want to show you those temperatures. it is still warm. if you have ac and were fortunate you can deal with this. 60s, 70s around the bay and inland. hammond bay is the only place where is calling off nicely. 52 degrees. it was warm without a doubt. this is awesome a spread. 92, fairfield. 61, half moon bay. i know it's spring but it's felt like summer. 71 the city. 80 oakland. 85 san rafael. 86 santa rosa. 83
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i want to show your live picture as we look across the bay from east bay health camera looking back toward san francisco. visibility is good. and so is air-quality tomorrow for many parts of the region. moderate for some areas. is still fine if you want to get outside, take the dog out for a walk or get fresh air sometime during the lunch hour. high pressure controlling factor. this built-in allowed us to warm up today. that pattern is going to hold for part of the bay area. i will explain in a moment. hike clouds and coastal fog. the warmth holds bay and inland. cooler and windier friday and saturday. tonight the patchy fog that develops will become a little bit more widespread along the coast by morning. higher clouds will come in as well. tomorrow's sunshine will be filtered by those clouds. fog is something you will need to look out for in the morning. 40s, 50s on those temperatures out the door. tomorrow afternoon cooler at the beaches where the fog is
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sitting. 60 half moon bay. all the way 287 in antioch. 88 fairfield. 67 richmond. 80 san jose. 81 napa. here's a look at the active weather seven-day forecast. warm and inland tomorrow. near 90 inland. cooler and breezy friday. even cooler toward saturday. gusty winds expected before they relax in temperatures. stay with us. california is making great progress on vaccinated people against coronavirus. after a number of accident women reach out to the abc7 news with the same or similar concerns, we took the issue to medical experts to get answers. >> reporter:
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don't mess up your deck with tex-mex. terminix. hi. the only way to nix it is to terminix it. building a better bay area for a safe and secure future,this is abc7 news. 30% of americans are fully vaccinated against covid-19. that's according to cdc data. we are ahead of that pays with 38% of eligible residents now fully vaccinated.
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with fewer than 1600 new cases of coronavirus reported statewide, we are maintaining our plateau on coronavirus activity. the johnson & johnson bactine is going into arms after nearly 20 pause over concerned about where blood clotting. abc 7 news without this pop-up vaccination clinic in pittsburgh where some people walked away when they heard it was the jj shopping administered. contra costa county offers the pfizer and moderna vaccine's. >> reporter: the increase in vaccinations is partly responsible for the decrease in new cases. >> the shock did have some side effects and women in particular are noticing a trend. they share concerns with the abc7 news reporter kate larsen a member of the abc vaccine team. she spent today finding answers. >> reporter: since monday, hundreds of commented on the report about changes in women's menstrual cycles after the covid vaccine. i receive messages from so many women concerned about longer and heavier periods and changes in their cycle timing. i southern california
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hematologist reach out to me with the possible expedition and some advise. >> inflammatory reaction has been noticed with the covid vaccine. we know that because many, including myself after the second vaccine, developed some mild flu like symptoms. >> reporter: dr. akshat jain is a hematologist at loma linda university school of medicine and specializes in bleeding disorders in adolescent women and explained inflammatory cells triggered by the vaccine could affect hormones. >> and that inflammation, has a potential or potentially can modulate estrogen response, which could be the link between certain women having heavy periods after the vaccine. >> reporter: dr. jain recommends women experiencing heavy bleeding see their doctor for a complete blood count and estrogen test. >> it's an easy, fixable problem. >> there's a long history of us not doing a great job at
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studying women in research studies because of some of this complexity. >> reporter: other heather huddleston specializes in endocrine jollity and wishes the vaccine makers i collect the data about menstrual cycles during the randomized trials. since the story aired she has been thinking about ways to collect new data via apps that women use to track their cycles. >> we look at whether we are noticing changes in the population of women who have gone the vaccine in the last few months. >> reporter: do think the vaccine is harmful to women who are expanding the cycle changes and it doesn't affect fertility? >> no. it is not a representation of any sort of permanent harm or damage. >> reporter: she says women should continue to get vaccinated. kate larsen, abc7 news. >> you can smear questions to the abc7 vaccine team . let's move onto something else. do you own your own home?
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have you refinanced her mortgage? michael finney says this is an excellent time to put in your paperwork and he is live to explain why. >> reporter: this is an excellent time for a refinance. here's why. rates have dropped for three weeks in a row. they now hover around 3%. that means the average homeowner in the bay area can save thousands of dollars a year. many homeowners are missing out on refinancing because they're following the old unwritten rule that the new interest rate should be at least 2% lower than what you're currently paying. here's the new way of thinking. >> the rule of thumb is around 50 basis point or half a percentage point. >> reporter: lending tree's chief economist says you should look for a refi when you start reading about rates a third of the point lower than what you currently pay. why? the publicize rates are just averages. >> the average is 3%. the lowest rate in the marketplace
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might be 2.6% or 2.7%. that means there is a great opportunity than most people realize. >> reporter: opportunity means money in your pocket. let's talk about the fear of refinancing. a sophisticated consumer reads all the fine print and advocates for her family and others. >> i am concerned the bank will refuse payments after refinanced and cause a foreclosure on the house. i have had that happen to a friend. >> reporter: she knows two individuals who went through that. >> certainly is accomplice industry and transaction. sometimes not everything goes well. i think for the vast majority of people who have been refinancing over the past year they have had pretty good experiences and people have been saving a lot of money. >> reporter: and a forbes survey more than any third that refinancing costs would be too high to save them money. could be but don't make that assumption. you will have to run the numbers to know for sure.
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finally, there's a thing called mortgage burnout. consumers just don't want to go through the process again. it's grueling. if that's you, you might want to reconsider. lending tree says the average refi in the bay area for $400,000 save the homeowner, get this, $50,000. back to you. >> that's nothing to sneeze at. it's a bit of a hassle but can be worth the money. thank you. a lot of people are looking to get away from home. next, details of what people are buying and booking.
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rebound is actually underway. david louis crunches a few numbers. >> reporter: online retailers got a boost when consumers only had money to spend. adobe digital insight says there was a surge during march when an extra $8 billion was spent online during a three- week period with toys, furniture and video games deleting goods purchased. >> people have gotten used to buying groceries, clothing, all sorts of things online. they're not expect to change that. even as vaccines hit and the world goes back to something like normal. >> reporter: some economists are worn the spending surge could sputter depending on how the pandemic is contained. >> if the pandemic comes back again in a little bit more force, we could see that come to a halt pretty quickly. >> reporter: a more sober forecast by university of chicago researchers believes continuing remote work is going to hurt already hard at retailers who lost traffic from office workers who shopped at lunchtime or after work patronize local restaurant. they project 10% less spending
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in america's downtowns. that can impact sales tech revenue, which it is reliant to provide services.. where there are losers there could be winners. >> some of our small towns may end up driving because they will have an invigorated population that is willing to spend locally. >> reporter: that could give a boost to neighborhood shopping districts such as downtown los gatos. adobe says there are trends emerging in another point industry, travel. bookings shot up hotel bookings up 50%. but compared to december before vaccines were available. that needs to be put in perspective. >> they are still below two years ago. there is a gap between what we want to go and where travel is right now. >> reporter: the rebound is looking promising. david louis, abc7 news. the pandemic turned out to be an opportunityt music school in san francisco.
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>> reporter: creepy marin county is the little things account or more specifically the counting of little fish. >> there's a school of probably 20 where this redwood tree enters and ends in the pool. >> reporter: preston brown talks about young coho salmon smelled making the way to see their waters already running low thanks to the drought on her doorsteps. >> what we see now is what we would see in september. >> reporter: every day they set up this net leading to a funnel and counted the fish moving down. 20% of california's native coho come from this watershed. >> 91 mm, 11 grams. in an average year, which has 25 years, we get about 500 fish. historically we would get 5000 fish. if we're lucky, we can barely scrape by. >> reporter: salmon have been fighting an upstream battle on this creek for almost 100 years. drought does not make it easier
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and this is a problem across the state. >> the water the salmon need is the same water that people in cities need to be healthy in order to have drinking water supplies. >> reporter: native american tribes asked governor newsom to protect water. if the salmon fadeaway in this coming drought they worry about cultural and ecological genocide. in marin, what a comes not from the sierra but reservoirs rapidly going dry across the state surviving the drought will be a matter of finding balance. >> before any drop of water gets pulled from fish we stop watering lawns, big baseball fields. stop watering golf courses and we put the water to the fish first. >> reporter: in short, expect inconvenient. >> you can say the salmon deserve at least a seat at the table, and that's what we're here to do. >> reporter: is the little things. in marin county, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> it is the little things but
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what we need is a lot of rain and were not going to get it. not with this heat. unfortunately we are not getting rain anytime soon but perhaps in about seven, eight days we may see a pattern change with rain moving into northern california. stay tuned for that. i want to show you a view from our suitor tower camera. look at san francisco. it's so clear. you can see all the way across downtown, city hall, the bay bridge. here's a look at the 24-hour temperature change. it's running warmer than what we were yesterday by 8 degrees in livermore. 7 degrees in san carlos. 9 degree san jose. many inland areas and basic communities feels like summer. here's a look at live doppler 7. no rain or clouds are now. that will be changing come tomorrow. fog will increase along the coast by morning and higher
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clouds filtering the sunshine. coastal areas come down a few degrees. bay and inland on the mild to warm side. 87 antioch. that will be one of our warmest spots. 80 of your field. 71 oakland. 80 san jose. 79 san rafael. 65 san francisco. 60 half moon bay. friday is cooler. claudia skies. as we head into saturday, temperatures come down more. the wind picks up. the wind is what is going to drive those temperatures down. tomorrow evening it gets breezy. it's a really saturday notice 30, 40 miles per hour wind gusts in as we head into that friday, set a time period the temperatures will begin to come down. not tomorrow, temperatures up well above average for this time of year. we do have a cooldown coming for your weekend. as you know, during the pandemic, many search for a silver lining. that's exactly why san francisco music school is doing. abc7 community journalist
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melissa pixcar met with blue bear school of music to see how they were able to keep the beat going well socially distance. >> the greatest benefit to playing music is the joy of playing music and it's a wonderful thing to have. >> providing music to children is a wonderful experience. >> blue bear school of music is a music school in san francisco. we are the original school of rock. we are nonprofit and besides all of the fee-for-service programs that we do, we do a lot of outreach and free programs for kids in underserved neighborhoods. >> for in school kids, we have to primary programs. private lessons and most instruments invoice and band programs. >> the most recent evolution with the pandemic was the most dramatic ever for the school. we pivoted to all zoom. when we had the idea of maybe we can do
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it in the park and with the city guidelines and keeping social distancing and masks, we started running programs in the park. with a few weeks we were back to 20 classes. >> we have been very pleasantly surprised at how well private lessons were online. they work quite well. and away we will be one of the silver linings in this whole thing. figuring out a way to have expanded our model for lessons. >> we are here with her toddler class. >> it's really an introduction of music to kids and their parents and caregivers. a lot of parents have done in touch and said, this is so important to our life right now. it's the only thing we are doing. >> that's great to give people a spark of joy in the pandemic. just anything to make them happier. >> i believe that we will continue to offer outdoor
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classes because they are so popular. it's great to get out and be in the outdoors. music brings life, joy, and it just brings a sense of excitement. it's a really a fantastic experience. >> excellent. >> absolutely. larry beil is your sports. >> what of the 49ers going to do with the number three pick in the nfl draft tomorrow night's? on the kyle shanahan knows
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now, abc7 sports with larry beil. 5:00. the point is straight up from 12 to 3. the third overall pick of the word he said we are taking a quarterback. seemingly everybody has a opinion on who they should take over they should intake. mac jones. today during his press conference warriors code steve kerr, yes the best will coach was asked who he would take. trent brown, as usual, was brilliant. >> you realize in a basket will coach, right? >> i understand. that's the point. >> that's the point. okay. well, i would take a nasal. >> you would go tackle?
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interesting. >> i don't know what the hell would do. and try to figure out how to beat minnesota. >> steve kerr is great. this decision could define shanahan's tenure with the 49ers. i three picks the right guy and he leaves the 49ers tricia beauchamp a ship we just give away two number one draft picks and took the wrong quarterback. does he go for the safe choice in mac jones of alabama or trey lance or justin fields? the last two guys have much higher ceilings. they are much more hletic. they are playmakers. all shanahan has to do is make the right choice. >> we are going to add a quarterback to our team this year. i think the way our years have gone in the past for years, especially when jimmy has gotten hurt i think a fan base opwh you want. appy we will see. >> we have a head coach is also our offensive play caller.
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come thursday will have a pick that makes everyone proud but that will be judged and years to come. we've done our best to make sure it's a great decision for this franchise. >> this is going to be fascinating tomorrow to see what the 49ers do and what the reaction is going to be. after winning 13 in a row, the oakland a's dropped two of three. the office disappeared scoring one run on sunday. two monday. at least they won that game. three runs in a loss last night. if the pattern held, they would score four runs and win tonight in tampa. lots of sand. bottom five no score. mike savino this is a drive deep love of coal irvin. it hits one of the catalogs and back on the field but nowhere near the fences. with the goofy stadium rules, that's a home run. 1-0 top seven. deep drive. have no fear. he does this routinely.
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a's bats. they didn't need to do a whole lot. he grounds out to end it. they get shut out for the first time this season. 2-0 the final. less humid road tomorrow than there back after coliseum. giants at rockies. starting giant outfield in 20, 37. start them young. giants don't need to swing the back for the first run.. silly was with bases loaded and forces are at against the giants and the bore. the rockies picture walks in two. he is what 16 total. that's third most in the majors. brandon melt makes them pay with a flare scoring two more. 4-0 giants. alex was cruising. nice defensive play from tommy list a. as we get the update, it's 4-0, giants. they are now in the seventh inning. as a check, alex wood is a picture record. he struck out number nine and allowed only two hits. we will see if you can closeout
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himself or they go to the bullpen. sharks up 3-2 in the game with arizona. we will highlight the both of these complete game highlights 11:00. circling all the way to the draft tomorrow at 5:00 on abc7. there's a rumor that the 49ers , once they take this quarterback, are going to trade jimmy garoppolo back to the new england patriots, so we will see if that indeed does happen. and what they would get in return. tomorrow. >> and steve kerr's reaction. >> exactly. >> i don't know. thanks, larry. coming up next, the goldbergs and home economics at 10:00. wheel of fortune and jeopardy 10:30. stay with us for abc7 news at 11:00. you much all of our newscasts live and on-demand through the abc7 bay area connected with tv app. load the app now sue can start streaming.
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adult adam: back in the '80s, it felt like i grew up at school. from crashing assemblies to crushing school dances, i found lots of ways to leave my mark. but that didn't matter now that i was an upperclassman, 'cause nothing cemented your legacy quite like your senior prank. fellow seniors, throw out your prank suggestions. no bad ideas. we all come to school wearing turtlenecks. there are bad ideas. what if, at lunch, we grill a ton of hot dogs and just give them to whoever wants them? that's not a prank, okay? that's a minor league baseball promotion. we could do something to the william penn statue. nooo! this statue is off-limits to all pranks. william penn is my personal hero. wasn't he expelled from oxford and jailed a bunch? don't believe everything you read in our textbooks, goldberg. and keep your mitts off him. i mean, we gotta hit that statue now. ball basically just told us to. what if we just dressed him up in an embarrassing outfit? adam, you have tons of shameful costumes, right?
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