has been salvaged to bay area community groups. it's been two weeks since we first show you this video that dan shot. boxes and boxes of valuable ppe sitting out in the rain at the san mateo county event center. dan is back from san mateo and joins us live with the latest. reporter: this is a step, ending the ppe to people who actually use it. county officials of been hesitant to provide information about how they got into this mess. the i team has learned the department of homeland security office of inspector general is investigating san mateo county cycle handling of personal protective equipment after i found thousands of boxes of it soaking in the rain at the event center. they confirmed it was out there for four months. what should viewers know or take away from the fact that the feds are looking into this?

>> we are going to be completely transparent about this and cooperate with them to the full extent. the fact that week certainly did make an error. reporter: san mateo county manager provided in email from the feds at sides my first report and says dhs oig is responsible for investigating waste and abuse regarding the funding and if san mateo purchased the ppe using fema money that was rewarded to california and response of the cares act. he told me it looks like management at the event center did not make the mistake. moving all that ppe outside in september to make way for software. >> it was moved outside it was moved outside at our request at some point in time. reporter: at the county's request? >> at the county's request. with the intention of moving it elsewhere or getting it off

other nonprofits. reporter: today the county started giving away the ppe that was salvaged, hospital gowns, face shields, bleach and other cleaning supplies. rebecca jackson is with a nonprofit that houses formally -- formerly incarcerated women with children. >> face shields and goggles and bleach, this is not easily to come by for a nonprofit. we are doing what we can to keep our families safe. reporter: also picking up supplies, church groups, homeless advocates, the peninsula humane society and a volunteer loading ppe for the between third marines and fairfield fire departments. the county called on one -- nonprofits organize the giveaway. >> we've got 30 plus years working with other nonprofits, government agencies, we have a reach beyond the county. reporter: i want to see how they

salvaged the ppe up close, but they barred me from going inside. i'm not allowed to go inside? >> no. we are going to have vehicles going through here. reporter: i just want to get a picture of the stuff. >> there's a place here. you can these boxes. reporter: i'd like to walk in and see it inside. if this is a county building i should be allowed to go in and see what you have done. can i walk in? reporter: >> no. reporter: the county manager told me they hired a former superintendent to investigate the massive ppe mistake. the county is paying him $150 an hour, investigation is expected to take two to four weeks. i wore a mask all day except when i talk to the camera with no one nearby. today, the county manager invited me back to go inside the

building and see the ppe after all. to eehat you. why wouldn't they just let you into the warehouse today? >> so much better being open. these are our tax dollars involved. i think the amount of material inside the building is so massive they are trying to not show you just how big the problem is. they are sensitive to how big the issue is. dan: i can understand that. after that remarkable mountain of ppe that you took, the video was remarkable. reporter: it is still a mountain, apparently. dan: we'll see you tomorrow. you can contact dan noyes and the i team if you'd like to see a story investigated. they'd be delighted to hear from you. to abc7news.com/i team or pick up the phone and call the number on the screen. dion: another update from the i team following our

investigation. san mateo county is cutting ties with covid testing county iris geeks after thousands of you waited nearly two weeks to get your covid test results. we should do this photo taken by a virus geek employee. it shows thousands of unprocessed covid tests found on the floor. a week after they drop them off sub laying the backlog on another lab. tonight, the ceo tells us there's more to this story. reporter: from apologies. >> i'm sorry. reporter: this all started with bay area based biotech company virus geek's advertising to customers test results would be sent back within 48 hours. thousands of you waited for nearly two weeks. you asked how many days was that? >> it makes me angry. we got answers. the ceo told the told the told e

week, nearly 14,000 covid tests were left unprocessed for seven days in another pleasanton based lab. the lab disputes there were that many unprocessed samples but did agree to help process the overflow as omicron surged testing demands. can you confirm how many scientists were working in the lab? >> we have three certified lab workers. reporter: senior vice president says the company did process 13,570 pcr tests and sent back those results to virus geeks. as far as the bags of tests seen in this picture, they confirmed none of them were ever processed. so what happened? how many symbols did he send? >> 5000 per day. reporter: they say the symbols on the floor were not there for seven days stored in a

refrigerator before the picture was taken. the company says they told virus geeks to come get their samples. >> just prior to them picking up the samples from us sub took them outside the refrigerator and brought them to the loading dock so they could take it and load it into their cars. reporter: do you have a photo of the bags in the refrigerator? >> unfortunately we didn't take one. reporter: we spoke to the lab assistant. he says he carried that bags from these refrigerators back to the loading zone for pickup. thththththththth powerpoint presentation all symbols are refrigerated upon arrival with accurate analysis and timely delivery of results. the ceo says they did not claim any insurance or reimbursement for the samples. according to federal guidelines, independent labs will be reimbursed for each pcr tests.

virus geeks promise to play them directly. penny. reporter: virus geeks ceo refused to comment on whether he plans to pay the lab for the symbols they claim were processed. he did give us the following statement regarding the backlog caused by the omicron surged, when we recognized the partner lab could not fulfill expectations, we mobilize our team. we're working to get test results as quickly as possible. we are anticipating back toward traditional one to two day turnaround soon. what did you learn from others? >> this was a good lesson from this pandemic. on one hand, everyone jumped in to help with passion, on the other hand, we were not so careful. reporter: so the customers don't get stuck waiting.

following our coverage, san mateo county is dropping their contract with virus geeks starting tomorrow. there told another company, carbon health will be open in the same space at the event center operating a drive-thru pcr test site. dan: covid restrictions will soon change in at least two bay area counties. san francisco mayor tweeted the city is bringing back its mask exemption that was in place before the omicron surged. getting tuesday, february 1, if you fully vaccinated and boosted sub can take off your mast at the gym. some gyms say they don't the staff to test -- check vaccine cards. >> it provides additional challenges to implement in the short term. dan: the mask exemption also applies to offices in the city. in marin county, some school

soon limits are being eased, regarding assemblies and spectators. the santa clara county transportation authority is adding a maxing mandate for its employees. boosters are not required. employees will have the option to request an exemption for medical or religious reasons. if approved, young vaccinated employees would then be tested weekly for covid-19. dion: with reports of waning omicron cases and mask mandates changing some might start wondering if the worst of the pandemic is coming to an end. here's how our special correspondent addressed that topic on our 4:00 newscast today. >> typically when viruses mutate, they're not going to mutate in the more purulent form -- virulent form. we are seeing a high level of infections around the world.

combine that with vaccine immunity, we could be entering into a better place. dion: it can be hard to keep track of all of the changes in the pandemic, that is why we put all her stories in one place. abc7news.com/coronavirus. dan: we face a lot of challenges when comes to building a better bay area. tonight we are -- dion: your side's michael joins us live, exposing what could be scammers next target, rental assistance programs. sandhya: mild to warm by winter standards. i will let you know if this i will let you know if this pattern is g your heart is at the heart of everything you do. and if you have heart failure, entrust your heart to entresto. it's the number one heart failure brand prescribed by cardiologists. entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital.

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dion: one man had to be rescued today after a fire broke out at folkestone senior homes in pleasant hill. the man says his tv exploded. fire officials ate the cause was electrical in nature and started in some wires. the man was taken to the hospital for minor burn injuries and smoke in relation. no other injuries reported. >> there's a fire, my have to get out. the fire was on the other cited the building. >> could be much worse in a situation like this. quick fire attack, lot of resources, a lot of people able to self evacuate did the difference here today. dion: thank goodness. officials say the fire was contained one unit but others were damaged by water and smoke. dan: a new poll of san francisco voters shows what residents are most concerned about. it over -- highlights the

overwhelming support for more funding for the police department. melanie woodrow has the story. reporter: homelessness is the number one issue people care about in san francisco according to a poll by emc research conducted between january 4 and nine of this year. the poll surveyed 500 voters. bernstein says san francisco business leaders asked emc to conduct the pole. >> we did phone email and texting. reporter: the poll was conducted in english and chinese with steps taken to make sure it was a representative sample. geography, age, affiliation. reporter: cop below homelessness, car and home break-ins followed by housing inability ability. they spent 20% reduction in officers according to the mayor. it is why she is asking for supplemental funding. >> when you're in need of

support from enforcement because you've been assaulted or robbed or anything has occurred, the police should be expected to show up. reporter: 74% of those polled support an increase in funding for the police department. 50% strongly in 24% somewhat. 26% were opposed 16% strongly and 9% somewhat. the mayor's supplemental would need the support of eight of 11 supervisors. >> that remains to be seen. eight boats is a high bar to jump over. on the other hand, i'm not sure how many supervisors want to say no to more police at this time. >> my hope is that the board will approve this supplemental in the police department will be able to continue the great work they have done for san francisco during this pandemic. reporter: the soonest budget committee will take up the issue is in 30 days. dan: dean preston as opposed to the

proposed supplemental funding. he tells us it remains unclear how the san francisco police department, which received a budget of nearly $700 million for this fiscal year depleted its budget. when it comes to building a better bay area, we want to invite you to take action. go to abc 7 news.com/take action to find ways to store and get support as well. dion: shifting to the weather. all eyes on the big game this weekend. sandhya: down south it is going to be beautiful, and the upper 60's a game time. we will have that leader for you in the broadcast. right now, i want to show you how warm it was in the south bay. 68 in san jose. 72 in gilroy. 69 in santa cruz, 67 oakland, fairfield. definitely did not feel like winter here in the bay area. on live doppler 7, other than

passing high clouds, no fog to speak of at this hour. high pressure has been dominating our weather, which is why we are not seeing any rain. e st is in sohe trajectory in the storm is going to go well to the north of us. unfortunately we are left with this dry pattern. let's look at our drop monitor, latest update out today, new change for the second consecutive week statewide or locally. we are still in a severe drought. obviously we all need to do the conserving, even if we are out of the drought. note rain is not reliable here. from her golden gate bridge camera, temperatures in the low 60's in places like san francisco, mid 50's mountain view, oakland, 52 in half moon bay. ill be seeing more of these type of pods, 49 in fairfield, mid 50's santa rosa, currently 52 in livermore. beautiful view from our tower

cam looking at downtown san francisco. increasing high clouds overnight. full nights, mild days through the weekend. temperatures will drop closer to average next week. till then, the clouds will continue to increase. tomorrow afternoon, the sun will get filtered by those clouds. i think temperatures will come down just a bit. numbers mni with the cloud cover sub not falling much. we are looking at patchy hot lot of high clouds. mid 30's to upper 40's. afternoon highs in the south bay, 66 in san jose, 60 eight in gilroy. -- 68 in gilroy. downtown san francisco, 63 degrees. north bay temperatures, san rafael 63. 66 in santa rosa. still enough down sloping wind to keep you on the mild side. 62 berkeley, 64 oakland. head inland and you will be in

the low to mid 60's. livermore, walnut creek, fairfield. that week system goes into southern california saturday afternoon. the other one staying across the pacific northwest sunday night into monday. we were hoping perhaps a few drops make it. not going to happen. computer models are trending drive-thru february six. file date with high clouds. sunday is dry. monday we're closer to average for this time of year. this temperatures will fluctuate very little in the midweek time. so hopeful, february is one-for-one test -- wettest winter months. dion: coming up, the eye of the team and the fans. meet the man behind the camera who has captured some of the best shots of the 49ers

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director of photography for the 49ers. reporter: estate 49ers have battled into the nfc championship game, iconic moments are captured each week that will live on in team history. moments captured by the 49ers photographer team and their lead photographer known as t lloyd, the man behind the lens. >> never thought i was going to be a photographer. always have the loper photos. then to be the director of photography for the 49ers and organization, it is one of those things where i don't take it for granted. reporter: floyd has been for the organization for 25 years and witnessed some of the greatest winds and biggest games. he says it takes more work in preparation than people think. including some of the best was game celebrations. >> it is about capturing the essence of the game. when you look at the celebration that they have after battling all the home game, and when you

capture that moment, it is so surreal. reporter: floyd has photographed countless playoff games, for nfc title playoffs and to super bowl's for the revocable. remains faithful the team may be on a super run. >> you got to believe. i always take a positive attitude. even for my photos, for the team. if you stay positive, good things are going to happen. reporter: so far, so good as the 49ers compare for the rams, t lloyd team is loading up the gear to capture another moment for the franchise. >> is about the journey. about having fun, having the memories of what you get to do as a profession. i'm going to take it all in, in, is exciting. a great opportunity. reporter: maybe an opportunity to capture more moments like this. dan: what a fun job if you like

photography. dion: what a cool attitude he has. enjoying the ride. how can you not? dan: the shots he's taken and things he's seen are remarkable. let's hope you get some great shots this weekend. dion: let's hope. tomorrow at 2:00 you can catch 49ers versus rams nfc championship special. abc 7 news, sports reporter chris alvarez is teaming up with rla station to break down what we can expect as the niners try to advance to another super bowl. you can catch the special tomorrow at 2:00 wherever you stream abc 7. dan: stay here, coming up next, the personal side of supreme court justice stephen breyer. his family in san francisco opens up with photos of the past and plans for the future. reporter: how international criminals now set their sights on the state's rental assistance program?

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. dan: supreme court justice

stephen breyer joined president biden at the white house today to officially announce his retirement after 27 years on the bench. he quoted from president lincoln's gettysburg address saying the nation's founders described american democracy as one great experiment. says that experiment is not over yet and called on the next generation to uphold the constitution. >> they will determine whether the experiment still works and, i'm an optimist and i pray sure it will. dion: justice breyer says he will retire at the end of the court's term assuming his successor has been nominated and confirmed. president biden said he will uphold a campaign promise to nominate a black woman. >> the person i nominate will beat with extraordinary qualifications, characters, experience and integrity. a person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the u.s. supreme court. dion: the president says he

expects to announce his decision by the end of february. dan: justice breyer is a san franciscan. is a family man who left the operatives of old movies and apparently corny jokes. dion: sounds like fun. our reporter chooses the side of the long serving justice you know about. reporter: the image of the high court is one of formality, decorum and dignity. if the justices are very human, with distinct personalities. just ask michael prior -- michael breyer recently took his son to visit his grandfather the supreme court. he shared this heartwarming photos. justice stephen breyer his eight grandkids. >> he adores his grandchildren. the fun they have, is great with children. having that playful interaction is very special. reporter: whether causing them to puff out their cheeks are

smiled, these images reflect the playful side of a man who'd spends his days deciding landmark cases. says his dad loves old movies, like casablanca. this joke is in his repertoire. >>., is there, interrupting interrupting cow who? >> mu. reporter: his father could also be the brunt of jokes. >> i was seven, i was furious at him. i put p.m. mother in his pajamas, he didn't notice the pinna butter into after he put them on. reporter: when michael was having trouble learning to read, his father would spend a half-hour each evening helping him. when he or his children needed -- sisters d the discipline -- >> the worst discipline was being taken into the library for discussion. he explained his point of view so you understood it. sometimes took a long time. reporter: fatherly advice to his

son continues to this day. >> he is the best baby ever born. he will always deserve all the love and attention and care you can give him. reporter: coming from a justice of the supreme court, the opinion is the final word. dan: more this imprint district attorney's office is responding to a lawsuit from a man who claims the d8 violated his constitutional rights. he says he was threatened with a glass bottle and beaten with a baseball bat along chinatown's stockton street by man and his 11-year-old son in 2019. the man was charged in the attack, without his knowledge, the das office gave his attacker a plea deal with no jail time and year probation. he is now suing the das office. they issued a statement saying

this is not accurate. he and the victim's advocate community -- communicated for week of times, the victim did not respond to messages. dion: new details tonight about a new year's eve shooting. the victim in that attack died yesterday from his injuries. investigators say the crime started as a robbery inside the mall. the person shot was reportedly trying to help the robbery victim. police say they've made an arrest in the case. new details about why a hercules neighborhood was locked down yesterday. police say they were responding to reports of drunk man shooting a gun. this was in the neighborhood trees neighborhood near redwine and lupine road. officers were able to get the man out of the house peacefully. no no sir. dan: have fraudsters cracked the code to cheat the state's rental assistance program? the ceo of a major risk reduction programs is just, they

have. i pull finney here with a closer look. reporter: as you reported many times, international crime went into ddd for billions of stolen tax tires. someone the same thing is happening with the rental assistance program. the big losers are those who truly need the help to avoid eviction. >> this used to be my barn. reporter: dave has put in a lot of work into his home in castro valley since he bought it seven years ago. >> i'm not a landlord. i own no properties other than my home. reporter: yet he received this letter from the state at his home addressed to ksenia hamilton, who is supposedly renting his home. it warned your current landlord is inviting you to apply for the rent relief program. >> somehow got a hold of my name, address and social security number. reporter: >> reporter: he thinks

he knows how that happened. the ceo of lexis-nexis risk solutions group explored what he decide as instagram for the underworld, >> i noticed at least 18 individuals advertising access to rental assistance fraud in california. reporter: he found what criminals prefer to as sauce, guides to personal identifiable information that would enable the bad guys to cheat the state out of its money. >> transnational criminal organizations are taking this money, moving it into an anonymous well it and running it into some sort of crypto. you will never get it back. reporter: he describes 25% to 30% of the claims for rent relief as fraudulent. >> i've no idea where you would get that number. reporter: jeffrey ross of the california department of housing

and community developments since his security team estimates the amount of fraud at less than 1%. >> we have an amount of money we believe warrants investigation under fraud. >> clearly i don' clearly i do'r are aware. if they were, they would be implementing new systems and procedures to prevent it. reporter: dave is hoping to get someone in the state to listen to him. he first reported the fraud to the state on january 4. for three weeks, no one got back to him. >> when the state acknowledged they received my complaint the fraud has been committed in my name. reporter: we brought his concerns to ross. >> that something i will take back to the team. reporter: and he did. within a day, someone did reach out today. he says he won't be satisfied until someone is prosecuted.

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dion: a new study from stanford is focusing on the environmental costs of the popular home appliance. the client and environment are parts of building a better bay area. abc seven news weather reporter at the new creek concerns. reporter: for millions of homeowners and restaurants, natural gas stoves are the preferred way to go. now stanford state is turning up the heat on a growing debate over the environmental trade-offs, specifically the amount of greenhouse gas methane stoves release in to the atmosphere. >> we were able to quantify each of the different phases of operation. reporter: the lead author says

the stanford team mentioned -- measured the methane released and more complete way using stoves of different brands and ages in homes around california. they were able to calculate the methane levels both while the stoves were being used and when they were turned off. >> even while you're turning it on and off. when you hear the clicking sound and can smell a little gas. there is gas being admitted. -- emitted. reporter: a significant fraction of the natural gas is released as unburned methane, equal to the climate impact of the carbon dioxide released by 500,000 up p cars. reporter: laura is the sustainability and resilience policy director for the environmental nonprofit. she says some 50 cities and counties around california are now working to phase out gas appliances in new construction. but stoves in particular are tricky.

>> the low hanging fruit is getting people to change to zero emission furnaces and hot water heaters first. the stoves and ovens, thought disorder. reporter: she says limiting gas hookups in construction will help. advocates believe phasing in a new generation of electric appliances with incentives is also critical. and perhaps essential to limiting the release of greenhouse gases into our atmosphere. dion: now to add some perspective to the scope of that challenge, it is estimated that more than one third of u.s. households currently cope with gas. we have links to the stanford study at abc7news.com. dan: that chance of rain we've been talking about and hoping for his dwindled.

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dan: 40 wins and close to 1.4 million dollars after having answered more than 1300 clues correctly over two months on jeopardy!, amy schneider's when -- winning streak ended last night. >> she, with bangladesh? no response.

you're going to lose a thousand dollars. he finished in second place. you are a new jeopardy champion. dan: but amy leaves far from every -- empty-handed. she is the second most consecutive wins of all time. she is one of only four people to of surpassed $1 million in regular season winnings. she won more money than any woman ever has on the show and the first openly trans person to make it to the tournament of champions. a few hours ago we spoke live with her about that aspect of her life. >> my whole life, but particularly after transitioning, i had a lot of anxiety about my appearance or presentation. how come across on television. it's been great. everybody has been so positive and accepting of me and supportive. and be like oh, she's nice, pretty, charming and i see what

other people are saying. that something i struggled with for most of my life. dan: another good thing to come from the show, oakland mayor wants to make an amy schneider day. >> i know that i'm one of your million fans. you made our city so proud. we want to celebrate you. we are not going to wait for you to get to the tournament of champions. you're going to kill it there. we are so proud of what you've done and how you've done it. amy schneider date in the city of oakland, i'm going to make that happen. dan: amy says she eagerly and gratefully accept such offer. terrific all the way around. it's been great to watch her. jeopardy! heirs on abc 7 at 6:00. she seems like the nicest person. dion: we were talking about this, she's fun to watch. made a lot of new jeopardy! viewers out there. dan: let's turn our attention

will more time to the weather forecast. sandhya: big fans of amy. big 49ers fans, as a take on the rams at the nfc championship game. the weather is going to be fantastic. opal gal come for the niners is good, bright skies, 68 for pregame. dr. low 60's at halftime. cooling 58 degrees at sophia stadium. -- sophia stadium. temperatures will be in the low to mid 60's for most of you. a few upper 60's there. cloverdale, ukiah, it is the 20 it's consecutive day with no right -- measurable rain. this is stretched on for days. the last measurable rain was on the seventh. you look at how much rain, it's been point 61 hundredths in san francisco and santa rosa. san jose has had no measurable rain this month. reservoirs still below capacity.

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>> now, abc 7 sports with larry beil. larry: i'm sure you've heard the old adage in sports it is hard to beat a team three times in one season. actually it is not that hard. this scenario has played out in the nfl 22 time since 1970. 14 of those times the team that won the first two meetings also on the third. 49ers have read beaten the rams twice a season. it will try to make it three on sunday. if you remember how deebo samuel limped off the field. seeing human practice is a good sign for the 49ers. -- seeing him in in practice is a good sign. the hope is his ankle is going to be fine by sunday. here's chris alvarez with more on the rivalry and one quote in

particular. chris: the 49ers have won six in the rope in the series against the rams. if you remember the january 9-game, kindle had it describe the game. the rams took exception. >> that was fun and i came. >> are you talking about a competitor, a tough guy, he came out he talked about that and now is our time to pay him back. he is a fun a f against. >> if you are the guys and takes bulletin board material to get them to play harder or do their job better, probably got the wrong guys out there. >> george, i take it you don't want to give them bulletin board material? >> in context, context, context, game in week 18 was more efforts, we lost -- if we lost

our season would be over. you have to find his burish and, it is what it is. chris: sunday's game will be a cap and t-shirt game is in they win the nfc championship and is on the way to the super bowl. larry: onto the nba. draymond green is working on his next career. he assigned a deal with turner sports. as a first for an active player, doing commentary for the network. he will be on their post show tonight. you knew steph curry would start for the west. the surprises of andrew wiggins named a wet -- west store. as for paris, he will be making his -- as for curry he will be making his -- still averaging five threes, the only one with over 203 made so far. warriors put on a full-court press for fans to vote for wiggins. he will star in his first

all-star selection. his eighth season in the league. a trade from minnesota to golden state, energize his career. all-star game the right 20th cleveland. he is proud of steph and wiggins. >> he is earned not only the all-star spot, the way he carries himself every day, he is wonderful guy and deserves this. we are thrilled for him. larry: to the ice for some news about former shark evander kane. he has signed with the oilers for the rest of the season. he was released by the sharks earlier this month was cleared today by the nhl of potential violations of covid protocols. because the league cleared him, a probably means the sharks are going to be on the hook for the balance of his contract when they waved him which would be in excess of $20 million. his career continues elsewhere. dion: that's it for this edition

of abc 7 news at 6:00. dan: for all this year, we appreciate your time. we do it again tonight at abc 7 news at 11:00.

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