building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. a woman taking out the trash in front of her home was hit and killed by a garbage truck. good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm on a date and i'm dan ashley. you're watching abc 7 news at five live here on abc 7 hulu live in wherever you stream. this morning's accident was san jose's eighth pedestrian fatality this year and keep in mind the years barely a month old abc 7 news reporter. zach fuentes has more on what happened today and what the city says. it's doing to change those tragic statistics. what should have been a routine morning turned tragic when a woman was hit and killed in this neighborhood by a garbage truck. apparently the victim was taking out the garbage cans and entered a blind spot and was struck at that time police. say the drivers stayed at the scene and was cooperative and

investigation is still ongoing but police say there was no indication of drugs or alcohol this afternoon the company the driver worked for california waste solutions sent us a statement that said in part. we are deeply saddened and shocked by the tragic accident. that occurred this morning and are sincerest condolences go out to the individuals loved ones. they go on to say that the safety of its customers and employees is of the utmost priority. this marks the city's tenth fatal collision of 2022 and the eighth victim who was a pedestrian contrast to last year in 2021 the 10th incident incurred april 1st, and the eighth pedestrian killed in the city in 2021 actually happened june 12th since 2015 the city of san. aid declared a vision zero initiative with the goal of eliminating traffic fatalities, the city's investing six million dollars in infrastructure improvements colin haney with the department of transportation says that an incident like today's is relatively rare for the most part local neighborhood

residential streets are our safest streets in san jose and we see the vast majority of fatal and severe traffic crashes happening on our major roadways those circumstances vary among crashes and speeding is a primary cause and fatalities and that everyone can play a role in preventing more tragedy. we need the whole community to help us to take responsibility for their own attitudes and their own behaviors when they're using in san jose zach fuentes abc 7 news it's been a blustery day around the bay. was strong enough to create a wave effect in san francisco out on the bay the wind created a playground for windsurfers and kite surfers kite surfers. you can see them flying over the white cats in the chile air and even chillier water abc 7 news meteorologist. patel is here with the watches and warnings on the big wind event, and i'm sure you felt it too. oh, yeah, it was really blustery

sandy. yeah, it was definitely blowing. no doubt about it, dan and alma. i want to show you a view from our exploratorium camera. you can see how choppy the waters are right now we do have small craft advisories going through tomorrow morning as you take a look at the wind gusts 43 miles an hour on mount diablo 31 on mount tam. so it's still gusty at the higher elevations north bay mountains under a high wind warning until midnight tonight advisory is going until midnight tonight for the rest of the area shaded and yellow except the santa cruz mountains in coast until 9pm and for solano county until 6 pm. it's the combination of the gusty winds that could take down some trees power lines. so so that still concerning as you look at the hour. forecast gusty this evening at 6 o'clock the winds begin to ease quite a bit as we had into 10 pm wasn't like that earlier today. look at the peak gus so far pine flat road up in the north face 73 miles an hour mount diablo over 50 hawkeye 51, los faqueros 57 mile an hour winds. i'll be back to let you know

what we're going to which over to since not getting any rain. leave you hanging. i'll be back with those details and sandy. thanks very much. it's been exactly one week since an oakley woman 23 year old alexis gabe disappeared police are treating it as a highly suspicious missing person's case abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley sat down with alexis's brother. share what this family has been going through. it just felt like a regular day. she asked if she had mail at the post office that was last wednesday afternoon, january 26th gwyn gabe said by the next morning his younger sister alexis gabe had not come home to the apartment. she shares with her parents. what is it that made you feel that? this was serious. this was a scary situation for her to disappear because usually she comes home because she has responsibilities. she my brother off at school the family launched an intensive search around brentwood in

oakley that afternoon they found her light blue infinity abandoned on a residential street keys still in the car. as soon as my parents got there. my dad was like open the trunk. that helping in the search for the missing recent nursing school graduate. phone is turned off. they said and her personal belongings are gone. they knew something was terribly wrong and reported or missing to police. they said they then contacted her ex-boyfriend someone she dated for three years until late 2021. they say he told them he saw her the night she vanished. he was there. left at 9pm they say the police this week executed a search warrant at the ex-boyfriend. home in antioch removing bags of potential evidence they praised police for their efforts and

launched their own social media campaign distributing flyers across the entire bay area and beyond this doesn't feel real. i'm seeing like her posts are all over the the news my parents from the start. they were just extremely worried. it's just it's just getting worse and worse now a lot more darker thoughts are starting to enter my parents' minds. yeah. it's pretty much indescribable. there's no words the search continues as police pursue tips and analyze evidence in the east bay. i'm leslie brinkley abc 7 news. some big covid developments today in san francisco cases fell below 1,000 for the first time since december the latest numbers from the city's health department show 993 new daily cases on january 25th. unvaccinated soldiers will be immediately discharged the army said today the navy and air force have already begun dismissing vaccine holdouts. newly updated forecast models used by the cdc suggest covid-19

related hospital admissions will continue to decline in the weeks to come though death to are expected to remain stable. all right moving on. this is really quite something. imagine. you're a nonprofit trying to empower young girls to take on a leadership role in our society next thing, you know entertainer janet jackson offers to donate money to your cause it happened in oakland to the organization called girls leadership abc 7 news reporter leanne. melendez has more on what they do. tokai tyler and simone marian are helping girls of color to find their voices in society. that's how mega entertainer janet jackson describes them and why she's donating to the oakland. nonprofit, they run called girls leadership and we're just happy because we feel like she janet jackson represents what we're all about. jackson is selling off some of her vintage and rare concert merchandise all proceeds go to girls leadership girls start out feeling very powerful right if

you think about a kindergarten girl a five year old girl. she's really clear that she's powerful. she has very clear leadership goals. how do you know what i can't do because you not me all the time. so how are you supposed to know? i don't know how to do what i can do. 2020 report d report d report dd nonprofit says many girls eventually lose that voice that report found that teacher bias is the greatest challenge that black and latina girls face. they are often perceived as loud aggressive and angry. that misperception can have a harmful effect on their leadership. skills girls leadership also offers professional development training for teachers and parents because there is a right way of supporting girls that a teacher can say, okay what your what you're saying is really important. let's work on let's work on how we say it.

let's work on what you want to do here, and i'm here to help you find the right way to be powerful not punish you for being powerful. and janet jackson remembers not having that voice. i wanted my own identity. at that time my father was in charge of my life my career and he was my manager. from when we're younger, we owe it to the younger generation to teach them so they make fewer mistakes than we did and it's never too late to learn even at my age. i still want to mentor and i still want to lead i'm ready to lead and i believe i can. end up to the world in my heart, you know clint leanne melendez abc 7 news. up next development department is doing for people who were paid too much in benefits by no fault of their own plus the big area on

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50 states including california's edd are asking congress not to make workers pay back benefits. they receive by mistake during the pandemic. millions of workers may have been overpaid through no fault of their own as rules kept changing for pandemic unemployment benefits 79 year since michael. finney is here to explain exactly what this means michael. dan i'm here in california about a million workers currently are required to prove they deserved unemployment benefits the past two years now most are independent contractors and part-timers who normally would not receive benefits. well now the national association of state workforce agencies once congress to let workers keep the overpayments if

they were not obtained by fraud now the edd says mistakes for in part because rules kept changing. edd certainly had a hard time keeping up with changes stayed unemployment official. a the money helped honest workers struggling in the pandemic and it would be a hardship to force those same people to pay back the money. they've already spent the state's emphasize their still going after the billions of dollars collected by fraudsters now it is up to congress to respond. we are of course keeping track of that and i'll report back with any updates. yeah. all right, michael. thanks. they've got their hands full with the crooks. so thank you very much. it is a day of celebration for bart riders, especially those who themselves in a desperate situation today bart leaders staged a toilet paper cutting ceremony mark the reopening of the completely renovated restrooms at the powell street station in san francisco the restrooms at all 10 of bart's underground stations were closed for security reasons in the wake of the 2001 terror attacks.

today's reopening comes after years of demands by the public and after months of study and planning by the rapid transit agency. it's about time bart changed to meet our writers where they are and address the real. concerns when you got to go you got to go. our plans to bart plans to reopen the restrooms at the 19th street station in downtown oakland on february 25th, then follow with other reopenings over the course of the next year commuting change is coming to highway 101 in san mateo county. express lanes from the santa clara county line to whipple avenue in redwood city are set to officially open next friday, february 11th. the express lanes will operate from 5 am until 8 pm on weekdays and are available for drivers who have fast track. carpools with three or more people can use the lanes for free three or more. it's phase one of a project with a goal of creating 22 miles of express lanes up to interstate 380 in south san francisco if

you've ever driven 280 down the peninsula into silicon valley, you've no doubt enjoyed the views of pristine wildland. most of that is a result of a vision a small group of residents had 50 years ago to preserve it from development. their efforts are helping make a better bay area with the expansion of and 65,000 acres of open space abc 7 news reporter david louis shows us why this is special year for the district that acquired those lands from sky 7. you can see how developed the peninsula and silicon valley are that alarms some concerned residents in the early 1970s million people were being added every decade and they saw these green hills and local aglands being eaten up by low slung office buildings and development measure r was passed in 1972 and created the mid peninsula open space district two years later in 1974. the first ninety acres were purchased by his 30 anniversary in 2002. it acquired 47,000 acres creating 25 preserves and this

year as a celebrated its 50th anniversary. it is protected 65,000 acres after. think almost 369 million dollars with cash and financing julie and elder diperno from san jose are among the nearly 4 million visitors each year who visit mid-pence preserves they like to hike at rancho san antonio preserve the district's largest three to four times a week once a week. they do five miles. that's when we go all the way. to the top there. we call it the telephone poles and then we come down and sometimes we bring a picnic lunch here or we have a picnic lunch all the way up. the view is beautiful too even with all the visitors. is a natural habitat and there are mountain lions here, but that is also part of what the open space district does. we are working with on a research study with the puma project on mountain lion interactions with humans and trying to understand better how we can prevent those interactions, which usually don't end well for the mountain lion.

midpin open space district is also focused on wildfire resiliency managing its extensive lands for future generations to enjoy them special events are scheduled throughout this 50th anniversary year details can be found on the midpen website in santa clara county david louie abc 7 news. coming up here next therapy as a lifestyle. how a group is breaking the stigma of mental health and communities of color plus the big wins still blowing across the bay area meteorologist, sandia. the forecast next

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history month, we're highlighting people and organizations working to build a better bay area and return to the south bay tonight with a look at what one group is doing to break the stigma of mental health. in communities of color abc 7 news reporters. zach fuentes has the story. for the last several years mental health has slowly become a less taboo topic but stigma around it still exists particularly in communities of

color. we've been ostracized in a number of ways and this is my one personal theory, but we don't necessarily want to do things that are going to further ostracize us dr. glenna also says that a lot of it may have to do with what it become cultural norms happens in my house stays in my house, but the silicon valley-based african-american community service agency is working to break stigma. we're making it know that therapy as dr. glenna would say therapy is a lifestyle and as opposed to be a part of your lifestyle executive director, milan valentin worked with dr. glenna to help communities. color make that happen black people brown people people of color needed to talk to somebody because of the increase in suicide. just what was happening during the pandemic so speaking to dr. glenn. i saw that she had the ability and skill set to reach people in a particular way, which became our our monday meetings those monday meetings are free virtual therapy sessions open to all that have been happening every

other week since october what these are are 30 minute wellness informational workshops on just various topics, very practical topics with practical information practical. apps faces in it aren't shown and people can chat or email dr. glenn a questions directly slowly, but surely dr. glenna and ballantyn say the stigma is lessening to those considering therapy but feeling unsure dr. glenna says this if you are thinking maybe i should sit down and talk to someone. you should sit down and talk to someone dr. glenna and in both say that one thing that keeps many people from finding therapy is fear of the cost, but there are options dr. has a breakdown of what some of those options are at her website, which you have a link to at abc7news.com and this south bay back fuentes abc 7 news. alright, let's get to that win now dan. yeah meteorologist city because a tracking that sandia obviously, you know, it's been a little bit dry the last few weeks. so there is some fire danger. yeah, absolutely and dan and

alma is because also we're in a drought even though the fuels have more moisture than they would let's say in october this wind is drying the atmosphere. even more so fire danger. is there the concern is there at least take a look at the winds at the lower elevations? they're dropping off compared to earlier august to 16 right now in san jose. so things are looking better at the lower elevations not the case at the higher elevations. this is the view from our mount tam cam and you can see those winds are just blowing things around humidity is low. it's down to 18% in hayward, san jose currently 21% and this is why we are concerned. we do have a advisory that is in effect for until midnight tonight for all of the bay area except solano county until 6 pm santa cruz mountains andhe peninsula coast until 9 pm still a concern that those gusty winds could topple trees. so keep that in mind at the higher elevations in the north bay. we have a high wind warning until midnight guss up to 70

miles an hour certainly could cause some more damage. so live doppler 7 showing you a few passing clouds right now. look at this lovely view from our exploratorium. camera as we look at san francisco 61 in the city low 60s from mountain view to oakland, san jose 58 in santa clara and 54 in half. moon bay golden gate bridge cameras showing you a nice view bright skies is sort of the upside of the wind below 60s petaluma, santa rosa 56, fairfield and 61 right now in concord and san francisco. it's just sparkling tonight under clear skies winds eased tonight chilly morning ahead warming up this weekend through next wednesday and unfortunately no sign of rain through the middle of month, so let me show you the fire danger index. we are still looking at moderate to high risk tonight between six and eight pm. especially over the higher terrain where the winds are stronger. so keep that in mind and then as we head into tomorrow things will get better now, the winds will remain gusty at 6 o'clock tonight as we go into tomorrow morning notice the major drop off which is why those temperatures are going to drop

as well numbers in the morning will be near freezing ukiah falling below freezing 32 lakeport 33 is a 34 in napa mid-30s around livermore 40s around the bay and coast 38 in san jose afternoon highs anywhere from the upper 50s to the mid-60s lot more high cloud cover will filter the sun tomorrow and here is a look at the projection as far as rain. i know this is not good punxsutawney phil's size shadow today, which should mean six more weeks of winter, but this model is not showing anything at least through february 12th, accuweather 7-day forecast. forecast. chilly morning light wind patchy morning. friday and then we're looking at mild sunshine look at the weekend. pictures are trending warmer trending higher i should say and nothing like winter going into next week low to mid 70s. i mean that's spring like inland mid-60s coast side. not what we want to see but i wish i could deliver rain. i don't have anything in there for you. at least not yet. dananama, right? no, there's still some. hope i guess.

yeah. thanks and yeah well coming up next it's two to twenty two and a lot of couples decided that this was a good date to get married. so we had to ask

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year valentine's day has been getting all the for decades, but today a new contender. is one some hearts several couples managed to find enough sign. ends in today's date, february 2nd, 2022 or two two twenty two that they decided to get married the chapel of the san mateo county clerk's office was a little busy. thanks to a few brides and grooms looking to tie the knot and give this day added meeting. well with covid times it was kind of hard. and we're like, let's just get married. let's just do it and why not two two twenty two? i'll be back enough, you know. yeah, congratulations to them officials at the clerk's office. they usually have four maybe five weddings per day. but today they hosted about twice as many legend has it that dates like two to twenty two when all the numbers line up signify health happiness and prosperity and they kind of roll off your tongue. easy to remember too, right? that's true. well, congratulations all those couples today. we're on the estate with david. actually appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley and the dates for

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tonight, breaking news. the states of emergency at this hour. the massive winter storm hitting right now. moving across the country, all the way to the east. more than 130 million americans in the path. 36 states now on alert tonight. highways filled with cars, some places will get more than a foot of snow. heavy ice, rain and brutal cold. tractor trailers halted on interstates. thousands of flights already canceled. the concern in the south tonight, the ice storm alerts in several states. and the timing for washington, d.c., philadelphia, and new york city, bracing for dangerous commutes. ginger zee standing by, she's live in st. louis tonight. the other major headline this evening on russia and ukraine. the u.s. now deploying 3,000 american troops to eastern europe. a response to russia's military buildup alon