stadium during the nfc championship game 49ers versus the rams ed left 40 year old niners fan daniel luna from oakland in a medically induced coma 33 year old brian alexis sifuentes roselle from la surrendered to police. he was arrested and charged with felonyar to me mayor -- says that still unreleased surveillance video that he watched shows the brief fight begin with a pushing match in the stadium. lot, he says luna wearing a white niners jersey appears to shove a man possibly wearing a yellow rams jersey the individual white jersey. pushes the individual in the yellow jersey the individual in the yellow jersey. pushes the individual in the white jersey and then strikes him once it appears in the face area. the individual in the white jersey falls backwards hits his head on the pavement doesn't move after that. the mayor says, it's unclear. how the fight started luna is in

stable condition in an la hospital. as of this briefing his condition is not improved or degraded friends and fellow business owners on piedmont avenue in oakland where daniel luna owns mystera restaurant are encouraged about a break in the case. it is great that that know the the investigation is forward and that hopefully we'll be able to move forward he'll be able to move forward with his recovery very quickly. the chief has talked to the mother. she's very grateful that there's an arrest. made, but the suspect's mother told our la sister station has a mother. i only know that i raised three excellent children. i know that my son was attacked first and there was a video please wait until you see the the incident my son reacted as the mayor said it too. it was not an attack. it was simply self-defense the da's office now reviewing the case cornell bernard abc 7 news. and daniel luna's family declined interview requests, but shared this statement with abc 7 news. we appreciate all of the prayers

and support from the community. god bless everyone and keep daniel in your continued prayers our family requests privacy at this time. the mother of an east bay man who died last year during encounter with alameda police is now suing the as well as the officers involved mario gonzalez suffocated when police pinned him to the ground this was during an incident last april. his mother has filed a federal civil. lawsuit saying her son was unjustifiably restrained that lawsuit alleges the three police officers used excessive force the alameda county coroner's office has described gonzalez's death as a homicide. friends and family of alexis gabe are planning another search for her this weekend. jason nursing school graduate disappeared nine days ago and has not been seen or heard from since oak. police called the case suspicious. i spoke with her brother today on getting answers at three. he says lexus is ex-boyfriend told him he last saw her when she left his house in antioch on the night of january 26th her

brother and parents later found her car abandoned in a residential area. he's under carr near her best friend's house. in oakley when we found it, i saw the keys were installing ignition and my cousin opened the door and the car door was unlocked. first and then my parents got there and the first thing they asked me to do was to open that trunk so i opened the chunk and there was nothing there. alexis's brother says her phone goes right to voicemail when he tries to call which concerns them because they say she always had it on her and always answered. two people and their dogs stuck for nearly two full months at a cabin in the sierra had to be rescued by the chp who have video of the helicopter coming in to get them according to the chp that pair had been stranded at a cabin. sierra county since december 6th because of all the one downed trees. they started running low on supplies and then reached out

for help the duo and their dog all lifted to safety. in the south bay the first of two boost band-aids in the city of san jose goes into effect today by next week city employees will be required to be boosted and anyone attending an event of 50 or more will need a booster or negative test as well abc 7 news reporter dustin dorsey explains why the city thinks this is best for health and safety. of the top 40 healthiestnked communities in the country by us news and world report the city of san jose makes up a majority of the population and the city believes. covid-19 vaccine and booster requirements have contributed to that ranking. our party always has been the safety and health of our community as well as our employees. so i think this plays a huge part today. the latest mandate went into effect requiring boosters or negative covid-19 tests at all city-owned facility events over 50 these grandparents visiting their grandchildren in san jose are happy to know their little

ones will be safer omicron is a nasty little virus that spreads very easily. so is a concern and the mess, you know only help a little bit but boosters help a lot. that could help stop the spread that i'm all for it next week another mandate police fire healthcare and other city employees will be required to be boosted around 96% of employees are fully vaccinated and the city anticipates similar compliance with boosters to keep operations running smoothly there have been no impacts, you know as we are heading towards that mandate expiration now many of these employees have already been required to be. boosted santa clara county mandates all county first responders going into high risk settings must receive the extra dose of the covid vaccine on february 1st the county reported around 200 of their 22,000 employees have received letters of intended disciplinary. action for not getting the booster the county says they anticipate to see numbers of non-compliant employees to decline in the coming days.

you're very proud of our highly vaccinated workforce. it just goes back to making sure that you know, we have a healthy and safe. to provide services that are much needed to our community the san jose city employee booster mandate goes into effect, february 11th in santa clara county dustin dorsey abc 7 news. oakland parents and students are continuing their fight today to keep schools open they held prot. before class this morning to rally against a proposal to close or merge more than a dozen, oakland. over the course of the next two years to try to save money abc 7 news reporter. amy hollyfield was at carl monk elementary school. that is one of the schools on the list of possible closures. kids at carl monk school in oakland started their day today with a lesson in advocacy. they gathered with their parents teachers and principal before class this morning and made some noise speaking out against a plan to close their school. this school is important to me because here for five years and

i and it was very fun. and i do not want to leave the school to hear that. they're considering closing the school and all of the uniqueness that it has is really difficult. carl monk is on a list of more than a dozen schools to close or merge in a plan to save up to 14.7 million dollars. the school district says enrollment is down and they need to consolidate saying they can no longer support 80 school buildings in oakland monk for example has 200 students that has the capacity for 300. the parents say closing these schools would do more harm than good and with this school in particular they are not taking into account. how stable of a population we have how the special ed students who are some of the most vulnerable students are happy and thriving here the proportion of money that they say they're going to save is so minuscule and there is so much disruption

and impact and inequity as a result of that small savings. this is not the way to do it district officials say they have to make cuts or face a state or county takeover. the school board is set to vote on the proposed closures on. day in oakland amy holyfield abc 7 news school lunches are about to get healthier. the usda is issuing new nutrition standards schools will be allowed to offer flavored low-fat 1% milk. 80% of grains used must be whole grain and sodium limits are to be lowered by 10 percent. these changes will take effect the 2023-24 school year. bittersweet celebration in dublin today as the alameda county sheriff's recruits graduated in the 172nd class of the regional law enforcement training academy the ceremony took place with one chair empty in honor of 28 year old david nguyen who was fatally shot on interstate 580 in oakland one month ago today. this is a photo of barbara

nguyen accepting a proclamation and honorary diploma on her brothers' behalf speakers pay tribute to david nguyen and expressed pride over the unity showed by his fellow recruits after his death. they also spoke of the significance of their future in law enforcement. we were each now part of family. their character county sheriff's recruits graduated from the academy as did 30 recruits from 13 other agencies. coming up hot market is stellar jobs report and where? are jobs are right now here in the bay area covid milestone the cdc's latest recommendation and the grim mark hit this week plus metalworthy a group of black women who did something no one else could do in world war two and the effort to honor them now. in the weekend forecast is shaping up to be fantastic for outdoor activities. i'll have the latest numbers on.

and you probably noticed some extra haze in the air. i'll let you know if that's going to stick around and get worse as it gets warmer near record highs okay, it's go time. team usa on the largest gig-speed network. which means this mega fan never misses a second.

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hailing a better than expected jobs report for the month of january today the labor department reported the economy created 467,000 jobs last month. it also revised november and december's numbers upward by

some 700,000 jobs. this all came. despite the omicron surge that kept millions of americans home mr. biden says board shows america's job machine is going better than ever. this morning's report caps off my first year as president. and over that period our our created 6.6 million jobs. 6.6 million jobs and today the president also signed an executive order aimed its strengthening union jobs in government construction projects and the bay area is one of the hottest job markets in the country this according to a new survey of more than 2900 companies and that's leading to offers of higher pay and other incentives as we track the economy as part of building a better bay area. eight imported david louis shows us what employers are putting on the table to recruit workers? job seekers in the bay area are in a good position three out of four companies here have told business consulting firm robert half that they're hiring and that gives applicants an edge as

companies compete against each other for talents. they are going to be looking at the bottom line however to remain competitive in this market they're going to need to adjust their salaries and potentially sign on bonuses. robert half found that 47% of bay area companies are offering higher salaries 65% are willing to provide remote working opt. 44% are putting signing bonuses on the table and 40% are offering more paid time off, san jose state university economist. justin. reitz says signing bonuses are a way to hedge against uncertainty in the economy if you're a business, you don't want to have to give a say 10% increase in a wage where maybe you say we'll give you a one-time bonus to keep you happy. and then we'll see what's gonna happen in the now all job sectors are booming construction has seen 5000 job losses in a single month even. as hourly wages have gone up five percent over the past year the steepest increase in 15

years. the reasons include supply chain issues and the rising cost of materials still the hiring boom appears to reflect confidence by companies. the long-term outlook is good. if you're hiring someone that's something that's you're looking at several at least several years out. what are our needs over the next several years. so temporary fluctuations in the stock market probably play less of a role in those decisions demand for contract workers is also strong david louis abc 7 news. san francisco city attorney has filed an amicus brief in seattle's anti-discrimination ordinance suit the ordinance passed in 2018 prohibits landlords from asking tenants about their criminal. history a suit challenging. the law is on appeal in the ninth circuit court the plaintiffs argue a prohibits landlords from conducting criminal background checks on perspective tenants numerous state and local governments have similar fair chance laws including san francisco. not a massive storm hitting

parts of the southwest now heading to the northeast more than 300,000 outages reported across several states. you're talking about ice snow heavy rain pummeling some areas for hours abc news reporter rena roy has the northeast is bracing for another round of severe winter weather on top of all the snow and ice already impacting some areas. i mean it's shattered, but all the little glass flew on me was all over me maureen reagan of massachusetts urging drivers to clean their cars and trucks as this next storm moves in after a chunk of icy snow from a box truck crushed her windshield on the highway every time the car moved. it felt like the windshield was gonna break in even more. parts of the midwest and south hammered with rain ice and snow. frozen power lines and ice covered trees toppling to the ground in tennessee. where more than 134,000 customers reported power outages in memphis cell phone video shows the aftermath of a major

16 car pileup texas thousands losing electricity as the area prepares for more subfreezing temperatures officials keeping a close eye on the power grid which was crippled by a deep freeze less than a year ago. most of the state will continue to experience sub freezing. temperatures for a few more nights the power grid continues to perform well at peak demand during this winter storm this woman stuck in her car for more than 13 hours after a series of accidents on highway in kerrville, nothing's moved. i'm only a mile away from my exit and we have an inch one bit. so it was pretty cool last night. i had plenty of food and water to get me through the night the storm system has stretched more than 2,000 miles not only affecting road travel, but also thousands of flights just about every major airport in the northeast is affected including boston newark laguardia and jfk

rena roy abc news, new york. let's bring in mike nico for more on that storm. i'm looking over your left shoulder there the haze behind you looks. like stuff i don't want to breathe actually. yeah, it's getting close in some areas modesto and also well, what else is out there stockton had unhealthy air for those most sensitive today did quite make its way into our neighborhoods, but it was really close. all right, let's take a look at what's going on as far as our temperatures. it's not gorgeous afternoon. so yeah, the air is good get on out there this late afternoon and enjoy temperatures mainly in the low to mid 60s from 60 in mill valley to american canyon at 63. same thing in napa 64 in rosa ukiah look at that 68 degrees. five of bodega bay in sausalito about 57 elsewhere. we have 57 in colma. look at cupertino about 59, but just down the road san jose 64, san ramon 67, alameda 61, san carlos 62 el sobrante lafayette of about 60. if you're heading out this evening temperatures will drop after the sun sets at 5:36.

to the mid 50s and then some high clouds are rolling and that will slow the cooling down just a touch. i would still dress warmly as temperatures by nine o'clock. we'll hang out around 47 to 49 degrees. here's a look at that haze that larry was talking about and this is going to be around for the better part of the seven day forecast is there's no rain in the forecast. we'll have a light offshore win with high pressure sitting on top of us, which will bring us a warming trip that begins this weekend with near record highs next week. i think we need to start putting wanted posters out. any chance of rain because we're just not seeing anything through at least valent. day, here's a look at our current air quality and you can see yellow just about everywhere and green around santa rosa moving forward. yeah. it doesn't look good if you're hiking in the hills, but it looks like we'll stay moderate. if not, get some good. as we head into sunday monday and not a lot, but at least we'll stay below anything that would harm us especially those most sensitive a few high clouds roam in tonight's the temperatures. maybe a couple degrees.

than this morning with mid-30s to mid 40s from our inland valleys to san francisco. francisco. tomorrow high clouds will decrease from the south and that will open us into low 60s around places like richmond to upper 60 67 in santa rosa and san jose 64 in concord 63 in oakland, fremont, palo alto, san mateo and also san francisco. here's a look at our future cast and you can see those clouds coming in during the overnight hours and then look just as quickly they move out now sunday if you think about going to the beaches there is the threat of a few low clouds so something to think about right now. look how gorgeous and calm and serena is in santa cruz where 6 tomorrow 59 in stinson beach 60 in pacifica potentially even warmer sunday if you're heading to the beach low to mid 60s until you get to santa cruz at about 68 degrees now later next week. we talked about the potential for record highs and here's a look at the forecast seventy to eighty percent above average temperatures. that's the likelihood. so tomorrow 60 to 66 62 to 68

sunday. you can see monday we start to roll into the 70s inland they spread to the bay by tuesday. try to get to the coast wednesday and thursday our hottest days in the days that will be closest to records a few more clouds will roll in friday, but we're still around 66 to 72 degrees. have a good weekend, kristen. all right. thank you, mike. first fridays in oakland are back after another covid delay tonight celebration gets underway up five first friday is a community art event featuring food vendors music along telegraph avenue downtown. it's scheduled for the first friday of each month, but january's event. canceled because of spiking cova cases due to omicron a plea for punishment for unruly passengers. what one airline says needs to be done. and another airline wants to bring back something that could actually lead to more. really passenger

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seen the videos there have been so many of them unruly airline passengers causing chaos mid-flight, and now the ceo of delta airlines is calling for the federal government to place those passengers on a no-fly list, which would bar them from flying on other airlines in a letter to the us attorney general at bastion said the rate of unruly passengers on delta has doubled since 2019 and he believes the no-fly list would serve as a symbol of the consequences. passengers face for not complying with flight crew instructions booze is returning to southwest.

here wine and liquor sales will resume february 16th more news for you. southwest says customers can use their 20 and 2021 drink coupons through this year. so my question is do those drink coupons apply to booze. they do right? yeah. oh i see. yes. yeah, so we're getting back to normal if the alcohol is back. it must be we're getting back to normal. maybe the middle of winter but many of us are ready for summer vacation. well always kind of yes always now might be the best time to book airfare for the summer months if you're looking to score. deal, here's abc news reporter rena roy with a look at how you can get those deals. thinking about your summer vacation time time time time tie and start booking think about booking your flights the same way you think about buying swimwear? it's gonna be most expensive if you buy it during the summer, but you're gonna get the best deals on swimsuits if you buy it during the winter. it's the exact same with flights

by searching in the opposite season. you can find major flight bargains if you wait until the last minute you'll pay the price. i think the cheap last-minute flights is something that was a bit of a pandemic anomaly and in 2022 is going to start to revert back to how it was pre-pandemic. tuesdaytuesdaytuesdaytuesdaytuey explains that airfares are changing. by the day hour and sometimes the minute the best way to think about it is to think in terms of what i call goldilocks windows booking not too early, but also not too. i just right in the middle. kai's recommends booking domestic flights 1 to 3 months in advance of travel and for international flights two to eight months ahead. and so that's why right now in the middle of winter the goldilocks window for summer travel is actually upon us. their benefit

joy, we often make the mistake of thinking about travel is something we enjoyed during that week. we're actually on vacation, but if you look at the research, it turns out we actually get as much if not more joy in the weeks and leading up to a trip then we do on the trip itself rena roy abc news. masks or no masks a masks a masm has some answers dr. alok patel is up next

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its endorsement for moderna's vaccine for adults following approval earlier in the week by the fda up until then it had emergency use authorization. so now it's full authorization more than 900,000 people in the us have died from covid since the start of the pandemic the country hit 800,000 less than two months ago, california hit its own milestones today. the state has topped 80,000 deaths and eight million confirmed cases. dr. relok patel part of the abc 7 news vaccine team joining us now live as always. thanks doc for the time. we talked about the cdc recommendation of moderna. do you really think this is going to have more people going to get vaccinated? i mean, it seems like you've had the opportunity for months and months and months to get a shot. you have larry that's why i don't think we're gonna see some big exodus for people who are hesitant to go get the shot now, but there's a couple positives out here anyone out there who has called the modernist shot experimental that can be put because you've now had two independent review committees

the fj and the cdc give it full authorization. also, there was some concern about the myocarditis and it was confirmed again that it is extremely rare in your far more likely to get that heart inflammation from covid itself then from the vaccine and last but not least a full fta approval means that moderna can go start marketing their product. that sounds very counterintuitive that i'm happy about that. but hopefully that means some targeted education and educating people about mrna vac. and squashing some of that misinformation or there's plenty of that out there. we talked about san jose and their new booster requirement at city-owned venue. so if you want to go to a sharks game the warriors have the same thing at chase center in san francisco. how important do you think it is that people have boosters, especially in larger venues. i think it would have been more important a few months ago. it does feel a little bit interesting that this is happening right now when we're seeing a downtrend in cases and larry this might work here in the bay area but in the group broader landscape only about 40% of eligible americans have gotten boosted so it's gonna be

interesting to see how this impacts attendance if there's gonna be pushback and how that goes, but in terms of controlling the spread and protecting illness yes boosters are the way to go and it's about time. we just fully immunized including the primary. series plus the extra shot if you got j&j or two if you had one of the mrna vaccines, all right, let's continue down that road because some countries in europe denmark england, ireland. they're lifting masked mandates as well as vaccination checks. they're saying this pandemic has entered a whole new phase. do you agree with that? larry it is so hard to compare the e with our country here. i want to put this to rest right now because a lot of people out there are saying hey look at denmark. they lifted everything. why can't we do that here? denmark is nine times smaller than california. you can't compare the two countries denmark also has an 80% vaccination rate 60% of people in denmark. on their booster denmark has had about 3,800 covid deaths. so the start of pandemic we've had more than that since

tuesday. it is very difficult to compare our country to just denmark. i think that regionally we need to start revisiting restrictions and slowly lifting them based on metrics. absolutely, but we can't collectively all 50 states say we're going to lift everything because the eu did our numbers are astronomically different. all right a new study from the california department of public health found people who wear the n95. respirators indoors about 80% less likely to test positive for covid than those who do not wear mask. well this changed some of the recommendations. i kind of feel i know the answer, but i'll ask the question anyway. you know, i think this changes anyone's mind who is doubting the effectiveness of n95 to study showed that you know a cloth mask was better than no mask and a surgical mask is better than that and 95 being the best but there's a couple limitations in the study. there was only 520 people they looked at the study also didn't account for things like physical distancing ventilation. how long people stayed in those settings? so i do see a future

potentially. god forbid. there's another but in a high-risk setting such as in the hospital there might be recommendation to work at 95's, but i don't necessarily see this changing general recommendations, but anyone out there who wants the best level of protection? is it just more evidence that n95 is the top of the line? best way to kind of look for a mask in terms of form and fit this study just proves it even further if we do not see some other variant pop up and spread like wildfire. what do you think the next couple of months look like? the next couple of months larry looked like us talking about life with this moving towards and endemic place. we brought up denmark earlier. you saw me get heated denmark also does not have surging hospital capacities. that's what we want to see in the next few months. we want to see a place where we no longer have those long er wait times. we don't have any more full icus and any localized outbreaks are not going to disrupt our normal way of life. that's when we can start talking about letting this virus live in the background and we can finally say we don't have to call it a pandemic anymore. you know what? i want to see doc. me in person

in studio you in person? yes nailed it with baby laura yes. actually i was not refers ladies and gentlemen, that was spontaneous. that was spontaneous. i want to see her more than actually, but you have she's ready. she's ready uncle larry. she's coming. all right. thanks, doc you too, sir? thank you. all right our abc 7 news vaccine team is here to answer your questions head to abc 7 news.com slash vaccine. click on the giant blue box and submit your question baby. elora gets ratings larry. yes. well, that's what we're looking for here. valentine's day is just around the corner, but you might already be too late for one

it's time now for the four at four a little advice for you if you plan on ordering flowers for valentine's day place your order now because hours across the country are facing supply chain issues that are threatening to leave them short of flowers. february is always a big month for flower sales largely because of valentine's day, but because of the pandemic this is the second year in a row that many shipments of flowers some of which come from the country may not make it to their destination on time 10 days. dan ten days. i know don't blow it right place your orders now. i wish we could buy them now because there's so much cheaper, but they won't keep until that time. yeah, dan, they'll go bad if you buy now. yeah, i know here, you know, the old the rolling stones song dead

flowers. that's what you have. oh, i need to ask kristen some advice. oh, yeah do it half to get flowers or can i get something alternative? that could be just as nice and equally danger will robinson right in my opinion and i'm just one woman. it doesn't have to be flowers. it could be anything. that's thoughtful. you know, would you have in mind mike chocolates? are you thinking chocolate? i got to be bigger than that if you're substituting flowers, except to hawaii. yes. yes, very romantic. why are they mutually exclusive mike? why don't you give both right? well, they'll be flowers wait or chocolates waiting in in fact that chocolate i think we need to help mike. we need to help mike out a little bit off camera later on. we're gonna do a gofundme level here the bar so high yeah with a valentine's day approaching a twist on a childhood favorite, but mike think about this build-a-bear. let's launch just a series of stuffed animals for adults. this is this is going to get you

out of the dog house. it's called a build-a-bear after dark. hmm. the concept was announced on the company's facebook page. you can get yourself a who wears this feelings on his chest? oh, that's cute or one who's got a big heart. there's paulette the rabbit. that's cute. yeah. yes. paul is very cute. and reddit. what is paula? is that champagne in the leather skirt what i have many questions. about the direction polite is heading with her life. this is after dark. yeah, it is just and yeah, you got you got the bottle of bubbly. there's a spice things up. alright, i was not expecting that dan. no me neither, but you know right when the kids were little did build-a-bear and it's fun. it's great. it's really fun. it's very interesting to see if they get adults to go might be fun first date or something for people icebreaker type of an evening for adults, but that's cute fun. we'll just add that to mike's. i was what the flowers and the candy and the trip to hawaii and why yeah, i was gonna circle

back to that because there's a build-a-bear in downtown disney and maybe trip to disney, but i don't think they'll have these bears at that one. oh, i don't know but i will say i know they have very fashionable plethora of clothing outfit choices. we're going to spend so much. money on this he'll be better off because of roses. you're right. all right, you may notice something a little different on your twitter feed today the down vote buttons global rollout is now underway. it's the downward pointing arrow next to the likes the downbow button is not public. it's just online feedback for twitter. so it will have a better idea of what you actually want to see if you haven't gathered hitting the downvote arrow means you don't like it. so maybe it's just giving you know, twitter or so they improve the algorithm and serve you up things that you like better. i don't know but you know if you use reddit a lot, you're used to the down vote, you know, so i don't want to see anything if i just down without having download on most social media the whole thing. just no.

please don't do that to me, please. what but down vote you. yeah, no, your thumbs up mike. always come through with flowers until very you too. no, i don't need i don't need the flowers. i'm trying to keep you. if you understand what the goal is, yes, i'm just glad it's not public because i can see if you can download someone publicly and they can see it that could lead to even more. right, right. that's true as it's true. we don't have enough. conflict on social media you gave me a download that actually i know where you live. i know right? all right a family in new zealand has some amazing video of their vacation. they couldn't have shot this themselves. we don't think it's a bird's-eye view of one of the country's national parks and they owe it all to this parrot who swiped the families go for. oh, he's god. he's a thief. this is wow magnificent footage. he is. he's a tremendous photographer. the camera was set down on the balcony and the bird grabbed it

the family eventually found the gopro. this guy's covering a lot of territory here how they found the gopro. oh, he's landed. it. looks like he's landed that is so cool and they found out a large rock nearby. let's see. the only way you can get that is like if dan if you had a wing suit. oh, yeah, that might not end as well. no, that doesn't typically the landings are all that's pretty cool. i have to say that's you know the gopers i've seen i guess they are small and smaller a time, but for a bird that seems like it's a fairly heavy thing to carry, but maybe not very cool. i like it. is how it ended like was that at the video that was the end of it after that that was a draw he dropped it and then they went on a search and they found the gopro. i know you told us larry that it ended up on a big rock, but i as soon as i thought well we must have found it because we see the video, but that's yeah really unique perspective. cool. very cool. all right, that's it for the all right, that's it for the four care coalition, it's so good to see you all! alright! let's brainstorm. any ideas for new members? i'd like to nominate alaska airlines.

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a better bay area involves imp san francisco bay itself and an environmental group is right in the middle of a project to do just that. dan ashley's back in the newsroom with a closer look. hey, dan. hey larry. thanks. so that's right. this is really interesting. it's a new way of looking at the levees that surround the bay. as you fly along ravenswood pond with droneview 7 hard to spot the design evolution taking place on the ground of the shoreline near highway 101 in menlo park is being turned into example of what 21st century

levies could look like around the bay area and the country while we're looking at here is a native plant called. and yarrow jesse olson is the habitat restoration director at saved the bay. the environmental group is using native plants to green nearly 10 acres of what's known as a horizontal levy. it's a gently sloping stretch of land connecting bidwell park to surrounding salt ponds, and i think a lot of people moving into the future are thinking of more nature-based solutions for these levies. so traditionally you might be used to a harden are like riprap and now we're thinking how could we protect the shoreline and also provide additional benefits to accomplish that vision the safe of a team has been growing plants in a makeshift nursery a short distance away scores of volunteers have joined forces to plant the area by hand. after an agricultural team placed the original materials using heavy equipment right now. it doesn't look. much because they're only in our first year, but from a trained eye you can already see those native plants coming up the

project also echoes a movement across the country with a growing threat from climate change and sea level rise many environmental groups. say we need alternatives to simply building higher levies and taller seawolves. natalie snyder is with the environmental defense fund late last year the group joined nearly a hundred other organizations in drafting a letter to the army corps of engineers. it called on the court to refocus its planning. coordinate your based solutions, so it doesn't have to be these strong seawalls, which know actually harm the environment and are not sustainable in the long term with climate change here at home save the bay believes the ravenswood project can act as a pilot for future planning perhaps becoming a model for major shoreline projects. we are learning a lot here. hopefully, we'll see success and that will be something we can share. let's hope that's the case save the bay is also planning to expand the project soon to include another stretch of a horizontal levy in the same area. keep you posted on that

eventually greening more than 25 acres in all interesting work. they're doing larry and kristen as you can say excellent. yeah, absolutely. thank you dad you bet. all right the weather although it's a little pretty out there. it's also kind of hazy. what is going on mike it is it's kind of closing off our ability to see our green hills out there, but it's not unhealthy and that's the good sign. so let's take a look at what's going on as far as your forecast throughout the evening hours. we'll still hold on to the mid 50s to near 60 as we head up into the next 11 minutes or so, and then we'll drop into the mid-upper 50s with increasing high clouds from north to south. so if you want to do som stng, they'll be a little filtered during the overnight. course, how about yard work? how about no, but just in case you are doing it, how about mid-60s tomorrow afternoon with that increasing sunshine may have to wear some sunscreen. all right, beautiful shot of oakland from emeryville. don't forget we've got that tree pollen that's going to remain high through the weekend up in the high country. nice weekend temperatures around 46. both afternoons high clouds and

sunshine tomorrow and temperature and hot sunshine i should say for sunday. here's a look at tuesday and wednesday our warmest day and thursday. second warmest day and those are the days that we could threaten some record high temperatures record highs next week wednesday. thursday run between 74 and 80 degrees. we'll be on the low end of that. it's possible. wow. right. thanks mike if you've ever wanted to pitch a product or business idea on the hit ab. show shark tank. now's your chance the show began taking applications for contestants for season 14 of the show today casting director, mindy zamrak offers some tips to our shopping important during our streaming newscast abc 7 at 7. tell us about your backstory and your journey because that certainly is why most people have created a business or product and then also make sure that you tell us any sales any patents and the big thing is to tell us how you're different and unique from any other competitors or products out there and that hopefully will get get you to the step in our process.

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battalion that served overseas in world war two is on the last leg of a long journey to finally receive recognition 75 years later abc news reporter faitha. boubay has a look at what the battalion did that was so special about world war two those who fought against hitler and his axis alliance. hey, we got a job. let's get this done, but you've probably never heard of a battalion of black women raising them morale of millions of servicemen overseas. it was just after d-day in 19444 allied troops were rapidly moving through europe and millions of pieces of undelivered mail for america's armed forces were piling up we helped each other. worked with each other retired major fanny griffin mclendon of the women's army corps now 101 years old was a supervisor in the 688 central postal directory battalion a group made up of all black women and credited with clearing a two-year backlog of

letters and packages from family members back home to their loved ones fighting on the front lines. they prevailed for others feel they were not the first retired colonel edna cummings an advocate for this largely unrecognized group says the six triple-a they were called comprised the only black members of the women's army corps to deploy to europe during world war two the army thought it would take six months to clear the backlog, justin, birmingham. in but they reduce the backlog in three months then returning home from the war with no fanfare. i'd never occurred to me that anybody would be. standing outside of fort dixon rather than say hey, they're homeless, whatever. they never got a parade. they never got a salute brenda partridge. brown says she never knew her mother willie bell irving partridge was part of the battalion until a simple google search nearly 20 years after her mother's dad. i can't explain to you what i felt that day. my heart almost stopped only six

of the original 855 were believed to still be alive. and now the battalion is close to getting the recognition many say is long overdue. it's sad that my mom's not here and my husband's not here the senate unanimously passing a bill for that unit to receive the congressional gold medal, but it's a waiting action in the house. it just makes the world to me to know that my mother's service was not in bang it never to me that we were even be considered for a medal. of any kind unsung and unlikelyy war he rose now closer than ever to getting the recognition. they deserve faith. abubay abc news, washington it's a long time coming, but glad it's here in honor of black history month. we have a shelf of curated stories that you can watch on our abc 7 bay area connected tv app. it's available on apple tv android tv fire tv and roku. check it out 24/7 on our

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building a better bay area moving forward find solutions, this is abc 7 news. proposed school closures in oakland. good evening. i'm amidates and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us sky 7 is live over downtown oakland. the group has started to march from city hall to school district offices. this is one of several protests that have happened this week. the school board board is set to vote tuesday on there to close merge or downsize more than a dozen campuses abc 7 news senior education reporter land. melendez is live with more on these last-minute efforts the question. i suppose land is will they make a difference? will they help?

well, you know down they just couldn't sit there and do nothing right, you