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first, governor newsom has launched a new advisory council and physical fitness and mental well-being. there are some bay area luminaries on the list who might know a thing or two about fitness. brandi chastain, kristi yamaguchi, and 49er legend ronnie lott. check out ronnie and action -- in action. so many super bowls. ronnie lott has four sup championship rings, he is one of the greatest is a ter and philanthropist. welcome to the show, ronnie lott. hi, ronnie. >> hello, how are you? kristen: i'm doing great. i'm excited you are here. i didn't embarrass you with that introduction, did i? >> not at all. it looked like like and -- black and white television to me.

kristen: you know what? you were amazing whether it was black and white video or color. it was just -- those were the days. you definitely know about fitness. when i saw you and jennifer were cochairs on mental fitness and well-being we had to have you on. tell us how this came about. >> it came about with the idea of trying to help young people. i've been doing that for such a long time. i'm very excited about the opportunity to help so many young people throughout california. then on top of that, i think when you think of the governor and you think of the first lady -- knowing what they are trying to accomplish -- i think what they are trying to make sure is that we have a healthy group of kids trying to find ways to use their imagination to be able to create -- to be able to find ways to give back to have enjoyed -- get back to having

joy and having fun. one thing i loved when i watched the warriors is not the way that they played basketball, it is a way that they enjoyed the game and the way that they go out and have fun. that's what we are hoping to try to do. to make sure that kids have fun. that kids enjoy. that they are excited about competition and excited about how to lose and all the good things that come along with sports. kristen: and that is so, so important, because we have reported a lot about seeing a measurable decline in physical fitness and mental health due to the pandemic. but especially in kids. i know you are just starting and there are lots of ideas, but what tangible things can you see that you would like to push as part of this initiative, to really make a positive difference? >> first of all, it starts with reaching down and talking to young people.

one of the things i know that all of us can do is make sure that we can encourage kids to just understand how to do that. then the other thing i would say that's very common is what we are seeing right here -- teaching. when you are teaching and helping kids understand the motivation of why you should have fun and sports, i think that is key as well. we have a lot of great people that are equipped to be able to make those things happen. and i think one of the great things is when you have teammates like i have, especially when you mentioned brandi, kristi, when you think about what they were able to accomplish, to me, they are the gold standard. they are the gold standards because they understand that just a game, but they understand life and how to win, they understand losing. they understand so many great qualities for all of us. we get a chance to learn from

them and they get a chance to learn from so many great young people out there. because kids out there have their stories as well. kristen: keep us posted as you start to roll out initiatives in the coming months. i know you also are a big fan -- from the 49er days, what kind of things are you doing? you've been busy with your own charity, all-stars helping kids. i know you provide a lot of support to nonprofits doing good work. tell us what you guys do there. >> it's pretty simple, what we try to do is give people chances. one of the great things is when you're in a huddle with the group, like the groups that we have, they are rookies. what we find a lot of times is when you have rookies in your camp, they need resources, they need to learn, they need to expand themselves and understand how they can get better. what we try to do is bring all those resources, and we try to find ways to make sure that they are equipped so they can move to

the next level. when you think about life, that's what you are really trying to do. you are trying to do that with young people, with business leaders, with all types of people -- because once you show them an opportunity in their life where they can go and get better, they will take it and run with it. kristen: alright, ronnie, i have got to ask you this, the 49ers had a tough loss to the rams in the nfc championship game -- i know that broke your heart. >> yes, it did. kristen: all signs is that the niners will trade jimmy garoppolo. what are your thoughts on the jimmy g. era for the 49ers, how he changed and how it will be remembered? >> imagine this -- you are a quarterback and you go to the super bowl two times. you go two times and you do it in three years. so there is something to me that maybe we are kind of missing? and what i mean by that is,

when you win, there's a reason why you win. sometimes i think we get lost in the fact that that last game for do, takinisea playoffs,e shoulk possibly getting to the super yea two times, toea >>e alspecat b make, s rdbewh shown tt can cad he was able to go to green bay and win a big game.

a big game against the number one team. kristen: as you talk about defense, i can't help but think, is anyone thinking, ronnie, stood up for this one game -- suit up for this one game~ >> that's not what we want. [laughter] kristen: i'm going to take this a little more serious -- to a more serious topic because it's in the headlines today, the nfl continues to wrestle with racial equality, highlighted by the lawsuit filed by the fire miami coach brian florez, accusing the league and teams of discriminating against him and other black coaches in hiring. what's your perspective on this? >> my perspective is that, i wish bill walsh was still here. the reason i say that is, bill had a game plan. he had laid out an opportunity to make sure that none of this would happen. he found a way to make sure that guys could not only understand what to do in terms of coaching,

but how to interact with the executives of these teams. so to me, i miss him, but i know that he had a plan. he had two great coaches. rhodes, they were phenomenal. there are some things that we could learn from bill. and there are things that i know that we should look back at and try to use some of those things. then the other person is by far one of the best that i know. when he was able to do with the 49ers -- what he was able to do with the 49ers, you have people like that in the league to try to figure out had to institute some of the things that bill and ha rry has been able to do, trying to get this back going in the right direction. because there are too many great black coaches that really need a

chance and an opportunity. and to me, that's what we're fighting for. and we are fighting for the fact that you've got some guys that really great at what they do. and they love what they do. and they haven't been able to get a shot. kristen: ronnie, thank you so much for that. i know we lost your video, otherwise i would talk to you for another 15 minutes if i could. before you go, super bowl, rams or bengals? >> i'm going bengals. the reason i'm going bengals is it's hard for me to go for the rams. [laughter] kristen: totally. i agree with you. thank you so much, ronnie lott. great talking with you. congratulations on being part of the governor's council on physical fitness and mental well-being. we hope to talk to you again soon. >> thank you very much. have a great one. kristen: 49 are -- kristen:kristen: 49 are great ronnie lott. san francisco is close to closing a serial killer mystery.

kristen: today we are taking you back to the 1970's san francisco. for many it was a cultural hub full of life. for others there were seals -- there were fears of a serial killer. they believe the doodler killed at least five people, possibly a sixth. he got the nickname because he sketched pictures of men before lowering them to their eventual death -- luring them to their eventual death. just last month, police gave us a big update to the unsolved case. joining us like to talk about is the san francisco chronicle reporter, kevin fagan. also the host of the podcast "the doodler."

police just doubled the reward for information leading to this killer. this is so strange. it's been so long. he may or may not be alive. what's behind it. >> well, the investigators and san francisco police they have made some good headway on this, they just need more chips to push the sting over the line. they added a probable six victim -- sixth victim to the list of people that they are pretty sure were killed. there is some evidence in the case that has some real promise, possible dna connections to the killings, and if they canom it t a tip from this $200,000 reward now, double than what they offered a couple years ago. they are hoping they can put something together. it's been almost 50 years. there's a lot of time on a cold case like that.

i think they are making headway. kristen: for those who don't remember, tell us about andrew's. -- about andrews. i know he was assaulted and was found several weeks later. tell us a little bit more about him and how he had similarities to the doodler case. >> he was a lawyer. he wound up being found beaten nearly to death below the usf ship memorial. he was under some bushes, it was alongside the water. a cliff, alongside the water. it had all the hard marks -- it had all the hallmarks of a doodler killing. gay men would go to the bushes and the beach, because there

were still some wells on the books, you had to kind of hide if you wanted to hook up with other guys. the theory was that the doodler pulled up the knife and want to stab him and he fought with the guy. he was a pretty big guy. he lost the knife, it went tumbling off the cliff, so the doodler picked up the nearest thing he could find which was a tree branch and a rock and beat the heck out of andrews and left him there for dead. he was flown up to seattle by his family and several weeks later he never woke up again. he died of the injuries. kristen: so sad. he said the victims were all gay white men. do investigator's have a profile of the killer? >> they have a pretty good idea of who he seemed to be. the prevailing theory was that he was wrestling with

feelings of homosexuality. back then. being a serial killer, he had some mental issues, some kind of psychosis. the theory is that he was picking up these guys in bars, making doodles of them, taking them to hook up spots, starting to have sex, having some of the sex, it is really unclear how far this one, then killed to them. it's like you are going out to act on your impulses, then killing the guy that you did this with is almost like erasing them. it is a twisted way of thinking about it. of course everyone who is conflicted about their homosexuality or whoever was conflicted about it did not go out and kill people. it is really -- it is just bizarre and very sad. kristen: revisiting this case reminds us how different the atmosphere was just a little over 40 years ago. has there ever been an actual suspect named? >> there was a suspect not

named, by name, but there was a suspect -- the two men investigators back then circled in on. it was this famous homicide team. guilford and sanders later became chief. they were the first black homicide team in san francisco. they worked at thing pretty hard. they got some good tips. -- they worked this thing pretty hard. they got some good tips. the sketch you've got there, there were survivors of the doodler's later attacks that generated the sketch, that generated a tip, they went and interviewed the man who they were pointed to, they had a pretty good idea that they had the guy and they could not nail it in. there was not really any good evidence left at the scene. he didn't drop a wallet. he didn't drop a ring or a watch, dna wasn't even a thing back then. kristen: right, right.

so much has developed technology was that will hopefully lead them to the killer. have you talked to family members since this latest development? >> yeah, it is -- they are hoping. i spoke to andrews' sister. had a conversation with steven'' sister. a wonderful drag queen performer at the bars back then. there were dozens of bars. it was a great scene of gay liberation. performance and freedom. and also oppression. because like i said, this was back when there were sodomy laws, cross-dressing laws -- it was a tough time. the family is hopeful. they or not -- they are not -- cautiously hopeful i guess you could say because it's been so long.

this eight part podcast series i did that ran before the summer, in it, he is giving them hope. he brought it forward. in a way that hasn't been done in decades. kristen: kevin, thank you so much for talking about this case. the doodler. the podcast is at the doodler pod dot com. it is fascinating and important. kevin, thank you so much for your time. >> thanks for having me. appreciate it. kristen: coming up next, more than just a hobby -- a san francisco high school student is getting a lot of attention for her

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do just that that -- we bring your wonderful story. a story of making the best out of a bad situation. san francisco unified schools were closed for the most part all last year to and person learning. -- in person learning. but a high school senior decided she would take learning into her own hands, literally. >> it all started when it was quarantined. but couldn't get my nails done at a salon. so i started to do nails myself. i started with poly gel. kristen: joining us to share this story is the director of multimedia, sophie bierman. >> thanks for having me. kristen: of course. i love this. who is that incredible 17-year-old we saw there? >> that is gianna careno, 17-year-old at lowell high school here in san francisco. she was at home for the majority of the pandemic, learning from home. she would always -- she always had a hobby

for nails and a passion for art, but she decided to leverage that chance to be at home to start her own mail business from her parents' garage. kristen: before we go any further with this amazing story, do we call her a manicurist, nail technician? nail artist is more appropriate. >> such a great question, she says nail technician, she would love nail artist, too. down the line she wants to learn eyelashes in cosmetology school, she is excited about the whole field. kristen: he said she's always known she was a kid -- since she was a kid that she enjoyed doing nails. during the pandemic she decided to turn a hobby into a business. how do you get started with a business? word-of-mouth? what does she do? >> she started with friends and family definitely. already her family members knew she had a talent for doing nails. she tells the story of being

six or seven years old and locking the door and just painting her own nails and her aunts being amazed by what she would come up with. but now she an instagram page, nails by gianna. some people that have found her online as well. kristen: this is video that you guys shared with us. these are some of her incredible designs. your nails are kind of like the canvas. then you saw the garage you talked about. being her home salon, if you will. how much does she charge? i imagine this must take a lot of time to do each one. >> it is actually extremely time-consuming, we were there filming with her. just doing one person's acrylic nails can take three to four hours. it's definitely a range. she asked for deposits when you book with her of $10. it is a range depending on what the customer wants. even more than the money, for janitors has been a boost for her self-confidence.

she described herself as someone who was a little bit shy at school. especially in a place like lowell, really academically rigorous. although she is great at math and science angela's philosophy, she sorta found herself coming out of her shell with the nailed art -- nail art she is doing. kristen: she's indicated this is an atypical career to go to cosmetology school and wanted -- wanting to become a nail artist because it is a high achieving academic school and you have a lot of would-be doctors and lawyers, and silicon valley programmers. >> that's exactly right. that's one of the reasons we really love the story. is that there are a lot of kids who see themselves on a pretty straight track. to certain colleges. maybe they want to become doctors. gianna never really saw that for herself. her parents at first were a little bit skeptical about this business of hers. they thought, is this the right use of our time?

but she says they've totally come on board once they have seen how she has learned marketing skills. of course every client she has, she improves her craft. so she's pretty set now on cosmetology school for herself. kristen: just amazing. the instagram account is nails by gianna. check it out. we can continue to chat on facebook live. we have flexed to the san francisco standard's other original reporting on our website

kristen: governor newsom has announced

the indoor mass mandate will not be renewed when it expires on february 15 and eight days -- in eight days. he said the case rate has decreased in california tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. the deadly shooting at a supermarket. also news on the pandemic. the states in the northeast planning to lift mask mandates. and what president biden has declared late today while standing beside germany's new chancellor at the white house when it comes to russia. first tonight, the pandemic. new jersey, delaware, and connecticut, too, making moves on mask mandates. plans to lift the mandates, then leaving the decision to schools. will new york follow suit? what new york's governor is now saying tonight. and dr. jha this evening. does he agree with this idea? also developing as we come on the air tonight, the manhunt now under way for the gunman who opened fire at a supermarket. the surveillance images already coming in. tonight, north of the

border, the growing protests spreading to the u.s. border.