first day with the expired mask mandate. i'm going into the store with no masks for some this was a moment of relief while for others. it was more of the same old routine a little bothers. little mind. yeah, that's right a couple years now. yeah, i need a pastrami and swiss but others were elated like this take out deli customer. i'm going with that one because i would have always gone with that one. i think it's a choice you want to wear masks or a mask? you want to stay home. stay home, you know, whatever works for you do it. okay, but what works for me is not concerning about it. so it's a happy day for you. it's a very happy day for me i concerned now, is that lifting the mask mandates while cases are still so high. they're higher than any prior wave in the pandemic still will create a false sense of security that the pandemic is somehow over community groups and alameda county are asking the state for more transparency on why the indoor mandate was

dropped. i think no matter when you do it some people will. it's too soon and some people if you will feel like he should have done in a month ago, you know, so i think now is a reasonable middle point. i think it's it's a more anxious time today because now we have to make that choice of what we're going to do and sometimes choices can be anxiety provoking anytime. there's a tornado we can see when there's cleanup and we can see that there's an end in sight and and this pandemic is ongoing but it's changing as it's ongoing. so this uncertainty of what it's gonna look like even tomorrow can be challenging. all each person can do now if they're vaccinated is make their own decision to mask or to not mask in the east bay. i'm leslie brinkley abc 7 news. all right, santa clara county is

the only bay area county where health officials have kept a mandate in place, but officials there say that could soon change abc 7 news reporter. zach fuentes has that part of the story. sushi confidential restaurants are known throughout the south bay today owner. randy musterer says, he likes so many other businesses have been working hard to keep up with and follow the many changing guidelines brought on by the pandemic after a long two years. he says he's ready for the mask mandate in santa clara county to be dropped. you're not able to see our customers smile. you're not able to see those facial expressions now at the mask mandate lifted a neighboring counties. he's expecting confusion from customers whoive in nearby counties where the mandate lifted customers, you know live in one county work in another and come dine in another so people can travel between multiple counties and for them to even keep track of this it's difficult. so how much longer will santa clara county be holding out before the decision to drop the indoor mask mandate is made

county officials say it may not be too far away. we're optimistic that given what we're seeing right now that the hospitalizations will continue to decrease right now. they say that both utilization in case numbers still aren't where they want them to be last week county public health officer, dr. sarah cody said that they're looking at case rates hospitalizations and vaccinations. the threshold for vaccinations is where it needs to be now case rates and hospitalization goals need to be met. yeah, the numbers have gone down so we had sort of it particular peak. we were about 500 cases in the hospital and now we're slightly about 300. so that trend is definitely encouraging case counts are now just under 1000. once they're below 550 for a week. the goal for case rates will be met if those goals are met soon. the mandate could be lifted in early march a time many look forward to on is the the numbers show that we can be safe in a dining environment without the masks. we're all for that zack fuentes abc 7 news.

the centers for disease control and prevention is expected to update its mass guidance next week in a news briefing today. rochelle wolinsky said the cdc is looking in new metrics for relaxing pandemic guidance including masks and they would deliver that guidance soon right now on our website. i have a full guide on what to know with the statewide mask mandate now lifted. all you have to do is head to for that. latest covid headlines san francisco mayor. london breed says voters sent a clear message last night by recalling three members of the city's school board. the results were overwhelming board president gabriela lopez vice president fauga, maliga and board member allison collins all recalled the yes votes 75-72 and 79 percent respectively. it will now be up to mayor breed to pick their replacements breed told reporters today that the will be the hardest. to make as mayor those are temporary until november when there's another election.

she says putting the students best interest first will be her top priority. we have to put aside. all personality conflicts have to focus our attention. on addressing what is most important? and that is their future says she'll be seeking well-rounded individuals who are focused on their children and their success. she says the new board will face monumental issues from equity to learning laws during the pandemic to the budget deficit the school board. while rare does come amid a rise in recall efforts abc 7 news. anchor liz kreutz joining us now live in the newsroom with more on what summer are calling recall fever in california liz. yeah, larry recall campaigns are on the rise and experts say it's for a variety of reasons a key one being covid-19. in fact, there were 250 recall attempts against school board

members nationwide last year only a fraction made it on the ballot, but as we're seeing an increase in these efforts were also seeing an increase. people including lawmakers saying it's time for recall reform. ever since the recall election of governor gavin newsom last year. it might feel like you're hearing a lot about well recalls right now recalls are having a moment. joshua spiveck is an expert in recall elections. he says recall fever is real partly due to a restaurant covid and partly because people are seeing other people do recalls. he said there was also a surge after the rec. election of governor gray davis in 2003 as with anything else once people see it being used. they think hey, why not make people say we're in recall fever and i don't believe that joel and guardio is a volunteer with the san francisco school board recall campaign. he says their effort was not part of a bigger trend we did something rare and important because the school board was so incompetent speedic says, that's largely true tuesday night's

recall was just the fifth recall election in the city's history. and the first successful one in over 100 years, but after nearly 40 years without a recall election in san francisco. it's notable that this year. there are two in june a recall for district attorney chase a boudin will also be on the ballot so that says something yes, it does say that recalls are possibly easier to get on the ballot social media. internet just emails spreadsheets all of these help make it simpler to get people excited as recall efforts become more common. there's also growing efforts to reform the process in june. san francisco voters will decide whether to approve a recall reform measure that would limit the window when elected officials could be recalled state senator steve glaser from the east bay is also among the lawmakers working to reform the statewide process. he says the bar for recalls should be higher. i just make sure that the standards are high enough to make it be a serious effort.

not just a harassment effort. and senator glazer said he does believe last night's school board recall was a sign of the recall process working as it was intended to be used. joshua spivak said if past recalls or any indication, he does expect recall efforts will begin to dissipate he said recalls do often come in waves larry. yeah, liz stay there. let's bring in abc 7 news insider film material into this conversation and we'll start with this morning's news conference with san francisco. mayor, london breda was was asked about shifting politics in san francisco. it's not about. politics is not about having a progressive or moderate or a liberal idea. it's about my kid used to be. a kid that was and is now quiet and sad and doesn't smile. so phil, what's your take on this was the recall about progressive politics or about competence or lack thereof?

because nationally people are framing this as the backlash against liberal, california policies. whereas locally there were a number of issues with this board. there were and nationally people are going to look at it and say even liberal san francisco progressive. san francisco said enough is enough locally politicians like breed are saying no not so fast, but after all she's a progressive politician, you don't want to be pointing the finger at herself, but where is an issue of priorities, there's progressive politics and then we had the woke and cancellation. the idea of painting over or getting rid of murals about george washington's life and renaming schools. that's what brought. attention to this board initially and then during the covid crisis the idea that they continued on that path and what some people said rather than focusing on getting the school's reopen that became sort of the nail that everybody hung things on. i can't believe my school's not open while they're talking about renaming schools. so it's nomination of both.

all right, liz you mentioned this in your story the upcoming recall effort against jason boudin. is there the same momentum? i mean we've seen with the school board over 70 percent in each of the three cases said we want to get rid of these people. so what about boudin? yeah, i think that's a big question is should chase a boudin be nervous after seeing the results of last night's election from talking to experts i think a little unclear. of course. you should always be nervous. he is facing a recall. but at the same time these efforts. are very different there is some overlap in terms of the overall frustrations about san francisco politics, but as our friends at the san francisco standard pointed out it was easier for the school board recall members and the people behind that effort to gather their signatures than it was for the people behind the chase of boudin effort to gather their signatures. so the people behind each effort are different. i think it's gonna be unclear to see if we were going to see the same kind of momentum yet around the chase of recall, we'll have to see so phil.

is this a change in san francisco politics and the recalls help or hurt as we try to build a better bay area. well, i think it is a change in san francisco politics and one. i think you're going to see you're already starting to see it in the polls throughout the state. it's not a question anymore of priorities or promises. it's about performance. it's about are you doing your job and in this case? it was decided that whatever i might agree with you or disagree with you. quickly as the school board. you're not taking care of the kids and i think that this is what we're going to be seeing going forward is that's the issue. is it better or worse for the bay area? it depends. it's kind of interesting. you would say something like the government recall of governor gavin newsome might have been a distraction on the same people that say that say that this one i'm for it's building a better bay area means priorities in a account accountability. well, sometimes it's a bumpy ride. all right, phil. is thank you very much. this is obviously a story and an

issue that we will continue to follow here as we try to build a better bay area. thank you both. and another related topic as we try to build a better bay area rising rents the bay area among the most expensive in the nation where we fall don't walk the push for jay walking law reform and big designs on a future the young boy whose dreams already coming true. i'm meteorologist sandy patel. it's a bre. and warmer afternoon. i'll let you know if this pattern is

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all-clear has been given in fremont after a fire and hazardous material situation prompted a shelter in place order. this started out as a fire at 7:15 in the morning inside air liquide. that is a company that deals with oxygen and hydrogen for healthcare companies an employee quickly put out the fire, but an unknown chemical released during that blaze prompted some concern and they finally the all clear just before one. mayor of oakland is expressing her appreciation for the men and women who stopped a fire that cleared out a large apartment building the two alarm fires started yesterday evening at a high-rise tower near interstate 880 and 980. so leaving multiple people displaced and injuring three firefighters during an appearance on midday live mayor libby schaaf said thank you to the first responders who prevented that fire from becoming a much bigger problem. my hearts go out to them and their families i certainly

expressed personally my wishes for a speedy recovery. it is just such a reminder the debt of gratitude that we owe these amazing public servants, especially our first responders who have worked at great peril to themselves throughout this pandemic and every day. it took about 60 minutes to put out the blaze which investigators say started somewhere between the fifth and seventh floors a state assembly member who's looking to get one of california's pescuous laws for pedestrians off the books took his pitch to the streets today. walk. san francisco representative phil ting using the streets in front of the civic center to make his latest push for jaywalking reform today. he unveiled to build a revamp how jaywalking is handled by authorities, but really what he

ultimately wants is for california to just stop ticketing pedestrians for jaywalking. ting says it's arbitrarily enforced and the tickets are disproportionately given to people of color or people who just can't afford to pay them. britney spears may soon be headed to washington at the invitation of east bay congressman eric swalwell today the singer posted an image on instagram of a letter she received from swellwell inviting her to testify about her conservatorship. it also congratulates spears for her legal victory which dissolved the court-appointed conservatorship that gave her father power over her personal and financial decisions for 13 years. no word word yet if spears had accepted the invitation but sandia patel did accept our invitation to join us for weather during the four o'clock. you should have a choice, but she still said yes and this year i would never reject an invitation from the two of you larry and kristen, especially

not in four four and four is always fun. all right, let's take a look at our dry stretch. unfortunately, this isn't so much what we want to see san jose 49 days without measurable rain. it's the record driest so far believe it or not on record sfo. san francisco, excuse me, 40 dry days. this is the fourth driest so far. so this is not good. we're in with another beach day in santa cruz as you can see bright skies right now and just in case you're spending time at the coast watch out the wave heights are 11 to 13 feet beach hazard statement through 7 pm tomorrow. there is a higher risk of sneaker waves and rip currents with this swell that's heading in our direction. it's already here temperatures are up four to 12 degrees compared to 24 hours ago and just have a couple of passing clouds. that's about it a little breezy still 24 mile an hour winds half moon bay 24 in livermore as well over the higher elevations. we have this downsloping wind gusts to 39, which is why we

warmed up today and we have 60s and 70s out there. but if you're noticing that you're sneezing more or sniveling more blame it on the tree pollen, it's running high. i know this is impacting many of us juniper pine ash and cedar and this is going to be the trend tomorrow. you can see the trees blowing around in the wind. marciano rafael camera low to mid 60s from san francisco to oakland. got up to 71 in mountain view so far, san jose a mild 69 degrees and along the embarcadero. you can definitely see the flag blowing around in the breeze 75 in santa rosa downsloping wind warming you up around fairfield conquered lows 70s livermore 68 degrees from our san jose camera. the sun is shining to this afternoon clear skies tonight gusty in the hills sonny and mild again tomorrow and we do have a cooler pattern for the weekend. so you look at the winds really they're going to remain gusty especially over some of the northern portion of our viewing area and also over the hills going into early morning and then as we head into eight o'clock winds e b the

afternoon, it'll be much lighter wind which means temperatures not quite as war. as what we saw the last few days. we do have a full moon rising tonight. it's a snow moon so it's gonna be a great view of it. check it out upper 30s to the low 50s clear skies to start off the day for the afternoon. you're looking at lowe's 60s to low 70s. it's going to be pretty sunny for your thursday. and as we check out the accuweather's seven-day forecast a mile day winds will ease for the afternoon low 60s to low 70s filtered sunshine has high clouds drift in and then saturday temperatures coming up. but just as you get used to this idea, it's going to be sharp drop in temperatures and cooler weather gusty conditions expected sunday monday a slight possibility of showers, but models have been not in agreement and backing off lately larry. all right. thank you sandia. check out this really unusual site that was caught on camera near newport beach late last month. this is a dolphin stampede newport landing whale watching

said they estimated this megapod was thousands of dolphins. actually saw one of these off the coast of monterey a few years ago, and it was just hypnotic. i mean there were just going on and going and going the stampede is the collective term for a group of dolphins sleeping in and out of the water. it's magical to watch. think we should just keep watching that who would turn away from that right? but we do have other things to talk about including celebrating the rams super bowl win today in los angeles. i'd rather watch the dolphins than that and a big announcement today on abc 7 news streaming our show abc 7 at 7 the new details about san francisco's 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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today in downtown los angeles as thousands line the streets to celebrate the super bowl champion rams. i have to say this was like a mini parade compared to what we've seen around here with the warriors and the giants the past is like anyway players took turns holding the lombardi trophy including mvp cooper cup the parade route happened by the usc campus at least one student tossed a beard or rams player. and aaron donald was seen out there as well. the rams beat the bengals 23-20 to capture. the team's second ever super bowl title. the chinese new year parade returns to san francisco. this weekend is the biggest parade celebrating the lunar new year outside of asia finishing touches are currently being put on more than a dozen floats. most of them designed in all of them built by the parade guys.

it's been a crew of consistent 10 or so people every day for the last three months hundreds of pounds of glitter hundreds of gallons of paint dozens of truckloads of lumber. hundreds of rolls of mylar well, and the result is going to be amazing. the parade is saturday stepping off from second and market streets at 5:15 pm. it's outdoors. it's with the family. it's good entertainment just go and that'll be a real parade with a lot of people. oh, yeah like that rams nothing like that. oh another sign that things are getting back to normal here in the bay area san francisco pride back in person. this june the announcement was made live this morning on our streaming show abc 7 at 7 abc 7 news. anchor regia keys spoke with ford the new interim executive director and carolyn wiesinger as a prides board president. anticipate that would have a lot of covid safety in place, but for the most part we'll be there together. we'll have our performers. we'll have our parade, you know,

the thing that we're managing right now as a board is stabilizing our organization managing our budget and really how do we emerge from the pandemic, but i can tell you that we will emerge strong and we will be there. suzanne this means that it's the first time we're going to see the full parade and the full celebration happening since 2019. i mean, it's that's when i say that it seems unbelievable that it's been that long but it has and we've certainly missed you. we've missed being a market street. you can't imagine how much the board is missed it and we can't wait to get back. you know, we haven't had any revenue in a couple years. so we to get started, but we're so excited and we want to welcome the community back, and i'm just so honored to be here and i'm happy to boards trusted me with the ferrari. so let's go. that's right. so you're the interim director and i understand that i think it is in june that there's going to be then a search for a full-time director, but this is very exciting because i know suzanne you've been involved with the

board for a long time, but as a trans woman this is a big deal that you are now, you know having this this role. that's right. it's great. it's great to be a trans woman and be out in front. so at least june so i'm excited about that. and you know, i've been working the trans community and i've been working at pride. i've been treasure i've been vice president. i've worked with the sponsorship team. so i you know, i hope all that experience has prepared me for this this awesome role. you can get all the details on festivities at sfpride.org. the announcement was made live on abc 7 at 7. you can stream the live weekdays from 7 to 8 am or watch it anytime on demand with the abc 7 streaming tv app on apple tv android tv fire tv or roku rents may have dropped during the pandemic, but guess what they are heading back up again. we crunched the numbers to see who's got the priciest rent where bay area cities fall and if you're a disney fan, you can

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being treated in the hospitals continues to drop the battle over masking continues abc news reporter morgan nor has the latest more signs the highly contagious omicron variant is in retreat nationwide the new daily case average down by 81% since a month ago and virus-related deaths finally projected to drop in the weeks to come but sadly tens of thousands of americans are still expected to lose their lives. dr. anthony fauci on msnbc you may be done with covid but covid is not done with the united states nor is covid done with the world. we've got to do what it takes to get it to be done for frontline workers at cheshire medical center who are still seeing the aftermath? a surge up close the battle continues. it's really hitting home right now too because when i look around the icu and i look at all the patients that we have unv and i look at their ages. they're they're all younger than me. still many virus weary americans

are looking ahead to the rollback of mandates and protocols california's indoor mask mandate ending today with an exception. schools and in san francisco residents recalled three school board members parents reportedly angry over children being kept home instead of returning to in-person learning our children. they suffered the most and they're still suffering we have to focus our attention on addressing. what is most important and that is their future nationally the cdc also looking to update its mass guidance expected as early as next week. we want to give people a break from things like mask wearing when these metrics are better and then have the ability to reach for them again should things worsen an experts emphasize that vaccines in boosters are the key to beating this pandemic today cdc director, dr. rochelle wilinsky hinting at the possibility of a future requirement for an additional booster morgan warwick. see news, los angeles all right.

let's talk real estate three bay area cities make the top 10 list for most expensive one and two bedroom apartments this according to data analyzed here at abc 7 news these prices reflect the median one bedroom prices that's in spite of rents. not even having fully rebounded from the pandem. get abc 7 news reporter melanie. woodrow has the story. melissa karjianakis is a bay area tech professional but despite her success as she can't afford to live alone in san francisco the elusive dream a one-bedroom in san francisco the abc 7 news data team analyzed data from the website jumper capturing rentals available for people searching for one and two bedroom apartments three bay area cities topped the list of most expensive median one-bedroom rents with san francisco coming in second only to to new york at 2850 a month. san jose coming in forth with 2,390 a month and oakland coming in eighth with 2,100 a month. i wish.

i'd be great cartoonakis says her search has yielded even higher rents. it's shocking how high rates are right now brad hearne is the lead organizer at the housing rights committee of san francisco. he says corporate landlords drive the market up whether it's rent increases or fees or loopholes and existing rent regulations. then it pushes the overall rinse up. don't have enough affordable housing and we need more shanti singh is the communications and legislative director at tenants together a coalition of 50 renters rights organizations across california. she says we should think of renter protections as homelessness prevention once somebody becomes homeless. it is very hard. to get them back into a home again rents in the bay area are likely to continue climbing according to jumper senior market analyst rant is still down in san francisco by 16 percent and it's still the most second most expensive market in the country when looking at two bedrooms the rent costs in san francisco surpassed new york with a median rent of 3,930 a

month in san jose 2870 a month and oakland 2770 a month. jeff andrews says city's rents rebounded in january of 2021 the west coast was a little sluggish to creep back up, especially the bay area, which he says will change us tech companies go back to in-office work so now yeah, it's not looking good and not looking like cartoonakis will be able to■moveout onher own for now in san francisco melanie woodrow abc 7 news frustrating for so many people if you have a story you'd like to see investigated you can contact the i-team yourself go to abc 7 news. tom / i-team, or you can call them one eight you can't live at disneyland, but the company just announced the next best thing that's called story living. this is a line of new residential communities that incorporate the magic of disney first location will be in california's coachella valley abc's ginger zee has a look at what you can expect.

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it's time for the four at four question. have you taken off that mask yet? because today is the day state officials have said all counties can allow people to go. screen, however, not everyone is on board because santa clara county has decided to not drop its own mandate just yet and masks are still required across the state on public transit in hospitals. schools, of course, but most of the bay area can take them off in places like gyms and offices if they are vaccinated so now that you have a choice in most places, would you do anything different? i think dan. probably not at this point. i'm you know, i'm happy when i go through the restaurant take off my mask obviously at the table, that's fine. but as a courtesy and it doesn't do any harm, i'll probably keep it on an indoor settings for the time being why not flu season two, and we've got so used to it it really bother me that much to be honest. yeah. i'm okay for the moment. all right, sandy. i've seen so many businesses that have science essay. we still want you to mask so masks because we can't check to

see who's vaccinated and who's not yeah. i mean, i can't even imagine how tough it is for businesses, but i'll tell you right now kristen. i cannot stand the mask the breakouts. i mean, it's just really hard you look amazing. but yeah, thank you, but i will say that in certain situations like dan mentioned, you know going out to dinner with my family. i have removed my mask. i'm not ready to completely get rid of it. i mean, i think if i'm in a crowded area, i'm still going to wear it like a supermarket. i've had people ask me to continue wearing the mask but had nothing to do with the pandemic is getting even more meta the company formerly known as facebook. now wants to refer to employees as made a mates we pr fail and a staff memo mark zuckerberg shared his vision for the future of the company including changing some of its mission statements that include build awesome things and live in the future along with the new employee term metamates.

a facebook account. i'm sorry changing some things the newsfeed will now just be called the feed wow revolutionary. i i don't know dan help me here. oh, i don't know right are they gonna make them wear robes, too? i mean so funny. i'm still having a hard time converting facebook is such an iconic brand and i understand the reasons behind it or at least i think i do but switching over to meta is hard enough, you know. i mean, i want to make fun of them, but you guys we're cast members, but that's an established thing. it's been for maybe maybe 50 years. just takes time. everybody will want to be a meta mate. i don't know it sounds like something that you mix up and drink. i don't know coffee, mate. all right. it is awkward. yeah, you can learn more about your own ratings on ubers speaking of awkward for the first time. the san francisco based company is letting you see the breakdown

of your ratings as a passenger. basically, you can see how many one stars or two stars three four five star ratings. you've gotten head to settings. are you following this privacy privacy center then swipe right to find where it says. would you like a summary of how you use uber? click see summary then scroll down to ratings and click view my ratings. right to keep those ratings high uber says writers should buckle their seatbelts be ready for pickup be respectful and in timing the door. so who has done that checked out their rating given to them by drivers. okay, i had to look because we ran the story earlier. i'm proud to say i have a 4.89 rating all lives except for one three and i want to know what's driver gave me the three and what did i do wrong? i'm gonna track him down what i do i fear for that driver. yeah, exactly. i think i figured my ratings are okay. they keep picking me up. so i'm not gonna work once they stop it coming to get me out. well, they know you're dan ashley, so that's right. i don't know if it helps.

yeah, yes, exactly. i think they cannot get you if they don't want to if they look at your rating and that's too low right? they can refuse sometimes they just cancel the ride like you think they're coming right or watching and the thing and he's two minutes away and then he's like no. no she has a three. yeah, kristen, this this could live with you for the rest of your life that three. that's true. good haunt you i mean did i eat in the car? i don't. think so maybe you on the phone. she slammed the door. you must just number one pet peeve and i get that. all right. did you give up alcohol for dry january? no, if so, you're not alone a research firm found the 35% of americans 21 and over gave up alcohol for the entire month the previous. i was 21% back in 2019. the goal is to reset your body for the new year, which was a good thing. it's easier than ever now with a growing number of non-alcoholic beverages and cocktails that are hitting store shelves.

so kristen doesn't drink. yeah, san diego hardly drinks down dan doesn't really i'm like the only degenerate up here to talk about this. i'm owning it. i'm owning. i know i didn't know i'm not stopping at least you don't have a three ubery. think about this dan i could stop drinking whenever i want she will never erase the three she's gonna restart. that's true. so i needed to give up chocolate for for january. that's my weakness not alcohol. all the fries dan the cookies for me dan very similar any of your friends stopped drinking or start drinking or any actually a couple, you know a couple of them to for january. yeah. all right. yeah, i think it's great. we'll see what happens in february and march and april because they make up for lost time. yeah, never get that three off the record though. alright classmates. i think we're done with this segment. yep, a short flemish done. we'll be

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month. we're honoring the people in organizations making an impact in the black community right here in the bay area. and today we take you to the cypress mandela training center in west oakland developing the workforce of the future in response to a tragedy from our past abc 7 news race and culture reporter. julian glover shows us how they're building a better bay area one student at a time. you don't get paid to walk you get paid to do it. let's go move it if you want to make it at cypress mandela training center, you got to keep on your toes if you watch me

around here. i'm constantly barking orders quickly as quick as you possibly can safely though those orders preparing the next wave of trade workers in this free 16-week program that even comes with a stipend. oh you're taking too many swings as golden scott and he'll tell you i have wood shop. i have a lot of different things. i don't see that in the youth today being do this and work with them? oh man, it's wonderful, especially when you see the teenagers coming here who've never touched the hammer don't know what a screwdriver is and they get up there and they start playing around the next thing, you know, something beautiful is happening. i owe them everything this being a free program. they've given me a lot. they've given me a future a future born out of one of oakland's darkest moments in cypress mandela is one of the organizations that actually is an outgrowth of the loma prieta earthquake. it's a community response to a tragedy that happened in 1989. your exchange is the executive director the real issue came about where they said. there was no qualified workers in west oakland to work on heavy construction highway.

so that's really the impetus of what cyprus was to help produce qualify people to work on heavy construction and just the history. time program is graduated thousands of black and brown trade workers in the last three decades for residents to make a living livable wage. in transition into the unions after at least 640 hours of hands-on instruction these workers accept jobs at east bay mud bart private construction companies and with additional training take on roles at pg&e. it's a great opportunity for us to provide and give back to those communities that that need a little help michael orange your 2020 graduate of cypress mandela. pg&e power pathways program is just one of the many success stories. i would not be as prepared to earn the role that earned with pg&e but i also want to underscore i would not be as prepared in life cypress. mandela to me is the pinnacle of transitioning into a professional workforce and providing all the necessary

tools needed to be successful 2022 graduate beatrice and dong would agree. that was the only woman in the class, but there were also very supportive and they were welcoming and helpful throughout the 16 weeks my first graduating class i cried. it was really. who's something, you know to see somebody go from one place to another cypress mandela meeting each candidate where they are helping them get to where they want to be. it's only four months and i think it's well worth it. the things that you will gain will be life-changing julian glover abc 7 news. you can see more stories about black history month by going to our abc 7 bay area streaming app available on apple tv android tv fire tv and roku. all right right now we want to turn our attention to the weather. it seems pretty kind of mild the middle of the road there. i say, i mean, there's no normal, but normalish, february. yeah, it's a little bit warmer today, kristen and larry and it is mild outside.

no doubt about it. if we can't see green on the screen on our radar. let's show you green in terms of air quality. it's good. so if you're stepping out tonight beautiful weather you can see from our sutro tower camera good to moderate air quality in the next three days live doppler 7 is showing you the absence of what we really need during the winter, which is rain and for now, we don't have any for the immediate future tomorrow is going to be another sunny. done, although i don't think it's going to be as warm as today lows 60s to low 70s plenty of sun and now i want to show you the one computer model that we've been watching carefully. it is painting a wet picture for early next week. certainly sierra snow possibility of showers here, but the other models are not in agreement. so we're just going with a slight chance of showers the biggest change we're going to notice is between sunday. and monday is the sharp lee cooler weather coming after saturday's warm up and the accuweather seven day forecast shows that when you go from the 70s to the low 60s, it's going to be noticeable larry. kristen sandia thank you tonight

a college student from oakland will try to advance to the semifinals of the jeopardy national college championship claire jackson who goes to spellman college in atlanta. we'll try to earn one of the final spots in the semis the winner of the tournament will take home the 250,000 grand prize and the title of jeopardy national college champion. you can catch the final two quarterfinal matches in prime time at 8pm right here on abc 7. out what you want to do for a living sometimes that can take a lifetime but one budding designer knows exactly what he wants to do and he's only eight years old. what are we doing when we were eight larry? not only that. he's already getting paid to do this the amazi

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abc 7 starting at eight. it's the jeopardy national college championship followed by back-to-back episodes of the chase then don't miss abc 7 news at 11. and eight-year-old boy in missouri is making waves in the fashion world. he's about to design his third clothing line for national website reporter alan shope met with the budding designer. i just kind of followed a little bit of my style eight year old camden mcgraw knows a thing or two about fashion. i think a lot of boys love camera. i mean he really knows this stuff. yeah that little pocket right there captain taking a skills and entering a national design competition on the clothing side zulily. he won meaning he got to design

two different lines of kids clothing for both boys and girls there's a couple colors that i don't like a whole bun. okay, i'm specialty swimwear in mostly blue and with a younger brother to use as a model. he went to work. kind of hard to do but what was going through my mind was that i want to make something comfortable for all kids boy. did he most of his line has already sold out on the website. i've asked him back to design. more close he's going to do a back to school line. i like this. outfit a lot because i love henley's they're so hard to find in store. so camden was one of six winners and he was the only boy he won $6,000 5,000 in cash and a thousand dollars to spend on the website. i just think it's just a good match. he would have never known that this is something that he could do if he wouldn't have given the shot. look at that cool design camden's mother said she he has already received emails from kids who bought his designs that have said how much they love them. that's it for abc 7 news at 4 abc 7 news at five with dan and

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7news. >> the last time san francisco held a recall election was in 1983 against dianne feinstein. it was not successful. 40 years later, san franciscans have voted to remove three school board members. good evening. i ama daetz. dan: and i am dan ashley. streaming on the abc 7 bay area news app. this move by san francisco voters now gives mayor london breed the power to appoint replacements. ama: our reporter tells us what kind of candidates the mayor is looking for. >> my hope is that i can make a decision that san franciscans can be proud of. >>