one. deliberate union high school district voted to no longer enforce mask wearing inside. it comes to weeks before the statewide mandate expires. >> we will not remove the kid from the classroom anymore. we will give them the education they deserve. ryan: eric stone barker says before this week, students who refused to mask up would be removed and sent home. >> we were removing kids from the classroom and having their parents pick them up. then, shortly after that, the parents refused to come pick them up. ryan: the school board president says he does not see the point in waiting two weeks. the teachers union says this put some an illegal bind. >> the resolution the board has passed has compelled us to breka the law --break the law and not enforce the students to wear their masks. ryan: hillary pedrotti is the

president of the liberty education association and teachers at liberty high school. she says teachers are in a double -- difficult spot. >> what the union is proposing is this action on the board to tell the teachers to do something illegal. ryan: stone barker understands the concern for teachers but says the goal is to do what is best for students. mr. stonebarger: it put seminal uncomfortable position. i don't disagree. ryan: pedrotti doesn't know why the board could not have waited two weeks. ms. pedrotti: wait so we can lawfully have the option that masks or no masks in the school. ryan: in brentwood, ryan curry. larry: in santa clara county, you no longer have to wear a mask in most places and boards and you will not need a booster chart shot to enter facilities. amy has a look at the changes that took effect today. amy: from the grocery store to the gym, now go inside in santa

clara county without a mask, whether vaccinated or not. this is the last county in the bay to drop the mandate. the general manager at this 24 hour fitness in san jose says he has been hearing about it. >> they talk and ask about it every day. they have waited for this day for a long time. we have seen masks throw up in the world -- air my graduation hats because everybody is so excited to. take their masks off. >> i am happy about it. i need to work out and not suffocate. amy: the health officer says masks are still recommended indoors and we saw plenty of people working out and shopping with masks. >> makes me more comfortable. i don't know the status of anyone else or whether there vaccinated. amy: the san jose city council eliminated another covid restriction, the booster requirement. you can now attend a large event like a concert at the sap center without showing proof of being boosted. residence we spoke to said timing for these changes feels right.

>> yeah, i think it is kind of gradually --time to gradually get back to being normal and things being normal again. amy: if you do come to the grocery store today, do not forget your mask good you do not have to wear it here but it is required in settings such as public transportation and health care facilities good san jose, amy hollyfield. kristen: the white house released a sweeping new 96-page strategy for fighting covid today. making more free, rapid test available next week, the plan aims to set up pharmacy clinics by the end of the month. staff will hand out free antiviral pills to people who test positive. there is a new goal of producing one billion vaccine doses per year, three times the u.s. population. this hinges on congress approving the money for it. kristen: as we emerge from the pandemic, masks are coming off in restriction's are going away. the question is will officer

workers returned to downtown san francisco's once thriving financial district? cornell barnard live in san francisco with details. cornell: you are right. masks are coming off. covid restrictions are being lifted. some office workers are slowly returning back to the place they were two years ago. not everybody is ready to go back to the office with small business owners really hoping they will. >> it was very bad. we kind of were scared to come in. it was basically ghost town here. cornell: he has owned this stationery store in the embarcadero center for eight years. he is waiting for many customers to return, some of them office workers. >> i never thought of shutting my business. that's our bread and butter. cornell: there are encouraging signs. more people on the street and more commuters heading to work in their cars. >> it is a slow ride across the bridge. cornell: google announcing they

plan to start a hybrid work model april 4, telling bay area employees they must work three days in the office, the other two days from home. >> there is a need to work face-to-face interactions and creativity. looking forward to those companies convening to come back to san francisco. employees on the street and small businesses benefit. cornell: workers are in no hurry to get back. spending just one day in the office. >> i think i enjoy the people connection. still, i miss it, so i think it's good the way it is hybrid for me. cornell: the mayor pushing for more employers to bring workers back to the business district. her office as the mayor has been working with organizations like the chamber of commerce and talking to business leaders, announcing shared commitment to return to the office. we will have more specifics soon. there is a lot of support for san francisco and bring workers back, though we know things will look different moving forward, to allow for flexibility in the workplace. experts say weekly office

attendance is 25% with the slow uptake forward. >> our calculus is buildings already in safe and they have been for the past year and a half. we just need people to have the right mentality and employers to say it's time to go back. cornell: there is a 20% increase in bookings at the moscone he center since december, the busiest month expected to be june. more encouraging signs on the road back to normal. jacques is optimistic. jacques: i see a moment and i am optimistic things will get better, and better and better. cornell: later this week, mayor breed plans to reveal details on a plan, working with business leaders and employers to bring workers back to the office. why? the city's long-term tax revenue depends on this. live in san francisco, cornell barnard,. abc7news. larry: is there any insight into how long it might take before downtown is as vibrant as it was pre-pandemic? a lot of companies are talking

about the best hybrid situations, three days on, two days off. it does not sound like people would return in droves, not initially at least. cornell: the experts say the hybrid situations may always be with us in some form or another. sf travel says it may be 24 -- 2025 before travel, before convention business, returns to pre-pandemic levels. larry: thank you. another sign of san francisco's comeback, the food truck company off the grid is relaunching its business lunch initiative. food trucks returned to popular spots today that closed two. years ago because of covid. . off the grade says it is betting on workers returning. it is excited to serve lunch once again. every week, food trumps -- trucks will be there monday, wednesday, and friday, and levis plaza tuesday through friday. next month, they will launch its 5m location in soma.

kristen: there was an outpouring of support for former ufc champion who is accused of a ttempted murder. a crowd of people wearing shirts showed up in hit -- san jose for his first court appearance after a car to car shooting monday. court documents show he was targeting 40-year-old harry berart jr., accused of molesting. his four-year-old relatives. . he shot his stepfather, in the driver seat, and not a suspect in the molestation case. demand is expected to recover. his legal team arrested -- requested his arraignment be postponed until monday. oakley sheriffs deputies decided a body inside a home serving a search warrant for an unrelated crime. police say the death is suspicious with two people detained, but do not call them suspects. the police chief says officers have been out to the house a few times before but he did not have details.

larry: stanford university stocker star is identified as the student found dead on campus yesterday. 22-year-old katie meier was found in her dorm room. cause of death unreleased. meier was a senior, captain and goalkeeper for that women's soccer team, freshman in 2019, reading the cardinals to the ncaa championship, making to keep safes in the penalty shootout. kristen: governor newsom set a date for his state of the state speech. it will be next tuesday, march 8. governor newsom will speak in sacramento, his address live-streamed on social media. larry: the bay area people stepping up to help ukraine. robbing the homeless, a new coalition teaming up. dozens of agencies. the question is can i make a difference? protecting your privacy, the calls to keep kids safe online. ♪ ♪ thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer are living in the moment and taking ibrance.

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( ♪ ) (laughter) ( ♪ ) kristen: the coalition on homelessness has a report on coordinated entry, the system san francisco uses for connecting on house people with services. the process the system uses to help individuals and families according to the coalition is difficult to navigate and the system used to quantify the needs of on house is unfair. >> you really need to transition to a system that is more about connecting people to the great resource that works for them,

instead of giving them a store -- score that does not capture the needs people have and doesn't do a fair assessment of what resources. kristen: the coalition based its report on its outreach to more than 80 who have experienced homelessness and interviews with 16 homeless service providers. larry: 30 organizations are banding together to fight homelessness in san francisco, yet another effort to try to get some sort of control on the problem and help the homeless. phil matier joining us with a closer look so what is this program, what are they hoping to accomplish? phil: it is called the urban vision alliance and what we are seeing here is an effort to be both political and practical in terms of solutions. on the political front, the group is a counter or out onto the coalition of homeless, probably one of the most effective lobbyist groups in the city of san francisco. they basically have been the policy centers in the city for

years. people say it needs to have other voices in their, and that is what this group could be doing. the other thing is raising money. the first goal is to raise money for one of the oldest self-help groups out there, the salvation army. it is an interesting twist, larry, because what the salvation army does is they are the old-school alcoholics anonymous type. sobriety is the answer. sobriety out of the gate. not any of what we call harm reduction, which is provide people with meals or provide them with alternate drugs. in other words, taking up slowly or trying to accommodate them. their goal is to get you off drugs, into housing, and into a job. that takes time and money. larry: why did it take so long to get all of these groups together, and the second part of the question is, would you have 30 groups? it is hard to get 30 people to agree to anything. you are already talking about the salvation army having one approach and others having another. will it work? phil: whether it works or not,

it remains to be seen, but right now, i will tell you that some of the supervisors i have talked with are sort of frustrated to the point they are ready to try anything. why did it take so long? we have over 100 nonprofits in san francisco, some small and serve meals, others not hand out methadone, to the people that do huge developments to incorporate affordable housing. that comes under the umbrella of nonprofits, independent of what the city does. demand contracts with the cityu. is a confused, tangled group. it takes a long time for anything to come together on this. the other part of it is the finances of it. i mean, there will be a lot of money being spent in the next couple of years on homelessness. the governor has made it a top priority and he is putting billions towards it. the question is, what are the new coalitions going to do and deliver? will it make a difference?

well, you know, one thing we had a problem with in san francisco is we have all these groups, all these good intentions, and do not have accountability. the question is, are they going to be able to raise the money, and are they going to be able to do it? yes, we will keep an eye on it because what we have seen right now is a lot of effort,, but not a lot of return. larry: you mentioned the effort. this is not a new problem. it seems we have thrown money and throwing more money, throwing more money, do you think this will be any different if we can really get kind of a coalition together and everybody cooperating to get something done? phil: let me tell you what might make a difference. we would have a new group formed. we had a coalition on the homeless. they are the ones that have dictated the policy. some people say it is failed because it doesn't have enough money. it doesn't have enough housing. some of those things are never going to be enough.

this group is going to concentrate on what can be done. larry, that is not a small difference. what should be done, versus what can be done, and if we get more realistic, we might get results. that's part of building a better bay area. your trying to make it better. you cannot make it the best wordperfect. if we have groups that say we can move it forward, that would be a change, as far as homeless policy in san francisco goes. kristen: steady improvement. we take it at this point. you will stay on top of this program. . i know. abc 7 insider phil matier. thanks. larry: oakland's mayor says the city is getting tougher on illegal dumping. kristen:a new find is in place of $1000 per day for every cubic yard of trash dumped in the wrong place. the mayor said the city will have less trouble catching violators thanks to 11 to hold them accountable. mayor: we have 10, high quality,

security cameras, we announced when we were putting the first one, but the other nine will be well-kept secrets. we can bmmove them around. kristen: there are options if you are unsure how to get rid of large amounts of trash. the last saturday of every month is freedom day, when you can take the bulk of trash to the city disposal yard. if you have questions of when and where to get rid of items,. call 311 let's kristen: turn to the weather kristen:. welcome changes coming. mike: brain on the way" are temperatures in the snow level that could dust our mountains by saturday afternoon. let's show you the temperatures. we will start in inland east bay. 69-72 degrees with the filtered sunshine and it is almost as warm in places like nevada, san jose 69, hayward 67. 68 san carlos. cooler along the coast into san francisco, 60 to 61.

gorgeous shot of the onshore breeze, bringing some of those leftover, low clouds and fog from the morning. it made the commute treacherous across the bay bridge. that could happen again tomorrow. waves of wet weather starting tonight so the mob temperatures are over thanks to the change. this will continue through saturday with hail, gravel of snow possible, blustery and chilly for all of us, and that is early saturday and the warming trend is much calmer, starting sunday. they shot it showing the same bank of fog. earlier this morning, it was playing limbo with the bay bridge, sliding under. we don't see that very often. i put her on social media to see it. this evening, very comfortable away from the coast. 50's until 9:00. upper 60's elsewhere and mid 50's at 7:00. near 50 by the time of 11:00. some does tonight, modern than this morning, 42 santa rosa 250 san francisco. notice the rain, light in the north bay during the overnight

hours, and tomorrow, we will turn it to scattered showers and state one on the storm impact scale but never turns 10 degrees cooler with upper 50's to low 60's good as we talked about, the river is becoming more parallel to the coast but will bring us rain and showers and snow level down to 2500 feet. it blustery and chilly conditions and here is the low responsible and the low will stay over the ocean and keep the heaviest amount of rain. the best chance of thunderstorms will be in socal with heavier rain. future radar, 11:00, pretty quiet and through tomorrow, i to moderate rain up in the north bay but the air will be so saturated that we could have some mist and drizzle everywhere tomorrow and periods of rain rolling through as we head into the afternoon and evening hours. the least likely area for rain will be the south bay tomorrow and also our inland east bay neighborhoods and here comes like water temperatures with the showers friday, lasting through at least saturday morning. then, they are outta and here's a look at the rainfall totals. up in north bay and along the

coast, we are nearing have an edge, even three quarters into cloverdale, and the rest of us, less than a quarter of an inch. we come back with the last -- next whether it will take a look at how much snow and how fast the winds will be. the winds will be ok until the evening hours tomorrow and pick up friday and look at the temperature, mid to upper 50's same thing saturday. sunday a little breezy but not as fast and the sun will come out and it will feel better. it definitely better for outdoor activity sunday and monday through wednesday, sunshine, clouds, it will feel like spring again. larry: lyft rental bikes could disappear from san francisco streets. concerned about price hikes has the city exploring new options. one would be san francisco's own bike share program. the other would be a system operated by another entity. the third is a system publicly owned by privately operated. district five supervisor dean preston once the city to own and operate its own bieskeshare program.

>> i view bark -- bike share as part of our public transportation system in san francisco. the city runs buses and i would like to see it where we also are in complete control of a bikeshare program. larry: if san francisco took over its own system, the city would need to pay $33 million for bikes and docks, in addition to operating costs from $13 billion to $18 million. kristen: your children and safety online. the report out today hours after the president's plea to protect their privacy. larry: letters hidden in a closet for decades seeing the light of day. the romance found within them, the romance found within them, the romance found within them, at jp morgan, the only definition of wealth that matters is yours. it can be a smaller house, but a bigger nest egg. a goal to work toward, or the freedom to walk away. with 200 years of experience, personalized advice,

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kristen: one issue president biden called for last night was children's online privacy strengthening. pres. biden: it is time to band targeted advertising to children and strengthen privacy protections. demand to stop collecting personal data on our children. kristen: abc reporter david louis with a reaction from privacy advocates on why this is an issue that cannot be delayed. david: children's advocates are worried the pandemic is letting kids spend more time than ever online. sometimes for school but also for entertainment and social media. who's monitoring their privacy? a new survey by palo alto.

>> half we surveyed were notre t regularly monitoring. that was a big shock. 80% of them were concerned about online privacy. david: his research says there are 2000 apps on a 13,000, directed at children, that collect location data of kids and have no detective privacy policy. a bipartisan effort is underway to update the children's online privacy protection act of 1998. out of 9 million ask existing, many that should identify children do not. >> almost 100,000 apps are navigated toward children. it is disclosing 10 to 20,000 apps. >> that is a huge gap. >> that is a huge gap. david: an app intended for adults over time may have broadened their appeal to kids in some cases. the founder of common media says the revision seems to broaden

the law to include teens up to 16. >> that is a major step forward. currently, it is 12 and honor and also, to strengthen the protection of children and teens' data so it cannot be absorbed by large tech companies who are trying to shadow them everywhere they go. david: in palo alto, davey lily -- david louis. larry: tiktok is under investigation in several states including california for harm it may be causing to children. california attorney general rob bonta announced plans to look at how the popular social media platform promotes itself to kids and young adults and whether the company is violating state consumer protection laws. investigators will look at the techniques used by tiktok to boost young user engagement. kristen: do sanctions against russia today as we learn new details about what is happening on the ground in ukraine. larry: here in the united states, we meet a russian-ukrainian couple, sharing their prof

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larry: president biden says it appears russia is intentionally targeting civilians as the kremlin continues to wage war in ukraine. the u.s. is imposing new restrictions and sanctions on the kremlin and russian elites. faith abubey with the latest. faith: tense moments at a rare emergency meeting on the u.n. general assembly as an overwhelming norm burke of member nations denounce russia for its deadly military attack on ukraine. >> russia's actions go against everything this body stands for. david: 140 one u.n. member

states supporting the resolution condemning russia and calling on the kremlin to immediately withdraw troops from ukraine good this as russian forces are said to be escalating indiscriminate attacks on civilians in ukraine appeared west of the nation's capital, video showing rescue workers running at the and debris, trying to save lives after a russian cruise missile reportedly lasted a hospital in a residential neighborhood. >> we are looking closely at what is happening in ukraine, including what is happening to civilians. we are taking account of it and documenting it. david: the white house unveiling new sanctions, restrictions russia and belarus including a ban on the export of russian oil and gas extraction equipment and refining technology. the department of justice announcing a new task force that will target russian oligarchs and their assets. many are already facing tough restrictions for global financial institutions. the faa making it clear the u.s. may intercept and detain crews of any russian aircraft that

violate u.s. airspace. president biden previewing the announcement during the state of the union address. >> i am announcing we will join our allies in closing off american space to all russian flights. david: we now know as ukrainian forces continue fighting back against the russian troops, the kremlin suffers significant casualties. the russian defense ministry says for the first time 500 troops have been killed in russia's war in ukraine. faith abubey, abc news. larry: remember the teenager known for tracking tesla ceo elon musk's private jet? he is targeting prudent and russian oligarchs. 19-year-old jack sweeney launched two new twitter handles, putinjet and areyouoligarchjets. they show live pictures of aircraft associate with putin and oligarchs good -- oligarchs. kristen: local nonprofits

helping those who landed in the bay area. they are counting on volunteers to step up. reporter: half a million people already fleeing the country and local nonprofits are readying to welcome some of them to the bay area. jay packed is the coexecutive director of refugee and immigrant transitions. >> we will be ready because we need to be ready. david: agencies and supporting nonprofits are still working to settle afghan evacuees while also building back resources. >> dismantling a lot of resettlement agencies under the last administration, organizations have been underwhelmed. david: volunteers stepping up to fill the void. >> we have had an amazing, amazing turnout and sort of outpouring of support from volunteers. reporter: volunteers will continue to be key ars more ukrainians arrived to the bay area. >> it is important that we get

people rallying behind this in a timely fashion and prepare for the influx to come. reporter: monica is a volunteer with nova ukraine, the nonprofit helping organize volunteers. monica: we anticipate having a need for helping the families adjust to life in the state, anything from getting a drivers license to rolling your children in school. reporter: the most urgent need she says is for immigration lawyers willing to work pro bono. >> ideally, these firms and attorneys are russian or ukrainian speaking, as a lot of the documentation will be in russian and ukrainian and a lot of families will have somewhat of a language barrier. reporter:reporter: another barrier is housing. it is unclear how many ukrainians will land in the area, but finding homes will be tough. monica: we might have orphans, so if you can offer any housing to families, orphan children,

that is another thing we are looking into so reach out. reporter: if you cannot give your time, you can donate by going to nova ukraine's website. >> the goal is $2 million and as of five minutes ago, i checked and it was $5 million so please donate their. reporter: tara campbell, abc7news. larry: people from the bay area finding all sorts of ways to support ukrainians, including a ukrainian-russian food truck owner who plans to donate a portion of his proceeds. karina nova live in the newsroom with their story. karina: we spoke to the owner of the food truck and as you can imagine, he was emotional today, moving here as a ukrainian refugee from to have in 1979. he and his wife, russian, on the food truck. he started his business in 2017,, serving ukrainian and russian foods. igor tells us he is lucky to be here in the united states but cannot stop worrying about his

friends overseas, wondering how all of this could just be happening. igor: it's a tragedy. it's a tragedy americcan government let it happen. it is a tragedy the russian government let it happen. it is a tragedy for the ukrainian people who are stuck in the middle. it is tough. i'm lucky. very fortunate. didn't think it would get worse. karina: bucky is here, he says he is doing what he can, to keep cooking and donating. you now is getting 15% of his food truck sales to world central kitchen as long as the conflict continues. that nonprofit is serving thousands of fresh meals to ukrainians fleeing, the country and the people there too. he tells me he hopes people find his food truck and support the american people -- ukrainian people in this small way. larry: thank you. to get the latest information on the prices -- crisis, use the

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larry: yesterday, mlb canceled the first week of the season after failing to reach an

agreement with the players union on a collective bargaining agreement. no talks scheduled at this point. the owners lock the players out in the december and the two sides are far apart on key issues. players involved in negotiations including alex wood are accusing the owners of creating a false impression about optimism, hours before the deadline, as a way to cast blame on the players for scuttling a deal. the impasse remains. for me, i cannot imagine being more tone deaf you look at all the things going on in the world . we have a war going on. we are trying to emerge from the pandemic after two years. inflation is rising and we have billionaires and millionaires fighting over where the lodge -- luxury tax line should be drawn. really? meteorologist: the optics are awful. i can understand from the players' point of you wanting to get a lower floor or higher floor for those on their first contract. i believe baseball has the longest first contract of any major league sports. it is always the second contract

when you really start to make the money in those are the salaries they are trying out. it is not all the other players making the league minimum, 700 thousand dollars, 750 thousand dollars, and not $30 million or $40 million a year such as kershaw. i feel bad for other people normally have jobs this time of year in spring training, that are sitting at home. larry: they get forgotten in all of this. kristen: the home opener here is april 8 right now. we are not going to see gains until april 7. it could go past but but hopefully it happens for the giants on april 8. they have please plan on playing at home. the marlins. fingers crossed. figured out. larry: they better start negotiating tomorrow. kristen: to make that happen. i don't think it will happen but, you know. karina: under the table. uncertainty over the federal mask mandate where airplanes and public transit. kristen: the mandate is set to expire march 18 but it could be extended. the tsa tells the washington

post is assessing the situation with the cdc. the mask issue prompted complaints about unruly passengers and physical altercations on planes and airports. according to the post, the faa proposed $1 million in fines to passengers, while the tsa has issued $400,000 in penalties. you know, i was just reading an article that had so many reasons on why you should keep masking, like even when they are not required, on airplanes specifically. i think i might just do that. you're sitting literally a foot away from someone you don't know. cold, flu, whatever. karina: and that is what i have heard from so many people, saying when i am on an airplane, you're sitting close to somebody without a lot of space. your breathing all over each other. people say they will continue wearing the masks. if the person next to you does not want to wear it, it will be fine after they figure it out. you know what? we have all been healthier by wearing these. if it prevents someone sneezing and getting all over you on airplane, you know, i know, the

image of that, but that is what happens before we started wearing masks. larry: i'll be save my n95, best mask for my flights. i always take them and wear them. that may be something i continue to do into the future. they say that air gets circulated every five or six seconds. karina: yeah. larry: it will be interesting how that works out. mike: there have been too many altercations up in the skies. mark your calendars, apple fans, the tech giant announcing it will host an event next week expected to unveil a new budget iphone. it has been purported apple will unveil a model of the iphone at ce that is budget friendly. bloomberg is reporting the company will reveal a new ipad air. that will be broadcast on apple's website tuesday at 10:00 a.m.. are you excited about the stuff? i don't even know what a budget iphone means. under $1000?

under $700? kristen: we have somebody on the inside who knows. mike: i have no idea. i think i have annexed are? 10? something? it excites me because i am a technology geek and like to see what they are coming up with. well i buy it? probably not. kristen: i will like it when it is less than $20. how about that? larry: what kind of phone are you -- you using? karina: the one the kids bought, the plastic ones at the toy store. kristen: i don't get quite excited about new gadgets. you had to pry the blackberry out of my hands. i was like, what? i want to keep using the blackberry. karina: the blackberry, i remember those days. larry: grandpa told me about those. karina: thank you. calling me a grandma? larry: no. kristen: this next story, under don't try this at home or don't try this at all. that is a man in a kayak, sliding down the steep hill,

during a torrential rainstorm in australia. his wife shot the video and says she and her husband were bored at home, during the flooding. larry: whoa! kristen: so they decided to just bring out the kayak. you have been to australia, larry. are these the brave and slightly crazy folks we see there? mike: what do you mean don't try this at home? i want to try this at home. if only i had a kayak to push down the hill, i might have my neighbor go first and see how it ends up. it is perfect! what is wrong with that? it is recreation. it gives you something. they have been in lockdown far more severely than we have been or anybody else in the world has been. they have to release somehow. kristen: it is not that different from sliding down a snowy golf course. right? karina, you do it. karina: they said they did it because they were bored. i can think of one million other things to do when i am bored,

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kristen: time for consumer news. larry: michael finney here with a look at today's headlines. michael: the california attorney general's office has issued a consumer warning for t-mobile cu stomers. last august, t-mobile reported a data breach that exposed customers' data including names,

birthdates, drivers, and social security license numbers. at least 6 millions californians are affected. some data is for sale in the dark lab -- web. the company that has made epipen has agreed to a 600 -- $264 million settlement in a price gouging lawsuit, alleging it conspired with pfizer to delay a generic version so it could maintain a monopoly. epipen is an auto injectable device that delivers a life-saving medication to people experiencing severe allergic reactions. pardon me. to reserve chair jerome powell says he is inclined to support .25% interest rate hike this month but says he is keeping an eye on economic impact created by the war in ukraine. he says short-term interest rate is currently at .25%.

raising rates leads to higher borrowing costs for credit cards, car loans, mortgages, everything. kristen: they had plans to bump it. larry: now you don't know the certainty. karina: data want the price of oil going up. larry: thank you, michael. kristen: a new piece of cultural art is on display in alameda county and it is the work of kids from the neighborhood. community leaders unveiled a new mural today in ashland artwork covers the outside of a mexican restaurant. it was created by kids at reach efflandt -- ashland youth center, part of a program called community capital policing. love it. hey, that fog! i was a little puzzled, because we had not seen it in sometime. mike: it will be back again tomorrow, not as quite as thick in some areas but definitely there was a superheat -- soupy air mass, rain, and showers. good morning commute, it is only

the north bay that has measurable rain while the rest of us have missed in drizzle as the air mass gets infused with moisture you can see by the end of the evening commute, inland, east bay, and southbay not receiving much in the way of wet weather. friday, the showers finally broke through. we will see rain totals start to build into other areas. starting friday morning, pretty quiet except along the coast. 20-40 mph gusts. by the afternoon, 30 to 40, dealing with crosswinds on our east-west bridges. hold ont those sterring weheels. dining outside is probably not that great with 20-30 mph winds. 25 hours, snow level around 250 feet, what accumulation it's. up to 14 inches on peaks. snow level by saturday, if you are taking about traveling, drive down with. a little bit of a dusting. . what we need to do, some of us,

grabbed the umbrella, the closer you are to the coast. larry: we will take every signal drop. thank you. major countries around the world are signing off on a treaty to combat plastic pollution. 175 countries endorsed a u.n. resolution to create a legally binding agreement to battle the worldwide issue. supporters believe the treaty is a great first step because it addresses the entire lifecycle of plastic pollution. it could compel rules around single-use plastics and sources of pollution like micro classics you don't want that in the ocean. kristen: a secret because ike and a box full of surprises. larry: the discovery a woman made and what she learned about the person behind its contents. ♪

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kristen: the bold does goldberg's at 8:00, then a million little things at 10:00 followed by abc7news at 11:00. to a true love story, love letters discovered deccan dates after they were written, hidden in a secret compartment in a closet. the treasure trove was a love story for the ages. here is reporter will gantz. will: a hidden box of love letters, found more than half a century after they were written. >> into the back of the attic crawlspace is what i'm calling it and there are two boxes of

letters and it very notebook-esque from decades ago. will: discovering an entryway into a crawlspace and she never knew it was in her richmond, virginia home. anna: there was a door that opened this way and had a latch. i never noticed it before because there was a dresser in front of it. will: 100 letters written in the early 1950's, addressed to betty sue mcgee. anna: there were a lot of military boots -- dudes shooting their shot on betty sue. will: the 1950's equivalent of sliding into dm's. the most romantic coming and that's from a man named vance long. . i love you with all my heart. already i am waiting until i can hold you close again and have that wonderful feeling of walking on a cloud return. i miss you something awful. all my love, vance. anna: i was like, i have to find the family of these people because this is cool.

will: she turned to facebook for help tracking down the family and with the dates, she was in touch with a man named dalton long three miles away -- 300 miles away, confirming they tied the knot and were married for more than 50 years. dalton does the couple well because he is their grandson and grew up with them in a house where anna now lives. will: other than distant memories of when he was a kid, a few ohtani pictures, he did not know much. to be able to have words not only a letter but 100 letters, how cool is that? ♪ each of his letters with "hi, honey" so she turned this into a movie or book, "hi,honey" will be the title. abc7news is always dreaming 24/7. get the tv up and join us whenever you want, wherever you are. that is it for abc7news at 4:00.

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