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offices and the fort lee signs and union square, the half filled hotels downtown. plagued by the pandemic, the mayor offering some hope for recovery will not be easy. it will not be quick. but it is coming. it's coming. san francisco is coming back and signs of that come back at the ferry building. linda walker works for a company returning to the office today. it's nice to have lunch with my co workers, so i'm happy about that happy to be back, but she's not sure how long it will last. we are not going to be back full time. we're going to do sort of a hybrid, and we may eventually just go to remote. only it's a similar situation for daniel's bank. he has a choice of whether
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to go into the office. and he hopes it stays that way. i think everybody is kind of on the same page where we have the ability to go into the office if you would like to having that flexibility is really nice for linda walker. it's the commute. that's the deterrent to downtown . i miss the absence of a commute very, very much. i am much more productive. without having to spend an hour on a train the mayor pointing to public transit not only as a convenience but also as a key to her climate policy, getting people out of their cars, creating dense, walkable neighborhoods like the ones we're building right here on this waterfront. that's climate action. the mayor also put the spotlight on those struggling with mental health and addiction . we're adding hundreds of treatment beds. working with community partners. we will launch an overdose prevention program and the first drug sobering center in our city's history. now public safety was
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another pillar of the mayor's speech today, calling a lack of police step, a crisis, she says it's paramount that they start to fill the police academies here in san francisco in the newsroom, terry campbell abc. seven news, tara. thank you. joining me now is abc seven news insider film material, phil? i don't think i've seen london breed the mayor smile as much in the past two years as she did today. give me your thoughts, or are you smiling as well given the state of the city address? well i'm smiling in hope. but as the mayor also pointed out in her address, there is work to do, and it's not going to be easy in order to get san francisco back. she's got to get conventioneers and commuters back. and that means she's got to resell the city. it can't just be the city where people walk out of walgreens with bags full of stolen merchandise. it can't just be the city of people sleeping in tents on the sidewalks and using drugs. she's got to get the city clean. she's got to get it up. she's got to
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get it running. she knows that but along with that comes a number of challenges. which i've got, to be honest with. you are pretty daunting. what's the most immediate challenge? well, let's take for example, what you're seeing right now. the tents on the streets. what's your message is we've got to get them off the streets and cleaned up. not with new programs. not with new money. but what what we have now , whatever themes was nuts and bolts. get it done with what we've got one of our big challenges getting cops before we had the defund police or reimagining policing. now we have just a straight shortage of it. 37 officers left last year either retired or moved on to other departments. so far this year over a dozen or doing it virtually every pay period. it's a big drain, and people are not signing up for the academy's. she knows that as well in a year or two. she's got to have that reversed. it's going to be tough, so she's got to get the businesses back in. she's got to get the streets clean. and by the way in between, she's got to fix the schools with three key appointments. for those recalled school board members that made
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again national news on san francisco's dime. obviously you know, nobody has dealt with the pandemic for the past 100 years. but how would you say this state of the city address compared to past mayoral addresses? like not any big ideas. she made a point of not benny making any big proposals. larry, we're not talking about building new arenas or stadiums or new streets or anything like that she's talking about the work is cut out in front of us. we've got to do it and we've got to be accountable and see that the job gets done, you know, building a better bay area means building not necessarily just designing new ideas in this taking what you have and making the best of it because the rest of the bay area this is part of the biggest economic engine from tourism to tech for everybody from san rafael to san leandro, and it's keep for the whole region to get san francisco back up and running at full force. well speeches, one thing we'll see what actions follow it, phil. thank you. some encouraging news
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today about the pandemic, according to the world health organization, new global cases have dropped by 5% over the past week. and hawaii is now the final state to drop its indoor mask mandate. puerto rico a. u s territory is expected to lift its mandate tomorrow. pfizer is testing a covid 19 antiviral treatment for children, the company announced today. it started the 2nd and 3rd test phases for paxil of it in children ages. 6 to 17. the fda has authorized the drug for emergency use. a group of santa clara university set to take effect next week, but as abc 7 news reporter dustin dorsey explains one bay area doctor believes covid vaccine mandates will always be part of education going forward. santa clara a group of group ofp non-students cheer out against santa clara university. this has two students and children's health defense, california are suing the university over its covid-19 booster mandate starting next
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week. my college careers in jeopardy. i really just want to be here to study and be with my friends this for me has nothing to do with politics or anti-vax pro-vax stuff. this is simply my own medical. safety that i'm the students on the lawsuit. she says she had an adverse reaction to the original covid-19 vaccine and the university isn't giving her medical exemption. the other student is her friend jackson drucker some of the children's health defense california's co-founder druker asked the supporters to put signs down while he spoke because he agrees the lawsuit is not about politics. no one was willing to put their foot down. but thank god. my mom is whoever she is and so with her help i was able to put the foot down and find many other people similar to me who also are tired of it and well want to take a stand mandates are falling across the bay area. so should school vaccine requirements change doctors across the country have widely expressed support for covid vaccines as a safe and effective
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tool to protect students. and teachers ucss dr. peter chinhong is one of those doctors and he believes these vaccine mandates will remain with cases coming down sure. we take masks off, but when we get a vaccine just like when we require measles months rubella diphtheria tetanus and pertussis to get into college. it's not really about the now. it's for the future. we reached out to santa clara university, but they declined a comment on the lawsuit the deadline for students and staff to submit their booster status is march 17th. santa clara dustin dorsey abc 7 news today kaiser permanente marked the two-year anniversary of the pandemic with an important message that everyone needs to act together when it comes to the ongoing fight against the virus. have to remain on guard for the next variance. as we should we have the meanings to protect ourselves and to protect each other. to do that in partnership with each other? dr. stephen parody is the clinical lead for kaiser
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permanente's coronavirus response. he says we need to continue the drumbeat for people to get vaccinated and for those who have received their shots to stay up to date new developments now, and it's not good news if you're a giants or an a's fan major league baseball just canceled games through april 13th because of the ongoing lockout the league in the players association have once again failed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement. they were negotiating well until last night. came back today. the international draft seems to be the lone issue holding everything's up. so everything up so the baseball's commissioner pulled the plug on two more regular season series. they had previously canceled march 31st as opening day in the first two series of the season when they missed a prior deadline now the earliest opening day could take place is april 14th. it's complicated corporation saying by to russia, but why are some so much slower than others gas guzzlers rising gas prices and the effects you'll soon be feeling and will not talking about at the pump and celebrating women's history month with a woman who's got
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store clerk was shot and killed overnight in benicia. the victim is being described as a very generous in family focused man. abc 7 news reporter. amy holifield has the latest on the investigation. here is video of someone running from rose market in benicia after the owner was shot and killed at 10 o'clock last night
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police have not made any arrests, but say they are studying video from several cameras to try and figure out who killed the man who always had a warm greeting for his customers and he walked through the front door. he always greeted you with hi friendly. he was always good to not only me but my family and my employees chris guerrero owns napoli pizza next door and this strip mall. located on columbus parkway at rose drive just off of interstate 780 in benicia. he describes the victim as very family-oriented toward all families one year. my daughter was selling the world's chocolate candy. she was having a rough time and he just bought them all. he's just kind of person he was good family family member hardworking. i don't know who did that. if you need few money, you know why he shot him benicia. say they routinely come into this store and they too got to know the friendly owner. it is a tremendous loss in general but in this instance,
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it's really painful officers say they are working with other departments to see if this is related to any other robberies along the interstate corridor. we're going to solve this crime rose market is closed today and has turned into memorial people have been bringing flowers to show their condolences in benicia amy holyfield abc 7 news. oakland police have released video. they hope will lead investigators to the person responsible for a strong arm robbery. the crime was recorded on surveillance cameras saturday evening on 28th street near broadway. it's not too far from children's ferryland and you could see here the thief trying to take the woman's purse. at groceries into the trunk of her car. she resisted eventually was knocked to the ground before the thief did yank the purse out of her hands? police? say the robber got away in an awaiting car. the bay area 49ers fan critically injured outside sofi stadium is now out of a coma. this is video of daniel luna working with the physical therapist the oakland chef was
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attending the nfc championship game between the niners and the rams on january 30th when he shoved to rams fan during an argument in parking lot surveillance video shows that fan pushing luna and then hitting him in the mouth causing him to fall and hit his head. the other man was involved who was involved was arrested and he is out on bail some bay area transit systems are getting a much needed financial boost to combat the pandemic. we've seen some real shocks to the system. these dollars are a cushioned that helped bart from having to make some really undesirable choices about laying people off or cutting service that is us transportation secretary pete buttigieg talking about the ridership decline that bart another public transportation agencies are facing his department is providing more than two billion dollars to help keep those agencies afloat. the financial boost made possible through president biden's american rescue plan. the money's meant to help transit agencies with day-to-day day-to-day operations sanitation and employee retention.
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all 35 agencies in 18 states are getting the money as the use of cryptocurrency gains popularity. the us government is now giving it a closer look president biden today signed an executive order calling on the treasury department to assess the risks and benefits of the order department of commerce on directing cryptosystems. >> to
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warmer than today. even with a cold front coming through. we're gonna have drier air. it's going to be down, sloping so when air goes from higher elevation to lower elevation, it dries out and it heats up. so we're looking at mid sixties 10 year, 70 with it, but there's a whole lot of dangerous winds. so let's show you what's going on this evening. most of that fast wind is going to temporarily calm down and then look at it gathering steam up in the north bay and spreading across the rest of the higher elevations through seven o'clock and then after 7 o'clock, it actually spreads down to where most of us live with our fastest winds in the afternoon hours and then you can see it also tapering. so here's a look at what's going on with the fire danger. you can definitely see it increasing through about nine o'clock tomorrow morning and then tapering as we head into the an evening hours a quick look at saturday. you can see a few green dots out there the sunday morning and then our next storm comes in monday into the north bay and it spreads southward as we head into tuesday. all right, let's talk about seven day forecast. you can see 70s again inland friday 60s for the bay and the coast and then everybody's in
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the 60s saturday with increasing clouds even cooler sunday with that chance of sprinkles and then look at monday and tuesday. we're a one on the storm impact scale with those chances of rain possibly a quarter to a half inch thumbs up. hope it happens. all right. thanks. mike. san francisco's de young museum and celebrating saturday's opening of an exhibition of the work of american painter alice neal the retrospective marks the first time such a comprehensive showing of meals work has ever been displayed on the west coast. neil's harold is one of the 20th century's most radical painters known for championing social justice in alice niels work. we see a document of radical empathy and someone who we studied the meaning of human connection and the way that it speaks to us through art. the exhibition which features neil's paintings drawings and watercolors runs through july 10th. a ship lost to the sea for decades now found why it took so long to discover it that's
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warn you this next story maybe difficult to watch and hear even though we've blurred the video a brentwood police department canine that ripped off a woman's scalp had bitten a woman's scalp before that other woman is the suspect seen in police video obtained by the abc 7 news. i team reporter melody woodrow has the story. if you're in the attic, i'm gonna go get my canine and send them up there. he's gonna bite you come out
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now. that's brentwood police officer ryan resentus reporting to a woman's home on january 30th 2019 according to the police report obtained by abc 7 news a person the woman identified in police body camera video as her ex-partner called police to report a domestic dispute in the report officer resentez writes. he had been to the residents several times for calls of this nature. the woman was on. act of felony and misdemeanor probation according to the report i hear you come out she didn't come out of the attic after approximately one minute of commands according to the report officer resentus and and canine marco went in having your way. he's on a bite. nurse nurse officer resentes writes that he yelled at her to come towards him with marco when she did not he made his way to her. he writes that he could see marco was biting her hand or hands. she had blood on her head which he writes. he believed was from striking it on a beam or from an exposed nail from the roof once officers
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got her down from the attic. she told first responders the canine. the police report. she received 11 stitches to the top and back of her head her hand was also injured. in a statement a brentwood city spokesperson writes quote. this incident was reviewed by the brentwood police use of force committee, which found the deployment of the canine. be within policy and law under the circumstances in this domestic violence incident. the suspect was on parole for a violent felony involving a weapon and was hiding in an attic. it was unknown if she was armed at the time and the confined space of the attic post a particular risk to officers leading to the deployment of the canine abc 7 news recently reported another woman. tomica bates filed to lawsuit against officer resentes and the city after the same canine marco ripped her scalp off on february 10 2020 while she was hiding in these bushes according to the police report bates and two
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other women stole approximately $10,000 worth of perfume from this ulta beauty bates. so a passenger in a getaway car that rammed to police vehicle the brentwood police department spokesperson told abc 7 news canine marco has been inactive since april 2021 and is currently in the process of being retired due to age but the it melanie woodrow abc 7 news if you'd like to see a story investigate it contact the abc 7 news i-team go to abc7news.com slash item or call one eight eight forty. i team just ahead the latest on the war in ukraine growing damage there and the companies ending their relationship with russia by some are taking longer than others plus gas prices are skyrocketing, but the pain isn't just at the pump where it's go
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ukraine a horrific russian airstrike on a children's hospital and maternity ward during what was supposed strike larry: now to the war in ukraine, a horrific russian airstrike on a children's hospital. abc news is the latest. reporter: destruction on the ground after officials say a russian airstrike struck a hospital in a besieged city, part of the hospital blown to pieces, a crater outside while charred mains of vehicles littered the parking lot. children are under the rubble. rescue efforts continued. the mayor, calling the opposition forces barbarians, a closing -- accusing the russians of trying to wipe mairupol the face of the earth. even before this, it was facing a desperate humanitarian crisis.
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according to the defense intelligence agency, so is kyiv. >> with supplies cut off, it will become somewhat desperate in 10 days to two weeks. reporter: today, desperate civilians trying to flee, russian climbing is observing a temporary cease-fire the witnesses say russian forces have repeatedly shelled evacuation zones. in two weeks, russia launched 710 missiles, destroying ukrainian neighborhoods and key infrastructure. u.s. officials say ukrainians are putting up fierce resistance. president zelensky, saying his people won't surrender. meanwhile, the u.s. and poland still at odds over supinely polish fighter jets to ukraine, senior defense official saying ukraine always has -- already has plenty of russian-made mega fighters they are not using on the polish plan is too risky. but u.s. officials are working with ukraine and nato on a way forward. >> we have to make sure we are
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doing it in the right way. reporter: a senior defense official tells abc news defense systems to shoot down russian missiles have been delivered and will soon be operational. abc news, washington. kristen: the list of companies suspending sales or operations in russia keeps growing. abc 7's david louis looks at why some decided to pull out of russia early while others are undecided. david: caterpillar is the latest to act against russia, ending manufacturing there while committing $1 million toward humanitarian aid to ukraine. the list keeps growing with over 300 companies on a list updated daily by the yale university school of management. some acted swiftly after russia invaded ukraine while others, including mcdonald's, starbucks, coca-cola and pepsi, took longer. social media posts shaming companies for staying in russia have added pressure. >> social media has been a game changer in the reputation
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industry. one person with a platform can force a company or person to do something that they may not have done without that pressure. david: by comparison, it took a decade for protests like this at uc berkeley to end investment in south africa in the 1980's over apartheid investments -- over apartheid policies by the white government. social media pressure mounts on companies such as cody, kimberly-clark and otis worldwide, that have not announced their plans. companies may appear slow to react, but they have to assess their risk, reputation and revenue. mcdonald's will lose $15 million a month by closing 850 russian restaurants, putting 62,000 local employees out of work. it will continue to pay them. such action also impacts loyal customers caught in a dispute not of their making. >> every day people in russia
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will be hurt and the ruling powers who are prosecuting this war probably will not feel pain the same way normal people will. david: when the conflict is over, will they be quick to forget? david louis, abc7news. kristen: a bay area nonprofit is helping feed ukrainian refugees pete kids against hunger is working with convoy of hope to send meals overseas. volunteers packed up supplies at pleasanton today. kids against hunger already shipped 150,000 bales to ukrainians as the war started. it is dedicating all packed meals in the near future to refugees. larry: the war in ukraine is causing gas prices here to skyrocket, now impacting gig workers who depend on their cars to make a living. abc 7's news reporter luis peña talked to one driver who is calculating gas before accepting rise. -- rides. reporter: we met up this san
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francisco resident. he divides his days between driving for lift -- lyft and delivering for doordash. >> i look at they deliver into an equation in my head. reporter: three years ago, he was a math teacher. with california gas prices averaging $5.44 a gallon, he is relying on math again, how to decide if they write is worth it. how is this impacting the number of? orders you are accepting? -- orders you are accepting? >> you have to count even better. anything over two miles, it is three dollars per mile. reporter: he waits in a parking lot with restaurants across the street. he is doing everything to save gas, even though he drives a pre-us. >> i just got an order. reporter: now, he rejects 80% of deliveries. >> they are too low-paying. reporter: he is also considering doing something else. not driving and taking another
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job because of high gas prices? >> for short. without an -- for sure. without an increase in our pay, it would be mentally, like, nobody's that him. reporter: this woman is hearing of workers leaving ridesharing jobs. >> these workers who were on the frontlines of this pandemic have been hit the hardest. they were front-line workers and get the companies did nothing. reporter: he is urginging to pay more and and and and and customers to tip more and companies to add more flexible. one company said they are helping maximize earnings including 2% cashback at any station for cash or direct cardholders. in the meantime, this drivers being strategic with deliveries. >> i have got a delivery right now. luz: luz pena, pena, pena, penap
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at 4:00. starting friday, proof of vaccination or negative tests will no longer be are to enter businesses that serve food or drinks for the change also applies to gymnasiums and fitness studios, although individual businesses can still require proof of vaccination or a negative test from the staff and clients. masks can also still be required. how do you feel? >> like i said, i feel like everything doesn't give anybody any incentive anymore to get vaccinated. aside from that, you have got to be ready. i came out of a store with my mask on the other day and a lady said, do we still need them there? and i said i don't know, but i am still wearing my my -- wearing mine. mike: that is my way of thinking all along. i'm going to keep wearing it. i still wear it at work even though those things are
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dropping. it is progress, at least. you are starting to see light at the end of the tunnel. looking at it that way, it is a positive. >> let's hope we can continue. kristen: now to the story we really want. larry: kristen plays wordle wore everyday and it is not hard enough. what else do you play? kristen: other games solving forwards, aid words or 16 words all the time. i am such a geek. larry: kristen: kristen: a new study say -- larry: hey new study says kristen is probably cheating. [murmuring] this website helps people find answers and they found searches for the wordle answer went up 196 percent since "the new york times" bought the popular game in january. and that was mostly just kristen. kristen: [laughter] larry: the most g dues?
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new hampshire, rhode island and vermont. -- the most teachers >> -- cheaters? new hampshire, rhode island and vermont. kristen: wasn't she becky's recently -- she back east recently? [laughter] larry: the tables have turned. >> i haven't played wordle i was going the wrong game. i haven't played. kristen: it is similar to the one you accidentally downloaded. i read the story and i was puzzled by the cheating, because the fun is in the struggle. it is not just in having the right word there is nobody to give you a brownie or reward when you have the word. >> then why does everybody post it on social media? kristen: because it is fun to
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chat with friends. i share how i got to the answer and look at what my friend did. my super nerdy -- am i super nerdy? >> you're making the case against yourself. kristen: here is a good reason to stop bickering with the one you love. the fights might take years off your life. research from uc berkeley shows couples who share sweet moments enjoy better health and live longer, findings based on observations of 100 -- 154 middle-aged and older married couples as they engage in conversation about conflict in the relationship. positivity is a powerful predictor. positive any residents -- positivity residents occurs when two people experience a biological sense of oneness. mike, you got that. mike: 28 years worth of it. i have not won an argument in decades. larry: the key is yes, dear.
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yes. yes. yes. kristen: see? about? kristen: that frustrates us, who are you listening to? mike: that happens when i am in my easy chair, leaning back a little bit. i am not going to reveal, but somebody's spouse likes to put their headphones in with the other person is speaking. kristen: [laughter] mike: i am not going to say who. the warriors snapped their five-game losing streak last night. not the only highlight at jason enter though. basketball fan will ferrell surprised everybody, appearing on the court before the game as jackie moon, his character in the 2008 movie "semipro." moon played defense on klay
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thompson, big fan, matching headbands. i thought he was going to go from half-court, anyway, he did make some shots. he can shoot a little. taking it to the who, double dribble and spin around, pipit foot -- for event -- pi larry: isn't there a pre-site in violation in there somewhere? mike: i didn't see it. the warriors have been in a spiral the past couple weeks and they are one of the few organizations in sports that would say, let's have will ferrell take part in the pregame warm-up to change the vibe and the energy. everybody was like, what is going on? even staff and -
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klay were like, it is will ferrell. kristen: somebody had a great at idea, he could come to the station nb anchorman for a while mike: that is who i pattern my delivery after. perfect. larry: i don't have an iq of 42o kristen: mike, i know you are smarter than 42. oh, wow, barbara corcoran! good morning. sorry, we don't need any business help now. we're gigillionaires. what? we're gigillionaires now. i don't get it we have at&t business fiber with hyper-gig speeds. but i just... so thanks, but, we're doing great. i'm so happy for you! but i'm just here for my order. oh. entre-pin-eurs? yeah, my bowling team.
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kristen: bank of america is apologizing to ryan kugler the director after he was mistaken for a robber at a bank. he wanted to withdraw 12,000 dollars. according to atlanta ponies, he slid a note to the teller asking the cash become to discreetly. the teller notified the manager who thought it was a robbery. police detained the directortorr put him in handcuffs and police have called the incident a mistake. larry: in honor of women's history month, amazon is highlighting bossy cosmetics as one of their selections. kristen: abc news anchor jobina fortson talk to the founder on abc news at 7:00. >> i want to know what your experience has been like, especially in silicon valley, starting this as a black woman
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entrepreneur, and your advice for young women, young black women especially trying to embark on that same journey? >> we would need in our segment for that. i will try to keep it short. [laughter] as you just alluded to, it is incredibly hard to be a black woman in the u.s. and especially in silicon valley. my advice to young female entrepreneurs, black female entrepreneurs is, don't give up. you hear a lot of messaging that is really negative. one thing i heard when i started my business is, i am a deeply melon naked woman and investors try to get me to focus on developing products for only lack women. and i was consistent on creating products for all women who identify as ambitious. i consider that unconscious bias. you will come across that all the time as a woman entrepreneur, as a black entrepreneur. my advice is, stick to your guns. know your why. know your story, no your product, know your customer and
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do not let anyone tell you that you are not enough for cannot succeed. larry: the interview aired this morning on abc seven at 7:00, which streams every weekday at 7:00 a.m.. you can watch it on the abc 7 bay area streaming tv app on roku, fire tv, android dvr at abc7news.com. kristen: a century-old maritime mystery, now solved. larry:
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mystery has been solved. the wreckage of endurance, when the most famous shipwrecks in history, found. abc n exclusive look from nat geo. reporter: one of the greatest mysteries of antarctica solved deep below the ice. more than 100 years after sinking, the endurance is finally found. in 1915, an expedition led by sir ernest shackleton was making its way to the south pole when he end more than two dozen crewmembers became trapped by ice. the explorers, staying aboard for as long as possible. but after 10 months, the ice crushing the sinking ship. these images, taken grew as the ship was crushed, or brought back and played in theaters. what happened next would become one of the greatest survival stories in history. the crew come up against a brutal polar winter, living on ice drifts and making their way to elephant island before being
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rescued. >> it lies 3000 meters in one of the most unexplored bits of ocean bed on planet earth. this he has covered usually with a shield of sea ice. reporter: four years, explorers have searched for the rack -- for the wreckage and now we are seeing a vessel that hasn't seen daylight in generations, national geographic giving us this look at one of the masts chemical temperatures including -- preserving much of the structure including the gold name. >> the idea that we can see that gold lettering untarnished after 100 years line down there. i never thought we would get that close. reporter: it's discovery, impossible until now because of thick ice. i traveled to the same area last year aboard the national geographic endurance, the wreck 's namesake ship. walking on the frozen ocean.
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the cic or is the type of ice the endurance trapped in and stretches beyond the horizon. endurance 22 navigated this hostile environment, locating the ship nearly 10,000 feet below the surface, historian dan snow on board for the discovery. >> it looks so much like those images from 1915 before it sank. it is a dream come true. larry: it is one of the most complex projects ever undertaken and one that has broken several records. we finish with tortoises rescued from the illegal wildlife trade. they have a new home in oakland, moving slowly. lastly, oakland zoo welcomed these two teenage boys to give them medical care and a forever home. they were confiscated from a roadside zoo in oklahoma last year. the oakland zoo has the tortoises are showing off their personalities. one is shy, the other very interactive with zoo hospital staff. good health. that is going to do it for this
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>> building a better area. moving forward. finding solutions. this is abc. >> it is an announcement celebrated by university officials in berkeley, a plan to create housing for students and the homeless, but out of the expense of spark. -- at the expense of people's part. >> the plan calls for the construction of a new student residence at the current site of people's park, a park with a history of political activism and violent confrontations with police, but most recently it has been a place where dozens of on housed people call home. as ryan curry explains, there is a plan to develop a
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