85% of narcotics arrests are made in that neighborhood. larry: after the state of emergency, mayor london breed says it will not be extended. leanne melendez. >> i spoke to the mayor yesterday and she confirmed the state of emergency would not be extended. it doesn't mean they will simply pick up and go. that center called the linkage center, where these services come together, we'll -- we'll be there until june with staff. . >> this was not intended to last forever, but as a first step to save the tenderloin. it's close to noon and the daily cleanup and outreach on the streets are well underway. it goes from this, mounds of garbage to be collected by

crews, to what some may describe as a semblance of stability. >> cleaner than it >>. >> there is no debating, in the eyes of residents and people who work here, things have improved. >> i am seeing a lot less trash. >> one of the only neighborhoods i know that if you step on poop, it is not dog poop. >> the 90 day -- intended to get drug users into -- with tenderloin linkage center as the hub where connections have been made. during the state of emergency, the city reports 345 people have been placed in shelters with another 154 going to permanent supportive housing. 11,000 grams of fentanyl have been seized. 10% of drug users have agreed to some kind of treatment or medical care. the city agrees that changing

this persistent culture here will take more than 90 days. >> a combination of years of certain kinds of behavior that have become accepted in this neighborhood that became entrenched during covid. >> the outreach is constant, but some refused to give up living on the streets. this man is known by social workers as brother patrick. why stay? >> i am stuck in my ways. i like to go when i want to go, i like to come back when i like to come back. >> the streets represent your freedom? >> without a doubt. >> the linkage center will operate throughout june, but now under the supervision of health professionals, not the emergency management department. 9.4 million dollars at been spent to operate the center cover all the outreach and costs of the community ambyesterday br trip to europe, the mayor vowed

to keep up the pressure. >> it is time for it to actually work and for us to see a difference. accountability is also going to play a role. >> by accountability, the mayor means we need to focus on the problem of drugs in the tenderloin. this is a problem that has been around for years and it is not going to be settled or fixed in 90 days. larry: joining us now is abc7news insider -- let's start with this question, what is letting the state of emergency expire mean for the neighborhood? >> for the neighborhood, it doesn't change much. a state of emergency is not just a proclamation from the mayor or the governor. you have to have facts to back it up. it is a legal term that allows you to spend money without going through the regular red tape, leasing facilities, transferring workers. in the case of the tenderloin,

it has been a trouble spot for decades, but that is not an emergency. the emergency was the startling increase in drug overdoses in that neighborhood. san francisco had twice as many drug overdoses in 2020 as it had covid cases. close to 700. it is a shocking statistic that led to the state of emergency. cleaning it up is going to take more than 90 days. the -- use that state of emergency to not only cut through red tape and get more police in, but to make a statement, as you heard earlier, no more bs. we've got to change things. larry: people in the neighborhood seem to think it is working. what is the most significant change we have seen? >> it is a lot cleaner. we have ambassadors, department of public works cleaning constantly. it is getting that attention. it is getting more services. that'll linkage center is basically everything from a

place to find a bed that night, and doubles up as what we call safe injection centers. people go there to use drugs. notaying but go use your drugs, go ahead. just don't do it on the street. i will tell you where one problem is, in it is not an easy one, it is the toughest one, the accountability with the police. tenderloin station has been given one dozen police officers more than before. that sounds ok, but that is over a 24/7 period. they are still understaffed. they are still not getting the arrests and prosecutions behind them. we will have to see. it is the question of accountability, getting people help, or at least saying we are not going to tolerate this anymore. larry: the emergency designation will end. if things backslide, could you see the mayor saying we have to go back to this? >> that's a possibility.

emergencies are for things unexpectedly to change and grow wrong, that could happen. what we are seeing here, regardless of what we have seen physically, notice a couple of years ago when we covered the stories we heard people complain. now, everyone from the board of supervisors downed is talking solutions. what is going to work. it is not a question of just, we can't tolerate tents on the street, this is not the city we to come of this is not us, to now saying, what is it we can do? that is a significant change. larry: it certainly appears to be cleaner in the video leanne showed, hopefully that will continue. abc7news is telling the stories of people who work and live in the tenderloin because these issues are not just confined to san francisco. this is about the whole bay area. you can watch our stories wherever you do your streaming.

kristen: uc berkeley will be able to send out the number of acceptances it wanted to after the state legislature passed a bill that governor newsom quickly signed that prevents cal from having to live by an enrollment cap a judge had ordered as part of a lawsuit. here is leslie brickley. >> campus enrollment at uc berkeley has accelerated more than projected in 2005. neighbors filed a lawsuit last year. california courts proposed an enrollment cap meant for the fall of 2022 based on the impact that the population increase was having on traffic and housing. the state legislature passed a bill that was quickly signed by the governor that lifts the enrollment cap. the bill essentially offset a court order requiring cal to reduce in person enrollment this fall. potentially denying thousands of students the chance to enroll in on-campus courses.

>> it reopens the doors to an enrollment process that existed before the litigation. we will be back to normal, enrolling all the students we plan to enroll. >> cal will begin extending offers of admission to 15,000 incoming freshman, and later to 4500 transfer students. >> the students are the ones who are going to get hurt by this because there isn't enough housing for the incoming class. and all of the other students here next year. >> the enrollment cap debate is centered on the california mi -- environment equality act. >> we have an unprecedented lower court ruling that required the university to treat students as if they were a form of pollution. >> i am tired of hearing that argument. it's not students, its population growth. >> the case lives on, although the enrollment freeze was lifted by the legislature. >> if the court finds a

university or college did not adequately complete their program, they would have 18 months to correct. and then the judge would be able to apply a solution. >> for now, the admission letters go out. in berkeley, leslie brinkley. larry: san francisco teachers are occupying a part of school district headquarters. at issue, missing paychecks. amy hollyfield has details. amy: they have settled into district headquarters with tables full of food and sleeping bags, and have set up outside the superintendent's office who had to see them as he came in this morning. san francisco teachers have sprinkled the office with posted notes, making sure administrators know their demands. >> i am away for my students this morning and it is hard. it hurts it >> teachers hope there -- it hurts. amy: teachers hope this is a powerful lesson for their students. >> i teach them to stand up for themselves and that is what i am doing here.

i am standing up for my colleagues. amy: the superintendent says it is a technical problem with a new payroll system that is delaying some paychecks. he apologized to the teachers yesterday as they started to move in. >> there's no way any of you should have to come down here and say pale spirit i hold myself accountable. >> they also had support from school board members and san francisco supervisors who all agree this should not have happened. but, teachers say words are not enough. >> it also always tomorrow, tomorrow, sometime soon. we are here to hold up that accountability and say it is not tomorrow anymore, it is today. amy: they not only take issue with the fact they have not been paid, but also they have not been given a date as to when they may be paid. they say they plan to stay here until something happens. larry: the u.s. senate passed legislation today that would make daylight savings time permanent starting in 2020

three. the so-called sunshine protection act passed unanimously person up or is say the change will spur economic activity, reduce seasonal depression and allow kids to play outdoors later. fedex argued the change would force kids to walk to school in the dark during winter months. that bill must still pass the house and be signed by the president before it becomes law. kristen: fighting covid, the battle is not over. the white house is running out of funds. the preservation of the bay area tower that is a reminder of the cold war. smoke gets in your wine. they're growing effect of climate change and what it means for winemakers. mike: our latest rainmaker moved on. there is a stray shower and a few sprinkles around higher elevations. those are going to move out and we will focus on thursday and saturday for our next chances for rain. in new york city, ♪ ♪

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larry: the total number of hospitalizations are down by 80% from january. however, officials say the rate has slowed. kristen: analysis from the cdc finds infants and children were hospitalized up to five times higher for omicron then dent --

omicron than delta. larry: the tsa issued six 40,000 dollars in fines for max violations. -- mask violations. kristen: doug emhoff tested positive for covid today. his spokesperson for the vice president says out of an abundance of caution, kamala harris will skip an evening event. president biden says both emhoff and harris are feeling fine. larry: the white house as it is running out of money for tools to battle covid-19. karina is here now with a look at how much the white house is requesting in terms of dollars and the impact we could see in the bay area next week. >> the white house says the money is needed for testing, vaccines and treatments and impacts people who are not insured. today, the president's office wrote a letter to nancy pelosi asking congress to approve the 22.5 billion dollars in emergency funding. white house says the money is

needed to prepare for any covid-19 surges or future variance. i spoke with deputy court nadir of the white house response team , she says we will see the impacts as early as next week if kratz don't -- democrats and republicans don't agree to new spending. >> the immediate consequences would be we would have to stop buying -- we will have fewer tests in the future because manufacturing capabilities can't keep up without additional funding. we don't have enough money to buy a fourth toast if boosters are needed for all americans. >> the white house is watching what is happening in europe and china where there have been case spikes. they say waiting to provide funding until we have to deal with a surge in the u.s. would be too late. biden administration has been pushing to get additional funding since january. democrats have introduced a stand-alone relief bill but as of now there are not enough

votes to pass in both chambers. republicans say they won't support additional funding until the white house accounts for the trillions of dollars already approved. kristen: thank you. american attitudes toward the pandemic seemed to be shifting in a positive direction. a new axios sip so's poll 80% of americans consider themselves in good physical health with strong emotional well-being. that is the highest that number has been since may of 2020. 64% say they now approve the removal of all covid restrictions, a 20% over -- 20% jump. however, -- percent say they would be -- kristen: san francisco's grace cathedral is open to visitors two years after care -- covid forced to close. starting tomorrow, you will be able to walk through the church. for the first time, they are offering self-guided tour's with

interactive touchscreens to help you explore the cathedral's artifacts and history. >> grace cathedral has to many treasures people don't know about. we have made a huge effort to provide more information about what it is. larry: the cathedral will will l display some recently discovered and slams photographed -- photographs commissioned in the 1930's. proof of vaccination and a mask are required. $12 admission fee. kristen: mayor london breed introduced legislation to make a section of jfk drive-thru golden gate park car free. the measure comes days after the -- board of directors voted to recommend the proposal to supervisors. the city close to 1.5 mile section at the outset of the pandemic. the final vote is expected next month. larry:larry: let's turn to the forecast. we got some rain, we will have a break, then maybe a little more to ruin your weekend? thanks, mike.

[laughter] mike: you went there. likely saturday, not a total wash output several hours of rain saturday. until we get to that, let's look back at this morning. the model we chose yesterday did a nice job. quarter inch to nearly 2/10 of an inch in san francisco and oakland. look at those rain shadowed areas like the east bay valleys. the southern part of the peninsula all the way down into the south bay, hardly any rain there. just enough to make things wet. we knew we weren't going to get much snow in this sierra, and we didn't. we got about an inch in borealis and tahoe. for this season, we are still at 50% -- 57%, and that keeps dropping. we are seeing low clouds and high clouds and you can see some brighter clouds that were bumping into higher elevations that kept sprinkles in the forecast, now starting to wane as we lose the heat of the day. we are starting to see drier air move-in.

expect clouds to open up in the evening, except near the coast. you can see it is very foggy year and this is going to move into a lot of neighborhoods tonight. watch for fog tomorrow and dress for temperatures 10 degrees cooler than this morning. bright and mild tomorrow afternoon. rainy saturday, but sunday trending much drier. temperatures, because of cloud cover and humidity, temperatures five degrees cooler than yesterday. we are still in the mid 50's at the coast. mid to upper 60's around the peninsula. that's pretty much the same everywhere except for oakland. here's what to expect through the evening, son -- sun will set , temperatures back in the 50's, decreasing clouds. as cloud's decrees, the fog will form after midnight. if you think about heading to the coast, it is cloudy ands an.

tomorrow morning, 38 in santa rosa. we could have upper 30's in the san ramon valley. otherwise, most of us in the mid 40's. you can see that fog moving from the coast into the day. south of the bay bridge and up in the north bay valleys. it burns quickly and we are left with mid to upper 60's around the bay. 70's inland, upper 50's near 60 along the coast. thursday is our next chance of drizzle in the morning. you can see some green, and sprinkles as we head into the latter parts of the morning. that's a quick quick quick bring ray near the coast. up to a couple of hundredths of an inch. saturday, we see rain moving a little faster. we wake up in the morning with rain and then by the latter afternoon, just a few showers. also possibly quarter to half an inch of rain. as a slight chance sunday morning of leftover showers. the breeze will clear out the

clouds and bring sunshine. sunday after activities will be fine. monday and tuesday, 70's and 80's. until then,spnks thsd. kristen: i'm ok with sprinkles. new development in the immigration case against the so-called soho grifter. the new twist that could and now most admired alum! get up there. this is so embarrassing.

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kristen: has of late today, jury selection was still underway for what is expected to be a three-month trial. -- is elizabeth holmes'' boyfriend and business partner, charged with defrauding investors as well as wire fraud. holmes was convicted of similar charges two month ago. larry: a convicted, artist whose crimes were at the center of the show inventing anna. kristen: and adelphi may have lost her battle to stay in the u.s.. morgan norwood has the story. >> her name is and adelphi. >> the convicted con artist pretrade in inventing anna, expected to be deported to germany. >> she is everything wrong with america. >> hey come on famous spirit >> according to immigration and come -- customs, anna rem, with the impending removal.

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larry: today marks 20 days since russia invaded ukraine. russian forces escalating their attacks on the capital. the white house announced president biden will travel to brussels for a summit with nato countries. elizabeth schulze has the latest. >> russia's assault on ukraine growing more deadly as russian forces close in on kyiv. multiple residences in the nation's capital hit by russian airstrikes. cap's -- kyiv's m m m m m m 35 hour curfew. >> everyone, every civilian, please spend time in bunkers. >> in a show of unity with ukraine, the leaders of poland, slovenia and the czech republic, travel to kyiv. the white house is president

biden will visit rust -- brussels next week. 20 days into the war, growing fears russia could use chemical weapons as a pretext to escalate its attacks. >> any use of chemical weapons will be a violation of international law. >> the middle -- the military and humanitarian role growing by the hour. the u.n. now says more than 3 million refugees have fled ukraine. fox news confirms veteran camera been -- -- cameraman -- was killed on the ground. president zelenskyy impassioned plea to canada's parliament for more military and economic aid. a he is likely to make again in an address to congress wednesday. pres. biden: we will quickly ramp our response into leave the the suffering putin is causing it >> the u.s., u.k. and e.u. announced new sanctions on

russia. the kremlin responded by imposing personal sanctions on president biden and other national security officials. kristen: governor newsom travelo to solano county to help pack supplies for ukraine. newsom loaded medical supplies from the nation stockpile to a truck which will be airlifted to poland. the supplies amount to -- >> it comes with all the supplies you could need from iv tubes commit aed you would need to treat wounds, and things like that. kristen: supplies are being sent to a nonprofit humanitarian group has worked in ukraine for decades. four more loads are standing by to ship if the request comes. larry: a restoration project has been completed to preserve the bay area landmark high atop the

santa cruz mountains. kristen: the old radar tower serves as a reminder of u.s.-soviet tensions during the cold war. david louis gives us a close-up look at the landmark and its role in history. >> shrouded in clouds, the five-story concrete building blends in. is har touout the aa, you can look up and see the box. it was the primary symbol of what the air force base was here for, the radar tower watching our skies. >> with its radar antenna on top, the tower was used was built to detect soviet bombers. it was home to -- air force base which closed in 1980. the tower began to deteriorate, endangering visitors when the land was later acquired by the open space district.

>> it was leaking. there was paint with lead in it. pieces of concrete were falling off. we had to have the entire area close. >> the conservancy col c donations totaling $100,000 toward the $2 million cost. the cracks prepared, sealed with a coating the same color as the original which the military calls dark warm gray. visitors now have full access to the summit and trails featuring native plants. the tower is sealed but well ventilated, with maintenance for 30 to 50 years. even though modern technology has made this radar installation obsolete, the fact that has been restored and will be standing here for decades to come will be an important reminder for future generations of the importance of vigilance. on mount umunhum, david louis.

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four in 10 women serve as their families primary breadwinner, yet take only $.83 for every dollar of their male colleagues. this year is the earliest equal payday yet. as luck would have it -- or lack there of -- we have three guys and one women on the panel today. kristin, the floors yours. kristen: i would like each of you to contribute a little of your salary this week to me. [laughter] my hat is here for you. larry: had i known that was direction come i would have started with spencer. [laughter] kristen: that has takenkristen: 50 to 60 years we have been talking about this. the pay equity is still not there. there are places in the world where there is parity. australia, luxembourg, the netherlands, women actually make more money.

we need to revisit how we pay people. pay transparency is a big one. i think that hurts women and people of color, but we don't talk about that. i think we are making progress. spencer: progress is being made, too slowly. i applied everything you just said. larry: i think colorado is trying. they have a law where you have to put the salary on a job opening post now. some people get around it by putting five dollars. they try, in theory, but that was a first step. kristen: i am sending you guys my event mode right now. spencer:, i don't have that. larry: company phone, can't do it. kristen: a pet owner paid $25,000 for a real-life copycat, a clone of her cat. the cap mom was so broken up when her cat died in 2017, the next day she made the decision to clone her.

she provided a pet cloning company a skin tissue sample. four years later, a genetic replica arrived. critics say there are plenty of animals in shelters looking for a home, and there is the ethical debate. mike? kristen: you said it perfectly. there's plenty of shelters. mike: and other shelters out there that we don't have the time to show on perfect pet. plus, is it really the same cash? spencer: without the same emotional connection. larry: does the personality appear the same? $25,000 seems outrageous, but we lost our dog a few years ago. if i could pay a reasonable amount of money to get him back, or a copy, i would consider it. if you love the guy, you want them around. kristen: to cat him back, but would you get a copy whose

personality was different? larry: i'm not sure how identical they are. mike: do you fall in love with the looks were the personality of a pet? larry: both. starbucks phasing out its iconic cups as part of a new push for sustainability. by the end of next year, you will er it head or use of the drive through. by 25, starbucks will allow you to borrow a ceramic, or reusable mug. that's interesting. esco things here, anything to try to help the environment and stop discarding this stuff is a good thing. it's also pretty good for starbucks' bottom line because now they won't have to pay huge sums of money on cups. mike: and the traffic. larry: win-win-win. spencer: what about these

reusable cups they allow you to -- borrow? larry: i believe so. mike: for a refundable fee. spencer: people trust you to return them -- or, reuse them? larry: you wonder. especially in the covid age, do i really want the cup you just had? kristen: that's my concern. can they make sure it is sanitized somehow? i like the idea. i would just do it with peet's's coffee. [laughter] larry: coffee snob. mike: she's shopping locally. kristen: faculty and students at oakland elementary school had something to cheer about. [ kristen: everybody went wild wid -- popped the question to a hello teacher.

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larry: new details about a brandy caper. watch this woman, seen on surveillance video stealing a $4000 bottle of 100-year-old brandy has come forward.

the woman apologized, returning the bottle to the restaurant. the video circulated everywhere, so she didn't have much of a choice. the owner told police with everything going on, she did not want to press charges. nice. kristen: researchers at uc santa cruz are hoping to make winemakers adjust to a new reality. increasing wildfires and to the smoke that comes with them. larry: spencer has a look at what they are doing. spencer: they are trying to develop the ability to better detect -- while grapes are still on the vine, which could be critical moving forward. a slight smoky taste and add character to a fine wine. but, not too much. >> i have encountered wine in the bottle and thought wow, this is an ashtray. spencer: let me papadakis papads sometimes judges as well. she says the recent wildfires

can often be tasted in wine from oregon to around the world. identifying which lines are damaged by smoke taint can be expensive. >> do you scrap an entire vintage? we didn't know what to do. spencer: enter winemaker and uc santa cruz chemistry professor phil cruz. phil first took note of the smoke damage after the mendocino complex fire and began studying better techniques to identify which grapes contained so-called smoke taint. he says the taint can remain hidden when -- binds with sugar molecules in the grapes. but they can be released later by enzymes in the fermentation process, or when the compounds come in contact with saliva. >> the enzymes in your saliva and bacteria in your mouth will free the volatile foul smelling phenols. spencer: to better identify the

taint, professor cruz expanded on work done in australia where wildfires have also destroyed great crops. the key is to test for smoke derived compounds that can be used as biomarkers. mass spectrometry can help identify the compounds, even if they are not producing the smoky taste. >> that was technology we put on the table. separate compounds and complexes, measure them by using that visualize them using mass spectrometry. spencer: the hope is that testing can save winemakers millions a year by identifying just the affected grapes and saving the rest. >> we make better decisions and hopefully salvage four. spencer: all in an inch history with tight profit margins. researchers say the study is based on analysis of more than 200 grapes and wines from 200

regions in california and oregon. i am excited to see where this research is going to take us. larry: thank you spencer. mike:mike: that is in his wheelhouse. that was fascinating. larry and i were talking, he is upset it is raining saturday. i understand. if it is going to rain saturday, bring it on. larry: i want a deluge, not just a teensy -- kristen: is this a nuisance rain? larry: i think. mike: take a look. it is going to be cloudy and cool at the coast. the rest of us in the 60's until 9:00 with decreasing clouds. here's the snowfall this weekend. only one to five inches, but it fall saturday. the time you wake up sunday, you are skiing fresh powder. this looks more impressive than this morning, but models are

we get peppery with sprinkles and drizzle thursday morning. that will lead to one of our cooler afternoons, until we get to saturday with the rain rolling in. sunday is looking like the better day of the week for outdoor activities with a chance of showers in the morning. we go from spring warmth monday take 80's. some models are saying mid-80's, which would now be record highs and summerlike warmth for tuesday. quite an interesting pattern. kristen: spring is just around the corner. that means bug problems for some. santa clara county is using hungry fish to take a bite evidence the mosquito population. -- take a bite out of the mosquito population. they are placed in man-made bodies of water to gobble up bugs. mosquitoes can be curators of west nile virus. . >> they get placed in neglected

pools, jacuzzis, rain barrels. these stagnant water sources can breed mosquitoes. kristen: mosquito fish are a small guppy. they are one to two inches long. the program provides an alternative to putting chemicals in the water. larry: amy schumer bringing the comedy to a new show. >> you cannot guess what is coming up. that feels like a real positive. larry: the formula behind her

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larry: the season finale of the bachelor. and then back to back episodes of avid elementary. amy schumer is very busy cohosting the oscars this month and also has a new show on hulu. george pinocchio caught up with the actress. >> pre-existing conditions? >> i am a woman. >> amy schumer plays a woman not completely satisfied with her life. when something unexpected happens in her world, causing her to re-examine everything. >> i was thinking i could come out to long island. >> it's that bad? >> we are being completely adult about it. >> there is a corndog moment that is very funny. you are having sex in a

hoarder's apartment. i don't know what is going to come next. >> that is flattering. one of the things i feel -- because there is so much television you are like, they are just setting this up so it can happen later. i think you cannot guess what is coming up on this show on that feels like a positive. >> what's his name? >> her. >> rapid liver. >> this is rabbit? >> how did you know that your chemistry and amy's wood mesh? >> i am a fan of amy. that is a good start. >> i will stay to make sure he is not a murderer. >> i am not a murderer. want to come inside where i will not murder you. >> i think it is a comedy, but there are some real themes and my biggest wishes that people

walk away from watching this show reflecting on their own lives and that they see themselves in these characters. the good and the bad. >> there are some moments you well up. just because the characters are authentic, you can see yourself. >> global warming is so sad but what can we do? >> stop buying plastic. >> this was a gift. >> amy is also gearing up to cohost the oscars with wanda sykes and regina hall. >> i am so excited. i plan on burning bridges. we are going out hard. just to make people laugh and enjoy the night. larry: she is really funny funny especially the awkward silence. life and beth again streaming hulu this friday. disney is the parent company of hulu and abc7.

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