building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. the officer did not know who brought the gun to the restaurant. that information came to light after the detectives viewed the surveillance footage. after the shooting just a few hours ago, san jose police confirmed that the man shot and injured by an officer at a popular popular taqueria over the weekend did not bring the gun. but the police chief says the man also did not drop the gun when officers ordered him to do. so good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley and i'm on a date since afternoon police release surveillance footage from inside the restaurant showing what led up to the moments before police shot and injured a man who had disarmed the gunman abc 7 news reporter corrina. nova is in the newsroom with tails on this karina. yes, san jose police say officers were responding to a

report of a fight early sunday morning inside love victoria restaurant involving someone with a gun. it was already a tense situation given that a homicide had happened just a half a block away and police were looking for suspect police release surveillance video this afternoon showing the fight inside the restaurant followed by customers running out the door at one point police. say a man pulled out a gun while another man wrestled. away from him when that man emerged from the restaurant holding the gun a police officer fired several shots today, san jose police chief anthony mada explained what happened? the officer knew that listed a block away from the homicide a man with a gun inside a crowded restaurant engaged in the fight. and that panic customers were running out reporting what was occurring? the officer knew that the person coming out of the restaurant was holding a gun and pointed it at others.

the officer knew that into that individual holding the gun did not drop it when commands were clearly given to to him. the officer did not know who brought the gun to the restaurant. that information came to light after the detectives viewed the surveillance footage. after the shooting the person spitalizedith neicer threateningieth who brought the gun to the restaurant was arrested the district attorney will decide if the police shooting was justified a suspect in that nearby homicide has been arrested back to you. okay, karina. thank you very much. san mateo police are investigating a death after a body was found near an own ramp to highway 101. officers were on the scene this afternoon near 4th avenue police have not released any details and say they're still working to determine the cause of death. a crash involving two vehicles tied up traffic in west oakland

this afternoon happened at 18th in market streets. both cars had extensive damage as you're seeing here. there's no word on what led up to the crash or if anyone was hurt oakland police confirm officers were on an active call at the scene, but did not release more details. the families of several men who died during interactions with authorities are calling for contra costa county sheriff david livingston to resign the family members staged a protest. outside the sheriff's office in martinez this morning. they're upset over a recent email livingston sent to his staff regarding this sentencing of former deputy andrew hall. he was convicted on a weapons charge related to the 2018 shooting of latimar arboleda. a sheriff criticized district attorney diana becton for filing charges against toll and called the sentencing a quote sad day. for sheriff livingston to say it's a sad day to to me to my mother to our family that is

disgusting. that is almost like a form of bullying. the families are not the only ones who've set with livingston the prosecutors alliance of california issued a statement last week saying the tone of his email was grounds for an audit. we reached out to the sheriff's office for a comment, but we have not yet heard back. it appears a bill that will extend california's eviction protection law will go down to the wire the state senate began to baiting the bill today a day after a passed in the assembly. the legislation would extend emergency covid tenant protections through june 30th. the original law is said to expire on thursday, even though an estimated 366,000 people who applied for rental assistance are still waiting. san francisco state senator scott weiner won't be voting in favor of the extension. he says he's against the new legislation because it doesn't allow any new applications to be filed after thursday. and because it preempts local eviction moratoriums in several cities, including san francisco the cdc announced today that the

omicron sub-variant known as ba2 is now the dominant covid variant in the us by the end of last week ba2 accounted for nearly 55% of all cases. the variant has believed to be 30% more contagious than the original omicron variant. however, exp say there's no evidence that it causes more severe disease or that it evades protection from vaccines. the other big covid news, is that today the fda authorized a second booster for people 50 and older as well as those 12 and older who are immuno compromised abc 7 news reporter loose pena has the details. as cases of omicron's subvery and to be a two are detected across the country the fda's authorized in a second line of defense for the most vulnerable those 50 and older will be able to get a second booster. the issue is that we have this durable immunity. in the background what we're lacking against this these omicron viruses ba1 and ba2 is protection from infection data

from israel suggests that a second booster for adults 60 to 100 years old lowered the risk of hospitalization and death if you've had the fourth vaccination you have a about a threefold less chance of dying of covid dr. warner green senior investigator for the gladstone institutes has been a virologist for over. years. he doesn't necessarily recommend a second booster if you are young and already had three shots, but knows the option could be there soon for the general public moderna asked that it'd be approved for everyone pfizer asked for people 65 and older and with medical conditions. i suspect that everyone will be advised to get a fourth booster sometime in the fall, california has my turn website has an option to make an appointment to get a second booster if you are immunocompromised after is fdas authorization there could be another option allowing those 50 and older to make an appointment through the state's site, but it hasn't been updated yet for now.

what can you do if you want to get in line to get a second booster? i would suggest calling ahead of time just to ensure that that location has the availability of the booster and appointments etc. not all pharmacies may be offering it deep accessoria administrative director of pharmacy services at stanford healthcare recommends to go through your medical provider also pointed. aside from a second booster pharmaceuticals will be key moving forward world treatments the paxlovid. pfizer drug is in malnubravir murk as well are the two agents that are currently available in san francisco loose pena abc 7. remember the old barbra streisand robert redford movie the way we were well, it seems a substantial number of americans are returning to the way we were before the pandemic and ap poll has been tracking this in february of last year 82% wore mask the percentage dropped to just 44% of this month last year 72% of americans avoided non-essential travel. that's now down to 40% 77%

stayed away from large groups last year. it's now down to 47% the numbers reflect fewer mandates and americans comfort level as infections fall to the lowest levels since last july happening now california's task force on reparations is meeting to discuss who should be eligible for compensation for slavery of african americans abc 7's and social justice reporter, julian glover has been monitoring today's meeting and joins us now live julian. hi there. good evening. alma if you hear something in the background, that's because i am actively monitoring that vote as it happens right now the big question that the task force has been debating. today is should a reparations be for those who can track lineage to an african enslaved in america or black americans at large still affected by systemic racism and inequity slaveries lasting legacy. there was heated discussion between task force members as today's vote came much later in the day that expected. was supposed to happen around 3

pm our time while most of the expert witnesses who testified today supported lineage-based reparations the task force seam divided once again on if there was enough discussion on the matter. it's talk. it's mandating the task for study and develop reparations proposals on those contemporary harms against a particular group of people and it says african slaves and their descendants. that's what it says. so yes, we're supposed. to develop reparation lingering negative effects of slavery as it pertains to a specific group of people. and you may recall the task force was set to vote on this question of eligibility in february, but last minute motion to further discuss the issue push the vote to today. we are actively again listening in to what is happening with the california first in the nation reparations task force. there was just a vote and of

course we'll dig into exactly what we said because we were here giving you the latest on what was happening. of course. we'll have much coming up here on abc 7 news at 6pm for now reporting live julian glover abc 7 news. alright, very good, julian. thank you president biden took historic action today in washington on a piece of legislation decades in the making mr. biden signed the emmett till anti lynching act which makes lynching a federal hate crime. the law is named after the black teenager who's brutal killing in mississippi in 1955 became a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement the president outlined the history of the brutal act of terror that took nearly 5,000. lives between 1882 and 1968 their crimes trying to vote trying to go to school. trying to own a business or preach the gospel. false accusations of murder arson and robbery simply being black the law passed by congress this month will make it possible

to prosecute a crime as a lynching when a conspiracy to commit a hate crime results and death or serious bodily injury passage came after about 200 previous attempts at anti-linching legislation failed pea stocks between russia and ukraine are being called positive. we'll have the latest on the war in ukraine and entails of today's announcement from the ceo of google to provide more nancial support abc 7 news at 5. we'll be right back.

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istanbul turkey russian officials. say progress is being made the kremlin saying it will curtail military activity near kiev and churneev to increase trust between both sides. the biden administration says, they see evidence russian troops are leaving kiev, but believe it's more likely a redeployment of their forces than an actual withdrawal. there is what russia says. and there's what russia. we're focused on the ladder and what russia is doing is they continue brutalization of ukraine. we'll see i don't read anything into it until i see what their actions are. see if they follow through on with their suggesting the ukrainian negotiators say they want to involve other countries in the next round of peace talks in two weeks to establish security guarantees protecting ukraine from future attacks secretary blinken expressing skepticism about the peace right a live webcam over the city of mikalaya caught the

moment to russian missiles struck this government building leaving a massive. hole in its center ukraine claiming an important victory in european a suburb of kiev president. zelensky says ukrainian forces have retaken the city as the war rages on belgium, ireland the czech republic and other european countries expelling dozens of russian intelligence officers from their countries a top fbi official telling congress. there are also threats here at home russian hackers increasing their surveillance of critical us infrastructure networks. officials saying russia scanning. america's critical infrastructure is akin to a thief casing a bank before robbery meaning cyber criminals are trying to gain critical knowledge before potential attack. ikejaci abc news, washington bay area-based google is pledging to help the people of ukraine today while in poland ceo sundar pichai announced the company's 35 million dollar donation to support organizations focused on people in ukraine like nova,

ukraine and fight for right as well as nonprofits supporting refugees in bordering countries. in addition. google has also committing 10 million dollars to address misinformation about the realities and facts facts of the war in ukraine. san jose is now a certified. welcoming city. it was granted that status by the nonprofit welcome america. the formal designation is for cities and counties that have created policies and programs reflecting their values and commitment to immigrant inclusion 13 communities have now achieved certified welcoming status, san jose is the second such community in california. travelers are returning to the skies for spring break some for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic and we'll tell you what one airline is doing to help speed up the check-in. this back in a moment.

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and by some estimates four out of five americans say they plan to travel and for many that means flying again for a look at the conditions at our local

airports abc 7 news reporter david louis took a trip to sfo. terminal 3 is coming back to life as passengers are starting to fly again united at sfo handled 110,000 spring break flyers last weekend and is expecting to carry 18 million passengers system-wide for mid-march until the end of april. how's it going? it's busy. it's very busy, but it's been good easy. yeah, no reservations about being around people and flying or anything. oh, no the hanky family from san mateo hasn't flown anywhere. a year worried off to oh, we're to spring training, arizona. looking forward to this. yep. i'm looking forward to for a long time never been to spring training a new app based baggage check-in system is helping customers bypass kiosks. they can take their bags directly to a drop-off point and head to the security checkpoint, and this will be a great way for us to pressure test. what's going to happen in the summer, which is one of our busiest times of travel

throughout the year. so we're happy to see customers come back and we're happy to get them on their way. the airline realizes some people haven't flown for a long time. so making the terminal check-in process faster and stress-free will help as more people fly again united has been doing regular hiring events, including one today to add customer service representatives and ramp staff at sfo. they've hired 300 people in the past three months that's on top of bringing in personnel from the airline other hubs to fill in for those of you who might be traveling this summer rather than for spring break. there's some good news ahead united. will be adding about 30 more flights for the peak summer season compared to 200 flights a day now at sfo david louie abc 7 news. all right time to check on our weather. no rain little wind though. yeah, we did get some we need every drop spencer christians tracking the forecast sounds like things are going to get a lot warmer. they really are gonna be a lot more right now. they're a lot windier as i'm appointed out, but we don't have any rain anymore for a while.

they let's take a look at lived up with seven easy for me to say hi. no green showing up there. whereas yesterday. we had vivid greens and oranges and yellows in the rain was falling right now. we've just got strong brisk robust. vigorous winds flowing on shore 29 milepower gusts right now at sfo at oakland 34 mile per hour surface winds in san francisco beautiful blue sky the over san rafael and traffic flowing southward is flowing. the current temperature readings are 55 degrees in san francisco, oakland 58 low 60s and mountain view, san jose and santa clara and 52 at half moon bay. how about this view? looking westward from emeryville in the fog is about to envelop san francisco other temperature readings right now 66th and santa rosa low 60s to petal. and napa 67 in fairfield concord 65 livermore only 60 degrees and here's the view from mount tam looking down at ocean beach and you can see we've got mid-level and low clouds right now and a few high clouds as well. although up above the sky is mainly blue clouds and fog

overnight with patchy coastal drizzle likely by the early morning hours, so they may be some wet spots for the morning commute mix of clouds and sun will be with us tomorrow and we can expect a string of sunny or warmer days beginning on thursday. here's our overnight forecast animation. we'll see lots of high cloud. moving by and we'll see the development of areas of some pretty impressive fog along the coastland and out over the bay, but we'll get lots of bright sky tomorrow as well even with the passing high clouds overnight lows will be mainly in the mid to upper 40s a little bit chillier and some north bay locations like santa rosa, which will have a low of 30 90 degrees and tomorrow's highest south bay mainly mid 60 65 at san jose a 64, san jose rather 65 and morgan hill and gilroy on the peninsula generally low 60s up to about 63. at redwood city mainly mid-50s on the coast tomorrow downtown san francisco. will top out at 61 degrees up in the north bay. look for highs of 67 at novato 69 santa rosa 67 at napa east bay highs oakland 63 a castro valley 63 and the inland east bay will have highs mainly in

the mid to upper 60s up to about 67 at pittsburgh 68 at antioch and brentwood and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we're going to have quite a string of of warm days beginning on thursday with 70s maybe even submit to upper 70s inland through saturday 70 to 72 degrees around the bay shoreline cooling breezes developed on sunday bringing high temperatures down just a few degrees, but they'll bounce right back on monday and by next tuesday, we could see high temperatures in the afternoon in our inland areas, new york 80 degrees. nice warm spring weather coming out we would love some rain, but we'll enjoy the warmth. i'm sure that's all we can do right? thanks spencer very much a big announcement today regarding a special anniversary for the aids memorial quilt today. officials with the national aids memorial grove announced that all 50,000 panels of the quilt will be on display this june in golden gate park. week of june 11th and 12th when the quilt will lay in robin williams metal and golden gate park will also represent to the weak. 35 years since the first quilt

panels hung off the mayor's balcony. in san francisco's city hall the display will be the largest ever in san francisco and the largest anywhere since it was laid out on mall in washington dc in 2012 the quilt represents more than 100,000 lives lost to aids. what a powerful symbol that has been and still is well still ahead imagination unlimited. that's the name of a new exhibit set to open in san francisco this week exploring the genius of jim henson. we'll give you a sneak peek right after th

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don't get in the way of mama. all right. well finding tonight from the muppets to fraggle rock and exhibition opening this week. is the creativity of jim henson you can see it at san francisco's contemporary jewish museum beginning thursday. it features more than 20 puppets along with sketches scripps costumes and more. the exhibition has been traveling around the country. that's happened fairly often to to projects. now again, it opens thursday at the contemporary jewish museum and runs through august. you must book timed tickets in advance on the museum's website. all right. well that is going to do it for this edition of abc 7 news. we thank you so much for joining us world news tonight with david muir is next. i'm amidates and i'm dan ashley for spencer christian all of us here. we appreciate your time. hope to see you again for abc 7

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tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. what russia is now saying about ukraine and the capital of kyiv. here at home, the tornado threat as we come on the air. the dangerous storms hitting tonight and tomorrow. and then moving east. we're tracking it all right now. first, the war in ukraine. president biden responding late today to this news from russia. this potential change in strategy, suggesting they will move away from kyiv. what president biden said today and what the pentagon is now saying tonight. how they see this. this all comes amid reports of russia shelling residential areas near the capital. and president zelenskyy moments ago responding to russia. james longman standing by in kyiv tonight. here at home, two major headlines involving the pandemic. the omicron subvariant is now the dominant strain here in the u.s.