moving word finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. for joining us. i'm kristen z you're watching getting answers live on abc 7. we always ask. experts your questions every day at three to get answers for you in real time today the dean of uc santa cruz's arts division will join us to discuss her new film 80 years later just in time for a api heritage month. it explores the racial inheritance of japanese-american families in turn during. world war two also abc 7's media partner the san francisco standard is joining us to discuss new comedy show. a new show. hella news the latest episode features and issues. san francisco's no too. well the city's struggle to build new housing and we're also

going to tackle new covid concerns. the fda is limiting the use of the one johnson & johnson vaccine due to the rare, but serious risk of blood clots how concerned should you be if you already got the j&j shot? all right, we're gonna have dr. alok patel joining us in just a little bit. but right now we want to bring in this discussion about 80 years later the film that is so powerful that looks at the japanese-american internment experience. here's a clip. we couldn't understand why he should have been taken. he managed the nurseries san leandro, california and he drove to the wholesale flower market in san francisco each stage. so rose's i have zero memory of that. of what happened? 80 years later is the latest project by uc santa cruz's dean of the division of arts selene perennius shimizu and dean

shimizu joins us today to talk about her new film and the lessons we can all draw from it dean shimizu. you are not only the dean of arts at uc santa cruz. you're a film scholar and your past work has focused a lot on the empowerment of women, especially women of color. so why did you decide to make a film about the legacy of the japanese-american intern? experience i feel so lucky to be alive to make this film. it's the 80th anniversary of executive order 9066. which incarcerated 120,000 japanese americans in this country. i interviewed my father-in-law and my aunt-in-law about their experiences noticing that the legacy of family incarceration continues to be grappled with today by today by their descendants, and i want to put them conversation together because 80 years and of course a lot of films had been made on the topic, but there is a certain aspect that you felt had

not been explored in depth, right? and what was that that you wanted to dive into i really wanted to ask japanese-americans. you know, who are who have the highest rate of out marriages for example among asian americans so many of them are mixed race. how do they claim the inheritance of that incarceration? and i found that it's an ongoing issue that they grapple with so, you know the essay and the nisa, you know, the first generation of japanese-americans were imprisoned and evacuated from their homes and moved to the midwest for example, or you know we're incarcerated and isolated areas and the san say the next generation really fought for redress and reparations. and then the yonce and the gosei these are many of them are mixed race are really trying to figure out who am i in relation to that legacy and they still continue to live with it or bewildered by it. they grapple with it and they want to figure it out what it means in terms of claiming it as

their inheritance and to figure all that out. you got to have conversations right, but it was something that survivors of the camps didn't really want to talk about and you saw that in your own personal story your your family story as you mentioned the gentleman in that introduction clip. we showed y it was shimizu. he was your husband. grandfather, right what kind of life was he building living here in the bay area when that internment order came down? yoshi yoshimizu had come here from japan and he really he worked in, you know the flower industry taking care of and managing. flower business and san leandro he drove across the bay bridge every day selling flowers in the flower market and in san francisco itself. and he was incarcerated and suspected by the fbi and was taken away from his family and you know his his son, you know doesn't really my father-in-law doesn't really remember, you know.

happened because that's what we're looking at right the football star. that was your father-in-law robert who? was a young child when he was taken to the internment camp and you said he didn't remember much. he didn't remember his father being taken away because i think his mother wanted to protect him and his brother from you know the trauma of that of that experience, but nonetheless it still comes back. you know, they still actually talk about it. so, you know, we understand that japanese americans had a hard time talking about it, but i think it would still come out people still remember, you know, how his dad was bitter and really transformed by the experience of being imprisoned and that word bitterness, you know was passed down across the generations, you know, like what happened to him when he was in prison, why did not want to come back to california after they were relocated to the midwest. you know, there was there was a really damaging effect of that experience that people are still trying to figure out today. yeah, because they had this

whole life here, but it was too painful for him to ever come back but his son robert did come back, right? and yes, he thought yes his son. robert was you know a football star the president of the student body at his high school in cincinnati, and he went to medical school and came back to the bay area and became chief resident at oakland children's hospital and a respected revered admired adored pediatrician in east bay for about 40 years. so yes. and i think you know part of the legacy of that experience is that he's really chosen to take care of the next generations and be able to talk to them and one of the most wonderful things about the film is being able to see grandparents talking to their grandchildren in a way. that's so humble and full of love and learning from them, too. i think i saw a video there of robert talking with his grandson, right who appears to be a teenager and and i wonder

you know, is he asking questions what? does he want to know about it like you talk about? claiming that story and that heritage. how is he going about that? yeah, so his grandson is a multiracial, you know mixed race japanese american, you know teenager and his friends, you know, ask him. why do you want to that japanese heritage you don't even look japanese-american right and and for his grandson, it's very important part of his identity. he really takes it. seriously. he says i really want to carry the story of my family and other people shouldn't be able to decide that because it's something that he wants to claim as his story and i think his grandpa, you know learns a lot from own grandson about that and i feel so honored to have been able to capture. you know that multi-generational exchange, but older people can learn from young people and vice versa. you're a dean at uc santa cruz, but i know you are always

interested in learning through each of your projects yourself. what did you learn through the documentary you know, i began this interview by saying i feel so lucky to be alive in the sense that you know, it's very really important to encourage generations to speak with each other to really try to actualize. what did you experience? and how is that also, you know a part of me and i think the thing that i'm most value about this film is to see people of different generations, you know people in their 90s and their 80s and they're 50s still trying to figure out who they are in relation to this history and to show that to young people that you're never really quite done with figuring out. your identity that you will continue to learn from young people and evaluate your experiences as as you figure who you are. that was very special. i know you started making this film a while ago. and of course, you know, the

internment experience happened because there was so much anti-asian sentiment at the time. i mean, i look at the paperwork that you know calls people like yoshio an alien enemy, and and i wonder if you know in the past. years as you start to see some of those sentiments coming back. of otherness, do you think that message somehow? this is more important than ever. yes, absolutely. i wanted to make this film for a long time as i came to know japanese-american communities and what it means to live with this history but in the past few years, you know the rise and anti-asian hate crimes be you know, the thing of issues of immigration and xenophobia as well as you know, the disrespect of the elderly and sure of our history that has really come to the fore in our understanding of the united states. all of these issues are being engaged in this film. and i hope this film contributes to the need to understand our

history. they need to claim our history, even if it involves these kinds of power dynamics and silencing and imprisonment. well, i do. hope folks get to see it 80 years later will premiere at the los angeles asian pacific? filmfest next week and it'll come to the bay area in the future. you can learn more about it at 80 years later dot film. dean shimizu, thank you so very much. appreciate your time. thank you so much. and we'll be right back with mo

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looming deadline to prove to the state that it can build a certain number of new housing units by 2031 abc 7's media partner. the san francisco standard is living into this very real problem in a creative way their

weekly comedy program helena news combines information with entertainment. here's a look at this. segment affordable housing sounds good, right the to rent in sf cost and armor leg yeah, and your other arm and your other leg andy cabeza and whatever else is left of your body. but while everyone agrees we desperately need more affordable homes making real progress on the issue can feel like watching paint dry. well, i'm glad that's metaphoric and not literal, you know the arm and leg and cabeza parts regardless. what is the answer to this pressing problem joining us now with more on that is helen news co-anchor. post and senior reporter for the san francisco standard josh kane. hey josh. how's it going? hey kristen, i'm doing great. how are you? good. you megan mitchell. that's your the time like this i tell you what. she doesn't need practice. i need hours and just to get my lines down, but she's a natural at it. good. i'm glad you have her. this is the second episode i

think right of helen is for viewers new to it. what is the concept? yeah, so actually this is our third episode and the concept behind helenews is basically to deliver engaging timely issues here in san francisco in a more fun way for people who might not want to read a thousand words story. that's very dense. policy. alright, but nonetheless some of those stories are very important and you know, you make it you de-densified if you will. let's talk about the state requirement that cities have to be able to commit to building a certain number of new housing units. what is san francisco's number? what do they need need to show and by when? it is a huge number. it is 82,000 new units of housing by 2031 which puts us less than a decade away from trying to build a stock of housing from affordable to mid. homes to you know, some people also want to build luxury condos because by getting these kind of nicer homes people who can now afford that can move out and create. people who you know come into a

little bit lower bracket when it comes. rent costs. so there's a ton of work that needs to be done and this episode focuses on the fact that san francisco tends to just always trip over itself when it comes to make making new houses. what are the roadblocks for san francisco? i mean, this is not you know unique to san francisco all cities need to be able to how they're going to add housing but in san francisco, what are the problems and challenges? well in san francisco, we have a lot of people who are very progressive and want to make sure that there is equity in the process. there's of course environmental concerns that come up but what we've seen and like you said, it's not just a san francisco problem housing is a major issue for the whole state but in san francisco because of so many different issues when it comes to red tape and environmental concerns that are not always a expressed a good faith. we've seen siqua the state law to do a accountability when it comes to environmental issues

with building used as a way to really just bog down the process and that was no there was no greater example that last year than a project on stephenson street, which would have built about 500 units of housing, but was shot down for some concerns that outraged just about as an outside observer. all right, i think in the segment you also address the you know shutdown of a project supervisors did that that would have built the 500 units of housing. so let's listen to your take on that. killing the project it's the definition of perfect. been the enemy of the good and new state punishments for failing to prove sf can build more housing by 2031 will soon be way. are sure punishments like folsom street fair punishments? a little different yikes okay, so what are the actual punishments that the city could face? i'm sure it's not, you know forced. tendons at a fair no, it's you do not have to go to folsom street fair if we don't get this done, although you should because it's a pretty fun time.

actually. what will happen is the city could be subjected to penalties. that would not make it available to receive housing grants, and this is not like small sums. these are hundreds of millions of dollars. and so we need that money to make sure that we're making progress and meeting our goal because with projections for more people to be moving into the city as well as just the situation as it is right now. these are somewhat desperate times and the plan has to be submitted by next year. so there's a lot of work to do. all right, there's some concerns with the proposal for four plexus right on single. only lots right? what's the debate there? yeah, so supervisor mandelman who represents the castro district put forward an idea to build fourplexes on single-family lots more often. they would be located on the west side of the city near the sunset what we've seen though is while this seems like a good idea. it's getting it's getting bogged down yet again with all sorts of

concerns not always made in good faith. and and so there's now five policies that are going to be discussed on monday at the land use committee hearing and you know, it could just get kicked kick the can down the road. and this has been going on for a year already in the bigger issue is that we're not going to solve 82,000 units of housing with four plexus. i mean that that's just not good math. yeah. it'll take a lot more than that. you're right. all right that meeting coming up. i'm sure you and your colleagues will be covering that as well. josh kane, thank you so very much for sharing another episode of helen news, and we do have links to the san francisco standards other original reporting on our website abc7news.com to watch more abc 7 segments featuring the standard city focused journalism. check out our abc 7 bay

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hey unless you're in this certain category. one that's just very few people. don't get the j&j go get one of the two mrna. that's because there's a condition a rare one that some people have developed talk to us about it. what is it? how rare is it? you know, what's the impact? absolutely, kristen, and i apologize for if you hear the helicopters about me. we're doing a friday outdoor shot, but the important thing to know is that it is rare. so the condition we're talking about is called thrombosis with sidel thrombocytopenia which literally means blood clots and low platelets. now if you remember april 2021 you and i talked aboutheirst reported cases and right now the fda is looking at about 60 cases. there are some debts, but we need to understand when you look at the fact that 18 million americans got the it's pretty rare. it's about one to two per million. so yes even in the recommendation is that people should go and get one of the mrna vaccines if anyone out there. j&j shot. they should not worry. these cases are not only rare.

they're showing up about one to two weeks after people got the shot. got it. all right, so if you've been fine, you're gonna be fine and when you mentioned very few deaths, i think it was like nine, but as you said 18 million of those doses out of 18 million, correct? okay. so who are the people that the fda is saying, you know, you could still get it because one of our other two vaccines might not work for you or doesn't work for you or don't work for you. so this is essentially two categories if somebody has a contraindication meaning that they are allergic to one of the ingredients or they've been specifically told. not to get one of the mrna vaccines that they could go and get a johnson & johnson vaccine or if someone for whatever reason doesn't want to get an mrna vaccine. it's important to know that the j&j shot is still effective when we look at these studies of the j&j shot, especially with the booster. ability is still there. it's still holding up against severe illness and/or hospitalization. i see. all right, so if you have an allergy possibly or you know reaction negative to the other

one extremely rare that is very rare, though. okay, so is j&j gonna stop making its vaccine given that it seems like it's petering out. you know, i didn't get into all the financial reports this morning because they were plentiful as i was looking at the reports about the clotting but it does look like there's going to be a decrease in the supply. yeah, and i think that's reflective on the fact that it's not popular shot anymore, and i even read something about them not putting out a notice to the investors, but not my territory. not your terror, although it can be you know, we should talk about their territory the bay area because our counties here have the highest covid numbers right now in the state, but i want to clarify with you, you know, is this cases or is it case rate? and what does it really say? new kristen, it's really interesting because if you actually look at our case rate per hundred thousand, we're among the highest in california now that on its own as we've talked about is not a reason for people to or to say that we're gonna get masked mandates, but if you go back a few months

before the cdc changed their guidance, we would probably be in high transmission, but we know that that changed and now the cdc guidance is based on not only case rate but on hospitalizations and availability of hospital beds. we're still in the green in that sense, but in a lot of other parts in the country, you know, those cases are going up. they're still green. the northeast is where we're seeing that yellow in that orange, but i think it's important that we keep an eye on this and realize that cases are going up nationally about 40 states hospitalizations are up 20% and the cdc just projected a model that we may see 5,000 deaths in a couple weeks, which is not acceptable. we should not normalize that absolutely all right, and i kind of suspect we test more here in the bay area so you you know confirm more cases but no way to prove that but that's what i think about us. we're probably don't pick up all the cases on the contrary. and also we probably don't pick up as many because we're taking home tests true. all right earlier this week we lord why a small number of patients who took paxilvid, you know can see the virus flare up again a few days after finishing

the treatment do we know any more about why this happens and you know for people who are worried is the second round. milder and do they eventually beat it? so kristen, there's some speculation about what could possibly be happening in the thought is is that when you test early which is a good thing that we have access to early tests and your high risk and you test positive you take paxilvid. it's kind of dampening down the effect of the virus and so immune system doesn't necessarily have to ramp up a huge resp. so then after you're done with that five-day course all of a sudden the virus is able to replicate you then get an immune response which is why you get symptomatic and because of that, you know, they're saying hey, it's totally possible. you're still infectious. so maybe after finishing paxilvid. you should test yourself to be negative if you're around people. high risk or if you want to return back to work, i think the important thing that we're all looking to see is there gonna be a change in recommendation for people who are immunocompromised or high risk. should they potentially take this for a longer period of time but as of the early reports it is still rare and it does not

look like the found is causing worse symptoms or leading to hospitalizations or is even a different strain. it's still the same first infection. all right, dr. patel, you know, you're a pediatrician by training and this is rather alarming. we're hearing of a hepatitis outbreak in kids. why is this happening? is it cover related? so we don't offhand we don't really know why it's happening. but i think the reassuring thing for anyone out there to know is that there is no reason to suspect that. this is related to covid-19. especially the united states the overwhelming majority of the cases reported the kids have not tested positive for covid-19 and also for any parents out there who are worried these kids either did not get the covid-19 vaccine or they weren't eligible because of their age, so it's not related to the vaccine either now in a the more than 100 cases the united states more than half of these children. tested positive for a specific type of respiratory virus call adenovirus 41. it's a bit of a mystery kristin, but the cdc has not yet said

that this is the cause. we're still trying to look for the cause and for anyone out there who might be saying. oh my gosh. i'm worried. remember these are still extremely rare 90% of the cases were hospital. at the majority of the children did go on it to recover and did well for anyone parents out there if you have concerns if your kid is nausea vomiting abdominal pain yelling of the skin talk to your health care professional we can for hepatitis with the blood test. all right, dr. patel. i know you were in the middle of a conference and you jumped out. able to do this with us because you love abc 7 news viewers. so we appreciate it. i'm abc 7 fam for life everyone needs to know that. oh, yeah, we know this. alright, we're happy. you're in the fam. have a great weekend.

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getting answers will be here every day at 3:00 on air and on live stream answering your questions. bye. tonight, the alarming new prediction. the biden administration now saying at many as 100 million new infection of covid in the u.s. are possible. and we ask right here tonight, what's driving this new prediction? the administration saying the u.s. must be prepared for a fall and winter surge. they're putting pressure on congress to provide new funding for covid vaccines and tests. as tonight, 37 states report a rise in hospital admissions. what they are seeing already in new york city and what the mayor is now saying tonight when it comes to masks. the other major health concern tonight. the cdc is now investigating an alarming increase in cases of rare hepatitis in children. more than 100 cases, including five deaths in 25 states. what they're seeing. is it cov