just heard tenant train horns went off to commemorate the nine lives lost on the day of the shooting and one more life lost down a couple weeks later. it's a tragic day that everybody still remembers. the date on the calendar may show one year later, but the pain from the memory of what happened at the vta rail yard in 2021 is as fresh today as if it happened yesterday. especially for kerry who lost her son, josé hernandez in the deadly mass shooting. >> that felt like when people tell me to be strong. i cannot -- 35 years of my son's life we pretty dustin: during

several public memorials for the lives of people who died after an employee open fire. one was held at the new resiliency center, a place to raise awareness about work is violence and offer resources to those in our community still living with the families of those lost. >> and you have inspired everyone around you with your resilience and grace. we know that your path to heal will never end, but neither will our support. dustin: this anniversary weighed heavy on all employees today as it was remembered through a private memorial for vta staff. >> it was a beautiful ceremony. dustin: operations manager gonzales says the healing can begin when people are honest about their feelings and learn to accept them. with other mass shootings occurring across the country this week, the feelings were hard to except for gonzales. it only opened up old wounds for those impacted firsthand. >> it brought back a lot of

memories. yes. so yes, it was very difficult. and my heart breaks for all of those people. dustin: but somehow we push forward, never forgetting the lives lost and the lives changed forever. >> that day will be forever seared in our memory, the memory of all of us in this community. we will not forget those lost, those who suffered, and those who are suffering still. dustin: back here in san jose, steps from where those tragic events have been one year ago today. and where that happens specifically, the buildings. vta has demolished those buildings and they are in the process of demolishing another one. employees say it is a step towards closure, but nothing will really ever heal those wounds that were developed one year ago today. our thoughts and prayers are with the families impacted.

for now, live in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc7news. kristen: thank you. multiple lawsuits are being filed today in connection to the shooting, including one by the family of victim lawrence cap lane. the student accuses the vta, private security company of negligence, assault, battery, false appraisement and will wrongful death. the family's attorney says the agencies failed to protect him and his fellow workers. >> the vta had 400 lives that it was responsible for protecting. and that is why they had security. and that is why there was a contract with the sheriff that they had with security company. and the security was false, it was fake. kristen: a statement from his widow says that too many people failed to do their jobs, leaving her family heartbroken. the vta issued a statement saying that today it is quote oak on the continued healing of our employees and the families

of our deceased coworkers and they will address lawsuit claims later. larry: fro another, the latest any horrific texas school massacre this week. we're learning more today about the timeline, but first, families speaking in honor of the 19 children and two teachers killed in tuesday's shooting. he roy: a small community of 20,000 people shattered. 19 children and two teachers killed. their families now sharing their names and their stories, so they will never be forgotten. alithia was a budding artist with big dreams. >> she was my artist, she had a lot of talent. reena roy: l.a. garcia's grandmother choking up, asking why her? the mother of torres speaking about her young son. >> losing that little piece of my heart.

reena roy: prayer circles at several schools across the nation as we remember those lost, in 10-year-old nevaeh bravo. 14th grade -- fort -- she was a mother and live pd her husband joe of nearly 25 years, tragically dying of a heart attack according to their family. they leave behind for children. morales muer ithe same >>nd we heard of another shooting, that could never happen here. it happened here. it happened here and it took my baby. >> big savior james lopez, garcia, 10-year-old cousins on a bell and jacqueline jaelyn also killed. 10-year-old jace an 11-year-old

jayla nicole where cousins. mckenna elrod's and simply calling the 10-year-old beautiful, saying that they are devastated. six people are hospitalized, including two adults who are in serious condition. reena roy, abc news new york. larry: heartbreaking to see those young faces. the mood in uvalde is shifting from grief to anger with several new questions emerging about exactly how long it took for law enforcement to get inside and engage the shooter. reporter shelly childers has more on that part of the story. reporter: the great continues. neighbors who lived just feet from the schoolhaisow a crime scene today did the only thing they could think to do. bring flowers out of respect. >> this is horrible what they are going through. we all have children and we just want to be here for them. reporter: as this small town grapples with the loss of 21, new questions are emerging about what happened in the moments immediately following this.

new video showing the gunman entering the school. another video shows chaos as parents showed up, some shouting at officers to go inside the school. i need is granddaughter was in the classroom next door to the gunfire. she says her son-in-law showed up as the shooting started and started acting on his own as police were still arriving. >> he came down to help her out, to get out through the window, but he could not get too close to the school. he was yelling at her, get out, run, run, run. so she ran as fast as she could out through the field. while the shooter was still shooting the room. reporter: at a press conference investigators said they were at the school within four minutes of the shooter making entry, but acknowledged it took nearly an hour before teams got inside and were able to confront the suspect. >> officers are aware the initial officers received gunfire. they will not make entry

initially because of the gunfire they are receiving. but we have officers calling for additional resources. larry: that was shelley reporting. we have a dedicated collection of information about the texas shooting on our streaming apps, you can get videos on demand on apps like apple tv, roku and amazon higher. anytime a greater >> now to the latest on covid-19. the covid variant known as ba four and the a5 have been detected in santa clara county's wastewater systems. kristen: it is unclear if either will become dominant here. california is reporting more covid cases per day than it did during the peak of 2021 summer surge. however, hospitalizations remain low. and a new swiss study has found that infected people without symptoms are two thirds less likely to pass the virus on to others. larry: experts believe we are nearing the peak of this search, thankfully. abc7news reported luz pena spoke to experts about what this means for the bay area. luz: it means more people are

getting infected and even though hospitalizations are slightly increasing, there is hope. according to experts, we are nearing the peak in the upcoming weeks. the last time california experienced a similar covid surge of this size was summer of 2021. >> cases are going up in places that have less natural immunity and that would be unfortunately here in california, because we were much more locked down. luz: alameda is one of the counties with the highest covid case rates in the bay area with over 16,000 positive cases per 100,000 people. the county's health officer calling this the fifth major wave. >> numbers are up and that reflects that -- my concern is that in the future we could see a new variant that is able to cause a lot of severe disease and put people back in the hospital in high numbers. >> we went to san francisco

general hospital where dr. chris caldwell, chief of the emergency room, is noticing a small increase in hospitalizations, which includes people who have covid and those who get infected while in the hospital. >> we do have an uptick in the last week or so. we have 11 or 12 in the hospital, two of which are in the icu, which is higher than it was a couple weeks ago. luz: dr. said his biggest concern is not as much hospitalizations, because numbers are not using at high rates, but his staff getting infected. >> the number of people that are out and cannot work because they got covid and we have staff, nurses, physicians, everybody was getting covid and cannot work. so our biggest challenge is getting enough people to actually staff the emergency department. luz: the doctor said this surge was expected, but will last too long. >> it was so expected it was seen in new york, u.k. saw it, europe saw it, so were going to see this ba.2 12 one probably

peak at the beginning of juneing californians is that we have one of the highest rates of vaccination, so we have vaccine protection and now more people are getting covid, those who are vaccinated are gaining hybrid immunity. so the combination of vaccine-induced protection, plus natural immunity decreases chances of getting severely ill. larry: thank you very much. kristen: the crime and targeting teens online and the results can be deadly. traffic jam, the warning about memorial day weekend and when traffic will get really bad. one game away, game five about to get underway could we will have a live report. >> and i will have the forecast could i may abc7news meteorologist mike. these clouds are going to be stubborn. our gateway to the weekend is going to suffer because of that. it is not going to feel like summer at all this week. we will talk

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kristen: happening tonight, less than two hours away of game five of the western conference final. larry: sports anchor chris live as the warriors try to close out the dallas mavericks and advanced to the nba finals here on abc 7 in just a week. chris: yeah, in just one week we

know the nba finals will be on our air. we are hoping the warriors will be here. that game would be here. let's look ahead to what is happening tonight in a matter of hours, jordan poole warming up behind me. golden state, the first chance to close out the mavericks. they are eight and zero at home this postseason, so that sounds good. each in the previous series against denver and memphis and dallas, the warriors were unable to close out there up front. they're hoping that they can do it tonight. that is the story as the warriors are one victory away from reaching the nba finals. >> lesson learned in terms of you took your hot to them because they made a lot of shots we had a couple breakdowns in our zone that gave them easy looks. they made us pay. and we know closing about will be tough. >> i believe we can win, so at the end, if you lose, you lose. so it does not matter how many we win, but we have to go game by game. >> playoffs are fun.

it is a game of adjustments and come out with another level of focus. chris: you can expect a raucous atmosphere tonight. 6:00 tip-off and before the confetti falls i think everyone here will be feeling real good. the warriors are on their way to the finals. will send it back to you guys. larry: that has become his patented end of game -- when he had the victory cigar, steph curry has the night night, so hopefully we will that later tonight and the warriors can go night night knowing that they will be in the finals in a week. thank you. kristen: oh yeah, we are at home larry. got to feel confident. larry: warriors are undefeated at home, five-game victory would be what we call a gentleman's sweep. you know, not a regular sleep, for print speaking of gentlemen -- >> just polite enough.

by that much, by that much. just enough. >> do you think they will play at metallica's enter sandman now as part of that? larry: anything is possible. >> yes, i am going to be just as polite as i need to be to tell you that it is not going to feel like summer at all this weekend mike: it is going to feel like spring actually. if you're going to be outside of the chase center, oh my gosh, look at that, 37 down to 55 degrees, so make sure that you dress warmly. the big story, look at these temperatures up to 30 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. dramatic drop especially inland neighborhoods, where we have mid-60's around san ramon, still warmer out around brentwood at 77, but fairfield is only 70. look at santa rosa, 62 to rees. 65 in oakland, it is warmer in oakland than santa rosa. it's about the same in san francisco, a little more sunshine and palo and -- palo alto and san jose. look at these breezes, they are

gusty and they will remain over the overnight hours and that means it is going to be another cloudy night and see clouds increasing as we go through the day planner for the evening hours. temperatures 56 to 64, dropping down to 54 to 59, so it will be much cooler. make sure you grab the jacket pretty will need it if you're heading outside and spending much time out there during the evening hours. what to expect moving forward, we got a cloudy night tonight with isolated drizzle. do not expect much. less than this morning. no summer warmth this weekend. a couple of warm days this week, but that's about it. let's look at visible satellite once the low clouds pull out in high clouds cap the atmosphere, it is this trough of low pressure that is going to stick around all weekend and is cold front is going to bring us some showers in the north bay but that trough will enhance the sea breeze. it gets faster this weekend and temperatures will be dropping. it's not going to be the best we can hang out of the pool or the leg or necessarily the coast for that matter if you're looking for warm sunshine.

here is a look at future radar and as we head through this, you can see tonight cloud cover, tomorrow night cloud cover. as we headed to saturday, there you go during the afternoon hours there are a few showers possible across the north bay. tonight, 40 eight in santa rosa to 54 in san jose. that is our spread. tomorrow, mid to upper 70's in the south bay. head of the peninsula, start in the 70's and head up to 67. upper 50's along the coast, downtown san francisco, low to mid 70's through most of the north bay but with a wind shift coming out of the northwest, we will get some down sloping in cloverdale in santa rosa and napa. that will warm us into the mid-70's and 80's. mid to upper 60's for the east bay, 70's as you head towards fremont and 71 in san ramon to about 80 and brent appeared here is my accuweather 7 day forecast. the sea breeze, cold front, showers and look at the temperature. 60's and may be mid-for our warmest. same thing sunday with more sunshine, but breezes will be even faster perform a moral day, we're back to average and we

will end may and begin june with our warm spell. kristen: thank you. after ray leota has died. his publicist says he was working on a film in the dominican republic and died in his sleep good his career spanned four decades and will be best known for his roles as a tough guy in films like goodfellas. he also showed a warmer side in his acclaimed performance as shoeless joe jackson in field of dreams. >> if you build it, he will come. kristen: his cause of death has not been disclosed. rate leota was 67 years old.

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kristen: a group of twitter investors is suing elon musk. investors filed suit against musk and twitter and federal court. they think claim that he engaged in market minute elation biden by his claim that he had stock. he announced his takeover bid last month. twitter stock has dropped more than $300 a share since then. twitter will pay the federal government $150 million to settle claims that it illegally used customers personal data to sell ads. according to the justice department, twitter violated a 2011 agreement not to use

information gathered for security purposes to help advertisers target users. larry: navigating the job market can be tough for anybody, but those who live with this about his face different added to challenges. abc7news reported zach fuentes spoke with two locals who found ways to make ends meet by hitting the road. zach: the americans with his abilities act and other laws helping to make strides in preventing discrimination against those with this about his, but it has not stopped it entirely. >> i try to sort as i could and i ended up getting fired anyway. zach: terry zimmerman became deaf in one year and has partial hearing loss of the other. >> i had a headset and i was doing customer service and i cannot hear out of his ear and i was worried was i going to lose my hearing in my other ear? zach: he was facing other physical injuries. he was homeless living in a center for veterans. he had a business background and new he could work for himself again. he found work driving for uber discovering the benefits of working for himself without some of the hassle. >> i don't have to generate business on my own, where i used

to have to hand out flyers. zach: uber driver also suffers from hearing loss. >> it's almost impossible for me to hear with that in the backseat. and i hate having to ask people what did you say. zach: despite the challenge, ride-share driver became a way to contribute to his family. peter is with the san francisco disability business alliance and he says more people in the disabled community have turned to anchrum and or ship. >> there are still individuals with his buddies who are largely relodye mpunemployed to assert eccentric zach: one in 10 people identify as having one disability. he says there's more that can be done to help those get jobs and avoid disco nation. ride-share driver and entrepreneurship have been key to helping many earn their own money. a win for them and the entire community. >> the disability community is the third largest market in the world to spend money. so, if the disability community

has money to spend, that his buddy for our local economy. zach: zach fuentes, abc7news. kristen: up next a mom shares her story of loss after her son got caught up in a sex extortion scam. how he became a victim and what the fbi says you can do about it. larry: plus a deeper dive into teenage mental health good what is the

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7news. kristen: the fbi is warning of an increase in crime that targets teens online. it is called sextortion. one mother shares her story of loss with karina nova as a warning to other parents and teens. karina: at 17 years old, ryan had many interests. a straight a student preparing for college, a boy scout, a second degree black belt and an animal lover. >> he truly fell in love with the raising of the animals and even my younger son has now taken onto that, so he is raising a lamb also. karina: as his mom shares because of the pandemic like most kids, ryan spent a lot of time online >> he could not download any apps without requesting our people, but the

problem is we get a little bit more freedom with some of the apps because they were used for school work also. reporter: that extra fun time is when ryan turned into a victim of an increase in crime called sextortion. >> they built his trust, a sentiment picture and asked for one in return. and as soon as he did, they demanded $5,000 from him. he was able to pay $150 from his account, but that was the issue. as soon as he paid, they realized there was money there. he was told they were going to post it and adjusted the fear of someone posting those pictures was enough to scare him. and he was really scared.: th ne his parents were home, he wrote a note and took his own life. >> his note apologized for not being smarter. he believed in somebody and that devastates me that he felt that

he was not smart, because some but advantage of him. my younger son lost his best friend and his brother. it is going to be hard for us to recover from it, but i need to do as much as i can to stop it. karina: it doing something to stop it is morning kids and parents. at the i supervisory special agent dan says everyone needs to be cautious who you trust online. if you become a victim, here is what to do. >> report it immediately. the recommendation is do not send money. sometimes these images do get shared if you ignore the call for funds from the big stores on the other end, but we find that if you ignore them, they typically go away. karina: colleen says that if they had known about the crime and talked about it they would be celebrating ryan's 18th birthday in april. >> just let them know that any mistake, you will be there for them. and just build that conversation

now and hopefully, nothing will ever happen and it will not be a problem. but they need to know they can come to you for anything. karina: karina nova abc7news. kristen: if you want to report a sextortion crime, contact fbi in san francisco. if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters call the national suicide prevention neckline at 800 273-8255. larry: all week long we are talking with experts about your mental health and we are looking specific teen mental health with david bond who is the director of blue shield. thank you for joining us. what are some of the biggest concerns when it comes to teens and their mental health? this piece right here is so tragic. >> it is. i think one of the biggest pieces is to understand what our young people going through and how we ask them about that and engage them in those conversations and ways that really create a space for young

people to talk to us about what is really going on with them, so that we can in turn be a selfless we possibly can. we recently conducted a survey of 1300 genesee years throughout the united states. 300 were in california. we asked them questions about what was going on in the social environment impacting their mental health specifically around climate change. while some people might not realize that that would have such an impact, it is a lot of news about things going on in the world around us, whether it is climate change or acts of violence or political sphere or these things all just have such an impact and the empathy of gen z has such a challenge for them. what we found was that while 80% of them said there was a negative impact on mental health from even just the conversation and the effects of climate change, these were resulting in

things like depression, anxiety even headaches. 70% of them said they had impact, 40% said they talk to their parents about it good so i think what is really going on, it's great that people feel it they can talk to adults in their life about this. it really speaks to us, creating a space where we are just checking in. how are you doing and for parents to sit back and listen toeersoll undetandhatht sometimes thaisar the you are absutely rhtignd a e cuarlture of cours by the living a wndhat other young people aroundhe t what is fascinating pandemic, sheltering in place stigma way

that we as a huge community have gone auceded people are going to the thisr nt always a conversation especially when you were talking about preadolescent kids. a lot of what they are going through and experiencing, their entire emotional experience comes out in how they play. whether it is through creative play with toys or how they engage in sports like terms of aggression or even monsters attacking other things. there is really a lot of what they are thinking about, what they're going through and how they're feeling coming out that way, so it is not always let sit down ocoe thanh ucd conversation you're not going to do that with a six-year-old to the same degree that you would with someone who is 16, for example. but if you are paying attention to the themes that are coming out in children's leg, there's an opportunity to engage in that play with them, to see how we

can help the small animals or children or whoever is being victimized, help them to feel safe. do we need a superhero to coming to take the monster to joe? do we need to create a magical force field? how is it we can help the victims in the play become safer and there, when we practice that with small children, it helps to increase a sense of safety within that child's own psyche and then things like nightmares and trouble sleeping and other challenges can really be decreased a bit by that kind of conversation. larry: great suggestion and it obviously differs with the age of the kids involved and what they can comprehend. wish we had more time but we have to leave it there. david with blue shield, thank you for your time today. >> thank you very much. larry: to find an ally to help care for your mental health, check out some local resources. go to abc7news.com/take action.

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this could be epic. memorial day weekend is the unofficial start of summer. it is getting started based on traffic. >> yikes. the east shore freeway expected to be one of the poorest drives in the bay area. it says tonight but i'm going to say this afternoon based on that shot. westbound 82 the civic center exit in san francisco is expected to be 105% of normal until about 8 p.m.. if you're coming in on the bay bridge here, this is the approach to the lights here and it looks like not too many people -- maybe there at the warriors game. they are already there probably otherwise it's going to be long. are you planning a trip? luz: definitely not after seeing that but i'm going to go on a hike to breathe some fresh air instead of being stuck in traffic. that's awful. larry: mike? mike: i was going to look up my commute and it is longer than normal. an hour and a half right now. larry: just hang out with us.

mike: i plan on it yet. kristen: you know i never discuss personal plans, but i do think that the price of gas and flying right now, airfare, could be keeping a lot of people hanging out close to home. and covid. all right, a home security camera capture the moment a toddler man in excitement towards a blackberry. little juniper walked out into her backyard. said that's a fair and approached it with open arms, because when you are that age, that is what you do. her mom, samantha martin scooped her up and brought her back inside to safety. martin said that jennifer loves all animals. but maybe not that one. maybe not in that way. what do you think? luz: i think that's frightening but i do believe we have to be worried about children. fearless, adventurous, but not like that. larry: not with a bear. like yogi bear. that's fine. a little stuffed animal, but not a bear bear.

she probably watches cartoons. >> cartoons are always kind of friendly. maybe she wants a dog. maybe she wants a labradoodle. i'm all for that. they are so cute, they look like teddy bears. larry: now to something that could be terrifying, especially if you hate robots and spiders. this is the world's smallest remote-controlled walking robot. look how small this thing is. this is a path a millimeter wide. like that is super tiny. other robots resemble inchworm's and crickets. this is the stuff of nightmares right here. i am scared enough of regular robots. the boston dynamics guys. the goal is to use robots and surgeries and to repair machinery. i heard about this a few years ago, where they have -- i'm going to mess this up, nano bots that go in. what i was told is let's say you

sprain your ankle. they can inject the nano bots and the nano bots no what to do to reduce the swelling and when i heard about this, i was like -- there is? >> there is a lot of work being done could we should bring an expert in so you can find out all about it. it is fantastic, tremendous potential to help us. mike: that is the beginning of the conspiracy theories right there. the nano bots. larry: can they fix my brain? are they that good? there is a limitation to what science can do, ok? i think we know that. kristen: it is thursday and that means it is tasty thursday. coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages across the world. today, we are talking about pineapple labs ethically sourced coffee blend which comes out with a new coffee blend every month and behind this is one of

my favorite people in the bay area, alexis pens. >> thank you for having me. >> founder of pineapple labs along with her husband. we also know a little bit about hunter penn. i wanted to have you on tv forever. you guys talk so i can drink. larry: do you have any pineapple because i'm from hawaii? tell me about your coffee. this is good because normally i put a lot of stuff in it. i don't need anything for your coffee. >> i'm so glad to hear that. sounds like you guys brewed it just right and i could not be have your to be your 4:30 pick me up. thi, bnd >> we have a new one coming out in june, so if you need any father's day gifts, we collaborated with baseball fortune and it is going to be a fun collaboration and i cannot wait to share it with you all. larry: nice. kristen: how did you get so into

coffee? we know hunter has a was at this thing for coffee but how did you two get into how to create your own blend? >> we love specialty coffee and more and more, we learned about it. we love the idea that when you buy specialty coffee, it is sustainable, it is -- you make sure that the farmers are being paid really well. and everything is ethically and transparent. the more we learned, we were like we want to teach people about it. so we would love to be a bridge with people's homes, where they can try a specialty coffee if you don't know any good local coffee shops. and hopefully, our coffee is so good that it will encourage you guys to find your local specialty coffee shop in your city and support a small business. larry: kristen, you are a coffee snob appeared kristen: i am. this is amazing. larry: do you drink coffee? luz: i am columbian and i have high bars and it comes to coffee and this is amazing.

how much coffee you drink a day? >> heidrick about two cups a day at a mask, but hunter drinks eight cups of coffee and two double espresso shots. hunter is on the next level. larry: is that what we used to see him in the dugout and his eyes were bugged out? >> that's why his swing is so twitchy. tricking so much coffee. larry: i thought he was just focused. i did not realize he was all caffeinated up. >> yeah, it is insane. he drink a lot of coffee. hunter really does have a sophisticated palate, he is the one that picks our coffees every single month. he comes up with the notes and the names, so he is a huge part of the structure of pineapple labs. kristen: not only is the coffee super tasty, pineapple labs, you always donate the proceeds to charitable causes around the bay area.

tell us a little bit about that. >> this month we are supporting ladies who launch, which is a program that helps support women in a binary on-screen ores -- entrepreneurs financially, whatever they need, they support them and get them going. each month we pick something new and we try to support local here in the bay area. and may his ladies who launch. larry: thank you so much this will get me ready for the warriors game. i am ready. >> thank you guys so much. larry: tell hunter we said hi. that is it for t

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larry: schools in the bay area getting rate for high school graduation and for the second year, san francisco public schools will have all of their graduations at two locations. senior education reportedly and melendez tells us it is a unique yet costly approach.

reporter: it is graduation rehearsal 101 as exciting as watching paint dry. >> i feel like our class will get it together really well and create across the stage. reporter: graduation ceremonies end up looking great because they are outsourced to a professional production company. in other words, every high school senior and the district will have the same experience. beginning on tuesday and for the next three days, there will be 19 graduation ceremonies at either kezar stadium or the old mac a tear can this all in the name of equity. >> we had some schools that could really afford something like the auditorium and we had other schools that could not afford that. and we started looking at that from an equity lens. reporter: it is no secret that these graduations cost half $1 million. a hefty price tag for a school district facing a huge budget deficit. >> we are in difficult times, but we also understand that we

are in a city that is giving. reporter: the city has given them $200,000 and the rest will come from donations and from the school district. burton high school has the space to have their ceremony on campus, but they too want to have the upgraded version. >> this is the cherry on top of the cake, but many of them are not doing it just for themselves. many of them are first-generation students, their parents are immigrants, are refugees. and many of their families may not have had the chance to go to school. >> i believe that keys are is kind of like fitting to say the least because our class has persevered through a lot, considering that we have just come back from covid. reporter: having graduations at one location only started last year. the district hopes there will be enough funding to continue with this unique experience. in san francisco, leeann melendez, abc7news. kristen: one man is taking helping others to a whole new level. his world central kitchen has

fed people in the bay area and in disaster zones around the world. larry: ahead

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larry: you might remember world central kitchen for their work in the bay area feeding people that were stuck on board a cruise ship back in 2020. now there is a documentary on disney plus telling their story. sandia kenya has a preview. sandhya: you feed people says chef andre is and has world central kitchen got support from hillary clinton at the premiere of a new documentary about him directed by ron howard. >> what i learned and frankly as a filmmaker what i think audiences can learn is to understand what a difference can be made by any small measure of commitment. sandhya: chef andreason started by going to haiti and volunteering his services after the earthquake in 2010. the film shows how he grew his

nonprofit from there, often putting himself at risk. >> we are through high water. the only way to be delivering food. >> the mission is clear. we want to treat people. sandhya: when we talk to him andres had returned from a mission to ukraine. >> i am there after the war began. we began feeding 12 hours after. 65 days later, almost 20 million meals, we are going to be doing 350 and 400,000 meals a day. sandhya: this after the group proved its worth during the pandemic. >> and a scaled up their operation in a remarkable way. they recruited more people. they activated beyond anything they had ever done before. sandhya: his frustrations are sometimes obvious in the film and andrea's told me these were the toughest parts for him to watch. but we feed people is definitely a heroic story. >> we show that big problems have simple solutions.

sometimes, a plate of food as a way to start being involved. sandhya: i'm sandia kenyan. abc7news. larry: the chef has been around the world that he does amazing work. i'm larry beil, abc7news at 5:00

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. >> u.s. border patrol, tactical teams arrived, they make entry, they shoot and kill the suspect. >> law enforcement's response time now under hard scrutiny after texas confirmed one hour elapsed from the time the government entered onto a tactical team breach to the classroom. thank you for joining us. i am dan ashley. >> law enforcement is trying to determine why no one confronted the government before he went into the school.

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