news conference on abc7 news at 5:00. we have everything you need to know on monkeypox on abc7news.com. karina: happening now, bart's board of directors meeting will consider reinstating a mask mandate again. bart originally dropped its mandate after a judge dropped the federal transportation requirement, but it was reinstated in late april. if a new mandate is put into place, it would last until october 1. pres. biden: both chairman powell and many of the significant banking personnel and economists say we are not in a recession. >> one of the most critical 48 hours for the u.s. economy in recent memory. dan: one of the major developments in the u.s. economy, the commerce department reporting the gdp down for the second quarter in a row. that points toward a possible recession, but still has not been officially declared at this point.

with inflation up and gdp down, how close are we really to a recession? abc7 reporter lena howland is hearing from local business owners on how they are dealing with it. lena: as the cost of ingredients for those cookies and brownies soar throughfrancisco's bakeshon to me. lena: this woman opened her bakery with her dad last recession and managed to survive through covid thanks to pp loans. -- ppp loans. >> for the first time in 10 years we are seeing we are losing money instead of making money. that is including covid now. it's just getting harder and harder. lena: and they are not alone. over the fear of passing too much of the increase in prices on to their customers, some small business owners tell me they are the ones absorbing the increases. fillmore creamery on fillmore

said his expenses have gone up by 30%. >> it's difficult to do that. how far do you go for a cup of ice cream? i can't charge 30% more. and 30% more would only balance it out. it does not put any more money in our pocket. lena: add to that the latest gdp report showing a second straight quarter of decline. >> historically two quarters means we are in a recession. likely that committee might paint it as a recession. lena: while it may feel like we are in a recession, a director of financial planning says we are not there yet. he says what that means ritt' s to costore to borrow money.as for inf >> if you want to help bthing you can do is things because you think inflation will keep going up. if you do, then you are buying more things today. that is just increasing

inflation. lena: in san francisco, lena howland, abc7 news. karina: multiple residents from a coop low income community in san francisco are getting infected. abc7 -- getting evicted. abc7 news reporter luz pena says they don't understand why they are getting displaced. luz: for over 50 years, richard has lived in this co-op house and community. his mom passed away in october. she was the main person in the contract. now she's getting evicted. you never stopped paying. >> no. luz: he has been pacing back and forth in his home for days. every item carrying decades of memories paired this eviction notice representing something he never thought he would face, homelessness. >> i haven't been eating or sleeping. it's like my worst nightmare

ever came true. the aspect of me becoming homeless at the age of 61 is frightening. luz: turns out, richard is not alone. his neighbors are coming together to expose what they say is retaliation by the building's board and management against residents reporting damages in their units. >> i think the current board needs to look at human beings and their families as just that. luz: maria's brother is 48 years old. he is disabled and also getting evicted. >> the reason she said is because she has not seen my brother in his unit in 180 days. so have you ever went to speak to him, to talk to him? luz: we try to speaking to the building's management and were told no one was available. the board's president refused to speak to us. the 211 units low income housing complex is in fillmore.

the supervisor who represents this district says these evictions have been placed on hold for now. >> this makes no sense at all. due to some disputes around filing certification paperwork, other bureaucratic issues that have come up. luz: meanwhile, these residents are hoping for the city to fully intervene. >> the people are nice. they don't deserve this. they really don't. and it's poor leadership. luz: in san francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. dan: we wish them well. the california state auditor identified an illegal payroll scheme that defrauded the state out of $845,000. two people conspired to falsify timesheets. a custodian did not work for years but still collected paychecks and shared a portion of them with the supervisor. the report says inadequate oversight allowed other employees to commit attendance abuses. karina: housing the homeless.

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karina: monkeypox cases have been reported in every bay area county. san francisco with the most with 281. cdc reporting 4600.world and the dan: the federal government is distributing more this week, but continues to remain short of what is needed. here is abc7 reporter leah melendez. leah: the cdc is reporting 4600 cases of mucky pox have been reported in the u.s. -- of monkeypox have been reported in the u.s. this man of san francisco was diagnosed with monkeypox earlier in the week. >> i was in denial. there has got to be some other way.

it has been over a month. i have not had sex. how can this be? leah: the lay-ins, melendez -- lesions, melendez confirmed, are extremely painful. >> they gave me some type of loaded came cream, which has not helped. and they also provided me with like it in -- with vicodin, and it also did not help with the pain. leah: as more cases emerge, the fda announced it has approved the release of 786,000 doses over the coming weeks. san francisco is expecting about 4200 this week. late this afternoon, san francisco declared a public health emergency. the biden administration is expected to do the same. that announcement will come from the secretary of the department of health and human services. >> we will weigh any decision on declaring the public of the merchants he based on the

response -- public health emergency based on the response through the country. leah: the san francisco aids foundation applauded the city's decision. >> resources that can be allocated in the city as a result of declaring monkeypox a local health emergency will help us in a more robust response as we allocate resources or manpower to the continued spread of monkeypox. but a federal response would allow more national resources to be deployed, hopefully to allow for a stronger ramp-up of access to testing, treatments and vaccine in the country. leah: in the meantime, melendez had this message for his coming at. >> the confusion, the fear, and stress of it all, but also know that this too shall pass. you are not allowed. leah: in san francisco, leah melendez, abc7 news. karina: now to part two of our

abc7 i team investigation on a scam targeting silicon valley investors. dan: a cryptocurrency scheme is bilking millions of dollars from people's bank accounts and is getting more sophisticated. stephanie sierra has been digging into what federal investigators are doing to crack. karina: stephanie is here with part two of that investigation. stephanie: investigators say this scam is becoming increasingly difficult to track as the tools these suspects are using make the fraud appear legitimate. today we are looking into the fake sites the fence are tracking and how to spot them. -- feds are tracking and how to spot them. a cryptocurrency scam crippling bank accounts across silicon valley, tearing families apart. >> i feel so bad for my family for what i did to them. i never lived in this kind of life, like paycheck by paycheck. i lost my job. stephanie: this is the voice of

the bay area software developer we are: r to protect -- calling r to protect her identity. for r, it started on the site linkedin. >> this person has a professional profile and claimed he graduated from the same school as me in china. stephanie: r says he claimed to be a technical director for a fortune 500 company in the u.s. their friendly conversation quickly moved to whatsapp. before long he brought up an opportunity with crypto. >> then he started talking about, why don't you do something with me? i can help you to make money. stephanie: it sounded easy. r first sent three payments equaling $65,000 from her bank to a trading app he suggested. the app showed he made a 20% profit, so he told her to open a new account with another bank.

r then emptied her retirement fund and transferred $900,000 in late october. the app looked legitimate. r already made a profit, but she learned the hard way it was a scam. >> once the money goes in there, it's gone. stephanie: cryptocurrency is a high-risk investment, but could have big rewards. r gambled and lost it all. he promised she could make the money back. feeling desperate, r consulted her husband and sold $400,000 of stock to make the final payment through the platform. within minutes, the money was gone. r is the latest victim of a scam known as pig butchering. it is becoming a nightmare for victims around the world. >> two individuals meeting on either on a dating website or social media platforms, they develop what is a fake relationship based on false trust. after that trust is built,

usually the suspect convinces the person to invest in a cryptocurrency. stephanie: a u.s. secret service special agent says cases tripled across california this year, a majority targeting victims in silicon valley. what are you doing to crackdown on this crime? >> locally we created a digital asset technology alliance. it specifically is targeting digital assets. we are seeing a majority of those cases are pig butchering cases. stephanie: di team sent down with the nation's first and only team staffed by the secret service to crackdown on this crime. the digital asset technology alliance. >> this is a facade. >> this financial analyst showed us how suspects are using new technology to create counterfeit sites that minute legitimate companies -- mimic legitimate company's. like this fake version of kraken which are counterfeit apps which are rick amended by apple with a 4.9 rating.

many offer fraud alert services to make in the app or site appear legitimate. >> you will be able to see the balance grow in your crypto account, giving you the false impression that your investments are actually gaining money. stephanie: to prevent falling for this, always research the app or website and check the url for misspellings, like this site investigators say is impersonating the legitimate company coin base. instead of coinbase.com, it is coinbased.app.net, with an extra din the -- d in the url. some links don't work. others don't share those red flags. >> if we click on it, a very compelling product here, where you have now functioning links that would allow you to buy/sell crypto, but in actuality any of the crypto you are buying is

going straight to these criminal organizations. stephanie: once the money is sent, it's hard to get back. >> if you contact us 30 days later, it will be difficult for us to get the funds back to the victim. stephanie: according to the u.s. secret service, if you report the crime in less than 48 hours, there is more than a 75% chance the feds will be able to seize your money. whereas if it has been more than 48 hours, the probability drops down to less than 10%. the impacts go beyond the financial loss. in r's case, she fell into a deep depression. she not only lost her job as she was about to retire, but in total lost more than $1.3 million. >> it's very hard, very hard on my family. every morning i woke up, i feel like it's a nightmare. stephanie: if this has happened to you or a loved one, the most important thing you can do is report it to the u.s. secret

service using the number on your screen. or i encourage you to file a complaint with the fbi at ic3.gov. for the i-team, stephanie sierra, abc7 eyewitness news. dan: our heartbreaks for her. let's turn to the weather forecast. karina: mike nicco is here. the giants are back home. how does it look for that game or anything outside? mike: more uplifting after what we just watched. the giants desperately need a win. temperatures will be around 60, dropping to about 57 and breezy. dress accordingly. a lot of stuff i've been watching on the santa cruz camera, we seem to have some kind of activity, some relay races. it was a great day to be at the beach. i'm also watching high clouds. those will continue, but no storms are coming out of these yet. cloudy tonight, but not a compressed area of clouds. that means more fog and drizzle

than the last couple mornings. tomorrow mostly sunny with seasonal temperatures. we have the hints of a chance of orm starting monday and tuesday. clouds did not necessarily clear out in all areas. it is a bit cooler today. this july has been close to average, if not cooler. if you look at our average high and low compared to average, w either -- we are either the same in livermore and san jose or cooler. this comes after that really warm june. hopefully you are saving some money on electricity, especially in our inland neighborhoods. that might be something to look forward to. brentwood at 92. cloverdale 94. the rest of us in the 60's, 70's and 80's. we have gusty conditions. they will last up until 3:00 in the morning. they won't shut off at 9:00 like normal. with breezes, you want to grab a at 10:00.

temperatures a couple degrees warmer tonight. about mid 50's to low 60's. see the yellows and oranges in our hills? right above the marine layer it is in the 60's and 70's. so far it is not translating to where we are because of the marine layer. we have upper 70's to mid and la -- to mid 80's. everybody else in the 70's for the peninsula. cloud cover on the coast, low to mid 60's there. barely sunshine in downtown san francisco. sin thing in sausalito. another great day to be outside in the north bay. upper 70's to mid 80' the east bay cloud cover lingering longer. everyone in the low to mid 70's. 82 to 92 in our inland east bay neighborhoods. every single area, we have clean air. thunderstorms across the sierra again. i have been looking at the rainfall totals. it is not helping the drought nor the firefighters. for us that is bringing back

high ia while. those will get a bit thicker as the flow comes more off the sierra starting this weekend. we will see an increase in high clouds and hints of storms monday and tuesday. right now i kept them out of the forecast. it is definitely something we are going to watch. karina: no hands, no feet, and no limits. the baseball star not letting anything hold him back. plus -- >> i truly believe the shelter-in-place hotels are working. >> but we are talking about thousands still on the streets. dan: homeless in hotels. a pandemic t that was quick. and rewarding. i earn 3% cash back at drugstores

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you've got to work through your challenges in baseball. it is not just me. it relates back to everyday life for me. reporter: landis was born without hands and feet, but that has not stopped him without -- not stopped him with his baseball career. >> the first time i met joe musgrove, he told me life rewards you once you start. if i start working, then it's -- i'm going to be rewarded at some point. reporter: the hard work landed the 16-year-old as second baseman on his varsity team. he's on a major league stadium tour, taking part in baseball clinics along the way. on thursday he was in the bay area with a former giants pitcher who lost his arm to cancer. >> i am an amputee and he's walking around with no hands and feet. i had to connect because i wanted to see how inspiring this young man is. reporter: he places landis' --

praises landis' athletic ability. >> he showed us he can continue to play this game and figure things out and keep up. whatever he wanted to do in life he was going to be able to figure out. reporter: long-term landis wants to be a coach in the major-league. he has heard the naysayers, but his whole life has been an example of setting out on his own path on his own terms. life rewards those who start, and landis shows no signs of stopping. >> they are telling me baseball is not something you can do. so a lot of what i do, i'll show them i can do it. reporter: in san francisco, abc7 news. karina: wow. he will make a great manager. july is disability pride month, as part of an allies in action streaming special. i had an in-depth conversation with disability advocates about some of the issues facing that

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>> building a better bay area. this is abc7 news. dan: when covid emerged, san francisco started replaying tourists in hotels with homeless people. -- replacing tourists in hotels with hummus people. our reporter went back recently to get a look at how things are going. karina: he joins us now as we continue to look at the problems that plague the 50 city blocks we call the tenderloin. >> when the pandemic struck, tourism in the city was decimated. there were a number of small hotels that jumped at the chance of filling the rooms with anyone to keep from going under. it was a social experiment, taking the homeless out of the tents on the streets and bringing them into the hotels that was born out of necessity. but, like some critical things, it seems to have paved the road to building real solutions. we went back to one of those

hotels that turned into a homeless shelter and found some of the lessons learned forced the city to reevaluate the ways it helped people get off the streets. what have you learned in the last 18 months? >> i truly believe the shelter-in-place hotels are working. if you look at the streets, they are much cleaner right now. we don't want to go backwards to a time when the streets were filled with tents. we also have learned that mental illness and drug addition is something that the city, in fact california, is not addressing adequately. reporter: the ceo of five keys runs this tourist hotel turned homeless shelter. rooms used to go between $200 and 300 also night -- $300 a night, but when the pandemic hit, tourism dried up. 25 small hotel operators like the one here jumped at the

chance to rent rooms to the city. have the hotels helped? they have gotten people off the streets. what about the second part, the mental health and addiction? >> it's a huge problem. the hotels are helping. five keys, we in the last couple years have re-housed 290 people to permanent housing. san francisco alone rehoused almost 1200 individuals to permanent housing. these are people that were on the streets that now have a permanent place to live. reporter: but we are talking about thousands still on the streets. >> correct. reporter: it is just like any other hotel. >> this is one of our rooms. still get your tv. your own bathroom. reporter: i understand one of the problems with the hotels is the rooms get trashed. >> unfortunately that is a reality. you take someone that potentially has a pet, that is suffering from a dual diagnoses of mental illness and substance abuse, who has not taken care of

themselves, put them in a room and it can be quite challenging. what you and i might perceive as garbage, those are their belongings. reporter: we put them in a room like this, we give them meals. do they get help, or is this jus t a place to get them off the street? >> everyone is assigned a case manager. the focus is to stabilize them and get them to a place where we can rehoused them in a permanent situation. -- rehouse them in a permanent situation. reporter: for them this is home for the time being. >> we operate about 62% male -- 60% male and 30% female. the average person is in their 40's. been on the streets for many years. reporter: it's nice to meet you. how long have you been living here? >> two months. reporter: for people like james, the hotels provide a temporary home, the closest one they have

had in years. >> most of the time i look for jobs. i go visit my granddaughter. reporter: ready to go inside? >> if you could. reporter: for others the shelter provides stability. daniel has been here since the beginning of june. >> it's a great place. i'm off the streets. anything off the streets is great. reporter: what brought you to the streets? >> i was in financial debt and i lost my car. i totaled it in nashville and ended up coming over here by bus and was on the streets. reporter: you are from tennessee? >> no. pittsburgh, pennsylvania. reporter: what brought you here? the idea that they would be able to help you? >> no. i was trying to get away from my past and was looking for a safe city. reporter: where do you hope to go from here? >> get a job. i am reconnecting with my family. i'm hoping to be a functioning

member of society and contribute in the best way that i can. >> staff coming in. reporter: this program does not come cheap. by the time you add in services and room costs you are looking at $250 a night per person. do you think this will be a permanent solution? >> it is. at the height of the pandemic the city had 25 hotels, approximately 2500 rooms and sheltering 400 individuals. that is folks off the streets. the city is purchasing or has purchased eight hotels under permanent supportive housing. reporter: steve tells us the pandemic reminded him that homelessness is not going anywhere anytime soon. people will always need help. if some people call this hotel home, ijust not a solution. >>

this is going to be a long-term problem. this is going to be a lifelong commitment for many individuals here. the city, the state will have to -- is going to have to adopt them. until we get some sort of mandated treatment, some sort of better approach for mental illness and drug abuse, this is what we will have. these folks will be with us forever. reporter: one walk down the block shows there is more people in need of something like this. what is the future of the program? there are questions about how long the federal funding will last. >> the hotels are definitely winding down. most of these hotels will be closed come next fall. but with bringing on eight new properties for permanent supportive housing, which will be a long-term commitment because it is subsidized, that is part of the solution. folks are here, our priority is to get them rehoused through problem-solving eno -- is

nogh hng ander reik hotels, this hotel is scheduled to be turned back over to its owners in june. it is going to need a deep cleaning before it can become a tourist hotel again. where do these people go? the answer is the next generation of hotels turned shelters, permanent supportive housing. >> this is certainly a step up. >> it is nice, right? reporter: yeah. >> if you are going to rehoused somebody, you have to do it in a nice place. no one wants to move into a dump. it has to be someplace that is appealing and pleasing. reporter: this is one of the former tourist hotels that the city has actually bought and used for housing. it is a simple affair. there is a community kitchen and dining room, even a place to hang out. everyone gets their own room and

bathroom. >> how are you doing? reporter: i'm doing fine. >> i'm still unpacking. reporter: david has bounced around the shelter system for years and at 66 says he's done with drugs and the streets. you think you are going to stay here? >> stay here as long as i can. reporter: david is exactly the kind of person who would likely succeed here. a case manager will check on him periodically and make sure he stays stable. >> we don't want to see folks returning to the streets. that would be the opposite of what we want to a complete. -- what we want to accomplish. this is it. we want them to remain here and be successful. dan: this is such a powerful and informative look at the problem and solutions. and it is a very complicated hydra-headed problem. when those hotels close, where

will these people go? reporter: the city needs more of this permanent supportive housing if it is going to change anything on a grand scale. it will need a lot of money for that. unless the state and federal government delivers big dollars, some of these people might wind up being released back into shelters and back on the streets. for those who can work or collect social security, they can subsidize their housing by contributing one third of their pay to stay indoors. karina: you said he might succeed through this. what if he can't or won't pay? reporter: in that one building we looked at, half of the people there are employed. if they can't contribute, it does not mean they will be is acted. this is about ending the revolving door of homelessness. the city will have to make due with what they have. if someone can't pay, it does not help to put them back on the streets. they will have to look for other funding streams.

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demand because the pool is too small for the amount of rooms. dan: that's an interesting point. let's move on. if you like popcorn and toppings on things, we have something. flu nuggetff -- fluff nugget opened in san francisco. it offers artisan popcorn with flavors like brisket, cookies and cream anst medung itsngt wa a taste. be gie delicioustreats. lorraine, we will ask you about the flavors. i have oreo. i think dan has strawberry. dan: it is really good actually. karina: what other unique flavors do you have? give us some more. >> so today we have a strawberry meringue, playing with the

flavors of dried strawberries, there are meringue bits, white chocolate bark. the cookies and cream is one of our most popular flavors. dan: i bet. >> there is pieces of oreo. there is a bit of oreo frosting on top with oreo cookies. one of my favorites is chocolate aztec chile. playing along with that mexican cinnamon chocolate flavor. there is an aztec chile chocolate crunchy cookie on top. there is some pieces of chocolate. then there is a little bit of chocolate soil mixed in with the spicy chocolate soil. dan: how did you get the idea for this? >> i have to be honest with you. when i first was approached to e concept, i thought, wait a minute. one of the flavors we started with was brisket.

why would we ever put meat on popcorn? with these flavors, i realized popcorn is this neutral base. it's kind of a great platform for anything. and so one of the flavors that we also sent today was coconut curry. that is our vegan flavor. it is really delicious. who thought you could put curry on popcorn and some coconut and candied ginger and peanuts? it has been a lot of fun honestly to be in the kitchen and figure out what you can put on popcorn. karina: i love the unique flavors. you can really eat popcorn with anything. i used to eat it with little chocolate chips because it added sweetness. you have a very unique name, fluff nugget. tell us, how did that come about? >> the founder, doug, came up with that name. this brand is all about fun. just when you say it, it's fun.

it makes you smile. that is what we are trying to do, put a smile on your face. from everything from the name of the company, there is a neon popcorn kernel on the outside of the store. you come in and have these crazy flavors. it is irreverent fun. dan: they are fluff nuggets, really, popcorn. what new flavors will be released? >> we are doing a pesto fetta pistachio lemon. dan: wow. karina: love it. >> you can have popcorn as a meal, really. and coming up in the fall, think about the harvest. we are playing around with apples and caramel, may be some nuts. down the road in the winter, maybe a white chocolate peppermint bark or truffle popcorn. the possibilities are endless. we have a lovely list of all these potential -- a laundry list of all these potential

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karina: the folks at san francisco based industrial light and magic are considered

special-effects superstars. now the story of how this company came to life is being played out in a new six episode series on disney plus. george pennacchio has a look behind the scenes. >> visual effects create the magic that makes people want to go to the movies. movies are special-effects. george: george lucas certainly knows that. industrial light and magic, or ilm, is a division of lucasfilm. we go behind the curtain to capture its history. >> how did it happen? who was behind it? who stirred them on? what directors made what demands? how were they able to fulfill those demands in a way no one imagines before? >> when i was writing star wars there were no special-effects offices in the world. so how are we going to do the effects? >> in the case of george, even though he was very tough, he created an atmosphere in which people could take a chance,

where people would come up with things that no one had thought of before. and it would be reinforced by this gang of outsiders that he had assembled. george: today ilm is a gold standard for special visual effects and animation. in its 47 years the company has won 16 oscars, been involved in more than 350 movies. the promo for this series says the only thing more special than the effects are the people who make them. and those are some of the creating the world of star wars. >> i spent a day just drawing really quickly. it could be this, it could be that. send it to george. he picked one. >> when you say, how did this happen? it is a pretty rich starting point. george: in los angeles, george pennacchio, abc7 news. karina: all six episodes of "light and magic" are available

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>> now from abc7, lie breaking news. >> breaking news in san francisco, set to become the first city in the nation to declare a local public health emergency for monkeypox as city officials take action in responding to the rapidly increasing number of cases. thank you for joining us, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. mayor breed is expected to make a statement shortly. turning to leah melendez from the newsroom with what this means. >> while we wait for the mayor to make that announcement, let's remind everyone san francisco was the first in the nation to declare a stay-at-home order for covid. now the city is once again taking the lead by declaring a public health emergency because of the spread of monkeypox.

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