>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> this is a proje homelessness and restore human. >> what the concern is, for those extreme cases where there may have been criminal incarceration for really egregious types of crime. dan: alameda county supervisors considering an ordinance that would set a national standard on housing and remove criminal background checks. good evening. thank you for joining us. i am dan ashley. ama: and i am ama daetz. the decision has been delayed dan: for now.

dan:abc 7 news reporter luz pena is with us. luz: dan, need to work on the wording of the bill before moving forward. alameda county could become the first county in the nation to ban housing to formerly incarcerated individuals. >> are released, your punishment is supposed to be over with. once you have served your time in prison, once you are released, your time is served.

>> the l.a. county supervisors meeting. >> years ago had nothing to do with me not paying rent or destroying someone's property. i tried directly to apply for an apartment unit, and on the application, there was a question that stated, have you been convicted of a felony? and i marked >> the nonprofit house resident in oakland and found a connection between that and their criminal

>> 60% of respondents have a criminal record. that experience they get the know when they a plow -- they apply for housing. the board missed an opportunity last night to take evidence-based public policy action to address homelessness. >> on the other hand, derek barnes of the association said landlords should be allowed to know who is applying for houses. >> having that ability to, you know, be able to evaluate and screen tenant, it may be important for an owner or a manager to know if someone has a background of child abuse. >> in 2020, the cities of

oakland and berkeley passed a fair chance ordinance. if approved, the county of alameda would be the first county to follow suit. in the newsroom, luz pena, abc7news. dan: let's talk about exceptions. could landlords get any information to a prospective tenant's criminal history? >> dan, yes. they would not be allowed to ask an applicant about criminal history or even require disclosure of criminal history. they could check the state's megan's law website that has licensed sex offenders. dan: all right, thank you. >> a stabbing in oakland happened around 11:30 a.m. the victim was found suffering from multiple stab wounds and was taken to a local hospital for treatment. >> a person wanted in connection with the stabbing was located and is in custody. both individuals involved in this incident are juveniles and students at skyline high school. ama: police are investigating if there is a connection. abc 7 confirms there was no lockdown at in effect following the stabbing. dan: in san francisco, an event to combat gun violence is scheduled, but despite good intentions, a study shows those gun buyback programs are not really that effective at preventing gun violence. >> disposing of a firearm that you no longer want around the house, no questions asked.

is it reducing violence on our streets? studies say not really. the types of guns using -- used in homicides in mass shootings are usually semi-automatic handgun's and semiautomatic rifles commandos are not usually at gun buyback programs. >> we have gotten thousands and thousands of guns off the street , proximally 5000. >> it is impressive how many guns have been taken off the streets throughout the bay area. police departments and lawmakers and stand behind them because it is another way of showing the public that at least something is being done to address the number of shootings. >> you see this in my hand? this was once a weapon that probably took a life, but guess what? it won't do it now more! >> these do not reduce homicides or mass shootings. why? because the demand for guns

continues to grow. >> the easier the access we have for guns, the more people are going to die. >> in most cases, the people giving up their guns are not the ones givi committing the violen. that was demonstrated last october when santa rosa police sponsored a gun buyback program. >> this way we can get the gun out of the closet and bring home the cash. >> still, they may help someone -- help prevent someone committing a suicide or a child accidentally firing a gun. in both cases, these gun guy back programs are beneficial, according to san francisco police. >> the grandkids, nephe nieces, friends, and often times, people do not even know when the guns are missing or reported stolen. >> we are saying this program may make that one difference, one act of violence not occurring on the streets of

santa rosa, and to me, that is a big win. >> that is one piece of the puzzle. what gun buyback to do is create coalitions. we saw several people come together, a group of young people actively involved in the gun buyback program. lawmakers, law enforcement, they were there. when they form this coalition, a dialogue is started. ama: all right, thank you, we appreciate it. teachers are expected back on the job tomorrow after saving a -- staging a massive stick out today. around roughly 149 teachers protested, calling in sick to protest the problems with the payroll system. several hundred students stayed home after word of the sick out overnight. dan: today, former theranos executive ramesh

balwani was sentenced. dustin dorsey was in court. >> after elizabeth holmes was sentenced to just over 11 years in for her role of fraud at their nose, ramesh "sunny" balwani was sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison for his attorney, jeff coopersmith, spoke briefly after the speaking -- sentencing. >> are not going to comment. as i said, we are disappointed with the outcome, we respectfully disagree, and we are going to appeal. dustin: the defense team argued 39 objections from multiple hours this morning before the sentence came down. they included enhancements for the amount of victims involved, who was the organizer for thought it theranos, -- fraud at their nose, whether there was risk of bodily injury, and others. the judge finding the loss to

investors was $120 million. this is a message to silicon valley. >> ms. holmes and mr. got the book thrown at them. when you look at the amount of loss here, that is what the result was for today. >> the range of the sentence for bal months in prison. the judge argued for 180 months. the defense sought ovation. they argued balwani did not seek fame or fortune from the fraud. he wanted to help people with the technology that he believes could change the world. the defense believed holmes should face a harsher sentence. balwani received nearly 13 years, more than homes, after conspiracy to commit wire fraud. his attorney does not regret taking the case.

>> i am honored and proud to represent him. dustin: balwani will receive his prison sentence on march 13, 2023. dustin dorsey, abc 7 news. ama: turning out to storm watch, as we take a live look outside, that looks pretty great, the sunset. the rain is not back yet. abc 7 meteorologist sandhya patel is here with more. sandhya: let's look at live doppler 7, the light level 1 exclusive on our storm impact scale. a light storm is coming in for tomorrow afternoon and evening. it will certainly be a slippery roadways for the afternoon and evening commute. 3:00, rain moving into much of the bay area. 5:00, you will notice scattered showers across the region, really continuing through the evening hours. and this is just the start. that exclusive level 1 storm will bring slippery roadways, scattered showers, up to 1/3

of an inch. but we have a level 2 coming for saturday, and as we take a look at the details on that, it is going to be heavy rain, strong wind, minor urban flooding at. closer look at how much rain and whether it will impact your weekend plans coming up, dan. dan: thanks. oakland police are going to try to step up the effort to reduce traffic accidents and deaths across the the effort will be paid for through a $500,000 grant for the california office of traffic. the money will pay for efforts to combat sideshows and street racing. it will be used to target drunk drivers, red light runners, and distracted drivers. the grant program runs through next september. ama: san jose has ended a decades-old parking requirement for housing and business department development. this is one of the big

issues the city had combating pollution and single-family housing. the hope is by eliminating the parking minimum requirements, housing costs will go down. dan: a lot more to come here. still to come, layoffs and lawsuits. following the latest from twitter including protesting ja

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dan: let's turn your attention to the latest at twitter headquarters in san francisco. today, recently fired janitors protested outside the building, and it comes as the social media platform faces several -- separate allegations of collusion and censorship. abc 7 news reporter suzanne suzanne: conservative speaker says he was unfairly suspended back in fairbury 2021 for

election misinformation. he shows the first week he shared and his comments on the 2020 election. >> i said election fraud is rampant nationwide, especially in california. there's no voter id here, so i said we need to conduct audits. suzanne: twitterverse suspended him after his fifth strike. his lawsuit was dismissed. so he took it to the ninth circuit court of appeals today. now he waits for decision. >> i want my twitter profile restored and tens of thousands of other profiles restored that were on rightfully suspended by twitter, potentially in collusion with the government. we need to see how deep this goes. >> it is not the government's job to be the policeman for twitter. suzanne: also today, we heard from union janitors at twitter who are out of a job and now on the streets, protesting. members were striking for better pay and job productions all day monday. monday evening, they learned from their employer that twitter

decided to terminate all 48 union janitors that work at twitter. >> so what they are saying is we do not want union janitors at this time anymore. suzanne: members say what really stings, they were considered essential workers during the pandemic. >> all of our families are trying to figure out, how will we pay our rent? how will we pay our mortgages? suzanne: senator scott showed his re support today. . senator scott: they are deserved to be treated with basic human dignity, and elon musk is treating them like garbage. suzanne: we reached out for comment and have yet to hear back. in san francisco, suzanne phan, abc 7 news. ama: tesla lost a bid for a recall today, al of racism at the company's fremont plant. it was helping to overturn a verdict for owen diaz. diaz claimed the company

overlooked racial epithets and offensive graffiti at the northern california facility. a trial later this year will determine how much the company pays and damages. tesla faces another lawsuit filed by california for alleged mistreatment of black employees at the fremont plant. tessa called that lawsuit unfair. dan: could the bay area crab season get the green light to begin next week, or will it be delayed yet again? delayed yet again? we sometimes a cough isn't just a cough so it's better to be prepared. keeping binaxnow handy makes it easy to test. and self test kits may be reimbursable with no copay through your health plan. with binaxnow, you'll have reliable results in 15 minutes with the self test that features the same technology doctors use. and detects multiple variants, including omicron ba.5 so you can always be prepared with binaxnow. the #1 covid-19 self test in the us

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recreational crab season opened at the beginning of november, so we are waiting to see. we will keep you posted. ama: we are waiting to see how much rain will get. dan: we have a nice pattern. meteorologist sandip patel has the latest. sandhya: it is just going to get us started on the wet weather. weekend storm is the one that is going to be potent. let's look at live doppler 7 right now. it is an active pattern and the pacific, and we will see dramatic changes tomorrow afternoon could right now, it is all quiet on live doppler 7. you will notice temperatures ranging from the 40's to the 50's. a beautiful view of the full moon rising and gorgeous views mauer tower cameras elsewhere, san jose to golden gate. as we take a closer look at the golden gate bridge coming here is a look at the forecast. showers arrive tomorrow afternoon and evening. stronger storms saturday with downpours and strong gusty winds on the way to the first one is a light level 1 on our exclusive storm impact scale tomorrow

afternoon, scattered showers with slippery roadways for the afternoon and evening commute, about .500ths to of rain. as we start to go into 4:00, 5:00 in the afternoon, you will notice if the rain is spreading. it is pretty light for most areas and will become scattered at the front starts to break apart by 8:00. when all is said and done, some areas may not measure in terms of rain, like or mountain view. up in the northern part of our viewing area, you are looking at 1/3 of an inch in santa rosa, clearlake, so winter weather advisory tomorrow morning in the mountains running too early friday morning. have a foot of snow, higher for the peaks, looking at chain control and potentially difficult travel. forget about travel, between friday night and monday morning, that is when a winter storm watch goes up as heavier snow is expected, white out conditions with the winds blowing, and the snow level will be about 3500 feet.

above 5000, we are talking three feet to five feet of snow, which will be a welcome sight. morning temperatures tomorrow in the 30's and 40's, not quite as cold thanks to the o extra cloud cover tomorrow. grabbed the umbrella. showers, in the 40's and 50's. ahead of this, we will see rain developing friday night, but it is really saturday that that weak atmospheric river comes in. we get a good soaking. the bay area will get a good dumping relay sunday night before this system winds down. rainfall totals for most of you will be in the one inch to two inch . there will be higher totals to the north and in the mountains, could see three inches or close to that by the time all is said and done. winds out of the south saturday morning, topping 50. at likely going to lead to trees coming down, potential

friday night is a won, -- potential power outages. friday night is a level one, a windy start sunday, wet day, slight chance of lingering into monday, and then after that, we'll go with some chilly nights and some dry days around the middle of the week. dan: i just love this pattern. we are on a roll. ama: listen to this. a new luxury resort is coming to north lake tahoe. this week, plans for the walled of the story lake tahoe. these are renderings of the plans. it is expected to be a 15 acre village with 61 rooms and some residences available for ownership. in a schedule so far for the new resort will be located at the former site of the biltmore lodging casino. dan: as we head to break, there is a live look at the big island of hawaii, as it continues to erupt for the 10th day.

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dan: the top of mount diablo will be lit in honor of survivors and those who lost their lives on pearl harbor 81 years old today. here's a live look from the sky 7 above the beacon of mount diablo. this year, the beacon will be lit by a pearl harbor survivor. a few survivors met at the side of the attack on the island of a wahoo. thousands -- a wa thousands were killed. it is the incident that put u.s. into world war ii. ama: "time magazine" calle a hero for the symbol of defiance and democracy after his country was invaded by russia.

many ukrainians have been inspired by president zelenskyy to keep fighting for his country. he beat out many others, including elon musk. dan: fire fighters are: a neighbors to step up and be a hero. cruz got the word out about their annual holiday to toy drive. the firefighter say the toys go to a number of local charities. they explain why the event became an important part of the holiday for the past 10 years. >> i personally came up depending on nonprofit christmas a lot of times. dan: he knows it has. you can drop the toys at any of the fire stations at we appreciate your time here to our next newscast is 6:00 p.m.

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