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areas getting the heaviest right now. i'm south of san francisco from daly city into chinatown, north beach, the marina, getting some pretty steady rain and downpours right now. looking northeastward toward richmond and berkeley, some heavy downpours. wet weather is expanding at the moment. what started the day as a level two storm is now a level 1 because it has weakened a bit and the most intense elements of the storm are fizzling just a little bit. look for gusty conditions from time to time, some snow over the higher peaks and the possibility of isolated thunder and hail. here's the forecast showing how the storm will continue weakening after 7:00 or 8:00 and then, what's coming next on the accuweather forecast just a little later. larry: we've got rain and blizzard conditions and avalanche concerns close resorts
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throughout the lake tahoe region. palisades tahoe shared this video -- nearly three feet of snow is expected to fall there just today. >> we have had 500 inches of snow this season. we are looking at extending our season obviously to memorial day but possibly even further after that. we will make an announcement a little later this month. larry: 500 inches -- that 41.5 feet of snow, more than 100 inches above what the resort receives on average for an entire season. it is mind-boggling. kristen: and crews are at work in tiburon trying to clear a mudslide that locked paradisecle glenn, paradise drive is a major route that runs along the entire eastern part of the city. larry: we have team coverage on the stormy weather that
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continues and continues across the bay area. lauren martinez is in the south bay. kristen: but let's begin with ryan curry looking at problems in the east bay. >> here in the east bay, diablo was the biggest attraction with a lot of people going to check out more snow that had fallen on the mountain. however, the issue was the rain on the roadway. a lot of that creating many issues. a lot of people experiencing pothole damage. a damp day in the east bay -- from heavy rainfall to the snow-covered trails of mount diablo -- >> be heard it snowed a lot so we are excited to finally see some snow in the bay area. >> he and his girlfriend spent today trying to check out the snow. like many others in the bay area come a they did not expect this much snow. >> not having experienced that in the bay kind of hurts but now to get some snow feels exciting. >> juniper campground was packed
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with many people, many drove up the winding snow-covered roads to take and what many are calling a historic storm. >> i was really surprised. not used to that around here. >> a good day for some, headache for others. the rain at lower levels created potholes and those potholes damaged numerous cars. >> i hit a pothole, i was the second person. i pulled over with a flat about an hour ago and cars just keep coming in. with flats. >> contra costa public work officials say it has kept cruz busy. as the storm continues, more potholes are showing up. they say they don't fix them until the weather clears. >> what we are trying to do is take advantage of the clear whether to address those potholes so we can make sure we maintain safe roads for our customers and communities. >> advice to drivers -- be
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cautious on the roads. if you see a pothole, reported. >> if they notice a service issue, we encourage them to reach out to us and let us know about it so we can take care of it right away. >> some good and some bad with these storms and east bay. the snow on mount diablo been a lot of fun for those families, but there is a good reminder that down near ground level, that rain can create problems on a lot of those roadways. kristen: and the bad from the storm in east bay. the snow has been fun to see if you had up to the mountains but we have to remove her the rain can create incidents on the roadways. larry: it is a problem we have to deal with. let's get to lauren martinez joining us from felton with a look at the situation in the santa cruz mountains. >> we
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of boulder creek trying to get closer to the snow but as you are about to see, storm downed trees prevented that from happening. heavy rain on your drive toward the santa cruz mountains and it didn't take long to see snow on the side of the roads. we spent most of our time weaving around downed trees on highway nine near san lorenzo park. pg nd crews were busy clearing the roadways for drivers. >> you can see here lots of trees. it's crazy. >> in older creek, residents are having to drive around several closers. >> coming from san jose's, i had to take different routes because of road closures. it's taken me about a half hour or 45 minutes longer than usual. >> at this gas station, workers say they have been busy filling propane tanks. >> lots of extra battery power
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and lights. it will be inevitable we lose power, just so just keeping prepared. >> while some don't mind the active season, others do. >> it's like one thing or another, we have no rain or a lot of rain. this area. up until 4:00, there was an advisory in place for small streets. larry: you c weather conditions and access the live doppler 7 are weather team uses and you can do so anytime you want available on demand on the abc 7 bay area news app. kristen: a major milestone in the pandemic -- california is ending its public health emergency for covid-19. larry: california and all bay area counties will no longer be in a state of emergency. liz kreutz is looking at some of
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the changes coming to san francisco. it is complicated. >> we have heard from a group of people who are confused what exactly the end of the health emergency means specifically for certain pandemic-related policies. to be honest, it is confusing. we asked the city about what this means for food benefits and say pay. here is what we learned. it's hard to forget march of 2020 -- >> we direct a statewide order for people to stay at home. >> three years later, the statewide state of emergency for covid-19 has officially come to an end and along with that the public health emergencies and several bay area counties including san francisco. >> we are about to deliver a letter to mayor london breed. >> the cofounder of marked by covid, a group advocating on behalf of people impacted by the pandemic. numbers of the group into city hall to demand more answers on what the end to emergency
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declarations means for certain protections. >> infections, food ban time off, all of these protections remain in place. >> will they? according to spokespeople, it's not a one-size-fits-all answer. >> there are currently two state of emergencies. >> one is the public health emergency which is coming to an end. the other is an emergency declaration from the mayor. that one has not yet expired. that means policies tied to the health department emergency ending. the eviction protection ordinance are not. >> does remain in place regardless of the public health emergency. >> what is coming to an end? one changes masking. members of the general public will no longer have to mask inside hospitals, health care and skilled nursing facilities at homeless shelters unless the facility chooses to keep that rule. that said, the state is
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requiring masking at health care settings, so the city must comply. another changes sick pay. private companies with more than 100 companies had to offer sick pay but that has ended. a third changes to food stamps -- due to changes in the federal budget, people who rely on calpers benefit will stop receiving the extra covid-19 allotment next month. >> those changes are not tied to the san francisco health order, so that does impact every recipient in the state. other changes statewide include the closure of max -- mass vaccination and testing sites. insurance companies will no longer be required to front the cost of covid-19 tests. so a lot of different changes. they also vary county by county and that is why it can be very confusing. larry: we are just a few weeks shy of three years since initial covid shut down. we didn't think it was going to
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last nearly this long. >> with regards to public health, i can see it being the larger part of this year we are gambling on live television. i think we are going to have to shut down schools and all of that for that long? i don't. i thing it's going to change the way we look at the transmission of disease. larry: we were so young back then. the shut down went on for nearly a year, even longer for some businesses. those businesses did not survive and had to close for good. it feels like a i've seen you in person. it's so bizarre we have been through this but are you surprised? i was aghast when you said a year and now we are three years later, are you surprised it was this long? >> if you would have asked me back then, my job would have hit the floor. but now, moving forward and looking backward, seeing these surges that we have had from delta, from omicron, the fact we
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weren't prepared for a pandemic, health care disparity was not ready for the surges we saw, i'm not surprised, unfortunately. the question is are we prepared for the next one. we saw that clip -- i had a lot less white hairs then. there's a page here -- interview with larry on the day we declared an emergency. larry: i feel honored to make it into your book. we have said this is over now. the virus has to say in thi well -- how do we move on from here? the variants are still out there, people are still getting sick, but we have treatments. guest: unfortunately, when we say it's nice, we have to look at that with a certain lens. it is nice we have vaccines, we know how to protect our vulnerable but it feels like more of a symbolic statement. the virus is still out there, we have this issue with variants and we have to be realistic.
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there are a lot of people out there who are high-risk and immunocompromised, people who are now potentially losing some of the coverage liz explained with respect to insurance and access. we have to balance the fact that we have come a long way but the risk is still there. larry: are we looking at it or are you looking at it like it is kind of like the flu at this point? guest: i wish i could say definitively it's going to behave like the seasonal flu, we are going to have a predictive model. i wish i could say that, but we can't. because here's what influenza doesn't do -- influenza doesn't have the ability to affect nearly all of our organs the way covid-19 can and cause thousands if not millions of people worldwide to have long covid. there are still a lot of people out there suffering and we have to remind people that just because you don't die from covid-19 doesn't mean you can't have debilitating symptoms long term.
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per 100,000 deaths, california is among the lowest rates in the entire world, .1 deaths per 100,000. we can celebrate that but we have to realize this right is still out there. larry: the energy department released a report saying they now believe covid came out leak from the lab in wuhan, but they also added they have low confidence in that statement which raises the question why even make the statement. what do you take away from that? guest: simply put, we need to see more data and better understand what's happening. people have already jumped on whether or not this leaked from a lab two or three years ago. whereas the data as it sits right now does show it came from nature. i don't even want to jump into the theories that are out there. people need to understand it's ok for science to say we were wrong as long as we see that data and know what steps to take moving forward. larry: great to see you back in
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the studio. guest: hopefully it stays this way. >> pandemic recovery isn't just about health. later this hour, the bay area's financial health. the future of san francisco's sanctuary status -- the push to end it and those who want to keep it going. and make it a bare get more with nature's bounty. from the first-ever triple action sleep supplement. to daily digestive support. to more wellness solutions every day. get more with nature's bounty.
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larry: people who don't want francisco's thing tracy policies to change how they rally at city hall. the resolution is response to an effort by brooke jenkins and supervisor matt dorsey to end sanctuary protections were undocumented immigrants who have been dealing fentanyl on city streets. san francisco's policy law enforcement from notifying immigration if an undocumented person is released from custody. kristen: phil matier is is here to talk about this. is this the way protection under sanctuary city is supposed to go? is that how it was envisioned? >> back in 1989, when dianne feinstein faced the issue, she was sure it was going to be for minor offenses. some buddy was here illegally, maybe they had too much to drink and got pulled over, they did not want them to be deported. some but had small offenses,
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they didn't want to be an expulsion, especially if they had family here. over the years, two things have happened. one, it morphed into including more and more various offenses until it became virtually universal. the second thing that happened was what used to be a felony dropped down in stature in the state of california like drug dealing. we have these two forces going on now there's a move at city hall by matt dorsey and by district attorney brooke jenkins and by the mayor to say let's realign. they don't want to get rid of sanctuary but let's ring it into terms with 2023. kristen: the das office wants to get tough on the illegal drug trade but you have people espousing san francisco values and defining them a certain way. how do these camps meet? >> i'm not sure they are going to. what we have is a situation -- i want to clear something up.
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if someone is arrested for selling fentanyl, which matt dorsey points out is sponsor before 600 deaths in the city a year as opposed to 60 homicides or 30 homicides, wit -- what is murder and what is not? he wants to make that a violent felony. the second thing is if you got arrested, you wouldn't be deported even if you are convicted. it would be if it happened twice in seven years post some people go that is lost -- we have both sides put up the extreme and say it's all or nothing. the question in san francisco is can they come to some kind of agreement? you have people that are for it, people dead set against it, and you have a group of supervisors who don't want to touch it because it is controversial. kristen: let's say they say thank tracy won't apply to people dealing drugs. do they think it will make a huge impact?
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do they think people drug dealing could be impacted by this policy? >> they don't have hard statistics but the feds have picked up when they bust up these gangs, it tends to be hondurans who are either traffic up here or came up and are selling it. proof shows they live in oakland and commute into san francisco to sell it. the reason they are doing it here is in part because of the laws. that is natural. i don't k impact it's going to have to right now, there is a feeling given the emergency health and public safety, why are we turning our backs on anything? it's ideology -- some people say we don't want to. it's another interesting twist -- when donald trump was president, any move to change the sanctuary laws in san francisco was shut down saying you are a trump best, and
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was it. now joe biden's president and you go ok, what's the story now? kristen: thank you so much. larry: a search is underway in santa rosa for a man with dementia who has been missing for 24 hours. multiple teams bred out across the city looking for larry atchison, the 64-year-old walked away from his home yesterday afternoon. he's six feet tall, last seen wearing a black columbia jacket and black slip on shoes and hopefully they find him quickly. coming up, we are wrapping up black history month with a wild ride. meet the east bay dragons later this hour. spencer: we still have widespread rainfall across the area. but then comes the cold.
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larry: check out the snow storm dropped onto yosemite national park. we got a live look at the view from some brand-new webcams. yosemite falls, el capitan, half dome are all available for review. an eagle eye view from on top of the central dome showcasing the mountainous landscape. we had a lot of rain now
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i said the problem would be too much snow, who would have believed that? kristen: very few people. there may be a little more to come. let's check in with spencer. spencer: actually there may be a lot more to come. here's a look at what is happening in the bay area. we've got rainfall scattered all across the region. the heaviest rain right now is concentrated in the east bay where all the major freeways are getting a drenching. antioch over to san leandro all shifting eastward at the moment and it may not last much longer. gusty outside with gusts miles an hour to 31 miles an hour. no sign yet of those gusts easing up much. here's the view from the rooftop
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camera where we had a damp downpour. temperature readings in the 50's. the view at the golden gate where we are seeing some blue sky right now. the pavement is wet from rain that fell moments ago. other temperature readings, 45 degrees. concord at 49. the view at emeryville looks pretty dark. traffic was heavy before the recent downpour and it is still moving rather slowly. these are our forecast headlines -- clear and cold overnight. mainly sunny and mild or through friday. the storm we had earlier today was a bit more intense, a level two now. for from time to time, gusty conditions -- snow over the peaks and a possibility of under and hail. that main body of precipitation
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sweeping out of the bay area by 8:00 or 9:00 followed by clearing that will continue through the overnight hours. temperatures will drop and we will be left with frost advisory and freeze warning for the entire region. the hills indicated by the freeze warning and a blue areas indicate the frost advisory. the coldest temperature reach between 28 and 32 degrees. as you can see, mid-20's at ukiah, santa rosa and fairfield, 31 at napa and livermore. highs tomorrow only from low 50's at the coast to mid 50's elsewhere. still a winter storm warning in effect until 4 a.m. tomorrow. here's the accuweather 7-day forecast. three sunny days coming our way. a warm up on friday to about 60 degrees around the bay and inland. the rain returns on saturday,
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sunday, monday and tuesday and it's groundhog day. only we did a b bill murray. bit. larry: we will accept that. kristen: what choice do we have? larry: how about the other kind of forecast? kristen: how the bay area is recovering after t
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announcer: building a better bay area -- moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. larry: as california and all bay area
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counties will be exiting the pandemic state of emergency as of tomorrow. but when it comes to the nation's economic recovery from the pandemic of the bay area has not fared very well. kristen: leading economists are saying the worst is behind us. leanne melinda's is live in the newsroom with a look at what is in store for the region's economy. >> let's approach this in three parts. what we expected, what economists say needs to happen, and why they say this is the beginning of the future for the bay area. when it comes to the bay area's economic outlook, one thing is certain. the pandemic brought permanent changes and there is no going back. here is what we know. the slow recovery is as surprised to no one. the san francisco metro area which includes the east bay peninsula and some of the north bay ranked 24th out of 25 similar regions. >> i think most people were unsurprised.
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i think they were surprised there was anything left. >> only the baltimore region fared worse. five times as many people in the entire bay area worked from home from 2019 to 2020 one. as a result, san francisco has seen more than eight when he 4% increase in office vacancies. >> remote work will stay with us but we don't think we should be talking about 25% vacancy rates. >> the city saw $96 million less in sales revenue compared to 2019. >> a gamble on investing so much in the tech industry and that industry is when a shift to remote work goes. it's really hard to bounce back from that. >> the number of people who left the bay area for another state increased by 33%. it's no secret much of the bay area's recovery will rely on the
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rebirth of downtown san francisco. first fe the wl come. send resilient economies are diverse. this is an opportunity to retain tech, keep tech here and invite in new industries and businesses. >> there are proposals to offer tax incentives. the third strategy is to find new uses for old office spaces that should include housing. economists are optimistic the worst is behind us and the bay area is still the best investment with tech still leading the rate -- leading the way in our recovery. to be more precise, tech is what is going to move the needle toward the day areas economic recovery. in order to measure that recovery, this kind of data will be updated every three months by the bay area council of economic institute. kristen:
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alameda county to end its eviction moratorium. abc 7 news was in oakland as a group of small property owners held a rally calling on the board of supervisors to end the ban was a product of the pandemic. the landlords say they are being pushed to the brink because of tenant sewing back rent. one community leader has an idea for a solution. >> the landlords and tenants are being pit against each other. this is wrong. the moratorium has the best intention but unfortunately, it yields many unintended consequences. i'm hoping accounting can do one more thing. support it so they can pay back the rent. kristen: if the board of supervisors doesn't take action, the eviction ban will likely expire at the end of april. larry: a new survey of ride-share drivers say they face unfair drivers.
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report sueye ivers. two ds say they experienced deactivation by their company with drivers of color disproportionately impacted. one uber driver shared how he tried to contest his deactivated status after a sudden increase in complaints. >> i denied any type of allegation. if you give me a time of day, i will look at my dash cam and send you footage because i prided myself on being professional, being and safe as a driver. larry: uber says they have a process before they decide to read deactivate a driver. lift says the report does not reflect the actual experiences of the majority of drivers. coming up -- bare minimum monday. ne
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kristen: time now for the four at four. we have a, and spencer joining us today. is the clock ticking on tiktok? and how's committee is debating a bill giving president biden the ability to ban the app in the u.s. top they've been given a deadline to remove tiktok from government issued devices. tiktok is owned by a chinese company. officials say they are worried about data security. i'm not sure who it applies to
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because i'm not on tiktok. are you guys? larry: i'm concerned where spencer is going to post his dances. [laughter] i think more likely -- i you could ban the app, but more likely is it would be -- remembered during the trump administration, they were talking about sell it to a u.s.-based company. that doesn't totally protect your data but it is a step. i imagine that what happened before an outright ban. ama: of china always subject to the pressure of the government as far as turning things over. when the trump administration considered doing it, i'd did download it because i thought tomorrow i would not be able to download it and all the kids will be talking about things i don't understand. i still don't understand. larry: it doesn't matter whether you have it or not. the classic james bond novels
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are getting a rewrite. the alterations will remove racist and offensive language, mostly with black characters. the books will carry a disclaimer saying they were written at a time when terms and attitudes considered offensive today were commonplace. author ian fleming's family says they are certain he would approve of the edits. i'm trying to think -- i've watched every james bond movie -- i can't remember any of this. that's what happens -- 20 years ago, whatever we saw, ok, it's fine but now it may not be fine. ama: didn't we just talk about this last week? i'm all for it. let's revisit things. it's great his family seems to be behind it as well. spencer: it is great the family is behind it. if you are talking about literature like tom sawyer and huckleberry finn -- you have to consider the context in which those words were used. but if you are talking about outright disparaging comments, get rid of that. kristen: or in a gratuitous or
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unnecessary way. it's a different conversation bert -- if we are talking about to kill a marking bird. -- kill a mockingbird. larry: the bond movies in particular, he's supposed to be the macho stud -- that's what the whole theme of the movie is. you can change it but if you make it so antiseptic, you don't have james bond anymore. kristen: how about jane bond? some new words are being added to dictionary.com. there are 300 new entries including rage farming which means trolling your applicable -- your political opponents. cyber flashing and the -- the false belief that you can have your cake and eat it too. do you use any of these? larry: i've never understood and
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have -- i've never understood have your cake and eat it too. what else would i do with my cake? spencer: you want to be able to eat the cake and gone down your digestive system. you want it there but you also want to eat it. the idea of incorporating these shall we say contemporary slang phrases into the dictionary -- i know i'm taking the old fashion, purest point of view, but i think they deserve a separate volume, not in the dictionary. many people rely on the deck straight to find out how to use words accurately and in the proper context. i don't know if this fits into that category. ama: i think it is big dictionary that puts out these words just so we can talk about the dictionary. some of these -- really? kristen: i will offer the counter consideration that language is a living thing and evolves.
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new definitions, expanded definitions. ama: i think some words, but some are just trying to be buy g about it like now. larry: dictionary.com, you one. monday is typically not the happiest day of the work week and there's new social media trend saying it should not the most productive either. it is called bare minimum monday. the idea is to do just enough to get by without stressing yourself. some would say tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday also. a tiktok or started trend -- of course the tiktok or was burned out. you can only dance so much. this is a dan ashley joke he told through the years -- i give 100% -- 20% on monday, 20% on tuesday -- spencer: the clever thing to do is turn up on monday all energetic and by contrast with your associates you will look like you are working hard,
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management will be impressed and the other four days of the week they will be watching other people. kristen: that is how you have had such a long career. larry: you just secret to a 100 year career. ama: larry, you will like this 1 -- what was the term for maybe you wouldn't have to do the bare minimum if you were on a four-day workweek. larry: you are m spencer: the announcement was endorsed by larry -- want to hear it? ♪ fish. fish. fish. ♪ ♪ look at this fish. ♪ ♪ it's a wild caught pollock from alaskaaa. ♪ good thing i don't need jingles to sell my food. my fish sandwich is back for a limited time. ♪
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kristen: we are writing out of black history month in larry: style. larry:they are the oldest black motorcycle club on the west coast. on a saturday she said she would never forget. >> every weekend in east oakland, on 88 and international, you hear the rumble way before you see the east bay dragons clubhouse. inside, it is pretty brotherhood on full display as members help 80-year-old willie
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lee harper junior get ready for his big interview about the oldest black motorcycle club in the west. how did you first learn about dragons? >> i really got interested in the dragons when i saw them come up the freeway on the motorcycle. >> this was 1962. >> the flame helmet -- the motorcycle was just sparkling. the bikes you would see in the movies like the white boys used to have. to see some black people doing that -- it was bad. >> this was the time when black man riding a harley was a revolutionary act. they were founded in 1959. by this and of sharecroppers that move from louisiana to oakland and wanted something to keep his siblings busy. the club was initially for cars but quickly changed to motorcycle. they are cheaper and the dragons say the cops wouldn't bother
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them as much with bikes. >> i bought a super super hog racer, 125. i rode it from berkeley to west oakland. >> the gear, you just got on the bike and said i'm going to figure it out. >> i'm going to get in the dragons. >> the thing is, you have to ride a harley to be in the club. they got wind of the situation and built the bike. >> the next put his bike together, he didn't have to spend no money because what he wanted was in his barrel. >> the east bay dragons have a knack for building relationships. >> talk to me about the plaque appear. >> the hell's a were good friends of ours. they gave us that plaque for our 60 year anniversary.
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>> sunny barger maintains their decades long friendship until levinson's death. in the 60's, you could find the dragons writing alongside activists. >> we were not black panthers but we supported the movement. >> the most important relationship is clearly the one with each other. when the crack academic took hold of the country -- crack epidemic took hold of the country, though dragons kept many men out of trouble. >> joining the dragons guided me. i had been in and out of jail but once i got in the dragons, it was like a finishing school. i see all these young guys now, i hope they are getting what i got. >> it seems like they do. what does it mean to have your son get part of it? >> that's the best to me. >> benny whitfield joined the dragons and 19 621. now his sons are sharing in the experience of -- shar
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experience. >> as long as they are loving and kind to one another like a brotherhood. not just a friend but loving. >> just a high i would wish every black man. >> dwayne williams took over as club president and is dedicated to continuing the legacy of service to their community and each other. >> he was a hell of a guy. i'm sure when they got together and became the east bay dragons, they never knew it was going to come this far. soldiers of our brothers and the club. >> there's so much love and respect in this clubhouse. members tell me it keeps the vibes right. i'm assuming there have been some parties. >> parties like no others.
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the east bay dragons know how to party. >> at this point, i spent my whole day with the east bay dragons and their families. this places their version of self-care. boulevard. >> i meant east bay dragon for the night. >> it felt like a cool lea clad family road trip, one that has been riding along for more than six decades and will roll right into the next one. we made it.
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that assignment? larry: jobina making new friends. speaking of friends, a reunion decades in the making. >> since we met almost 30 years ago -- not 30 years, that's a typo. kristen:
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larry: nearly 30 years after the debut of the series friends, courteney cox has a star on the
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hollywood walk of fame. >> a friend's reunion decades and then making as courteney cox was honored with a star on the hollywood walk of fame. jennifer aniston and lisa kudrow there to celebrate. and after a slip up in their introduction -- >> they worked with our honorary on the hit show friends in the roles of rachel geller and phoebe buffet. >> rachel geller or green >>i think that was wishful thinking. >> the three actresses picking up where the shows an alley left off 19 years ago. >> we went to paris. >> in vegas? >> we don't know what happened. >> lisa and jen proving they are friends for life. >> we are very honored to be here today to speak on your behalf as your coworkers, your friends and your family, your sisters. >> both reminiscing on when they
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met courtney ahead of the 1994 premier. >> met 30 years ago. >> not 30 years, that's a typo. >> plenty of laughs before getting real. >> you are the definition of a truly beautiful, talented, and what is most important, a truly good and decent human being. >> we love you, sisters from another mr., we love you. 30 years. >> courteney cox. >> i can't believe all my friends are here. it's so nice. >> jen anniston said from the very beginning of friends, courtney made it clear this was a true ensemble. at the time, courtney was the most famous cast member when the show began in 1994. larry: you can see they
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have that bond, that friendship that lasted for a long time. that's it for
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>> this is abc 7 news. >> avalanche concerns are from the sierra making the roads impassable. closer to home, conditions are still awfully unsettled this evening. good evening and thank you for joining us. ama: as some of the heaviest rain moves out for now, we are looking at the problems left behind. dan: we have team coverage tracking the issues on the roads and challenges for winemakers. ama: we begin with sandhya patel for the latest. sandhya: we are not done with the storm just yet. take a live look at live doppler 7 and you will see that we are still dealing with this wintry mix. we are going to get you to the radar.

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