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not a day goes by where i don't wish i could just wave a magic wand and silence the gunfire and funding. >> oakland's mayor delivering her first state of the city address since taking office. will her plans to reduce crime impress voters? >> meantime, across the bay, san francisco's mayor says it's up to the voters to make their city safer. our compassion has been taken for weakness, as if anything goes in san francisco. >> well, no longer. good evening. >> thank you for joining us. i'm ahmad daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. we can't have a better bay area without a safer bay area. that's right. >> and that's why we are focused on what two of our major cities are doing to protect the people who live there. >> yeah, it's a real problem in oakland. homicides are above average over the past 12 months, and it's a similar trend in san francisco, according to our abc seven neighborhood safety tracker, mayor london breed is taking a measure called safer san francisco to the ballot to help police tackle some of the
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city's biggest crime issues. abc seven news reporter suzanne phan is live in the newsroom with a look at the plan. suzanne dan alma, mayor, london breed says there are so many restrictions right now keeping police from doing their jobs. >> she wanted to roll back those restrictions, circumventing the board of supervisors and going straight to the voters, something she hasn't done since 2020. alamo square is a hotspot for car break-ins. resident joanne schwartz has seen it this week. >> three cars in a row with just boom, boom, boom, all broken out . a couple of weeks ago, another three in a row. >> this has been going on for far too long. >> mayor london breed says stopping crime in san francisco starts with making some big changes. the mayor says that she wants to give san francisco police officers the ability again to crack down on crime like car break-ins we are taking something to the ballot. >> we're going around the board of supervisors. we're going around the police commission. we're going straight to the people of san francisco to
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ballot measure safer, san francisco would expand sfpd's pursuit policy, allowing officers to chase suspects in some nonviolent crimes like the one you see here. >> and it would give police access to new surveillance technology and it would reduce the amount of paperwork keeping officers off the streets. so we don't keep sending officers back to their desks when they can be out on the streets. safer san francisco will authorize the police to install and use surveillance cameras. it would also allow them to use drones. >> san francisco is an ai capital of the world. we have technology tools and we need to use them. >> police commissioner deborah walker and supervisor matt dorsey backed the mayor's measure. >> we are short in officers. there is a way to use technology to help us enforce the law and deal with the issues the mayor outlined. >> it will enable our police officers to do their jobs for us more effectively. san franciscans deserve a police department with the same access
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to surveillance technology as every other county in california today, the cpoa the city police officers union released this statement about safer sf ballot initiative. >> the cpoa supports common sense approaches that help us do our jobs more efficiently. this is about giving our officers the tools to do our job safely and to apprehend the suspects before they cause serious harm to innocent people. and several organizations say they don't want to comment until they see the ballot measure in writing. however, the president of the bar association of san francisco did offer a statement. it says in part, quote, much of the progress on police reform is due to the police commission and the department of police accountability. the city should not implement policies without input from those effective and important entities that may violate our federal and california constitutional rights, including the right to privacy. live in the newsroom. suzanne phan abc7 news. >> okay, suzanne, thank you. a two suspects are now charged
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with last week's smash and grab robbery at the christian dior store in san francisco's union square. the suspects pleaded not guilty to charges including commercial burglary, grand theft, organized retail theft, conspiracy and resisting arrest. district attorney brooke jenkins says they will be prosecuted vigorously and asked the court to detain the suspects because of the public safety risk they pose. they're both being kept in custody and are due back in court next week. san francisco supervisor users have passed a law that limits private security guards use of guns while on duty. it's a response to the killing of banco brown, who was shot during a confrontation with a security guard at a downtown walgreens in april. the confrontation started because the guards suspected brown of shoplifting. the guard says he fired because brown threatened his life. if the bill is signed into law by the mayor. a security guard would no longer be allowed to draw a firearm to protect property. >> oakland police arrested multiple suspects in an armed robbery attempt after the police
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helicopter tracked the suspects car to the brooklyn basin area around 215 this afternoon. police say the people in that car are connected to a robbery attempt on international boulevard in east oakland. the pursuit went through oakland and into emeryville before ending on embarcadero near 8-80 and fifth avenue. oakland mayor shengtao stressed the importance of community safety during her first state of the city address. she vowed to add more police officers and install hundreds more license plate readers. abc7 news reporter leslie brinkly was there for today's address and has the details. >> community safety remains and is my top priority as your mayor . >> oakland's 38 year old mayor delivered her first state of the city address, a 45 minute peek into her plans for dealing with the rampant crime that is driving away businesses and paralyzing neighborhoods. >> its surge in crime and violence that we are seeing in our streets. it's totally and
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completely under unacceptable. we know that the sharp increase in property crimes and auto burglaries are tied to organized groups with with sophisticated tactics and networks. that's why i'm committed to increasing the number of police officers on our streets with a strong preference for diverse home grown officers who know our community. >> but she made no mention of homegrown police chief leronne armstrong, who she fired back in february three and was later exonerated by an independent investigation. he's now one of seven candidates she could hire as chief. a former police commissioner. mayor tao fired in june, spoke outside city hall at a press conference for neighbors together, oakland mayor shengtao is the most in competent mayor. >> i have seen in the 53 years since my family moved to oakland . she does nothing for our city crime is rising, the mayor
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pledged to focus on bolstering the 911 system and installing 300 new license plate readers in the months ahead, we will double down our community safety commitments to get more officers on our streets, prevent and solve more crimes, and improve our response times. >> big promises in a city where there have been 103 homicides so far this year and vehicle thefts are up over 50% in the last year in oakland. i'm leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> we want to make sure you get the full picture of crime where you live, which is why we created the abc7 neighborhood safety tracker. it shows you a wide range of public safety statistics for oakland, san jose and san francisco. you'll find it on abc7 news.com. >> overseas now in the conflict in the middle east where there is a lot of finger pointing after a deadly blast at a hospital in gaza. hundreds of people are dead and israel is denying it was the result of an air strike. instead, officials say it was the result of a
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failed rocket launch by a militant group and say israel has evidence to back that up. the deadly explosion touched off protests in several countries in the middle east. president biden is on his way to israel now to meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. originally the president was going to take part in a regional summit in jordan, but that part of the trip was canceled. so he will only be visiting israel first. >> it is making sure he gets an update from our israeli counterparts about their plans, their intentions, how things are on ground, and make sure that he conveys a strong message of continued support. we're not getting into dictating operational terms to the israelis. they have every right to defend themselves and roughly 200 people are being held hostage by hamas and other militant groups. >> hamas did release a video today reportedly of one of the hostages who was kidnaped at at a music festival and on that subject, sad news to report about a woman whose american family reached out to abc seven news when she went missing in israel last week. relative lives
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now say the body of sharon shmunis harel has been recovered. she was at the music festival in israel. that was attacked by hamas militants ten days ago. her body found in a nearby field, though it's unclear how she died. she leaves behind a husband and two young children. we are continuing to keep you updated on what's happening in israel, gaza and here at home. you can find the latest updates anytime at abc seven news.com download the abc seven bayarea app to get breaking news alerts and live stream updates. >> a celebration today in the south bay over a bill that was signed into law by governor newsom. the law creates a statewide policy that lets inmates wear religious headwear, clothing and more. abc7 news south bay reporter zach fuentes spoke with the lawmaker behind the bill. the beard is that is essential to being a man, a muslim man. >> that's part of your identity just like it is for a muslim woman to wear the hijab. the head covering that's part of
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their identity. >> sajjad shakur is well known today for his chain of restaurant named falafel corner. but before his professional success, he was in prison. it was religion. he says, that led to his achievements and kept him in so many others from returning to prison. >> every study that i've looked at has pointed to the same outcome that the most transformative and impactful event in a prisoner's life is his religion. >> but one of the biggest challenges of his time in prison were the limitations on how he could express his religion. >> for example, this is a kufi. this is something that all muslims wear. they didn't want us wearing that. they didn't want us to have our beards. they were grooming standards. and there were dress codes and they were pretty strict about enforcing them. >> senator dave cortez said there were existing policies that gave inmates the rights to certain religious clothing and headwear, but only at state run facilities. each local detention facility could decide a policy on its own, but a new law creates a widespread policy on
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religious clothing, headwear and grooming for inmates. in california, the fact that we've had jail and prison systems that have had policies that are at odds with religious expression needed to be changed. >> it needed to be changed. there's no way that those civil rights, those the bill of rights should stop at the entry point or the booking point into a prison or a jail. >> senator cortez shakur and other community leaders gathered at the council on american-islamic relations site in santa clara tuesday to celebrate the signing of the law that happened earlier this month, a law supporters say isn't just beneficial for the muslim community, but all religions. >> this is monumental for the prison system. this is something i mean, just imagine that you can actually practice your religion without having that fear hanging over you and the south bay. >> zach fuentes, abc seven news. coming up next from the abc7 news i-team, the rescue plan for the broadmoor police department. >> it comes with a price tag of three quarters of $1 million.
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>> i-team reporter stephanie sierra is here with that story. >> stephanie yeah, public comment just wrapped up a few minutes ago. we're talking about the broadmoor police department that's located near daly city in an unincorporated part of san mateo county. the public has raised serious concerns about the department's operations staff. an alleged misuse of taxpayer money. tonight, a renewed push to keep the department running. the only act of police protection in district remaining in the state of california is centered in controversy. the broadmoor police department is serving nearly 7000 people in the unincorporated area of san mateo county, surrounded by daly city to the southeast of the city of colma. it's governed by a three member board of police commissioners. for years, the department has struggled financially, facing accusations of mismanaging funds. this is an emergency situation. town supervisor david canepa says sponsored a resolution to authorize a grant up to $750,000 to fund the operations of the department. this comes as the
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broadmoor police protection district is working on a ballot measure that would raise the special assessment tax money that would be used to help keep the department staffed. >> the department is, frankly underfunded, and some broadmoor residents worry about public safety. >> i need my police department to keep me safe, to keep my neighbors safe, to keep my community safe. >> but other residents disagree, adding the department has a controversial history with some of its officers, including numerous lawsuits and allegations of misusing taxpayer money. >> broadmoor's word is worth nothing. they will lie. they will cheat and they will steal. they will use this money to file for bankruptcy. >> it doesn't feel like, you know, a 700 k ask is really going to fix the spending problem. and the leadership that broadmoor has that got us into this place. >> they really need to get their ducks in a row. >> one resident voiced concerns about canopy's plan to form an accountability committee to ensure funds are spent appropriately. but she says it
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appeared nowhere in his proposal. mr. kanimba is there currently in place in accountability and sustainability plan, or is that yet to be developed? >> yeah, it's interesting that you've you've, you've answered you've asked that question. um i think no. >> san mateo county sheriff christina corpus says she's not looking to take over the department. >> but in the event that they are not able to sustain as a police department, we will step in and, you know, provide those services to the residents there. >> now, sheriff corpus says if that happens, the county will have a deputy stationed in the town of broadmoor and another deputy and cover unit protecting the surrounding community. now, the resolution did not come to a final vote today. supervisor caniba withdrew it to get some more information. so there will be another vote coming up on november seventh. >> keep us up to date, of course. absolutely. thanks, stephanie. >> all right. let's get to the weather. we are heating up, boy. >> we are this late in october.
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meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast sandy. >> yeah, dan and irma, we're two weeks away from halloween and we're talking about the possibility of record. >> go figure. right now i want to show you a live picture from our sutro tower camera. you can barely make out the golden gate bridge because of the fog. that fog is going to get squashed down tomorrow as this ridge of high pressure is building and as it builds, it will bring us the heat. the next couple of days. there's a heat advisory that is in effect for much of the bay area. it's going to start first out in the santa clara valley, santa cruz mountains area at 11 a.m. tomorrow, running until 11 p.m. thursday for the rest of the region. it starts late tomorrow night and goes until thursday night. the concern here is anybody who's sensitive to heat has a higher risk of getting sick from the hot weather. so definitely stay hydrated and keep cool. beach hazards statement begins tomorrow morning in the wee hours runs until thursday morning. increased risk of sneaker waves, particularly for
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west northwest facing beaches. the surf is going to build. and so that beach hazard statement gets replaced by a high surf advisory, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. thursday. breakers will be anywhere. from 17 to 22ft. so dangerous swimming and surfing conditions. i would stay away if i were you from the ocean water. i mean, you can watch from far away temperatures in the 50s to 80s. it was a warmer day away from the coast, but the coast has been socked in all day long. as you know, we've had fog this morning that was dense. it cleared for most areas, but not all. look at this beautiful sunset from our pier 39 camera right now. areas of dense fog overnight, temperatures soaring possibility of records the next two days, much cooler weekend and a chance of showers coming your way on sunday. the morning will begin with fog around the bay shoreline in the coast 50s and 60s. watch out once again, it may be dense in patches tomorrow afternoon. not possibly warmer day. we're talking about 70 coast side, 80s and 90s around the bay inland areas topping out in the low to mid
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90s. well above average for this time of year. a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. nice numbers going from 70s to 90 range to near 100 degrees inland thursday 90s around the bay 80s along the coastline. that'll be our hottest day and then we'll notice the drop off in the temperatures friday gusty and even cooler for the weekend with temperatures only in the low 60s to low to mid 70s. so considerably cooler possibility of a few showers, believe it or not, on sunday, ama and dan. >> wow. okay. all right. thanks, andrea. >> all right. pledging to improve communities across the state today. thousands of people join the california service corps. it's the largest service force in the nation aimed at making california and the bay area better. abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey has the story. >> i am committed to make change and i am committed to make change in my community and in my community. a pledge to the community and environment and each other. >> thousands of service corps volunteers from organizations
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across the state took a pledge tuesday to join the california service corps. this service group that will aid with challenges involving things like poverty, natural disasters and blight is now the largest service force in the nation, where you are showing by stepping up to serve and be part of the california service corps. >> is that we can care about each other. we can step up to help each other. >> here in san jose, a live streamed celebration of the california service corps launch with local youth service corps members, including the san jose conservation corps and charter school, already doing work in wildfire prevention. city cleanup and other services. the pledge shows these volunteers are doubling down on their commitment for their city and state. >> this pledge is huge because it really inspires young adults to really kind of feel the power that they have in their community to help really reengage with their community and help clean it up and make it safe for all work. >> san jose mayor matt mehan says is critical to making san jose a great place to live. the mayor commended the work these service corps members do year round, especially this week during what he's dubbed san
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jose's week of action. >> this kind of immense community involvement is what it takes to make big change, and it's something that you all are a part of. you're part of a movement to give back, to build community, to bridge gaps and divides, to make our city a better place. >> a pledge is just words until put into action. and these volunteers say they are ready to work to continue to build a better community around them. >> it's dirty and it's stinks and you get sweaty and your hands bleed. sometimes and your nails get dirty and we're okay with that, you know, like because, well, for me, i know it's making this place better than than i found it. >> exactly what the california service corps is now all about. >> congratulations. california service corps in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc7 news coming up next. >> lessons learned from loma prieta. exactly 34 years after
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coming up next, we dig into the abc7 news archives to find a piece of forgotten lgbtq history in san francisco because we go to bed with men or take dope or something like that does not mean that we are inhuman and have no feelings. tonight a look at the legacy of the first gay liberation organization in the united sta
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to a little known piece of lgbtq plus history. >> on a summer night in 1966, a group of lgbtq plus people rioted at compton's cafetiere. the exact date of the riot remains a mystery, with sources put the riots in august three years before bar patron rose up against police raids at the stonewall inn in new york city, igniting the modern gay rights movement. >> but that's one of the things that i find most fascinating about it is like it was obviously a large scale event, but it was almost completely forgotten. it's like, why do you remember stonewall? but you don't remember our compton's. >> historian susan stryker's documentary screen ming queens tells the story of what likely happened that night when a group of trans women and gay men clashed with police in a riot that spilled out into the streets. >> all of the sugar shakers went through the windows and the glass doors. >> i have no doubt that the riot happened, much as was described
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in the earliest records of it. >> tensions were rising in this pocket of the tenderloin at the time, and this film discovered in the abc7 news archives, provides the first video evidence of the community's fight for equality before and after the uprising at compton's cafeteria in san francisco's tenderloin district. the video shows people protesting outside of the restaurant in july. >> it seems like the riot took place in the weeks after that picket. >> the picketers were from a group called vanguard formed in 1965 to protest the treatment of what we now call lgbtq, plus people in the tenderloin. >> it was made up of a lot of people who were shunned by mainstream middle class society. >> historian joseph plaster has written extensive about vanguard, widely considered to be the first gay liberation organization in the united states. >> and because they were
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militant, they had an agenda of economic just this and sexual liberation mission. and they were forcefully speaking out for what we would call gay rights because we go to bed with men or take dope or something like that does not mean that we are inhuman and have no feelings. >> hoping to cut down on the rampant vice in the tenderloin. city leaders ordered a crackdown on the illicit activities in the area. one month before the riots are believed to have happened, the coffee shop began going after young people who had hang out late at night at its tables. >> the entire economy in this district revolved around sex work. a lot of the businesses, including compton's cafeteria, benefited financially from the trade in sex. >> i believe they just want us out because they do not think that we belong. as in there society. they're part of
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society. they don't. they do not realize that if it were not for the youth in the tenderloin, that their business would probably collapse. why do you say that? the tenderloin is made up mainly of youth between the ages of 12 and 24, and these people are the people who give them most of their money. >> the public protest. it's divided some in the gay and lesbian community. the older, more organized groups weren't happy with these new young activists. public protests. is there a split within the gay world about what these people are doing? >> picketing compton? >> i believe so, yes. >> in what way? >> well, there's some believe in one way. i mean, they like to dress femininely and act timidly with makeup and such as this. and there's the average person. or is it around the gay life? doesn't feel this way. >> are they giving you a bad name? >> in other words, i believe that they give everybody a bad name. tenderloin as well as tenderloin as well. yeah >> sometime in the weeks after those protests outside, a riot
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erupted inside compton's cafeteria, our tv footage, there was no newspaper coverage of it. >> and yet we have eyewitnesses to the event who to whose testimony all agrees with each other. we have written records, written several years after the fact that we're saying like, hey, you know, remember when that thing happened at the corner of turk and taylor or even the police records from that night have vanished. >> but vanguard did not market street always had its variety of pushers. >> but last night, a different type took to the streets. a group called vanguard is trying to clean up the trash. >> in september, vanguard pushed forward publicly, calling for a cleaning of the streets to make the tenderloin safer for the people who call it home. >> how do you hope to accomplish this change, mark? well the first thing is through symbolic demonstrations, it will convince the people in san francisco that there's a terrible problem here that will have to be dealt with and dealt with immediately. >> then secondly, we are trying to recruit interest in the
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community for the development of a coffeehouse in the tenderloin and get these kids off the street and in a situation where other professional persons can relate to them and provide them some help and assistance for their problems. >> excuse me, ladies, can i talk to you for a second? >> tension was clearly still in the air. >> i don't know. they just told me to come on down. yeah, i'm sorry. pardon me. >> you don't want to handle this. >> vanguard disbanded after about two years, but the legacy of their actions caught on film decades ago is now helping to fill in the timeline of lgbtq plus history. >> at the film, footage of the of the picket. and you look at the film footage of people on market street. it it seems like they're like two points on a story where the riot would fit right in the middle of it. we just don't have the smoking gun and, you know, documenting version of the riot itself. >> i mean, the videos are incredible. this is the only footage video footage i'm aware of, of the pickets in front of compton's cafeteria. the only
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video footage that i'm aware of, of the street sweep action. so in that way they contribute to the historical record and really dynamic way in san francisco. >> reggie aqui abc7 news is really on the cutting edge of change in san francisco. >> what a treasure to resurrect from our archives. >> i like seeing all that old footage. >> i know it's great. it's important. all right. you can learn more about the lgbtq plus community struggle for equality by watching the third episode of our america pride in history. it's available online at abc7 news.com and on demand through the abc7 bay area app. >> and this year's out 100 list is here celebrating the most influential lgbtq plus figures in our communities. our local honoree is darcy drollinger. darcy he is an actor, writer, producer and executive director of the nonprofit oasis arts in san francisco's first drag laureate. gma anchors robin roberts and gio benitez and president of abc owned tv
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stations chad matthews are also honored. you can watch the 2023 out 100 special on saturday, november 25th, right here on abc seven. >> all right. you know the saying, if at first you don't succeed. well, when it comes to electing a new speaker of the house, it's not clear how many times they'll have to try try again. i'm michael finney with a free service that will track down a lost pension for you, your parents, grandparents, your sister, seven on your side.
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to secure the position. jordan fell short of the 217 votes needed, winning just 200, while democrats nominated minority leader hakeem jeffries with 212 votes, six republicans voted for former speaker kevin mccarthy. jordan has just as many votes as i had on the first round. >> i think the difference here, too, is we have rules so we can sit down and talk to the other members and be able to move forward. >> mccarthy had to go through 15 rounds of voting over four days to get the position. it's been two weeks since he lost the role of speaker. well, do you earn a
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pension? are you sure? how about at your workplace? 40 years ago? >> well, there is a government funded agency that will help you find a pension or correct the pension that you have. and seven on your side's. michael finney is here with what you need to know. this is critically important for you. >> pretty cool, isn't it, really? talk about your tax dollars at work. they find your pension. look, if you have lost track of a pension or think your pension is short changing you, there is help available and it's free. it's called the western states pension assistance project. it's administered by legal services of northern california. here's jennifer anders gable. >> we're often helping individuals who were in the workforce 30 or 40 years ago. people at or past retirement age now. and they are trying to locate a benefit that they earned. >> joy sharp of concord was in that exact situation, really, michael? >> i mean, you you there's no way i would have been able to
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find this on my own because, i mean, i went from different companies to different subsidiaries. nobody knew what i was talking about. nobody knew what the company was. >> i mean, it's like roadblock after roadblock. and we have to keep providing new information in or or re explaining things or in that case, it was really, i think, connecting the dots for like, no, this is why you are in fact the one responsible for this person's benefit. >> it took more than a year, but the pension was found and activated. >> they were very responsive and very tenacious about it, which i really did appreciate because like i said, this would have never happened. i don't think if it if it wasn't for them, truly. yeah, i can't say enough good about them because of that. >> for joyce's case, a pension project tracked down corporate mergers. other times the detective work might rely on photographs or even awards for years of service. >> we've had situations where some companies here's your pin for ten years of service or
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here's your plaque for. so sometimes like, i mean, that doesn't necessarily show like the amount of your pension that you earned, but it's like we have the pension, we have the magical whatever hat or whatever. the thing is. and we have we have used all the things to support our claim forms. and a lot of times it's helpful. >> jennifer says those who are still working should hang on to all their pay stubs. retirement plan booklets and tax returns. >> so you want to keep all those documents because you don't know what you don't know now and you don't know what you won't know in the future. >> now, if you need help, go to our website abc7 news.com and have all the information you need there with links. as i was just telling you guys, they do 401 k's. they do the 403 bs. so if you have any problems, those are the guys and we've got all the links. >> what a fabulous resource. >> it's incredible. >> all right. thanks, michael. sure. >> the weather is getting warmer. see just how much temperatures will change by the
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about immediately. we do have that fog near the coastline tomorrow morning just like this morning, we're going to notice that there will be some pockets of dense fog around the bay shoreline near the coast and possibly in the north bay valleys. so don't be surprised if you wake up to some of that and give yourself that extra time for the morning commute. the air quality is good across our region right now. as you take a look at a live picture from our exploratorium camera, clear view there, moderate air quality for wednesday and thursday as those temperatures come up and then friday, we start to see an improvement as the heat backs off right now on live doppler seven, we are tracking the fog as you look at your afternoon highs, they're going to be in that warm to hot category for your wednesday mid 70s to mid 90s. heat will actually peak on thursday when we'll see some mid possibly even upper 90s in our hot spots. many areas will be in the 80s along the coast and even around the
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bay. now just as you get used to this idea of the heat, look what's coming our way. this computer model wants to bring in the possibility of showers on sunday. certainly would mean some high elevation snow in the sierra along with the wet weather. but until then, we have some heat to talk about. and the accuweather seven day forecast is featuring that mid to upper 90s the next two days mid 70s along the coast to the low 80s. by thursday. don't worry though it gets better. your relief arrives as early as friday and then it's a sharp drop off over the weekend. we'll be talking about sweats and sweat shirts by the weekend and possibly needing the umbrellas by sunday. there's a possibility of some showers. dan and alma, wow. >> really? that'd be nice. >> yeah, a huge change, right? >> thanks. thanks, andy. all right, larry, tell us we're getting our boys back. >> yeah, well, we'll see. we'll see. we don't know yet. but also baseball. baseball. we have some. yeah, my never ending quest to get john fisher to sell the a's and one of his former players weighs in on that. also as almost mentioning, 40 niners hoping christian mccaffrey and
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deebo samuel can play monday night in minnesota. we'll have the latest on their injuries. mccaffrey's injury may not be as bad as it could have been.hat obviously had to be painful
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forty-niners visit minnesota here on abc seven, espn reports cmc avoided serious injury when he strained his oblique sunday in cleveland, but obviously
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painful. mccaffrey so versatile he can run with power, speed, elusiveness. this may be where the injury occurred when he slammed into the railing. there he catches passes out of the backfield. he does it all. you could see mccaffrey was in pain. he was trying to stretch out his oblique on sunday. the injury can also impact your ribs. it can make breathing really painful. and that's why you see him leaning over there with the 40 niners playing monday night. as i said here on abc seven one extra day of rest may help him out a lot for his availability. also a chance wide receiver deebo samuel could play against the vikings deebo left in the first quarter against the browns with a shoulder injury that actually occurred on the very first play right there is where we believe it occurred. so deebo and mccaffrey both listed day to day. if they can't go, it totally changes. kyle shanahan's play calling abilities. so how did the niners bounce back from their first loss? we'll find out with us. we got 40 niners in vikings coverage starts monday night at 5 p.m. here on abc seven. the injury updates do not stop with the 49 ers. draymond
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green working his way back from an ankle sprain. the warriors announced today he's cleared to begin working out actually on the court now he'll be reevaluated sunday means he'll miss the remaining preseason games. there's a glimmer of hope that he'd be ready for opening night against the suns, but you don't want to just throw him out there when he's had no conditioning. we're not a lot. meanwhile, chris paul's introduction with the warriors is going swimmingly. cp threes edition. it just raises the level of intellect. the basketball iq on the team and if you keep your eye on the veteran, you can see him often huddle up with teammates mapping out on things to work. it's fun watching, watching cp three and steph curry, who went at it for years at practice together because it's like they're inseparable. >> you've seen him play for a very long time and it's nice getting directed at us and in a way that we can accept it versus how it used to be, because he does talk. that's what he he's constantly like locked in on what's going on and the adjustments need to be made and the game within the game. so you got to embrace it, even if
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sometimes you might not want to hear it because it's challenging you to do something different. >> isn't it funny how open and honest somebody can be about their former employer when they no longer need their checks? a former a's closer trevor may announced his retirement yesterday during a twitch live stream as part of his extremely candid comments, he went after his former boss, a's owner john fisher, to the a's organization. >> and every single person part of it. i love all of you, every single one of you, except for one guy. sell the team, dude. i tried to get a sell shirt. it didn't get here fast enough. sell it, man. let someone who actually, like, takes pride in the things they own. own something. take mommy and daddy's money somewhere else. like. and also, if you're going to be if you're going to just be a greedy, greedy own it. nothing weaker than being afraid of cameras. so that's
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i really struggled with. >> i bet i'm afraid of cameras, too. while the a's appear to be completely checked out, another sports franchise is doing everything it can to get a stadium deal done in the town. the oakland roots and soul soccer clubs releasing new renderings today of their modular stadium plan for the nine acre malibu lot on the coliseum complex. they hope to have that stadium open in time for the 2025 season. so if you watch regularly, you know that i have criticized john fisher for the way he operates and this has been going on and on and on and on, and now you see trevor may represents pretty much the entire clubhouse. they all feel the same way about the owner. and so everybody's talking about it, you know, the one thing that you never, ever hear anybody defending. john fisher that's true. nobody. no. zero. the other owners, the billionaires, they protect him, but they don't nobody wants to come out publicly outside of the commissioner who works for the owners. so, yeah. oh, he has no
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friends. there's a reason, by the way, those renderings you showed look like actual renderings as opposed to what's supposed to copy and paste. yeah. thanks larry. >> all right. all right. >> that is going to do it for this edition of abc7 news. we thank you so much for joining us. i'm ahmad daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley for sanjay patel, larry beale, all of us, we appreciate your time. hope you have a great evening. we'll see you again at 11. >> this is abc seven 24/7 on live in san francisco live in the south bay in san jose in concord. >> live in oakland. yes. >> you're watching abc seven news live anytime, anywhere we are. >> we are. we are. we are. we are. we are where you are. >> never miss a moment of the news that matters to you. download our abc seven bay area streaming app. join us and st
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