>> and i'm kristen sze. part of building a better bay area includes supporting small businesses downtown san francisco is struggling since covid hit in 2020. a large number of businesses have closed . many studies say as many as 50. >> now, there were hopes that apec would help with many small businesses, said that only hurt them more. and now those small business owners say they do have a solution. abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez here now with more on what they are saying and asking for. well, in their minds the solution is for people to come back to work full time, five days a week in person because you know small businesses say for them the hybrid situation where people work from home on some days and come to work in person on other days, isn't cutting it. >> you know, they claim that the city hall, that city hall hasn't done enough to push the private sector to come back. and as we found out, the largest employer in this city still has a hybrid policy. this could well be the

epicenter of san francisco's doom loop. folsom and second street, south of market. don't take it from me. ask jeff handy, owner of social 303 restaurant in the shadow of this once booming neighborhood, this building that i'm standing in front of used to have 4000 people in it. >> there's 400. so you're looking at businesses in san francisco who are suffering more than any other city in the country, bringing those people back into the office. >> more than 2 to 3 days a week has been a challenge for the city. regardless of what the mayor has said in the past, who doesn't want to go meet with their coworkers after work and have a drink and let the traffic die down? apparently, thousands of people who live or work in san francisco go return to work policies were not as heavily endorsed in san francisco, so that hurt all of us. >> and it continues to the oasis grill next to the embarcadero center is a classic example since covid, they have not recovered and find that the private sector has little interest in supporting small

businesses. >> he, too, thinks the downtown recovery is achievable if people come back into the offices to bring at least 90% of the employees back because how do you do that? >> i don't know. this is maybe the mayor should do that. the government we asked a government official how the city plans to bring back the workforce more often than just a few days. >> we are exponential, really impacted by the amount of tech and public service businesses that have chosen to remain remote and so at the end of the day, the city. hold on a minute. the city also has employees still working from home. >> they do have the ability to stay home. two days a week. and again, that is the decision of the mayor. ultimately, the mayor, did that change? >> i think we are in a place right now where we need to we can we can go to flex schedules. >> we can allow people to do not necessarily 9 to 5 in some areas, but absolutely, we need

to be coming back five days a week. >> next up, the mayor, will you ask city employees to come back to work five days a week? >> so to be clear, most of our 34,000 city employees are back at work, most of them. but i think the city hall is pretty much at capacity and other city buildings. many of the folks who are maybe not at work are a lot of our technical support, but it's more than i think the latest number. and maybe i should get the latest number to give it to you, but it's a really high percentage. >> city hall eventually got back to us to report that approximately three quarters of city staff is working in person in full time. >> since the pandemic, things have changed. and do i want everyone at work all the time? yes, i do. >> to make matters worse, for these small businesses, apec didn't deliver the kind of boom they anticipated for a number of reasons. first, there was the security zone imposed by the

secret service as apec started to step in, we anticipated a three day heavy closure with a little setup. >> it was much larger than expected, as we can all know. it really became a ten day shutdown for the entire neighborhood. >> secondly, people were told to work from home to avoid the traffic jams and the protesters from fisherman's wharf to downtown to union square to japantown. >> there's no question it was quieter throughout the city. people did heed the warning. >> according to the yerba buena community benefit center, the avage venue for small businesses near moscone center was down by more than 64. now, many of these affected businesses are hoping the city keeps its promise of compensating them for their losses. now a reminder that a resolution was passed to set aside $10 million in the event that there would be heavy losses. and as we now know, that certainly happened. you know, and bringing people back 4 to 5 days, they say, well, you know,

that's more sandwiches that we can sell more coffees. so they're really relying on that. but, you know, the city hall, city officials have told me that their fear is that if they really force city employees to come back five days a week and many are, but if they force them , then they're going to lose them to the private sector. >> and that could be they're competing here. that's why it's so tough. >> absolutely. yeah >> it's going to be hard to force people back into the city. thank you, liane. yeah >> all right. moving on. in the south bay, a new approach to crack down on rampant stealing of catalytic converters in san jose today, mayor matt mehan said he wants to make it illegal to possess a catalytic converter, not attached to a car without proof of ownership. that could include a receipt or documents from an auto body shop. the city council is expected to vote on the proposal early next year. >> it's a major expense these catalytic converters cost about $2,000 a piece, and the amount of effort that people have to go

through to get them replaced is a significant it has a huge impact on our working families as time lost hours at work, the headache and stress. >> san jose earlier launched a program to etch information onto people's catalytic converters. mehan said today that thefts of catalytic converters in san jose are projected to be actually down 50% from 2022. >> today, us justice officials in san francisco announced criminal charges against two russian intelligence officers. as according to the fbi, the two men led a state sponsored organization known as the callisto group. the agency claims that group operated a sophisticated global hacking campaign from 2016 to 2022. >> the callisto group targeted current and former employees of the united states intelligence community. the department of defense, the department of state , late defense contractors and employees at department of

energy facilities throughout the united states. >> authorities say the group also targeted foreign nations and hacked into the computers and email accounts of politician us civil servants. journalists and others in the uk. a $10 million reward is being offered for information leading to their arrest and conviction. >> turning now to weather, showers fell across the bay area today and in some parts sometimes it was pretty heavy. this is a look at conditions this afternoon near tilden park's little farm in the berkeley hills. >> got to get used to driving in the rain again. live look now outside this afternoon. you can see some areas appear to be clearing. in fact, i saw some blue skies on the way in. >> that's right. abc7 news meteorologist sandyha patel is here with a first look at the forecast. you know, i didn't get caught in the rain because i watched your newscast or meteorologist forecast. i'm glad you rain attention, kristin. >> well, you know what? you were all so lucky probably. let's take a look at live picture first and we'll talk about where it is raining right now. san jose camera getting some rain. it is still wet out across parts

of the bay area as we check out live doppler seven right now. we're going to go into street level radar. the south bay across monterey road. morgan hill, highway 101, one of the main corridors from san jose to the san martin area is getting wet. so the commute a little slow this afternoon. santa cruz mountains, the summit if you've traveled when it's raining, you know, visibility is poor. so be careful out there. and across dublin, 580 heading into pleasanton livermore area, highway 84. we are also seeing some showers right now as we really take you back in time, the last few hours, seeing some snow showers in the sierra as well. and we're going to go hour by hour, a couple more hours of these showers, particularly in the southern and eastern part of our viewing area. and then the skies begin to clear and we're going to start to notice the chill this afternoon. it's a level one. scattered showers, light accumulation, slippery roads and breezy conditions. i'll be back to let you know about some freeze watches and warnings that are going up and where it's going to be cold coming right up in just a few

minutes, kristin. >> all right. thank you, sandhya. you can keep track of the snow and rain anytime with the same live doppler seven radar that sandia uses. it's available on demand on the abc7 bay area app, wells fargo bank and the national nonprofit operation hope are stepping up their efforts to help those who don't have checking or savings accounts. abc seven news reporter anser hassan takes us to a special ceremony in oakland to help the unbanked. >> sonia verdin says she faced challenges growing up which led to financial challenges as an adult. >> so it was hard for me to really like figure out what i needed to do financially to get my financial issues resolved. >> at one point she was homeless . she's a cancer survivor. she struggled with addiction. a friend introduced her to operation hope, which gave her a financial blueprint to turn her life around. >> how to reduce debt in order to secure credit. so so my credit score has gone up 200. i've only been in the program

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facilitate better travel between smaller airports instead of needing to fly out of san francisco, oakland, san jose. >> we could take a flight out of palo alto or reid-hillview or san carlos with pilots like tom miller's expertise still needed to operate the system, rose said he sees it adding jobs. >> i think we're going to have factor ten factor 100 more aircraft as we move into the next decade. >> so i see this as a growth opportunity for aviation. >> the technology still has to be certified by the faa, something rose says they're well on their way to doing in mountain view. zach fuentes, abc seven news, are you ready for that? >> yes. so you're ready to get on the plane and you're looking in the cockpit and there's nobody there. >> well, after a lot of testing and faa certification, but that is a big space in the bay area right now for technology is the whole autonomous aircraft and electric and all that. >> so if they can actually figure it out. yeah. and right. and make it work, it'll be amazing. yes >> why drive to work. that's so boring, larry. >> yeah. yeah you're right. especially if you have to drive in the rain. some of us did some

of us didn't. >> well, i watched the forecast at sandia. well, yeah, i love how you rub that in. >> kristin. >> i wasn't even here. >> she got lucky. larry, you were the loser is basically what she's saying, larry. >> the loser. love it. >> all right, let's get to live doppler seven and we'll talk about where we are seeing some wet weather right now. some showers across parts of the south bay highway 101. morgan hill, san martin, monterey road across coyote. so watch out. there are still some slippery roadways out there as we take a look at the pleasanton livermore area, you will also notice los pasetta road. we are seeing some scattered showers moving across this region. all right. let's take a look at the wider perspective. you see all those speckled clouds off the coastline and that's cold air. and that cold air mass is moving in our direction. so in the next couple of days, you're going to feel that chill in the morning right now, nice looking view from our golden gate bridge camera. we're seeing some sun mid 50s hayward, san francisco,

57 in oakland and san jose half moon bay as well. here's a live view from our walnut creek camera. clouds are still stacked up mid to upper 50s from santa rosa, 57 to napa, 55, 54 degrees in livermore. here's a look at the headlines the next few days through early evening. we're still looking at some spotty showers as we head towards tomorrow morning. cold and frosty freeze warning for the north bay and the weekend outlook does call for chilly morning dry days. so be ready for that as we check out the storm impact scale. it's a one on our storm impact scale for this afternoon. mainly scattered showers, light accumulation, slippery roads and breezy conditions. now an isolated shower or two will continue through this evening, but the majority of it will be through here by the afternoon. so at 5:00, you see those showers starting to move out of the picture. and behind it, the skies begin to clear and fog may form very patchy at best, but you can see that fog around the delta may see some patches in the north bay. tomorrow is going to be a nice sunny day. but the

thing that you're going to notice is that chill winter weather advisory remains up for the sierra until 10 p.m. tonight. additional 2 to 6in of snow looking at up to 10 to 12, perhaps inches above 6000. the snow level 4500ft tonight at midnight to 9 a.m. tomorrow, north bay valleys going under that freeze warning. temperatures is down to 28 degrees. it's a freeze watch that's already been issued for saturday morning. just a reminder to protect your tender plants. don't forget about any water pipes outside to wrap them, drain them and of course, don't forget about the pets as we go hour by hour tonight, temperatures are going to really drop down around 10:00. already in the 40s, it's going to feel cold and it's going to get frosty tomorrow morning. subfreezing temperatures at 7 a.m. going into 8 a.m, some freezing conditions. your morning temperatures ultimately for most of you end up in the low 30s to mid 40s under mainly clear skies tomorrow afternoon. you're looking at plenty of sun. temperatures will range from the 50s to the 60s. here's a look at the accuweather seven day

forecast a little bit longer for the showers and then the seven day will feature the cold frosty conditions. the next couple of mornings. certainly plenty of sun for the weekend and a little bit warmer going into next week. we're even see those temperatures above average mid to upper 60s. so pretty mild for december. kristen and larry. >> yeah. all right. thank you. >> all right. an interchange in north carolina will be renamed after warriors star steph curry, a tribute to the davidson college alum that renaming will happen, of course, at exit 30 of interstate 77. in davidson. that's not far from the davidson college, where curry went to school and starred. the exit number is 30, which matches steph's jersey number. he's headed his entire career. curry broke the ncaa record for the most three pointers by a freshman when he was at davidson . >> a warning for holiday shoppers out there, the new gift card scam and what you need to know before you leave the store. >> tea and cookies that are more than just delicious. they're actually

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them. all right. >> i wouldn't say i got them all . yeah, you know what? i think they're all three of them. it's understandable. would be difficult to pronounce, larry. >> sorry, kristin. >> what? well no, i bet there are other ones in hawaii that people mispronounce a lot, too. oh there's a zillion kawakawa avenue. >> i mean, there's a million of them. there are. >> thankfully, we have you kalanianaole highway. yeah. >> yeah, i'm here for you. >> okay, good. a new show is here for you. it's proving that dogs are so much more than just man's best friend. they're also dancing partners. that's right. the secret life of dancing dogs follows dogs and their humans as they participate in dancing competitions. the show is now streaming on hulu, which is owned by disney, the parent company of abc seven. am i can see you tuning into this thing. >> i you know, it's amazing how trainable some dogs are unless it's the trainer and i'm the

issue but yeah my dog could not do anything even close to that or dance with you. yeah. >> no like synchronized or he'll bark indiscriminately but that's about it. >> i mean doesn't this set up dancing with the stars dot, dot, dot and their dogs? >> yeah, like that seems to be. >> i mean, it's obviously a tv show already, but you get all the hollywood people involved and their own pets. i'm sure they're very fancy. >> it'll be called dancing with the dogs. >> dancing? yeah, that would work, too. >> it was only a matter of time. come on. you knew this was coming? >> yes. >> yeah. if you're looking for a special treat for your dog, how about a nice cold soda? yes, that's right. jones soda is known for its unique blends. they're jumping into the pet market and park it with pet market with their new jones craft dog soda. now before you start yelling, soda is bad for pets, this soda is non carbonated. it does not contain sodium or sweeteners. so i'm not even sure if anybody else aside from you, ama has a dog at this

point. so you're up. would you give would you give louis a soda? >> yeah, i'd let him try it if it was given to me. i'm not actually going to seek this out and go buy it. but i mean, he is food, food obsessed. so i'm sure he would love a special little drink treat as well. >> yeah. ama, he likes candy bars, so you would think he does. >> he does. and it's very motivated. we'll break through and tear through a backpack to get to a snickers bar. >> but who wouldn't? >> they can get cavities, right? >> if they have too much. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. also the danger with dogs eating chocolate is pretty scary because, you know, you could end up at the vet's and they can actually pass away as a result of that. >> almost. not not quite as bad as grapes though. grapes and raisins are. >> i don't know about grapes and raisins very toxic medical emergency soda. i guess. it's okay, though. yeah >> let's talk about treats for humans. yeah, for many, making cookies is a holiday tradition. and two bay area bakers are

sharing their skills. maya franklin and murray mccoy are sisters and bakers, and together they have more than 100,000 followers on instagram. they also teach other people how to create works of art like theirs or as close to it as they get. their popular classes are at san francisco ferry building, where they also have a gingerbread house on display day. >> and here we are on this tasty thursday. maya and mara are joining us live to talk more about their amazing cookies. and we've got a bunch of them here. so of these three, which one should we open first? i don't know if you can see these. >> too late. i went sugar. >> oh, no, i have the most elaborate one. >> all right. well, there's a yeah, sugar, a standard sugar cookie, and then also a chocolate sugar cookie. >> so whatever your preference, i should mention you guys are the painted ladies, right? >> painted ladies pastry. >> so we are sisters. but we each have our own unique bakery business. so i'm painted ladies pastry. and my sister is burnt.

cookies by mara. >> that's a that's a great name. but look at this. i want people to see the ferry building. how intricate it is. and this is actually an edible cookie. but look at that. >> that's beautiful. amazing. wow >> could you tell us why christine's cookie is larger than everybody else's? >> she doesn't need any extra sugar, i'll tell you that. >> she picked a good one. >> yeah, she picked the best one. >> yeah, we sent some options. >> how did you guys come up with these intricate, beautiful designs? >> we take a lot of inspiration, even from just the things that we see around us. >> and the fairy building is like, the ultimate inspiration. and so it was easy for this one. >> can you help people do things like this? >> because you should see my gingerbread house at home. i mean, it looks terrible. well, do you have classes to help people like me? >> yeah, you have classes, right? tell us about your classes. we do, yeah. >> we love to teach and decorate cookies with others. it's so much fun. so we have some

classes at the san francisco ferry building. we have one more this year. it's a holiday. um, holiday joy class. and we will be doing some really neat cookies and showing people some of our favorite techniques. >> oh, all right, larry, i'm sorry to laugh, but whoever's whoever does the plastic on your cookies deserves a raise because they're almost impossible to open. >> so, mary, i opened mine perfectly fine. >> of course, we wanted them to be nice and fresh for you. >> well, they are. >> they're really good. christine's trying to be nice, and i couldn't. >> you know, it's like i could open this jar. >> watch me. okay. this appears to be chocolate. >> are they mostly sugar cookies? i know the ferry building seems to be right. are they mainly sugar cookies? >> yeah, we specialize in sugar cookies, so most of our decorated cookies are done on a vanilla bean sugar cookie, which you all should have. and then we also get a lot of requests for chocolate. >> hmm. what's this one? >> it's really good. so where do

you get your ideas or your inspiration as to either what to put in or the designs in particular? >> we pull inspiration from everywhere and what we love about sugar cookies is that we're able to customize them. >> so we get a little a lot of inspiration from our clients to and we get to make special occasion even more special, you know? >> how has it been in the san francisco ferry building in that space? >> yes, it's magical. it is the coolest venue we've ever got to teach at. it's so beautiful. and maya and i grew up in the bay area and we got to go there as kids and through our lives. so getting to come back and teach there is really special and being in san francisco in general is just very inspiring. with so much art and culture to bring to our cookie designs. >> well, they're amazing. how can people can they get them online? what's what's the easiest way to get the cookies? >> yeah, yeah. i have a website burnt cookies by mira .com where you can request events or or

custom cookies and also so instagram's a great way to just see what's going on with us. so you could just follow us at our bakery names and that way you can see kind of some videos and photos of the cookies that we've been making. yeah, we have some behind the scenes of the ferry building, gingerbread house is posted as well. >> if you want to take a peek at that. >> and how do people register for your class? >> that's an event, right? and that can also be found at the website burnt cookies by mira.com, which will direct you to eventbrite. >> yeah and we should mention is spelled h because people. yes. >> thank you. >> yeah, it's a tricky one. >> i'm not sure if we have any more time. um, do we miss producer a little bit. i'm very curious how you came up with the name burnt cookies. there's got to be a story behind. oh, i. >> i get asked that all the time. it's actually very random, but years ago, when i started doing cookies, i was also doing wood burning as, like a hobby. and i soon realized no one was interested in that. everyone was

interested in cookies. so so i just kept the name around because it is a conversation starter and just a little bit unique. >> all right, everybody, check out maya and mara. they're cookies. they're classes. and they're impeccably sealed, i'll tell you that. >> no, they're sitting in. >> these are going to stay fresh forever. thank you, ladies. >> thank you so much for having us. >> thank holidays. >> all right. that's it ...thanks to dupixent. dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. it's an add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma. and can help improve lung function for better breathing in as little as two weeks. dupixent helps prevent asthma attacks... and can even reduce or eliminate oral steroids. imagine that. dupixent can cause allergic reactions that can be severe.

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