breaking news. >> and that breaking news is out of oakland. the brother of west coast rap legend too short was reportedly shot and killed this morning. we have learned that it happened on 49th avenue near international boulevard during a robbery. investigators say a vehicle plowed into a home to get inside. a man identified as wayne shore then walked out of

the home and was shot several times. our media partner, the bay area news group, reporting shore is too short's brother. oakland police talked about the investigation just a short time ago. >> so we're looking at more than one suspect and preliminary. what we have is that the suspects right to the location, they attempted to force their way into the property while they were attempting their way in, the victim stepped out, was confronted by the suspects, and the suspects fired several rounds at the victim. suspects then fled the area in a vehicle. >> no arrests have been made. two short is originally from los angeles, but moved to oakland and went to fremont high school. he burst onto the rap scene in the late 18. 1980s and has remained active in the community supporting youth uprising. now to the latest out of the trump white house. president trump signed the first bill in his second term and issued new executive orders. the president is ordering his administration

to prepare guantanamo bay to hold and detain migrants. the u.s. military has used the base in cuba to hold terrorism suspects after nine over 11, but efforts were made during the biden administration to shut it down. now, trump says he wants to send up to 30,000 migrants there. since taking office last week, the president has taken numerous actions to crack down on illegal u.s. border crossings and deport undocumented migrants in mass. also today, there were new developments involving president trump's call for a sweeping pause to potentially trillions of dollars in federal loans, grants and financial assistance. now, abc news has obtained a memo rescinding that plan. abc's reena roy explains. >> confusion and whiplash coming from the white house. abc news obtaining a new memo from the office of management and budget today, rescinding yesterday's memo directing a federal funding freeze. the white house adamant they're still moving forward with the freeze, saying this just hours earlier.

>> this is a temporary pause on federal funding to ensure that tax dollars are not funding things that this president has signed out of law. so the green new deal, die, etc. as i said repeatedly yesterday, and i would like to double down on the fact that social security, medicare, medicaid, which i'd like to be clear on that today, welfare benefits, individual assistance, food stamps, etc. will not be impacted. >> yesterday, a judge temporarily blocked the freeze and more than 22 states sued the administration. the funding freeze setting off widespread panic throughout massive federal programs like medicaid and meals on wheels vital to many americans. on wednesday, trump also signing new executive orders, including one to help combat anti-semitism across the country. two others on education, cutting federal funding to k through 12 schools that teach, quote, radical gender ideology and critical race theory. the other directs the attorney general to pursue actions against school officials and teachers who, quote, sexually exploit minors or

practice medicine without a license through social transition practices. trump, also signing the lake and riley act into law, the first of his second administration. the legislation requires the detention of undocumented immigrants who have been charged with crimes and allows state attorneys to sue federal officials. if an illegal immigrant commits a crime that harms the state or any of its residents. >> this is a very important law. this is something that has brought democrats and republicans together. that's not easy to do. >> the law, named after 22 year old lincoln riley, who was killed by an undocumented immigrant last year. the trump administration has also offered buyouts to more than 2 million federal employees, saying they can resign with pay through september or risk being fired. reena roy, abc news, new york. >> confirmation hearings began today for president trump's pick for secretary of health and human services, robert f kennedy jr. he has made past claims that vaccines are not safe and effective. but today, rfk jr told senators he is not an

anti-vaxxer. >> i support vaccines. i support the childhood schedule. >> did you say lyme disease is a highly likely militarily engineered bio weapon? >> i probably did say that. news reports have claimed that. >> tomorrow kennedy faces the senate committee on health, education, labor and pensions. today, we're learning more about a shooting that left a longtime san francisco business owner and cannabis pioneer in the icu. the shooting happened monday evening outside the vapor room dispensary near ninth and mission. we now know the victim is the owner, martin oliver. the suspect was killed by police during a standoff. the circumstances of the shooting are still unclear, but people in the area say they've seen an increase in drugs and violence recently. they believe efforts to clean up the tenderloin have relocated the problem to the south of market. >> everybody is pushing, pushing, pushing. this is the new hangout. this is the mini tenderloin we've seen. and i

just hope that the mayor, daniel leary, can just bring resources. the promise that he's making this is neglected. >> as oliver recovers, friends have set up a go fund me page. so far, it's raised more than $80,000. san francisco's new mayor is taking aim at fixing the fentanyl crisis. mayor daniel leary has declared an ordinance to deal with the problem. as abc seven news reporter lena howland tells us, it calls on city leaders to treat the fentanyl crisis like the emergency that it is to so many. >> in a call to action wednesday morning in san francisco by those who know the harms of addiction all too well. >> but as a mom who's had to deal with the gut wrenching pain of not knowing if her child was alive out here on these streets. >> gina macdonald is the co-founder of mothers against drug addiction and deaths. surrounded by people still in recovery, including those part of the salvation army's harbor light program. she's speaking in support of mayor daniel leary's

proposed fentanyl state of emergency. >> we believe that this ordinance, this fentanyl state of emergency emergency ordinance is a state of emergency. it's a five alarm fire that needs to be mitigated. >> they say since 2019, more than 4000 lives have been lost to overdose deaths on san francisco streets. >> we got people out there who is the walking dead? and the cold part about it? it's our folks and our people. we work with the kids, and when the kids got to see needles and people bent over half dead. we not having that. >> mayor lowry's ordinance aims to cut through the city's red tape to address the fentanyl crisis. >> people in san francisco are suffering. every day that we don't act. is another day of life lost to addiction, to overdose and to despair? our response must be just as urgent

as the crisis that we are facing. >> if the board of supervisors approve this plan, it would essentially give the mayor's office the power to approve city contracts that would normally go through the board. but this isn't quite a slam dunk for leary. supervisor shamann walton says he agrees with the end goal, but still thinks the overall plan lacks details, and he doesn't think supervisors should be giving the mayor what he calls dictatorship authority. >> right now, we just have a legislation in front of us that says, let's waive all of our contract authority, let's waive behested payment. but at the end of the day, there's no plan into what we're going to see. he's just saying we'll have 1500 beds somehow, some way. but how? >> right after the rally, many of these supporters went inside to sit in on today's budget and finance committee meeting to testify their support of this proposal in san francisco. lena howland abc seven news. >> it may soon be a whole lot

easier for chain stores to open on san francisco's van ness corridor. two city supervisors have introduced legislation to allow what they call formula retail on a one mile stretch of van ness avenue. it would be between redwood street and broadway. formula retail are chains with 11 or more locations, so bigger chains. the proposal will let companies that want to fill vacant storefronts bypass the 12 to 18 month city planning process. the supervisors picked the van ness corridor because, they say many of the storefronts are too big for small businesses to fill. abc seven news political reporter monica madden will have a full report on the plan, coming up on abc seven news at four. now we want to turn to the weather. after more than three weeks of dry conditions, rain is back in the forecast and it's going to be sticking around. abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian is here with us now. oh, spencer. okay, we've been waiting for it. >> i know kristen, the rain will have an extended visit. right now, though, we're looking at the satellite radar image, high pressure, which has brought us a

string of sunny days and mainly clear nights. weakening now, and the next dominant influence in our weather will be this low pressure system, whose circulation is generating a long plume of pacific moisture directly toward the bay area. that's going to bring us several days of rainfall. we'll start with friday, which will be the day of the arrival of the first storm. stormy weather, a level one on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale for friday. we'll have some steady morning rain starting in the north bay and then reaching other parts of the bay area, giving way to scattered showers in the afternoon. rainfall totals from the first wave of rainfall, anywhere from a quarter of an inch to about three quarters of an inch. start the forecast animation thursday evening. tomorrow evening as we'll see clouds increasing here in the bay area. then that first wave of rain arrives in the north bay early friday morning, and continues through other parts of the bay area later in the day. so it's going to be a wet day for all of us. but the heaviest rain will initially fall in the north bay. you see, it continues into saturday and into sunday and into next week, so no end in sight right now. now for that first wave of rainfall on friday, rainfall totals will

range anywhere from about a quarter of an inch to just under a half inch. but there's more on the way. and in fact, we have about seven days worth of rain coming our way, and the rainfall totals for the seven day period will range from generally about 2.5in of rain to over four inches in the wettest locations. and the sierra is going to get a generous dose of snowfall over the next seven days as well. donner and kirkwood will have rain, snowfall totals reaching nearly five feet, and as you can see, the entire northern half of the state is going to get a lot of rain over the next seven days. i'll have more on this on abc seven news at four a little bit later. kristen. >> all right. chris. thank you. >> of course, you can track the rain all week with the abc seven bay area app. you can get the latest forecast and look at the same live doppler seven radar that spencer uses. just search abc seven bay area in your device's app store to download it. now, coming up, the year of the snake is here. as millions around the world celebrate lunar new year, we're here to help you understand its traditions and meanings. from the snake sign to the different cultural

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people around the world are ushering in the lunar new year, kicking off the year of the snake. in malaysia, people rang in in the new year with firecrackers in kuala lumpur. this was the busy scene with a packed crowd and many people trying to get that perfect picture. now in taiwan, an historic temple struck a bell to welcome peace in this new year. temples traditionally use gold pots and incense in a ceremonial celebration. and in cuba. yes, cuba line dancers paraded through the streets of chinatown there in havana. cubans also put their own twist on the holiday,

blending rum and cigars with traditional chinese cuisine. and here in san francisco, the chinese new year opening ceremony kicked off a few hours ago in chinatown's portsmouth square. the festivities included dragon and lion dancers, along with a blessing of peace and prosperity. the celebrations will last for two weeks, from the new moon to the full moon, culminating in the world famous san francisco chinese new year parade on february 15th, which you can watch right here on abc seven. now, some of you may be wanting to learn more about lunar new year, its history, significance, celebrants and traditions. a short while ago, i talked with jonathan lee, a san francisco state university professor whose research focuses on chinese and chinese american religions, cultures, and folklore. professor lee, thanks for joining us. >> oh, thank you for having me. happy new year. >> happy lunar new year. happy year of the snake, right? >> yes. yeah. the wood snake. >> all right, so we want to get

into what is the wood snake and all that. but first i think we should just back it up. and for folks who don't celebrate it, what is lunar new year and who observes and celebrates it? >> okay. yeah. lunar new year is the celebration of spring, also known as the spring festival. it's celebrated the most in china as well as in vietnam, singapore, anywhere where there's a large chinese diaspora community such as malaysia or in the philippines among the chinese, filipinos. >> and actually australia. i saw some video from cuba today. anywhere where you find people who hail from originally chinese cultures. and okay, so let me ask you this, professor lee, what is this calendar? the lunar calendar and how it differs from the western calendar. what is it pegged to? >> oh, well, it's pegged to the cycles of the moon and the sun. it's a it's a agricultural calendar. but there's a story.

there's a folklore behind it that's linked to a race that the jade emperor had planned and organize among all the animals on earth. and the 12 winners of that race were given the status of one of the 12 years in that lunar calendar. >> i love that story. i think the rat finished first because it was so cunning, right? i forget where the snake falls into it. do you remember? >> yeah, yeah. the snake is the sixth animal, so he is the midpoint of this zodiac cycle. and, you know, there's a long story behind him. but when he got to the river, because he just recently lost his limbs, he actually curled himself on the horse's leg. and so the horse is the one that got him over the river and then. right, right. when they got to the river, he

he then uncoiled himself and then went in ahead. >> okay. so that suggests to me the snake is smart. so i want to talk to you about what are the traits of people born in the year of the snake? because in western mythology, we think of the snake as rather villainous. villainous, right. like in harry potter. but what are the associations here? >> yeah. in in asia, the snake is actually a very auspicious and revered animal. it symbolizes transformation. it symbolizes love. it symbolizes fertility and ingenuity and intelligence. >> so we get to kind of shed the negative things from years past and start a new. is that the idea for everybody for this year? >> that is the idea for everyone for this year. yes. and for every year. really. all right. but but yeah, so, so part of this year is to focus on the

stuff that we want to improve in ourselves, focus on improving relationships with others and the traits or habits that makes us not our best. we want to focus on that. have a mindfulness and awakening to that so that we can transform and become better, which is the symbolism of the snake, the shedding of the skin and rejuvenation and growth. >> and, professor lee, there are things that we could do individually to kind of usher those things in and to make the good happen and to have kind of an auspicious beginning. so talk to us about some of the traditions, things that we could eat, actions that we can take, things to wash and not wash or sweep away or not in this, you know, not just today, but i think the two week period that is this whole celebration of new year. >> yeah, yeah. well, it starts before today. before today, we would have to do a very deep cleaning of our house. we would

buy new clothes for all the members of our family. we would go to the bank and get cash, go get red envelopes, decorate the house with spring flowers and citrus fruits and trees and a lot of written couplets and written paper cuts with chinese sayings that bring luck and fortune and health and longevity into our household. >> so this is a two week. like we said, it's two week celebration. and because people always ask, oh, if today's chinese new year, why is the big san francisco chinese parade actually two and a half weeks from now? right? but talk about the importance of this parade, the culmination of the celebration. and, you know, all the great things that we see at the parade, like the lion dancing, the, you know, the golden dragon, the firecrackers. and what's the meaning of all that? >> yeah, yeah. so the parade is a wonderful expression of chinese and chinese american

culture and diversity. the firecracker is the sound of the firecracker. when it's lit, is to scare away bad spirits and bad energy. and traditionally, chinese new year is celebrated for 15 to 20 days. and it's a time for family reunification. family get togethers. get together with your friends, your neighbors, and the culmination would be here in san francisco and in many other towns and cities in the united states, a chinese new year parade and the one in san francisco is the largest of its kind outside of asia. and it not only highlights and celebrates chinese american associations, organizations,

nonprofits, significant community leaders, but also other. community and cultural organizations, schools, kids. it just brings everyone together for a wonderful celebration of what it is to be part of a very diverse and beautiful mosaic. >> professor lee, thank you for coming on to share this with shin young kuala gong xi fa cai. happy bukachi. now that you know, you know you want to go to the parade. and abc seven is the official broadcast partner of the 2025 san francisco chinese new year parade. you can watch it live here. saturday, february 15th, starting at 6 p.m. right here on abc seven and wherever you

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a virtual public hearing tonight at six. the federal government wants to expand nuclear weapons at lawrence livermore national lab, which would mean storing more plutonium on site. some say expanded plutonium use is dangerous, especially at a lab so close to a major urban center. the national nuclear security administration announced its intent to prepare an environmental impact report. in a statement, the department of energy cites evolving international security concerns as one reason behind this decision. the years long legal battle between the city of san francisco and organizers of the stern grove festival has come to an end. the city has agreed to pay $225,000 to settle the lawsuit filed by the festival over the 2021 water main break and flooding that forced the cancellation of the final concert of the summer. the stern grove festival association accused the city of failing to maintain its water pipes. up next, a san jose woman's health battle turned scandal. her secrets inspired a podcast and

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anonymous tip? find out. on scamanda. >> i order you to stop this. >> george pennacchio for abc seven news. >> the four part scamanda docu series premieres tomorrow night at nine, right here on abc seven. episodes will stream the next day on hulu. disney is the parent company of hulu and abc seven. thanks for joining us for abc seven news at three. world news tonight with david muir starts now. and i'll see you back here at four. tonight, breaking news. the fireworks on capitol hill involving robert f. kennedy jr. the tough questions. also tonight, the crash of an f-35 fighter jet. all of it on camera. millions on alert right now for the dangerous winds here in the east, and the winter storm moving in right behind it. president trump's pick pick for health secretary grilled about his comments against vaccines, saying in a podcast that there is no vaccine that is safe and