area news group saying the victim was the brother of rapper too short. abc seven news reporter tim johns is following this developing story and joins us live from the newsroom. tim. >> larry. christine, we're still working on trying to firm up some of the details, but here's what we know right now. oakland police did confirm about an hour ago the suspects tried to ram their way into a property this morning on 49th avenue with a vehicle. our media partners at the bay area news group say it was a marijuana grow house. the victim, identified as 61 year old wayne shaw, then came outside. shaw is reportedly too short's older brother. police say there was some sort of confrontation between shaw and the suspects. they aren't sure if he was targeted or if anyone else was inside the building. >> so we're looking at more than one suspect and a 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 and police are asking for witnesses to come forward. we have not heard yet from two short. now he is originally from los angeles, but moved to oakland as a teenager and went to fremont high school. two short bursts onto the rap scene in the late 1980s and has remained active in the community supporting youth uprising. i'm live in the newsroom. tim johns, abc seven news. >> all right. thank you, tim, in san francisco. a plan to fill empty storefronts could make it easier for chain stores to move in. >> yeah, the proposal would apply to a one mile stretch of van ness avenue between redwood street and broadway. abc seven news political reporter monica madden with a look live in studio now at what this exactly would mea. monica. >> yeah, larry, this idea comes from two new moderate supervisors and is in line with mayor daniel lurie's goals of bringing life back to downtown. and they're hoping to reverse the city's long standing approach of incentivizing big

nationwide chains. if you drive down van ness avenue north of city hall. sure enough, you'll find vacancy signs every block. but filling those spaces is a process that can take upwards of two years, at least for large scale retailers. >> we've developed a reputation in san francisco as being difficult to deal with and do business in because of this. >> laura tonetti leases retail spaces for jll and says the bureaucratic obstacles have equated to missed business opportunities. >> it has impacted our ability to lease space to national retailers that process in other cities. if there is something similar, runs about 3 to 6ing months. >> how long does it take for those big shops to lease a space here? >> i think the bigger question is, are the big shops even willing to go through the process? >> that's why san francisco supervisor stephen sherrill wants to reduce the time it takes for formula retailers to get approved for leasing these spaces on the venice corridor, north of city hall. the city

defines formula retailers as 11 or more outlets. >> it's eroding the character of our neighborhoods. it's hurting our economy, and it makes people feel less confident. it's just not as nice a place. >> sherrill says they're focused on venice for one main reason. >> these are the former auto showrooms, and so permitting formula retail allows for more flexibility in these really, really big spaces that you're not seeing on merchant on on some of the neighborhood merchant corridors. >> real estate developers like tinetti don't think it would hurt mom and pop shops and would help the city rebuild. >> what formula retail was created to protect was the integrity of our neighborhood fabric of the community retail, but it was just applied broadly and grossly misinterpreted by the city. venice is a great first step. >> so far, supervisor sherrill is still trying to get support from other board members, but he does have supervisor danny salter as a co-sponsor. now, staff tell me that they are trying to get a hearing with the planning department as soon as possible, which is the

department that oversees the approval process for leasing retail space. live in the studio. monica madden, abc seven news. >> monica. thank you. san francisco mayor daniel laurie says the city has an opportunity to show the world it's on its way back with the upcoming chinese new year parade, as well as the nba all star game festivities at chase center. now, the mayor spoke this morning at the san francisco business times annual mayor's economic forecast. laurie says to rejuvenate the downtown area, the city needs to create conditions that will make businesses want to come back. >> we have to prove that we can pull off these events again and that they're the eyes of the world are going to be on us that weekend, and we got to show off, and then we start putting one foot in front of the other, and we start telling the world that san francisco is open for business again, and we are going to do that over and over again, is. >> laurie says that means public safety needs to be front and center with law enforcement departments fully staffed and visible. >> a call to action today in san francisco as people rallied in

support of mayor laurie's fentanyl. state of emergency. >> abc seven news reporter lena howland was at the rally, where people affected by the drug crisis shared their stories. >> 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 mcdonald 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 laurie'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're not having that. >> mayor laurie'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? >> if the board of supervisors approved 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 laurie. supervisor sherman 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? >> in san francisco, lena howland, abc seven news. >> all right, turning now to the weather. it's cold. it's cloudy in some areas, and rain is on the way. >> that's right. spencer christian is here now with a first look at the forecast. spencer. >> okay. kristen and larry, several days of rain coming our way right now. here's a look at the satellite radar image. you can see high pressure weakening, low pressure beginning to push in our direction. that will be the dominant weather feature for us over the next several days, generating a stream of pacific moisture in our direction. the arrival of the first batch of rain will be friday on a level one storm on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. a steady morning rain is expected, followed by scattered afternoon showers. rainfall totals from that first day, about a quarter of an inch to three quarters of an inch. here's the forecast animation taking us into friday evening. notice the rain continues. the first batch of rain will be heaviest in the north bay, but all of us will get some wet weather, some measurable rain from this system. so we've got saturday rain. we've got sunday rain. as

the system drops southward just a bit and it lifts back northward again for monday. so rain will continue for a while. and again, from that first batch of rain on friday, we expect rainfall totals to range from about a quarter of an inch to three quarters, but we'll get a lot more rain for the next few days after that, and i'll have details in my accuweather seven day forecast a little bit later. kristen. >> all right. spencer, thank you. a white house memo that froze federal grants and loans and created widespread confusion has been rescinded. earlier today, the white house took back the directive by the office of management and budget that sought to pause potentially trillions of dos in loans, grants and financial assistance. a federal judge has signaled he will block the trump administration from freezing the federal aid approved by congress. >> president trump issued two executive orders dealing with students today. one orders schools to stop teaching critical race theory and other material dealing with race and sexuality. the white house also reinstated an order establishing the 1776 commission to promote

patriotic education in u.s. schools. another order calls for aggressive action to fight anti-semitism on college campuses, including revoking visas for students found to be hamas sympathizers. now, deportation is obviously top of mind for many bay area immigrants right now. >> in the south bay, a san jose man tried to get answers when ice showed up at his home. abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey has his story. >> confirmed reports of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement activity in san jose sent shock waves throughout the south bay. perhaps no one more surprised than armando ceja, who learned from watching abc seven news that ice was not only in his city but knocking at his front door on sunday. >> freaking out. you know, i got my legal resident here, papers. i got citizenship to from my from all my family and sons. then my question why? what? who they looking for? what they want. and only this specific property. >> ceja was out of town. when neighbors say ice came by his house. this picture shared by

the rapid response network and council member peter ortiz, captured the moment trying to get questions answered. ceja reached out to san jose police, homeland security and ice. when you talk to them, what did they say about the operation that was happening here? >> they say they don't know nothing about it. they don't have nothing. they means they never have a search warrant for this property. is this supposed to have a search warrant to do that? and if they show it to me, they'll be happy with it, you know? >> ice, like other law enforcement agencies, don't have to share investigation details, but they are required to follow certain protocols when operating. ceja's story is y amigos de guadalupe. jeremy barrios says it's important for people to empower themselves by knowing their basic rights. when dealing with ice. >> they have the freedom to ask, am i being detained? and if they say no, they're free to go on with their day. if they are saying they're being detained, they have the right to remain silent and ask for an attorney and not cooperate. ask for an attorney and remain silent.

>> important rights to remember us. ceja says fear and confusion spreads throughout the community. >> i don't see why they're going to try to try to scare people about why, when we are hard working people. >> the santa clara county rapid response network confirmed monday at least one arrest was made, but we did not hear back from ice with more information in san jose. dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> a new survey from fivethirtyeight found a plurality of americans support deporting all undocumented immigrants. 43% approve versus 37% disapprove. a vast majority of americans approve of deporting people convicted of a violent crime. you can see that's 82%. 44% oppose deporting people who have not been convicted of a violent crime. most americans disapprove of separating children from their parents who enter the u.s. illegally. only 28% say that's okay. >> confirmation hearings began for the president's pick for secretary of healtd human services, robert f

kennedy, facing scrutiny from senators over past claims that no vaccine is safe and effective. but today, he said 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 bioweapon? >> i probably did say that. >> did you say that? >> that's what the developer of. >> i want all of our colleagues to hear it, mr. kennedy. i want them to hear it. you said yes. did you say that exposure to pesticides causes children to become transgender? >> no, i never said that. >> okay, i have the record that i'll give to the chairman, and he can make his judgment about what you said. >> tomorrow, kennedy faces the senate committee on health, education, labor and pensions. >> california's growing insurance crisis. who's being affected most? seven on your side digs into the data. plus, it's lunar new year. coming up next, let the celebrations

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raid. we're just 17 days to the big event, which you can watch live right here and everywhere you stream abc seven. >> so why don't we start with

saying happy new year? because today is lunar new year and the celebrations are already underway. >> indeed, abc seven news anchor dion lim was at a big kickoff celebration and is here with the details. dion. happy new year. >> to you as well. actually the ■oldest and the biggest one outside of asia, so it does make sense that today's kick off to chinese new year included many long standing traditions, along with festivities and optimism for the city. in kicked off with a bang in chinatown wednesday morning, 10,000 firecrackers, symbolic of scaring away evil spirits, marked the beginning of 15 days of family friendly festivities for chinese new year. >> i wanted him to experience the culture, you know, especially since he is chinese, and giving him that experience, you know, kind

of teaches him where he's from. >> portsmouth square was packed with spectators from across the bay area watching dances and the tradition of dodging the lion's eyes, which symbolizes awakening and good fortunes ahead. >> i want peace in the world, you know, happiness and good fortune. none of this asian hate. that's what i like. >> along with familiar faces, the new year ushered in some new ones on stage, from elected officials like mayor daniel lurie to community leaders. the message was clear san francisco is resilient and like the traits of the snake. transformation is coming. >> that there is, during this great festivity, some negative energy in this country right now. and when someone wants to pick a fight with san francisco, my money is on san francisco. every single time. >> our ancestors, our parents, our grandparents who came here before us, who were able to move through the challenges of chinese exclusion and fire and earthquake and covid and

anti-asian hate to help lead the best chinatown in the entire country. >> as festivities spread through chinatown's 22 blocks, merchants expressed hope. after years of struggle for the economic boost of the new year to last. all year. >> we're expecting will be more business as the very important and then more tourists and more visitors coming into chinatown. >> but no matter what you wish for in the year of the snake. >> like for everywhere to be kind and have no crime. more money. >> it's clear the sense of community in this community is stronger than ever. >> happy new year. you know, sometimes you say. >> we love to see it. you know, there are so many more chinese new year events on the calendar in san francisco, including the miss chinatown usa pageant. you can find a full list at chinese parade.com. now, keep in mind if you are planning to attend the parade in person, be sure to get there early. the sidewalks do

fill in fast. if you want to join us all in the tv zone, you can purchase a bleacher seat. those are still available. once again. chinese parade.com kristen and larry, back to you. >> all right. thank you dion. >> the 2025 san francisco chinese new year parade can be seen right here on abc seven. you can watch the live parade saturday, february 15th starting at 6 p.m. on abc seven and wherever you stream abc seven news. >> and hopefully the weather will be good for that parade we got. we're still a couple weeks out, but. >> i mean, it's going to be fun, you know, rain or not. right now it's a little early, but we do have some rain this weekend. >> yes we do. we're not doing the 18 day forecast yet, but we have we have some rain for the next seven days. well, not the next seven, but seven in a row. here's a look at what's happening right now. the satellite radar image. low pressure beginning to push high pressure away, which has brought us clear skies the last few days. we'll see an increase in clouds and that stream of moisture you saw wrapping around that low is aiming directly for the bay area. right now we're looking at

breezy but not gusty conditions. wind speeds right now generally about 10 to 15mph in the breeziest locations. and it's a bit cooler by several degrees right now than at this time yesterday. so the cooldown is underway. the clouds are on their way, but at the moment we've got lots of blue sky over the bay and over san francisco where it's 51 degrees. we also have low to mid 50s at hayward, san jose, redwood city and half moon bay and blue sky over the golden gate. it's breezy there as well. 49 degrees. right now in santa rosa we have 50 petaluma napa, 53 mid 50s at fairfield, concord and livermore. let's check out our forecast headlines. no frost or freeze advisories tonight. patchy low clouds will develop in some spots. and a little bit of fog here and there. rain returns returns on friday and will linger into next week. and the extended outlook calls for rain here in the bay area and lots of snow in the sierra. let's start with the forecast with the exclusive abc seven the storm impact scale. the approaching storm for friday is a level one, a light storm. a steady rain will arrive in the morning,

followed by scattered showers in the afternoon hours. rainfall totals from this first wave of rain around a quarter of an inch to about three quarters of an inch. here's forecast animation starting at midnight thursday night into friday morning, we'll see rain developing first in the north bay. it will be heaviest there for a while, but then sliding southward and eastward, hitting other parts of the bay area. saturday. the rain continues a little bit windy on saturday. sunday lighter rainfall. we'll see the north bay getting a little bit of a break, but steadier rain will hit other parts of the bay area on sunday. then the system lifts again. it's going to be a wet weather week for all of us. so back to current conditions are going into tonight. overnight lows will be mainly in the low 40s around the bay shoreline. we'll still see some chilly mid 30s in the coolest inland locations and then highs tomorrow, mainly in the mid 50s right around the bay shoreline, 5657 degrees. going into the inland east bay. we'll see up to about 58, maybe 60 at san jose. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. and we've got several

consecutive days of rain coming our way starting on friday, level two on saturday as the rain intensifies a bit in some spots, accompanied by windy conditions, a wet pattern continues on sunday, monday, tuesday, all level one systems there, but the cumulative effect or impact of the several consecutive days of rain will be significant. >> and it all adds up. >> well, we need it. we need it. >> thanks, spencer. okay. >> getting something lost in the mail is not anything new, but what if what's lost is the remains of a loved one. the bay area family's plea. >> and a new bay area clinic helping kids through the pain of illness, using

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desperate now to get his father's cremated remains, after the u.s. postal service said they were delivered to the wrong address. >> abc seven news reporter zach fuentes spoke with a local mom, who is hoping somebody will come forward to return them. >> 54 year old michael voorhees life was cut tragically short by an aggressive form of cancer. heartbreaking to all who knew and loved him. >> battle. he battled skin cancer and it came back a year later and it was metastatic. and it completely just we were not expecting that. >> anna garcia, a local e.r. nurse, shares a 23 year old son with voorhees. voorhees died last month in arizona. his ashes

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acknowledge the sensitivity of this misdelivered item and will continue to pursue efforts to recover it. garcia acknowledged that the postal service has been working with them, but both she and her son are desperate to get his father's remains. she's posted on nextdoor and also reached out to abc seven trying to get the word out, encouraging whoever might have the remains to take them to the post office. >> if the ashes are sitting in someone's mailbox or you know, their kitchen table, their living room, it just we want to bring mike home to his son. >> in san jose. zach fuentes, abc seven news today. >> crews were repairing shattered panes of glass at the embarcadero station on market street back in october. more than a dozen panes of glass spread across four bart canopies along market were smashed last week. a bart spokesperson told us they hd just started to replace those canopies. the person who broke them was eventually arrested. >> california's insurance crisis pushing people to the state's insurer of last resort.

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happy new year. yeah, and you may have already heard. right. the fireworks going off last night. >> oh, yeah. >> ha, ha. that's just one part of the celebration. others include cleaning the house ahead of time to get rid of the previous year's bad luck. just don't clean today. you don't want to sweep away the goodt stuff that comes with thursday. yeah. you may also see a lot of red, which is the color of joy and good fortune in chinese culture. larry. nice blue that you're wearing today. >> spencer and i matched. i thought he looked marvelous. >> it's the. >> year or two. >> it's the year of the snake, which is about shedding the past, rejuvenating, renewing and all that good stuff. >> so i like that. >> yeah. do you guys observe any of that? i mean, i do, obviously, and i'm going to eat those long life noodles like, lots of it, but i think it's just a great time to appreciate family being together and kind of taking stock, you know. what do you think? who's got. >> who's got some tradition of, you know, starting fresh and shedding the old and getting and welcoming the new. i mean, it's uplifting, you know? i like it. >> yeah. my tradition is going to the parade every year. i

absolutely love it. it's incredible. i live in the city, and it's one of my favorite times of the year. minus the fireworks going off till 4 a.m. but it is so much fun. it's beautiful and so great to see, so i can't wait to go again. >> yeah, you get to watch it here on abc seven as well. >> yeah, yeah. >> america's favorite weather predicting rodent. >> oh, don't talk about spencer that way. >> wow. i'm usually the target here, so i love this. anyway, he might be out of a job if peta gets his way when punxsutawney phil sees his shadow every groundhog day, it signals an early spring. but the animal rights group peta wants to retire phil and replace him with a weather reveal cake instead. blue for winter and pink for spring. i don't understand this is phil being held hostage in some way. like, is he being mistreated by coming out once a year? spencer, this is this is an outrage. >> it doesn't seem to me that

making a once a year appearance is a bad is poor treatment. i don't get it. but, you know, i guess if we have blue for winter and pink for spring, that's that's kind of a cute little reveal. but i like phil. you know. >> it's not even the same groundhog each year. okay, well, you probably do it once in your whole lifetime, and that's it. >> well, there are lots of phil's. >> out there. yeah. >> yeah yeah, yeah. but you know what? phil can come out and, you know, give his opinion how you know, and then you could do the cake and you could do both of them if. >> you combine the two. >> if you really need a cake reveal. i don't i don't understand what you know. poor phil. like phil phil could be on unemployment here really soon. it's not right. >> i don't know. i think it's just an annual tradition. let's keep it. i'm assuming they take good care of the groundhog that has such an important job. right. i would assume that he's getting treated very well. >> first class, i hope. >> all right. we've all been there, right? trying to shop for our household items only to see them locked up. cvs is now responding to customers frustrations. they launched an

app that lets customers unlock the items instead of waiting for an employee. it's available in a few stores in new york city, and is expected to roll out to the west coast. who thinks that's a good idea? because i definitely feel like there have been times when i don't want to wait for a store person to come and unlock it, so then i just walk away. you know. >> i feel that way all the time. i think it's a very good idea. yeah. >> if it works right. >> that's my thing. well, first of all, you have to download another app, which is sometimes a pain, but then you you. i'm curious to see how it works, but i guess if they're trying to prevent theft. couldn't someone just download the app and then still steal the item? >> that's what i was going to say. i would just type in spencer christian on my phone and, and. >> you know, raid the. >> place and. yeah. and then and then i opened it up. but, you know, like, have you guys stayed at hotels where, you know, now they have the app where you can. yes. well, how many times have you, have you been standing there with the phone and the door won't open? it won't open.

won't open. won't open. so i don't know if these cvs stores will open any better. >> i don't know. i think it's user error. thank you. >> taking shots at everybody. >> here today. i haven't gotten karina yet. >> yeah. i'm good. >> i'm good. no. >> thank you. >> bad news for coffee lovers, kristen. prices are going up. arabica beans hit a record high above 3.60 a pound over concerns about next year's crop. starbucks is cutting back. they're slashing their drink and food options by 30%, part of a new effort to speed up service and increase profits. the changes will roll out over the next few months. now, kristen, you have identified yourself as a coffee snob in the past. what are your thoughts about this? >> yeah, i guess the crop hasn't been good, like you said, and it's supply and demand. i'm just thinking if we, you know, had more tariffs that could bring the cost up even more. i don't know. i may have to rely more on tea, which i love as well. so. >> well, couldn't that be part of the whole new year thing? like you're shedding the coffee and you're getting rid of that and then trying something new. right.

>> yeah. and tea is really good for you. >> so tying two segments together. it's continuity. >> yeah. >> i think it's really just karina trying to get on kristen's good side, because she's the only one. >> that i haven't been picked on yet. >> unscathed so far. yeah. >> is the operative word. >> anything to. >> pick on? well, there is plenty. >> i will give you plenty to pick on me during the commercial break. >> how about that? okay. okay. >> i know her husband. i'll get some more, too. >> oh, gosh.

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and according to new figures out today, more kids are failing to show up for school. >> even showing up now. right. abc news reporter rhiannon ally looks at the failing grades. >> a new report card is out for american students. and it's not good news. the national assessment of educational progress shows fourth and eighth grade students are faring even worse in math and reading than in recent years. >> it's a call to action as parents and families to hold our districts and our school systems accountable for making sure that we get our kids back on track. >> compared to 2019, average reading scores are down five points, and in math, fourth graders are down 3%. eighth graders sliding 8%. >> i don't think this is a season of us giving up hope. it's a season of us coming together in community, in our learning communities to make sure that our students are making progress. >> experts say the results show

reading is a greater challenge than math. the score declines appear to be driven by lower performing students fallingr further behind, while top performing students are showing some recovery since the pandemic. the message to parents get involved. >> trust your gut. ask for more information and if you need to seek outside help, do it immediately. >> one big issue. students not showing up for class 12% of eighth graders reported missing at least five days of school per month. rhiannon ally, abc news, new york. >> i think just showing up is the start of it. you got to at least be there. >> i know, i know. i mean, the pandemic just kind of got people into bad habits that it's hard for people to recover from. >> yeah. you're right. >> you're right. all right. we need to learn our math or science. meteorological science. meteorology. >> meteorology. yeah. >> let's start with this. tonight's forecast calls for some areas of clouds and fog developing. overnight lows will be, well, sort of chilly inland, but not in that frost and freezing zone we had the last few nights.

so mid to upper 30s inland but low 40s around the bay shoreline. then tomorrow some sun, some clouds, high temperatures generally in the mid to upper 50s a relatively cool to seasonably cool. then on fry we get the rain, the first in a series of rainy days, a level one storm on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale starts up in the north bay city with steady rain on friday morning. continues into the afternoon. as you can see here on the forecast animation. mainly a north bay event for friday, although there will be rain hitting other parts of the bay area later in the day before the system weakens, giving way to another string or i should say a continuing string of rainy days. a level two storm on saturday with windy, rainy conditions and more rain each day for the following 5 or 6 days. it's going to be a wet period, folks. get ready. kristin. >> okay. we're ready. thank you. spencer. some new arrivals at the oakland zoo. look at this. three mountain lion cubs were rescued, marg the zoo's 30th cougar rescue. fern, spruce and thistle were found in portola valley. wildlife officials believe their

mother was hit and killed by a car. the cubs are three months old and they're recovering at oakland zoo's veterinary hospital. >> super cute. ready for their close up? >> yeah. i mean, you want to pet them? nice. you remember? >> oh, wait. >> yes. >> yes, there goes my hand. yeah. new clinic bringing together cutting edge treatments from all over the world. >> how experts hope it will help ease pain of

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followed by abbott elementary, then at nine, celebrity jeopardy! paradise is at ten. then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. a new clinic opening at ucsf in san francisco is blending cutting edge treatments from around the world, all with one goal to help children overcome their pain. abc seven anchor karina nova has a look inside. >> seeing all the activities 14 year old chloe has enjoyd over the years, you might understand the impact of a condition that changed everything. it's known as complex regional pain syndrome, chloe says. it came on suddenly, leaving her struggling to regain her normal life. >> for me it was really hard. it was really hard to get into, like a more positive mindset. >> chloe's journey mirrors the inspiration behind a newly opened clinic at ucsf's mission bay campus. walking into the center for pediatric pain, the first thing you might notice is the lava lamp in the lobby. it

sets the tone for an innovative experience designed to treat children suffering chronic pain with an integrated approach. director stephan friedrichsdorf says that often includes a blend of eastern and western medicine and a little sleight of hand magic. >> so when we offer massage or hypnosis or deep breathing or progressive muscle relaxation with best western medicine, we found that children need less pain medications. >> our tour started with experiences designed to help young patients move past their fear. a waiting room wall that turns into an animal world with the wave of a patient's hand. >> so now let's find. bobcat. >> a gym includes swings and a rock climbing wall, while a short walk down the hall reveals rooms devoted to everything from massage to acupressure to aromatherapy. >> and there's a little swab in here of cotton that has

essential oil on it. and the sticky back allows you to stick it right onto a child's shirt or to a pillowcase. >> a multi-sensory room a few feet away can engage a child's senses beyond the pain they're battling, a phenomenon that chloe understands from her recovery. >> when you're stuck with pain for a good amount of your life, just one second of just having a distraction or just something to get your mind off of it, it means a lot. >> beyond treating pediatric pain, friedrichsdorf says the mission is also to share the integrative techniques with other providers around the bay area and the country. >> and children are doing so much better, not only here, but worldwide. so we want to raise the bar and we want to do it now. while she's still managing her condition, chloe says the integrative techniques have helped her to the point that she now practices karate and is looking forward to her high school years and someday becoming a veterinarian. >> when i wasn't able to do any

activities or just the stuff that i used to love, it was hard. it was really hard. and going back to it now, it's just it feels like me again. >> in san francisco, karina, nova, abc seven news. >> the new center was made possible by a $3 million grant from alyssa and mark stafford. that's it for abc seven news at four. i'm kristen z. abc seven news at five is coming up next. a team can help you plan for your dreams. so your dream car, and vacation home, may be closer than you think. ready to meet the dream team? you can with wells fargo.

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