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fight anti-semitism on college campuses. >> it calls for deporting students deemed hamas supporters who are not u.s. citizens. we'll have more on that in just a moment. but first, here's a look at what else president trump signed today. >> he signed a memo to prepare a massive facility at guantanamo bay to be used for housing deported migrants. >> the trump administration also rescinded a memo freezing spending on federal loans and grants after it caused widespread confusion. >> as for that executive order to combat anti-semitism on college campuses, it could now mean possible deportation for students who were part of pro-palestinian demonstrations. abc seven news reporter luz pena went to the university of san francisco and has the details. >> international students with f-1 visas who participated in pro-palestinian protests woke up to a threat by president donald trump. they could be deported. >> it's scary knowing that we have to be cognizant about ice coming onto our campus. it's scary that we have to worry about dhs stalking our students. >> president trump signed a new

executive order on wednesday, combating what the administration categorizes as the explosion of anti-semitism on university campuses since october of 2023. many bay area university students organized protests for both sides. at least 20 pro-palestinian actions were organized by university of san francisco students. jaden jakle, speaking for many of his friends who were part of these actions and now could be at risk. >> they're telling us that they're scared. i think it's completely reasonable to live in a country where you have rights that you're expected to be granted, and then when a new administration comes in and tells you you can be deported for expressing your first amendment rights, it's shocking. >> in april of 2020, four, pro-palestinian protesters shot down the golden gate bridge and i-880 in oakland for hours protesting the israel-hamas war. jeff wosniak, attorney with the national lawyers guild, represents many of those protesters and said attorneys

now are gearing up to represent students. >> broad, overreaching order. that is going to be impossible to enforce. but most importantly, it is an attack on free speech. >> wozniak emphasized international students also have rights. >> there's a process by which that visa has to be revoked. it's not just something that through the issuance of this order, it's just going to happen automatically. there's going to have to be a review by ice. >> one of the main questions is, is how will the federal government know which students with an f-1 visa were part of these protests? the next question is, is will local government collaborate with ice and also universities? several weeks ago, the university of san francisco sent this email to students, breaking down how they will respond to ice agents saying they intend on protecting students, adding the director will not share any student or employee information unless compelled to by a signed court order or verified claim of imminent danger to public

safety. >> encouraging people and students who are concerned to reach out to local organizations like our own, we provide legal services and consultation. we know that in this moment, our solidarity is our strength. >> in san francisco, luz pena abc seven news. >> sky seven captured another protest this afternoon, this one at uc berkeley. students marched in support of immigrants and against increasing raids and deportations by immigration and customs enforcement, or ice. organizers say they are seeking institutional support and protection for undocumented students and immigrants. >> in alameda county. the board of supervisors has voted to create an ad hoc committee to help protect at risk immigrants, as well as the lgbtq populations. supervisor nikki fortunato bass tells our media partner, the east bay times, that the together for all ad hoc is a proactive measure. it's intended to resist the trump administration's crackdown on immigrants who've entered the country illegally and repeal protections for transgender

americans. >> we are following a deadly shooting out of oakland, and the victim is reportedly the older brother of famous rapper too short. police say it happened around seven this morning at a building on 49th avenue near international boulevard. our media partners at the bay area news group report it was a marijuana grow house. we do know the victim, 61 year old wayne shaw, was inside. shaw is reportedly two. schwarz brother. this afternoon, police told us the series of events that led to the shooting. >> 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 we have not heard from too short. >> happening tonight, the lawrence livermore national laboratory is hosting a virtual public hearing to discuss its

plans to increase the use of plutonium at the site. the proposal is already drawing pushback from the community because the material, which is used for nuclear weapons, would be transported on local roadways like five 8-80. abc seven news reporter tim johns has more. >> in a notice of intent posted earlier this month, the department of energy and the national nuclear security administration informing the public of their plan to increase the use, storage and transport of plutonium at the lawrence livermore national laboratory. plutonium is a key ingredient in the making of nuclear bombs, and the proposal is already receiving pushback from some in the community. >> what this really means is an exponential increase in the quantity of plutonium at the facility, which is, of course, highly radioactive. >> scott young is the executive director of tri-valley cares, an advocacy group that pushes for the elimination of nuclear weapons. he says the expanded plutonium use is potentially dangerous, especially since it will be transported on local freeways and housed at a lab so close to a major urban area. >> people are concerned about

the potential health implications that might result from an accident, an intentional act, you know, god forbid, a terrorist attack or a disgruntled employee. >> massimiliano frattini is a nuclear engineering professor at uc berkeley. he says while having concerns is understandable, he's confident the lab will have taken every precaution. >> plutonium is usually handled in in isolation. that is, typically systems of three containment structures within which plutonium is handled. >> the federal government says evolving international security risks are a key reason for keeping the nuclear arsenal up to date. in a statement sent to abc seven news, the nnsa says it will allow them to be better able to fulfill current and future national security missions, and that upgrading the security infrastructure of the plutonium facility will ensure that it remains safe for both the employees and the public. ahead of a planned environmental impact report, the lawrence livermore lab will host a virtual public hearing

wednesday. an event giant is encouraging everyone concerned to attend. >> it's a crucial for the public to show they're paying attention and get out there and participate in the public comment period on this scoping period so that we have a robust draft document when it comes out that reflects the public's concern. >> in livermore, tim jonze, abc seven news. >> all right. we want to turn now to the weather as we take a live look out at the conditions right now. it may be dry for the moment, but there is rain on the way. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the details. i almost thought it was going to come early. sandhya. it was so gloomy this morning. >> it was ama. you know what? there was a lot of fog and cloud cover and you're thinking, wow, it's looking a little dreary. well, let me show you what we can expect. live doppler seven is tracking the first in a series of storms, and it is going to start to get wet around here as early as friday. we welcome the rain as we take a look at the timeline here. 5:00 in the morning, the rain moves in. it is light to moderate. it

continues at 10 a.m. and then it will switch over to scattered showers for your friday evening. so it is a level one storm. we're bringing this back after weeks of not having the storm impact scale. rain arrives in the morning, scattered afternoon showers, wet roadways and breezy conditions as we take a look at the rainfall projections through next wednesday. we're talking over a half a foot of rain at fort bragg, inches for parts of the bay area, and the sierra will be picking up a rain snow mix. i'll be back with a closer look at the timeline. coming right up. julian. >> okay. thank you so much, sandy. we'll see you then. well, 40 years later, the victims of a infamous serial killer have been identified thanks to new dna analysis. reginald reggie frisby's body was found in june of 1985. frisby was born in new york in 1956, and had been living in san francisco in the 80s. he was never reported missing. deputies are still investigating how he was killed. charles ng and leonard lake they are these prolific serial

killers. they were caught in 1985, bone fragments of more than a dozen women, men and babies were found buried at lake's cabin in calaveras county. lake killed himself while in custody. ng was later found guilty and sentenced to death. he is currently at the california medical facility in vacaville. >> a court appears ready to side with former 40 niners star dana stubblefield in his effort to be released from prison. stubblefield was convicted of rape in 2020 and sentenced to 15 years. the appellate court of santa clara county said it is considering granting stubblefield's petition, which seeks a bail hearing before the santa clara county superior court. the court set a tuesday deadline for any objections. >> still to come, community organizations are in limbo, all because of the trump administration's federal funding freeze. we'll have a closer look at the impact in oakland's chinatown. >> plus, happy lunar new year. we're going to show you the festivities that kicked off the year of the snake and the optimism for the year ahead. abc

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home district today, hoping to deliver millions in federal funds to oakland nonprofits. >> but that's on hold because of the trump administration's federal funding freeze. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan explains how that's impacting the work on the ground. >> oh, happy new year, sweetie. oh, hi. >> five newly elected u.s. congresswoman lateefah simon was supposed to have a check for $2 million, but instead, she came home to oakland empty handed. >> my commitment going to d.c. was to bring money home. and while, again, you were given the confirmation weeks ago that you would receive this resource, the federal government has us on pause, but we will fight back. >> the money was supposed to fund a project connecting oakland's chinatown to the waterfront by improving the pathways under i-880. it was awarded to the east bay asian

local development corporation, one of the largest affordable housing providers in oakland. >> this is about connecting chinatown to the waterfront. this is about making sure that economic vitality flows for us. we want to make sure that our projects under construction are smooth sailing still, right? if we are already in the ground, that's a real cost. >> on wednesday, simon toured oakland's chinatown to celebrate the lunar new year and to mark her first full week in the bay area. during that time, the trump administration announced a pause on federal grants and loans totaling trillions of dollars. on wednesday, it was rescinded and later temporarily blocked by a federal judge, leading to more confusion. >> because no one knows what's happening. our mayor, our governor, the federal government, the office of the president is keeping us again in this state of chaos. >> the trump administration says the pause was needed to review whether spending aligned with trump's executive orders on issues like climate change and diversity, equity and inclusion.

simon says the pause will have impacts across the country, such as federal funding that goes towards firefighters and police and programs for schools. >> you all, we're in trouble. we're in trouble, but we don't go down. we're from oakland. we're not going down without a serious fight. >> simon says it could be several days before even elected officials will have a better understanding of the funding freeze in oakland, anser hassan. abc seven news. >> still ahead, you could feel that change. rain is back in the forecast. it is not here yet, as you can see from this live picture of the conditions right now, but we will check back in with abc seven

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and is here with all the details decked out in red. >> indeed. yes, i had to fit the theme. julian and my ears are still ringing though, from all of the firecrackers. san

francisco's chinatown is the oldest and the biggest one outside of asia, so it makes sense. today's kick off to chinese new year included many long standing celebrations, with new festivities and optimism for the city. 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 donning 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 want. 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 expect there 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. hey, you know, sometimes he's saying. >> we love to see it all. 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. back to you guys. >> all right, dion, thank you so much. i think we heard some of those fireworks last night here at the station. of course, the lunar new year celebrations all culminate with the 2025 chinese new year parade. it's happening in just 17 days. don't forget, you can watch it right here on abc seven. it's saturday, february the 15th, starting at 6 p.m, right here on abc seven.

and wherever you stream abc seven news. >> all right. someone said to me, it's going to rain for like, the next week, but is that exactly right, sandhya? >> we need it. we need it. we're getting excited about the rain, sandhya. >> absolutely we are. and we welcome the rain. no doubt about it, julian. and let me show you some live pictures right now and we'll talk about the rain. okay. it's all going to begin on friday, and we are going to have the storm impact scale just about every single day. live views right now showing you a mix of sun and some lingering clouds certainly was a foggy, cloudy start to the day, and it took its sweet time starting to move out. and it didn't completely clear, which is why those temperatures have been so low today. we do have rain chances coming up. looking at the next several days you can see that it is elevated. here is the first in a series of storms that will bring us the wet weather. it does have a deep moisture plume with it, so it is going to soak parts of northern california with over a half a

foot of rain. not just that storm, but another storm over the next seven days. as we look at live doppler seven, we certainly have still some gray sky along the coastline. those temperatures. it's 47 right now in santa rosa, 50s around many other parts from our san jose camera seeing some sun up above. tomorrow morning fog increasing clouds. friday rain arrives in the morning and for the weekend through the middle of next week. a wet pattern continues off and on. now it is lunar new year. happy lunar new year for those who celebrate. if you are stepping out tonight, i want to show you what you can expect. clouds will advance later on this evening. 40s 50s. as we head into tomorrow morning, 30s and 40s to start the day for the afternoon hours. partly cloudy and highs will be right around the 50s for most of you. so out the door you will need to still bundle up despite the fog and the cloud cover. mid to upper 30s and our coldest inland valleys. afternoon highs will be in the 50s for most of you. 60

degrees in san jose. and here comes the storm impact scale. it's a light level one for friday. rain arrives in the morning, turns more scattered into showery activity. wet roadways and breezy conditions is what you need to watch out for. 5:00 in the morning, rain is moving into the north bay. it spreads by 11 a.m. it is steady, and then as we head into the evening hours, we'll see scattered showers for the evening commute. going into the late night hours, more showers into saturday. and here is a look at the estimates taking you into saturday morning at 10 a.m. a quarter of an inch to 9/10 of an inch. now we're going to add on to that saturday morning going into the afternoon, evening, sunday still wet. as you will notice, it's just aimed right at us monday. here comes another storm going into tuesday and wednesday. when all is said and done, the sierra will pick up snow by sunday night. we're talking 21in at donner and kirkwood. add more snow to that and the snow levels will be lowering going into next week. we're talking about 58in at kirkwood. that is also going to be a welcome sight. the accuweather seven day forecast

cloudier tomorrow after the morning fog. it's a one for friday, level two on saturday as we're expecting wet and windy weather one sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday. so yes, time to bring out the raincoats. >> and julie did rack them up there. >> absolutely. hey, we're making up for the last several weeks. those spotty showers on saturday didn't amount to a. >> whole lot of wet showers. yeah. didn't like that. yeah. thanks, andy, i appreciate it. all right, well, look who showed up in sacramento today. baseball commissioner rob manfred and athletics owner john fisher got a tour of sutter health park that is the home of the a's for at least the next three seasons. the ballpark is undergoing some renovations to accommodate the team. it's currently the home of the minor league sacramento river cats. the a's first home game is

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of levi strauss and company. he is now a co-owner of coffee. >> most important thing is we're not going to change anything. this is a really special place for what it is today. my goal is just to make sure that more people find out about it. it's truly that good. but truly, in terms of the product, in terms of everything that makes it special. graffeo is going to be here and in this location. >> if you didn't know about it, you do now. longtime owner luciano repetto will remain on as partner and co-owner. >> i can almost smell the beans through the screen right there. oh, it looks so good. we have a lot more news ahead. coming up at 530. >> let's get to abc seven news anchor karina nova for the stories that are coming up at 530. karina. >> thanks, giuliana. as we've reported, under the trump administration, deportation operations are underway both nationwide and right here in the bay area in san jose. ice agents were seen at several locations. so coming up at 530, an attorney from the california collaborative for immigrant justice will join me to explain the situation and how they're

preparing for the next four years. plus, today is the start of the lunar new year with the san francisco chinese new year parade quickly approaching. we're going to be joined by the parade director and talk about this year's highlights. join us for those stories and more at 530 on abc7 bay area streaming tv. jillian. >> okay, thank you so much. karina. you can download the abc seven app or head to abc7 news.com and join karina in just two minutes. >> world news tonight with david muir is next. i'm ama

>> david: 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 then the winter storm moving in right behind it. first tonight, president trump's pick for health secretary, rfk jr., grilled over his comments against vaccines, saying in a podcast that there is no e