in just a moment. but first, a story about an investigation that is now underway. >> yes. let's get to that. concord police say a man was shot and killed, and they say that man was stabbing a family member. and that is why the shooting ensued. it happened just before 2 a.m. at a home on natoma drive near willow pass road. police say when they got to the scene, a man was stabbing somebody. officers then opened fire. they killed the man with a knife. the stabbing victim is hospitalized and is expected to survive. >> and now to oakland and those looming budget cuts. it's a story we've been following for months now. >> today, community organizations gathered to fight to save their funding. abc seven news anchor dion lim has their story. >> no budget cuts. >> no budget cuts. >> the message from representatives of 13 oakland nonprofits could not be clearer. they need their city funding back. >> your heart drops down to the bottom of your stomach and you're afraid. >> oakland's budget deficit ballooned to $130 million last

year, resulting in widespread cuts. this included closing fire stations, maintaining a hiring freeze, suspending two police academies, and now terminating community grants to save an estimated $2.6 million. >> we wish we had more funding to hire more people and to give more hours not to be out here fighting for funding. we already won. >> these nonprofits, such as community united for restorative justice, which faces more than $200,000 in cuts, say staff has already been affected. >> because they cut my whole position as a single father of a four year old, it's very difficult. >> meals on wheels serves 1400 homebound seniors in oakland. they say despite $150,000 in lost grant money, services to the elderly will continue. for now. >> they rely on that personal connection with our delivery drivers, and they've been asking them, you know, what does this mean? but for us, in the long run, it means that we're really kind of also living in that state of uncertainty. >> interim city council

president noel gayo says he was caught off guard by cuts to programs he helped approve funding for, and is ready to take drastic measures. >> i'm willing to give up my salary, my salary as a council member to support the senior programs that are currently here. >> tiffany lozano of the unity council still holds out hope funding can be restored. just last week, city council found $8 million in funding to restore service to seven fire stations set for closure. >> the majority of us are really happy with that work. majority of us are also oakland residents. we want our fire department, but we also want the city to make the organizations whole again. >> i reached out to the city of oakland for comment. they sent me an email from city administrator justin johnson, breaking down the grant cuts and acknowledging that more reductions could be necessary. in oakland, dion lim, abc seven news. >> happening now new alameda county district attorney ursula jones dixon is being sworn in. she replaces pamela price, who was recalled in november. jones

dixon was serving as an alameda county superior court judge. this afternoon, she laid out her vision for the da's office and the changes that are coming. >> so first and foremost, i want to come in and make sure that the charging lawyers have the ability to charge cases the way they see fit. my expectation is they have judgment and that they have certain discretion. and so the charging directives will be removed immediately tomorrow morning so that people can get back to charging cases the way they need to, and in the time that they need to charge them. >> jones dixon will serve through 2026, which is when the position will be put before voters again. this afternoon, she said she is going to enter the race. >> all right. now on to new developments in the cult like group that has been linked to multiple murders across the country. and today, the leader of that group was ordered to be held without bail in a maryland court. >> jack lasota, from berkeley, was arrested on sunday along with two other members of the group. abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has the latest on

this bizarre case. >> three suspects appeared in a maryland courtroom tuesday morning facing gun and trespassing charges. but they have a parent ties to a cult like group called the. with bay area connections. prosecutors said 34 year old jack lasota, from berkeley, appears to be the leader of an extremist group known as ians that has been linked to six murders in three states. also appearing alongside lasota were michelle zajko from pennsylvania and daniel blank from sacramento. the three were arrested in maryland over the weekend, ap reported. they wore gun belts, holding ammunition and possessed several weapons. a state attorney said lasota previously faked her own death, leading her bay area family to declare her dead from a san francisco bay, drowning a few years ago. the ians have ties to a 2022 murder in vallejo and an attack on a landlord there. suspect michelle, whose parents

were found murdered in pennsylvania that year as well. then in january of this year, the vallejo landlord, curtis lin, was found murdered and member maximilian snyder was arrested and charged in what prosecutors say was a plot to prevent lin from testifying in court. snyder's fiancee, teresa youngblood, was then arrested in vermont a few days later for killing a border patrol agent, and a passenger in a car was also killed. snyder will be back in court in march in solano county. known as lasota publishes a blog about ending the human consumption of animals and espouses a theory that two hemispheres of the brain can hold separate values and genders that want to kill each other. a uc berkeley professor who teaches a class on cults says cults are now inside homes online. >> we talk about cults. we're really talking about forms of belief that disrupt our social

equilibrium. but there's no legal definition for cults. >> a north carolina landlord told abc news that lasota lived in a condo on his property recently with a member who died in the vermont shooting. police records indicate blank was his housemate in vermont. the connections are under further investigation. lasota asked the judge in maryland to be released, saying she didn't have the means to travel. she also requested a vegan diet. the judge denied bail, citing concerns about her being a flight risk and a danger to public safety. le blanc and co will be back in court on march 24th. i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> and here is a closer look at the group over the years. it was in 2016, while living in the bay area, that jack lassota started writing under the online persona. years later, in 2022, the u.s. coast guard responded to a report that lassota had fallen out of a boat on san

francisco bay, but no body was found. then that november, that vallejo landlord tried to evict lassota and others. two days before the deadline, the landlord was attacked with a sword. then fast forward to this january. that's when the landlord was killed. also in january, the u.s. border patrol officer was killed in vermont. that incident is what led the fbi to start connecting the dots in their cross country investigation. >> in san francisco, work hs begun to remove the controversial valencia street center bike lane that runs between 15th and 23rd streets. abc seven news reporter luz pena has been covering this story literally for years and is here live in studio with the latest twist. hi, lou. >> hi, larry. yeah, for over a year, a number of business owners have fought for the valencia street center bike lane to be removed. now it's happening. sfmta decided to remove the center bike lane and add a new design. but not everyone approves of this change. it's been 18 months since the valencia street center

bike lane was installed, and now the city's transportation agency is removing it. >> i think the center bikeway was a bad idea. >> the bikeway was supposed to create a safer pathway for cyclists to transit the street, removing 70 parking spots. but early on, businesses began to report signs of struggle. we followed will's story. owner of yazmin, a family restaurant. he partially blamed the bike lane for the decline in foot traffic on the once busy street. he sued the city, went on a hunger strike and was vocal for over a year about the way the bikeway changed this street. today we went back. >> it was very tough. >> but i just don't want to deal with it no more. it was just too much. >> he closed down yazmin two months ago and said goodbye to 40 years of family history. despite the center bike lane being removed. now his business didn't survive. and now he's focused on pushing forward his wife's art gallery store.

>> there is no way you can survive this. we have over five businesses in the past month closed down. >> stories like this one can be seen throughout valencia. we spoke to the owner of yellow moto pizzeria on the phone. he also closed two months ago and says the bike lane played a major role. sfmta is now gearing up to change the center bike lane into a side running lane for cyclists. in a statement, the agency said in part, switching to a curbside design demonstrates our commitment to the valencia community by responding to feedback and creating a safe bikeway. the executive director of the nonprofit streets forward believes the side running bikeway will be safer for cyclists. but he's concerned about one aspect ofe's this design. >> my hope is that floating parklets will be converted to curbside parklets as soon as possible so that, you know, there aren't any crashes or conflicts between people walking between the parklet and someone on a bike. >> as it changes begin, business owners who survived are worried more parking spots were removed. >> i wish the city would think

of ideas that are better than getting rid of more parking. >> sfmta's projecting it will take 2 to 3 months to complete the new bike lane on valencia street. business owners are hoping this will help everyone on that corridor. back to you, larry. >> all right, louis, thank you. the valencia street bike lane has been a topic of debate for several years now in san francisco. this all started in the summer of 2022, whented in outreach and planning for the bike lane began. the sfmta board of directors approved the design the following april. installation started in the summer of 2023, and the center bike lane opened that august. and then last february, the sfmta started exploring a new design for the side running bike lane that is being installed now. >> speed cameras are officially going up around san francisco. abc seven captured this video at the intersection of geary and seventh avenue, where cameras have been installed on the light poles. the cameras will turn on next month at 33 intersections around the city. violators will

get citations in the mail, but the city will not impose fines for the first two months. san francisco leaders are rolling out a new plan to boost the city's economic recovery. state senator scott wiener and mayor daniel lurie announced new legislation today designed to increase nightlife downtown. the bill will provide 20 new low cost liquor licenses designated for the areas near yerba buena gardens and union square, two places where the city is focusing on hospitality. >> we want to put our best foot forward and guess what that is? that is our food and beverage. that is our nightlife. that is the essence that makes san francisco so unique. that is our people, that is our culture, that is our innovation. >> mayor laurie says his administration is also working to streamline the city's permitting process, to also help new small businesses open up quickly. >> coming up on abc seven news at 4:00. cutbacks in the classroom, protests against local districts slashing

budgets. have you ever heard of sephora kids? there's a proposed new bill targeting them and their health. plus, we are live in arizona for giants spring training. >> i'm spencer christian, looking at a little bit of rain followed by lots of sunshine and warmth. i'll have the accuweather forecast in just a mome

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crash at the toronto airport yesterday. 21 people were injured. now, today, investigators are on the scene there trying to figure out how the plane crashed and flipped over. a warning before we get to this. the crash video may be triggering for some fearful fliers. here's abc news reporter reena roy. >> remarkable new video being reviewed by investigators shows the fiery crash landing of delta flight 4819. the plane hittingta the runway at toronto pearson international airport, bursting into flames and tumbling over multiple times with 76 passengers and four crew members on board. >> we just landed. our plane crashed. >> no cause has been determined, but airport officials say the wintry weather was rougher than usual in the days leading up to the crash. >> on thursday and sunday. we got more than 20in, 50cm of accumulated snow. in fact, it is more snow within that time window than we received in all of last winter. >> the delta regional jet, a crj

900 aircraft operated by endeavor air, departed from minneapolis monday afternoon, heading to toronto, landing just after 2 p.m. local time. passenger john nelson describing the chaotic moments. >> we hit the runway really hard and like extremely hard and we kind of popped up and it felt like we were leaning to the left and then we were going sideways. i'm not even sure how many times we like, tumbled, but we ended up upside down. i was hanging there in my seatbelt, upside down. >> 21 people injured and taken to the hospital. most of them now released. officials thanking the crew for getting everyone out safely. >> the crew of delta flight 4819 heroically led passengers to safety, evacuating a jet that had overturned on the runway on landing. that was amidst smoke and fire. i thank each and every one of these heroes. >> officials say two runways remain closed as investigators examine the wreckage. they expect delays and cancellations for at least the next two days.

reena roy, abc news, toronto. >> we're going to shift gears and talk about some happier news. i think most people like this, right, larry? most people love it. >> what's not to like? yeah. what's not? speaking of what's not to like? spencer. christian. >> yes, yes. and right now, i'm not liking my computer because i am just testing the computer just before we do the weather. and all of a sudden, it's not advancing. the graphics. >> give it a good kick. >> bear with me. here we go. it's doing something right now. okay, here's a look at my leading graphic. okay. we've got calm conditions around the bay area right now. wind speeds are generally on the light side, but we've got 17 mile per hour breezes here in san francisco and down at half moon bay. and it's quite a bit milder in most locations right now than at this time yesterday. five degrees warmer in concord, four degrees warmer in novato. even here in the city, two degrees warmer than this time yesterday. here's a nice view from mount tam looking down onto the bay. 57 degrees in san francisco. oakland 59. low to mid 60s right now at hayward, san jose. redwood city at 54. at half moon

bay. nice view at the golden gate. the sky looks pretty bright over the golden gate right now, but we're looking northward because this weak cold front that's approaching that may bring some light rainfall will probably hit the north bay first, but right now things look pretty calm up there. 64 degrees in santa rosa, petaluma, 5561 at napa. and we have mid 60s at fairfield, concord and livermore. and a dramatic western sky as we look westward from emeryville. clouds are increasing in most locations around the bay area right now. these are our forecast headlines. tomorrow morning, a light north bay showers will develop. then by thursday, the day after tomorrow, dry, mild pattern begins. and friday into next week we can expect sunny and springlike warmth. but first we have this forecast animation showing increasing clouds tonight. as this weak cold front approaches, it's not likely to really brush the bay area until about 6:00 tomorrow morning with a light rain and showers, mainly the north bay initially, but as the system weakens and falls apart, we may see a few of those showers trailing southward down into san francisco onto

the peninsula. that will all be out of here by midday, or certainly into the early afternoon hours by about 2:00 or so. and by 2 p.m. tomorrow, we expect rainfall totals in those areas to get measurable rain to be just a couple of hundredths of an inch. but farther north, it will be a little bit wetter up in ukiah, maybe 16 hundredths of an inch. overnight, low temperatures will be mainly in the mid to upper 40s. highs tomorrow. well, it will be not very mild. low 60s for the most part. we'll see a few mid 60s inland places like concord and antioch down to san jose, a high of 64 likely, but it's going to get a lot warmer in the days to follow. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. the warming trend begins on thursday and friday gets even warmer. and look at saturday, sunday, monday and tuesday. sunday. by the way, the day of the black joy parade in oakland should be lovely weather. high temperatures from the weekend into early next week, low 70s inland and around the bay shoreline and mid 60s on the coast. that's not our usual february weat, but we will embrace it warmly. >> i mean, two awesome weekends

of parade weather. spencer. >> by the way, i'm not an i.t. guy, but power on, power off. yeah, well, power off, power on. >> i didn't have time to do that. >> one way or the other. >> just kick it my way. >> i was on the spot over there. >> okay, sir. a new move to ban anti-aging products for kids 18 and under. >> california assembly member introducing a new bill today after social media trends led young children to buy skin care products made for adults. >> abc seven news reporter zach fuentes has more on the bill and how experts say these products can harm kids. >> tween trendsetters have taken over parts of social media with skincare routines that have inspired other young kids. routines that are surprising, even dermatologists. >> and i'm seeing more and more young people who are coming in with skincare regimens that are ten times more complicated than mine, or many of my patients who are, you know, in their 20s up to their 80s. >> stanford's doctor, zakia rahman, said some products, like retinoids, are fda approved for ages nine and up. with the

doctor's guidance, they can help with things like acne scarring. >> i don't think we want to get rid of the these tools, but i do think that there is a serious issue. >> those issues can come when young kids start combining ingredients that their skin isn't ready for, potentially triggering serious allergy or irritation. >> you know, simplifying a regimen is really, really important. and if you don't do that, the irritation can be something that can last months and months. >> south bay assembly mber alex lee has been working since last year to introduce legislation that would keep kids from being able to buy anti-aging products. >> children shouldn't be worrying when they're 12 years old or 11 years old about fine lines, wrinkles or being old. >> lee first introduced the bill last year that would ban kids under 13 from buying the products. it ultimately did not pass. this new bill bans kids under 18 from being able to buy the products. >> or could ask for their license, id, or of course, their date of birth, very much like many other products are done when they're age restricted to adults.

>> in a statement responding to last year's bill, the personal care products council said that it was unrealistic. the council has big members like sephora and ulta. it said that every ingredient targeted is safe when used as directed and at the appropriate age. the statement said, in part, safeguarding preteens from the pressures of social media and the inappropriate use of cosmetics is extremely important to our member companies. this bill would not provide such safeguards. the bill still has to go through committees. if it passes, it would be signed into law around october and take effect in 2026. in san jose. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> a whale of a tale. well, a steal of a tale, anyway. the wayward seal found after a long adventure. >> and we are having a whale of a good time here in arizona. day two of full squad workouts for the giants. we'll have a

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on for the giants daetz who a full squad workouts and today the team ramped up their work on the field. abc seven's chris alvarez, who, by the way, did play some college baseball, joining us live now from scottsdale. and there's a difference between college and the show. >> yeah, absolutely. larry. the giants held some live batting practice today to see the likes of logan webb throwing fastballs, changeups, sliders. i'm in my more natural position holding the microphone, talking about baseball in front of the

camera. good stuff there. and it was a fun day. once again here in scottsdale. there's perfect. baseball is unlike any of the other major sports. football, basketball, hockey, short ramp up time here in spring training. then they get right to cactus league games beginning this weekend. that's like a couple days away. it's a long season, about six weeks of spring training, followed by 162 regular season games. then, if you're lucky, you play playoff baseball deep into october. look, these guys get asked a lot of these inside baseball questions. we'll get to that in sports over the years. but i want to check in with these guys and some of their highlights this offseason. and here's what they said. marriage question. the proposal. was that more nerve wracking than your mlb mlb debut? >> no, no, it was nerve wracking. i just didn't want her to see the ring in my in my pants. but no, the big league debut was definitely more nerve wracking because i kind of knew what her answer was going to be. >> is there any chance to have any fun out here outside of baseball? >> yeah, for sure. i mean, i

like playing video games sometimes. yeah, but i do, i do. i'm not a chef, but i do like cooking a little bit. every time i go back to my girl and my baby girl, like, i'm always cooking. i'm always like, trying to come up with something new. >> chef elliot ramos, who was an all-star hoping to cook up another good season for the giants in the outfield. and it was funny. tyler fitzgerald asked him a little more about that proposal. he said that he had it all planned out here in scottsdale. he actually brought out his family, was, i think, his mom's birthday, and they had photos planned. so then it was kind of an easy transition. oh, i'm going to propose right now and pop the question. and obviously she said yes. so he kind of snuck it in with a mom's birthday. i thought that was pretty creative way to do it. and the answer yes. always the good thing when you're, you know, getting down and proposing to your hopeful future wife. >> yeah, yeah. a no doesn't go over as well as as yes and smiles. >> it does not. >> yeah. no. kind of slams the brakes on. thank you chris. we'll see you. >> absolutely. yep yep.

>> those and president trump signs more executive orders at mar a lago. >> nearly one month into his second term. president trump is moving ahead with his agenda. i'm christiane cordero in washington with the latest on the department of government efficiency efforts coming up. >> and in the east bay, protesters demonstrating against cutbacks not in the federal

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several agencies and also clashing with officials. >> abc news reporter christiane cordero has the latest. >> nearly one month into his second term today, president trump is moving ahead with his agenda, signing new executive orders. >> this week will mark one month since donald trump was sworn in as president. in this first month, donald trump has waged a scorched earth campaign against the rule of law and against the very system of checks and balances that kept america together for two and a half centuries. >> recently fired federal workers and other protesters are condemning doj's actions as an overreach of power. people gathered outside of a federal building in chicago today. >> it's not federal workers who are your enemy. it is people who put profits over workers. >> those protesting elon musk's department of government efficiency are pushing back against doj's sweeping cuts to the workforce and the potential access it's gaining along the way. the social security

administration's top official resigned, clashing with employees over access to records that include the earnings, benefits, even medical records of millions of americans. the white house says doj's moves are to make good on trump's campaign promise of slashing government spending. >> when you look at some of the waste, fraud and abuse that's being uncovered by d, they're finding levels of fraud and waste and abuse like i think nobody ever thought possible. >> it's unclear what doge has found at the social security administration and what its employees ultimately got access to. >> these individuals are political appointees at the respective agencies. and any cuts, any firings, any hirings are at the discretion of the secretaries of these agencies. they are all cooperating with doj's efforts to cut federal government waste, fraud and abuse. >> several lawsuits are challenging doj's actions, and among the questions the courts will answer, what authority does musk have? the white house says

musk has no formal authority over government decisions, though trump has widely regarded him as doj's leader. christiane cordero abc news, washington. >> an east bay congressman, john garamendi, is one of several democratic leaders sounding the alarm about elon musk's role at the white house. i spoke with him earlier today about what impact doj's actions are having in northern california. >> first of all, the research funding at the university of california, san francisco, berkeley and davis will incur very serious funding on their multiple research programs. the national science foundation. the national health institute. all of those are critical funding sources for ongoing research and medical, mental, as well as economics. so that is happening, and those research programs are coming to a stop, or they have stopped and they're not likely to start up again.

>> national parks are also losing funding and employees. that means places like the golden gate national recreation area, muir woods and point reyes are all likely to start losing access for visitors. >> in the east bay. more than a thousand san ramon valley teachers rallied against budget cuts today. the district is proposing $26 million in savings, in part by increasing class sizes and laying off student mental health counselors. district leaders say it's necessary, and they'll work with students and staff the best they can. >> we need to exhaust all possible alternatives before cutting classroom supports. before we lay off teachers, counselors, social workers, all of these critical people that impact students every day. we're the ones on the front lines. we're the ones in the buildings. what else can we do before cuts go into place? that will just be the impacts will be so devastating. >> layoff notices could go out by march 15th.

>> san francisco schools are also looking at cutbacks. the district is facing a massive $113 million budget deficit for the next school year. in the upcoming meeting on february 25th, school board members will look into possible layoffs for teachers for the 20 2526 school year. the final budget will be presented to the board of education for approval in june. the sfmta is also facing cutbacks and a $50 million deficit. cutting some crossing guards positions is one of the most controversial proposals. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez is in san francisco, with more on what the agency is considering. >> crossing guard joel camicia is worried his job could be on the chopping block, as sfmta tries to figure out how to tackle a $50 million budget deficit for the next fiscal year. >> i think. >> it's very shortsighted because i think we actually save the city money by preventing accidents. >> this also concerns fiona

tran, who often walks her nieces to school in the city. >> that'd be pretty unfortunate because they do help with safety to help, you know, kids like them to like, cross the streets. >> materials posted online show sfmta has figured out how to make up $35 million, but the board still needs to weigh options to close the remaining $15 million gap. those options include muni service cuts, other agency wide program cuts, including to the school crossing guard program or spending $15 million in reserve funds. sfmta tells me they don't want to cut the crossing guard program, and that their leadership is not endorsing this option, saying if it ever became necessary to cut the crossing guard program because of our financial crisis, we would search high and low for alternative funding to keep the program going. keeping children and their families safe is an urgent priority for our agency and for the city. >> it's very sad, i feel that a lot of people rely on

this income. often the crossing guard is a second person in the household that supplements the family's income and makes it possible for them to live in san francisco. >> today, the sfmta board is just discussing these options. a final decision is expected on march 4th in san francisco. gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> coming up, banning cell phones in schools. and a little romance. but is it okay in th

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in. and spencer joining us today. so cell phones and other smart devices are now banned from the classroom in california's largest school district. now we've seen this in the bay area and now it's los angeles turn. students had to put their devices into pouches when they arrive for school this morning. and, you know, the idea is to get back at the end of the day. the goal is to get kids to focus more in the classroom and to cut down on cyberbullying. so, yeah, san mateo high school has been doing this a while. mount diablo unified has started doing it not too long ago. you guys think this is just a trend that's going to keep picking up? >> i think so, i think, you know, they're useful tools, but they're very distracting, particularly for young people. although i can see kids putting dummy phones in those bags, not giving up their actual phone. >> oh, right. take this one. but i have another one.

>> yeah. that's true. >> they'll find a way around. >> devious dan. there he is. oh, yeah. i think it's great. that was the level. >> of my delinquency. >> yeah. yeah. i think it's fine to have the kids put the phones away while you're in the classroom. i don't want them to ban the phones from the school because, you know, during a break or in case of an emergency, you might need the phone, but. yeah, but don't don't take them out in the classroom. no. >> give them to them. give them back at recess maybe. or lunchtime. yeah, for a while. yeah, exactly. >> it sounds like it's going to be a lot of time in the pouch. out of the pouch. in the pouch, out of the. >> it's a lot to manage. >> yeah. got to got to work that out. bay area commuters have some of the toughest commutes in the country. according to a u.s. census survey, brentwood residents have the longest average daily commute in the us. on average, it takes residents 46 minutes each way to get to work every day. and that's three times longer than the shortest commute, which is in wichita falls, texas, which is great if you're in wichita falls. but that means you live in wichita falls. kristin, you were you were saying during that.

>> oh, right. i mean, we all know how bad traffic can be in the bay area, especially recently, the uptick with more people going back to the office full time. palo alto, by the way, has a pretty short commute. residents there commuting an average of, i think 20 minutes each way. but, you know, it's because it's so expensive to live there. and then you're just driving to sand hill road for your vc job. so i guess it doesn't take that long. but, you know, for most of us in the bay area, it's a slug every day. >> yeah, it just is. and it's interesting what you get used to. and we sort of tune it out and just deal with it. but, you know, it's a lot of your time spent during the day is in the car. yeah. or commuting. >> yeah. i ran into mayor lori at the nba all-star game, and i was pleading with him to please fix the lights on the embarcadero. so they're actually timed. >> that is maddening. why isn't that done? i know exactly what you mean. >> yeah, well, i think i'm going to work with the mayor on this. >> oh, yeah? >> yeah. >> good luck. >> i think you should lead a local dojo where you make these

things better. >> yeah. yeah. >> well, maybe just start in this building. >> did the mayor hire you as a special consultant, larry? yeah. >> yeah. >> well, that is a big. that's terrible. several streets in the city are like that. >> it's so bad. >> yeah. they need to get a synchronized. right? all right. sitting in traffic could be behind a spike in fast food consumption. a new study found that unexpected delays led to a 1% increase in fast food visits. that doesn't sound like a lot, but in busy traffic, like los angeles, that's the equivalent of more than a million extra fast food visits per year. wow. the study authors also found, not surprisingly, that the evening rush hour saw the most fast food visits. oh, and maybe that's why the fast food restaurants are, like, off the freeway exits. you're like, i'm stuck here and i'm hungry. >> that's right. >> although it is fun to watch larry trying to eat a tofu salad behind me. >> you know what's amazing to me? you know, this is kind of tangential, but every in and out. i don't care where you go. there's always a line. like, it's almost like they're handing

out money in there. and. and then if you choose to park and walk in, there's nobody there. i mean, you know, you get served almost instantly, but. >> the drive through is crazy. >> the magnetism that they have over the consumer is really remarkable. >> it's so true. i've never seen an in-n-out where there's just a short line. it's always a long wait. >> very quick story. i'll make it really fast. during the pandemic, my wife and i felt like we really wanted an in-n-out burger. so we got in the line and it wrapped around the building. you know how it just crazy you could go in? it was like a half hour wait. but we were desperate. and when we got up there, they had a lady taking the order in the street, you know, before you get. and i said, watch this. and i rolled down the window. she said, can i help you? i said, yes, could we have two glasses of water, please? >> no you didn't. >> dan uh- said, yeah, i'm just kidding. >> you know, more devious dan coming. >> i know. >> we're starting to learn a lot more about dan ashley here. a new survey found that work just might be the best place to find a partner. the society for human resource management found that more than half of american

workers have been involved in some sort of workplace romance at one point or another. now, the average person spends nearly 90,000 hours of their life at work. for spencer, it's 190. but that's different. so maybe then you know that much time spent could be a good place to find love. you just have to make sure that hr is okay with that first. as an example, my daughter just got engaged and they work at the same company and they met at the same. they didn't know each other for a year and then got together. so, you know, it can certainly it can certainly work out. >> well, it makes sense if you think about how much of our adult lives we spend at the office. for many people working, you know, eight, nine, ten, 12 hours a day, you're not going to meet anyone anywhere else because you're just going to work and going home. you're so tired. >> that's true. >> yeah. i think ideally, if you're at the same level in different departments or areas, that's perfect. it's just hard when it's a direct report kind of situation, you know. >> but it's hard also to plan who you fall for. the big headline is we spend 90,000

hours of our lives. >> at work. yeah. >> wow. >> now the headline is dan's always got an extra phone. >> yeah, yeah. >> just the one. >> yeah. a long time ago.

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in connecticut. a young seal rescued after crazy, wild adventures over the past few days, not on water but on land. >> here's abc news reporter alison kosik. baby.

>> i compare it to a kiss from a lime on the bed. >> it's one of the most mysterious sights since we saw seal during the super bowl, playing a seal. a call was placed to police after this little guy was found on a snowy city street in new haven, connecticut. >> i'm sure they thought it was a joke, but it was not. it was a seal in the street. >> in a city renowned for its pizza. >> we don't know why it was here. i assumed it was for the clam pizza. >> the gray seal, believed to be barely six weeks old, has been on the move. last week, he was spotted in a town eight miles away in new haven. police kept the street blocked off until the arrival of an animal rescue team from the nearby mystic aquarium. >> he's probably just lost and figured that these are my instincts, but unfortunately, with the area being so developed, it's not actually a safe place for him. >> his instincts being just a pup and underweight were apparently to get away from other seals that could harm him.

but little did he know, he was waddling into a different kind of danger. >> definitely. it was concerning for us when we saw that he was amidst all that hustle and bustle of the city. >> and this isn't the first time the aquarium has rescued this little guy. over the weekend, he was spotted outside a seafood restaurant. >> we're like, well, he's still bright and alert and looking good, but maybe we can just relocate him to a safe beach. and so our team did do that. but then unfortunately, the next day he showed up right back in the middle of the city there. >> this little guy's adventure comes after the recent discovery of other seals by law enforcement. tomo, as she was named, was spotted sunning herself on a concrete wall in front of a church some four miles from the water. and just before valentine's day, another little lost seal was found wandering in traffic near candlestick point. officers guided it back into san francisco bay. back in connecticut, the newest wayward

sea pup is now at the aquarium, being nursed back to health with the goal of returning him back to the wild. >> we want him to be able to hunt on his own and catch what he needs in order to support himself. >> alison kosik, abc news, new york. >> oh, he's so cute. he's just looking for food. >> i know, he should come join our seals here, right? >> oh, yeah. yeah. i don't know if that's going to work. >> out. >> but experts say teaching this young pup how to hunt and eat on his own will give him his best chance of survival once he's released back into the wild. but adorable. >> absolutely. well, i mean, he should come here because, you know, we have better weather. >> than connecticut. yeah, yeah, i can i can attest to that. spencer milder. >> that's for sure. if we could just teach him to sing like his human counterparts. seal, that'd be pretty cool. here's a look at what's happening with our weather. we've got clouds increasing right now. during the overnight hours, we'll see a weak frontal system in the early morning hours. as a matter of fact, brushing through the north bay, producing just light rain and a few scattered showers, which may actually

reach just south of the golden gate to san francisco and to the peninsula before the system falls apart, moves completely out of the bay area. uh- rainfall totals anywhere from one to about five hundredths of an inch. that's about it. and after that we get lots of clearing. here's the accuweather seven day forecast starting on thursday. we have a string of sunny, dry, mild days. mild in fact, even warm by the weekend when high temperatures will reach into the low 70s both around the bay shoreline and inland. that's something to cheer about. it has my seal of approval, larry. >> oh. nicely done. very well, very well done. all right. one of the most popular kids books. children's books could be yours for free if you share a birthday with the author that anyone born on march 2nd can get a free copy of the cat in the hat by doctor seuss. last year, doctor seuss enterprises gave 10,000 copies of the book to babies who were born on march 2nd this year. it's open to anyone with that birthday. so go to seuss pledge.com to learn more about getting your cat in the hat. >> a nice little perk there.

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