always live. abc seven news starts right now. >> you want to be as just as vigilant about clicking on a text uh- clicking on a link in a text as you would be in clicking on a link in an email. >> tonight, a warning about scam

texts. as more and more people receive them, you probably have. and now one of the latest in the bay area is soliciting money for an unpaid parking ticket. don't be fooled. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. this latest fraudulent text looks legitimate, but the san francisco municipal transportation agency is warning people it will never send a text for unpaid tickets. >> critical piece of information for seven on your side abc seven news anchor don lemon spoke with an expert with tips on how to stay safe. >> no matter who you ask. >> get a couple a week. >> a couple times a day. yeah. >> and they usually come in like like spurts. >> absolutely. about ten of them. >> seems like everyone with a cell phone has gotten one of these a fraudulent text message. >> anything from debt tax relief to debt relief to student loans, unpaid bills. you've even got property tax texts and emails. >> the most recent one to hit the bay area, a text that appears to come from the sfmta.

it warns the receiver they have an unpaid parking ticket, and that a $35 daily overdue fee will be charged if payment isn't made right away, even for the most savvy phone users, the link to pay looks legitimate. >> sometimes you click on it because maybe you do have an outstanding ticket or something like that. >> we checked the ip address of the link in the text and the location. russia. the 51 four area code also checked out to be montreal, canada. the sfmta released this warning on their website saying the site is a scam and that the agency will never request payment. in a link via text, the metropolitan transportation commission says they've recently seen a similar scam involving texts alleging to be from fastrak. >> i never clicked the link. i always just go to the website and then check it out. >> according to cybersecurity expert john horst, these phishing scams are evolving from email to text. >> seems like it's something new, when in fact it's really not anything new. it's just a different media by way to conduct the same type of attack.

>> he recommends, along with awareness that consumers should consider anti-malware and antivirus protections for their smartphones. >> the most important thing is that the public understands that their phones are computers. the technology is identical. >> by wednesday afternoon, the link from the fraudulent sfmta text no longer worked. but horst says it won't be long until the next cyber scam pops up. cell phone users we spoke with say they're ready. >> maybe more cautious than than ever before with with anything that's coming through on a text. just be careful. >> in san francisco, dion lim, abc seven news. >> we always have to be vigilant. remember, seven on your side is here to help you. if you have an issue, just reach out to the team by going to abc seven news.com. seven on your side. >> san francisco mayor daniel lurie says city workers need to be back in the office four days a week. the request first came in a memo we told you about last month, but now it's official. abc seven news reporter luz pena is in the newsroom with the latest. loose.

>> yes. san francisco's mayor hinted at this a month ago, but the memo went out after the latest survey by the city's department of human resources found 30% of city workers are going into the office just three days a week. the subject line in person work. this is the official mandate for san francisco city employees to go back to the office for a minimum of four days a week, as soon as possible. >> we are in a new era here in san francisco, and we need people back to work to make sure that we're delivering great services to our taxpayers and to the residents of our city. >> according to the city's human resources department, 24,000 or 70% of city employees work in person five or more days a week. mayor daniel lurie is now asking for the remaining employees to do the same. one of those impacted is a worker that wants to go by the name megan. she moved two hours away from the city in 2020 to afford a home.

she comes in to the office three days a week. >> right now we're just renting a room here in the city just for me to work on site during those three days. so i think it's very difficult for us to adjust right now. >> megan says she is highly productive at home and is concerned. four days a week is a start to an ultimate push for a full time, in person plan. what's your plan. if the mayor insists that it will go through with the four days, then maybe four days, then it will transition to full time five days. it's either we resign or we sell our house there and then rent full time here. >> at city hall's ground floor. juanita johnson, owner of cafe milan, a collective of black owned businesses in the bayview, is looking forward to this change. you're excited? >> i'm excited. i don't think the people are, but i am. >> this is not just a city hall issue. a weekly average of 43% of overall workers are back at downtown offices, according to city data numbers that are putting san francisco in last

place behind other major cities like austin, los angeles, new york and san jose. are you hoping that the mayor's announcement is going to influence and motivate other companies to do the same, to ask their workers to come back? >> absolutely. i think i think all of us need to lead by example. i think that's a great precedent that he set. >> the mayor is hoping his decision sends a strong message to the private sector. >> we'll see that impact of having more people taking part, taking muni into downtown san francisco. >> and the mayor's target date for this new mandate is april 28th. his office is now instructing the department of human resources to take the necessary steps to make this plan official and contact the unions representing these workers. in the newsroom. luz pena, abc seven news. >> all right, louis, thank you very much. from city workers to the schools. the san francisco school board unanimously voted last night to send preliminary layoff notices to hundreds of employees. they approved notices

for 395 positions, which must go out by march 15th. the district is facing a $113 million deficit in the budget for next school year, driven by declining enrollment. another round of preliminary layoffs is expected. the final number of layoffs could change depending on enrollment numbers and retirements. >> thousands of uc health care and research employees have hit the picket line. representing uc service and patient care workers are on strike at all ten uc campuses and uc medical facilities. nearly 10,000 workers are on the picket lines at ucsf campuses. union members say they have been dealing with a staffing crisis. they are also demanding annual across the board wage increases. >> we want to take care of our patients. we want to get back in the labs. we want to take care of the students, but we can't do that until they come and come back to the table. address the

crisis. provide us the data that we requested, and stop trying to put barriers on our way. >> uc officials say they have offered each union meaningful wage increases, as well as health care premium reductions. ucsf health says it intends to continue regular operations, including emergency care, during the strike. >> new developments tonight in antioch, where efforts to pause meetings involving the police oversight commission are now on hold. antioch's mayor wanted to stop the meetings until june because the commission doesn't have enough members. but according to our partners at the bay area news group, he doesn't have the power to do that. instead, the commission would have to vote. the commission, which is down to four members, is in charge of making sure antioch police department fulfills mandated reforms. it has been plagued with scandals in recent years involving both racism and corruption among officers. >> a push for better transparency. that's what the santa clara county sheriff's office says it's aiming to do

with a new daily jail population dashboard. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes has more on how the office said it's improved the tool and reaction to the data it's revealing. >> transparency, accessibility and accountability. that's what the santa clara county sheriff's office said is behind this new daily jail population dashboard. >> our previous report is just a one page pdf giving a few data points. >> dan lieu is a data analyst at the sheriff's office and part of the in-house team that redesigned the dashboard. it not only has a new look, but interactive features and improved insights. >> the daily population insights, which allows you to view the population data by race, you know, by charge types, by, you know, length of stay, average length of stay. >> it also shows trends year by year going back to 2021. >> it would be great if we could go back further, especially 2020. >> jose valle is with silicon valley debug, a group that says it advocates for criminal justice reform. despite that

critique, he says overall, the new dashboard is an improvement. >> i think the more data that we have in regards to the criminal justice system, the better. >> the new dashboard comes just as lawmakers this week met to discuss how to best implement prop 36, passed last november. it increases the penalties for certain theft and drug crimes. with that comes statewide concerns over increased jail bookings. >> we're seeing a 20% spike in january alone in jail bookings in contra costa county. >> reports directly tied to prop 36 have not been publicly released yet in santa clara county. the dashboard, though, is showing that percentage of population by sentencing status is increasing this year, with more than 90% of people in jail waiting to be sentenced, more than 80% are booked on felony charges. one positive metric showing promise is a recent decrease in the average daily jail population of all genders. it's trends like that highlighted by the dashboard that valle hopes lead to solutions. >> i truly do feel that we could

definitely figure out what is the trend as far as the population decreasing. what can we do to keep making sure that it keeps decreasing? >> in santa clara county, zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> and here. still ahead. you know, they're expensive, but how high could egg prices actually go? the revised forecast from the usda, and it's more than double what was initially projected. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. it was a warm wednesday.

fight bird flu. and this comes as the usda says the cost of eggs could increase another 41% this year, which is twice the previous forecast. >> in some places, consumers are paying more than a dollar an egg. the rise has prompted restaurants like denny's to add surcharges on egg dishes. the

trump administration says it could take some time before consumers notice a difference. >> we are seeing probably even a little bit more increase up until easter, which is actually normal because so many eggs are used around easter. it's going to take a little while to get through, i think, the next month or two, but hopefully by summer. >> trump's plan calls for a $1 billion investment to help farmers bolster biosecurity measures, add aid for farmers and research potential vaccines and therapeutics. >> businesses in the u.s. are looking elsewhere for eggs. the american farm bureau federation says that turkey is the only country that the united states actually imports eggs from. this year, turkey is set to export 420 million eggs to the u.s. alone. that's the most ever. however, experts say it won't make much of a difference, especially if birds continue to be killed at the current pace. more than 140 million egg laying birds in the united states have been killed since 2022 because of the bird flu. 17 million

alone last november and december. >> coming up, an oakland institution makes its return to san francisco. we're going to tell you where the historic everett and jones bar-b-q will soon open a new waterfront location, and the new items the

black history month. this afternoon, with an event focused on justice and the black community, the guest of honor, lisa mcnair, the sister of denise mcnair, who was one of the four little girls killed in the 16th street baptist church bombing in 1963, in birmingham, alabama. >> 2001 and 2002. the last two people who were still alive, who helped to create the bomb and to kill the girls, were brought to justice by doug jones, who was the us attorney for our district at that time. thank you. so justice was delayed, but it was

not denied. right. >> speakers also included district attorney brooke jenkins and chief bill scott, as well as others. >> a famous oakland barbecue spot is returning to san francisco. everett and jones will open a restaurant at fisherman's wharf, agreeing to a ten year lease. it will take over what used to be lou's fish shack, which closed back in 2020. the goal here is to open up sometime this fall. we got an idea today of what's going to be on the menu, and it is a nod to the new location. >> we'll have our traditional everett and jones dishes, which is the ribs, the links, the brisket and the chicken. and along with our sides. but we're going to be adding some seafood options, which we're thinking about gumbo and po'boy sandwiches, grilled oysters. >> ooh, i was voting for po'boy gumbo. >> i would say do that. >> everett and jones. >> first opened in oakland in

1973. there are currently two restaurants in operation. there was a location in san francisco, but it closed after it was heavily damaged in the 1989 loma prieta earthquake. ooh. >> we've got plenty of ideas. they can call us. we can taste test. >> exactly. we'll be a consultant. >> no problem. sit outside. eat our fried shrimp. po boy. it's so nice outside today. >> oh, it's gorgeous outside today. meteorologist sandia patel is here. i know it's changing a bit, sandia, but, boy, it feels like spring. what a lovely day. >> it was definitely a lovely day. and yes, spring. like it for sure. dan. and let me show you a live picture right now from our sky star camera at fisherman's wharf. you can see just a sea of blue. this is from the sky star wheel. as we look at the temperatures for today, a lot of 70 on the board, 75 in san jose, 76 in oakland, 74. santa rosa got up to 71. in half moon bay, san rafael, 70 degrees in san francisco, concord, fairfield. yeah, it was definitely a warm one. and compared to 24 hours ago,

running higher nine degrees in san francisco, san jose up for oakland, six degrees warmer in santa rosa. look at this. a beautiful view from our mount tam cam as we look back towards richardson bay and sausalito. 68 in the city. it is 66 in oakland, 70 still in san jose. hayward. if you want to step outside to enjoy half moon bay, 57 degrees and from our san jose camera, clear skies right now. santa rosa 72. you're in the upper 60s from napa to petaluma, concord and livermore. high pressure in control of our weather. that's what brought us the warmth. it's going to hang around for another day. so you've got yourself another day of this kind of nice, sunny, warm weather. if you like. today you're going to enjoy tomorrow on live doppler seven. we don't have any fog or clouds to speak of from our east bay hills. camera looking at mount diablo and it's a clear view tomorrow. warm weather continues this weekend. noticeably cooler and saturday evening into sunday rain is back. so in case you're missing the rain, it's coming back. don't worry, later on

tonight, temperatures in the 50s and 60s. it's going to be a slow going drop off as we head into 8:00. still mild. and then tomorrow morning we'll notice 40s for most areas, maybe a few 50s early afternoon. it already warms up with a lot of 70 showing up. and as we head into the evening once again, it will be slow to cool off. cooling off tomorrow morning. you're looking at numbers mainly in the 40s, a few high clouds. tomorrow afternoon those high clouds will continue to filter the sunshine, so you'll be seeing a little bit more later on in the day. 77 in santa rosa, 72 from san francisco to richmond, 73 in vallejo, concord 75, oakland, san mateo, 78, in san jose. now, looking ahead to what's coming. a cut off low is going to head towards southern california. then here comes our system saturday night into sunday. it brings us some wet weather going into monday. still some showers. and then next wednesday we'll have some more rain coming in. so the accuweather seven day forecast. enjoy another warm one tomorrow. mild still above average friday. and then as we

head into march it's cooler. oscar sunday level one. another one on monday and wednesday we have another level one system. so ama and dan you know that saying enjoy while it lasts? >> yes. >> always change. >> yes. >> thanks. >> all right. well 40 niners general manager john lynch says the team has started negotiations on an extension with quarterback brock purdy. today. lynch spoke to the media in indianapolis ahead of the nfl combine. purdy is entering the final year of his contract. both sides have expressed a desire to get a deal done without drama as quickly as possible. purdy may be in line to receive an extension that could pay him more than 50 million a year. >> yeah, let's get that done quickly. and the warriors are on a roll with a four game winning streak. so can they add a fifth? be sure to catch their next game as they travel to philadelphia to take on the 76 ers. that's saturday night right here on abc seven. coverage begins at 5:00. and then keep it here for after the game with larry and

now, just three days away from hollywood's biggest night, right here on abc seven.

>> coming up fast. but with the industry's biggest names vying for an oscar, what goes into actually making that statue. >> from a wax figure to the 24 karat gold plated form that we know? reporter joelle gargiulo, from our sister station in new york, shows us the incredible and painstaking work that goes into each handmade statue. >> in a humble workshop in new york's hudson valley. hollywood's highest honors takes shape. i am here today to talk about one of the most famous statues, the oscar. since 1929. it's been a symbol of the best in film. >> and the winner is. >> and for the better part of the last decade, they've been made here at uap. this is where it all starts. >> as you dig into the process, you'll see that it's something that you can't rush. >> like the films they recognize, the golden figurines are a labor of love with countless talented people behind the scenes creating the most famous trophy in entertainment.

>> can you just explain. >> how many people it takes? >> at our workshop, we're about 110 people. most everybody here has a part to play in the production of the oscars. this is the lost wax process. it's a 6000 year old method for replicating an object into a permanent material. >> the process begins with a mold, then a wax copy. >> we're going to open the mold. >> the team members here, they spend many, many hours creating a very high quality rubber mold. >> there are imperfections on this, but not after amy touches it. very lightly melted together from wax to the ceramic shell and 12 layers of coating, which each one takes about a day to dry. >> so this is going to be by hand. >> every detail meticulously crafted with immense pride. >> i love it, i love my job. i don't wear a lot of passion. >> from there, the wax oscar inside that ceramic shell is melted out and replaced with bronze. >> putting the ceramic shell into the pouring bed here, casting the metal into the

shell. >> the bronze oscar then heads to the finishing department to get sanded down and fix any imperfections. >> bring it up to grip positas finish. >> each statue is then sent to epner technology in brooklyn, where they're plated in copper, then. >> goes to nickel plated. >> and finally. >> the 24 karat gold. >> then the statuettes make their way back to uap wo for final assembly. and here in front of you is. >> the oscar. >> wow. and while this workshop is some 3000 miles away from hollywood, the oscar tells two stories of excellence. >> we pour our hearts into this piece for me to see it in the ceremony. there's no words. >> one of the masters who crafted the other of the legends who receive it. >> the work here is hard. everybody does it with a smile on their face. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. >> i'm joelle gargiulo, abc news. >> that's fantastic. well, we have much more on the oscars coming up at 530, including a look at the nominees. the movie is up for best picture and some potential upsets. plus, governor

newsom takes the first steps toward possible clemency for the menendez brothers, who are serving a life sentence for killing their parents in 1989. we'll tell you the action the governor has ordered. and cutting the red tape, the proposal being considered in san francisco to make it easier for small businesses to contract with the city. those stories and a lot more. when i see you on at 530 on abc seven bay area streaming tv. >> if you're watching on tv, world news tonight with david muir is next for sandhya patel. all of us, thanks for joining us. i'm ama daetz.

>> david: tonight, several breaking stories as we come on the air. the well-known actress found dead in her new york city apartment by her mother. what we've learned. president trump's first meeting with his cabinet, calling on elon musk first. the measles outbreak in the u.s. turning deadly now. the first child to die from measles in a decade. so, what's going on? first tonight, president trump meeting with his cabinet for the first time. elon musk standing over the