abc seven news starts right now. >> erik and lyle have dedicated themselves to extensive rehabilitation, education and service during their incarceration, earning widespread admiration from peers and prison staff. >> family members of the menendez brothers speaking out today amid the latest push to release the convicted killers from prison. the family is now reacting to governor newsom's

request that a state parole board review the risk to the public if the brothers were to be set free. good afternoon. thanks for joining us for abc seven news at three, i'm kristen z. this latest development in the menendez case happened a short time ago. earlier this afternoon, family members, they have been speaking out about how the brothers have worked on themselves while in prison and how they will contribute to society moving forward. erik and lyle menendez are serving life sentences for killing their parents in 1989. as we reported first yesterday, governor newsom ordered the state parole board to conduct a comprehensive risk assessment to determine if the brothers could pose an unreasonable risk to the public if they are released from prison. and today, their family says they are grateful. >> this is huge. i mean, this is huge, and i cannot thank governor newsom enough for stepping in and initiating this process. i we as a family, we understand that this is not

without professional risk for him. so for him to step in and say, okay, let's let's actually find out if this is if this is doable, let's do a risk analysis and then we can move forward. it's a huge relief. it's a huge relief to us. >> 90 days have been allotted for the risk assessment. there's no guarantee that the investigation could lead the menendez brothers to be freed from prison. an overnight raid at a san francisco park ends with dozens of arrests and people running from the scene. san francisco police and other agencies are trying to crack down on the drug market at jefferson square park. police chief bill scott says 84 people were arrested last night at the western addition neighborhood park at gough and eddy. neighbors told the chronicle they saw many police and undercover officers and drug agents at the park around 1030 last night. the area has seen increased drug activity recently, especially with many drug markets and dealers being moved from the nearby tenderloin. >> there's been this trend that

we see where we go into an area, we clean it up, we stabilize it, and then a lot of the people that are causing problems and havoc, particularly as it relates to the drug market, go to another neighborhood. that day is over. >> a town hall public safety meeting for district two, which borders the park, is scheduled for next thursday. da brooke jenkins, police chief bill scott and supervisor steven sherrill are expected to be there. while we're learning about the drug bust, the mayor was touting public safety across the city, as abc seven news reporter lena howland tells us. mayor lori says crime was down to its lowest level for lunar new year since 2017. >> the year of the snake is off to a successful start in san francisco, with the chinese new year parade, hosted on the same weekend as nba all-star weekend. mayor daniel lurie says they saw a 30% drop in crime that weekend compared to last year. in fact, he says it's the safest lunar

new year weekend the city has seen since 2017. >> the results we saw last weekend over the lunar new year parade and all-star weekend are the proof that we know that we can achieve results. my administration is committed to building on this progress. san francisco's comeback is just getting started. >> and lurie says this didn't happen overnight or because of one individual agency, but rather a team approach. they said every sworn san francisco police officer was working. that weekend. muni saw its busiest weekend since the start of the pandemic. 9-1-1 operators answered 84% of their calls in 15 seconds or less. this as the city hosted hundreds of thousands of visitors for the festivities, contributing hundreds of millions of dollars into the local economy. san francisco police chief bill scott says he wants to build off of this momentum. >> we have to work together to make things work in this city,

and we have done just that. our public safety partners, our mayor, our policy chief of public safety. we're all working together, and that is why we are getting the results that we are getting. >> in san francisco. lena howland, abc seven news. >> and abc seven was the official broadcast partner of the chinese new year parade. it was so much fun. and you can still catch all the highlights wherever you stream abc seven news. all right. on the peninsula now, a big rig crash on southbound 101 has set off a series of issues. two lanes are still shut down at this hour as we approach the evening commute. and they're expected to be until at least for another hour. sky seven was overhead, and you can see the accident involving a jackknife big rig. the chp says the crash happened at about 5 a.m. just before the south san francisco exit. the big rig hit a fence which fell onto caltrain overhead power lines. this knocked out power and shut down train service between san francisco and san bruno. 160 gallons of fuel also spilled onto the freeway, and crews have

been working throughout the day to clean it up. spring like temperatures, though, continuing across the bay area today. a live look outside at our sutro tower camera, showing a mix of sun and just very few clouds. hopefully you can enjoy the mild weather while it lasts because rain returns this weekend. abc seven news meteorologist drew tuma has a look at the forecast. >> here's a look at forecast temperatures. everybody is in the 70. we're watching the south bay especially 80. their 80 in san jose 77 in santa rosa 72 in the city about 75 in oakland. overnight tonight we'll keep partly cloudy skies. overnight lows in the 40s and in the 50s. now tomorrow is still mild, just not as warm as we are today. 60 and 70 tomorrow afternoon. so it's a really nice finish to the week. the weekend though, you feel that cooler air move in here on saturday and then it's just chilly here on sunday. we're stuck pretty much in the 50s on sunday and that's with light rain moving in. so here's future weather. that low just moves on in here on sunday. and then it just sits on top of us

into early monday. and that will bring about some light showers. this is a level one a light storm on the storm impact scale. so you're looking at rainfall totals. again this is over two days. not a lot of rain. what you would expect towards the tail end of our storm season. you can see numbers between about a quarter and a half of an inch of rain. so do expect kind of a gray, damp sunday and then some lingering showers coming our way on monday. so here's the accuweather seven day forecast. it is warmer today than yesterday. tomorrow is still mild, but it will feel a little cooler as this trend of cooler weather moves in here. saturday we're back to average, so to speak, with showers moving in early sunday on and off throughout the second half of the weekend. then monday we'll still keep some scattered showers in the forecast. a mix of sun and clouds on tuesday, and then likely some more light showers possible on wednesday. >> all right. enjoy it while it lasts. up next, concerns about the measles. it's back in the news after the disease killed an unvaccinated child in texas. how worried should we be here? and

if you're vaccinated, should you get a booster? the

measles in the u.s. in ten years. it was an unvaccinated child in texas. the outbreak spanned several counties in west texas and new mexico, and is mostly hitting the mennonite community. for now, at least 124 people have been infected, many of them teens or children. it's the state's largest outbreak in nearly 30 years. health and human services secretary bobby kennedy jr was asked about it at president trump's cabinet meeting yesterday. >> it's not unusual to have measles outbreaks every year.

>> is what's happening unusual? it certainly has a lot of people nervous and asking questions. so joining us live now is ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin-hong. doctor chin-hong, it's nice to have you on today. >> thanks for having me on, kristen. >> okay. so first of all, these numbers that we're looking at, are they unusually high actually. or is it just getting attention, extra attention because one child has sadly died? >> no. the number of outbreaks is increasing over the years. since the early 2000, we actually hadn't had many outbreaks before the 2000. and they are picking up every year more and more and exploiting unvaccinated communities. >> so are you saying vaccination rates have really risen or lack of vaccination, i should say. >> yes. so vaccination rate is going down. sadly, when you look at people entering kindergarten, that number was about, i would say 95% in a couple of years ago. and now it's down to under

92%. and 95% is a magic number in which you have this herd immunity. and what herd immunity means is that for people who are under vaccinated or can't mount an immune system, the rest of the population protects them by this measles forcefield. >> okay, so that is concerning. i know doctors like to see it at that 95% number, but who, what and why? like who gets measles? right. what is it and why? mostly children. >> yeah. so measles is a virus. it's the most infectious agent that we know. one of the most infectious agents. about 90% of people will get measles if they are unvaccinated. in the face of somebody who has it. and somebody could be in a room. leave the room and you enter the room two hours later. if you're unvaccinated, you can get measles. the reason why kids get it is that the immune system isn't as quite developed as older adults, particularly those who are under six months of age.

but in general, they're more susceptible to lung disease, brain disease and blindness, which are some of the complications of measles. >> okay. wow. so certainly long term impact as well. and i just want to say, because i was about to ask you, if we are going to be relatively immune to such outbreaks in california, because i know that we don't give exemptions for, you know, if you want to enter a kindergarten here, you have to get the vaccine. but we're just getting word that in orange county, infant infected with measles arrived at lax following traveling to, i think, korea earlier this month. so they're really actually warning people who were at that lax on february 19th in that terminal where that infant was to be aware, i guess, of developing symptoms. but but talk about how safe or not safe we are here in california. >> we're pretty safe. but there are some communities that are under-vaccinated. and if you remember, in 2014, there was a big outbreak starting from disneyland that affected about seven states, primarily california, and they were exposing all these

under-vaccinated communities. so, you know, you might look at the average rate and it looks pretty good. but what's happening in texas now, uh- is a case in point, which is that some of those communities have as low as 20, 30% vaccination rate, and that's why it's spreading so quickly. >> can i just ask you why you think that is that some people are reluctant to vaccinate? right. do you think there's a misunderstanding, lack of education, maybe about the vaccine and what it does? >> i mean, i think primarily it's kind of out of sight, out of mind. we know that vaccination behavior increases when there's when your neighbor has it or you see it in the street. the problem with measles is we've been so successful that people don't see it very commonly, and that motivation for vaccination and that doubt that people have only increases with time the more that you don't see something. and of course, during the pandemic, many of us think or thought that kids are immune from a lot of

serious illness. but again, that's with covid. compared to older adults. but when you think about flu and measles and pertussis, uh- not so. >> right, right. kids are hit hard by those. but let's talk about boosters. do we as adults, given some of the outbreaks happening, want to consider that? who might need that? >> yeah. so most people have gotten two vaccines which are which are the majority of californians don't have to worry even in the face of somebody with measles, okay. people who are born after 1957. to 1968. the reason why we think about that group is that the first measles version of the vaccine wasn't quite as good, so it doesn't result in as strong immunity. so for those age groups, people recommend talking to your healthcare provider. and then in the early decades of the vaccine, there was only one shot given. so if you've only got one shot, you might also talk to your healthcare provider about

getting another. >> what was the magic year again? the dividing line. >> 57 to 68 when you were born in those years, you've gotten a less effective vaccine. and then, like in the 60 to 70 uh, people might have only gotten one shot because that was what was recommended in those days. >> okay, i want to quickly talk about the flu vaccine today. you know, an fda advisory group meeting about next season's formulation that was supposed to take place in two weeks. we got word it's been canceled. and last week, a cdc advisory group meeting about it was canceled as well. no reason given. why are doctors concerned about this? >> we're concerned because of several things. the first is that you need a lot of advance notice to prepare the next flu seasons vaccine, because it takes about six months for the companies to begin the production for the new vaccine. the second reason, of course, is that you want to look at the data and come to a consensus. it's not an automatic thing. and

the way i was explaining to somebody is like, the vaccine is like a bus, and there are only a few seats on the bus, so you can only fit so many types in the vaccine. and that's why you have to make a judgment call every year, because the flu changes every year. >> all right. well, hopefully that will still get done. and what needs to be figured out will be shortly. doctor peter chin-hong, thank you so much. >> thanks so much, kristen. >> coming up, could san francisco congresswoman nancy pelosi, real power broker, be ready to retire? democrats may be starting the search for her successor. we'll talk to her media partner, the san f

nancy pelosi may be ready to call it a career. our media partner, the san francisco standard, has learned house democrats have started collecting information about a potential successor or potential successors for her congressional

seat. in this article, the standard reports top donors are eager to know who would or could replace pelosi, who has represented her san francisco district for nearly four decades and had twice served as house speaker. joining us live now is the standard senior politics reporter josh cahn, who wrote that article. hey, josh. >> hey, kristen. >> all right, so nancy pelosi is 84 years old. and just very recently, right about now, you're seeing some signs or one huge sign that she may not be seeking reelection. talk to us about that. >> yeah. there's been a lot of speculation about nancy pelosi's future. as you mentioned, she's going to be 85 years old next month. she's going on almost four decades in office. and while she's by most respects, if not all, respects the most accomplished woman in the history of us politics, there is a question about whether or not she should be continuing in that role. as we see trump regain the white house, and also, as we've seen with biden having to step

off the ticket in last year's election. we also had the late senator dianne feinstein and issues about her health being raised. we're not saying necessarily that that's the situation with pelosi in this moment. she has had a lot going on in her personal life. but my sources tell me that there was there were people linked to the democratic congressional campaign committee who have been pulling bio information of successors, and with a source of mine saying that doesn't happen unless there's an expectation that she's going to go at the completion of her term next year. >> interesting. okay, so that's the big sign, right? you mentioned she has taken a few political losses recently. that is true. but she remains a powerful figure. so talk about how, you know, there is some panic, some concern that if she decides not to run, why they may not want to go into the midterms without her. explain what's happening there, because, i mean, she's no longer house speaker, right? >> she has the official title of speaker emerita, which just

means that she was speaker. there is a little bit of light panic. i was told the words were light panic within the democratic party that hakeem jeffries, the house minority leader who took over leadership from pelosi, might not be ready to help democrats regain the house in 2026. that's a major concern, and she has been a real mentor to jeffries. so there is value in having her there, because if anyone knows how to pull the levers of american politics, it's nancy pelosi. however, she has also been criticized about running the same playbook that democrats ran during trump's first term. and what we're seeing out of the white house is a much more aggressive assault on federal institutions, agencies, norms. you have elon musk with his doge kind of rating, the kitchen pantry of government. and so right now, whether or not san francisco, which has kind of a key role in being the voice of the democratic party over the years, but also there are major donors in here. we have many millionaires and billionaires,

and those are the people who are especially antsy about what's going to happen to pelosi's seat going forward. >> okay, so who are the potential candidates who might run if she doesn't? >> well, there's a few names that have been out there. first of all, is actually nancy pelosi's daughter, christine pelosi. she was a member of the democratic national committee, the dnc. she's an attorney. she's seen at many events with her mother. there's questions about whether or not there's a succession plan and maybe handing the baton to the younger generation of pelosi. there's state senator scott wiener from san francisco, who's been very active on policy around housing and mental health. he's a bit of a lightning rod. he's very popular, but he also has relatively high unfavorables. and then there is a new candidate named shoka chakrabarti, who actually was a campaign manager and chief of staff to aoc. rep alexandria ocasio-cortez. more on the progressive side is a millionaire centimillionaire. excuse me, that's a hard word to

say on paper. >> because we don't say it much. >> yeah, well, not in my household, that's for sure. but i would tell you that, like, he is seen as someone who's tacking to the left, and maybe he's already announced he plans to run regardless of pelosi stays in and runs for another term. so those are just three names we're hearing right now. >> all right. i guess in the coming months, it will all become clear. josh kane thank you. thank you. you can check out josh's story and more of the standard's other original reporting on their website, with the way that pg&e handled the wildfires. yeah. yeah. i totally, totally understand. we're adding a ton of sensors. as soon as something comes in contact with the power line, it'll turn off so that there's not a risk that it's gonna fall to the ground and start a fire. okay. and i want you to be able to feel the improvements.

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known runway in the world. it's also big business for a major fashion houses and up and coming designers. reporter joelle gargiulo, from our sister station in new york, sits down with famed photographer nigel barker to talk about memorable red carpet moments and what's at stake for celebrities walking that red carpet. >> the intersection of film and fashion found once a year outside the dolby theater for the oscars red carpet. the show before the show. >> as much as people want to watch the actual ceremonies and who won, i think just as many of us tune in to see what those people are wearing. >> the dresses, the shoes, the jewelry, all of it telling a story and making a statement. >> the oscars most definitely is like the creme de la creme. >> best dressed or worst. the look will be captured in photos seen around the world and live on for years to come. when i say best looks at the oscars, who what comes to mind? >> there's just so many sort of great moments. if you go back sort of historically, someone

like grace kelly, it's rihanna and that incredible alaia outfit that she wore with the little baby bump. >> i am still enamored by lupita nyong'o and her prada dress. i mean, goddess zendaya always has a moment, and we always have, of course, those very unforgettable moments that didn't quite go as intended. i mean, who could forget bjork and her swan dress? >> love it or hate it? what you don't see is all the work that goes into a look long before those cameras start flashing. >> there is such a huge world behind the final photo or the final shot and economy. there's people who are paying, you know, big bucks to make it onto that red carpet moment. >> big bucks means big business. >> it's a giant marketing opportunity. when a celebrity wears a gown, that picture goes around the world. they are a walking advertisement slash billboard for a brand. so every brand wants to get their hands on nicole kidman, cate blanchett, you name it, all the major a-listers. >> so how does it work? how does a star get aligned with the designer? >> there are different roads to

this. some stars have personal relationships with designers. they will often work with the designer to create a look. the other way, of course, is stylists will pull potentially 2 or 3 different looks. they'll try them on and they'll figure out, oh, this is the look you're going to wear. >> when somebody nails it come oscars night. what financial impact can that have? >> i'm shopping. while i'm watching the carpet go down. i'm like, okay, who's the shoes? who made the shoes? i'm going. i'm doing deep dives. they affect people's purchasing decisions. >> who are you looking forward to seeing what they're going to be wearing? >> do me more. >> i was just going to say to me more. >> she's been, you know, brad goreski, her stylist, has really been helping her. zoe saldana absolutely. i mean, she was gorgeous at the golden globes and saint laurent and they produced that film. >> i think this year we have nominees who love fashion and understand fashion. >> and who can who wear it well, too. >> i'm joelle gargiulo, abc news. >> and abc seven mornings anchor amanda delcastillo will be in los angeles for the oscars. she'll be live starting tomorrow afternoon and throughout the

weekend. she'll also be live on the red carpet for the big event starting at 4 p.m. sunday, right here on abc seven. so you don't want to miss even one minute. all right. thank you for joining us for abc seven news at three. world news tonight with david muir starts now. i'll see you back here at four. tonight, oscar-winning actor gene hackman and his wife found dead in their home. authorities on the scene. tonight, the mystery here. authorities now investigating the suspicious deaths of hackman and his wife and one of their dogs. police say their bodies were discovered in different parts of their home, and that they'd been there for some time. hackman, a two-time oscar winner, widely considered one of the best actors of his generation. >> all you got to