starts right now. >> we're learning today about an overnight raid of one of san francisco's notorious street drug hotspots. good afternoon, i'm kristen z. that multi-agency

enforcement happened in the mission district. officers at 16th and mission confiscated more than 28g of drugs and made for narcotic related arrests. the mayor's office tells us that they also gathered intel about drug dealers. city officials say we should expect more drug raids as they focus on combating open drug markets. >> the bottom line is this because of those resources, a lot of the disorder and criminal activity that we have normally seen there did not occur. we did make some arrests, but our job is to prevent it from getting to that point in the first place. so i think last night was a success. if that is the measurement we want to prevent people in this city who live here, who work here, who come here to visit in this great city. from seeing the disorder and chaos that we've seen at that particular block. >> in addition to focusing on illegal drug related activity, and mayor daniel leary saying the city is also cracking down on illegal street vending.

happening now, the alameda county board of supervisors is holding a special meeting to provide an update on the sale of the oakland coliseum to private developers. back in january, the board voted unanimously to move forward with the sale of the county's ownership share of the coliseum to the african american sports and entertainment group. the group has proposed a $5 billion project for the coliseum site. it's expected to include affordable housing, restaurants and museums. today's meeting is scheduled to start right now, beginning with public comment on the issue. we'll have an update on abc seven news at four. president trump is delaying the tariffs on canada and mexico for one month. he says they will go into effect on april 2nd. it comes after his phone call with mexico's president this morning. the tariff situation is changing minute by minute. abc news reporter perry russom is following all of it from washington. >> president trump's chaotic rollout of his tariff war taking another turn, temporarily delaying his 25% tariff on goods

coming from both canada and mexico until april 2nd. >> long term, the united states will be very strong with what's happening here. >> trump making the decision after speaking on the phone with mexican president claudia sheinbaum this morning. sheinbaum says their call was respectful. it's the second time trump has delayed implementing tariffs. tariffs remain on china. trump blaming all three countries for the fentanyl crisis in the u.s. sheinbaum says her government's efforts to reduce fentanyl traffic into the u.s. have been working with fentanyl seizures down more than 41% in february. trump, thanking sheinbaum for her hard work. the chinese minister of commerce today says the u.s. should take proactive measures of its own to combat the fentanyl crisis, rather than blame china. canada responding to trump's 25% tariff with tariffs of their own, leaving american business owners like jeff quint stuck in the middle. >> i would anticipate probably no more sales to canada for the foreseeable future until these things get sorted out.

>> and again, this is only a delay in tariffs for mexico and canada. trump says they will still go into effect april 2nd. perry russom, abc news, washington. >> the white house is now signaling that president trump will not sign an executive order today to dismantle the department of education. the press secretary says that the president planned to sign it today were actually false. sources tell abc news that a draft executive order directs the secretary of education to facilitate a department closure. this week, president trump says he wants to give education back to the states, though, as you know, education policy curriculum is mostly district by district at the local level. the department of education employs more than 4000 people. congressional approval is required to get rid of a federal agency, and the courts are likely to get involved. job cuts by doge contributed to a wave of late or a wave of layoffs across the nation last month. new numbers show job losses in

february increased 245% from the previous month to more than 172,000. that's the highest level since july 2020, according to executive outplacement firm challenger. gray and christmas. many of the layoffs happened in the government sector. other areas that saw a jump include retail and technology. under the trump administration, federal funding is in jeopardy for california's high speed rail project. and today, rail officials talk strategy to keep the project on track, if you will. ian chaudry was selected by the board as the new ceo last august. he says the project needs a new financial strategy, including public private partnerships, to leverage state funds. >> we are very optimistic that we will have a solution working with the state and with private sector that we can stabilize the funding of this program this year at some point. >> last month, the trump administration asked for a review of the project, claiming it's been seriously mismanaged.

u.s. transportation secretary sean duffy said the investigation will determine whether billions of dollars in taxpayer money will go to the project. bart is asking riders for their input on proposed fare increases for 2026. a fare hike of 6.2% is scheduled for january 1st. bart says it will help minimize the risk of service cuts. while the transit system explores a long term solution to restore its financial stability. riders can fill out the survey on bart's website until march 18th, or in person at a series of scheduled events in station survey locations. now to your accuweather forecast. we had some isolated showers this morning, mostly in the south bay. abc7 news weather anchor meteorologist drew tuma says, we've seen the last of the rain today, but in a few days we'll see. >> we have a mix of sun and clouds today and temperatures certainly about 5 to 10 degrees below average, staying in the 50s all day long. tonight it

does get rather cold. we have clear skies developing and that means temperatures will dip into the 30s and a lot of cities. so crisp feeling. first thing tomorrow morning. but tomorrow afternoon it's going to be lovely. take a look at this future tracker showing you tomorrow we're back, if not a bit above average with full sunshine. a little bit warmer here on saturday and a similar story on sunday. sunday daylight saving time begins, so those clocks go forward one hour. sunset tonight at 609. by sunday night we jump to about 711, and then our first 8 p.m. sunset is coming on may 1st. here's a look at future weather heading into early next week. we track some light showers possible monday, but it's tuesday night into wednesday. a more significant storm is likely going to move into northern california. you can see that atmospheric river connection kind of tapping into the tropics. so we will likely see a little bit of heavy rain here. rainfall totals next week could see 1 to 2in in many

cities. and a lot of this again probably falling on wednesday. here's the accuweather seven day forecast showing you south bay showers today. sunny and warmer tomorrow. that warming continues over the weekend and then we'll track rain back here in the forecast. light at first on monday and then that stronger system. right now it's a level two a moderate storm on wednesday. >> a married kayaking duo is embarking on an epic journey today. they're planning to kayak 225 miles around the san francisco bay area, across all nine counties. as abc seven news reporter lena howland explains, they are hoping to be the first duo to complete this journey. >> up against gusty winds, strong currents and some low tides, dallas smith and his wife, liz wilhelm are taking off on one epic adventure thursday morning. >> i was like, continuously circumnavigating it by kayak, you know, we haven't been able to find many people that have actually or really anyone that's actually done this before. >> starting and ending in pittsburg. they're taking 12 to 15 days to kayak a whopping 225

miles across all nine bay area counties. and to make it happen, the team is partnering with the san francisco bay water trail. >> which is a series of launch locations all around san francisco, san pablo and suisun bays. and we're like, hey, we can just like, connect these dots. and there's actually some camping along the way and some really cool stuff to see along the shoreline. >> smith and wilhelm have a combined 35 years of professional kayak guide experience, and they just opened point reyes adventure company together last year. for now, they're planning to camp about eight of the nights. the other nights they plan to stay at hostels or more affordable hotels along the way. >> we're hoping to try to, like, create this route that will be recreated for folks if they ever want to do this again. >> and this experienced duo isn't launching their trek empty handed. >> you know, splash pans, muck boots, splash jacket, life jacket, uh, monocular. >> you know, a lot of extra

layers for at nighttime for when we get to where our camp is. >> but get this, they're making the entire expedition on a tandem kayak. >> luckily, we've been paddling together, you know, for 15 years, you know, so we know each other's our cadence and, you know, the double kayaks, they have the nickname of relationship accelerators. but, you know, we're married, so we're we're excited for that. >> feeling pretty confident. >> you can follow along on their journey on instagram at point reyes adventure co in pittsburg. lena howland, abc seven news. >> a popular over-the-counter painkiller is being linked to adhd in children. we'll talk with the lead author of a new study that comes with words of

very common over-the-counter drug. a new study shows a link between maternal use of tylenol or acetaminophen and their kids having adhd. joining us live now to talk about the findings. the lead author of the study, brandon baker, a postdoc fellow from seattle children's research institute. brandon, thanks for your time. >> hi there. thank you. >> hi. so you looked at gestational exposure to acetaminophen, the key ingredient in tylenol and generic versions. what did you discover? >> right. so this study concerned acetaminophen, which is the active ingredient in tylenol. as you said, it's also the active ingredient in other medications to treat cold pain and fever. and we found that use of acetaminophen during pregnancy was linked with higher chances of the child developing adhd. >> how much higher? >> in this particular study, if we found acetaminophen in the blood of the mom during pregnancy, there was a three

times higher risk for the child to develop adhd. >> so how many people were in this study and over how many years? because you want to know, you know, is this a lot of people? >> yeah, that's a great question. so in this kind of study, we enroll individuals during pregnancy. we collect a lot of data on them. and then we follow up the children. in this case, we had just over 300 participants in this analysis. and we followed up with the kids when they were 8 to 10 years old. >> got it. okay. but this is alarming, right? and it got a lot of attention in the sense that tylenol acetaminophen is usually the pain reliever doctors tell you to take when you're pregnant. i remember when i was pregnant, right. it was deemed safer than ibuprofen, for example. >> yeah, absolutely. it's incredibly important that pain and fever are managed during pregnancy and in the safest way possible. and in general, you should not take nsaids like aspirin and ibuprofen during pregnancy because they are linked with some other adverse outcomes. >> right. so then since this

study has come out, though, you know, i guess before we get into whether people should take it, is it causal or could it just be a correlation. and also, were you able to narrow it down to a subset of women? >> that's a great question. and any kind of observational study like this. we're looking at correlations. we're trying to get causation the best we can by controlling for a lot of factors. so we control for whether or not the parents have mental health conditions. and we control for other factors to make sure we're trying to get the best causal association we can. and we also have many, many other studies that have looked at a similar question. so there's kind of a consensus of scientific evidence with many different studies across different populations, really across the world, that have shown a link between prenatal acetaminophen exposure and adverse neurodevelopment, including adhd. >> so it sounds like you're saying you're pretty sure it's causal, but i don't i'm not hearing 100%. >> yeah, that's absolutely right. i mean, with any sort of study like this, we think we're

seeing something real, but there's always room for more research. >> so were you able to narrow it down to a, you know, a subset of women, whether it's age or race or were you seeing it more in boys or girls? >> yeah. it would be great to have future research looking at which subsets might be more susceptible. it was previously thought that it matters why you're taking acetaminophen. so if you take acetaminophen for a virus or a cold you have, maybe it's the virus causing adhd. or maybe you take acetaminophen for migraines. and so that's been a concern in the past. but studies have shown that no matter why the individual is taking acetaminophen, we see the same risk for child adhd. >> okay. so since adhd has already been on the rise in this country for a few decades, i guess the question is should women pregnant women avoid taking tylenol for now or generics? >> it's a great question. i mean, for pregnant individuals, we really recommend that they need to consult with their clinician or doctor, especially

if they're going to plan to take acetaminophen on a long term basis. my main recommendation is that really, we should make sure we're using acetaminophen for the right reasons. so prior studies have shown that acetaminophen is not effective for lower back pain. for example. that's been shown in some really big clinical trials. so it's possible people are taking it for that reason. and in that case it's really an unnecessary risk if there's a possible link with adverse neurodevelopment, why take it when it's not actually going to provide relief for something? now, if you use it once or a few times during pregnancy for a fever, that's the correct use. so really just make sure you consult with your doctor, especially before you use it on a long term basis. >> in the 30s we have left, what are the next steps for this? scientifically, if you're going to study more? >> that's a great question. the next steps we want to see if different subsets of people are more susceptible. so it's possible people with certain genetic background or certain nutritional profiles might be more prone to this adverse link. and some people might be

protective if they have a really good diet or they get lucky with a genetic lottery. >> right. all right. brandon baker, postdoc fellow from seattle children's research institute, with this important study about the link, possibly between tylenol, acetaminophen and adhd in children. thank you so much. really appreciate you coming on. >> thank you. >> the state has an offer to help homeowners brace for the big one. next. details on how to get some cash to ensure

become the city's next entertainment zone. if a san francisco supervisor gets his way. supervisor stephen sherrill introduced the legislation on tuesday. let's show you some video of the annual union street festival. if approved, bars and restaurants in the area would be allowed to legally sell to go cocktails and open containers as well during certain events. in a post on x, sherrill wrote our

small businesses have fought to bounce back and we need to do everything we can to help them thrive. and entertainment zone means more visitors, more activity and a stronger, more vibrant neighborhood. let's make it happen. living in earthquake prone california, where always having to be concerned about the next big earthquake. and now the state is offering some help to get your home quake ready. reporter carlos granda, from our sister station in los angeles, tells us about a grant program to retrofit homes. >> when your house starts shaking, you want to make sure it's secure. unfortunately, it can slide right off its foundation. >> pre 1980 house may have this vulnerability. the pre 1940 house does have this vulnerability. >> in severe shaking. it can shift the entire house. >> the house you know kind of as a as a body kind of slides off. but man when it comes down and it hits that ground you know it's also it's got that shaking beforehand. you know, a lot of damage can be done to that house, not just to the foundation but to the superstructure.

>> to avoid this, the state is offering a simple solution that could save your home. it's called the earthquake bracing bolt program, and it does exactly that. brace and bolt your home to the foundation. >> there's a lot of houses that don't have enough bolts or not bolted at all. >> this home in burbank is like any other from the outside. but go deep under the house and you can see this brackets that bolt the foundation to the underside of the building. >> there's these metal metal brackets that are put on the side of the foundation that connect. there's a board on top of the foundation is called a mudsill that connects that board together with the foundation. you do the perimeter of the house to the foundation. it's done on the interior perimeter. so you have to crawl underneath the house and there's no damage done to the outside. >> the earthquake bracing bolt program now has money through fema to offer grants to homeowners to cover the cost for retrofitting. >> these are not loans. these are grants. we provide up to $3,000 to our earthquake program. and, you know, as i said, it's about a 5200 statewide average for the retrofit. more expensive if

you've got a little bit more complication can be less. and, you know, just extremely easy for a contractor to do. you're going to get a permit. all the work needs to be done with a permit. >> you can apply for the program from now until march 26th. and officials stress it's not first come, first serve. they're going to analyze all the applicants, and then there will be a random selection of people who qualify. i'm carlos granda, abc seven news. >> i-team's one money saving move by san francisco mayor daniel lurie is not going over too well. it's kind of being ignored. our media partner, the san francisco standard, joins us next to discuss a i bought the team! i put it on my chase freedom unlimited card. and i'm gonna cashback on a few other things too... starting with the sound system!

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the federal government, while san francisco under mayor daniel lurie is also looking at dramatic cuts due to the city's deficit. but our media partner, the san francisco standard, is reporting some city departments are blowing off lowry's budget cut mandate. in fact, some are asking for more money. joining us live now to talk about this san francisco standard politics reporter gabe greszler. hey, gabe. >> hello, kristin. thanks for having me. >> yes. nice to have you on. look, as abc seven has reported as well, mayor lori has asked departments to cut 15% of their budget next year. what did you discover about department heads responses to this? >> yeah. so mayor lurie, upon entering office, has told people, hey, we've got to make some major cuts. we have an $840 million deficit. what we found is that close to two dozen city departments have not reached the 15% benchmark that he set out for these agencies to make cuts.

>> which departments in particular are sounding the most resistant, if you will, or even defined about making cuts? >> yeah. so some departments came close to the 15% uh- goal. others just said, hey, we're not going to cut our budget at all. that includes the city attorney's office. and there are some departments who are saying we actually want more money. that includes the sheriff's department, the fire department, the asian art museum, and a couple other smaller departments as well. >> right. so is there any sense that this 15% is going to be across the board? nope nope nope. no negotiation. that's how it's going to be. or do you think there will be some give or take and that this is just kind of a suggested amount to trim? >> yeah, it's a good question. so, you know, traditionally there's always been kind of a bit of a back and forth when it comes to departments submitting

their budgets and the mayor taking it in. i think something that's really important for folks to know, and they might not be so surprised about, is that mayor daniel lurie has really promised to beef up law enforcement. he's promised to crack down on street homelessness. so i think what we can probably expect is to see law enforcement agencies, you know, get the same amount of money that they were allocated last year or maybe even a little bit more. i wouldn't be surprised if law enforcement were sort of prioritized in this year's budget process. >> right. i think that would be the case, too. look, there's always this kind of dance, this negotiation, if you will. right? especially in lean years. but do you sense a couple of dozen agencies saying, nope, we're not going to go anywhere near. does that have anything to do with the mayor being relatively new or, you know, newcomer to city hall? >> yeah, it's a great question. i think it remains to be seen whether that's the case, folks, you know, who i spoke with for

the story told me, look, this is kind of a lot of the time how it happens. the mayor will call for uh- budgets to be cut. departments end up not really following the rules. i think, though, what we're going to see and how we're going to see his leadership tested is in the next few months. can he really shape a budget that works for the city? so in terms of his political, you know, inexperience colliding with this budget, we'll have to wait and see over the next few months. >> right. and what does it need to. when does it need to play out by. what's the deadline. >> yeah. so right now, you know lurie is working with the city departments going back and forth. there's probably going to be a lot of negotiating on you can keep this you we need to cut this by june. mayor lurie will come out with his proposed budget. and then in july, the board of supervisors will vote

on it, which will then be another big uh- battle among the supervisors where they're, you know, allocating money, which departments they want money for. but we'll see this summer, everything be tied up. >> all right, gabe, thank you so much. and you can check out more of the san francisco standard's other original reporting on their website, sf standard.com. abc seven will continue to bring you more segments featuring the standard's city focused journalism every week here on abc seven news at three. thanks for joining us. world news tonight with david muir starts now. and i'll see you back here at four. tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. president trump's tariff whiplash. now saying there will be a temporary pause after the dow dropped another 400 points today. also tonight, we're tracking dangerous winds moving into the east. washington, d.