the instagram post said the spca designated it as such. the spca denies that. >> to you think this is really therapy animal or just a scam to keep the cat in. >> it's just a scam. it's just -- i assume everybody wants the cat there as company. its the cat. its cool. its like a firehouse dog. >> but in its statement today the department says while animals can be comforting, edna will still have to go and in fact is being adopted by one of the employees of the facility. which means she will still have a home, she just can't be a firehouse dog anymore. back to you chlt. three cruise ships docked at 3 cruise ships docked at the same time today. quite the sight. port of san francisco estimates about 89 cruise ships will call on san francisco this year. that is 20 more than last year bringing in about 115,000 people. >>> back to the weather now. paul this t system is really moving in tomorrow evening. >>> this will take a while. >> it will be here for a while once it gets here. we will get an atmospheric river. it means the storm has a lot of mo

she is not at the facility where the first responders work, they are more than welcome to go to the spca as well to play and custody well the animals there. >> okay, dion, thank you so much. >>> well, most of us have heard about tesla's self-driving mode, and now it's ready to debut a new feature called dog mode. elon musk first tweeted yes about dog mode. it will let you keep a dog in the car safely by activating the climate control system that will keep the car in temperature for a short period of time. observers expect the car's screen to display a message that the dog is safe and its owner will return soon. >>> african american leaders are demanding help tonight to save two landmarks in san francisco. reverend amos brown of the third baptist church says the buildings are falling victim to gentrification that has swept through historically black neighborhoods. among the casualties, the 55-year-old bryant mortuary which is facing closure because of financial problems. reverend brown accuses financial institutions of pretdatory neighborhood and calls on the city to do something about it

the woman called the scottish a spca who took that snake into quarantine. >>> a mountain lion roamingramento area back in the wild. the curious cougar spotted on a doorbell camera yesterday in the neighborhood of ran in and out of there. he was dropped off today in an undisclosed part of placer county. >>> that is it for the news at 5:00. >> kpix 5 news at 6:00 begins right now with ken and elizabeth. >>> now at 6:00, the first wave of this heavy rain hitting the bay area and this is just the beginning. the neighborhoods on flood watch. >> and a kpix 5 news crew robbed and shot at t. most serious case yet of assaults on bay area film and news crews >>> and the oakland school district bringing in experts. the hope to get teachers back in the classrooms. kpix 5 news at 6:00 starts right now. and good evening everybody. i'm ken. >> and i'm elizabeth. we start with the new round of rain soaking parts of the bay area. we have team coverage. let's begin with chief meteorologist paul. >> south of san francisco not a drop of rain. north of san francisco, it has been pouring since lunchtime. l

also, the spca has offered any first responder in need of some emotional support, they can use theirnimals at any one of their facilities for some cuddle time. reporting live in san francisco tonight, i'm dion lim, abc 7 news. >> all right, dion, thank you. >>> a new proposal to boost the number of californians buying health insurance might need changes. that's according to a study out today. governor newsom wants to require california residents to buy health insurance or face fines. the idea is modeled after the individual mandate that the federal government has eliminated from the affordable care act or obamacare. now a nonpartisan report suggests fines should be based on a person's ability to pay them. >> it is a conversation worth having, especially highlighting what populations, especially low income to moderate income populations would be hit harder from a penalty. >> fines would go toward funding state subsidies aimed at lowering the cost of health insurance. >>> it is time apparently to do a couple of things. use the sears gift cards and head to a big box store. >> 7 on your

department of animal care and control to do disaster planning for pets and that includes the san francisco spca vet sos, pets unlimited. and we all have gotten together and have been getting together for over four or five years now to talk about how we can educate the public about being prepared for a disaster as it involves your pets. >> a lot of services. i understand that if you have to leave your home, we are encouraging people to take their pets with them. >> absolutely. we think that that is a lesson that we concerned from karina, if you are being evacuated you should take your pet with you. i have a carrier, and you need to have a carrier that you can fit your pet in comfortably and you need to take your pet with you when you were evacuated. >> i am going to thank you very much for joining us and bringing oreo today. and i am go test captions. test captions. test captions. test. test. test. test captions. gigi good afternoon a . >> president yee: good afternoon and welcome to the february 5, 2019 meeting of the

the folks at the spca posted their own event with animals looking for their forever homes. the halftime show featured special guests, the tuxedos. the game ended in a tie. >> those dogs are so cute.>>> as part of beer week, l industries released a special canned beer in collaboration with the oakland zoo. proceeds from the sale will go to conservation efforts in the area. >> it is a really cool partnership that we are doing to reach out to a different kind of audience but also to support mount lines and conservation in a different way.>> if you like beer and you want to help support bay area wildcat conservation efforts, head over to l industries. >>> facing pressure to step down, what the governor of virginia saying now about that racy photo from his yearbook. >>> a photographer making the most of a painful disease. how he has managed to capture these incredible moments around the world, despite having migraines 24/7. when you shop with us, you know how to score. but did you know you could be saving even more? with the tjx rewards credit card - every time you shop at our s

in a more direct way, i volunteer and train as a dog socialization volunteer as the san francisco spca volunteer adoption center and spend weekends helping to train and prepare shelter dogs for adoption. i learned firsthand about the stresses animals endure in the shelter system even in a system with state of the art shelters and have the best rehoming figures in the nation. this led me to the humane society of the united states and their programs for grassroots organizing. after participating in one of their lobby days three years ago in sacramento, where i advocates for animal protection laws, i applied for their district leader program and was accepted as a leader for the 12th congressional district. i've had the opportunity to campaign for animal welfare legislation and initiatives including the historic campaign for district 12 which passed this last november november and ad-485, which bans the sale of cats and dogs which did not come from rescues. like with many other issues, san francisco has been the forefront -- at the forefront of animal welfare, passing progressive laws befo

joining us with more on how you can adopt her is erin with the east bay spca. thank you for being here. tell me -- who do we have >> we have saranita. >> i don't know if she is a puppy but she has puppy energy. >> she has a lot of energiy. she is very excited to come this morning. she is about two we think. >> two. >> never sure exactly how old. our best guess is two. yeah. >> she is a little cute one and high energy. >> yeah. she likes play. she is also very affectionate. she likes her treat and pets. >> and curious. some will just stay where they are here on the desk. she has been all over every inch. >> she wants to know what's in your jacket too. >> there's no treats in there all right. what is her backstory >> she came to us from a shelter we work with. we work with over 25 shelters to bring animals in. yeah, she came from one -- a local one in oakland. >> you think she is probably two. she is probably full grown. >> yeah. >> she is a decent size. probably medium size. maybe kids that aren't teeny but five, six, seven where they -- i think she would be lik

i've personally reached out to three executive directors of animal care and control, spca and muttville on recognizing that animals, of which my family has rescued two, can be very supportive for high-stress jobs. but appreciate -- and we should have the opportunity before today's meeting to engage on it. i'm available 24-7 to you. thank you. >> commissioner covington: okay. thank you, everyone. i've asked for public comment. there was none. public comment is closed. madam secretary. >> clerk: item 11, adjournment. >> commissioner covington: thank you. >> second. >> commissioner covington: moved by commissioner cleaveland. thank you, everyone. [gavel]. today we are going to talk about fire safety. we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. it's a wonderful display. a little house in the urban center exhibition center that shows what it's like in a home in san francisco after an earthquake. one of the major issues that we are going to face after earthquakes are fire hazard. we are happy to have the fire marshall join us today. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> we tal

we trap them, we take them to the spca and get them fixed, vaccinated, the whole 9 yards and return them because they are feral, they do not reproduce, and because of that, the number of feral hats in san francisco has gone way, way down. some people, we still see kittens in san francisco. why is this, if there are active volunteers trapping all the time? i will tell you, because the mother and kittens show up and somebody charge a yard. somebody feeds them, some people do nothing, and some people take the extra step to actually call for help and make sure the cat gets to the vet to be spayed, and the kittens get to animal care and control to be adopted, so that it doesn't continue to happen. the mother is spayed, the mother goes back. the people in station 49 did exactly this. they did the right thing. they didn't just think somebody else will do this, they did the right thing. in addition, as the previous speaker mentioned, obviously cats are huge deterrent to rats and mice, just their presence is enough. last but not least, i can't imagine any more stressful jobs than it being in the

the folks in the east bay spca hosted their on event with adorable adoptable animals. they are look for forever homes. this year was the top dogs. taking on the pups and the special guest the tuxedos. >> very nice. >> black and white kittens were super cute and they put on a mel rabble show. we are told the game ended in a tie. >> adoptings go up expedientially after the game. >> yes the post game cool down. >> cool down. >>> all right. let's check in with rosemary now. we have got rainy weather ahead and it's still lingering isn't it. >> yeah. cute pups are tough to follow. the storm is moving in. a colder and i will explain what that means for us in the bay area. giving you a view at, wow a. from they side. we have a little blue sky out there. mixed in with the cloud cover. and scattered showers still falling throughout the bay. generally light. who are's a look at preliminary numbers since friday. ben peck picking up more than 5 inches in the santa cruz mountains. san jose 81, san francisco .8. concord coming in at a little more than half inch. so not too bad. and i