and the last time -- well the bay area youish community did a study on itself was when? >> two. in 2004 the san francisco federation did a study on just the subset of the bay area. in 2011, the federation did a study on just the east bay area. so it's been quite a few years and this is precedence setting because it's the entire area. >> so we've taken a holistic approach to the entire jewish community bay area. >> yes. >> so we think ouwho ws aris a jew and what's jewish status. >> well, we used the broadest deaf nation of who is jewish. if you consider yourself jewish or partial in any way by religion or anything, you're in. as part of the screening that's jewish, so not a narrow definition at all. in fact, the buddest definition. we consider part of the bay area population, people who live with jews. so we have 350,000 jewish people in the area and 473,000 total people in jewish households >> fascinating. so we'll take a quick break in just a moment. before we go, how does the bay area rank in terms of its actual number have you jewish communities in the country? >> we are the fourth largest. >> i thin

frivolous and petty but in filing the lawsuit san francisco city attorney include information that was anything but, it was alarming testimony from san francisco bay areapitals, doctors and parents about the emotional and mental toll of distance-learning like depression, anger, apathy. one mom talked about the uncontrollable meltdowns of her 7-year-old solution other found her 15-year-old daughter curled up in fetal position crying next to her laptop at 11:00 in the morning. when education expert says kidney direct contact. >> so many students missing the connection, the physical connection with their classmates, their friends, being able to go back on campus definitely would be something that is going to change their mindset. >> reporter: the university of california san francisco children's hospital has seen 66% increase in the number of suicidal children in the emergency room and a 75% increase in kids who need to be hospitalized for mental health services. so far there reportedly are no nationwide numbers on actual suicides for 2020 but we know the clark county school district said the suicide rate in 2020 - 2019. here is the santa clara university

an effort to get as many of the legal permanent residents in the san francisco since 2013 we started reaching the san francisco bay area residents and 10 thousand people into through 22 working groups and actually completed 5 thousand applications for citizenship our cause the real low income to moderate income resident in san francisco and the bayview sometimes the workshops are said attend by poem if san mateo and from sacking. >> we think over restraining order thousand legal permanent residents in san francisco that are eligible for citizenship but totally lack information and they don't have trained professionals culturally appropriate with an audience you're working with one time of providing services with pro bono lawyers and trained professionals to find out whether your eligible the first station and go through a purview list of questions to see if they have met the 56 year residents arrangement or they're a u.s. citizenship they once they get through the screening they go to legal communication to see lawyers to check am i eligible to be a citizen we send them to station 3 that's when they sit down with exper

the alumni community and residents of the san francisco bay area and beyond because of the controversy, lowell's status as a top ranked high school has made national news. because of the pandemic, the san francisco school board proposed eliminating merit based admission for one school year but when racist incidents resurfaced at the high school they made the change permanent. half the students are asian, 20% white, 12% latino, 2% african-american. there were ongoing questions and concern busy moving lowell to the lottery system will end or address racism at the school. the commissioner wanted to delay the vote and other board and community members felt the issue of equity and the safety of black students at the school has been delayed long enough. >> when people say slow it down, we slowed it down for decades. it is time to act. >> i am glad we are not in school right now. if we were i would be afraid for the students safety. >> not saying this is a rushed process. >> what are you witnessing now is our words finally moving in to action. >> jenny lamb was one of the two no votes. >> we

here we are in this suddenly there's hundreds of thousands of new population in the san francisco bay area. speak of the dominicans were founded 800 years ago. and we continued our mission coming here. found out as an order preachers, to combat error, to combat heresy. and bring the faith to people that were either not preached well, or weren't preached at all. >> it's an interesting name order preachers to talk about. and on the website which we will show later. there is a nice big red button that says request a preacher and i almost pushed it but i didn't want to, i wasn't sure. i understand that my experience with dominicans two. the persuasive apologist for the faith. where the persuasive condensers about the importance of truth, in the end, god's presence. >> absolutely. one of the things that saint dominic did was when they found the order, he set up that we would have not only that we would be active preachers. but also come -- we would live in small monasteries. we would pray, and would also contemplate the beauty, contemplate truth, and fruits of contemplations. that's what we nee

but in filing the lawsuit san francisco attorney dennis herrera included information that was anything but petty instead it was alarming testimony from san francisco bay areaoll of distance learning, like depression, anger, appear think. one mom talked about the, quote, uncontrollable meltdowns of her seven year old son. another found her 15 year old daughter, quote, curled up in the fetal position crying next to her laptop at 11:00 o'clock in the morning. one education expert says kids need direct contact. >> so many of our students are missing that connection, that physical connection, with their classmates, or with their friends, and being able to go back on campus definitely would be something that's going to change their mindset. >> the university of california san francisco children's hospital has seen a 66% increase in the number of suicidal children in the emergency room, and a 75% increase in kids who need to be hospitalized for mental health services. so far, there reportedly are no nationwide numbers on actual suicides for 2020. but we know the clarke county school district, that's las vegas, says the suicide rate in 2020 doubled from 2019. here

san francisco's mosconi center will not reopen for vaccine appointments until thursday. ktvu sema gas joins us now live with an update on when and where vaccines will be available in the bay area, emma. good evening, julie, the city college of san francisco re opened for second dose is on friday and over the weekend, san francisco general hospital opened their walk in vaccination site. but as you mentioned, the mosconi center is delaying reopening until thursday at 11 a.m. pending any more shipping delays due to weather in the midwest that could delay shipments even further. i was in the line at nine o'clock this morning. no appointment needed just patients in a warm coat to get vaccinated at san francisco general hospital's walking vaccination site for san francisco residents, 65 years and older. i am very excited on the line is a small price to pay, but vaccinations at the mosconi center are still on hold until at least thursday. for now, only second doses are being administered here. the shortage isn't limited just to the bay area, dodger stadium and other city run mass vaccination sites in los angeles are still waiting to restock their supply to with plans to reopen on tue

temple beth torah in fremont last week the san francisco bay area chapter of the council on american islamic relations condemn the act and expressed its solidarity with the jewish community. no word on when that image was written on the wall. and the north bay we have new surveillance video of an armed robbery at a party supply store in valais how we want to warn you before we show you this viewers may find it disturbing. very scary situation is happened tuesday night on sonoma boulevard just off highway 29. and many drive the store owner mark quit was shot 4 times by one of the gunman, he was airlifted to a hospital on the police say he is expected to recover. his relatives say they fear he may never walk again. police say they have no suspects at this time. the investigation is ongoing. there was just police commission has rejected a proposed 11% budget cut to the city's police department it would have included more than 200 layoffs. the proposed cuts were part of the two-year budget presented by mayor london breed last year called for a 167 sworn officers and 43 civilian positions

and then right around san francisco in the bay area, $100 million to fund the san francisco bay area rapid transit or b.a.r.t. i mean, steve scalise, a republican colleague said who said a subway to silicon valley has anything to do with covid. are you comfortable with those in here? >> a lot of people will get into this got-you attitude about -- >> i'm not got-you. it's there. it's like right here. i went back and read it. >> i'm not saying you're doing that. i'm saying that any bill that has $1.9 trillion, that will be one line that will probably be somewhat embarrassing, right? but i tell you what -- >> you're saying it's embarrassing and that's $101.5 million of taxpayer money and i'm just saying, are you comfortable with it? >> yes, there's -- the answer, no, i'm not comfortable. i'm never comfortable with it but i tell you what i'm comfortable with. i'm comfortable with the fact that the past initiatives came from the senate. and we had to adjust to them. this is the first time we have a vision that comes from us, from the house. and it's a robust vision. i think the american p

we're live in san francisco, tom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> let's take a close look at san francisco's vaccine rollout to date. so far more than 151,000 doses have been administered. in the city, 764,000 people over the age of 16 are eligible for the shot. 15% of those people have gotten one dose, 4% have gotten that second dose. let's see how california is doing with vaccine distribution. so far the federal government has shipped 8.5 million vaccines to the state. a little over 8 million of those have actually arrived. of that, about 6 million have actually been injected into arms. now, the oakland coliseum getting ready to open as a mass vaccination site. it opens tuesday. but today people who live in alameda county and are eligible for the shot were able to start scheduling those appointments. you have to do that. b.a.r.t. is encouraging people to get their vaccines. anyone headed home from the coliseum after getting a shot can ride b.a.r.t. for free. all you have to do is show your vaccination card. >>> new at 6:00, as more people get vaccinated, some states are actually lifting re

. >>> a refinery leak in san francisco's bay area has dumped 600 gallons of oil into the water. the oil spewed into port richmond. local beaches are closed until further notice, but a public health advisory issued tuesday has now been lifted. the leak came from a chevron refinery. crews say it's now been contained. >>> a morning of ice fishing on lake superior in minnesota turned into a rescue operation. more than a dozen fishermen became trapped when a chunk of ice broke away from the shore. emergency crews eventually got everyone back to land, but the men's fishing gear and their beers floated a mile away. >>> millions of americans are under a deep freeze with icy road conditions this morning. so let's take a look at your wednesday forecast. the storm system moving east will bring ice from texas all the way to maryland. roads will be dangerous and the ice could bring down power lines causing outages. meanwhile, the midwest is preparing for another blast of arctic air. windchills will drop below zero for montana to missouri. minneapolis, get ready for minus 31. it will be sligh

under 11 minutes for your drive time as you head into san francisco. 2 bay area counties are now in the less restrictive red reopening tier, san mateo and marin counties moved out of the purple tier yesterday. now this is great news for businesses for the first time in months, places like restaurants and gyms can operate indoors. but at reduced capacity. kron four's jonathan mccall has more from sam, a tail. >>san mateo county is once again moving up in the state's reopening roadmap after a detour due to a surge in covid cases. tuesday the county moved out of the purple tier of the state's most restrictive and into the real for everybody very excited have a number of businesses including those here at north beach pizza in san mateo say the pandemic has taken a financial toll on everyone working here manager jeremy our says he's looking forward to welcoming customers back inside being able to not any indoor dining. >>so we're just trying to just there like. >>go with the flow of it as part of the red tier restaurants will be allowed to resume indoor dining but with modifications gyms wil

it's sad to see all these smash-and-grab robberies that continue to plague san francisco. nbc bay area'sos has more. >> reporter: this family was just trying to soak in one last bit of vacation in san francisco on wednesday before the long drive back home to seattle. but as they were enjoying family time at golden gate park, things took a turn for the worse. >> three, four seconds later, i saw him like taking out luggage on the vehicle side. like wait a minute. i said, hey! >> reporter: this is video of jason undaya chasing a man trying to get away with his luggage after breaking into their rental car in the middle of the day. you can see he was able to wrestle away the luggage before the thieves sped off. thankfully he wasn't hurt. >> we do want people to be aware it's not smart to leave your luggage in the car if you're going to go to tourist attractions. so lesson learned on that one -- the andayas are just the latest smash-and-grab victims in san francisco, coming just weeks after suspects broke into a car as the driver was getting onto i-80. that video was widely viewed. the man who

jean elle, nbc bay area news. >> we'll show you a map so you can get a better idea what we're talking about. san franciscoy in the purple tier along with six other bay area counties. but a big change for san mateo and marin counties. they moved into the red tier. so what does that mean for people in those counties? well, here's a look at what can open and what to what extent is can. indoor dining can resume at 25% capacity. gyms and fitnesses, 10% capacity. movie theaters 25%. movies and a care yusmeiro 25%, retail 50% capacity. in san mateo county businesses eagerly awaiting to reopen welcomed back customers. you have indoor dining, indoor expanded shopping in salons. that extra freedom attracted visitors from outside the county. >> we heard that gyms were open today so we decided to check out the gym because san jose is actually still doing outdoor. so we wanted to get back into the indoor mode. >> reporter: how was it? >> it was actually good. >> now, many people did tell us they may wait a bit longer unless they see safety precautions required and enforced. >> it could be just days away. a third optio

promising playwright, was working with the san francisco troop in 1965 when the strike starts, and part of a real radical group in the san francisco bay areathat's an important part of the story as well go ahead if you want. he begins wet becomes the theater -- for those who don't know about it. there's a wonderful website that the university of santa barbara has put together that have actual video that you can see online, and it's really terrific. he starts this farmworker theater where they improvise and they do skits, and he is teaching theater to from, workers who many of them are not illiterate, but they can perform and they are natural. and the theater becomes immensely popular both as entertainment but also for education. so he's teaching basic concepts. how does this work with the union? and that theater because more popular, and he is a rival forced toim9c seize or travis, t wkjuáháe labor union, but sort of as a credible voice for farmworkers. he also sort of embodies the more radical element of the movement, not in terms of their politics, interfering, but in their independence. so if any of you know, or have dealt with people w

that millions could be spend spent on -- be spent on transportation, he's person any the san francisco bay areat tied to covid. >> the president wants to say the cornerstone of the bill is money to get vaccines but the he reality is, it's wasteful spending and pork and buying off members of congress. >> reporter: this is expected to pass the house. it's unclear what happens in the senate. democrats hold a smaller majority and may face opposition to some components of the bill, including increasing the minimum wage. >> i know there are questions about whether or not the senate can get it through. it is absolutely essential that we do it and i believe the senate will do it. >> reporter: now, a recent government study found increasing the minimum wage could cost the country some 1.4 million jobs. the white house is pushing back, insisting that raising the minimum wage will lift more people out of poverty. the debate goes on in this new week. jillian: of course it does. mark meredith live for us. that is the debate of the week. keep us updated. jillian: nancy may says it has become democrats are no

san francisco. also new accident reported north 101 millbrae off ramp, near that area, injuries involved as well possibly with a motorcycle crash. and if you're heading into san francisco, via the baydge, at the toll plaza, things are starting to back up. we have a live shot for you. and you can see it is slow and go across the span into san francisco. jobina? >> abc 7 is tracking your health as we work to build a better bay area. the covid variant first identified in south africa has been detected in the bay area one case is in county, the other is in santa clara county. amy hollyfield is more in san jose with more on the variant. >> reporter: health officials say there is one confirmed case here in santa clara county and another suspected case in the same household. and they are saying that this is the covid variant that was first detected in south africa. and they have also found one case in alameda county. health officials say we really don't have the resources to track all of the variants and find out where they are. we should all assume they are circulating here in the united states and we need to stay vigilant. they say the good news with the santa clara confirmed cases, it

the san francisco bay area chapter of the council on american islamic relations condemned the attack and expressed its solidarity with the jewish community among others, neither the synagogue nor police know exactly when that image was written on the wall. >>citing day this out of celebration for a successful nasa landing on mars. the space agency getting a rover to the planet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether or not life ever existed on the red planet the 6 wheeled vehicle called perseverance touchdown this afternoon in the missions riskiest maneuver yet. this was the first image sent back of the planet's surface. geological samples will be brought back to earth in about a decade. >>on 4 sports from the 18 t fiber sports desk. >>steph curry's going to his 7th all-star game. this will be his 7th start as well. the all-star game is slated for march 7th in atlanta georgia of course nba has been heavily criticized for even holding an all-star game in the first place but nonetheless still a great honor for curry he's having one of his best seasons as a pro av

in san francisco, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, a special meeting of the antioch county under way. the police chief will roll out his plan for police reform. it follows a heavy week frr crime. several shootings and an incustody death. the city council will vote on the plan later tonight. >>> up next, major developments in oakland as the a's hope to build the new water front ballpark. you look at them, we have new rendering of the site. >>> time's up globes call for change are growing online before the golden globe awards. the campaign backed by some of hollywood's biggest names. >>> i'm chief meteorologist tracking some changes tomorrow. all detail mountain wind on the way and we'll get you already for that weekend forecast coming up in about seven minutes. >>> we continue our series on bay area black history. tonight we celebrate belva davis. she was raised in oakland. graduated from berkeley high. in 1961 she became first black tv news reporter on the east coast. she was attacked while covering the 1964 republican convention and was still working as barack obama became our first

they were both in the san francisco bay area and both victims were not only elderly but of asian descentmotivation is not clear for these particular crimes, but they are part of a wider trend. attacks against asian americans appear to be on the rise since the pandemic, steeply in some places. the fbi first began warning of a coming surge in anti-asian height crimes in march, according to an analysis obtained by abc news. by the end of the year, more than 2,800 racist incidents, from shouting to spitting to striking, was self-reported to an organization that had been created during the pandemic to track and react to this growing problem. no such nationwide statistics were previously kept. but according to a pew research survey, six of ten americans say racism increased during covid. national crime data has not yet been reported, but take a look at some extreme examples. new york city, the nypd confirmed only one hate crime against the nation in all of 2019. in 2020, there were 27 incidents. that is a 2,600% increase. in seattle, anti-asian hate crimes doubled from 21 in all of 2019 to 72

in silicon valley, california, san francisco, bay area i'm sure probably the vote probably matches theations as far as who voted for biden and trump. a very liberal area. employees are primary ex amount age of down and terms of being younger and vote more liberal. i'm not surprised. people can do what they want to do. the problem is when they can't separate their personal donations from the way they do their jobs. the way they do their jobs now is favor one side, not the other. something we talked about this before, i think, more than 80% of adults get their news from social media. when that platform now is being manipulated to favor one side that is dangerous and has no regulation whatsoever. >> harris: it is not telling us that it is, right? if you are going someplace and it is telling you this is what we are, this is what we are, then that's a lot different. i want to move to this. the media appearing to let the anti-trump lincoln project skate after one of its founders was accused of making unsolicited advances toward 21 young men. group only officially responding yesterday after a

. >> reporter: in the san francisco bay area parents are calling for the resignation of the elementaryool board members for comments made during a videoconference. the topic was reopenings schools and initially the board members didn't realize a parent was recording their comments and said this. >> are we alone? >> yes. you are going to call me out i'm going to ask you up. that is just me. >> it is really unfortunate, they want their babysitters back. >> a delivery service for medical marijuana, clientele where parents -- >> you have a meeting -- we have the meeting open to the public right now. >> the parent who heard and recorded the meeting said, quote, this behavior is discussing, as parents we should not tolerate for our representatives to behave in this manner. oakley needs a new school board that will stand up for parents and their children. now parents have an online petition for the board to resign or be recalled. this print and call be comments unfortunate and inappropriate going on to say these comments are not typical and more importantly they are not what the community sho

nbc bay area's pete ceratos joins us live in san francisco with more information. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, see sierra. behind me at the mosconi center will become a mass vaccination site tomorrow. the mayor will be addressing the media shortly to give more details on how this is going to work. we know it will be appointment only and for health care workers and folks that are 65 and older group. now, it will be offered regardless of health care coverage. as you mentioned you got the board of supervisors holding this emergency meeting, they're doing it as we speak. initially it was called to discuss the mass vaccination plan for the city. so we'll see if the top exchange when it comes to this meeting. of course, all this is happening as the city is suing its own school district, the san francisco unified school district, to re-open its doors. as we take you guys back out here live to the center, there's training under way when it comes to the mass vaccination. it will begin tomorrow. the goal of the city is to admisteten 7,000 and 10,000 doses per day

cents since november. 20th the highest average price in the country, is 3 57 a gallon in the san francisco bay area. the lowest average is 2 20. in baton rouge, louisiana. the average price of diesel also went up 10 cents during the same period 2 to 85 police in san francisco are asking for the public's help in finding a 14 year old girl who has been missing since last week. police say caitlin gala red left her home without telling her family sometime between tuesday night and wednesday afternoon. caitlin is described a spy, put one and weighs about £90. police say she would often visit japantown. the safeway on webster street and the target on gary. an investigation by the sonoma county sheriff's department and the d e a lead to the arrest of seven people and the seizure of about £19 of methamphetamine. the arrest came after five search warrants were served in the santa rosa area and one in san jose on wednesday, along with the drugs, authorities recovered packaging materials and $12,000 in cash. suspects were booked with a list of charges that include felony possession and transporting of a contr

"today in the bay's" jean ellie has more from san francisco. >> reporter: bay area counties are terminating vaccination contracts with the provider. good samaritan hospital closed et cetera vaccination clinic and disciplined its c.o.o. after it vaccinated dozens of people who were not yet eligible. >> i heard of a few peo continu exactly do you qualify? >> no one should ever, ever, ever be able to cut in line. >> reporter: while county supervisors are saying people need to wait their turn, vaccination providers are being told to make it easy for people to get one. the san francisco covid command center issued a health advisory to all vaccine proirlz this week. it says in part "use reasonable processes to verify that persons presenting for vaccination meet eligibility criteria, while avoiding overly burdensome documentation requirements that create barriers to vaccination." supervisor matt haney says there are not strict documentation requirements by design. >> what we don't want to do is create a situation where we create such high barriers that people who really need the vaccine right now

bay area's local news station. watching kron 4 news. now 9 the san francisco school board is in some hot water tonight with parents looking to recall some of the members. >>frustrations have been mounting over reopening classrooms and where the board has been focusing its attention such as renaming several schools. >>good evening, i'm ken wayne and i'm pam moore, thank you for joining us at 9 kron four's dan thorn is live in san francisco tonight, he joins us with more on the push for change than with the latest. >>well ken and pam this political action committee calls themselves families for san francisco and their campaign is centered on having better schools here in the city and tonight they held a meeting to outline how they plan to reach their goal. >>a political action committee made up of san francisco parents is exploring possible recall efforts as frustration builds over reopening schools, the san francisco unified school district was set to meet on how to get kids back into the classrooms safely on tuesday. but those plans were put on hold. the famil

oakley, california, has in the san francisco bay area and it's also where parents are calling for thery school board members for comments made during a videoconference. the topic was reopening schools. initially, the board members didn't realize a parent was recording their comments and said this. watch. >> are we alone? [bleep]. you're going to call me out, i'm going to [bleep] you up. >> it's very unfortunate they want to pick on us because they want their babysitters back. >> right, right. >> or a delivery service for medical marijuana. >> just fyi, we have the meeting open to the public right now. >> now. >> mike: the parent who heard and recorded the meeting said "this behavior is disgusting, as parents we should not tolerate for our representations to behave in this member, oakley needs a new school board." now parents have an online petition for the board to resign or be recalled. the superintendent called the comments unfortunate and inappropriate going on to say "these comments are not typical and more importantly they are not what the community should expect from our school

. $112 million for san francisco bay area rapid transit program. power panel comes in nou. richard fowler, rachel campos-duffy are fox news contributors. it looks to me and welcome to you both, rachel. we must be getting close to the finish line. it doesn't feel bipartisan. i don't care about that anymore like he promised. >> you left out racial justice farming programs and racial justice environmental programs and $40 million to universities. it is insane. the democrats remind me of when -- they're coming to power at the tail end of a pandemic and remind me of freshman giving a freshman a credit card and how reckless they are. they have no care for the fact this bill will come due. we remove kids from school, robbed them of their childhood for one year and their education and now when they come into adulthood we'll saddle them with generational debt, with an adulthood full of high taxes. it is obscene. >> harris: richard, where did the bipartisan push go? that wasn't just a push, it was a promise from joe biden. >> listen, i think the president of the united states is comm

the demographics are different than the san francisco bay area and other places.ate prides itself on local control and not state control. there has been back and forth about who calls what shots. there hasn't been enough vaccine and a structure that has really worked there. some of what we have seen have been true in california, but he has to have that conversation differently where he will face something that's difficult to explain to people why he should keep the job. there is an election in 2022. he may just say, hey, give me another year. but he's got a tough few weeks ahead of him as we see how these cases move forward and whether or not he could have a political conversation with californians that will roll these recall chances back. >> john myers, good to see you. thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> coming up, today marks three years since the deadly high school shooting in parkland, florida. what meaningful action has congress taken on gun violence since then? sadly we know the answer to that. the founder of moms demand action joins us just ahead. stay

aimed at fighting xenophobia against asian-americans in response to recent attacks in the san francisco bay aread hate crimes have skyrocketed during the pandemic. that's why our administration has taken actions to address these xenophobic attacks, we must continue committing to fighting racism and discrimination. joining us now, george takei, actor and civil rights act visit, he and his family were held in japanese-american internment camp in world war ii, author of "they called us enemy." thanks for joining us, sorry this is the subject we're discussion. when did you know something like this was happening that we're seeing in the statistics? >> well, throughout american history there's been a steady undercurrent of asian hate crimes throughout. but when there are events of xenophobic hysteria, it swells up and we're going through that right now. particularly because president trump -- former president trump or as defendant trump as you referred to him, started using the words china virus or wuhan virus or kung flu, that just galvanized xenophobes, and there was a swelling up of violence agains

they were both in the san francisco bay area and both victims were not only elderly but of asian descentfirst warned of anti-asian hate crimes in march, according to analysis obtained by abc news. by the end of the year, more than 2,800 racist incidents from shouting to spitting to striking were self-reported to an organization that had been created during the pandemic to track and react to this growing problem. no such nationwide statistics were previously kept. but according to a pew research study, 6 in 10 say racist against them increased during covid. national crime data has not yet been reported but take a look at extreme local examples. new york city, the nypd confirmed only one hate crime against an asian in all of 2019. in 2020 there were 27 incidents. that is a 2,7600% increase. in seattle hate crimes doubled to 42 through september 2020. activists and law enforcement alike point to the same cause for the spike, the coronavirus. more specifically rhetoric that blames covid-19 on the chinese. most notably then president trump's repeated references to the kung flu and the chinese

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the san francisco bay area chapter of the council on american islamic relations condemned the act as others and expressed its solidarity with the jewish community, neither the senate nor police know when this image was written on the wall. we have new surveillance video tonight of an armed robbery at a party supply store in and we want to warn you that some viewers may find this disturbing. >>this happened on tuesday night on sonoma boulevard just off highway 29 and many drive in vallejo the store owner, 49 year-old mark could eat was shot 4 times by one of the gunman. he was airlifted to a hospital and although vallejo police say he is expected to recover. his relatives say they fear he may never be able to walk again. police say they have no suspects at this time they're asking for your help in trying to solve this case investigation is still ongoing. >>the san francisco police commission has rejected a proposed 11% budget cut to the city's police department that would have included more than 200 layoffs, the proposed cuts were part of the two-year budget presented by mayor london

you have two minutes. >> caller: hi, this is adrian covert the bay area council representing 300 of the largest employers in the san francisco bay area and located in san francisco since 1945 and i want to thank the commissioners and puc staff for continuing work on to create the trva. this was a very compelling and reassuring presentation. after the state board updated and being adopted by the state board and i guess potioned to the rationing after a single drought year and climate change makes these concerns heightened and in response, the administration committed to working with water users to develop voluntary agreements and to benefit the ecosystems without putting water supply or liability at risk and since then, the trva is the only proposal that's been put forward by water users on the watershed and it's created combined the cities resources and position on the tuolumne to invest in habitat improvements and pulse flows to improve the ecosystems while protecting the region's water supply and independent reviews from uc davis and the national marine fishery service and elsewhere are validating the trva approach and i t

growing diversity among the many faces in the world of ballet around the globe and here in the san francisco bay arear black history month we shine a spotlight on a local is trailblazing the industry by just being herself kron four's ella sogomonian has her story. >>kimberly maria libya was drawn to dance at the age of 4 in new york, she found herself in a studio full of other girls to look like her. they were latin american but almost always she was the only african-american ballerina in the room moving west to san francisco at 17. she continued to stand out for more than technique bad. >>was when i realized i was. >>the only usually the only black valid and to dominant medium white she now works with the san francisco ballet company where there are 3 dancers of african descent, but olivier is still the only african american woman representing her under obligation to represent my race because there's so many disparities i wanted to bring whole to. >>other dancers that didn't see anyone looks like while there have been black ballerinas emerging in the field over the years, the principal role is still

bridge, everything is at the limit with no delays for the ride out of the east bay as you head into san francisco. all bay area bridges are problem free. that includes san mateo bridge as well as the golden gate bridge. we are seeing light conditions out of marin into san francisco. heads up, if you plan on taking 84 today, there is a full daytime closure on 84. a quick look at our travel times, everything so far is good to go. >>> it's the lunar new year. the bay area's asian community ushers in the year of the ox and amidst worldwide pandemic and increased security after a string of brutal attacks on the elderly in the bay area. let's go to kiet do who has more. safety is the focus this weekend. >> reporter: this is supposed to be a feste ivhappy time for the asian community. we can't not talk about things that have been happening to the elderly. in oakland, we are live at the center of china town where later today, oakland police say they will be moving their mobile community resource center into china town. they say they're prioritizing china town patrols and shifting resources around. opd says they've see

a series of attacks that happened in the san francisco bay area, one of them left a thai man dead.geles with more. this is just horrible. what have you learned? >> you know, the thing that's really striking about all of this, alisyn is not just the numbers, but it is who the victims are. a lot of them recently have tended to be older people. grandmothers and grandfathers. and in the case of the story you're about to hear, an attacker that came out of the blue. ♪ happy birthday dear grandpa ♪ >> reporter: turning 84 was a milestone for ratanapate and his family. >> happy birthday. >> reporter: the san francisco grandfather had just received the vaccine and stayed healthy through the pandemic. walking for an hour in his neighborhood every morning. it was on his walk when an unprovoked attacker ran across the street. >> how did you find out what happened to your father? >> the officer answered the phone and then he told us like they follow him. got assaulted. he got injury very bad about his brain, bleeding, and he never wake up again. i never see him again. >> reporter: a 19-year-old

this is going to be a part of that the sierra club of the san francisco bay area wants the ferris wheel. removed permanently in a block post. they wrote that the bright led lights cause light pollution which can harm the natural habitat. part of the block post reads. artificial light can alter an animal circadian rhythm, disrupting breeding, foraging and sheltering cycles. furthermore it can draw and disorient some species while repelling others. in both cases to deadly effect that are really about nimbyism and people system, not wanting to see any change in the park. supporters of the wheel, including state senator scott wiener, say the fair's wheel is supposed to bring joy not a, sot having first meal is going to do any environmental damage. a vote is expected later today. i'm elissa harrington ktvu, fox two news. all right today. there's no excuse not to go outside kyla grogan because the sun is back after being a little quiet for the past two days. yeah, absolutely. and it's out in full force and, frankly, not just for the bay area, but for the entire state of california, a little b

xenophobia against asian-americans in spobls to recent violent attacks on asian-americans in the san francisco bay areasian-americans and asian immigrants have skyrocketed during the pandemic. that's why our administration has taken actions to address these xenophobic attacks. we must continue to commit ourselves to combatting racism and discrimination. and joining us now, george takei, actor and civil rights activist. he and his family were held in a japanese american internment camp. he is the author of they called us enemy. george, thank you very much for joining us. i'm very spoir this is the subject we're discussing. this shocking increase in violence. when did you know something was happening like this? that we're now seeing in the statistics? >> well, throughout american history, there has been a steady undercurrent of asian hate crimes throughout. when there are reports of dean is folkic hysteria, then it swells up and we are going through that right now. particularly because former president trump, or as defendant trump, as you referred to him, started using the words china virus, or wuhan vir

i know for sure, you know, from folks tuning in right now especially we're here in san francisco bay area want to hear if google and your experiences there especially the recent news they're firing of an a.i. ethnic researcher. what you know that culture was like i'm going to read a quote from one the interview subjects. i didn't feel comfortable enough being black which is one of the main reasons i think a lot of blacks are not successful in tech companies especially google and amazon because they don't feel accepted into the culture. the culture is not made for them. it is made for the masses of the white majority. yeah. let's talk about that. what that means, i think for many people you think about google it is a global -- huge company. they represent everybody. >> it was scary to write about my experience at google and i went easy. i admire the people who do these long tweet threads and talk about their experiences. because that's scary to do. what i will say is that while my experience at google did make -- i did feel that way like this is a -- club that feels like that feels like an

in san francisco, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> reuniting families was focus today, three new executive orders for immigration. creation of task force aimed at reuniting families separated at border under the trump administration zero tolerance policy. first lady dr. jill biden going to work on the task force. >> work to undo the moral shame that literally ripped children from their mothers and fathers at the border with month plan to reunify them still in custody. >>> attention now sweeching to impeachment, the trial starts one week from today. trump's legal team expected to argue the trial is unconstitutional, based on the idea there's no precedent for trying president once they leave office. >>> governor newsom's approval rating is dropping, 46% disappr disapprove. gone down nearly 20 percentage points. recall? 45% say would vote to keep in office. 36% would vote to remove him. almost 20% of voters are undecided. >>> still ahead, surprise announcement from one of the richest people on earth, jeff bezos stepping down from role a? >> turning slabs of concrete into laving, breathing, ur

and it has been identified in some outbreaks, not in san francisco, but it has been identified in individuals from san francisco and in the bay area. our colleagues at c.d.c. are still evaluating all of the data to understand if it is, in fact, more easy to transmit that variant and what all of the implications are. so we don't have a clear understanding yet of the implications. but we do know it is transmitted the same way. we have no reason to think that the vaccine would not be affective against this variant or any others. >> thank you, dr. philip. there are no additional questions. >> doctor: thank you. >> this concludes today's press conference. take mayor breed, dr. colfax, and dr. philip, for your time. for future questions, please e-mail dem press at sfgov.org. thank you, and have a nice >> this is a special meeting of the small business commission, february 8, 2021. this meeting will come to order at 4:33.

a live picture now looking out over the san francisco bay, san francisco man the national weather service is forecasting some windy weather coming to the bay area later this week it could be strong enough winds to topple trees and cause some power outages just a little bit sunlight glinting off the sales force tower there chief meteorologist lawrence karnow was what we can expect warts yeah 5.57 today and we are seeing what looks like some spectacular weather ahead, but the winds are going to whip they could be a problem around parts of the bay area, especially if you've got some root systems that are weekend may be some branches out there as well you can see those coming down. >>up there right now a gorgeous shot looking from the east bay hills and back out west you can see the sun setting on what was a gorgeous day temperatures really warmed in the san francisco to 18 miles per hour calm in places like the bottle right now also other parts of the bay area but certainly winds are going to be the story high-pressure is going to start to build in here is that ridge starts to build in building right over the great basin and low pressure moving of

you have two minutes. >> caller: hi, this is adrian covert the bay area council representing 300 of the largest employers in the san franciscoa and located in san francisco since 1945 and i want to thank the commissioners and puc staff for continuing work on to create the trva. this was a very compelling and reassuring presentation. after the state board updated and being adopted by the state board and i guess potioned to the rationing after a single drought year and climate change makes these concerns heightened and in response, the administration committed to working with water users to develop voluntary agreements and to benefit the ecosystems without putting water supply or liability at risk and since then, the trva is the only proposal that's been put forward by water users on the watershed and it's created combined the cities resources and position on the tuolumne to invest in habitat improvements and pulse flows to improve the ecosystems while protecting the region's water supply and independent reviews from uc davis and the national marine fishery service and elsewhere are validating the trva approach and i think the

bay area. look at san francisco. highs in the mid 60s approaching the middle part of the week trending cooler as we head towards next weekend. and you could see from the end of the weekend and highs in the mid and upper 60s, 70s in reach wednesday through about midweek and then cooling as we head into next weekend. but not so good news, rain and lack of snow over the next few days. hopefully things change, but a bit of a spring preview with the numbers jumping into the 70s early in the week. >> maybe we'll have a wet march. who knows. thanks a lot. >> rob, thank you. >>> up next, falling sharply is the latest dip in rent prices enough to help people make it in the bay? we break down where things stand. >>> now to our making it in the bay series, bay area rents continue to fall. new data from zillow shows that rent in san francisco dropped by 9.2% between january 2020 and january 2021. that means the average monthly rent from 3169 to 2786. down in san jose, rent dropped 7.2% from an average of $3,118 a month to $2,182

bay area. legendary bill russell began hall of fame basketball career at university of san francisco. led the dons to two ncaa championships in the 1950s, then helped lead the boston celtics to 11 nba titles. in 2010, president obama awarded bill russell the presidential medal of freedom. >>> we'll show you the covid related supply chain bottlenecks behind shortages in grocery stores. >>> olympic competition where cheering is discouraged, how japan hopes to host the games in pandemic. >>> we're following breaking news in south bay. police activity at valley fair mall. live look from sky ranger. zoom down to the ground, lot of police cars and activity there. police aren't saying why there's a heavy police presence at the mall but we'll bring you updates as it comes. police activity at valley fair mall in the south bay. >>> try to bring you that story on education and covid in getting schools open. city and county of san francisco now suing the school district there to get the classrooms reopened and kids back at desks. >> reporter: jennifer flores has a young child in san francisco pub

time warming up, but it's going to feel pretty much the same across the bay area. 58 here in santa rosa. have you at 56 in san franciscod you can also see plenty of upper 50s through the peninsula and right on down through the south bay. i think the better bet of getting some measurable rainfall is going to get here once we hit thursday's forecast. now, the storm looks like it's going to be moving in pretty quick and at the same time we'll see a low to weak atmospheric river joining up with that. the quick should limit our totals, and then we'll see another chance here as you move through the weekend. right now four-day totals a quarter to three quarters of an inch range. i think we can get through this without any major problems. daytime highs in san francisco in the 50s. and across the inland valleys, our morning temperatures in the 40s. daytime highs in the low 60s as we roll through the next couple days. so this is that beneficial rainfall we need at least to keep our fire danger lower, janelle and jessica. this is not going to be good enough to catch us up for the rainfall season, no way, no how. we're about 4 to

san francisco police commission. we need more police presence here in chinatown because of all the violence against the asian-american people in the san francisco bay area. please approve his appointment to the san francisco police commission. thank you all supervisors for your consideration. >> chair: thank you, mr. wong. congratulations on being the new secretary. i guess [indiscernible] -- next speaker, please. are there any additional speakers? mr. young. >> clerk: do we have any additional speakers at this time? >> operator: there is one speaker who is unmuted right now. >> chair: please proceed. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is roland anderson, i'm vice president of the communication workers of america local 9410 in san francisco. larry yee went to college together in the labor movement over the past 12 or 15 years. i've known mr. yee for a considerable -- two decades now. i can honestly tell you that he and i have worked on social justice issues throughout various different campaigns. i recommend him unequivocally for the police commission. he operates with the highest level of integrity and i know that he will be a great asset to this

bay area to reopening. more bay area counties could be moving into the red tier. let's start with san francisco. the city's health department says it expects to move into the red tier next week. this graph shows the number of covid cases per 100,000 people in san francisco, in order to move into the red tier, this number needs to be below seven for two weeks in a row. look at the peak of the surge, about 19 right there. but today we are down to five, which is below the seven mark. san francisco qualifies for the red tier which could happen next tuesday. a similar case in santa clara county. look at that right there, we are talking 33. this is, again, 40,000 per 100, excuse me, 40 per 100,000 people. look at it now, though, we are down to 6.7. once again, below the seven mark to get in the red tier. santa clara county could also move into the red tier. one more important note here. if these counties move into the red tier next week, county health leaders still have to sign off and agree to allow more businesses to reopen. it goes back to the state's guidance but comes down to the county level to