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michael finney is here with what you need to know.important for you. >> pretty cool, isn't it, really? talk about your tax dollars at work. they find your pension. look, if you have lost track of a pension or think your pension is short changing you, there is help available and it's free. it's called the western states pension assistance project. it's administered by legal services of northern california. here's jennifer anders gable. >> we're often helping individuals who were in the workforce 30 or 40 years ago. people at or past retirement age now. and they are trying to locate a benefit that they earned. >> joy sharp of concord was in that exact situation, really, michael? >> i mean, you you there's no way i would have been able to find this on my own because, i mean, i went from different companies to different subsidiaries. nobody knew what i was talking about. nobody knew what the company was. >> i mean, it's like roadblock after roadblock. and we have to keep providing new information in or or re explaining things or in that c

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michael finney tells us how the state department is always busy issuing passport reports, but now it is busier than ever before. >> we had the most passports issued this last fiscal year that we've ever seen in our history. >> 24 million passport books and cards were issued this last fiscal year. and a lot of it really did have to do with demand. a lot more people were applying for their passports this year and traveling. >> that caused the system to bog down. i heard from a record number of travelers over the past couple of years needing help from travelers like the east bay's david yandell. he and his wife each paid an extra $60 for an expedited service. we didn't want to miss this occasion. >> it was very important to us and to our family, and it worked fine for rosie. but it didn't work at all for me. >> now, the state department is getting on top of the workload and getting a passport is happening much more quickly. >> as of october 2nd, we were able to reduce our passport processing times by two weeks. so now for routine service, you could expect it to take 8 to 11 weeks and fo

michael finney is here with a closer look at what that means.ut specifically? >> you know, just all those fees that you don't know you're going to get. so you go on. you're going to sign up for, i don't know, an airplane, hotel room, and then you think you're comparing prices until you click on one. and then all of a sudden there's this fee, that fee, this fee. that's what they're talking about. they're basically saying, roll them all into the first number under the proposed rule. businesses would be banned from adding on hidden. and this is the official word from the federal government, bogus fees. they would also need to be upfront about pricing. so that consumers can comparison shop. the rules are pretty straightforward forward saying on page 135 of the document businesses that offer, display or advertise an amount a consumer may pay more must display the total price more prominently than any other pricing information. in great news, a new proposal by the federal communications commission pardon me, communications commission would force cable

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michael finney tells how the state department is always busy issuing passport lists. >> but now it isast fiscal year that we've ever seen in our history. 24 million passport books and cards were issued this last fiscal year. and a lot of it really did have to do with demand. a lot more people were applying for their passports this year and traveling that caused the system to bog down. >> i heard from a record number of travelers over the past couple of years needing help. travelers like the east face david yandell. he and his wife each paid an extra $60 for expedited service. >> we didn't want to miss this occasion. it was very important to us and to our family, and it worked fine for rosie. but it didn't work at all for me. >> now, the state department is getting on top of the workload and getting a passport is happening much more quickly. >> as of october 2nd, we were able to reduce our passport processing times by two weeks. so now for routine service, you could expect it to take 8 to 11 weeks and for expedited service , you could expect that to take 5 to 7 weeks. >> so that is tim

and michael finney tells us how the state department is always busy issuing passports. >> but now its busier than ever before. >> we had the most passports issued this last fiscal year that we've ever seen in our history. 24 million passport books and cards were issued this last fiscal year. and a lot of it really did have to do with demand. a lot more people were applying for their passports this year and traveling that caused the system to bog down. >> i heard from a record number of travelers over the past couple of years needing help. travelers like the east bay's david yandell. he and his wife each paid an extra $60 for expedited service. we didn't want to miss this occasion. it was very important to us and to our family, and it worked fine for rosie. but it didn't work at all for me. now, the state department is getting on top of the workload and getting a passport is happening much more quickly. >> as of october 2nd, we were able to reduce our passport processing times by two weeks. so now for routine service, you could expect it to take 8 to 11 weeks and for expedited service

seven on your side's michael finney joins me with how this will affect you when it comes to concert ticketsd utility bills. join us for those stories and more at 530 on abc7 bay area streaming tv. dan i'm karina. >> we will thank you. >> and you can download the abc7 app or just head to abc7 news.com and join karina in two minutes. >> and if you're watching us here on tv, world news tonight with david muir is next from tel aviv for sandy patel. all of us we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley and i'm ahmed daetz. >> we'll see you at six hi, i'm todd. i'm a veteran of 23 years. i served three overseas tours. i love to give back to the community. i offer what i can when i can. i started noticing my memory was slipping. i saw a prevagen commercial and i did some research on it. i started taking prevagen about three years ago. i feel clearer in my thoughts, my memory has improved and generally just more on point. prevagen. at stores everywhere without a prescription. oppers!and generally just more on point. time to win is running out in our prize packed kick off the savings monopoly game! hurr

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. >> 700 side's michael finney joins us now with that story. >> michael.trating. someone took his money and he wasn't getting it back. as dan just said, and he didn't feel like his bank was even really listening to him. bank of america customer kyle fisher lives in berkeley. someone had withdrawn money from his account, so he reported it, figuring things would wrap up quickly. >> so a couple of weeks went by and i got a letter, a form letter from them saying, we're denying your fraud claim because you made this withdrawal. and on this on the notification, they give you a phone number if you want to see the proof that we have that you made the transaction, we will send it to you. >> proof it was him. um, this he had to see. >> so a couple of weeks go by and they send me the picture of the person who's supposed to be me. and of course, i was not surprised by what i received. it was a picture of a man who, as far as i'm concerned, looks very little like me. but the bank wasn't buying it. >> and kyle wasn't getting anywhere. i shared the story with a couple of

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seven on your side's michael finney has been looking into holiday shopping creep and says that the unofficial start of the shopping season is about to start. >> take a look around union square. there aren't any holiday decorations i could find with the exception of gump's special holiday store. and it won't open for business for a few more days as shoppers aren't jamming the place. and i didn't meet anyone who told me they were shopping for the holidays. are you out shopping today? it looks like it. >> yes, i am just out picking up a few things. christmas shopping. no, not christmas shopping. no, actually in from indiana. and didn't pack appropriately for some cooler weather out here. >> but because you don't see shopping doesn't mean there isn't shopping for the past decade, holiday shopping has been creeping back week by week, in-store and online. michael cizek is with jungle scout, a company which helps online merchants like the third party sellers on amazon and elsewhere . he says the new amazon big deal days are pushing sales earlier in the season. ere will be huge deals tond week in oct

. >> seven on your side's michael finney joins us now with what both parties should be thinking about before getting involved with airbnb. >> let's start with the guests. they have many of the same protections as offered when staying at a hotel. i spoke with an attorney who is an expert on airbnb. enrico schaffer of traverse legal. he has been involved in hundreds of airbnb cases. he says the guests who follow the rules get good backup by airbnb. but he says hosts are in a different situation. >> if you are a host out, you have no seat at the table and it's your kitchen table. why will airbnb not give hosts a seat at the table? and if you're a host individual, legally you've got no power. >> schaffer is an airbnb host himself and says the platform is amazing. but go in with your eyes open by insurance. think about what you're doing. yeah. >> all right. a lot to think about. thank you, michael. >> the abc7 news i-team has a striking example tonight of the san francisco police department's return to their pre-pandemic policy when it comes to dealing with the city's unhoused population.

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. >> joining me now at the table, michael singleton, commentator karen finney, former republican congresswomanra comstock, and former house gop investigative committee counsel. look, we've all been champing at the bit tonight, reacting to everything and you can see this panel right now, america acting to every single interview, it's a chance because it's a very intense moment. none of us have seen anything like this before, and here we are well. look, republicans look very dysfunctional right now. they are being viewed as if they are punishing mccarthy for bipartisanship this past saturday. how are you reacting to all this? >> this was a maga civil war. once kevin made a deal with maga, this was bound to happen. so today you saw mega at its worst. and when you look at the biden harris twitter feed, it's all filled with little ads that they made with maga attacking republicans today. so matt gaetz, nancy mace, and all these guys who, attacking republicans today, they provided great fodder for democrats. so joe biden is the winner today. but maga also showed how they aren't fit to govern. while