colleagues this month i am delighted to start with a big thank you to bart for delivering our new farees at all the san francisco downtown stations and a new canopy at the embarcadero station just ahead of the nba all star weekend and chinese new year parade a couple of weekends ago. thank you to vice chair sauder for speaking at the event which was also attended by commissioner chen bart director dan ensley and edward wright and many community members. >> not only do these new fare gates work great to secure our stations but they are also the first major capital project that has been delivered with our voter approved prop l prop l colfax fund. thank you to our board and staff for providing 12.5 million for this new equipment. >> the mission stations are also done and the glenn park and balboa stations are slated for completion later this year. so thank you again bart and san francisco voters. >> another piece of good news comes to us via the mtc which has recommended a 25 million regional bond measure three hour three safe routes to transit and bay trail grant to the multimodal bay sk

efforts to have these new fare gates in all 50 bart stations by the end of the year. >> still ahead on the news at 5, we have an exclusive sit-down. our sara stinson is with mateo county sheriff christina corpus. just one day before a vote that could remove her from office. plus, a health update on the pope after another setback today. and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy said last night and into the poor. it's very, very far away. president trump didn't like that. and you just made a huge decision about the for all those making it big out there... ...shouldn't your mobile service be able to keep up with you? get wifi speeds up to a gig at home and on the go. introducing powerboost, only from xfinity mobile. now that's big. xfinity internet customers, cut your mobile bill in half vs. t-mobile, verizon, and at&t for your first year. plus, ask how to get the new samsung galaxy s25+ on us. >> tonight at 5.30, just one day before a special election in san mateo county. sheriff christina corpus is

>> from the fox studios in new york city, this is maria bart record -- bart mow row's d bart row most if "wall street. >> maria: i'm maria bartiromo, president trump preponderance setting the stage for massive cuts to the federal work force, directing agencies to submit if plans for consolidation and eliminating unnecessary positions by march 13th. watch. >> we're cutting down government. we're cutting down the size of government. we have to. we're bloated, we're sloppy, and we have a lot of people that aren't doing their job. maria: this as the senate doge caucus says they are just getting started with downsizing the government, meeting with elon musk at the white house this week to streamline plans to eliminate $1 trillion in wasteful spending. but many democrats are still embracing the whine instead of the win. >> what doge is doing is not what efficiency looks like. if not take a meat axe, a blow tour the. , call it what you will and then say we'll retore some of of the things we shouldn't have cut. >> elon musk is dangerous, he's incompetent, he's chaotic and if he's killing prog

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bart is adding more trains to its green line, all in an effort to reduce overcrowding.runs between daly city and north san jose, with stops in san francisco and oakland. bart says it's been watching ridership data and will be lengthening four trains on the green line from six cars to eight cars. starting tomorrow, those trains will include two morning trains leaving the berryessa station and two evening trains departing daly city. >> a recently released video is designed to showcase the bay area and its heart through music. how it's all connected to next year's fifa world cup. >> also a state of emergency in south carolina as evacuations are underway not just in south carolina, but north carolina as well. the latest on multiple wildfires across those two states. >> and meteorologist roberto gonzalez is going to have your complete bay area months since 67 people were killed in a plane crash in washington, dc. 28 of the people who died in the tragedy were members of the ice skating community. tonight, skating legends came together at capital one arena in dc for a benefit

the work is all part of bart's effort to have the new gate in all 50 part stations by the end of the year. >> alright, weather time. here's we get a live look at sfo. our new sports guy, scott reese, who is talking about the weather of a lauren says name came up let you know, we're just joking, right? we love. i get it both ways right? it doesn't matter right? that is the life of a weather we are looking forward to some of that nice spring weather outside to make return. just not going to happen yet. >> as we've got some cold storms to deal with, probably some pretty rocky weather and the next couple of weeks here outside right now, the clouds begin to thicken up right now. but yeah, eventually we're going to start to see at least a chance of rain overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning. here comes that next system. you can see the model's picking up on just some scattered light showers as we head throughout the bay area tomorrow morning. then kind of tapering off into the afternoon, but be prepared for that at some cool temperatures and a brisk wind long range forecast. much m

we would also reduce our maintenance at the bart at the shared bart and muni station. so those are the stations running from embarcadero to civic center. >> we would also cancel a safety equity initiative bus stop lighting program and we would be reducing the total subsidies that we provide for a variety of types of tows rather than subsidizing those tows. those types of tows would be expected to pay more of the real cost of the tow. and then we've also proposed eliminating school the school crossing guard program or finding an alternative funding source. >> and i do want to be clear that none of these choices are easy and none of these choices are none of these choices are desired by staff just as cutting transit service is hard and not desired by staff. but the reality is we don't have a sufficient number of resources to provide the service that we have promised the public to provide in 26. and so we must reduce our costs somewhere. >> and so option three as requested by director hemminger would be to spend $15 million of reserve funds. so as a reminder, the board pa

students can submit designs for a muni mascot similar to the giants lucille or bart's anime characters. they can also submit ideas for ways to redesign the transit vehicles. the winning art submission will be displayed on the inside of some muni busses. sfmta will continue work on a water problem that's shut down the central subway tunnel. crews are repairing a leak at the chinatown rose park station. that station, along with three others, will be shut down for repairs through march 14th. the t bus will replace trains while the work continues. now to the accuweather forecast and a bright and brisk day in the bay area. abc seven weather anchor spencer christian lets us know when we can expect some rain to return. yeah, so kind of gusty. >> yeah, it's getting gusty right now. kristen. in the afternoon hours we had the winds pick up a little bit, but you described the day quite nicely. bright and brisk. and we have some unsettled weather coming our way. periods of rain developing over the next few days. here's a look at the satellite radar composite image a low pressure system up in the p

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. >> we want those city workers riding, muni riding bart, you know, populating civic center, helping these small businesses in and around this community. it's important to lead by example. and that's what we're doing at city hall. >> dennis yilmaz from euro king said those workers could help fill seats in his restaurant. >> the more people to come to the office and more people coming in and to our business create more jobs, more work, i think is good. a very good idea. >> supervisor matt dorsey, whose district includes areas close to city hall, said the move could push the private sector into getting more of their workers back to the office. >> i think we should be doing everything we can to encourage people to come back and to work collaboratively together, and it's good for the downtown. it's certainly good for my district and it's good for the small businesses. i represent. >> rodney fong from the chamber of commerce said if the city can influence a private sector holdouts, it will have a broader impact on san francisco's economy and even the regional economy. >> people up and out

you have two bart stations. you're very close to albany. solano avenue, that whole corridor. and it's a very strong marketplace. el cerrito is still strong. berkeley is still strong. there's pockets all over that are still strong. but people are going to analyze that house. they're going to read those reports and they're going to have to if they're doing their homework, get insurance quotes in advance of writing an offer. >> right, right. we have to figure that in. we weren't doing that just a few years ago. we could talk forever. i always joke i'm not buying or selling, but i'm always looking, so it's good to get your insight. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. i always enjoy being on. >> good. we'll have you back soon. >> coming up here on the nine, let's talk a little bit of sports here. the niners. the list of receivers is going to look a whole lot different next season. what's next for the team after the trade of deebo samuel and the other receiver who could be on the trading block. also, another little look ahead here to a fun new project we have going a

this work is all part of bart's effort to have new gates in all 50 stations by the end of the year. they're trying to prevent people from jump in the gates, stop fare evasion they're doing. and the station now. all right. we're going to talk about our weather forecast now. here's what looks like in the east bay at mount diablo. the looks of it. a little rain over the weekend. little morris coming our way this week. a little rain. yeah, this weekend and next week is actually looking pretty good. so i know if you're making plans here like please, not another weekend. >> so far, so good. so right now we're taking a live look from the east bay. do see some of those clouds that are starting to move in, though, temperatures we've kept a lid on it, but we're at 63 and santa rosa. so few spots getting up into those 60's. but a whole lot of 50's out there and a little bit of a breeze to, in fact, a gusty. as we look at san francisco in half moon bay. and really it's kind of getting pervasive, nevada now seeing some gusts as well all across the bay area. so this is our afternoon and evening.

students can submit designs for a muni mascot similar to the giants lucille or bart's anime charactersey can also submit ideas for ways to redesign the transit vehicles. the winning art submissions will be displayed on the inside of some muni busses. so very cool stuff. a lot going on for kids at muni. and up next, the seven things that you need to know today. >> as we head to break. a live look outside at 655 and we are coming right back. with the way that pg&e handled the wildfires. yeah. yeah. i totally, totally understand. we're adding a ton of sensors. as soon as something comes in contact with the power line, it'll turn off so that there's not a risk that it's gonna fall to the ground and start a fire. okay. and i want you to be able to feel the improvements. we've been able to reduce wildfire risk from our equipment by over 90%. that's something i want to believe. [skateboard sounds] your hobbies, dreams, career, family and more. addiction to drugs, including opioids and stimulants, can strip these away from you. recover your life. choose treatment for drug addiction and get bac

bart, you police for not wearing a hijab a head covering and it sparked a national uprising. and these people are begging for even some type of rhetorical support from the united states, much less like encrypted apps. starlink or other things. iran has a lot less energy to muck around abroad if they're looking internally at their own folks. and we from a moral standpoint, should be supporting these people. we did it in the cold war, those dissidents, whether it's the solidarity movement or inside the soviet union, were household names that we absolutely supported. and why aren't we taking that more unkind attentional approach now? i also tell a story about an afghan elder that i have been working with the better part of a year, like my teeth were brown from drinking so much tea with this man, and he kept going on and on. he commanded a pretty large militia. i was trying to win over to our side about his secret weapons. oh, commander mike, my secret weapons. this is how we're going to defeat the extremists. this is how we're going to win this war. this is the long term approac

students can submit designs for a muni mascot similar to the giants lucille or bart's anime charactersh taxes. the winning art submissions will be displayed on the inside of some muni busses. sorry about that wrong graphic, but let's get to that now. staying on the topic of your money. seven on your side is hosting a tax chat this wednesday ahead of tax day. get your questions answered by tax professionals by sending them in right now. go to abc seven news.com or click on seven on your side and you'll find the form right there. then watch wednesday right here on abc seven. >> and coming up on abc seven mornings at six. new clues from police investigating the shooting of an officer on the peninsula. what we know right now. >> then president trump and russia. why the new director of national intelligence believes the president is the only one who can end the war in ukraine. >> plus, hollywood's biggest night now in the books, the glitz and glamor all on display last night. we're live in hollywood with the big moments including this moment. beautiful song, beautiful performance. we have e

i'm the manager of local and community relations for bart. i'm here to speak on item number 27 in support of regional transportation funding bart and muni and downtown san francisco all have a symbiotic relationship. we carry about 400,000 people every month that transfer to the s.f. mta and are critical to the funding and operation of the s.f. mta. we also bring in about 60,000 people on an average weekday to downtown san francisco and it's important to recognize that downtown san francisco recovery and bart's recovery are linked together and we appreciate you bringing forth a resolution that recognizes that unfortunately our prior reliance on, you know, fares as a means for funding our operations and work from home has placed us like many other transit agencies approaching a fiscal cliff. this resolution is important in recognizing that and that if we don't find secure stable funding bart is faced and the city is faced with terrible choices like closing service at 9 p.m., cutting lines of service closing stations that will all affect our ab

if you're trying to catch a flight, get on the road as early as possible, or consider using bart. this is a look at the bay bridge that is backed up to the macarthur maze. 880 is recovering from an earlier stalled vehicle up near high street, so i would say 580 is a little bit better. and we also have the san mateo bridge that's going to be heavy. so great. heavy from an earlier crash heading south. 802 let's get back to the headlines. >> breaking news here in east oakland, a several blocks of international boulevard have been closed off to traffic in both directions due to a police investigation. >> it involves a car slamming into a light pole. there has been an active police presence on the scene for hours and ktvu ali rasmus is there this morning with an update. ali. >> well, andre and garcia, we have limited information about what exactly happened here, but we can tell you what we know. we're at 52nd and international avenue. we know there was a pretty serious and violent crash that happened about a block away from us at 53rd and international. you can see what's left of the c

spaces, leveraging on cultural amenities like all the museum's transportation infrastructure like bart. and establishing a regional synergy for education could nexus. we look forward to the future. we also have this incredible opportunity that many, many people have mentioned today and that is the power of sports. in the next 18 months alone, san francisco will host the ncaa march madness regionals, super bowl 60 fifa world cup sailgp the laver tennis cup. all of this is going to happen and this is on the heels of a tremendous nba all-star weekend. these are not just sporting events. these are economic engines driving tourism, creating jobs not just for san francisco for the entire bay area showcasing our city on the world stage. and so i want you to join me on a little imaginary four block walk. you can close your eyes. >> i'm going to keep my eyes open. no one's going to take your coffee mug. but imagine all of us are standing outside of mosconi center on howard street and we're going to take a left hand turn down howard and we're going to go to fifth street. we're going to get one m

through the mission she now lives in contra costa county commuting hours away and paying costly fares on bart to work in the neighborhood of her birth. to see residents who are strangers to her, the state's housing push wasn't designed for her. >> it's feeling market rate development that has left her and working families behind. we need a transformational a and comprehensive approach to address the housing affordability crisis. two years ago we did that with water with a water department in san francisco. we can do that with housing here in san francisco. >> people talk about new day in san francisco, the new day of collaboration and collaboration means working together actually understanding our differences and finding diplomacy to bring our ideas together for everyone to be served and not just the wealthy interests of the city. >> thank you. >> my name is barbara skinner. i support the last speaker. i also support the neighborhood united san francisco and i live downtown in the third district for the last 40 years as a tenant. having witnessed the vagaries of false promises of affordable h