gloria rodriguez, abc 7 news. kristen: the founder of the farmworker advocacy group that gloria referred to will help victims of the half moon bay shootings. they will be attending next week's state of the union address. dr. belinda hernandez will be the guest of congresswoman anna eshoo, who represents half moon bay. you can watch president biden deliver his state of the union tuesday night here on abc 7. live coverage begins at 6:00 p.m. larry: verdict just in in the class-action lawsuit filed against elon musk via tesla and investors. a san francisco jury warned that musk was not liable for losses suffered by investors, after he suffered -- sent out two tweets saying he had secured the funding to take tesla private. took the nine-member panel less than two weeks to reach their verdict. musk testified he believed he had locked of financial backing during meetings, though no specific funding amount or price were discussed. kristen: turning out the weather, the rain has returned. we woke up tomorrow of that, but is

i am gloria rodrÍguez along with lisa kreutz -- lisa argent.. >>> good morning, america. mystery in the skies. a u.s. fighter jet shoots down a newly spotted unidentified object over canada. the incident just 24 hours after the u.s. took down a high-altitude object over alaska and a week after that chinese surveillance balloon was shot down off the coast of south carolina. the urgent search for the debris, and answers. >>> race against time. heroic rescuers risking their lives as they search for survivors after that massive earthquake. knowing that chances are slim as the hours tick by with more than 28,000 confirmed dead, and fears that number could double. still, they

i'm gloria rodriguez.ng to the investigation after a deadly house explosion rocked the quiet neighborhood 53 year old darren price lived at the house with his family. neighbors say that his children were not home during the explosion, but his wife and caregiver were after it erupted and went up in flames. the body of a woman was found beneath the rubble. police say a narcotics lab was being operated inside the home and we have meteorologist lisa arjun this morning, lisa how's the super bowl forecast? looking looking really nice glory. you can see all the sunshine here. san francisco little chilly on the peninsula 36. there are also in santa clara. look for mostly sunny conditions in the sixties. all right. thank you, lisa. thank you so much for joining us. the news continues right now, with good morning america. wow! it's been 38 years since we were here. back then we could barely afford a hostel. i'm glad we invested for the long term with vanguard. and now, we're back here again... no jobs, no kids, just

gloria rodrÍguez, abc7news. >> something so simple really makes a difference.oving on to the weather, i'm not sure if i'm loving these temperatures. lex's longest we are done with the wind, i'd be ok. >> i understand, the winds will begin to let up later on tonight , but the chill is going to stick around. so if you don't like it, wait until the weekend. that me show you live doppler seven and you will notice that we are tracking a few showers. they are not everywhere. right now around union city, fremont, chris sale padre parkway, very fast-moving so you might see a few drops, the ground gets wet and then they are gone. mount hambleton seeing snow showers, definitely colder air as we take a look at the wider picture. system coming in from the north, limited picture. it is bringing snow showers to this year in nevada and as it continues to travel southward, the moisture will move out of the picture. that same wind direction is kicking up the swells, so we do have a beach hazard statement. 12 to 16 feet. those gusts increasing sea spray the higher risk of seeker

gloria rodriguez is live with what experts are saying about that.orter: calling for or better regulations but getting bipartisan or might be a challenge. now is the time to finally hold social media companies accountable for experiments that they are running on our children for profit. this addresses here is what was said about big tech. pres. biden: it is time to pass bipartisan legislation. limits. >> there is a lot of concern about censorship. on the others that have the isle, you have people worried about the spread of extremism and the concern about technology, reaching into our lives. reporter: the president's tone. they look at people before profit. more needs to be done about mental health. he says millions of young people are struggling with violence and trauma and that there needs to be greater access to mental health care. kumasi: the founder of half moon bay attended the state of the union address last night. they got to meet california senator and later tweeted this saying she is an inspiration and it was an honor to meet her. it was th

gloria rodrÍguez is here with that story. gloria: there was an uproar got national attention. end of the discussion. killer robots were mentioned during the meeting. you may remember that they drafted a policy to allowed leith delete armed robots. they said they will only be used in extreme situations. -- robots. here's what was said last night. >> when you're looking at these vehicles, they are more precise than any of our forest actions and that we will not accidentally get a bystander or hit another vehicle. this will go directly to whoever the gunman is in this attack. we are still interested in resubmitting our proposal. >> it's triggering, that you are discussing ways to kill people that could be protected by having a robot kill us rather than officers. bringing in military equipment. come on now, have sensi people. gloria: people were speaking out against the killer robots. that woman alluding to the tyre nichols case. there is a timeline for when that will be revisited. reggie: the white is known as the biggest rummage sale and it's a hot ticket. it's already sold out

gloria rodrÍguez has what we know. known as tranq, a tranquilizer for large animals and not refer humans. it can be deadly when mixed with opioids. it has been seen more in the northeast but the dea is warning that tranq is showing up more and more out west. he wrote a letter to the medical examiner to test oveos supervisor dorsey wants to make sure the city is set up to monitor for tranq and test for it. if somebody overdoses on it, it cannot be reversed by narcan. the supervisor said that makes tracking the drug more critical. >>. for bid if there is an addictive drug for which these interventions are going to work, it is going to be terrifying. >> may be put up public notices in some way to those on the streets so they know the supply is tainted with tranq so they can protect themselves. gloria: she has a son who is battling addiction on the streets of the tenderloin. she is worried about tranq and believes it is already on the streets. the lad is reporting a 100% increase of its being snuck into a deadly opioids by

gloria rodriguez is in the newsroom with why they believe it is time to end this pandemic- era protection for renters. gloria: some property owners they have been victimized by tenants using the law to cheat them out of rent. a group of alameda county property owners gathered yesterday to call for an end to the eviction march or am. this ahead of the board -- eviction moratorium. a representative nonprofit organization said that 205 property owners and alameda county said they are owed $68 million in unpaid rent collectively. one homeowner, han evict her housemate. she has spoken to six lawyers who all say she is stuck. >> if you bring in pets you cannot the evicted. if you need repairs done on the home, you can refuse to let them in the home and still sue your landlord for not making repairs. >> this is not an us ver issue, so let's t out gloria: him jobina: oral arguments begi this morning as 40 million americans wait to find out whether the president will be allowed to wipe out or reduce their student loan debt. at the heart of the case is whether the president has the legal authority

gloria rodrÍguez is in the newsroom with why they say it is time to end this protection. e save the mother taurean was needed to keep people house during the pandemic but some property owners are saying they have been victimized by tenants. a group of property owners gathering to call for an end of the eviction moratorium. they will discuss and review the ordinance. joshua howard is with the california -- apartment association that is a nonprofit association and they say they conducted a survey of how much property owners are owed and owners responded saying they are up to millions of dollars. foreclosure. she says she has talked to six lawyers who say she is stuck. >> if you destroy the property, you cannot be evicted. if you need repairs on your home and you don't want to let your landlord in, you can be evicted so you can't make repairs. >> for some tenants, they have here with being forced out with no place to go and this is not an us versus them issue. gloria: celine wong understand both sides of this. howard says the state's eviction moratorium expired last year. tod

kumasi: gloria rodrÍguez joins us. loria: chief armstrong was very popular, his firing is not sitting well with some. others support the decision. the mayor terminating chief armstrong after having placed him on administrative leave. she said she is separating him from the city without cause. some oakland police commissioners praised armstrong for his work. they were supposed to have a disciplinary meeting on the chief yesterday, reaction coming in from all over. >> under your leadership, many black women graduated from the academy. >> from the african-american community to the asian community to the latino community, you are responsive to all of those communities. >> i was surprised incorporate the police commission more in the decision. the commission was instituted in order to monitor the police. >> we cannot say he was a good cop because he was black, we cannot say this is a shocker to those of us following his career. i am not surprised, he's been in that department for a very long time and it has always been a dys

gloria rodriguez is in the newsroom. inro iso exced this mornbenc will be here in the bay area in august. i morning, it says she will be stopping here in the bay area on august 30 at levi's stadium. the tour starts in may in sweden. the u.s. leg begins in july in philadelphia and ends in philadelphia and ends in september at the superdome in new orleans where she performed his super bowl halftime show 10 years ago in 2013. the announcement comes a week after an exclusive concert in dubai. we don't know yet when the tickets will be available but it does appear there will be a presale event for city cardholders who will get first pick of tickets. our show here is on a wednesday so i'm wondering if we can get that next day off, thursday? i don't know who is going to do the morning news that. drew: and friday. to recover from this. gloria: i know we were talking about citi card and i do have one. already have a lot of coworkers saying they want to -- they want me to buy tickets for the. so i started a list. price limit for h

gloria rodriguez joins us with the details. >> temple beth abraham its doors to these parishioners aftering about the fire. the company was able to come together to pray and parishioners held a vigil last night. that vigil was at 10:45 at night, the approximate time the fire book out the week before. folks gathered outside the first african methodist a church on telegraph avenue. that was just one week after a fire damaged the church. sunday morning services resumed yesterday thanks to the nearby synagogue. the pastor says same as one of the east bay's oldest black churches. >> never did i think i would passing a church that would burn down two years after i arrived. god must've chosen me to be a part of the solution. our focus is how can we bring people together? how can you use our tragedy to do something special? >> it is not about being depressed. it is about new beginnings. >> the gofundme page has raised more than $50,000 to help rebuild the church. they say they will rebuild stronger than before. parishioners are feeling blessed to be back together. the congregation has been invit

gloria rodriguez has more on that. ide, the police commission is setting up a discipline committee to take control of the case against armstrong. the mayor put him on paid administrative leave for alleged dereliction of duty. this for his handling of misconduct allegations involving one of his officers in 2021. new documents give details about chief armstrong's response in a hit-and-run incident where -- and one where the sergeant fired a gun in opd headquarters. his handling of the case has been called questioned. a credibility case did not find him to be credible because he knew of information that had not been discussed. the chief fired back to allegations. >> that is an inaccurate statement, i clearly made my statements to the investigators. we have that recorded statement. we also have read those reports and know that no one in the investigation they advised -- had advised me in this particular case. gloria: many want him to stay on as chief. the police condition -- the police commission can set up a discipline com

gloria rodrÍguez joining us with the latest. was a business owner and her friends tell us she was a political activist and fought for social change. that is how they want her to be remembered, not by how she died. jen angel had been in a medically induced coma sent a robbery on monday in oakland. angel was dragged while trying to stop thieves who had broken into her car in a parking lot near wells fargo. angel founded angel cakes bakery. the bakery is well-known for cupcakes and other pastries in oakland. one friend sent angel fought against inequality. >> she was such a community builder. those of us who knew her or tasted her cupcakes to come and think about how we can build a world that is more beautiful, more full of cupcakes, joy and love and share that with each other. gloria: more than already been raised in a gofundme to support her loved ones and keep the bakery open. the shop has seen an outpouring of support. so much so that organizers are asking people to buy gift cards instead of cupcakes because the staff is overwh

gloria rodriguez is in the newsroom with more. gloria: covid cases are going down in marin county. schools reported clusters of covid cases. that is prompting an indoor mask mandate. marin county public health office has not given out the names of the schools because we want -- because they want to honor their confidentiality agreement. last week, there were 53 cases reported at all marin county elementary schools. while there were cases under middle school and high school students, there has not been an outbreak among older students. >> we consider it is school-based outbreak if 5% of children or more are infected. i think this is attributable to of e community. gloria: the marin county office of education says these outbreaks are to be expected because the students can pick up the virus and bring it into the classroom. 80% of kids five through 11 in marin county are vaccinated against covid. health workers are outward about a spread because covid waste water levels continue to go down. they are reminding students to take the necessary steps to try to limit the steps -- to limit t

gloria rodriguez continues with what local text x -- tech experts are saying. gloria: president biden taking a direct shot at big tech calling for bipartisan support. tech experts say that getting bipartisan support might be a challenge. the president saying now is the time to hold social media companies accountable for what he calls the "experiment" are running on our children for profit this comes from his wall street journal op-ed addressing big tech abuses. here is what he said about big tech. pres. biden: it is time to pass bipartisan legislation to stop big tech from collecting personal data on our kids and treating it. ban targe children and put stricter limits on personal data. >> on one side of the aisle there is a lot of concern about censorship and the perception that the text -- the tech industry is pushing political ideas onto the country. on the others to the aisle you have people who are worried about the spread of disinformation, extremism, the concern about the technology companies reaching into our lives. gloria: the san jose professor is not s

gloria rodrÍguez is in the newsroom. ria: the oakland police commission is setting up a discipline committee to try to take control of the case against armstrong. they are police chief on paid administrative leave for dereliction of duty for his handling of misconduct allegations involving an officer in 2021. new documents give details about chief armstrong's response to a hit and run incident involving an open sergeant, where the sergeant fired a gun inside opd headquarters. armstrong's handling of the case has been questioned. a credibility assessment saying investigators did not find him to be credible, because he knew of information that had not been discussed in a meeting. the chief firing back to allegations. >> that is a completely inaccurate statement. we have the recorded stateme we have read the reports and we know that no one in the investigation said they advised me, regarding this particular case. gloria: many in the community want armstrong to stay on his chief. the police commission has the power to set up

gloria rodriguez has details. >> i talked to belinda hernandez who will attend the president's stateunion address. she tells me it is an honor and she is excited. she says she hopes the president will include a call to action to improve the lives of farmworkers. dr. hernandez will be the guest of congress from an anna eshoo who represents half moon bay. dr. hernandez is the founder and executive director of a farmworker advocacy group. she has been helping farmworkers find housing and deal with the trauma of the recent mass shooting that left seven dead dr. hernandez hopes to take this message to leaders in d.c. >> the messages to focus on our farmworker community. that we do not leave them behind again, that we continue to highlight a narrative of human rights for farmworkers. that they deserve the best. they deserve good housing. they deserve good wages. they deserve good conditions to work in for themselves and their families. and we need to continue to honor them for all they contribute to the united states, to america and to the food that nourishes us. >> -- has been working wit

gloria rodriguez spoke with people who participated about the impact a simple donation can have. >> withof these swabs swab the inciter-in-chief for 10 seconds. reporter: dylan helps recruit bone marrow transplant recipients -- donors at his college. he was diagnosed with acute leukemia in 2017. >> it definitely was a shock when we got the news. cancer was the last thing we expected for me to have. it all happened so suddenly. reporter: he found out he needed to marrow transplant. >> i tried to give a positive attitude. when i was waiting for my match, i was busted with chemo and went into remission. while i was waiting for my match, i was able to do immunotherapy. reporter: he found a match and his transplant was a success. at the same drive, drumming bennett helps students administer their swaps to sign up for the registry. she is married to the coach of the high ranked st. mary's basketball team. every time she volunteers, she makes about her little brother. he was three years old when he was diagnosed with leukemia. he needed a bone marrow transplant. >> i was a match. he had to be p

gloria rodrÍguez has a look at how the spreading love with lasagna. >> lasagna love started in the beginning pandemic paired on wanted to help moms in her community associate her toddler started making meals and delivering to families in our neighborhood. there were a family struggling emotionally, naturally or feeling overwhelmed. it has grown into a movement over the country including right here in the bay area. >> hope this is just the ability to share love and spread kindness one lasagna at a time for anyone in need and read is a relative thing. it is not as surly mean financial need it could be emotional need. it could be health. the i'm physically exhausted and i cannot get another mural on the table and i need some help. no questions asked. >> she started volunteering for lasagna love in february of 2021 and now coax at least one lasagna. the volunteers buy the supplies themselves, by resigned as entity to those who requested them to >> i live in a sample cisco and could i managed to make it work and as i'm putting it together and thinking about the families i'm going to be helping an

gloria rodriguez in the newsroom with the answer, hopefully we don't have to find out for a very longe. >> exactly, none of us want that. experts with the u.s. geological survey says if an earthquake of that size struck here, it would not be as bad as it is an turkiye but casualty would still be a major risk. monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake leaving a point thousand --nearly 8000 dead. some one in the a foundation in the bay area and says several people have been impacted and are rushing to do whatever they can. >> are on the ground to check for their loved ones. cooks we have had building codes for a long time that have led to construction that is resilient to earthquake shaking. we would not see the widespread destruction here. >> that is --california would be luckier with fewer overall deaths and destruction. we have had similar here and then enter an -- 19 061 in just the one in 19 kumasi: more concerned about the government reaction to the surveillance balloon from china. the senate and house are such a hold classified briefings on the balloon on thursday. the pentagon says ther

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kumasi: gloria rodrÍguez joining us with that part of the story. s you know, the chief is pretty popular, so people are not happy about his firing. but others do support the decision. any are making their voices heard today. the mayor terminating chief armstrong after first having placed him on administrative leave. she said yesterday that she is separating him from the city without cause, after the firing some oakland police commissioners praising armstrong for his work. they were supposed to have a disciplinary meeting on the cheek yesterday. reaction coming in from all over. >> under your leadership, many black women graduated from the program. >> from the black community, asian community, hispanic unity, you were responsive to all of those. >> i was surprised that she did not incorporate the police commission more into the decision. the police commission was instituted in order to monitor the police. >> we cannot say he was a good cop just because he was black. and we cannot say this was a shocker to those of us following his career. i'm not at

rodriguez is in the newsroom with a new call to ban the app across the country. glorialf of u.s. states already banned tiktok from government devices. just looks to ban the after being down on any u.s. device. the deputy attorney general such would not advise using the app. lisa monaco making this comment during the speech on thursday where she a downstate ecology strikeforce. it would protect american technology from national security threats. the strikeforce is a joint effort from the commerce and justice department's. tiktok is owned by one of china's most valuable private companies and if requested, tiktok would be required to turn over its data to the chinese government because of china's national security laws. >> i do not use tiktok and i would not advise anybody to do so. because of these concerns. the bottom line is china has been quite clear that they are trying to mold the use and norms around technology that advance and privilege their interests. those interests that are not consistent with our own. gloria: u.s. investigators are worried about the amount of