laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> thank you so much. that's quite a contrast. lyft's stock opened up today. lyft's initial 25 billion evaluation puts it in elite company, but the san francisco-based company is still losing a ton of money. that's almost 2.3 billion in three years. in fact, lyft said in the filings that it's never made any money, and it could promise that it ever will. what does it mean for all the drivers? lee anime len dez is live with some of the answers. >> reporter: larry, well, of course the opening bell is rung in new york at 9:30 in the morning, 6:30 san francisco time, and at that time lyft employees were already here waiting patiently at that moment. >> we all know the company, and most people love the product. >> going public is a momentous occasion. >> reporter: the city is more concerned about the impact the null millionaires will have on san francisco. >> wealth and equality, housing, affordability, et cetera. >> gordon mahr has called for hearings next month to analyze the consequences of this rapid injection of wealth, and how to

laura anthony. >>> thank you, laura. the national contradict team barely evaded the attack.hey were en route to the mosque for prayers. they were 50 yards away, apparently when the gunfire began. the team says they are saddened by what happened and are making plans to return home. >>> the attack was live streamed for 17 whole minutes before facebook took it down. the menlo park company says it has procedures to recognize and remove violent videos. >> but in this case, facebook says it first learned of the live stream from police. we spoke with an editor in chief about the ongoing problem. >> there's an inherent intention. the platforms were designed and built to allow you to share this stuff. they've created a monster and they have to live with it. >> facebook, google and youtube tell us they're using artificial intelligence or rorvi uiwill take a closer look at how well software and humans can prevent such video from going viral. now, to a developing story in san francisco. at the center of it this chihuahua. the puppy is okay now but a man is arrested for inflicting cruelt

in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> now to san francisco. and the students coming together to help one of their own after a terrible car accident,abc 7 news reporter liz pena is live with the story. >> reporter: thank you, kristen. mission high school soccer team tells us even though eric couldn't be at the championship, he was always on their mind. >> evan on three -- >> reporter: the cheers and tears of this team go beyond winning. >> what does that mean to you. >> it was meaningful to us because we won the -- for evan. we did it for ourself but for him because he was in the hospital so we were like, he was an inspiration for us. >> reporter: after the 4-1 win this weekend at the regional division five championship, his teammates had one more stop to make. hospital. >> he's going to get better. so wanted to show him the black and the medal that we got and we foe he's fighting right now. >> >> reporter: and max and the captain and other players hoped this victory would play a role in his recovery. >> he couldn't talk yet because he's on a m

laura: anthony zurcher, thanks so much for that. anthony: my pleasure. turning back to the tragedy in new zealand, people have been remembering the lives lost. there is also a focus on the children, and young new zealanders are gathering to see how they can help their communities, as clive myrick reports. clive: this memorial shouts it when youee. 50 pairs -- shouts its poignan cy. 50 pairs of white shoes f the 50 people who died. among thliemle children. as so many reflect on the tragedy, lost in a whirl of painful thoughts, it is sobered to remember that the killer did not see human beings in the mosques, he saw targets, and children were fair game. the tributes across christchurch reflect that abomination. five parish who were under the age of 60, including--under the age of 16, including a three-year-old and a four-year-old, given no chance in life. was 14. now at peace, says his father, and mourned by one of his best friends. >>n e morning the news was confirmed, and i was devastated. it was awful. nohe was by so many people and love by so many peop

live in san ramon, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> laura, thanks.st paid teachers in the bay area are in the mountain view, los altos high school district. there the starting salary is $82,000 a year, right around where oakland tops off. and the highest possible salary for a teacher with decades of service is $156,000 a year. >>> oakland and los angeles settled their contracts. one point of contention continues to be public charter schools, which receive millions of dollars from the state, money that otherwise would go to traditional public schools. abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez shows us what charter school growth has meant for some districts. >> today 1 in 4 students in oakland attends a public charter school. according to a 2018 study done by the non-profit group in the public interest oakland unified then misses out on $57 million a year that could have gone to the district's traditional public schools. >> reporter: when a charter school takes those students away, that amount of money per student goes with the student. >> reporter: 57 milli

. >>> reporter laura anthony is live in downtown oakland at the california state building. laura? >> reporter: hi, ama. this is where the negotiation rs going on. they started up again this afternoon. a week ago when the strike started, the oakland education association said it would be a short one. well, at this point it is one of the longest in oakland's history. >> i am overwhelmed, frustrated, sad. i miss my kids. >> now that their strike is nearly a week old, some teachers like marjorie lee are beginning to realize this may not be over any time soon. >> we're here at the rally to support one another. we're ready for it to end. but i'm in it until it ends. >> reporter: some may be getting weary, but there's no wavering in their energy and commitment for the cause. >> i expected a hard fight. i think we're ready to fight and be here until we win and see the results that we need. >> the rally at city hall became a march as hundreds walked to the california state building where negotiations are ongoing between oakland education association and the district. >> certainly the fact

abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live in livermore to explain why there's still some work to be done here, laura. >> reporter: that's right, dan. it wasn't all that long ago. at the height of the drought water managers were saying it could take years, even decades for california to replenish its ground water. tat's still the case in some areas. but here in livermore that time is now. with our streams and rivers running fast and high rain still coming down and all the snow piling up in the high sierra it certainly looks like california's well out of the drought. but what about beneath the surface? >> right now our basin fortunately is at 98% full. >> reporter: carol mahoney is the manager of int water services for zone 7, the water supply and flood control agency that served livermore and the amadore valley. zone 7 relies on groundwater for about 20% of its water supply. >> we actually manage the groundwater basin in such a way that we're always replenishing the water that we're taking out and we've been doing that for over 40 years. >> reporter: that includes buying water from the st

abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live from the scene of this shooting with the very latest in what we know. laura? >> reporter: well, hi, dan. this investigation continues as we speak. there are officers stationed in front of the home. dhey clde here o and a little boy is in the hospital with extremely serious injuries. >> it's my brother house. that's my brother who they say in custody. >> reporter: anthony wilson says the house where a 4-year-old boy was shot in the head is his brother's home. and wilson claims the shooting was an accident. >> everybody was in the living room. the little boy went in the back of the room, crawled under his bed, and we heard the gun go off. >> reporter: oakland police would not confirm that the boy shot himself. onl that he was shot in the head inside the house and that two people are being detained. >> this is an ongoing investigation. we have our investigators on scene and we do have two individuals detained at this time. >> reporter: neighbors are upset knowing that a boy so young was so seriously injured. >> something like this could just tragi

. >> laura anthony live for us in benicia at the refinery where the company says a shutdown is now under way. laura? >> that's right, larry. let's show you what's going on right now. there is some flairing still going on here, but nothing like we saw over the weekend. the plant is being shut down temporarily. it's a decision made by valero. the mayor, though, wants to knower the criteria for that decision and why it wasn't done sooner. >> these incidents are not a good sign. >> mayor of benicia says two incidents in two years seems too many for her town, the one nestled beneath the valero refinery which is now going through a temporary shutdown. >> my primary concern is that we get this under control and the city stops being subject to this kind of breakdown at valero. >> over the weekend, a two-week-old problem with a gas pas black smoke billowed from a section of the plant. >> saturday night it started getting bad to the start we started getting positive hits on our particulate monitors to the point where it was starting to get unhealthy. >> in may of 2017, a power outage caused a huge

in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> all right.se school district have been showing their support for striking oakland teachers. but it has been decades since they hit picket lines due to a unique partnership that replaced friction with collaboration. abc 7 news reporter david louie shows us how the partnership resolved some issues, but not all. >> teachers working in the san jose unified school district have been wearing red to support striking oakland teachers. they've had to strike twice in the 1980s to get new contracts, but in recent years their relationship has changed. >> we're a partnership. >> that's because the school district's books are open to them. >> we certainly know that the district isn't misrepresenting their situation. when they say we only have this much money, we know that that's true. >> they're also guaranteed a percentage of the district's revenue. currently 38% for teacher compensation. that puts them way ahead of oakland teachers. starting pay is almost $8,500 higher. average pay is $16,000 higher, and to

abc 7 news reporter laura anthony explains. >> reporter: so many people showed up for friday prayerst the islamic center of fremont that dozens had to pray outside under the watchful eye of a private security guard. >> we're trying to make sure that people don't panic. >> reporter: the imam said he and his fellow priests have spent the last several hours trying to reassure concerned congregants. >> as a muslim community, we are one. if one part of us hurts, one part is bleeding, the pain resonates through all of us. >> everybody has the right to believe whatever they want but we should respect each other and whatever religion we are in. >> reporter: alameda county has a sizeable muslim community, one that grows closer in times like these. >> the way islam actually preach, you're not supposed to hate each other, you're supposed to love each other. >> reporter: these congregants told us they will not let a terror attack as horrific as it was dissuade them from practicing what they believe. >> it is up to the god. at the end of judgment day we will see who was right and who was wrong. i

abc 7 news reporter laura anthony explains. >> reporter: so many people showed up for friday prayersislamic center of fremont that dozens had to pray outside under the watchful eye of a private security guard. >> we're trying to make sure that people don't panic. >> reporter: the imam said he and his fellow priests have spent the last several hours trying to reassure concerned congregants. >> as a muslim community, we are one. if one part of us hurts, one part is bleeding, the pain resonates through all of us. >> everybody has the right to believe whatever they want but we should respect each other and whatever religion we are in. >> reporter: alameda county has a sizeable muslim community, one that grows closer in times like these. >> the way islam actually preach, you're not supposed to hate each other, you're supposed to love each other. >> reporter: these congregants told us they will not let a terror attack as horrific as it was dissuade them from practicing what they believe. >> it is up to the god. at the end of judgment day we will see who was right and who was wrong. in the

laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> and two power outages a had a major impact and pg&e says neither is their fault. she ever ron sa chevron says a power outage caused glaring which sent out a level one. that is the lowest level. and then at richmond high school, it forced the school to cancel but p gg&e says their equipment was not the cause. >>> abc 7 was in gentleman with pan town for the launch of the neith next set of improvements in the road upgrades. they are designed to improve bus service. work is expected to continue through the spring of 2021. >>> and as part of a commitment to building a better bay area, abc 7 news is taking a deep are look at the concerns you are facing including high represent. businesses are not immune to the issue. a legendary information commune cookie factory in china town may be facing concerns. >> reporter: this small cramped store has been in the chinatown alley for 57 years. a popular spot. for children, pampts rt of thei field chtrip. >> i like seeing the note. >> reporter: and kevin says each cookie is made from the hart. >> we don't just crank it out

abc 7 news reporter laura anthony explains. >> reporter: so many people showed up for friday prayerslamic center of fremont that dozens d to pray outside under the watchful eye of a private security guard. >> we're trying to make sure that people don't panic. >> reporter: the imam said he and his fellow priests have spent the last several hours trying to reassure concerned congregants. >> as a muslim community, we are one. if one part of us hurts, one part is bleeding, the pain resonates through all of us. >> everybody has the right to believe whatever they want but we should respect each other and whatever religion we are in. >> reporter: alameda county has a sizeable muslim community, one that grows closer in times like these. >> the way islam actually preach, you're not supposed to hate each other, you're supposed to love each other. >> reporter: these congregants told us they will not let a terror attack as horrific as it was dissuade them from practicing what they believe. >> it is up to the god. at the end of judgment day we will see who was right and who was wrong. in the mean

laura anthony talked to one victim and joins us live from the lafayette b.a.r.t. station. laura?> reporter: hi. the b.a.r.t. rider we talked with parked her car right in this area just a stone's throw from the station entrance. still, her car became a prime target for a bold crew of thieves. >> saturday afternoon i thought, you know, couldn't be safer. >> reporter: mary koon road bart from marietta. gone a couple of hours, and when she returned she started her older model honda accord and knew something was wrong. >> immediately check nbengine comes on, but worse the sound. i had no idea what was happening. >> one cut there, one cut there. >> reporter: the service director at walnut creek honda tells us he sees it often, cars left at b.a.r.t. lots ravaged by thieves. >> they jack it up. they will take the battery operated tool, cut it off, and they're gone in just a couple of minutes. >> like the indy 500. the pit crews? >> nascar pit crew. that would be a good analogy, yeah. >> reporter: this 2004 accord has the telltale sound of an emergency devoid of its catalytic converter. a

. >> laura anthony talked to one victim and has more from the lafayette b.a.r.t.eporter: mary rode bart from lafayette to oakland last thursday afternoon. when she returned, she started rht ay something was wrong. >> and immediately check engine comes on, but even worse, the sound. i had no idea what was happening. >>one cut ther one cut there. ao more to the different b.a.r.t. parking lots to treat cars with all four tires and rims are stolen offer of. we do a lot of catalytic converter repairs. >> reporter: this 2004 accord has the telltale sound of an engine devoid of its catalytic converter. >> all you do is jack it up. they'll take a battery operated equipment and they're gone in a couple of minutes. >> like the indy 500. the pi crews? >> nascar

>> laura: who, me, or any other entertainer? >> anthony: yeah, does it help you? 'm here i should hear some standards. >> laura: i don't know if there's a certain place that people stay who are sentimental about las vegas because there are very few hotels left that were there in the old days. they have all been imploded. >> anthony: they've recreated ancient rome, sort of, and the amalfi coast and paris. you would think somebody would want to recreate vegas. i'd go there. >> laura: i'd work there. >> anthony: yeah. >> laura: ♪ every hour, everyday you will hear me say, ♪ ♪ oh baby won't you please come on home. baby won't you please come home. ♪ thank you very much. ♪ ♪ >> penn: you know, you used to be able to go see louie primo, 3am, have breakfast, and then go out and watch an atomic bomb explode in the distance. i mean, that, that's a place i would like to live in. >> anthony: yeah. that sounds like a good time. was it better before? is it better now? is it different? >> penn: well, you know. it was better to talk about before. people loved having their mob sto

. >>> laura anthony is live at the scene with the latest on this. >> reporter: this is the kind of neighborhood shop where people spend hours often working on their laptops. it is a safe, comfortable place but not for a time this afternoon. he said in ten seconds if i don't get these, i'm going to start shooting? >> yes. >> reporter: coffee shop employee said he didn't take it seriously at first, but realized the man with an orange vest, a gun, a mask was no joke. >> he said i want all the laptops in the bag right now. i backed up slowly because i didn't want his attention and as soon as i rounded the corner, i ran for my life. >> i heard the guy says raise your hands. >> reporter:

laura anthony was at a long and often emotional meeting. >> reporter: hundreds of students from several high schools marched through downtown. [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: and into a meeting at the school board. a meeting postponed twice before. where the board was set to decide on $21.7 million in budget cuts. [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: the contentious meeting came one day after oakland teachers narrowly voted to ratify a new contact, giving them a 3% bonus and 11% raise over three years. >> unless this board reduces the budget for next year, there is not the funding to give a raise. >> look at this. this is the city of oakland. we're united. we don't want any more cutbacked. >> reporter: after of the cuts will come at the central office and including reduction to libraries and services to asian-pacific islanders and foster youth and the restorative justice program. >> the programs ground us and make us -- relationships between us. if you don't want to see violence in schools, keep these programs. >> you are taking away from these students and y'all should stand for and not aga

. >> laura anthony is live at the scene. what can you tell us?orter: well, the first thing i can tell you is no o was hurt. but folks here were visibly shaken. the folks that were inside when we arrived, they were telling us what happened this afternoon just before 1:00. an armed man walked in and demanded everyonelaptop. at one point, telling folks they had just ten seconds before he would start shooting. >> at first i thought it was a joke, then i saw the gun. >> world ground coffee shop employee diego said he didn't take it seriously at first but then realized the man with the orange vest, a mask, and a gun, was no joke. >> he pointed at a guy and handed him a bag and said, "i want all the laptops in the bag right now." i backed up slowly because didn't want his attention. as soon as i turned the corner, i ran for my life. >> then all the sudden i saw everybody's hands go up and heard the guy say, "raise your hands." >> reporter: linda halpern told us she was working on her laptop in a rear room of the restaurant when the robber was ordering p

laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> the wife of a -- told police she snapped and shot her husband, according to the bay areas news group citing court records. the 39-year-old says her husband also gave her a gun and said, just shoot me. police found him lying on the floor of the couple's home earlier this month with a single gunshot wound behind his left ear. he died from his wounds on retch july 24th. >>> nurses at stanford medical center are asking for more security after a patient recently attacked a nurse. the nurses are currently in contract negotiations with the hospital. the contract expires on sunday. among other things they want the right to refuse to work with a patient if they feel threatened. the nurses say the hospital won't listen. >> we know the hospitals can do more to protect the nurses. we have asked the hospitals to do more, but they haven't agreed to our common-sense proposals. >>> a state was sent to kgo, saying they're hopeful an agreement can be reached. >>> a flight bound to san francisco was diverted after fuel fumes made some people issic. passengers say the pilot m

abc 7 news reporter lauer anthony is live in benecia where they say a shutdown is underway. laura? >> reporter: that is right. we have seen flaring off and on here today. nothing like over the weekend. the plant is being temporarily shut down. that is a decision made by valero. today the mayor of benecia wants to know more about what went into the decision and why wasn't it made sooner. >> these incidents are not a good sign. >> reporter: mayor of benecia said two incidents in two years seems too many for her town. the one nestled beneath the valero refinery now going through a temporary shutdown. >> we had several days going into a couple of weeks of constant emissions and then finally when it got even worse they finally decided that they couldn't fix the problem without shutting the facility down. >> reporter: over the weekend a two-week-old problem turned into an emergency as black smoke billowed in the plant. >> the wind started shifting so instead of heading from the west to the east it started shifting the other direction which is a concern because it is coming into town. >>

laura: dr. anthony fauci, thank you so much for joining us. dr. fauci: good to be with you. china's premier has unveiled tax cuts to boost the slowing economy, and war tough struggle ahead. he said the economy faces a crucial year as he addressed the opening of chi's biggest litical meeting of 2019. our china correspondent johnth sudwor reports from beijing.a john: undeoud of pollution, they streamed in to take their places in a largely ceremonial parliament devoid of dient. manyoo guarded even to acknowledge the biggest issue of the day. "are you worried about the economy," i ask. "of course i am not worried," she says. "our country is strong." "the economy is getting better and better," this man says. inside, though, the message from china's leaders was much more candid, with a list of the serious mounting economic risksw >> dd pressure on the economy is increasing. growth and consumption is slowing. the difficulty private firms facen getting financing has set been resolved. and the financial or contains many risks and hidden dangers. john: so, to shore up growth, he promi

abc 7 news reporter laura anthony tweeted out the video.nts marched to the school board meeting today to protest cuts. >>> in san jose, neighbors left flowers in a home where a woman was killed. we are on the story and posted this picture. we'll have a live report on the murder mystery at 5:00. >>> in the national headlines, deadly torn aids tore up alabama, storms blamed for a dozen deaths. we are joined by rachel scott from alabama with the latest. rachel? >> reporter: yeah, well crews have blocked off this area here behind me as they continue their search and rescue efforts well into the night. but this small community is just heartbroken. homeowners say they're not only mourning the loss of their property, they're also mourning the death of their neighbors. search and rescue teams sifting through rubble for survivors in alabama today. >> this is the worst natural disaster that has ever occurred in lee county. >> reporter: a 170 mile-per-hour tornado ripped through lee countries last night. the trail of destruction at least half a mile w

laura anthony talked to a woman whose converter was cut out of her car in lafayette last weekend.rs were stolen from b.a.r.t. lots last year. >>> a race against time in mozambique. rescuers are trying to save thousands of people after a deadly cyclone. the country's president warns as many as 1,000 people could be dead. >>> the new zealand government has announced a ban on military-style semiautomatic firearms and weapons a week after 50 people were left dead at two mosques. we have details on the swift response. [ sirens ] >> reporter: a radical change could be coming to new zealand's gun policy. just six days after a terrorist opened fire on worshippers in two christchurch mosques killing 50 people. with the first funerals underway, new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, is calling for a seping ban on saups in her cotry. must end. and today they will. >> reporter: in the days following the attack, jar der promised -- ardern promised to act quickly and says the same type of weapons used in the massacre. >> new zealand will ban all military-style semiautomatic weapons. we w

he should not be considered for any kind of -- >> laura: the naacp loses a lot of credibility. anthonyerson said this. >> i hope he's here. i hope he's here, and i hope he wins. i hope everyone wins. it's a big event, and i'm glad everything has worked out for him. h >> it is a sin and a shame. this shouldn't happen. he should be held accountable. >> laura: well, he wants him to win and is glad it's all behind him. >> tells us everything we need to know about hollywood. >> laura: you know it's bad when even rahm emanuel thinks it's a travesty. and the police superintendent he has reached the pinnacle of law enforcement, and this is the way he's going to be remembered. horace, thank you so much. smollett isn't the only celebrity escaping justice. we are going to expose a few others as well as the late-night comedians melting down over mueller. raymond arroyo is here with "seen and unseen." do your asthma symptoms ever hold you back? about 50% of people with severe asthma have too many cells called eosinophils in their lungs. eosinophils are a key cause of severe asthma. fasenra is desig

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