i'm leslie brinkley abc 7 news. the quake made a few light fixtures shake the early warning did give people time to get video of the effects and post it to social media. this video is from one home in san jose a little bit shake. not too bad users took the chance to let friends and followers know but they felt it too. the quake the quake at the artwork swinging inside the mostly empty classroom at a stratford elementary school in san francisco. the teacher was the only person in the room and recorded this video including his own reaction there. very good now if you don't already have it download the app my shake it's the state's first earthquake early warning system that delivers alerts to people's cell phones through an app developed at uc berkeley abc 7 news reporter stephanie. sierra is digging into how effective that app was today steph. well christian as far as tess go my shake was not only effective but efficient most people who have it reporting on social media. they got the notice before the quake hit which

i'm leslie brinkley abc 7 news. three passenger vans used by the oakland police department were damaged in an early morning fire happened around 3:40 on broadway between fifth and 6th streets underneath 880 students are getting a new tool that could help in the event of another emergency abc 7 news anchor deon lim has the story. as students settle back in class at oakland's bay tech charter school after last month's shooting on the king estate's campus. there are signs of change more security counseling with coco the mini horse and something not so obvious things like this like new backpacks new clothes. it's definitely a way to keep us connected. these are the first students to receive orange backpacks with the school logo the same ones already in use by teachers and staff. they proved crucial during the chaos of the shooting that wounded six at rudsdale high school. also on the king estates campus as soon as the kids are. oh person they knew backpack. they followed the backpack right out of the building and to saf

abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has this advice. one of these days, you're likely to wake up with a cough or a runny nose. and in this third covid winter with many of us back at work, what should you do? you think you about a former property owner's past was back at work. what should you do? you think you have a cold? you've got a bug of some kind it could be covid. it could be influenza. it could be respiratory syncial virus or rsv. i think we lived our lives prior to the pandemic sort of saying. yeah. i've got a cold. yeah. i know it could spread to somebody else, but i'm not very sick and they won't get very sick and just go along with their daily lives. i think that what's changed is we've got a much more serious virus circulating now than we did before the pandemic and i think we have to be a little more prudent. so frankly, i think if you're sick, stay home and workers and managers are trying to sort it out. i think it's you know up to everyone's best judgment, right? everybody's different. there's still a lot of paranoia out

i'm leslie brinkley abc 7 news. this is exciting news for an awful lot.at we're hearing is that we have a warm-up coming our way. i know right to have meteorologist mike. nico's tracking that for us mike. yeah, unless you like my dad and you leave your hearing aid out in the rv. yeah, right. i think on that like find my phone find my yeah. yeah, i mean really he does a lot. let's take a look at our warmer weather. so if you're going to be outside, maybe listening to the lovely sounds of nature, maybe the sea lions here at pier 39 a gorgeous evening's on tap. it's still going to be pretty comfortable through about eight o'clock a little chilly at the coast 50s there but mid 60s elsewhere and then most of us in the upper 50s. hello 60s by the time we get to 10 11 o'clock air quality even with the warmer temperatures in the offshore breeze, tuesday and wednesday our hottest day wednesday. still going to be pretty good temperatures tomorrow 70s and 80s and that does include the coast. here's a look around the state and you can see temperatures are warming eve

in alameda, leslie brinkley, abc7news. may remember this, leslie was on the bay bridge in 1989 recovering the earthquake. she was reporting at a broken section of the bridge and was there when crews pulled cars up and rescue drivers. still among one of the biggest quakes to ever hit the bay area. we have had for magnitude 5.0 or greater earthquakes in the bay area in the past 30 years. before today's was the never earthquake back in 2014. it measured 6.0 magnitude. 5.6 quake hit adam rock in 2007 and youngsville was rocked by a 5.0 in 2000. our abc 7 originals documentary the earthquake affect reveals the potentially dangerous situation every bay area resident faces and we should -- should an earthquake like the one in 1989 ever happen again. stream the earthquake affect on the abc 7 bay area news app and you will find it on abc7news.com. well worth your time. ama: a cyclist in san mateo county died when he rode into a street sweeper. the cyclist hit a parked sweeper near to 80 and highway 92. it happened around 4:45 this

i'm leslie brinkley abc 7 news pets can provide comfort care for people in the hospital, but they aren't always available or for some patients so some hospitals are introducing robotic pets abc 7 news reporter liam melendez explains how this new pilot program is turning skeptics into believers. you before you make any judgments we ask that you come with an open mind easy to take care of these cats because they don't need to be fed. they don't need to be go outside or anything like that. they just they just stay with you inside all the time. yeah, zuckerberg san francisco general hospital now has 50 robotic cats and dogs for their patients on the acute care for elders unit. they cost between $120 and $150. the dogs are slightly more expensive nurse becky rono remembers giving one to an agitated patient. can we give our cat? and she it was like nice and day she really loved it. she's petting it talking to it. definitely helped reduce how agitation this patient named her robotic pet ruby and while we were there there was a sense of calmness because somehow the non-living brought comfort to

i'm leslie brinkley abc 7 news. lot to know though. yeah, obviously pretty complicated. yes. all right, let's turn to our weather. yeah meteorologist. sandy. patel is here with great start of the week sandy. yeah, beautiful start to the weekend, dan and alma. we're going to keep it going for a couple of days. let me show you a live picture right now of a gorgeous sunset those high clouds that have been passing through adding a little bit more color because they're made up of ice crystals. here's a look at live doppler 7 with those high clouds and you will notice that the temperatures compared to 24 hours ago are up everywhere any from from two degrees warmer and half moon bay to about 11 degrees warmer in livermore high pressure is going to control our weather but this area of low pressure has been sending those high clouds that's going to continue really right on through tomorrow. so do expect more filtered sunshine but as that ridge takes control, we're going to see the down sloping wind intensify a bit bringing even warmer weather to the bay area the next couple of days he

i'm leslie brinkley abc 7 news well, it is the deadline to register to vote. but if you miss the deadline you can still vote tonight. we'll explain what you need to know. flooded florida cars will soon be on their way here to count in california. i'm michael finney what you need to watch out for coming up on 700 usr. i'm meteorologist sandia patel after the morning chill and nice recovery this afternoon. i'll let you know about the prospects for rain coming up when abc 7 news at 6 continues. when abc 7 news at 6 continues. have heart failure and still experience unresolved symptoms? heart failure and seemingly unrelated symptoms like carpal tunnel syndrome... ...shortness of breath... ...irregular heartbeat... ...and lower back pain could mean something more serious called attr-cm a rare, underdiagnosed disease that worsens over time, so it's important to recognize the signs. sound like you? call your cardiologist and ask about attr-cm. what's it like having xfinity internet with supersonic wifi? it's fast... like beyond-gig-speed fast. sound like you? yeaaaaa

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leslie brinkley talked with medical experts about what it means. ie: in the medical community, the colon cancer screening trial was supposed to be the gold standard, following 80,000 people over 10 years, some who got a colonoscopy and some who did not. the results came out sunday. >> they found colonoscopies did not drastically reduce the odds of finding colon cancer as much as we thought. >> other studies have shown getting a colonoscopy could reduce your risk of dying of colon cancer by as much as 70%. this new study showed it was only 20%. >> we are not ready to say no, we are not going to do colonoscopies. there's just too much data out there to support the real benefit in colon cancer prevention. we want to understand where this study fits in among the other studies. >> the latest trial only studied people in norway, sweden and poland. diet hand lifestyles are different in the u.s. and could bring different results. >> we know that some in the united states hive a higher incidence such as black americans. there's also a lot of people who have

. >> leslie brinkley talk to california's attorney general about new antiviolence programs in the works. >> the bullets are flying despite california's innovative efforts to stop violence. >> work we have done well nation leading is not enough. it is not enough to be the nation's gun safety leader when our babies are getting shot over the weekend. two teen brothers from berkeley. shot to death at a birthday party. days before, a mass shooting right here in oakland on a school site that left six people including two students gravely injured. >> at this gathering hosted by prosecutors for victims rights advocates, oakland's mayor told the group teachers have told her students admit to carrying weapons. >> many of them said yes, i feel like i need to carry a gun to school to protect myself. people's choices about whether or not to abide by laws, to trust government justice or to take justice into their own hands. it is a choice we are seeing more and more horrifically in front of us. >> illegal weapons are being seized shared programs to work with at risk youth are in play. california's at

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