luz pena spoke with -- the oakland post. luz pena is in the newsroom with this story. luz: the oakland post publisher believes the suspects were familiar with the building. they knew where to go and still cameras and money -- stole cameras and money. for 58 years, the oakland post has been covering the news in oakland. today, they became the news. >> they broke in and ransacked. luz: this was the scene the employees walked into this morning. shattered glass covered the floors of the largest african-american weekly newspaper in northern california. approximately $10,000 worth of property stolen. >> some personal items, a coin collection, rare collections of what's called blacks on the money. luz: a suspect broke in suspect broken. do you think this is retaliation for any stories your team has been working on? >> i hope not. i don't know what to think. luz: a journalist was killed on his way to work in retaliation for his local investigative journalism. two weeks ago, the newspaper commemorated bailey after oakland named a street after him. >> i hope there's not a connec

abc7 reporter luz pena spoke about her work with the local defense team. z: she was a project manager at a local bank in kyiv. today, this is how you will find her, dressed in tactical gear, fighting for her country. >> i bought -- about five minutes ago we heard a rocket flying over our heads. anything can change within minutes. luz: she has become the lifeline for many inner-city. from early hours in the morning until nightfall, before the curfew, she maneuvers her way through the city while bombs are destroying everything around her. she decided to stay back to help. >> after this conversation with you guys, i will be getting on a phone call with surgeons. luz: for safety reasons we are leaving her last name out. the person translating for her is her brother vlad, who lives in seattle. what goes through your mind as you are hearing your history describe putting her life at risk to save others? >> i am scared for her, but i also trust god. he is going to protect her. luz: she spends her days finding ethical supplies for local hospitals -- finding medical

because there will be so many people. >> in san francisco, luz pena. >> on our website, abc7 news.come more on the story. find a link to the rent relief portal where i can find out if you qualify. >> a san luis obispo county judge ruled the men charged with killing kristin smart will not be tried. -- in that county. it is unlikely they will get a fair trial in the most highly covered case in county history. paul and ruben flores are alleged to have killed smart after an off-campus cal poly party in may of 1996. her body has never been found. investigators found evidence that linked the men to her murder. ama: russian forces bombarded the area around kyiv after moscow said it would drastically reduce its assault. russia provided these images firing at targets. as the shelling continues, u.s. intelligence says it believes vladimir putin was misinformed by military commanders who are too afraid to tell them the truth of how bad the invasion is going. he placed another $500 million in economic aid with peace talks expected on friday online. ron: in elementary school getting behind the peo

because there will be so many people. >> in san francisco, luz pena. >> on our website, abc7 news.comave more on the story. find a link to the rent relief portal where i can find out if you qualify. >> a san luis obispo county judge ruled the men charged with killing kristin smart will not be tried. -- in that county. it is unlikely they will get a fair trial in the most highly covered case in county history. paul and ruben flores are alleged to have killed smart after an off-campus cal poly party in may of 1996. her body has never been found. investigators found evidence that linked the men to her murder. ama: russian forces bombarded the area around kyiv after moscow said it would drastically reduce its assault. russia provided these images firing at targets. as the shelling continues, u.s. intelligence says it believes vladimir putin was misinformed by military commanders who are too afraid to tell them the truth of how bad the invasion is going. he placed another $500 million in economic aid with peace talks expected on friday online. ron: in elementary school getting behind the p

luz: luz pena, abc 7 news. dan: to get the latest information, use the abc 7 bay area streaming app. the livestream has network reports as well as the local newscast. it is available for roku, amazon fire, apple, or android tv. ama: more mask mandate changes. what is different today, tomorrow, and the next few weeks. >> it is bad enough when the bad guys take you for a ride, but when the irs files on, it gets ugly. 7 on your side is ahead. >> we are not done with nowadays, mediocre wifi just won't cut it. but xfinity has wifi faster than a gig to power a house full of connected devices. it can handle all this all at the same time. oh! can your internet do that? i've been meaning to catch up on this. uh, that was my chair. get $200 back when you get gig speed internet or get started with xfinity internet for $19.99 a month for tweleve months. switch today. dan: your health is a big part of building a better bay area and the new month has brought changes to the rules. the state says even people who are not vaccin

kumasi: luz pena spoke with one worker. luz: to understand how gas prices are impacting workers who rely on their cars for a living, we met up with a san francisco resident who divides his days between driving for lyft and delivering food for doordash. >> i look at the delivery and do a quick math equation. luz: he was a math teacher and now with california's gas prices averaging $5.44 per gallon, he's relying on math to decide if a ride is worth it. how is this impacting the number of orders you accept? >> you have to count even better. anything over two miles and i need to make three dollars per mile. luz: instead of driving around, he waits in a parking lot with several restaurants across the street. he's doing everything in his power to save gas even though he drives a prius. now he rejects about 80% of deliveries. >> they are too low-paying. luz: he's also considering to not drive anymore and take other jobs. >> of course. for sure without an increase in our pay, it would be -- it would be just and tilly like nobody --

reporter luz pena found a family that has been driving to the romanian border to help hundreds of refugees. luz: with freezing temperatures, time is crucial as millions of ukrainian refugees wait in line to flee into neighboring countries. this is a convoy of the u.s.-based nonprofit save a life international at the border between ukraine and romania. >> our convoy, the guys just stopped and we started asking people who has babies and women, get into our cars. people started coming. we brought around 70 women and babies through the border. luz: once in romania, many refugees do not have anywhere to go. that is where he and his wife and five daughters come in. they partnered with save a life international. >> we are ready to serve. luz: throughout the day they meet refugees and drive them to safety. they own a summer cabin three miles from the border. luz: this family has helped 600 refugees with shelter and relocation to multiple countries around europe. >> nobody walks from here without knowing where to go. >> we are going to take them in the car with us. luz: this week they rescued 33 te

in the newsroom, luz pena, abc7news.ears were spilled on the witness stand in the federal trial of sunny balwani. she was the former boyfriend of elizabeth holmes. the tears came from chung. she is a key witness in whistleblower in this case. prosecutors follow the same line as they did in the trial against homes. his defense has its work cut out for him. >> for the government, they have had their case and taken it out of storage and can put it on with fine tuning and they are ready to go. for mr. balwani, he is starting from scratch and has to deal with the fact that a prior jury found theranos to be fraudulent and what ms. holmes set about him on the stand. there is a lot of rehabilitation that will have to take place. reggie: balwani's attorneys are determined to prove he did not intend to commit fraud. he is an entrepreneur and not a scientist, they say. he relied on homes's -- elizabeth holmes science. the new plan to deliver at lightning speed. first, a check of the weather. drew: we are finding temperatures slow t

luz: luz pena, abc 7 news. liz: if you would like to help, we have a list of groups and nonprofits sending supplies to refugees on our website abc 7 news.com/takeaction. now to this weekend's covid headlines. it has been two years since the world health organization declared a coronavirus outbreak had become a pandemic. it will be voluntary to wear masks inside classrooms and childcare settings. oakland is keeping the mandate for two more weeks. san francisco businesses are no longer required to get proof of vaccination or a negative test but they can still choose to do so. you will still need to show your card or test result at large indoor events. let's get a check outside. a little foggy this morning. lisa: we have a dense fog advisory. it was 58 yesterday compared to 75. it will not be as warm today. we are looking at a system that is moving in tonight. a couple of systems that may get us a little wet. we will detail that for you with our storm impact scale when we come back. liz: also ahead, it is not over

luz pena spoke with ukrainian families to show us what they do at night. >> as night falls and russian forces continue to press through major ukrainian centers, civilians are arming themselves to protect their cities. one of them is -- husband. six days ago, he was a lawyer. today, he is fighting for his country. >> we are protecting odessa. he is fighting. he is patrolling. he is waiting for another family that they will be allowing to stay in their house from the city. luz: with the help of a translator, they said they stayed back to fight for freedom. their 15-year-old son is also armed. >> he knows where to shoot and what to do if something does happen. luz: when i spoke to her, she had only slept two hours. her home is located on the outskirts of the city of odessa. she has turned it into a shelter for multiple families escaping gunfire. >> the government has advised us to make sure that it is dark. when the satellites are looking over the city, trying to see where people are. >> two hours from kyiv, -- also joined the local defense team. this is footage of him patrolling tonight

abc's news reporter luz pena stuck to latinos -- spoke to latinos who were proud to see on the big screenwe don't talk about burnout, we can talk about latinos at the oscars. encanto cycle hit song took center stage, electrifying the audience and highlighting the latino culture, with becky jay's performances. >> represents a lot for my country, for columbia, for spanish-speaking people around the world. reporter: a colombian singer took the stage to sing the oscar-nominated song from an konta in espanola. as part -- from encanto in espanola. >> it's so nice to see people speaking our language. reporter: in the bay area, the cultural center says disney's encanto winning best animated film of the year was a win, not only for colombians, but latinos across the country. in the wind for west side story highlighted puerto rico. and photo one best film of the year. >> they had important -- and coda won best film of the year. reporter: as a colombian, i broke making the main dish in encanto. >> i was lacking the food i grew up on. i couldn't find much of anything that brought back that nostalgia.

abc seven news reporter luz pena has more on that volunteers putting their lives at risk to help some of the most vulnerable refugees. reporter: it is a daring rescue that requires trips into the war zone. >> on the ninth floor -- there is this alarm that there can be a bombing. you don't have time to go downstairs. reporter: she is leading the critical efforts for the california-based organization disability center. her husband enlisted to fight for their country. she is helping stranded ukrainians with disabilities. about 24 hours ago, on the zoom call, she called the ceo -- shared with the ceo of the nonprofit how they helped evacuate people with disabilities. >> people who have paraplegia, or are in wheelchairs. we had 11 people in wheelchairs and for kids. reporter: according to the ukrainian government, there are over 2.6 million people disabilities in their country. the international disability center is gearing up to begin their second mission. >> in eastern ukraine, where care facilities and orphanages where we have heard, that the staff are abandoning some of these individua

luz pena has the latest on the program and its problems. the end of this program. after thursday, she could end up homeless with her kids. >> i try to always be happy around them, and when they are sleep and i get outside, i sometimes just cried by myself. i have nowhere to go, my kids could be removed from me. luz: she applied for the program set to expire march 31. it's been six month and she is still needing help. >> the only thing i heard from them was under review, under review, and it is nerve-racking. luz: she is worried about keeping a roof over her kids. in reality, the pressure she feels goes beyond her kids. she helped 11 members of her family sign up for the program. >> they were scared to apply but at the -- i told him to not worry because i would be with them. luz:

abc's news reporter luz pena stuck to latinos -- spoke to latinos who were proud to see on the big screenrter: even though we don't talk about burnout, we can talk about latinos at the oscars. encanto cycle hit song took center stage, electrifying the audience and highlighting the latino culture, with becky jay's performances. >> represents a lot for my country, for columbia, for spanish-speaking people around the world. reporter: a colombian singer took the stage to sing the oscar-nominated song from an konta in espanola. as part -- from encanto in espanola. >> it's so nice to see people speaking our language. reporter: in the bay area, the cultural center says disney's encanto winning best animated film of the year was a win, not only for colombians, but latinos across the country. in the wind for west side story highlighted puerto rico. and photo one best film of the year. >> they had important -- and coda won best film of the year. reporter: as a colombian, i broke making the main dish in encanto. >> i was lacking the food i grew up on. i couldn't find much of anything that brought ba

luz pena spoke to a lawmaker who is confident. luz: as of last week, 500,000 californians applied for the rent relief program. at least 350 thousand are still waiting for assistance and time is running out. the fate of hundreds of thousands of californians who have been waiting on the rent relief program is in the bow. in, they could automatically lose all of the protections keeping them from getting evicted. camilla is one of them. she has been waiting on a for three months. >> yeah. i swear if it wasn't for kids, it wouldn't be as hard. but the kids knowing they don't know where they might sleep tomorrow, that is what hurts most. >> she is a mom of six, she runs a daycare with her husband and their harm -- home, with the pandemic they lost business in --and fell behind in rent. they own -- they owe about $5,000, and they could end up homeless if it expires tomorrow. their entire family has been homeless twice before. >> the whole school knew they were homeless because they knew how they had to get to school everyday. they know wh

luz pena has the details. z: for 58 years, the oakland post has been covering the news in oakland. today they became the news. >> they broke into the oakland post and ransacked. luz: a scene employees walked into this morning, shattered glass covering the floors of the largest african-american weekly newspaper in northern california, approximately $10,000 worth of property stolen. >> personal items, a coin collection and rare collections of what is called blacks on the money, they went straight to our office. luz: according to the building manager, a suspect broken at 12:48 a.m.. two hours later, two suspects broken. this this retaliation for a story? >> i hope not. i don't know what to think. luz: in 2007, and oakland post employee was killed in retaliation for his local journalism. two weeks ago newspaper commemorated him on the front page of the post after oakland named a street after him. >> i hope there is not a connection but one never knows. luz: on the first floor of the never -- of the building, a nonp

luz pena sat down with the superintendent to speak about the plan going forward. luz: superintendent hearst started the job 10 months ago and is inheriting years of a budget deficit. the ones in the middle or the 26,000 students. in a matter of months, the west contra costa county school district could be running out of money. they are currently $42 million in debt. does that keep you up at night? >> it, but i do know having that additional resource will be helpful. luz: a conversation with the superintendent. by the 20232024 school year, west contra costa county -- by the 2020 3-2024 school year, the school district could be millions of dollars in debt. >> the plan was to do a reduction in force. what we did initially was have an equity audit and we found that we had a significant number of teachers that have a small number of students. the board voted not to reduce teachers. luz: he said there are classrooms with 10 students and one teacher. he came to the board and recommended to cut 86 full-time teacher roles. some which are currently vacant. >> do you feel lik

reporter luz pena spoke with the superintendent talking about the tens of millions of dollars. luz: the superintendent started this job 10 months ago and now he is inheriting years of deficit. in the middle of this are 26,000 students will be impacted either way. in a matter of months, the west contra costa county will district to be running out of money. therefore dollars in debt. >> it does keep me up at night but i do know having that additional resource from the county is going to be helpful for us. luz: we had a conversation with the superintendent. according to projections, by the 232024 school year, with contra costa county school district could be $150 million in debt. >> the plan initially was to do a reduction in force, so what we did initially was have an equity audit and found we had a significant number of teachers, a small number of students, but the board voted not to reduce teachers. >> the superintendent said there are classes with 10 students and one teacher. he recommended cut 86 a full-time teacher roles. >> do you feel your hands are tied? >> yes, i do. beca

ama: abc 7 news reporter luz pena has more on the volunteers putting their lives at risk to save someable refugees. reporter: it is a daring rescue that requires going into the war zone to help ukrainians with disabilities flee. >> they are on the ninth floor. they raise this alarm that there can be a bombing. they don't have the time to go downstairs. reporter: she is leaving the critical efforts for the california-based organization johnny and friends international refugee center. her husband enlisted to fight for their country. she is helping stranded ukrainians with disabilities. about 24 hours ago, she shared with the ceo of the nonprofit how they helped evacuate 35 people, including 15 with disabilities. >> week paraplegia or are in wheelchairs. we had 11 people in wheelchairs, also for kids. reporter: according to the ukrainian government, there are over two point 6 million people with disabilities in their country. now, johnny and friends international disability center is gearing up to begin their second mission. >> in eastern ukraine, their care facilities and orphanages wer

here is luz pena. >>. -- it is not enough, if you see your city is being bombed and people getting killed. luz: ro khanna sitting down with the council general of ukraine in san francisco. they spoke about what else the u.s. and silicon valley can do to help. >> there is a lot of ukrainians who are working for silicon valley companies, distantly in ukraine. a great number. luz: the council general of ukraine said he was grateful to see the humanitarian aid ukraine has received from this region. >> big tech companies, sure fundraising was even bigger. luz: more than 2.5 million people have fled ukraine since the war began. congressman, said refugees are welcome -- congressman khanna said refugees are welcome here. >> i was meeting with an executive of a tech company who was seeing how we can get ukrainians good remote jobs. luz: the council general of ukraine is urging the united states to implement a no-fly zone over ukraine, citing that over 80 children have been killed since the start of the war. >> a no-fly zone is needed because we need to protect our city limits. luz: leonard libre,

reporter: luz pena, abc7news. kumasi: you will find more oscars coverage on-demand through the abc7 tv app available for apple tv, android tv, and was tv, and the roku. reggie: san francisco is full-blown with art installation in various parts of the city like union square. it is part of a downtown recovery plan to get workers and tourists back into the city and to spur economic recovery. a huge display of flowers caught the attention. >> unbelievably beautiful. we were passing by and we noticed it up here and immediately wanted to take some photos. >> we are coming back and a lot of people are coming back. we are seeing tourists, visitors, workers coming back. reggie: san francisco's iconic destinations will offer live events through saturday. a dj is bringing music to lunchtime crowds outside of the ferry building. givens are also planned at other locations including westbrook center and salesforce park. this morning, a dog is safe after getting trapped in the los angeles river. crews were able to get the owner

reporter: luz pena abc7. ama: jackie spears held a news conference to highlight news opportunities at ferries in the bay area. they added billions for transportation. the bay area has an excellent chance to secure a slice of the pie. >> we now have $2.5 given to the federal transit administration. that $2.5 billion and it up in the ferry program. ama: last month they awarded the san francisco operator millions to operate a second ferry boat and an extension from redwood city to the east bay has secured $5 million in state funding. larry: still to come, the latest from ukraine. the u.s. warning russia of a severe price to pay if it uses chemical weapons. ama: plus, what is real and fake in this ongoing war. how to sort your ongoing -- how to sort misinformation. >> i will look at serious concerns, next with 7 on your side. >> fog in new york city, ♪ ♪ there's always something new to discover. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ come be a part of it. plan your next vacation at iloveny.com meet apartment 2a, 2b and 2c. 2a's monitoring

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reporter: luz pena, abc 7 news.asi: you can find more oscars coverage on demand through the connected tv app available for apple tv, android tv, amazon fire tv and roku. this morning this dog is safe and back on dry land after being trapped in a los angeles river. crews were able to get the owner to safety but scooby was swept up in the current and it was hard to get him together. look at this good samaritan trying so hard to get scooby out. but then he drifted on down. firefighters were finally able to get scooby, bring him to safety, but the whole thing took two hours. reggie: drew was saying there were people in golf carts driving up. drew: along the route. jobina: this was a journey. drew: they were all stressed. reggie: that is wild. kumasi: can i tell you about bloom? reggie: you can. kumasi: san francisco is in bloom. there are floral art institutions across the city. bloom sf is part of the recovery for san francisco to get people back in the area. all i saw as they have a line walk on wednesday. [laughter]

yesterday, abc7news reporter luz pena introduce you to a single mother who has been waiting six-month for the state to apply to her. many of you reached out asking how to help. we are in the newsroom, with an update. reporter: in less than 24 hours our viewers have raised over $10,000 to help nora and her kids while they wait on the state. sadly, nora is one-story over 300 and 50,000 californians -- there at a 50,000 californians waiting for this rent relief program. i search for answers to find out what is the hold up. we asked nora to meet with us for an update on her rent relief application. instead of talking about herself, she talked about the 11 neighbors she has been helping. >> i have three more people i have helped since yesterday. i have been trying to tell them to help as soon as possible. reporter: even though she is six month behind on rent, and owes $8,500, she is worried about all of the people in her building was signed up for the housing key program and having her back. after she told us her story, she opened a gofundme and forgot about it. you have not checked the go

abc news reporter luz pena talked with new medical experts about new studies shedding light on how this variant could be treated and spread. luz: as the ba-2 subvariant of overwhelm kron continues to spread, researchers are focused on understanding how to treat it and how it works. >> they looked at how long they -- how long a virus could remain on a surface and still be recoverable. they use both plastic and skin from cadavers. luz: this study by researchers in japan was held in a lab which could influence its outcome. they tested multiple strains of the virus and the omicron variant survived the longest. >> with the skin experiments they were neutralized within 15 seconds. luz: epidemiologist, a u.c. berkley infectious disease experts, agree that the greatest that infection continues to be droplets in the air. >> either close to somebody where larger droplets can get on to our mouth or nose or eyes. or even distances, particularly inside, 30 feet away, if the virus gets in the air and floats there we inhale it. luz: as more scientists look into how it spreads, data by washington unive

luz pena, abc7 news. >> this was authorized several hours ago, but are any counties already offering vaccines for people over 50 if you want to go and get one tonight? reporter: yes, they will begin to offer a second booster to those 50 and older or immuno compromised beginning tomorrow. wednesday, march 31st, wednesday, march 31st. >> oakland unified is among the few that still require masking indoors. their numbers are down as well. our senior education reporter tells us the state's superintendent of schools believes there is still work to be done. reporter: just last week, san francisco public schools have six cases of covid. even after the and wear a mask mandate was lifted -- indoor mask mandate was lifted, the number of cases has gone down. it's a good sign, says the superintendent of public schools, but there is a -- there is still work to be done in some communities. >> creating opportunities to keep us all safe. what we thought was -- what we don't want is anything to be a threat to keeping our schools open. reporter: more than 70% of students 12 and older are fully or parti

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