luz pena, abc7news.nce voted best mexican food in california is coming to north beach. it was given the final approval to open on grant avenue. it comes after a month-long dispute over the city's ban on chain restaurants within the area. the city classified its restaurants as a chain. north bay and san francisco. the city gave the owner the green light after some restaurants were named under a different name. ama: ak pop sensation with a high-profile role with the golden state -- a kpop sensation with the high-profile role with the golden state warriors delighted fans today. bambam thrilled fans. today he launched a new collaborative clothing line with warriors. the fans were surprised with an in person meet and greet. >> when i pulled out the ticket, i was already outside. people were filming me and they saw my rot reaction. he posted it on his story. -- raw reaction. he posted it on his story. i'm so lucky today. >> he will perform at halftime. it is believed to be the first time a k popstar has perfor

luz pena, abc7news.est mexican food in california is coming to north beach. it was given the final approval to open on grant avenue. it comes after a month-long dispute over the city's ban on chain restaurants within the area. the city classified its restaurants as a chain. north bay and san francisco. the city gave the owner the green light after some restaurants were named under a different name. ama: ak pop sensation with a high-profile role with the golden state -- a kpop sensation with the high-profile role with the golden state warriors delighted fans today. bambam thrilled fans. today he launched a new collaborative clothing line with warriors. the fans were surprised with an in person meet and greet. >> when i pulled out the ticket, i was already outside. people were filming me and they saw my rot reaction. he posted it on his story. -- raw reaction. he posted it on his story. i'm so lucky today. >> he will perform at halftime. it is believed to be the first time a k popstar has performed at half

luz pena spoke to a local clinic eagerly waiting. rization for the vaccine for children younger than five years old could be around the corner. >> there is excitement and some of the wait and secant. luz: doctors at this pediatrics clinic and san francisco have been vaccinating children five and older. but now they are gearing up for about 4000 patients between four years old and six months. that is the age group that would qualify to get vaccinated once the fda gives the green light. >> we will roll that the saturday clinics. once word comes out we have our staff on notice. hopefully we will have some saturdays to help us out and we will start scheduling as soon as we can and we know when the vaccine will be here. luz: the doctors are on standby. that is the same feeling eveei g wid n tngop for ave an that has been vaccinated and boosted. we are all vaccinated and boosted. he is kind of the last piece of the puzzle. luz: according to a talk by did maceration official, a vaccine for this age group could be authorized by the fda as ear

luz pena spoke to a lowe's -- local clinic eagerly waiting. the authorization for covid-19 vaccine for children under than five could be around the corner. >> there's a lot of excitement and some in the wait-and-see camp. luz: doctors at the golden gate pediatrics clinic in san francisco have been vaccinating children five and over, but now they are queuing up for about 4000 younger patients between four years old and six months. that is the age group that would qualify to get vaccinated. once the fda gets the green light. >> we will roll out our saturday clinics just what we've done with the other ages. once word comes out, we have our staff on notice to have some saturdays to help us out and start scheduling as soon as we know when the vaccine will be allowed. luz: for now, the doctors are on standby. that is the same feeling even and mark have been with. their two-year-old is the only one who has been on vaccinated. >> it is the missing loop for us. we are all vaccinated and boosted so he's kind of the last piece of the puzzle we are waitin

reggie: luz pena was outside san francisco where the latest shows la night. luz: tensions run high as protesters confronted the audience. many shouting, "shame, >> stop the show of vladimir putin's comedian. these actually a comic from kazakhstan in he works on russian tv. luz: protesters covered the sidewalk. signs signifying all the people killed during the war. the mayor of mary opal in ukraine citing more than 10,000 civilians have been killed as russian forces continue to attack their city. >> their hands are tied and covered in blood. a lot of people in ukraine have found that now. luz: their parents are both in ukraine. they are urging the comedian to speak against the war. >> in my opinion, silence is a crime. luz: julia showed us pictures of her neighborhood in western ukraine. every day she fears for her family. >> every day you wake up wondering if they are alive. >> that is the truth. luz: some audience members say he came to the u.s. to work and not to speak about the war. >> he came here to make us laugh. >> he is not supporting anything that is

abc 7 news reporter luz pena has the story. >> six months ago mary found safety in this home. >> i'm also really happy i got out, because i know a lot of people don't make it out. luz: she said the attacks by her boyfriend of two years escalated from verbal to physical abuse. mary opened up about the morning she almost lost her life. >> he choked me, and he threatened me. and that morning i was really afraid that i would not make it out. luz: after weeks of planning, she escaped. books do you feel lucky? -- >> do you feel lucky? >> yes, i feel lucky, but i feel blessed. luz: at an undisclosed location the founder of the nonprofit courageous woman association showed us a transitional home that has become a safe haven for women like mary. the women pay a fee which gives them housing, professional help, andy place to laugh, heal, and cook. >> sometimes we have cook offs, which is incredible. luz: between january 2021 and until now, to shawna says they have gotten close to 800 calls of women in need. you can only house 14 at a time. >> we provide up to two years of housing for women, and

covid-19 cases are increasing throughout the bay area and abc 7 news reporter luz pena is a part of the vaccine team. she spoke with local public health officers about this situation and is joining us in the newsroom tonight. how concerned should people be? luz: not as concerned if you are vaccinated and boosted. covid cases throughout the bay area have been increasing for the past two weeks. the majority of the region is in the red. the only counties that are not experiencing high transmission numbers are solano and contra costa county. to understand the extent of this new wave of covid-19 transmission in the bay area, we have to talk about the numbers. this month with cdc data collected by our abc7news data team, it puts seven bay area counties in the red. meaning that there are high levels of community transmission. one of those counties is marin county. >> we are seeing a swell in cases in marin county. a surge, in fact. we are looking at our case counts, we are about 70 on average per day. if you look back at the delta surge, our peak of the delta surge was about 50 cases per day o

in san francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. ama: cases are on the rise across the nation. six bay area counties are reporting rising transmissions in their counties. starting today california department of public health says it will increase vaccination events for children ages five and older. indoor masking returns to philadelphia, the first city to reinstate indoor masking in public areas. dan: president biden has announced heightened regulations against so-called ghost guns. those come as cities in the bay area are seeing rising crime because of those ghost guns. they require background checks and serial numbers on ghost gun kits. they also call for businesses that purchase ghost guns for resale to create a serial number before those secondhand weapons are sold again. the san jose mayor and the oakland mayor were among the anti-gun violence advocates at the white house today. >> we are seeing cities throughout california trying to jump in with their own regulations. that wouldn't be necessary once this figure -- federal regulation takes control. dan: -- released a state

in san francisco, luz pena, abc7news. reggie: a restaurant based in san francisco's mission district is opening another location. it just got final approval to open on grant avenue. it comes after a months-long dispute over the city's ban on chain restaurants. the city classifies restaurants as a chain if there are 11 or more locations. the city gave the owner a green light because some of the taqueria's are under a slightly different name. kumasi: i love that place. reggie: it is really good. kumasi: we are also big fans of made up food holidays, and if you are a burrito fan, today is your day. in honor of national burrito day, several restaurants have given out deals. taco bell rewards members get a free doritos logos taco. del taco is offering buy one get one free doritos desperados all day long. -- burritos all day long. it is also rolling out a burrito builder challenge today. edges exclusively for roblox players. people who successfully roll a burrito will earn enough bux to buy an entree. reggie: what? kumasi: i do

in the newsroom, luz pena. >> happening now, scattered showers are back in the bay area but it really depends on where you are. this is a live look from the rooftop camera in san francisco where this round of rain has not come in yet. >> let's go to sandhya patel. >> good advice. as we take a look at live doppler 7, you will see why our next round beginning to approach. we already have the showers in the north as we get you into street-level. we are getting light to moderate showers, tracking this next batch, it will be at penn grove at 5:37. be aware that you might get caught under a downpour even if you are seeing a mix of just sun and clouds. there is a system that is right here in this area of low pressure is headed in our direction. it is a light level 1 storm. hour-by-hour we go, 10:30 tonight, we will get our next organized around and one more round at five: a.m.. we could see some hail and thunder. we will be back with a close look at the time line to let you know how long this will look like this. that is welcome as you now. >> remember you can track the weather conditions wh

luz pena joins us from the newsroom with more. >> this is the second mass shootings in sacramento ine. candles lit up the night as families consoled each other after six people were shot and killed in the sacramento downtown area. >> i thank you, that you care for us. i think you that you care for these families. luz: prayers that hit too close to home for this community. >> tonight we are here for jonht aya, melinda, sergio, joshua, de'vazia, and yamile. luz: they are morning three men and three women killed after police say a fight broke out at clubs and bars on sunday. >> this is the second mass shooting we have had than sacramento. luz: sergio harris was the first to be identified. his cousin, de' also killed. sergio's family asking for change and accountability. >> my family does not get to kick it with him tomorrow. instead we have to put our money together and plan a funeral. luz: sacramento's mayor valid -- vowed to take action. >> weapons that indiscriminately kill and injure, we will lift our voices to do so and we will never give in to the idea that in this country of lou

luz: luz pena, abc 7 news. liz: we hope they get the help they need. summer is not far away.s travelers book vacations, they are hoping they will not run into the shortages of rental cars we saw during covid. as people plan their trips, how hard is it going to be to find a car and how can you get the best deal on a rental? reena roy reports. >> experts are forecasting a busy travel season with americans hitting the road and numbers we are not seen since covid, and that means lots of people will be looking for rental cars and worrying if they will be able to get one. >> i don't think you are going to see as acute a problem this year as you saw in years past, though it is going to see a bit of shortage when it comes to rental cars. reena: so what are the best ways to find a car and get a good deal? scott case of scott's cheap flights has tips. first, book your car well before your travel day and keep watching prices to try to get a better rate. >> unlike with flights, it is something that lets you cancel your reservation for free. what that means is when you book your rental ca

drew: -- like dion: luz pena is in the district would have had is an uptick. e people who set up shot in the mission district are creating a different dust difficult environment for families emphasis on trying to recover from the pandemic. before the pandemic, andrew sanchez was a construction worker and now he is doing this. he has set up shop on 24th street in the mission district of san francisco. how much you pay for these things? you pay seven dollars for them and you sell it for nine dollars. >> he's making anywhere between $.50 to two dollars per item. do you know if any of these are stolen? you don't know, you just by the method we market. he says he would never steal. he bought everything you see here, though he does not ask where the items are coming from. his profits he pays the bills and the rest he sends to his kids in mexico. one is going to college and the other is in high school. lately he says business has been difficult. two years ago, how many vendors were here?

in san francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. ama: cases are on the rise across the nation. in their counties. starting today california department of public health says it will increase vaccination events for children ages five and older. indoor masking returns to philadelphia, the first city to reinstate indoor masking in public areas. dan: president biden has announced heightened regulations against so-called ghost guns. those come as cities in the bay area are seeing rising crime because of those ghost guns. they require background checks and serial numbers on ghost gun kits. they also call for businesses that purchase ghost guns for resale to create a serial number before those secondhand weapons are sold again. the san jose mayor and the oakland mayor were among the anti-gun violence advocates at the white house today. >> we are seeing cities throughout california trying to jump in with their own regulations. that wouldn't be necessary once this figure -- federal regulation takes control. dan: -- released a statement on youtube saying that this is a tremendous step and

luz pena joins us from the newsroom with more. >> this is the second mass shootings in sacramento int five weeks. they gathered to ask for change. candles lit up the night as families consoled each other after six people were shot and killed in the sacramento downtown area. >> i thank you, that you care for us. i think you that you care for these families. luz: prayers that hit too close to home for this community. >> tonight we are here for jonht aya, melinda, sergio, joshua, de'vazia, and yamile. luz: they are morning three men and three women killed after police say a fight broke out at clubs and bars on sunday. >> this is the second mass shooting we have had than sacramento. luz: sergio harris was the first to be identified. his cousin, de' also killed. sergio's family asking for change and accountability. >> my family does not get to kick it with him tomorrow. instead we have to put our money together and plan a funeral. luz: sacramento's mayor valid -- vowed to take action. >> weapons that indiscriminately kill and injure, we will lift our voices to do so and we will never give

. >> luz pena spoke with experts who say there could be a surge of ba.2 after next week. l see numbers gradually rise. ba.2 appears to be 30% more transmissible than omicron. we have to keep in mind that even though ba.2 cases are on the rise, hospitalizations and deaths are not. as omicron's subvariant ba.2 continues to spread, the cdc confirmed this strain is now responsible for 86% of covid-19 cases nationwide. locally, researchers are also seeing an uptick in cases. >>

. >> luz pena spoke with experts who say there could be a surge of ba.2 after next week. luz: according -- to experts, we will see numbers gradually rise. ba.2 appears to be 30% more transmissible than omicron. we have to keep in mind that even though ba.2 cases are on the rise, hospitalizations and deaths are not. as omicron's subvariant ba.2 continues to spread, the cdc confirmed this strain is now responsible for 86% of covid-19 cases nationwide. locally, researchers are also seeing an uptick in cases. >> most of the cases in the bay area and sacramento are caused by ba.2. luz: alexandria bain, professor of environmental engineering at stanford university as part of a team tracking 12 water plants in northern california. how fast are they rising? >> based on the wastewater, it looks like perhaps they are doubling over two weeks. luz: right now, they are detecting the largest increase in gilroy. >> covid-19 is not gone. it is going to continue to affect our lives into the near future. luz: today, the cdc extended its nationwide mask requirements for passengers on planes

larry: for three weeks, luz pena has been covering the rent crisis. she has spoken to tenants, housing organizations and a lawmaker behind a program that protects tenants from getting evicted. you spoke to a landlord that has not gotten paid in nearly two years? luz: when people normally think about landlords, they think about law -- large businesses. there are thousands of small property owners that have not been paid for months. gary has worked his whole life in the bay area and bought three homes. he says he has two tenants trying their best to pay him. but, there's another couple who refused to pay. in 1986, gary bought his dream home in pleasanton. a four bedroom house with a pool and a view of the mountains. >> they looked out this window and the woman said, oh my god. it was just amazing. for her to see what this was. >> 36 years later, his dream home is an income property. for 26 months, he has not made any income. >> for over two years, i have tenants that have not paid a dollar. luz: gary said the couple who rented the house have a business

luz pena spoke with several experts would say we are in the middle of a new wave the virus. luz: as more people are testing at home, public health departments are not able to report the real picture of how fast covid cases are spreading. but, what you are flushing down the toilet is providing scientists with enough data to track the virus. as covid-19 infections grow across the state, all eyes are on our wastewater. for the past four weeks, covid levels have been increasing. >> the concentrations now are similar to what they were during delta back in the summer of 2021. >> we went inside stanford's environmental engineering lab to see firsthand how wastewater samples are processed every day. >> here is a wastewater sample. you have solids in the wastewater that have settled. we will now pellet this wastewater into something like this. just to get the solids out and d concentrate and dewater the viruses. luz: picture this at a larger scale. alexandra payne yeah are lying on a lab to determine where the most infections are coming from. >> we look at wastewater from 11 for impla

abc7news luz pena is wrote to the mayor about what this means for the district.eporter: the supervisor matt haney ran on a pro housing platform. he is attributing this win two, citing effort he led to housing 24 homeless people in hotel rooms during the pandemic. with over 60 3% of votes in san francisco, matt haney went from leading the city's most challenged neighborhood to representing san francisco on a bigger platform. >> i want to bring a message to sacramento that we need statewide plans, every city and county to build housing to provide for people who are experiencing homelessness. reporter: matt haney has been representing san francisco's district six since 2019. four months ago, the mayor declared a state of emergency in that neighborhood, citing chaos with open drug use, overdoses and homelessness. according to city data, in the last two years, more people have died in his district from a drug overdose than those who have died of covid in the entire city. >> i want to focus on drug addiction. reporter: getting answers, matt haney has said he will advoc

in san francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. dan: what's update you on the pandemic headlines worldwide, cases and deaths are both down for the second week in a row. that is according to the world health organization. today a panel of fda advisers met to discuss booster shots and how to handle future variants. no recommendations were voted on. attorney general merrick portland has tested positive. -- merrick garland. he does not have symptoms but asked to be tested after learning he might've been exposed to someone with covid. he is positive in fact. today our 3:00 p.m. program, getting answers, we spoke live with ucsf's dr. monica gandhi about whether we should shift into more of an endemic attitude, treating covid like a health risk that we just live with similar to the flu. other countries have done that. >> the u.k. has gone to what they call endemic management and they mean it. they mean no -- even if you are sick with covid, if you have symptoms, stay home, but there is no standard time of isolation. you don't even have to

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