abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez spent a day in the tenderloin to find out for you. she'll join us live at 630 to explain what she saw and didn't see happening today. >> remembrances for a day to never forget. the nation paused to mark 23 years since the september 11th terror attacks. take a look at a live picture now from new york city and the annual tribute in light. those twin beams meant to evoke the original twin towers are lighting up the sky. abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn has a look at how the day was remembered here. >> it's hard to believe it's been 23 years since 9/11 is a day that heralds will never forget. >> the former menlo park fire chief was part of a california search and rescue team sent to help in new york city. >> first assignment at the trade center. i remember as we're driving across the bridge and, you know, coming in at nighttim, you could see the lights and the smoke. >> and this day, just as in years past, spiegelman pauses to remember those lost in the tragedy. on this september 11th, 23 years after that fateful day, san francisco's

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. >> abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez tackles that mess and looks at how changes could help buildetter bay area. coming every 30 years. basically, we're talking about the city charter. it dictates dictates how things operate in the city. >> but in order to build a better bay area, most anyone in city government will tell you it's time to reform the charter. >> abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez is here with a look at really what's not working. liane. >> yeah, well, a lot is not working. and here, here it is. this is the entire charter right there. now, there have been so many add ons and changes to san francisco's constitution, meaning the city charter, that many officials will argue that all of that has affected how the city delivers public services, how government serves you. let's skip over the minutia found in this 538 page document called the san francisco city charter. instead, let's ask those in the know what's not working in the charter and why it may be time for a reset. >> so what we have at this poin, i think is kind of a mess. >> a mess, according to supervisor ra

reporter lyanne melendez looks at what it may take to finally revitalize it.hich was once bustling with twitter employees, is now filled with a quiet desolation. >> now known as x, the company was once the second largest tenant in the mid-market area, with more than 450,000ft■!s of space. nobody misses their business more than friday. earlier owner of market street gyro. >> of course, when they left, they hurt us. as this street is always get worse. >> x's move adds to a neighborhood in crisis. many small businesses here have been forced to close because of rampant drug use and ongoing criminal activity. >> last two months, they broke my window. three times. they stolen my stuff inside. it's the sandwiches go bad everyday. go bad, you know. >> there is a lack of foot traffic in the area. offices that used to be full of workers are now empty as remote work continues. this is hitting this particular neighborhood hard. >> solution. we need more people coming to work. office. this empty office. fill up. you know, it's all empty. >> the mid-market area has struggle

here's abc seven's building a better bay area reporter, lyanne melendez. >> the lobby, which was once bustling with twitter employees, is now filled with a quiet desolation. now known as x, the company was once the second largest tenant in the mid market area, with more than 450,000ft■s of space. nobody misses their business more than friday. earlier owner of market street gyro. >> of course, when they left, they hurt us as this street is always get worse. >> x's move adds to a neighborhood in crisis. many small businesses here have been forced to close because of rampant drug use and ongoing criminal activity. >> the last two months, they broke my window three times. they stolen my stuff inside. it's the sandwiches go bad everyday. go bad. >> you know, there is a lack of foot traffic in the area. offices that used to be full of workers are now empty as remote work continues. this is hitting this particular neighborhood hard solution. >> we need more people coming to work. office. this empty office filled up, you know it's all empty. >> the mid market area has struggled for decades. w

here's abc seven's building a better bay area reporter, lyanne melendez. >> the lobby, which was once now filled with a quiet desolation. now known as x, the company was once the second largest tenant in the mid market area, with more than 450,000ft■s of space. nobody misses their business more than ferit uyar, owner of market street gyro. >> of course, when they left, they hurt us as this street is always get worse. >> x's move adds to a neighborhood in crisis. many small businesses here have been forced to close because of rampant drug use and ongoing criminal activity. >> last two months, they broke my window. three times. they stolen my stuff inside. it's the sandwiches go bad everyday. go bad. >> you know, there is a lack of foot traffic in the area. offices that used to be full of workers are now empty as remote work continues. this is hitting this particular neighborhood hard. >> solution. we need more people. uh- coming to work office. this empty office filled up. you know it's all empty. >> the mid market area has struggled for decades. when tech companies started filling the

i'm larry beil, abc seven news at five is coming up next. >> i'm reggie aqui i'm lyanne melendez i'mra campbell i'm j.r. >> stone at abc seven news. >> we deliver local stories with real answers to help make our some call it home. a place considered a safe haven by some people without a permanent residence. now they may be forced back onto the streets. good evening, and thank you for joining us. i'm dion lim. >> and i'm dan ashley, one of the biggest challenges in building a better bay area is housing our significant homeless population. and now a safe space in the north bay that was keeping people off the streets is in jeopardy. that's right. it's called redwood

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abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez takes a look. coming up at 430. >> now a traffic alert in the east bay over the weekend. part of interstate 680 southbound will be closed for construction work starting at 9:00 tonight. the stretch from acosta boulevard in san ramon to interstate 580 in pleasanton will be shut down, and it won't reopen until 4 a.m. monday. all i-580 and 680 connectors will be open along the right lane. northbound 680 will remain open throughout the weekend. >> new developments when it comes to the flu. the fda has just approved the first flu vaccine. that doesn't have to be given by a health care provider. it's flumist, a nasal spray from astrazeneca. it was first approved in 2003, but starting next year, you'll be able to administer it yourself. you will still need a prescription, though, to get the vaccine. >> coming up on abc seven news at four. the beginning of the end. the a's last home stand in oakland getting underway tonight. the future of green transportation. just how california is doing when it comes to

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abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez received the dolores huerta award for her many contributions to journalism. >> i don't think she gets recognized enough for the work that she does and the value that she brings, but more importantly, the barriers that she removed to allow for other women not just latino women, but women of color in general, to be a part of this world that typically was not open to so many of us. >> last night, san francisco mayor, london breed and other city leaders co-hosted the 2024 latino heritage month celebration and award ceremony. as leanne accepted the award, she shared a story about when she knew she wanted to get into journalism. so i ran back to my teacher, to the class and she said, where have you been? >> you're late. you have a presentation. >> and i said, well, i just interviewed pedro juan soto, and she said, that's impossible. everybody knows he doesn't give interviews. and i said, but i did at the end of the interview, my teacher said to me, leanne, is that what you want to be a journalist? and i said, is that what you call it? so yes here i a

abc seven reporter lyanne melendez joins me with what's being done to help revive that area. a final goodbye. sports director larry beil discusses the impact as fans attend the a's final night game at the coliseum. it's all at 530 on abc seven bay area streaming. >> all right. thanks, karina. we'll see you at six. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm dion lim. even with statins and a healthy diet... listen to your heart. talk to your doctor about repatha. repatha plus a statin lowers ldl-c (bad cholesterol) by 63%, and drops the risk of having a heart attack. do not take repatha if you are allergic to it. repatha can cause serious allergic reactions. signs include trouble breathing or swallowing or swelling of the face. most common side effects include runny nose, sore throat, common cold symptoms, flu or flu-like symptoms, back pain, high blood sugar, and redness, pain, or bruising at the injection site. talk to your doctor about repatha. the city hall insiders have a formula: grow the system, exploit the system. take mark farrell's record. after receiving the largest ethics fine in c

our lyanne melendez went back out there to the tenderloin one month later to see if there was a difference in what she noticed was fewer tents for sure, but perhaps just as many unhoused people. and i had also read the numbers that i think only one sixth accept the shelter when offered. so i guess i'm asking you what is happening and how do you overcome that? what's the plan? well, now that we have the ability to implement the law, no sleeping, no lying, no camping on the streets of san francisco when we go out there with our encampment teams, we are offering a place for people to go. >> we're offering services and support, and we do have a number of people who are rejecting those services, mostly because they suffer from substance use disorder. they have some level of addiction, and it's complicated in trying to get people to accept our help because, you know, we try to meet people where they are. but the biggest difference we're having now is we are not giving anyone two options. we're giving them one option to take us up on our option to go into shelter, to take us up on our option to b

abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez looks at the results. >> it's now september, so how's it goingnd out for ourselves without anybody from any city department leading us. we'll find what we find. >> and with that, we say, good afternoon. i'm kristen sze and i'm larry beil. >> thanks for joining us. a crackdown on homeless encampments. in july, governor newsom told cities it was time to address this situation. >> last month, san francisco announced it would offer people a bus ticket out of town first before offering anything else. and san francisco is not the only city that encourages its homeless to leave. some go so far as to have police drive the unhoused to other cities. >> well, now one city says they will go after police officers who drop off homeless people there. abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey went to santa cru, where it is now a crime for police to do that. >> the city of santa cruz is working to clean up the town's image by cleaning up the streets and addressing their homelessness problem. mayor fred

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and abc seven news building a better bay area reporter, lyanne melendez, is here with a look at the future. >> well, i tell you, if you were to write a book right now about the san francisco symphony, i think the title would be the upside of uncertainty. so anyway, first of all, the conductor who replaced the legendary michael tilson thomas mtt is leaving at the end of this season. he is considered among the best conductors in the world. now, right now, there is drama, conflict, financial uncertainty and as always in a good book, a call for optimism. but will it be enough to make it a bestseller? you decide. might say that san francisco had a fairy tale moment when, in late 2018, the symphony hired conductor esa-pekka salonen to have hired him was, you know, a public relations coup and an artistic coup beyond imagining. >> none of us here thought that could ever happen. >> salonen didn't actually begin his tenure until 2020, and we all know what that infamous year meant for the world. covid. all concerts were canceled through june 20th, 21. by then, the two top people directly responsible

. >> abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez is here to tell us what's changing. leanne. >> yeah, well, when it comes to latino voters, don't assume that they're going to vote one way or the other, or that they're going to vote at all. for example, voters young voters have told me that they are disenchanted and are going to stay home despite so much riding on these elections. now for the older latinos in san francisco, crime and even illegal immigration are big issues and some will be voting for more conservative candidates when it comes to the mayor's race and even the presidential election. through music, latinos express their identity. sharing a meal is a way to connect with others. talking about politics is a byproduct. what's different about these elections, >> there's nothing too different besides it being overly politically charged and everyone's at each other's throats. hugo monge told us he's discouraged and is skipping the november election. >> latinos represent nearly 11% of san francisco voters, yet many feel they are not being courted by local politic

abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez returned to downtown a few days after dreamforce to check out conditions now. leanne. >> yeah, you know, there were a lot of things happening behind the scenes that we didn't really realize for example, to protect the 45,000 attendees, the department of emergency management activated its operation center. they were at level four, which means standby in case of an emergency. no one from the police department was allowed to be off during the conference, and public works deployed street cleaning crews, which they do often when they have a major event or convention. now, is this possible every day? no. but are things improving in that area when dreamforce is not around? well, sort of. the dreamforce conference has been a sort of redemption for a city still trying to improve its tarnished image. >> i love it here. >> born and raised restaurant owners were the first to embrace the event. how does dreamforce change this area? >> well, look when dreamforce is here and any major conventions here, the city as far as i understand it, is bringing in additio

. >> i'm reggie aqui i'm lyanne melendez, i'm luz pena, i'm tara campbell i'm j.r. >> stone at abc sevens we deliver local stories with real answers to help make our city bett grow the system, exploit the system. take mark farrell's record. after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. wheel of fortune than jeopardy! catch a special edition of world news at ten. then stay with us for abc seven news at 1030. >> and at 11, fathers and sons have bonded over sports for years, but we are increasingly seeing more moms getting in on the fun and also the memory making to a group of mothers and sons started their own fantasy football league as a way to connect. >> reporter phillip palmer, from our sister station in los angeles, has the play by play. >> nearly 30 million people played fantasy

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. >> i'm lyanne melendez i'm luz pena. i'm tara campbell. >> i'm j.r.liver local stories with >> whit: good morning, america. scenes of devastation. hurricane helene carving a path of destruction through the south. dozens of people killed. entire neighborhoods leveled. helicopter rescues above dangerous rushing water. massive damage stretching from florida to north carolina. >> didn't think it would be as bad as it was.

. >> abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez is here with a look at what is or is not working. and you know, nothing has changed in the last three decades, so it should be fine, right? yeah, it's time to change the car. >> you know, a lot is not working, but they all started with good intentions, you know? but what do they say? what's the old phrase? the road to hell is paved with good intentions. okay, so we're not in hell yet, but. but there have been so many add ons and changes to san francisco's constitution, meaning the city charter that many officials will argue that all of that has affected how the city delivers public services, how government serves you. let's skip over the minutia found in this 538 page document called the san francisco city charter. instead let's ask those in the know what's not working in the charter. oh and why it may be time for a reset. >> so what we have at this point, i think, is kind of a mess, a mess. >> according to supervisor rafael mandelman, because of how the city's governance is structured based in part on that charter. here's how the sa

local trends are even better than on the national level >> i'm reggie aqui, i'm lyanne melendez, i'm pena, i'm tara campbell, i'm j.r. stone at abc seven news we deliver local stories with real answers to help make our city better to the parties that are firing at each other across the blue line. to all the parties involved, this country is step back from the brink. stop the escalation. >> fighting in the middle east between israel and hezbollah. israel. prime minister. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu telling lebanese civilians to flee their homes to escape the violence by as much as you want. >> no problem. it'll be recycled, they say. lies. >> california's attorney general says we've been deliberately deceived when it comes to recycling. the landmark lawsuit just filed against exxonmobil by the state. >> happening today, a measure to crack down on sideshows in san francisco will be put to its first challenge. the tactics proposed in mayor london breeds plan. >> good morning. it is tuesday, september 24th. >> let's start with a check on the weather. hi, drew. hey. >> good

. >> i'm lyanne melendez, i'm luz pena, i'm tara campbell i'm j.r. >> stone at abc seven news we deliverh real answers to help make our city better in orange underneath that advisory. right now temperatures it is mild out there this morning running about ten degrees warmer compared to this time yesterday. starting out in the 60s in most cities as we get going on this tuesday. so just like yesterday stay hydrated. stay cool out there. those temperatures in the 80s and 90s around the bay shoreline inland, just like yesterday. our hottest cities likely hitting about 100 this afternoon. >> number two, the chaos within san francisco unified the school board is scheduled to meet today, just days after they held a rare sunday meeting to discuss the future of the superintendent. it will be the first meeting since mayor london breed announced a team of city officials will work to try and stabilize the district. >> number three, the a's final home stand begins today in oakland. they will play at the coliseum today, tomorrow and thursday. and then it's goodbye to the city that they've called home f