melanie: in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. ama: the san francisco port commission is meeting to allow crab sales from fishermen. if approved, it would be able to go to fisherman's wharf, and purchase live dungeness crabs. dungeness crab season is about to start november 14. dan: pg&e says it is working to restore power after sunday's big storm. in woodside, the area near the preserve saw heavy damage. crews are replacing two power poles that were broken and three others that were leaning. about 150 customers nearby lost power. >> we have about 3000 crewmembers out in the field, cruise, contact crews, vegetation folks, we also brought an assistance from san diego gas and electric, and we have thousands of people behind the scenes working to get power restored and get these repairs. dan: pg&e says because of flooding and downed trees, some of their equipment is hard to access, one reason why the power is still out in some areas two days after the storm rolled through. it look now at the current outages in the bay area. this is p

melanie: dr. george rutherford is a yo epidemiology. >> i think we will see a more robust uptake in the bay area. melanie: another poll found that long-term effects, serious side effects and impacts on fertility are among the top concerns parents have about vaccinating their child. >> there is no evidence that there is in effect, an adverse effect on fertility. >> i would encourage people to get their children vaccinated as quickly as they can. i think it will go a long way towards getting real, lasting disease control. melanie: the initial 50 million doses are expected to start shipping out of pfizer's manufacturing plant within 24 hours. vaccination start once the cdc signs off on specific recommendations, likely next week. melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. liz: we checked in with local county health and hospital officials. most are waiting to release guidance on how they will distribute shots until the cdc gives their signoff. abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo spoke with bay area parents to ex

melanie: dr. george rutherford is a professor of epidemiology. >> i think we will see a more robust uptake in the bay area. melanie: another poll found that long-term effects, serious side effects and impacts on fertility are among the top concerns parents have about vaccinating their child. >> there is no evidence that there is in effect, an adverse affect for -- on fertility. >> i would encourage people to get their children vaccinated as quickly as they can. i think it will go a long way towards getting more lasting disease control. melanie: the initial 50 million doses are expected to start shipping out within 24 hours. vaccination start once the cdc signs off on specific recommendations likely next week. liz: we checked in with local county health and hospital officials. most are waiting to release guidance on how they will distribute shots until the cdc gives their signoff. amanda spoke with bay area parents to explain their hope or hesitancy when it comes to their kids and the covid vaccine

melanie: dr. george rutherford is a professor of epidemiology. >> i think we will see a more robust uptake in the bay area. melanie: another poll found that long-term effects, serious side effects and impacts on fertility are among the top concerns parents have about vaccinating their child. >> there is no evidence that there is in effect, an adverse effect on fertility. >> i would encourage people to get their children vaccinated as quickly as they can. i think it will go a long way towards getting to herd immunity and getting to lasting disease control. melanie: the initial 50 million doses are expected to start shipping out of pfizer's manufacturing plant within 24 hours. vaccinations will start once the cdc signs off on specific recommendations, likely next week. melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. liz: we checked in with local county health and hospital officials. most are waiting to release guidance on how they will distribute shots until the cdc gives their signoff. abc 7 news reporter amanda del

reporter melanie woodrow has the story. melanie: the san jose police department says they have cracked a 20 year old homicide cold case. investigators say the victim was in front of his apartment complex on avalon avenue on october 31, 20 e, when someone stabbed him and her friend. >> this victim had just arrived in this area, was exiting the vehicle when he was randomly attacked. melanie: his friend survived, while the victim died of his injuries. for two decades, several detectives worked the case. there were leads, but no arrests until now. >> it demonstrates the tenacity and relentlessness of our homicide detectives. melanie: this past august the case was assigned to a district attorney called case team, that brought new life to the investigation. >> some of the people that were interviewed 20 years ago were reinterviewed recently. for whatever reasons, they decided to be more forthcoming, provide more information. melanie: last week, members of the police department's overt response team, located three suspects. they w

melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. liz: hey third juror has been -- a third juror has been dismissed in the elizabeth holmes their nose trial. the juror told the judge she was playing sudoku through half the trial days to help her stay focused. two other jurors were also let go previously based on religious and financial reasons. a scientist took the stand yesterday in a trial, disputing claims that pfizer validated the blood testing technology. holmes faces up to 20 years in prison, accused of bilking investors out of millions of -- milking investors out of millions of dollars and making false claims about theranos. a new way to help the environment. we are looking at the longtime brewery's new water recycling program. here's a live look at the golden gate bridge. lisa argen will have your forecast in a few minutes. >> disney is celebrating halloween with a month full of trick-or-treat's on disney plus, hulu, and free-form. celebrate 31 nights of halloween on free-form with your favorite scary movies all month long. h

melanie, welcome back to the sunday show.last times you were on, you had just been arrested for protesting in favor of voting rights. and now you have been leading a daily protest outside of the supreme court. why? >> we've been meeting not daily, jonathan, but regularly, if you will. the supreme court is that third level of government and unfortunately it's failing us when it comes to voting rights and protectioning our constitutional rights. there's a symbolism to that. and when you look across the street, you see the congress and on down the street, you see the white house, of course. and so we said we wanted to keep coming back. we started on july 15th, so it's been three months, working with the national council of women and the national action clergy network and so many other organizations across the gamut, standing up for voting rights and also connecting the dots for people to understand if we don't have voting rights protections and freedom to vote, then we also cannot protect our constitutional rights, we cannot pro

reporter melanie woodrow has the latest. melanie: inspectors with the san francisco department of building and inspection were atthatheuain enough, and that the stairs leading to the guardrail are steep. >> we had two of our most seasoned inspectors and they found the area to be code compliant. we do consider the issue closed. melanie: sunday night during a concert 47-year-old ryan posner of new york died after he left from an elevated area of the arena and fell a significant distance. a police spokesperson said before he left, he didn't appear to have any physical contact with any person. . police found no evidence of foul play. one hour later, police responded to another man. sf pd says both men were taken to hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. officers did not find evidence of any criminal violation. this is the past president and current spokesperson for the structural engineers association of southern california. >> a building as new and this and the assessment it takes to get a handrail installed, the expectati

melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> frances haugen testified before senate subcommittee today. she said facebook prioritizes profits over people and manipulated content it was harmful to young users. isabella salas has more. >> facebook needs to take response ability. >> facebook trending. a big mess for the social media giant. >> i came to realize the devastating truth. almost no one outside of facebook knows what happens inside of facebook. >> frances haugen testified in a senate subcommittee. you four hours after a massive outage took out facebook, whatsapp, and instagram. >> the leadership knows how to make facebook and instagram safer, but will not make the deaths every changes because they put their astronomical profits before people. >> former facebook product manager is looking at the algorithms, accusing them of leading young users to harmful content, like anorexia. >> we have to make sure the next generation is just as engaged in instagram as the current one. the way they will do that is by making sure the children establish habits before they have good self-regulatio

not a concern as you said of toppling over or damaging adjacent structures. >> in san francisco, melanie news. dan: on my walk today, i saw saw branches big and small down all over the place. ama: it was almost no joke. but my daughter and i were holding hands, oh, don't get blown away. we were half joking. reporter: there was blowing debris as well when i was driving home last night and this morning when i was coming in. so yes, it has o ere. dan and am to show you the winds over the higher terrain. spring valley, 24. not nearly as strong as they were earlier today. once again, we do have a red flag warning that is in effect until 7:00 p.m. that's for lake and solano county. fire danger is not over yet. humidity 6-2% in those two counties, 30 to 40 miles an hour so any fires that develop will quickly spread. as you look at that time hourly forecast o notice it's still windy across parts of the bay area. winds will re-really relax tomorrow morning and then they'll pick up again for some parts of the bay area particularly solano and lake counties around the noontime hour, you can see 20 t

melanie woodrow, abc7 news.: sonoma county looking to ease mask requirements in some indoor settings for fully vaccinated residents. the owner of a peta lummea studio says -- >> they put their membership on hold and there's a group of people waiting for the mask mandate to lift to come back. because it is really hard to do this workout in a mask. ama: businesses are asked to check the vaccination status of their patrons. those who are unvaccinated must still wear masks in all public settings. dan: monthly payments of $500 for 18 months no strings attached. today, the city of oakland moved into phase two of its guaranteed income pilot program. which -- what you need to know to apply of the that's next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ with chase security features, guidance and convenience, banking feels good. chase. make more of what's yours. [ sneeze ] are you ok? oh, it's just a cold. if you have high blood pressure, a cold is not just a cold. unlike other cold medicines, coricidin provides powerful cold relief without raising your

spell melanie woodrow abc 7 news and there is potential for even more pg&e power issues because there is more rain in the forecast. yeah. let's get to abc 7 news meteorologist, sandhya patel for those details sandia. yeah, dan and alma we are looking at storm. after storm, it's a series. so let's take a look at the next seven days. we have a storm impact scale every single day the strongest coming in sunday into monday as a level two. the next one is level one on live doppler 7 it is going to bring us more rain than what we saw between last night and this morning so it's time it out moderate pockets of rain tomorrow night in the north bay at 9 pm could be briefly heavy as we go into 1 am it starts to spread and really into wednesday morning. we have scattered showers continuing really into the afternoon and evening. that's not the only storm another one comes. day into friday and once again as i mentioned the strongest in the series looks to be coming in sunday into monday if this atmospheric river verifies rainfall totals could be impressive. i'll be back with a closer. look at that

board decided to reverse this decision to eliminate the mentoring program as abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow explains at least one school board member now says he originally misunderstood the program's purpose the okay program mentors young students, but recently the oakland award decided to eliminate the program as part of the board's george floyd resolution meant to remove police officers from oakland schools as a district. we're trying to move away from a policing model of discipline school board. vice president. sam. davis says, he originally did not vote for the program but after hearing from community members last night changed his mind. i thought it was just a few police officers coming on campus to to talk to students about discipline issues, but it's actually really a mentorship and building program that really supports and the ways that they need help oakland police department sergeant. robert smith is the program's volunteer executive director without having a conversation with the ok program. they decided to just vote it down because it involved police bishop bob jackson

fire concerns and possibly affect next year as well abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow has that story? in california, there's no such thing as fire season fire is a year-round problem largely driven by the weather according to dwight. good cal fire santa clara assistant chief weather matters to firefighting like weather matters to a farmer we could see some relief soon. there's rain in the forecast once we getvent will really be able to nail down where rainfall will happen and how much will occur right now. there's just a potential for a pretty healthy rainstorm. but abc 7 meteorologist, mike. nicco says, we don't want too much of a good thing the too much rain falls on those burn scars, then we could have the potential for flooding. nico says more likely than not will be looking at another dry winter. la nina is about 75% of the time come back to back. so if you just take last year and extrapolate or move it forward to this winter. it is not looking well we could be looking at. whole year of heightened fire danger. once again, that's not the news we would hope for i don't know how mu

melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. ama: avenue newsom signed seven bills to help make college more affordable for californians. more than a dozen lawmakers and state officials flying -- thanked the governor as he signed the bills at cal state northridge. the legislation runs the gamut from opening more slots for in-state students at california universities, to increase funding for financial aid and housing to a zero cost textbook program. dan: -- >> there is no equation to address the issue of income and wealth disparity, unless we provide opportunities and create pathways to close those gaps. ama: the latest bills, on the heels of massive investment on higher education in california. in july, the so-called california comeback plan included a $47 billion for the uc, csu, and community college systems. dan: helping students stay out of the juvenile justice system. that is the topic of a new study from stanford university and oakland unified school district. researchers found reducing discipline problems with middle and

melanie, thank you for your reporting.il poised to vote this week on one of the nation's most progressive basic income programs, the $31 million pilot program would give low income households $500 per month for a year. it would be funded from the money that chicago received from the pandemic stimulus package. the program has the support of most of the city's 50 aldermen. however, the 20 member black caucus is urging the mayor to redirect this money to violence prevention programs. >> that will be interesting, basic income. >>> looking at markets around the world forey your tuesday session, asian markets closed lower. it was a record day for investors, even with a big surge in oil prices. another record high for the dow, it's now within striking distance for the first time ever of 36,000. a record for the s&p 500, too, and the nasdaq rallied just under 1%. that milestone for oil prices above $85 a barrel for the first time in seven years. higher oil means higher gas prices. a gallon of gas, gallon of regular up 20 cents fro

. >> cnn's melanie zanona joins the panel now.did you get a break during the congressional resource? and i think the answer is no. they start this very real contempt process, what actually happens? is steve bannon going to jail tomorrow? the answer's no, but why? >> that is a great question. you remember covering capitol hill for so many years. it really exposed the weaknesses that congress has when it comes to oversight. they could do something called inherent contempt, which would require the sergeant in arms hauling people in and holding them in custody or they could do criminal contempt, which is what they are pursuing with bannon, but it ultimately kicks it to the doj. so congress doesn't actually have a ton of power, and we don't know what merrick garland is going to do. he wants to aid the investigation. but at the same time the administration wants to show that the doj is independent. so we don't know, and even if they do decide to pursue criminal charges, it's going to wind up in a lengthy court battle. so it could take y

cnn correspondent donie o'sullivan and capitol hill reporter melanie zanona are here with more. you've been covering this very closely here. mark zuckerberg pushing back, defensive tone, this during an earnings call. i wonder what do these say and is it your view having covered this for so long that facebook considers what it is going through now different from previous bouts with bad press? >> yeah. i mean, they certainly have given up kind of engaging on the issues. we have seen over the past week a facebook spokesperson telling the washington post that some reporting was beneath them and yesterday we saw zuckerberg having a pop at the media. have a listen to him on that earnings call. >> good faith criticism helps us get better. but my view is that what we're seeing is a coordinated effort to selectively use leaked documents to paint a false picture of our company. the reality is that we have an open culture, where we encourage discussion and research, about our work, so we can make progress on many complex issues that are not specific to just us. >> and when he talks there a

. >>> let's get the late east coast from cnn capitol hill reporter melanie zanona.elanie, chuck schumer has an approach here. republicans, why was this a thing anyway? but this is why did we even see this? >> this was the absolute bare minimum we should point out. republicans didn't even vote for the debt ceiling hike. they just allowed democrats to proceed to this vote and it's only a short-term deal. we still have to deal with this in december. mitch mcconnell's initial reasoning for refusing to cooperate with democrats, he wanted to showcase divisions in the democratic ranks. what we saw yesterday was dissension in the gop ranks. the anger amongst republicans yesterday was palatable. ted cruz said it was a serious mistakes and republicans blinked. lindsey graham said this was a complete capitulation. of course, former president donald trump launched a new round of attacks on mcconnell overall of this. i don't think it bodes well for the next few months when you have chuck schumer trying to r wrangle his ranks together, mcconnell can't control his conference. we a

that's what's playing in my head as we're talking about this, melanie and david.o much. >>> there is some new body camera video from police in utah and they're speaking with gabby petito in it about a physical fight she had with her fiance brian laundrie and something we learn in this that we didn't know. she talks about how she was grabbed in the face. we did not know that. >>> plus, dr. sanjay gupta back with us with an eye opening look at one group of people who are resisting the covid vaccine despite being exposed to it on a daily basis. >> it is their body, it is a choice that they should make for themselves. and that i should make for myself. >> and the game to end all games, tom brady making his first trip back to new england since leaving the patriots. so how is all of new england feeling about this? what happens when we welcome change? we can transform our workforce overnight out of convenience, or necessity. we can explore uncharted waters, and not only make new discoveries, but get there faster, with better outcomes. with app, cloud and anywhere workspa

and the cdc has now recommended booster shots for all three covid vaccines an abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow explains who is eligible and who health officials strongly recommend get a booster. regardless of which covid-19 vaccine you received the cdc is now recommending boosters for all three manufacturers johnson & johnson pfizer and moderna the cdc has also green lighted a mix-and-match booster approach meaning the booster you receive doesn't have to match the manufacturer of the one you previously received. people have many questions about boosters, which is why santa clara county's health officer and covid-19 vaccine officer explained booster recommendations. day breaking it down by whose eligible by manufacturer if you got the johnson & johnson vaccine at least two months ago. anyone 18 and older is eligible if you got pfizer or moderna at least six months ago, anyone 65 years and older is eligible anyone 18 years and older with an underlying medical condition is eligible and anyone 18 years and older who lives or works in a high risk setting is eligible. this may include anythi

melanie zanona on capitol hill. jeremy, in public comments here, it does appear that progress is being made. i wonder does the white house believe they're close to getting a deal here, granted one much smaller than the president initially saw. and how does he plan to frame that tonight? >> reporter: yeah, look, they certainly believe that they are nearing that point. that is one of the reasons why what we're seeing this week is president biden ramping up his public salesmanship of his domestic legislative agenda. even as those negotiations with congress are still ongoing. they see this town hall tonight as an opportunity for the president to reframe some of the debate about this legislative agenda, not focusing so much on the tug of war within the democratic party, but more about what is at stake here for the president to get his agenda across the finish line. and also talking about giving middle class and working class people a little bit more breathing room, as he did yesterday in scranton, for example. listen. >>

melanie, thank you so much for joining us.start with your experience, of inside that organization, as i was relaying the reporting that's happening in these. emails how that jives with what personally experienced there. >> thanks for having me chris. i really appreciate you sharing our stories. as you can, imagine it's a male dominated field. coming into the washington redskins front office, in being involved in the organization from that side versus from the sidelines as a cheerleader was a totally different experience. i was one of many cheerleaders actually, that was hired to be a full-time staff person. there were many of us that were sort of, handpicked, in interviewed and offered positions in various facets of the organization. i do feel that we were maybe picked for the wrong reasons. obviously there was a lot of sexual objectivity in the office. there was a lot of misogyny, as you sort of alluded to in your introduction. but it was also a very intimidating and threatening work environment, for many of us. and, i spent

dan: as melanie woodrow explains, inspectors had found no code violations.orter: to inspectors with the san francisco department of building inspection were at the chase center today after a complaint filed with dbi alleged the guardrails inside are unsafe and the balcony guardrail is not high enough. >> we had two of our most seasoned in sectors go out to the site and they found the area to be fully code compliant. we consider the issue closed. reporter: the san francisco police department says 47-year-old ryan prosser of new york died after he left from an elevated area of the arena and fell a snia police spokespersons before he left, he did not appear to have any physical contact with any person. police found no evidence of foul play. officers responded to another man who fell on a patron. both men were taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. officers did not find evidence of them and -- any criminal violation. the past president and current spokesperson for the structural engineers association of northern california. >> for a building as

melanie spoke officials today. melanie: it represents a much bigger problem across the bay area, dirt and debris buildup on power lines. when the first rain or even mist hits the lines, this pg&e spokesperson says the now wet debris can cause trouble. >> it causes it to become mud. mud conducts electricity. in those situations we sometimes see fires and outages related to that. these early rai trigger these sort of instances. >> she says the the the continue until we have steady, consistent rain in the area. until recently it was primarily used for larger transmission towers, not neighborhood >> to make sure that we're doing everything we can to prevent these sorts of instances from occurring. and a half after it happened. it's a little too long. >> even a single pole repair can take quite a bit of time. that's why why w extended outages. >> abc 7 news confirmrmrmrm southern california edison that they also experience this type of issue after like rain, fog, or just. dan: a freight train partially derailed in oakla

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is that what was the melanie? when to me, we did these in, oh, not getting was that i got unless you are in my heart, you are in my heart. okay. so i will, i will see you. my mission is to do the very best that i can for the people and be very honest with them and tell them, you know, when, when i'm speaking to the migrants of the commodore, i seem to not cross by yourself. it is too dangerous and tell them the pitfalls. and that's the best that i can do. and i wish that i could do wor, and i, at this point, i can't, you know, other than giving him all a hug. and telling him that i love him. ah, there's a map put out by humane waters, very shows 3000 red dots where people have died here in the front or on this earth . and when i saw a map, that's what sort of led me to this project. because i went through bring those red dots on the map. a map is an abstraction, it's not, it's not the territories, not. the geographical location is just a map showing approximately where person was found. you need the real people gr

reporter melanie window gives us a look at how communities there are preparing.ing in the grizzly flats area, driving through parts of the community levelled by the cal door fire, and with some of those homesites still piled with debris. it's clear heavy rains won't be helpful. just weeks ago, they called or fire tore through this neighborhood, reducing homes in its path to piles of rubble. heavy rains in the forecast have communities in this year of foothills scarred by the fire, bracing for possible mud or debris flows. i only had to walmart not too far from the burn scar at the nearest big shopping center. the storm system on its way has people preparing ahead of the storm trying to get all of our preparations done before which time hits. so we don't have to go out in the rain, you know, are expecting a lot of rain, and it's all feeling a little too soon for april bell, she and her family had to leave their home during the cowl door fires mandatory evacuations. were evacuated for 15 days. feeling thankful, though they have supplies to bring home knowing this f

melanie michael has some tips. >> when it comes to protecting yourself as a passenger during the upcomingsay buying travel insurance is the key to a journey. just ask long time to have a travel agent. lori judd who's been in the industry for more than 3 decades. i say that is highly recommended and i give you the price up front with trip insurance included because it is so important. i don't believe it should be an add-on anymore in this day in age just too many things that can happen. laurie says she not only recommends travel insurance. she by herself for every trip she takes especially during covid. she tells us the extra money will pay for itself and peace of mind, which is priceless during a season shaping up to be busier than ever. that's a huge savings. so if you purchase it up front and the partisan within like 7 to 14 days. it covers preexisting, you know, you can get cancer any reason front of extra benefit canceled for work reasons. a lot of people who can't go because, you know, last minute their bosses. oh, i'm sorry, but you have to do this. you can't you know, i know you ha

are concerns and maybe even affect fires next year abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow has that storyin california, there's no such thing as fire season fire is a year-round problem largely driven by the weather according to dwight. good cal fire santa clara assistant chief weather matters to firefighting like weather matters to a farmer we could see some relief soon. there's rain in the forecast once we get closer to the event will really be able to nail down where this rainfall will happen and how much will occur right now. there's just a potential for a pretty healthy rainstorm but abc 7 neurologist mike nicco says, we don't want too much of a good thing the too much rain falls on. burn scars, then we could add the potential for flooding. nico says more likely than not will be looking at another dry winter. la nina is about 75% of the time come back to back. so if you just take last year and extrapolate or move it forward to this winter. it is not looking. well we could be looking at a whole year of heightened fire danger. once again, that's not the news we would hope for i don't k

. >> joining us now, jeremy diamond from the us who, melanie zanona on capitol hill. jeremy, the president as jim pointed out dropping that price tag, making some cuts to programs. clearly something else is happening. there is a very obvious shift in tone that we're seeing. what was the messaging, how much do we know about what the president said behind closed doors in terms of getting it done now. >> yeah, there is clearly a sense of urgency on all sides now between the white house, the progressive faction and some of those moderates. but a deal is not yet in hand. that's important to note. the president and the white house are working to try and get to some kind of a framework agreement by the end of the week. it will be scaled down from even what the president was talking about just a few weeks ago. the president yesterday talking about an agreement in the range of $1.75 to $1.9 trillion. earlier he was talking about $1.9 trillion to $2 trillion. that's already a shift and different from the $3.5 trillion that the white house and progressive democrats had initially

melanie zanona, jeremy diamond, appreciate it. thank you, both. >>> president biden will discuss his ambitious legislative agenda with our own anderson cooper in a cnn town hall this thursday night. be sure to tune in at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> that will be an important moment. >>> still ahead, a miami private school is under fire for spreading covid disinformation. why they're forcing students who get the vaccine to stay home for 30 days. >>> plus, the gang that kidnapped 17 missionaries in haiti including children, they want $17 million for their release, a million dollars per hostage. we're going to take you live to port-au-prince. >>> and former president trump under oath for four hours yesterday, answering questions in a lawsuit over a 2015 protest outside of trump tower. what the lawyers in the room are saying about that time. up to one million dollars. that's how much university of phoenix is committing to create 400 scholarships this month ane. because believe everybody deserves a chance. see what scholarships you may qualif

. >> in berkeley, melanie woodrow. >> health is on the way to improve internal and infant outcomes infamilies of color. governor newsom signed senate bill 65, known as the california mom nimbus act. will improve research and data collection on racial and socioeconomic factors that contribute to higher rates of maternal and infant mortality in communities of color. >> we are grateful. to reimagine maternity and care in california. when we improve health care and social outcomes for all families, we improve health outcomes for all. >> here is why advocates say the legislation is needed. lack mothers are six times more likely than white mothers to die within a year of pregnancy. black women in california have a higher rate of death than black women nationally and the rate of black infants dying in california is more than double the statewide infant mortality rate. >> in the south bay, a bay, a ba including santa clara county and local nonprofit partners launched a campaign to end family homelessness by 2025. heading home campaign aims to house 1200 families by next year. >> being homeles

melanie zanona joins us. we've asked the question so many times. are we going anywhere? is the october 31st deadline getting wobbly? >> to answer the first question, no. there have been no signs of progress or breakthroughs. they haven't agreed on a top-line number yet, yet alone the policy differences. the october 31st deadline, it's looking increasingly likely they'll blow by it. even some demirs are starting to say that. look at what camilla jayapal said about that. >> we're waiting on two people to tell us what they would agree on. would we like to get it done by october 31st? of course. we want to get it done past both bills and get them to the president's desk. >> democrats are working with a sense of urgency but also not trying to rush critical decisions about how and where to cut. >> they know this is a circular firing squad. politically, is there panic within the party about the delay? >> absolutely, especially along the frontline democrats who are vulnerable next election. they want that bipartisan infrastructure bill to pass, which is sort of being held in lim

there's still time for renters to get help to stay in their homes abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow with the details. we have arrived at the moment that many have called the eviction cliff san francisco supervisor dean preston and tenant advocates gathered today to announce district 5 as an eviction free zone just because the landlord comes to you and says, i want you out. that doesn't mean you don't have rights with the statewide eviction morator. now expired state and local leaders are reminding renters of their rights under california law the san francisco apartment association tells abc 7 news new procedural rules require landlords to apply for rent relief before sending any notices to pay rent. the rules will apply through march of next year giving renters and landlords time for the rental assistance program to fully disperse funds before eviction is even on the table the california department of housing and community development says for rental protections to be extended to eligible households those household. must enter the rental assistance program applications are coming in

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joining us now is melanie coburn, former squad director for the washington football team.r being here. >> aprila, thanks for having me. >> there's been growing pressure for the nfl to be more transparent and release their documents in the investigation. so far the nfl isn't budging. where do you think this is headed? >> you know, i'm not sure. i know that there has been a lot of backlash recently in the last few days since the e-mails have surfaced. obviously i'm a part of a big organization of alumni, and a lot of these women that i worked and graced the sidelines with are devastated to hear this news. they have no idea the extent to which these inappropriate indecent photo, of them were leaked. which in boxes in the nfl received them and how far these reach. >> nfl commissioner roger goodell hasn't made any public remarks since the jon gruden e-mails went out there. what message do you think his silence sends? >> i mean, we feel invisible. it's hard we felt since this investigation was closed with an oral report. i'm actually part of a group of former employees. there's

nations likely next week melanie woodrow abc 7 news lagging behind with boosters san francisco county health officials are launching a new initiative today urging seniors to get vaccinated before the holidays abc 7 news reporter stephanie. sierra is digging into some of the data that's out there. she is in the newsroom tonight with a closer look steph yes, dan. why? builders for moderna anthony johnson's vaccine got approved just over a week ago. it's in more than a month now since the fda authorized pfizer's booster for seniors and those at high risk of covid, but health officials say both groups in san francisco are far from where they need to be. for months, we've heard health officials highlight the importance of booster shots, especially for seniors and those at high risk of covid-19. but the problem in san francisco most aren't getting them only about one in five of our seniors over 65 have gotten boosters are about 19 percent deputy director of health dr. naveena. baba says, these are people who are eligible meaning anyone 65 and older who are at least six months out their prim

what we're taking a look at the latest recommendation for covid booster shots abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow explains who is eligible and who is strongly recommended to get a booster? regardless of which covid-19 vaccine you received the cdc is now recommending boosters for all three manufacturers johnson & johnson pfizer and moderna the cdc has also green lighted a mix-and-match booster approach meaning the booster you receive doesn't have to match the manufacture of the one you previously received. people have many questions about boosters, which is why santa clara county's health officer. covid-19 vaccine officer explained booster recommendations today breaking it down by whose eligible by manufacturer if you got the johnson & johnson vaccine at least two months ago, anyone 18 and older is eligible if you got fiser or moderna at least six months ago anyone 65 years and older is eligible anyone 18 years and older with an underlying medical condition is eligible and anyone 18 years and older who lives or works in a high risk setting is eligible. this may include anything. people who

and melanie diamond. lawyers talking about lawyers, people not showing up from the previous administration, why do i care? this is a giant test for the committee and integrity of the congress. north committee, you all saw what happened at the capitol on january 6th and pictures of the real beforehand. we'll get to a moment. there's cooperation from people in the trump justice department. it's a big question mark of what was happening at the white house in the days before and on that day. these are witnesses who can tell us. >> right. these would be crucial witnesses who could -- who could add to the picture that the committee has already gathered some of that we all saw publicly play out on the day of what was going on behind the scenes, what was in trump's minds and what conversations was he having with his advisers and when were the influencing factors that actually led things to get as violent and out of control as they did? we're real going -- it is going to be a big test of this committee to see, a,

reporter: melanie woodrow, abc 7 news.plement rate fell almost 1.5% to 4.8% last month. the bay area is at 5.5%. anybody who's going shopping or dining out knows that businesses remain shortstaffed. so, why? that's what david louis explored, with the economy playing a critical role in building the bay area. reporter: it's not uncommon to hear businesses and restaurant owners complain. they can't find workers the latest numbers show san francisco is recovered only 45% of the job that existed before the pandemic. san jose has recovered almost 56%. economists say there is no playbook on how to recover from a pandemic. >> i think that's going to come down mortar issues of vaccine -- more to issues of vaccine and having to have booster shots. things out of our control and things that we are not used to looking at in the last few decades. reporter: the service sector is less attractive because of close contact with customers in particular and the risk of infection. >> our front-line workers and people working in retail is a bush

and this research consisted of -- >> up, we lost you, melanie. >> oh, sorry. i don't know why it is muting. i had the pleasure to serve share with my fellow colleagues, my project. i wanted to touch on your research. and i want to applaud you, i applaud you on how deep you went in with your history. and the accuracy of the history. i wanted to ask questions about, like, we search in general. i know it's a general question. but i found it difficult, you know, doing this research. >> right. >> and i had to find five people, and i only had one person that i could really find more information on. so how did you go about, the in-depth, all that research you did throughout the book? how would you explain that process? all of that? >> you had five people from wet period that you had to research? >> i believe the census that i looked at would be from 18 forties up until the 18 fifties. because i have some sources here, probably in that range. not that accurate. but ... >> we'll. i have the advantage of three and a half years of full-time labor and i was able to go to

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it's asking for help locating the victim's family to share the news abc 7 news item reporter melanie.. the san jose police department says they've cracked a 20 year old homicide cold case the victim 22 year old ninfi. ha investigators say he was in front of his apartment complex on avaloni avenue just before 8pm on october 31st 2001 when someone stamped him and current this victim had just arrived at his apartment was exiting a vehicle when he was randomly attacked a friend survived while hart died from his injuries sjpd says two suspects took off in an suv with a third getaway driver for two decades several detectives worked the case it were leads but no arrests until now really demonstrates the tenacity in relentlessness of our homicide detectors. this past august sjpd says the case was assigned to an sjpd and district attorney's office. case team who brought new life to the investigation some of the same witnesses that were interviewed 20 years ago where we interviewed recently for whatever reasons they decided to be more forthcoming provide more information, which really sealed th

port of oakland say hey, there's no backlog here and they are ready to help out abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow with the latest from oakland. while the ports of los angeles and long beach experience a backlog of ships and cargo the port of oakland has room to spare. we are part of the solution to stabilize the supply chain. so we were talking with ocean carriers to offer relief from the other ports port of oakland director of maritime brian brandis says the port experienced some congestion earlier this year, but rebounded by increasing its workforce by 16 percent and training employees to do more the dock workers are actually in a very eager and ready to handle additional with an increase in e-commerce during the pandemic consumers have felt the impact of port backlogs with empty shelves and increased prices the ports of los angeles and long beach are now looking to 24/7 operations to help ease congestion their commitment to go all in on. 24/7 operations means that businesses of all sizes will get their goods on shells faster and more reliably and it says there's no need for that in oak

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