melanie woodrow, abc 7 news.: a former head of security at twitter says the company misread -- misled regulators and was negligent in rooting out fake accounts. twitter's security chief until he was fired earlier this year filed complaints last month with the securities and exchange commission and the department of justice. a nonprofit is working with him and says the complaint claims major security problems that pose a threat to users' personal information and national security. >> getting to this point, where he is having to do this publicly , it was not his first, second, or third choice, but it is where he ended up after he had exhausted every other channel. dan: the claim could create serious legal and financial problems for twitter, which is currently trying to force elon musk to go through with his offer to buy the company. ama: a missing man found in san mateo after his car plunged some 300 feet down a cliff. a good samaritan helped with the rescue. >> this is the steep and rocky terrain of the cliffs whe

melanie woodrow, abc 7 news.company misread -- misled regulators and was negligent in rooting out fake accounts. twitter's security chief until he was fired earlier this year filed complaints last month with the securities and exchange commission and the department of justice. a nonprofit is working with him and says the complaint claims major security problems that pose a threat to users' personal information and national security. >> getting to this point, where he is having to do this publicly , it was not his first, second, or third choice, but it is where he ended up after he had exhausted every other channel. dan: the claim could create serious legal and financial problems for twitter, which is currently trying to force elon musk to go through with his offer to buy the company. ama: a missing man found in san mateo after his car plunged some 300 feet down a cliff. a good samaritan helped with the rescue. >> this is the steep and rocky terrain of the cliffs where a missing elderly man driving a white land ro

melanie woodrow has the story. >> charlie mccone is in his early 30's and has lived an active lifestyle. >> biking, tennis, hiker. >> until he got covid in march of 2020. he thought he was recovering, but life changed medically. >> it is completely unrecognizable. a nightmare. i got sick when i was 30, i'm now 32, i spent my 30's with this condition. >> he's a patient at the ucsf clinic for long covid. the department and san mateo county health are partnering with local community groups to learn more about long covid. mental symptoms that last long after the initial infection. dr. kim rhodes leading a large component in community engagement. common long covid symptoms include fatigue, shortness of breath, problems with concentration, depression, and anxiety. >> the coronavirus is called novel because it is not something we have seen in human populations before. we don't know much about it. it's only been two and a half years. >> researchers want to know how common it is and how to prevent and treat it. researchers will call san francisco and san mateo county adult residents who had covi

reporter melanie woodrow has the story. melanie:.melanie: charlie is in his early 30's, and says he always lived an active. >> lifestyle. >> hiking, tennis, hiker. melanie: until march of 2020 when he got covid. he says he thought he was recovering, but life changed dramatically. >> completely unrecognizable. i got sick when i was 30. now i am 32. and spent my entire 30's with this condition, completely housebound. melanie: he is a patient at ucsf's clinic for long covid. ucsf is partnering with local community groups to learn more about long covid, the physical and mental symptoms that last long after a covid infection. this doctor is leading the community engagement part of the study. she says, symptoms include fatigue, shortness of breath, problems with concentration, depression, and anxiety. >> that coronavirus's novel because it is not something we have seen in human relations before. we don't know much about it. melanie: researchers want to know how common it long covid is, what causes it, and how to prevent and treat it. resea

data released today by the california employment development department abc 7 news reporter melanie. woodrow is live in the newsroom with a breakdown of the data melanie kristin on the surface. it's phenomenal news california's july unemployment rate was just 3.9% but when you factor in the number of people who left the workforce the unemployment rate is not quite as low data released today taken from two surveys puts california's unemployment rate at the lowest on record in a data series dating back to 1976 according to the california employment development department while ago clearly a strong jobs report for the region for the state. it was also a strong job support for the us the state has now regained 97.3% of non-farm jobs lost during march in april of 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic california's non-government private sector has fully recovered from pandemic losses according to the california edd employers added 84,800 non-farm payroll jobs in july many people have been talking about recession, you know, we had been thinking about what does it mean if we have no job growth in july o

melanie woodrow has been covering the story since june and has the latest tonight. >> never had anything like this before. reporter: vincent said he was hospitalized in june with elevated liver enzymes and put on watch for acute liver failure. >> i saw a gastroenterologist, resident doctor, nurses came in. we had no idea what it could be. at the time. reporter: he says he was drinking revive super food slew -- smoothies. on july 9, a month after he was hospitalized, he received this email from revive super foods, letting him know one of the company cycled suppliers found microbial contamination and its raspberries. the email advised him not to -- the company waited three weeks to notify him, who said he continued drinking the smoothies. >> i didn't even consider that smoothies i was taking for health reasons could be detrimental to my health. reporter: it wasn't just the smoothies. he was also drinking their mango and pineapple smoothies, a flavor of the company has not recalled. >> i have two left. reporter: he recently heard about the davey harvest -- daily harvest recall. he also lear

melanie woodrow has been covering the story since june and has the latest tonight. >> never had anythingincent said he was hospitalized in june with elevated liver enzymes and put on watch for acute liver failure. >> i saw a gastroenterologist, resident doctor, nurses came in. we had no idea what it could be. at the time. reporter: he says he was drinking revive super food slew -- smoothies. on july 9, a month after he was hospitalized, he received this email from revive super foods, letting him know one of the company cycled suppliers found microbial contamination and its raspberries. the email advised him not to -- the company waited three weeks to notify him, who said he continued drinking the smoothies. >> i didn't even consider that smoothies i was taking for health reasons could be detrimental to my health. reporter: it wasn't just the smoothies. he was also drinking their mango and pineapple smoothies, a flavor of the company has not recalled. >> i have two left. reporter: he recently heard about the davey harvest -- daily harvest recall. he also learned interpreting is an ingredi

we discovered the data may actually be a bit misleading abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow joins us ewsroom with what she found melanie dion on the surface. it's phenomenal news california's july unemployment rate was just 3.9% but when you factor in the number of

melanie woodrow has been covering this story since 2019 and has the latest. >> residents who trustedfinally get their money back. today, she pleaded guilty to two felonies. the district attorney's office said she had been facing 50 felony counts. >> it is well worth the wait. as long as something is done about it, and it seems there was. >> victims like the mar family told us she took their money but did not book their trips. in 2019, rachel and her finance -- >> i wish we had never crossed paths with her. >> the basque as family says wong took their money to book a trip to mexico. >> i was passed off. >> sicilia save one of her voicemails. >>scernible] >> i reached out to her and i kept asking about a refund. she kept saying it was coming. finally she broke all communication. >> santa clara ada says she has until her november 4 sentencing to come up with $150,000 in restitution for the 37 victims who requested refunds for the amounts they paid. the das office says there were 48 victims and more than $200,000 loss. not everyone requested restitution. if she doesn't pay, the das offic

liz: melanie woodrow has been covering the story since june and has the latest. >> we've never had anythingike this before. melanie: vincent said he had never experienced anything like this. >> nurses came in, had no idea what it could be at the time. melanie: he says he was drinking revived superfood smoothies, these very flavors and the mango and pineapple flavor. the month after he was hospitalized, he received this email from revived superfood's, letting him know one of the company suppliers found microbial contamination in its raspberries. the email advised him not to consume certain smoothies received prior to june 10, only the recall was june 18 according to the canadian food inspection agency, meaning the company waited three weeks to notify him, who says he continued drinking the smoothies in the meantime. >> i did not even consider that smoothies that i was taking for health reasons could be actually detrimental to my health. melanie: it was not just the smoothies they called. he was also drinking mango and pineapple smoothies, a flavor the company has not recalled. he said he rec

we discovered the data may actually be a bit misleading abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow joins us live from the newsroom with what she found melanie dion on the surface. it's phenomenal news california's july unemployment rate was just 3.9% but when you factor in the number of people who left the workforce the unemployment rate isn't quite as low data released today taken from two surveys puts california's unemployment rate at the lowest on record in a data series dating. 1976 according to the california employment development department welling is clearly a strong jobs report for the region for the state. it was also a strong job support for the us the state has now regained 97.3% of non-farm jobs lost during march and april of 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic california's non-government private sector has fully recovered from pandemic losses according to the california edd employers added 84,800 non-farm payroll jobs in july many people have been talking about recession, you know, we had been thinking about what does it mean if we have no job growth in july or in august and here