have a great day. >> michael finney here.ts. why can't our viewers get their money? >> there are a number of things that could act -- impact someone's eligibility. >> you deserve better. i promise to keep asking the in this ad pay attention to the actor's gums. gums? we don't think about them. but like skin, over time gums can get damaged. colgate gum renewal. reverses early gum damage for a beautiful, revitalized smile. jeff: today on ocean treks, i arrive in the alaskan sea port of seward for an incredible sea life surprise. like that. [chuck laughing] jeff: then, an icy touchdown upon an ancient glacier gets my heart racing. there's always that first step. and i celebrate alaska's wild fair with the perfect beach cookout. it looks incredible. [music] jeff: i'm jeff corwin. i'm on a trip of a lifetime cruising to the greatest places in the planet. every week i'll come ashore at a new port and head out on the best day trip ever. what's really cool about th

michael finney is looking at that. do we need the little card? reporter: it's been a long time since you and i have been carted. anchor: that's for sure. reporter: at a restaurant or a barred -- or a bar. but that's the new normal now. so how do you prove you have been vaccinated? you can bring a vaccination card and showed up at the city is certainly not boxing you in. their pudgy ways to prove you have been vaccinated aside from showing the paper card. you can take a picture of your card with your phone and show that. you can also show a digital vaccine record issued by the state of california. as a dentist -- the san francisco department of public health has approved three digital vaccine cards. clear health past, common pass, and vaccine as. >> so when you have to walk around with private data about you coming pulling out cards from your wallet, we think you can do that anymore secure, frictionless way. so instead of having to worry about the cdc card, did i lose it, where's the photo? here's my id, as well. we can make it seamless and it is

abc 7 bay area news app -- 7 on your side's michael finney has more. jane: xerox paper. n was one of the first to get a covid vaccine here at the san mateo event center. jane: it was amazingly quick. i thought it was easy, no big deal. michael: until, for much later, she and a friend brooke a cruise to barbados. both the carrier and the local government required proof to get on board. jane: when i got my two vaccines, i was only given a photo copy of my cdc card. michael: turned out, san mateo county did not provide cdc card to the vaccination site, where about 100,000 people receive their shots. instead, they gave out photocopies on sheets of paper, one for each dose. jane contacted the county health apartment with this question -- was this or proof? jane: he said, you are fine. what you have got is perfectly legitimate. you should be able to use at anytime, anyplace, anywhere. michael: so she contacted seabourn cruises. jane: they said no, that will not do at all. we have to have the cdc card. >> i have seen immigration officers deny entry into a country because of the

i am michael finney and i am part of the largest consumer unit on television in this country, so peoplethey could come to us and get help. but the edd did not want us to help those people. as a matter of fact, they actually told us, quit bothering them. we would not do that. we continue to bother them to this day. >> i was a life insurance agent, so i was an independent contractor and then i was also serving on the weekends at applebee's. we were renting a house in a really nice area. the best we had ever been doing. as soon as the shelter in place thing happened, both of those jobs laid me off. i started losing everything, one by one. when i had originally filed for unemployment, they did not know what was going on with my case. something to do with their system, so i am going to have to wait and they would fix it and have a specialist call me. the specialist never called me. i could not afford rent. i could not afford anything. i made a life for myself and now it is gone. it was like okay, am i going to spend the last of this money to give to my landlord, when i am already two months

i am michael finney and i am part of the largest consumer unit on television in this country.knew they could come to us for help but the e.d.d. didn't want us to help those people. in fact, they told us to quit bothering them. we wouldn't do that. we continued to bother them until this day. >> i was a life insurance agent. i was an independent contractor and i was also serving on the weekends at applebee's. we were renting a house in a really nice area. it was the best we had ever been doing. as soon as the shelter in place thing happened, both of those jobs laid me off. i started losing everything one by one. when i had originally filed for unemployment, they didn't know what was going on with my case. something to do with their system. i would have to wait and they would fix it and have a specialist call me. the specialist never called me. i couldn't afford rent. i couldn't afford anything. i made a life for myself and now it's gone. >> it was like okay, am i going to spend the last of this money to give to my landlord when i am already two months behind or have to haul my s

. >>> i am 7 on your side's michael finney. spirits are running low california! during a flex alert, let's keep our power up and running. set ac cooler and use big appliances before 4pm. then from 4-9pm reduce use and take it easy on our energy. sign up today. - i'm norm. - i'm szasz. [norm] and we live in columbia, missouri. we do consulting, but we also write. [szasz] we take care of ourselves constantly; it's important. we walk three to five times a week, a couple miles at a time.weti ev a littl after about 30 days of taking it, we noticed clarity that we didn't notice before. - it's still helping me. i still notice a difference. >>> all right, 7 on your side's michael finney is here now with a look at the consumer headlines. >> reporter: there is no let up for spirit airlines. the carrier canceled more than 400 flights today, roughly 51% of the entire schedule. the fifth straight day of cancellations for spirit. it scrapped more than 50% of flights on sunday. the airline blames problems on operational challenges including weather, system outages, and staffing

michael finney is here. >> while many americans are refusing to get a covid vaccine at all, there are lying to get a third shot, or a second one for those who have had the johnson & johnson vaccine. less than 1000 americans have received a covid booster and it is reported that some consumers have told authorities that they have not been vaccinated when they have, or are using alternative ids to get in line for a third shot or second for johnson & johnson. the u.s. government has not approved a booster for anyone although boosters may soon be made available to those with weakaned immune systems. right now my first class stamp costs $.55. the price of a postcard will go up from $.36 to $.46. this is the second rate increase this year. have you ever been tricked into buying a prescription when you thought that you were making a one time purchase? the federal trade commission says that it is cracking down on bad actors. when offered a free subscription , you should know that it will not cost you anything unless you agree to go along with a paid plan. this has been a problem for a couple o

i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> really good advice. still to come, we're answering your questions about booster shots. now that they're approved, do you need one? if you're eligible, when can you get one? you're going to hear from the nation's top doctor. escape from alcatraz. the triathlon makes its try upl fan return after the pandemic this weekend. - i'm norm. - i'm szasz. [norm] and we live in columbia, missouri. we do consulting, but we also write. [szasz] we take care of ourselves constantly; it's important. we walk three to five times a week, a couple miles at a time. - we've both been taking prevagen for a little more than 11 years now. after about 30 days of taking it, we noticed clarity that we didn't notice before. - it's still helping me. i still notice a difference. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. [ sfx: ding ding ding ] [sfx: bing bing bing ] [sfx: bloop bloop bloop ] [ sfx: bing bloop ding ding bloop bing ] the day can wait. enter the golden state, with real california dairy. >>> smoke from california's wild fire

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. >> michael finney has that for us. >> google is rolling out a slew of changes meant to protect consumers under the age of 18, and it includes the ability to protect -- to request pictures of minors be included in search results. videos being uploaded to youtube by teenagers up to 17 years of age would automatically be another feature is called safe search. it prevents users under 18 from turning on the location history setting, which tracks your geographic location, and finally, advertisements targeting teens will be blocked. amazon is going to pay for some of the damages and injuries caused by products sold by its third-party sellers. apparently it is up to the buyer and seller to work things out. under the new policy, amazon i n going to get involved and directly contact the seller -- about time. if the seller does not amends, amazon will reimburse to $1000. in an earnings call yesterday, amc said they are rolling out technology for the sale of tickets and concessions via bitcoin by the end of the year. one bitcoin, by the way, is trading in the neighborhood of $45,000. that would get

that is why 7 7 7 7 michael finney got involved. >>> building a better bay area. moving forward. is abc7 news. >>> we do not want a repeat of the winter surge. >> we do not want to repeat and it looks like we might not get one. the summer surge might not be with us much longer. thank you for joining us, i am ama daetz. you are watching abc7 news at 6:00, live on abc7, hulu live, and wherever you stream. >> there is only one bay area county without a mask mandate, solano county. napa county announced it was joining the mandate. it requires everyone, regardless of vaccination status to wear a mask indoors in public. >> abc7 news has confirmed zuckerberg san francisco general has started giving supplemental shots to people who received the single-dose johnson & johnson vaccine. sky 7 was over a hospital staging tent where people lined up before going in. some people without appointments were turned away. the cdc has not recommended additional doses or booster shots. however, the department of public health and the hospital decided to allow the vaccines. >>> meanwhile, sources tell a

michael finney is here. reporter: stamp prices are going up again. reporter: they are.you are among those who send out holiday cards, you might want to send them early. like this week. u.s. postal services are raising stamp prices on sunday. by more than 5%. the cost of mailing a standard letter will go from $.55 to $.58, the cost of sending out a postcard rises from $.36 to $.40. every hour, a child is treated to an emergency room treated in any emergency room for injuries from furniture tipping over and hurting them. it has been that way for 20 years. since february 4 -- since february, four children have died. a new study finds a consumer expects furniture to be stable and don't anchor shelves and dressers to the wall because they don't think they need to. congress is looking at a bill that would create to over standards, called the sturdy act. if you are interested in that a contact -- interested in that, contact your representative. ama: thank you. dan: let's take a live look outside. here's a shot from one of our cameras as you survey a lovely late afternoon. ama:

she came to michael finney for help with unemployment and it is the tip of the iceberg in what turnedvestigation. stack building a better bay area. moving forward. finding solutions. this is abc7 news. >>> vaccinations are the most important thing that will get us out of this roller coaster ride of covid. >> by just vaccinating part of the population. >> roller coasters, whack a mole, some ways to describe the ups and downs of the pandemic. reality has much higher stakes. bay area leaders are considering serious changes in order to save lives. thank you for joining us, i am ama daetz. >> and i am dan ashley. you are watching life here on abc7, hulu live, and wherever you stream. california has hit a new milestone reach. the test positivity rate is 7%. it has been climbing from a record low of 0.7%, two months ago. >> also climbing, coronavirus cases. this graph shows how they have taken off since june and the more the virus spreads, the more chances it has to mutate. >> every two weeks, as long as transmission occurs, you will get the creation of variants. today it is delta,

michael finney. michael: so many things went wrong at the start of this pandemic.et to work or get benefits. they flooded the edd's call center. it was instantly overwhelmed. that has many wondering after 25 years of providing service by phone, why isn't it a state-of-the-art system? >> thank you for calling the employment development department. we are receiving more calls and we can answer. please try again later. >> it is absolutely ridiculous. michael: nearly two minute -- 2 million calls per week at the height of the pandemic. fewer than 1% were getting through. >> we are still getting comments from people saying i tried for hours. i cannot get through. is that a unique experience or is it actually much more common than you would like it to be? >> is much more difficult than we would like it to be. michael: a far cry from the system edd envisioned 25 years ago when california's unemployment offices are closed and staff moved into call centers in part for their safety after a mass shooting at an edd office in 1993. >> it has always been a concern. people have c

but first let's get a check of the weather with meteorologist michael finney . mike: not in the -- not much in the way of clouds. some at the coast will try to leak through. but they are later arriving, which means they will quickly retreat. if you are out running errands, you are going to have some hot cars. thinking about exercising, take some water. i've on the bay, a small craft advisory into the evening hours. right now -- out on the bay, a small craft advisory into the hours. no fog on the deck. i think it is going to be quiet for your weather during the commute. speaking of quiet, low amounts of pollen. that is good. 56 in san marone. 59 at pittsburgh. near 60 in livermore and areas inland. san jose, 60. 50 seven in san francisco. napa at 52 degrees. watch -- 57 in san francisco. napa at 52. watch the clouds heading into the lunch hour. into summer clock -- into still 65 versus 97 in antioch and livermore. a nice 76 in oakland. temperatures fall mainly to the 60's, 70's, and 80's through 7:00. the warming trend begins today. i will show you how hot it is

michael finney explains what you need to know. there are plenty of ways to prove you have been vaccinated. aside from showing the paper card, you can take a picture of your card with your phone and show that. you can also show a digital record from the state of california. and the san francisco department of public health has approved free digital vaccine cards -- three digital vaccine cards. >> when you have to walk around with private data about you, you pull out cards in your wallet. we think we can do that in a more secure way. instead of having to worry about your cdc card, we can make that seamless, and it is simply a credential in the app. you pull it up, show your credential, and you are in. michael: with restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues on the front line, the san francisco chamber of commerce is helping chart the course. >> we believe in technology and science, and we believe we should use every tool possible but may have a choice. michael: rodney is the chamber's president and ceo. >> the vaccine mandate creat

michael finney has their story.mong the first to get a covid vaccine in january at a san mateo county event center. >> it was quick. i thought everything was fine. no big deal. reporter: until performance later when she in different -- until four months later when she end a friend booked a cruise and they required proof of vaccination. >> i was only given a photocopy of the cdc card. reporter: it turns out san mateo county did not provide cdc cards at the vaccination site where about 100,000 people received shots. instead, they gave out photocopies. jane contacted the county health department. was this her proof? >> he said you are fine. what you have is perfectly legitimate. they are saying that will not do. you have to have the cdc card. we will not take a photocopy. >> i have seen immigration officers denying entry into a country because they did not deem the documentation to be authentic. reporter: we showed her documents to a cruising expert. >> there is no way to determine authenticity. reporter: he says photo

michael finney has the story. >> eight and a half by 11, it is xerox paper. : she was where the first to get one in the san mateo center. >> i thought everything is fine for this is easy. michael: until four months later she booked a cruise and the carrier and government required proof of vaccination to get on board. >> when i got my two vaccines, i was only given a photocopy of the cdc card. michael: san mateo county did not provide cards at the vaccination. instead they gave out photocopies on dose. she contacted the county health department. >> he said you are fine, it is legitimate. michael: so she contacted the cruise line. and they said no, that will not do, you have to have the cdc card. we will not take a photocopy on a piece of copy paper. i have seen immigration officers deny entry into a country because of the documentation. michael: we showed her documents to cruise experts. >> there is no way to prove its authenticity. michael: it raises suspicion as possible fakes. >> we need to have cdc cards because what is being universally accepted when test

michael finney says it cost one man have of his life savings.t to hear. >> the bad guys are good at they take something that works and then they jump on it like you can't believe. we have heard from viewers they have received calls or texts from people claiming to be there banks saying there has been fraud on their accounts. >> the bank of america identification came up on my phone. >> david barnett thought it was a real bank of america employee all one him. >> he said there was somebody in georgia trying to make a withdrawal from my account for a large sum of money. >> he said david had better act fast to stop the withdrawal. >> in this day and age, it would be totally understandable. there is fraud, it is rampant. >> the man told him the best way to safeguard his money was to move it temporarily to another bank. >> he walked me through the process which i thought was very nice. plus the man told him to use this payment app to transfer his money to chase bank. >> as i was doing it, there was this little voice in my head that said this seemed ve

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i'm michael finney ahead,, benefits that ended september 4. >> we are going to fight hard and defeatg. ama: exactly three weeks till the recall ♪ ♪ ♪ easy tools on the chase mobile app. simplicity feels good. chase. make more of what's yours. grass looks great, zeus! hey could you maybe trim the hydrangea too? sure thing, kevin. do you want me to do the boxwoods as well? no. finding the right person for the job isn't always easy... ...but when you have an insurance question, you can always count on your local geico agent. they can give you personalized advice and could help you save hundreds. hey medusa! let's boogie. for expert help with all your insurance needs, get to know your local geico agent today. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. larry: california's economy is slowly coming back to life, gaining more than one million payroll jobs last year. 3 million californians are still collecting unemployment. ama: for many of them extra pandemic benefits are coming to an end september 4. an important wake-up call. >> we are warning fol

michael finney explains what you need to know. ael: there are plenty of ways to prove you have been vaccinated, aside from showing the paper card, you can take a picture of your card with your phone and show that. you can also show a digital vaccine record issued by the state of california. the san francisco department of public health has approved free digital clock -- free digital vaccine cards. >> when you have to walk around, private data, pullout cards from your wallet, we think we can do that in a more secure and frictionless way. instead of having to worry about that cdc card, we can make that seamless and simply a credential in the app. you pull it up and you show your credential and you are in. michael: with restaurants, bars and entertainment venues on the front line, the san francisco chamber of commerce is helping chart the course. >> we believe in technology and science, and we believe that we should use every tool possible and available to us. michael: rodney is the chamber president and ceo. >> the vaccine mandate cr

larry: time for consumer news, michael finney is here with a look at the headlines. day. airbnb will officially no longer use arbitration in sexual assault or harassment claims. the company said it is changing its terms of service to codify what it had already been doing since 2019. in a statement, it wrote, since january 2019, we have not asked a court to force any of the very few cases involving sexual assault or harassment claims by hosts or guests into arbitration. airbnb expects to release its new terms of service in the fall. hyundai and kia are recalling more than 600,000 vehicles because of damaged latches can prevent the truck from being opened from the inside. federal safety standards have required interior trunk release latches since 2001. the recalled vehicles include certain hyundai accents, sonata, hybrids and kia forte and they will replace the latch free of charge. wendy's is trying something new, they plan to open 700 ghost kitchens over the next five years. ghost kitchens are restaurants that make food only for delivery and do not have dining rooms f

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she turned to michael finney for help and did you deliver. >> we did.k-related injury back in 1997. which only worsened over time. the discovery of the mistake is not only changing this woman's life, but that of two digit -- to deserving children. suzanne lives with chronic regional pain syndrome. she says an injury to her left ankle back in 1997 went undiagnosed for two years. >> the injury itself healed, but the signals for the brain keep saying no, there is pain. >> she deals with this on a daily basis. she considers herself fortunate. >> i spent seven years in a wheelchair. i was not supposed to be able to walk again. i'm very lucky. >> in 2004 worker's comp. awarded her a lump sum disability settlement. that payment impacted how much she could receive from social security. one day she noticed something odd on her statement. >> it dawned on me, i'm like, what is this, i don't think it's right. >> she discovered she received $519 a month less then she was entitled to for 17 years. she contacted social security and her appeal went nowhere. >> there wa

sandhya: we turn to michael finney.arry: here with the consumer headlines, money coming your way. >> another round of state stimulus checks expected at the end of the month. payments will start hitting bank accounts at the end of august and will be sent in batches every two weeks. two thirds of californians qualify for the $600 in stimulus with some families with chil el f a additional $500. to qualify, residents much -- must file their taxes and earn less than $75,000 a year. telemarketers have to pay to access the national do not call registry list. those fees are going up next year. companies can download five area codes for free and starting in 2022, additional area codes will be $69 up to a maximum of over r $19,000. it is still summer but the pumpkin spice lords are heating up. famous pum lattetoday.ingts is e d e tyou're keeping track. pinero is debuting a new drink called -- an era -- panera's debuting a drink that is not pumpkin but aims to provide competition for starbucks. dairy queen will debut its pumpkin p

michael finney is here to take a look at what you can do to protect yourself. it isn't -- michael: it isn't just something happening to someone else. the pandemic has hit so many of us in different ways. some have gotten behind on their mortgages, others have been delinquent in their credit card bills. none of that has happened the mark. >> i didn't even call in during the covid situation to ask for assistance on my home loan or credit cards. michael: yet his credit card limits have been cut on three credit cards in five months all on cards he hardly uses. >> they blamed an activity on the card and covid. michael: matt schultz is from lending tree. >> winds get nervous, they tend -- winds get nervous, they tried to reduce their risk. michael: thanks don't make much money when your card goes unused. >> if you were not using the card when times were good, they probably don't want you to use it when things go south because it could be a sign of financial distress. michael: closing your account or reducing your credit can have an impact even if the card was inactive

michael finney is here with answers to more common questions about this payment. s, where is my money? michael: that is whatever wants to know. the state's franchise tax board says checks around two of the golden state stimulus will start being sent next week, around september 1. that is next wednesday. this money is meant to help those hit hardest by the pandemic, and it favors those an total, making this the largest estate tax rebate in u.s. history. larry: so people want to know, how much of my going to get? michael: get ready to write this down, this gets complicated, because it really depends. if you qualify for the first round of the golden state stimulus back in may, and you claimed a credit for at least one dependent, and you qualify for this round of stimulus, then you will get $500. if you qualified for round one but did not claim a credit for any dependents, you will not receive a payment this time. you did not qualify for round one in the spring but you qualify for this one, it is $600 with no dependents and $1100 or more with more than one dependent. l

dan: michael finney has a look at the headlines in the consumer world. >> consumers lost more than halfillion dollars for covid related fraud since the beginning of the pandemic. the federal trade commission has received nearly 580 9000 consumer complaints since january 2020. consumers lost more than $45 million just in online shopping scams where their products never were received. another $79 million went to vacation and travel scams. microsoft announced windows 11 will be released on october 5. the upgrade will come out in phases, with new devices being first in line, followed by current users with newer machines and programs. the rollout should be complete by mid-2022. your future iphone may come with satellite capabilities. it can help during emergencies. apple is working on allowing users in areas without cell phone services to send text messages to first responders. bloomberg is not predicting when it will be available. no word from apple about when its next phone will be released, or what it can do. dan: thank you very much. kristen: the first of 41 downtown escalators at bart o

larry: michael finney is here with a look. >> kristin -- >> summary called pet food has been linked tos of more than 100 animals. the food and drug administration issued a warning about toxic mold in sports makes dry dog food. midwestern pet foods also recalled several other pet foods due to concerns about old and salmonella. the company's fit -- pet foods have been connected to illnesses in more than 220 pets. if you have any food from midwestern pet foods you should throw it away and wash and disinfect all storage and serving tools. toys "r" us is back. toys "r" us and macy's joining forces. the beloved company will open many shops inside 400 macy's brick and mortar stores. this will happen next year. macy's has not announced which stores will get the new toy department. toys "r" us closed all stores in 2018 after filing for bankruptcy. wall street journal says amazon is planning to open its own departments or peer the journal store -- the story will be bigger than grocery markets, but smaller than a traditional target or walmart. that would offer it up first range of markets highlig

i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> really good advice there. all right.o come on abc 7 mornings, we're answering your questions about booster shots. now that they're approved, do you need one? and if you're eligible, when can you get one? escape from alcatraz. the triathlon makes its try upl fan r california! during a flex alert, let's keep our power up and running. set ac cooler and use big appliances before 4pm. then from 4-9pm reduce use and take it easy on our energy. sign up today. >>> smoke from california's wild fires is drifting into the bay area, meaning our weekend could look like this. an air quality advisory is in effect with that smoky haze expected to return today. good morning again, everybody. you're watching abc 7 news live on abc 7, hulu live and wherever you stream. we're going to start with another look at the forecast with lisa argen. >> hi, liz. good morning to you. you definitely could see those layers of smoke yesterday. the reason being, we have another pressure cell building into the bay area. high pressure. that's gonna make the

money after the edd ordered him to give back benefits they already gave him. 7 on your side's michael finneyook at this odd situation. >> it is an odd situation. here is what happened. there was added urgency, because his benefits are frozen until this is resolved. he can't understand why edd is doing this at all. james feels as if he is being squeezed. the edd believes he is in prison and ineligible for an employment. he received this notice, ordering him to return his benefits. >> i'm confident i don't owe them the money. >> reporter: the same notice told him to disregard this notice if he filed an appeal. >> my appeal hearing was 25 may and nobody showed up on edd's behalf. >> reporter: yet edd sent him this letter threatening to levy his tax refund if he did not repay his benefits by august 15. >> i don't know at this point. i don't know how it is their policy to do that. >> reporter: edd tells us inmates are using identities of citizens outside of prison to collect benefits illegally. james says that is not happening in this case. >> how can an inmate be claiming benefits for me, when i

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7 on your side's michael finney has this >> reporter: this can affect anyone who got their shots at avaccination site in san mateo county. instead of getting the official card with data handwritten on it, they got instead to sheets of 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper with photocopied information. well now at least one cruise line says that is nowhere good enough to get on board their ship. >> 8 1/2 by 11, it is xerox paper. >> reporter: she was among the first to get a covid vaccine back in january, at the san mateo county event center. >> it was amazingly quick. i thought everything was fine and easy and no big deal. >> reporter: until four months later when she and a friend booked a cruise. the carrier and local government required proof of vaccination to get on board. >> when i got my two vaccines, i was only given a photocopy of the cdc card. >> reporter: it turns out san mateo county did not provide cdc cards at the vaccination site, where about 100,000 people received their shots. instead they give out photocopies on sheets of paper, one for each dose. jane contacted the county health dep

7 on your side's michael finney with what you need to know for signing up for what is acceptable. skies per we will get a break over the weekend. and it was less than a week ago a powerful earthquake devastated haiti. abc 7 news five starts now. >> building a better bay area moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. anchor: a new day, and a new set of rules to live by. san francisco becomes the first major city in california to require people to show they have been vaccinated