stephanie sierra tries to answer the question. t has long been the backbone of our regional economy. for 50 years, people have relied on it to travel to and from work , the airport, recreation and to shop, but today, the trains sit empty compared to what it once was. how empty? this bargraph will give you an idea. it shows ridership from 6:00 a.m. until midnight during july. more than 133,000 people rode bart on the average weekday, only 32% of what it was pre-covid. with the shift in demand, it begs the question, will bart survive 50 years from now? we brought this question to an expert with insight into every transit authority across the bay area. andrew is the deputy executive director director for the metropolitan transportation commission. >> if i were to envision bart 25 and 50 years from now, i think it is a safe bet that bart will pretty much be the same institution it is in 25 years to what it is today. stephanie: he points to significant long-term investments. the transit system is about to get an entirely new fleet of tr

of whereumrs paia officers are being assigned and where they are not abc 7 news item reporter stephanie. sierra is here with the details steph yes and dan police staffing in san francisco is already at an all-time low, but the numbers on paper don't reflect the reality on the streets this evening. we're breaking down the data to show you the evolution and which specific neighborhoods are now having to pay the price. we're not listening from drug deals to car break-ins. anger on the streets. there's a lot to police in san francisco. the problem we don't have enough officers, but we already knew that the new reality. the problem is worse than we thought we've become so broke. we got to pick ourselves up dust ourselves off and you know get back into the game tracy mcrae is the president of the san francisco police officers association for months. the department has reported. they've been more than 500 officers short, but in three months come december 31st. 300 people could walk out the door that's on top of cops were short just right now if that happens the current shortage would jump to more than

so keep an eye out for any emergency alerts stephanie sierra abc 7 news stephanie. thank you. hopefully we can avoid any of those rolling blackouts. just one more day to get through. thank you. well classrooms are getting hotter a recent report found more than 13,000 schools in the us that didn't need hvac systems in 1970 have installed or will need to install them. 2025 as abc 7 news senior education reporter liam melendez tells us it will cost california schools more than a billion dollars. three teachers in oakland sent abc 7 news photos of their thermometers and thermostat at 8:28 tuesday morning. it was 76 degrees outside and almost 81 in the classroom another oakland teacher recorded 85 degrees indoors. it's been a long unbearable week at those schools that never really needed air conditioning. it's 11:20 right now, and it's currently 80 degrees inside my classroom. here's video of her classroom as the little ones were lying on the carpet hotter temperatures have an adverse effect on learning and it's definitely hard for them to focus and and really concentrate in absorb

can bart survive another 50 years abc 7 news reporter stephanie sierra tries to answer that question. for 50 years people have relied on it to travel to and from work the airport recreation and to shop. but today the train sit pretty empty to what it once was how empty this bar graph will give you an idea. it shows ridership from 6am to midnight during july this year. you'll see the orange line shows on average more than 133,000 people road bart on the average weekday. that's only 32% of what it was pre-covid with the shift in demand. it begs. the question will bart survive 50 years from now, so i think we'll have bart we brought this question to an expert with insight into every transit authority across the bay area andrew from here. he's the deputy executive director for the metropolitan transportation commission or mtc. firewood to envision bart 25 and 50 years from now. i think it's a pretty safe bet that bart will pretty much be the same institution. it is in 25 years. it is today why from here points to significant long-term investments that transit system is about to get an ent

i am stephanie sierra. abc7news continues at 8:00 a.m. ♪ kevin: i've fought wildfires for twenty years. here's the reality we face every day. this is a crisis. we need more firefighters, more equipment, better forest management to prevent wildfires and reduce toxic smoke. and we need to reduce the tailpipe emissions that are driving changes to our climate. that's why cal fire firefighters, the american lung association, and the california democratic party support prop 30. prevent fires. cut emissions. and cleaner air. yes on 30. >>> good morning, america. fiona's fury. the massive hurricane that ripped through the caribbean making landfall in canada overnight as a post-tropical cyclone. now a second storm named ian is expected to hit florida as a hurricane. >> we must prepare for the worst. >> a state of emergency declared as floridians stock up before it hits. >>> fleeing russia. as men leave the country to avoid the new draft, the kremlin holding a vote in occupied areas of ukraine that the west calls a sham and the back channel diploma

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well abc 7 news item reporter stephanie. sierrais digging into the police response and recent staffing changes that may have impacted response time. she joins us live in the newsroom now with what she found out today stephanie. hi. yes deion. the i team has actually just learned that a 2020 report from the oakland unified school district identify that the four schools that make up they king estate's campus needed upgrades in their security and alarm systems. now this paired with cuts to police staffing has oakland city council members questioning whether changes need to be made to better respond to investigators searching for at least two shooters and an accomplice who they say breach the front of oakland's redsdale continuation high school and opened fire. we're not sure at this point how they entered at the door was unlocked or it was already open. those are the things that will confirm within our investigation oakland police chief. lauren armstrong says, it doesn't appear the suspects used any tools to break into the school. acc

it is saturday, september 17, i am stephanie sierra, in for liz kreutz. we'll have more in the moment. first, let's get to the weather. the sergeant is tracking a storm this weekend. good morning. -- lisa argen is tracking a storm this weekend. lisa: good morning. we are looking at a weather system moving our way. you can see queuing up in the pacific northwest. we have little fog in nevada and along the san mateo coast. 58 hayward and berkeley. upper 40's. a cooler morning than 24 hours ago, from two degrees to five degrees cooler. as we look at the winds, breezy in san francisco up to 23 miles an hour, and in the east bay valleys, getting gusty. a windy day today with partly cloudy skies. 60's at 9:00 for the most part. and then at the noon hour, 60's around 70. by the afternoon, gusty south winds. dry today with 70's low 80's. our warmest locations. we will talk about rain moving in before midnight tonight and tracking a system for several days in the week ahead. stephanie: in san jose, family members identified a third grade student as the crash victi

everybody may feel this abc 7 news reporter stephanie sierra digging into what we can expect in the monthsnd stuff is joining us live in the newsroom stephanie. yes, larry well from rising interest rates and rising mortgage rates. they're all impacting all of us home buyers turned renters will flood the rental market experts say and with that comes higher prices. the question is how much how soon will we see it? whether it's at the grocery store or the gas pump the cost of everything is going up yet. the one thing that hasn't quite returned to pre-pandemic rates the bay area rental market but experts say not for long the rental prices have come back and they're not fully back, but they will be back very soon neil candlas of the san francisco-based candlas brothers studies the bay area real estate and rental markets sellers cannot get the numbers that they want to sell their home. and buyers affordability has significantly changed with the interest rates nearly doubling within the last year once buyers are now going to be renters purchasing power to buy a home has dramatically shifted in th

let's go live now to abc 7 news reporter stephanie sierra steph. how are we doing with the flex alert are people conserving energy? well, larry, we're now in our ninth consecutive day facing flex alerts and today the warning began even earlier as we face a double threat higher temperatures with potential for higher demand both the recipe for rolling blackouts. which pg&e says are still very possible if we don't continue conserving during peak hours. so here's a look at calaiso's demand trend map which tracks the states demand for energy in real time. it updates about every five minutes and notice right now. demand is slightly dropping sitting in the range just under 48,000 megawatts. this is slightly below the projected forecast, which i got to say is a good sign. today's flex alert is the longest one we've had yet from three until 10 pm tonight so far conservation efforts have been working and so have the emergency alerts pg&e says they're planning on doing that again tonight if we don't meet our goal alerts have worked. has helped californians co

stephanie: good morning, i am stephanie sierra.itter. jacob viento way but was in a crosswalk on his way to castle rock elementary. he and his babysitter were a block away from school when they were hit. both were taken to the hospital. sadly, jacob did not survive. as of friday night, san jose has recorded 50 traffic deaths so far this year alone, and jacob's death is the first juvenile debt this year. in the east bay, part service has been restored after a --b.a.r.t. service has been restored after motorcycle landed on the tracks between the 19th street and macarthur stations. the person on the motorcycle was then struck and killed by a train. trains were initially stopped in all directions, but the lines were slowly restored. turning to weather now, meteorologist lisa argen is tracking some wet weather moving in this weekend. good morning. lisa: good morning, stephanie. that is right. we have signed in emeryville, 55 in san francisco. you can see the haze over san francisco. gusty winds throughout the day after they come in from

so much lisa and just ahead breaking down the numbers and who's paying the price the i-team stephanie sierra of san francisco. the abc 7 storm impact scale. it's gonna be a two moderate storm from one to five light to severe know exactly how every storm will impact you and wendy once again be prepared with the abc 7 storm impact scale from abc 7 news. i believe prop 27 is the right thing to do. i had experienced being in shelters at a young age. having nothing. prostituting. we don't choose this life. i never knew what safe was until i came to city of refugee. people that's coming through these doors are trying to break the cycle. prop 27 will help provide more funding for places like this and help people get off the streets. it feels good to have a place to call home. support prop 27. what's it like having xfinity internet with supersonic wifi? it's fast... like beyond-gig-speed fast. it feels good to have a place to call home. yeaaaaaaaaay!!! with three times the bandwidth, and the power to connect hundreds of devices at once. get the xfinity supersonic bundle with unlimited gig speed inte

stephanie sierra joins us from the newsroom with a deeper look at the impact from those on both sides. >> this measure could bring big changes for all of us. police would be able to conduct live surveillance in a very broad spectrum of events, from street corners to protests. it would be a big loss for privacy and civil rights groups, but a big win for the mayor, even the das office, who believe the new measure would clean up san francisco and combat crime. >> the proposal implemented as a one-year pilot program would allow police to monitor private video feeds within a 24 hour period for three reasons. during a life-threatening emergency, to redeploy officers during a mass event, and criminal investigations. the supervisor voted in support of the measure. >> the san francisco police department doesn't have enough officers to monitor crime in real time. it expands what our officers can do to keep the public safe. it is a very necessary piece of legislation. >> privacy experts disagree, calling it overly invasive. >> surveillance doesn't make the city safer. she's a staff attorney from

deputy sierra abc 7 news not her coverage to do. thank you stephanie. san francisco is changing course when it comes to requesting that a juvenile offender be charged as an adult today district. attorney brooke jenkins announced she's abandoning the policy of recall da chesibudin to never charge a juvenile as an adult. jenkins says effective immediately. she's forming a juvenile review team that will consider whether to recommend that a 16 or 17 year old should be tried as an adult. we cannot allow families. of victims. we cannot allow victims themselves. to remain without justice or accountability in very very serious and egregious cases. jenkins says the review will collaborate with all parties involved including members of the victim and offender families. it's important to note that in california, das can only request that a juvenile be charged as an adult. the final decision is made by a judge breaking news in vallejo sky 7 was over the neighborhood near vallejo high school about 30 minutes ago where you can see there is a heavy police response. we

i am stephanie sierra in. francis is tracking the forecast. francis: there are some big changes on the way due to the fog rolling and across the golden gate bridge. we had at sunrise at 6:47 under cloudy skies. most temperatures are in the 60's. it will be mostly cloudy this afternoon. the wind will make it feel humid. that sea breeze is bringing us cooler weather. inland numbers are in the mid 80's this afternoon. around the bay, we will look for upper 70's. at the coast, upper 60's. it we have a slight chance of sprinkles tonight into tomorrow. we have cooler weather and i will show you that coming up. stephanie: king charles was publicly proclaimed as the new monarch of the united kingdom. a second proclamation was read at the royal exchange at the financial district. more proclamations will be read aloud in scotland, northern ireland, wales tomorrow. he vowed it carry on his mother's service. we are live in london with more. >> good morning. an. of national mourning as the funeral plans are finalized and the nation welcomes a new king. thi

abc7news i team report at stephanie sierra is digging into the police response on staffing changes that may have impacted the response times. she is like that with what she found out today. reporter: yes, the combination of ousd losing its police force, with cuts reducing staffing, open city council members are raising questions about what needs to change to better respond to emergencies. investigators searching for at least two shooters and an accomplice, who they say breach the front of oakland high school and open fire. >> we are not sure how they entered or if the door was locked open. those are things we will come within our investigation. reporter: the oakland police chief says it does not appear that the suspect used in the toaster break into the school. according to ousd's facility master plan, they develop new features for safety, including restricting building access by maintaining locks and windows and skylights, but it is some clear -- unclear how the district requires schools to secure doors from the plan. >> we are reviewing what is in place, as we are on a regular basis,

i'm stephanie sierra. we will have more on that but first let's get to the weather. lisa is tracking where you could expect rain. lisa: today is dry and we have a system in the pac-12 northwest bringing gusty winds and cooler conditions. we have fog at the coast and you can see from s.f.o. the lowe cloud deck. 57 san jose, some sun in the city. anywhere from four to two degrees cooler this morning so breezy winds increasing and cloud cover. so, by noon we are partly cloudy and 60's and low 70's. by 4:00 mid 70's as the numbers drop two the upper 60's around the bay. winds breezy and we are talking about several days of rain coming our way. details coming up. stephanie: in the south bay family members identified a third grade student jacob villanueva was in a crosswalk in driftwood in san jose when he was struck by a car. the community came together for a vigil. >> a growing memorial marks where jacob villanueva and his baby-sitter were walking toward ca castle mont and were hit and both taken to the hospital. jacob didn't survivoe. >> it could have happened. arcadia

of whereumrs paia officers are being assigned and where they are not abc 7 news item reporter stephanie. sierras steph yes and dan police staffing in san francisco is already at an all-time low, but the numbers on paper don't reflect the reality on the streets this evening. we're breaking down the data to show you the evolution and which specific nei

stephanie sierra. we will have more on that dart incident in just a moment. at the weather. lisa: you probably felt the warm up yesterday. today it peaks. we are looking at patchy fog this morning. life doppler

market could be severely affected from rising mortgage rates to rising rents abc 7 news reporter stephanie. sierrahat we can expect in the months ahead. she is in the newsroom with the story stephanie. yes, dad as you said rising interest rates and rising mortgage rates, of course our impacting all of us and experts say home buyers turned renters will flood the rental market and with that comes higher prices. the question is how much and how soon could we see it? whether it's at the grocery store or the gas pump the cost of everything is up yet. the one thing that hasn't quite returned to pre-pandemic rates the bay area rental market but experts say not for long. the rental prices have come back. i think we can probably see a five a ten percent increase. at least by the end of the year neil candlas of the san francisco-based countless brothers studies the bay area real estate and rental markets sellers cannot get the numbers that they want to sell their home and buyers affordability has significantly changed with the interest rates nearly doubling within the last year once buyers are now going to

stephanie sierra continues our team coverage. >> the main issues plaguing san francisco, open drug markets, homelessness and property crime or not only causing problems for those of us who live and work here but also pushing international tourists out in ways we have not seen before. experts were if we do not see improvement soon, the economy may not fully recover. san francisco used to be one of the most iconic tourism hotspots in the world today the city is struggling to keep international tourism alive. scenes like this. people shooting up in broad daylight. a must tense crowding the sidewalks. people like this we sell today. >> you have to be honest. we have to tell the truth about what to expect in san francisco. anybody planning a convention is going to come here and see for themselves. >> joe is the president and ceo of sf travel. his team has talked with more than 2000 meeting planners whose schedule conventions in san francisco. >> a lot of visitors are concerned and their are concerned for their own safety. >> clients see first-hand the dirty streets, open drug markets crowding t

light on the reality of the crisis and why the worst is yet to come in fact my team reporter stephanie. sierra is crunching the numbers for you and she is here with the latest step. yes, dad police staffing in san francisco is already at time low, but the numbers on paper don't reflect the reality on the streets tonight. we're breaking down the data to show you the evolution and which neighborhoods are suffering because of it. without this from drug deals to car break-ins. anger on the streets. there's a lot to police in san francisco the problem. we don't have enough. but we already knew that the new reality the problem is worse than we thought we've become so broke. we got to pick ourselves up dust ourselves off and you know get back into the game tracy mcrae is the president of the san francisco police officers association for months. the department has reported. they've been more than 500 officers short, but in three months come december 31st. 300 people could walk out the door that's on top of cops. we're short just right now if that happens the current shortage would jump to more than 80

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