the program is operated by ucsf outriver program.it's a ram that leads in experiences outside the area. it provides opportunities for those with little or no experience or equipment and serves the general public, ucsf staff and students along with school and youth groups and provide guided tours from mission creek to the cove and beyond. while highlighting local history and wildlife along with teaching basic paddling skills and safety education. ucsf is under contract with the california department of boating waterways to provide on the despite all covid restrictions this year, ucsf provided 133 courses with 669 participants including 685 under-served youth. they anticipate doubling that this year. next slide. proposed first amendment would extend the existing license for two years to september 2nd, 2024. as you are aware, o,o cii hopes to transfer control of the parks in 2023 to the city and the port to manage them. at that time, the licensing agreement would be assigned to the city. any additional extensions would be between the ci

the program is operated by ucsf outriver program.it's a ram that leads in experiences outside the area. it provides opportunities for those with little or no experience or equipment and serves the general public, ucsf staff and students along with school and youth groups and provide guided tours from mission creek to the cove and beyond. while highlighting local history and wildlife along with teaching basic paddling skills and safety education. ucsf is under contract with the california department of boating waterways to provide on the despite all covid restrictions this year, ucsf provided 133 courses with 669 participants including 685 under-served youth. they anticipate doubling that this year. next slide. proposed first amendment would extend the existing license for two years to september 2nd, 2024. as you are aware, o,o cii hopes to transfer control of the parks in 2023 to the city and the port to manage them. at that time, the licensing agreement would be assigned to the city. any additional extensions would be between the ci

remember when the buildings and the conversation around ucsf and the things happening here, i thought to myself, how are they get being that done? well, we look at mission bay today and -- it is truly a jewel of san francisco. over sick thousand new homes have been created. over 25 acres of park space. new restaurants, new small businesses even i come for the market which i love. one of my favorite markets in san francisco. but there is also people who work and biotech. they are ucsf, we all know has been extraordinary lead and helped us get through a difficult global pandemic. and last but not least i will say how excited i am to have the national championship team the warriors right here at chase arena playing -- on a regular basis but the concerts issue events and activities. this is such an extraordinary place and now with this new park this bay trail park, tell be more beautiful to watch when we play in the final games and other things the arial views of san francisco. and people will continuing is more beautiful than they remember. the past year. already, weave have the docks th

remember when the buildings and the conversation around ucsf and the things happening here, i thoughtmyself, how are they get being that done? well, we look at mission bay today and -- it is truly a jewel of san francisco. over sick thousand new homes have been created. over 25 acres of park space. new restaurants, new small businesses even i come for the market which i love. one of my favorite markets in san francisco. but there is also people who work and biotech. they are ucsf, we all know has been extraordinary lead and helped us get through a difficult global pandemic. and last but not least i will say how excited i am to have the national championship team the warriors right here at chase arena playing -- on a regular basis but the concerts issue events and activities. this is such an extraordinary place and now with this new park this bay trail park, tell be more beautiful to watch when we play in the final games and other things the arial views of san francisco. and people will continuing is more beautiful than they remember. the past year. already, weave have the docks the pa

ucsf, infectious disease specialist doctor monica gandhi agrees. >> this is a strategy that's worked before. but gandhi who also serves as director of general hospital's hiv clinic believes the smaller dose should not be given to those with hiv. we don't usually kind of go out on a limb with vaccine strategies and immunocompromised patients not the highest dose that we can get an email compromise patient. we've seen that with the booster campaign with covid-19. >> federal health officials have promised additional studies in the coming months. dan kerman kron, 4 news. meanwhile, leaders of the san francisco department of public health say they are not implementing changes to vaccine doses immediately. >> they say they're waiting on federal and state guidance on how to best switch to the new fda protocol. officials also say the new method of it of administering the vaccine. where require updated protocols and additional training for many staff members noting it may be slower to administer. the statement reads in part sfdph needs to understand adjustments that would need to be made to o

so the ucsf center as i mentioned there, 15 centers, so the ucsf center is focused on and partnered with san mateo county public health department and san francisco department of public health, so we're really focused in those two counties in terms of who we're going to be looking at, and which stories we really want to focus on so that we can again get a population based understanding. of the prevalence . the way we're going to be reaching out is we're going to leverage the networks that we have already established in our ability to, uh, and efforts to address acute covid through the ucsf initiatives united in health. we need those since salud and umoja health what should people expect if they get a call from researchers of the study? so what people should expect to get is a relatively short call, maybe 10 minutes or so, um questions about when the acute bout of covid happened. how many times people have had covid we need to understand whether or not that increases the risk. well, then be asking people. how are you feeling and just allow them to express some of what they've been experie

ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor monica gandhi agrees. a tried and true strategy. >> but gandhi also serves director of general hospital's hiv clinic believes the smaller dose should not be used for those with hiv. >> 41% of people who are in this large 20,000 now, monkeypox outbreak across the planet are living with hiv. and so i would be worried, especially if the patient living with hiv isn't very well constitute a not medications i'd be worried about using the strategy in someone with hiv. federal health officials promised additional studies in the coming months. >> dan kerman kron, 4 news. meanwhile, leaders at the san francisco department of public health say they are not implementing changes to vaccine doses immediately. >> they're waiting for federal and state guidance on how to best switch to the new fda protocol. officials also say the new method of administering the vaccine will require updated protocols and additional training for many staff members noting it may be slower to administer. a statement reads in part as if dph nee

ucsf professor and practicing obgyn, dr.elanie. >> i see someone who's a wonderful communicator and relationship builder and so good at bringing people together. >> i'm very grateful to have growpn thisneighborhood. i'm very proud to be part of this neighborhood. >> reporter: jenny's not only proud of her neighborhood, she's committed to its potential. and now the 25-year-old future doctor is dreaming big. jenny wants to go to med school at ucsf, where she currently works as a project manager. after that, she hopes to head back to the community that has her heart. >> in ten years, i see myself as a medical doctor. i am hoping it would be at ucsf, that's the first program who took me under their wing. i hope to come back to serve the community that has raised my here in san francisco. >> reporter: for students rising above, i'm elizabeth cook. >> jenny says that she would like to go on medical mission trips to other countries, like guatemala, where her family is from, and provide medical services for free. >>> well, from sea

she wants to go to med school at ucsf where she works as a project manager. after that she hopes to head back to the community that has her heart. >> in ten years i see myself as a medical doctor. i am hoping it would be at ucsf because that's the first program who took me under their wing. i hope to come back to serve the community that has raised me here in san francisco. >> reporter: for students rising above, elizabeth cook. >> to learn more you can go to kpix.com/srs. >>> that's it for the news at five. >>> and right now on kpix 5 and streaming on c"cbs this morning" oakland business owners fed up with slow police response taking security into their own hands. am. >> i am not sure what the reason is and i think that it's something that someone needs to kind of like investigate. >>> also, how a bay area professional basketball player using his own childhood trauma to help lift up local kids. >>> and the south bay seeing a rebound in summer travel. how the ripple effect is being felt throughout the economy. >>> good evening. i'm ryan yamamoto. >> i'm eliza

how infectious disease expert ucsf doctor peter chin hot pit. peter chin-hong says that name is a misnomer. says the virus is found most often in small rodents and not in monkeys. >> the last thing you probably want is a way that immediately brings to mind images that have a historical context and association with racism. that actually is a horrible, make it just it sort of stigmatizing. it's even make sense that that was absolutely talking about changing. >> well, the world health organization, names, diseases, but the international committee of taxonomy of viruses. besides the formal names as of this week, there have been no official name proposals to replace monkeypox. the state monkeypox select committee held its first meeting on tuesday. members on both sides of the political aisle say they created this committee to learn more about monkeypox and hopefully find ways to slow and eventually stop the spread. you have data from the california department of public health shows that there are more than 1300 cases in california. that is an increas

dr peter chen hong and infectious disease expert at ucsf, said. these changes send a message that the country is in a much different place. it's not saying we ignore the virus, which is the last thing you want to do. it's just saying that there are circumstances where we have to be more serious and their circumstances where we have to take more individual responsibility. the cdc is continuing to recommend vaccines and say that you should continue to isolate from others. if you test positive for covid 19 reporting live, i'm elissa harrington ktvu fox two news, alyssa. thank you. the fda is now advising people to take several covid-19 tests if they receive a negative result, using an at home antigen test. this is to help reduce the risk of a false positive results and ultimately prevent people from unknowingly spreading the virus . in today's updated guidance, officials said, more immune evasive sub variants have made it more difficult to detect positive test results. small businesses in santa clara county can now apply for grants of up to $2500 if

ucsf health says is it's providing vaccines as well, even for those who are not you cfs -- ucsf patients. we have everything you need to know about monkeypox including vaccine news and treatment on our website. an asian-owned sandwich stop in the tenderloin district is under siege. burglars have been targeting the business at least twice a week in the past the romans. it has gotten so bad that every window upfront has been boarded up by plywood. inside, merchandise has been cleared off shelves for safekeeping. the executive director of the tenderloin merchants association says burglars have stolen hundreds of dollars of merchandise and caused major damage to property. he says it is happening so often shop owners have even stopped calling police. >> right now, the sense in the community is that the asian community is an easy target because it is safe to steal from them. you know you are not going to get hurt and not going to get caught. dion: reportedly the burglars have also figured out when community ambassadors patrol the neighborhoods. those ambassadors have recently even started wear

ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor monica gandhi agrees. a tried and true strategy. >> but gandhi also serves director of general hospital's hiv clinic believes the smaller dose should not be used for those with hiv. >> 41% of people who are in this large 20,000 now, monkeypox outbreak across the planet are living with hiv. and so i would be worried, especially if the patient living with hiv isn't very well constitute each of the medications i be worried about using the strategy in someone with hiv. federal health officials promised additional studies in the coming months. >> dan kerman kron, 4 news. meanwhile, leaders at the san francisco department of public health say that they are not implementing changes to vaccine doses immediately. they are waiting for federal and state guidance on exactly how to best. switch to the new fda protocol. >> officials also say the new method of administering the vaccine will require updated protocol and additional training for a lot of the staff members adding that it may the slower to administer a statem

ucsf health says it is providing vaccines as well, even for those who are not ucsf patients. and we have everything you need to know about monkeypox, including vaccines, symptoms, and treatment on our website, abc7news.com. an asian-owned sandwich shop in san francisco's tenderloin district is under siege. burglars have in targeting it at least twice a week for the past several months. it has gotten so bad at lee's sandwiches that every window upfront has been boarded up with plywood. supplies have been pulled off the shelves for safekeeping. the executive director of the tenderloin association says burglars have stolen hundreds of dollars in merchandise in every break-in and caused major damage to the property. he says it is happening so often that shop owners have stopped calling police. other asian-owned tenderloin businesses have been hit as well. >> right now, the sense in the community is that the asian community is an easy target because it is safe to steal from them. you know you will not get hurt or caught. dion: he says the burglars have also figured out when commun

ucsf's dr. peter chin-hong will describe how this bill impact people who have already had covid and who is eligible. big changes coming for millions carrying student loans. president biden announced his long promised student loan forgiveness plan today. the key components, if you get pell grant you can be forgiven up to $20,000. if you don't, you can be forgiven up to $10,000. you are only eligible for forgiveness if you make $125,000 or less. loan repayment is capped at 5% of your monthly income. pres. biden: people can start to crawl out from under that mountain of debt, to get on top of rent and utilities, to finally think about starting a family or a business. kristen: joining us live to talk about the plan and its impact on the economy, professor of business economics and public pause -- policy at the wharton school of the university of pennsylvania. >> good to be here. kristen: you are faculty director of the pen wharton budget model, a nonpartisan research initiative that provides economi

remember when the buildings and the conversation around ucsf and the things happening here, i thought to myself, how are they get being that done? well, we look at mission bay today and -- it is truly a jewel of san francisco. over sick thousand new homes have been created. over 25 acres of park space. new restaurants, new small businesses even i come for the market which i love. one of my favorite markets in san francisco. but there is also people who work and biotech. they are ucsf, we all know has been extraordinary lead and helped us get through a difficult global pandemic. and last but not least i will say how excited i am to have the national championship team the warriors right here at chase arena playing -- on a regular basis but the concerts issue events and activities. this is such an extraordinary place and now with this new park this bay trail park, tell be more beautiful to watch when we play in the final games and other things the arial views of san francisco. and people will continuing is more beautiful than they remember. the past year. already, weave have the docks th

in the 1950's infectious disease expert at ucsf doctor peter chin-hong says the name is a misnomer. it's really reservoir in right small rodents. squirrels. >> but not monkeys. more than 60 years later and we're experiencing a new outbreak of the virus in 99. countries. a large number of new cases are being reported among people of color. the world health organization is exploring a new name for the virus since there's a racist history of black people being referred to as monkeys. the last thing you probably want is a way that immediately brings to mind images that have a historical context in association with racism. doctor chin-hong says the name change won't be fast since the virus has been around for more than half a century. and will most likely be changed to a longer version of what already exists and will be probably something like poxvirus monkeypox. some aren't waiting for an official change. that actually is a horrible name. doctor. monica gandhi is the medical director of the ward. 86 hiv clinic at ucsf where the virus is referred to as mpx an abbreviation that many physi

today all the they're all ucsf faculty. we have a regular collaboration between psychiatry and dph behavioral health group. grant coal facts, is a, i cannot see the line by -- ~>> former ucsf. >> he was in faculty, i just didn't want to get that wrong. and susan airelectric graduated from the ucsf school of medicine, so really close ties there. you can go to the next slide please. and so currently our, pronounced heights, langley psychiatric hospital also known as lppi and then of course our partners, cgsg. go to the next slide please. so our bed capacity is growing. our emergency department beds are going to go from 43, slaoully that's a slight over count to 71. and from currently what we have is 4 behavioral designated treatment rooms to a total of 8. and then of course we have the new psychiatry building and they're seeing close to 6 3000 visits a year. so i want today give you a sense of what our department has seen. so in quarter 1 of 2022, we saw 485 behavioral health patients come through the emergency department and

the department says kaiser permanente, ucsf and sutter health. we'll also be administering shots. it's also working with community-based organizations to get shots out to people who may not have access to the walk-in clinic or other health care providers. monkeypox is declare a national public health emergency vaccination and testing for monkeypox is expected to improve that patients can still have a very hard time getting their hands on medicine. we talked about it earlier. t pox is that antiviral drugs being prescribed to patients with the most severe symptoms. getting that prescription can take days and piles of paperwork, even then you still are not guaranteed approval by the cdc doctor monica gandhi, an infectious disease expert at ucsf tells us the reason it's so hard to get approved for tea pots is because there have not been any randomized trials of that drug. >> it's hard for the act. you get what's called the urgency authorization status like they did for paxlovid or the did for the covid vaccines. >> doctor gandhi says the national institutes of health has started a tri

catherine van loan, gastrointestinal oncologist and professor at ucsf . think you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> in your article, you state that one in 1000 pregnancies are affected by a concurrent cancer diagnosis. can you go into more detail about that? >> absolutely. that is currently the statistic we are facing, that one in every 1000 pregnant women will face a concurrent diagnosis of pregnancy -- of cancer during her pregnancy. the most commonly diagnosed cancers are breast cancers, cervical cancers, lymphomas, ovarian cancers, leukemias, colorectal cancer, and melanoma. breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed during pregnancy. karina: out of those women who are battling cancer and make it pregnant, what is the percentage of women who may need to terminate? and give some examples of why a woman battling cancer might need to terminate a pregnancy. >> there are two previously published cohorts that attempt to address this answer, and in those cohorts one reports that about 9% of women will have elected to terminate a pregnancy in t

researchers at ucsf for gathering more information about the long term effects of covid-19. a study is now underway to better understand long covid. researchers are conducting a study by calling people in san francisco and san mateo county who have had covid-19 at least three months ago. researchers want to know about the patient's symptoms in the weeks and months after they first got infected. we don't have a lot of information about it, and that's really why we are in the position that we're in. and that's also why you know of the 15th centers across the country who are going to be looking at this. that ucsf center has really committed itself to understanding how common it is in population. studies designed to further explore long covid symptoms, which can range from breathing and lung problems to brain fog and mental health issues of the centers for disease control and prevention, is speaking out about the shakeup at her agency doctor rochelle wolinski tells fox news things had to change this week, the agency made staffing changes. and took steps to speed up and better co

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tam: we have ucsf hospital. we have the warriors coming. we have a bunch of new apartment buildings. scholl: you have corporate headquarters of facebook, google, microsoft. christensen: we realize we live in such an amazing place with so much creativity and innovation. i'm excited when i see the young people in the tech industry all over town, all over the bay area commuting back and forth. there's an energy here. renteria: in mission bay, eryone pretty much works in tech, working on the next start-up. woman: i have 3 cappuccinos for here. renteria: i'll do a coffee. ok. thanks. i'm considered a millennial. we kind of are free spirits, and we don't believe so much in just full-time gigs. i work in social media marketing, so it's definitely a new industry. a lot of people don't quite understand it, but i run social for a living. the really cool thing about a job in social media or just tech is that you can work remotely. coffee shops are free. yes, san francisco is really expensive. there is no other place like san francisco where you're goi

infectious disease expert at ucsf doctor peter chin. hong says the name is a misnomer since the virus is found most often in small rodents, not monkeys. >> the last thing you probably want is a way that immediately brings to mind images that have a historical context in association with racism. that actually is a horrible make. it just gets stigmatize ing. it's even make sense that that which was absolutely talking about changing the name. >> so as of this week, there have been no official name proposals to replace monkeypox of doctor peter chin. hong, who you just heard from, says that the name change won't be fast since the virus has been around for more than half a century. >> the state senate's monkeypox select committee held its first meeting today. members on both sides of the political aisle say they have created this committee to try to learn more about monkeypox and hopefully find ways to slow it eventually stop it. according to the california department of public health are now more than 1300 cases in the state. that's an incr

kaiser, ucsf, sutter will also give shots by appointment. all together 23,000 doses have been sent to san francisco over the past few weeks. >> part of this is going to come down to two things. one is where are we in the epidemic now, so we saw that the overall tally of cases increased over the weekend. is that going to level out this week and start to come down as has in some other countries or is it going to continue to go up? having more doses on hand is of course going to be very important because we need to stop the spread and also stop people from getting infected who have high-risk exposure. >> reporter: this was the scene yesterday outside the federal building in san francisco where activists are demanding the fed make the vac seens more readily available and question why the san francisco public health department stop contract tracing in a city which has close to 500 monkeypox cases. the health department explained many individuals were unwilling to share their names or contact information of their partners who might have been expos

dr peter chen hong and infectious disease expert at ucsf, said. these changes send a message that the country is in a much different place. it's not saying we ignore the virus, which is the last thing you want to do. it's just saying that there are circumstances where we have to be more serious and their circumstances where we have to take more individual responsibility. the guidance also impacts schools by eliminating the test to stay. protocol test to stay has been used to allow kids who are not fully vaccinated and who have had a close contact. to stay at in person school as long as they continue to test negative for my kids. i want them to be masked in school unified school district handed out test kits to families this week ahead of the first day of school parent kenshin ishikawa said he's a little worried about the changing guidelines. with covid still circulating it is concerning for me, uh, because i have kids and i'm around my parents who are older in their seventies and such. cdc is continuing to recommend vaccines . contact tracing shou

later in this newscast and infectious disease specialist with ucsf will join us live to give us some perspective on how this emergency declaration will help the fight against the spread of monkeypox. oh my god. i can feel the flames from here right above them. it's insane. the mckinney fires still burning up north and siskiyou county. some people say they just can't believe what they are witnessing in their communities. tonight many of those people impacted by the fire gathered this evening to get answers from firefighters who are working nonstop here to slow the spread of the flames. firefighters say this is the largest wildfire burning in the state right now, with more than 55,000 acres. charred officials say the fire claimed the lives of two people whose bodies were found inside a burned out car right now there is still zero contains mint, but conditions are beginning to improve for fire crews. ktvu lamonica peters has the latest on what firefighters are telling people impacted by the fire. unfortunately the conditions were but beyond our control and we had a thunder cell that cam

ucsf health is providing vaccines as well even for those who are not ucsf patients.ng you need to know about monkeypox including information on vaccines, symptoms and treatment. you can find it all at abc7news.com. monday marks one year since the taliban takeover in afghanistan. it ended the u.s. 20 year effort to bring peace to the country. women's rights were stripped away. tonight, tara campbell shares the story of one bay area woman not willing to give up the fight. tara: monday marking one year since this moment, the taliban taking control of afghanistan, tossing the country into turmoil. >> i can't explain to you -- it was the hardest day of my life. tara: she works for roots of peace, a nonprofit founded more than two decades ago right here in her san rafael home. >> we had a very conscious decision to make, whether we closed roots of peace along with hundreds of other ngos who were leaving, or do we go the distance? tara: and go the distance they have. roots of peace continuing to transform the country's agriculture, replacing landmines with fruit trees, trai