zach fuentes has the story.ast several years mental health has slowly become a less taboo topic but stigma around it still exists particularly in communities of color. we've been ostracized in a number of ways and this is my one personal theory, but we don't necessarily want to do things that are going to further ostracize us dr. glenna also says that a lot of it may have to do with what it become cultural norms happens in my house stays in my house, but the silicon valley-based african-american community service agency is working to break stigma. we're making it know that therapy as dr. glenna would say therapy is a lifestyle and as opposed to be a part of your lifestyle executive director, milan valentin worked with dr. glenna to help communities. color make that happen black people brown people people of color needed to talk to somebody because of the increase in suicide. just what was happening during the pandemic so speaking to dr. glenn. i saw that she had the ability and skill set to reach people in a par

zach fuentes has more oakland scottish rite center has long been the local venue. special events including the monte vista high school prom the school booked it again in advance for this. junior prom they were out of school for such a long period of time and stuck at home. they are all craving these kind of super fun events, dr. kevin ahern the school principal says that when they booked the venue, they thought they would work under alameda county's guidelines for large indoor events vaccinations required or a negative covid test what we want to wear up. was it in december the city of oakland had put together an ordinance that that required vaccination only the city's ordinance only allows a negative covid test instead if a person shows proof of a verified medical exemption, dr. ahern says that excludes roughly 20 unvaccinated students. they're old enough to get vaccinated. but ahern says there could be more to the reasons that they're not so we're talking about minors talking about students under the age of 18. they don't have full control over over choices and so

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zach fuentes has more from a rally held in santa cruz and what the coffee giant has to say about it. dozens came out to rally outside this santa cruz starbucks store the first in the state that moved to unionize it's part of a growing trend being seen across the country. we saw the wave happened in new york and then in a short period of time and maybe a month and a half we've had over a hundred union petitions filed around the country lead union organizer. joseph thompson says the company he worked for before covid has changed since the pandemic out of our we're facing on the store covid safety starbucks has been terrible throughout this entire pandemic additionally, you know, we're fighting for higher wages and job security starbucks says that they have followed cdc guidelines and that wage increases from 15 to 23 dollars an hour are coming this summer and a statement. they say we are listening and learning from the partners in the stores as we always do across the country. they also go on to say that they are better together as part is without a union between them though employees

zach fuentes spoke with those involved about how this could lead to change. zach: it has been more than two years since santa clara county has done its point in time count, homeless census. the last time was 2019, before the pandemic. the next one was set for january of 2021, but covid pushed it back in later omicron pushed further. now, the work will start. >> we are scheduled to conduct account the next two days, 23rd and 24th, to enumerate folks across every census tract. zach: the county has more than 200 volunteers set to help. members of the own house response group are making out some of the volunteer force, hitting the ground in the next two days between 5:00 and 10:00 a.m. >> we are excited to do the counts. we are fearful because it will be freezing. we have 38 people that have passed. zach: she says they are going to work to do the best count possible. the county says the information not only gives them an idea of the total population of those experiencing homelessness, it also helps them understand what they call subpopulations. adults experience h

abc7news reporter zach fuentes tells us the arrest is a huge relief for the victims. zach: take a look at this surveillance video shared by the san jose police department. you see the suspect throwing a rock into the window, breaking in before shuttering it all together. he then goes inside and steals i cash register from the business. san jose police department says the suspect has done that same thing at more than 50 businesses in san jose. >> the detectives are still working on the case and looking for other victims, small businesses affected. zach: the arrest bringing peace of mind to the owner of the business, the scene of the january surveillance video. >> finally happy. zach: the owner, still holding onto the rock the suspect used to smash the window. >> it was scary. zach: the business owner tells me this affect only got away with a little under $50, but the cost to repair the damage was in the thousands of dollars. >> every time this has happened, we have to spend more money, to protect our business, protect myself. zach: she had to close a business for a day

zach fuentes has the story. ch: the scottish rite center has been the venue for special events, including the montevista high school prom. they booked it again for this years junior prom. >> they were out of school and stuck at home. they are craving these kind of superfund events. zach: this will principal says when the book to the venue they thought they would work under alameda county's guidelines for large events. vaccinations required or a negative covid test. >> we were unaware that in december oakland put together an ordinance that required vaccination only. zach: the city only allows a negative covid test if a person shows proof of a verified medical exemption. he says that it's close roughly 20 unvaccinated students. they are old enough to get vaccinated but he says they could be more to the reasons they are not. >> we're talking about minors under 18. they don't have full control over choices. students, they want to get vaccinated but the parents are having them not get vaccinated for one reason or anot

reporter: zach fuentes, abc 7 news.understand what is happening and why it matters, head to the abc bay area streaming tv app. we have extra in -- expert insight and information to stream on demand. the app is available for roku, amazon fire, apple or roku tv moving on, only. dan:. dan: on 7, under attack. that is how one small business owner in san francisco feels tonight after at outrageous robbery involving a power saw. as anchor dion lim shows us, it is another break-in unlike any crime he has seen before. lyanne: this owner of the smoke signals shop is somewhat of a san francisco institution. >> i am one of the last newsstands in san francisco in this industry suffering so much. i survived 27 years. dion: but what happened was a first, a break-in and robbery of heavy portions. >> you put heavy gates, they use a circular saw that it is ridiculous. reporter: you can see sparks as it slices through multiple security measures. >> having two iron gates, having an industrial lock, having bars on my entry door. reporter:

zach fuentes spent the day in court joining us live now from redwood city zach. yeah, larry court wrapped up just under an hour ago and rochelle nice. who was this at the center of this is going to be continuing her testimony on monday now, it's important to note that if it's found that she did lie in any way to get on the jury. she's not going to be in trouble. she has been immunity, but it could lead to scott peterson being given a new trial now. we were here as rachelle nice arrived in court today. the judge did not allow still photographers or sketch artists to show her in the courtroom, but we were here this morning as she came now peterson was present as were some family members of his in laci peterson scott peterson's lawyers main objective is to prove that he did not get a fair trial because rachelle nice who was on the jury how the secret bias against him in that she lied on her jury questionnaire to get on the jury now in her testimony today. she was questioned as why she didn't disclose in the air that she had gotten a restraining order while she was p

zach fuentes has the story.akland scottish rite center has long been the local venue for special events including the montevista high school prom the school booked it again in advance for this year's junior prom. they were out of school for such a long period of time and stuck at home. they are all craving these kind of super fun events, dr. kevin a hearing the school principal says that when they booked the venue, they thought they would work under alameda county's guidelines for large indoor events vaccinations required or a negative negative covid test what we want to wear up. in december the city of oakland had put together an ordinance that that the required vaccination only the city's ordinance only allows a negative covid test instead if a person shows proof of a verified medical exemption, dr. ahern says that excludes roughly 20 unvaccinated students. they're old enough to get vaccinated. but ahern says there could be more to the reasons that they're not. so we're talking about miners talking about stude

zach fuentes spoke with both sides and university officials.reporter: set up was underway on campus at stanford ahead of former vice president mike pence's visit, hosted by the club stanford college republicans. >>>> we found out the former vice president was available and able to come. we have been working from the fall to make it a reality. reporter: the title of the evening's event, how to save america from the woke left. many students have planned protests long before tonight. >> there are thousands of students whose lives have been negatively impacted by not just mike pence's policy but the cultural violence his administration brought into the national american stage. reporter: they say different plans of action will be taken, including the rally and walkouts. >> so people have reserved tickets already and they will be sitting in those seats, and once the event starts, they will do a masked walkout. reporter: walker stewart, a boardmember with stanford's college republicans, says protesters are expected. >> it would be more productive to e

reporter: in the south bay, zach fuentes, abc7 news.a minor celebration in the sierra today because of a slight dusting of snow earlier. take a look at this time lapse. tweeted out by the national weather service. this was the first measurable snowfall in the sierra in 37 days. that's according to the central sierra know lab. so it's not a lot. but like here, every drop here and every flake there is welcome. ama: yeah, absolutely. but it doesn't look like we have any anytime soon, sandhya. sandhya: not anytime soon but we have some snow coming next week. dan: oh, good,. sandhya: for the sierra. sunday night going into monday. so that's actually good. it looks like they'll get more snow than they got this time around. let me show you a live picture from mount rose. it is windy up there. just like it is here. but be see there's some snow on the ground. so if you're thinking about going up to the mountains, certainly a couple of inches fell from homewood to palisades, two inches there, mount shasta an inch. we'll take t sira, nevada, right

ama: reporter zach fuentes has the details it has been a big day for the bay area freeways. new express lanes open this morning. but the big deadline talks about charging everyone to drive uncertain freeways. >> the objectives are the same. it is how can we move more people in fewer cars. reporter: the express lanes that opened this morning on highway 101 out of the peninsula operating on highway 85. they will cover 25 miles -- 22 miles. but the metropolitan commission says more work has to be done to reduce congestion, incentivize the use of cars, and drive down greenhouse emissions. they say charging tolls could be the solution. >> this is a way for instance, to keep the region moving with 2 million additional people, one million additional jobs that are expected to be here by 2050. reporter: a two-year planning study has been launched to look into that possibility, a possibility already bringing concern from drivers we have spoken with. >> that's a bad idea. i don't think we should charge because everyone uses their cars. reporter: and more members of the committee who he

zach fuentes has a details. human trafficking according to local experts is happening across the state in tragic ways trafficers particularly sex traffickers, utilize hotels and motels and hotels and motels really. don't speak up the way they should california law requires hotels to provide training to staff so they can recognize human trafficking assembly member jordan cunningham from san luis. obispo says he wants to add another tool introducing assembly both 1788 if passed it would let local authorities issue a penalty if it's found that a hotel supervisor new or should have known that sex trafficking was happening and didn't report it within 24 hours the first time it happens, they'd be fine one thousand dollars the second 3,000 and $5. was every other time during a calendar year cunningham says this state bill gives local authorities more leverage than the current federal law its models after that only allows a civil recourse for the actual victim and allows a federal criminal prosecution. so this tries to

zach fuentes, abc 7 news. >> stocks took a big tumble, driven by tech stocks. plus paypal and spotify all stunned investors with disappointing earnings reports. the nasdaq lost more than 500 points as well andy s&p 500 went down by more than 100. a rough day on wall street was headlined by meta. it had the worst day in the market as a public up any. shares closed down within than 26%. that is a 240 billion dollar hit to its market value. there were new challenges to facebook's core advertising business. facebook also saw a decline in the number of daily active users. mark zuckerberg's stake in the company dropped by more than $30 billion just today. >> the failed effort cost california more than $200 million. the secretary of state released the final numbers today. still, that than the original estimate. the money will not be paid by the organizers of the recall campaign. they will be left to taxpayers. >> big ones tonight. it had been the das job but that all came to an end when the police chief terminated the agreement. the agreement to police shootings is no

zach fuentes has more on what happened today and what the city says.to change those tragic statistics. what should have been a routine morning turned tragic when a woman was hit and killed in this neighborhood by a garbage truck. apparently the victim was taking out the garbage cans and entered a blind spot and was struck at that time police. say the drivers stayed at the scene

zac fuentes explains a new approach that focuses on prevention and protection. zachght. that makes the danger critical. but staying insured hasn't been easy. >> people had gotten dropped. they couldn't find replacement coverage. and then when they did, it was three times the price. zach: she says they've been teaming up with four agencies. the new framework that lays out new standards. the goal is to protect homes and help home owners get and maintain reasonable insurance rates. rickarda lara says they include having a fire resistant roof. clearing vegetation and debris. have five-feet of defensible space and more. it will benefit those looking to stay insured. >> i've done everything to protect my home. but my neighbor hasn't. or maybe it's a second home for somebody and hasn't treated the property as i have. >> insurance companies can still decide who they want to insure but it could provide tin sured some protection. >> if there are two homes and one of the home owners has informed in reducing risk. and the other one hasn't, you can't charge them the same am. beca

ama: reporter zach fuentes has the details it has been a big day for the bay area freeways.rning. but

zach fuentes spoke with a local economist who shared his concerns. my grandfather is from ukraine and fled the russians in the 1940's. >> with history repeating itself in many ways, matthew, a professor of economics, has lent his expertise to help people understand the impact the conflict could have. >> our economy is pretty insulated from russia. we don't do a lot of trade with them. russia is a major exporter of whale, so the effect -- of oil, so the effect of energy crisis could ripple through the economy. >> global oil prices have gone over 105 dollars per barrel, the highest since 2014. we have seen prices at the pump the highest they have ever been. today, lines of drivers through the bay, filling up, taking advantage of lower prices. i asked how else this could impact daily lives. >> we should be bracing ourselves for groceries to go up. >> we have to be prepared for some, probably moderate increases in energy costs and that will trickle down to other areas. i think it is not a situation where we have to brace ourselves for a large impact. >>

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zach fuentes has more from the rally in santa cruz and what the coffee giant has to say about it. ns came out to rally outside this santa cruz starbucks store, the first in the state to unionize. it is part of a growing trend cross the country. >> it happened in new york and maybe a month and a half, we have had over 100 union petitions filed around the country. zach: union organizer joseph thompson says the company he worked for before covid has changed is the pandemic -- changed since the pandemic. >> starbucks has been terrible throughout this pandemic. we are fighting for higher wages and job security. zach: starbucks says they have followed cdc guidelines and that wage increases are coming this summer. they say, "we are listening and learning from the partners in the stores as we always do across the country." they go on to say they are better together as partners without a union. employees at the santa cruz store continue the work to unionize, the rally also centered around seven former employees in memphis who were recently fired. the employees say their firing was retaliati

zach fuentes has the details. human trafficking according to local experts is happening across the state in tragic ways traffickers particularly sex traffickers. utilize hotels and motels and hotels and motels really don't speak up the way they should california law requires hotels to provide. meaning to staff so they can recognize human trafficking assembly member jordan cunningham from san luis. obispo says he wants to add another tool introducing assembly both 1788 if passed it would let local authorities issue a penalty if it's found that a hotel supervisor knew or should have known that sex trafficking was happening. and didn't report it within 24 hours the first time it happens, they'd be fine $1,000 the second 3,000 and $5,000 every other time during a calendar year. cunningham says this state bill gives local authorities more leverage in the current federal law its models after that only allows a civil recourse for the actual victim and allows a federal criminal prosecution. so this tries to fill a gap on

zach fuentes has that part of the story. sushi confidential restaurants are known throughout the south bay today owner. randy musterer says, he likes so many other businesses have been working hard to keep up with and follow the many changing guidelines brought on by the pandemic after a long two years. he says he's ready for the mask mandate in santa clara county to be dropped. you're not able to see our customers smile. you're not able to see those facial expressions now at the mask mandate lifted a neighboring counties. he's expecting confusion from customers whoive in nearby counties where the mandate lifted customers, you know live in one county work in another and come dine in another so people can travel between multiple counties and for them to even keep track of this it's difficult. so how much longer will santa clara county be holding out before the decision to drop the indoor mask mandate is made county officials say it may not be too far away. we're optimistic that given what we're seeing right now that the hospi