zach fuentes joins us with the latest. . >> authorities put in more than 20,000 man hours into the search but a volunteer group was able to do it in less than 24 hours. it is important to note that the nevada county sheriff says they have not positively identify the body but they do believe it is hers. the liquor car was found in had been searched by sonar and divers but it was that volunteer group went in with high end equipment and expertise that was able to make that discovery. they are called adventurers with purpose. they put soon our boats in the water. they detected an underwater object. they later confirmed it to be a vehicle they said was in 14 feet of water. the lake was extensively sourced with sonar, divers and swimmers. they said they would be debriefing to see how they missed it in the leg. -- lake. he says that search-and-rescue are often not stocked up enough or equipped at the highest level of technology. >> a lot of times, search-and-rescue teams are comprised of volunteers. >> there are so many questions

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in the south bay, zach fuentes. >> governor newsom outlined a new effort to address the mental health crisis facing california's young people. he traveled to fresno to unveil what he is calling his master plan for kids mental health. a nearly $5 billion effort to increase access to mental health and substance use support services for californians up to age 25. the government and society have failed to address this issue for too long, he says. >> i don't want to overpromise in the short run. i'm not going to under promise in the medium and long term. what these seeds will represent in terms of fruit of your labor to make them all over the course of the next few years, and decades. >> the governor's announcement comes as youth nationwide are reporting increased symptoms of anxiety at record rates and are considering or attempting suicide at historic levels. with the governor's announcement, lena howland is hearing from mental health professionals as well as teens impacted on what this means to them. >> governor newsom announcing a plan to create systemic change for the mental health nee

zach fuentes, abc7 news.ama: the chp's 11-99 foundation is revoking the lifetime membership of the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi. he was arrested after a dui crash in may. pelosi presented his foundation card during the arrest. in a statement today, the chp says that made it look like he was trying to get preferential treatment, which violates the terms of his membership. pelosi was sentenced to three years probation. the porsche he was driving the night of the crash just went up for auction. dan: still ahead, wine tasting fees are increasing festively in one part of the bay area. it is not the napa valley. we will tell you why, and one place where prices are actually down. that attention military personnel, families and civilians who were stationed or worked at camp lejeune before 1988. you may have been exposed to drinking water contaminated with benzene and other highly carcinogenic chemicals, and you may be eligible for significant financial compensation. if you or a loved one developed non-hodgki

zach fuentes has an update now on how this number has helped people in the last few weeks. we first told you about the new 988 suicide in crisis lifeline days before it went live nearly a month ago the suicide prevention hotlines 800 number will remain active for some time experts. we spoke with before the launch agreed. it's not the easiest to remember in a time of crisis even as a mental health professional. now 988 is live in an action and those on the other end of the line say it's allowed them to help so many in need. he said at about i would say at 1200 a month call volume and it has increased with 98 with increased first time callers callers calling around substance use and a lot of family members calling for support taylor kutz is the program manager of one of the states 13 crisis lifeline call centers. it's made up of around 20 staff members and volunteers. they go through six weeks of training roughly between 40 and 60 hours of training and continuing ongoing training. we have everyone from all walks of life. a very divers group good says many of them have lived e

fda approved method of vaccine administration that they just started using abc 7 news reporter zach fuentes. spoke with officials about whether this new method is as effective as the previous one. victor avalos made his way to the santa clara county fairgrounds friday morning after hearing that vaccine appointments were now available. so that's he told me i said, i'm gonna get it right away santa clara county says it's been able to expand appointments to people like victor because of a new method before the vaccines were being injected subcutaneously or under the skin now, they're being injected intradermally just under the top layer of skin. connie health experts say this method helps stretch the vaccine supply only one fifth as much of the dose is used for that intradermal injection compared to the full dose that was used before this was approved by the fda based on a study that was done a few years ago, dr. jennifer tong says the fda studies showed the immune response was just as strong with the new administration method now aside from the efficacy of this new method one other question w

zach fuentes, abc 7 news. ama: e-bikes are going to be rolling around in oakland.the city will buy 500 of them. these bikes will be placed primarily in lower income neighborhoods, where people may not normally have access to them. neighbors will be surveyed to see how much they would be willing to pay to rent to the bikes along with what type they would prefer. dan: california death valley experienced widespread damage after it got nearly a year's worth of rainfall in three hours. here is a new before and after image from the european space agency satellite. the national weather service says friday's 4.7 inches of rain is considered a 1000 year event. that record rainfall triggered flash floods that swept away cars, roads and stranded hundreds of visitors and workers . there are no reports of any injuries, the good news, but roughly 60 vehicles were buried in mud and debris, and 500 visitors and workers were stock inside the park. -- were stock inside the park. that is just crazy. ama: no rain, too much rain, my goodness. mike:. mike: it is a feast or farming. can'

zach fuentes has an update on how that number has helped people in recent weeks. >> we told you about the new number days before it went live nearly a month ago, but the 800-number will remain active for some time. experts we spoke with before the launch agree it's not the easiest to remember in a time of crisis. >> is a mental health professional, at -- i had to look up the current 800-number. >> those on the other end of the line say it has allowed them to help so many in need. >> i would say about 1200 a month call volume. we have increased first-time callers and family mirrors calling for support. >> the program manager says he made up of around 20 staff members and volunteers. >> we have between roughly 14 -- 40-60 hours of training and we have ongoing training. it's a very diverse group. >> many of them have experience with mental health crisis. they will not share specific stories at their work has been effective. >> train counselors try to approach each call with empathy, understanding, and heart, because that is the care that we all deserve. >> more work is being done to add

in redwood city, zach fuentes, abc7 news. dan: what about the juror at the center of all of this, bushy face any loop of repercussions if the judge decides on a new trial? zach: down, she will not. right now she was off. of herd immunity before she testified on november 25, the first she came back to the stand to talk about all of this. she was granted immunity in exchange for her testimony. dan: you could have seen scott peterson in court live. abc7 news sent out this push alert this morning with a link to the livestream. download the app now so that you will know what is happening when it is happening. ama: new details on a shooting investigation at a 24 hour fitness in brentwood. police detained two people who they believed were there, but they are not calling them suspects. police say there was a fight in the gym near the basketball court. two people started shooting. a man in his 20's was killed. three additional people showed up at nearby hospitals with injuries from which they are expected to recover. one woman talk to

it's blamed day for at least two deaths abc 7 news reporter zach fuentes live with an update on how long the fight ahead will go for fire crews zach. yeah, again to reiterate it's being called the largest wildfire so far this season. we now know that the mckinney fire has burned more than 55,000 acres and a 0% contained remember this only started on friday and today of course. we now know that two lives have been lost in so many others have been impacted and we got to speak and have been keeping up with area residents who live close to the fire and are already feeling its effects. thousands of acres burned more than 100 structures destroyed and now more tragedy linked to the mckinney fire after two people were found dead in a vehicle the car was found in a driveway in the wildfire zone. cal fire says overnight weather helped tamed down some of the fires spread but vegetation in the area is extremely dry crews continue to strategize on how to best utilize resources focusing right now on a town most that risk ideas to protect yreka. we really loaded up that a fire justice of yreka through

zach fuentes has that story. reporter: kaiser permanente mental health workers around the state are striking against their employer. >> we are out here for patient care. this is the worst it's ever been. i've been with kaiser for five and a half years. reporter: picketing employees tell me there's more patients that need mental health services than workers. >> people's next appointments aren't open until october. >> the strike is not about access to care as the union claims. the union's proposal to reduce time directly seeing patients comes at a time when we're faced with a 30% increase in demand for mental healthcare. reporter: kaiser permanente says they continue to try to hire mental health workers but challenges recruiting those workers is an issue nationwide. >> the workers out here admit to me that nationwide there is a shortage of mental healthcare workers, but they tell me the bay area is full of qualified professionals. kaiser they say just isn't being competitive enough. >> providers are leaving kaiser

abc7news reporter zach fuentes has more on the break in the case. ach: it was a cold case that haunted those who knew and loved karen. it also never left the minds of the generations of police detectives who worked on the case. >> before becoming a detective, i heard about cases that still haunt the retirees and still bother them and stick with them. this being one of them. zach: that is detective matt. he was not alive at the time of the murder, but he is the man largely responsible for we suspect being caught. they say that on thursday night, september 2, 1982, karen took a bus from her home to sunnyvale to visit her boyfriend. i round midnight, her boyfriend brought her to this intersection so she could catch the bus back home. her boyfriend was out past curfew and ran home after seeing karen walk for the bus stop. for years, he was the last person to see her alive. her body was found the following morning. >> a delivery driver had found her body dumped over a wall and situated near the bushes. she was found nude with her blouse and jacket binding

gov.org in san jose zach fuentes abc 7 news a new cdc study is shedding light on whether viral monkey pox dna can live on offices abc 7 news special correspondent dr. lok patel talked about the study on our 3 pm show getting answers. they looked at one particular situation in utah two individuals who tested positive for monkeypox they test. bunch of their services in their home and found that there was dna, but it wasn't effective dna, but it was present. dr. patel said dna was on surfaces many of us use every day like the phone coffee pot and doorknobs, but it does degrade over time and with proper cleaning, so it's unlikely for someone to get monkeypox by touching a surface. we have everything you need to know about monkeypox, including vaccine information symptoms and treatment find it all on our website abc7news.com. strike by thousands of mental health care workers at kaiser is in its fifth day sky 7 was overhead this morning as a large group marched down broadway in oakland the workers want raises and for kaiser to hire more therapists oakland is one of four locations where work

zach fuentes has a look at what some want the sweep. canceled and why they want to it's been more than a year since the faa ordered the city of san jose to shut down this encampment near minetta, san jose airport before the heat wave was forecast the city planned for the camp to be cleared in sections between september 1st to september 30th why we would sweep people and force them to become hyperthermic and face death. i is just ridiculous to me homeless advocate sean cart right with the unhouse response group says she wants the city to delay the sweep for at least a week having another week to bring in more resources bringing in electrolytes and water and ice rather than forcing people to move and trying to keep them hydrated city officials and cartwright acknowledge that city policy states at a sweep has to stop during inclement weather in the case of heat. that's once the temperature actually reaches 88 degrees not when it's expected to some work may happen in the morning to clear out debris and trash but when that temperature does r

zach fuentes explains. this dog was found safe, but police say dog owners need to stay alert.og named felon reunited with his owner after a scary dog. napping police. say felon was taken by a man earlier this month who his owner only knew through mutual friends that man helping her move items to a storage unit the day that he helped her move some items as the day that he stole her car basically and held it from her and said, hey, i'm not giving you your car back until you give me some money that suspect also stole her dog. she was later able to find the car on her own and get it back almost losing her life in the process and still unsuccessful in finding her dog. he found out that she took the car back and that's when he fired a gun at her slashed her tires etc and still was demanding money for the dog. that's when felons owner got police involved wednesday the man suspected of the attack and dog napping was arrested her covert response unit located and arrested the suspect than san jose later after that arrest. we were able to find out where the dog was the suspect. segwaya w

right now, live in san jose, zach fuentes, abc 7 news. >> all right, zach, thank you so much. happening now, the san francisco school board is considering whether to reprimand commissioner an shoe for her comments stereotyping black and latino families. abc 7 news education reporter melendez is in the newsroom with more on the controversy that has not gone away. leanne, any idea how this will go. >>> there's a provision that clearly states that the other school members can remove her. they're not going to do that. what may happen is that she ends up with a slap on the wrist, and some are speculating that they could add some provisions like forcing her to do, for example, cultural diversity training, or antibias training. well-known columnist herb kane described san francisco where a city where ideas are traded and opinions clashed. thrown into the mix is commissioner ann shoe, appointed by mayor london breed and who will likely be reprimanded by her colleagues. >> people can stay any demeaning thing about you and it's ok. >> the reporter: the naacp held a rally if front of the

kristen: abc7 reporter zach fuentes has more on the lifesaving measures being brought to south bay schools7-year-old from los gatos. his father told me he excelled in his high school wrestling program. despite his a compass meant the dad said the -- his compliments the dad said the teen went into drugs. >> he took a pill he thought was going to be percocet and it was laced with fentanyl and we lost him. zach: experts say drugs laced with fentanyl are almost impossible to detect until it is too late. in santa clara county there have been 62 fentanyl related deaths. a new form is called rainbow fentanyl. >> we have seen rainbow colored pills. we have started to see some that look like candy such as gum mies. if a young person might accidentally encounter these things and believe them to be candy or safe for them to use, it is incredibly dangerous. zach: narcan can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. >>

zach fuentes has the story.s governments work to reduce the impacts of inflation bay area families continue to take hits now to their finances. it's time for older family because we are in pandemic caused that we lose work people don't have jobs a story familiar to too many. that's why it was important for mary lou a mom of two school-aged kids to head to this back to school event at sacred heart community services the san jose nonprofit gave up 3,800 backpacks over two days for its pack the back event that wrapped up friday now, each the backpacks are filled with eyes based on the student's grade level and their needs and of course much of these supplies don't come cheap. so the organizers here at sacree provides huge financial relief inflation is a really big deal this year. just everything's more expensive, especially basic things and so our families often tell us that by getting the backpacks and the school supplies that's allowing them to set aside money for the rent right or for the food the national retai

zach fuentes was in the courtroom today for closing arguments. s live with a look at what happened. zach: closing arguments just ended a few minutes ago. i want to pan the camera over. we are hearing from scott peterson's sister-in-law who is reacting to what happened. this is the last chance for attorneys on both sides to get their points across before a judge decides if peterson's conviction is overturned and he gets a new trial. his attorneys believe a new trial would give him a chance to present new evidence that could clear peterson. peterson was in court alongside his attorney. you see some of his family members here and also family members of lacey peterson. it has been nearly 20 years since he murdered lacey peterson and her unborn son. scott peterson was convicted of the murders in 2004, but his fate is up in the air because of controversy around one of the jurors on the trial that led to

ama: abc7 news reporter zach fuentes has been in court all day as attorneys from both sides give their joins us live. zach: this was their very last chance to present their arguments to the judge,

it's blamed day for at least two deaths abc 7 news reporter zach fuentes live with an update on how longews zach.

zach fuentes has a statement they relates just hours ago. -- released just hours ago. >> this family state of limbo for 15 days. i will read a portion of it to you right now. while we accept this

zach fuentes joins us live. zach? zach: liz, i just stepped outside after listening to a live stream of a community meeting being held by fire officials to those impacted by the fire. unfortunately, there is not a lot of progress made in fighting it. it is at 0% containment. we know lives have been lost. we have been listening to that meeting and there is a little bit of hope that came out of it. any shred of hope that the people most impacted by the fire are clinging to. thousands of acres burned, more than 100 structures destroyed and more tragedy after two people found dead in a vehicle. >> we know that we lost multiple folks in the midst of this fire. there are two that have been confirmed dead, after the sheriff's updates this morning. it is a loss that is unimaginable. zach: cal fire says vegetation is extremely dry. >> i feel blessed that we had repeat rains and we're going to take advantage of that opportunity to keep this fire as small as we can. zach: crews strategize on how to best utilize resources. >> ide

zach fuentes is live outside of santa clara county court with taps adevelopments. zach: that's right, yesterday and today were accomplishment hearihearing -- preliminary hea. in these preliminary hearings, we heard from detectives who worked on the case and police and today's baby brandon's mom and grandmother. cameras were not allowed inside of the courtroom, this is video that we have of brandon cuellar who is 6 months old. jose roman portillo and and jose roman portillo believed to be in a relationship. marquez says he was in a relationship with ramirez and until the news broke, he thought it was their child together. she is accused of passing off the baby for her own. she faces up to 14 years in prison, portillo faces up to five years. a prosecutor in this case tells us she was hoping for something more harsh. >> there were multiple attempts to kidnap this child, as well as other things that occurred that these individuals were looking to kidnap brand and there should have been an opportunity for us to have a sentencing hear where they could have been sentenced

zach fuentes has a statement they relates just hours ago. -- released just hours ago. >> this family has been in a terrible state of limbo for 15 days. i will read a portion of it to you right now. while we accept this sadness, the rising sunshine apostolate upon us reminding us not to mourn her loss. she will surely remain with us even though we will not get her back. it is the outcome that nobody wanted. kiely rodni was last seen near a campground in truckee. an suv that looked like the one that she was driving was seen pulled from a lake. >> we believe it is our missing person. we have not been able to positively identify but it is more than likely where we are today. >> authorities had searched the large perimeter, surging with sonar and divers but it was the independent group with purpose that found the vehicle. >> we placed to sonar boats in the water. by: 15 am, nick detected an object underwater using cutting edge sonar technology from garmin. i was then able to confirm that it was a vehicle. in roughly 14 feet of water and only 55 feet offshore. >> they addressed the discove

zach fuentes has the details on this 40 year cold case. >> a cold case that haunted those who knew and loved karen stitt. it also never left the minds of the generations of police detectives who worked on the case. >> before becoming a detective, i heard about stacy -- cases that still haunt the retirees. this being one of them. >> matt hutchison wasn't alive at the time of the murder, but is the man largely responsible for finding a suspect 40 years later. hutchinson and the ceric -- santa cap -- thursday, september 2, 1980 two, karen took a bus from her home in palo alto to sunnyvale to visit her boyfriend. around midnight, her boyfriend walked through this intersection so she can get home. her boyfriend was out past curfew and ran home. for years, he was the last known person to see her alive. her body was found the following morning. >> a delivery driver had found her body situated near bushes. she was found with her blouse and a jacket pounding her wrists and legs together. she had been stabbed 60 times. >> after 18 years, dna evidence cleared her boyfriend of suspicion and to the

abc7 news reporter zach fuentes has details.reporter: as governments work to reduce the impact of inflation, bay area families continue to take kids now to their finances. >> it is time for the family to work, people don't have jobs. reporter: a story familiar to too many. that's why it was important for mary lou to head to this back-to-school event at sacred heart community services. the san jose nonprofit gave out 3800 backpacks over two days for its event that wrapped up friday. each of the backpacks are filled with supplies based on the student grade level, needs, and much of the supplies don't come cheap, so the organizers here tell me that the families getting this referee provides huge relief. >> everything is more expensive this year. especially basic things. our families often tell us by getting the best -- the backpacks and the quiz applies, -- by getting the backpacks and the school supplies, they can save money for rent. reporter: parents are spending 168 dollars more on average on back-to-school supplies this year.

. >> zach fuentes has more. >> 25 years in the restaurant industry.s not paid for. he said his previous employer would often promise to pay them on certain dates but then give him the runaround. >> he would pay me in personal checks instead of a work check. i don't even know if the taxes were correct or anything like that. i would keep track of my hours. it seemed like the fluctuation was different. >> it eventually took a financial toll. he is two months behind on rent. he has since found help with the rev -- the labor board but it is this scenario the santa clara county wage theft enforcement program is working to address. >> from 2012 to 2022, all industries in santa clara county there were $23 billion of wage theft. judgments defined as wages owed to workers. >> the programs follows up with the businesses the state ordered to pay workers back. >> the state is communicating with the business there is an issue. we are coming in after the fact saying we know the state has made the termination and this is how much money you out. >> before spinning the

fda approved method of vaccine administration that they just started using abc 7 news reporter zach fuentes