Pamela price announced that her office is matching the 2 million grant from the state. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley. And im ahmad daetz. That money means the da is also creating a new team to tackle the problem. Abc7 News Reporter answer hassan has the details and explains why the da says her county faces unique challenges when it comes to combating retail theft. The evidence illustrates how retail crime continues to be a big problem in Alameda County and now da pamela price may have a new solution. Essentially choke off the demand that is driving a lot of what we see happening in our communities. The Alameda CountyDistrict Attorneys Office is putting together a first of its kind organized Retail Theft Prosecution Team funded by 2 million from a state grant and a matching 2 million from the das office. Our goal is to dismantle, disrupt and deter this type of activity, this criminality, from occurring and where appropriate, to divert those that are engaging in this type of criminality. Da price says what will be different is an attempt to connect the dots between other facets of organized retail crime when its not on its surface, just the theft of. But there are Intricate Networks behind the scenes. People engaging in multiple acts of unlawful conduct, whether it be stealing a car to then engage in the theft activity. Our team will utilize different investigative tools to make those connections. Those include monitoring suspect patterns and conduct, analyzing data to support investigations and partnerships between Law Enforcement agencies, advancing prosecution on a specific track where the same District Attorney is going to represent that case through every major stage as it advances through the criminal legal system. Thats what makes this makes this first of its kind for Alameda County da price says Alameda County also faces some unique challenges that make it vulnerable to organized retail theft, including its size and geographic location. Proximity that we are to so many other major cities. You know, we are the thoroughfare and as well as the stopping place. The das office also points out that the project will take months to train on and even longer before real results are achieved. In Alameda County on san hassan, abc seven news, the organization is looking to remove da price from office has started Gathering Signatures for a petition. We are launching. Were ready. The wait is over and we are going to recall da da. Pamela price safe or save alameda for everyone has until march 5th to gather more than 70,000 signatures to get the recall on the ballot. Next year, they will need signatures from at least 10 of the registered voters in the county. Price responded today to the news that the recall effort has now taken a step forward, focused on solutions which is why were here today. The people of Alameda County elected me to do this work, and were doing it. And so thank you. Critics say prices Crime Fighting approach isnt working, and crime in Alameda County has gotten worse since she took office. As police and pleasanton are investigating a crash that sent a School Crossing guard to the hospital. According to police, the guard was hit in a crosswalk at the intersection of vineyard avenue and adams way. Witnesses say a midsize suv hit the guard not far from valley view elementary school. The crossing guard is hospitalized with head injuries. The driver of the suv stayed at the scene. Police say alcohol and drugs do not appear to be factors. San Francisco Police are investigating a shooting that injured three people in the tenderloin. According to police, the shooting happened just before 1 00 this afternoon near golden gate avenue and leavenworth street. Witnesses say the shooter was in a car that pulled up next to a parked car and shot the people inside. Both cars then drove away after two of the injured people got out. Police found those people out on the street. A third gunshot victim later showed up at a hospital. All three of those shooting victims are expected to recover. San francisco authorities are now identifying the man killed by police after driving into the chinese consulate on monday. Officers shot 31 year old zhenyuan yuan of San Francisco after they say he drove his sedan through the building where dozens of people were inside. Witnesses say yuan got out of the car shouting about the Chinese Communist party, but the motive for the crash is still unclear. Our media partner, the sf standard, reports investigators found replica guns and a book about political assassinations when they searched yans inner sunset apartment. A new unity government has been formed in israel following last weekends intelligence failure about that attack from hamas. The us secretary of state, Antony Blinken, met today with israels Prime Minister to see what kind of help the United States can provide. Meantime, the white house says a total of 27 americans have died since the violence erupted and at least 14 others are missing. Israel and gaza are reporting there are at least 2700 deaths in total. Abcs ines de la cuetara has more. Israels swearing in a new National Unity government following last weekends intelligence failure, which allowed hundreds of Hamas Terrorists to sneak into the country, killing at least 1200 israeli citizens. Its hoped the move will restore confidence in the government to keep the people safe. Israels Defense Forces continue their retaliatory airstrikes on hamas targets in gaza. Officials say they are focused on killing hamas leaders and their terrorist fighters in retaliation for the savage attack on innocent israelis, men, women and children in the jewish state slaughtered by hamas in their homes and on the streets. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling hamas an enemy of civilization. No leader should meet them. No country should harbor them. And those that do do should be sanctioned. A suspected hamas terrorist appeared with a knife thursday at the grounds of the Music Festival in southern israel, where hundreds of concert goers were killed. Israeli soldiers immediately subduing the suspect in gaza. Residents are desperately searching for safe spaces. Thousands seeking shelter in un facilities across gaza. The blockade by israels military has left the Palestinian People without food, water and electricity and hospitals overwhelmed, struggled to treat the more than 6000 wounded by israeli airstrikes. There were a lot of bombings around us, but one of them was about 150m from my house. Secretary of state Antony Blinken meeting with netanyahu in israel today, saying he will be visiting with leaders across the middle east in the coming days. Well continue pressing countries to help prevent the conflict from spreading and to use our leverage with hamas to immediately and unconditionally release the hostages. Blinken also pledging us support and continued military aid to israel. The pentagon says Us Intelligence had no warning. Hamas was planning this attack, adding the us has not seen a massing of hezbollah militant troops on israels northern border amid concerns about a possible second front ines de la cuetara abc news. Tel aviv, israel as Many Americans in the war zone try to get home, theyre faced with more than just the challenge of how and when they can get a flight. Theyre also facing a potential iou from the state department. Abc seven News Reporter zach fuentes spoke with a San Francisco businessman who last hope is the Us Government only been here about a week and a half. It feels like its been like almost a lifetime. Manny pacquiao is the well known owner of mannys in San Francisco. He first got to israel last wednesday. I came here to see my family. They live here and to celebrate with them instead, he says. Its been a living nightmare. I woke up in my sisters home and heard sonic booms overhead and spent that entire day in and out of bomb shelters for days. It qtl al has been experiencing firsthand what many of us have only seen through news footage. I saw hundreds of children in synagogues run for cover and protect themselves or have their parents protect them. Ive had ive stayed in tel aviv, two blocks away from an apartment that was blown up by a missile strike for the last four days. He spent time volunteering in tel aviv. Food is being packaged. He and other volunteers packaging up food and other essentials for soldiers and families who have lost loved ones. Ive decided to be as as useful as i can and also now im in the stage where im trying to figure out how if i can get home. Gupta was originally supposed to come back monday night, but says hes had multiple Flights Canceled on him since thursday. He was sent this email from the state department, basically said , ill be getting a phone call and ill either be getting on a boat or a plane. Ill share the email with us sent from a Us Government email address. It offers us assistance to get out of israel via plane or ship to either germany, greece or cyprus. Getting back to the us after that is on manny and hell have to pay for it to the email says before departing passengers will be asked to sign an agreement to repay the Us Government. Ocasio says he still has not had time to process what hes witnessed, but its forever changed how he views his life back in the United States or fair. Whole cities being shut down, whole cities being evacuated. And it just makes the things that people find important to fight about in the bay area. It puts them in perspective. Zach fuentes, abc seven news. Coming up, the threat of a strike has been lingering for months. But now one bay area Teachers Union is a step closer to walking off the job. Plus, a Success Story of sorts from the north bay. Were going to tell you how homeowners are helping people who have been chronically unhoused. A thousands of women with Metastatic Breast Cancer, are living in the moment and taking ibrance. 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I found myself nowhere to live. Thats when they discovered shared sonoma county, a nonprofit thats leasing vacant homes for those formerly homeless. If cher had not accepted me, i. I dont know if id be here today. We really genuinely are creating housing that somebody can stay in the house for the rest of their life. Amy appleton created the program, which acts as landlord and property manager. Residents pay what they can and rent based on their income. Each house has a case manager to help tenants with medical, financial or employment needs. They check on me. They if im having problems and issues, theyll tell me to come to the office or theyll come here. Amy appleton says she started small several years ago with just one house today. Believe it or not, shes got 22 homes and more than 80 clients since last year. As weve now got additional grants because its been recognized that this is a viable Housing Solution for the homeless population. Its a win win for everybody. Sheila peterson has leased two homes to the cher program. It gets people off the streets. They get a place to live. We get people in our homes. You know, obviously, this is our rentals. So, you know, everybody wins. Oh, steve. Oh, is it your friend . For cynthia. Sandra and georgia having new friends and a place to call home is real. And i feel. I feel like its family. And thats what we need. Someone that cares. You feel like this is your home . Yeah. This is my home in rohnert park, cornell bernard, abc seven news, San Francisco is celebrating a new project that will bring more Affordable Housing to the city. Today, city officials broke ground on power station block seven b, its part of the larger potrero power station mixed use project, which will transform the 29 acre site of a decommissioned power station in the dogpatch neighborhood. The first building is named in honor of former San Francisco supervisor sophie maxwell, who played a role in getting the old power station shut down. So what do we have here . When were done with this project . Were going to have 2600 units, 30, which will be affordable. The first phase will bring 105 new homes to the area. Developers say the full project will feature seven acres of parks and open space restaurants , cafes and shops, as well as access to a stretch of San Francisco waterfront. Developing news now out of San Francisco, where teachers could be on the verge of a strike. The us Teachers Union announced this afternoon members overwhelmingly authorized a strike. Negotiations are still going and there is another session scheduled for this monday. This coming monday. But the vote is a sign talks might not be going so well. There are a number of concerns the union wants to see addressed. Our educator vacancies are skyrocket , impacting every child in sfusd and every school site. We cannot we cannot agree to what the district currently has and we will make that known. While the vote was 97 in favor of a strike, this does not mean the teachers are going to walk out. However, it gives Union Leaders the power to call one. After the break, its called the ring of fire, and its happening saturday morning. What you need to know about the Solar Eclipse and the impact it will have on our power grid. Stay im just the flu. coughing, sneezing im quite harmless, really. And when people ask, but arent you linked to dangerous flu complications. coughing, sneezing. . Like pneumonia, heart attack, and hospitalizations . coughing, gasping. . I just say, but im just the flu. sniffs elevator dings its him who . Im just the flu. Fight the flu with higherdose flu vaccines from sanofi. Theyre proven to provide better flu protection than standarddose flu shots in older adults. 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This is an opportunity to see a very rare event and that is an occasion when the moon actually is between the earth and the sun from our point of view and can actually get in front of the sun and block a large portion of it. In this case for a couple of hours. Its known as the ring of fire for three hours saturday morning, starting around 8 a. M, the sun will begin to be blocked by the moon during its orbit. Its path is much closer to us here in the bay area compared to the 2017 total Solar Eclipse and the one coming in april 2024. Thats good news for us because around 930 well see the moon cover about 70 of the sun since the sun will still be visible, you can only look at it through special eclipse glasses or through pinhole cameras. These can be naturally made from using the shadows of trees or even homemade. Its a really simple process. All you need is a cereal box, a white piece of paper and some aluminum foil. So once again, once you have your viewing device all done, youre going to want to put your back towards the sun, put your eye in one hole and watch as the sun goes through the other hole. What youre seeing is a projection, an image of the sun and the shadow of the of the moon as it passes across the sun, as millions around the country prepare to watch the eclipse. Cal iso is preparing for how to handle it. The three hour event will reduce output from grid scale and rooftop solar generation compared to a normal day. Advanced planning and forecasting have been critical to mitigate any loss. We do expect that with the amount of coordination and planning with the stakeholders, well be able to safeguard the reliability of the grid. During saturdays eclipse. We expect that well successfully manage all of the loss and return of the solar cal. Iso will do an analysis on how the grid handled the partial eclipse for more advanced preparation of the total Solar Eclipse on april 8th, 2024, in san jose, dustin dawsey, abc7 news. Thats cool. It really is. Lets get to sandia for more on this. Yeah, well be able to see at sandy. Well i wish i could tell you. Yes. Dan and alma, there will be a lot of cloud cover. All right. Im going to show it to you in just a moment. Hopefully youll get lucky. But the partial Solar Eclipse begins at 805 saturday morning. Maximum eclipse is at 920. It will be 77. And then it ends at 1042 in the morning. But you will notice that the clouds are going to be around. So heres a look at 8 a. M. Saturday, pretty much everyone under a blanket of cloud cover as the systems passing through, except for parts of the inland east bay and the south bay. You might get lucky. All right. But if you dont live there, obviously, youre going to have to go somewhere where you possibly could see it. Lets talk about el nino, an advisory issued today by the climate prediction center. Theyre basically saying last month, warmer than average sea surface temperatures continuing near the equatorial pacific. El nino, 80 chance is going to continue through spring, a pretty high likelihood of a strong event this winter and a 3 in 10 chance of historic strong event that rivals. 2015, 2016 and 1997 98. As you recall 9798 was a pretty rough year. So stay tuned. But one thing to keep in mind is the cpc is saying this is not a guarantee that were going to see strong impact locally. All right. One thing we do know is its warming up today. Most areas where a couple of degrees to seven degrees warmer. As we look at those temperatures in the 60s to 80s up around cloverdale, fairfield, concord got up into the low 80s today. Beautiful views from our tower cameras. Were seeing a mix of high clouds and sunshine right now and you can see those clouds on live doppler seven just moving in here, filtering the sun. And you can see it here from our sutro tower camera cloudier and a little cooler tomorrow. Chance of showers. North bay tomorrow night. Lingering chance early saturday and then sunny and warmer for those of you who like it that way on sunday. So those clouds will keep coming in. They thicken as we head towards tomorrow night, that front begins to move in. 830 some showers in the north bay and that lingering, continuing chance early saturday morning, 2 a. M. Rest of us, were looking at clouds and some drizzle saturday morning and then thats pretty much it. Itll brighten up on sunday. Rainfall projections. This model saying only a few hundredths of an inch in the north bay. Some of the other models are going a few tenths of an inch at most. So well see. 40s and 50s in the morning. Not quite as chilly as this morning with some of the cloud cover insulating us tomorrow afternoon. Its a cloudier day low 60s to upper 70s and heres your accuweather seven day forecast just a chance in the north bay tomorrow night into early saturday and then were going to go with a brighter warmer sunday with the late night chance coming into the picture again for the north bay monday day into early tuesday. And then were going to bring back the warmth on monday and 90 on the accuweather 70 forecast. I know were not done. Okay. Yeah. Thanks, sandy. Well, one of the founders of the famous r b group, the Isley Brothers has died. Rudolph isley passed away yesterday. He was 84 years old. No cause of death was given. His brother, ronald released a statement saying, quote, there are no words to express my feelings and the love i have for my brother. The Isley Brothers were one of the biggest acts in r b and motown. Their biggest hits, of course, include shout. 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Just search abc7 bay area and download it all right. How would you like to become the owner of a bay area bakery for just a little dough . Very little actually. Oaklands grand bakery is for sale for 1 located on macarthur boulevard. It opened in 1961 under a different name, but it is the oldest kosher bakery in town. You get the staff, the name and the recipes. The owner also has a stake in soquels restaurant and delicatessen in berkeley, and its becoming a chore to run both. So hes looking to sell. If youre interested, youll need to fill out an online form, but it could be a good opportunity. Absolutely. All right. We still have much more news ahead. Lets go to abc7 news anchor karina nova with a look at whats coming up at 530. Karina thanks. Dan and alma. Well, as you know, we have the Solar Eclipse thats coming and tonight were going to take a deeper look at that and youll be able to see it on saturday. Well hear from the exploratorium on the best time and way to experience the ring of fire. Plus junk fees on purchases can add up, but the federal trade commission is working to change that. Seven on your sides Michael Finney joins me with how this will affect you when it comes to concert tickets, hotel rooms and utility bills. Join us for those stories and more at 530 on abc7 bay area streaming tv. Dan im karina. We will thank you. And you can download the abc7 app or just head to abc7 news. Com and join karina in two minutes. And if youre watching us here on tv, world news tonight with david muir is next from tel aviv for sandy patel. All of us we appreciate your time. Im dan ashley and im ahmed daetz. Well see you at six hi, im todd. Im a veteran of 23 years. I served three overseas tours. I love to give back to the community. I offer what i can when i can. I started noticing my memory was slipping. I saw a prevagen commercial and i did some research on it. 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