Alvarez said job one is simple, Police Presence in the station and the trains. I finally have the opportunity to use the Additional Police officers to put them out to our system and increase our presence. We know with presence we will be deterring and increase safety in our system. Reporter the agency is able to increase the presence with the 19 new officers hired in the past year. Alvarez says starting monday 12 will be assigned to right trains at various stations, especially at night and on weekends, to stem what has become an increasing problem. Unfortunately, 2019 we had 45 up tick in thefts of electronic devices. Reporter more than half of the Violent Crime on b. A. R. T is related to the theft of electronics. The biggest up tick was at balboa station. He is called a good filth. He is called a good fit. Someone from our b. A. R. T family. Reporter he says pairing officers with the ten unarmed volunteers who walk the trains, gives him 22 sets of eyes and ears to spot trouble, and thats welcome news to the b. A. R. T riders we talked to. As long as they identify the problems that they had before and make sure that everybody understands that, you know, when you on b. A. R. T be cool. I like the fact cops are going to be more involved. I like the fact theyre going to stop more crimes that will be happening on the b. A. R. T. Thats eric thomas reporting. We want to hear your b. A. R. T stories and ideas. Tell us what you have seen and how you think the agency can improve. Just go to abc7news. Com better bay area. Click on this bart story and scroll down. There you will find an easy way to send us your story ideas. The former executive director of the Oakland Coliseum authority made his First Court Appearance today. Scott mckib en did not enter a plea. Prosecutors say he violated the law by seeking a 50,000 fee for negotiating the naming rights between the coliseum. He says his client did a poor job communicating the nuances with his role with the coliseum authority. He assumed that they would believe that he was working out his compensation with ring central and that there would not be a question about that. That was an assumption probably in retrospect he shouldnt have made. Mckibben resigned from his post last august, never receiving the 50,000 fee. The naming rights deal is now being renegotiated. Governor newsom unveiled his new 222 billion Budget Proposal stating that california is in great financial shape. We are enjoying record surpluses. We have seen our bond ratings increase not once but twice in the past 12 months and we are paying down an unprecedented amount of money in terms of our debts and longterm obligations. The governors budget includes a 5. 6 billion surplus and 21 billion in reserve for any economic downturn. It also includes 20,000 stipends to teachers at highneeds schools. Now, coming up at 4 30 abc 7 News ReporterLyanne Melendez looks at the governors plans for health candidate including low income immigrants in the country illegally. Sonoma county is looking for a solution for what it calls a Public Health crisis. The county is struggling to provide housing for Homeless People living in west santa rosa. The county first considered sending them to a camp site at the County Airport only to learn mustard gas is buried there underground. A day after the countys homeless chief resigned theres a plan from neighbors about a plan to buy houses for the homeless. Ending homelessness is a focus for bidding a better bay area. Wayne freedman has the story. Reporter what looks like any other house on davis treat in santa rosa has taken on the figurative form of a question mark for alan thomas who lives nearby. The question is how it will be run and impact the neighbors. Reporter it is one of three homes the county is thinking of purchasing and turning into shelters for some of the Homeless People living along the joe rodota trail. Board wants it cleared by the end of the month. After a vote next tuesday Barbie Robinson is likely to be the enter em person in charge of the process. Our goal is not just to throw individuals into houses. Our goal is to stabilize them, to improve their wellbeing. Reporter Barbie Robinson says she has not had a single day off in weeks. She already runs the county Health Department and she plans to take a wholistic hilgt approach in dealing with the homeless by treating symptoms ranging from drug abuse to mental issues. The county has given her 12 million in seed money. Can 12 million solve the countys problem . Absolutely not. I see it as a start. Reporter Sonoma County is hardly unique in having a homeless crisis. There are camps like this in every major city and county and theres a disconnect between the haves and have notes. Places like 811 davis, a symbol of distrust. Joe ribota trail will be reelected to a residential neighborhood. I feel that the county not handling their business on the trail and theyre basically dumping this issue. Reporter meantime, Barry Robinson promises a degree of vetting, houses with rules for residents. Her goal, to make Good Neighbors from people in a bad situation. Temporary neighbors until they find their footing. This isnt a one solution just get someone in a house. We know it is not a build it and they will come, it is a build it, support them and provide interventions andesources and they will come and be successful. That was our Wayne Freedman reporting on the latest situation there. Palo alto police are looking for three suspects in a really outrageous break in at a safe way store pharmacy on middlefield road. Investigators say three men broke through the pharmacys window about 12 40 this morning and stole prescription drugs. One of the suspects pointed a gun at a store employee. I just nahear the noise and went to see what happened. Thats when i see the guy and i point to me and say, hey, get on the floor. He followed the gunmans orders and was not hurt. Police believe the crime was an isolated incident and not related to tuesdays smashandgrab robbery at bloomingdales at the stanford shopping center. The pet au loma Police Department is warning about a potential scam. According to investigators thieves are posing as pg e employees and are demanding customers give immediate payment not to have their service cut off. They will request a prepaid card or other nontraceable method of payment. Police say pg e doesnt specify how to make a bill payment. Lets turn your attention to the weather for a few minutes. A live look outside from mount tam and east bay hills tower cameras. We will try to bring it up for you in a minute. Lets get to Spencer Christian with the forecast. I was looking at the cameras a moment ago. A light storm is on the way. Here is live doppler 7, and at the moment mainly calm and clear weather. The approaching storm ranks one on the impact scale, light sense sbi. We will see scattered showers and occasional wind gusts up to 35 Miles Per Hour. Large breaking waves as we have a High Surf Advisory. At 11 00 tonight there will be showers in the north bay already. The showers will sweep south ward and eastward and patchy fog will different. By the afternoon tomorrow we will see dryer, sunnier conditions. That means good news for the 49ers playoff game against the minnesota vikings. I will give you a closer look at the forecast in a bit. Dan. The Chinese Community was told to celebrate the lieu far new year but be alert. In china to you where the chief and officers walked the neighborhood talking with merchants. Every year thieves seek to take advantage of the most vulnerable citizens. Police are concerned about the blessing scam in which thieves steal money promising to ward off evil spritz. Dont take out your valuables or your wallets when you are around people youre not familiar with. Before withdrawing huge super of money, talk to your family first. All good advice. Chief scott also says his officers have language translation apps on their phones so they can communicate with nonenglish speakers. Playoff fever. Gearing up for the first round of the playoffs. Live in santa clara. Code breakers. The young linguists who figured out what the professionals couldnt. Buses only . The proposal women with metastatic we breast cancerers. Standing in the struggle. Hustling through the hurt. Asking for science not sorrys. Our time for more time has come. Living longer is possible and proven in women taking kisqali plus fulvestrant or a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor. 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Reporter the team holding its firstever 49ers playoff splash event ahead of saturdays game. Nick motley came to soak up the experience. Watching them now it is like going back into the 80s and enjoying the times of success. Man, wasnt that wonderful . Yes, im excited. Reporter some drove hours for a chance to win one of the eight pairs of tickets up for grabs. Fans had to slip and slide to enter the contest. The best ever, i will do anything for 49ers tickets now, baby. 49er faithful lets go, lets go reporter preparations were taking place at san pedestrian row square. Theyve even created a special jimmy g pie to mark the occasion. It has pepperoni, bacon, garlic, pineapple, chile flakes, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan Cheese and tomato sauce. Reporter the 49ers with a prime opportunity to taste success of their own. Stay true to what theyve done all season. Trust in what they know, stick to what the coaches cook up. Just being great. Reporter the 49ers expect more than 70,000 fans to attend tomorrows game here at levis. Live in santa clara, im chris nguyen, abc 7 news. It will be fun and wild. Thanks, chris. Chris, we know the game is sold out, but how much are tickets going for on the secondary market . Reporter yeah, great question. We just checked ticket master and weve noticed that the prices have actually gone down throughout the day. Right now tickets in the upper deck, the 400 level, are going for about 170. Wow. Thanks, chris. So boudine bakery getting in the spirit with a 49ers sour dough loaf for fans. It wont come cheap though. The 149 loaf can be purchased in person at boudin at the wharf, the flagship location at Fishermans Wharf or special ordered. A bargain at twice the price. It is the end of an era for a San Francisco icon. Sir Francis Drake doorman tom sweeney is retiring on sunday. He is hanging up his classic jacket paf 43 years as chief doorman. He is the longest serving beef eater doorman ever. He has shaken hands with every u. S. President from gerald ford to barack obama. We have known him a long time and wish him the best. If you happened to be pointed toward the water, you would have caught the arrival of the king tides. A number of citizen scientists helped photograph the phenomenon to document the reach of the tides that crested at roughly 10 21 a. M. Scientists say the highest level a reached nearly seven feet and gave visitors an interesting glimpse into the future. King tide actually is a nice preview of what normal tides will be like in the future with sea level rise. King tides, again, are just sort of giving us a little taste of what just everyday normal tides are going to be. The tides are caused by the pull of the sun and moon in unison when the earth is in the right position. The exploratorium will be offering a free tide walk and electionure tomorrow at 10 45 in the morning, departing between piers 3 and 5 on San Franciscos embarcadero. Lets talk about the king tides. I think we should stop genderizing them and call them the royal tides. Please. Here is a look at live doppler 7. We have mainly clear skies over the bay area right now. Clouds will begin to increase shortly, especiall up in the north bay where we expect a few showers. Here is a view from sutro tower which showed part of San Francisco a moment ago, but obviously low clouds have moved over the city and are obscuring our view. Currently, 56 degrees right now in San Francisco and in oakland. We have upper 50s in redwood city, san jose and gilroy and 52 in half moon bay. We currently have temperature readings of 56 at santa rosa. Petaluma, 58. Napa, 54. Fairfield no, sir reporting at this hour, and upper 50s in concord and livermore. A view of the golden gate is nice and clear. Mainly blue skies in that direction but thats the direction from which the next storm is coming. Showers overnight starting in the north bay continuing into the Early Morning hours. King tides continue to rise, which would produce localized flooding in lowlying areas. We can expect a series of storms, mainly light storms over the next several days. A High Surf Advisory in effect 9 00 a. M. To 3 00 p. M. Sunday. Breakers could reach heights between 20 and 24 feet and theres the possible of dangerous sneaker waves. Bear it in mind if you will be along the coastline. The approaching storm ranks one on the storm impact scale, a storm of light intensity. It will start late tonight in north bay and contine through the Early Morning hours as it sweeps south ward and eastward. Wind out of the northwest at 20 Miles Per Hour at times, and again the large breaking waves. Starting at 7 00 p. M. It looks like this. Showers developing later in the north bay, pushing south ward and eastward. We dont ex period widespread heavy rainfall. During the overnight hours the showers will be passing through the central part, down to the peninsula and east bay. By mid morning, 9 00 or 10 00 or so, we will see the showers winding down. By midday we can expect partial clearing going into afternoon hours, looks like a partly to mostly sunny remainder of the day. Low temperatures in the low to mid 40s, so not a wide range f temperatures as the showers sweep through. High temperatures tomorrow will range from low and mid 50s at the coast to mainly mid and upper 50s around the bay, shoreline and inland. Lets skip ahead to rainfall totals. By end of the day we are expecting under a tenth of an inch of rain in most locations, perhaps wetter around calistoga where we expect. 12 of an inch. Game conditions at levis stadium tomorrow afternoon, partly sunny skies, cool temperatures, temperature about 54, 55 degrees as the 49ers take on the vikings. 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