Businesses and residents on their part. San franciscos Little Saigon is getting blasted. 104. As he supervisor with the department of public works. He is leaving a crew of 20 through a power blast of parts of market street, spraying down intersections, Power Washing sidewalks for gum and human waste. Do a real deep cleaning beginning at the beginning of the clock. And not missing one inch of the whoa block from one corner going down to the next one. It is a sixmonth Pilot Program to deep clean the corridors. They said something had to be done because Small Businesses were complaining with a drop in traffic and tourists. It translates directly into dollars for the merchants. People dont want to walk through filth. He owns the golden lotus restaurant. He pitched in this morning sweeping streets. He believes cleaner streets will be a boost for business. All the people say, oh, good. The city insists for the streets on stay clean, businesses and residents have to do their part with upkeep. Notices were already posted today for some shots the clean up the graffiti around their stores. Were giving that courtesy cleanup to hopefully have the commercial and the the residents not feel so challenged when it cops to taking care of their responsibility. Now, city officials picked larkin street to start with because of the huge number of people complaining with how bad the streets are. Reporting live. Abc7 news. So this is a Pilot Program. How long will this run . What street is next . When do they have to go back to larkin because in a couple weeks, theyll have the same problem . Yeah, youre exactly right. Has the sixmonth program, supposed to go to the end of june, beginning of july of the if it works, it can be extended or maybe become a program, a permanent program. Theyll announce the next street in the next few days. All right. Reporting live, thank you. B. A. R. T. Has been one of the many areas we focused on in our better bay area initiative. Theyre meeting this week the tackle major challenges. Of the most pressing concern, a big drop in offpeak hour ridership. About 10 million fewer riders last year than five years ago. Most of the problems on weekends, people arent taking b. A. R. T. Eric thomas is live at the Pleasant Hill station with the dilemma and the, what b. A. R. T. Will do about it. The numbers tell it all. As you go from 2015 last year, the loss of 10 million riders. To look at i another way. The combined populations of new york city and dallas, texas. For b. A. R. T. Directors and Staff Members of the oakland meeting today, there were many questions but only one central theme. What do our riders need keep them coming back . Ridership is up during the peak parts of the day but 10 million fewer riders took b. A. R. T. Last year than in 2015. Riders have their theoris as to why. It is dangerous. Dirty for sure. One factor is competition with ride share quoims uber and lyft. But their own survey found most frequent response was that many people werent going out as much on weekends. Number two response, they didnt like the long wait between trains. Number three was dirty trains nuxt four, worries about crime. Number five, concerns about the homeless. Police chief ed alvarez says crime was down 18 in january 2019 versus january 2018. Cell phone thefts were also down over the same period. Well continue to work on it. B. A. R. T. Is also exploring ways to get the riders back. One is to offer discounted fares to certain riders like students and seniors. Weve been handing out free passes for the weekend. And weve been looking at i. People are using it. Some other ideas include flat fares for round trips on the weekend. Maybe even running some of the fleet of future trains to attract families with kids, to see if that will impress them. With all this trouble, b. A. R. T. Is also looking at a potential 125 million deficit for the next fiscal year. So they have a lot of brain storming ahead. Live in Pleasant Hill. Eric also to, abc 7 news. And these weekend incentive theres only cost b. A. R. T. More money. So it is hard to see how this works out positively. Well, their answer to that, at least as far as the incentives go, the ones we mentioned, maybe free promotional fares on the weekend. They say they only lose about 15 cents on the dollar because people who get promotional tickets also bring along friends to go on trips with them and they pay full fare. Interesting. To me, your thoughts . Safety is a huge deal. And thats got to be at the forefront of anything that will bring riders back. Agreed or not . Well, no. Thats absolutely true. Theyre taking steps to address that. The police chief says in addition to putting 12 officers out there, only to ride the trains and to address problems there, theyre also putting officers in individual stations to work with the ticket agents so theyll know exactly where and when an officer will arrive. They will have lieutenants out every week in their stations to make sure everything is okay. Theyre working hard making people believe theyre working safety. Thank you. To new developments out of placerville. A wrongly convicted man has been released after spending 15 years in prison. In 2005, he was convicted of r. 54yearold jane hilton. The Northern CaliforniaInnocence Project based out of Santa Clara University took case. The newly tested evidence revealed another mans dna on the victims notice gown and under her finger nails. Davis was officially exonerated today in court. Mr. Davis, he was very emotional of the he got to hug his mom for the first Anaheim Court today. In a very, very long time. And other family members. Jeanological testing led police to a new suspect who is now in custody. Investigators say he had been in the bark the victims 13yearold daughter the night of the murder. More than 700 condemned inmates in california will soon have a chance to transfer to one of eight different prisons. It is a move thats considered a shap in the face to victims. They say it is an opportunity to participate in rehabilitation and work programs. California hasnt executed anyone since 2006. There is no rain in the forecast for most of california for at least the next ten days. And federal Scientists Say 9. 5 of the state is now back in moderate drought. That area is in the center valley. 47 is considered abnormally dry. That considers the bay area which is up 3 from a month ago. They say fortunately the reservoirs are at or above historical averages because of a rainy 2019. It is and only good go to get drier. Spencer is here with our forecast. A bit cooler today. Hopefully it is a step in the right direction. It feels like it. We have clouds, much cooler conditions. Still dry and it looks like it will remain that way. The rainfall potential according to our computer model shows zero inches of rain likely to fall here in the bay area. Heres one reason why. The satellite and radar image shows high pressure. The dominant picture, despite the presence of some clouds and some moisture now pushing into the pacific northwest. Lets skip ahead to the weekend and take a look at what we expect to happen. Saturday afternoon. Well see rain and snow from British Columbia to washington to oregon. Almost nothing in the bay area. The closest it will get is early sunday morning. Mabel a little rain will approach the mendocino coastline and thats about it. Ill give you a closer look at our sevenday forecast in a few minutes. Spencer, thank you. Its a big day for people who had been living on the streets of the even bay. A Ribbon Cutting ceremony took place for six tiny homes now opened in the parking lot of First Presbyterian church of each unit cost about 10,000 to build. The money was had from the church. They wouldnt hold back their emotions today. Theyre two of the first four tenants moving in. Take my shoes off and sit down on my futon. I love it residents will be eligible to stay is in the 150 square foot unit for up to 18 months. Theyll pay 200 a month to start with the rent eventually increasing to 800 a month. Each unit has a futon or bunk bed, a top stone, dining space and full bathroom. A beloved dog stolen. The search now on for this neighborhood favorite. A High School Team in trouble. Well tell what you fans said that actually made principal cry. And a royal brzezinsktom steyer. K at this. Berman tom steyer. Odonnell surging in nevada. Scarborough this is working for tom steyer. Odonnell surging in south carolina. Smerconish i dont think its just resources. Mitchell surging in two new polls out of nevada and south carolina. Wallace polling at double digits. King up eleven points from october. That is dramatic. Steyer im saying we have a broken government. Thats whats going on in washington, dc. Its been bought by corporations, and my question to the American People is who do you think is going to change that . Im tom steyer and i approve this message. Students at a Central California high school are being admonished for a channel during a High School Basketball game. Students ato ragetty high were chanting. It is believed it was from rival st. Joseph high. That chant outraged st. Josephs principal who stormed across the court to confront students. She was led away but not before exchanging some words a righetti administrator. Two students said that chant crossed the line. It is pretty common. We chant, we chant. Usually it goes well but last night, i dont know. It was just crazy. I didnt like the way the chants were said. Like we could have not have said that. The School District that represents righetti said the incident is being addressed. St. Joseph Officials Say they home it can be a lesson in sportsmanship and mutual respect. Full house Actress Lori Loughlin is seeking a delay in her trial. She and her husband and other parents charged in the case say theyll be ready to go to trial until next year. They claim the at of evidence, outstanding evidence make it impossible to be ready in the trial to start. The judge could make a decision this month. They are accused of paying 500,000 to get their daughters into usc, falsely claiming they were athletic recruits. The owner of a san jose salon is devastated. A man came right into her business, stole her beloved French Bulldog. It happened yesterday afternoon and it was all caught on camera. At salon 52 in san jose, it appears to be business as usual. In reality, it is anything but. They came in and take him. Business owner anne is working a heavy heart after her French Bulldog was taken from his day bed at the salon wednesday afternoon. When you say, come here he come here right away. You know . He do something bad. No he stop right away. Watch the video as man sits down in the lobby. Then moments later, snatches the frenchy as she was busy just a few feet away working a client. A beautiful dog. Very friendly with people. Customers who came by today shared their sadness over the dognapping. San jose police are now working the case. I think about the possibility of my dog getting stolen like that. It is like losing your child. It is heart breaking. Many have played with the 4yearold frenchy since he was born and cant believe hes gone missing. It shouldnt have happened. Exciting matters, he has medical condition. When someone comes in and steals a dog, you dont know the health or history of this dog. There is a reward leading for information to his whereabouts. With the message for the man who took her frenchy. You took my dog. Give back to me, please. Anyone with information could help investigators is urged to call san jose police. Abc7 news. Latest attraction at the oakland zoo has message about our environment. You may have to take a closer to look appreciate it. Three vibrant animal sculpt urs greeted people say. Rather than clay or metal, they were crafted out of plastic trash. Recovered from beaches in oregon by an environmental grool group, they were on display to help the no to plastics campaign. Visitors were invited to take a pledge. Last month was the hottest january since scientists began keeping temperature records in 1880. The global average for land and Ocean Surface temperatures was 2. 05 degrees above average. January temperatures from 20th century. In parts of russia, skanld ncand i cant, temperatures exceeded the average by 9 degrees. Very concerning. Climate change affects everything. From commerce, agriculture, human life, migratory patterns of animals, and of course, the melting of the ice caps and the rising of the oceans. Reason for concern. But weve got weather thats pretty calm. Heres a look at live doppler 7. We have a cloudy day. A much cooler day than the last few days have been. It is still dry. We havent hit rainfall for a while. This is view from sutro tower. You can see some of the low level clouds passing through. It is currently 52 degrees in San Francisco. 54 in oakland. Weve got 60. 64 in gilroy and 50 at half moon bay. And the view looking westward, this is a beautiful view of clouds at various levels of the atmosphere. Just enough sunlight coming through to make it long like nice picture. 55 degrees at santa rosa, napa. 61 in fairfield. The view of the golden gate shows a little more blue breaking through the clouds there. And these are our forecast features. Well see low clouds and fog returning overnight. Tomorrow morning, the commuters will be dealing with a little reduced visibility and areas of fog. Well see just a kiss of sunshine for valentines day tomorrow. A slight chance of showers sunday morning. Very slight. Our rainfall potential outlook, according to our computer models, shows zero inches of measurable rain over the bay area over the next ten days despite that a rain making system is approaching us. Lets skim ahead to saturday. Take look at conditions. Well see rain and snow moving through pacific northwest. As we get into saturday night, into sunday morning. Well see the rain approaching pushing as far south as Mendocino County and maybe a sprinkle or two near ukiah. After that, it looks like the system fizzles. While the official rainfall potential based on current potential is zero inches of rain. As we continue our dry pattern, look for lots of clouds and Different Levels of the atmosphere and fog. Overnight lows in the low to mid 40s. Tomorrow, brighter skies by afternoon than we had today. Highs will raise, will rise up just a little into the low to mid 60s. Maybe even some mid to upper 60s inland. On the coast tomorrow, heres the accuweather seven day forecast. Overall, i would say a lovely valentines day coming our way tomorrow with the highs in the mid 60s, and the warmest inland locations. A brief warmup saturday. Mid to upper 60s on the bay. Then there is that slight chance of Early Morning showers on sunday and then we have a mainly sunny day off next monday which happens to be dasoy, to ahy. Guys sti valenteday is tomorrow if you get flowers, it is. Yes. You think about who puts them in that vase . Well introduceo u a 94yearold bay area woman had a has seen a lot of valentines days and she keeps going strong. Wherever we want to go, we just have to start. Autosave your way there with chase. Chase. Make more of whats yours. Othroughout the country for the past twelve years, mr. Michael bloomberg is here. Vo leadership in action. Mayor bloomberg and president obama worked together in the fight for gun safety laws, to improve education, and to develop innovative ways to help teens gain the skills needed to find good jobs. Obama at a time when washington is divided in old ideological battles he shows us what can be achieved when we bring people together to seek pragmatic solutions. Bloomberg im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. As we prepare to celebrate valentines day tomorrow, tomorrow. Of course theres a down side is. They want you to know some people may be trying to take advantage of you online. Michael finney tells us how the watch out for those romance scams. When is valentines day . Tomorrow ill bring you down. It is important that you hear this. The federal trade Commission Says consumers reported losing 201 million in these romance scams last year. Scam letters use someone elses identity to create a fake profile. Theyll send you flattering messages and gaen your trust. Then something comes up. It always does. Thats when they need to you wire the money or send gift cards. The ftc says never send money or gifts to a Love Interest you havent actually met. The number of scams reported to the ftc has nearly tripled sense 2015. Tesla is recalling 15,000 model x suvs because of a steering issue. That model vehicle made before october on 2016 could experience a loss of power steering. Drivers could still steer the vehicle but there would be an increased risk of an accident. Tesla says it is not aware of any injuries or crashes due to the issue. If you are an owner of one of the vehicles, you will hear directly from tesla. Uber is about to make its Services Available to americans without a smart phone. Theyre testing a 1800 number in arizona. Uber says the number will connect the caller to a Customer Service rep who will provide an upfront price using the same pricing algorithm that powers the app. Those using the feature will need an sms or text based mobile phone to receive important messages including the drivers license, plate detail and drivers name. There is a local service. I should say a nationwide Service Called go, go grand parent. They charge a fee for that but they get you where youre going and back. Good to know. A popular and pricey drink will be available somewhere you might not have expected. Mabel youve heard of dirty lemon. The selfproclaimed healthy locale beverage originally sold by message or online. Now it will be sold at walmart. It is kind of price yiflt 11 a bottle. Like a magic potion in there at walmart. The drink will be