Leaders. Prentsiru order hei t dont believe theres sufficient evidence that there ut an immtenin thisnng. Person,b abcs worrell news tonight aired live on abc 7 here this afternoon. We heard two explosion. Air. Was about 5 45is easevtee this is a rapidly developing and dangerous situation here in iraq. Well t sounds of helicopters above startled that abc News Reporter while he was on the air. You saw him looking just moments explosion. Porting w,no to continue aty. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im kristen sze. New at 5 00, a man is charged with trying to an duct and say a assault students today. He sexually assaulted a girl walking to middle school. Moments later the police heard of a suspect accused of a second assault. Theyll be doing extra patrols in the airy over the next week. A Hotel Restaurant work never berkeley is accused of drugging and raping a hotel guest. He was charged on christmas eve. The crime happened on june 5th. He was a restaurant supervisor when a woman staying there said he paid for her dinner and drinks. She then blacked out and woke up to find him raping her. He denies the claim. The police have dna evidence of the crime. Now we turn your attention to safety on b. A. R. T. Youre always on your toes. Some stations are more dangerous than others. I barely ever see b. A. R. T. Police. Ive had violent people come up to me. B. A. R. T. Passengers want safety but also sanity. They also want trains to be cleaner and staff more readily available. In less than 48 hours riders will find out if that will happen because thats when the b. A. R. T. Board will vote on a proposal for unarmed ambassadors on the trachblt this program would provide more staffing and boost safety during evening hours. I would improve the quality of riding b. A. R. T. Le is something think abouiing a better bay area. Luz . Reporter thats right, dan. We spoke to several b. A. R. T. Riders who said theyre looking forward to seeing more presence in this system, especially at night. When riding b. A. R. T. , theres a mix of both worlds, riders who feel safe and others in the back of their mind have the 2018 stabbing of a passenger. Its made me aware of the situation. Reporter a woman said she would not ride b. A. R. T. At night for safety reason. Reporter b. A. R. T. s board of directors will be voting on an Ambassador Program on thursday. If approved, ten unarmed civilians already part of b. A. R. T. S Police Department will ride the system and be the law enforcements eyes and ears. During the noncommute hours, theyre going from 7 00 p. M. Until midnight. They will be in the corps of the system. So lets call it civic center to 12th street. Reporter he says this Pilot Program has been in the works since 2018. This is going to and the program is 1. 5 million for a pilot, and that will take us through about six months at 810,000, and thats to pay for the Community Service officers. Reporter b. A. R. T. Says thats money well spent to help with riders quality of life. Its cool theres somebody who could intervne in case there was a situation. Reporter heres an important fact. Theyre not there to physically intervene and break up fhey see b. A. R. T. Police the intervene, they have the radios. Reporter they will base the evaluation. If approved, theyll be deployed as early as next month. In San Francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. Luz, thank you very much. Ping. T. Directors exrience. The Transit Agency will install this new member. B. A. R. T. Is expected to receive 243 million in revenue over 20 years time. Another issue critical to building a better bay area, housing. And in oakland today, a housing bill designed to increase the housing supply across the state met with tisipo. On youre always on your toe some stations are a lot more well, San Francisco state senator scott wiener introduced more housing near transit hubs. Abc 7s Leslie Brinkley was at that event and is now live with that story. Leslie . Reporter a group called moms for housing interrupted that sb 50 Conference Today saying that building more highdensity housing by Transit Centers could not provide enough Affordable Housing and even displace current tenants, but wait till you see what happened during this protest that erupted. We had a terrible housing crisis here in california, and we see the results every single day. With the spike [ chanting ] reporter this was supposed to be about senate bill 50 that would create more housing around transit hubs, but anger over affordability bubbled up in the crowd, which then blocked news cameras and even surrounded oakland mayor libby schact, demanding she take action. You can fix this. You can start. Its like were talking to a brick wall, a brick wall. Its hurtfulha tt raised here reporter a hsnalf hour l around just how dysfunctional our housing system is right now. Sb 50 does have affordability requirements of 15 to 25 for eousing thats built under its w we did theho wle conference, so no. Its democracy. Sb 50 is expected to come up add admeymeby the endne ants th supposed t add o flexibility r l healoc a two l leme were talking 5,100 units, but the city needs so much more. Theyre taking slow and steady wins the race. Reporter it usually startinstartins with getting people into a shelter. Where theres a network of people to provide wraparound Supportive Services to get them back on their feet. Reporter the post hotel not far from union square will be the latest building that will be converted, providing 8,900 units for those leaving a shelter. Ts eventually offer them permanent housing. 62 unit at the Abigail Hotel will come online soon. Included in that number are more than 3,800 units the city leases and more than 3,900 the city already owns to house people who have already made the transition. 1,200 more are in the pipeline. But transitioning from one stage to another doesnt happen as quickly as the city would like. Mitch orsaba was in support of me. Or seven years and now liver i dont expect to leave it any time soon. The mayor pointed out the city cant build housing fast enough. Thats why we see these hotels converted. For every person tem end . Newsroom, lyanne melendez, abc news. That really puts the problem in perspective. Its the talk of one south bay neighborhood, the plan to bring chickfila to campbell. Why this fast food plan is not going down easy. Weve got wet weather heade it helps to have someone in your corner. Thats why theres covered california. Were the only place where you can get financial help to pay for your health insurance. New this year, almost a Million People could receive additional financial help from the state to help lower the cost of health insurance. More for those already getting it, and new help for many who havent gotten help before. So check to see hoould save. It only takes 5 minutes. The last day to enroll is january 31st. So get covered today. Really scary stuff. Man describes a fire at a gilroy apartment building. The fires believed to have started in a bedroom closet from someone smoking. Fortunately everyone is okay. There was a new protest this evening over fast food chickfila opening in campbell. The chain has been trying to open one since 2018. The location would be on south baskim near the shopping center. The city is expected to take up this issue in two weeks. Abc 7s chris reporter if you take a look behind me, you can see the proposed site. Thats t dennys. The chickfila would go there. The City Planning Commission approved the plan last fall but its been held up on appeal. The fiaftrc on bask is bad enough and it would be bad enough. If you build it, they will come. This was the lunch rush at the blossom location in san jose. But in campbell t possibility of a chain opening here has many riled up. Last fall, the City Planning Commission narrowly passed a plan to build one on baskim avenue. Now it goes to the city council in just two weeks. Youre going the have all these cars queued up, people doing uturns, people coming here who dont know the area because of the chickfila lr last year the city Council Voted to deny innouts application to replace a bar off highway. Current City Council Member an1 former ma i yore rich waterman is still undecided about chickfila, but says hes keeping an open mind. Its not a perfect solution, and thats going to be the give and take on it, how much traffic we want versus if we dont approve this project, what about the next project. Reporter opponents say theyre not against chickfila. They just dont think its right for the size and scope. By adding Something Like a drivethrough restaurant backing up to a residential neighborhood which is unusual as it is, the influx of cars will change that fact that were a walkable city. Reporter according to the traffic impact study, the chickfila restaurat would bring more than 2,200 cars to this area alone on a daily bay sichls were live in campbel tonight. Im chris nguyen, a b bc7 news. Chris, thank you very much. The rain hasnt come yet, but its on tap. Blow a kiss into the sun we need someone to lean on blow a kiss into the sun all we needed somebody to lean on okay. Heres a look at our doppler 7 forecast. Weve had a couple of great live shots set up for you a moment ago, but all of a sudden the clouds have gotten thicker and the sun has dropped down beneath the horizon. This is a view from the east bay hills area. You can see how thick the clouds are. Temperatures are generally in the low to mid50s. Down to 50 degrees already at half moon bay. Heres a brighter view looking northward from the golden gate bridge. Can see the clouds thickening up in that area as well. Other locations are also in the low to mid50s. Looking westward once again from the emeryville cram toward the golden guy, these are our forecast features. Well see light rain and showers developing overnight into the morning hours. Partial clear willing occur tomorrow afternoon, but this unsettled pattern with little storms here and there will continue. It ranks 1 on the storm impact scale. For tonight and tomorrow morning we can expect periods of light rain, spotty showers. We expect less than a tenth of an inch of rain in most locations and it will probably be a wet and stormy commute. Well see rain already in parts of ukiah, clovedale, moving down farther south into sonoma county. By 9 00 well see spotty showers along the north bay and down along the coastline, and all of this moisture will move southward and east ward. It will get down to peninsula, the south bay just before midnight and start to swing out of the area, most of it, by time the morning commute has come. There will probably be lots of wet spots on the roadway. For the remainder of the day, well see a few spotty showers near the coast, but most of the bay area will not see significant rainfall. Rainfall totals we project by 5 00 tomorrow afternoon will generally be under. 05, but some locations like hayward may get up to a tenth of an inch. Overnight lows will be generally in the upper 30s and inland valleys. Elsewhere, the range of the mid to upper 50s. Heres your accuweather sevenday forecast. Well have light showers developing tomorrow night into thursday morning. It will rank 1 on the storm impact scale. Sfoty showers on saturday. After that, a steady unsettled pattern of seasonably cool and from time to time wet weather. Okay. All right. Thank you, spencer. While were talking about cold weather, Michael Finney has tips for you to keep money in for this cool aerial shot of the oakland it looks better without having to see each individual car. Share your pictures with us at uh, fifteen minutes could save you 15 ain . Or more on car insurance. I think were gonna swap over to over seventyfive years of savings and service. What, were just gonna swap over . Yep. Pump the breaks on this, swap it over to that. Pump the breaks, and, uh, swap over . Thats right. Instead of all this that ive already . Yeah. What are we gonna do with these . Keep it at your desk, and save it for next time. Geico. Over 75 years of savings and service. Lets take on the issues and find real solutions. Lets have hard conversations. I feel that the community has failed people of color. And hear one another. We can use words. We dont have to use our fi our concerns may be different but were in this together but building a better bay area takes all of us. Tonight, they zero in on new locations to house people now crowding a public trail. Also a record numbercef o l Francisco Police department. Leaders point to two major reasons why. Plus the hardest clues, the fastest paced game its real rush. Tonight, the jeopardy showdown. We have a sneak peek coming up for you in half an hour on abc7 news at 6 00. The battle of the titans. We all know its getting cold. Lets go to 7 on your side with Michael Finney and saving on the costs of keeping warm. A little tricky. Were going to warm you up. As much as half the energy used in your home goes to heating and cooling, so this winter Consumer Reports has put together tips to keep the heat in your house and some money in your wallet. For easy Energy Savings turn down your thermostats manually or using programmable ones. Dial the temperature back by 10 to 15 degrees whenever youre away from the house for a long period of time. Next keep warm air instied with weather string and draft blockers around the house and windows. Use carb or expandable foam ceilings around windows. Dont waste money heating crawl space or unused areas. Its worth hiring a pro to wrap ductwork with insulation. During the cold season check your filters and pumps monthly. Its worth hiring a proto come once a year to tighten electrical connections and inspect valves and lubricate a woodburning fireplace can keep you toasty when lit but over 90 of the heat they generate can go out of the chimney including the heat in the room. Now, one more note about the need for weather stripping. The Environmental Protection agency says the energy laws from all the cracks and gaps in a typical home is the same as having a window open. I believe it. My husband redid the weather string and it got a lot warmer. I was about to say we redid it but that wouldnt be quite accurate. All right. Thanks, michael. World news tonight with david muir is next. We appreciate your time. Im dan asher. Im christian tess jean. From Michael Finney and trumpand total disaster. Mplete let obamacare implode. On healthcare hurt the patients i care for. Yfoirea. I know the difference leadership can make because i saw what kemiin sureomlod bby 40 , he helped expand Health Coverage to 200,000 more kids and upgraded pediatric care infant mortality rates dropped to record lows. And as mayor, Mike Bloomberg always championed Reproductive Health for women. So when you hear Mike Bloomberg on health care. Mrb this is america. We can certainly afford to m eakverysuboe dy that nees to see a doctor can see a doctor, everybody that needs medic to stay healthyines can get those medicines. Nurse you should know, he did it as mayor, hell get it done as president. Mrb im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. Tonight, breaking news as we come on the air in the west. Iran launches missiles at the u. S. Military, at twoiresas, ho. Iran launching those missiles after vowing revenge after the Deadly Strike that killed irans top general. Tonight, Iranian State television describing it as a revenge operation, after the killing of general qassem soleimani. At least two Iraqi Military bases. Ian pannell is on the ground in iraq tonight with late reporting. Martha raddatz is live in tehran. Also tonight, President Trump has now been briefed. He is meeting whih ittinas on Security Team and it comes just hours after the president defend the deadly drone strike that insisting irans top general was planning a, quote, very big attack. That the strike he ordered, quote, saved a lot of lives
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