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Represented by women nancy pelosi in San Francisco, zoe lofgren in the south bay and lateefah simon, the replacement for barbara lees 12th district in the east bay. If she wins in november, it speaks to the issues that women face running in politics. Doctor Samantha Francois is a professor of womens studies at cal state east bay. She suggests that lower voter turnout means fewer younger voters, who are often more likely to vote for minority candidates. She adds that female candidates still face a tough time fundraising. Adam schiff outraised both his female opponents in the democratic party. Both katie porter and barbara lee, by like 2 to 1. But professor francois also notes that schiff got big endorsements from high profile female politicians like pelosi and barbara boxer, and that exit polls suggest that women voters supported schiff in equal numbers to men. I think we have to have a broader lens in terms of looking at local elections, city elections, and county elections. And we saw obviously, jackie spear reelected the board of supervisors. Were still seeing that most americans believe that voters are more likely to support a candidate if the candidate is a white man. Doctor Sean Fletcher is a professor of Public Relations at san jose state university. He says women candidates may face barriers, but that their parties need to do more to empower their female candidates. I will put it on the system that is designed to select out, to develop and to ultimately promote these women candidates as viable for their positions the east bay anser hassan abc seven news now San Francisco voters weighed in on several propositions on the ballot measure would unlock a 300 million Affordable Housing bond and even though these numbers seem pretty far apart, the race technically is too close to call because not enough votes have been counted. Measure b failed. It aimed to boost Police Retention by setting minimum staffing numbers. More than two thirds of voters said no measure c would waive the tax for transferring a property from office to residential use. That one also is too close to call. Measure d did pass. It will reform ethics laws in the city with more blocks on gifts to public officials. Measure e it passed as well. It will allow police to install security cameras on public property and use drones to monitor certain crimes. Measure f will require Drug Screening for welfare recipients. In San Francisco that passed with 63 of voters saying yes and today were learning more about how measure f would work as abc seven News Reporter Tara Campbell found out, there are calls to make sure it doesnt end up hurting those. Its supposed to be helping. The goal is to help get people struggling with substance abuse, get off the streets and into treatment. Ballot measure f, backed by San Francisco mayor london breed, passing with 63 of the vote tuesday night, they got a misleading and performative ballot issue that demonizes welfare recipients rather than helps them. Starting next year, the city will begin Drug Screening, welfare recipients and those deemed to be struggling with addiction will be required to go into treatment or lose their monthly payment. This is going to mean that a lot of people lose their assistance, which means they lose their housing, which means they lose their shelter. Those working closely with people on the streets raising concerns. Wednesday, gary mccoy is the head of policy and Public Affairs at healthright three, 61 of the citys largest nonprofit partners. In terms of treatment. You know, weve been saying for years staffing, staffing, staffing, we have such an incredible staffing shortage, and not just in San Francisco, but around the state and nationwide. The mayor on wednesday responding to concerns, saying the city is making a push to hire more Mental Health workers. Its about the opportunity to use our existing resources to help people get on in a program, and we want to make sure that were staffing up our capacity to be as effective. The city estimating about a third of the more than 5000 adults receiving welfare struggle with drug addiction. As with any big Program Change or new initiative, it will require a return, working internally at the Human Services agency and with other stakeholders to ensure that the systems are in place to provide aid, the assessment and the access to treatment that these low income individuals desperately need. And mccoy says its key the city turned to the experts. I think we want to make sure that the folks that do have that expertise are are helping to draft, as i said, guardrails to make sure that this is being implemented, not just in a, in an effective way, but to make sure that its not harming the people, that its supposed to be helping. Tara campbell, abc seven news. The passing of props e and f signaled a political win for San Francisco mayor london breed. Both of those measures she placed on the ballot and both passed pretty overwhelmingly. What i am grateful about the propositions i put on the ballot is it gave people, the public, a chance to see and to understand what is actually happening and has been happening in city hall. We highlighted a deficiency in our government and people responded by saying, we want to change that because we want results. These measures are Game Changers for the progress that we are already building upon around public safety. Thanks to this boost from voters, mayor breed told reporters today shes feeling confident about her odds of winning reelection in november in the south bay. Former san jose mayor sam liccardo is in the lead currently for the congressional seat being vacated by anna issue, who is retiring. Remember, the top two will move on to the general election, after that is Santa Clara County supervisor joe simitian, currently in second place. And right behind him is assemblyman evan low, who is in third right now. We probably wont know the results of prop one for some time right now. Governor newsoms measure that would authorize 6 billion in bond funding to build housing and residential Treatment Facilities for people with Mental Illness is too close to call, with potentially millions more votes left to tally. If you want to check out the results of local races near you, all you have to do is go to abc7 news. Com. The windshield wipers got a workout in San Francisco today. We saw the rain return briefly this morning downtown, one of several spots that got just a little wet today. All right, check out this video. Also taken a short time ago in san jose. Wait, is that hail, hail, that is hail i think so. Hail. Yeah youre waiting to say that theres also some thunder and lightning as well . Yeah. I want to give you some live pictures from our tower cameras around the bay area. Its interesting. Some places a little gloomy behind us. It looks fantastic in San Francisco, right now, but man, it was so loud. The thunder this afternoon in the east bay, it was boom, boom. Yeah. So much. It was an exciting buffet of weather phenomenon. Absolutely. Spencer. Oh, the weather buffet. I hope you had a nice serving. Oh, heres a look at whats happening right now. Live doppler seven. The storm is not really much of a storm for much of the bay area right now, but where its holding on, its really holding on. So its impactful over in the east bay right now. Lets take a closer look and zoom. Well, its not even going to zoom in. Let me see if i can make it work this way. There you go. Uh. So right now weve got some downpours from hayward eastward over to pleasanton, southward down to sunol, into the fremont area. This big blob of downpours has been there for a while now, sliding slowly to the south. And speaking of southward down to the south bay right now from oh, from gilroy to well morgan hill to san martin to gilroy, weve got an area of pretty significant downpours right now. So once again, its still an impactful storm. On the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. This is a level one and into the early evening we expect more scattered showers, occasional downpours as we have now and still a slight chance of some thunder. So heres a forecast animation starting at 5 p. M. Notice how quickly we expect the storm to lose its ranking, and by 8 00 tonight or into maybe the 9 00 hour, it should be just about all over. But for now, we still have a storm and it may impact the evening commute in those areas. I just showed you the full seven day forecast a little bit later. Larry all right spencer, thank you. See you in a few minutes. New developments with a shooting over the weekend in king city that left four people dead. And seven others injured. The Monterey County Sheriffs Office says it found a vehicle believed to be involved in the shooting. No other details were released other than that that vehicle was located in the southern part of the county. No arrests made as of yet. An Early Morning Police Pursuit in hayward ended in a crash that sent one of their own to the hospital. It all started shortly after 530 at the intersection of west winton avenue and cabot boulevard. Abc seven News Reporter amanda delcastillo has the details. Clear signs of a crash along cabot boulevard in hayward. An Early Morning burglary turned into a police chase, the pursuit sending an officer and his patrol car off the road, taking out a hydrant and hitting a pole in the process. Dj scannell works near the crash site. I saw a total police car. The whole front end smashed in on the back of a tow truck being hauled away. Going down depot road. I didnt know what had happened. While he was surprised to see a damaged patrol car being towed from the area, he says news about a burglary isnt shocking. Im not surprised about the robberies. My fence gets broken into all the time over here, so yeah, i mean, theyve come in, weve had cars stolen in the back. Weve had cars stolen in the front. Police believe several armed suspects were attempting to burglarize a business at the intersection of west winton avenue and cabot boulevard. One of the officers who arrived on scene first saw several subjects as they were fleeing in a vehicle. He attempted to catch up to take them into custody and crashed on cabot several blocks away. They spent much of the morning riding a search warrant for the property, believing it could potentially be an illegal grow house. We were there as investigators were sweeping for fingerprints. We have seen on the rise of burglaries, of individuals looking for these illegal marijuana grows. So in that respect, its not uncommon, that there are different auto thefts and other burglaries that also take place in the industrial areas, throughout hayward and other bay area cities. Hayward pd says the officer involved has been with the department for several years. They say he is at home and okay. They have not given any description about the suspects or any information about them either. Im reporting in hayward. Amanda delcastillo, abc seven news. A former Google Software engineer charged with stealing technology while secretly working with two Companies Based in china, the Justice Department says lineweight ding was arrested in newark today. The chinese nationals accused of stealing Artificial Intelligence innovation from google. Ding faces four counts of federal trade secret theft. Each charge could carry a sentence of up to ten years in prison. A warning for those living along the u. S. Coast. Rising oceans could flood you out sooner than you thought. What it means for the bay area. Counting down to the oscars and how this years show could break records, and how the us Justice Department is like a taylor swift song. Hmmhmm. Hey everybody, Chris Alvarez live here at chase center, 22 games left in the regular season for the warriors. You can make money the hard way as a bullfighter or a human cannonball. Or save money the easy way, with xfinity mobile. 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Feel the difference with nervive. [cough] honey. Honey. Nyquil severe honey. Powerful cold and flu relief with a dreamy honey taste nyquil honey, return home. Yeah. Warriors taking on the Milwaukee Bucks start of a three game home stand. Abc sevens Chris Alvarez joining us live at chase center. And you know the bucks may have one of their stars out while the warriors are at full strength for the first time in a long time, chris. Yeah, larry and kristen ive actually like steve kerr said. I completely flushed that game out, so i dont even know what youre talking about. With that last game on the road trip for the warriors larry you mentioned it. Giannis antetokounmpo the bucks superstar mvp of the nba finals couple of years ago. Hes questionable as he deals with an achilles injury and the warriors Injury Report completely clean. Nothing on it. Thats rare these days. Andrew wiggins will be back tonight. He missed the last four games due to a personal matter. As youre looking at gary payton warm up live here a couple hours before game time. Wiggins missed the entire four game road trip where the warriors went three and one again forgetting that game in boston. Golden state enters the night 10th in the west. Its a final play in spot with 22 games left in the regular season, steve kerr said yesterday after practice. Wiggins is likely to start tonight and the warriors forward says he was encouraged by the teams play while he was away. Were on the rise, you know, we found something good. You know, found that identity that we were searching for. And, you know, we put pieces together that worked, and its been a special, you know, last, few games. We really put something good together, and everyones playing well, playing together, and we look like the, you know, the real golden state warriors. Its time to make a run off the court. The warriors celebrating womens empowerment month here in march. Yesterday, warriors guard lester quinones, along with the dance team, hosted a reading celebration at burke College Elementary to discuss the power of literacy and feature female authors. The event was part of the warriors read to achieve program, and the warriors have all these t shirts here tonight. Its also part of their womens empowerment month. Everyone that comes to the game will get one of those. Well have much more at five and six. Larry uh, doc rivers, the bucks coach, speaks about 530. So well get that final update on giannis. He probably will be a game time decision, but i would guess all the reports ive seen and he missed the last game. Hes probably going to miss tonights game. That could be huge tonight when the warriors take on the bucks 7 00. Its on espn. Yeah. And dame lillard from oakland by the way gp two is off. Off to the side. Just tell him we said whats up. Yeah oh yeah moses and gary they say whats up. They say thank you thank you say okay. Theyre so focused. Yeah yeah youre locked in i like that all right. Im no expert like you and chris, but im just going to venture a prediction that were not going to do as poorly as we did in the last game. Yeah were not going to lose by 52. Exactly. Very bold. Im putting big money really out there. Also locked in uh or. Yeah, never mind. Spencer christian i was going to say locked up, but that hasnt happened yet. Not yet. But yes, the over. Yes, the nights young is still young, but im not. Heres a look at whats happening with live doppler seven. Weve got, well, a mixed bag of weather here right now. Much of the bay area at the moment is not getting any significant rainfall, but the east bay has been getting a drenching in the last couple of hours. And down in the south bay, although this is all sort of sinking southward right now, its having an impact on the evening commute. So right now from hayward down to fremont and portions of eight 8580 and 680 getting very wet right now with some water pooling on some of the roadways. So thats going to have an impact on the commute and some more heavy rain down in the Santa Cruz Mountains right now. But the storm is beginning to lose a little bit of its punch, yet still on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale, its a level one storm into the early evening hours. More scattered showers are likely, with occasional downpours and still a chance slight chance of some isolated thunder. But notice on the forecast animation as we get about past 8 00 this evening, it is very unlikely well actually have a storm that deserves a ranking. So when we go to rainfall estimates by 11 00 tonight, were talking about maybe a couple of hundredths of an inch of rainfall in those areas affected by the current downpours. And notice the separation in 24 hour temperature change up north of the golden gate and eastward a bit. You can see its warmer by several degrees than at this time yesterday. But where its been raining lately, its several degrees cooler than at this time yesterday. So weve got some mist in the air over San Francisco right now. Temperature readings right now in the upper 50s at San Francisco, oakland, hayward, san jose, san mateo, and 55 at Half Moon Bay. A whole different view of the sky looking westward from emeryville. Other temperature readings. At this hour, weve got 57 in petaluma, 60 low 60s as San Francisco, at San Francisco at santa rosa and napa, upper 50s at fairfield, concord, livermore, 51 degrees. And then we go to our forecast headlines. Partial clearing will begin overnight tomorrow and friday. We expect sunny or milder weather. And this weekend cloudier and cooler and rather unsettled. Some chances of showers over the weekend. For tonight, though, as the clouds begin to move out. Giving way to the sun breaking through tomorrow morning. Well see low temperatures dropping into the low to mid 40s for the most part, and high temperatures tomorrow under mainly sunny skies. 57 Half Moon Bay 60, in San Francisco, low 60s around the bay shoreline and low to almost mid 60s in the inland east bay. And here is the accuweather seven day forecast. Two nice, sunny, milder days coming our way tomorrow and friday. Notice how unsettled the weather will be though . Saturday, sunday, monday and tuesday actually, there is the possibility of showers almost any of those days in that four day period because its going to be so unsettled. But we should focus on sunday, which is oscar sunday here on abc seven. And its also the beginning of Daylight Saving time. So we should set our clocks forward, forward one hour. Thats right. So we lose an hour of sleep. Well, unless you just want to sleep in late and miss work. Yeah i would never do that. Who would ever think of that . Yeah. Yes, yes. But many people gain the ability to exercise after work and its light out. I love it, i love it, im a fan. I like to exercise before work because it kind of energizes me to come in and deal with what i have to deal with. Larry. Thank you spencer. My goodness, today San Francisco kicked off festivities for Saint Patricks day. Mayor london breed hosted the annual irish flag raising at city hall. She was joined by the lord mayor of cork, ireland, which is celebrating 40 years of its sister city relationship with San Francisco. The flag raising kicks off a month long celebration of Saint Patricks day, and this years theme is unite sf as we celebrate. Its about bringing communities together. Its about remembering our challenging times. But also recognizing that San Francisco and our Irish Community represents resilience. San francisco will host the 3rd int patricks day parade on saturday, march 16th. It kicks ot 11 30 a. M. At second and market and ends at Civic Center Plaza for celebration in front of city hall. All right, coming up, a group of aspiring chefs learning more than just skills in the kitchen. Theyre learning how to improve their lives and rolling out the red carpet ahead of oscar sunday only on abc to the next. Did they even send my lab work. . Wait, was i supposed to bring that . Then theres the forms. The bills. The not a bills. the. press 4 to repeat these options. [chaotic music] [inspirational music] healthcare can get a whole lot easier when your medical records, care and coverage are in one place. At kaiser permanente, all of us Work Together for all that is you. box thuds water boils packet tears tea bag clanks water pours listening to people that drink bigelow tea is so important to my family, because making that perfect cup, its the reason we do what we do hi, guys hi hey so what are you guys drinking . Constant comment. When im drinking bigelow tea, its just a moment for me. 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It really was kind of like an unconditional love that she had for him. Ringwald rose to fame in her teenage years. Cant believe this is really happening to me in epic, 80s films like the breakfast club, pretty in pink and 16 candles. They forgot my birthday, ringwald says. Feud capote versus the swans feels full circle, with a connection that dates back to the very early days of her career. The first project that i ever did, the first time i was ever on stage, which was three and a half, was in a in a play that was based on a Truman Capote story called the grass harp. Hi, honey. Oh, hi. Theres really no writer that i felt so connected to for such a long time. We made new york the capital of the world. Here, shes part of an ensemble cast of powerhouse women from demi moore to diane lane to naomi watts. And the list goes on. Its incredibly satisfying because, you know, we are all women who have these long careers, and were working in a business that loves to sort of throw people away or just sort of say, okay, youre done, youre over 25. And when Something Like this does as well as it does, it just opens up a whole other world for, for women, you know, and im im thrilled. Molly. Say it louder for the people in the back. I love it. Oh im in honey. Baby, youre no good. Feud. Capote versus the swans airs tonight at 10 00 on fx and will be available tomorrow on hulu. Disney is the Parent Company of fx, hulu and abc seven. All right. Youve heard about the warnings about rising sea levels, and now theres another warning. Whats unique to us is our triple whammy of sea level rise, rising groundwater and low land flooding from more extreme storms. The new study that says coastal cities need to act soon or face significant damage. 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Taking jardiance with a sulfonylurea or insulin may cause low blood sugar. Jardiance is really swell the little pill with a big story to tell previously thought so. Not only is water rising, but major coastal cities are also sinking. This, according to a new study. And that includes San Francisco as well as other bay area cities. Abc seven News Reporter suzanne fawn spoke with the experts. San francisco is one of several local cities sinking into the ground, according to new research, and that mixed with rising sea levels could make flooding even worse in the coming decades. The new information comes from a paper published in nature that studied subsidence or sinking in 32 coastal cities, including San Francisco, south San Francisco, oakland, richmond, foster city and santa cruz. Subsidence is part of the problem, but for the bay area, whats unique to us is our triple whammy of sea level rise, rising groundwater and lowland flooding from more extreme storms. Warner chabot is with the San Francisco estuary institute, an Environmental Science Research Institute focused on the bay and the delta. The bay area is ground zero for Climate Change and sea level rise. Were literally 8 Million People living in a bathtub. The report said. Its too late for mitigation efforts, so we need to adapt. Efforts are underway to control flooding in the future. Foster city is improving its levees, and in San Francisco, theres a plan to elevate the Ferry Building and most of the embarcadero. Seven feet into the air. But that plan, introduced back in january, would need approval from congress. Our future depends on taking action now. This is why the draft plan is so critical to protecting the citys seawall from earthquake and flooding risks. Its going to be a big price tag. Its going to cost a lot to make all the suggested improvements across the bay area, the cost over the next 25 years to prevent lowland flooding by the year 2050 is about 110 billion of infrastructure improvements. Were going to have to make. But not doing anything could be even more costly in the long run. The estimated price tag about 230 billion in estimated damages and repairs. That would have to be done. Theres a tremendous amount of planning being done at the city, county and regional level right now, and there will be an intensive amount of work done over the next couple of years in San Francisco, suzanne phan abc seven news. One day after super tuesday and nikki haley is suspending her campaign for president. So that move sets up the general election in november with another biden versus trump contest. Abc News Reporter perry russom with the details. The time has now come to suspend my campaign. Nikki haley no longer running for president after an underwhelming super tuesday, winning only one state this morning. Haley congratulating former President Trump without endorsing him. It is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it, both President Biden and trump. Now turning to the general election in the presumptive nominees, racing to win over haley supporters, a group that could be key in winning the white house, haley supporters yesterday. I wish there were two better options. It hurts my soul to say that i will vote for joe biden over donald trump. Theres plenty of other people who are earlier in their careers who could run and do a better job than those two. Today in wisconsin, Vice President Kamala Harris asked how they plan to beat trump one vote at a time. Trump, picking up an endorsement from Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell even though he blamed trump for the january 6th capitol riot. Mcconnell now putting his full support behind trump. I said in february of 2021, shortly after the attack on the capitol, that i would support President Trump if he were the nominee of our party. And he obviously is going to be the nominee of our party. Haley is not the only person to drop out today on the democratic side, dean phillips is ending his campaign. He failed to pick up any delegates in the primary. He did endorse President Biden. Perry russom, abc news, washington. All right, turning now to californias senate race with republican steve garvey facing off against democrat adam schiff in november, reporter rob hayes from our sister station in los angeles has the latest. Its a matchup democrats across california have got to be celebrating in one corner, a former federal prosecutor turned congressman who gained National Fame holding President Trumps feet to the fire. Their plan is to literally kill people in the other corner, a 75 year old ■former Major League Baseball player with absolutely no political experience. This is the first game of a doubleheader. Republican steve garvey now set to challenge democrat adam schiff for californias open senate seat. I think hes very wrong for california. Californians want someone whos going to be a champion of reproductive freedom, whos willing to take on the nra and fight for gun safety, who wants to make sure that everyone can Access Health care, not just those who are wealthy enough to afford it . For most of the run up to the primaries, schiff was the name at the top of the polls, and the longtime democratic congressman practically handpicked garvey as his general election opponent. He voted for trump twice, running ads implying garvey was the biggest threat to californias senate representation. We reached out to garveys camp for an interview today but were declined. The former dodger, addressing his campaigns top issues last night that we have challenges to face up to, like closing the border and responsibilities to live up to like helping the homeless off the streets. Garveys campaign, apparently looking to distance itself from trump at last nights Election Night event, two women wearing maga hats were asked to remove them. Schiff Election Night rally not without problems his victory speech, drowned out by propalestine protesters chanting cease fire now i want to thank abc seven news eligible voters actually participated in yesterdays election. 18 by far the lowest primary turnout in two decades. In 2020, nearly 47 of voters cast a ballot. The number was almost 48 in 2016, 31 in 2012 and 57 in the primary election in 2008. President biden will deliver his annual state of the Union Address tomorrow. You can watch it right here on abc seven. Coverage begins tomorrow night at six. Did you know our nations top Law Enforcement officer happens to be a big taylor swift fan . With respect to the Justice Department and to my Favorite Song is shake it off. And see. Okay. It means quite a lot, i think for all of us in the Justice Department, you shake off the outside attacks, you shake off the political stuff thats going on, you do your job, you follow the principles of prosecution, and you follow the rule of law. That was merrick garlands response when asked which song by the pop star would best characterize the department of justice during his tenure. The one item youre probably carrying thats guaranteed to make you look older and bringing back extinct animals is, is it a good idea already here . Oh, no. We are fired up for the for. To bringing back the wooly mammoth, which has been extinct for thousands of years. Colossal biosyn has produced a line of stem cells that could transform into a facsimile of the extinct mammoth. If this is the same story that i remember from, maybe it was a year ago, they were going to take the dna from the wooly mammoth and put it into an elephant, which i believe is the closest living creature that we have. That would possibly work. But spencer, weve seen the movie. We know how it ends, and it ends badly. And my question to larry, why . What do we stand to gain from this . If we can recreate the wooly mammoth, i dont know. Im just thinking that if they went extinct, there was a reason their time had come and gone. So, you know, i dont think they would be able to fit in anymore. Dont you think most of these. Well, you would think not, but yeah. Yeah, theres just going to be one wooly mammoth Walking Around saying, where are all my friends . What a nice pet he would make. Yeah, right. But you know what, you guys . Theres a whole list of 25 animals that scientists would love to bring back. The dodo, the cuban macaw, uh, the caspian tigers. I didnt even know we were missing these, i mean. All right, well, well see what they come up with. I think the goal is to help, you know, animals that may go extinct in the future and see how this all turns out. So i guess well see how it turns out with the wooly mammoth. Okay. Scary. Okay. Students in connecticut are going cell phone free and not by choice. A Pilot Program bans cell phones from classrooms. Kids can leave their phones at home or lock them in a pouch, which they do at San Mateo High School and some of the other bay area high schools. The motivation behind the ban was to cut distractions and help staff and students focus. So yeah, you put it in that pouch and then i guess it unlocks when the administrator decides to do it. At the end of the school day. But that way you still have it. So i guess, you know, if the parent calls and says, i have an emergency, the kid can. I was thinking, if theres an emergency within the school, they immediately just open the pouches up and everybody can have contact with the outside world. I think. So, yeah. I mean, i think you need access to the phone in case of an emergency, but yeah, why have it in the classroom on a typical classroom day . Yeah. Well, the only thing is, like, a lot of people use their phones for the calculator function. So if you could, you know, im sorry. Its just too easy to cheat. Im not down with that. Like, hey, chachi, you write this essay right now, you know, so i dont know, i think its a good idea to keep them out during class time. Yeah, yeah, keep them focused. All right. If youre getting tired of memberships and subscriptions, look out. Target is launching target circle 360. It will include unlimited same day delivery for orders over 35 and free two day shipping. The Program Launches april 7th for 49 a year, and the price will jump to 99 a year after may 18th. For those who dont have a target card, so is this their way of trying to compete with amazon . Lets say, is that what you think karina . Youre nodding. Yeah, i think so. I mean it makes sense right . I mean target doesnt have as many options as amazon does. But if you need, you know, something last minute uh its an easy way to do it. Im just going to make us all more of shopaholics than we already are, where you could just order it and have it delivered, you know, within an hour or two. But i will say i do like it because sometimes you want to go to target. You dont want to deal with parking, especially in the city and having it delivered to your door, especially if you need medicine last minute or Something Like that. Its kind of nice and 49 bucks a year to start. Yeah its not too bad. I agree with you, karina. Some of these memberships i think have, you know, great value and utilitarian ism, but but some are just there to make money for the companies that offer them. Yeah. Were going to be buying a bunch of things that we dont need as well. Yeah. I guess if youre a dedicated target shopper, this is for you, right . I guess the word i was looking for was utility. Yeah, because otherwise there are other options. Utilitarianism. But thank you for the definition. Okay. Your wallet is apparently going to the way of landline, especially with younger americans. Gen zers are increasingly using their phones to carry things like their drivers licenses and boarding passes right on an app, and even insurance cards. 79 of gen zers only use digital wallets. They claim carrying a wallet is a sign that somebody is old, like carrying butterscotch candies. What . What . Butterscotch candies are great. Yeah, they are great. But im going to show you this. I havent used a wallet in maybe 4 or 5 years now, so you can call me young uh. Because this wallet. I feel like im doing a commercial right now. It has my credit cards, my id, it has my, you know, medical card, everything that i need to have in here. Put some cash in here and its all right there. I havent i dont need a wallet. I dont even really carry a purse. Most of the time, thats more of a wallet that also holds a phone though. Yeah, its like a 2 in 1. No, but its not a wallet. I mean, in the sense that its got slots right . Its got slots for credit cards. Yes. Heres heres the one thing about that. If you lose that, youve lost every everything. Yeah. But thats just like losing your wallet. Heres what. You still have your phone. I think its easier to lose a wallet than it is your phone, because the phones are always connected to us. True. Spencer, you want to jump in on this . Oh, no. You are doing just fine with. Im not picking a side in this one. No, i havent carried a wallet in a long, long time. I keep virtually everything i need on my. Hes young too, spencer. Youre young . Yeah. There you go. I young at heart, but i keep a few items in my pocket that dont take up a lot of space. Like a drivers license. Uh. Maybe one credit card, and thats about it. I dont rarely carry cash. Yeah, well, and i think back in the day, you know, for all the rewards cards you needed the actual card, right . Even the library card. My library card is on my phone. Its in an app. Yeah. So you dont need the space for all that . Yeah. My wallet has gone the way of my daughters education. Thats the end of that. Thats the end of the ford four. I know, i know, theyre great hot topic, but they bring you so much love. And they do. They do, they do. Its worth poverty. Is it possible to count on my internet like my Customers Count on me . It is with comcast business. Keeping you up and running with our 99. 9 network reliability. And security that helps outsmart threats to your data. Moaire dida twoo . Your data, too. Theres even roundtheclock customer support. So you can be there for your customers. 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Ive been doing this for 20 years. Were helping them in all facets of their life. Training others in his culinary craft has in turn changed lives. Jayla towns is one of shefs 13 students. She says before she entered this program, i was drinking every day. I was partying every day, and i was in between homes and i just had no purpose for myself. Now shes serving up lobster with a culinary dream coming true. Once i stepped into this kitchen, it was like home for me. A new home, paving the way for a new life. That was the case for lily and oliver, who Left Community college. And then i found this program. I let me know that my journey wasnt over. Now shes a cupcake connoisseur for francisco rojo. It gave me my pride back, helped me develop my skills as far as communicating with other teammates. People that are struggling with addiction and homelessness are really finding hope through recovery and employment opportunities. Steve adami is the executive director of the salvation armys way out homeless initiative. This program is in its fifth cohort that everybody exiting this program are getting jobs and staying in jobs and those jobs started here. If you havent tried any of this stuff, feel free to executive chefs and restaurateurs from across the bay area showed up to taste wow, the lobster nacho and scout. I have my eye on a few. Im not going to name names today, but im looking down the road. Theres a few people who have made an impression on us. Both are now pledging when its time to hire. Theyre calling chef timothy. Well be calling chef first. Yeah let me show you. Hes a man with a mission. The next class is starting march the 25th to help future chefs. Just like jayla. I think chef timothy, for making me feel like i am somebody and will be somebody. Stephanie sierra, abc seven news. The food looks amazing, right . I want to dive in. All right. 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Today the red carpet rolled out, but it will quickly get covered up so its clean and ready to go on sunday. In fact, we could see some big moments at this years oscars. Abc News Reporter tim pulliam has a look at the records that could be shattered, along with all the glitz and glamor on hollywoods biggest night. Some historic moments could take center stage at the 96th academy awards. Please send help. Theres murder in osage and the police do nothing. Lily gladstone could become the first native american ever to win an oscar. If she wins for her trailblazing lead role in killers of the flower moon, its funny to suddenly find yourself being called auntie by all of these new young native actors. Its a big deal. Its long overdue, but its very welcome. You call it trouble, i call it an opportunity. And it could be a wonderful night for colman domingo. Nominated for best actor for playing civil rights icon bayard rustin. If he takes home the trophy, hed be the first afrolatino to win in the category. And so its a 33 year journey. And suddenly im hearing this beautiful moment, and i hope its inspiring to my, my, my fellow performers. He can be the first Great American conductor. But if the best actor award goes to Bradley Cooper in maestro, hed be the third artist in history to direct themselves to an acting win. This is bella. Shes an experiment. Emma stone could pull off a double feat if she wins for best actress and best picture as a producer on the film poor things, shed be just the second woman to ever win in both categories for the same film. You know, nobody knows nothing until they open the envelope. Ten time nominee martin scorsese, the most nominated living director, could become the oldest, best director winner for killers of the flower moon. Were in a race against the. Oppenheimer leads the pack with 13 nominations, and while it will be tough to break the record of 11 oscar wins for a single movie, it should still be a very good night for the blockbuster film. Eight wins would be the most awarded film since slumdog millionaire. Ten would put it tied as the second most awarded film of all time. Next to west side story. Back in 1961, tim pulliam, abc news, los angeles. And you can watch all the drama as it unfolds at the oscars sunday at 4 00, right here on abc seven. Remember early start time, 4 p. M. Abc seven news streaming 24 seven for you. Get the abc seven bay area streaming tv app. Join us whenever you want, wherever you are. Thats going to do it for this edition of abc seven news at four. Im larry biel, abc seven news at five is up next. In vacaville and dixon just in the past hour and closer to home, we are tracking