Young women who will be the leaders of tomorrow need your support today. But first, frustrated by the more than two dozen transit agencies in the bay area that dont seem well coordinated, could a bay area lawmakers new bill be the solution . Thanks for joining us. Im kristen sze well get to some of those interviews in just a moment. But first, we want to tell you about a plan to provide more housing for farm workers in Half Moon Bay. It is moving forward as city leaders faced mounting pressure from governor newsom. The Half Moon Bay Planning Commission debated for hours last night on the plan to build a five story, 40 unit building. The final vote came in early this morning. Abc7 News Reporter Gloria Rodriguez has the story. Its a great, you know, that the Planning Commission approved this project. Although we arent claiming victory yet. Theres quite a few steps ahead of us. This house at 555 kelly avenue in Half Moon Bay could become a five story, 40 unit housing for senior farm worke
Continue fighting this wednesday afternoon after their rally at cesar chavez plaza, they began scaling back their encampment. Protesters say theyre moving in the right direction. I feel that change is in progress. Last week, San Francisco State University president lynn mahoney met face to face with students for gaza. She heard their demands. Then administrators met with students on monday and reached a big agreement to divest from weapons manufacturers, according to student leaders. The university will also limit other indirect investments that violate human rights. Overall, students say administrators met three of their demands. We have received a commitment to divest from weapons manufacturing to disclose clear accounts of where sfsu is investing its money, and to publicly defend our right to protest. However, protesters say president mahoney stopped short of calling the thousands of palestinian deaths a genocide. Students say they will keep a presence on campus. So we resuming acti
Second vote by the port commission, which happened today. So why the name change . The port says the main reason is location. The port says theres a lack of geographic awareness about oakland and its creating challenges. As they argue, oakland should be serving the top 20 markets, but its not. And that Research Shows the name change could attract more passengers by letting them know that oakland is another gateway to the bay area, and a name can change, can certainly do that. That brings the knowledge for people past the mississippi to really understand where oakland sits in the greater bay area and also internationally, really of other understanding from people from around the world of where oakland is in this greater bay area. Meanwhile, the city of San Francisco has filed a lawsuit. It claims the name change infringes on the San Francisco International Airport trademark. In a statement to abc seven news, San Francisco City Attorneys Office writes, its disappointing that oakland chos
To support your recommendation 100. Breaking news out of oakland tonight, where the oakland board of port commissioners has unanimously voted to rename the airport. Good evening. Im ama daetz and im j. R. Stone. The new name will be San Francisco bay area Oakland International airport. Yes. Abc seven News Reporter anser hassan was monitoring tonights vote. He joins us now live on. Sir umma and gr, like you said, we dont have a new airport, but we do have a name. As j. R. Mentioned, the Oakland Airport will now be the San Francisco bay area Oakland International airport. Now, this is the second vote, which means this name change takes effect immediately. So why the name change . The board says the main reason comes down to location. The port says the lack of geographic awareness of where oakland is creates challenges. They argue that oakland should be serving the top 20 us markets, but its not. They say theyve conducted research that shows the name change would attract more passengers t
There are a few pockets of showers first. We start in the north bay around santa rosa occidental road sebastopolis, sonoma avenue street level radar showing you that it is wet there some heavier showers right around 101 between san martin and gilroy. So definitely keep the rain gear handy as we widen out the picture. Its a light level one storm low pressure system is still to our north Lightning Strike showing up with that level one storm cold unstable air will continue to come in which means heavier rain around midnight with some thunderstorms. You will see those downpours first thing tomorrow morning during that commute so plan accordingly. The thunderstorm threat is not just for tonight, but tomorrow as well. Ill be back with a closer look at the warnings that you need to know about. Plus the Sierra Nevada coming up dan okay. Sandy. Thanks a lot. Well see you in a moment as sandy mentioned the next round is bringing rain and possibly even hail and Power Outages as well as highways a