S. F. Zoo home. Also, the price for a gallon of gas nearly hitting 8 at one station in one bay area city. How the white house plans to address the latest uptick in prices at the pump. A whale carcass spotted in San Francisco, what wildlife officials are telling us about that whale and their plans to get it out of the water. The news at 5 00 starts now. Im terry mcsweeney. Gia has the night off. Mayor breed back home in San Francisco after a weeklong visit to china. The mayor, who is running for reelection, spent her time meeting with business leaders, Airline Executives and government officials. She said her goal was to strengthen business and cultural ties with china. She touched down at sfo earlier this afternoon. Shortly after landing, she talked to reporters, calling her trip a success, pointing to her announcement that pandas will be returning to the city. The mayor says she got to see pandas in person during her visit, and shes very excited to share that experience with San Franc
Headache is coming back next on abc7 news at 11. Always live abc seven news starts right now. Right away. We begin tonight with that scary situation at a church in San Francisco. Someone stabbed a parishioner outside after interrupting sunday service. Good evening. Im dion lim. That attack happened outside saint peter and Paul Catholic church in north beach just before 1 p. M. Abc seven News Reporter j. R. Stone talked to Church Leaders who say its part of a bigger problem. Yellow crime scene, tape flapping in the breeze outside of not only one of San Franciscos most well known churches, but a spot where witnesses say a Church Parishioner was stabbed in the leg on sunday. Several units. Your suspect has black shorts. Unknown length of the knife there in the middle of the street. Church leaders at north beachs saints peter and paul church tell abc seven news that the eventual suspect, who they believe is unhoused, first came inside during a confirmation service. The archbishop of San Fr
Homeless must engage in . Then gavin newsom taking aim at states that limit access to reproductive health, how he plans to help people get to california to seek care. And Oakland Police looking for people on motorcycles and atvs who blew through the scene of a wreck. Good evening. Im brian hackney. Im andrea nakano. The u. S. Supreme court is set to hear a case tomorrow that could redefine how communities across the country are able to address homelessness. Hot button issue, of course, in communities across the bay area and the entire country. It all comes down to local jurisdictions and whether or not they can punish or cite people for sleeping in public even if theres not enough shelter beds available to them. Both liberal and conservative elected leaders have joined forces to back the complaint. They say the current rules make it impossible to do anything. While homeless advocates say its just a way to punish people for being poor and doesnt really address the causes of homelessness
Six. And good evening, everyone. Im mike mibach and im julie julie haener, San Francisco mayor london breed touched down at San Francisco International Airport this afternoon, back from her weeklong trip to china. Now, the goal of that trip to advance economic and cultural ties, including bringing more flights into sfo and some panda diplomacy. Ktvu is ellsworth live tonight in the newsroom with the story. Alice. Thats right. Mike. The mayors visit to china included a delegation that accompanied her to renew relationship with china that can help bolster San Franciscos economy at the airport, the zoo and throughout our bay area region. Coming through customs at the international terminal, mayor breed came bearing gifts stuffed panda bears and a replica airplane from air china, one of three airlines she hopes will start coming to sfo. We were truly successful in our trip. We had numerous meetings with government officials, with airlines and with business leaders. We held a Business Forum
Lisa williams. Take a look at video of williams when he celebrated his 94th birthday back in september. After 60 years as the spiritual leader, william stepped away from the church to focus on family and his health. William accepted the position of pastor back in 1963. He grew the congregation 10,000 people and he was a wellknown activist. The mayor just sent us the statement that reads crowd, reverend Cecil Williams was the conscience of our community. He spoke out against injustice and he spoke for the marginalized. Compassion and wisdom always putting the people first and never relenting in his pursuit of justice and equality. His kindness brought people together and envision changed our city and the world. I can tell you our assignment desk is making calls to other leaders right now in San Francisco we will bring you reactions throughout her evening newscast. Reverend Cecil Williams at the age of 94. Caught up in a sting. A fire captain for san jose targeted presenting a list of pi