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Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 400PM 20240714

Cyber attack, the ran some aware attack crippled parts or all of the Asian Art Museum foundations computers. As you said, that system is now up and running. The city of San Francisco, city hall told us today that they do have protocols in place so if there is a cyber aware attack, well, they can actually isolate it and respond quickly to it. The ran some aware attack in may raised alarms here at city hall. It has rielle straighted the conversation at city hall as to whether were prepared, whether we have the right pro foe toe calls in place. Aaron peskin believes the city is staying ahead of the hackers. We are prepared for cyber attacks. We are prepared for ransom aware attacks. City administrator naomi kelly told us the city has developed a comprehensive Cyber Security program. We are assessing our systems. Were doing routine monitoring, risk assessments. Were updating software on a regular basis. Reporter it was the citys i. T. Security experts that helped restore the museums paralyzed Computer Network after the cyber attack. An official there tells abc7 news nos ran some was paid. City administrator kelly says thats in keeping with the citys established policy. Ill make it very clear the city of San Francisco is not going to pay ran some. We dont believe in taking taxpayer dollars to fuel criminal enterprises. Reporter whats more, the city she says has insurance to back that up. We have purchased Cyber Security insurance to make sure that we in the event of a hack or r ransom aware attack that we can replace hardware quickly. Reporter San Francisco has had a lot of time to build a good system. In 2008, department of Technology Specialist terry childs can hijacked the citys finally released the networ password but it took a jail cell visit by mayor gavin newsom toh ⌞ that was over a decade call and a big wakeup call to San Francisco government. Since then we have stayed at the cutting edge of technology. Reporter the city administrator also told us they have ongoing training sessions with City Employees and they also told us that the City Computers are hacked on a frequent basis but so far, unsuccessfully. Vic lee, abc 6 news. So vic, weve been talking about San Francisco but what aout other cities . Do a lot of them have Liability Insurance and no ransom policies . We did check with oakland and san jose, our neighboring cities here to San Francisco. Oakland got back to us and said they do have cyber attack Liability Insurance and theyre collecting to see if they have a policy of not paying ransom like San Francisco does. San jose did not respond to our inquiries. The u. S. Conference of mayors recently adopted a resolution urging cities not to pay ransom and im told that many cities are adopting that same guideline. Vic lee, abc7 news. Thank you, vic. A federal judge has orders the fda to provide millions of documents to theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes she says is the key to her defense. Holmes today appeared in a san jose courtroom. She and former theranos president are facing multiple fraud and conspiracy charges they engaged in a multimillion dollar scam to dee fraud. Both defendants pled neelt. They say the fbi documents will rebut the charges. The fda has 75 days to provide all those documents. Tonight a county judge ruled the man accused in a fatal stabbing at an oakland b. A. R. T. Station is it competitive to stand trial despite mental issues. The judge made the ruling in the case of John Lee Cowell after ruing reports from three doctors, one believes he lacked competency and a third found him to be competent. He is found with stabbing and killingnial willson at the b. A. R. T. Station on july 22nd of last year. Her sister was stabbed, as well but survived. He is scheduled do enter a plea augusta 2nd. Protests were held today in puerto rico and across the u. S. Demanding the resignation of the governor. Puerto ricans say the last straw was a leaked series of he messages showing him mocking women, the disabled and victims of hurricane maria. Lyanne melendez is live in San Francisco where protesters are still demonstrating today. Reporter their demonstration started at 2 00 this afternoon. Of course, california time, to coincide with a much larger protest happening on that island that began at 5 00. Of course, their time. Were not talking about two or three remarks made by their governor. Were talking about 900 pages obtained with things said by the governor that have been hurtful to the people of prosecutor. Reporter this demonstrationing in San Francisco was never expected to attract the tens of thousands of protesters that gathered today in san juan. Still the message was the same. We want him to step down like the people have made their voices clear. He needs to step down. Reporter remarks made between the governor and his staff and cabinet member were leaked by the center for investigative journalism. This one for example, against the federal board which manages puerto ricos financial crisis. Dear oversight board, going f yourself. Another comment was made by his chief Financial Officer against the mayor of and juan. Saying he wanted to shoot her. According to the leaks, the governor responded, you would be doing me a grand favor. Homophobic comments were also made against singer ricky martin. San francisco supervisor matt hainey recently visit the island. The government is failing the people there are corruption. Some of these texts were homophobic and sexist. Puerto rico is still in a deep financial recession. Emotions still raw from the devastating hurricane and what they perceived was the lack of support from the trump administration. They thought the governor was someone they could trust. A huge betrayal. A huge huge betrayal. Its not a party issue here. Its a character issue. We need someone in that office that takes care of its people. If the governor resigns next in line would be the state secretary. A vacant position. It would then fall on the treasury secretary but he resigned amid the scandal. That leaves the justice secretary who in november of 201 was being investigated for violating an ethics law. Were able to reconstruct puerto rico. We need somebody that wants to do it with us. Were tired of people taking our money. Reporter now, governor rosario said i was elected to this position and i have a job to finish. Now, the Economic Impact of all of this is it already being felt on the island. Yesterday, a cruise ship did not stop in san juan. Instead, it went to the virgin islands. Live in San Francisco, lyanne melendez, abc news. Thank you. Investigate remembers say it could take up to two weeks to determine the cause of yesterdays fire at a Storage Facility in pacheco. The fair damaged 50 Storage Units at pacheco mini storage at the interaekz of highway 4 and 680. It started as a brush fire and quickly spread to the large Storage Units at the back of the business. The manager of the facility says insurance will cover some of the damage. The hard part will be making calls to those whose Storage Units were destroyed. Our lives are in there. Their kids stuff, their stuff. Its hard. The phone calls will be really tough today. While the cause is unknown, eless encampnthichints to a she claims caused their facility problems for years. The driver of a box truck was about to get off on the fremont exit, changed his mind at at last minute tried to get back on to 0 but hit the cement pile in the divide there of the offramp. It was temporarily closed causing a backup that stretched onto the bay bridge. A study out today identifies what it claims is san joses worst neighborhood for car accidents. The study commissioned by a private Law Firm Says allan rock is by far the worst with more than a thousand crashes from 2013 to 2017. The neighborhood is also home to san joses most dangerous intersection, mclaughlin avenue and storiry road which had 34 crashes. In all the study says there were nearly 8,000 collisions in san jose during the span leaving 103 people dead and more than 10,000 injured. The firm hopes the findings will improve Traffic Safety by raising awareness. A grand jury recommended San Francisco design a Public Safety campaign about the use, laws and safety regarding all of those electric scooters out there opt city streets. The recommendations say Ride Share Companies should participate. The grand jury is calling for ads on ride share apps, muni buss and trains, bus shelters and social media, as well. It also wants additional visual symbols on sidewalks to discourage e skeeter use. Theyre not supposed to be up on the sidewalks. Manholes are a thing of the past in berkeley. The City Council Approved an ordinance eliminating gender preference language that appears in the municipal code. Manhole is out. Maintenance hole is in. Gendered pronounce like he and she are also history replaced by they or them. Dozens of other words and phrases will also be swappeded out. Brother and sister are gone replaced by siblings. Manpower bums human effort while fraternity and sorority replaced by collegiate greek system residents. Historical landmark, and the effort to turn what some call an eyesore into new homes. What city officials are saying about another plan to turn the land into a piece of history. Raising funds. Some big names will be in San Francisco tonight for a fundraiser for president trump. We will talk politics later. How people around the world are celebrating world enoe moji day and how you can benefit, too. Lovely weather outside. 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Instead, they decided to move forward with the Environmental Review process and they encouraged both sides to come together and find some sort of compromise. Video from inside that meeting, the San Francisco Historic Preservation commission had almost a full house for the meeting. Dozens of people from the community showed up sharing how important this site was to them and how they wanted to preserve its history for future generations. The developer said thats important to him, as well. But he also is wanting to focus on housing. The garibaldi nursery is the last left of more than 20 locally tallian american nurseries in the portola district. While the commission agreed it is significant, three of the four members voted not to move forward with the landmarking process. I talked with both sides after that decision. So its unfortunate in San Francisco the people with money are the ones who end up with all the influence. This is why this is why there are as howanrancisco has lost its soul. Its decisions like this one today. This is a very important step. I think now hopefully, theyll be more willing to meet with us. Now that this larnd mark thing has not passed, that means the site wont be preserved for no development. And that i think theres more avenues for development. Theyll sit down with us. And the developer told me he hopes his company and the neighbors can come to some sort of compromise. When i talked to the neighbors theyre still trying to figure out the best way to move forward. Just to share, this is the portola district. Theres portola street. But this is how people who have been living in that area thats how they say it, its the portola district. Kumasi, thank you. You say portola, i say portola. Anyway, however you want to say it, we want your ideas about building a better bay area. Join our better Bay Area Group on facebook. The public is invited to a sneak peek at San Francisco International Airports new harvey milk terminal one on saturday. Spokesperson doug yakal joined reggie an question on midday live to explain why its so special for the bay area. This is really the first airport terminal in the world to be named in honor of an lgbt leader. Thats significant. Youve got a facility thats brandnew that will allow millions of people from around the world to learn about harvey milks story, his life and legacy. We are the First Impression for so many people around the world for the bay area. This is a great way for people to learn about that. The initial exhibit starting this weekend is massive. Its 380 feet long by 30 feet high will almost 100 images that tell the story of harvey milks life. Its amazing. Harvey milk terminal one is designed for lounging and play for kids. Its about four years away from completion and will include 25 gates. Nine open tuesday for jetblue customers. Special day at ucsf benioff hospital oakland as two entries visited young patients. Mickey mouse and our very own Spencer Christian seen there. Surprised the kids and their families with toys from their favorite disney movies. Disney is the Parent Company of abc7 donated boxes of toys, books, movies and games and they do this every year at more than 450 childrens hospitals it around the country. Have disney come in and give us these beautiful toys that speak to their interests and their passions and then to have mickey in person and just see these kids be able to return to their genuine selves that are fun lobbing and expressive and wanting to connect it means the world to us. Childrens hospital oakland has its own show and spencer is a part of that. They day live version for the kids today. Spencer is joining us now. It was great fun. Like my fourth time over there. They have this broadcast that goes out to all around the hospital called the cho show. Childrens hospital oakland. We do trivia questions and some kids gather in the studio and answer the questions. Others view the show from their rooms and answer the questions. Then of course, handing out presents and watching smiles on their faces theres no greater thrill. They get to see you and mickey. Mickey was the star today. I was the supporting act. As i am here. Ha. Heres a look at live doppler 7. Mainly sunny skies across the entire region. As you can see from this view in amityville, 67 degrees in San Francisco right now. Oakland 75. Redwood city 79. 83 san jose. 61 at half moon bay. Check out this nice view from mt. Tam onto the bay. No signs of marine layer developing yet. 85 degrees up north of santa rosa. 87 petaluma. Look how warm it is in the eastern most locations. 91 at concord and livermore. The view from our rooftop camera looking along the embarcadero, well see areas of fog and drizzle developing overnight into the Morning Hours cooler than average the next three days. It will be warming up again beginning sunday. It is breezy out there right now. With most locations experiencing wind speeds at the surface of 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour. 21 Miles Per Hour in San Francisco. During the overnight hours the fog develops along the coast and maybe push short distance across the bay. Overnight low temperatures will generally be on the mild side. Upper 50s to low 60s. Generally. A little bit cooler in some coastal spots and on we go to the forecast. Animation showing late arrival of the fog tonight. Its going to be quite extensive once it fills out along the coastline. Shouldnt be too big a problem for morning commuters except people driving near the coastline where the fog will linger well into the daytime hours. So heres a look at our high temperatures. In the south bay, mostly sunny. Highs generally in the upper 70s, about 78 at san rafael. On the peninsula, well see mainly mid70s. 76 at redwood city, 75 on palo alto. Coast breezy and foggy with the temperatures in the low 60s. Downtown San Francisco tops out at 64 tomorrow. North bay height 81. 76 san rafael. East bay mainly low 70s. 69 the high at oakland tomorrow. 75 at union city and the inland east bay highs around 80. San ramon, pleasanton and walnut creek. Mid 80s farther inland. By the way, the Climate Prediction Center cpc entered its temperature outlook for late next week for the 48 contiguous states. Cooler than average in the eastern twothirds of the country. Warmer than average in our part of the country. 70 chance of above average temperatures here in the bay area. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. You can see sort of a steady pa

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