With mud and water. The geyser from that probably went up about 150ft. So that brought down a hillside and filled this whole valley with mud. The last stern grove festival concert of that season was canceled. Xiao and other neighbors vividly remember that water main break and all the damage done. Many cant believe it happened again. Others say it doesnt come as a surprise. Old infrastructure. Old, old. This is, you know, old city. Were rebuilding all the sewers and all all the Water Infrastructure now. But you know, this is 100 years old and were not in the most stable situation. Its sand. They built it under sand and they built houses on top of it. So its not a its not unusual that this would happen in San Francisco. Suzanne phan abc seven news time. Another water main break caused a water outage at San FranciscoState University today , classes on the main campus that could become remote. Did University Officials say service has since been restored . They didnt say what might have caused the break. Its not related to the water main break, though. On nearby wawona street, state and local authorities testing for a potentially harmful algae bloom in oaklands lake merritt. They were alerted when rust colored water fanned out across the lake yesterday. That bloom produces a toxin and it basically sucks the oxygen out of the water, suffocating marine life. In august of 2022, lake merritt and parts of San Francisco bay were also hit by a harmful algae bloom. Its believed to have killed off thousands of fish. Test results could be released as early as this weekend. The effort to address the homeless crisis is a major issue when it comes to building a better bay area. In oakland, a grassroots effort is underway by local residents to improve their neighborhoods. As abc seven News Reporter anser hassan shows us, instead of just complaining about it, theyre taking the lead in cleaning up encampments and illegal dumping. And cleaning up the streets of oakland isnt just about cleaning up trash. Its also about cleaning up oaklands reputation. The primary thing is, is counter this perception that everythings all bad, right . Yes, there are problems in oakland, but we believe that the solution is us banding together as a community. For the past three weeks, Community Ready corp has been working with other Community Groups to clean up oaklands encampments on thursday, they were out along west grand avenue near downtown. It was trash here. We cleaned up all this trash behind here, behind this fence right here. They gave out new tents and sleeping bags, gift cards, food and free haircuts. They got rid of furniture and tires off the street and moved tents onto the sidewalks. We can make sure that the streets are safe to drive, safe for people to walk across, because we want to make sure people will be able to walk down the street, feel comfortable and feel safe, and not have to worry about furniture and stuff and trash to see a Community Organization say, you know, we got your back. I think its what oakland is really made of. And thats the oakland that most people dont get to see. Oakland City Council Member carol fife represents district three, which is believed to have the largest number of encampments and illegal dumping. She says cleanliness is tied to public safety. Shes working with businesses in the city to make sure these streets stay clean. I see a refrigerator, unsheltered people dont have refrigerators just lying around or tires like giant tractor tires. So were going to do our best to try to figure out through the use of cameras, whats going on here. And 24 hour patrols of the area. Organizers say theres still a need for a more permanent solution. But in the meantime, theyll be back out here occasionally to monitor and help maintain clean streets. Sometimes folks are complaining about how difficult it is to navigate these communities, but our position is when you come with respect and resources, you can get anything done out here in oakland, anser hassan. Abc seven news. Its International Womens day this year, womens march the march in San Francisco was done in solidarity with the palestinian people. Hundreds gathering on market street, along with a coalition of local feminist, queer and womens organizations. One Organizer Says this collective resistance honors the fact that violence against women is connected to state repression, fascism, and wars of aggression. They marched from civic center through downtown and then finished with a rally. The National Transportation safety board has launched an investigation into the incident at sfo, when a tire fell off a united plane that was taking off. Its just the latest mishap affecting united flights and boeing planes. This morning, another scare, a united boeing 737 max eight rolled off the runway in houston and ended up like that. No one was injured, but the aircraft did become tilted when it came to a stop at 2470 7ic in the grass, rolling the trucks in route. Hey, you guys seeing anything in the app section . Anything that would indicate, something was wrong back there . This happened just one day after a tire fell off on a united plane taking off from sfo for osaka, japan. When that tire came loose and crushed several cars at a nearby parking lot, the plane made an Emergency Landing safely in los angeles. I thought that it was just going to crush that car and stay there, but it actually bounced again really high tire still spinning, and then it landed on a red tesla and completely totaled and crushed the red tesla. On monday, the engine of a united boeing 737 900 plane caught fire. Atlanta safely in florida. A new trial began today for the two bay area men who were convicted in the killing of a Police Officer in italy. This is a story thats been closely watched by the abc seven news iteam, former Marin High School classmates finn elder and Gabriel Natale yort appeared in court in rome this morning. Italys highest Court Ordered a new trial after concluding the two men may not have known that the victim was actually a Police Officer because of their limited grasp of the italian language. The victim was one of two officers in street clothes who approached the defendants after a failed drug buy while they were on a night out. This is back in 2019 and that officer was stabbed to death. Elder and natalia yort were convicted in 2021. Theyve been in prison in italy since then. Their next hearing is a month away. Now, if you want more on this story, you can watch the Award Winning documentary that was produced by iteam reporter dan noyes. It was excellent. Its called 32 seconds a deadly night in rome. You can watch it at abc seven news. Com or wherever you stream abc seven news. The owner of a once Popular Union square restaurant is going to prison as part of the San Francisco city hall corruption scandal. Nick bovis, owner of lefty aldos dalhoff brau, was sentenced to nine months in prison by a federal judge. Investigators say bovis used a charity he ran to launder money for former public works director mohammed nuru. At one point, recology donated 60,000 to the lefty odouls foundation for kids, but the money was instead used for parties for nuru and for his staff. All right, now on to the us economy and a better than expected february jobs report. The bureau of labor statistics says the economy added 275,000 jobs last month. But despite that gain, the Unemployment Rate actually inched up from 3. 7 to 3. 9. Federal reserve chair Jerome Powell has told congress he believes the central bank will dial back Interest Rates this year. President biden took credit for the improving economy in his state of the Union Address last night. He also talked about Artificial Intelligence, saying he wants to harness the promise of it, especially one element that had a direct impact on him. Abc seven News Reporter zach fuentes spoke with experts about what the president and lawmakers are able to do with the Fast Growing Technology to harness the promise of ai to protect us from peril. Ban ai voice of personal and more a short but powerful statement on Artificial Intelligence made by the president in his state of the Union Thursday night. The words giving some indication about how he plans to mitigate the risk of ai. The president experienced one of those risks firsthand. We had that incident of some kind of ai generated the voice of the president in New Hampshire. Abc news obtained audio of the call and impersonated the president and told people to save their vote for the general election instead of participating in the New Hampshire primary. Last month, the fcc got involved. Fcc clarified that under the tcpa, which is the Telephone Consumer Protection Act that was enacted in 1991, that i voice calls are considered artificial. So those those artificial calls are largely prohibited already. But attorney joe lawler says bidens comments could mean he wants to expand protections against ai generated voices. I think what biden is talking about is broader than that, but he wants to talk about the use of ai generated voice in any medium, right posts on the internet, videos, songs, etc. That generally falls under right of publicity law. Right of publicity law varies state by state. When i hear biden talk about outlawing ai voice impersonation, i think hes referring to a potential federal law that would cover all ai voice impersonation in all of the states. Lawmakers have put into place a draft law called the no fakes act. Its a bipartisan proposal, but still has critics. One of their criticisms has been that this is just too early, right . We should wait for the technology to develop first before we start enacting laws, because we know it can be very difficult to amend and change those laws. Lawler said that as the technology grows, legal guidance will likely improve as more courts deal with the issues. Meanwhile, following bidens remarks, he said we could expect to hear more from the president and lawmakers. Im assuming that proposal and others will gain more prominence, given the attention paid by biden at the state of the union, zach fuentes abc seven news. Coming up on abc seven news at four, we are counting down to the oscars. 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Hi, lose. Hi, lose. You look great. Hey, guys. Oh, thank you so much. You guys, we are in hollywood, and the oscars are set to start in two days. And there are oscar parties happening all across this town. Were at one of them. This is a woman in film. Oscar Nominee Party set to start in the next two hours. In this black carpet. So i will bring you the latest in the upcoming newscast before we get to that, lets talk about our bay area nominees in the oscar documentary short category, there are three nominees from the bay area out of five of them. So chances of us taking an oscar this year in the bay area are pretty high. Move over los angeles. The bay area talent is strong at the oscars this year intimate story of two fremont grandmothers and their filmmaker grandson documenting their daily lives in nanhai and weibo. Account. Do they feel like movie stars right now . I hope so, they they, i think they feel they feel seen in a way that i hoped the movie would do for them to exploring americas wealth gap in the barber of little rock. Christine, congratulations on your oscar nomination. This is so exciting. Thank you so much. Thats amazing. Its incredible. Very surreal. I never imagined in a million years that i would be in this position. And leo changs documentary, island in between, focusing on the taiwanese islands of kinmen, just two miles off the coast of china, three documentaries representing the bay area well at the academy awards. You were born and raised in San Francisco, and youre also nominated in the same category with two other filmmakers who are also from the bay area. I mean, whats happening here . This is incredible. It is it is, i mean, not only did i never think i would be nominated for an oscar, i didnt anticipate that i would be able to, you know, share the category with another filmmaking colleague of mine, leo chang, who ive known for many years. Directors Christine Turner and john hoffman spent a year following the story of arlo washington in arkansas. Barber, who started a college to train future barbers and a loan fund to help his community. Economic justice is right and wrongs fixing the system know, some type of repayment for injustice. And there are so many arlos out there. Are you hoping they also feel seen through your film . Im hoping that the that the film reaches all different kinds of audiences, because im hoping that people who know nothing about the issues of the wealth gap, you know, learn something from the film. I hope that people who are doing similar kinds of work as arlo is doing can see themselves and recognize themselves on screen. Shaun wong spent almost a year living with his grandmothers in fremont. His documentary capturing a glimpse into their lives. Heres the moment they found out their story was nominated. I think is a really honest portrait of all the different sides of my grandmothers, and we really got to just trap them in amber. And when they do eventually pass away, you know, we get to kind of keep their spirits alive. Both john and christine now, oscar nominees hoping to inspire the next generation asian. Whats your message to up and coming filmmakers in the bay area . I would say just focus on the work, make the best film that you know how to make, tell the story that youre most passionate about. I would say dont make movies to be nominated, you know, make movies that speak to you rooting for all our bay area talent and a cool fact, actually, sean went back to fremont after his oscar nomination and shot his first feature film, a love letter to fremont. Incredible so excited for everyone in that category to win you know what . If one of them wins, the bay area wins. Oh, totally. I think were gonna win angeles. Okay. But we got to know is are seans grandmothers wiper and nina going to actually show up there on the red carpet . Okay, you know, i had to ask. Of course. I was like, hey, are your grandmothers coming . I want to meet them. And hes like, yeah, theyre definitely coming. Theyre getting dressed up by very, very prominent Fashion Designers here in la, and theyre getting their makeup done. The whole thing. He says that theyre feeling like movie stars, so i cant wait to meet them. Thats awesome. You know, just seeing the video of them reacting to the nomination is so cool. Its awesome. They already feel like stars. Just wait till sunday. Yeah thanks, liz. Okay, our live coverage doesnt end there. Lous returns at 5 00 to show us how shes highlighting the work of a bay area Fashion Designer on the red carpet at the oscars. And, of course, stay with us throughout the weekend leading up to sunday at 4 p. M. When jimmy kimmel host the oscars here on abc seven. It may be good oscar watching weather like inside on sunday, if you know what i mean. Right . I know its so nice today, but sandhya, do we have to give this up, you will have to give it up. But not entirely and not immediately. But like larry said, kristen, it is definitely going to be good weather to watch the oscars from home here. Speaking of the oscars, lets take a look at the forecast where luis is outside of dolby theater in los angeles. Its going to be mild and mostl