>> okay. now it's dry. but keep in mind the rain is not over. >> not yet. spencer christian here with the wet weather forecast, a little bit of a respite right now. >> a little bit of a respite is right, larry is dry right now, but another storm is on its way. another cold front sweeping in our direction. as you can see on the satellite radar composite image. and it will start to push into the bay area during the overnight hours. so this storm on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale is a level one light storm producing scattered showers. rainfall totals up to about a third of an inch, and the roadways will be slick and slow. travel of course. here's the forecast animation starting at midnight. and notice by the time the morning commute begins, 5 a.m. or so, we'll see little pockets of showers sweeping into the bay area and by midday it will be more widespread into the afternoon hours. it might even be some heavier, steadier rain before it all winds down tomorrow evening, giving way to clearing skies tomorrow night and rainfall totals once again. we project will be generally under a 10th of an inch in the north bay, but higher totals down on the peninsula into the east bay and up to about a third of an inch in the south bay.

i'll have the complete accuweather seven day forecast a little bit later. larry spencer, see you with that in a few minutes. >> crews are working to prevent problems along highway 17 by trimming trees over the next few days. and as abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey found out, this is going to cause some delays in the short terme. but it could be a big help during winter storms. >> heads up drivers highway 17. roads are going to be a bit busier than normal this week. part of the northbound road is closing as caltrans does work to keep it open for the long haul this winter storm season. >> we don't uh- lightly take a close the lane during the daytime on highway 17 because there's approximately 65,000 average travelers on it every day. the idea there is really preventative maintenance, keeping the drainage infrastructure clear and functioning during future rain events. >> to do that, crews are closing one lane from vine hill road up to the summit from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. as they trim trees, clear brush and clean out the drainage

system. i'm kevin drabinski with caltrans, says the more debris cleared now, the better chance of it not blocking the roadways later. this is especially important after the issues last winter. drabinski says crews are still cleaning up the mess from those atmospheric rivers. >> i think if you ask any local in the santa cruz mountains, they would say that it was an unusual year in that we had 21 consecutive atmospheric rivers. the repeated nature of these coming one after another, just lining up and doing the damage saturated the ground, and that led to many different road closures. >> in january, a landslide stopped traffic to the santa cruz mountains and february trees brought down power poles across all lanes of traffic, even ice and snow halted the south bay's corridor to and from the beach, he says they can't stop the weather, but they can work around it to the extent that we can get out there in reasonable weather and in winter, a little bit lighter, traffic and take care of this drainage infrastructure, we have a better chance of keeping the

roadway open for commuters and for emergency responders. >> when it comes time to respond during rain events in the future, if all goes according to schedule, the tree trimming and road closures will wrap up on thursday, along highway 17 and the santa cruz mountains. >> dustin dawsey abc seven news we do want to remind you you can track the forecast anytime with the very same live doppler seven that spencer and our weather team use. >> just search abc seven bay area in your device's app store to download it now. >> air travel passengers dealing with yet another day of delays and cancellations because of that alaska airlines incident, where part of a boeing 737 max nine jet broke off the plane mid-air. want to give you a live look right now at san francisco international airport? there were dozens of delays again today. abc seven news reporter lena howland has the details. >> i wasn't so worried about the for another plug blowing off, but as i was about just the flight being canceled, leslie and her husband neil say as soon

as they saw they'd be boarding a 737 max nine plane, they changed their flight to avoid any travel hassles. >> the only problem was having to show up to the airport. 12 hours earlier. we had direct flight to austin, but now we're going to seattle, sit around there for a couple of hours, and then and then fly to austin. >> it's making the trip about what, at least four hours longer, more, probably five hours longer that flight, that's a small price to pay. >> united airlines crews found loose bolts during preliminary inspections of its 737 max nine fleet and alaska airlines says its inspectors also discovered some loose hardware here on abc tuesday morning, ntsb chair jennifer homendy revealed new information about the plane involved in friday's incident. >> in this situation, the fittings at the top of the door plug fractured when these events occur, significant events occur. we have to figure out what happened here. and so because we

want to prevent it from happening again, alaska airlines said their crews have prepared each aircraft to be immediately ready for the required inspections as soon as the instructions become available. >> we're told these inspections could take up to eight hours per plane at sfo. lena howland abc seven news east bay congressman mark desaulnier is calling that alaska incident unacceptable and also urging congress to pass legislation that he introduced nearly two years ago. >> he issued this statement saying, quote, my safe landings act would address several aviation safety issues. also at play here, including increasing transparency of maintenance, repair. work. desaulnier says he also supports legislation that would require cockpit voice recorders. store 25 hours worth of audio data. >> developing news out of ecuador now where armed men stormed a television studio during a broadcast today, guns shots were heard as workers are forced onto the floor. police responded and ecuador's attorney general says 13 people were arrested and will face terrorism

charges. this is one of several violent incidents around the country, and it comes after notorious drug lord escaped from prison. ecuador's president has declared a state of emergency tsay. >> a marin county woman is in custody accused of stabbing her mother to death in an altercation that was broadcast on facebook live. police arrested 28 year old tonantzin beltran inside an apartment around five yesterday evening on crest way in san rafael. officers responded after getting calls from witnesses who were at the scene and from those who viewed the incident on facebook live. that video has since been taken down. a public memorial for fallen oakland police officer tuan lay will be held tomorrow morning. >> the 36 year old was shot and killed while responding to a burglary near jack london square ten days ago. the service will be at three crosses church in castro valley and will be live streamed tomorrow on our streaming platforms, starting at ten and a small memorial for officer lay is set up inside the oakland federal building. before he joined the police force, lay

worked security at that building . >> the san mateo county board of supervisors voted to buy a 50 acre lot that will be turned into housing. the land just off of highway one will make a big difference, potentially for the farmworking community in the area. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena takes a look at the plan. >> it's a 50 acre nursery that has been closed since 2019, and soon it could become a center for farm workers to live and grow their own businesses. >> it's an amazing first step, and the fact that there's it isn't that often that this much land comes along. >> this morning, san mateo county board of supervisors voted to buy the lot for $9 million. this in response to the deplorable housing conditions that surfaced almost a year ago after seven farm workers were killed during a mass shooting in half moon bay. supervisor mueller has been behind this site, and a second one for months. >> i went and i looked at where the farm workers were living at

that site and then we put together a task force here at the county that went and inspected every farm and ranch. we really came to. the conclusion is that if you really want to go ahead and make an impact and provide housing, you build it at scale. >> their plan is to build at least 100 units of housing for farm workers at this site. what does it mean that this decision was made almost a year since the mass shooting? >> it means a lot. it's uh- something that you're not able to explain, you know, in words, you know, the feeling of it. you know, uh, how things are happening in our community. we are we really doing things? yes, we are. and this is proof. >> for years, halfmoon bay's vice mayor, joaquin jimenez, has been dreaming to create a co-op that would also turn farm workers into farmers. and this site will be used for that. >> you have the opportunity not to triple. it, maybe even

quadruple your business, your income and that's been the vision. all the infrastructure is pretty much here already. what a connection. electricity pretty much everything is. here. >> the county has until july 15th to make sure the site is up to standard before the actual purchase, but for now, this vote is a sign of hope. >> the fact that the board of supervisors has approved this funding to go towards housing for agricultural workers. it's a dream. come true in half moon bay. >> luz pena abc seven news. >> and shortly after the half moon bay shooting, abc seven news reporter luz pena spent days with farm workers there. she highlights the challenges with farm worker housing in hidden crisis. tragedy in half moon bay. you can watch that program on abc seven news.com or the abc seven bay area app in the east bay, antioch's mayor is pushing back against landlords he claims are negligent.

>> abc seven news reporter ryan curry tells us about a plan to hold them accountable. >> this center was once the place to shop in antioch. frank sterling remembers those days as uh- right over behind us here was like the roundtable pizza longs. >> lucky's all the stores where my parents shopped, growing up as a kid. now it's practically a ghost town trash everywhere, windows boarded up, broken glass in the parking lot. >> practically no shoppers. mayor lamar thorpe puts some of the blame on the landlords of these buildings. he announced tuesday the city would take legal action. >> well, all we've utilized up to this point is code enforcement and some fines, but obviously we need to take greater legal action to ensure that we get these properties in a state that is fair to everybody. >> the delta fair shopping center has a lot of empty buildings. unhoused have used some of these buildings for shelter. sometimes causing major problems. nisha torres family store is still closed after a fire broke out back in october. in the abandoned building next

to it. >> basically there were there was a homeless encampment inside of the old food max building that led to the fires and our family business. of 22 years was read tagged, she says has been abandoned for more than ten years and claims the landlords haven't made an effort to find a new tenant. >> she says they've allowed unhoused to take it over, but there were upwards of like 50 homeless people living inside of the old food max building, so it's. because you know, it just kind of went unnoticed. >> it it fell on deaf ears. >> i'm not sure the property is owned by true family, llc. we reached out to them and have not heard back yet. the owners applied to redevelop this land into a housing unit back in 2020, when they were also concerned about blight. but mayor thorpe and others on the council voted to pause the project over concerns about the landlord.

>> he's not here to answer questions and i'm not supporting anything and i don't know if my colleagues feel the same, but i'm not supporting anything until you can answer our questions. this is about trust, and i don't trust them. the owner of that property, we had issues with, he owned several other properties in antioch that are run down and that are not to the to the standards that we want to see. >> the plaza remains unchanged. it's currently a place people do not want to shop in. antioch ryan curry, abc seven news jose police chief anthony mata will soon be leaving the department for a new job. >> mata will step down in march to take a job as the investigations bureau chief for the santa clara county district attorney's office. he's been with the police department for 28 years, the last three as chief. >> new, harder to evade fare gates. but how well do they really work? we go on a stakeout at bart, plus new developments in the plan to close a grocery store to build more housing. >> we'll tell you who's stepping in, and we go live to chase center. draymond green had a big

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neighborhood. we have a great community here who do and want to support us, but i think it's just taking time. glenn park is one of the top five san francisco neighborhoods with a decrease in sales tax revenue from quarter 2 in 2019 to quarter 2 in 2023. it never really came back to the same levels that it was before the pandemic, marcella wackett says. pebbles cafe used to be particularly crowded in the morning, when commuters would stop in on their way to bart or the bus. >> the mornings are pretty dead, like we don't really see the same rush. >> the tenderloin saw the greatest decrease in sales tax revenue from quarter two, 2019 to quarter two, 2023, while south of market tied with glen park, followed by the financial district, south beach and golden gate park. >> we don't have the customers anymore. everybody is shopping online, tony juarez says. >> this glen park pet store has been struggling and as you can see, i didn't sell a lot during christmas. but where some neighborhoods are struggling to rebound post-pandemic, others are thriving. doing even better than before. covid 19 brought a

lot of tourists come eunice lee owns j market in japantown. she also owns zen esthetics. >> starting 2022, starting better and better. >> japantown is one of the top five neighborhoods that has seen an increase in sales tax revenue from quarter two, 2019 to quarter two, 2023. it may be because of the types of businesses, tourists and locals frequent here. sometimes we see people really moving in and going, where are they all going? >> uh, i would say restaurants. >> steven jordan owns sakura. sakura in the japantown mall. i see people waiting on lines for restaurants all the time. aside from japantown, sea cliff tops the list for the highest percent increase in sales tax revenue from quarter two, 2019 to quarter two, 2023, followed by treasure island, the presidio and potrero hill round out the list. after japantown. while these neighborhoods might be thriving on paper, jordan says his retail store still faces challenges. >> we're showing now. last six months, there's been sort of a decline in in foot traffic from

one end of the city to another for businesses doing their best to stay open. >> i have hope. i have hope here in san francisco. >> melanie woodrow, abc seven news. san francisco supervisor dean preston introduced a resolution to keep an historic safeway from closing. >> preston says closing the only full service grocery store in that area would harm fillmore and japantown communities. the storm has been in that location for 40 years. >> apple co-founder steve wozniak trying to breathe some new life into his lawsuit against youtube today. wozniak and his lawyers appealed a 2021 ruling where a judge rejected his claims that youtube violated his rights by allowing the use of his image in videos promoting a bitcoin scam. >> he did nothing. they wouldn't respond to us. we couldn't get to them. stop this from happening. all they had to do was have a programmer say if anything comes up saying wozniak offering bitcoin, shut it down. >> currently, federal law protects social media platforms

from being sued for their users content. we reached out to google for a statement. they own youtube. we have yet to hear back. >> all right, moving on to the weather. i had a shoot outside today. and of course, what happens after we're done with the shoot when it's raining, it stops raining. you seem upset by that. >> should we blame spencer christian? >> no, that's not what i'm implying. >> yeah. had you watched my forecast animation last night? oh on wednesday, maybe you should watch more tv. >> dionne. oh, excuse me, they're still talking while i'm on camera. >> here's a look at what's happening with our weather. let's go to the satellite radar composite image. the cold front that swept through this morning is out of here, but another one is on the way. as you can see, coming down from our northwest and ahead of that front, winds are pretty gusty. right now, up to 32mph. at oakland we have 28 mile per hour gusts at sfo, and the clouds will be getting a little bit thicker later tonight. but right now we've got partly to mostly clear skies, 54 degrees here in san francisco, mid 50s also at oakland, san

jose, san mateo, half moon bay and 57 at hayward. nice view at the golden gate where it's bright and breezy. of the temperature readings at this hour, down to 48 and santa rosa. pretty chilly up there, 52 at petaluma and upper 50s at napa, fairfield, concord and livermore. let's check out our forecast headlines for the next few days. lightrillionain and showers will come our way tomorrow, thursday. look for morning chill and then sunshine throughout the day. but friday and saturday we return to an unsettled pattern of a mix of clouds and some sun and chances of rain. our forecast. excuse me, our abc seven exclusive storm impact scale shows that the approaching storm is a level one storm, about the same intensity as the storm we had this morning, but it will produce scattered showers and rainfall totals up to about 3/3500 of an inch. so that's a little bit more rainfall than we got out of the earlier system today. so forecast animation looks like this mainly clear skies at midnight, but by 5 a.m, as the morning commute is getting underway, we'll see little pockets of showers pushing onshore, moving down

through the golden gate later in the day, showers will have spread to all parts of the bay area, and in the afternoon hours we'll see some steadier, heavier showers and more widespread. but it will all start to wind down by mid evening tomorrow, and then skies will clear. the rainfall totals will be anywhere from just under a 10th of an inch in parts of the north bay, to about a quarter of an inch to a third of an inch in the wettest locations, and overnight lows will be mainly in the mid to upper 30s. in the inland areas. low 40s around the bay. shoreline. highs tomorrow in a narrow range, mainly mid or mid to upper 50s and in the sierra. winter storm warning will be in effect for the western slopes of the sierra, including the greater lake tahoe area. from 4 a.m. tomorrow to 4 a.m. thursday. and we're talking about 1 to 2ft of new snow possible, with winds gusting up to 50mph. so obviously driving conditions there will be quite challenging, if not impossible. here's the accuweather seven day forecast after tomorrow's level one storm, we get bright sunshine and a chilly morning on thursday. clouds increase on friday, showers return on saturday with lingering showers

into sunday morning. sunnier skies on monday, which is martin luther king junior day but then partly cloudy again next tuesday. >> i paid laser focus attention to that forecast. now you know when to schedule your shoot for tomorrow. yes sir. >> or are you are you shooting tomorrow? >> i mean, next time i shoot, any time i shoot from now on. >> okay? >> just always check with spencer. always thank you. spencer. all right, all right. coming up. a lifeguard gets a visit from a very special little friend. >> i'm chris alvarez, live at chase center. draymond green back on the practice floor. his first remarks since meeting with the bay area media. we got that in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smart, efficient, savvy. making the most of every opportunity.

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p m now. today the warriors are back at practice. abc seven's chris alvarez joining us live at chase center, where draymond green spoke with the bay area media for the first time since his suspension. ian, i thought one anecdote was really interesting. chris, where draymond said the therapist told him right off the bat, if you're just here to satisfy some requirement to get back to play, you're wasting your time and mine and draymond said, no, i know i need to be here for yeah, larry, there's a lot of interesting comments and that was one of them that draymond really has been focusing as he said on his podcast, being a champion of change. >> he wants to make this commitment to get better and to not have these kind of situations pop up. and as you

know draymond has been 17 games this year due to suspension. the first time that five games for rudy gobert and then the 12 gamer with jusuf nurkic she hit him back in phenix about a month ago. and so draymond is back on the practice court ramping up getting ready for game action. uh- he did practice the team today. he there is no official timeline on when he's going to return. but he told us he wants to be back as soon as possible. we know the warriors have been struggling all season, kind of really prior to return of the team, sunday spent about three and a half weeks away from the team taking part in those meetings that you mentioned, larry, and spending a lot of time in deep self reflection, he addressed the comments he made on his podcast about potentially retiring and said that would really be running and hiding from the issue. he didn't want to do that. he wants to end things on his own terms. eventually and after his time away, he says he feels refreshed and ready to join his teammates back on the floor. >> it wasn't like some injury caused me off the floor, so it's very urgent because i've cost my team enough, you know? i've cost this organization enough. it's not a time for me to just come back and be like, all right, i'm

going to take my time and get back when i can. no, like you caused this yourself. you know, there's a human component to this as well. you sit home and you watch these games, and as a competitor, you want to help. i'm coming back from a suspension, not an injury. and so there's a huge sense of urgency. and i pushed it like crazy today. and i'm going to push it like crazy every day until i can get back on the floor. and draymond we all know he's an emotional player. >> he kind of pushes the limits, pushes the line. he talked about those antics kind of getting in the way in the past. and he wants to get over those. he thinks he can play larry without using the antics. we'll wait and see when he gets tested for the first time in any sort of high emotional game situation where he doesn't agree with maybe an opposing teammate or an opposing player, or a referee, it'll all wait to be seen. and tomorrow, 530 tip off. n't rget leave work early and watch the game on our air.f y're not at chase center, yes, all the bosses will approve it. >> don't worry. thank you chris. the warriors and pels playing here. our coverage begins tomorrow night. the pre games at five on abc seven followed by after the game from 8 to 9 a

surprise for a lifeguard working at mavericks near half moon bay. >> take a look. this is the moment drake stanley encountered a young sea lion just perched atop his jet ski. look at that face, stanley says. the sea lion pup may have been running away from sharks nearby and gotten separated with its mother. marine rescue eventually was called and helped take over of the care for the pup. stanley named his new buddy bubbles that is really precious. >> he's cute. hopefully bubbles is safe back with mom. all right, just ahead, the fight against fare evaders, millions of dollars lost to passengers who've gotten around the fare gates in the past. >> they say it's been a complete game changer. we wanted to have something physical, so we have the physical equipment in it that's going to lock those gates so they cannot be penetrated. >> and we wanted to put the new bart gates to

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part of building a better bay area is making sure there are public transit system is both safe and economically viable now. >> for years, bart has struggled to keep fare evaders off trains, and two weeks ago, bart began testing new seven foot gates at the west oakland station. >> on thursday, the transit agency will reveal exactly where they'll be installed next, so are they doing what they intended to do? lyanne melendez, you've been covering this story. it seems like, for years. everybody puzzled. what do we do about this issue? yeah, you know, i spent two days there and several hours testing it, seeing what's going on. >> and you know, i think bart is saying right now, why didn't we try this years ago? because it works. now, is this 100% effective? well come on, nothing is. but bart hopes it will deter those people from doing what they have grown accustomed ed for years.

unannounced at the west oakland station. nobody officials were contacted this way. we could observe and record whether or not the new fare gates were effective at deterring evaders. bart is testing several prototypes to see which door material makes more sense. why these seven foot gates? let's refresh your memory. for years, the transit agency has struggled to stop anyone with any kind of athletic skill or will who avoided paying by jumping, sliding, squeezing, following or yes, crawling. it's hard to put a cost on how much bart loses out yearly, but the transit agency believes it loses between 15 and $25 million in unpaid fares. this way. that brings us back to 2024 and the west oakland station as bart tries to deter evaders by hardening its

system. we were there for nearly two hours. let's just say we've never seen so many people buying or adding money to their clipper cards. and during that time, we saw only one person who piggybacked off another paying passenger. so you've been taking bart for a long time, i suspect, right? yeah. >> a long time. >> did you ever jump? yeah a couple times. >> and now this one is the only one. i can't do it on. >> to be fair, we believe two other riders mistake only went through without realizing they were doing anything wrong by the way, kids five and older are expected to pay. others tried but were unsuccessful. you don't . myself, i he never did this man on his bicycle. apparently had used the emergency gate before to exit without paying, but this time it was locked. bart employees asked to see his card. we're just learning. he was told he had to pay just like everybody else. he then left by

going back up to the platform to get off at another bart station that doesn't have the new gates, and presumably without paying to confirm our findings, we decided to return to the same station the following day. this time, we met up with a bart spokesperson. i can speak anecdotally, and from what i've heard from the station agents, they say it's been a complete game changer. when bart signed the $90 million contract with s traffic, a south korean company, they asked for gates that were harder to push through than any other in the world. we wanted to have something physical, so we have the physical equipment in it that's going to lock those gates so they cannot be penetrated. and the mechanical locking brake has yet to be installed. but even without it, it was hard to push through. could i try? you can try. okay >> well, let's see >> granted, most people are stronger than i am. bart is working on other issues for example, people were used to the

old system of just tap and go with this new software. bart riders have to hold it for a little longer. we've noticed it and we're working on it. there's a little bit of delay sometimes for some of the clipper users. yeah, we're before it used to be bang bang, bang, one after the other. and that's why we're testing it. we're working on that timing right now. even when that gets addressed, there will still be those who get past without paying. today we saw a few who followed closely behind another person, or waited for the right moment to go through. despite warnings from the station agent. hey, hey, you're supposed to go one at a time. >> we did see people coming down the stairs and then going right back up to go. >> probably to a different station. we expected that. but i mean, from our riders, they're telling us they like it. this is something that they've been asking for. they want people to pay their fair share. we saw proof of that when one man tried to exit without paying. by getting behind this bicyclist, but the bicyclist refused to let him go through, and both got

into a heated argument, which led to an exchange of words outside the station. bart country i think some people are just really determined to not pay to get in the system, and if they want to figure out a way to do that, they're going to figure out a way to do that. this is going to make it much harder for so that exchange that you just saw is a true example of how tired people are with fare evaders. now, the project calls for all stations to have new fare gates by the end of 2025. i think people just got used to not paying in the sense they were saying basically, well, why should i pay if that person and that person isn't paying? and that's not the right attitude to have, and look at the lengths that that one individual took to go back on, to go to another station. that's right. so when he could have paid or maybe he doesn't have the money, as we indicated before, system wide 2025 2025. >> all right. that's great. >> end of 2025. all right. >> thank you. liane sure. >> well, seeking to crack down on auto burglaries and smash and grab retail theft, governor

newsom is asking legislators to come up with new laws. the governor wants to expand the penalties to include not only the thieves, but those who sell stolen merchandise. he's also asking to make it easier for law enforcement to arrest those involved in property crimes. >> coming up more delays for sending americans back to the moon, and how about a pet for your pet? the fo

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another round of delays in its artemis moon landing program. the first nasa moon flyby is now expected to happen sometime in 2025. the news came just an hour after a private u.s. company scrapped plans to land on the moon because of a fuel leak. um, you know, a setback, and we haven't been to the moon in a long time. but spencer, i remember a comedian saying when the three richest men on the planet, elon musk, jeff bezos and richard branson are all looking for ways to get off this planet, right? maybe they know something. what is it? >> they know that we don't know. yeah. and so far, the efforts are well. the jury's not in y they're they're doing well, but they're not staying on the schedule they had originally planned. which happens when nasa launches satellites as well. >> and there's so many other factors to i mean, we're talking about weather and, you know, technical issues. >> yeah. got to make sure you do

it safely. yeah, exactly. and the sheer cost because that's part of what cost is shrunk nasa down considerably. >> all right. well new technology is coming to your tv screen lg has unveiled a very big and very, very transparent television. yeah. look at this closely. you can see right through it even when it's on its 77in. it's expected to go on sale this year. the price that hasn't been announced. but according to abc news, lg says it will be, quote, very, very expensive. so i saw where that was going. you think i mean, what do you think the benefits to this are? my television is perfectly fine the way it is. >> none. >> which i see a possible drawback as a kid who ran into a glass door once because it was so clean, i didn't know it was shut. my first thought was, am i going to run into that right? >> i mean, it's a it's a conversation starter. if you have people coming over, i guess. yeah >> and with this tv, you won't

be able to cover up things you don't want people to see because great point, right? >> all those cords, those wires. i have a lot of questions about this. >> so we won't be transparent though if when we're on the like they won't see through us. maybe they already we can see right through. >> i was going to say the same thing. >> they already know everything. >> why do i do this? thank you spencer. now to the future in dog sitting. how about a robot friend? there's a tech startup called augmin robotics. they created this pet robot and the robot has a name. it's auro. now the robot. look at that kid. >> play fetch. oh, cool. >> it can give your dog food and uses ai through its microphone and camera to understand your dog's needs. if that's even possible. i guess it is the price. like just like the tv, but a little less expensive. $800. i i wonder, would a dog be afraid of this? >> it would be afraid. louis. mhm >> yeah, i have one of those. it's like a little dog camera for when you're out and you can

see your dog and it also spews out little pellets of treats and i watch it and my dog is petra fied. it's like whoa, where did that come from. and how come there's no parent around? so i could totally see it freaking out. >> yeah, louis hates the nest voice when she's saying something or testing the smoke detectors. i don't think he would respond well to it, but i am in need of a dog sitter, so i don't know. maybe i should look into it. >> an $800 one, i don't know, not that much. >> yeah. >> all right. >> oh, it's just amazing that, you know, it can even do that. i'm i'm stunned. >> all right. uh, finally. now, surveillance from an arizona shelter caught one husky on a mission for a midnight snack. the dog watch carefully broke out of his kennel. then the door of the room and the other dogs were locked in. he then wandered into another room where he knocked down and ate some doggy snacks. an officer eventually showed up, turned off the security alarm, and cleaned up

the puppy's mess. i mean, isn't that what you do? if you did a jail break? also, smart dog opening that door? yeah, i mean, trying to free, you know, his his, i don't know, not cell mates, but his roommates mates. >> but did he bust his other buddies out? no. >> he just wanted food. >> yeah. no, he just wanted to eat. he didn't want to. he didn't want to really escape. escape? he just wanted to get some more food. he could have used that robot to get food for him. oh, you know, you know where that dog would be really dangerous, huh? the bart faregates. oh, he's. he's going to get through that. yeah. no time. all right. that's it for the ford

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♪ could artificial intelligence help alleviate traffic congestion and make our freeways and highways safer? caltrans is asking tech companies to submit their ideas on how to do that. computers already monitor traffic, but when it comes to studying trends and figuring out what to do, caltrans says i can do it a lot faster than what people can do. >> ai is really opening up those possibilities of taking like millions of points of data that caltrans collects on a regular basis, and that's traffic volume data. that's traffic speed data, that's freight mobility data. and being able to analyze that

very quickly, much quicker than our own engineers can do on a regular basis. >> director tavares says that allows his engineers to then come up with strategies for specific, heavy traffic areas. according to caltrans statistics around 4000 people die on our state's roadways annually. that averages out to 12 people a day that includes pedestrians, bicyclists and caltrans workers. the idea of using ai to help ease traffic and improve safety for motorists. we spoke with today believe it's a good idea. >> i think any time that you can get the human out of the equation and i know that that's super controversial. uh- i think it's going to be really helpful because though we think we're really smart, i think an algorithm that only does this one thing, we'll probably do it better. >> what about human intelligence specifically? drivers part of the plan is to instill and educate all of us to be more responsible when we get behind

the wheel. >> we are partnering with the california highway patrol, the office of traffic safety, the department of motor vehicles to help educate our drivers and really going into high schools and educate our younger drivers. so we get them early before they actually get on the roadways and start teaching them the importance of driving within the speed limit and driving safer. >> caltrans has scheduled what they're calling a bidders conference for thursday for companies to ask questions about what the agency wants, said garcia. abc seven news tropicana orange juice is going without the eye. >> we'll explain. it's releasing limited edition bottles that removes the letters a and i from its name. you can see the bottle here with the trop cn on the label. it's a cheeky marketing stunt designed to highlight that there is nothing artificial about its juice. >> it's the latest and greatest in technology on display this week for the annual consumer electronics show in las vegas. there's real focus on digital health. we got a look at some of

the cool items that might be coming to a store near you. >> the first uh- is a clothing technology. it's called westum. it looks like normal leggings. looks like normal socks, but it actually uses the electric energy that your body produces through motion to re-energize your muscles. so when you're running, when you're working out, all you need is to put these on and you are going to reduce your fatigue. you're going to speed up recovery time. we're all, you know, active and running around, but sleep. no one is getting enough sleep these days. uh- so this is the tip track sleep tracker. it just connects right to your finger. it monitors what you do while you're sleeping, but then it coaches you and it connects to your home smart hub. so if you've got an alexa or if you've got a google home, this this will connect. and if you need a darker sleeping environment, it will adjust the lights for you. if you need more ambient sound, it will turn on your speakers. >> want those socks running faster? uh. there's all kinds of

robots and other gadgets. they got plenty of devices, many of them relying on artificial intelligence. s ces runs through friday. >> so you know what i saw online that was very frightening. i mean, i weather person oh, that is scary. >> that that person could not have been as competent as spencer. no no. >> and nowhere near as charming. yes, it was a fake person. a fake person, yeah, a fake person. yeah. >> keep keep keep going. >> oh, no. you want us to talk over you? i see where this is going. >> scary. what is not scary, though, is the approaching storm is going to be a light one. it's a level one on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. it'll start tomorrow morning during the morning commute with scattered showers and periods of rain throughout much of the day, only up to about 3000/500 of an inch total. and here's the forecast animation notice around 5 a.m. as the commute is getting underway, the morning commute will see little pockets of showers moving into the north bay and down past the golden gate. by midday, showers will be more widespread into the afternoon. we'll get some steadier rainfall, but it won't last very long. it will start to

taper off tomorrow night and again at the end of the day. maybe a third of an inch of rain over the sierra, though some pretty good snow is likely to fall 4 a.m. tomorrow to 4 a.m. thursday, with a winter storm warning in effect for the western slopes of the sierra, including greater lake tahoe area. highs back here in the bay area tomorrow, mid 50s under showery conditions. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. we get a dry day, but a chilly morning on thursday. clouds increase. friday. more showers over the weekend before clearing on monday. martin luther king junior day dion. >> all right spencer thank you. happening tonight an oakland resident is on tonight's episode of jeopardy. this is april marquette with host ken jennings . marquette is a digital production artist from oakland. you can see how she does on jeopardy! tonight at 7:00 right here on abc seven. >> a new series on disney plus introduces us to a newcomer to the marvel world as well as acting. >> she's an amputee. she's deaf. she's a she's a newcomer to this whole acting thing. >> meet the star behind echo next

episodes of only murders in the building and then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. this is really cool. now, the newest marvel series is called echo. it premieres tonight on disney plus and hulu, and this is a really big moment for the star. alaqua cox breaking barriers, deaf indigenous amputee superhero reporter alicia vitarelli has

her story. >> it's been a great journey so far. a wild ride. you know, because i didn't have any acting experience before this. >> 26 year old alaqua cox was working in an amazon warehouse when a friend told her about the casting call for marvel's new superhero, a deaf indigenous woman from the choctaw nation of oklahoma. alaqua had only ever acted in a high school play. >> i'm so grateful for this huge opportunity that i've been given. it's surreal. >> it seems that this role was made for her. alaqua is from the menominee indian reservation in wisconsin. she was born deaf and is also an amputee with a prosthetic leg. >> i have a lot of communities that i can advocate for, and most of them are underrepresented. i'm excited for them to be able to see themselves through me on the screen, and maybe they'll think they can do anything that they

put their minds to, and they can achieve anything to accurately capture all of those communities on screen. >> director and navajo filmmaker sydney freeland was very specific about her team. >> the first thing that we did is that we made sure that we had deaf writers in the writers room. we made sure we had deaf consultants behind the scenes. we had an asl master be italy, so we had choctaw cultural consultants, we had choctaw writers in the writers room. we had choctaw actors in fnt of the camera. alaquas character, maya lopez, or echo, is a crime fighter who turns disabilities into ability. >> she's. >> she's a kind of a cross between a villain and a superhero. and she's marvel's second deaf front woman. >> alongside the eternals. lauren ridloff. what does young alaqua think of this moment right now? >> i'm like, what? it's me. i'm actually in the mcu. this is crazy.

>> this looks really interesting. marvel's echo is a five part series. the episodes drop tonight at six on disney plus and hulu and disney. of course, is the parent company of abc seven. meanwhile, disney's the mandalorian is coming to the big screen, the company announcing today the film the mandalorian and grogu will begin shooting sometime this year. expected to be in theaters in. 2026. and again, disney owns us. that's it for this edition of abc seven news at four. i'm larry biel, abc seven news at five with dan. and ama is coming five with dan. and ama is coming up next. when your child has moderate—to—severe eczema, it's okay for them to show off. show off their clearer skin and noticeably less itch with dupixent. because children 6 months and older with eczema have plenty of reasons to show off their skin. with dupixent, the number one prescribed biologic

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