asked about how the air is toxic or dangerous. >> dozens of students sent to the hospital with a mysterious illness at one north bay school, now at five. what parents need to know as you send your child to school this morning and new video of that deadly shooting during the super bowl victory parade in kansas city. >> what police have learned about the suspected shooters. >> and as you wake up with us here at 5:00, we're taking a live look outside, looking down the embarcadero and enjoy this picture, because this is the calm before the storm. thanks so much for being here. you made it

to friday. it's february the 16th. >> we made it. yeah. welcome i'm andrew wet weather ahead. >> you've got one more dry day today. all day. we're fine. then over the weekend we start to see a pair of storms impact us with some rounds of heavy rain, some rough surf and some gusty winds. this morning, a live look from the exploratorium camera. we are cloudy upstairs right now. temperatures are starting out basically in the mid 40s to the low 50s as you get out the door on this friday outside in san jose, we have those clouds, so it's just a cloudy day. we'll stay dry throughout the afternoon. in fact, it's pretty mild out there later on today thanks to a south wind getting us into the 60s for our daytime highs. but live doppler seven, along with satellite. the wider picture. here's our area of low pressure is going to push a cold front through here later on tomorrow afternoon, and it will bring some heavy rain. tomorrow is a level two rain heavy at times with this moderate storm. some gusty winds and some rough surf. we have a high surf advisory in effect tomorrow. we'll look at rainfall totals and timing coming up in eight

minutes, but let's see how the commute is going for you. good morning. >> good morning. yes so far we're looking at a dry commute this morning and no major issues out there on the roads. you can see our map right here mostly in the green. so nothing major to report right now and actually looks a little bit even quieter than normal. maybe some people already starting their holiday weekend a little early and live outside at our walnut creek camera, you can see traffic is flowing nicely there, guys. all right. >> thanks so much, gloria. and as drew mentioned back to back storms are heading our way. and that's sending off warning signals for people across the bay area. while we won't see those fierce winds like we did two weeks ago, there will be enough rain to flood some low lying areas like this rv park in guerneville. residents in the north bay are already getting their sandbags ready yesterday. sonoma county fire district also helped to hand out special waterproof bags. >> these go bags dry bags will keep their items dry right if they have to evacuate or if it's super stormy. >> i'm going to put a flashlight in here, so i've got that. a

spare set of batteries and the bags also contain a disaster preparedness checklist. >> during the last major bay area storm two weeks ago, trees came down along the san mateo county coast. one man was even trapped, unable to leave his home until his neighbors were able to step in. two huge trees came down outside of richard newsom's house in montara, smashing his car and blocking his way out. thankfully, neighbors came to his rescue. chainsaws in hand, at about 2:00, i heard a snap and then heard this huge thump for about four hours. >> it was like an army of people out here with chainsaws and for the most part, i knew who they were. but some people came that i didn't even know with chainsaws, as you heard there, it took neighbors working together for several hours, but eventually they cleared those trees from the yard. >> one neighbor tells us he jumped in because he knew others in the community would do the same for him. of course, you can always track exactly when the rain will arrive hour by hour,

by using our live doppler seven radar. all you have to do is search abc seven bay area in your device's app store to download it. now >> and this morning we're seeing new video of the exact moment gunfire broke out at the kansas city super bowl victory parade. as you can see, the crowd immediately dispersed from the area in. doctors there say they have new details about the shooting, and gloria is at the live desk with that update. >> gloria, good morning amanda. investigators believe the shooting was a result of a personal dispute, not a targeted or terrorist attack. and there's new video this morning that you can see right here. we see how quickly people ran for safety. as soon as the first gunshots went off, one person was killed and 21 others were injured. nearly half of the injured were children. in one father who was shot in the ankle, tells abc news. his bullet wound was the least of his worries in the moment. after seeing that both his girlfriend and his child were also shot.

>> i couldn't help get our kids in. that killed me because i had to sit there and just wonder what was going to happen next. >> two people under the age of 18 are in custody, believed to be connected to the shooting. a third person who was detained has since been released. the estimated crowd size before that shooting was around a million people, and the shooting happened despite the presence of more than 800 police officers in the area. but now some security experts are raising the question of whether 800 officers were enough for that event. of course, we'll keep you updated on that investigation, amanda. >> all right. >> thanks so much, gloria. developing news in the north bay this morning. investigators say they will be back out at vintage high school in napa following a medical emergency on campus yesterday. they're still trying to figure out what caused more than two dozen students to get sick. some of those students had to go to the hospital. the district tells abc seven. many of the affected students were in a first period choir class when

they began to feel sick. one student, who evacuated the school tells us she walked through a theater to avoid the choir room. she's now weighing the risks of returning this morning, some of my own friends, you know, are trying not to go to school tomorrow and possibly, you know, couple days going forward next week. >> and, you know, even my family says that maybe i shouldn't go to school either. >> school employees and firefighters say p-g-and-e's confirmed there was no gas or carbon monoxide leak. so the cause of the sudden and widespread illness is still unknown. the district says additional tests will be done before school this morning. >> new developments this morning regarding that plan to build a new city in solano county, and whether the project could jeopardize security at travis air force base, the organizers of the california forever project say the plan will bring more than 20,000 new homes and apartments to this area between rio vista and the base. well, yesterday, travis air force base released a statement saying

developers have made changes to their plan that will not interfere with operations and exercises conducted on that base. but bay area congress members john garamendi and mike thompson, who both represent that area, are calling for more transparent tsay from the project's developers. >> this company has come in and, uh, purchased, um, about $1 billion worth of property. we did it under a veil of secrecy, uh, that we're not, uh, uh, willing to, uh, be open about what they were doing or even who they were. are distrust of this organization goes back to the very beginning. and there is still a long way to go for this project. >> it has to be approved by solano county voters in november . >> sfo is getting a financial boost from the faa. >> san francisco international airport is being awarded $31 million under president biden's infrastructure bill. the funding will be used for upgrades to the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems inside the

international terminal. the money is part of a $970 million fund going to more than 100 airports around the country in a few weeks, the board that oversees the golden gate bridge will consider raising vehicle tolls starting in july. now, assemblyman ting ting, i should say, is introducing a bill to ban tolls on pedestrians or cyclists on all of california bridges. advocates say only cars and trucks should pay tolls because of the wear and tear they cause to the roads and bridges. >> but walking and biking on the other hand, cause almost nowhere to the infrastructure and keep our air clean. this bill should be a model of how we share the real costs of the modes that we choose to get around. >> the golden gate bridge has charged pedestrian tolls in the past from its opening in 1937 to 1970. >> pedestrians paid at a turnstile to walk on the bridge. >> if you're traveling by bart this presidents day weekend, you might want to budget some extra time because of some upcoming

service delays. bart will not be running trains between the richmond and el cerrito stations due to maintenance work on the tracks. bart's red line, which runs all the way between richmond and millbrae, will also be closed for the holiday weekend, and bart will be offering a shuttle to and from sfo to the millbrae station. officials also say riders should be prepared for up to 20 minutes in delays, as ski resorts, hotels and restaurants in tahoe are preparing for the long presidents day weekend. >> crews were out on the roadways clearing out any excess snow and laying out some extra sand and salt to prevent slide outs. other businesses have loaded up on staffing for the weekend, brought in more food and even laid out some new attractions for tourists. owner of cold water brewery says businesses in this area really thrive off long weekends due to the influx of people, so it really is our livelihood. >> it's what we depend on and i will tell you, at cold water, we bring it and we bring it out for

those people and we want the visitors and locals alike. >> there's a heavy winter weather advisory that will be in effect starting tomorrow through sunday. >> and here's drew. >> yeah. and amanda, as we head into the holiday next monday, we're going to pick up anywhere from 2 to 4ft of new snow. so it's certainly going to be busy there. we are tracking a pair of storms here locally today though. we're dry. one more dry day. the commute this morning if you have to go to work. we're looking good. cloudy skies and temperatures climbing through the 40s into the 50s. your skies just cloudy all day long. but we're dry all day long. it's just not a bright day. pretty overcast, but it's mild this afternoon. we'll get those temperatures into the low and mid 60s. despite the limited sunshine thanks to a south wind pumping in that mild air. now let's talk about the rain. future weather showing you tomorrow morning. here's 930. we have that lightrillionain overspreading the region. it's in the early afternoon thatrillionain picks up in intensity. we'll have some gusty winds as well with this level two storm. you see those bright

colors indicating the heavier rain and then by about 7:08 p.m, the showers are winding down. but much of the day tomorrow is going to feature rain falling. look at rainfall estimates will likely have that rain shadow effect thanks to the santa cruz mountains. in the south bay were mountain view, san jose. we'll get up to about a quarter of an inch. other areas like the city, oakland probably half of an inch of rain. and then in the north bay you'll see higher amounts, some areas picking up more than an inch of rain out of the system. tomorrow it will kick up our surf. a high surf advisory is in effect tomorrow along our entire coastline, we could see waves up to 28ft high, but then we track another round of rain. julian for sunday into monday. we'll show you that coming up in a few minutes. okay. >> thank you so much, drew. the biggest night in fashion here in the u.s. is still a few months away, but we're already learning the theme. and who will be the host coming up, the bay area native who will help co host the met gala and can pokemon be the answer to bringing business back to san francisco's downtown? >> the major deal just announced with the city a 90 classic is making a comeback. >> what we know about x-men 97

and when you can watch it on disney plus. >> and here at 511, we are taking a live look outside. we'll

say this august. in a statement, the center cited a decline in the use of services over the past several years. this will leave two trauma centers. in the san jose area santa clara valley medical center and stanford health care. >> um, that's disappointing because it's i mean, it's supposed to be for the people, but they're closing it down because of the business. we don't ever want to see. >> like lifesaving medical services cut, particularly in our lower income neighborhoods. the fact that east side san jose will have to travel farther to get to a trauma center is concerning. >> regional medical center will continue to provide emergency care services and plans to expand its number of emergency room beds. >> the city of san francisco is on the verge of apologizing to its black residents. for decades of discrimination. a resolution

went before the board of supervisors yesterday and covers several significant issues. it includes apologizing for the systemic removal of black people through redlining and eminent domain, the lack of investment in critical public services in black neighborhoods in the overpolicing of black residents. however, the measure does not address a larger issue of reparations. the task force that suggested the apology also recommended more than 100 other measures to improve the lives of black san franciscans. one of them being cash payouts for the extraction of black wealth. but mayor london breed has said she is not in favor of cash payments, barriers along capp street in san francisco that were put up to stop alleged sex work. having some mixed results here apparently the problem was moved further down the street. essentially, our media partners with the san francisco standard report residents a couple of blocks over on shot well street have seen an increase in illicit activity. it varies from reports of car crashes and fights to open solicitation of sex workers. the abc seven news

i-team cover the problem and subsequent crackdown on capp street. the city is now looking into some permanent solutions to potentially block off streets in that area. >> artificial intelligence continues. to rapidly evolve and open. ai has introduced something that's really pushing things to a whole new level, ceo sam altman shared details on sora. it's a new software that can take a prompt and transform it into short video clips. for now, the number of people who can use it is being limited. there are safety concerns surrounding how the software might be deployed. altman did take requests on x and shared some of the results. you can see them by scrolling through his feed. our newsrooms personal favorite was a prompt of two dogs recording a podcast on the top of a mountain, and there it is right there. wow >> so the future. here we are. well, san francisco is expanding its popular first year free program. it automatically waives some of those fees associated with opening new businesses. the

first year free program was set to expire in june of this year, but it's now been extended. >> the more we have a vibrant, robust small business community, no vacant businesses, everyone benefits from it. >> the program began in 2021 when the pandemic left so many storefronts shuttered. since. then, over 6000 small businesses throughout the city have benefited from the program, with an additional 200 new businesses opening each week. we could pokemon help reawaken san francisco's economy. it looks like it could help potentially, the pokemon world championships are coming to the moscone center in august of 2026. bet you didn't know there was a pokemon world championship. uh. we are learning from the san francisco business times that the show organizers have already secured 21,000 hotel rooms. that's insane. competitors from around the world will be invited to compete. the competition was

last hosted in san francisco back in 2016. i didn't even know people were still doing the pokemon go thing. remember when people were just walking around, bumping into each other, discovering things? >> wow. certainly all right, all right. and flower lovers will descend on san francisco this weekend. for the 71st annual pacific orchid exposition. >> it's put on by the san francisco orchid society, which sent us this video. this year's expo theme is timeless orchids and will showcase the flowers throughout history. there will be displays, orchid experts and plants for sale. the event runs through sunday in golden gate park. >> pretty. it smells amazing. yeah. >> oh my gosh. right back to pokemon go though. >> oh yeah i remember just like strangers talking to strangers because they wanted the different pokemon. yeah, it was a weird time. >> it was a very weird time. >> or you would just be going walking past a particular area and just 30 people standing around like, yeah, what the what

is happening right now? yeah >> but you know, we did a story recently and unfortunately there was a business that was broken into. but they stole a ton of pokemon cards and people were really after those. and i guess new ones were being released. so it's still a thing. >> only we held on to those collections. >> i still have them somewhere. >> do you? oh, yeah. >> i gotta find them in my life and be a rich man. yeah, right. i saw that those two in the castaway babies bus. >> seriously? >> oh, goodness. >> okay, so this weekend we do have to prepare for some wet weather today. no issues. we are totally dry. we have a lot of cloud cover today. it's also mild, so just anticipate that this is your final totally dry day. probably until late next week. evening plans tonight. no worries. you can see out in the town, just overcast skies and those temperatures very slowly falling through the 50s. but after midnight tonight we'll start to introduce showers into the forecast. but temperatures. thanks to that south wind, most of us will be staying in the 50s. it's level two tomorrow on our storm impact scale. rain heavy at times, gusty winds and some rough surf that high surf

advisory we're anticipating the heaviestrillionain to fall early in the afternoon tomorrow. here's future weather when you see those really bright colors. that's the heavy rain and this is 130 tomorrow afternoon. that. also coincides with some of the strongest winds. future tracker wind gusts showing you along the coast will likely have winds in excess of 40mph out of the south, away from this coast. those winds are more likely 15 to 30mph. some snow coming tomorrow. a winter weather advisory to kick off the holiday weekend. but then sunday into monday, this will become a winter storm warning as heavier snow will fall on the holiday for monday. so we'll get the snowfall tomorrow. it's some light snow. we'll probably see about six inches and a lot of spots, but then watch what happens monday into tuesday. we pile on that snow. we're talking 2 to 4ft of snow coming our way early next week. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. the next seven days for you. cloudy and mild today. then we have those storms. the first one tomorrow. the next one sunday night into monday. and those showers in the forecast through wednesday. gloria. >> yeah. well, you know, we're going to get right to our

emeryville camera right now. this is starting to get a little busier out there this morning. so we're going to keep monitoring you monitoring this for you throughout the morning. but no major delays right now to speak of. and then a look at our drive times for this morning tracy to dublin. that will take you 26 minutes. and you'll notice these are all in the green up here which is actually kind of rare because usually from tracy to dublin it's a little slower even this time of morning. so guys, i think a lot of people are getting their holiday weekend started a little early, maybe staying in or just kind of getting ready for the holiday. you're watching abc seven mornings, right? >> and thanks gloria. >> coming up, the seven things to know this morning and get set for some more american idol. it' coming back. and whether you're young or old,

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tank exploded near the port of long beach. the blast injured nine firefighters, who had arrived just minutes before to try and put that fire out. >> number three, a verdict is expected today in donald trump's new york fraud trial. he's potentially facing a fine of millions of dollars and other sanctions for inflating his wealth on financial statements that were given to banks, insurers and others to make deals and secure loans. >> number four, north bay communities are preparing for more rain in the possibility of flooding along the russian river . you know how it is for people living in guerneville. they're already setting out their sandbags and moving their belongings to higher ground. and today is a good day for storm preps. >> number five. we are cloudy, but we're dry today. before those storms move in over the weekend, it's mild out there this afternoon. temperatures getting into the 60s, but tomorrow rain and wind is back in the forecast along with some rough surf. it's a level two, a moderate storm for the holiday weekend. >> number six, you don't have to worry about the rain this morning because it is a dry commute out there. this is a

live look at our bay bridge toll plaza camera, and you can see traffic is just zipping by this morning. metering lights are not on yet. >> number seven oakland native zendaya will be a co-chair of this year's met gala. she'll serve with jennifer lopez, chris hemsworth, bad bunny and anna wintour. this year's theme is the garden of time. the met gala is happening on may 6th in new york city. >> american idol returns this weekend to abc reporter george pennacchio from our sister station in los angeles. has a look at the upcoming season. it's one of the great moments that every contestant wants to hear. >> and it is. >> you're going to hollywood. oh my god, right on cue. we're geared up for that. >> i say that in my sleep now you're going to hollywood, you're going to hollywood. >> lionel richie, katy perry and luke bryan are back for their seventh season as judges on american idol. ryan seacrest has been at the helm as host since the beginning of the competition series. do they have fun? no doubt. >> look, that literally is my guitar.

>> but they also know that for many of these contestants, there's something much deeper going on here. >> sometimes we're kind of investing. in the future to these kids come from these backgrounds that nobody ever helped them in their music journey. so we always like in life, you know, or in life. so we like to some sometimes roll the dice on somebody to see how they grow. it's just magic. they create magic and you can't take your eyes off of them. if you didn't know baby, i'm crazy about you. >> we want the best for them and you know we're going to put them through their paces because we want them to win. but yeah, i know, like, i can read the room anywhere i go. that's like my little special intuitive skill. and she can and been and where i'm going, even when i didn't know it, i know that they don't understand the journey that we have, the ability to take them

on. >> and so i'm sitting there holding in our collective hands here an opportunity for them to go forward. >> tell me why we will want to get to know the contestants this season. great stories, great voices. >> we think every time i know you guys talk about it, what's going to be out there? what's left to find? what can we mine from this great nation? well, a lot. >> and they did it in los angeles. george pennacchio, abc seven news. >> the season premiere of american idol is this sunday at eight, right here on abc seven. >> if you're a marvel fan, get ready for a blast from the past. >> to me, my x-men >> x-men 97 revives the iconic cartoon from the 1990s. that show ran for five seasons from 1992 to 1997. x-men 97 picks up where the finale left off. it features your favorite x-men characters with all new episodes. disney released the

trailer for the new series, which begins streaming on disney plus on march 20th. disney is the parent company of abc seven. >> i'm glad they didn't change the theme song with that iconic guitar rift. there we go. well, coming up here at 531, local baseball team finds a new home right here in the bay area, while another is searching for a new lease and history in greece. >> the new legislation bringing the country into a new era of

potentially silencing protest and taking on first amendment rights. now, at 530, the proposal for harsher punishments for protesters when they block traffic and more testimony on today's agenda from the georgia district attorney, how the judge's decision could impact a case against former president trump. the lunar new year parade is expected to draw in big crowds to oakland's chinatown neighborhood. business owners say they're relying on police to keep the peace. high school

students in the north bay say their staying home this morning after several of their classmates were sent to the hospital with a mysterious illness. >> investigators still puzzled as to what caused it. all right. with that, we say, good morning. it is friday, february 16th. >> thanks for waking up with us here at 530. we know the weekend is here and you might have those plans. we check in now with drew tuma to see how this rain will be affecting those plans. hey, drew. >> hey, good morning. we get one more totally dry day today. we have clouds upstairs this morning. temperatures right now in the 40s and low 50s. cloudy from our san jose camera this morning. just expect overcast skies throughout the day. it's dry throughout the afternoon and the evening. a south wind actually gets us pretty mild into the 60s for daytime highs. now live doppler seven along with satellite. here's our next storm system. the cloud cover is moving in this morning. this cold front will move through here tomorrow. it is a level two moderate storm on the abc seven storm impact scale for our saturday. rain will be heavy at times, particularly in the afternoon. tomorrow. the winds

will be gusty to and the surf will be rough. we have a high surf advisory that will kick in tomorrow as well. we'll go hour by hour in future weather. show you the timing of the heaviest rain and how much rain you could expect where you live. coming up in eight minutes. but let's see how the commute is going with gloria. good morning. >> good morning. so far it is going pretty well out there on the roads this morning. we know a lot of you are either going to be traveling for the holiday. some of you may be sleeping in and just enjoying a long holiday. some of you may be in town, so if you are going to be in town on monday and you're taking mass transit, here's a look at your schedule for presidents day. bar is going to be running service on a saturday. service schedule. caltrain on a modified service schedule, and ace on a holiday service schedule, and a live look outside right now at our san mateo-hayward bridge camera traffic is starting to build a little bit right now, but we know fridays tend to be a little lighter anyway, with more people working from home. so far not too bad out there. amanda >> thank you so much. gloria. developing this morning, russian opposition leader alexei navalny has died in prison. that's according to russian media. they

claim navalny felt unwell after a walk and then collapsed in prison. he'd been in prison since 2021 on extreme ism charges. he's a fierce critic of vladimir putin and has organized massive protests against the russian government. he was 47 years old. now on to that developing news in the north bay. >> this morning. investigators there say they will be back out at vintage high school in napa, looking into a medical emergency on campus. that happened yesterday. they're still trying to figure out what caused more than two dozen students to get sick. some of those students had to go to the hospital. abc seven news reporter lena howland is joining us live from vintage high school now with the latest this morning. good morning. lena hey, julie, and good morning to you, the students that were taken to the hospital for this are back at home recovering now this morning. >> but officials are still working to find out what made them sick in the first place. district officials tell abc seven many of the affected students were in first period choir class when they began feeling sick. one student who evacuated the school tells us

she walked through a theater to avoid the choir room. she also spoke with one of the students, who was taken to the hospital. >> well, she said that a couple of students had passed out and one was throwing up. our teacher was telling us about how the air isn't toxic or dangerous. >> school employees and firefighte say p-g-and-e's confirmed there was no gas or carbon monoxide leak, so the cause of the sudden and widespread illness is still unknown. the district says additional tests will be done before school this morning. now we have been in contact with district representatives who say that extra staff will also be on hand today. live in napa. lena howland, abc seven news. thanks lena, and it's a big weekend for businesses in oakland's chinatown. >> they hope to have the good fortune of more customers during this weekend's lunar new year parade. abc seven news reporter anser hassan tells us business owners got a chance to voice

their concerns about crime and safety. safety, i should say, directly to top law enforcement officials and a state lawmaker. >> a dragon procession guided california state assembly member mia bonta through chinatown on her visit ahead of sunday's lunar new year parade. >> it's important for everybody to know that the state is pulling for them, pulling for oakland and for the aapi community to know that we're standing with them. >> bonta represents oakland and knows the challenges chinatown has faced. thursday's visit was a chance to meet directly with those who work and live in the community. >> that way, we feel that they care about the community, you know, they uh uh, you know, they have to come in to, uh, see what's going on and find solutions to help solve the problems my business done almost 20% for this year. >> so i notice it's very serious. i want to survive my business. >> oakland has seen a spike in crime. but gigi ma says the

perception that oakland is violent is also hurting business . she believes bonta's visit can help change that, especially ahead of sunday's parade. >> a lot of people, when they heard about oakland, they kind of scared to come by. so that's why we need the police support and the mayor's support and all the, uh, representative support. happy lunar new year, gong. >> hey, fat choi bonta was joined by oakland police, including chinatown liaison officer wesley heun and representatives from the alameda county district attorney and sheriff's office. >> community leaders hope the interaction with small businesses will highlight first hand the needs on the ground and hopefully direct more resources towards solutions, business reimbursement for crime stricken business owners who got their business broken into, uh, glasses, shattered reimbursement for costs that they lost from all this, uh, crime that happened around them, and encourage people to come celebrate at sunday's parade in

oakland, anser hassan. abc seven news and the parade starts at wilma chan park. >> that's near the lake merritt bart station at madison and ninth streets. the parade runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on sunday . >> city leaders across the state are looking to increase the penalties for blocking vital bridges and freeways during a protest. this could include expensive fines, even jail time. orange county assembly member kate sanchez introduced a bill thursday that would double penalties for protesters who were purposefully obstructing the flow of traffic and preventing emergency vehicles from passing. now, this follows a protest on wednesday morning that shut down the golden gate bridge. the san francisco district attorney has filed charges that could result in jail time for some of the protesters who shut down the bay bridge during another demonstration last november. it happened during the apec summit. around 80 demonstrations were demonstrators were involved in that protest that lasted several hours. sanchez believes these types of demonstration actions have an underlying motive. >> the protesters are trying to

score a cheap political point or advance an agenda, and quite honestly, that can have real world devastating consequences. san bill is now waiting to be heard in committee. >> happening today, fulton county district attorney fani willis will take the stand again . >> this comes after an explosive hearing yesterday where willis agreed to testify about her romantic relationship with a special prosecutor on trump's georgia election fraud case. gloria is at the live desk with more details. gloria. >> good morning, amanda da willis, who is leading the case against the former president, answered some deeply personal questions during yesterday's hearing. she shared details that range from her vacation with the prosecutor to the cash that she keeps at home, a judge is considering whether willis, romantic relationship with prosecutor nathan wade created a conflict of interest, but willis says that she and wade ended their romantic relationship last august. she spoke about being a self-made woman and how she paid

back wade for the trips they took together. however, there is no paper trail for those transactions because willis says that she paid him with cash during the hearing, willis became visibly uncomfortable with the defense attorneys line of questioning. it's highly offensive when they try to implicate that you slept with somebody the first day you met with them, and i take exception to it. was willis from the case? it could delay or possibly derail the proceedings against president trump and his coconspirators accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia. and today's hearing comes as the president could learn his fate in a new york fraud trial that could force him to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in fines. julian all right. >> thank you so much for that, gloria. the fbi is now offering a $25,000 reward to help capture a suspect linked to a 2012 murder in fairfield. fillled. mario guadalupe vazquez was charged with homicide in 2013 after allegedly killing a man in an attempted robbery.

investigators say vazquez fled prosecution, and they believe he may now be hiding in mexico. they say he should be considered armed and dangerous, a landmark victory for human rights in greece. the greek parliament has just legalized marriage for same sex couples. majority orthodox christian country to establish marriage equality. 176 of 300 lawmakers in parliament voted in favor of the bill yesterday, following months of polarizing debate. >> i have never thought of it because i never had the opportunity that it was a right for other people, not me. >> today's like the first time where i feel seen, like my rights, like i'm an actual human being. i'm not just someone hiding from people. i can actually go out parental and children's rights are at the center of the legislation. >> it will now allow same sex couples to adopt and receive

full legal parental recognition. >> history be made back here in the us as well. >> coming up, the record just broken by university of iowa basketball star caitlin clark and the other record, she's on track to break and saving summer in the south bay. >> the deal keeping a popular bay area spot in business this season. but first, we check back in with drew for a look at that forecast on this friday. yeah. >> good morning. it's a quiet end to the week. a live look from sutro tower. our little finger of fog over parts of the city. but once that sun gets up we will find cloudy skies. just a cloudy day today we are dry all day. this is our final totally dry day before we enter that wet weekend. it's a mild afternoon, a south wind. we'll get those temperatures as well into the 60s ahead of our storm. we're tracking tomorrow. tomorrow is a level two, a moderate system on the abc seven storm impact scale. we'll get lightrillionain overspreading the region tomorrow morning. we're expecting the heavier showers later on in the afternoon. this is 1 p.m. and you can see those downpours

indicated by the yellow and orange as this front moves through here. and as it does, it will bring some gusty winds as well on the order of 20 to 40mph. this first round of rain here on saturday, we are expecting a wide range of totals. lower totals as you head into the south bay. we have that rain shadow effect, higher totals in the north bay and in the santa cruz mountains, where some areas may exceed an inch of rain. by saturday evening, not only rain and some gusty winds, but also some rough surf. a high surf advisory in effect tomorrow could see breakers up to 28ft in areas. a winter weather advisory in effect for tahoe tomorrow for 48in of snow. but then a winter storm watch will hit us for the holiday on monday. we're talking feet of new snow. we'll track that next storm coming our way in about nine minutes, b

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and that's how you go for history right there. iowa's caitlin clark's at the ncaa women's career scoring record in style last night, draining that deep three pointer. she only needed eight points to hit the mark. but finished the night with 49. a sellout crowd watched her make history, and she has built up quite a following at this point. one famous bay area fan in particular, gave her a special shout out on espn sports center. >> everybody loves her scoring ability, her range. but if you watch her like the overall, you know game that she has, being able to distribute uh- rebound, play like a, you know, a good brand of basketball on top of being able to score like that. it's unbelievable to watch from one great to another. >> for clark now needs 99 points to set the all time career ncaa scoring record for women and men . incredible well, the a's have

a big decision to make when it comes to working with the city of oakland over the next few years in a best case scenario, their new ballpark will be built in las vegas by the 2028 season. the best case for the a's? maybe not fans, right? but in the meantime, they need a stadium to call home and their lease at the coliseum ends after this season. so that means the team will have to find a place to play in 2025, 26 and 27. leaving the bay area for those years would mean walking away from $70 million in tv revenue to the abc7 sports team has learned that in exchange for staying in the bay area through 2028, the city is asking first for the team's name and colors to stay in oakland. second, a promise from the league for an expansion team. if the a's do leave. and third, the city wants half of the coliseum land owned by john fisher, which at the moment is holding up redevelopment of the whole 100 plus acre site. and lastly, they're asking for an undisclosed amount of money. you can bet it's going to be a lot

in a statement to our sports department, a team spokesperson said the meeting was positive and brief. they added, quote, we look forward to further discussions regarding a lease extension at the coliseum for the interim period before the vegas ballpark opens. >> meanwhile, oakland's new professional baseball team has picked a home field. the oakland ballers will play at the historic raymond park in west oakland as abc seven news reporter ryan curry explains, the ballers are investing more than $1.5 million to renovate the park. >> when you look at this field, it's safe to say it's seen better days. an old scoreboard, unkempt grass. but those better days might be coming fairly soon. i think it's just going to be about showing your love of oakland and showing your love of community. enter the new minor league team starting their first season. founders brian carmel and paul freeman pride themselves on keeping pro baseball in a city. feeling abandoned by the a's, the whole vibe of this is we want to show the world what oaklanders can do

when we come together, right? >> we think this is one of the we definitely think this is the best baseball community in the world, but one of the best communities in the world. >> and what better way to cement yourself as an oakland team than to play here at historic raymond park? and it's best days are still ahead. the team posted this video to social media. it was established as a park in 1896. in the 1940s, a group of shipping workers, the a 26 boilermakers, called it home. in the 1960s, baseball greats rounded the diamond. ballers are putting 1.6 million into this park. that money is going to be used for a new scoreboard, a new scouting system and new stands. but if you ask them, it's not just about renovate the park, it's about revitalizing this entire community. >> we want this to be kind of like a festival around a baseball field. we're going to throw 48 festivals around the baseball field next year, and we're going to provide a canvas for the oakland fans to paint on. and we think it's going to be fun, and we think we're going to win. and everybody wants to see winning baseball that investment needs to be approved by the city council. >> but council member fife is supporting this project. raymond

park is on wood street in west oakland. the last few years it was next to one of the largest homeless encampments in the bay area. the city is now building housing on the encampment and with the park being upgraded, the founders say this whole area will once again be an oakland treasure. >> these two just feel like it belongs to everybody. it needs to feel hella oakland. that's you know, part of our ethos and also embracing the space, embracing the space. >> just like they did decades ago in oakland. ryan curry, abc seven news. >> let's play ball. >> yeah, the a's influx. but the ballers like we got something we can get behind right. not controversial right. >> yeah yeah. and i love the name ballers. it's just such a good name. >> the logo bees i love it. yeah i get it. you get it right. you got it. it's slow as may 29th the run tuesday. >> and you're like we're almost to the weekend right? >> like we're just one day in just. she jinxed us. >> but we made it. now finally we made it. >> by the end of the week. you

really start to feel it of, you know, waking up at 2 a.m. or whatever. yeah but hey, we get to sleep in this weekend for joining us for sure. >> yeah. so early. and you know what? >> today will be a nice day. i mean, it's dry out there. it's just cloudy. and get this, our sun now rising before 7 a.m. so there's some bright news there. we're getting into the 60s. good day to get your storm preps in because we're totally dry. it's after midnight tonight that we bring rain back into the forecast, and we'll keep those temperatures on the mild side. most of us just sitting in the 50s. let's talk about that rain tomorrow. our first storm. it's a level two for saturday. rain heavy at times, particularly in the afternoon. those winds will be gusty strongest along the coast. and we do have a high surf advisory in effect for breakers up to 28ft. future weather showing you we have lightrillionain early on in the morning. it's the afternoon tomorrow that we're really in the thick of this storm with heavy rain moving through. and this is also when the winds will be their strongest. so futuretrack wind gust showing you tomorrow afternoon. strongest winds along the coast away from the coast will likely see those winds gusting about 20 to 35mph. then we track another

storm moving in here. sunday night into monday, and this one has the potential to be stronger, meaning we could see more storm damage in the form of downed trees and also some flooding rain. look at the rainfall totals as we head into early next week. there will be some areas along the coast of sonoma county. the santa cruz mountains that could exceed five inches of rain, and that would cause some issues. we also have to talk about snow, a winter storm watch kicks in sunday, lasting through early next week. 2 to 3ft of snow. so a lot of that falling on monday. our highest peaks could pick up to four feet of new snow. so here's the accuweather seven day forecast. cloudy and mild today. and then it's just stormy through the weekend. we get one storm tomorrow, another one sunday night to monday with showers continuing through wednesday. >> gloria. yeah you know so far the commute is looking really good this morning. so if you're going to be driving, i don't think you'll have any major issues. look at this shot right here from the bay bridge. and you can see traffic is flowing nicely right now. it's also just a really beautiful shot of the bridge at this time of the morning and all the lights out

there. but we know a lot of people are either working from home today or maybe just kind of enjoying a long weekend and staying in because it hasn't been as busy out there, because usually we do see some more slow spots right here. you see everything in the green from highway four to the maze. 14 minutes from antioch to hercules, 28 minutes, and then from highway 85 to the san jose airport. only eight minutes, so you won't have much traffic out there this morning. so far, good news there. >> thank you. gloria. coming up, new and next at six. swapping out crews for chevy. the change you'll see when the giants start their new season. >> but first a plane ticket allowing travelers to visit more than one city for the same price. we'll explain what a stopover ticket is. that's

waters will be reopening again after the city struck a short time deal with california dreamin entertainment. the owners of the park, announced its closure at the end of last season. that shocked a lot of longtime residents who grew up with raging waters. but now the city of san jose hopes to bring the water park back from the brink, investing nearly $6 million to make the place operational again and this time with food trucks and wine garden . >> this is a commitment from the city to make sure that we are doing everything we can for the community and i'm excited to be able to enjoy the wave pool this summer. so this is an exciting opportunity for, for not just residents of district eight, but the entire the entire valley. the city of san jose hopes to find a long time partner to keep the park open permanently. >> in today's gma first look, if you are planning a spring break vacation, you may want to consider a stop over airline ticket. abc news reporter gio benitez explains how it works in this morning's gma first look. >> as he plans spring break and

summer vacation trips, you may want to consider adding a stopover flight to your itinerary. get this you're planning a trip to beautiful santorini. why not visit paris along the way at no extra charge? it's possible. through booking what's called a stopover ticket. carrie elizabeth took advantage of it on a trip last year. the flight was detroit to santorini with a connection through paris. >> so we did the stopover in paris and stayed there for five days. >> many carriers like tap, iceland, air emirates and hawaiian airlines offer stopover on their flights, allowing customers to visit more cities at the same price as booking a one way ticket. >> if you've only got one vacation, you're going to take this year, you should look into stopovers to maximize the amount of places you can visit. >> and coming up at 7 a.m, we're going to tell you how you can find these flights and save money with your gma. first look i'm gio benitez, abc news, new york 556 this morning. >> it's a cloudy morning out there. we'll have those temperatures slowly climbing through the 50 as the morning

rolls on. despite the cloud cover we will be dry today. and also temperatures a bit above average thanks to a mild breeze out of the south 63 in the city, 64 in oakland. look at san jose up to 67 for a daytime high. but what's lurking on live doppler seven along with satellite? our next storm. this level two will impact us tomorrow with the heaviestrillionain in the afternoon. so looking at the three day forecast, totally dry day today, wet and windy tomorrow we start out sunday dry, but then sunday night into monday as our second storms just prepare for on and off showers through the holiday weekend. >> amanda, thanks so much drew and new at six addicts on apps. the lawsuit just filed against some dating apps blooming at the botanical garden. >> the best time to see this collection of magnolias in san francisco. >> and here at 557, we take a live look outside to the bay bridge in the distance. we'll be right back

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now at six, a handful of high school students hospitalized. the mysterious illness hitting a north bay school. the measures officials are taking before classes resume this morning. >> and here at six, we're taking a live look outside down the embarcadero, and we are expecting a wet weekend. drew is timing out this next storm and how it might impact your holiday weekend plans. plus