at live doppler seven. we have a level two storm headed our way. one thing to keep in mind is this has that moisture plume extending all the way out towards the hawaiian islands. so this is a weak atmospheric river moving in our direction. it arrives here tomorrow. let me time it out for you tonight. not out of the question to see some sprinkles late, but it's tomorrow morning that the rain moves in. the wind picks up by late morning, and the rainfall intensity picks up as well as we head into 3 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. a flood watch has been issued for sunday morning to wednesday morning, as that second storm is expected to bring heavier rain. flooding is certainly possible on roads, streams, creeks, high surf advisory goes up this weekend. large breakers 18 to 22ft, up to 28ft for favored areas. so as we take a look at our level two storm for tomorrow, expect downpours in the afternoon evening gusts 20 to 40 plus miles an hour. rough and dangerous surf. we check out this statewide picture here and some of the wettest spots. the

santa cruz mountains are coastal hills looking at 6 to 8in of rain by next wednesday. certainly includes much of northern central california and even parts of southern california. for heavy rain. i'll be back with a full look at your holiday weekend forecast coming up. karina. kristen. >> sandy. thank you. so now let's go to the north bay and abc7 news reporter cornell bernard cornell is live in san rafael with a look at how people are getting ready for this next round of storms. >> cornell. >> yeah, karina and kristen. a lot of us are still cleaning up from the last storm, but like it or not, more rain is on the way. pkg andy telling us today that it's working to avoid the same widespread power outages that thousands saw just weeks ago. p-g-and-e's says it's ready for the next series of storms to hit the bay area. >> we pre-stage a lot of the materials and equipment that might be damaged during a storm. that's stuff like poles, conductor wires, transformers. megan mcfarland says 1.4 million

p-g-and-e's customers lost power during powerful storms earlier this month. >> but this round, the utility doesn't expect a direct hit. >> this storm you know, rain, winds, low elevation, snow in some areas, but not those heavy sustained winds that can really damage our equipment. >> we've got the candles and the batteries out, but that's kind of the key concern is all the power going down. >> dusty roady lives inside the nevada mobile home park, which lost power two weeks ago. on top of that, nearby armstrong avenue flooded, trapping some folks in their homes. dusty he expects that flooding will happen again. >> i like this that it reminds me, go get the food i need, whatever it is that i'm going to need, because we may not be able to get out. >> in santa rosa, we found tree crews getting a jump on the weather, trimming limbs and branches. firstrillionesponders say more than a dozen homes were damaged by fallen trees during the last storm. >> the grounds are saturated and we are concerned with the already weakened trees that even though the winds aren't

necessarily going to be as strong, they could likely bring additional trees down. >> paul lowenthal says the santa rosa fire department will be up staffing its swift water rescue team. the sonoma county fire district will be patrolling the russian river ready to perform rescues if needed. officials urge everyone to be safe and be ready again. >> it really highlights the importance of making sure that people are ready and prepared not only for the potential for additional trees to come down, but for more power outages as well. >> yeah, and by now, a lot of us know the drill, p-g-and-e's says. keep those cell phones charged and battery and flashlights handy. sonoma county fire district closing some roads ahead of the storm. these are roads in the russian river valley, which have flooded before, and we're live in san rafael. cornell bernard abc seven news, cornell. >> thank you. and all these storms are making a mess of bay area beaches. sky seven was over ocean beach in san francisco where you could see driftwood, plastics and other trash on the sand. and it's not just litter.

water treatment plants sometimes release treated sewage during big storms and trash on the streets gets pushed into the gutters and sewer systems and ends up as trash on the beach. just a reminder, you can track exactly when the rain will arrive, hour by hour with our live doppler seven radar. just search abc seven bay area in your device's app store now to download it now to new developments out of new york. >> a harsh punishment handed down to donald trump and his adult sons in a financial fraud case. a new york state judge ordered trump and his co-defendants to pay more than $450 million. trump himself is personally on the hook for 354 million. the ruling comes after the judge found the trump organization committed rampant fraud by overvaluing its real estate empire. >> donald trump's fraud is staggering, and so too is his ego and his belief that the rules do not apply to him. today

we are holding donald trump accountable. >> uh- will appeal, will be successful, i think, because frankly, if we're not successful, new york state is gone. people are moving out of new york state. the judge's ruling implements a series of bans that prevent trump, his sons and other executives from serving as directors or officers of a new york state company over a period of years. >> oakland is getting more than 100 new housing units for people experiencing homelessness. governor gavin newsom toured an old quality inn hotel on eads avenue that will be converted into more permanent housing. it's part of a $20 million investment through the homekey program. it streamlines the conversion of offices, hotels and other buildings into housing the oakland property will provide 77 units for homeless individuals and 26 units for youth. transitional housing. >> homekey saves lives. this is not about dollars and cents and

units. this is about providing urgent response of services and housing to the people that need it most. >> since the homekey program started four years ago, it has provided housing for 167,000 people statewide. >> a proposed new sober living facility is stirring up controversy in san francisco. the facility on kearny street would be near both chinato and north beach, where neighbors claim to be blindsided by the project. >> abc seven news anchor diane lim joins us now. and diane, even the mayor acknowledged the lack of communication about this. >> that's right, she did. but i also learned today that the city was actually talking about this proposed site since last spring. so no matter how you feel about these recovery centers, there is no denying community leaders in chinatown say the communication from the city now is too little, too late. >> it couldn't have happened at the worst time in the middle of chinese new year to be. we were blind sided. >> eva li, chairperson for the

chinatown merchants association, learned about mayor breed's announcement last week of a possible city funded sober living facility in the neighborhood by reading about it in a newspaper, i was alarmed. >> it was a little unsettling. >> the 150 bed north beach hotel at 935 kearny will house those who have been clean for a year in hopes residents can maintain sobriety. li believes there are better locations than this densely populated intersect of commerce and tourism. chinatown was suffering already. >> we've been through the pandemic. the lack of tourism. we've got the anti-asian hate. we don't need this right now. you know we're suffering enough, supervisor aaron peskin says he was made aware of a proposal for this sober hotel last spring, but it wasn't until january he was asked to participate in a community meeting, where he responded a vehement no, you're on your own. >> when asked about the communication, confusion on thursday, mayor breed acknowledged how many in the

community felt it was definitely a surprise to them. >> it is so important that you talk to community first and you build community trust that unfortunately did not happen and stressed no plans have been finalized. >> recovery advocate tom wolfe agrees that the rollout of the proposal was botched, but believes these facilities give former users a fighting chance. >> i know some people are going to be upset and i'm sorry, i'm just here to tell people that we need to start thinking differently about how we're going to solve this crisis. we can't lock everybody up. we can't put everybody in the tenderloin for li, who represents many business leaders in the area, it's not the right solution and wants to make something loud and clear to city leaders. >> patients are 30% of the san francisco populace asian? i'm saying don't mess with us. they think of chinese. americans were the quiet part. that's not true anymore. >> now something else that was pointed out to me about the area of the sober hotel just a few doors down in one direction is a bar and the other direction is a liquor store. we will stay on

top of the story. we shall see what develops. >> yeah, we'll be looking forward to that follow up. thank you dan, thanks. well, hospital understaffing was the subject of a health care worker protest at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital today. >> stanford staff up, staff up, staff up. registered nurses and other hospital workers say staffing conditions have become dangerous. registered nurses say they play a critical role in the city's plan to solve the homelessness crisis. we continue to hear all of these plans to clean up, but there's no back end to the clean up plan. >> what are you going to do when you clear the encampments? >> where are those people going to go? there are no beds for them at the hospital. the san francisco department of public health tells abc seven news the city has made progress filling some of the staffing shortages brought on by the pandemic. >> 109 registered nurses have been hired since late last year. temporary nurses have been hired as well, but that's been a point

of contention with labor groups in the north bay. >> investigators are still working to figure out what made around two dozen kids sick at victory high school in napa, students were told to shelter in place for hours yesterday. abc seven news reporter lena howland has the latest. five students were hospitalized and more than a dozen others got sick. >> the district tells abc seven many of the affected students were in their first period choir class at the time. >> she said that a couple students had passed out and one was throwing up, and then, you know, everyone just came inside and started, you know, getting people out and putting them into a different room to, um, test everyone. eliana calderon is a senior at the school who spoke with one of the students who was taken to the hospital. >> she says about halfway through first period, all students were told to shelter in place, which lasted for hours. >> everyone was just kind of chaotic, really, and people were calling their parents, you know, like wanting to go home because

we didn't know what was going on. >> p-g-and-e's crews found no gas or carbon monoxide leaks. >> the fire department, police department and p-g-and-e's have deemed not only the choir room, but the band room that is adjacent to it. and the entire building as safe for use. >> the district says the hospitalized students were back home recovering by the end of the day. >> our number one priority is the health and safety. students. that always comes first. >> the cause of yesterday's illness is still under investigation. >> in napa. lena howland abc seven news our coverage of this weekend's back to back storms continue ahead. >> how you can prepare some tips from p-g-and-e's. we'll change becoming to those controversial center bike lanes in the mission district. what a new report says. and from gamers to gearheads, the action happening in the south bay this we

least the lanes are on valencia street. in t mison. cyclists say they're dangero and business owners say they're losing customers. abc seven news reporter luz pena has a look now at what the three month evaluation found. lose >> well, the project officially started in august of 2023. so by the time sfmta presents their three month evaluation on tuesday, it will be over six months. it's been over six months since the valencia street

center bike lane opened. and this week, sfmta released their first evaluation of the controversial bike lane biking on valencia has become a little bit more comfortable. >> prior to the project, we saw that there was a number of blockages in our bike lanes. >> sfmta's 42 page report says the bike lane has met its objective in improving traffic safety, but yesterday, during a meeting with merchants and sfmta, the sentiment was a bit different. according to several business owners, the overwhelming feeling is that, you know, folks feel that the bike lane is not working. >> as a cyclist, i don't feel safer making a left turn or a right turn from the center of the lane. >> luis rodriguez is the owner of los amigos restaurant. he's blaming the center bike lane for contributing to the decline in business. his neighbor closed recently. >> if you see over there how many bicycles they were right now, like, i pretty much none. the first thing people say, we don't have a parking spot in the construction of the bike lane. >> sfmta removed at least 70 parking spots, turning them into

loading zones. after complaints from merchants, they turned 58 of those spaces into regular parking in the evenings. but even with that change, luis says many like him are struggling. so financially, how are you doing? >> it's a good question. um, we are we are so behind right now in everything. i cut my servers. um, we have only two and they work only 3 or 4 hours a day. >> we took these concerns to mayor breed. today, the merchants are saying it's not working for them. yeah. have you talked to sfmta? what's the plan here? well the sfmta nothing is final because. >> because, you know, i hear mixed messages from cyclists to as well as a lot of the businesses and, and we need to do something. and i think that's what this first process is. >> kimberly leon was the project manager of the valencia street center bike lane from 2017 to 2023, and now is the sfmta livable streets director. i didn'trillioneally see anything in in the report regarding

merchants. so what is sfmta's message to merchants who are saying they're struggling because of the bike lane? so we are working on doing that economic analysis right now. as if mta confirmed they are considering a change to the center bike lane. >> we are also taking the steps to further explore what a side running bikeway could look like. >> now, since august, sfmta has made changes around the center bike lane. one of those changes will come next week, when they will begin to adjust all the parking meters on valencia street, but merchants and some cyclists say that they want is change to the actual center bike lane. sfmta's board of directors has the power to do that. if they want to. next week. luz pena, abc seven news. >> luis, thank you. state senator scott wiener has introduced a bill to speed up development in an effort to revive san francisco. and you could see the area here in red if approved. the bill would exempt construction projects from environmental reviews for a decade. critics say the bill amounts to a developer giveaway.

>> six years after a fire destroyed the clubhouse at the golden gate park golf course, a new clubhouse was dedicated. today, golfers joined san francisco mayor london breed in cutting the ribbon. the event also marks the reopening of the municipal golf course after a one year closure. the nonprofit first tee raised nearly $3 million to build the clubhouse and to add a new irrigation and drainage system on the course. first tee provides golf lessons and development programs for kids. >> our goal is to teach core values that will help these youngsters through life, and our other goal is to get them graduated through high school. >> the. original clubhouse at the golden gate park golf course opened in 1951. the renovated course is expected to host 40,000 rounds of golf a year. >> uh- golfing this weekend might be a little tough with all the rain and the storms coming in. >> maybe you can squeeze it in tomorrow morning. yes, maybe after that. um, it depends on where you are. if you're in the

south bay early tomorrow morning, you might be able to squeeze in that game of golf. >> but if you're in the north bay, i would forget about it. so kristen and karina, let's take a look at live doppler seven. we are really watching this system right here. it's coming in tomorrow. and one of the things to keep in mind with this system, as we widen the picture here, is that moisture plume, the pineapple express, the atmospheric river extending all the way back towards hawaii. the next storm right behind it is developing. and that one's for sunday afternoon into monday. so keep in mind we do have two storms coming and we are going to get a good soaking right now on live doppler seven. picking up moisture up in the clouds off the coast. but we're not seeing any of it hitting the ground. 50s and 60s right now. look how mild it is. san jose is at 64 degrees right now. live view from our golden gate bridge camera and you can see the clouds are stacked up tomorrow, wet and windy. sunday afternoon. going into monday, our next next level two storm moves in. there's a chance of thunder and

an unsettled pattern is going to stay with us through the middle of the week. so it is a two shot for tomorrow. moderate strength storm rain, downpours in the afternoon. evening gusts 20 to 40 plus miles an hour. rough and dangerous surf is what you need to watch out for. we're going to time it out for you. 8:00 tomorrow morning. rain begins to move in by noontime. the rainfall intensity picks up, but it's really 3:00 in the afternoon. you're seeing some heavier rain going through that continues at 5 p.m. and then it just switches over to scattered showers. so you're probably thinking that doesn't look like much of a storm. no, it's going to be a typical winter storm with the highest totals in the north bay over an inch and the santa cruz mountains over an inch. the rest of you here in the bay area, looking at anywhere from a quarter of an inch to three quarters of an inch of rain, the next storm coming in has a little more oomph, if you will, for sunday afternoon into monday. wind gusts picking up 11:00 tomorrow morning, 30 to 39 miles an hour at 40 miles an hour along the coast in the afternoon, but over the hills, stronger wind gusts. nothing like earlier this month.

but if you do have anything loose, you'll want to secure it just so that it doesn't get blown away. a winter weather advisory for the weekend saturday to sunday in the morning for the sierra. 4 to 10in above 6000ft. gusts to 45 miles an hour. it becomes a winter storm warning sunday afternoon through wednesday, expecting 1 to 2ft above 5500ft, 3 to 4ft over the peaks. i would not travel during this time with the gusts to 55 miles an hour. you're looking at hazardous driving conditions. temperatures first thing tomorrow morning, 40s and 50s. the rain begins to move in. it intensifies in the afternoon. your high temperatures in the 50s and 60s. it will be a windy one. here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. all twos for the next three days. now it's two storms. first one is tomorrow. level two wet and windy. another one. level two for sunday afternoon through monday that has the potential to bring thunderstorms between sunday night and monday morning. and then it's a one for tuesday and

wednesday as that storm is just going to stall off the coast and we're basically looking at more wet weather. this is when we're expecting the potential for some issues. and then thursday and friday we'll be ready to dry out . next thursday is when we have to wait. >> i know when you say stall, i'm thinking it's just sitting over us, giving us more rain. well let me put it to you this way. >> it's going to park itself off the coast and then just send us waves and waves of rain. >> and that's how all right, i got it. >> park it. got the visual. >> thank you. sandhya. all right. thousands of gamers are expected to brave the rain and head to the south bay this weekend for a smashing good time. and the buzz at this weekend's auto show in the south bay. >> what you can expect to see

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game tournaments on the west coast is taking place in san jose. abc7 news south bay reporter dustin dorsey shows us how it's a major power up for the community. the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat. >> a smash hit on display in downtown san jose. the largest super smash bros. tournament in the world. welcome to genesis x. >> it was the best feeling to like, listen to the crowd, hear them hear the cheers, the wow, the boos. if they the other

people win that they don't want to like. it's a real like it's a sporting event, you know what i'm saying? it's for video games, but it's a sporting event. >> the super bowl is over, but the big games are just beginning in the south bay. thousands will watch as participants compete for a spot in the top eight, with $23,000 in prize money on the line. got it. what stands in their way? a game many have known and loved for years? it's just that game that everyone's played, you know, everyone knows what smash is. >> you can have basically 40 year olds play against someone like me, and it's even evenly matched at this point. >> the growing industry of esports has only leveled up this tournament. once a small grassroots tourney in a barn at the alameda county fairgrounds. >> now we're buying out the whole city of san jose. people are here from 36 different countries. we have captured every single state except wyoming. so that's a goal for next year. >> and these gamers rack up serious points for the local economy as well. a $3 million estimated impact. >> not only is the convention center busy, but restaurants are

busy, hotels are busy, parking lots are busy. so the total economic impact of a group like this is wonderful for the economy. >> be a boost for the community from an event built on community. their fingers will hurt after. but these gamers say this event is all about fun. >> i get to see so many people that i know online that i can finally meet for the first time. >> everyone thinks about like, gaming and gamers, and they have a certain thought of how we operate and what we do, and how we enjoy what we enjoy. >> and seeing this live for everybody changes perspective. >> and you could see it live for yourself. running all weekend in downtown san jose. dustin dawsey, abc seven news. it looks fun and you can look into the future for this weekend at the santa clara convention center. >> that's where the silicon valley auto show is being held. it's a chance to see cars that aren't at dealerships yet, but will soon be like the volkswagen id buzz, an electric remake of the classic vw bus. you can also

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it's coming. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast to time it all out. yes, and karina and kristen, let's take a look at what you can expect. a pair of level two storms tomorrow and sunday afternoon. going into monday. downpours, gusty winds, rough surf, expected flooding on the roadways, streams and creeks. possibility of downed trees and outages, and chance of shallow landslides. it is a level two that is coming in for tomorrow with a weak atmospheric river. right now we're just seeing cloud cover and some moisture up in the clouds, but it will be raining tomorrow morning at 8:00 as we head into the afternoon. the rainfall intensity will pick up. it really going into the early evening hours. then it switches over to scattered showers. so in case you have plans, the second half is going to be heavier. the second half of your day. rainfall estimates between a quarter of an inch to over an inch in the wettest north bay locations. sunday morning starts out okay. sunday afternoon that second storm comes in and the

rainfall picks up once again in the afternoon and evening. sunday night, going into monday, there's a possibility of a thunderstorm. so as we look at monday storm, i mean, it just keeps going with rain and showers through the middle of next week. so this is why we are concerned, because the rainfall taking you through next wednesday day, you can see there over six inches in the santa cruz mountains and coastal hills, picking up up to eight inches. we'll be back with another forecast coming right up. kristen and karina. >> all right. so what does the storm mean for any of you when it comes to the power and all those power outages we saw right. >> p-g-and-e's spokesperson tamara sarkissian joins us live now. tamara thanks for taking the time out today. >> i know it's a busy time. what is p-g-and-e's expecting from this storm in terms of potential impact? your power lines and to your customers? >> well, we're happy to report we do not expect the kind of impact that we saw earlier this month. that storm on the 4th of february was one of the most impactful storms we've seen in

30 years in terms of single day uh- storms and the outages that we saw. so we are not expecting the same kind of widespread outages as what we are expecting is the possibility of outages here in the bay area. we're really focusing in on the peninsula. we use technology that helps us determine where we can expect the most outages. so we can send the right number of customers, the right number of crews to the right place at the right time, and so we've really been preparing for this one, and we are ready to respond. should we experience those outages. >> all right. so i heard you say it shouldn't be as bad as february 4th. that's good because i did lose power for 75 hours at that time. and i'm just wondering, like this time, you don't expect any customers, not just me, but anybody else, to be in that situation, right? >> we do not expect the same kind of impact. some of the more extended outages that we saw last time around also did have to do with, uh, access issues in

some cases. we do see that where vegetation has come down and it's blocking the road or maybe there's loose soil and our heavy machinery cannot come in to do the work because of access issues. so sometimes that's why we see the longer, uh, extended outages. but last, the last storm really just hit. so in such a widespread way. so we do not expect the same impact this time around. okay. >> so tamara, we heard how your teams are preparing, but how could we as customers prepare? i mean, is there anything thing that we can do to kind of prep for the storm or to avoid having our power outages? >> well, you definitely can prepare for the possible of outages. so the first thing you want to make sure you have is a flashlight with fresh batteries instead of candles for safety reasons. if you do experience an outage, you want to make sure you keep your refrigerator and freezer doors closed as much as possible to keep that cold in. um, you can unplug your large

appliance ounces, but do leave one lamp on so you know the moment the power turns back on. uh, you can also go to pg e .com where you can enter your address and get updates on the outages. um, if you go in advance from now and sign up for alerts, you can get text and calls. if you do experience an outage with all the details. um, and probably the one thing i want to mention the most, if you see low or downed power lines, always assume they're live. keep yourself and others away and call 911 and p-g-and-e's immediately. >> all right, some great tips and let's hope that this round of storms is definitely not as bad as the last. tamara sarkisian with p-g-and-e's, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. >> heavy rain in the bay area means the potential for 3 to 4ft of snow to hit lake tahoe. i spoke with kevin cooper from california mountain resort company during our 3 p.m. show, getting answers. we talked about what travel plans you should

make if you want to go skiing. >> so the resorts are open at 100, and that's everything from china peak, dodge ridge, bear valley, all the way through the tahoe basin. they are open at 100. you need to bring extra layers up here because this system is going to come in a little bit warm. so snow levels are going to flex. they're going to start about 6500. then they're going to drop. and then i've seen them flexing up towards 7000ft. so most base areas at the resorts are anywhere between 6250 and 6900ft. so definitely be ready to go because it's going to be wait, it's not going to be cold smoke pile. but it's definitely not going to be sierra cement either. it's going to be that in between perfect to keep building the base as we march into the month of march, he makes me so excited. >> he does. i want to go skiing right now. >> yeah, now, coop says. if you are planning on heading to tahoe, in fact, leave now. leave before tomorrow's storm to avoid the most difficult driving conditions. a squatter living rent free now claims to own a famous new york hotel and mom to the rescue. >> how she stopped a thief one

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we begin with a record breaking college basketball game. last night, university of iowa senior caitlin clark broke the ncaa women's all time scoring record.

the three point shot blew her past the 3527, 3527 point record set back in 2017, and that number is only going to keep on going up because she's got another game coming on thursday. she is incredible. like her threes and casey like she's amazing. here's how incredible she is. >> she needed eight points to break the record. she scored iowa's first eight points of the game. and then she finished with 49 points. so yes, she blew past it. she has been spectacular. and you know i have two daughters. so i love seeing this. and i also love seeing sabrina, unesco, a walnut creek native, taking on steph curry. the three point contest. so this is great for everybody. >> yeah. women's basketball is becoming more and more popular. love to see it. and having players like that. it's like you want to watch them right? i can't wait to watch that three point, you know, tournament i know who do you put your money on guys? >> san diego i'm going with sabrina. >> i don't know i would say yeah i would say sabrina as well. >> sabrina broke steph's record at the three point contest.

she's shooting from the nba line because she said that she shoots from nba range anyway. she's not even worried about it. wow. good luck okay a famous new york hotel that's been around for nearly 100 years is facing a bizarre new challenge from a tenant who now claims he owns the hotel. >> reporter jim dolan has this story. the new yorker opened in 1930. >> an architect masterpiece built during the depression and for half a century, it was where manhattan tony, celebrity and business elite would meet to eat . it survived all the trends and all the changes in the city, but it almost didn't survive. mickey bargetto this is a criminal scammer who was abusing a certain facet of the rent stabilization law. michael tobin is a rent stabilization expert who talked to us about the quirk in new york's rent law that bargetto is accused of exploiting to gain a foothold a permanent home in the new yorker checked into a hotel and then claimed fillled residence and

refused to leave, and a judge ruled that bargetto could in fact stay in the hotel and then this already strange story took a really bizarre twist. >> the later incredible claims of ownership of the entire property were clearly the acts of an unwell criminal individual. the manhattan da says. >> in 2019, bargetto filed papers with new york city saying he owned the new yorker all 42 stories of it. he even tried to get some tenants to pay their rent to him and to have the current owners evicted. >> i don't know if it's smart or crazy or what it is. >> it's wrong, obviously, but the fact that he was able to do that pretty crazy sandy, isn't it? yeah, absolutely. i mean, not only is it bizarre, but for him to think that he can actually collect rent from others, stay as long as he wanted to do whatever he wants. i mean, he's not owning the property. yeah. i mean, the squatting part is more i don't

want to say typical, but you see that in different forms. >> but the trying to collect rent part, i know, i think it's actually pretty brilliant that he's able to get to that point and have a judge agree with him, which is why fillled and i spent so much time in the sports department that i've tried to charge larry and chris rent. >> they won't do it. they won't even help me buy pizza. sometimes you guys are. >> you need a different judge. i need a better judge. >> yeah, yeah, i'll come to your aid. >> all right. now, to a good samaritan who helped foil a robbery in australia. take a look. you can see the suspect there running down an escalator. then a woman holding a child's hand reaches out and grabs the bag. give it to me. a brief tug of war ensues before others run to the rescue. the suspect was arrested and police are now looking for the woman to thank her for her efforts. >> thank her. but also she put herself in danger, especially holding a child. fillled yeah, you watch woman but i mean, i don't think i would do that at karina and kristen. casey if i had a child in my hands. yeah, yeah, i wouldn't either. >> but at least in australia,

you you're not worried that you're going to get shot by doing that. >> that's true. >> wow. yeah. i mean, if you actually look at it, she grabs the purse handle and then i actually think it's the child that does all the heavy lifting keeping her in place. you know. so i credit the kid as much as the mom. >> i mean, those are really strong. they do have strong hands, right? they can really hold on to things. and i guess it just shows you moms can do anything. multitasking right? right off a criminal while holding a baby. it's amazing. yeah, super mom. okay, there is a lottery nightmare that's out there because. because it's for one person a winning $36 million lottery ticket has gone under claimed and time has run out. the ticket was sold in florida, and now whoever won the prize has forfeited the winnings. you only have 180 days to claim your prize if you're a winner. i always wonder, how could something like this happen, right? like you should always check your lottery tickets, but maybe somebody handed them out as gifts and you never looked at it and threw it out. i don't know, but i kind of feel bad for that person. can you imagine

guys? >> i mean, it's happened to me before. >> you have. yeah. was it millions of dollars? it's like one of those, like two bucks? >> no, it's like scratchers where you get another ticket or. >> oh, that's not bad. >> small ones. >> if that ever happens to me and you find out i was the one who forgot to cash in the ticket, please don't tell me. i would not want to know. yeah, yeah. how bad would you feel? yeah >> i mean, but you've lost tickets, right? have you ever lost tickets? i haven't, no, i don't ever buy them. >> so yeah i don't really buy lottery tickets. >> i've had people buy scratch offs for me. yeah yeah. um, but not really me. and if i buy it, it's, you know, when it gets up to close to $1 billion, i'm looking at that thing. you know, i'm holding on to it, right? i will not lose track. >> maybe there was a good reason for it. maybe that money was going to bring that person misfortune. we don't know. >> don't know. >> you're like, i'd be willing to risk it, though. >> yeah. you're like, all right, well, that is it for the four at four. >> check your lottery tickets or

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abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a quick look at what you can expect. yeah, we're going to see wet, windy conditions here. kristen and karina and snow in the sierra. so saturday mixed precip, windy conditions up in tahoe. sunday a few showers gusty. monday is going to be the worst of the three four days. a heavy rain and snow and tuesday the snow continues. temperatures

in the 40s as these storms definitely warmer. level two for tomorrow. it does have a weak atmospheric river. i want to show you what you can expect in the morning. the rain gets going around 8:00. you will notice the rainfall is moderate in pockets and then by the afternoon it gets heavier. going into the evening it switches over to scattered showers and then the system is out of here. it is a two rain downpours in the afternoon. evening gusts 20 to 40 miles an hour. watch out for rough and dangerous surf sunday through wednesday as that next storm comes in. you're looking at santa cruz mountains close to eight inches of rain. the rest of you in that 1 to 4 inch plus category, some of the coastal hills will pick up 6 to 8in. as we look at your high temperatures tomorrow, it is going to be stormy in the afternoon. 5060. and here's a look at this seven day accuweather forecast level two saturday through monday. chance of thunder monday and then a one tuesday and wednesday. karina. kristen. thanks, sandhya. now to a new study that found pesticides in certain breakfast cereals. and while it raises concerns, experts say you

shouldn't panic. >> here's abc news reporter andrea fujii. >> a first of its kind study has discovered a little known pesticide is present in some common breakfast foods. >> chlormequat itself as a chemical can be harmful if you're exposed to a large amount of it. >> a nonprofit called the environmental working group studied chlormequat in the u.s. the chemical is only allowed on ornamental plants, but the epa allows it to be used on imported oats and other food. the study found 90% of food items tested contained chlormequat, including quaker oats and cheerios, and most americans in a small group tested positive for it. previous research on animals found the chemical can damage reproductive systems and disrupt. fetal growth. >> that gives us concern for how this chemical might also impact human health. >> it's important to note it's not yet known how chlormequat may affect humans and doctors say with its relatively small sample size, this study should not cause any panic. >> so we do need to take this

with a big asterisk that it's not necessarily generalizable to a large population, and we don't yet know what the implications are for humans. >> so what's the takeaway here? doctors say there's no need to drastically change your eating habits or to strictly buy organic, organic foods. >> by definition, don't contain pesticides. but i don't want people out there to think that organic necessarily always means healthier, and they have to do that, or they're doing a disservice to their family. you can still find nutritious foods that are not organic. it's just about knowing exactly what you're eating and making an individualized and powered choice. >> meanwhile, the food companies insist their products meet all regulatory requirements. the group that conducted the study says it will do more research and is asking the government to mandate more testing. andrea fujii abc news, new york. >> thousands of orchids are on display this weekend in san francisco. today is the start of the pacific orchid exposition, an event that goes back 71 years. there are a stunning variety of orchids, big orchids,

showy orchids and award winning orchids from around the world. there are also some rare ones. you can see a black orchid. it took seven generations of hybridizing to get it to bloom black for the first time. just right for the san francisco show . >> it's definitely like uh- painting or anything else. you really have to get a feel for what colors will go together. the best. >> wow. i would go there just for that one. the pacific orchid exposition runs through sunday at the san francisco county fair building at golden gate park. >> bringing music to life for thousands of students. >> when the instrument breaks, there's a student without an instrument behind the oscar nominated documentary the last repair s

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is at 11. anyway who's ever played an instrument knows how life changing music can be in los angeles. a crew works tirelessly to keep the melodies playing for students. their passion is at the center of an oscar nominated film. coming to abc7 tomorrow night, george pennacchio from our sister station in los angeles, has a preview. takes us inside a workshop that

may look unassuming on the outside, but were miracles happen inside by technicians bring broken instrument back to life for thousands of students in the los angeles unified school district, it's one of the only districts in the country to supply musical equipment to students free of charge. >> this is not just a musical instrument repair shop. when the instrument breaks, there's a student without an instrument. no no, no, not in our city. bringing the story of the repair shop to life was a labor of love for directors ben proudfoot and kris bowers. >> it was a emotional and moving experience just to bear testimony to all the love that goes into these instruments. >> steve actually tuned the pianos at my middle school in elementary school, so to actually have a chance to meet him and talk to him about it, i feel like really became an

immediate connection for me to be a part of it. >> one of those students whose experience the power of music is young violinist portia. >> if i didn't have my violin from school, i would probably i don't know what i would do. don't even jinx me with that. >> you can feel like you know, you're fixing an instrument for the future. grammy winner. or if you want to kind of dream a little bit, you know, it's not a grammy, but the dedication of ben, chris and the entire team has come with a nomination for documentary short film at the 2024 oscars. >> in los angeles, george pennacchio abc seven news. >> and you can experience the last repair shop for yourself. get some extensive behind the scenes interviews and extras tomorrow night at eight right here on abc seven. you can also find out if the last repair shop wins an oscar on sunday, march

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uh, but for more power outages as well. >> the candles and the batteries out. but, um, that's kind of the key concern is all the power going down tonight. >> we are on storm watch as