>> i'm larry beil indeed i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. and you can see in all our camera shots here from the golden gate bridge to the east bay, it's all pretty cloudy and rainy. >> yeah. pretty gloomy. yeah but a ray of sunshine. sandhya patel always brings. that. and she's here with the forecast. >> i'm so glad i'm a ray of sunshine and not stormy. sandhya, larry and christine, let's take a look at live doppler seven right now. in all seriousness, we're back to winter. as you will notice, an active pattern underway as we speak. we are tracking some rain right now from san francisco heading down the peninsula. i'm going to show you where it is. moderate around airport street between montara and el granada, also in the east bay, kensington, el sobrante, walnut creek, street level radar showing you the wet weather across san rafael, north san pedro road heading into marinwood and on the southern part of our viewing area around los gatos, santa cruz mountains. we are seeing some steady rain right now. all in association with this level one storm. cold, unstable air, some lightning strikes to the north and it's

not out of the question. we could see an isolated strike or two. so 5:00 tonight we are still looking at pockets of moderate rain showers will continue as we head towards the overnight hours tomorrow morning's commute begins with wet weather and that really just continues to intensify as the afternoon and evening go on. winds will also increase, so by eight 5 to 8 p.m. is when you're going to see the heaviest rain uh- going on until 11 p.m. right now, sfo gusts to 43 miles an hour. 31 at oakland sfo is under an airport weather warning through tot's a level one. rain, brief downpours, gusty winds, strongest in the hills, isolated thunder, chance and speaking of the high country by blizzard warning for the sierra until 10 a.m. sunday, 12ft or more for the highest peaks, with those wind gusts of 75 or higher. extremely dangerouto impossible travel. i would not advise it. i'll be back with a look at your full forecast. coming right up, kristin. >> all right, sandhya, thank you. and just to reiterate that point, sandhya made, if you

aren't already driving to the sierra, now is definitely not the time to go. look at this camera here. caltrans is still telling drivers to avoid travel if possible because of these dangerous whiteout conditions. chain controls are in effect and the speed limit along 80 is going to be 30mph. and we're just hearing that yosemite national park is shutting down due to the storm. the park posted a message on their facebook page, writing that the park will be closed starting at midnight night through at least sunday at noon. they're asking visitors currently in the park to leave no later than tomorrow at noon. >> this weekend's blizzard is expected to bring an epic amount of snow to the sierra, and that's great for the snowpack. well, today, the third snow survey of the year was conducted at phillips station. abc seven news reporter suzanne fan spoke with state water officials about exactly where our snow and reservoir levels stand. >> markus schulz of san francisco can't wait to head to lake tahoe to hit the slopes, go skiing, snowboarding, trying to

bring my daughter up into the snow for the first time, schulz and many others know this incoming storm will bring lots of fresh powder, and that's great news for the sierra snowpack. because of the big storm coming, officials decided to conduct the snow survey today, a day early near lake tahoe. our survey today we recorded a depth of 47.5in, about four feet, and a snow water content of 18in. >> this afternoon, the state department of water resources announced that its statewide snowpack is currently 80% of normal for this time of year. >> last month, the statewide snowpack was 52% of normal. on january 1st, the california sierra snowpack was just 28% of normal. the state water experts say the approaching storm could bring the snow levels up to average. and that's important because during the summer, melting snow flows into the state's water table and fills reservoirs around the state. >> this is the water that we generally expect to fill reservoirs and become available for use, uh, in the summer. and

fall. and so these numbers are extremely important to water managers and reservoir managers. >> the statewide sierra snowpack makes up a third of california's water supply. all the recent atmospheric river storms have really boosted snow and water levels, according to the map we have at abc 7.com tracker. the reservoir capacity lake berryessa is at 92% capacity, and hetch hetchy reservoir is at 90. >> we are hoping to get some control to our snowpack from this storm that will bump up the runoff numbers back to shelton. >> he's just focused on one thing get ready to go for some deep snow in san francisco, suzanne phan abc seven news. >> well, if they're getting snow in the sierra, rain is coming here in the north bay. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard. >> he is live in santa rosa with a look at how communities there are planning to help their most vulnerable population during the storm. cornell >> yeah, larry and kristen, here we go again. the rain is back and boy, it is cold and windy

too. and there is a big effort today to get unhoused folks out of the elements during the approaching storm. >> you can't stay out there all day long without mailing your stomach. >> sam bigelow is making sure that about 100 of his unhoused clients are getting a hot lunch on a cold, rainy day like this. sam opened his jesus cares 2020 dining room in santa rosa about four hours early to keep folks dry. >> because, you know, we are all human and living outside in the cold during this time, during this weather, i think is really, really not good for the, you know, someone's health. >> toby really is sleeping at a local shelter at night, but he can't stay there during the day, so he's on his own on the streets. >> i'm actually trying to get to a place where i can get warm and drink some coffee and until i can go back there, one, two, three up this crew from fs global solutions is preparing a giant tent that will be heated

and used as an overnight warming shelter in the town of sonoma this weekend. >> the company provides outreach services to north bay communities set up cots, bring coffee, you know, hot drinks, water, a little bit of food and just try to give people a place where they can shelter for the storm. >> so the weather that we're anticipating this weekend, based on the national weather service, indicates wind chills and temperatures and wet weather such that we want to make sure that we have a space for our most vulnerable population. >> escaping the rain and cold is what toby will try to do. this weekend. he just moved to santa rosa from pennsylvania. >> my heart goes out to each and every one of the homeless in the community. they they really get the short end of the stick. >> now sonoma's cold weather shelter opens friday night and will close on monday morning. sonoma county is also watching the weather and is considering opening its own cold weather shelters this weekend. we're

live in santa rosa, cornell, bernard, abc seven news, cornell . >> thank you. you can track the rain and snow anytime with our live doppler seven radar. just search abc seven bay area in your devices app store and download it now. >> new developments the man accused of a mass shooting at two half moon bay mushroom farms pleaded not guilty during his arraignment today. twin lee zhao faces seven counts of first degree murder and one count of attempted first degree murder. prosecutors say zhao shot and killed seven people in january last year. most of the victims worked with zhao at one of the farms. he remains in jail without bail and is set to be back in court april 19th. in the east bay, one year after lauren armstrong was fired from his job as oakland's police chief. >> there are now four candidates vying to be the next chief, and they'll meet the community in a forum tonight. so here are the candidates. abdul pridgen is the former san leandro police chief. he left the department last week. floyd mitchell was the chief of the lubbock, texas police department. lieutenant colonel lisa davis is currently

an assistant police chief in cincinnati, leading the investigations bureau. luis molina has an extensive resume. currently, the assistant deputy mayor for public safety in new york city. that forum starts at 630 at oakland city hall. obviously it's been a tumultuous several years in the oakland police department, anthony batts led the department for two years starting in 2009. he's now with the fbi. howard jordan took over for less than two years, followed briefly by anthony toribio and then sean went. went was fired after three years due to a sex scandal within the department, and then came ben farrow and paul figueroa, each lasting only a few days until the city administrator at the time, sabrina landreth, took over and kirkpatrick was oakland's first female police chief, fired in 2020 for reporting alleged misconduct. kirkpatrick filed a lawsuit disputing her termination and she won her case. now, she was briefly replaced by darren allison until susan manheimer was appointed interim chief.

leronne armstrong had the job for two years, from 2021 until last february, fired over allegations that he mishandled two misconduct cases. now he was later cleared, but never reinstated. >> faith leaders gathered in oakland to speak up against an effort to recall alameda county district attorney pamela price. several religious leaders gathered to offer words of support, including the pastor at price's church. hey, good morning everyone. >> give this dear servant of the lord, this community servant. give her an opportunity. let us serve out her time. let her complete what she's doing because her agenda cannot be accomplished overnight. >> reject this. recall it is a disservice not just to the people who voted for me and elected me. it's a disgrace. service to the county of alameda. >> price. >> her supporters say she takes a progressive approach to criminal justice, holding people accountable for the crimes they commit with out sacrificing humanity all users of the recall efforts say price is soft on

crime. san jose city officials now say they're planned safe parking site in the berryessa district won't cost as much as they anticipated today, mayor matt mehan announced that thanks to some redesign work, the cost of the build out of the site will be nearly half of the recent estimate of $15 million. >> we're here to celebrate today. we do still have a long way to go. i still believe $8 million is too much for a safe parking site, but i want to remind folks that we have thousands of people in our city living in tents, living in vehicles. we're going to need to push ourselves to find even lower barrier, lower cost alternatives to encampments so we can get people out of our streets, out of our creeks, faster and more cost effectively . >> in the berryessa safe rv parking site will be able to host up to 85 vehicles. it will be the largest site of its kind in the city. the exact opening date has yet to be set. >> new life for the san francisco art institute. the san francisco chronicle is reporting that a newly formed nonprofit has purchased the russian hill

campus for $30 million, about $10 million less of what it was previously valued at. well, the deal also includes a diego rivera mural valued at $50 million, according to the report that the nonprofit plans to renovate the property and could potentially add housing for artists in residence. the plan is to keep it as an arts learning center, the art institute declared bankruptcy last year after 150 years in existence, coming up on abc seven news at four, taking a leap. >> the reason february 19th or 29th comes only once every four years. february 19th comes comes a lot. gearing up for a big home opener for the san jose earthquakes. we'll tell you what fans can expect, and celebrating band books and the effort to keep them on the shelves

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their first home match, abc seven south bay reporter dustin dorsey shows us what fans can expect on and off the field. >> two professional soccer teams will call paypal park home this year, and the original tenants are back this weekend. the 2024 home stand for the san jose earthquakes begins with a cali clasico against the la galaxy. >> it's a game that we take very personal. um, fans do we do the players? our new players are

integrated. they understand the history. we want to do it. take care of business in front of our our fans. rain or shine, they're going to come out and give us a lot of support. they were huge last year and we wanted to make them proud. >> unfortunately, fans watched as the quakes fell short of a championship last season with a first round playoff exit, but the confidence of the players is not shaken. they know the opportunities to win it all are out there. >> the past season we missed on the details, so that's something to, you know, come overcome this year and um, we're ready for the playoffs. i don't want to call it like a pressure. >> i think it's a motivation. uh, in the end of the day, we play 11 against 11 inside the field. and anything can happen. >> now, that's what you can expect on the pitch. but off the pitch, we also got to see what fans can expect here in papal fun, flavorful and from california is the theme for the menu this year from psycho donuts to lobster mac and cheese , there will be something for all fans. >> we're really looking to provide our fans with all the experiences up in the stands,

from the concessions all the way from when they enter the ballpark till they leave. we're bringing a lot of new classics from local in the bay area, as well as on the california coast, so just a lot of fun. new novelty items for the fans out in games. >> why not? it's a special year. 2024 represents the 50th anniversary of the earthquakes franchise. all parts of the organization, from fan experience to the players themselves, want to make sure this year is a great one for san jose. >> it's a club we so much history, so much good players. uh, played here in this stadium and it's our responsibility to represent the san jose in the best way possible. >> and it all starts saturday at paypal park, a 730 kick against the la galaxy in san jose. dustin dawsey, abc seven news and hopefully it will be dry for that match. >> turning now to the weather and that blizzard that is coming to the sierra this is a snow stake that you see on the right hand side of your screen, and that measures snow accumulation.

this is at heavenly mountain resort where we're watching the snow level rise inch by inch by inch. >> yeah, a lot of that stick is going to get covered very soon. >> yes. >> check in with sandhya. yeah. and you know what? i would not advise you head up there or even try. >> i know it's tempting, especially if you're a snow lover and want to ski or snowboard. kristen and larry, let's take a look at a live picture right now from our zephyr cove. good afternoon everyone. you can see the flag is blowing around in the wind. it has been snowing. blizzard conditions for tomorrow. windy with heavy snow on saturday even getting colder on sunday. it's still going to be brisk with snow, but monday is your day to travel if you want to go. going from mostly cloudy to partly cloudy. by the way, right now there are chain controls on state route four, 50 and also 88, and there are se closures, so keep that in mind. that blizzard warning until 10 a.m. sunday, 5 to 10ft above 5000ft, 1 to 4ft above 3000. and look at the highest peaks 12ft or more

with 75 mile an hour winds or higher gusts. that's going to be dangerous. travel right now on live doppler seven, we're going to get you into street level radar where it is raining around rohnert park, santa rosa, bennett valley road, street level around 680. benicia, 780. you will notice some moderate heavier rain moving across burlingame skyline boulevard into el granada and around the south bay. los gatos area. campbell street level radar. we are seeing steady rain widening the picture here. this is a level one. you see all those speckled clouds over the pacific . this is very cold, unstable air. so this cold storm already bringing a lot of snow to the northern california area, the sierra nevada. right now as you can see to our north, that's not out of the question here. winds at the higher elevations 40 miles an hour. hood mountain and mount diablo, oakland hills is at 48. so gusty out there. temperatures

are down in the 50s and 60s. for most of you. it's a rainy view from emeryville through tonight. wet and windy tomorrow. heavier rain and gusty air with a chance of thunder. and this weekend it's a wintry mix. that means snow, hail, showers and cold conditions through tonight it's a level one rain, brief downpours, gusty winds, strongest in the hills and isolated thunder chance as we go. hour by hour, you will notice that those showers around 7:00 tonight. still coming down in pockets at 11 p.m. tomorrow morning. we're going to see some moderate rain as well. and then the rainfall becomes more widespread. by 4:00. we are talking about heavier rain. certainly the possibility later on in the evening of thunderstorms and watch that cold air filtering in as we go towards saturday morning snow showers starting to show up over our higher peaks cobb mountain, mount hamilton will have the best possibility around lake mendocino county hills as well. this continues saturday afternoon and evening, so be aware of the fact that it is not only going to be cold, but there will be snow covered mountains in some areas. rainfall projections through saturday night. we're looking at 8/10 in

brentwood all the way to over two inches of rain. there will still be some wet weather on sunday. the winds remain gusty as we head towards tomorrow. stronger wind gusts you will notice over 40 miles an hour. friday evening and continuing into saturday. morning still will be gusty later on, but not quite as strong. wind advisory by 12 p.m. tomorrow until 10 a.m. saturday. it's the hills in the coast, gusts to 50 miles an hour high. surf advisory tomorrow morning to saturday afternoon, 15 to 20 foot breakers. as we are talking about the risk of rip currents, dangerous swimming and surfing, 30s and 40s on your temperatures tomorrow morning is going to be cool. tomorrow 40s and 50s. keep the umbrellas handy. level two for the accuweather seven day tomorrow with the thunder chance wintry mix. saturday, sunday. short break on monday. and then we have a level one tuesday through thursday. but that is a weaker system. >> yeah okay. >> believe it or not, the storm doors open wide. >> we're back to winter. really? >> the sun returns when? >> only one day and it's going to be peaks of sun on monday. >> well, don't hold your breath.

i'm filled with optimism. thank you. >> sandia san francisco fire department unveiled its new hose tender and above ground water supply system at the twin peaks reservoir today. the state of california granted the city's fire department $1 million for three rosenbauer hose tenders for the new above ground water main was developed to apply water to a large fire in case the underground system is compromised by something like a major earthquake. >> when we learned in 1906 when we had the earthquake, it wasn't the earthquake that destroyed the city, it was the fire that, uh, emanated from that earthquake and our inability to put that fire out, which is why we've invested so much in our fire department, in our infrastructure. and that's why this these portable hose tenders are going to be absolutely critical. >> assembly member ting says the hoses will be critical in the western and southern parts of the city, where water is, infrastructure is limited. >> it's something that happens only once every four years, and it's all thanks to the greeks. >> plus the nonprofit making a major impact on the lives of

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the month due to leap year, we learned a little about the history behind the phenomenon. when i spoke today with professor of astronomy from the university of san francisco, andrew fraknoi. >> there was actually known to the greeks and julius caesar,

the roman emperor, made this a rule for the entire roman empire back in the days of julius caesar. but then it was still off by a little bit. there needed to be some adjustment, because it's not exactly one quarter of a day, and in 1582, pope gregory uh- ordained for the at least the christian world that there should be a little adjustment which brings everything into alignment. so it took about it took up a couple of decades for everybody to get on board. but now we've got our day and our year aligned trial and error. >> and now we got it. we get the extra day every four years because it takes just about 300 and 65.25 days for the earth to go around the sun. as andrew mentioned. >> so for people who are born on february 29th, leap day is obviously a very big deal. yeah you get to celebrate your birthday on your birthday. >> well, once every four years though, right?

>> abc news reporter danny news spoke with two leaplings. >> i'm 1040. i was born february 29th. naturally leap day birthdays can get a little complicated. >> so let's ask two people born on leap day. or as they sometimes call themselves, a leapling. >> oh, i spoke with adam and mahmoud, two real live leaplings who finally get to celebrate their authentic birth dates today. >> although for adam, he says his mom was a little worried at first, she really didn't want to give birth to a leap year child. >> she was like trying to hold out to march 1st, but she couldn't do it. and it's always like, which day you celebrate? it's always the first question, i'm sorry i asked you that question five times. no, it's okay. >> so actually usually claim the first because it's more i feel it's more accurate. i feel like a fraud if i'm claiming the 28th is a day sooner. >> for the record, they both claim march 1st on the off years and have fun with the whole two different ages thing. in fact, adam and his daughter even celebrated when they both turned 13. in the same year. however,

one complication is the dmv in california. adam's license is supposed to expire every five years after february 29th, but that doesn't exist. >> they actually make it the year that is a leap year for my license to expired. >> but hey, at least there are plenty of deals on leap day, especially if you were born today. >> krispy kreme donuts will give you a free donut because you were born in leap year. they'll toss you a bone out there. if you're born on leap year in new york. >> for abc news, i'm danny, new. >> so you could be five and 20 at the same time. >> yes, but i hope you got 20 presents, not just five. >> yeah, well, that would be optimal. coming up, presidential politics heading south. president biden and his likely competition at the border today, taking sides on immigration and a fast food restaurant quickly backtracks after new pricing plan doesn't go quite as they wanted

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challenger donald trump. >> their trips to texas happening as americans increasingly name immigration as their top issue. abc news reporter nguyen has the latest a made for tv split screen moment. >> the optics of politics at the southern border. president joe biden and gop presidential frontrunner donald trump, both in texas, today record setting unauthorized border crossings. one of the top issues with voters is president biden meeting border patrol agents and first responders in the border city of brownsville, texas. the president blaming congressional republicans for killing a bipartisan bill to fix the border crisis with new funding. but trump had denounced the bill. even before it was released, saying it wasn't strong enough to secure the border. critics say trump did not want to allow president

biden to fix the border before the election. >> even so, here's what i would say to mr. trump instead of playing politics with the issue, instead of telling members of congress to block this legislation, join me or i'll join you in telling the congress to pass this bipartisan border security bill. >> but gop lawmakers quick to criticize biden for visiting brownsville, saying conditions are far more dire in countless other border cities. >> why would he go to the 29th ranked hotspot? because he doesn't really want to see the reality. trump today, about 300 miles away in eagle pass, texas, where the surge of migrants is greater. >> now, you take a look at the jails throughout the region, but more importantly, throughout the world. they're emptying out because they're dumping them into the united states. >> trump is promising mass deportations of migrants if he becomes president again. with congress still deadlocked on any kind of border reform, president biden is considering taking executive action to address the migrant influx. and when abc news, washington.

>> a new poll shows democratic congressman adam schiff maintaining his lead in the primary race for u.s. senate. the emerson college poll shows schiff ahead with 28. republican steve garvey, the former dodgers player, is second at 20. orange county democrat katie porter checks in third at 17, and oakland's barbara lee at 8. 17% remain undecided. that could be key heading into tuesday's election, and the top two move on to the general in november. >> all right. it could soon be easier for thousands of families struggling to pay for child care to apply for help, the department of health and human services announced a new rule to lower costs for more than 100,000 families. it limits the amount parents pay to 7% of their household income. it also makes it easier for states to eliminate co-payments for vulnerable families. the changes are part of an update to the child care and development fund, which is the nation's largest funding stream to help families

afford child care. >> on this, the final day of black history month, california senator laphonza butler is highlighting the importance of black literature in america's history, and she gave an impassioned speech on the senate floor about the controversy over banned books. in some states. >> our nation's most, most ethnically and racially diverse generation have seen themselves reflected in these pages and for these extremist adults to deem these stories inappropriate is a direct attack on their experience and their very existence. >> s following the speech, senator butler read an excerpt from the book sister outsider, which was banned in tennessee due to lgbtq plus related content. this marked the kickoff of butler's banned book reading series. she plans to read excerpts of other banned books on the senate floor to ensure they're available for public viewing, and consumption. >> a wonka experience goes wacky

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major disappointment. here's trevor ault with the story. >> i'm with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination, conjuring up a magical experience chock full of candy and chocolate rivers. you know, no other factory in the world mixes its chocolate by waterfall . but it's the only way. if you want it just right. >> those are the images parents had in mind when they took their families to the willy wonka experience in scotland. advertisements spoke of cascading chocolate fountains and giant mushrooms filled with sweets, but instead they got this. so you get nothing. a nearly empty warehouse we got, and there was maybe 20 chairs, something like that. >> a few tables, a half inflated bouncy castle, a sad looking oompa loompa standing next to a half finished science project that we would all just kind of looking at each other and just

in disbelief, really. >> one parent telling abc his kids were given a jelly bean at a half cup of limeade. no chocolate to be found. >> my little girl, she's only four. she was dressed up and as willy wonka and everything, so she was really looking forward to it. and she was quite disappointed. >> the reaction to the event itself understandably, people are outraged. kids were really let down and like, that's that's not okay. >> the event organizer, house of illuminati, which advertised these extraordinary events and immersive experiences, instead shutting down the event midday. >> what was that? >> that character in the mask. so scary and frightening. that's not in willy wonka. >> that is sad and ridiculous. i hope they all got their money back. and what a ridiculous was that put on by the same people that had the fyre festival in the bahamas. >> here's your sandwich uh. good luck with it. but one jelly bean and no chocolate. come on, play for the little ones too, right?

>> yeah, it looked like they had just set up in some random warehouse and threw some things together, like, hey, like, did they think maybe because they're little kids, they could just get away with it or fool them or something? >> but just how disappointing. what a terrible, terrible to do business that way. right exactly. yeah. >> hopefully they did get their money back. well, you could see this coming a mile away. wendy's is clarifying its stance on surge pricing after social media backlash. wendy's would like to make it clear that it's not implementing surge pricing. instead they say they want to try dynamic pricing. oh, okay. okay all right i see what you did there. all right. the company says dynamic pricing will allow the company to offer discounts to customers during slower times of day. and the testing will begin later this year. and dan, this is what you talked about the other day saying let me know when it's the cheapest and i'll be right over. >> dynamic pricing surge. you know, if it walks like a duck

sounds like a duck. i mean, maybe they're trying to go after a group of people at odd hours, you know, 2:00 to 4:00 when people aren't eating meals and maybe they'll drop the prices then, you know, maybe that'll work, you know? but like i said the other day, hey, let me know when it's cheaper. i'll be there. >> sandy dynamic, really, i mean, and whose eyes, right. >> i mean, wendy's or wendy's. >> i don't know, i don't know, i mean, it's a good idea. >> listen, it's a clever idea. if you're going to try to entice people to show up at those strange hours, not around lunchtime, not around dinnertime, between breakfast and lunch, you know, that's a clever idea. >> it's just kind of like early bird pricing, right? >> yeah. >> they're just like 2 to 4. yeah. here's here's the price of 2 to 4. right. like happy hour. >> it's just all how you frame it. whether it's dynamic or surge or a silicon valley company is taking a first step toward its vision of shipping billions of human like robots to the world's workplaces and homes. today sunnyvale based figure announced a partnership with chatgpt maker openai. the

goal is to fuze openai's artificial intelligence systems into the bodies of humanoid robots built by figure. >> here we go. >> he looks just like me. yeah >> it was just a matter of time, larry. that robot will replace you someday. >> by the way, uh, you know, i think we make a lot of jokes about it, but, of course, there is a lot of serious concern about ai. and this application. larry and i have joked for years and years and years that this is all great until they turn skynet on and these things take over. but, uh, that is one more step in this direction. >> dan, i am a little afraid to give it a physical form because it's one thing. what if the ai decides humanity's better without you? but now it's in a body that's capable of doing stuff, and it's decided that humanity is better without you. i mean, literally, that is sort of the terminator model, right? >> the science fiction movie. so uh, you know, i think that's why there is some legitimate concern down the road. um, did you do you mean kristen without you or without me?

>> i'm just trying to clarify. >> just trying to clarify. who are we talking about or without sandy? i don't know. >> we can never replace up a good point. and so does dan. >> all right. there is a good chance, though, that these things eventually go, hey, we might be able to do this without them. >> exactly. >> yeah. and a lot better. >> all right. finally, for now, the eating contest that joey chestnut just could not crack. are you ready resident finished fifth in this week's pistachio eating championship in santa monica. he wolfed down 167 nuts in eight minutes, which includes having to shell them. and that's the most difficult part of this. australian james webb won it. he ate 338 pistachios. he almost almost doubled or maybe he did double. anyway, uh, joey bosa, the brother of 40 niner, nick bosa, finished seventh and i saw an interview with joey recently. and they were asking him like,

what's up with you in the pistachios? you're not that good at it. and he and he said, you know, the breaking apart of every pistachio nut is what was killing him. it wasn't just, you know, throwing him in his mouth. it was the process. and you have to go through the shelling process in these rules, especially when they're really closed. >> you know, and you're crying and just can't get them open now somehow that slows down how many you can consume. >> obviously, somehow this seems a little less gross than the hot dog eating a lot less gross. >> yeah, a lot less exciting too. yeah, but you know how, like with the hot dog buns, they just dip it in water and then it's whoosh. >> yeah. couldn't do that. no >> except for the

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when they need it most. because happiness matters. she brought it up and now it just seems more appropriate. >> it's a good week to use it. yeah yeah. hey, stormy. hi nothing having to do with personality. let's just make it clear here, larry and kristen, let's take a look at live doppler seven. right now, we do have stormy weather. we are tracking rain. the wind. as we get you into street level radar from san mateo across half moon bay, ralston avenue into belmont , heading out towards the east bay, seeing some moderate pockets of rain, and as we look at the south bay, the santa cruz mountains, also seeing those showers. wider perspective avalanche watch for the back country until tomorrow morning and another one goes up for the weekend. level one storm. it's a

cold low from the gulf of alaska , and we're going to keep going with those light to moderate showers tonight. and it really switches over to heavier rain tomorrow with windier conditions tomorrow afternoon. you're looking at 40s and 50s, a coat and an umbrella definitely comes in handy. it becomes a two tomorrow. chance of thunder. a one for saturday. sunday it's going to be snow over the peaks. hail. chance. thunder and then we get a brief break. monday before another weaker system comes in next week. larry >> thank you. sandhya. >> all right. >> a community support center officially opened its doors today in an underserved oakland neighborhood. the black cultural zone welcome center at international boulevard and 83rd avenue is a resource center and co-working space. it's one of many planned, community driven projects to help the neighborhood thrive. >> endemic to us is making a way out of no way. when we were redlining to these communities and resources were taken away from us, we still found a way to

thrive, to grow, to have community. and so we will have that again. it will return the group, rise east is behind the welcome center. >> the group raised $50 million to tackle systemic inequity inequities. pardon me black residents face in east oakland on higher ground. >> the nonprofit making a difference in the lives of east oakland youth. in fact, you saw him live during our coverage of the black joy parade on sunday, and today we're learning more about the organization and the mission to empower the next generation of leaders. abc seven news anchor julian glover has a look at the allies in action. >> let's gather around. you don't have to sit if you don't want to come on over. we're going to do another coloring project. come on. yeah you're good to go. >> look at it. look it. >> the need that we are meeting here is one. providing a safe space. two, providing a space that's filled with adults who are protected factors. and then

three, providing them with multiple experiences that allow each child to discover their island of competency. so we break our program into nice, neat little sections. so we have a visual arts section. we have a performing arts section where our karate instruction is mixed in there, as well as our cheer program and our dance program. and we also do singing. so within that realm, those children find their islands, and we also do public speaking. i'm amber and i develop youth to build a better bay area. the inspiration for me starting higher ground is that i. i participated in after school programs myself. i participated in summer programs and some of my islands of competency were

discovered in those spaces. my parents gave me a well-rounded life, so i felt that children in oakland at the time when i started this 20 years ago, were not experiencing that one, you'll see some kids maybe struggle with paying attention. >> and if you're a good teacher, or if you're a good lead towards the end of the month, you can see a difference. you know they'll listen to you. if they feel safe with you, they'll open up to you. so i love that. >> you serve so many students, hundreds of students here in oakland. where do you think those students would be if they didn't have an after school program like higher ground,

enriching them in the way that you all are? >> we could kind of see by the state of our youth in the city and the kinds of activities that some of them are engaging in, that's what they would be doing. so so being here, they are allowed to be safe and they are allowed to be children had college students now over this last 20 years. we've had children who have come through our programing from second, and now they're college graduates. so with the young people, every everybody's not going to college . um, and those who do go to college, i want to expose them to entrepreneurship. so now we're going moving into the concept of micro business and being able to be the conduit. so it's kind of just grown organically

>> what does it mean to you personally to think back at the impact that you, the staff, the kids that have grown up and then, you know, come onto the staff have been able to give back to this community, this work makes my degree worth it. >> so. so all through college, i envisioned and being able to have influence and impact on the black community. and i'm doing that. nothing replaces the hug of a child. the admiration of a child that means everything to me. >> and you can be a part of building a better bay area to find your ally and learn how to take action, go to abc seven news.com slash. take action. >> after years of waiting, the star-studded sequel to dune is finally here. >> there's more challenging the second time it really enjoyed coming, coming to work every day and work and seeing everyone what the actors think of the new

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will trent and then stay with us for abc seven news at 11? well, the long awaited part two of the doom trilogy starring oakland's own zendaya, hits theaters tomorrow. now, this time, it's opening only in theaters after an on demand pandemic release.

reporter george pennacchio from our sister station in los angeles, has our preview >> in the harsh world of dune part two, there is good and bad and very bad. bad. and there's also concern for the fate of the universe, for die hard dune fans. there is a lot to take in and decipher, or you can just enjoy the ride. for all its spectacle, i went deep when i was in the latter category. >> yeah, yeah. oh, you as well. yeah. oh yeah. yeah, i didn't have popcorn or anything. i was on the edge of my seat from that opening shot. >> look who's back from the dead . >> i'm a fan. i want to be entertained. i go to, i go to watch a movie to escape, to be entertained. so i don't overthink it. >> one star has thought a lot about it. >> my father didn't believe in revenge. >> but you study it the first time. the second time you watch

it the third time you let it engulf you. >> that just cost me $50. >> yeah. right there. well done. >> no matter how you take it all in. just know. creating this world was both exhausting and rewarding for the people involved, and it was by far the most challenging project i've done in my life. >> because technically, i had never tried something that ambitious. >> this world is beyond cruelty. >> if you saw this original three years ago or the first part, you know, in many ways it was an incomplete note, you know, and an unfinished painting. and this is just getting to see the colors filled out. >> i really enjoyed coming, coming to work every day and work and seeing everyone done and seeing how dedicated they were to making something special. >> you young pup. josh brolin says. >> when they got to abu dhabi to film there for six weeks, he sure saw a lot of sand. mundane, perhaps at first.

>> by the time you're you leave, you're like, you don't want to leave. i have such an addiction to that dune thing, i don't know, i love it, i can't wait to go back. i hope we do a dune three in los angeles. >> george pennacchio, abc seven news. all right, that's going to do it for this edition of abc seven news at four. >> i'm larry beil, abc seven news at five with dan and anna is coming up next. first. is it possible to count on my internet like my customers count on me?

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and we have to do everything possible to get the best candidate here in oakland. >> tonight, the people of oakland will be able to weigh in on who they think should be their next police chief. good evening. thank you for joining us. >> i'm dan ashley, and i'm ama daetz, a public forum