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office they elected her to in 2022. abc seven news reporter ryan curry was in oakland when the signatures were turned in about safety. >> i've never said it before, but i'm saying it today. >> we're going to win. recall price a major milestone for those who want pamela price out of office, this group is turning in a petition with enough signatures that could lead to a special election. >> we shouldn't have to do this, but for the safety of our community, the safety of our children, the safety of our businesses, this is something that had to be done. >> this is a right for the citizens of alameda county. >> ten boxes with over 123,000 signatures being turned over to the alameda county registrar's office. moments later at the office, emotions as they were handed the receipt for those signatures. >> when there's a will, there's a way. most definitely. and guess what? and we all did it. so we did it. so let's say we did it. we did it. >> it's personal for members in
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this group. many have lost loved ones to violence and say the district attorney is not doing enough to hold criminals accountable. our son was murdered back in 2020 and the person was under murder charges under the old da. >> pamela price came in and dropped all the charges. um, added her own, of which none were murder. >> while some want her out as da members of the group trying to keep her in office say she is doing what she was elected to do. >> any courthouse in alameda county, you will see deputies of her office are locking people up and they're making sure people are accountable for, for what happened. the reality is, is crime didn't start when da price took office. and it's also going to exist in alameda county long beyond her time here, with the boxes being dropped off, it now begins the process where they have to count and validate each of the signatures. >> because if all lines up, it gets turned over to the board of supervisors, who then have to set a special election date. that could be as early as this spring. >> so hopefully in late april or maybe early may, there will be a
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special election. >> supporters of the district attorney believe the voters will back her. she was elected with 53% of the vote over a year ago, despite being hugely outspent by the establishment. >> the truth is the establishment lost their annoyed. they've dumped over $2 million into a campaign to oust her. >> but those in the recall effort say even if some of the signatures won't count, they will still have enough for an election in free fall in oakland . ryan curry, abc seven news now a measure on tomorrow's ballot could impact prices. >> possible recall election alameda county's measure b changes how recalls are done. it would adopt the state's rules at the county level. now that would increase the number of signatures needed to qualify a ballot measure. county rules also require a recall to also ask voters for a potential replace. state rules do not. >> tomorrow is election day. california is part of super tuesday. this year, one of the hottest races is for anna eshoo seat. she is retired after 31
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years in congress. abc7 news south bay reporter zach fuentes has more from four of the candidates who raised the most funds and what experts say we can expect tomorrow. >> for the first time in 32 years, a long held congressional seat is opening up. it comes after longtime south bay congresswoman anna eshoo announced her retirement. a long list of candidates are vying for the seat. four have raised the most funds, according to opensecrets.org. as of the last report on february 14th, newcomer peter dixon raised more than $2.7 million, followed by former san jose mayor sam liccardo. state assemblyman evan low and santa clara county supervisor joe simitian. dixon is a tech entrepreneur and marine corps veteran. though he's raised the most money, he's never held office before, something he says gives him an edge. i'm an outsider who has a track record of getting things done, not just in business, not just in the federal government, but also on capitol hill. >> and so you really with voting for me and supporting me, you
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can you can get that outsider who knows how to get things done. >> candidate sam liccardo is known by many throughout the south bay. most recently for having served two terms as san jose mayor. he says his experience traveling to washington, d.c. as a city leader will help him strengthen federal partnerships with local governments to address local issues. >> we routinely hear from members of congress, hey, that's just a local issue. and so i'm running for congress because i believe these are national issues. these are federal issues that congress needs to lean in on. >> candidate evan lois served in the state assembly since 2014 after having served in the campbell city council and as campbell mayor. he says transitioning into the federal level would be a natural progression, allowing him to bring in a new generation of leadership, helping to ensure that we reflect the values of protecting reproductive freedom, public safety, environmental change and helping to make sure that we have an environment in society that we want to be conducive for everyday californians, longtime local leader joe schmidt and is currently a santa clara county supervisor and the candidate who has the endorsement of the retiring anna eshoo. he said his
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goal is to introduce a different way of thinking in washington, d.c, so lawmakers at the federal level can understand many issues facing the 16 district, including housing. >> i'm going to need the federal government to sort of reevaluate how it looks at housing across the country. you know, our region is different, but it's a very pricey region. and a lot of folks were shut out trying to get folks in washington to understand the unique challenges of our high cost area is not going to be easy, but i am game for that effort. >> the top two candidates will be able to move on to the november general election, though we've listed candidates in order of the funds they've raised. san jose state political science professor melinda jackson said in this election, it may not come down to dollars in a primary election. >> i think you're going to see the political experience and the name recognition playing the biggest role in the south bay. >> zach fuentes, abc seven news and as we said, tomorrow is election day polling places will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. you can take your mail in ballot there or to a drop box or a county election office as long as it's delivered by 8 p.m. if you
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prefer to mail it, your ballot must be postmarked no later than tomorrow, and you can still register to vote. >> stay with abc seven news for election night tomorrow. our full team of reporters and experts are fanning out across the bay area to keep an eye on the races that matter to you as the results come in. our coverage of the california primary election starts tomorrow at 9 p.m, streaming anywhere you watch abc seven news, bay area. all right, let's move on to our storm watch coverage. >> after an epic weekend of snow in the sierra, conditions have calmed significantly. take a look at this live picture from zephyr cove in south lake tahoe. quite serene by comparison. an interstate 80 reopened this morning. it was closed friday, saturday and sunday because of the storm. we're talking heavy snow, strong winds, zero visibility during the blizzard warning, and there is no more blizzard warning in effect. >> that's right. let's get to abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel for the current conditions. sandhya yeah, it is much calmer as dan just mentioned. >> dan and let's take a look at a live picture right now from homewood where there is plenty of snow on the ground. this is
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really paradise for skiers and boarders. take a look at the snowfall totals. sugar bowl getting 126in of snow. that's 10.5ft. a lot of snow. soda springs 116. kingvale 106 89. at dodge ridge. palisades tahoe 93. and a little bit less than that sierra snow lab wind gusts close to 200 miles an hour. it was clocked at 190 above 8000ft, to be precise. at palisades tahoe, it was 8700ft late friday night, winter storm warning not in effect for the sierra, but it is up until 4 p.m. for the northern california mountains. as we take a look here, we do have some snow showers still coming in and some showers statewide. snowpack has gone up above average at 104% statewide. northern and central sierra, also above southern sierra, 94% of average. i am tracking the next system, but this one is heading towards southern california. i'll let you know when you will see some wet weather and who will actually see it, because this is
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not going to be a widespread rain event. ama all right, sounds good. >> we'll check back. thank you. sandhya, this weather made for a tough weekend for people in the sierra. abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn talked to travelers about the challenges they face. she's in the newsroom with more. hi, suzanne. hi, emma. so the chp and caltrans for days warned drivers to delay travel because of whiteout conditions over the weekend. now, today, the backups and closures have been cleared, and now people are looking back at how wild that storm really was. heavy snow and high winds slammed the sierra this past weekend, creating chaos on the roads. the chp had to rescue some drivers on i-80 near donner summit because of whiteout conditions and on other highways around lake tahoe, more stranded motorists. i've never seen that many cars stuck on the side of the road, so we lend it a hand, pushed a few, helped to shovel after i-80 was shut down for days. today. some relief for drivers and residents. i'm in a truck with four wheel drive. former abc seven news reporter
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laura anthony finally able to make her way home to the reno area. i honestly don't see a lot of just passenger cars with chains, i saw many, many dozens of big rigs lined up along interstate 80 below the chain controls, i guess waiting to go through. >> caltrans has done an amazing job of clearing this freeway. i thought it was going to be a lot worse. >> also, today, snow blowers hard at work. wendy fields of napa is staying in tahoe city where they have 15 foot snowdrifts outside her condo. fields came up to ski and wonders when she'll be able to get back. >> i have a tesla and the tesla chargers have not been dug out. >> there's a huge wall behind me at palisades tahoe ski resort. >> so much snow fell in such a short period of time and absolute insane blizzard snowstorm. >> the winds at our top ridge hit 190mph. the ski resort opened up today, but check out this post on x.
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>> include a run right now. >> hurricane force winds blew out some windows and filled the area with snow. crews had to clear out the snow before they could start spinning the chair across the region. crews and equipment have been working overtime, reportedly, equipment has been breaking down. >> i know multiple snowplow companies that work in the roads, in the areas. some of their machineries have broken down. um, it's just what happens when there's this much snow. usually we can handle the six inch storms pretty easily. it's nothing, really to bat an eyelash about but eight feet. i don't i don't know if people really understand how much snow that truly is. >> according to caltrans, most of their snow blowers are broken . caltrans posted on x earlier that only eight of their 30 snow blowers were working. now the good news is, though, interstate 80 is now open to traffic in both directions. live in the newsroom suzanne vaughn, abc seven news. all right, suzanne, thank you. >> yosemite national park partially reopened after the blizzard. shut it down over the weekend. up to 45in of snow came
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down on some areas of the park. a meteorologist there says they got between 2 and 4 times as much snow as they usually would in a storm. officials are directing visitors to use certain campsites and say, bring a shovel and some winter gear. now track the rain and the snow anytime with the abc seven bay area app. you can access the same live doppler seven radar. our weather team uses just search abc seven bay area in your device's app store and download it now. >> coming up next, why is it taking so long to fix a collapsed section of tunnel road in the oakland hills? we took a look for ourselves. also ahead. >> if you're really not addressing with the true situation is or the problems are , we're, then we're then selling something that we can't deliver. >> what will it take to build a better bay area and a better union square in san francisco? stay with us
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hazard for drivers. it's unknown . road erosion is threatening to cut off access to a neighborhood in the oakland hills. and neighbors say storms over the last week or so have made it even worse. a portion of tunnel road is collapsing at bay forest drive, despite years of complaints, though to the city, it still hasn't been fixed. here's abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley. >> oh, it's dreadful. i mean, there's a real risk that the whole road gets closed here and it means that there's no access for many of the residents here. >> john collette walked us down to what he feels is a disaster unfolding in slow motion. the erosion of tunnel road by the intersection of bay forest place. the views here are
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astounding, where the crumbling two lane road narrows to just one lane as it caves in just north of the caldecott tunnel in the oakland hills. neighbors say they've been complaining for seven years, with the city putting up sandbags and tarps on the city's 3-1-1 site. numerous reports of the tunnel road collapse are documented as received last spring. residents say they've reached out to the mayor's office, the city council and the department of transportation to no avail. now now they're getting alarmed at the idea of being stranded in their homes as they watch the erosion worsen over the last week. this is the second round of tarps in this storm season, and they're already washing away . >> and we can see that there's continued erosion underneath the tarps. it's worse. it's getting worse. even the last week it's gotten much worse. they got to come out and fix this. it's not acceptable. we pay our taxes with only one lane open. >> they worry about fire, police, utility crews, deliveries and emergency vehicles getting through to their neighborhood as the crumbling of the road accelerates. it's the city of oakland response to abc seven
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news today, saying the hillside erosion at tunnel road bay forest drive is an extremely complex repair with the existing site constraints, the city of oakland will implement a permanent repair of the slope at this location, currently estimated at. $850,000. oakland says they hope to draft an engineering design and repair the site. this summer in the oakland hills. i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. all right. >> it seems like we're getting a break from that rain. we are. >> which is really a needed after just a really tough weekend in terms of weather, especially in the sierra. meteorologist sandyha patel is here with what the week looks like. sandy, we're going to have a little bit of everything. >> dan, and a good evening to all of you. let me show you the day planner for election day. if you're heading to the polls tomorrow, 9 a.m. isolated showers. we're not expecting those showers everywhere, so don't worry about that. temperatures in the 50s mostly cloudy at noontime. it is going to get milder tomorrow
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afternoon. upper 50s to mid 60s and then a cooler night, so you'll want to grab a jacket. there's a system in the pacific that is spinning, but this system is going to actually parallel the coast and then head towards southern california. right now we just have some showers and snow showers up to the north and in the eastern sierra, isolated showers showing up in the northern part of our viewing area. and that's how it's going to remain tonight and into tomorrow. so i want to take you back in time, show you those scattered light, spotty, whatever you want to call it. showers today, mainly in the north bay, but there were a few showers and drizzle elsewhere as well. now rainfall totals since this storm came through since last friday through the weekend. here you go. we're talking about close to three inches in ben lomond, an inch and a half at kentfield, an inch and a third in santa rosa. almost two inches san francisco. oakland 7000/200, san jose 6000/800. you got over an inch in livermore and 8000/500 of an inch in brentwood . and here's a view from our emeryville camera, where we have a lot of cloud cover
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temperatures in the mid to upper 50s for everyone, san francisco to oakland, san jose. you're at 57 degrees from our sutro tower camera. all is quiet right now. low 50s from santa rosa to napa, 51 degrees in livermore and a beautiful view from santa cruz. camera post sunset view tomorrow . isolated showers on wednesday. we are talking about scattered showers across the region and thursday and friday. if you're waiting for some sunshine, you're going to get plenty of it and it's going to turn milder. so here's a look at what you can expect tonight. just a few pop up showers in the north bay. those showers will remain isolated in nature tomorrow morning. and then wednesday when that system gets a little bit closer as it heads down towards southern california and parts of central california, we'll have a better opportunity. so at noontime, you see some light to moderate scattered showers. that goes on at 4 p.m. and then the system quickly is out of here. so nothing like what we experienced over the last couple of days. rainfall totals will pretty much reflect it. everybody under a quarter of an inch except farther to the
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north. we may pick up a little bit more than that. your morning temperatures is 40s and 50s. i would grab that jacket before you leave for work, or take those kids off to school tomorrow afternoon, shower hours. best chance is going to be in the north bay for the rest of you. you're looking at a milder afternoon 50s and 60s. now here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. it is election day tomorrow. no need to worry other than an isolated shower or two. if you have your umbrellas, you're fine. wednesday scattered showers. it's a level one thursday in friday are both dry. you're going to get sunshine and milder weather. temperatures close to 70 in the warmest spots and then saturday, our best chance right now is in the north bay. but you know how quickly in the winter things change. so we may actually have to add that for everyone. sunday, oscar, sunday. mostly cloudy. also, the day when we actually spring forward rain is back level one on monday, so ama and dan we have a few days of sun to come. wait thursday sun yeah, can you believe that?
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cisco and oakland is getting a big boost from the white house. zoom student transportation services has been awarded more than $26 million in grants to pay for clean school busses. the grants are part of the biden administration's invest in america initiative. >> we are pacing towards a goal of having san francisco unified school district and oakland unified school district fully electrified by the end of 2026 and 27 school year. the grant will allow zoom to replace more than 100 diesel burning school
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busses. >> invest in america initiative grants will provide enough funding nationally to pay for more than 2000 new zero emission busses. >> smoke rose along the peninsula today and portola valley. that's because stanford researchers utilized the wet environment to burn piles of debris for wildlife or wildfire management. abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey has the story. letting it burn with the rainy season winding down, the fire season is coming up fast, and stanford university researchers say there's a clear way to prevent them. >> low intensity fires like these reduce wildfire risk by 60. >> fuel reduction wildfire management risk mitigation is a community level effort. we have to work together. if one person is doing something over here and one person is doing something over here, if it's not connected and a fire were to come through, that would be at risk. but if we all work together, that's when you're going to get the best risk mitigation. >> the team from stanford's jasper ridge biological preserve is doing their part with these
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pile burns. unlike more common prescribed fires, this style of fuel reduction is smaller and easier to control. it creates a safety barrier for nearby homes and the preserve. >> when we're burning fuel and we're actually removing the fuel out of the system instead of just rearranging it when you cut things and just kind of put it on the ground, which is an excellent way to do things like when you chip material, but when you're burning it, if a fire were to come through, there's nothing left to burn. >> there's educational benefits from this burn as well. stanford students and researchers can use this to study low, medium, and high intensity fires to learn more about the impact on the environment, a flame filled first hand experience when we were looking at the range of different outcomes of the fire, we can have some control and then translate that into what real wildfires happen or other types of burning. jasper ridge specializes in research, education and conservation. executive director jorge ramos says these burns bring all three of those elements together, like never before. >> this is the first of many of our bigger mission and our bigger vision that we have here
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at the preserve. we're starting with like an ecology foundation of studying what's happening to the system. but also this will open up opportunities for research, education and stewardship in the hopes to bring wildfire management to a whole new level here in california, in the portola valley, dustin dorsey, abc seven news up next, working to build a better bay area. >> there's disagreement over how to make union square better. >> plus, new details of a deadly encounter in santa rosa overnight
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this week, the san francisco union square alliance will host an invitation only session for local businesses to talk about revitalization efforts on powell street. >> but not everyone agrees that the multimillion dollar promenade promenade refresh actually makes sense. >> yes. so how can we build a better bay area at union square? abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow has the story. if perception is everything, the state of union square depends on who you ask. >> it's night and day from when
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we came out of the pandemic. >> we have one of the most beautiful cities in the world. >> um, today it looks okay. >> it's a topic that's top of mind for city officials and local business owners who are attempting to figure out how to revitalize union square and change the city's doom loop reputation, including following the announcement that macy's plans to sell its union square location sometime over the next three years. one of those revitalize ization efforts is the powell street promenade refresh, which will replace these existing aluminum parklets with a new design. this is the gateway to san francisco, and i can't think of a more important place to put resources to ensure that the downtown will recover. the idea is to make the promenade more inviting so that retailers will return, filling these empty storefronts, proving it and making it more inviting is going to be benefit ideal for any business or hotel. >> but where one union square hotel ceo sees a solution, another union square hotel gm sees the wrong problem being
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addressed because that's not solving the problem at all. >> steve rizzo believes city officials should focus their efforts and money on addressing what he says he sees outside hotel g on geary street. vandalism, including graffiti. >> we can't get it removed somehow. it just does not want to come off and shattered glass and they tap the glass on both ends and both of those shattered addiction. we see open use all the time and offensive street behavior defecating onto the curb with his pants down all of which he says have led to comments on his paid social media ads like watch out for the needles on the ground where your hip waders, the human excrement, is at least knee deep and don't go to sf. we won't see a return of tourism the way we had seen it in 2019 and prior, until we clean up our city completely. >> marissa rodriguez is ceo of the union square alliance. >> i think you know, he's right. i think resources need to be spent toward those things. i think they're absolutely important. i don't think it's
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mutually exclusive. i think we need to be focused on addressing those issues. and then also doing what we can to also improve the rest of community so we can continue to be a thriving city. >> the president and ceo for handlery union square hotel often picks up trash he sees on geary street pride. not is not something that you wait for the deep to come by and clean it up. >> pride is you want your street to look inviting, and because as you're proud of the city so show it. >> and while everyone wants san francisco to be known without that infamy, geez, i'll be cleaning it up all day. >> i think the question is, are we seeing some steps in the right direction? i think so, compared to two years ago, the image that we allowed to occur in san francisco in 20 and 21, it's going to take time to change that. >> agreeing on how to get there might not come as easily. >> if you're really not addressing what the true situation is or the problems are, we're then we're then
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selling something that we can't deliver. >> the union square alliance meeting is on wednesday. it's by invite only and not open to the public or to journalists in the newsroom. melanie woodrow, abc seven news. >> let's move now to the south bay, where state leaders are using san jose as an example of how to bridge the gap between homelessness and permanent housing. they joined city officials at one of the san jose's interim housing communities today to announce support for the interim housing act of 2024. this legislation would speed up the time it takes to build short terms housing across california. state senator josh becker sponsored the bill well over the last 12 months. >> the rest of the state has increased by 10. the number of unsheltered people living on the streets in san jose, they have decreased by 11. >> san jose is home to six interim housing communities. unhoused individuals are allowed
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to live there rent free. >> new details on a car chase and shootout in santa rosa that left one man dead and four sheriff's deputies injured, started when a man began brandishing a gun just after midnight around stony point and todd road. neighbors reported it to 9-1-1 when sonoma county deputies arrived. they say the man had a rifle. the man took off and officers followed in pursuit for about two miles during the pursuit, the suspect fired at the deputies and they returned fire. >> ultimately, the suspect crashed and subsequently died at the scene, neighbors said they heard dozens of gunshots. >> the suspect eventually crashed through a fence, for deputies were injured. one is in critical condition with a head injury. another was shot in the leg and two suffered injuries to their hands. target in vallejo reopened one week after someone set fire to it. >> surveillance video from february 24th showed the suspect igniting a row filled with paper towels. the damage to the store and the merchandise is expected to exceed $4 million, was. the
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suspect has been caught. the store reopened this past saturday on the eve of the biggest day of the 2024 primary election season comes with a major ruling from the supreme court, and it affects the candidate, likely to challenge joe biden for the presidency. >> also ahead, if you got the fire inside when you got the fire inside, she's a multiple oscar nominated songwriter. >> and when we say multiple, we mean multiple. but she has yet to call herself an oscar winner. will that change
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week, the dow lost almost 100 points. the nasdaq dropped 67. the s&p was down by six. the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the us will hit store shelves this month. o pill will cost about $20 for a one month supply, or $50 for the three month supply, the company says. when taken as directed, o pill is 98% effective at preventing pregnancy, and that is in line with most birth control pills. the young air national guardsmen accused of leaking classified military documents online have entered a guilty plea in court today. >> jack tashara agreed to plead guilty to all six counts, charging him with willful retention and transmission of national defense information. the terms of his plea deal include 16 years in prison, the longest sentence and an unlawful retention case. >> his guilty plea brings accountability and it brings a measure of closure to a chapter that created profound harms for our nation's security and such unlawful disclosure damages our intelligence capabilities as it
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compromises our sources and methods, and it blinds us to threats from hostile nations and terrorist groups. >> prosecutors say he abused his security clearance to share highly classified intelligence about the war. on ukraine. on the platform discord, a unanimous decision from the supreme court today, former president trump stays on the ballot. the case concerns a colorado supreme court's decision to disqualify trump from its primary ballot, citing section three of the 14th amendment. that section reads that no one who has taken an oath to support the constitution and then engaged in insurrection can hold public office afterwards as well. in today's decision, the justices wrote, quote, the constitution makes congress rather than the states responsible for enforcing section three. >> it's a very important decision. we're very well crafted and i think it will go a long way toward bringing our country together. >> both maine and illinois are now forced to put trump back on
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the ballot after removing him. this comes a day ahead of super tuesday. of course, when 16 states, including california, vote on the presidential primaries and president biden delivers his state of the union address this week. you can watch it live here on abc seven thursday night coverage begins at 6 p.m. >> we have two more weeks of winter, and it will feel like it for the next few days. sandhya shows you when it will get sunny and warm. next, the abc seven storm impact scale. >> it's going to be a two moderate storm from 1 to 5. >> light to severe. know exactly how every storm will impact you. >> wet and windy once again. >> be prepared with the abc seven storm impact scale from abc a super thin, flexible patch with maximum
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thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for adults with hr positive, her2 negative metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole significantly delayed disease progression versus letrozole. ibrance may cause low white blood cell counts that may lead to serious infections. ibrance may cause severe inflammation of the lungs. both of these can lead to death. tell your doctor if you have new or worsening chest pain, cough, or trouble breathing. before taking ibrance, tell your doctor if you have fever, chills, or other signs of infection, liver or kidney problems, are or plan to become pregnant, or are breastfeeding. for more information about side effects talk to your doctor. thanks, mom.
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be in your moment. ask your doctor about ibrance. a pfizer product. abc seven news reporter george pennacchio from our sister station in los angeles with her story. just. be happy you got chosen by your your peers to be, you know, one of only five nominated people you guys have won. >> you know, four of you are going to lose. i've been there before. i'll probably be there
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again. >> diane warren is one of this year's oscar nominees for original song. hers is called the fire inside from the film flamin hot. it will be performed on sunday by becky g. when you got the fire inside. >> when you got the fire inside and flow. you're gonna hold this for life i feel like i've been doing this so long. >> and i feel like there's a respect factor in that which is really about, you know, i'm here because my peers respect me or respected my respect my work. and i don't take that for granted. >> she's had that respect now for decades with a string of oscar nominated songs. you probably remember, like these. you love me. >> how do i live without you and i don't want to miss a thing. >> i was waiting for my car the other night and i was talking to this, a man who does documentaries, and he goes, i
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want you to know that you have so much support with everybody, and we're all, we're all rooting for you. and it made me almost like, cry. you know, it was so cool. >> our interview couldn't end without a tradition. we share me giving diane a little good luck gift this year. two very expensive or not bracelets that fell to the ground. they didn't break though, and diane suggested i might see them again on sunday. >> i am going to wear them and they're gold. they're gold like an oscar. >> thank you. >> george. >> george pennacchio for abc seven news. >> don't miss the oscars right here on abc seven. this weekend. we're counting down. as you can see, the awards start at 4 p.m. on sunday. let's pull for diane. can you imagine how thrilled she'll be if she finally. >> oh, my god, that would be amazing. all right. some sunshine is amazing as well. it is. >> cynthia is back with a forecast and i see that you guys are really looking forward to that. >> ama and dan let me show you a live picture right now. this is up from homewood. now you're
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seeing a few snow showers continuing to fall. they are requiring chains on 88 and four, but the blizzard is over. gusts close to 200 miles an hour. friday night. palisades tahoe at 80 700 foot elevation. going through the next couple of days, they're only expecting a couple more inches of snow. donner five inches blue canyon for on live doppler seven i am tracking some showers, mainly in the north bay around calistoga and saint helena. they will remain isolated through tonight across that region. another system is coming our way and that will keep the isolated showers going. not just tonight, but also tomorrow morning. now, as we head towards wednesday, we have a better opportunity for seeing some of that wet weather. so let's take a look at your high temperatures tomorrow. they're coming up not quite as cold 50 and 60. fast forward to wednesday. that system is going towards southern california. you will notice those showers across our region, very scattered in nature. and our next opportunity is really saturday. but that system looks like it's going to be a north bay event right now.
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that could change. accuweather seven day forecast. if you're going to the polls tomorrow, the isolated showers should not bother anybody. a level one on wednesday and then, as i mentioned, sunshine and warmer weather thursday, friday. enjoy. we'll have our next opportunity for wet weather that is more widespread. level one on monday, but on oscar sunday, don't forget to spring forward. >> dan okay thank you. sandy. >> casey, are you going to remind us? >> yeah, we'll spring forward. and it reminds me because it's spring training right now. and matt chapman finally a giant. and he showed up to camp. so i'll tell you about the major bet he made on himself. and here , why chappie feels he and bob melvin have unfinished business together. that's next in sports in afghanistan, he cared about two things:
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completing the mission, and making sure his marines came home. and we all did. pete's always fought for what he believes in, and i know he'll do the same in congress for affordable housing, the rights of women, and the democracy he swore to protect. because helping people who need it has always been pete's mission. and i know he'll get it done. next generation veteran fund is responsible for the content of this ad. anthony: this making you uncomfortable? next generation veteran fund good. when you've got type 2 diabetes like me, you have up to 4 times greater risk of stroke, heart attack or worse death. even when meeting your a1c goal. discomfort can help you act. i'm not trying to scare you. i'm empowering you... to get real with your health care provider. talk to them about lowering your risk of stroke, heart attack or death.
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democrats agree. conservative republican steve garvey is the wrong choice for the senate. ...our republican opponent here on this stage has voted for donald trump twice. mr. garvey, you voted for him twice... as your own man, what is your decision? garvey is wrong for california. but garvey's surging in the polls.
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of course, the award is for february, when the warriors win an nba best 11 and three. doesn't really take into account the 52 point loss yesterday against the celtics. but if you ask me, kerr deserves another award for this post. game comment following the historical drubbing. >> well, a break here or there and that game was ours. but you know, stuff happens >> two point margin of victory was the third best in celtics franchise history, and they've been around a while as the warriors scored a season low 88 points. the warriors defensive game plan for all star jaylen brown backfired spectacularly. he had 19 points in the first quarter alone. draymond green says they came up with the plan to defend him right before the game. >> well, i don't think we really played a full defensive strategy to kind of dive into that. we didn't implement it uh. we implemented our strategy like 15 minutes before we left the locker room. so i thought it was
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fun to try. i was actually all for it. like, let's try it and see if it works. if it don't, oh well done. found something. all right. it didn't work. so we move on. >> well, on the bright side, they're three and one on the road trip. the warriors return home to face the bucks on wednesday. milwaukee star giannis antetokounmpo could be questionable. he's sitting out tonight's game against the clippers with a sore achilles. so stay tuned on that. and how is this for betting on yourself. matt chapman returned or turned down a ten year $150 million deal with the a's in 2019. he also reported he turned down $120 million from the blue jays. his deal with the giants $54 million for three years. but he does have an opt out clause at the end of this season. if he wants to try free agency again. chapman wasted no time reporting to camp, and the platinum glover looks good in this video, recorded by jim on bass, chapman says he's thrilled to be reunited with skipper bob melvin after the unceremonious end to their oakland tenure.
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>> i felt like we had something really special with the a's and unfortunately that got kind of ripped out of our hands and broken up, so you come back here and have an opportunity to be in an organization like the giants. um you know, the team is not afraid to spend and it's not afraid to go get a free agents and keep guys together and keep adding all the things that you expect. you know, a winning franchise to do. now we have the opportunity to do that here. and i couldn't be more excited and i know the kelsey brothers play for the eagles and chiefs, two of the recent rivals of the 40 niners. >> but i do enjoy both of them today. jason kelce announced his retirement. the soon to be hall of famer and super bowl winner gave a tearful goodbye. >> we'll see how long this lasts . that i am retiring. i c hit somebody, run around like a crazed lunatic and then get told good job. i love football.
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whether it was in my back yard with my brother. on the playground with my friends, or suiting up on friday nights at cleveland heights high school. i loved everything about it. >> this abc seven sports report is sponsored by your northern california honda dealers, and jason and travis kelce have a very good football podcast. it's actually a very interested listen, even if you're a niners fan, you can't stand the eagles and the chiefs. it's very good. and i can't believe matt chapman turned down $150 million from the yankees. i can't believe the a's even offered anyone $150 million. that is betting on yourself in a major way. what's he holding out for? 160 million even have the year he wanted though. and he can opt out. so we'll see if he retest free agents. wow. okay. >> thanks, casey. >> all right. tonight on abc seven at 8:00, it is the bachelor at ten bad romance, a special edition of 2020. then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. remember that abc seven news is streaming 24 seven. get the abc seven bay area app so you can join us whenever you
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want, wherever you are. that is it for us for now. thank you for being here. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley for sandyha patel. casey pratt, all of us. we appreciate your time. hope you have a great evening and we see you again at 11. >> this is abc. 724 seven. san francisco, live at levi's stadium in san jose. >> live in oakland? yeah. you're watching abc seven news live any time, anywhere. >> we are. we are, we are we are we are, we are where you are. >> never miss a moment of the news that matters to you. download our abc seven bay area streaming app. join us ♪ jardiance! ♪
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♪ the little pill ♪ ♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is the... ♪♪ here is our seventh group of "jeopardy!" champions. a producer, writer, and actor from chicago, illinois... [mouth words] a professor from merion station, pennsylvania... and a scenic artist from toronto, ontario, canada...
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and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--ken jennings! [cheers and applause] thank you, johnny gilbert. and welcome back, everyone, to the quarterfinals of our tournament of champions. at this point, only three spots remain in the semifinals, and today, to find out who will be our next champion to advance, we've invited back ray lalonde, melissa klapper, and what's this? tv's ike barinholtz? [laughter] that's right. for the first time ever, we have invited a "celebrity jeopardy!" champion to join us for the toc. we're delighted to see you all. good luck to everybody. let's see what categories await you in the jeopardy! round. ♪♪ first up, we have... then... followed by... note that "v." followed by... and... ray, where would you like to start? oh. "v"acation spots for $800, please.
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