glover. >> polls are getting ready to close at some polling places across the country. it's not just the presidential primary here in california. we have a senate race, local propositions and more for voters to decide. >> polls will be open until 8:00 tonight. you can take your mail in ballot there, or to a drop box or to a county election office, as long as it's delivered by eight. if you prefer to mail it, your ballot must be postmarked today and you can still register to vote with a provisional ballot as well. we have team coverage. abc seven news reporter anser hassan is in the east bay. lauren martinez is in the south bay. but let's begin in san francisco with abc7 news reporter j.r stone. hey j.r . >> kristen. certainly a sense of energy and excitement here in san francisco. now when it comes to turnout numbers for this super tuesday, about average compared to what we normally see here in the city. >> right now we've got about

130,000 ballots back. that's a that's around a 24% turnout for this election. the average turnout for the presidential primaries since 1972 is 49. >> this is what it looked like a short time ago. inside folks making their voice heard in one area. then in some of the back rooms, the ballot counting happening. i've been speaking with san franciscans about some of the propositions on the ballot, and there were several. the state prop for mental health treatment facilities, and then the props involving the number of officers in san francisco and how those officers police. i asked voters which specific prop issues mean a lot to them. this is what they say. >> look, a deep look at prop one. i was initially going to vote no uh, but unfortunately i read the wording was really nuanced and it said transfer the funds that you're going to distribute, so wouldn't be too much of an additional tax. so i ended up voting yes, and i thought that was a good thing to do. >> we have a housing shortage here in california and in san

francisco as well. so i want to get more supportive housing, whatever is going to help the city with the crime. >> and i'm for it. so if it means using drones, i'm for it. okay so anything to help us be safe in the city of san francisco. i'm down for it. >> and the voting continues tonight. people still making their voice heard at this point. now we'll get a first update around 845 or so. and if you did leave your ballot in one of those drop boxes here in san francisco, it likely won't be counted today. but in the coming days, they'll get updates tonight. those will involve the ballots that were dropped yesterday, so still lots to come from here in san francisco. reporting live in the city. jr stone, abc seven news a long night ahead. >> thank you. jr san francisco mayor london breed cast her ballot today at city hall. she urged others to get out to the polls before they close at eight tonight. and she pushed back on the idea that crime is the major

issue facing san francisco. >> if you look at our city, compared to pretty much many major cities across the country and across the world, and you'll see that our numbers are on the lower end in comparison is just san francisco. unfortunately she gets a lot of attention when something does happen. >> numbers released by the mayor's office today show that violent crime is down 4% in san francisco over the last six months, while property crime is down 30% over that same time frame. >> now to the south bay and abc seven news reporter lauren martinez. >> lauren kristin. they have 3000 temporary election workers scattered throughout santa clara county at different polling locations. the people behind me, the ones towards the window, they're slicing the ballots open and the workers towards the tables here. they're flattening the ballots. from here, they'll head over to the ballot counting room. we spoke with evelyn mendez, with the registrar of voters, who said so far the day

has been steady. if you still need to vote, you need to be in line by at least eight tonight. if you are dropping your ballot off at a mailbox, you need to make sure the mail man or woman hasn't already come by, she said. it will not count if your ballot is not postmarked after today. mendez also talked to us about the low voter turnout. right now, they're seeing the election turnout at 17% for the entire county. this includes mail-in and in-person voting, usually at this time of the day, she said, it's at 30. >> it's usually higher by now. so we're not understanding why the last minute. but we know people are saying they're waiting and they want to make sure they look at do the research, but it's getting close to the time. so we need to tell people to get out a vote center or to come by now. >> mendez also talked about an effort her team is doing on social media to spread the word and encourage younger people to vote when video they just posted garnered 4000 views, which is more views than any of their

other recent posts. when it comes to primary elections. so definitely a push to get the younger people aged 18 to 34 years old to come out here and vote live in san jose. lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> all right, lauren, thank you. another key race in the east bay as us representative barbara lee seeks that us senate seat. the race is on to replace her. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan is live in oakland with the latest on that race there. hunter >> julian. kristin. good afternoon. that's right. in a few hours. latif. assignments. going to have her election party here in oakland. i spoke to a couple of political analysts. many say lateefah simon has really emerged as a frontrunner in this race. a big reason the big endorsements that she's been able to pick up the race to replace us congresswoman barbara lee in california's 12th congressional district, is coming down to two candidates running to be a part of the legislature isn't just about leading, it's about partnering.

lateefah simon says she spent the past few months of her campaign talking with members of congress to learn how dc works. in a race with nine candidates, seven democrats and two republicans, simon has emerged as the frontrunner, picking up some key endorsements, including representative barbara lee herself, governor gavin newsom, both u.s. senators from california, laphonza butler and alex padilla as well as the california democratic party obtaining an endorsement early in this campaign. >> really, it was about folks believing in what i am capable of and how much i love this community. >> simon currently serves as bart director. her resume includes decades of community service. professor nolan higdon says the endorsements mean the race is simon's to lose. >> we've also seen in recent years that typically a lot of these leaders in the party won't endorse someone they know is going to lose. so i would wager that all the metrics uh- that, you know, barbara lee have and some of these us senators have say that simon's going to win.

>> many political analysts believe alameda vice-mayor tony daysog and doctor jennifer tran, a professor at cal state east bay, will likely battle it out for second place. only the top two candidates will advance to the november election, tran says a vote for her is a vote for fresh perspectives within my first 100 days, i'm going to introduce a bipartisan bill called the modern cities act, in which we will modernize and set a national standard for policing, addressing homelessness, ending homelessness, actually investing and revitalizing our small businesses. political analyst christian hassan at uc berkeley says another advantage simon has is the amount of money she's raised, almost ten times more than her opponents. >> more information voters, more messaging, and also just more likely seeing their name more and more is incredibly important in a context like this one. >> many of these election parties are set to kick off at

around 8 p.m. again, the top two finishers move on to november. reporting live anser hassan abc seven news. >> unser. thanks so much. and a major race voters will decide on today as well, is filling one of california's senate seats today. voters will decide which two candidates will face off in november for that highly coveted seat of the late senator dianne feinstein. the candidates include democratic representative adam schiff, a first time candidate, republican former baseball great steve garvey, and democratic representatives katie porter and barbara lee. as we mentioned, round off the top four candidates going in, the two who get the most votes will advance to the general election. the growing partizanship and mudslinging in washington is proving to be too much for arizona senator kirsten sinema, the former democrat turned independent, announced today that she won't seek reelection this year. polling in the state showed sinema running behind democratic congressman ruben gallego and former republican gubernatorial nominee kari lake. tonight at nine, you can watch

results of the california primary streaming anywhere you watch abc7 news. bay area online at abc7 news.com, and on your abc7 news app. >> the a's are finally giving fans a new, updated look at the team's future ballpark out in las vegas. bas released renderings today of the ballpark project. the 33,000 seat stadium will have a roof that opens to a view of the las vegas strip. the stadium is also designed to include an 18,000 square foot jumbotron, which would make it the largest screen in all of major league baseball. construction is set to begin in april of next year. >> a social media shut out several sites experience outages. what we've learned about what happened, the commercial building crisis as values in san francisco plummet and even the cookie monster is getting upset about shrinkflation his message coming up. >> i'm spencer christian. we should get ready for just one more day of some light showers before the sun shines and the temperatures rise. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up

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this morning, sky seven was over the scene as officers searched a car believed to be involved in a shooting. officers found the gunshot victim at about 945 this morning in the area of stevenson boulevard and aubrey street.

that person was taken to a hospital nearby. it's unclear what led to the shooting. >> san pablo a man is facing two counts of murder in the mysterious disappearance of his wife and mother in law six months ago, 40 year old toll and her mother is 74 year old quad tran, have been missing for nearly six months now. >> police are asking for the public's help. abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley explains why this 40 year-old mother toll and her 74 year-old mom, tran, mysteriously vanished from their san pablo home in september. >> lay's husband, fook vo, reported them missing. >> mr. vo, you know, had called us to report that his wife and her mother had left the residence after a family argument, and he hadn't seen them. police treated it as a missing persons case and followed up on them voluntarily traveling to southern california. >> but evidence wasn't adding up

until december, when investigators pointedly asked vo if he had seen his wife's honda fit since they disappeared. >> have you seen that car at all ? >> probably says no, he said no. >> and then that same day, mr. vo is seen entering, you know, his wife's vehicle and actually driving away. >> police said that made vo a person of interest in. by last week, they served a search warrant at the family's home in san pablo with the help of other local law enforcement agencies. vo was arrested. and yesterday, the contra costa district attorney charged him with two counts of murder with special circumstance enhancements. he's being held in the martinez jail. police say this tragedy extends to the suspect in the victim's two elementary school aged children, who are caught in the middle of this homicide and are now living with other family members. >> as of now, you know, the victims have not been located,

we're still, you know, actively processing, you know, evidence following up on leads. >> san pablo police are asking for the public's help in figuring out a motive. and where the bodies of the two missing women might be located. they say the couple had financial problems. is mr. vo being cooperative and offering information on what happened to them, he has not been forthcoming with this information, with information on, you know, what may have occurred or where, where the victims may be located in san pablo. >> i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> a san mateo judge will be holding a status hearing for convicted murderer scott peterson. it's believed to be in response to the group called the la innocence project, requesting more evidence from the original trial. they claim to have newly discovered evidence supporting peterson's claim of innocence in the death of his wife, laci peterson, and their unborn son in 2002. >> meta has fixed a technical

problem that caused login issues for millions of facebook and instagram users. outage tracker downdetector says as many as half a million users reported issues logging in or accessing the sites. shortly after 6:00 this morning, the platforms were down for about two hours. cal state east bay professor of communications grant keene says the outage happening on the morning of election day will likely raise some questions. >> it comes at a time when we are so aware of the role that technology and social media are playing in our lives, and the decisions that we make and something like this at this time when we're already, aware of what's going on, some of the issues of particularly with ai and, conflict in the world, it really is something that we've come to rely on. and so it feels uncertain. >> keene says social media platforms are often vague about the cause of these kinds of

outages. until they're sure the problem is fixed. >> this weekend's blizzard in the sierra did wonders for california snowpack. new numbers from noaa show it's now 104% of average. all thanks to that more than ten feet of snow in some locations. the most up to date official total from the state department of water resources last thursday reported the snowpack at 80% of normal. california has come a long way since january, when coverage was just 37.5% and spencer and the weather team knew that this was going to help us exceed that snowpack. >> yes. >> and they called that big blizzard coming to check it out with weather anchor spencer christian. >> okay. all right. julian and kristen. yes. so we were talking about 8 to 10ft of snow and people were shocked. but that's exactly what happened. and meanwhile we've got a little bit more rain on our way to on the way to the bay area. here's a look at live doppler seven. you can see some moisture in the atmosphere right now. there have been a couple of sprinkles reported today, but no significant rain. however, this

low pressure system that's going to be diving southward down towards southern california is going to come close enough to brush us with some clouds and light rainfall tomorrow. so it may be even tonight. so here's the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale for tonight and tomorrow. we expect some scattered showers and possibly some pockets of moderate rainfall from time to time. slight chance of thunder with this system. here's forecast animation starting at 9 p.m. notice during the overnight hours. we'll see those showers getting closer to the coastline and moving into the north bay. first, in the early morning hours, morning commuters may encounter some sprinkles and some wet pavement here and there by midday tomorrow, we'll see the rainfall expanding to other parts of the bay area down to the south bay. more in the north bay. not so much here in the central part of the bay area. in fact, rainfall totals by 11:00 tomorrow night reflect that right through the central part of the region. we'll see only a couple hundredths of an inch of rainfall. but up in the north bay, santa rosa likely to receive about 7/10 of an inch down in the south bay. san jose 6600. so it'll be wet in the

north and in the south. right now, though, things are calm. we've got breezy conditions, but no strong gusts and a few degrees warmer right now than at this time yesterday. so let's take a closer look here in san francisco right now with 57 degrees. 56 in oakland, low 60s at hayward and san jose, 59 at san mateo and half moon bay, 55 looking at cloud cover over the bay from emeryville. of the temperature readings at this hour, 57 degrees at both santa rosa and petaluma. 58 napa 60 in fairfield and upper 50s at concord and livermore. and these are our forecast headlines. scattered showers tomorrow and maybe even during the overnight hours thursday and friday. sunny and milder, but the weekend will bring increasing clouds. it will be a little bit unsettled and maybe some more showers on the way for tonight though. overnight lows mainly in the mid to upper 40s about 50 here in san francisco. high temperatures tomorrow as we get those scattered showers and possibly a brief downpour here and there, mainly in the low to mid 60s. so a fairly mild day tomorrow, but it could be a wet one for some of us. here's the accuweather

seven day forecast after that level one system tomorrow, we expect just a few morning clouds on thursday giving way to afternoon sunshine. sunny and milder on friday, temperatures highs in the mid to upper 60s but cooling down over the weekend as clouds come in again. it will be rather unsettled going into sunday, which is oscar sunday here on abc seven. it's also the day we begin a daylight saving time, so don't forget to set your clocks forward going into sunday. >> okay, so you lose a night of sleep or one hour of sleep. you could, but then you gain the daylight. that's what a trade off. yeah. okay. >> we'll take that. nice trade off. yeah >> thanks, spencer. downtown san francisco's comeback might not be happening yet. the commercial buildings still struggling and what it means for their future. >> and cutting those credit card fees when you can exp

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if approved, it will waive transfer taxes for some converted buildings. the vote comes as we learn another office tower owner is reporting a dramatic loss in value. abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn has more on the evolving commercial building crisis. >> it's a reset. all of downtown . >> big news about two big properties in san francisco. location number one, 555 and 575 market street. and then location number two, 111 sutter street. collective lee paramount group

paid $949 million for those offices. but now the paramount group owes more on the buildings than they're actually worth. so both investments have been marked down to zero on company books. eric tao is the outgoing chair of the urban land institute. >> a lot of times you mark it down, which is the right thing to do. if that you have reporting obligations to your investors, etc. but also you reset, you reset the valuation. so this hurts the city, of course, because lower property taxes. but you reset so you pay less to what we call carry the building. >> no word of paramount group will surrender its properties. its two buildings are around 45% vacant. last year, 350 california was sold. it was one of the most valuable commercial real estate properties in the country. >> 350 california is an actual sale where the property went back out on the market and was sold for less than half the price of its previous uh- sale

price. >> the owners of the westfield mall turned over the keys to the lender when it defaulted on its lease. real estate and development experts say this situation is different and that paramount group has some options . >> when you reset the value, you can reset the rents and people will pay the lower rents to be back in downtown again and they grow from there. >> we had a super heated white hot market for year after year. as we came out of the great recession, and now there's been a big post-covid market correction, peskin says the reset is a chance to redefine downtown. we're going to see opportunities for residential in our downtown core, he says. >> it could mean more office to residential conversion. it could mean making more room for arts and entertainment. >> we've got to move san francisco forward. we have to look for our opportunities for downtown, and this reset is going to be an opportunity in san francisco. >> suzanne phan abc seven news. >> and we're learning of more

stores leaving san francisco's emporium center mall out on market street. beauty brand loccitane has closed into for a plans to close their location inside of the former westfield center next month. >> credit card fees will soon cost you less. the consumer financial protection bureau made it official today, cutting the typical late fee of $32 down to eight. the agency estimates the new maximum fee rule will save americans $10 billion every year. an average savings of $220 a year. credit card debt is currently at an all time high, with the average american family owing $6,000. on thursday, president biden will deliver his annual state of the union address. the president is already preparing and today posted this photo with the caption state of the union prep. get ready, folks to watch thursday's state of the union address. just stay with abc seven. we will bring it to you. live coverage begins at 6 p.m. >> as you know, it is super tuesday from president to the

local judges, there are key races to watch. >> unfortunately, i think that too many voters don't appreciate the important things that are on their ballot. >> voting is easier than ever, so why aren't people heading to the polls? the future of voting just ahead and due to our election coverage, you won't see jeopardy! >> and wheel of fortune at their usual times. tonight, you'll want to set that dvr. jeopardy! will air at 3

hideous super tuesday, and in some parts of the country, polls are getting ready to close. >> voters in 15 states and

american samoa are choosing who they want to be their presidential nominee. both president biden and former president trump are leading their delegate races, and today they are only expected to grow their leads. >> abc news reporter perry russom has the latest today. >> hundreds of delegates up for grabs in super tuesday. >> we're both supporting president biden. >> i'm going to vote for president trump voters from coast to coast choosing their candidate for president. >> i wish there were more people honestly on both sides to give us a better choice. >> today could be nikki haley's last stand. she's won only one primary race so far, as much as everybody wants to go and push me out, i'm not ready to get out yet, former president trump could win most, if not all, the republican races today. trump is coming off a supreme court win. yesterday, the high court ruling he can stay on the ballot after being kicked off in colorado. >> i have great respect for the supreme court. >> trumps former press secretary, now governor of arkansas sarah huckabee sanders, voting for her former boss today.

>> this is a head to head matchup at this point between joe biden and donald trump, and he's the clear favorite on the democratic side. >> president biden has won nearly all the delegates so far. >> overall, i think he done done a great job last week in michigan, more than 100,000 people voted uncommitted in the democratic primary, a protest vote for biden's handling of israel's war with hamas. >> today, the president faces similar protest votes. >> we'll use this as a protest vote and hope to save lives in gaza. >> since that protest vote last week, biden has been more forceful in calling for a ceasefire in gaza. >> there's got to be a cease fire trying hard for that cease fire. >> nikki haley had said she would stay in the race until super tuesday. today it appears she will wait for the results before any announcements. perry russom, abc news, washington. >> voter turnout is projected to be low today, despite the state making it easier than ever for people to vote. abc seven news reporter ryan curry tells us why experts believe voting by mail does not necessarily lead to more ballots cast. these workers are bringing out dozens of

ballots from the walnut creek city hall, loading them into boxes and transferring them over to the county office to be counted. >> super tuesday is underway in the bay area. >> we have over 1200 people that are helping with our 147 polling places, including our 147 inspectors. >> contra costa county is fully staffed with workers collecting ballots or helping others fill them out upstairs in the recorder's office. the tallying process has already started. the county recorder says most of the ballots come in through the mail. >> the data shows that since we started mailing a ballot to every registered voter in contra costa, between 90 and 95% of our cast ballots have come in through vote by mail. >> california started sending everyone in the state ballots three years ago. experts say it has led to more people voting. >> if we compare the world of this primary election happening now without making it easier to vote right, i absolutely would expect that the turnout we're going to see would be higher than the turnout we would see otherwise. >> but it doesn't mean turnout

for every election will be high. professor jason mcdaniel at san francisco state says despite it being easier to vote, this particular election doesn't have much to excite voters. >> voters have to feel that there's something at stake that's worth their time and effort, and this primary election, for a variety of reasons, not competitive presidential primaries in both parties, a senate race that is not a democratic party primary. it's a top two primary. i think that's lowered the stakes for a lot of democrats. >> professor mcdaniel says the increase in votes by mail is a good thing. that can lead to more people participating in elections. >> these convenience things to increase voting are a good thing, and i think they increase trust in the process. make it more likely that more people vote, and so if they vote, they're more likely to vote again. and so i think there's a lot of positive feedback that can happen in the east bay. >> ryan curry, abc seven news. >> all right. joining us live now to talk more about super tuesday abc seven news insider phil matier phil, they were talking about not driving voters to the polls because the presidential is pretty much decided. but come on, we have

the hot senate race in california. one that's so much money was spent on. we see all those incredible amount of money being spent on this race is amazing. >> adam schiff alone put close to $45 million in it. either he or his supporters backing him and backing him and bashing katie porter, another democrat who put $18 million into this race, raised it and spent it. you know, whoever wins tonight, it's the top two. and there was a chance that it was going to be democrat adam schiff and democrat katie porter. but in the last couple of weeks, every time you turn on the television, you see an ad that features steve garvey, the republican in the race. he's not spending any money, but adam schiff is using him as the person to run against saying, it's me. we've got to stop this guy, steve garvey. now, there's 30% republicans out there. adam schiff has made them aware of steve garvey, and there's a good chance that those 30% of republicans are going to vote for him. and he could come out first on this round and then face schiff or porter in the

second round come november. >> we certainly been trying to use garvey as a foil right to. absolutely. >> in other words, to make it it's going to be if it's schiff versus garvey. it's a walk for schiff in blue california. if it's schiff versus porter, it's round two of the most expensive california senate race we've ever seen. so polls are to be trusted. >> those ad dollars are going to start going down soon if we'll see what's on the outcome on this one. >> but it just goes. it's a neck and neck race between the three of them splitting up the up, the vote. you know, another one that the polls show is a big shift is proposition one. >> the governor is very popular, right. >> it was about two out of three voters. 66% said yes initially to the $6.5 billion bond and redirect of existing taxes for homeless housing and mental health, beds and such. but in the last couple of weeks, it has dropped from a 6,663% lead to a 50. what changed for you? well, a couple of things. first off, the lower the voter turnout, the more republicans turn out. the

more republicans turn out, the more no votes. you tend to get when it comes to big spending measures. the second one, there's a real question about whether the governor could articulate it. i mean, i'm telling you right now, honestly, if you ask me, phil, point to what it does, i would have a hard time. i'd say, well, it increases beds and services and i'd be kind of going, have i heard that before? have i heard that before? i'm not sure it was sold concretely enough. it is one of the biggest problems facing california homelessness on the street and mentally ill. i'm not sure it was sold and low turnout election ups. the chances of people saying no. all right, let's talk about what's at stake in san francisco. >> there are a lot of propositions there, a lot dealing with mental health as well. and policing. and i want to ask you, what's mayor breed's stake here? what does she have to gain or lose tonight? >> well, it's a test of her idea of changing the way san francisco handles its drug addicted on the streets. she wants a measure that says if you're going to get welfare, then you. and you look like you're you're high, you're going

to be screened, and you have to go into a program if you want to keep getting benefits. that's a big test for where the public stands. the second one is a police measure that would expand the use of cameras, license ideas and other surveillance, and it would allow police greater leeway in deciding when to chase criminals in their high speed chases and such. those are sort of two fundamental questions about where san francisco stands on public safety and public health, slash safety, drug on the streets, and crime. if and both of those bear her backing. so it's a test for her on that and where san francisco stands all right. >> we know you'll certainly be helping us read the tea leaves tonight as those election results roll in. we appreciate it, phil. okay. all right, all right. well you'll want to stick with us for the abc seven news election night coverage. we have a team of reporters and experts all across the bay area to keep an eye on the key races that matter most to you. >> so the cookie monster takes on the economy and college basketball players seek to

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as well. so you guys shrinkflation is in the spotlight once again, and now even a sesame street character is joining the outcry over high grocery prices. abc news reporter rhiannon ally sizes up the situation. >> the cookie monster has had

enough. >> chocolate chip cookie. important to me too. his beef with shrinkflation is getting attention on capitol hill after he posted meat shrinkflation me cookies are getting smaller, senator sherrod brown responded. >> me too. cookie monster people in my state of ohio are fed up. >> yum yum yum. >> shrinkflation is when companies make the size of their products smaller without cutting prices. a report from pennsylvania senator bob casey found the size of some oreo cookies has decreased by 6% since 2019. a family size of wheat thins has dropped 12% in weight. try new shaman mackerel. >> it's four times the sheets in one, and some charmin toilet paper rolls now have 20 fewer sheets. >> president biden recently took aim at shrinkflation, calling it a rip off. >> give me a break. the american public is tired of being played for suckers. >> last week, senator casey introduced a bill that would give the ftc and state attorneys

general authority to crack down on shrinkflation. >> i mean, not that packaging sizes can never change, but you guys, i was quite upset recently to discover that it's no longer a pint of ice cream in the freezer. it's now 14oz, not a pint. >> oh my gosh, not 16. >> so yeah, you are getting less on everything. chris, have you experienced this, you get cookie monsters pain. >> oh, i get cookie monsters pain. i remember that tweet from elmo where he checked in. so the sesame street characters are tweeting and they're getting all kinds of action. was was it elmo that said, how's everybody doing? and that blew up virally. so, yeah, i hate shrinkflation for everybody. it's been a really tough year and the way we're going with the economy is, is not great. but hopefully some things change and obviously everything costs more. the groceries, we all go to the grocery store and we see what happens. and so now that your shrinkflation, i think it's even worse. >> yeah. >> if the if the prices were shrinking along with the size of the food, that would be better, right? >> yeah. no just skimming some

off the top every time. >> yeah. just ridiculous. all adds up to of course a little action today that could further erode the ncaa amateur business model today, the dartmouth men's basketball team, they voted overwhelmingly to unionize, setting the stage for what could be the first labor union for college athletes. the players released a statement saying it's time for the age of amateurism to end. dartmouth plans to appeal, saying the players aren't employed by the university. chris, this is a huge deal. it's only been a few years now since players have been able to benefit off of their name, image and likeness, but this could kind of be the next step. >> yeah, and this is an interesting step because you look at the nil and how that's all going. and it's kind of right now the way it is, especially maybe for example with college football, it's kind of like the wild wild west. there are no real rules and restrictions as far as this goes. and now you add this into the mix. it's a whole nother thing. and dartmouth, obviously a very prestigious college, are thinking ahead. and so it'll be interesting to see how this plays out. >> but, can you help me understand what they gain by

unionizing potentially? >> i mean, i think it's like with any union you have some strength in numbers, right? i think that's probably the biggest thing, but, it would be i'm still looking to read up on this and see what they're going to gain on it, but they obviously think it's a good idea. and so when you have strength in numbers and then you put the pressure on in the ncaa, it's all about trying to get your money and obviously their college kids and they want that. and so for so long it's been skewed towards the ncaa where they make all the money. they make billions of dollars in the athletes that put their bodies and all those things on the line have gotten really nothing. i mean, they get scholarships, but in the grand scheme of things, it's been so skewed towards the ncaa. so i think they're trying to get the power dynamic at least a little bit more on their side. >> all right. first, today for one of the most popular sports video games, the soon to be released version of mlb the show 24 will include a new feature allowing players to create and play as women ballplayers. road to the show. women pave the way will also feature what's being called a unique to women storyline in! okay, spencer, i think this is a good idea.

first, you can play, you know, see yourself in games and then you go, maybe i can't pursue a career and one day, heck, i can be in the mlb. yes, a girl. >> i think it's a great idea. also, it's interesting and you know, more and more women are now coming into coaching roles and front office roles in major league baseball, so why not make this a game for women and girls, as well as for guys and boys? >> and of course, this is a way for them to sell more copies of the video games too, right? >> i mean, women game too. >> so it's surprising that it's taken this long for them to wake up and say, yeah, let's put some women in the game so they're more likely to buy the game. and hopefully, like kristen mentioned, there's kind of the trickle down, right? they could see themselves in these huge roles for sure. >> perfect during women's empowerment month too. and you think about the bay area with alyssa naquin on the giants. the a's just hired the jenny cavnar, who's going to be their play by play announcer. i mean, more women are getting into baseball and so i think it's good for little girls to dream. and why

not put it in there? and you never know. you just never say never. something like that. >> yeah. that's right. i've known girls before who like to play baseball. not softball, just because it's a different game. right? and yeah, this is great. >> okay, well, sticking with the theme of college uh- here, miami beach, breaking up with spring breakers. >> we need to talk this isn't working anymore. >> it's not us. >> so the city released this video, kind of a psa to announce stricter rules for tourists. >> the city says expect curfews, road closures, more patrols. some beach access points will also be closing early last year. unfortunately, two people died in separate shootings during spring break. i lived in miami. i went to the university of miami. i've seen how miami beach can just be overrun by tourists during the spring break season. it gets out of control, so they finally had to kind of put their foot down to do something about this. some of the parking garages going to be charging $100 to park, for example. so there really trying to discourage people to just stay away from the beach. if you're going to bring the ruckus. >> some of these popular spring

break destinations have been rocked by a little bit of turmoil in recent years. so yeah , a victim of their own success. >> yeah. come here, come to san francisco in the bay area for spring break. go to the museums, go hiking with julianne. do you think that. >> well, tell that to a college. exactly. maybe not selling them too much. >> chris, you can come up with a list of fun things for college spring breakers to do here. >> yeah, because i'm basically just graduated college the other day, so i know exactly what four of us like. >> yeah. oh, man, oh, man. >> well, that'll do it for this edition of the four four. >> i'm gonna kee working on that campaign for the city. >> you made a cow! actually it's a piggy bank. my inspiration to start saving.

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happy birthday to you >> and that was the man of honor right there. local dignitaries, family, friends, they all gathered to wish art larsen a happy 104th birthday. art lives at the brookdale diablo lodge with his wife of 72 years, joanne, who is 95 herself. he says his secret to longevity is his loving and supportive family and always focusing on the future. >> well, always have a goal ahead of you. always have something you're headed for. >> he's very caring and very outgoing. he really gets along

with a lot of different people. it's part of his experience. he's a great leader, too. >> art learned his leadership qualities as a member of the army in world war two, as well as his career in education. he was in eighth grade, teacher in san leandro and later the dean of students at chabot college, and earned a doctorate in education at cal. happy 104 years of life to art that is incredible. >> wow. and joanne too. she looks amazing as well. what a couple. 95 yeah, we got to get those secrets. all right. we've been enjoying kind of a dry spell. although it was a little there was a spray, little spritz i think on the coast today. >> just a couple sprinkles being the scientific terms there. yeah, exactly. something a little bit more than a sprinkle coming our way overnight though. and tomorrow let's take a look at our exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. we have a level one storm coming in that will produce some scattered showers and possibly a couple of pockets of moderate rainfall, but that's pretty much it. oh, slight

chance of thunder with this system as well. his forecast animation taking us into the overnight hours notice by 5:00. tomorrow morning is the morning commute gets underway. we'll see some light showers developing, mainly near the coast and up in the north bay. and later in the day, of course, it'll hit other parts of the bay area, but rainfall totals will be only a couple of hundredths of an inch. overnight lows mid to upper 50s. highs tomorrow, upper 50s to low 60s. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. then we get sunny and bright skies on thursday and friday. a little bit milder too, with high temperatures by friday getting into the mid to upper 60s. but it cools down over the weekend as clouds increase and there's a slight chance of rain before the weekend is over. >> julian and kristen, we'll keep watching that. spencer. thank you. a shirt that stole a generation of hearts is now available to buy. yeah, call holmfirth's. famous wet shirt from that 1995 bbc series pride and prejudice went up for auction today. in one episode, he goes for a swim, fully clothed. then emerges from the water with a shirt clinging to his body that shirt could fetch

nearly $13,000. the auction benefits art education, ocean. >> getting in your bid. i mean, can we just get the pattern from joann's or something? >> and so one of our own. yeah >> all right. well, the bar oppenheimer phenomenon continues, and it's a big weekend for both of those films, barbie and oppenheimer being part of the oscars is a huge moment. >> how the mies could help revive the

and ten at eight. it's will trent at nine. the rookie. then stay with us for local results on abc seven news at 11. we're counting down to oscar sunday, when two summer's biggest hits go head to head. abc news reporter melissa don looks at the oppenheimer phenomenon on my barbie. >> hi, ken. >> blockbuster favorites barbie and oppenheimer expected to be the talk of the oscars. the summer box office hits opened in theaters on the same day and created the cultural phenomenon of barb and heimer. >> these two movies never really competed with each other. they kind of parallel lined their way to enormous success. >> barbie making $1.4 billion worldwide and oppenheimer's three hour long movie grossing

$957 million. the two big budget hollywood films went on to complimentary success, but now they find themselves head to head in a number of oscar categories. oppenheimer leads the oscars with 13 nominations, i think picture and director lock it up for oppenheimer and his director, christopher nolan. barbie with eight nods. both films are contenders for best picture, best adapted screenplay, best supporting actor and best supporting actress. emily blunt in oppenheimer and america ferrera for barbie. >> it wasn't a movie for little girls playing with barbie dolls. it was for all of us. >> it was the most heart stopping, exhilarating script. it was very easy to share thoughts on it. >> it was a made for, plus the music with billie eilish and finneas. >> what was i made for? and i'm just ken, both from barbie in the race for best original song, barbie and oppenheimer being part of the oscars is a huge

moment. >> people have been wanting the oscars to be more populist, to be more, engaging and, inviting to general audiences. >> barb and heimer changing the landscape for hollywood's future melissa hayden, abc news, los angeles. >> and you can watch all the drama unfold at the oscars sunday at 4:00, right here on abc seven. and that's it for abc seven news at four. abc seven seven news at four. abc seven news at five is coming up next. [storms sound] whatever weather comes your way [wind and snow sounds] weathertech has you covered. [bird chirping] [laughing] with our laser—measured cargoliners. no drill mud flaps and floorliners. to secure your phone don't forget the cupfone. order yours today at weathertech.com. you never know when it's gonna be a weathertech day.

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