want to appear on camera, described the spectacle. >> it looked like a giant tower of water about three stories tall. it was really surprising. >> and here's what it looked like from sky seven. the san francisco public utilities commission explained what happened, quote, the cause of the break appears to be the failure of an eight inch valve connected to a 16 inch water transmission line. the scope and schedule for all repairs, including for the hillside, into the park, is still being determined. maxine shaw saw what happened after the deluge of water came down and crews turned off the flow. >> well, there's a big pit next to someone's home, so probably there's, they're going to have to shore up the home. >> crews taped off parts of the area and were working on putting up fencing. >> so i want that fence line all the way down here. >> about three years ago, there was another water main break around here at sloat and 22nd avenue, about 700,000 gallons of water flooded stern grove park

with mud and water. >> the geyser from that probably went up about 150ft. so that brought down a hillside and filled this whole valley with mud. >> the last stern grove festival concert of that season was canceled. xiao and other neighbors vividly remember that water main break and all the damage done. many can't believe it happened again. others say it doesn't come as a surprise. old infrastructure. >> old, old. this is, you know, old city. we're rebuilding all the sewers and all all the water infrastructure now. but you know, this is 100 years old and we're not in the most stable situation. it's sand. they built it under sand and they built houses on top of it. so it's not a it's not unusual that this would happen in san francisco. >> suzanne phan abc seven news time. >> another water main break caused a water outage at san francisco state university today , classes on the main campus that could become remote. did

university officials say service has since been restored? they didn't say what might have caused the break. it's not related to the water main break, though. on nearby wawona street, state and local authorities testing for a potentially harmful algae bloom in oakland's lake merritt. >> they were alerted when rust colored water fanned out across the lake yesterday. that bloom produces a toxin and it basically sucks the oxygen out of the water, suffocating marine life. in august of 2022, lake merritt and parts of san francisco bay were also hit by a harmful algae bloom. it's believed to have killed off thousands of fish. test results could be released as early as this weekend. >> the effort to address the homeless crisis is a major issue when it comes to building a better bay area. in oakland, a grassroots effort is underway by local residents to improve their neighborhoods. as abc seven news reporter anser hassan shows us, instead of just complaining about it, they're taking the lead in cleaning up encampments and illegal dumping. >> and cleaning up the streets

of oakland isn't just about cleaning up trash. it's also about cleaning up oakland's reputation. >> the primary thing is, is counter this perception that everything's all bad, right? yes, there are problems in oakland, but we believe that the solution is us banding together as a community. >> for the past three weeks, community ready corp has been working with other community groups to clean up oakland's encampments on thursday, they were out along west grand avenue near downtown. >> it was trash here. we cleaned up all this trash behind here, behind this fence right here. >> they gave out new tents and sleeping bags, gift cards, food and free haircuts. they got rid of furniture and tires off the street and moved tents onto the sidewalks. we can make sure that the streets are safe to drive, safe for people to walk across, because we want to make sure people will be able to walk down the street, feel comfortable and feel safe, and not have to worry about furniture and stuff and trash to see a community organization say, you know, we got your back. >> i think it's what oakland is

really made of. and that's the oakland that most people don't get to see. >> oakland city council member carol fife represents district three, which is believed to have the largest number of encampments and illegal dumping. she says cleanliness is tied to public safety. she's working with businesses in the city to make sure these streets stay clean. >> i see a refrigerator, unsheltered people don't have refrigerators just lying around or tires like giant tractor tires. so we're going to do our best to try to figure out through the use of cameras, what's going on here. and 24 hour patrols of the area. >> organizers say there's still a need for a more permanent solution. but in the meantime, they'll be back out here occasionally to monitor and help maintain clean streets. >> sometimes folks are complaining about how difficult it is to navigate these communities, but our position is when you come with respect and resources, you can get anything done out here in oakland, anser hassan. >> abc seven news. >> it's international women's day this year, women's march the march in san francisco was done

in solidarity with the palestinian people. hundreds gathering on market street, along with a coalition of local feminist, queer and women's organizations. one organizer says this collective resistance honors the fact that violence against women is connected to state repression, fascism, and wars of aggression. they marched from civic center through downtown and then finished with a rally. >> the national transportation safety board has launched an investigation into the incident at sfo, when a tire fell off a united plane that was taking off. it's just the latest mishap affecting united flights and boeing planes. this morning, another scare, a united boeing 737 max eight rolled off the runway in houston and ended up like that. no one was injured, but the aircraft did become tilted when it came to a stop at 2470 7ic in the grass, rolling the trucks in route. >> hey, you guys seeing anything in the app section? anything that would indicate, something was wrong back there? >> this happened just one day after a tire fell off on a

united plane taking off from sfo for osaka, japan. when that tire came loose and crushed several cars at a nearby parking lot, the plane made an emergency landing safely in los angeles. >> i thought that it was just going to crush that car and stay there, but it actually bounced again really high tire still spinning, and then it landed on a red tesla and completely totaled and crushed the red tesla. >> on monday, the engine of a united boeing 737 900 plane caught fire. atlanta safely in florida. >> a new trial began today for the two bay area men who were convicted in the killing of a police officer in italy. this is a story that's been closely watched by the abc seven news i-team, former marin high school classmates finn elder and gabriel natale yort appeared in court in rome this morning. italy's highest court ordered a new trial after concluding the two men may not have known that the victim was actually a police officer because of their limited grasp of the italian language. the victim was one of two

officers in street clothes who approached the defendants after a failed drug buy while they were on a night out. this is back in 2019 and that officer was stabbed to death. elder and natalia yort were convicted in 2021. they've been in prison in italy since then. their next hearing is a month away. now, if you want more on this story, you can watch the award winning documentary that was produced by i-team reporter dan noyes. it was excellent. it's called 32 seconds a deadly night in rome. you can watch it at abc seven news.com or wherever you stream abc seven news. >> the owner of a once popular union square restaurant is going to prison as part of the san francisco city hall corruption scandal. nick bovis, owner of lefty aldo's dalhoff brau, was sentenced to nine months in prison by a federal judge. investigators say bovis used a charity he ran to launder money for former public works director mohammed nuru. at one point, recology donated $60,000 to the lefty o'doul's foundation for kids, but the money was instead used for parties for nuru and

for his staff. >> all right, now on to the us economy and a better than expected february jobs report. the bureau of labor statistics says the economy added 275,000 jobs last month. but despite that gain, the unemployment rate actually inched up from 3.7% to 3.9. federal reserve chair jerome powell has told congress he believes the central bank will dial back interest rates this year. >> president biden took credit for the improving economy in his state of the union address last night. he also talked about artificial intelligence, saying he wants to harness the promise of it, especially one element that had a direct impact on him. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes spoke with experts about what the president and lawmakers are able to do with the fast growing technology to harness the promise of ai to protect us from peril. >> ban ai voice of personal and more a short but powerful statement on artificial intelligence made by the president in his state of the union thursday night. >> the words giving some indication about how he plans to

mitigate the risk of ai. the president experienced one of those risks firsthand. >> we had that incident of some kind of ai generated the voice of the president in new hampshire. >> abc news obtained audio of the call and impersonated the president and told people to save their vote for the general election instead of participating in the new hampshire primary. last month, the fcc got involved. fcc clarified that under the tcpa, which is the telephone consumer protection act that was enacted in 1991, that i voice calls are considered artificial. >> so those those artificial calls are largely prohibited already. >> but attorney joe lawler says biden's comments could mean he wants to expand protections against ai generated voices. >> i think what biden is talking about is broader than that, but he wants to talk about the use of ai generated voice in any medium, right posts on the internet, videos, songs, etc. that generally falls under right of publicity law.

>> right of publicity law varies state by state. >> when i hear biden talk about outlawing ai voice impersonation, i think he's referring to a potential federal law that would cover all ai voice impersonation in all of the states. >> lawmakers have put into place a draft law called the no fakes act. it's a bipartisan proposal, but still has critics. >> one of their criticisms has been that this is just too early, right? we should wait for the technology to develop first before we start enacting laws, because we know it can be very difficult to amend and change those laws. >> lawler said that as the technology grows, legal guidance will likely improve as more courts deal with the issues. meanwhile, following biden's remarks, he said we could expect to hear more from the president and lawmakers. >> i'm assuming that proposal and others will gain more prominence, given the attention paid by biden at the state of the union, zach fuentes abc seven news. >> coming up on abc seven news at four, we are counting down to the oscars. up next, the three bay area filmmakers who are dominating a single category also the bay area domination and

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theater. stars will walk the carpet under that tent ahead of the show sunday. because you know what? if it's wet, right? they need a little. >> i remember when you covered it a few years ago. >> streets around the theater have already started shutting down this year. three bay area filmmakers are nominated in the documentary short category. >> abc7 news reporter luz pena spoke to all three of them. and luis joins us live right now from los angeles, where an official oscars event is about to begin. hi, lose. >> hi, lose. you look great. >> hey, guys. oh, thank you so much. you guys, we are in hollywood, and the oscars are set to start in two days. and there are oscar parties happening all across this town. we're at one of them. this is a woman in film. oscar nominee party set to start in the next two hours. in this black carpet. so i will bring you the latest in the upcoming newscast before we get to that, let's talk about our bay area nominees in the oscar documentary short category, there are three nominees from the bay area out of five of them. so chances of

us taking an oscar this year in the bay area are pretty high. move over los angeles. the bay area talent is strong at the oscars this year intimate story of two fremont grandmothers and their filmmaker grandson documenting their daily lives in nanhai and weibo. >> account. >> do they feel like movie stars right now? >> i hope so, they they, i think they feel they feel seen in a way that i hoped the movie would do for them to exploring america's wealth gap in the barber of little rock. >> christine, congratulations on your oscar nomination. this is so exciting. >> thank you so much. that's amazing. it's incredible. very surreal. i never imagined in a million years that i would be in this position. >> and leo chang's documentary, island in between, focusing on

the taiwanese islands of kinmen, just two miles off the coast of china, three documentaries representing the bay area well at the academy awards. you were born and raised in san francisco, and you're also nominated in the same category with two other filmmakers who are also from the bay area. i mean, what's happening here? this is incredible. it is it is, i mean, not only did i never think i would be nominated for an oscar, i didn't anticipate that i would be able to, you know, share the category with another filmmaking colleague of mine, leo chang, who i've known for many years. directors christine turner and john hoffman spent a year following the story of arlo washington in arkansas. barber, who started a college to train future barbers and a loan fund to help his community. >> economic justice is right and wrongs fixing the system

know, some type of repayment for injustice. >> and there are so many arlo's out there. are you hoping they also feel seen through your film? >> i'm hoping that the that the film reaches all different kinds of audiences, because i'm hoping that people who know nothing about the issues of the wealth gap, you know, learn something from the film. i hope that people who are doing similar kinds of work as arlo is doing can see themselves and recognize themselves on screen. >> shaun wong spent almost a year living with his grandmothers in fremont. his documentary capturing a glimpse into their lives. here's the moment they found out their story was nominated. >> i think is a really honest portrait of all the different sides of my grandmothers, and we really got to just trap them in amber. and when they do eventually pass away, you know, we get to kind of keep their spirits alive. >> both john and christine now, oscar nominees hoping to inspire

the next generation asian. what's your message to up and coming filmmakers in the bay area? >> i would say just focus on the work, make the best film that you know how to make, tell the story that you're most passionate about. >> i would say don't make movies to be nominated, you know, make movies that speak to you >> rooting for all our bay area talent and a cool fact, actually, sean went back to fremont after his oscar nomination and shot his first feature film, a love letter to fremont. incredible so excited for everyone in that category to win you know what? if one of them wins, the bay area wins. oh, totally. i think we're gonna win angeles. >> okay. but we got to know is are sean's grandmother's wiper and nina going to actually show up there on the red carpet? >> okay, you know, i had to ask. of course. i was like, hey, are

your grandmothers coming? i want to meet them. and he's like, yeah, they're definitely coming. they're getting dressed up by very, very prominent fashion designers here in la, and they're getting their makeup done. the whole thing. he says that they're feeling like movie stars, so i can't wait to meet them. that's awesome. >> you know, just seeing the video of them reacting to the nomination is so cool. it's awesome. >> they already feel like stars. just wait till sunday. yeah >> thanks, liz. >> okay, our live coverage doesn't end there. lou's returns at 5:00 to show us how she's highlighting the work of a bay area fashion designer on the red carpet at the oscars. and, of course, stay with us throughout the weekend leading up to sunday at 4 p.m. when jimmy kimmel host the oscars here on abc seven. >> it may be good oscar watching weather like inside on sunday, if you know what i mean. right? >> i know it's so nice today, but sandhya, do we have to give this up, you will have to give it up. but not entirely and not immediately. >> but like larry said, kristen, it is definitely going to be good weather to watch the oscars from home here. speaking of the

oscars, let's take a look at the forecast where luis is outside of dolby theater in los angeles. it's going to be mild and mostly sunny on sunday, 68 degrees. they don't have to worry about their beautiful outfits getting wet. all right, let's take a look at the temperature change compared to yesterday. most areas are running a few degrees warmer. a beautiful view from san rafael. camera where it is just blue skies right now. low 60s san francisco, oakland, san jose. you're at 68 degrees. you actually managed to hit the low 70s earlier today, 62 in san mateo from our walnut creek camera, we are seeing clear skies right now. 65 in santa rosa, mid 60s from fairfield to concord to livermore on live doppler seven. we don't have any rain, but that's going to be changing come this weekend. so let's talk about this system that is off the coastline. it is going to bump into to our ridge of high pressure that is providing us with the sunshine and the spring like warmth today. so here's a look at a lovely view from sutro tower as you look at a sunny san francisco tomorrow. hit or miss

showers sunday afternoon evening. widespread rain expected in mid to late next week. it's going to be sunny and warming up, so if you're looking forward to more warmth, it's coming, but not immediately. just a reminder, daylight saving time begins sunday morning at 2 a.m. you want to put your clocks forward one hour. set your clocks forward an hour. saturday night or early sunday, and change your batteries. if you need to for your smoke detectors. level one for tomorrow. spotty light showers. best chance in the north bay and minor accumulations are expected. so as we go into about a 7 a.m, you will no notice the north bay is seeing those showers. could see a little drizzle elsewhere. 9 a.m. still mostly north bay, but can't rule it out elsewhere. and really, at 11 a.m. you can see that front is starting to fall apart the rest of the day is just cloud cover and cooler weather, so your saturday is not lost if you have weekend plans. sunday night is when we're expecting our next batch of rain. this one is going to come in at 5:00 8 p.m. it's starting to cross the central bay, and by 11 p.m. it's already

moving into the east bay in the south bay. when you add all of this up for the weekend, it's not going to amount to a whole lot a half an inch for the wettest locations or less like san jose, only picking up 100 or 2 hundredths tomorrow morning. 30s, 40s a lot of cloud cover around until about seven 8:00 in the morning when the north bay starts to see showers tomorrow afternoon. the biggest change you're going to notice is it's cooler, certainly cloudier, upper 50s to the mid 60s. here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. we're putting it as a one. computer models sometimes go back and forth. we'll call it spotty light showers sunday afternoon evening . we have a one uh. set your clocks forward one hour once again oscar sunday perfect weather to sit inside and enjoy monday morning we have early showers and then at night we have a chance. and then tuesday we have another level one. then after that we want to bring on sunshine and warmth. >> and as far as i can see, well, i wouldn't go that far. >> how about a day? how about

two, three days? >> yeah okay. okay. >> all right. that's why her accuracy rate is 99. >> thank you. i'll pay you off later. okay. >> next, an update on steph curry's status after he unfortunately rolled his ankle again last night. how's it going to impact the warriors play

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game. that was wednesday night in the blowout win over the bucs and then last night, steph curry left late in the fourth quarter. and what turned out to be an agonizing loss to the bulls. the warriors star rolling his ankle on a drive to the basket right there. and you can see a twist. the good news is, according to a variety of reports, there's no structural damage to steph's right ankle. but you see him hobbling there in pain. and thankfully it's not the dreaded high ankle sprain because that could be 4 to 6 weeks minimum. the warriors are expected to give us a formal update on curry's condition tomorrow, after they see how his ankle responds to treatment. the hope is that steph misses only a few games and is back relatively quickly to help the warriors make a playoff push. >> seven bay area high schools are vying for state titles this weekend, and two have already been crowned champions. here's the oakland high girls team holding up the division five championship trophy. a huge congrats. here's the oakland high girls again looking so happy right? because the wildcats beat montgomery high 5650. on the boys side, danville's athenian school

romped over san domenico for the boys division five championship. £0.03. come on, b and that's the bishop o'dowd. cheer team rooting on the girls team as they set off to play for the division one championship tonight. they played bishop montgomery go girls and later san ramon valley high goes for the division one boys championship and tomorrow at four. boy, they're all doing so well. the oakland tech boys team plays for the division two title at six. san jose's archbishop mitty are in the open girls title game. oh, and at 8:00, the salesian. salesian. salesian. thank you very much. salesian got to get the champions name right. college prep team from richmond plays for the open boys championship. and that's all going to be as good as it gets. >> salesian always has some really good players, so uh- talented squad. >> we're rooting for them. >> yes, all of them. >> bring home that trophy. yes. >> all right. just ahead. it was an incentive that helped boost the sales of electric vehicles. >> we live in the right area. we

have the right income. as long as we purchase the vehicle, filled out the application, we would qualify for the rebate. >> that's what we thought next. from seven on your side, the north bay man who had his rebate canceled not because he filed too late, but too early. he's not happy about it

is more affordable. the brisk sales did have an impact, though, on the state funded rebate program. the program was so overwhelmed armed it ran out of money last fall as thousands were still applying, and one bay area man was just furious when

he found out the state canceled his application for a $7,500 rebate without even telling him. >> and it wasn't because he applied too late. he applied one day too soon. >> abc news anchor karina nova has this seven on your side report, and that's exactly why i'm so frustrated. jonathan semenov was counting on a $7,500 rebate to help pay for his tesla model three without breaking the family budget. >> that was the only way that it made sense for us to move forward with procuring an electric vehicle. >> he applied for the rebate through the state's clean vehicle rebate project, which offers the incentives as california pushes toward a goal of electric only car sales by 2035. >> we live in right area. we have the right income as long as we purchase the vehicle, filled out the application, we would qualify for the rebate. >> so jonathan went ahead and bought this tesla last july. then he immediately applied for the rebate as officials were warning the program could soon run out of money. the state was

getting thousands of rebate applications every month. >> there was a lot of paperwork required. we had to give them access to our w-2s, our lending agreements, our tax records. >> jonathan submitted all the documents and waited for his money and waited. the program did run out of funds and stopped taking applications. last november. jonathan figured his rebate was still being processed. >> it was my birthday morning. i was sort of excited because i thought, oh, what a great birthday present that they're going to let me know today that they've released the funds, but not. >> so jonathan got an email in january. there was no rebate. >> they said, your application has been canceled. and my immediate response was, wait a second. >> officials told him his application was dated one day before the purchase went through. turns out tesla didn't process the paperwork until after midnight, and by rule, rebate applications must be submitted after the purchase is complete, not before. even if it's only a one day difference.

>> and so we're canceling your application based on that. and that was astonishing. astonishing. >> what was worse, his application was automatically canceled way back in july. but no one notified him. now, six months later, it was too late to correct the mistake. funds were gone to me, this is just government gone awry. we need to do better. >> state senator bill dodd criticized the way the program handled his case. you apply one day early, you know, if you're going to reject it because of that, they should have sent an automatic email back. >> i'm sorry. you're one day too early. >> the state's air resources board, which oversees the rebate program, said the agency cannot make exceptions even for a minor mistake. even if he was qualified. a spokesperson said jonathan wasn't notified in time to correct the date because the program was overwhelmed with applications telling us, quote, staff was processing upwards of 16,000 applications a month.

unfortunately that meant a delay in mr. seminoff receiving updates. >> they should have warned those people. there's no excuse for that. they should have realized that this onslaught was going to come and staffed up for it. >> this is not fair to the average person who's going out into the market buying an electric vehicle based on this rebate program and then losing those funds for seven on your side. >> karina nova, abc seven news. >> the rebate program is now closed, as karina mentioned, but the clean vehicle project is about to start. a new program aimed at helping more low income families get rebates for electric cars. but the big lesson here the takeaway is rebate rules are really stringent, so you got to make sure you follow the rules if you do have any trouble. senator dodd says contact your local representative or us here at seven on your side. >> a new report shows california making progress when it comes to the earnings difference between men and women who work full time. california, by percentage, is the state with the second

smallest gender pay gap in the country as of 2022, with women earning 11% less than men. vermont is number one, followed by new york, then arizona. nevada tied at fourth. the biggest gap was in utah at 27. the chamber of commerce conducted the report ahead of equal pay day, which is on tuesday. it shows nationwide the pay gap between men and women is about $11,000. >> meanwhile, in ireland, they're anxiously awaiting the results of a vote to decide how women are referenced in the irish constitution. the referendum would modify a constitutional clause about women's quote duties in the home. critics call the language sexist and outdated. the clause states that women should not be obligated to work outside the home if it negatively impacts their other duties, presumably homemaker ing and raising kids. now, if approved, the clause would instead recognize and provide support for any family member who acts as a caregiver. >> we're seeing our place in

society is in the home and looking after our children and our husbands, and, you know, we've moved from that. but the constitution hasn't moved from that. and a woman's place is anywhere she wants it to be. >> a second irish referendum would recognize single parents as well as unmarried couples, including same sex couples, as families. >> today, france has sent a powerful message in support of women's reproductive rights. the country enshrined abortion in its constitution this morning. video shows officials using a 19th century printing press to officially seal that amendment. this means women are guaranteed the right to an abortion in france. the measure was overwhelmingly approved by french lawmakers earlier this week, and they really took action because they saw what happened to the us. >> it makes makes an impact for sure. a glide in san francisco marked international women's day. they had a big celebration. the san francisco nonprofit held a ribbon cutting for a new women's center. it's a resource center for women living on the

streets or in unstable housing situations. besides food and clothing, the center offers walk in mental health services and social services for victims of domestic violence. >> we want to offer resources and support and create that social safety net that when you walk through glide's door and you come through our women's center, we got a team of people who are going to love all on you. >> since it opened in january, glide's women's center has already helped 104 women and they found housing for four of them. one third of san francisco's unhoused population happened to be women. >> okay, now we have breaking news to bring you from los angeles international airport. let's give you that live picture. this is a united airlines jet that had to make an emergency landing on the way from sfo to mexico city. an air traffic control audio indicates the plane had a complete hydraulic failure, so it landed at lax. this is united airlines flight 821 with 111 people on

board. we're told everyone is okay. this is the fourth incident, though, involving a united jet. this week, a plane skidded off a runway in houston. today. a wheel came off a plane above sfo just yesterday, and flames shot from the engine of a plane over texas monday. but you can see it appears to be intact. it seems like people have gotten off and now workers are presumably going to bring it somewhere for investigations and work. but another incident for united this morning or today, a lot of incidents. >> yeah. you know, the faa is going to be looking into all of these. >> all right. the four four is next. we'll show you what students cannot leave behind when they take the sat and coming clean. something that might give you p

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is today and let's get into it. a story about the safety of the food when we dine out. according to the cdc, food service workers only wash their hands once out of every three times that they should to help combat this, in new york, company has developed what it describes as a handwashing lie detector. the device is placed next to an employee handwashing station, and it actually analyzes whether the worker did a good enough job. but if it says you didn't,

so what then? what is their enforcement point? i have heard stories from people walking out of the men's room especially. yeah, i don't know. what do you guys think? >> well, i'd rather not know this information, to be honest, but and i agree. hey, i've, i've seen plenty of guys leave the men's room without washing their hands. always a little shocking, but, you know, i guess we have to have some faith that that most food workers will do a good job. although the cdc indicates that they don't. most of us don't get sick. maybe it's not a crisis, but it's certainly not appetizing. i don't know that it will change our habits, though. i mean, are you not going to go out because of this? probably not. right? you can't ask your server or your cook. did you wash your hands? >> well, sure you can ask, but it's not like everyone's going to come clean and say, oh yeah, i only washed them once this morning. >> i think that could cause more food problems than before. yeah >> here's ashley's dish. yep, but the one maybe upside of covid was, remember, we were

washing our hands for 20s every time? yeah, i think everybody's kind of gotten away from that. yeah. >> and hand sanitizer. something at least. yeah. >> all right, this maybe will put you at ease. the pentagon says there's no evidence of alien technology on earth, but still, they're developing ufo detection kits. i guess you want to be on the safe side, right, the portable devices would collect data on reported sightings and would be deployed at sites with numerous reports of uaps up. are unidentified, anomalous phenomena, which is the pentagon's terms for ufos. i prefer ufo because i can say it easier. the kit consists of an array of sensors that would fit inside of a protective case. they're currently being tested at a range in texas. as you know, dan, we talk about this all the time. you know, i'm thinking of what we just get like a couple of hangers and a tin foil thing to put over it, and we start selling the kits

ourselves. >> no, there's money to be made on this. no question. what? i don't know if that's a waste of time. i mean, you know, of course conspiracy theorists will always say that they're here. you know, or they've been here before. there's no evidence of that. >> sandy, what do you think? you look up into the sky. >> maybe they'll wash their hands if they prepare a food. >> i think they have nothing better to do. really? i mean, do we really need to know? i mean, i don't know, i just think it's kind of useless. >> folks, there are better things to spend your money on. that's all i'm going to say. >> although, larry, i'm going to bring a prototype back to the sports office later today. >> we need to work on the proper tinfoil. yeah. assembly. we'll get that kid out there quickly. >> if it's alien detection. if it's near larry, it's just going to go off. you know? kristen sze. okay, no need anymore to have a number two pencil anymore. when it comes to taking the sat starting tomorrow, those scantron sheets are out. number two, pencils out, and computers are in. students will take the test online at a testing site, not in your own home, using either their own personal laptop

or a tablet, or a school based one or borrowed device. but there are strict rules about how it works. the exam is also shorter two hours instead of three, with shorter reading passages and a built in calculator. you guys, i remember those, you know, scantrons the reason this is shorter, i think is so clever is now that it's digitized, it's like khan academy and smart. it's like it knows if you can answer this level questions, then you don't need to answer this lower level questions. and they just get rid of some. that's why you don't have to answer as that. >> really. oh, that's interesting. >> yeah it's smart right? >> i thought they were getting rid of the whole sat process anyway. >> i mean, they're bringing it back at some of the schools. really. yeah. >> elite schools like dartmouth, yale and brown just brought it back for this fall. >> well, i wouldn't i wouldn't be applying to any of those schools anyway. >> wouldn't matter to me. i'm out. yeah. no it makes sense that technology would catch up to this system. >> it was not antiquated, but it was the best we had at the time. but the last bunch of years, there's no reason to still do it

with a number two pencil and a piece of paper. >> what if you showed up with a number three pencil, like would it say no? >> well, you could do it, but you run the risk. maybe that it didn't read the test accurately. the machine, but it probably would work anyway. all right, parents, you know, you can't leave your toddler alone for even a second. well a mother in south africa shared this video of her two year old, who covered her whole body in vaseline. >> oh, my. >> the look on her face, even she's wondering, what have i done, mom was in the kitchen making lunch, apparently, when she noticed things got a little bit too quiet out there. she went to check on her and found a rather slippery mess. >> oh, poor little thing. >> oh my goodness, that's gonna take a while to, you know, as we all know with when our kids were young, size is the really gets your attention if they're in the next room and suddenly they're quiet. it's never good. yeah. >> this actually happened to me with my oldest daughter. so she was just a doll. it was super quiet for like two minutes, and

she opened up her little vaseline container and started putting it all over herself. i show up and there's vaseline all over the carpet. i'm like, oh god, how old was she at this point? she was literally like two and a half. okay. yeah she was young. and then one time i do remember and this doesn't mean that i was not a good mom. i took her out to the mall and i just remember split second. i turned and she was gone, and i thought, oh, my god, where are you? and i start looking, panicking, of course. and she's hiding in one of the clothing racks. >> that happened to us, too. yeah, inside the clothing rack. i couldn't find the. me too. yeah, but, you know, as you remember, with with young kids, the changes happened pretty quickly. you know, one day your baby can't move off the changing table, and the next it can crawl off. and the same thing is your kid becomes a toddler. the changes happened fast. yeah yeah, it's hard to keep an eye every second, but we have to. >> santa. >> you know what little girl had vaseline. i was just going to say vaseline is actually a great moisturizer.

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near auto center drive and west sixth street. you can take a look at this right now near the babe ruth memorial baseball fields. pretty charred there with black smoke coming. con fire says it's burned about five acres. crews are on the scene

and we will be watching it and get more details to you as soon as it becomes available. >> putting out a ton of smoke. >> yeah. i mean, it's burning actively, right? yeah, yeah. >> all right, let's get a check of the forecast as we head into the weekend. >> hopefully winds are not an issue. i don't think so. right. they're not in. >> that's absolutely right kristen and larry let's take a look at those winds right now. pretty calm out towards the inland east bay. and there's barely a breeze along the coastline. so hopefully they can get that fire out on live doppler seven. all is quiet. we do have a weak system that is off the coastline. it's a level one. it's going to come in and bring some light spotty showers tomorrow in the morning the best opportunity will be in the north bay, but as you will notice, there could be a little drizzle or an isolated shower elsewhere. sunday is when everyone's going to get in on the rain. it'll be in the late afternoon evening, as you will notice. perfect time to watch the oscars and in the sierra, this turns into a winter storm. watch sunday morning to tuesday morning up to two feet for the highest peaks, so we're not done with the snow in the

mountains 50s and 60s on your highs tomorrow. certainly a cooler day. it's a level one. saturday is not a washout. as a matter of fact, many of you will just end up with clouds and cooler weather. sunday level one for the evening and then a one on monday and tuesday and then after that, bringing the warmth, the kind of weather you like. larry all right. >> thank you. sandhya. all right. the bay area will once again play host to an elite level tennis tournament. the eighth edition of the laver cup. set to take place at chase center next year. it's the first time this global event will be held on the west coast tennis legend roger federer. he's the laver cup co-creator, says this is a perfect fit. >> i think it starts with being a sports city and a big. i think tennis history here in california, you know, and in the bay area. so i think bringing that back, i think is great. you can feel that a stadium like this creates opportunities, you know, and i think we could feel the urge that san francisco really wanted the laver cup here in 25, the bay area was home to major tennis events for years, but the sap open ended a 125 year run in the bay area. >> it moved in 2013. last year,

the wta moved the silicon valley classic to washington, d.c. that event had spanned more than 50 years. >> it started in afghanistan more than two decades ago. up next, a bay area woman expands her global mission to remove landmines on the ground today

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world of landmines and lift the voices of women in war torn

countries. abc seven news reporter tara campbell has her story. >> it's boots on the ground for heidi kuehn, the marin county mother and grandmother helping the women of angola to clear the minefields. >> i came here on a direct mission to raise global landmine awareness. >> heidi is the founder of roots of peace, a nonprofit working to rid the world of landmines and replacing mines with vines. in afghanistan alone, employing hundreds. >> our legacy in afghanistan is that we've planted 7 million fruit trees. peace through agriculture. that is my battle cry. that is the way forward for humanity. >> and she's taking that battle cry onto the fields herself. >> i've come to africa today with the bravest angolan women i have ever met. these women have children. they have lives. but if they feel it is their moral responsibility to keep the land safe for their children. >> here, children are taught about the dangers of landmines, an everyday reality. >> teaching small little

children not to pick up what looks like a rock to fix their bicycle, and only to see their hand blown up, or to lose an eye or a limb. >> the united nations estimates more than 5500 people were killed or maimed by landmines across the world in 2021. >> i met a young landmine victim who lost her right arm and her sight at age six. >> the risk of parent every time she enters a minefield or hears a blast. >> i tell you, it's a sound that i've heard so many times, and it's just bone chilling to know that we have to go back. we have to continue this work until every single landmine is out of the face of this earth. >> war torn angola, a far cry from this hall in iowa, where last year, heidi was honored with the world food prize. >> i was just so humbled and honored to win the world food prize, which is considered the nobel prize of food and agriculture. from a little small idea, the seed of an idea that

began in the living room of my home and from her home to the fields, heidi says her work will continue. >> tara campbell abc seven news. >> that's it for abc seven news at four. abc seven news at five with dan and amma is coming your way next.

and that breaking news a plane from sfo had to make an emergency landing at los angeles international airport in the last hour. air traffic control audio indicates a united airlines jet had a complete hydraulic failure. it happened on united airlines flight 821 to mexico city. you see that plane there? there were 111 people on board. everyone is okay. this is the fourth incident involving united jet