shows us that union square is forever. >> flower frenzy in san francisco. thousands of people packed union square today for the annual tulip day giveaway. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm karina nova. people waited in line for hours for a chance to pick colorful flowers to take home. as abc seven news reporter cornell bernard tells us, city officials hope the tulip day celebration will help the struggling shopping district blossom again. >> the beauty is jaw dropping a

rainbow of 80,000 tulips stretching across union square free for the picking. was it worth the wait? >> yes. >> becky cortez came from l.a. and stood in line for five hours to celebrate tulip day and take home a maximum of eight stems, just to be one of the first people in line and to be able to pick up the flowers like the best quality flowers before the sun starts to get here. >> to get the photos, we want to keep this line going. >> thousands of people lined up and that line was epic, stretching around union square. >> really crazy to see all these flowers and see everyone come together, so i wanted to be a part of it. >> the event started in 2018, blooming from a relationship between san francisco and the netherlands, inspired by tulip festivals in amsterdam. but this year it's about more than just pretty flowers. >> this shows us that union square is forever. >> union square alliance ceo marissa rodriguez says the blooms offer some brightness over dark headlines of retail

departures in the square. macy's the north face and zara recently announcing plans to close. >> if you're sad when there's an announcement that a business that you love is leaving, think about the last time you came down. think about the last time you supported them. events like this activate this space. >> they draw people into union square, san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins believes the square is now safe for visitors, with police officers providing high visibility won. that union square is a place that is now safe. that we are investing law enforcement resources in, so that when people come here, they're not worried about their safety. >> it's definitely sad to hear the news of the city and the financial situation that it's in. but coming here and seeing the flowers, i think definitely makes people feel better for a little bit. lifelong city residents know union square's comeback will take time, but for now, the flowers are blooming. >> you know, with all things they will change eventually, and i'd like to hope and think that good things will come out of it.

and, that's will continue to blossom and grow in san francisco. >> cornell, bernard. abc seven news happening right now. >> a fire is burning at a home in san jose. it's happening near north daniel way and interstate 880. this is video from the san jose fire department. our city cams also captured these pictures of smoke billowing from the home. the fire department says there are propane tanks inside that house. so far, no injuries have been reported. new developments. now a suspect is in custody after a nine hour long standoff in contra costa county. the sheriff's office says it began after they found a man shot near lancaster circle in bay point, around 1:30 a.m. deputies were alerted to a potential suspect in that case inside a nearby apartment. residents were warned to stay in while officers negotiated a surrender. the suspect was finally taken into custody and the lockdown lifted just after 1030. a man remains in critical condition after being hit by a car this morning in san jose. officers responded to a major

vehicle and pedestrian crash around 6 a.m. it happened near south seventh street and phelan avenue, and the pedestrian was taken to the hospital. police say the driver remained on the scene and is cooperating with the investigation. no charges have been filed and a head ■on crash involving an ac transit bus in east oakland yesterday. at least 14 people were hurt, two of them critically. it happened around 5 p.m. at the intersection of 54th and international boulevard. fire officials say a speeding car crashed into the bus after it collided with another car. police are still investigating. a woman charged this week with assaulting another woman in san francisco's bayview neighborhood is now linked to a deadly attack in the same neighborhood last year. that's according to our media partners, the san francisco standard. prosecutors say thea hopkins attacked a 71 year old asian woman this week unprovoked last year. hopkins was detained and interviewed in the death of 63 year-old yanfang

wu. police ended up ruling wu's death an accident. now, sources tell the standard. following this latest arrest, sfpd has reopened that case. turning now to the weather and taking a live look outside. it's been pretty uneventful today with just some clouds in the sky, but we do have a wave of rain on deck. abc seven weather anchor spencer christian is here with more in spencer today was a pretty good day. it was nice and calm. >> it was. i like your description, uneventful is what the day has been for the most part. karina. although there were a few light showers early today up in the north bay. right now we're looking at live doppler seven and again, quiet and uneventful. but you can see on the satellite radar image that clouds are streaming in our direction. and there is some rain on the way that next round that karina referred to. so let's take a look at the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale tomorrow, late tomorrow into the afternoon and evening, we expect some rain. uh- highest totals will be in the north bay, and it will be accompanied by gusty southerly wind from time

to time. here's the forecast animation starting at noon tomorrow. at that point there'll be some light sprinkles up in the north bay. it will be later in the day into the early evening, when that first wave of steadier, heavier rain arrives, sweeping from the north bay, then southward and eastward into the late night hours tomorrow, winding down shortly after midnight tomorrow night and certainly before the morning commute begins on monday. but another wave of rain is poised to come in on monday. late monday into tuesday. rainfall totals from this first wave tomorrow will be generally under a quarter of an inch, except in the north bay, where it will be a little bit wetter. and i'll have a look at the seven days ahead, which include a warm up a little bit later. karina. >> sounds good. spencer thank you. we are now less than 24 hours away from hollywood's biggest night, the 96th academy awards ceremony begins at 4:00 tomorrow, right here on abc. seven nominees with bay area ties are already in los angeles ahead of the big show, including one filmmaker who could take home a gold statue for best documentary short. abc seven news reporter luz pena joins us

live from the red carpet as final preparations are underway. hi, luz. and oh, wow, look at that dress. i love that you're ready to go, girlfriend. >> thank you, thank you. okay so you remember my story from yesterday? yes, from the bay area designer, ibibio. well, this is his beautiful gown. i'm wearing it today. his dream was to have one of his gowns on the red carpet. so here it is. shout out to ibibio. your gown is now at the oscars red carpet. your dream came true anyway, karina, we are here getting those last minute touches. finished finishing those last minute touches right now for the oscars. and i caught up with several bay area nominees ahead of the academy awards. it's almost oscars sunday, and the red carpet is rolled out with crews putting up the finishing touches. just hours before hollywood's biggest night, we caught up with bay area nominees arriving to los angeles, eager for sunday. >> i am looking forward to uh- being in that environment, soaking it in, you know,

celebrating it with, you know, people from our team and but also with my fellow filmmakers, i'm from the other teams. we get to go to all these cool events and, you know, i'm speaking to my, you know, my cinematic heroes. right there's like martin scorsese, you know, there's like alexander payne, you know, and these amazing actors that that i've watched, you know, for the last couple of decades, they're just there. and they're lovely and they're having conversations with me. >> leo chang is one of three bay area directors nominated in the documentary short category. >> it's been really incredible that there are two other bay area filmmakers in my category. one of them is actually a really old friend that i've known for 15 years. >> he's documentary island in between is his most personal work yet, focusing on the taiwanese islands of kinmen, just two miles off the coast of china. >> my film is a personal exploration of the taiwan strait situation. through my family's history, and also my

transnational background as somebody who has both taiwanese and american passport. >> he also caught up with another bay area oscar nominee, christine turner, at the women in film oscar event on friday. she is one of 75 women nominated for an academy award this year. she directed the documentary the barber of little rock. >> i'm just excited to be celebrating with other women to all be meeting each other. i'll be in the same room. >> it's thrilling. this year, 32% of oscar nominees are women, a record here. the last time so many women were nominated was in 2021. music legend diane warren is one of them. congratulations. >> thank you very much. this is your 15th nomination. indeed it is. how weird is that? >> what does this nomination mean to you this year? >> it means i well, i love i, i love the song, i really do and i and i love the movie and the fact that i'm the only nomination from it. i feel really proud that i get to represent it. >> karina, we're having so much

fun on the red carpet and running into friends like michael gelman, the executive producer of kelly and mark live with kelly and mark. what are what should we expect tomorrow? >> well, we are going to have a huge show. you know, we take over the dolby stage where the oscars happen at midnight and then we start producing our show. we fill it with 2 or 3000 people, and then we do the show on the west coast here live at 6 a.m. that airs, you know, all over the country and the east coast at nine. so we're going to have a big show. we have sebastian maniscalco, we're going to be talking to jimmy kimmel the night before. we talk to these guests, right when they get off the stage with their oscars, we're on the red carpet and we're going to be with you, too. yes, you're going to be there, too. andy grammer is performing, so it's kind of this huge show, busy show in the backdrop of the oscars with all these huge names. so we're very excited. we're up all night doing it, and it's a it's a

great production. >> and you've been on the red carpet several times. >> yeah, we've been here 12 years now doing this show and it's a lot of fun. and it's one of the hardest shows of the year to produce. kelly and mark uh- are going to have a great time. this is mark's first time with kelly. >> huge date night. >> yes. big date night for them. he's usually just going to the parties and then he can come backstage and hang out. now he's got to come on camera and, you know, have fun with us, so it'll be great. >> we're so excited. back to you, karina. >> all right liz. thank you. amazing you got gelman today. oh, i can't wait to see who else you interview. right. awesome, and you fit right in on the red carpet, lou. so maybe this is going to be your annual thing to you. kelly and mark and gelman. wouldn't that be great? >> so much fun. >> it's so fun. all right. we'll be looking forward to all of your coverage from the red carpet over the next few days. thank you liz. and you can stay with abc seven for continuing coverage from lose leading up to the oscars. she will have more

reports from los angeles, hopefully interviewing some big names, some more for us. and of course, you can watch the oscars hosted by jimmy kimmel right here on abc seven at 4 p.m. tomorrow. well, millions of federal dollars are coming to the bay area after president biden signed a bipartisan spending package. which organizations will receive that financial boost? plus, women life freedom, the movement demanding more rights for women in iran, comes to san francisco on the heels of international women's day in lake merritt, turned into a sea of red this week. the warning, as we learn, we learn more abou

♪ jardiance! ♪ ♪ it's a little pill with a big story to tell ♪ ♪ i take once-daily jardiance ♪ ♪ at each day's start! ♪ ♪ as time went on it was easy to see ♪ ♪ i'm lowering my a1c! ♪ jardiance works twenty-four seven in your body to flush out some sugar. and for adults with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease, jardiance can lower the risk of cardiovascular death, too. serious side effects may include ketoacidosis that may be fatal, dehydration that can lead to sudden worsening of kidney function, and genital yeast or urinary tract infections. a rare, life-threatening bacterial infection in

the skin of the perineum could occur. stop jardiance and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of this infection ketoacidosis, or an allergic reaction. you may have an increased risk for lower limb loss. call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of infection in your legs or feet. taking jardiance with a sulfonylurea or insulin may cause low blood sugar. ♪ jardiance is really swell ♪ ♪ the little pill ♪ ♪ with a big story to tell! ♪ - [narrator] are you looking for more in this world? then we are looking for you. we are the peace corps. with volunteers in more than 60 countries.

living together. working together. transforming lives. together. join us. bring attention again to the women life freedom movement, pointing out the discriminatory laws set against women in iran. >> recognizing the brave women who have either lost their lives or in jail as political prisoners, as well as highlighting the injustices that they're encountering in daily life in iran, such as not being able to show their hair, not being able to do makeup, and then basically what our idea here is, everybody's holding a sign of a law that prohibits women from doing something in iran. >> organizers say the goal is to raise awareness about human rights violations and gain support abroad to hold iranian officials accountable. more than a dozen community programs in

san francisco are about to receive millions of dollars in federal funding. the money will come from the $460 billion government funding package signed today by president joe biden. $12 million are on the way to san francisco and on the screen there, you can see some of the organizations benefiting from that financial boost. we've posted a full list of projects receiving the funds on our website. abc seven news.com. warning signs are going up around oakland's lake merritt after algae caused the water to turn red. the city says the discoloration was reported on thursday. officials believe it was caused by an algal bloom. the bloom produces a toxin that sucks oxygen out of the water, suffocating marine life. people are asked to limit contact with the water until the problem clears. officials also say this bloom is not nearly as bad as others from past years. you might remember this, including 2002, when blooms killed

thousands of fish in lake merritt and parts of san francisco bay. more rain is coming to the bay area. abc seven weather anchor spencer christian has the timeline. up next. >> hey, everybody. chris alvarez live at chase center. the warriors playing without steph curry tonight. the latest on his injured ankle. or the team is saying about playing without their star splash brother sportscenter from chase and a

is it possible to count on my internet like my customers count on me? it is with comcast business. keeping you up and running with our 99.9% network reliability. and security that helps outsmart threats to your data. moaire dida twoo? - your data, too. there's even round-the-clock customer support. so you can be there for your customers. with comcast business, reliability isn't just possible. it's happening. get started for $49 a month. plus, ask how to get up to a $800 prepaid card with a qualifying internet package. don't wait, call and switch today! oh, it's cold outside. time to protect your vehicle from winter's wrath. of course, the hot sun can be tough on vehicles too.

you need weathertech. laser measured floorliners and cargo liner will shield the carpeting from sand and snow. for your interior, there's seat protector and sunshade. plus, mud flaps and bumpstep for the exterior. while the new impactliner, with shock absorbing rings, safeguards your truck bed from costly damage. order american made products at wt.com surf's up!

we're talking about more rain on the way. spencer. we are. >> i need to explain that i have. i'm having a bad reaction to some medication. my hiccups are, like, nonstop. >> oh, and you've tried everything, right? i've seen you drinking water and doing crazy things over there, but it's not working. it's going to take a couple hours to go. okay well, excuse the hiccups. bear with me if you. okay. >> here's a look at live doppler seven. we have quiet conditions right now. lots of clouds around, though. we had some early morning sprinkles. they went away, as you can see on on the live doppler seven satellite. more clouds and some light rain moving in our direction, but won't arrive on shore until tomorrow. it's much cooler right now than at this time yesterday. about 4 to 7 degrees cooler. excuse me. in most locations, we can't stop this. it's just going to go on temperature readings right now. mid to upper 50. san francisco and oakland. low to mid 60s hayward, san jose, mid 50s at san mateo and half moon bay, nice view from emeryville. looking at lots of clouds in the western sky. but there are

breaks of blue here and there are the temperature readings right now. low 60s, fairfield, concord and livermore. mid to upper 50s at santa rosa, petaluma and napa. and now we go to our forecast headlines. increasing clouds tonight. we can't stop these hiccups. this medical reaction tomorrow pm into the afternoon and evening rainy and gusty. and then mid to mid to late week. next week look for sunny and much warmer weather on we go to overnight lows under cloudy skies mainly in the mid to upper 40s. high temperatures tomorrow under a showery conditions and certainly cloudy skies. upper 50s in the north bay. we'll see some low 60s in other parts of the bay area as that rain moves southward late tomorrow it will cool things down again. and here is the accuweather. well, not the forecast yet. this is the storm impact scale, a level one storm moving in tomorrow. it will produce rain in the late afternoon, noon and evening. highest totals will be in the north bay, which is where the

rain will start before it sweeps southward and eastward with a gusty southerly wind. here's a forecast animation starting at noon, at which point some rain will already be falling in the north bay. it'll be into the evening hours before the steadier, heavier rain sweeps in and continues southward and eastward to the rest of the bay area late tomorrow night into early monday morning. the rain is likely to end before the morning commute on monday, and by 11:00 tomorrow night, rainfall totals under a quarter of an inch south of the golden gate, a quarter of an inch or more. more in the north bay. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. we have level one storms coming our way monday and tuesday. i should mention tomorrow is oscar sunday and it's also the beginning of daylight saving time, starting on wednesday for the remainder of the week and into next weekend. sunny and much warmer spring like weather. >> abc seven sports is sponsored by your northern california honda dealers. >> hey everybody, chris alvarez live here at chase center. warriors and spurs get going in just about an hour and some good news regarding stephen curry's

injured ankle. and one of the quick note on the injury side for the spurs. they're seven foot three rookie phenom victor wembanyama. he's out with an ankle injury as is stephen curry. an mri confirmed that steph did indeed sprained his ankle thursday night against chicago. we take you to the play late in the fourth quarter. now here's the good news. no structural damage on that ankle for steph. he's going to miss the next two games which includes tonight against the spurs. and coincidentally monday they're in san antonio playing the spurs again. he's going to be reevaluated on tuesday. and with the warriors following games wednesday in dallas. and then one week from tonight in la against the lakers. you see that right here on abc seven, head coach steve kerr told his pregame the team's focus has to be one game at a time. >> i'm kind of looking at it, while steph is out, we got to figure out what what do we have to do to win tonight, you know, and we'll worry about the next game then, but within that, we'll have a lot of decisions to make, you know who's going to play off the bench? it, it's hard to script it, because we

don't know how the game is going to go if we need some shooting, you know, we'll we'll put put our shooters out there if we, if we need more rim protection, you know, we could go back to loon, so there's minutes to be had, and but it's really dependent on, you know, how the game is going with with steph being reevaluated on tuesday is that result kind of is it safe to say that result is better than the team initially feared, or is it just. >> yeah, i would say it's a good, good result. >> like we're you know, the mri was was clear. he's he's, you know, he's he's feeling better today. you know, rick wanted to look at it two days after. that's a better it gives him a better idea of what he's looking at. and and, so all in all, i would call it, you know, positive. and then we'll just update everything on on tuesday, all of you. >> we're going to be just 20 games to go left in the regular

season. >> abc seven sports, sponsored by your northern california

today, and thousands of people came out for a chance to interact with current and former players, coaches and even broadcast partners. they also got to visit restricted areas of the ballpark like the field, the clubhouse and dugout, and take photos with world series trophies.

>> and i've been a giants fan since willie mays, willie mccovey, juan marichal, jack sanford, 60s brother. i'm an old guy. >> this was the last event in a four stop tour. the team also held events in sacramento, napa and san jose, and the giants won today at spring training, beating the a's. that's it for

rule the game with the xfinity 10g network. get fast, live, seamless streaming... that delivers the best sports viewing experience. plus, a reliable connection you can bank on —even when the entire home team is online. with internet that dominates the floor,

you'll get nothing but net. the xfinity 10g network was made for streaming sports because it's only live once. this is espn on inthe valley of the sun, the best team in basketball is here. there is cacti, is that right? >> i've named one steven a. smith. >> jayson tatum is