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news investigators took computers, hard drives and documents the fbi didn't say why they are searching the prison, but this site has been the center of an ongoing investigation of sexual misconduct. >> it doesn't surprise me, given what we've heard from people in dublin for the last like few months and even years, as the fbi says they're conducting court authorized law enforcement activity, but they wouldn't share many more details. >> other than that, the bureau of prisons says there's been a change in leadership. the old warden is gone and a new one is in place. the bureau of prisons releasing a statement saying recent developments have necessitated new executive employees being installed at the institution. we can confirm nt mckinney has been assigned as the interim warden at fci dublin, effective immediately. >> they referred to it as a rape club. >> former congresswoman jackie speier says she was looking into the conditions during her last few months of office. she says the prison denied her access to inmates. >> and i came to the facility. i wanted to speak to certain

inmates there because i was told that they had been raped and they resisted letting me meet with them. >> at least eight employees, including a former warden and chaplain, have been charged with sexually abusing inmates. five have pled guilty and two were convicted at trial. emily shapiro with the california coalition for women prisoners says survivors she spoke with had to endure horrifying conditions like a few times when we've gone in to visit people, after we've left, we've heard everyone that had a visit was strip searched. >> and so when you're coming to talk to people about the sexual abuse you've experienced and then you're getting strip searched for talking about it, that can be very traumatic. >> both she and the former congresswoman are calling on the department of justice to investigate the entire system, to get rid of abuse against women. they say no one should suffer abuse while incarcerated. >> there has to be a performance review that is rigorous and robust so that if you are a prison guard and are of the old

culture that somehow tolerated that kind of conduct, you needed to be terminated. >> in dublin, ryan curry, abc seven news. >> surrounded by weapons, the state attorney general today gave an update on efforts to get guns out of the hands of people who should not have them. >> 2023 marked the highest ever year of gun ownership in california, so more californians are owning guns. but we're also seeing less numbers of individuals added to the to the prohibited list. >> california attorney general rob bonta today released 2023 data from the armed and prohibited persons system or apps program. the database identifies people who initially legally possess firearms but then illegally had them following criminal activity or mental health issues. bonta says agents and police contacted more people than ever last year and recovered more than 1400 firearms. he also says the state law uh- the state rather saw the

lowest number of people added to the apps list since 2014. >> customers no longer have access to dining rooms at most taco bell restaurants in oakland, we spotted signs saying dining room closed at the restaurant at 35th avenue and macarthur boulevard today, according to reports, four of the five taco bells in oakland are now drive thru only because of rising crime. the restaurants aren't accepting cash either. we've reached out to taco bell corporate headquarters for confirmation, but have yet to hear back at uc berkeley, jewish students were able to successfully march and rally on campus today, just two weeks after violence interrupted a previous gathering. >> university officials also forced supporters of the group palestinian justice to take down tape across sather gate. abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has the story. >> jewish students at cal, along with supporters from the community, gathered in front of zellerbach hall, many of them dressed in white. >> all we're asking of the administration is that they enforce their own policies and

make sure that jewish students feel like they can walk through the gates to campus every day, and feel welcome and have equal rights to free speech. the gate is still blocked in violation of school policies. >> for weeks, justice for palestine supporters have blocked the middle section of sather gate with yellow tape. today, the university took it down and instead a massive banner was put up. >> we found an alternative that would not be taken down immediately. >> uc berkeley did not remove it. >> the banner is up, it to represent. it's a violation of what are called time, place and manner rules. but we assess that using law enforcement to clear it would create turmoil. >> at noon, the jewish students marched onto sproul plaza and instead of passing through the gate and past the banner, they avoided a confrontation by literally forwarding the creek to get to the other side on a footpath. the crowd of 200 jewish supporters ended up in front of california hall, where

faculty members offered their support. commenting on the february 26th disturbing case that forced jewish students to move off campus, the administration's continued complacency only emboldens those who want to hurt jews. >> they would only go up after the peaceful rally. >> a woman unaffiliated with the march tore through the paper banner at the gate. ramadan. good job. >> shame on you. >> uc berkeley is currently on a us department of education list of campuses under investigation for discrimination. i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> this comes as the muslim holy month of ramadan gets underway. there is little to celebrate across the gaza strip, with cease fire talks stalled in the war between israel and hamas. ramadan is a time for muslims to fast, pray and experience spiritual rejuvenation. many say there is no joy this year. the

final day of ramadan is tuesday, april 9th. >> all right, let's turn now to the weather. we're tracking the return of some rain tonight. here's a live look at the conditions out there right now. for more on this, let's go to abc seven news meteorologist sandyha patel. sandy. >> yeah. and dan, we have some more rain that is going to spread across the region tonight . >> as we look at live doppler seven, we're already seeing a few showers to our north right around ukiah area. as you will notice on street level radar across highway 101. it's just a matter of hours before we get that rain. it's a light level one storm as we look at the pacific, you can see that front is just off the coastline. and as we time this out for you, 7:00 tonight, there will be showers up in the north bay as we head towards 1 a.m, crossing parts of the san francisco peninsula and the east bay. and then tomorrow morning, expecting scattered showers between 5 and 9 a.m. it is a level one on our storm impact scale, a light system expecting that rain to arrive tonight and spread scattered showers for your tuesday. expecting those

slippery roads, i'll be back with a full timeline, plus a look at some big changes that are ahead. ama all right, sandhya, thank you. >> a san francisco program aimed at helping the unhoused return to their hometowns is front and center. today. mayoral candidate ahsha safai is calling on the board of supervisors to make the program law. but mayor london breed tells abc seven news reporter tara campbell it's an unnecessary move that will only bog down the system. >> it's a program designed to help unhoused people in san francisco return to their loved ones in other communities, making the connections and even buying the bus tickets. homeward bound began in 2005 under then mayor gavin newsom, and monday supervisor ahsha safai led the way as the rules committee took the first step in making it law, which would require annual reporting. >> and we ensured that the human services agency, along with department of homeless supportive housing, are elevating this program and putting it front and center as part of the toolkit.

>> the mayoral candidate says the city's been letting the program falter since the covid 19 pandemic served over 11,000 people from the life of the program. >> unfortunately, around 2018 2019, under mayor london breed, it got buried in the bureaucracy and it stopped being utilized. >> but mayor london breed says it's an unnecessary move. >> i don't even know why there's even any attention or wasted time on whatever the supervisor is doing, because it's already happening. >> the mayor says the pandemic hit the program hard. it's something nonprofits also saw homework found slowed down as a program during the pandemic because uh- public transportation wasn't accessible. >> you know, we weren't able to put people on busses and get them to where they they wanted to go. >> meanwhile, the mayor says changes they made last year are helping the program recover. >> this year, we've helped over 300 people actually reunite with

their friends or family members in other places, and she's confident they're on their way to pre-pandemic levels. in my state of the city address, i made it clear that we are making a commitment to help reunite a thousand people within the year, and we are on track to do that. >> the rules committee is expected to pass the homeward bound legislation next week, putting it up for discussion by the board of supervisors. tara campbell, abc seven news. >> coming up here, results from last week's primary election are continuing to trickle in, but some say the votes don't truly represent the population. we'll

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one of the two candidates in the general election. simitian and evan low cut it close in the battle for the second spot. now it appears there aren't many outstanding votes left to count, and simitian remains in the lead by 825 votes. votes for a congressional seat in district 16. one of them will replace retiring representative anna eshoo. >> california may have seen the lowest voter turnout for a primary election in the state's history. only around 26% of registered voters cast a ballot, and here in the bay area, the numbers weren't much better. abc7 news south bay reporter dustin dorsey spoke with a voting advocacy group almost a week since super tuesday, and the votes are still coming in at the santa clara county registrar of voters office. >> even with plenty of work to do, the overall turnout was not quite as super as the county wanted. >> so far. we are seeing about 30% turnout rate as of all the ballots that we've counted thus far. we still have about 57,000 ballots that are still yet to be counted. >> despite more counting, santa

clara county will likely see lower turnout than the 2022 primary. there was hope that vote by mail would increase participation, but data from the california secretary of state's office shows declines across the bay area, san francisco, santa clara, san mateo all with modest dips. alameda county, meanwhile, saw total voters cut in half, so we usually see lower turnout in primary elections versus the general election. >> but this primary was particularly low. maybe even a record low for turnout in california. and frankly, we're seeing this, you know, across the country, san jose state political science professor melinda jackson says low turnout leads to results that don't truly represent the population, a concern of the latino coalition of silicon valley executive director gabriela chavez. >> lopez and her team worked hard to turn the turnout tides around before the election. she's disappointed to see such low numbers. >> it's just not a top priority for folks. people are trying to put food on the table. they're trying to make money in order to

live here in silicon valley. so voting tends to be put on the back burner for many folks and many working families, which we understand. >> chavez lopez wants to see changes made to increase turnout, maybe eliminating the primary and moving to a ranked choice voter system where voters rank candidates by preference, streamlining that process and meeting voters where they're at is something that ranked choice voting does. >> the city of oakland has it. the city of sacramento has it. so i think as the center of innovation, i believe that san jose could do something similar, anything to try and increase participation. >> on the heels of another low year in san jose. dustin dawsey, abc seven news uh. >> don't forget the tax deadline is coming up and to help you get ready, seven on your side is hosting a tax chat this friday, march 15th. you can get your questions answered by tax professionals by sending them in. now just go to abc seven news.com. click seven on your side and you'll find the form right there. so fill it out then watch us friday here on abc

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in connection with a car theft and kidnaping with a toddler inside the car. around 130 this afternoon, the car was stolen in san pablo. about 15 minutes later, the vehicle was recovered in richmond. now, police have one person in custody, but officers are holding a search right now in oakland in connection with this case. fortunately the child was recovered safely and is back with family. >> that's the most important thing. of course. child's okay. all right. let's turn now to the weather. a little more rain coming. >> yeah. abc seven news meteorologist andy patel has that for us. sandhya. yeah. >> we're going to need the umbrellas tonight. ama and dan and then you'll be able to put them away after tomorrow. let me show you live doppler seven. we do have another system coming in. and so far up in northern california, we're seeing the rain around crescent city all the way down to ukiah. some snow showers over the mountains. we

did have some showers this morning. as you know, around parts of the south and east bay. now, a lot of this moisture that you're looking at on our local radar is not actually reaching the ground. places like santa rosa, that's moisture up in the clouds. and there are clouds from our san jose camera, 59 degrees right now, 57 san francisco, oakland 55, in half moon bay. here's a view from our east bay hills or oakland airport camera. i should say a lot of clouds now gathering temperatures in the mid to upper 50s from santa rosa to concord and from our tam cam certainly looking threatening tonight. rain spreads. it is going to be breezy tomorrow morning. showers, some afternoon sun and starting wednesday we have a gusty pattern developing. certainly warmer weather coming your way. it will be noticeable. it's a light level one for tonight and tomorrow. it's a light system. rain arrives and spreads tonight. scattered showers for your tuesday and certainly will be dealing with slippery roads, especially for commute tomorrow morning. so 5:00 tonight. it's still up to the north. 7 p.m. you start to notice that rain is moving across the north bay. 10 p.m.

still across mostly north bay, san francisco, and the east bay. and then at 2 a.m. while you're sleeping, this is the best kind of rain. you get it coming through most of the bay area tomorrow morning. allow that extra time with those scattered showers between 5 and 8 a.m, you're going to have to deal with slow going in some spots, and certainly at noontime, isolated showers continuing going into the early afternoon before this system is gone. it will bring rain that measures across the region anywhere from about 18 hundredths in brentwood to about 2000/700 in ukiah. you will notice 2/10 san francisco oakland at third and napa 2000/400 in san jose. a little more snow coming to the mountains until 5 p.m. tomorrow. winter weather advisory for the west slope of the sierra 4 to 8in above 5000. higher for the peaks with those gusty winds, travel may be difficult to your morning temperatures. 40s 50s. make sure you grab your umbrellas before you go and then make sure you have your shades as well. you'll see some peeks of sun tomorrow afternoon in the 50s and the 60s. if you want warmth, look at these numbers on

wednesday coming up into the upper 60s for the warmest spots. by thursday, we're going to bring some 70s in, and by friday we're talking mid 70s for our warmest locations. accuweather seven day forecast featuring the showers tomorrow. it's a level one. after that, we're going with a warming trend with spring like weather coming your way. mid 70s for the end of the workweek. saint patrick's day weekend as well. really nice looking weather. monday will bump those temperatures up to above average levels. continuing dan and emma be nice. >> thank you sandhya. >> all right. two east bay high school basketball teams are returning with championship trophies for a second consecutive year. the oakland tech high boys basketball team won the cif division two state championship game this weekend. they faced off against a centennial high that's from bakersfield at the golden one center in sacramento. after a bit of a back and forth in the first half, the tech bulldogs took control, winning by a final score of 79 to 55 and the oakland high wildcats girls

basketball team brought home the cif division five state championship title. >> it's the second year in a row that a team from oakland high has brought home a win. last year, the boys beat oakland tech for the title. this year, the oakland high girls team beat san diego's montgomery high girls basketball team in a very close game, 56 to 50. oakland high, the underdogs, the number 13 seed taking on the number one seed. >> it feels really great to be able to bring a championship to my school and we did it with a new program, a new coach, a new players. >> by the way, ausd schools have won 11 state championship titles since 2016. >> well, it was a big night for oppenheimer at last night's 96th annual oscars. still ahead. what some of the winners had to say in

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and go to gawontwait.com more with our abc seven bay area streaming tv app. just search abc seven bay area and download it. >> the 96th academy awards, hosted by jimmy kimmel, drew an estimated 19.5 million viewers. that is the show's highest rating in four years. >> it was a good show. the

evening featured several first time winners, like three time nominee robert downey jr. >> abc news reporter melissa don was there last night and has a recap from la. >> the golden statues made official for this year's oscars winners engraved right there behind stage. >> and maria is the oppenheimer. >> oppenheimer taking home seven wins, including best picture. >> to know that you think that i'm a meaningful part of it means the world to me. >> the film's director, christopher nolan, and lead actor cillian murphy each winning their first oscar this year. the academy awards bringing back past winners in the lead and supporting actor and actress roles. presenting the nominees a moment that struck cillian murphy. >> you know, if you would have told my, i don't know, 15 year old self that i would be even meeting them, not to mind, you know, taking a picture with them. it's just kind of mind blowing. >> best actress going to emma stone for poor things and divine joy randolph taking home best supporting actress for the holdovers. reflecting on her accomplishment backstage.

>> i just want people to know that like, you are enough and you, as long as you have the passion within you and the work ethic and humility to go after it, it's yours. >> gucci today celebrating the gown worn by lily gladstone, the first native american woman to be nominated of best actress. posting on social media, they collaborated with indigenous designer joe big mountain of iron horse, quillwork to create the look. i'm just kidding. >> where i see the love she sees. >> and have you had this song stuck in your head all day? the song from the barbie movie didn't win an oscar, but actor ryan gosling wowed the crowd. >> that performance brought me to life. >> we were in the dressing room next to him and we were hearing him vocal do his vocal warm ups. know that man is a he's working. >> he's working. >> so hard. >> a student you may have noticed the red pins. oscar winners billie eilish and brother finneas were wearing other celebrities did the same, showing their support for a cease fire in gaza amid the war.

elton john hosting his annual aids foundation academy awards viewing party and raising a record breaking $10.8 million for the work to end the aids epidemic. melissa don, abc news, los angeles. >> all right, well, we do still have much more news ahead. we do. let's go to abc seven news anchor karina nova for a look at the stories coming up at 530. >> karina thanks, dan and emma tonight. everything you need to know about buying an electric vehicle in california. seven on your side shares details of a rebate program that ran out of money, impacting thousands of people who already purchase cars. where else you can turn to take advantage of tax credits and rebates on evs and abc seven reporter lyanne melendez looks at san francisco's goal to build 82,000 new affordable housing units by 2031. where the city stands on the plan and the challenges in the way. join us for those stories and more at 530 on abc seven, bay area streaming tv. >> dan ama karina, thank you. >> all right. and download the

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