biel and i'm ama daetz convicted killer scott peterson appeared in san mateo county superior court today asking for a new trial. dan noyes was in court. he's been going over the latest filings and this is a case you've obviously been covering for quite some time. so what's the latest developments and what's the likelihood that this ends in a new trial? >> well, larry and anna, this was mostly planning today. you know setting daetz for future legal briefs, replies and hearings. it's just an immense undertaking, going through all the evidence to decide if peterson deserves another trial on my cell phone, i captured the executive director of the los angeles innocence project entering the courtroom with scott peterson's half brother and his sister in law, janey peterson. she became a lawyer to fight for his acquittal. inside, scott peterson, now 51, appeared from mule creek state prison, 40 miles outside sacramento, with that new ponytail. he only addressed the court a few times here to say he would also appear at future hearings by zoom. >> mr. peterson, is that correct ? all right. yes, your honor. okay. >> the la innocence project

filed a 1500 page brief with exhibits asking for a new trial based on what it claims is evidence withheld from peterson's defense team. >> the defense was entitled to those at the time of trial. mr. peterson has been waiting 20 years to find some of these police reports and audio recordings and video recordings that should have been provided, court records show. >> the la innocence project is focusing on this van, found torched a mile away from the peterson home the day after laci disappeared, with a mattress that tested positive for blood. that sample appears not to have been compared to lacey's blood. several witnesses who claim to have spotted laci talking to the occupants of that van, seen near a burglary across the street from her home, and the other witnesses who claimed to have seen laci alive in the hours after scott left for a fishing trip the morning of christmas eve, 2002, the original prosecuting attorneys from the peterson trial are back to handle this appeal, asking for more time to file an answer to

that massive la innocence project motion. >> the exhibits came to us later than the initial pleadings, and so that's been one of the delays for us having to go through each of those particular exhibits. >> harris also asked the court to reveal the names of witnesses that have been blacked out in the recent filings. >> the people have never been provided with an unredacted copy of those reports. >> we still do not know who these witnesses are. >> they're anonymous to us, judge elizabeth hill did not hear arguments today. just set dates for future filings and hearings, noted san mateo county criminal defense attorney paula canny was there. >> they wanted scott peterson to get convicted more than they wanted to have. >> the truth be told, she acted as a commentator during the murder trial and offered her opinion of today's hearing. how how the system should work in a perfect world is the police are completely forthright, are completely transparent, give everything. >> and that's not what happened in this case.

>> neither side in this case would comment before or after today's hearing. they are due back in court several times, july 15th being the last date on the calendar. i'm dan and you mentioned there are thousands, literally thousands of pages of evidence that have to be pored over now. >> oh, absolutely. >> and this is just a huge process. 800,000 pages, apparently, of documentation and transcripts. so there's a lot to go through. and that's why the da is asking for more time. >> all right. thank you dan. >> we're learning today about the impact chp sting operations are having in the east bay. the governor's office says over the past month, chp officers have arrested 168 suspects, recovered 360 stolen vehicles and seized 16 firearms. they say the suspects are linked to gangs, organized crime and carjacking rings. right now, there are 72 chp officers assigned to the greater oakland area. they were deployed by the governor's office in february to help combat rising crime rates. >> all right, now to a plan to crack down on sideshows. the city of antioch is set to vote

on a plan that would make it not only illegal to participate in a sideshow, but also to watch one. this is a battle that the city has been fighting for years. >> don't come to antioch because we'll be waiting for you. these kinds of events can kill people and more importantly, young people who have who in some instances believe that they're invincible. that is antioch mayor thorpe in 2022. >> and again in 2023. abc seven news reporter anser hassan with a look at the new plan. >> for years, mayor lamar hernandez thorpe has condemned sideshows on antioch streets. >> don't come to antioch because we'll be waiting for you with the full force of the antioch police department, our allied agencies and the appropriate resources to ensure that that does not happen in our community. >> state law already criminalizes sideshows. those convicted can face penalties that include up to 90 days in jail or $1,000 fine, or both, and have their driver's license suspended for six months. the city says. there's also public safety concerns, citing

statistics put forth by the chp. over the past five years, there have been 264 collisions statewide linked to street racing and sideshows. 30 people have died, 124 seriously injured . antioch's proposal goes a step further. it will go after those who organize and advertise illegal sideshows on social media. it's a big time show and who can top the other media mark pereira has lived in antioch for 30 years. he can see treadmarks in the intersection near his house. he supports the city's proposed ordinance. >> where there's a will, there's a way. you know, they can find a way. they'll do it and it. but it won't be as bad. and if they bite it real quickly, yeah, i think it could be stopped. >> some have raised concerns over freedom of speech and expression, but the ordinance states that organizing an illegal sideshow is not legally protected speech. the mayor says the police will now have extra tools to tackle the issue. >> law enforcement will have

this extra tool, uh, to not just try to dismantle sideshows. but if we don't get to a point where we prevent them, we can then seek, criminal charges. >> if passed, the ordinance will take effect in april in antioch, anser hassan abc seven news. >> san jose police say a second suspect in a fal soting last month is now in custody. tectives arrested gerald williams on saturday in connection with the february 29th shooting on moorpark enuenot far from devargas elementary school. the victim's body was found inside a car around 115 in the morning on march 8th. >> our special operations merge unit was able to arrest and apprehend suspect williams in the city of san jose, where he was later booked into santa clara county jail. >> officers previously arrested denzel brown of sunnyvale, whom investigators consider the primary suspect in this case. so far, police have not released the name or age of the victim or a possible motive. a san jose man has been convicted of shooting a man staying at a

nearby airbnb. mark henry waters was convicted of shooting the unarmed college student in october, while the student was crossing the street to get dinner. waters claims his gun went off accidentally, but prosecutors say he pursued. the 21 year old then shot him in the leg. the victim is still recovering. >> two people are under arrest for what's becoming an alarming trend in the south bay. there's a duo accused of stealing copper wire from vta properties across santa clara county. police say one piece theyey swiped was abot 20ft long and weighs more than 100 pounds. officials explained how these thefts can impact the trains. >> they track train movement on our system, which in turn activate gate arms, train switches and signaling when they're being stolen. this ultimately impacts our revenue service because we have to slow or stop trains to make the repairs and the affected area, vta says. >> since the beginning of the year, there have been more than 20 such thefts, but these are

the first arrests. >> the city of san francisco is reporting a spike in overdose deaths. preliminary data shows 64 people died from accidental overdoses last month, mostly from fentanyl. that's compared to 52 in february of 2022. health officials say they're working every day to try to reduce the number of people dying, mainly on city streets. >> what this means is to work aggressively to make treatment for addiction more easily available and accessible, to support people in recovery, to lead healthy and integrated into the community lives. >> officials say they're focusing their resources on individuals experiencing high rates of overdose. this includes those who've overdosed before, those experiencing homelessness, or an unstable housing situation, and people in the african american community where fatal overdoses are five times higher than the citywide rate. >> our sports update now injured warriors superstar steph curry

could possibly be back in action later this week. this afternoon, the warriors announced that curry has been cleared to return to on court activities, but he is not going to play tomorrow night on the road against the dallas mavericks. curry has missed the last two games after rolling his ankle last thursday. of course, he has a history of ankle issues. this injury. the latest one will be reevaluated later this week. the dubs hope that steph will be back and available against the lakers on saturday night. so lebron versus steph and you can watch that game right here on abc seven with a tip off starting at 530. >> still ahead a cognitively impaired woman is assaulted and her family says her nursing home is to blame. >> also fighting the end of land lines. the bay area communities trying to keep at&t from pulling the plug. >> and the clock is ticking on tiktok the vote tomorrow. that could change social media. >> i'm spencer christian looking at some drier, milder, sunnier and windier weather coming our way. i'll have the accuweather forecast c

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today, three counties discussed the issue and we begin in san mateo county, where supervisors called it life saving technology that the county simply cannot afford to lose. >> here's abc news reporter lena howland. >> reporter those living in rural areas of san mateo county

are no stranger to power outages. >> frequent power outages means that we have use of our landline only. >> a lifeline that could be going away if the california public utilities commission approves at&t proposals to relieve them of the obligation to maintain landline service. on monday, we introduced you to the vail family of woodside. they also rely on their landline during power outages, so last year we had an eight day outage. >> there are seven days we would not have any kind of communication for police, fire or ambulance concerns that were amplified at the san mateo county board of supervisors meeting tuesday. >> we do have a landline, and if it wasn't for that, i would not feel safe. uh- on the coast at all. >> i see it as a threat to the public health and public health of safety. who for residents who live in our rural areas and our semi-rural areas. >> at&t gave a presentation to quell concerns. >> we're not allowed just to turn off a customer and walk away, explaining that 27 years ago, 15 million california lives

depended on landlines. >> now that number is closer to 500,000. >> the application seeks to be able to have that relief. if we are able to prove that there is an alternative that is as good, equal to or better than the landline, that somebody has in their phone today, they say the goal is to transition to more advanced new services. a landline while it's you know, feels like it's great and secure. it's actually not. i mean, you can't leave your house when your house is burning down with it. it's not perfect. >> meanwhile, county supervisors directed counsel to bring a resolution forward to formally oppose at&t application to make sure rural residents don't get left behind. >> we absolutely know there will be, and we're fighting for them every day on this. >> the california public utilities commission will be holding a public hearing about this issue on march 19th in redwood city. lena howland abc seven news. >> in the north bay, napa

county's board of supervisors took up the landline issue this morning, and they plan on sending a letter opposing at&t s request. they pointed out that numerous rural areas would be put in peril on those days when we have been stricken by fire, when we have been stricken by flood, we need to make sure we have another alternative, especially for rural residents. the supervisors agreed today to submit a letter, but not before making a few changes to strengthen the wording. marin and sonoma counties have also sent in letters opposing at&t s request to end landline service. >> now to washington, where members of congress were briefed today on the security threat posed by tiktok. abc news reporter ann nguyen looks at the possible ban of the social media company here in the u.s. it comes ahead of a house vote tomorrow on a bill that would require tiktok's chinese parent company to sell its u.s. operations to an american company or be banned from the u.s. >> i have a lot of concern about the interference of authoritarian and totalitarian

governments like china and like russia in our open and free and democratic society. >> the bill is expected to pass the house with bipartisan support. its future in the senate remains unclear. u.s. intelligence agencies have included tiktok among their top threats to national security. the company says a ban would trample the first amendment rights of 170 million americans. people who make a living on tiktok videos have flooded capitol hill opposing the bill. >> 90% of our sales are on tiktok shop and we would basically i mean, we would lose all of our customers. >> at a national security hearing yesterday, fbi director christopher wray warned the chinese government may be able to use tiktok to control software on millions of users devices. >> they said we want you to put out videos that make americans fight with each other or spread conspiracy theories and get them at each other's throat, bite dance doesn't have can't go to chinese court and fight the

communist party. they would have to do it. >> that's my understanding. and i would just add that that kind of influence operations or the different kinds of influence operations you're describing are extraordinarily difficult to detect. >> top intelligence officials also warn of unprecedented threats against the u.s, including concerns about china and russia trying to use artificial intelligence to influence the presidential election and concerns about dangerous individuals coming across the southern border. and when abc news, washington. >> public comment is underway right now in berkeley and the effort to return some land to indigenous people for a vote is expected any time now on a decision to turn what is now a parking lot over to the ohlone people for thousands of years, the land was burial and ceremonial grounds. if approved, the current owner of the land will receive $27 million in exchange for the property. the majority of the funds will come from a land trust that works to return land to native peoples. >> all right, let's turn to the

forecast now, if we gave spencer christian a dollar for every person that asked him, is it ever going to get warm? that's true. how much money do you think he would have? >> enough to retire right now, but i probably wouldn't. here's a of course not. here's a look at what's going on with our weather. things are getting will improving if you consider sunnier, warmer, drier weather and improvement. things are improving. here's a look at live doppler seven. we have some moisture in the atmosphere being picked up by our radar, but the rain has essentially ended except for just a spritzel and sprinkle or two moving out of the bay area right now. so let's take a look at our futurecast. starting at 5 p.m. notice a couple of little isolated showers moving well out of the bay area. we have some clearing coming our way during the evening and nighttime hours. maybe a few more clouds will enter the picture overnight, but basically we are in a clearing trend and we're in a breezy trend right now and it's going to get even breezier. we've got gusts near the coast right now at or above 20mph, and a wind advisory will be in effect from 5 p.m. tomorrow to 11 a.m. friday for the north bay

interior mountains, the east bay hills and the east santa clara hills. winds will be gusting up to 45 to 50mph, generally out of the north northeast at 15 to 30mph. the steady winds. here's a look at our current temperature readings 59 here in san francisco and in san mateo. low 60s at oakland, hayward, san jose, and 57 at half moon bay. brighter skies at the golden gate, right now than we saw just an hour ago of the temperature readings looking northward right now, 62 at santa rosa, 59 at napa and petaluma, low 60s at fairfield, concord and livermore. and let's check out our forecast headlines. breezy tonight with partial clearing. then tomorrow and thursday gusty offshore winds will be with us. but of course we'll have the blue sky. so that helps make the picture a little nicer. then on friday and into the weekend, we can expect sunny and much warmer weather. in fact, through the weekend into even early next week. overnight low temperatures will be generally in the mid 40s mid to upper 40s, but a little chillier. and some of our inland valleys down to about 39 degrees up north at santa rosa and down to 41 at livermore. on we go to tomorrow's highs, a fairly mild

today under bright sunny skies, mainly mid 60s around the bay shoreline and mid to upper 60s in the warmest inland spots. now let's take a look at our maximum temperature trend starting on thursday. a little bit warmer than tomorrow with highs up to about 7071 degrees in the mildest locations. friday and saturday we'll see some mid 70s in our inland areas and around the bay shoreline in some spots. so it's really going to be nice and pleasant and mild going into saint patrick's day weekend. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. notice a string of sunny days we haven't seen anything like that for a while, have we? i don't think uh- high temperatures in the low to mid 70s inland and near the bay from friday all the way through next tuesday and once again sunday, saint patrick's day looks like the warmth is holding on for all kinds of outdoor activities and parades, and celebrations, and just generally being happy. >> sounds great. >> all right, i'll give you a dollar later. >> scott. yeah, yeah, that's all he'll give. >> yeah, well, times are tough. >> yes. and seven on your side

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as newer, improved trains are on track to start serving passengers in just months. >> abc seven news south bay reporter zach fuentes has more on the features that passengers will get to enjoy faster, more reliable trains have been promised for years now, teasing anxious caltrain passengers. >> out with the old, in with the new. everyone is ready for new and the new is almost here. >> electrified train service bringing big improvements to caltrain system. faster, cleaner. greener, quieter. more comfortable with some great new amenities. >> and we really can't wait to get people on board to see for themselves how great it's going to be. >> those amenities will include wi-fi, power outlets at every seat, increased storage capacity , and on board displays with digital trip information. >> that's what we need out here is the big tech technical world up here in the bay area. and we

need this new environment, this new technology here. >> caltrain says the trains are well on their way to the eager passengers. now that a big testing milestone has been reached. >> we did the first live run test from san jose up to redwood city this weekend. the big, big impact of that means that we are now able to test our trains along that whole corridor. >> a big deal because caltrain has to test the electric train sets for a mandatory 1000 miles before they can take passengers. now that it can test the trains within the large testing area between the two cities, caltrain can meet that requirement and launch the new trains this fall. >> before of our trains have been a train sets of finished the 1000 miles necessary before they can enter into passenger service. all 23 will need to go through that. so we're going to be running that testing as you know, as we lead up to the fall, where the launch is, once electrified service is launched, the older diesel trains will only operate south of san jose, covering gilroy service. >> everything else between san jose diridon station in san francisco will run on the new

electric trains. >> we've got a lot of people really excited about what you know, about what the future of caltrain is going to look like, and once they see these trains for themselves, we're pretty sure everybody else is going to be excited, too. >> in san jose, zach fuentes, abc seven news a new pilot program unveiled today, is designed to increase traveling options in underserved and underinvested neighborhoods that are divided by freeways. >> reconnecting communities focuses on three areas south san francisco, arcata and humboldt county and southeast san diego national city in south san francisco, the plan is to reduce access barriers created by highway 101, el camino real and railroad tracks. >> all right, still ahead on abc seven news at four, an oakland nursing facility accused of rape, elder neglect and fraud. >> he doesn't deserve to be down like that. >> the lawsuit that facility is now facing, and we'll hear from the family next. >> and a new plan to make your child's school lunch healthier and chemical free

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obligation of nursing homes. keep your patients safe. >> nursing home facility in east oakland is facing a lawsuit that alleges rape and elder neglect and fraud. >> the family of the former patient who filed the complaint spoke to us about the months of alleged abuse and i-team reporter stephanie sierra joins us here with a story that you'll see only on seven. >> yeah, this is a story that represents the most vulnerable population, a cognitively impaired woman said to be suffering from both dementia and alzheimer's. allegedly sexually assaulted. and the complaint filed is raising serious questions about one of the largest nursing home operators in the state. these are bruises on cheryl doe, a 79 year old

former patient at windsor health care center of oakland. she and her son robert, allege the injuries are a result of a sexual assault that was swept under the rug. robert says he admitted her here with hopes to keep her safe as she battles alzheimer's and dementia. but he says the real battle happened inside the facility. >> the first time was a rape assault, and i didn't find out until two days later after it initially happened. >> this is the voice of cheryl's son, robert, who was kept anonymous to protect his family's privacy. robert says his mom was raped by another resident living in the facility in august last year. he says a certified nursing assistant told him not management. >> but she says your mom's been getting raped in this facility and they know about it and they chose not to tell you. >> according to the complaint, a cna and a charge nurse knew about the alleged assault, but nothing was done. the complaint also says the facility denied it, but later acknowledged an employee witnessed it happen.

robert says several days after the first incident, the man was able to get back into her room and attack again. >> he retaliated against my mom and hurt her again, and she went and told one of the nurses. one of the nurses called me again in and said, your mom's going back to the hospital. he hit her. he beat her from bruises all over her arm and scrape marks on her knee. >> attorney ed dudensing is a former deputy da who is representing cheryl and robert. he says they're still in the preliminary stages of their investigation. how many people at this facility do you think were aware that this was going on? >> a lot of them, the complaint specifies two legal documents indicate after cheryl was allegedly raped twice, there was a notation of it made on her medical chart. >> days later, the i-team spoke to an employee working at the facility. >> during that time, one of my colleagues walked in on the assault. she saw the man on top of her. the other employees were trying to sweep it under the rug. i encouraged her to tell robert. >> for the past several weeks,

the i-team has made efforts to get comment from windsor healthcare center of oakland, but haven't heard back. it's part of a chain of skilled nursing facilities operated by brius management company, among other affiliates. >> they have, you know, a history of failures of care that not only involves resident on resident abuse like this case, but other areas of neglect as well. >> in 2018, the centers for medicare and medicaid services fined the facility for failing to be in compliance with medicare requirements and determined its deficiencies caused actual harm to one of its residents. >> we know that these nursing home operators, especially the large ones like the one that's involved here, that they respond to their pocketbook. and so we try to hold them accountable in that way. >> according to the complaint, numerous red flags put the corporate defendants on notice of serious problems at their facilities, including windsor health care. brius facilities have been the target of multiple civil lawsuits, as well as state regulatory actions arising from resident injuries, sexual assaults, felony abuse and

resident deaths resulting from their deliberate and habitual understaffing of facilities, and abject failures to ensure resident safety. >> often it's because of lack of staffing. >> the complaint also says the defendants new windsor health care was troubled but kept admitting new residents without increasing staffing and hid the problems from prospective families, including cheryl's. >> she's an elderly woman. she does a desire to be done like that. >> now, cheryl was removed from the facility after her son says he learned of the second alleged assault. he says she's continuing her recovery at home now and says she is doing better , but it has been very tough. >> any word from the facility or the larger corporate entity? >> no response yet. we have spent a few weeks now trying to get in touch. we've reached out to multiple facilities here in the bay area that are tied to this broader nursing home group, including the ceo, but still no word yet. >> all right. thank you. stefan.

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some problems with the statue of the late kobe bryant. believe it or not, some spelling errors have been discovered on the 19 foot bronze statue that was unveiled last month. the word decision is spelled wrong. not that many c's right below where it was spelled correctly, and the names of two former nba players are also incorrectly spelled. the lakers say they're

aware of the mistakes and they're working on correcting them. spencer, everybody got spell check, but apparently nobody's using it. >> how embarrassing. i mean, especially for a big operation like the lakers. i mean, come on and how does it not get checked? >> how does it even happen? how does it end up there? >> that's a great question. >> you would think at least you know, five people looked at it and they checked through, i don't know. or you would have people double, triple, quadruple check, etc. for it to go up on a statue, but i guess not. >> maybe five people did check and they didn't know any better. >> oh, that's pretty sad. yeah, i think on something that is going to be permanent, everlast thing for lifetimes, maybe there would be a little bit more focus. right. and something that's a tribute for someone who passed. yeah. right. >> exactly. yeah. i mean this is wrong in so many ways. >> all right. well, south dakota governor kristi noem is making waves after releasing a video on social media promoting a cosmetic dentist in a different state. texas

>> for years, i have needed to have an adjustment to my teeth from a biking accident, and they have been absolutely phenomenal. >> well, some are speculating she's the top contender to be trump's running mate, but many online are criticizing her for this video, which they say feels like an infomercial. what do you think, karina? >> maybe that's her next career move is to be one of the people that, you know, is a spokesperson for various companies. no. you would just think that a she would have tried to go to a business or a company in her own state and tried to promote them, but it is kind of weird that this, you know, dental place is in texas and she's promoting them. i mean , maybe they're the best and that's why. but the whole promotion part is just bizarre to me. you don't you didn't have to do that, right? >> not as a governor. right? yeah. or anyone in a public position like that. yeah. it seems a little weird. >> yeah, yeah. you would wonder why the governor of any state

would be kind of tacitly endorsing another business, and especially, i mean, whether it's in your state or not, in your state, like, that's probably not not something except in some states known for bad teeth. >> but yeah. >> would you like to list them? let's start with a no. all right. wise move to not take the bait. yep. nope, nope. how about this? is your car spying on you? a major car company is collecting data on your driving habits, and that could come to cost you money. here's abc news reporter morgan norwood. driver, beware. >> your car could be recording how you drive your speed, or any hard braking and then transmitting that data to an information clearinghouse. the new york times reports that data clearinghouse lexisnexis is working with insurance companies and their collaboration could drive your insurance rates higher. >> and that broad sense, we're all connected and devices are connected. it would not be surprising to see that others also might be having some some plans. >> the data collection was

uncovered by drivers using general motors onstar service, which is traditionally used to make an emergency call. the owner of a chevy bolt told the times he uncovered a 258 page report on his personal driving habits after he asked about a more than 20% increase in his insurance rate. his insurance company told him to check his lexisnexis file. and turns out gm's onstar service has a smart driver feature, which tracks driver habits as a way to improve safety. gm confirmed to the times that it shares select insights with lexisnexis and another data broker, but says the program is optional to customers and that drivers can unenroll at any time. big brother is always watching. i know tesla has a feature like this, and i remember when they rolled it out and you can look on the app and they'll give you a driving score whether you're good, bad or indifferent, whatever the case may be. and my first thought was, oh, this is going to go to every insurance company on the planet.

>> yeah, yeah, it's just concerning. but i mean, we really don't have much privacy anymore anyhow. you know, i'd be surprised if it wasn't tracking us. >> yeah, right. >> i'm not dismissing it. i'm just saying everything's out there. yeah, i'm not surprised. >> i just wish that when you bought the car, when you got the car handed to you, however, in the paperwork, like, if you go to a doctor's office, you can sign off on something like that, right? right. just make it easier. you don't have to, like, go online and find the app or what? just make it easier to say, no, i don't want to do this. i don't want you to track me. >> we should be given that option. you're right. >> disclosure and easy opt out. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, this is one of those technological features they don't really want you to know about. right. well, what you do now? yeah. now. now we know. yeah. the question is, will it change. yeah. because you know, once, once they have all your data, you know, they can tell you whether you're driving too fast or too slow or you're bad or you're cutting people off. spencer you know, they they know spencer. they know. yep. yeah. >> widely known for that. >> you may think twice the next

time you want to cancel a restaurant reservation. the latest restaurant trend cancellation fees, according to the new york times, numbers from online reservation service rezzy, show 17% of restaurants on the platform charged at least one cancellation fee in january. that's up from 13% a year earlier and a jump from 4% in january of 2019. i know a lot of places when you make a reservation, you have to have your credit card already linked, and then that way if you don't show up, i mean, i get it because you don't want people, you know, not showing up and then they don't get the business. and i would want i would want to be able to make a reservation. and if somebody's not going to go, but i don't need that incentive, i guess i'm just the type of person who, if i'm not going, i'm going to cancel. karina. >> yeah, yeah. i mean, i agree, i just want the flexibility a little bit. i know i've done that before. you prepay, you know, in case you cancel the charge, your credit card. but what if something happens like an hour or two before your reservation? there needs to be

some kind of flexibility. but i understand why restaurants do it because that's how they make money, those reservations. and for people just not to show up, it's not right. but there needs to be some kind of balance. yeah, i'm guessing spencer, these are higher end restaurants. >> i don't think in and out is going to implement any time, anytime soon. if they do, we're in trouble. >> but i think generally speaking, that's true. the mid-range to higher end ones want to be sure that you show up and if you, you know, if you're going to stiff them, there's going to be a fee. but, you know, some of the i guess the more family style restaurants where they're going to be packed anyhow, it probably doesn't matter. >> you know, i don't want to incriminate anybody here, but does anybody make multiple reservations on special occasions just to make sure that they. >> i've done that a couple of times, but if i'm but once i know which place i'm going to, i cancel at least a day or two in advance of the other. the other reservation i have not done that, i never the ladies are silent, noticeably silent. >> for some reason. >> that's a good idea, but i

haven't done that. but you know what? again, like spencer mentioned, you can as long as you cancel within 24 hours, then they can get somebody else in there. yeah. exactly. yeah. >> all right. that's going to business. it's not a nine-to-five proposition. it's all day and into the night. it's all the things that keep this world turning. the go-tos that keep us going. the places we cheer. and check in. they all choose the advanced network solutions and round the clock partnership from comcast business. see why comcast business powers more small businesses than anyone else. get started for $49.99 a month plus ask how to get up to an $800 prepaid card. don't wait- call today.

equal pay day, a symbolic date representing the number of extra days women have to work to make the same amount that men make in

one year. the national committee on pay equity says women in the u.s. earn $0.84 to every dollar a man makes. the biggest pay gaps are among financial managers. retail salespeople and education and child care administrators. >> interest in women's sports is growing at historic rates, fueled by one particular college basketball player, caitlin clark. here's abc news reporter morgan norwood on the changing face of women's sports. >> for the record, when caitlin clark hit those free throws for college basketball history passing the legendary pistol pete maravich for the all time ncaa scoring record, she once again contributed to the major shift we're seeing in the perception of women's sports caitlin clark. >> she has put everybody on notice and she's putting women's basketball on the map in a way that we have not seen before, y'all. >> and it's not just basketball. this past year, a world attendance record for a women's

sporting event was set when more than 92,000 fans filled the stadium at the university of nebraska to see a volleyball match. a brand new professional women's hockey league debuted with more than 19,000 fans turning out for one game, surpassing some nhl teams average attendance, and the national women's soccer league seeing record setting expansion fees with primarily female investors agreeing to pay a whopping $53 million to field teams. that's a $50 million increase from what expansion teams paid in 2020. clark's iowa hawkeyes drawing more television viewers in their final regular season game than some key nba matchups this season. >> it's just kind of cool to see the evolution of, you know what this has become? >> the 22 year old already driving up wnba ticket prices for the approaching 2024 season. it's reminiscent of 45 years ago, when magic johnson and larry bird entered the nba, catapulting the league's popularity to new levels. >> caitlin clark coming into the wnba will help every single one

of those wnba players in terms of making more money, having more visibility, becoming more popular. >> the significance of this is bigger than sports. >> we're raising a generation of men to respect women's sports. the way that their fathers and their grandfathers never did. >> morgan norwood, abc news, new york. >> what's remarkable is that caitlin clark is probably more popular than any men's college basketball player in the country. that's how the level of stardom that she's achieved, and it's so great for little girls to see this as they grow up. absolutely. >> all right. weather. >> yes. spencer you were you were telling us about the possibility of warm, sunny days ahead. yes. >> the possibility, the probability, the likelihood. larry, here's a look at what we expect overnight. some partial clearing after today's clouds. finally move out of here overnight lows will be mainly in the mid to upper 40s, but a little chillier in some of our inland valleys. and then tomorrow, bright sunny skies, high temperatures reaching into the mid to upper 60s. not only

inland but also around the bay shoreline. we'll see some mid 60 tomorrow and then we have wind coming. our way. now that's going to be we'll have bright skies the next few days, but a wind advisory will be in effect for the north bay interior mountains, the east bay hills and the east santa clara hills. gusts will be up to 45 50mph at times. that will be in effect from 5 p.m. tomorrow to 11 a.m. friday. but then the winds relax and we can too, because skies will be bright and sunny. as you look at the accuweather seven day forecast all the way through saint patrick's day weekend, we'll see high temperatures in the low to mid 70s. it's just going to be a week of lovely weather coming our way, all the way into the middle of next week. >> ama all right. thank you so much spencer. this is see. the oakland zoo is sharing new video of its newest adorable residents meet mountain lion cubs. willow and maple. the zoo says it will take care of the sassy sisters until the california department of fish and wildlife finds them a forever home. the oakland zoo has set up a cub cam so people

can watch them explore and play. >> feisty kids. yeah. all right, coming up, the bay area business, it's all about the locals. >> if you're you work here, we eat here. >> it's arewe for those who love a bit of

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winemakers turned brewmasters kent fortner and ryan gibbons believe mare island brewing company in vallejo went from a storied naval base to a communal hub >> i've never been a part of something where we've had so many people rooting for us to succeed and coming in and asking, how can they support us? thanking us for being here? and i'm thinking, i'm thank you for being a customer, whether it's the great beer we have, the beautiful waterfront or just the location in the bay, people are actually paying attention to vallejo. >> i feel like we're a pillar in the community, and i feel like, you know what we're doing through beer and history and good food. >> there's a real goodwill to the rejuvenation of vallejo and the resurrection of the mare island concept and the mare island brand that used to be a huge source of pride. i mean, mare island helped win the war, and it was gone for a number of years. and i like thinking in a

different way. we're bringing it back hard to uphold the incredible heritage and history of mare island. >> we put some of that history on every can. so every one of our beers is named after some historical event. on the side is a nice little 665 character blurb to get you just enough attracted to the story, to then find out a little bit more about why mare island was so important to the bay area, and to american history. we're kind of like a history company, and we just end up making beer to tell all this great history. >> we want people to have the whole experience. we want them to have the beer. we want them to have the history, and we want them to have the community gathering watering hole that we try to provide. >> the pie wagon that we call it is our food truck that's on mare island at the cold shed brewery. we do nachos. we do tacos. try to focus a little bit more uh-

some more seafood items, you know, because we're right on the water ■at the taproom. it gets really busy being right in the ferry building. and so the menu is designed to be, you know, filling, but also like fast paced and typical, you know, elevated pub fare. we're here in benicia. it's kind of a completely different than either of the other two restaurants. so smaller plates is kind of our thing. here in benicia, we're using truffle oils and grana padano cheeses and imported things like that. and just trying to give a little bit more of an upscale feel to this location as opposed to the other two. you know, i'm born and raised in vallejo, a lot of my family is from vallejo. they came there for the shipyard. i'm actually the fifth generation in my family to work on mare island. so yeah, i have a huge amount of history here in vallejo. >> it's kind of nice to live close to the community and in the community that we're serving, and making great beer for. >> we live here, we work here, we eat here. i feel like mare

island brewing company as a whole is very community based, and i feel like people gravitate towards us because they know that they can come in and it's a positive environment. >> it's a happy place for people to be. and i think we're doing like our community service. >> whether you love beer or not, the food looks absolutely incredible. abc seven news streaming 24 seven. get the abc seven bay area streaming tv app so you can join us whenever you want, wherever you are. all right, that's going to do it for this edition of abc seven news at four. i'm larry biel abc seven news at five is coming up is it giving people lots of great food for 6 dollars, and letting them choose between two delicious sandwiches? great idea, devon. run with it! that went well. and you run and get my $6 jack pack. welcome to jack in the box!

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