i was pretty disturbed by it because i'm definitely known to get a lot of tickets going way too fast. >> i feel like i'm slamming on my brakes every two seconds. >> if you're a bicyclist or a scooter or anything, and the cars like do not want you on the road like, i understand it. >> but you know, the city's already expensive. >> our top story tonight a new plan to catch speeding drivers. a network of speed cameras will be laid down across san francisco. and as you can imagine, there are mixed reactions and many questions. good evening. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm dan

ashley. thanks for joining us. the cameras are part of a state pilot program from governor newsom signed into law last year. oakland and san jose are also included. >> the proposal, released today by sfmta, is for each of san francisco's 11 districts to get at least two cameras. most will be concentrated in the northeast part of the city on some of the most dangerous streets. >> tonight, abc seven news reporter jared stone has the strong reaction from drivers and pedestrians. >> this camera is already up along san francisco's embarcadero, but if you're a driver in the city, you'll want to be aware of 33 new cameras that will be going up scattered across san francisco's 49mi■!s. they're called speed safety cameras that will automatically ticket you for speeding. >> i'm totally down for the speed cameras. i think the drivers are a little psycho on this street. >> he's referring to an area on bay street near van ness avenue it's one of the proposed spots for a new speed camera.

>> i think the drivers in the city in general just feel like they've kind of owned the place and have gotten a little too uh- a little too over their skis when it comes to following the rules, you know, people gunning it from one block to the other, they still hit a light and they slow down. >> but i mean, there's really no reason to be going that fast in the city. >> yes, it seems that a lot of pedestrians we spoke with love. the plan. >> some people go way too fast and it just leads to people cutting other people off and just kind of general stress. you won't be ticketed until you go 11mph over the speed limit. >> that will cost you $50. 16 over will cost you 100 bucks and at least 26mph over. will cost you $200. >> we're really excited about it. we think that this can save lives. we're locating cameras outside of school sites, outside of parks, outside of senior centers, places where there are very vulnerable uh- san franciscans that we absolutely want to protect. >> but not everybody is fully

into the idea. i think it'd be a lot nicer if more resources went to like, more, bigger problems. >> personally, when i walk outside, i don't think, man, i really wish that guy got a ticket for speeding. like i understand it. >> but you know, the city's already expensive. it's just. >> and you feel like this is just milking us for money? >> yeah, milking us for money. >> andrea sparrok believes there are lots of city issues that need to be addressed. foremost like crime and potholes. she wants to know where this fine money is going to go. >> any fines associated with the program would go to pay for additional traffic calming improvements throughout the city , but at this point, officials say they still have to buy the cameras from a vendor. >> so there is still work to be done. the goal here is to have these cameras installed by early 2025. the first 60 days of the program would involve warnings only in san francisco. j.r.

stone, abc seven news tonight a school board held off on a plan to ax grades six through eight at an east san jose school. >> parents are upset and say the closure of aptitude community academy at goss will hurt the school and the community it has served. many spoke at a school board meeting tonight. >> the district only explains to us that our children are just a number. as parents, we know that our children are not only numbers. there tomorrow, the future alum rock union school district superintendent says the school is unsustainable. >> it has a very low enrollment currently, and so if we don't do anything right now in 3 to 4 years, we will be considering closing the entire school. >> the school board has given themselves and city staff 60 days to try to come up with a revised budget or alternative plan that wasn't just windy at your house. >> it's been a windy day all

over the bay area. a great day for windsurfing, certainly, but trees and leaves were all whipping around from the north bay to down south the flags blowing in the wind and trees out in san jose as well. we're not done with this quite yet either. no. >> so we want to go to abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel, who is staying on top of what we should expect. sandhya. yeah. more windy weather. that second burst of wind. dan and irma right now getting underway. >> and it is going to continue overnight tonight. so take a look at a live picture from our mount tam cam. it is a very shaky view from mount tam winds are gusting over 30 miles an hour right now. mount diablo, you can see 48 miles an hour. it's a downsloping wind. atlas peak 30. it hasn't translated all the way down to the surface tonight. it did earlier 28 miles an hour at hayward, 24, in santa rosa. we do have that wind advisory until 11 a.m. tomorrow. gusts 45 to 65 miles an hour, especially over the higher

terrain. notice the winds will peak overnight going into tomorrow morning, and then they really drop off as we head towards tomorrow afternoon. mount diablo topped 70 miles an hour today. it was 70 at mount eminem, oakland hills and big rock ridge 48 miles an hour. healdsburg hills 62. with that offshore flow, it is really mild. i mean, these look like high temperatures right now. 66 in hayward, it is 64 degrees in santa rosa compared to 24 hours ago. we're running 12 degrees warmer in santa rosa. i'll let you know how long the wind and the warmth will stick around. coming right up, dan. >> all right, sandy, thanks very much. you know, a great mix of live music, dance and theater really can add so much to the vibrancy of a city. >> it can. and in san jose, organizations in the arts can now apply to a new grant program helping to promote them and downtown tonight, abc seven south bay reporter lauren martinez takes you to two local stages, working to build a better bay area. >> okay, good. that way we're

throwing all the way. okay run that again really quick. >> there is power in performing arts city lights theater company has been open for 41 years in san jose. >> this is the backstage area. this is the green room where the actors hang out when they're not on stage. >> executive artistic director lisa mallette has been with the company for more than 20 years. >> i think we have to get them back once, and they're going to remember how great it is to be with other human beings. >> she's seen the theater weather, two recessions, a pandemic, and now, most recently in early morning break in on sunday. >> this is where they really thought they'd scored big and, you know, grabbed some of the electronics that we had for the show, mallette said. >> theater companies, large and small, are struggling. whether that's from a lack of funders or people filling seats. i never binge watch anything before the pandemic, and now i'm like, oh yeah, i can see why this is fun. >> but nothing can replace being with other human beings in a space. >> this month, the san jose downtown association launched an arts grant marketing program

where $25,000 grants can go towards different arts organizations. here in downtown, everything helps. >> everything helps, and it's not always cash in hand. >> randall king is one of the original founders of san jose stage, which opened in 1982. king says theater is coming back, but it's not the same. >> it feels like it did when vhs hit and we thought, how are we going to ever survive this? and i think the future of theater is going to be people are going to come to feel something visceral, real. >> i mean, nobody needs to know numbers, do they? >> this is rehearsal for the play hangman by martin mcdonagh, who that runs in april live theater is the most special form of performing arts in san jose. lauren martinez onions, abc seven news in the east bay. >> the owner of a mega popular west oakland barbecue spot says he won't be reopening his restaurant after it was burglarized and gutted by fire. matt horn says after deep reflection and prayer with his

family, they've made the difficult decision not to reopen horn barbecue at mandela parkway location. he says the decision stems from a multitude of challenges beyond last november's fire, including vandalism and what he calls the continuous theft and crime in the area. and you can get the full picture of crime where you live with the abc seven neighborhood safety tracker. it shows you a wide range of statistics on public safety over the years for san francisco, oakland and san jose. you'll find it on abc seven news.com. >> the case against the protesters arrested for shutting down the bay bridge has been dismissed. protesters accepted a diversion agreement to do five hours of community service, and the group as a whole will pay about $4,500 in restitution, 78 protesters had been charged for shutting down the bay bridge on november 16th in a cease fire protest. the protest blocked westbound traffic on the bridge for more than two hours. >> kamala harris has become the first vice president to publicly

visit a women's health clinic, where abortions are provided since the supreme court overturned roe v wade, 21 states have banned or restricted access to abortion. the minnesota planned parenthood clinic she visited saw a nearly 100% increase in patients from out of state. >> how dare these elected leaders believe they are in a better position to tell women what they need, to tell women what is in their best interest? we have to be a nation that trusts women. >> harris and biden are touting abortion access as a key issue in the presidential campaign. president biden is counting on voters to turn out in support of him for this cause as well. >> this might come as welcome news if you're planning on going to work tomorrow. >> a new bill would shorten the current workweek from our normal 40 hours to 32. so no friday work day needed. the legislation is written by senator bernie sanders and california senator laphonza butler. while the workweek would drop down to 32

hours, it wouldn't mean a loss of pay. >> now, what's interesting is the bill points to artificial intelligence and automation boosting overall productivity, allowing workers to enjoy the extra day off. >> a royal rule of trust now broken the new measures being taken after kate middleton's family photo controversy plus spring break suspense, the city of miami is anxiously awaiting what is usually its rowdiest weekend for partiers. >> but now other places are taking advantage and it is our pick for the best thing you will see today. >> a special surprise for a bay area student paving the way for his future. and he had no idea. >> all that's coming up. but first, here's a look at what's ahead tonight on jimmy kimmel live! right after abc seven news at 11, jimmy. >> thanks, dan and ama, stay up tonight because oprah said so. >> stedman loves octopus. oh, okay. it's not just octopus, it's octopus and okra. >> he loves things that start with o

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on all four counts of involuntary manslaughter. prosecutors argued he bought an improperly stored the guns his son would use to kill four students in 2021 year, you're obligated to use ordinary and reasonable care, and you owe a duty to other other kids in that school, in the community, and you're required to exercise ordinary care. >> these are it's an egregious set of facts, an egregious set of facts. >> the defense argued crumbley had no way of knowing his son's plans. crumbley's wife was convicted of the same charges last month, becoming the first parent in the us ever convicted for their child's role in mass school shooting. their son,

ethan, pleaded guilty and will serve a life sentence. >> how should we fight crime? 30 years ago, california adopted the three strikes law, but our longer prison sentences the answer to the recent spike in crime today. >> we can just say, let's just lock them up. but it doesn't work. >> our prisons aren't overcrowded, but our streets sure are. >> a new abc seven news original video struck by justice looks back at the kidnaping and murder of petaluma's polly klaas and the tough on crime era that followed. did it make us safer and at what cost? struck by justice, the impact of polly klaas is now streaming on the abc7 news app. >> the first of what could be many prospective american buyers is publicly expressing interest in tiktok. it comes after the house passed a bill that would require chinese parent company bytedance to sell tiktok to an american buyer or face a national ban. in an interview today, former u.s. treasury

secretary steven mnuchin said he wants to put together a group to buy the app. more groups are likely as few american companies could single handedly buy tiktok. it currently has an estimated value of anywhere from 100 to $250 billion, a staggering. >> a san francisco is opening its first ever career center inside city hall. mayor london breed announced today on x that san francisco's department of human resources is looking to streamline the city's hiring process. the office will provide services and resources monday through friday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. last year, a grand jury report said too many vacant positions were going unfilled because of the city's laborious hiring process. >> media agencies are continuing to take a stand against kensington palace tonight after it released a doctored photo of kate middleton over the weekend. the global news director of afp, a french international news agency, spoke on a podcast today about the ordeal. he said kensington palace is no longer a trusted source. afp is one of

several outlets that killed the photo, which was supposed to be an update on kate, who had abdominal surgery earlier this year. now, the afp boss says they will be more vigilant about kensington palace content. he adds said in the past they've previously killed content from north korea and the iranian news agency after miami recently launched a campaign to crack down on rowdy spring breakers. >> another opening up its doors for party seeking crowds. miami beach is bracing itself for what it says will be the wildest party week yet the south florida city has been urging spring breakers to stay away from the city after two people died in chaos that broke out last year. but fort lauderdale, which is about 30 miles north of miami, is welcoming these crowds. >> fort lauderdale has always been a welcome place for spring breakers. in fact, this week we've seen really large numbers of kids from various colleges around the country. we have a very good crowd that comes here. >> the mayor also adds that once kids graduate college, they

should consider fort lauderdale as a place to raise a family. >> in the east bay, there will be a full closure of 680 southbound going through pleasanton this weekend. it runs from the 580 connector down to koopmann road this will be in effect from 9 p.m. tomorrow to 4 a.m. monday. caltrans is doing an early repavement project. they've opted to do the entire section all at once, as it would have otherwise required 40 nighttime closures. >> well, sunday is saint patrick's day, but the celebration in san francisco gets going the day before with the city's annual saint patrick's day parade. we got a preview from the man who's going to be leading all of the fun parade, grand marshal tom hunt. >> we're having a big celebration in the civic civic center plaza, where we have irish music and dancing and uh- good food available, a lot of activities for children, an and adults. >> this is the 173rd yr ofan francisco's parade. it will star saturday at 11:30 a.m. at

market and second. should be a lot of fun. ama already in her saint patrick's day green. you may notice i am i know, very nice, i am irish, i'm part irish so it all works out. >> me too actually. >> oh nice. i think the weather is going to be pretty good. >> it looks like it's going to be great. yeah, if we can keep this going, sandhya, we will feel very fortunate indeed. yeah, absolutely. >> it is going to be beautiful for the saint patrick's day parade in ann arbor. and really, for any of your outdoor weekend plans, let me show you a live picture right now from our sutro tower camera. you will notice that it is a lovely view of the golden gate bridge. skies are clear, but that camera has been shaking mount diablo right now. reporting winds of 44 miles an hour. 38. east foothills 36. big rock ridge. it's a north northeasterly wind that downsloping wind. definite felt even at the lower elevations. 40 miles an hour. in napa, oakland airport hit 44 earlier 40. in livermore, san jose 31. and as we take a look at the temperatures for today because of the offshore winds, they responded 71, in santa rosa,

santa cruz, san jose, san rafael, 68, oakland, concord and san francisco. so here's a live view from our emeryville camera and a look at san francisco's temperature. because of this downsloping wind, it's still 62 degrees. that northerly wind of 15 miles an hour playing a role. so why the windy conditions? high pressure built in. you've got the low pressure retrograding across southern california. the two are too close together. we're sandwiched in between. and that's why we've had the winds. they'll continue tomorrow. the numbers right now across the rest of the bay area in the 50s and 60s. i mean, when you're 64, in santa rosa, you know, it's warm. and speaking of warm, el nino, we've been talking about it for months. the latest from the climate prediction center. there's an el nino advisory out today, lowers sea surface temperatures. in february, they noticed that they were actually lower than average. and they are predicting an 83% chance that we transition to neutral fro el nino to neutral this spring, 62% chance

of la nina developing this summer and historically, we usually see that la nina after an el nino that is strong. so stay tuned. here's a look at the headlines tonight. tomorrow gusty winds continue. friday forecast is sunny and springlike again on the weekend. weather warm inland fog at the coast which means the coast begins to cool hour by hour, 2:00 in the morning you will notice those gusty winds. those winds continue to ramp up at 7 a.m. 36 half moon bay, calistoga. still gusty at around 11 a.m. calistoga is 43 miles an hour, but the rest of you starting to drop off. and even at 4 p.m, little breezy, but not as windy across the region as we head into tomorrow evening, the winds will be much lighter. we go hour by hour in those temperatures tomorrow afternoon. by noontime in the 60s, by the early afternoon. you're already in the 70s. tomorrow morning, i think. really mild and windy. 40s, 50s. clear skies tomorrow afternoon in the south bay. you're looking at 74, in santa clara, 75 san jose. warmer than average. taste of spring redwood city 7369

pacifica, downtown san francisco 71 degrees north bay. numbers 73. in novato 72, san rafael 74, in santa rosa, heading into the east bay 73. oakland fremont, well above average inland 74 in fairfield, 72. walnut creek and livermore. if you're waiting for rain, next week starts off dry, but by thursday, there's a chance the accuweather seven day forecast gusty start tomorrow. warm day, lighter winds over the weekend for saint patrick's day. looking beautiful. fog is back in the picture over the weekend. which coast cools off and then spring begins on tuesday. it's still going to be pretty nice early next week before we cool

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projects. >> seem like this much money to help support my like, future education. like i was like so thankful i almost cried. but my defense mechanism to when i feel overwhelmed is laughing. so i started laughing instead. but. and i was just so overjoyed. so thankful. >> and noel will graduate high school in may. he's still deciding where to attend college in the fall. >> he's going to do well. what a remarkable young person. >> good for him. stanford's basketball season ended tonight, and so did the tenure of their head coach. >> yeah. abc seven news sports director larry beals here. larry >> dan, i mean, you could see this coming for a while. jared haas, you never really got it

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little time just moments after losing in the pac 12 tournament tonight, the cardinal fire head coach jared haas, he was on the job for eight years, but never able to get stanford to the ncaa tournament. a lot of high profile alums were calling for a change. the cardinal were hoping a big run would get them into the big dance, taking on washington state in the pac 12 quarterfinals, spencer jones final game for the cardinal game high 22 leaves as stanford's all

time three point leader, but the cougs are pretty good. miles rice outstanding steal and slam here. stanford falls 7962 and now needs a new head coach. nfl defensive lineman eric armstead gave all he had on and off the field for the 40 niners. but in the end, the niners want him to take a pay cut. he said no, i'll take three years, 51 million. with the jags. armstead was the 40 niners most tenured player, having played nine years with the red and gold. he'll be replaced by maliek collins, acquired from the texans for a seventh round pick. who knows? he has big shoes to fill. >> well, i don't think you replace a player like eric armstead, the person that he is in the community, the person that he is on the field, i don't think you replace that. i'm just here to add my skill set and. bring what? i bring what i who i am to the table. >> meanwhile, the nfl network reporting that the niners main kick and punt returner, ray-ray mccloud has agreed to a two year deal with the falcons. he's fast, but never the breakaway

returner the niners were hoping for never had a return longer than 40 yards in his two years with the niners. just two total tds. and there was the fumble in the super bowl to the ice we go penguins great jaromir jagr enjoying the ice cream pens and sharks. sharks down three two late in the third. newcomer claim kostin. his first goal for the sharks tied at three, but then the penguins answer with two goals in the first 4.5 minutes of the third. and then they top it off with an empty netter. sharks fall six three. they haveow dropped 11 of 12. hey, we got the warriors and lakersaturday night right here on abc seven. the hope is that steph curry's ankle is good to go. by the way this is steph's 36th birthday with his family helping him celebrate. >> it's your birthday. how does it feel to be pretty sick. it's your birthday. i'm just trying to eat my tomatoes. what? what's wrong with you? >> so the back story is when riley curry turned ten, she said, i'm just trying to eat my tomatoes and steph didhe same

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