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to who is behind it and why. good evening, i'm j.r stone. police say this investigation is centered around at least four different locations in the town of petaluma. more than 30 cars were broken into from last night into early this morning, with a variety of different personal items stolen tonight. abc seven news reporter ryan curry is in petaluma, where neighbors are concerned. >> shards of glass all over the pavement. it's all that remains after someone broke into a car here at the petaluma outlets. but according to police, this was not the only one. it's actually one of over 30 break-ins from saturday night. it seems like it's a normal thing around here. darian mendoza knows the frustrating feeling too well. he's once seen pieces of glass beneath his car. >> my car got broken into. two of my windows were busted. >> luckily his car is now fine, but when he saw the glass in the parking lot sunday, he felt immediately sorry for the owners of those cars. petaluma police say they started getting calls saturday night about car break
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ins. once they started investigating, they learned it was a spree happening all over the city. >> they're going to break into it. whether you put a sign in the window or you roll your windows down, they're going to do something to your car. so it's just disappointing. it's supposed to be a nice area, but people going to do, people going to do the outlet mall was one location behind this apartment complex was another. >> it's one thing when it's just a random situation, but when it's happening all over and it's consistently getting worse, i it makes you wonder where you can live and be safe. >> debbie asked us not to use her last name, but her street on sunday was full of this. cars missing windows. >> i noticed coming up this part of the walk that every car on this side had its window smashed in and the middle console was up like someone had looted each of the vehicles. >> police are asking the public to offer up any surveillance video to try and figure out who did this. the only problem at here in front of the apartment complex and the parking lot, we
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didn't see any cameras. >> from a house perspective, there's no cameras on the street because you're people are constantly going up and down the street. so your camera would video that every time and you'd end up with long videos. but i think the apartment building should maybe think about investing in some in some cameras. >> police say this kind of spree has happened in neighboring cities as well. >> find out whoever did this and make sure that they are held to account in petaluma. >> ryan curry, abc seven news new at 11 fire has damaged the historic century old gym at amador valley high school in pleasanton tonight. >> firefighters were called to the school around 8:00 this evening. they quickly pulled a second alarm, calling in reinforcement. a district spokesperson says they are still evaluating how the fire will impact classes tomorrow. the spokesperson says the gym is primarily used for practices with its sports teams. tonight, a neighborhood is in shock after
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a tragedy this weekend in san francisco. there's now a growing memorial in the city's west portal neighborhood and a tribute to the victims of a terrible crash. three people were killed on saturday, including a small child, police say a fourth family member, another child, is still in critical condition. the crash that came when the driver of an suv slammed into a sidewalk bus shelter. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard spoke with family friends to learn more about the victims. >> i want an outpouring of grief in san francisco's west portal neighborhood, where a muni bus shelter once stood. anna and her friends, overcome with emotion as they left flowers at the scene for people they knew. >> we were friends from san francisco. really close friends, like very good people, like very full of life. >> she's portuguese and then he's brazilian. like they're living here. >> family, friends say the couple and their two kids, a toddler and a baby, were waiting at the bus stop saturday for a trip to the zoo when the driver of an suv crashed into them.
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rosario falero says the father and toddler were killed. the sfpd confirms a woman died from her injuries on sunday. rosario says she was wife and mom. >> a lot of things that we knew about, like love was then, you know, like they were like amazing couple. like they had like no issues with anything. they were just like love, love, love and taking care of their, their kids, you know, like then they were like going to the zoo, you know, like to have a nice day at the park. >> police say the baby survived the crash, listed in critical condition sunday, vilma franco brought her daughter to the growing memorial for the victims . her husband witnessed the crash and tried to help. >> obviously, i have my child, i have a kids and i. i don't want to imagine what the family feel in this moment, how heartbroken is for all the community. >> it's devastating. >> jody medeiros from walk san francisco, a nonprofit advocating pedestrian safety, is heartbroken by the crash. her
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group planning a vigil here monday afternoon. >> nobody should die this way. we shouldn't. our community shouldn't be losing members of our community this way, uh- it's absolutely devastating. >> medeiros points to vision zero san francisco's goal to eliminate traffic related deaths and injuries. >> the fact that we're not there means we need to be doing more. the city needs to be doing better. >> our goal is to make sure that we're doing everything we can to ensure the safety of the people in this city, and it may mean changes, but we would need to wait until the investigation is complete. >> investigators still don't know why the driver crashed into the bus shelter. >> we don't know if the driver had a medical emergency. see, that is all under investigation. that driver still in the hospital while a community mourns in san francisco. >> cornell, bernard. abc seven news coming up on tuesday, we'll get new updates on the proposed network of speed cameras set to go up around san francisco. >> we first filled you in on abc
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seven news at 11 this past thursday. in all, 33 cameras will be installed across the city's 11 districts. once installed next year, cameras will hit drivers with speeding tickets. if you're caught going 11mph or more over the speed limit, the fine goes up with the faster you drive. on tuesday, the sfmta board of directors will get to weigh in. oakland and san jose are two other cities where speed enforcement cameras have been approved under a state pilot program. developing news meta, the parent company of facebook and instagram, is now under federal investigation. it's over accusations the social media company facilitated and profited from illegal drug sales. the wall street journal first reported the news this evening. these federal investigations sometimes do not lead to criminal charges, mark zuckerberg has previously stated he wanted to root out wrongdoing on his platforms. in a statement to the journal, a spokesperson
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for meta said, quote, the sale of illicit drugs is against our policies and we work to find and remove this content from our services. what a beautiful weekend we have been enjoying as we look out live tonight. abc seven news meteorologist frances de lawson is here with more on what the start of our workweek will look like with your 24 hour accuweather forecast. >> yeah, i love how coit tower there is lit up in green. we have clear skies around many parts of the bay area. just some fog along the coast. here's another live view for you from pier 39, and here's what you can expect with the day planner. so we have several more gorgeous days ahead. in fact, tomorrow will be the warmest day, but we will start out with some patchy fog and some low clouds during the morning hours. look out for that if you're commuting. mostly sunny by noon and then the warmer day ahead in the afternoon in inland areas in the mid 70s around the bay, look for temperatures to hit near 70 degrees and at the beaches still
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on the cool side, low to mid 60s we'll see increasing clouds later on tomorrow night into tuesday. temperatures start to return to normal by midweek and then some rain in the forecast at the end of the week. that's coming up. j.r francis thank you so much. >> new developments tonight for boeing. now trying to troubleshoot troubleshoot multiple scary mid-air incidents boeing is now telling airlines to inspect the cockpit seats on certain planes. a new report says someone bumped a button on a 787 dreamliner plane, which sent it into a nosedive last week. 50 people ended up hurt on the latam airlines flight to new zealand. the wall street journal says a flight attendant serving a meal hit a switch on the pilot's seat, pushing the pilot into the controls. then on friday, a united airlines flight from sfo landed in oregon with a panel missing. the airport director in medford says they noticed it during a routine inspection before the next flight. no one was injured in
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that instance, but follows a flight out of sfo that lost a wheel shortly after takeoff, crushing multiple cars below in the east bay. a large stretch of 680 south is set to reopen in a few hours in time for the morning commute. the weekend closure runs from the 580 connector in pleasanton, down to koopman road tonight. caltrans says they are on schedule and still expected to reopen at 4 a.m. repavement project was done all on one weekend, as opposed to doing 40 separate nighttime closures. still ahead on abc seven news at 11. spring break turns violent in coastal florida. we have the very latest from jacksonville beach. multiple people are injured. one person is dead after a shooting shuts down the beachfront area until further notice. plus, saint patrick's day celebrations across the bay area from block parties to skydiving. plus, how president biden is honoring the luck of the irish. and coming up
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tomorrow night, it's an abc news primetime event. oprah winfrey is going to be taking an up close look at the radical impact of weight loss drugs in the u.s, gathering top medical experts and everyday people. oprah speaks from personal experience on the health equity and stigma surrounding weight. you can watch shame, blame and the weight loss revolution monday at 8 p.m. right here on abc seven. then right after, it's the all new bachelor women tell all at nine. then don't miss abc
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situation broke out and is now clear. one person is dead and
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two others hurt. it happened in the downtown and beachfront district as spring breakers were packed at bars and restaurants. new and chilling video in tonight shows the panic as the first shots were fired, the area was briefly placed under lockdown. officers still searching for the suspect or suspects involved. all the businesses closed early and the area is shut down until further notice. san francisco mayor london breed is calling for the release of what she says is a key piece of video evidence in a woman's death from july of last year, the death of the 63 year old asian woman was ruled an accident until last week, breed made the comments at a memorial event yesterday marking three years since the mass shooting at an asian spas parlor in atlanta. police had ruled the death of yanfang wu as an accident that she fell in the bay view neighborhood. but the case was just reopened, as reported by our media partners at the san francisco standard. the woman
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originally charged with pushing wu, thea hopkins, is also now accused of attacking another 71 year old asian woman last week, unprovoked. well, turning our attention now to the saint patrick's day celebrations in the bay area and around the world. the day credits saint patrick as the missionary who converted the pagan irish to christianity and has been celebrating irish culture since the early 17th century. tonight we start in san francisco. take a look. coit tower was a glow and a single green light, and city hall who also doing the same tonight. but the irish spirit was seen all over the area today, and the party is still going on over in the sunset district tonight. this was shot earlier. the united irish cultural center is holding a block party packed with vendors, irish bands and irish dancing. there's plenty of corned beef, cabbage and beer to go around. >> it reminds me of my heritage,
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my parents. my mother was born in dublin and, it brings back memories from when i was a kid. >> organizer organizers say it's a great celebration of their heritage and of the immigrants from ireland who helped build the west coast. further down on the peninsula, we saw a saint patty skydive at the hiller aviation museum in san carlos, a leaping leprechaun jumped out of a helicopter and parachuted down to the airport just outside of the museum. there was also face painting, green colored planes, and more leprechauns hidden throughout the exhibits course, dublin, ireland honored the holiday in its home. thousands of people lined the streets to the irish capital to celebrate. organizers say this was the largest ever saint patrick's day parade, with half a million spectators. and at the white house, the fountains were flowing green inside. president biden hosted a brunch for catholic leaders. he praised the
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resilience of the irish spirit. >> that belief inspired generations of irish women and men to keep going, even in the face of enormous setbacks, and it convinced millions of irish immigrants, including my ancestors and many of you here who are here today, to leave their beloved homeland, and began a new life in america. >> biden is america's second catholic president after john f kennedy. it's a stunning sign of our of spring in our nation's capital. arriving early this year, the cherry blossoms lining the national mall are at peak bloom and will hold for several days. but the national park service says it's the second earliest peak bloom on record after one of washington's warmest winters on record. this year's peak is just two days shy of the record set in 1990. join right now by meteorologist frances ding lawson. i love seeing those blooms there. yeah but i also loved our weather here in the bay area, especially on saturday for the parade. >> yes, saturday was great.
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definitely lucky for saint patrick's day today and the warm weather is going to continue with us for the next few days. in fact, tomorrow will be even warmer, so get ready for that. okay all right, here's a look at live doppler seven satellite radar image. you'll notice high pressure is keeping the clouds away pretty quiet right now. in the bay area. there are some clouds though, off half moon bay and the peninsula coast, but from mount tam you can see a beautiful clear shot of san francisco and the bay bridge just clear around the bay. temperatures are cooling down into the low 50s, even some 40s out there. san francisco 53, oakland 54. san jose milder at 57, but half moon bay is down to 48 degrees. and here we're looking at from sutro towards downtown san francisco. so we have 50 at santa rosa, petaluma, 45, napa 47 and some 50s in fairfield, concord, also in livermore. here's a shot of sfo. so tonight what you can expect low clouds and some patchy fog. it will be foggiest along the peninsula coast and also some north bay valleys. but then
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tomorrow another sunny day, temperatures even warmer than what we experienced today. and then enjoy it. because by the end of the workweek, we are going to see rain returning to the forecast. and i'll show you that in a bit. so tomorrow morning you'll wake up to some patchy fog and some low clouds, especially along the coast and parts around the bay. temperatures in generally in the mid to upper 40s near 50, though in san francisco and in richmond. and then tomorrow look for temperatures to come up into the mid 70s for our inland areas. check out fairfield and san jose at 76 antioch, livermore, concord, even santa rosa at 75 and then around the bay. we'll see upper 60s to near 70 degrees. so here's the latest forecast animation showing some rain moving in friday, starting in the north bay, continuing through saturday and lingering into sunday where we could even see some colder showers in our forecast. so it's going to feel like winter. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. so inland areas in the mid 70s
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we cool down a little bit for the start of spring. closer to average by midweek with increasing clouds. and then the showers arrive friday. and notice by next weekend temperatures will be about 15 degrees cooler than what we will get tomorrow in the mid 70s will be near 60 for everybody, so i hope you enjoyed it. it was definitely perfect timing, i enjoyed it. >> i hope all that snow doesn't melt away that we had just a few weeks ago. >> yeah that's true. we might even get more snow next weekend. >> okay, so it's still lingering around. thank you so much. still ahead, let the games begin. the bay fc shows up to their first ever match looking like they're in midseason form, and now with a sweet new twist - cinnamon sugar churro. dunk, bite and savor them any time of day. or all day! it's totally up to you. only for a limited time. welcome to jack in the box! [alarm rings] ♪
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school. 250 athletes and 75 volunteer coaches competed. among the winners, the napa rockets, the marin stallions, the san francisco bombers, the san francisco seals, and the lake county lakers. what a wonderful set of pictures right here. it certainly looks like a fun time was had by all today, the bay area's newest pro sports team could be the team to beat with a win in their first match today. it seems bay fc is being welcomed with open arms. there were a few different watch parties across the bay area and as abc news reporter tara campbell shows us, it means much more than just a win or loss. >> a packed house sunday for the bay area's new professional women's soccer team, bay fc, kicking off its first season on the road in los angeles. a goal and back in the bay fan showing up big at watch parties like this one in san francisco. i'm a really big soccer fan. >> i'm really excited that we now have a local team in the
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nwsl playing the expansion club, causing a buzz within the national women's soccer league, signing a slate of high profile international players. >> i'm getting updates from uh- from friends and family about who's being drafted, how the team is getting composed, and it'll be great to see it all come together, koala and come together. >> it did just 16 minutes in with this historic first goal. bay fc going up one nil and not looking back. inspiring the next generation of players to look ahead. >> i think, wow, i can't wait to be there. one day. hopefully when i'm older, i think it's very important to have professional women's soccer players as as the role models coming up for the girls to see that, there is support for them at that level. >> fans celebrating not only sunday's win, but also the return of a professional women's soccer team after more than a decade long wait. i love women's soccer. >> i played it all growing up
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and we used to have a team here called fc gold pride, and so i'm so happy to have a team finally back in the bay area. >> tara campbell, abc seven news. >> and by the way, if you're wondering, bay fc has their first ever home match on saturday, march 30th at paypal park in san jose. we expect a packed crowd. chris alvarez now with a preview of sports. >> hey jr, and what a start for bay fc and let the madness begin. on the men's side, saint mary's is in and in the women's bracket. a bit of a surprise for stanford where the cardinal begin this year's run toward
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sunday for march madness. stanford was predicted to be a one seed in the women's tournament, but it was texas getting to number one over the cardinal. so stanford, a two seed, the selection committee valuing the longhorns conference tournament championship over stanford's regular season title. still, the cardinal excited to be a two seed, hosting 15 seed norfolk state friday night, 7:00 at maples pavilion on our sister network espn two. and since it's the last time cameron brink and hannah jump will be in a cardinal uniform, the outside perception they got slighted is more motivation than anything
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else. >> i love it, i don't care what seed we are, doesn't matter just how long you can survive. so it's very exciting. you know, we don't take this opportunity for granted and see our name come on the screen. it's you know, we work all hard. you know, since our last season ended to be back here, so we're excited to prepare and get ready this week and play our first game. you know, i know there's a lot of talk that we would be a one seed, you know, in our minds, we're we're the same team. you know, we're going to we just need to we know what we need to do. we know we need to run offense, play defense, rebound, and really enjoy playing with each other. that's the most important thing. this is a. >> the saint mary's men's team was named a five seed in the ncaa tournament's west region. the wcc regular season and tournament champs will have a short flight to spokane, take on 12th seeded grand canyon university in the first round friday night at seven. extra bonus two staying on the west coast. >> love good. i wish they would
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have came a little earlier. you know they had us waiting for a little bit, but it's a nice feeling to know that you're in. and, you know, just trust our work and we'll be good. but yeah, definitely ecstatic to see that being in the west is nice. >> real nice. don't have to change time zones. i was hoping they weren't calling us for brooklyn or pittsburgh or any of those. so. yeah it's. and our fans can get out there. that'll make a difference. we'll have we'll have good support out there. >> all right. check this out early. second half of the atlantic ten tournament championship. it just started between duquesne and vcu. and somebody hit the wrong button. you got confetti on the floor. they had to stop, play, clean the court and reset the confetti. fans having a good time. duquesne won the game, clinching their first ncaa tournament in 47 years. the inaugural match of the new bay fc women's soccer team in la, taking on angel city 15 minute, were scoreless. asisat oshoala. there it is. history. the first goal in franchise history. and that one goal stood up and watch this a little steph curry golf
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celebration as bay fc wins their first game ever. one nil. up next a road game saturday in washington. then it's the home opener march 30th against houston. abc seven sports is sponsored by river rock casino jr. >> great victory right there. well, much more to come on. abc seven news at 11. new reaction to the latest words from former president donald trump. what he says will happen if he loses the election, and how the biden camp is responding tonight, plus the return of the wedding. what new data is telling us about the rise of marriages in the us and
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say they are investigating the city's first homicide of the year. it happened just before 245 this afternoon at an apartment complex on university avenue, a couple blocks away from san pablo avenue. police say someone stabbed another person to death. officers detained a person when they got there. they don't think anyone else is involved and say there's no threat to neighbors tonight.
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30 years ago, california adopted the three strikes law. but our longer prison sentences, the answers to solving crime, a new abc seven originals tackles that question. >> you can just say, let's just lock them up. but it doesn't work. >> our prisons aren't overcrowded, but our streets sure are struck by justice. >> looks back at the kidnaping and murder of petaluma's polly klaas and the so-called 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. now to your voice and your vote. republicans are defending former president donald trump tonight after he claimed there would be a bloodbath for the auto industry and the country if he loses, we're going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you're not going to be able to sell those
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guys. >> if i get elected now, if i don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath for the whole. that's going to be the least of it. >> trump's campaign says he was only talking about the economy and president biden's electric vehicle policies. the biden campaign says it was a threat of political violence. >> i mean, what i heard was a continuation of the same rhetoric, the same endorsement of political violence that we've seen from donald trump for years . >> in the speech last night, trump also used dehumanizing language to describe immigrants celebrated january sixth and predicted the u.s. would never have another election if he did not win. it's no surprise russian president vladimir putin is poised to win another terms as president within minutes of polls closing, and the weekend election, russia's central election commission said putin held a solid 87% lead, with a quarter of the ballots counted. that means putin will remain in power until at least 2030, when
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he will be 77 years old. most opposition candidates in russia are either dead or in jail, in exile or banned from running. anti-putin protesters staged a rally outside the russian embassy in washington decrying the election and putin's rule ruling since the turn of the century, putin will be russia's longest serving leader since soviet dictator joseph stalin. families facing a tight deadline to figure out how to pay for college could get some extra time if state lawmakers act fast . the federal government tried to simplify the application for state and federal student aid, but a series of glitches is making a mess of the process. there are about two weeks to the deadline, and thousands of families still can't even apply. tomorrow, a bill set for a hearing at the state capitol would extend the deadline for state aid until may 2nd, to give the federal government more time to fix the issues. marriages in the u.s. are up and divorce
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rates are down. that's according to numbers from the cdc. the marriage rate in 2022 was 6.2 per 1000 people. that's up from the 5.1 in 2020. with covid playing a factor in the drop, the nation's divorce rate is also down in 2022 compared to 2000. the cdc says one big change is how people now think about marriages. one licensed marriage therapist says they've noticed cultural shifts away from romantic marriages to companion marriages. that means people are increasingly getting a partner who's more like a best friend versus a passion partner. still ahead on abc seven news at 11 whales and water temperatures what a new study reveals about an ocean heat wave and a concerning die off of humpback whales. >> and we have some low clouds spilling into the bay area right now. as you can see, this live view from mount tam. it's still a beautiful night. we he some
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executive producer luther campbell, aka uncle luke is joining the team. fam. plus our spring refresh. you don't want to miss. that's coming up this week at 1 p.m. right here on abc seven. >> building a better bay area is our main mission here at abc seven, and that means keeping watch over our climate and environment. a new study now suggests an extreme weather event may have taken a deadly toll on a key population of whales. abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian has more on heating oceans and the humpbacks. >> humpback whales may put on a majestic show off our coast, but deep at sea, they've been falling prey to a changing ocean environment that could be a threat in the future. a new study now estimates that some
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7000 humpbacks may have starved to death in the northern pacific, with their population dropping as much as 20% over roughly a decade. >> what that implies is either lower rate of reproduction or mortality rates are up, or both, and i suspect it's a combination of both. and so the paper argues that it's a basically starvation. >> peter roopnarine is with the california academy of sciences institute of biodiverse city. while he was not involved in the study, he is very familiar with an ocean phenomenon that may have played a deadly role a marine heat wave known as the blob, so strong it's believed to have increased temperatures in the northern pacific by as much as ten degrees for several years, devastating the ocean food chain. >> fewer resources, less food. all of the consumers out there are competing for this food, and they're both. the whales now are competing directly with those other organisms. like many of
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these fish, i've seen humpback whales lunge feeding out here. >> gray whales passing through from time to time. >> becca lane studies risk factors for whales at the marine mammal center in marin county. she's quick to point out that humpbacks frequenting the bay area coast belonged to a different migration group from the northern pacific population profiled in the study. but she says warming ocean temperatures from alaska to california have also strained the food chain for populations here, including humpbacks and gray whales, often pushing them closer to our shores. >> we are seeing them try to have more flexibility in what prey they go after, which often means that they come further inshore, which means that they're further or they're closer to human interactions like vessel strike and entanglement. >> lane, along with a number of other groups, have helped to develop warning systems designed to keep coastal whales safer from ship strikes. while out on the deeper ocean, researchers believe changes related to
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climate change could increase stresses on humpback populations in the future. >> these anomalies, like the blob, these heat waves, they are predicted to and this seems to be coming true, predicted to become more intense, perhaps increasing the urgency of understanding and combating the effects of climate change in san francisco. >> spencer christian abc seven news. >> people on social media are pulling for a man who lost his beloved pet. he didn't even get to say goodbye. the police placed it under their control. and when you see it, you'll understand why. meet albert the alligator, the 750 pound reptile lived with tony cavalero even had a special pool room just for him until this week. police seized him, saying the man didn't have a permit and citing issues with albert's health. the owner says his permit expired and he tried to get a new one. >> i'm albert's dad. that's all there is to it. he's my he's like family to everybody.
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>> new york officials say the man also lost neighbors in the pool to pet albert, which would be illegal even with a permit. for now, albert has a new home and his dad has a potential legal case brewing. while people on social media signed petitions calling for their reunion. and there is that alligator. there is albert right there. join right now by meteorologist francis dinglasan. she has been talking about that story since the start of this newscast. i've worked with a lot of alligators in past jobs. i will say you've worked with them well over at gatorland in orlando years ago, and i will say that alligator didn't look so healthy coming out of the water with that hunchback there. i'm concerned with his health, and if authorities have it, maybe they can help him. >> yeah, and it seems like they were concerned about the owner's health, too. or just the alligator's health. >> i think just the alligators. >> i'm sorry, but you can't believe you'd have something like that in his house. >> and then you're saying that he would let neighbors pet the alligator?
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>> yeah, i believe so. >> yeah, that just sounds. >> you're really not supposed to go in their water habitat with them. so that's a little off there. >> yeah. yeah, i think that just sounds like a recipe for something to go terribly wrong. >> well, the good news is there's not much gator habitat here in the bay area. right. it's colder water. yes. >> yeah. we don't have to worry about that jumping out at us. and i don't think i'll be inclined to pet any. >> you're not getting. you're not getting in the water with the alligator. >> i'm not getting near it. not putting my hand near it. i'll just watch from afar. >> you'll watch from it. that's a good idea. well, as for the weather conditions, though, looking pretty good. >> yes. that we can enjoy tomorrow. we have clear quiet conditions over the bay area. live doppler seven. there's some clouds along the coast. so basically what you can expect are some low clouds and some patchy fog. they'll increase overnight. so we'll start off the morning and the fog could be pretty dense. along the san mateo coast and parts of the north bay valleys, but it will be sunny and even slightly warmer tomorrow. and then by the end of the week, we'll see some
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wet wintry weather return to our forecast. so temperatures tomorrow morning will be in the 40s to near 50, mainly upper 40s around the base and mid 40s for some inland areas. and then tomorrow more widespread mid 70s for some interior locations around the bay. we'll see near 70 to upper 60s. and then the rain comes in with the accuweather seven day forecast. it's also the first day of spring on tuesday and it feels like spring, but temperatures will be closer to normal towards the middle of the week, and then it will be significantly cooler for next weekend with the rain coming possibly as early as thursday night, but it looks more likely to arrive on friday, light rain on saturday, and even some chilly showers on sunday. >> j.r. so what you're saying is if somebody won this lottery this week because there's two of them this week, they couldn't pay you millions of dollars. even with millions of dollars, you wouldn't swim with that alligator either. >> oh, gosh, that's a good question. that's the question. right. >> but they got to win the money first. >> yeah, exactly. >> thank you so
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in la last night when stephan curry hit this half court heave in pregame warm ups. he finished the game with 31 points, helping secure a big win over the lakers as the fight for playoff positioning continues. just 16 games left in the regular season for steph and the warriors, they're currently a percentage point ahead of la for ninth overall in the west. now at the end of play tonight, the dubs are three games back of sixth place sacramento, which would keep them out of the play in tournament for all intents and purposes, the playoffs begin now, and if the warriors want to make a real run, they'll need to bring the same type of energy and execution they displayed last night in la scoring game. >> we all know what the implications are, you know, we're right. we're both right there in the play in trying to move up. so it's an important
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game for us. you got to come out here and give what you can give. >> we're just trying to bridge the gap, those players are still great that you just mentioned, but just incorporating ourselves into it, trying to play hard, trying to play for those vets and help us win a championship. >> you obviously understand the ramifications of every game we play down the stretch, especially against teams that are right in the standings. you know, where it's all jumbled up in that plan. like every game matters. >> 16 games. so until those are complete, i'm not even paying it much attention because i want to give it everything i got and this last part of the season. and then when that time comes, then i'll, give it a lot of thought. >> one of the teams the warriors, are chasing, the dallas mavericks, eighth in the west. when the day began, tied at 105 under three seconds to go. kyrie irving, a left handed hook shot at the buzzer goes this was crazy. mavs win 107 105 dallas is currently seventh in the west percentage points back of sixth place sacramento, and three games ahead of the ninth place warriors. it is crazy
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close the university of san francisco dons. they're going dancing in the nit tournament, accepting a bid, and will play at cincinnati on wednesday. we'll see how cincy does containing the dons dunker. that is jonathan mobo. usf went third in the wcc loss to gonzaga in the conference tourney semifinals and the cal women, they're also dancing. they're headed to their first ever women's basketball invitational tournament. the host hawaii thursday night in the first round. the bears won 18 games this season, the most in sharman smith's five years as head coach to the ice. los gatos native and new sharks goalie devin cooley, using the vr glasses pregame before making his nhl debut in chicago, just the second junior shark to play eventually for the big club did pretty well overall, but a brutal stretch in the third was the difference. the blackhawks scored three times in 83 seconds, including twice in 11 seconds. sharks lose five two. they've dropped 13 of 14. they have the worst record in the nhl final round of the players championship. wyndham clark needs this to drop to
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force a playoff and agony heartbreak for clark that didn't go. and with that, scottie scheffler becomes the first ever to win back to back players championships. back to basketball. and hey just see this. how about stephen curry greeting current world tennis number one novak djokovic after last night's win in los angeles. he was one of many celebrities courtside. now the joker has won a record 24 grand slams. signed a racket for curry. so steph returned the favor, signed a game worn jersey for novak. i asked steph what it was like to see all the celebrities courtside to watch him play same way like you go to different events, different sports and see their marquee events. >> uh- i'm a fan just like they are, and it's pretty cool to know that people come in here and love watching us play, and whether it's them or their kids or whatever the case is, that they they're here for a reason. >> abc seven sports, sponsored by river rock casino jr. >> chris, thank you so much. that's it for tonight. i am j.r.
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stone, abc seven news continues tomorrow morning at five for spencer and chris. thanks for joining us and have a wonderful week
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