live now at five, a community in mourning. three people killed when an suv slammed into a bus stop in san francisco's west portal neighborhood. a young child in critical condition. the vigil happening tonight as the community looks for answers. >> a late night fire at an east bay high school. the questions this morning about how campus

activities will be impacted. >> a violent weekend for some spring breakers in florida. multiple people are hurt and one person is dead after a shooting shut down the beachfront area in jacksonville until further notice. >> and oprah tackling the topic of popular weight loss drugs like ozempic. the special show tonight on abc seven. addressing the stigma around the drugs. >> good morning. it is monday, march 18th. this is the last full day of winter. >> yes. and we are ready for spring with our pink and on. >> that's right. and several days to enjoy the weather before we all get a rude awakening by the end of the week. so as we start out this morning, low clouds and fog are with us and we have our blocking ridge of high pressure. as you look at live doppler seven, keeping the storm track well up into canada. and this is going to stay that way for the next several days. so we have a couple of nice days on the way, right on through the middle of the week. well, things will get a little cooler. 51 in hayward, 53 in oakland right now and up in the north bay. we're in the low 40s in napa, 47 santa

rosa compared to yesterday, we're a bit milder due to the low clouds expanding a bit into the north bay. five degrees milder, but we will look for temperatures today to be cool at the coast, but warmer than we were yesterday. temperatures in the 50s with the low cloud cover 9:00 could take a little time for them to peel back to the shoreline, but we'll see low 60s there to the mid 70s in our warmest inland valleys. we're talking the south bay and our inland valleys. and then we have seven day outlook, which includes return to the rain. gloria. oh, amanda. >> yeah, i'll take it from here. lisa, thank you so much. now, much like your saint patty's day weekend, we are seeing a lot of green across the bay area as well. in terms of uh- traffic flow, so not too bad. a smooth commute this morning. we have to mention there is normal slow traffic at the altamont pass. we'll take you to the emeryville cam as traffic is just starting to fill in. you can see it there. we'll check back in, but right now it is 502. we'll get

back to your headlines. >> thank you. amanda. developing news this morning. fire has damaged the historic century old gym at amador valley high school in pleasanton. firefighters were called to that school around 8:00 last night. they quickly pulled a second alarm, calling in reinforcements. a district spokesperson says they're still evaluating how this fire will impact classes this week. spokesperson says the gym is primarily used for practices with its sports teams. >> a vigil is planned for tonight at the site of a terrible crash in san francisco. police say an suv plowed into a bus stop. it killed two people, including a child. a third person died at the hospital. this happened on west portal avenue saturday afternoon. abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez is here. and gloria, there is a fourth is in the hospital. >> that's right. reggie just so tragic. the baby survived the crash but is in critical condition. three people have died and investigators still don't know why the driver crashed into the bus shelter. the driver is also in the hospital. caution tape now surrounds what used to be a muni

bus shelter in san francisco's west portal neighborhood. family friends say a couple and their toddler and baby were waiting at the bus stop on saturday when the driver of an suv crashed into them. a friend says the father and toddler were killed and sfpd says a woman died from her injuries on sunday, a friend saying that was the wife and the mother. vilma franco's husband, saw the crash and tried to help, and she took her daughter to the memorial. >> 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. >> we are 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. >> of the victims who say the family was planning on enjoying the nice day at the zoo. a nonprofit walks san francisco is planning a vigil at the scene

for 5:00 this evening. the nonprofit fights for pedestrian safety. of course. we'll have the very latest on this story for you. live in the studio. gloria rodriguez, abc seven news kumasi. >> thank you, gloria. it's just so heartbreaking. this morning we are expecting to learn more about a shooting during spring break celebrations in florida. jacksonville beach police say one person has died. two other people got hurt. a man is at the live desk with the details on this. amanda? yeah. >> kumasi. police in jacksonville beach say gunfire rang out in the city's beachfront bar district yesterday. video shows people running for cover on the beach. investigators say they believe there are multiple shooters on the run. officials ordered a shelter in place as they searched the area. >> it's a busy weekend. this is players weekend at saint patrick's day. it's spring break. we have a lot going on out here, so the fact that we had a couple of bad actors out here that really made a dangerous situation for everyone is extremely tragic and unfortunate. but i'm so proud of

our police department, all of our public safety officials and everyone involved that helped put public safety top of mind. >> it's unclear what led to the shooting. this comes as law enforcement has been on alert across florida as people head to the state for spring break, officials in miami beach imposed a midnight curfew over the weekend, prompting a lawsuit from nightclubs. a judge ruled against the club, saying the three night curfew did not cause irreparable harm. back to you, reggie. >> new developments san francisco mayor london breed is calling for the eventual release of video evidence in the death of a woman in the bayview district last year. breed made the announcement on facebook yesterday, a day after she heard from community members during an event to mark three years since the mass shooting at an asian spas in atlanta. 63 year old yan fang wu died in july after she was pushed on a sidewalk. the death was originally ruled an accident. our media partners at sf standard report the case was reopened last week after the woman, who is said to have pushed wu, got arrested for

assaulting another woman in her post, breed said video from wu's death should be released as soon as the investigation allows, and her family is notified and the east bay berkeley police are investigating the city's first homicide of the year. >> it happened yesterday afternoon at an apartment complex on university avenue, just a couple of blocks east of san pablo avenue. police say someone stabbed another person to death. when officers got there, they detained a person. police didn't share the age or gender of the victim or the person they detained. they don't think anyone else is involved and say there is no threat to neighbors. >> the desperate situation in haiti is deteriorating, even more now. there are fears that roughly a million people are at risk of starvation. that alarming estimate is being made by the world food program and comes amid a political crisis in that country. gangs have attacked key institutions and shut down the main airport. they're calling for a quick transition of power after forcing the prime minister to resign over the weekend. we heard about some progress on that front. >> we do see the political

process moving forward. there was a terrific meeting in jamaica. secretary blinken represented the united states, where haitian led haitian groups came together and decided on this transitional presidential council to appoint an interim prime minister. so that's a good thing. >> hundreds of american citizens are trapped in haiti. the us government says it will organize a charter flight for them from a more stable area in the north of the country, getting there could be difficult. gangs are controlling the single highway to that region. russian president vladimir putin is poised to win another terms as president within minutes of polls closing in the weekend election. russia's central election commission said putin held a solid 87% with a quarter of ballots counted. that means putin will remain in power until at least 2030, when he'll be 77 years old. most opposition candidates in russia are either jail or either dead. i should say 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 autocratic rule ruling since the turn of the century. putin will be russia's longest serving leader since soviet dictator joseph stalin. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is blasting comments by u.s. senate majority leader chuck schumer last week, where schumer called for new elections in israel. the scathing speech on the senate floor split from long standing u.s. policy. schumer normally a staunch supporter of israel, called netanyahu a, quote, major obstacle, end quote, to peace in an interview with cnn, netanyahu called the comments, quote, totally inappropriate. >> it's inappropriate for a uh- to go to a sister democracy and try to replace the elected leadership there. that's something that israel, the israeli public, does on its own. and we're not a banana republic. >> when asked whether he would commit to new elections after the war with hamas, netanyahu said that was something for the israeli public to decide monday

morning. >> and we're waking up to low clouds and fog around the bay. it will clear and we'll see another not only sunny day, but a warmer day. today will be the warmest day of the week. although the first day of spring looking awfully nice as well. starting out with some mid 40s on the peninsula. morning palo alto a little cool there as well as fremont. it's 46, in vallejo with 49 in brentwood. a look outside our roof camera, low clouds and patchy fog this morning. it peels back and we'll have a sunny day today. temperatures into the 70s, so high pressure building in temporarily and by the end of the week we're going from may like weather back to winter as rain arrives friday a level one system and it's going to last through the first weekend of spring. here's a look at your wednesday as the temperatures are cool at the coast. upper 50s here to the upper 60s are blocking. ridge begins to weaken and fade away into thursday, but we're still dry. temperatures in the 60s around average and then

as we get into friday, here's when the rain arrives and we'll see this system stick around. several waves of rain over the weekend, and then much colder air behind the system. so we're talking snow in the sierra as well. rainfall estimates at this point looks to be anywhere from about a half an inch to three quarters of an inch. so we are looking at some beneficial rain. no problems, but certainly not like today where we'll see mid 70s concord, 70 in oakland, 75 in santa rosa, and the accuweather seven day forecast. plenty of dry days. spring arrives tomorrow and then rainy by the end of the week. >> lisa. thank you. another blow to downtown san francisco still ahead. another longtime business has left union square. >> executives at boeing working to address concerns over the recent string of plane issues with the company, is now telling airlines to do immediately. >> meta once again involved in a federal investigation. the serious claims about how the social media company is benefiting from drug sales on

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works to address the latest string of mid-air incidents. boeing is now telling airlines to inspect the cockpit seats on certain planes. the report said. someone bumped a button on a 787 dreamliner plane, which sent it into a nosedive. last week, 50 people ended up hurt on that flight to new zealand. the wall street journal says a flight attendant serving a meal hit a switch on the pilot seat, pushing the pilot into the controls. there have been some other recent incidents as well. you probably remember last friday, 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 hurt in that case, but it follows a flight out of sfo where they lost a wheel shortly after takeoff, crushing multiple cars below. >> meta, the parent company of facebook and instagram, is now under federal investigation over accusations means the social media company facilitated and

profited from illegal drug sales. the wall street journal first reported the news last night. these federal investigations sometimes don't lead to criminal charges. mark zuckerberg has previously said he wanted to root out wrongdoings on his platform. in a statement to the journal, a spokesperson 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. bay area representative ro khanna is weighing in on the political battle that could get tiktok banned here in the u.s, a bill that would require bytedance to divest itself of the video app or sell it passed the house last week. bytedance is the chinese based parent company of tiktok. yesterday, khanna told abc news he voted against the bill and said it unfairly targets it, unfairly targets tiktok when the real concern should be protecting data in general. >> two national security issues that proponents of the bill have cited. both are legitimate one will the data get to a

government, in this case, the chinese communist party? two will the chinese communist party have an influence on algorithms we can deal with both with a narrowly tailored law. let's ban any data going to a foreign country and protect american data. second, let's ban any foreign interference in a social media app, whether that's tiktok or another app. and by the way, those laws would also cover data brokers which are selling data to chinese companies. so this bill is not actually addressing the issues. >> it's still not clear if or even when the senate might take the bill up. but president biden has said he will sign it if it makes it to his desk. >> happening today, state lawmakers in sacramento will consider a bill that would extend the deadline for students to apply for state financial aid. right now, families are facing a tight deadline to figure out how to pay for college. 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 that deadline, and thousands of families still can't even apply. this extension would allow applications through may 2nd. >> this week, santa cruz county leaders will hold a series of listening sessions aimed at hearing locals out about cannabis laws for meetings at aptos, watsonville, ben lowman and santa cruz will be held this first part of the week. the meetings will also be on zoom. the topics that will be discussed include cannabis sales, consumption and cultivation. now a few ideas being proposed. increasing cultivation limits and allowing consumption at existing retail businesses. now some people in the county have taken issue with the dispensary locations and how close they are to schools. >> another longtime business in san francisco's union square is no more. the north face closed for the final time last night. the outdoor retailer traces its origins to san francisco's north beach. it has no other stores in the city. the company was purchased by the vf corporation

in 2000, which owns other brands like timberland and dickies. we have put together a map showing the notable store closures in san francisco since 2020. each blue pen indicates a store that has closed or has announced it's going to close. if you click on the pin, it'll give you the business name, the address, and the closure date. there's also a link in each one that goes into greater detail about why the store decided to close its stores in an effort to solidify its customer base, as many restaurants are offering dining subscriptions as a way to reward loyal customers. here's abc news reporter eva pilgrim with today's gma first look in this morning's gma first look. >> could the secret to saving big at chain restaurants be a subscription? applebee's launching a new dining subscription. the applebee's date night pass. >> we kind of felt like we had won the applebee's lottery. >> emily brooks and her husband had given up date night to save money, but snagging the coveted applebee's deal put dinner out

back on the table and in budget. >> it's made it a little bit more accessible when the restaurant runs. >> promotions that feel like the consumer is being taken care of in a little ways, the consumer is more likely to continue to come back to that restaurant. >> so is subscribing to a restaurant a smart way to save, or is putting another financial commitment on your plate a mistake? we'll have the expert pros and cons coming up at 7 a.m. with your gma first look. i'm eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. it is something about a dinner deal that makes you feel like something. >> if you're in the mood for that. yeah. like sometimes you just want to go to the red lobster and get endless shrimp or the biscuits or the biscuits. right. i used to work at the og, you know, the soup and salad, the what? the salad. >> unlimited salad and soup. it's like 6.99 now. >> i just want love it. did you go love me some zuppa toscana? really? >> i still have burns on my hand from making the breadsticks. >> yeah.

>> no. it's healed. they're delicious. where i have the scars. you know, it's gotten stronger. you know what i'm saying? like that's true. my soul builds character. >> yeah. >> hospital galliano. >> all right, well, another gorgeous day out there today, right before spring arrives tomorrow with today is going to be the warmest day of the workweek. but we have 70s that will linger for the next several days. a blocking ridge of high pressure with us today. so the activity is up to the pacific northwest, and that is what will be visiting us the second half of the week. much cooler air 44 in danville. good morning to you. napa is in the low 40s. we're at 49 in brentwood. so temperatures with the cloud cover this morning are cool. and then for the next seven days in san jose check it out. average highs mid 60s. you'll be well above that. and the weekend bringing temperatures down about ten degrees napa low 70s today upper 60s low 70s tomorrow. and then as we look at the weekend, not even getting out of the 50s,

here's a look at the south bay today, 76 in san jose and los gatos, 75 cupertino. so lots of sunshine. the fog clings to the shoreline, so we'll see. low 60s here. 72 in redwood city, mountain view, downtown. partly cloudy. nice afternoon at 67 and up in the north bay. plenty of sunshine, mid 70s. definitely feeling like may out there, even maybe some upper 70s. but the coast will be much cooler. and on the east bay, the shoreline there 74 in newark, heading inland, we've got those mid 70s. so the clouds will clear by ten, 11:00 in some spots. so it could be some late clearing closer to the bay shore. then as spring arrives just a few degrees cooler looking at midweek cooling with increasing clouds level one systems on the weekend and temperatures dropping well off to below average. good morning amanda, good morning lisa. >> now let's get you out the door and on your way this morning taking a look at drive

times. you see a lot of green but that red we're talking about 580 westbound tracy to dublin. it's going to take you 48 minutes. we want to give you a live look at the san mateo bridge, traffic is flowing easily on westbound 92. that's toward foster city. no delays to report. it's 521. let's get back to your headlines, amanda. >> coming up, the seven things to know this morning. >> drama over an award named after late supreme court justice ruth bader g ♪ ♪ ♪ [alarm rings] ♪

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number one. at least one person has died. two other people have been hurt after a shooting during spring break celebrations in jacksonville, florida. investigators say they believe there are multiple shooters still out there, and it's not clear what led up to this shooting. >> number two, a community vigil is planned for tonight for a family hit by an suv while waiting for the bus in san francisco, friends say three people died, including a child. a baby is in critical condition. investigators still don't know why the driver crashed into the bus shelter. that driver was also taken to the hospital. >> number three petaluma police hope the public has surveillance video that can help them to solve a series of car break-ins.

more than 30 cars got hit over the weekend at four locations around town. >> number four, vladimir putin has extended his control over russia until at least 2030. he's been declared the winner in a heavily controlled election that was devoid of credible opposition. >> number five low clouds and fog to start. sunny above average, mid 70s. the warmest day of the week today. >> number six, we're taking a look at the bay bridge toll cam metering lights are off. traffic has no delays at the toll plaza across the span to san francisco . >> number seven apple and google are reportedly exploring a partnership. according to bloomberg, the deal would involve google's gemini ai powering ai features in apple's operating system. >> celine dion is speaking about living with stiff person syndrome, the singer revealed. i should say in 2022 that she's battling that rare disease. it's a neurological condition that triggers spasms and muscle rigidity. dion posted to instagram on friday that her

fight with sps to mark stiffness stiff person syndrome awareness day. she says it's been one of the hardest experiences of her life. she also says she is determined to get back on stage one day. >> happening tonight right here on abc seven. oprah winfrey going to be talking about taking a up close look at the radical impact of weight loss drugs here in the u.s, gathering top medical experts and everyday people over is speaking from personal experience on the health equity and stigma surrounding weight. you can watch shame, blame and the weight loss revolution tonight starting at 8 p.m. and then right after the all new bachelor women tell all that's at nine. and of course, don't miss abc seven news at 11. >> you have two shots at becoming a multi-millionaire this week, coming up at 530. how much cash will be up for grabs in a pair of lottery drawings? >> plus, an update on the health of one tough tiger. how she is passing the time on the road to

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live now at 530. >> a rash of crime in the north bay. more than two dozen cars targeted in a single night. the reaction from the community, as police asked for the public, asked the public for help. >> trump's campaign team clearing up comments he made about there being a bloodbath if he's not elected. that story coming up. >> a man who admits to being a terrorist arrested at the southern border. what he told federal authorities for his plans here in the u.s, and one bay area lawmaker weighing in on the political fight over tiktok. >> why, he says banning the social media app is not the answer to national security concerns. good morning everybody. it's monday, march

18th. >> we start with lisa and a check on the weather. >> all right. good morning you guys. low clouds and fog with us this morning. temperatures a little milder with these low 50s here from oakland sfo fremont though a chilly 45 into the lower 40s in napa. and this fog is going to stick around for the morning hours. so with that you'll need the sunglasses in the afternoon. but starting out, the gray sky across the bay in oakland and then through 7:00, numbers are cool. 8:00 very little change until we get to about nine 10:00. we'll get into the mid 50s noontime. we're in the mid 60s. this is where we should be for this time of year. but as we go through the afternoon 70s arrive, potentially some upper 70s from gilroy up through the far north bay. so a very mild afternoon and so far so good on the commute. amanda >> all right. thank you so much, lisa. we're going to take you straight to walnut creek. the live cam just behind me. when it comes to traffic, you can tell it's moving smoothly, but it's

also filling up on southbound 680 heading towards highway 24. still good news. no major delays this morning. >> thanks so much, amanda. new this morning a stretch of southbound interstate 680 in the east bay has reopened this morning. after that weekend construction project we're warning you about on friday, the repavement work happened from the i-580 connector in pleasanton to koopman road starting friday night. caltrans says a full closure over one weekend saved them from doing 40 separate nighttime closures. tomorrow, we'll get new updates on the proposed network of speed cameras set to go up around san francisco. we first reported about this on abc seven news at 11 last week. 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 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. >> this morning, friends are mourning a family. they describe as amazing. they say a couple and their two kids were waiting for the bus in san francisco when an suv crashed into them and happened on west portal avenue and uloa street on saturday afternoon. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez here with the latest. and the vigil that's planned for tonight. >> gloria kumasi, this is just so heartbreaking. that vigil is scheduled for five this evening at the crash site. the nonprofit walk san francisco fights for pedestrian safety, and it's planning that vigil. a baby survived the crash but is in critical condition. friends of the victims have been leaving flowers at the site of the crash at the muni bus shelter in san francisco's west portal neighborhood. family friends say a couple and their toddler and baby were waiting at the bus stop on saturday when the driver of an suv crashed into them, a friend says. the father and toddler were killed, and sfpd says a woman died from her

injuries on sunday, a friend saying that was the 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. >> nobody should die this way. we shouldn't. our community shouldn't be losing members of our community this way, it's absolutely devastating. >> that's the executive director of walk san francisco planning the vigil tonight. investigators still don't know why the driver crashed into the shelter. and the driver is also in the hospital, live in the studio. gloria rodriguez, abc seven news kumasi. >> so tough. gloria. thank you. in the north bay, petaluma police are asking for the public's help to solve a rash of car break ins over the weekend. they're hoping somebody has surveillance video that can help them to identify the suspects. police say more than 30 cars

were hit saturday night in the break ins happened at a number of places around town, including the petaluma outlets, a high school, an apartment complex, a hotel. neighbors say it is a jarring incident in their community. >> 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. >> police say this type of break in spree is happened in nearby cities to anyone with surveillance video. would they would like them to contact petaluma police? developing news from the texas mexico border. a lebanese migrant who claims to be a part of the hezbollah militant group entered the u.s. this month. border patrol says the man was caught by agents near el paso after passing the border on march 9th. the new york post reports a 22 year old man was headed to new york and

had plans to, quote, make a bomb in an interview. the man said he had trained with and been a part of the terror group for at least ten years. he's been marked for deportation, but it's not clear where he'd be returned to. >> your voice, your vote. >> former president trump's campaign team is working to clarify his use of the word bloodbath when describing what would happen if he is not elected. his team says he was only talking about the auto industry, but his abc news reporter perry russom explains democrats say he was threatening political violence. >> fallout from former president trump using the word bloodbath when describing what would happen to the auto industry if he's not elected. >> 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 cars 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 making the comments at a rally in ohio on saturday. >> we just have to win this election because he's even

predicting a bloodbath. what does that mean? he's going to exact a bloodbath. >> a senior adviser for trump's campaign team says he was only talking about economics, writing joe biden's insane ev mandate will slaughter the american auto industry. it is incredibly important that that be accurately portrayed. president biden's campaign team slamming trump. >> 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. >> mike pence, who is not endorsing trump for president, defending his former boss. >> the president was clearly talking about the impact of imports devastating the american automotive industry. >> trump's bloodbath comment coming in the same speech where he said this about migrants. if you call them people, i don't know if you call them people. >> in some cases, they're not people. in my opinion. >> some republicans on capitol hill questioning trump's choice of words. >> the general tone of the speech is why is why? many americans continue to wonder, should president trump be president trump on fox yesterday, if you don't use

certain rhetoric, if you don't use certain words that maybe are not very nice words, uh, nothing will happen. >> also, in that speech in ohio, trump asked the crowd to stand and pay tribute to those who attacked the capitol on january 6th. trump has promised, if he wins, to free those who were convicted for the attack. perry russom abc news, washington. >> today, the supreme court will hear arguments over how the biden administration tried to get social media companies to crack down on covid misinformation. >> two republican attorneys general claim it was censorship. two conservative lower courts agreed, and one even tried to restrict government communication with social media companies google, meta and x have not weighed in on this case, but trade groups representing them are asking the supreme court to set boundaries for the government. >> outrage coming from members of the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg's family. they want their mother's name removed from an award handed out by a nonprofit called

the opperman foundation. the foundation established the rbg award in 2019 to honor the late justice and her advocacy for women's rights, as one of her law clerks put it, if somebody gave money to a university to build a physics lab and they built a football stadium instead, it's so violates the purpose of what was intended here. >> and this is not what my mother signed to. on >> they're upset because usually this award goes to women. but this year it's honoring both men and women. elon musk and rupert murdoch were both among the list of this year's honorees. i think it would be hard pressed to apply that, description to people like elon musk and rupert murdoch, and that's why the family is so upset. five people got the award this year. martha stewart is the only woman to be honored. >> developing news. >> the mystery surrounding the princess of wales continues to grow. kate middleton has been out of the public eye since

undergoing surgery back in january, and amanda, there's now word that she may be getting ready to speak. >> yeah. kumasi pressure is intensifying on princess kate to speak as she recovers from abdominal surgery. kate was reportedly seen this weekend shopping with prince william and watching their children play sports, but there are no photos of either outing and she did not attend an annual saint patrick's day celebration. an event she has only missed one other time since 2012. instead, the royal couple shared a video previewing the event. friends close to the princess tell the sunday times kate may address rumors about her health in the future. another front addressed last week's doctored photo controversy that stirred up conspiracies about the princess. they said, quote, it's a photo that she knew everyone would pore over, so she pored over it herself. she likes trying to make the family look the best they can end. quote princess kate is expected to return to her public duties sometime after april 17th. back to you. thank

you. >> amanda. coming up, the return of the wedding. what new data is telling us about the rise of marriages in the u.s. and the decline of divorce? >> let the games begin. >> the bay f.c. winning their first ever match of the weekend. and bay area fans are loving it. but first to check on the weather with lisa. >> all right. good morning. monday morning. and we're waking up to low clouds and fog. we'll see them clear, pull away from the shoreline and get into a very warm afternoon in our inland valleys. sun comes up at 715, sets at 720. that's 12 hours and five minutes of daylight. tomorrow, the vernal equinox, the first day of spring, arrives just after 8 p.m, and we'll have many spring like days. a few of them after the arrival, official arrival tomorrow. but things are really going to change by the weekend. 48 santa rosa. good morning. 47, in vallejo it is 46 palo alto and fremont. so chilly from the peninsula to the east bay. and as we look outside here, it is pretty quiet, but we'll wake up to gray sky this morning. some

patchy fog from oakland, san francisco up through the north bay, and then sunny and our warmest day of the week today, mid 70s. gilroy santa rosa could be some of the warmest locations. it's going to take some time for the fog to pull back though, and then we'll look at a level one system on friday lasting through the first weekend of spring. so beneficial rain headed our way. we are above average everywhere except for oakland at 86% of average, and looking at over 32in of rain in santa rosa. so we're doing well. not as good as we were compared to last year, but if we look at the snowpack, 28% in january, theory right now, 104% of average, and we'll be adding to these totals because the next incoming system, several of them , they're going to be cold coming from the pacific northwest. and we could see maybe a foot of snow or more in the sierra nevada. this is very preliminary. and by about wednesday or so, we'll really fine tune the numbers. but we are looking at about maybe a half inch to three quarters of an inch more in the north bay as

we get into that friday system and into next weekend. highs today, 70 in oakland should be in the low 60s, 74 in fremont. look for mid 70s in our inland valleys. low 60s, half moon bay, breezy onshore winds in the afternoon in the accuweather seven day forecast and sunshine as we get to the first day of spring. cooler as we see increasing clouds, but just marginally through the middle of the week. level one system friday. much cooler over the weekend with rain right on through the weeken

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analysts expect the server industry to grow from 39 billion to about $200 billion in the next three years. >> new data from the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention say marriages in the united states are up and divorce rates are down. the marriage rate in 2022 was 6.2 per 1000 people in the u.s, which is up from 5.1 per capita recorded in 2020. with covid playing a factor in the drop, the nation's divorce rate is also down 2.4 people per 1000 people in 2022, compared with four people per 1002 thousand. so one big change is how people think about marriages, with people shifting away from romantic marriages to compassionate marriages, which means people are increasingly wedding a partner who is more likely to be a best friend than a passion partner. oh that's it. that's a lot to unpack. >> i'm. >> i'll be thinking about that throughout the morning. >> yeah, well, march madness is set, and two bay area teams are

hoping to take on the championship. the men's team from saint mary's of moraga will play grand canyon in the first round. and on the women's side, stanford playing norfolk state. caitlin clark and the iowa hawkeyes earned a top seed in the tournament. it'll be redemption time for them. they lost in the title game last year, and they're not favored to win this year. >> it'll be interesting to see how many more people will do women's brackets this year than i've ever done them in the past, because of the celebrity of caitlin clark. >> if you're filling out a bracket, the odds of getting a perfect one are just over 1 in 9 point 2 quintillion oh quintillion. did i just make up a. that's really a thing. quintillion. look at all these numbers. this is like pie. >> it is like pie. it never ends . >> wow. >> kicks off tomorrow. >> the bay area's newest pro sports team could be the team to beat. bay fc is celebrating a win in their first match over the weekend. there are a few different watch parties across the bay area, fans tell abc

seven news reporter tara campbell. supporting the team means much more than just a win or loss reporter. >> 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 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. jawala 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 and 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 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. >> yes, we love to see that. and it was a beautiful sunday for a run. thousands of runners in oakland thought so too, when they set out for the 15th annual marathon yesterday morning. 8000 entrants hailing from 40 states, 15 countries powered their way through a winding course that went through the town. 26 year old simon ricky, from san francisco, was the fastest runner, finishing in two hours

and 28 minutes. and of course, we got a shout out our friend and abc seven news 6 p.m. producer caleb, who finished the half marathon portion of the run in under two hours, go kate! >> wow. >> 27 year old sarah bagnell from san francisco, finished in 257 to win in the women's category. yeah, i was over it. >> she will be in a race and do well. >> she does? yeah. that's your thing. what were you gonna say? >> i'm sorry. >> i was over there just eating brunch and i said, oh, you go because some of. yeah, some of the people who were in the marathon came after brunch and i said, you, you all did that. why don't you have just here, you know what i had? >> you had chicken waffles. no my friend. oh, you had the grits. >> i had the grits. you know, her order. i know her order to go to town fair. and i'm like, i already know what i'm going to order. we don't even need to look at this menu. maybe one day. but it was just so delicious. how many places do

grits? that's what i'm saying. it's the treasure, right? it is a barrier. treasure grits with. with cheese. >> lovely. >> all right. gorgeous day out there today at another brunch. maybe or anything to enjoy the outdoors. we'll be well into the 70s. high pressure temporarily building in again as this blocking ridge of high pressure takes us through the workweek. it is 53 in oakland, 50 by the delta mid 40s. sonoma, fremont, palo alto. so certainly some cool spots. and you saw that video before of the marathon in oakland waking up to the low clouds and fog. we'll have that again. so it's like a summertime pattern with the fog, the clearing, the breezy afternoon winds and then those warmer inland valleys. so gorgeous today. temperatures just fairly cooler tomorrow slightly. and then that'll take us through the workweek. level one system arrives on friday, and this system series of them coming in from the pacific northwest, bringing much cooler air our way. so this is the friday system, another wave of rain

moves on in on saturday. looks to clear out on sunday, and we're looking for mountain snow as well. so preliminary estimates bring anywhere from about three quarters of an inch along the coastal hills, maybe more than that up to the north. and this is still the extended outlook when we get closer by about midweek, we can fine tune the details and the timing. but you should know the rain coming back on friday with the much cooler air. 75 in santa clara with 74 today in sunnyvale on the peninsula, you've got the low 60s at the coast. that sea breeze, then low 70s from redwood city, los altos, 71 palo alto. nice afternoon downtown, 67. the clouds pull back by about midday up in the north bay. 74 in sonoma could see some upper 70s there. and then the clouds will hang on throughout the morning hours here. and then a sunny and warmer day in union city at 74 mid 70s. partly sunny to mostly sunny throughout the afternoon here, with about ten degrees above average. good morning amanda. >> good morning lisa and a

picturesque trip across the bay bridge this morning. metering lights came on at around 537. we know that traffic is starting to get busy across the span though. heading into the city, but the headline here no major delays at the toll plaza. and now to mass transit. good news everything is on time. ac trains ace one and ace three running on time as well. back to you. >> thanks so much amanda. new at six tesla sued over discrimination and forced to pay up the settlement between the company and a former employee. >> the first in online petition for a pet alligator. the reason police confiscated this 700 pound reptile from its owner after 30 years. >> it's, it's quite a story. yes, indeed. a live look outside at 551 and

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out and i guess lily is learning how to be a tiger by looking at tigers online. she was rescued from a private facility she was in. really bad shape when they got her. she had several bone fractures and trouble moving around. she is healing. she will move to a facility that specializes in caring for tigers. when she makes a full recovery, and she looks intrigued, she does look really fascinated. >> like that's me. >> is this the cutest animal that you've ever seen? i really think that lily is special. she is special. aka adora. okay, people on social media petitioning for a man whose pet alligator was seized by police. this is albert the alligator. oh, boy, look at albert. >> albert is 750 pounds. >> oh, now he's been living with tony cavalero. he had a special pool room just for him. you saw that a second ago. last week, police confiscated albert, saying that his owner didn't have a permit. they also cited

issues with albert's health. oh the owner says his permit expired. 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. >> oh, boy. people on social media are signing petitions calling for their reunion. new york's department of environmental conservation says that the owner let neighbors in the pool to pet albert, which would be illegal even if he had a permit. he says he occasionally would allow the alligator to pose for photos. for now, albert has a new home and his dad has a potential legal case brewing. >> what journey did you just take us on? >> i don't know, i don't want this alligator to be in this pool. >> how about that? in someone's house? it just doesn't seem like where the alligator should be. but i'm not an alligator expert. i'm not a pool expert. i'm not own a home like that. so i don't know. obviously what i'm talking about, but please get him out of there. >> he brought people in the pool

to take pictures with albert. >> yeah. no, it's a no for me, can you imagine? like kids go over play with albert. >> it'll be fine. yeah no, i don't like that. we're waking up to low clouds and fog this morning, and they'll be across the bay there. they'll pulling back for a sunny afternoon. the sunniest and warmest we'll see all week long. so enjoy it. we have a beautiful day today. tomorrow. some changes, but bigger changes come a victory that is there for the taking. grab it. now that was a great halftime speech. let's go win. [jim valvano] don't give up. don't ever give up®