lost three people, including a child said to be remembered at a vigil tonight, just days after they were killed in a crash in san francisco's west portal neighborhood. >> an east bay high school catches fire, and it's still unclear how school and practices could be impacted today. >> and halloween is still 227 days away. but that's not stopping one company from already announcing its plans >> it's not even easter. >> it's not even spring. it's not spring is tomorrow. >> some my neighborhood that keeps that guy up. you know, way. >> wait, so i was just going to say that we have that same in our neighborhood, too. and i'm like, what's what is the deal, sir or ma'am? >> but do they dress them up to match the holiday? >> i wish they would. >> oh, this guy's bones out there. just the bones in the

wind. yeah uh. well, getting sunburn, maybe today, because. uh. if that's possible, we've got a lot of sun blocking ridge of high pressure keeping this weather pattern pretty stagnant. so if you like it, you're going to like it for the next several days. as high pressure is firmly in control. low 40s fremont and gilroy with about 50 over in concord, 48 santa rosa and we'll wake up to head out to gray skies. and by midday it will be sunny out there and temperatures are going to climb quickly. we're a little milder due to that cloud cover, and as we look outside here, still dark out there, the sun coming up at 715, setting at 720. the low cloud deck sunshine with low 60s throughout the midday hour. those should be our high temperatures for this time of year, but we'll be well into the 70s, ten degrees above average today. north bay and east bay valleys. good morning. >> good morning lisa. and as we move through your monday morning, more people heading on to our roadways. you can see right here the bay bridge toll plaza, the metering lights

flipped on at 537 this morning. traffic is backed up to the 880 overcrossing, and we want to check in with the golden gate bridge. very quiet. the camera showing traffic is flowing freely in both the north and southbound directions. here at 602. we'll get back to the headlines. >> thank you. amanda developing news a fire has damaged a historic century old gym at amador valley high school in pleasanton. firefighters were called to the school around 8:00 last night, and they quickly pulled a second alarm, calling in reinforcement. a district spokesperson says they're still evaluating how this fire might impact classes. this week, a spokesperson says the gym is primarily used for practices with its sports teams. >> happening tonight, the community will hold a vigil to remember the three people killed in a weekend crash in san francisco's west portal neighborhood on saturday, an suv crashed into a bus stop on yolo street. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez is in the studio now with what we know, this morning. gloria. >> good morning reggie. i just heard back from san francisco police that a baby is still

suffering from life threatening injuries. three people have died , and investigators still don't know why the driver crashed into the bus shelter. and 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 mom. vilma franco's husband, saw the crash and tried to help out, 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're 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. >> those are friends of the victims who say the family was planning on enjoying the nice day at the zoo. a nonprofit, walk san francisco is planning a vigil at the scene for 5:00 this evening. the nonprofit fights for pedestrian safety. live in the studio. gloria rodriguez, abc seven news, kumasi. >> thank you, gloria. >> this morning we're expecting to learn more about a shooting during spring break celebrations in florida. jacksonville beach police say one person has died, two other people have been hurt, and amanda is at the live desk with the details on this. >> amanda 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 . one 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. >> and it's still 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 nightclub. but a judge ruled against the club, saying the three night curfew did not cause irreparable harm. back to you, reggie. >> thanks, amanda. 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 that call on facebook yesterday, a day after she met with community members at an event to mark three years since the mass shooting at an asian spas in atlanta. that group, asian justice movement, says it asked breed to release the video during the event. 63 year old yan fang wu died in july after she was pushed on a

sidewalk. the death was originally ruled in 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 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 few 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's 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. the problem is getting there will be difficult because gangs are controlling the single highway to that region. >> 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, quote, a major obstacle to peace. in an interview with cnn, netanyahu called the comments 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 and yahoo said that was something that for the israeli public to decide. still to come, could new cannabis laws soon be on the way to santa cruz county? the public input session starting this week. >> and evacuations underway in iceland after a volcano erupts for the fourth time in just a few months. >> it is the last day of winter spring arrives tomorrow. the fog bank is back with coastal clouds, and as we begin spring temperatures are going to be abovaverage. i'll have the details. we're going t

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sending lava flowing toward a town. barriers have been put up to stop the lava from reaching the main road. police declared a state of emergency as it evacuated one of iceland's most popular tourist attractions, the blue lagoon. no reports of any injuries or deaths. >> wow. good morning. we have cool numbers here in the 40s, low to mid 40s on the peninsula. the bay shore around fremont, 43, in saint helena and lower 50s by the water. low clouds and fog. the coastal variety are back once again and that is allowing for the gray start and maybe some patchy fog closer to the shoreline. but we'll get into a lot of sunshine. the warmest day of the week today. temperatures as much as ten degrees above average for this last day of winter and then for tomorrow. very subtle changes. the bigger changes come on friday with a level one system arriving, bringing rain that's going to last into the weekend. here's a look at it queued up here for friday. these systems coming out of the pacific

northwest, and they'll have enough moisture to bring in some snow for the sierra nevada and lower those snow levels. this is taking us through sunday. and you know what? we could add on to the end of march is looking awfully cool as well. so i hope you're enjoying all the sun out there more arriving today with those onshore winds throughout the afternoon. so san francisco breezy but typical 67 for a high 62 along the coastline here from half moon bay in pacifica 71 san rafael. look for mid 70s inland. those oranges coming into play there allowing for not only ten degrees above average. we could even see some upper 70s. the accuweather seven day forecast spring arrives tomorrow, and looking at numbers almost as warm. slightly cooler. wednesday partly cloudy on thursday. a level one system for your friday into next weekend. we're talking maybe a half inch to three quarters of an inch of rain for most of us over the weekend. reggie. >> lisa. thank you. still to come, the new statement

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it is now telling airlines to inspect the cockpit seats on certain planes. it comes after that incident on a flight that went from new zealand. a flight attendant reportedly accidentally hit a button on the pilot's seat, pushing the pilot into the controls. it caused the plane to nosedive. nosedive and 50 people were hurt. now let's get to united airlines. there was an incident on a flight from sfo to oregon on friday. the airport director in medford says they noticed a missing panel on a boeing plane during a routine inspection before the next flight. early this morning, united ceo sent an email to

customers saying the company is implementing an extra day of training for pilots starting in may and a centralized training curriculum for new hire maintenance technicians. here's what it says in part. our airline has experienced a number of incidents that are reminders of the importance of safety. while they are all unrelated. i want you to know that these incidents have our attention and have sharpened our focus. you can be confident that every time united plane pulls away from the gate, everyone on our team is working together to keep you safe on your trip. bay area representative ro khanna is weighing in on the political battle that could get tiktok banned here in the us, a bill that would require bytedance to divest itself of the video app or sell it passed the house last week by dance as a china based company, parent company of tiktok. yesterday, connor told abc news he voted against the bill and says 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 foreign 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 interfere 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 unclear if or when the senate might take up the bill. president biden has said he will sign it if it makes it to his desk. >> this week, santa cruz county leaders will hold a series of listening sessions aimed at hearing locals out about cannabis laws for meetings in aptos, watsonville, ben lomond and santa cruz will be held the first part of this week. the meetings will also be on zoom topics to be discussed include cannabis sales, consumption and

cultivation, a few ideas being proposed, increasing cultivation limits and allowing consumption at existing retail businesses. now, some in the county have taken issue with where the dispensaries are located and how close they are to schools. >> spring is only starting tomorrow, but home depot is already thinking about a whole different time of year. the retailer is teasing some of its halloween items it's going to be selling. that includes this 12 foot skeleton nicknamed skelly. this year, home depot says it will have a new and improved version that will sell for the same price 300 bucks. it does look like it blinks now. it has animated eyes. this is the earliest it has ever announced any halloween products. in case you're wondering, halloween is just 227 days away. i don't want to think about that, do you? >> i'm not good. >> i'm not okay, lisa, we ar officially not thinking about it. moving on. >> no, that's why i'm over here. >> good. she's can't even come over here and won't.

>> i won't be a part of that. but i'll be a part of that. >> okay, spring. >> let's be a part of spring. >> yes. >> something. yeah. the last day of winter. first day of spring. tomorrow a gorgeous day today. even warmer than yesterday. it will be warmer. in fact, the warmest day you're going to see for a while. so we're. we'll savor that right the next couple of days. 50 in hayward, 52 in oakland, low 40s from the peninsula to the mid 40s in napa. low clouds, the coastal variety are here. you can see them right here, banked up along the coast and inside the bay, maybe even further reaching into the east bay. they pull back though by about noon time and then looking at them, setting up away from the shoreline. so that's sunny at the coast and high pressure being pretty stagnant. it's going to stay here for days before we see a return to the several wet weather systems that will bring cold rain headed back our way wednesday. temperatures are still above average, but much cooler here along the shoreline. we're in the upper 60s inland and then by thursday everyone

comes down a few more degrees. we're still dry. we're still looking at partial sun here. and then friday is when we're going to bring in our storm impact scale, with possibility of a rainy afternoon commute. so this is very preliminary, but through the weekend we're looking at anywhere from 4/10 to maybe upwards of three quarters of an inch of rain. for most of us now, this will be fine tuned as we get closer to the event with our high resolution models. come say, wednesday into thursday and also painting a very snowy picture in the mountains through the weekend, maybe 1 to 2ft. there we can always use a little more of that, right? high temperatures from the mid 70s, even a few upper 70s around our inland valleys. remember we should be in the mid 60s, so that's well above average 67 in san francisco. and then back to the fog tonight. good morning amanda. >> good morning lisa. yeah we're starting off with a focus on the east bay. we're talking about the emeryville camera. you're seeing highway four to the toll plaza is going to take drivers about 30 minutes at this hour. just slow traffic on westbound 80 toward the toll plaza. we

know that it's starting to get busy and staying in the east bay. oakland cam showing. no major delays on northbound 880 at the coliseum. both directions running smooth. >> thank you amanda. now we're checking in with ginger zee who is live with what's coming up on gma. >> good morning ginger morning to you reggie kumasi. >> nice to be with everybody this morning. so coming up we'll start with the deadly spring break shooting that happened in florida. police searching for suspects after gunfire erupted on a popular beach. and then the big change to the housing market that could save both buyers and sellers money. and an exclusive first look at oprah's new primetime special, taking a closer look at the weight loss revolution and those popular weight loss drugs. also, creative ways that some restaurant chains are taking on inflation, and abbott elementary's lisa ann walter is here. you don't want to miss it all on gma. >> congratulations to you. your first half marathon over the weekend. >> impressed. thank ■you. >> yes i'm hobbling around here but i'm really glad i got to do

it. and for a great charity. so worth it. >> yeah i'm just trying to figure out when you had time to train for this or did you just wake up ready to run? >> i definitely did less training than i should have given my travel schedule, but i did. i stuck to the long runs and that was something i'd never done. like that was the longest i've ever run in my life yesterday. but i got up to ten miles prior to that, so it was only three more. >> hey, just add just add an add three more. >> we're just so impressed. >> i am really impressed. ginger. >> it's amazing. >> we were both talking about how i don't think i could do it. do you think you could do it? no, i don't know if it's for us. >> i always said that. and then i got approached for this great charity that gives access to mental health care and all the things that i haven't had. and, you know, like movement is medicine. and it was silly for me not to do it. so then it was like, all right, let's try. and i did it. so you two, you two can do it. i know i believe in both of you, friend. >> if i'm a pro, if i'm

approached, then maybe it'll happen. the charity is called. is it called still? i run? do i have that right? >> yes, still i run, i run, okay, well congratulations again. >> we're very proud of you. >> thank you. we'll thank you. we'll see you 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. so now there are about two weeks to the deadline and thousands of families still can't even apply. the extension would allow applications through may 2nd.

tesla and a black former employee have settled a discrimination case that drew attention to the company's treatment of minorities. last year, the man was awarded more than $3 million by a federal jury after he claimed tesla overlooked racial epithets and offensive graffiti at the fremont factory. court documents gave no details about the settlement, and tesla has not commented. next, at 630. robert kennedy jr is set to announce a running mate in the coming days, and his rumored pick has bay area ties. and where is kate middleton? rumors about her health continuing to fly. friends say she may be ready to break her long silence, and as we head to break, we're going to take a live look outside right now at 626. beautiful start to our week. we'll be right back

seven mornings live now at 630. >> more than 30 cars broken into in one night in the north bay. police now need your help while they investigate a similar thing happening in nearby communities. >> and democrats sounding the alarm on recent comments from former president donald trump, where he promised a bloodbath if he loses. republicans quick to defend the former commander in chief and presumptive nominee. >> proving you're never too old to find a forever home. this senior dog, now out of a shelter after more than 700 days. oh my goodness. oh, look, i like him. senior dogs are great. >> you better have fun in the backyard. >> good morning everybody. it's monday, march 18th. >> let's get a check on that forecast with meteorologist lisa argen. >> all right. how are you guys. good morning to you. this last day of winter arriving with coastal fog. so our summer like low cloud deck is with us from

san francisco across the bay to oakland up in the north bay. we're cool in the mid 40s, but we'll break out into plenty of sunshine later on this morning and temperatures this morning with that blanket of clouds a couple degrees warmer. so we'll be looking at the 50s throughout the morning hours. mostly cloudy , and then by about 11 12:00 we're already surpassing average highs for this time of year with low to mid 60s and numbers at least 8 to 10 degrees above average today. hey, amanda. hi, lisa. >> yeah, here at 630, we are going to take a look at drive times. you can see tracy to dublin 580. westbound is 55 minutes. that's probably going to be the busiest part of the commute at this time. taking a look at the overall map now that slowed down at the altamont pass we were keeping our eyes on. you see it there, a slow down on highway four around pittsburgh as well. and last headline, a little slowdown in albany on westbound 80. it doesn't slow down again until the foot of the maze to the bay bridge toll plaza. >> thank you amanda new this morning a stretch of southbound

interstate 680 in the east bay reopened this morning after a weekend construction project. the repavement work happened from the i-580 connector in pleasanton to koopman road. it started friday night. caltrans says a full closure over the 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 they'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 young children were waiting for the bus in san francisco

when an suv crashed into them. it happened on west portal avenue and yolo street saturday afternoon. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez here with the latest and the vigil that's planned for tonight. >> good morning, kumasi. this morning, the san francisco police department tells me a baby is still suffering from life threatening injuries. a vigil is scheduled for five this evening at the crash site. the nonprofit walk san francisco fights for pedestrian safety and is planning that vigil. 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. an 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. >> such an awful story. 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 people have surveillance surveillance video that can help them identify the suspects. police say more than 30 cars got hit saturday night. the break ins happened at a number of places across town, including the petaluma outlets at a high school, an apartment complex and a hotel. neighbors say it's pretty jarring.

>> 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 has happened in nearby cities. anyone who has surveillance video, please contact petaluma police >> homelessness is a focus for us as we continue to focus on building a better bay area. over the weekend, local activists rallied on the steps of the state capitol. tiny village spirit, along with others, put up painted planks in a show of solidarity with the unhoused community across california. the groups called for better policy and funding for homeless support services and solutions. >> i think this is tying together what people in the community know on the ground is people that work with the unhoused and the legislators who are up in their offices, who may not see what's happening. >> tiny village spirit has built a 25 home village in oakland

with plans to build another, larger community. the village provides housing and resources for its residents. 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 crossing the border on march 9th. the new york post is reporting. the 22 year old man was headed to new york and had plans to, quote, make a bomb. in an interview, the man said he 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. republicans are defending former president trump after he claimed there would be a bloodbath for the auto industry and the country if he loses the election. >> 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's campaign says he was only talking about the economy and president biden's electric vehicle policies. the biden campaign says that 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, trump also described some immigrants as animals, celebrated january 6th and predicted the us would never have another election if he didn't win. >> another candidate has been added to robert f kennedy jr. s short list of potential running mates, bay area lawyer nicole shanahan is now among the possible contenders, according to a post on eks. formerly known as twitter. the former wife to google co-founder sergey brin has been brought up in conversation as a potential pick. others, like television personality mike rowe, tulsi gabbard, rand paul and former presidential candidate andrew

yang are also said to be contenders in the race for kennedy's vp. he's expected to announce his running mate at an event in oakland next week. >> russian president vladimir putin is poised to win another terms president within minutes of polls closing in the weekend election. russia's central election commission said putin held a solid 87% lead, with a quarter of ballots counted. that means putin will remain in power until at least 2030, when he'll be 77. 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 autocratic rule. rules since the turn of the century, putin will be russia's longest serving leader since soviet dictator joseph stalin. >> developing news and mysteries surrounding the princess of wales continues to grow. >> kate middleton has been out of the public eye since undergoing surgery in january. and amanda, there's now word

that she may be getting ready to talk to kumasi. >> no doubt pressure is intensifying for 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. it's 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 friend 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, reggie. >> thanks, amanda, 30 years ago, california adopted the three strikes law, but hour longer prison sentence is really the answer to solving crime. a new

abc seven originals tackles that question. >> you could 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. still to come, a popular kitchen appliance may accidentally catch fire the air fryer recall you're going to want to hear about and looking live right now at the big board, the new york stock exchange up about 90 points right now. >> another update on the markets next. >> then march madness is here. the two bay area teams who make the big dance and will now play for a national championship and stay with us on the abc seven bay area streaming app at seven for abc seven at seven. we are live every weekday from 7 to 8 a.m. you can download the app now wherever you stream our last

day of winter, arriving with some coastal fog. >> that summertime fog, you can see a big blocking ridge of high pressure deflecting the storm track well into canada. it's going to be that way for several days. 715 the sunrise mount tam just gorgeous out there and you can see that marine layer 52 downtown as well as oakland, 50 in hayward and half moon bay, with 49. in san jose, 45 santa cruz. you've got rain coming your way by the end of the week. could be over a half inch of rain through the weekend, but we'll see. mid 60s today here. 48 santa rosa, petaluma, with 50 in fairfield and concord and looking at the low cloud deck to stay situated right around the bay, pushing a little further eastward throughout the morning hours. then by 11:00 it pulls back. we're mostly sunny. we get an afternoon sea breeze, just like summertime, even though tomorrow is the first day of spring. the fog will be back tonight and pushing even further inland today. got to enjoy those upper 60s downtown 70 in richmond today, 74. in napa we're above average by ten degrees north end of the bay.

the santa clara valley, contra costa county seen temperatures in the mid 70s. so really a gorgeous afternoon. but by the time we get to friday and the weekend rain totals and kind of a cold, wet slap in the face as we get back to a half inch to three quarters of an inch of rain. so enjoy the next several days featuring sunny skies, cooler conditions midweek, and then when you have moderate—to—severe eczema, it's okay to show off. with dupixent, show off your clearer skin and less itch. because you have plenty of reasons to show off your skin. with dupixent, the number one prescribed biologic by dermatologists and allergists, you can stay ahead of your eczema. it helps block a key source of inflammation inside the body

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woman to be honored. >> happening today. the growth of ai in the bay area takes another step forward. san jose based super micro computer will join the s&p 500. the company makes high end servers used in ai applications. this elevation to the s&p 500 is not surprising. shares of the company surged by 1,000% in 2023, thanks in large part to the booming ai sector. analysts expect the server industry to grow from 39 billion to about $200 billion in just the next three years, new data from the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention say. >> marriages in the united states are up, divorce rates are down. the marriage rate in 2022 was 6.2 per 1000 people in the u.s, which is up from the 5.1 per capita recorded in 2020. and of course, covid played a factor in that the nation's divorce rate is also down 2.4 people per 1000 people in 2022, compared to four people per 1000 in the year

2000. now, one change, they say, is how people now think about marriages with a shift away from romance marriages to compassionate marriages, which means people are increasingly marrying a partner who is more like a best friend than a passion partner. >> march madness is set, and two bay area teams are hoping to take home 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 will play norfolk state. caitlin clark and the iowa hawkeyes earned a top seed in the tournament. it will be redemption time for them as they lost in the title game last year, and they aren't even favored to win this year. it will 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. and if you are filling out a bracket, the odds of getting a perfect. why don't you tell him? >> i'll tell it, friend. the odds of getting a perfect bracket are one in just over, 1

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this is over accusations the social media company facilitated and profited from illegal drug sales. the wall street journal first reported this. these federal investigations sometimes do not lead to criminal charges. mark zuckerberg has previously said he wanted to root out wrongdoing on his platforms. 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. an 81 year old craft store has filed for bankruptcy. joann made the announcement this morning and also said it secured $132 million in funding that will help reduce its debt in half after it ballooned to $1 billion. the retailer hopes it will emerge from the bankruptcy process as soon as next month. there are about a dozen joann stores in the bay area, all 850 stores and its website will continue their operations. and now we're taking a live look at the new york stock exchange. you can see that we're up about 62 points. >> if you are still feeling some saint patrick's day luck, maybe

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he goes. and that's how he got the name velcro. by the way, the name he came with was beluga, which just seems rude. >> i like velcro me too. that's something about that. people got all sorts of names these days. >> i thought you were gonna say jeanette wasn't the name of his. like other feline friend. feline friend. dog friend, canine friend. oh, people also name their dogs actual human names. oh, yeah. very interesting. >> oh, i went to a dog party yesterday. i was a debutante for my friend's dog, and her name is liz. okay. it's very complicated. it's like liz. it's liz lemon claiborne or something. yeah. okay yeah. >> yes. >> there's a lot of names. i love her name. her name was fifi. >> fifi. >> it's been changed to liz. >> okay. >> yeah. so cute. no one's gonna question me that i went to a dog debutante. okay, great. just keep going.

>> just keep going. see, i've been to dog parties, though, so i get it. >> okay, i get it. it's a dog. >> everything's normal. i asked for a picture this morning and i didn't get a picture, so i need a picture. >> was rooster in a whole suit? rooster? >> we did not bring rooster. oh he was invited. >> but you didn't bring your dog. oh, that's different to a dog. debutante. >> yeah. he didn't get to go. >> he had other things to do. oh, it's very busy. >> all right, well, hopefully that includes outdoor fun today in the next several days before we'll have to dodge some rain over the weekend and end of the week. a blocking ridge of high pressure has been with us for days, bringing back the low clouds, the fog, and today, starting out with the gray sky here. this is the view across richardson bay from mount tam. a summertime scene, right? 52 san francisco and oakland, 50, in hayward, as well as half moon bay. temperatures at the coast will be cool, but much warmer than we should be for this time of year in san jose. even the peninsula. look at that. santa cruz 45 degrees. somebody out there enjoying it already. and the fog bank in the distance there. upper 40s. santa rosa and

petaluma. we are at 50 in our inland valleys and 46 in livermore. so the warmer than average weather is going to take us through wednesday, not as warm though. we're certainly going to see a return to those upper 50s at the coast. so the cooldown starts tomorrow by just a few degrees. the first day of spring we get to thursday and high pressure begins to weaken and fade away, and that allows for several wet weather systems to move through the bay area beginning on friday. so temperatures much cooler and they'll continue to drop behind the system. here it is cued up for friday. so here's the first system. and then we have another one that quickly follows. and that's going to bring snow in the sierra nevada. and we will be looking at it looks like a return to that by the time easter arrives. that's the end of the month. so definitely getting back into winter as we look forward to spring 70 today in oakland, 76 in san jose. what's going on on the roadways? amanda? >> lisa, here at 653, we have a crash to tell you about here

over in concord. this is on southbound 680. i want you to take a look. this is before gregory lane. a three car crash has two lanes blocked. traffic there is backed up to solano way on southbound 242 and over to richmond. traffic is stop and go approaching the toll plaza. it continues a slow down to the mid-span of the san rafael bridge. >> thank you amanda. happening tonight right here on abc seven. oprah winfrey talking and taking a close look at the radical impact of weight loss drugs here 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 tonight at 8 p.m. and then right after that, the all new bachelor women tell all that's at nine. and then abc seven news at 11. >> we have an update on a rescue tiger cub at the oakland zoo. here's a look at newly named lily, who seems to be doing much better. the new video of her

shows that she is learning about her own kind. watching a documentary about tigers on a laptop, she was rescued from a private facility. she was in pretty bad shape when they got her. lily had several bone fractures and trouble moving around. she's going to move to a facility that specializes in caring for tigers. once she makes a full recovery. why isn't lily watching abc seven mornings? >> you never know. they might switch it up. >> what if they were watching this story about lily? like, what if she saw herself as she reacted? i think she might. >> they want to ease her in. okay, let's ease her in. she just got her name right. she's adjusting to that. >> yeah, well, if you are watching the late. good morning. >> up next, seven things you need to know today. you can watch all of our newscasts live and on demand through the abc seven bay area connected tv app. >> that's for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv and roku. download the app now. you can start streaming. >> as we head to break, we're going to take a live look outside. beautiful, beautiful. at 655. we'll be right back.

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