fast food workers will earn $20 an hour here in california. >> but that's leaving restaurants scrambling to cut costs, and customers may pay the price. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> i don't want to see any of my fellow letter carriers ever get robbed again. >> it is a brazen crime. mail carriers being held up at gunpoint and your mail stolen. these robberies are hitting hard in california, and as the abc seven news i-team has learned, it's especially problematic right here in the bay area. good evening. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley, thanks for joining us. data recently obtained by abc seven news shows that two bay area cities had the greatest number of postal robberies in all of california in 2023. >> abc seven news i-team reporter melanie woodrow joins us now with the story. >> melanie and dan, this is scary stuff. those two cities are san francisco and oakland. i spoke with one mail carrier in oakland who was victimized twice in a matter of months. mail

carrier bill murphy estimates he walks approximately ten miles a day on his east bay delivery route, 25,000 steps. he's taking each of those steps more carefully these days. >> i've had two incidents of being robbed while a letter carrier, murphy, isn't alone. we had heard stories that these were starting to happen in parts of the east bay. >> this past april, murphy was robbed while unloading mail from his truck. he says a woman in a ski mask grabbed an entire tray of mail. i was shocked i couldn't believe that someone would do such a brazen thing in broad daylight. >> the whole incident was over in less than a minute. >> in august, murphy was victimized again and this time there was a weapon. >> i was approached by a man brandishing a shotgun. give me your keys and give me your postal satchel, man, it's finally happening to me. mail carriers have been sounding the alarm with the national association of letter carriers holding rallies like this one in october of last year saying enough is enough. >> it's a traumatic injury. you know, it's psychological. you

know, all they're trying to do is go out there and do their job and serve the public. and now they have to go out there and they have to have their heads on a swivel, constantly watching to see, did a car pull up? if somebody following me? >> according to newly released data analyzed by abc seven news data analysts, thereere 145 total postal robberies in california in 2023, approximately 61% of them occurred in the bay area, with approximately 23% in san francisco and approximately 16% in oakland. >> my customers are being robbed. they're stealing their prescriptions. they're stealing their passports, their green cards, their credit cards, their their kids report cards, all any of their personal correspondence. >> this is so bad that it's affecting the delivery of the mail. >> according to the 2023 data, zip code 94110 had the most crime in total against postal workers. at least six robberies and one assault. the san francisco zip code includes the mission and bernal heights neighborhoods. bernal heights

resident reed jones previously told abc seven news. >> our mailbox has been broken into about 10 to 15 times over the last, probably 2 to 3 years. >> it's wrong, and it needs to stop. >> in an effort to catch who is responsible for these crimes, postal inspection has raised the reward for reporting mail crimes from $50,000 to $150,000. they are taking this very seriously for sure. >> it's so dangerous, potentially much worse than that. it's so disturbing. but they're not just taking the mail, is that right? >> that's right. oftentimes what they'll do is rob these postal delivery people of their keys, because those keys open up all of the boxes on their route. and so they do that during daylight hours, and then they go back at night and they open up those boxes. >> that's probably the real prize, right. all right. thanks, melanie. >> well, if you have a story for melanie and the i-team, you can call this number on your screen 188840 i-team or go to abc7 news.com slash i-team. >> and we have new details about saturday's mountain lion attack

that killed one brother and badly injured another. today, a. today, the authorities identified the brothers as 21 year-old taylon brooks, an 18 year-old wyatt brooks, both of mount aukum in el dorado county. the brothers were searching for deer antler sheds when they encountered the mountain lion on a dirt road over the weekend. they did what experts advised tried to make noise, make themselves as big as possible, but the mountain lion still attacked. wyatt survived, but talon was killed while trying to protect his brother. el dorado county sheriff's deputies described taillon's bravery as truly an act of love. >> this was a heroic story of two brothers who grew up in nature, avid hunters. you never know when your last day is so just enjoy those that you're around with and just develop those. those strong bonds. >> the family issued a statement saying they're devastated. of course, by taillon's death. yet thankful wyatt survived. a

pursuit just ended with an overturned vehicle and four arrested in oakland. the chp took over the pursuit of this lexus suspected of robbing a lululemon in napa. they were followed through east bay streets, then the freeways. they crashed the car near lakeshore and beacon and hit another car. piles of clothing, mostly leggings, ended up in the road on both sides of the crash. there were four people in the car. none of them were injured. amazingly, all of them are now in police custody and they'll be charged with grand theft. crews have been cleaning up the aftermath and a tow truck arrivedd to flip this car back over. as you can see here and haul it away. >> a longtime san jose high school teacher has been arrested for raping and sexually assaulting a student more than 20 years ago. police say there were multiple assaults between 2002 and 2003, when the suspect taught at lee high school and worked as a track and field and football coach at los gatos high school. the investigation began. police arrested the teacher friday. the campbell union high

school district has placed the teacher on administrative leave, and the superintendent says the district is actively working with investigators. another san jose teacher has been arrested and booked on charges of annoying or molesting a student at ace empower academy. that's a school for students in fifth through eighth grades, the school administrators reported this after finding inappropriate notes on campus in mid december. police say the teacher also sent inappropriate texts to the student. >> it is very traumatic, it is scary and it is confusing, especially when you're dealing with someone who is a person of trust, someone you look up to. so we do want to let all survivors know that it is okay to come forward. >> the teacher claims there was never any physical contact. he has resigned and is no longer on campus. school officials tell abc seven news they, quote, are very concerned about this inappropriate contact and take allegations very seriously. >> a town hall meeting aimed at addressing health concerns related to incidents at martinez refinery refining company begins

in just a matter of minutes, congressmember mark desaulnier called the meeting to hear from residents personally affected by several incidents in recent years. martinez resident elena cruz is suing the refinery, claiming it's a public nuisance. >> it's concerning that it's getting worse and they're they're not really paying attention to what they're doing or they're not being, regulated correctly. >> this has gone on too long, and i'm afraid if we wait with our enforcement, somebody's going to die. several agencies are now investigating the refinery, including the county health department and the fbi. >> we reached out to pbf energy, the parent company of martinez refinery, but have yet to hear back. >> one week from today, fast food workers wages will go up to $20 an hour. that is a 25% increase from the state's current $16 minimum wage that took effect january 1st. >> the federal minimum wage 7.25 an hour, which has not changed since 2009. lawmakers proposals to raise the federal wage so far

have gone nowhere, but hundreds of thousands of fast food workers in california will soon see their minimum wage go up. >> business owners say costs will also increase for them and their customers. >> abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn is in the newsroom with a look at the impact of all of this. suzanne >> dan. ama. this new law will impact more than half a million fast food workers in the golden state. now supporters say it is a step in the right direction, but critics say it might hurt businesses. fast food places like in-n-out at fisherman's wharf in san francisco are often packed at lunch, according to a manager. there, workers wages start at $23 an hour, but it's not the same story at other places. at other fast food places, employees can be making 16, 17 or $18 an hour. now, a new california law will boost the minimum wage of fast food workers to $20 an hour starting april 1st. >> the minimum wage has been too low for too long, and it's a redistribution of wealth to the workers. >> you know, so they can have a

better standard of living. >> we're going to get more money, but on the other hand, everything's going to go up for, for, for everyone as well. >> so john logan is a professor of labor studies at san francisco state university. the new law will apply to large fast food corporations. >> it can afford to increase minimum wages for fast food workers in california to $20 an hour. >> logan says the minimum wage bump is needed. >> this is a start to improve the wages and also improve the working conditions in the industry. >> the new law may lead to more changes. >> it's also legislation that may act as a model for other states. >> alex johnson owns several locations of auntie anne's and cinnabon. >> i have, ten auntie anne's and cinnabon in the bay area, so five auntie anne's and five cinnabon. >> johnson says the new $20 minimum wage for fast food workers will hit his bottom line hard. >> that's going to impact us by an increase of $470,000 annually across those ten stores, johnson

says he may have to consider layoffs and closing some locations. >> he says there are other drawbacks. >> it means that we have to raise prices, which we don't want to do. >> and pizza hut reportedly laid off hundreds of delivery drivers, saying that it would count on gig workers for help. labor studies professor john logan does not know if the new law will result in job losses or fast food workers having their hours lowered again, he says. the fast food industry is a multi-billion dollar industry, and they can afford to pay higher wages. live in the newsroom suzanne vaughn, abc seven news. >> all right, suzanne, thanks very much. health care workers are also getting a boost in pay this year. governor newsom signed a bill last year that puts the state's 470,000 hospital workers on a path to a minimum wage of $25 an hour, depending on the type and size of the facility and the location. workers will earn a minimum of either 18, 21 or $24 an hour. for some, the minimum

wage will rise to $25 an hour by 2026, with a state mandated deadline of 2033. >> still to come, the ethics of ai as the us struggles to figure out regulations, california takes charge. how our state is paving the way. >> the golden gate bridge toll is going up again. how many, how much drivers will soon have to pay just to get across? >> i'm cornell barnard. have you seen them? hundreds of thousands of tiny jellyfish washing ashore on bay area beaches. we'll tell you why it's happening. >> i'm meteorologist sandyha patel. we're in a gusty pattern this evening. i'll let you know when the winds will relax and how long this dry pattern will last before rain moves back into the picture. when? chevy silverado with the turbomax engine and best-in-class standard torque. and the chevy silverado hd with up to 14 available camera views. do more in a chevy truck, get yours now.

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starting in july, most drivers will pay $10.25 to head into san francisco. the board that oversees the bridge approved the increase on friday. in addition to this year's hike. we'll see an increase every year for the next five years. the bridge district says that will help cover a projected $220 million deficit. >> a heads up for drivers in the east bay, the posey tube connecting alameda and oakland will be closed two nights this week for planned maienance. caltran will close the tube tomorrow and wednesday nights at ten. it will reopen the following mornings at 430. the sey tube will be open during the daytime, and the webster tube, which also connects alameda and oakland, will still be open. all right. >> with easter coming sunday,

easter egg hunts are on the line a lot of pressure on the weather department. >> i know sandy is trying to time everything just right. >> i am indeed ama and dan, but you know it's not in my hands. i'm trying to get the rain in and out of here before those egg hunts. let me show you a live picture right now. you probably have noticed it is brisk outside. here's a live view from mount tam where the clouds are just racing because the winds have been gusty coming off the ocean right now. sfo 26 miles an hour. novato 22 sustained at 24 miles an hour there in san francisco, here in the city that is it is gusty spring valley, 34 miles an hour with these winds hasn't been really warming up much. now as we go hour by hour, i want to show you the winds as 7:00 tonight. still going to be gusty, especially near the coast and over the higher terrain. 9 p.m, 20 to 25 mile an hour winds tomorrow morning starts off breezy coast side, but the rest of you get a break from the winds. and then they really pretty much stay light to maybe slightly breezy but not as windy

as today. it onshore winds certainly playing a role along with the system that came through over the weekend and early this morning and keeping the temperatures down. this is a san jose almanac. today's high was 63 degrees. the average is 67. so we're still a few degrees behind where we should be for this time of year. for the month, rainfall two and a third of an inch is what we typically see live doppler i should say what we've seen live doppler seven right now a few clouds around at this hour. but here's what's happening. high pressure is building in behind the system that brought us rain. and that's why we've had this northwesterly wind flow bringing the cooler upwelling along the coastline and bringing us the cooler air. now, rainfall this time around the southern and eastern part of our viewing area actually picked up more rain than the northern part. santa rosa, 6800 of an inch since friday night. livermore 9/10 san jose just over an inch. ben lowman close to two inches, about a half an inch in oakland. san francisco 6000/700 of an inch. rain. chances are going up the middle

of the week heading into the weekend, so as we look at a live picture for my east bay hills camera, here's a look at the temperatures mid 50s san francisco, oakland and san mateo san jose you're at 60 degrees from our exploratorium camera looking our roof camera. we are looking at coit towers, 62, in santa rosa. most of the rest of you in the 50s and sutro tower is a shaky view tonight. breezy to gusty tomorrow. mostly sunny and milder and starting wednesday wet pattern begins and it's going to be off and on. going into the weekend. so tonight at 7:00 grab a jacket. if you have things to do because it is cool out there. clouds will be around for parts of the bay area tomorrow morning and then tomorrow afternoon winds will ease, temperatures will rise. it'll be a little bit milder than where you were today. your morning numbers in the 30s and the 40s. tomorrow afternoon. it's going to be a nice day. a lot of sun, upper 50s to upper 60s. here comes the rain. it's a level one for wednesday. scattered showers, moderate in the evening and breezy at times. very spotty wednesday morning into early afternoon and then by evening. rainfall does pick up. it will

be moderate in pockets and then it's pretty much gone by early thursday, rainfall estimates anywhere from a few hundredths of an inch to a half an inch of rain. your accuweather seven day forecast dry tomorrow. it's a level one wednesday through saturday by easter. right now, i'm hoping that one of the models is right and it goes to nicer conditions for all those egg hunts down in ama, so look forward to that. >> thanks, andrea. >> all right. some strange looking sea creatures are washing up once again on bay area beaches. >> yeah, it's not rare, but it is always quite a sight. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard looks at how climate change may be, making the phenomenon more common. >> you could look at it as a work of art, but part of nature. >> natasha kimmel is amazed by what's washing ashore on rodeo beach in marin. tiny blue sea creatures, as far as you can see, i've never seen so many here on this beach. the weird looking organisms are cousins to jellyfish, but only about an

inch or two long. they're called velella velella, otherwise known as by the wind sailors. >> their name kind of gives away their mode of transportation for sure, so they have these little sails that stick up, and the wind and the, the currents of the ocean take them along their journey. >> melissa swease from aquarium of the bay in san francisco says, what's happening here is not uncommon, but is cool to see. >> well, i thought at first i go, wow, there's a lot of these things out here, more than i've ever seen. >> awanish mishra came from davis to check out the small, gelatinous creatures. >> i guess my concern is first, is this normal? >> literally millions of these organisms are washing ashore up and down the california coast. but the biggest question is why are they here? >> we've been seeing so many different changes in our weather patterns, be it from man made climate change or el nino patterns that are, historically naturally occurring. but both of those are definitely something at play. >> experts say for those lucky

enough to see these colonies washing ashore, it's best to look and not touch and keep pets away. to just nature doing its thing. >> i think it's great for people to be interested in that. you guys are doing a story on them to get people engaged and going out and, seeing nature and seeing it in all of its strange formats in marin county. >> cornell, bernard. abc seven news. >> fascinating. all right. red hot real estate. the bay area housing market is heating up just in time for spring. but what's good for sellers may not be so great for buyers. we'll explain

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the parent companies of google and facebook are facing new investigations by the european union. the eu says the tech giants may not be following a landmark new law focused on competition in the tech industry. they're focused on whether apple and alphabet overpromote their own apps and search results. meta is under investigation over its ad free subscription service. all three companies insist they're following the law. if the eu disagrees, however, they could be fined tens of billions of dollars. california lawmakers, meantime, are trying to figure out how to manage the wild west. that is, artificial intelligence . they're calling in researchers advising the european union to develop new regulations for ai. today, on getting answers, we

spoke with one of those advisors about what's on the table. exactly. uc berkeley lecturer david evan harris says adding watermarks to ai generated content could help people understand whether what they're looking at is actually real. >> i think california has a chance to also jump ahead by being the first state in the united states and really the first jurisdiction in the world to pass a strong law requiring these watermarks and provenance information be embedded in synthetic content. >> the eu has similar ai rules in the works, but harris says they won't be up and running on a timeline that california wants to see. >> a new report says san francisco's office vacancy rate is now at an all time high. the san francisco business times found the rate rose to 36.6% in the first quarter of 2024. that is up a full point from the fourth quarter of 2023, based on preliminary data from real estate services firm cbre. the business times says the numbers

have been steadily increasing since the start of the pandemic. on the plus side, the report says the amount of square footage prospective tenants are looking for is up. as for residential real estate, the bay area market is heating up this spring. houses are selling quickly once they are listed and prices are ticking up. as abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley explains, even bigger changes are coming this summer as changes in agent commissions will have an impact on buyers and sellers. >> very good. so it's going to be a big spring. >> it's going to be a big spring. it's going to be a big spring because it's already a big winter. >> the bay east association of realtors says a listed home is selling 25% faster than it did a year ago. homes in contra costa and alameda counties average only 23 days on the market right now, even though interest rates are higher than where they were two years ago, the pace of home sales is still really quick. >> homes are not sitting on the market. >> the median sales price in the east bay ticked up between january and february to around $1.2 million. there are big changes on the horizon after the

national association of realtors agreed to settle a major class action lawsuit on march 15th over the commission rates, real estate agents are paid starting this summer. real estate attorneys say more agents could be knocked out of the industry as commission becomes a more negotiable item. >> buyers and sellers really need to advocate for themselves and understand that they do not have to agree to a 6% commission or a 5% commission. there's plenty of other people who will take a lower commission and allow for a more affordable housing transaction to occur. >> even a small reduction in the commission rate could yield big savings. tens of thousands of dollars for sellers and buyers in the expensive bay area real estate market. >> with this settlement, it could accelerate the adoption of new business models. i've already seen a few, such as a flat fee service, tech driven brokerage firm is open bidding structures on homes and

increased transparency among consumers. >> you may see a type of, negotiation to smaller fees. and because i do believe that the agents are still very much so needed, it's a lot that's up in the air. and then also we're going to see how the mortgage industry, how they will support this as well. >> change is coming in the east bay. i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> a shortage not seen in decades. mental health professionals are hard to come by, especially since the pandemic. and research shows certain communities are really feeling the pinch. plus, we're addressing some of the symptoms of poverty and the causes of poverty. >> all through this program, a south bay bike shop is doing a whole lot more than giving people a lift. >> how? it's paving the way for people's future on the

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us. the community and needs skyrocketed. at the same time, we had more folks leaving just

because they were getting very burnt out. >> it's a serious problem plaguing the bay area. more people needing help with their mental health, and not enough professionals to go around to provide it. experts say. the situation is now really at a crisis level. that shortage of mental health professionals is affecting schools, hospitals and nonprofits all over the bay area. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena spoke to experts who say this is the worst shortage they've seen in decades. louis. >> that's right. mental health professionals are reaching a breaking point. experts were sounding the alarm before the pandemic, but now the need is even greater and the shortage is only increasing. the lack of mental health professionals is alarming. experts throughout the bay area, the most difficult workforce shortage that i've seen in 30 plus years in this field. david minera is a ceo of momentum for health. they serve more than 4000 individuals experiencing behavioral health challenges in

silicon valley every year. his team is seeing the challenges to attract and retain mental health professionals firsthand. >> it takes us a longer time to hire a licensed clinician in that extra time. that means the existing staff have to see more people. >> their data shows communities of color are experiencing the biggest shortage. what led to this? >> you know a lot of things. it's as we know, it's very difficult. i mean, it's a very high cost of living area. a lot of the graduate schools got smaller, so the pool just got smaller. and now you see with the baby boomers, they're all retiring. >> a report by the silicon valley institute for regional studies found that approximately 25% of students earning degrees in behavioral health plan to stay in santa clara county and another 25% say they may remain in the bay area. the biggest roadblock is the cost of living. >> what we need are higher competitive rates. we knew we had a problem before the pandemic. there were more

therapists and substance use counselors and psychiatrists and peer counselors that were retiring or leaving the profession. then we're coming into it. >> the shortage of mental health professionals is also impacting the legal system. we have clients who are spending sometimes months longer than they need to in mental health facilities. >> locked uh- psychiatric facilities and hospital wards because the doctors agree they could be safely in the community with adequate support. but there aren't the mental health professionals available to work with them. >> experts are now urging the government to intervene, turning their attention to this issue is that's how this gets solved, and the federal government is working on incentivizing future mental health professionals with loan payment programs and stipends for internships. if you go into the behavioral health system. but experts say that's still not enough. the need is great. luiz pena, abc seven news. >> remarkable how widespread the

impact of this is. absolutely. yeah. thanks so much. you can find help for mental health and other issues online. we put together a list of local resources at abc seven news.com/take action workers at seton medical center are taking part in a two day strike. >> more than 400 nursing assistants, housekeepers and medical technicians walked off the job this morning over concerns about their health care coverage. they say their current health care plan is unacceptable , claiming it costs them more and they can't find doctors who take the insurance. we should be able to be comfortable trying to get health care where we live, for our families, for our children. the hospital says the union's claim is false and the health care plan remains free for employees in the south bay. thousands of nurses nurses in santa clara county have set a date to strike after negotiations with the county have failed to lead to a new deal. abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey explains which services may be impacted and how the county is responding

. >> a santa clara county stalemate, contract negotiations have failed to lead to an agreement between the registered nurses professional association and the county. now, a strike looms. >> we will be withholding our labor from the county, our npa and the 4000 nurses who work at santa clara valley health care, hospitals and clinics say they're not close to a new deal. >> vise president maybelline cue says they're asking for the bare minimum. >> we're asking to be able to live in the community that we serve. we're asking to be able to have safe staffing for our nurses and our patients. and we're asking for the county to not do things that undermine patient safety. >> tentative agreements have been made on key terms, including workplace safety, but a sticking point is money. the problem is the county faces a $250 million structural deficit, and so county executive james williams says the best agreement is one that's fair to the other county employees and sustainable for community services. >> we care deeply about the health and success of our health system because of what it does for our community. that's why

the county has offered and continues to offer highly competitive compensation and benefits. >> if the nurses strike, it may impact primary care and clinics, resulting in postponements. but the county will spend $20 million to keep essential services running with temporary staff should a strike occur. >> that is our top priority to ensure continued access to absolutely essential health care services and we're taking all appropriate steps to ensure that those services will continue uninterrupted. >> the nurses say they don't take a strike lightly. they just want what's best for the community they serve. >> we're having to work in conditions where we're being kicked at, spit at, bid at, had thrown things, had things thrown at us all while we're trying to take care of you and nurse you back to health. and we need your help to be able to tell the county to do what's right without a deal. >> the three day strike will begin on tuesday, april 2nd in santa clara county. dustin

dawsey abc seven news. >> happening tomorrow, the united states supreme court will hear arguments over a medication used to end pregnancies. mifepristone is the so-called abortion pill. abortion opponents want the court to ratify a lower court ruling that would limit access to this medication. that's after an fda decision to relax restrictions on access to the drug. >> if you can challenge drug approvals years or even decades after the fact, by asking judges to sort of second guess the evidence that regulators have meticulously reviewed, that sets a pretty important precedent. >> some walgreens and cvs locations started dispensing mifepristone this month. abortion rights advocates want to keep that expand access. the pill has 23 years of safe and effective use, experts tell us. medication based abortions make up for more than half of all abortions in the nation. >> boeing's president and ceo is planning to step down following months of high profile incidents involving boeing jets. dave calhoun will continue in his

position through the end of 2024 to complete the critical work underway to stabilize and position the company for the future. in a message to employees, he writes, it has been the greatest privilege of my life to serve boeing. he also says alaska airlines door plug that blow out in january was a watershed moment for the company, he says. we will remain squarely focused on completing the work we have done together to return our company to stability after the extraordinary challenges of the past five years, with safety and quality at the forefront of everything that we do. also announced today the ceo of boeing commercial airplanes business is leaving immediately after 38 years with the company and the chairman of the board is also stepping down. >> still to come here, bicycles are doing more than just giving some south bay people a ride. how two wheels are also giving them hope and paving the way for their future. we'll explain

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who are doing their part to build a better bay area. today that story is about a nonprofit in the south bay that's helping people get a new chance to stand on their own and earn a living wage. and now, thanks to help

from another organization, they are on their way to expanding the program. >> abc seven news reporter zach fuentes has more on their work and how it is transforming lives . >> the main work area is here. >> incredible things are happening in the south bay thanks to work that starts right here in this san jose bike shop. it's the home base of community cycles of california, founded by cindy and colin bruce in 2017. >> we wanted to help people to address the cause of why they're in the situation they're in. it's not just about being poor. it's not just about having barriers to work. it's about addressing why people are in those situations and what can we do to help the whole person through the program, participants are paid while gaining employment skills that can earn them a living wage job. >> the goal is that in five years, it can be offered the majority of the subsidies they might be dependent on. >> we are a bike shop, so because of that, they will be learning skills that you have in a bike shop. so there's customer service, there's retail warehouse and inventory, bike

mechanics, but there's a lot more there is social emotional wellness. >> the program is already changed lives. >> it's a program that works. i went through it and i'm super blessed where i'm at now. >> carmen ayala is a former foster youth. she wanted to gain skills to work in an office setting. through the program, she got experience working both in the bike shop and the office. >> they made me feel confident that i could do this, that, i could help the community as well. i can make a change and my background does not define me. >> today she works in the earn a bike program at community cycles, helping community volunteers get free bicycles. though the organization's workforce development pilot program has been successful, the hope has always been to expand the six month program into a permanent, year long program. they just got a $20,000 grant from the cupertino rotary to help them do that. >> it's going to allow us to build out the classroom and build out the workshop to where we can continue to use use the shop to educate and give experience with more goals to achieve, the program said it can

always use help from the community, whether that's donating or purchasing bikes. >> to find out more, you can head to community cycles coorg in san jose. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> driving into the future with new fuel technology how one of honda's most popular suvs is setting the gold standard for a lower carbon footprint. >> and it's a sunny start to the workweek. but rain will soon return. we'll check back in with sandhya for a look at when the wet weather will roll in. and will it be out o

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today, wall street tapped the brakes following its big run last week, which was its best of the year. all three indices reached records on thursday. today they gave back some of those gains. the dow dropped 162 points, closing at 39,313. the nasdaq closed down 44. the s&p 500 ended the day nearly 16 points lower. >> people in california could be the first to drive a different kind of hybrid car, one that only sends out water vapor instead of planet warming gases. honda says it has a new version

of a crv that uses hydrogen fuel cell and an electric battery. the battery works for short trips only 29 miles longer trips can be powered by the hydrogen fuel cell. >> basically, the hydrogen you put hydrogen in the vehicle, it gets combined with oxygen in the air to make water and then that process also creates energy. and that energy is used to power the electric motors in the vehicle. >> pricing details for this car are not yet out. the bigger challenge may be finding places to fuel up. analysts say there are only 55 hydrogen stations across california right now. >> two big lottery drawings are happening this week. first, the huge powerball jackpot now stands at $800 million with a lump sum value of almost $385 million. you can still pick up tickets before tonight's drawing just before 8 p.m. if you miss that one. tomorrow night's mega millions drawing is for $1.1 billion. not bad right? that's a

lump sum value of almost $526 million. >> i've thought a lot about it. >> i'm taking the lump sum. >> i'm just going to go. >> that's the way to go. >> all right. let's talk a little bit about the weather. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here. sandhya. >> yeah. i don't blame dan for wanting to take the lump sum. all right, let's take a look at the winds right now. good luck. dan. right now. 31 miles an hour. mount diablo, spring valley, 31 miles an hour. that onshore breeze keeping it on the cool side outside, but also blowing all that tree pollen around. oak, juniper, ash and alder are your main culprits. so if you're suffering from allergies, that's why a beautiful view right now from oakland airport. camera. if you are stepping out 7:00 tonight, gusty winds. mostly cloudy between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. breezy along the coast, but for the rest of you, the winds will die down. and 7 a.m. it starts out partly cloudy. we do have some clouds on live doppler seven, but it is dry right now and tomorrow afternoon you get a chance to enjoy the sun milder weather, upper 50s to the upper 60s. a stronger storms coming in

late in the week. the workweek that is between friday and saturday. now this computer model wants to pull the storm out of here. by the time we head into easter. but the other computer model is holding on to some showers. stay tuned. accuweather seven day forecast. enjoy tomorrow we do have a level one wednesday through saturday, ama and dan. >> the models are disagreeing again. >> absolutely happens. >> thanks, andy. >> all right larry bill a lot of sports tonight. yeah the warriors well brother warriors who are they going to miss the postseason entirely trouble for steve and steph. >> plus play ball. giants and a's getting ready for opening day. they're playing each other tonight. and it's looking like

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is. good evening. ready for baseball? giants and a's open the 2024 season this thursday. but tonight playing each other in oakland. game one of the bay bridge series with the giants hosting at oracle tomorrow night, manager mark kotsay says his goal is to get the a's to 500 this season. modest uh- while former ace. i mean, that's just the way it is. the former a's manager bob melvin, begins his first season as the giants skipper. he is looking pretty loose, got the secret handshakes going there and tomorrow will be the last time we see pablo sandoval in a giants uniform. abc seven's chris alvarez joining us live from oakland.

now where the two managers are getting reacquainted. hi, chris. >> hey, larry. a lot of crossover between these two teams. you mentioned it right there. a lot of former giants are now a's j.d. davis, alex wood, to name a few. and some former longtime a's are now giants bob melvin. the former longtime manager now with the giants, and matt chapman, now manning third base for san francisco pregame mark kotsay told a fun little story about bob melvin and his intensity towards this bay bridge series. >> well, i didn't know if he wanted to talk to our team today because every time he talked to our team when he was the manager of the a's, it was like, we're going to go beat the giants. we're going to beat them today. all right. don't care if it's an exhibition game. so, but no, it's great. i mean, like you said, he uh- full circle for him. and, i know he's super excited about having that opportunity. >> probably similar, but, you know, you just you're very aware that that everybody in the bay here is watching these games. so it means something to me, especially for the people that you know, from our from around here. but i have not given a

speech to these guys yet about the bay bridge series. we'll see what we'll see what the regular season looks like. >> now, bob melvin did say pablo sandoval will play tomorrow. didn't say in what capacity as to whether he will pitch. probably not likely that he's in a pitch. it's also likely he won't make the team. but pablo said he's willing to go down to triple-a and give it a go to try and get back here on the baseball field. larry, as far as the fans go, security expecting 9000, i would say there's under 1000 at first pitch by my counting of my fingers. it's unfortunate to see what's happening here in oakland tonight, oracle park, probably a much different story for panda. panda hats will be at oracle, but it's just really sad to see what's going on here tonight. plenty of good seats still available at the coliseum. yeah, unfortunately. >> chris, you're going to be able to once the regular season begins to count on your fingers and toes, attendance in oakland because of what ownership has done. anyway, enjoy the game tonight. appreciate it. meanwhile, dodgers superstar shohei ohtani, faced the media with a new interpreter this time issued a lengthy statement, did not take any questions as ohtani

has denied ever placing bets on sports, insisting he was a fraud victim with millions stolen by his former interpreter. >> so i never bet on baseball or any other sports, or never have asked somebody to do it on my behalf, and i have never, went through a bookmaker, to bet on sports. >> also, the warriors, they're in deep trouble. they're barely hanging on to the 10th and final play in spot in the west. they could miss the postseason entirely. warriors on a five game road trip, leaking oil as we speak. steph curry was on the bench for a key two minute stretch in the fourth quarter last night. that prompted questions about why steve kerr played him only 30 minutes. the bigger problem for the warriors is defense. they give up so many wide open threes. the t-wolves hit 21 last night, a 114 110 warriors loss. that leaves them just a game up on the rockets for the final play in berth. >> we can't expect to just ride

steph game after game after game. you know these last few weeks have been really tough on him. we've we've put the burden of this franchise on his shoulders for 15 years. >> every game matters. you know we're inching closer to the other end of the standings that we never thought we'd be in. nobody's going to wave the white flag and say, you know, you're you're mailing it in. and if that means playing more minutes and i'll be ready to do that, i'm sure steph's ready to go. >> but they got problems. abc seven sports, sponsored by your northern california. we've got a lot of dealers. they have talent, but they need a secondary scorer because all the pressure is on staff and nobody's really stepping up. by the way, congrats to kyle smith, new stanford head basketball coach. he will do well there. great. thanks larry. yeah. all right. >> and thank you for joining us i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley for sandhya patel larry bill all of us here. >> we appreciate your time. have a nice evening and we'll see you again on friday.

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