the iconic builder, but is now up for sale. good afternoon and thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil and i'm kristen sze. >> we'll have more on those stories in just a few minutes. but we begin in the south bay with this winter like storm check out this rain coming down just a short time ago. the storm really heavy at times in san francisco. >> the headlights were on. so were the windshield wipers. this was the scene today near california and park presidio in the north bay. >> it was both rain and wind. this video was shot just a few hours ago in sonoma county. >> all right, let's take a live look outside. right now. you can see it's raining all over the place throughout the bay area. the question is, how long will it last? especially with sunday. sunday morning on the calendar. >> i know who's got the answer. abc seven news meteorologist sandyha patel is here with the forecast. hey, sandy. hi there. >> yeah, and kristen and larry, we're heading into this holiday weekend with wet, windy weather and the possibility of thunderstorms as we look at live doppler seven, notice the focus of the heaviest rain is in the

southern part of our viewing area. but i want to turn your attention to the thunderstorms that have developed near the big sur coastline. a severe thunderstorm warning was issued a short time ago. there was potential for tornadoes. waterspouts. i'm going to show you the south bay now. street level radar. seeing the downpours across san jose, parts of the peninsula into the east bay, seeing light to moderate showers and you will notice some heavier rain falling around clayton area. this is really going to continue. flood advisories have already been issued. they remain up through this evening. gusty winds right now 28 miles an hour at oakland as you will notice even stronger winds. oakland hills 41, mount eminem 42. we do have a wind advisory until 5 a.m. tomorrow. 45 to 50 plus mile an hour winds could take down trees and cause a few outages. it is a level two storm. the low is still spinning off the coastline, so we're keeping the possibility of thunder in the forecast as we go. hour by hour, we're going to continue to see waves of showers and thunderstorms are certainly

possible going into your saturday. so it's a two, as i mentioned through tonight, rain, downpours at times, strong gusty winds, potential for thunder and hail. a shaky view from san rafael. camera with the raindrops falling right now. i'll be back with a full look at your holiday weekend forecast. coming right up. larry. kristen >> all right. thank you sandhya. >> now to the north bay and abc7 news reporter cornell bernard, who is live in san rafael with the damp details. >> hi, cornell. >> yeah. hey. larry and kristen. yeah. super damp right now. and uh- calendar says spring. of course, but winter. not done with us yet. and it looks like a lot of people are out trying to manage all of this rain. one of the good things it is delaying the start of fire. season two. >> the rain is good, but it's too much of rain. >> a dba from novato is ready for spring, but she's feeling winter vibes instead. wet and cold.

>> yeah, i was thinking it wasn't going to be raining all the other days. we have been having a beautiful days, but today it's a rainy day and it's a nonstop rain in san rafael. >> this tree crew is busy removing a tall cypress, the oh so delicate job made even more challenging by the storm. >> yes, it's more difficult. it just required us. requires us to be more safe. we. so we have to take it a little bit slower. >> by midday, winds were gusting in santa rosa and driving required caution and slow speeds. the fire department expects trees to topple before the storm is out of here. >> with the rains are coming, the potential for strong, gusty winds as well as thunderstorms uh- a little unusual to have something of this magnitude this late in the season, but it's good for our reservoir, sonoma water says lake sonoma and lake mendocino reservoirs are both nearing capacity after winter rains, but there's still enough room to handle rainfall from this storm. >> both reservoirs have plenty of space for this next storm to come through, and what's really

nice is that they are above the water supply pool. definitely holding some extra water. so as we get an end to the rainy season and into these dry, warm summer months when water use tends to tick up, we've got plenty of water. >> too early to talk about the 2024 fire season. firefighters say right now fire danger is low and could remain that way into april and may, thanks to all the moisture, will hopefully help push back some of the fire risk that we typically see. >> uh- uh- late spring early summer. >> yeah, really good news for firefighters. long terme moisture levels among grasses and brush will remain high for quite some time, i think, and for now it is raining. roads are slippery so be careful. oh, and by the way, train is coming to. we're live in san rafael. cornell, bernard. abc seven news. >> all right. thank you. cornell, you can track the rain throughout the weekend with the abc seven bay area apps. get the

latest forecast and look at the same live doppler seven radar that sandhya and the weather team uses. all you have to do is search abc seven, bay area in your device's app store, and you can download it now. >> governor newsom today added or announced that he is adding almost 500 more cameras to the east bay. the plan builds on the recent chp surge, but for some community advocate groups, it's raising issues over a growing state surveillance system. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan with details. >> fighting crime is going high tech by installing 480 cameras in oakland and along east bay freeways, which will aid and support the efforts of law enforcement to focus on stolen vehicles. >> this is proven technology. >> governor gavin newsom made the announcement friday morning. he says the camera network will allow opd and the chp to get real time alerts for vehicles linked to crime or investigate after the fact. >> more and more cities are seeing that crime is one of those problems that's incredibly hard to solve. and what they're missing is evidence.

>> josh thomas is with flock safety, which is installing the cameras likely by the summer. 290 cameras in oakland, 190 along the highways in the east bay. he says on average, each camera will cost about $3,500 to operate annually. >> the nice part about it is the city of hercules. you come into the city and as you go out, your license plate is being read. >> hercules mayor dan romero says the city has been using flock license plate readers for more than five years. he says it has proven to be an effective tool for law enforcement. >> we're looking basically for felons. we're not looking for outdated registrations. we're looking for another agency might be looking for somebody with an outstanding, warrant or bail, or they never showed up to court. >> but these new cameras will get a snapshot of the entire back of the vehicle that's raising privacy concerns. thomas says state law provides safeguards against how the data is used. >> this is not data that's being collected into a big database

someplace. it is permanently deleted every 30 days on a rolling basis. moreover, there's no biometric. >> we've seen no data from newsom or anyone else that suggests that putting these cameras on our highway are going to reduce the rates of violence in our city, right. the primary problem people are facing here in the city of oakland is the homicide rate. >> james burgess, with the anti-police terror project among his concerns that his surveillance system is being built, one that will likely target communities of color. >> we're creating a very dangerous and concerning surveillance infrastructure here without any thought about the potential consequences. >> in oakland, anser hassan abc seven news. >> san francisco mayoral candidate mark farrell wants to deploy armed national guard troops to the tenderloin in south of market neighborhoods. the former city supervisor believes this move would help the city battle the ongoing drug crisis. farrell said if he's elected in november, he would declare a state of emergency for that same reason. >> in the south bay, police in sunnyvale are revealing. video

the moment an officer shot and killed a man. the incident happened saturday at a mobile home park on vienna drive. this morning, the department released dash cam video of the confrontation for i'm telling you, stop right now, i'm going to shoot you. >> if you don't stop. >> the video shows the suspect ignoring several commands from officers to drop a knife he was carrying. it ends with him running at the officer and then the officer opening fire. 19 year old emmanuel perez. sara later died at the hospital. police say it was sara who made the 911 call that led officers to the area. two of the officers involved in the shooting are on leave from the department pending an investigation. police responding to a welfare check in san jose got to a shootout with a man in his driveway. it happened before sunrise, after a man, a family member, called 911 to report that the man was deeply depressed and had a gun. police say the man shot at a police drone and then at

officers. police then started shooting at the man. nobody was injured and the man was eventually arrested. this was the first shooting by san jose police officer. this year. >> a dramatic scene along the coast of point reyes yesterday as rescue crews dangled from a helicopter to reach a boat that had crashed onto the rocks. we have video from the sonoma county sheriff's department as a paramedic and a tactical flight officer were lowered down onto the boat near chimney rock beach. what they found was a dead man inside and the cause of death has not yet been determined. the operation was difficult because the boat was lopsided from the waves, continually smashing it onto the rocky coastline. >> city leaders have revealed plans for development that will bring more housing and businesses to oakland. the project is set to break ground in the next few months near the lake merritt bart station. this is what the completed project would look like. it includes more than 500 housing units, 200 designated as affordable housing. the development will

also include office and retail space. the first phase will begin with construction of a senior affordable housing building, which will replace the bart station parking lot. >> you could soon see a change on your utility bill. the california public utilities commission is proposing to charge a fixed rate of $24. lower income customers would pay less that fee will allow companies like pg and e to reduce prices and help utilities cover basic costs, critics warn. fixed rates could lead to even higher utility bills for homes with fewer electric appliances. >> it's official a marin county child care center that was tagged for closure is staying open. this week, the board of the ross valley school district approved the sale of the fairfax san anselmo children's center. it was going to evict the center because repairing the building was too expensive. but after the community protested, the district sold the center to siderman legacy children's fund. the center, which opened 50 years ago, can continue operating while it raises funds to make building repairs.

>> coming up on abc seven news at 4:00, protesters try to storm a u.s. naval ship in the bay. we'll show you what happened. a centuries old law that could prove to be costly for survivors of the baltimore bridge collapse. and inside a bay area home owned by the man

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the santa cruz beach and boardwalk area. raindrops coming down on the lens and you see all that green and yellow and red on live doppler seven. we'll have a full forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >> the usns harvey milk is in san francisco bay for the first time. speaker emeritus nancy pelosi and mayor london breed welcome the ship today. >> pro-palestinian protesters were also there. abc seven news reporter ryan curry has the details. >> 800ft long and full of state of the art equipment, this ship plays a vital role for the navy. it's a replenishment oiler capable of delivering fuel, water and food to other navy vessels around the world. and it's named after a san francisco icon and gay rights pioneer. >> you see this big ship that says harvey milk on it. >> speaker emeritus nancy pelosi joined mayor london breed and high ranking naval officers to welcome the ship to san francisco for the first time. she says these ships are usually named after civil rights icons like milk, who served in the

navy. >> what the u.s. navy ship harvey milk is, is that we celebrate this community that we did not used to celebrate before. >> it's built to last for the next 40 years, given its name, mayor breed said it almost feels like the ship is coming home. it also represents some of the most important values san francisco prides itself on inclusion, diversity and representation and now, outside the gates, a demonstration by protesters concerned this ship may be heading to deliver supplies to israel. >> the bay area says enough is enough. our elected officials need to stand on the right side of history. they need to stand with their constituents. >> police arrested more than a dozen of them for storming through the gates and locking themselves to the stairs of the ship. speaker emeritus pelosi says this ship is not headed for the middle east at this time. do you know if the ship is on its way to the middle east? and what is your message to those protesters who don't want that to happen? no, it's not a it's not up to us to set the son

ships. >> but that's not what is happening right now. right now it's on its way to norfolk, virginia. >> the protesters claim the government is not pushing hard enough for a ceasefire or doing enough to help starving people in gaza. pelosi says the decision to send aid is stuck along party lines. >> the president is trying very hard in the congress to get the humanitarian assistance for the for the people in gaza, and that is being held up by the other side of the aisle, she says. >> the ship will convey a message of equality around the world in san francisco. ryan curry, abc seven news. >> governor newsom is asking californians to remember vietnam war veterans. newsom has proclaimed tomorrow, march 30th, as welcome home vietnam veterans day. saturday is the 51st anniversary of when the last u.s. troops returned from the war, and many were shunned when they came home because of a strong antiwar sentiment. 58,000

u.s. service members died in the vietnam war, including 5800 from california. >> bad news if you're a fan of local dungeness crab, crab season is coming to an early end this year. that's after starting nearly two months late. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez has more on the impact to local crabbers in half moon bay. >> while some continue buying crab in half moon bay, the season will end early to protect whales. crab season also started late this year. barry day has been fishing here since 2007, but of course it's bad because that's it for the year. >> until we start crab again. because traditionally along this coast it's been crab. then you move to salmon, then you go to crab and salmon. but now without salmon and the crab being a shortened season, the california department of fish and wildlife announcing the dungeness fishing crab season is ending on april 8th, and we're starting to see

increasing numbers of humpbacks arriving on our coast. >> and we want to minimize the potential for them to become entangled in dutchess crab fishing gear. >> a majority of the crab, almost 90% of the crab, are landed within the first 6 to 8 weeks of the season, regardless of when it does open and when it does close. so a bulk of the landings have already occurred. >> the smaller boats will keep fishing because there's income there. the price goes up for the crab at the hoist. yeah and there's still an industry there where people can survive. yeah, but that's gone. >> some of these crab pots would be in the water right now. but with the season ending early and with this bad weather, some have decided to bring them in early in half moon bay. gloria rodriguez abc seven news a difficult situation with the season ending so early. >> i know financially it is. yeah, it's impacted so many people. yeah. all right. did you

see gloria holding her umbrella? keep a close. >> there's a lot of people holding umbrellas, and it looks like we're going to need them through the weekend. sandy. >> yeah, at least for the first half of the weekend. and then the second half could be isolated. larry and kristen, i want to show you a live picture right now from zephyr cove where it's hard to see. visibility is poor, but the good news is it is snowing. statewide, snowpack is at 104% of average. you can see that snow falling right now in the tahoe blue canyon area. winter storm warning in effect until 5 p.m. sunday. up to two feet for the peaks. gusts to 50 miles an hour means difficult travel conditions. i want to turn your attention to our local radar because we are starting to see some lightning strikes just west northwest of santa rosa, so yes, thunderstorms are possible. as we show you our local radar, i want to zoom in to where it is coming down heavy rain falling from santo alum rock area, tully road, evergreen right now, steady rain and really light to moderate showers from ralston avenue and belmont to redwood city heading into

castro valley. 580 also lighter showers around novato. marinwood san rafael widening the picture here. the area of low pressure pretty intense for this time of year, is spinning off the coastline, and we are seeing thunderstorms near big sur coast as well. this trough is going to continue skirting the coast as it heads towards southern california, but this is all unstable air and that means we have the potential to see some thunderstorms. and it is gusty right now in the oakland hills, 41 miles an hour. 48 mount eminem temperatures right now in the 40s and the 50s doesn't really feel like spring out there. a live view from our kgo roof camera and it is a wet, windy view tonight. gusty wet thunder chance tomorrow. showers you'll see some sun breaks and the possibility of thunderstorms . now on easter it's going to be a sun clouds mix but i'm keeping in isolated. chance of showers through tonight. we'll go with a level two. rain downpours at times strong gusty winds and the potential is there for thunder and hail as we show you the

winds. they're going to continue to come out of the south southeast. 5:00 tonight over 2030 miles an hour. as we head into the evening, the winds begin to dial back later on tonight. it's still going to be breezy tomorrow, but not nearly as windy as today. now the winds are going to be stronger over the higher terrain as we've been seeing 45 mile an hour wind gusts at times as well. 50 miles an hour is possible 4:00, which is right now. we have the showers as we head into 7 p.m. scattered showers continuing tomorrow morning. this trend carries over and it continues into the evening as you will notice, so make sure you have your rain gear handy sunday morning. the models want to bring in some wrap around moisture. could see an isolated shower or two. that's the case. again sunday evening, but it is not going to be a washout for easter. so if you do have outdoor activities, don't worry about it. just make sure you're prepared. now. rainfall anywhere from a third of an inch to about just over an inch. morning temperatures will look like this in the 40s. for most of you, it is going to be a chilly one tomorrow afternoon. a little bit

milder as we see some sun breaks, breezy and scattered showers with the potential for thunder. 50s and 60s. accuweather 70 forecast. it's a one for tomorrow. isolated shower chance can't be ruled out on easter, and as we start off a new month, april 1st is monday. the pattern is changing in a big way. you know, this is the kind of weather larry's been waiting for and complaining about. kristen. so 70 monday through wednesday just for him. and then thursday. >> friday will cool it back off just for him. can the rest of us enjoy him too? >> absolutely. but you know, he's the one who's most vocal about it. christmas. >> oh yeah. yeah. >> how about on april 1st? i do the weather and you do the sports. >> that would be comical, right? >> i mean, april fools day. >> i mean, there's like, no weather, so it's okay. oh i love it. >> yeah. all right, all right. thank you, thank you, thank you, both of you. the boss in the bay . >> yeah. kristen still here, the abc seven connection to bruce springsteen and the princesses bringing the power to bay area studen

see the freeway, especially heading south. really slow right now in part because, well, it's friday, but also it is so wet out there. very slippery. >> be careful. yeah, a lot of ponding. drive slowly. one of the country's most accomplished actors has died. louis gossett

junior was the first black man to win an oscar for supporting actor. his career spanned more than just movies. gossett was in the original broadway production of a raisin in the sun. he won an emmy for the 1977 tv miniseries roots, later won an oscar and a golden globe for his work in an officer and a gentleman. gossett also founded an anti-racism nonprofit organization. he was 87 years old. bruce springsteen and the e street band performed the first of two shows at chase center last night. >> a member of the band is a cousin of our own, lyanne melendez. earlier on midday live, leanne got a chance to talk to her cousin, trombone player ozzie melendez, about the boss. we had on the trombone primo, welcome to san francisco show. >> hey. >> thank you. how are you? great >> so tell us something about the boss that we wouldn't necessarily know. >> he's just a great, great, great human being. he really is. he's fantastic. i'll tell you,

one of the first shows i did, i joined the band last year and one of the first shows we did, i can remember i was a little nervous playing with the boss, and i'm up on stage and we're playing hungry heart and he's right next to me and he just taps me while we're in the middle of the song, he just taps me on my shoulder as if to say, it's okay, welcome. and from then on, i, you know, i felt really good. the organization is really, made me part of this family and i really appreciate them. he's amazing. he's just amazing. >> and this is video from last night's show. the whole thing was amazing. ozzy and bruce and the rest of the e street band played their second show sunday night. can you believe that? >> what a great opportunity. yeah, absolutely awesome. >> lance got musical talent to the piano. >> oh, really? >> yeah. well, the whole family is gifted. all right, still ahead, the latest on the efforts to remove that collapsed bridge in baltimore and the obscure and ancient maritime law that gives ships a lot of power and a lack of responsibility. and later we take you inside an iconic home.

it's the former home of joseph eichler, the developer behind thousands of northern california homes

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task. sitting on top of it right now are millions of pounds of steel from that collapsed bridge. the devastation from the collapse of the francis scott key bridge has closed. the port of baltimore for days. at the crash site, crews starting the painstaking work to reopen the waterway. >> step one of that is we're going to clear the debris from the channel, step two is we're going to remove the vessel. >> the navy dispatching for giant cranes to the scene, hoping to refloat the cargo ship dolly. officials say it's a complex task. >> we have to get that section of bridge that is resting on the front of that vessel, off of the vessel. >> that section weighs more than 9 million pounds and will need to be cut into pieces before it's lifted off the ship, according to the army corps of engineers, which escorted abc news around the wreckage. sonar equipment helps them see underneath it, inspecting the damaged bridge and looking for debris. efforts to find the four construction workers, whose remains are still unaccounted for, are complicated today by hazardous materials, according to the coast guard. the chemicals are believed to be soaps and perfumes, not an

environmental threat, but because of sheen found on the waterway. dive operations and vehicle recovery are on pause. maryland governor westmore giving an update this afternoon on this good friday to go out there and to see it up close, you realize just how daunting a task this is. >> and every time you take action to move a piece of wreckage, you understand that that requires you to reassess the situation. >> one of the massive cranes that's here right now is the chesapeake 1000, which can lift more than 2 million pounds at a time. it will be a round the clock expense and time consuming effort to clear this wreckage and reopen this crucial port. christiane cordero abc news, baltimore well, it's difficult to predict all of the legal fallout from the baltimore disaster. >> lawyers here say there are clues. >> yeah, amazingly enough, those clues come from when most commercial ships were actually powered by sales. so we're going back many years here. abc seven news anchor julian glover has the details, and she sits over in aquatic park right now.

>> attorney john hillsman has spent a legal lifetime learning about ships, boats and nearly anything that floats. and he's seen his fair share of disasters , including representing bay area fishermen in the cosco busan oil spill on san francisco bay. but he says charting a legal course often begins with untangling an obscure maritime law that stretches back more than a century. >> the ship owners limitation liability act literally dates from gothic medieval concepts, but it was enacted in the united states in 1851. the same month that moby dick was first published. >> that's right, that moby dick and like the famous novel it is a twisted tale, hilsman says the law was originally intended to encourage investment in american clipper ships, shielding owners from maritime disasters. in most cases, it limits liability to the value of the vessel and its freight. for the payout, the owners are allowed to wrap all of the claims against them into a single case and ship it to a

special maritime court, where it's heard by a judge, but no jury. where the court says you, the claimants have until they'll pick a date july 1st, 2024 to file any claims you may have against the owners of the dolly. >> this vessel in my courtroom, if you don't file, if you don't make that deadline, you can potentially lose your claim forever. >> in the infamous sinking of the titanic, all that was left were the lifeboats. and even after negotiations, the reported settlement averaged just $430 for each of the 1500 victims. and while the recent disasters like the deadly conception fire off santa barbara have sparked calls to rework that law, it still shapes many maritime cases today. but hilsman says there are other strategies left in incidents like the baltimore disaster. >> the plaintiffs in that situation will be looking for other people to sue. they'll probably try to go after the coast guard for certifying the vessel as safe. they may well go

after the state seeking defects in the bridge design. >> and like the massive exxon valdez oil spill, lawyers might try to prove the owners knew about the problems with their ship or its crew members ahead of time. but with deaths involved, hilsman believes many companies and their insurers want to avoid the lasting stigma of a court fight and will choose to negotiate with victims families instead. >> then i think very quickly they'll be negotiating with the families to get them out of the picture as quickly as possible. >> but the broader damages are expected to be massive and with estimates being floated in the billions, there's a chance that a century and a half of maritime legal history could once again repeat itself. julian glover, abc seven news and while the liability act was meant to boost american shipping, the fact is just a small percentage of modern commercial vessels are actually u.s. owned, meaning the protections would more often benefit foreign companies. >> the epa has set stricter

emissions for heavy duty trucks, busses and other large vehicles. this is an effort to clean up some of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions. the new rules will take effect for model years 2027 through 2032, and will eliminate up to a billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the next three decades. >> coming up, going on vacation how about one without any stress at all? does that exist? i don't think so. and pop tarts, the

are in one place. let's take a rollcall. kim, khloe, kourtney, kris, kendall, and kylie? so here. present. where are we? calabasas? we're on hulu. we're on hulu on disney+. hulu on disney+. available with disney bundle.

and luiz and sandia join us today. the answer is a game show that's turning 60. >> jeopardy >> jeopardy is turning 60 tomorrow. the long running game show made its debut on march 30th, 1964. to celebrate, sony pictures is rolling out a year of festivities, including new ways to be a contestant on the show. jeopardy! was created by san mateo native merv griffin, who also created wheel of fortune. wow 60 so cool. iconic tradition. i still enjoy the show. who likes it? i like it. >> i got a chance to watch my family and i watch it, but that

doesn't mean i'm good at it, right? i can never form things in the, you know, way of a question. >> like, that's not my natural instinct. so i don't know. >> i love that it's been able to transcend generations. like, for example, larry wasn't even alive when they first aired, right? yeah. >> yeah, exactly. exactly barely. it's nice. nice to see you lose. right. >> she's picking up where spencer left off. >> yeah, i was, yeah, i was, i was maybe in a crib or something , i don't know. anyway, any congratulations. any show that lasts 60 years. i mean, weather, radio, tv, whatever. i mean, that's incredible. legacy. >> they got something down right ? >> yeah, a new members only club in san francisco has a new twist on who can get in. it's called the bank at amador. or maybe they would prefer that i set the bank at amador, it'll be inside the old bank of italy building on montgomery street. it'll cost $50 a month. according to the website, membership is based on the quality of the individual christian and their

contributions to our community, not wealth, status or your job title. so there's that. you know , i looked at the website, i was surprised they have like bar food and they have a bar. but no, like, you can't you can't go there for dinner. but $50 a month for a place to hang out is pretty reasonable. who's up for that? >> i actually was looking into it and then i thought it was interesting how on their website also, they have a limit of how many people can actually be members. and they said they're reaching that limit and you're going to have to be part of a waitlist. and i was like, oh my gosh, that's pretty insane. yeah. and then in 2017, they did have kind of like the same thing, right? but they were charging people between 1000 to $3000 per membership. so well, 50 bucks is. >> well, you know, i don't know if it was groucho marx who said that somebody said this, that i don't want to be a part of any club that will have me. >> well, it's just not that exclusive. >> well, the quality of individual clause could be a problem for some christian. >> yeah, i'm interesting. i'll be at the door looking in. hi, luz. hi, sandhya.

>> i'll hand you a drink. yeah. you know, outside. >> okay, it may not be your dream vacation, but how about a virtual vacation? tomorrow is national virtual vacation day. and that trip to paris can be yours without leaving home. the idea is to visit places with virtual reality apps, or take an immersive trip with a virtual reality headset, just another way to get away from it all without the stress of traveling. you guys, this is something apple or one of those like, tech companies with like the virtual reality glasses put us up to headsets. >> i think i sponsored the vacation, the wave. yeah, the wave of the future. i think so, but you know what i mean? >> you kind of have to be there to really experience it, right? i mean, if you can't do it, then i suppose this is like second choice. >> yeah. it's a good way to research vacation destinations, an idea. >> that's very true, kristen. >> but i want to be there. i want to, you know, i want to eat the food. i want to go in the adventures, see the places, talk to the people i'm with.

>> you lose. >> i need my feet to touch the sand. yes for real. not just the goggles. >> just close your eyes and think of a place like, i don't know, colombia. the beach. amazing. done. that's the virtual part for me. you don't even need it. >> yeah, but, larry, i'm sure someone is working on that tactile sensation of the sand on the beach on your feet. you know, right now, virtually. >> i'm sure there's a much smarter person out there that's got it all figured out. but in the meantime, if you can't go anywhere, you put the headset on. all right, there's movies about all sorts of topics. this one really pops. it's pop tarts, the movie. i'm not making a joke here. this is for real. the actual title is unfrosted. and it's not a documentary. it both stars and is directed by as you see, right there, jerry seinfeld, who apparently is a breakfast lover, the story is based on a joke that seinfeld told about the creation of the pop tart. and this movie also stars melissa mccarthy, amy schumer, and hugh grant. so, you know, they got a good cast involved in this. i, i don't know what the storyline would be

that would compel me to learn more about a pop tart, but but they're funny stars. no, i mean, obviously seinfeld brings a lot to the table, and he probably pushed this project. sandia, are you up for pop tarts, the movie? >> you know what? if i had nothing better to do, i think it'd be kind of cute. larry just. i mean, that's not my kind of movie, but i would certainly entertain the idea. >> well, if ever there was an endorsement, if i had nothing else. better to do, i might watch if it were free on streaming on hulu. >> wait, instead of popcorn, do you get pop tarts? >> oh good question. >> i guess that that would be that good marketing. oh, this is on netflix. actually, i'm told you have to buy. yes they could. okay so, see, you don't have to go anywhere. you can just put the pop tarts in the oven and then you can just. yeah, yeah. and do the whole thing. >> and then after that, put on your virtual reality goggles and you'll be all set. >> yes. yeah. >> all right. that's that's it. we're out of here for

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showing a lot of activity, wet stuff in the bay area and on the right. you can see east bay hills camera looking at really dark, foreboding skies and clouds that carry a lot of rain. so sandia will be back with a full forecast on abc seven news at five. >> well, you probably heard of eichler houses as their iconic mid-century modern homes. 11,000

of them were built across northern california. that's back in the 50s and 60s even more across other parts of the west. they're the creation of real estate developer joseph eichler and you could see the design right here. they're highly sought after, but now there's a unique property that's up for sale, because this is the former home of eichler himself. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes visited the house in atherton and took a look around. >> eichler homes are iconic. they're clean lines and light filled spaces encapsulate mid-century design, and they're not hard to find in the bay area. in the 60s, developer joseph eichler built affordable homes only $9,400 each across the region. but before that, in 1951, he designed his own five bedroom home in atherton. >> it's eichler. eichler >> darcy richards, with the compass real estate team, took us on a tour of the historic home tucked away in atherton's linden wood neighborhood. >> this was going to be their family home, he lived here for over ten years, which was one of the longest places he had ever

lived. the family who bought the home from eichler is now selling it with few changes to the home's unique design. they definitely just believed that it was perfect the way that it was. so whereas most people will buy houses and start remodeling and something like this would normally be remodeled 12 times over the years, you know, this one is second owner and they hardly did anything to it. so it's basically like a museum to this, to this era. >> one of the first things you'll notice about the home, which sits on an acre of land, is that nothing is a square. eichler only used triangles and parallelograms in his design. it's one of the reasons why eichler developed custom built in furniture to fit just right into the places he wanted it, like this 22 seat couch equipped with a spot for a record player with vinyl storage below. or even these drafting drawers found in many of the bedrooms. and this office, along with the custom built in furniture, each bedroom has a bathroom, a rare concept. in 1951. still rare today is this jack and jill shower. >> if you walk in to the bathroom and you walk into the shower, you can walk out into

the other bathroom, into the other bedroom, richard says. >> the children of the current owner believe their parents paid $80,000 for the home when they bought it in the 60s. it was put on the market earlier this month and more than a thousand people have come to open houses, though many are interested. a buyer who wants to keep eichler's vision will face challenges. >> the glass pieces are very not standard, and all of the beams have triangle pieces to them. it's going to be a nightmare for someone to restore it, but we're just hoping someone will take it on as a labor of love and do it still, there are hopes that that buyer exists. this is not a protected property, so if someone wanted to come in and buy it and rip it to the ground, they absolutely could. so we're looking for that perfect unicorn of a buyer who loves the eichler idea. >> if it's a property and a challenge you're willing to take on, the listing price is $6,385,000 in atherton. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> what do you think? i do like that style in atherton. >> that's a good deal. $6 million. but you have to really like the design. i like the

openness of it. yeah, i'm not sure about all the original original color scheme. yeah, yeah. >> i would maybe change up the green counter. >> do you think you think. >> but the mid-century, you know, mid-century modern i think is what we call it's beautiful. yeah. >> the 22 seat couch has about 18 more seats than i need. that's true for my friends, uh. >> all right. many of us are disney princess fans, but these princesses are bringing the power they've gone through situations, the characters in their storybooks, and they've overcome it. >> and we want to show that our princesses are able to overcome. and so we want to give hop

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this women's history month, we're highlighting a group of uc berkeley students who are transforming princesses and superheroes. abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez introduces us to these allies in action >> our next princess loves reading books and the beast library. does anyone know who that prince, princess bell. good job. hello, princess bell. >> our motto is wishes made real one child at a time. >> so when she gets mad at reigns and when she's happy, it's sunny outside. what do you think she's controlling right

now? do you think she's mad or happy outside right now? yeah. it's pretty cloudy outside, >> well, our club was founded in the middle of the pandemic, just to kind of bring magic to children. since everything was shut down, there was not a lot of places for children to go. so our message is definitely to kind of bring hope and to bring strength to these kids. a lot of them are in very tough situations that we can't even imagine what that might feel like. so having our characters there just kind of reminds them like, oh, like, it's okay to dream, it's okay to be a kid. and these princesses are here to kind of brighten up your day. >> we all know about the princess character traits. can you guys name me some of them? >> i would say adventurous bravery for sure. >> perseverance, strength and heart and hope. >> they've gone through situations. the characters in their storybooks and they've overcome it. and we want to show that our princesses are able to overcome. and so we want to give hope that so can they. >> you're breaking the stereotype many times that we have to be bubbly. we have to be always happy. but what you're

conveying the message that we have to be strong, right? >> it's never oh, i'm waiting to see what my prince does for me. it's always, i like to go this with my friends. i like to read books. i like to be myself. start. i need each of you to hold your hand up and repeat after us. >> i solemnly promise, solemnly promise to be kind to others and to all animals and all animals. >> we want to convey the message of being yourself, being the best possible version of yourself, whether that be the kindest, the strongest, just the best version of yourself. >> to be generous and brave and brave. to find adventure, to find adventure. to never give up , to never give up. >> standing up for yourself and making sure that you're heard. i think that's being a princess and being royalty today is standing up for others. >> and above all, above all, to remember to remember that true beauty comes from a beautiful

heart. >> a true beauty comes from a beautiful heart. >> i really love being a part of this organization because we can spread also diversity. seeing like the kids, their faces light up when they see someone that looks like them and they can relate to. even like with mirabelle, she speaks spanish. el sol y la brisa yinan su dormitorio de alegria. it's like, oh wow, that person really looks like me. can relate to me, that maybe can encourage children to be like, if she can do it, so can i. >> so i know all of you would probably like to have magical powers, but let's get real. only elsa has those powers. elsa, can you transport me back to abc seven news? because i need to go to work. of course. do it. my god, that was amazing, i made it! thank you. princesses empowered princesses. kylie and

>> if you know somebody who's working to create real change, tell us about them at abc seven news.com slash. take action. all right. that'll do it for this edition of abc seven news at four i'm larry biel abc seven news

the rent is good, but it's too much of rain. today it's a rainy day and it's a nonstop rain. >> we heard that loud and clear. the umbrellas are out in the rain is back. and tonight we are on storm. watch as we track possible thunderstorms and some scattered showers. good evening. thanks for being here. i'm julian glover and i'm kristen sze. >> right now, some of the heaviest rain is still movingth