another night, another suspicious fire in a san francisco neighborhood. investigators are now trying to determine if there's an arsonist on the loose. good evening, and thanks for joining us. i'm diane lim. this latest fire did significant damage to multiple homes. investigators think the flames spread from some vehicles to the buildings. what's concerning is how close this fire was to another one at a church. saint john the evangelist episcopal church, just a block away, was damaged early friday morning by a suspicious fire. abc seven news reporter tara campbell spoke to some people who are worried an arsonist may be targeting the neighborhood. flames ripped

through mission district apartment buildings early saturday morning, injuring two people and displacing ten more. >> the fire, about a block away from saint john evangelist episcopal church, where about 24 hours earlier, another fire forced it to shut the doors of its daytime shelter. >> we were worried that it was the church again, that someone had come back and wanted to finish the job that they had started the night before. >> investigators now saying the church fire was set on purpose, and they're looking for a suspect. >> we were lucky that the extent of our damage wasn't as bad as it could have been, but looking at our neighbor's building, it looks pretty bad. so i'm. i don't know when those people will be able to go back. >> daylight exposing the damage from saturday's early morning fire building seemingly gutted. >> so initial reports told us that uh- vehicles on fire had spread to the buildings. the flames had spread up the back of the buildingngs. these are whate consider ordinary construction or wood frame buildings. these are older buildings. they catch

on fire and spread very quickly. more than 100 firefighters are battling to keep the blaze from engulfing nearby buildings, hitting too close to home for some. >> julian hatfield lives just three doors down. yeah, i mean two, two fires in the street and two nights is obviously alarming . >> and yeah, not not a great not a great place to be staying at the moment. >> as for the cause of saturday's fire, investigators are still trying to determine whether it was intentional. but the reverend says he wouldn't be surprised if the two are connected the same block, the same time, like setting the fire at almost exactly the same time. >> uh- and the night after. it seems like too much to be coincidence. >> tara campbell, abc seven news. we have seen and some wild weather this saturday. >> former abc seven news reporter david louie got this video of hail coming down in san mateo this evening. it didn't last long, though, before

turning into a heavy rain. there was also some hail in the santa cruz mountains earlier today. the viewer who took these photos says there was lightning there as well, and more lightning down in san jose this afternoon. one viewer captured a bolt appearing to strike a plane. the national weather service says most commercial planes do get hit by lightning once or twice a year. now we've seen a little bit of everything in the past 24 hours or so. what is in store for easter sunday? spencer christian standing by, many people hoping for sunshine. >> they'll see some tomorrow. it will be a much different weather picture, but we certainly had some turbulent weather today with those thunderstorms in the santa cruz mountains and down into the south bay over into the mount hamilton area. right now, though, as you look at the looping radar and satellite image, you see what was our storm has weakened. it has moved offshore. it's pushing southward , and we are almost precipitation free right now. here's our forecast animation starting at midnight. notice during the overnight hours there may be a brief, very light isolated shower or two. and

that's just about it. then we start easter morning tomorrow with at least partly sunny skies and going into the midday hours. looks like it's going to be a fairly mild and pleasant day. meanwhile, over in the sierra, there is still a storm. in fact, they went to storm warning in effect for the sierra until 11:00 tomorrow morning. but not a lot of additional snow is likely about 4 to 8in generally in the greater tahoe area and in our area. of course, these are our forecast headlines overnight, a few isolated showers and tomorrow we'll see a mix of clouds and sun. and guess what? sunny skies and warmer weather at the beginning of the coming week. i'll give you a look at the seven days ahead in a few minutes. dionne. >> something to look forward to. spencer. thank you. parents across the bay area are watching the weather this weekend, hoping annual easter egg hunts would not be affected by rain today. in many spots. storm clouds cleared, giving way to that sunshine. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard has more on what many hope will be an excellent holiday weekend. >> in three, two,

>> look out! hundreds of four year olds coming in hot on a mission for easter eggs. >> fill up those baskets. >> this is the city of berkeley's annual spring egg hunt extravaganza, and cesar chavez park organizer steph chu feared the big family event might be a washout. >> we were running rain or shine, but we got really lucky with this weather. the sun came out for us. >> brigitte mendez brought her two kids, julian and olivia. >> i love the weather. was uh- cleared up and hopefully it stays like this for the rest of the weekend because we would like to do more fun events. >> elena ball's daughter and friends are all in. there's even a game plan. >> the strategy is to go deep and then work your way back. >> kids in pleasant hill making a mad dash for colorful eggs saturday at pleasant hill park. the grass was pretty wet. clearly, nobody seemed to mind. now across the bay, organizers were not risking the weather. they decided to move festivities

indoors. we're using the church as the easter egg grounds, and we got eggs and candy secretly hidden everywhere. >> and the kids are having a ball they're just running through and fly. >> church in san francisco helped out at the last minute and opened its doors to families living in the tenderloin. >> usually happen at bodecker park, but because of the rain today, we did not want to disappoint the kids. so glide stepped in as it usually does, and saved the day. >> cornell bernard abc seven news. >> well, meantime, faithful across the bay area attended easter services tonight. san francisco's grace cathedral started its easter vigil in darkness with the bishop lighting a fire to symbolize the resurrection. grace cathedral sunday services start at 8 a.m. there was a big block party in san francisco's castro today called the easter eggstravaganza for local leaders, and tons of community members showed up. as you can see, to celebrate spring with art, costumes and entertainment. a big group of attendees dressed as helen roper

from the old sitcom three's comedy. >> yes, we're all helen, everyone's helen because it's a really good time to get together with everyone and dress up in your wigs and come out and have a good time. >> stanley, how long can you stand to look at something so drab and faded? oh i don't know. >> how long have we been married? oh >> pretty good. there were costume contests for both people and for their dogs. >> plus an adult passport bunny hop, which was a fun quest for drinks and prizes. well, big news tonight in the effort to keep the a's in oakland, abc seven news has learned the city will make an offer to extend the team's lease for up to five years. the a's lease at the coliseum expires at the end of the season, but in their new stadium in las vegas, that won't be ready for another three years. the team is exploring a temporary home in sacramento or salt lake city, but oakland is trying to get them to stay. the offer sheet, obtained by abc

seven, shows the city is no longer asking the a's to change their name when they leave oakland, or guarantee the city and mlb expansion team in the future. the city is set to meet with the a's ownership on tuesday. two developing news now where at least two people are dead after a small plane crashed while attempting to land at the truckee airport. it's not clear how many people were on board. witnesses reported seeing a fireball at the time of the crash, and emergency crews quickly put out the flames. power lines came crashing down, but no one on the ground was hurt. the crash site is blocked off and the airport closed until 7 a.m. that investigation is ongoing. millions of at&t customers information has been found on the dark web. the company is now alerting customers of the data breach, which included highly sensitive information like social security numbers, passcodes and addresses. at&t says the compromised data is from 2019 or earlier, and does not appear to

include financial information or call history. the discovery was made on a hacking forum nearly two weeks ago. still ahead tonight on abc seven news, an exciting night in the bay area as the bay fc soccer team plays its first home game. we'll have all the festivities and a little later. believe it or not, this is police body cam footage. and the officer really is on a horse . details on this wild cha

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people their tiles couldn't be salvaged and their messages would be shown on a digital kiosk instead. fans, as you can imagine, were outraged, saying they didn't even know their tributes to loved ones had been removed. after the backlash, the team told the chronicle they will work on a different display over in the south bay. it was opening night for the bay area's newest team, bay fc. this was the inaugural home game for the women's professional soccer team, and it was a packed house in san jose. abc seven news reporter anser hassan was there as things got kicked off. reporter the goal to win the home opener. >> the first home game ever for bay fc. it was a very good. >> it was really good. the second half. the other team was like attacking a lot, i think. so the ball was more on the on the other side. >> bfc was the first to score, but when the final whistle blew, the houston dash won 3 to 2 at paypal park in san jose. came

all the way from la. yeah the home game. >> yep, i sure did. bought tickets like a month ago. >> lupita santoyo grew up playing soccer for die hard fans like her. this wasn't about winning, just one game. it was about being part of history, ushering a new era in women's soccer. >> just being able to, like, experience this feeling of like, emotions and just like it's awesome. we're women's sports are are getting to be where we're at right now. it was so important this this historic moment in the bay area to be able to come out and support the women. >> the first professional soccer team in the bay area, it's very important. >> the game began with much fanfare. the bay football club is the bay area's new women's professional soccer team in the national women's soccer league. bfc founding member and bay area sports legend brandi chastain, who won two world cups and two olympic gold medals, introduced the team and spoke about the big

game. >> every single fan that's believed in women's soccer, this is the day for them and we're grateful that they're here. this is incredible. we're changing the game and it's happening right here in the bay. >> the team is off to a21 start. the next home game is april 15th, anser hassan abc seven news. >> i love that changing the game. well, another massive lottery jackpot was on the line tonight after someone hit the billion dollar mega millions jackpot on tuesday. it was powerball's turn with tonight's drawing worth $935 million and once again, no one hit it. tonight's numbers are on your screen. 1213, 33 powerball of 23. the jackpot for the next drawing will be at least $975 million. that drawing is on monday. it's eye watering. i can barely imagine how many zeros are on that. >> i think it's time to buy a ticket. >> do you want to go in? >> let's do that.

>> i'll go pick one up for us. >> okay, great. okay. we'll split the winnings. yes. >> our producers and directors all hours. >> it's all for us. let's take a look at what's happening with our weather. we had some interesting weather during the afternoon and evening. >> yeah, people were a little nervous about it. >> and they should have been, because we had some pretty turbulent thunderstorms with lightning strikes and heavy downpours, hailstones. but right now you can see the energy of this storm has left the bay area. so things are calming down quite a bit right now. we don't even have enough of a storm left to give it a ranking on the storm impact scale. here's our forecast animation starting at midnight. notice going into the overnight hours, we may see a sprinkle or two. that's just about it. it will be isolated and we'll have at least partial clearing to start easter sunday. tomorrow so look for a pretty calm certainly compare with today. a calm day. right now we're looking at calm surface winds with wind speeds generally under ten miles an hour all across the region, and 24 hour temperature change is a little bit of a mixed bag. some locations are 1 or 2 degrees cooler than than at this time last night. some are 1 or 2

degrees warmer. so on we go to a live view from mount tam. even at this hour, we have a nice clear view down onto the bay. it's 53 degrees here in san francisco, 50 across the bay in oakland, low 50s at most other locations. nice view from emeryville. looking back toward the bay bridge. other temperature readings right now, mainly mid 40s in santa rosa, petaluma, napa, fairfield, concord and livermore. so a little chillier up in the north and to our east. and once again, these are our forecast headlines overnight. just a few isolated showers are likely. most of the area will not get any wet weather overnight tomorrow easter mix of sun and clouds. relatively mild, but it will be getting even milder and sunnier early next week. now for tonight. partly cloudy skies overnight. low temperatures mainly in the mid 40s. and then tomorrow we'll look for a fairly mild day with lots of sunshine, but there will be some lingering clouds as well. highs tomorrow. upper 50s at the coast, low to mid 60s right around the bay shoreline and mainly mid 60s in our inland communities as well. and here is the accuweather seven day forecast. so a lovely day for easter tomorrow and an

even lovelier day on monday, which is april fool's day. but this forecast is no april fool's joke. maybe the forecaster, but not the forecast. no. okay okay, a little self-deprecating humor there. tuesday. even warmer with high temperatures in the mid or even mid to upper 70s. it starts to cool a little bit on wednesday, but still under mainly sunny skies. and then it gets sharply cooler on thursday with high temperatures barely hitting 60 degrees. so next weekend approaches. we may see some unsettled weather, but at the moment we're not calling for any significant rainfall. >> and at the moment i should also mention i was just kidding. we would share. >> i would share with the producer. >> oh, absolutely. oh for sure. absolutely. >> otherwise they cut off our microphones and you and then there's no newscast. >> that's right. well, we might not be working anyway. that's true. spencer. thank you. okay well, they were hoping to have a good time and hopping at it in the east bay. we'll take

this weekend. children's fairyland near lake merritt in oakland, brought in tap dancing easter bunnies for the holiday. of course, there was an egg hunt as well. kids who found special wooden eggs got to exchange them for a special prize. fairyland's easter festivities continue tomorrow, though the tap dancing bunnies. they get the day off and there was a different kind of hop step happening at chase center today. check this out. the home of the warriors and kaiser permanente hosted an easter egg hunt this afternoon. the easter bunny was there posing for pictures and in between egg hunts, the easter crafts as well. kids got to visit a petting zoo packed with bunnies. all right, moving on to a busy night of sports. from the pitch to the diamond. let's get to chris alvarez with a preview. hi, chris. >> hi, deion. coming up in sports, bay fc plays their first home match in the south bay. speaking of first, joong ho, lee go one yard and the family there

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get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer. well, we had history in san jose tonight. great to see the founding for pregame for bay fc as they made their home debut at paypal park. the match was sold out. 18,000 fans packing the stands for the first home match hosting the houston dash. the founding for firing up the crowd, taking over the mikes basketball royalty in the house, four time nba champion andre iguodala, as well as hoop hall of famer pau gasol, 19th minute deyna castellanos scores one nil. bay fc it's the first home

goal in franchise history. 86 minute now tied at one. diana ordona his penalty kick. initial shot blocked, but she gathers the rebound and scores two one. houston but in stoppage time racheal kundananji oh what a goal that was. we're tied at two in front of the home crowd. minutes later, though, houston delivers the heartbreak. havana solon that the eventual game winners bay fc drops the home opener 3 to 2. meanwhile, the earthquakes were in texas, taking on houston dynamo fc first minute corner for san jose and christian espinosa. perfect kick. bruno wilson heads it home one nil. san jose 85th minute. we're tied at one houston now on the corner and the first shot is going to be blocked. but watch this franco escobar firing high and scores. that's the game. winner san jose falls two one after an opening day loss to the padres on thursday. giants bouncing back in a big way

friday. matt chapman's two home runs allowed an eight three wina rather cool night in san diego and proof it's not always sunny in san diego. bring out the ponchos. top two one nothing game. tom murphy a new giant rbi double in the left field corner. two nothing. san francisco's michael conforto scores. bottom three, same score. fernando tatis junior at the plate. hot shot third a matt chapman another new giant there. he is. nice glove work. that's where they got him. all right. bottom four starter jordan hicks another new giant in a jam. bases loaded for tyler wade. strikes out. so there's two out. and then next batter jax merrill at the plate for the padres liner to short. nick ahmed a new giant makes the catch. hicks six strikeouts, five scoreless innings in his giants debut. top eight, three one. how about another new guy, jung ho? lee deep to right and it is gone. first homer of his big league career and his family in the crowd to see it. how cool is

that? later in the inning, it's five one bases loaded for michael conforto. second homer in as many games. this a grand slam capped a six run inning as the giants win it, nine six, just over 5400 fans hoping to catch the a's first win of the young season. seventh pitch of the game. center fielder j.j. bleday, the center fielder, one of the catches of the season so far, robin jose ramirez a potential home run. so nice. we show it twice. jp sears oh loves the defense. top 443 game runner on for los gatos native stephen kwan, rbi single to right, capped three run frame, five three cleveland kwan wasn't done . three hit day the biggest a solo blast to right his first of the season. a's lose 12, three, zero and three to start the season. abc seven sports is sponsored by river rock casino. dion chris thanks much more to come tonight on abc seven news. >> another bridge gets hit by a boat this time though in oklahoma and it is caught on video. plus crews being removed

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recovery work continues in baltimore after the dramatic bridge collapse earlier this week. crews brought in large cranes to pull out the wreckage to reopen the waterway for ships. abc news reporter chuck severson has the latest. >> the first sections of debris from the francis scott key bridge are now being removed. five days after that container ship lost power and collided with the bridge, sending concrete and metal plunging into the water. >> the north sections of the key bridge are going to be cut up and removed. this will

eventually allow us to open up a temporary restricted channel that will help us to get more vessels in the water around the site of the collapse. >> the governor, acknowledging the impact this is having on the economy and the nation's economy and the nation's workers are relying on us to move quickly and to move together. but admitting the recovery is going to take time and we'll continue to marshal people and resources to ensure that we have everything that we need to do this work as safely, as efficiently and as effectively as possible. president biden approved maryland's request for a federal disaster declaration, which will provide help for small businesses in the area. >> because of this declaration, small businesses affected by the disaster can now apply for disaster loan assistance from the federal government. larry desantis traveled across the bridge every day. >> he says he was one of the last to drive over before the collapse, telling abc's jay o'brien he didn't hear the bridge fall. but says he noticed one thing no one was driving

behind him. >> it was real. it was an eerie feeling because there was no vehicles at all. and ■normally t that time of the morning, even that time of the morning, because it's right there at amazon, you'll see 20, 30 tractor trailers coming and going. and there was nothing, nothing. >> meanwhile, officials say they are continuing to focus on recovering the bodies of the four missing construction workers. >> to all people who have offered prayers. i ask this keep offering them the families first responders. they will continue to need them. >> chuck sivertsen, abc news, new york. >> first responders in oklahoma shut down a bridge today after a barge there smashed into one of its supports. this is near the arkansas state line. the sheriff's office says a fisherman called in the crash. the good news no one was hurt. they closed the bridge. just to be safe, though. tonight, they say the department of transportation inspectors looked at the bridge and decided it was safe to reopen. it's not clear, though, what caused that barge to hit the bridge. and check this out. a wild west style

chase caught on camera where an officer had all the horsepower in this one stop. albuquerque police. >> you are being detained. >> i mean, could you even imagine? look at this horse. i mean, yes, that is an officer on horseback chasing a suspect. last week, albuquerque police say the mounted patrol had just ridden into the neighborhood when staff at a walgreen's reported a shoplifter. the horse caught up to the suspect within seconds. video shows the suspect yelling it wasn't me! as he led the horse and officer into the street. two more officers on horseback showed up to corral the man. corral is the right word. corral? yeah, yeah. he is accused of stealing more than $200 worth of merchandise from the store. could you imagine if that happened in san francisco? every time there was a walgreens theft? i mean, we don't have enough horses. >> we don't have enough horses. let's take a look. what's going on with the weather? our storm has gone, chased away by mounted

police, and we'll have at least partial clearing overnight. so overnight low temperatures will be mainly in the mid to upper 40s. and tomorrow, easter sunday we will see some sunshine along with a few clouds as well, but it will be mild with high temperatures in the low to mid 60s. and as you look at the week ahead, dion how lovely is that. start to april fools week two sunny and warm days monday and tuesday. high temperatures in the mid 70s on tuesday. almost as warm on wednesday but things turn sharply cooler on thursday and then as the weekend approaches, of course we have the increasing chance of some showers, but let's enjoy the sunshine that's ahead. >> that's not an april fool's day joke. >> it's not. not at all. >> okay, we believe you. >> i'm not horsing around. >> oh, i should have known. should have known once again. let's get to chris with another preview of sports. hi, chris. >> hi, de on coming up in sports, half of the men's final four is set. plus road warriors. theun idea sphen curry has for the dubs

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game. road trip comes to an end tomorrow in san antonio after last night's win in charlotte. dubs have won three in a row and hold a one game lead over houston for the 10th and final playoff spot in the west. but the rockets, they've won an nba best 11 straight, so the warriors really got to win as much as they can. steph curry put on a show in his hometown of charlotte on friday night, scoring a game high 23 in the 18 point win over the hornets. afterwards on the tv broadcast, steph an idea with how to translate that success on the road to their home floor. >> we might need to, like, stay in our hotel in san francisco and act like it's a road game like they do in football. stay in the hotel the night before. i don't know what it is about, you know, the road warriors, we we've kept our season alive, you know, with our road performance. so it means it means a lot. and we're going to have, what it's

looking like. we're going to have to do that to get into the playoffs. >> we've been better on the road than at home. it's bizarre, a year ago, it was the complete opposite. you know, we were 33 and eight at home. and, oh, and 41 on the road or so, so who knows? i mean, it's hard to explain these things, but, we the main thing is we're playing well right now. >> ncaa men's tournament number four alabama. number six clemson. each looking for their first final four appearance. under seven to go. it's alabama's mark spears splash tied up nine. two minutes left clemson down six joe girard third. he hits from deep, scored a team high 19. tigers down three. next possession. nick pringle oh. hoop and the foul. crimson tide go back up six and then moments later sears a step back three. game-high 23 alabama wins 8982, advancing to their first ever final four on the east region final in boston. all you really need to know is that defending champion uconn went on a 30 to 0 run, dominated illinois from the end of the first half onward. huskies win

7752. they're back in the final four as they try to repeat as national champs. women's sweet 16 number five colorado trying to take down number one caitlin clark and iowa the presumed number one overall pick in the wnba draft. double double 29 points, 15 assists. hawkeyes win 8968. they advanced to the elite eight. stanford's run ended last night in the women's sweet 16. the cardinal led by ten at the half against nc state, but all wolfpack after the break as they outscored them 2810 in the third quarter, taking control as stanford fell 7767. >> i don't think that anyone on our, our staff or our team has to hang their head, we've had a great year and i'm really proud of everyone. obviously sad, but, you know, i'm just happy to have had such an amazing career here, to be coached by tara, to play with these amazing girls. >> so i'm sad, but, you know, it's bittersweet for sure. >> sharks in saint louis taking on the blues team. teal has lost 18 of the last 19. first period blues on the attack. brayden

schenn the backhand mackenzie blackwood great save. he had 36 of those. his 10th career shutout. late second period sharks up two. nothing puck dumped into the zone missouri native luke cunnin scoring in his home state and the sharks win four nothing, snapping a nine game losing streak. abc seven sports is sponsored by river rock casino. dion >> chris. thanks. and a quick reminder that you can watch all of our newscasts live and on demand through the abc seven bay area connected tv app. it is available for apple tv along with google tv, amazon fire tv and roku. just download the app now and start streaming for free. and that's all the time we have tonight for this special edition of abc seven news. i'm diane lim. the news continues later on this morning at 5:00 for spencer and chris and all of us here. thanks for staying up late with us. we'll see you in the fully-electric audi q4 e-tron.

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