jeff: awesome. there she goes. hannah: swim away! group: woo! jeff: you know, that was a great rehearsal. now we're gonna put some film in the camera and try it for real. unity and community. >> next on abc seven news, marking a holiday of redemption with forgiveness and community. how this easter is taking on special meaning in the bay area. a couple who died in a small plane crash near tahoe has deep ties to the bay area. their involvement in the tech revolution. >> it means that we have to raise prices, which we don't want to do. >> some business owners say they just can't afford it. a half

million employees will get a pay raise tomorrow that we will partially pay for. abc seven news starts right now. always live abc seven news starts right now. from prayers of praise fuzzy bunnies and even flipping flapjacks in a true display of bay area diversity, easter is celebrated in many ways, all with a message of love. good evening and thanks so much for joining us, everybody. for abc seven news at five, i'm dionne lim, those local easter celebrations include one at a san francisco church that suffered fire damage in a possible arson on friday. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard shows us how good overcame evil this easter sunday . they were outside of we are songs of praise at saint john the evangelist church in san francisco's mission district, where investigators say suspected arson is the possible cause of a fire on good friday. >> a million times the church is

not a building. >> we are the church together. >> easter services went forward despite fire damage at the historic church. a blue tarp covering a window while investigators searched for a possible suspect. the pastor believes the fire is creating a new narrative for the holiday. >> it felt like an invitation for our community more deeply into this story where our death becomes life, things that cause destruction become things that cause unity and community. so it it was a obvious for us to gather together today, and we're so grateful that it's safe to do so in our building. are this hope that i have come on, sing with us. >> across town, a standing room only crowd was on their feet celebrating easter like only glide memorial church can. >> because i know that, you know, if there's going to be a resurrection, if people are going to come back to life, it's going to happen here at glide memorial church, because

all we want to see happen. >> for glide volunteer blake riggs, easter means renewal and second chances, and we've seen since the pandemic, churches take a big blow. >> the community was hurting, and as we've come back from that, this is resurrection. this is resurrection of church. the resurrection of glide foot across the bay. >> there was easter pancakes during this community celebration in oakland's chinatown. this is the 66th pancake breakfast for seniors and families hosted by wasson community service club at hundreds lined up to grab a plate. cornell, bernard. abc seven news now. >> people in san francisco marked the holiday with the sunrise. they gathered at the over 103 foot tall cross on mount davidson to participate in the annual sunrise service. this year's citywide celebration on atop the city's highest peak, marks the 101st anniversary of the event. local clergy presided at the nondenominational service. the mass is hosted by the regional chapter of the armenian american organization,

says pope francis called for a ceasefire between israel and hamas during his traditional easter message at the vatican francis addressed the conflicts in the middle east and europe, condemning war as an absurdity. the pope has been forced to skip recent events or limit his speaking due to poor health. but on easter sunday, the most important day in the christian calendar, he delivered his full easter blessing and appeared in good spirits. president joe biden proclaimed today, march 31st, as transgender day of visibility, but that decision is being criticized by some republicans because today, of course, is also easter. the two days only coincide this year, by chance, former president donald trump called the move, quote unquote, appalled and insulting. house speaker mike johnson said the biden administration had, quote, betrayed the central tenet of easter. transgender day of visibility began in 2009 as a

day to celebrate transgender people and recognize the discrimination they may face developing. right now, we are learning about the two people killed when a small plane crashed while trying to land at the truckee airport saturday, li, ron and naomi pietruszka are from israel and had been living in california in recent years. that is according to israeli media flightaware shows the plane to parted from an airport near denver, colorado, and plane lines, power lines, i should say, came crashing down, but no one on the ground was hurt. the patricias were tech entrepreneurs and investors and invested in the venture capital firm up west, based in palo alto. the fund released this photo of liron petrushka, and the couple is survived by four children. starting tomorrow, pay for fast food workers in california will go up to $20 an hour. abc's jaclyn lee explains how some business owners are considering layoffs or closing

locations to save on costs. >> some fast food workers in california will soon be making at least $20 an hour, the highest minimum wage within the restaurant industry. set to begin monday. >> this is a start to improve the wages and also improve the working conditions in the industry. >> this is a $4 increase from the current minimum wage in the golden state, meaning some workers will make 25% more on their paychecks. advocates say it's about time, given the extremely high cost of living and inflation, more and more folks are unable to raise bigger families or at least, you know, put themselves in a position to retire. effectively. the new law impacts more than half a million workers in california, and only affects fast food chains. with at least 60 locations nationwide , and some small business owners worry they won't be able to compete with the wage increase. >> that's going to impact us by an increase of $470,000 annually. across those ten stores. it means that we have to

raise prices, which we don't want to do. >> two pizza hut franchises in california reportedly laid off 1200 in-house delivery drivers in preparation for the new minimum wage hike. carrie harper howie owns 21 mcdonald's and says she does not anticipate closing any locations. >> the bottom line is everyone is not going to be able to afford even the measured and carefully thought out price changes that we are going to be implementing as a necessary part of us responding to the increase, starbucks saying in a statement they plan to offset the minimum wage increase by changing their pricing, as well as other efficiencies in their stores. >> mcdonald's saying they'll provide price recommendations as this law goes into effect tomorrow. there are some exceptions for bakeries and smaller fast food stores that you find inside airports and grocery stores. jaclyn lee, abc news, los angeles starting tomorrow, an e.r. on the peninsula will be closed through december. >> seton medical center

coastside, will be closed for renovations, and during that closure, the closest emergency services will be at san mateo medical center's emergency room, about 20 minutes away. abc seven news was in moss beach and reported on the storm damage caused by fallen trees. earlier this month, a seton spokesperson says the building suffered significant water damage. moving on to a developing story now in monterey county, a partial collapse of highway one has stranded some 2000 people. caltrans says the highway is closed in both directions at rocky creek bridge, and you can see why part of the southbound lane just crumbled away yesterday. crews say the northbound lane is too unstable to remain open. big sur lodge opened a conference room for people who were stuck overnight due to the slide. the chp is now leading convoys under close supervision on the northbound lane in the north bay. easter brunch plans at restaurants in healdsburg were delayed during a

power outage. the city says a major electrical outage occurred in the downtown area late this morning. some traffic lights were affected, and some people in the area say they were turned away by restaurants that didn't have power. there are reports that a power line was down as well. at last report. crews say that power was back up by 2 p.m. work is now underway to remove the wreckage at the baltimore bridge collapse site. this is going to be a long road. >> it's a very complex operation. >> maryland's governor explains why it is such a difficult process. the big worry for crews and thieves strike for the third time at the only grocery store in one san francisco neighborhood, and this burglary took some muscle. >> i'm spencer christian. looking at a sunny easter sunday for most of us, but a little stormy in some spots. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up when

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baltimore started clearing the first pieces of the francis scott key bridge. today they're trying to open up a temporary channel so more boats can get close to the wreckage. it is a complicated and slow process. crews have to clear the bridge one piece at a time, with checks from engineers and divers in between each one. they are worried about the ship buried underneath where the bridge moving further out into the channel and could destabilize the entire thing. >> we have a ship that is nearly the size of the eiffel tower that is now stuck within the channel that has the key bridge

sitting on top of it. >> divers are on standby to recover the bodies of four of the six people killed in the collapse. there is still no timeline for reopening the harbor or rebuilding the bridge. thieves struck treasure island's only grocery store for the third time this year. it happened at the island cove market early saturday morning, where the owner heard the alarm and saw on his security video. three men drive up in a hummer. they broke the windows with crowbars and used cables to pull out the doors and the security gate. the atm was also tied to a cable and hauled out of the store. >> is really, really frustrating to see this happen. i don't know what else to do. i had a scissor gate. i have bollards that was very costly to put up and i don't know what else to put in there to stop this. >> the owner is still processing the damage despite the robberies. he wants to find a way to stay in the treasure island community. for tickets sold in california came oh

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but says it will host performances through april. the businesses website says due to overwhelming demand, asia sf is adding 13 shows. i should say, during 13 nights. next month, the venue opened in 1998 and features transgender performers lip syncing. asia sf's two owners say business has been unpredictable since the

pandemic, so they are choosing to retire. the powerball jackpot keeps on growing after hit all of the winning numbers during last night's drawing. tomorrow's jackpot is estimated at $975 million, with a cash value of what. only $471 million. only yeah only 13 tickets in california matched four numbers plus the powerball winning just under $14,000 each. last night's numbers they are on your screen. 1213, 33, 50 and 52. that powerball is 23 saturday, by the way, marked 38 consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner. i'll even take that mini prize, too. >> yeah, that only because. yeah, i'll take that >> yeah, and i'll take the forecast because i mean, look, it looks billion there now.

>> is that beautiful? yeah. lots of blue sky today. just as we expected it to be. there are a couple of stormy spots though on the radar. i'll show you right now. here's live doppler seven. now these are excuse me. not in the central immediate bay area, but they are in the bay area, over in the inland east bay near brentwood. antioch, out towards tracy and altamont. we've had a couple little storm cells moving through the area, producing some heavy downpours. they're moving rapidly and changing their locations even as we speak, so they won't last very long. down in the santa cruz mountains, this cell has been sort of stationary for the last few minutes, producing some heavy rainfall as well. it's away from the most densely populated area, so it's west of morgan hill and san martin. but it's raining nonetheless. so when we go to our futurecast showing our forecast animation for the evening and overnight hours, spotty showers developing over in the inland east bay, they will disappear by about nine 10:00 tonight, giving way to clearing skies overnight leading into a sunny day tomorrow. right now we're looking at fairly breezy to gusty conditions, especially near the coast and bay, with gusts over 25mph in some spots. nice view from emeryville. looking a westward 56 degrees here in san francisco. oakland 5960 hayward

66 at san jose, mid to upper 50s at san mateo and half moon bay. blue sky and breezy conditions at the golden gate as well. the temperature readings at this hour up in the north bay. santa rosa 64 a cool 57 at petaluma 64. napa 59. fairfield and low to mid 60s at concord and livermore. let's check out our forecast. at a few clouds off to the east, they're looking down onto san francisco from sutro tower. overnight, it will be mostly clear and breezy next two days, sunny and much warmer, but by the end of the week we'll see rain returning to the bay area. tonight. look for clear skies generally overnight. low temperatures, mainly in the mid to upper 40s. a little chilly in some spots farther inland like lakeport, with a low of 41, livermore a low of 42, then tomorrow, bright sunny skies and mild conditions with high temperatures reaching 7666. rather, in san francisco, 69 over in oakland, inland areas will see highs in the low 70s. and here is the accuweather 70

forecast. now we'll get up to 76 on tuesday. and some of our inland locations maybe even higher, 72, 73, maybe 74 around the bay shoreline on tuesday cools down a few degrees on wednesday, but skies remain mostly sunny. however, thursday friday look for a sharply cooler weather with high temperatures barely reaching above 5859 degrees anywhere, and there's a chance of rain developing late thursday into friday. but before that, we've got some bright, sunny, warm weather to enjoy. >> celebrated. you were shaking your head during that because fridays, the giants home opener. >> oh, i change it. >> yeah i'll see if i can. >> okay. >> yeah i'm hoping for a couple more days. apparently. >> yeah. well, i'm sending demands, i guess. >> there you go. coming up in sports, the warriors fighting for a play in spot tonight in san antonio ctinues the season. does stars out in

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tonight looking for a four and one trip and every win counts. dubs up just one game over houston for the 10th and final spot. if you need a reminder, the rockets have won an nba best 11 in a row they're playing in tonight in dallas, so we'll keep it on the scoreboard. the coyote taking over his easter bunny duties there in san antonio steve kerr got teed up for arguing a call and he probably deserved it. but they should have called the call warriors. they need this game. and zach collins is out playing him down low, fighting hard for the hoop, hoop and the foul. spurs led 60

to 52 at the half and at last check it's still 6052 at the half. third quarter just about start. we'll have more highlights tonight at 611. jungwoo lee hit his first career homer yesterday and afterwards his team celebrated with a beer shower. they put him in the cart right there. giants looking to celebrate their first win of the season. if they could beat san diego this afternoon, that's a lot of beer for a home run. military appreciation sunday. always a good day there in san diego. cal product former oakland a daulton jefferies making his giants debut on the mound, and luis campusano capped a five run inning with a three run shot to right and the padres poured on bottom two six. nothing game. hassan kim off jefferies made it nine nothing. two innings for jefferies, five earned runs. rough debut for him. bottom three padres up ten, nothing two on for manny machado . deep, deep, deep off the wall in right. made it 12. nothing. the giants did score a couple runs. they lose 13 four. up next a three game set. they'll play the dodgers in la beginning tomorrow. a's looking to avoid the four game sweep against cleveland. they could show you some of those guys on their

team. bottom three up two nothing jj bleday singling home estuary ruiz hey three nothing a's they lead but top of the ninth. we're all tied at three. runners on the corners for cleveland. no outs. failed safety squeeze and then catcher shea langoliers. what a throw to get bo bo naylor at third base. so nice. we show it twice. a's got out of the jam. bottom nine bases loaded for oakland abraham toro. it's a walk off walk. hey the a's will take it. they win their first game of the year four three snaps. a six game easter losing streak. we had history last night down in san jose at the bay fc soccer match. great to see the founding four right there. pregame paypal park sold out 18,000. packed the stands for the first home match as they hosted the houston dash. and this is really what it's all about bringing young girls to watch their heroes. hey maybe they'll be on the field one day. plenty of emotion, anticipation. heading into the match. 19th minute they got the home crowd going, it's dana castellanos scoring. and then a nice little slide celebration one nothing. bay fc that's the first goal in home franchise history. but

houston scored the next two goals. so bay fc in scramble mode. but they rally in stoppage time. another goal tied it at two houston, though, would score the ultimate game winning goal moments later as bay fc dropped the home opener three two. >> there's just been a recognition, i think, throughout this month between our league starting and what we're seeing in college basketball and women's basketball, that women's sports, we've we've reached that inflection point. that turning point has happened. >> we knew that women's sports had a place and was valuable and could make a huge impact. and i think what we've shown now is that women's sports is a not just can be beautiful and physical and strong, but it's a it's a viable business and it can make a huge dent. and we are planning on being the best business in the sports industry in the world. >> unfortunately, i lost on the scoreboard, but that was a big win last night, a big win for signs of things to come for women's sports in the bay area. what a night down there. i wish

i was down there, but i was here. >> yeah, but it's okay. you get to report on it and hopefully take your daughter one day. one day be so special. i think sometimes that representation of seeing like, oh, this is another woman who can do it and be successful, all that it takes good stuff. all right. thanks so much. well, there is something for every bunny. big and small, at a festival featuring everything tha

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a head wind makes the willow weep. >> you can enjoy live music, food and curated marketplace at treasure fest last month, the festival got off to a rough start when it reopened after a five year hiatus. today, organizers made sure though, there was a team in place to direct traffic and extra food trucks. the festival runs the last weekend of each month through the rest of the year. glad to see good weather tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. flood watches and winter weather alerts in the west. multiple states from the south to the mid-atlantic now bracing for severe storms possibly tornadoes. a mass shooting in indiana, seven victims, the youngest just 12 years old. and what you need to know about the serious at&t data breach. first, the storm in the west, more than 20 million under flood watches. cars spinning out. part of a major coastal highway washed away. more than a foot of snow falling in the mountains.