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search continues for two young boys last seen in mountain view. police now asking for your help and smoke shop regulation an east bay city now looking to prohibit new tobacco businesses and stop illegal ones. plus oakland needs baseball. >> uh- oakland is a baseball town. we love baseball in oakland, and baseball has brought the community of oakland together more than any other sport. >> as one chapter closes, another opens. oakland's newest baseball team, eager to fill its new roster, holding its spring tryouts. good morning. it's sunday, april 7th. i'm stephanie sierra. lisa is here with the forecast and we get to look forward to a little bit of a warm up. >> yeah, we certainly do today. on the cooler side, we'll see a bright day with a few clouds arriving later on. live doppler seven is quiet. there is a weak system that may want to drop a few light showers in the upper elevations, but as for right now, look at that. 36 in danville, 45 in san jose, sfo milder at 47, but that's still cold. 37 santa rosa and napa,
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with 40. in mill valley. so we are a couple degrees milder but about seven degrees colder at the coast. there's half moon bay temperatures certainly dropping, so mostly sunny conditions, maybe an isolated shower, upper elevations late in the afternoon. we'll see. low 60s to maybe mid 60s from our east bay valley, santa rosa, san jose, but a cool mid and upper 50 profile along the shoreline with breezy onshore winds and then a big warm up for your monday. we'll detail that and the rest of the week in a few minutes. stephanie. >> lisa, thank you. new overnight. all lanes on the bay bridge are back open this morning. a sideshow shut down all lanes on i-80 going westbound at around 3:00 in the morning. and take a look at this new video. you see it here. a large crowd got out of their cars on the bridge as the sideshow was happening, and shortly after this, officers eventually did clear the lanes and the bridge reopened after about 20 minutes, but one person was struck and killed by a caltrain in san carlos overnight
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. the san mateo county transit district says the person trespassed onto the tracks when the collision happened. they collided with one of the caltrans electric trains that was undergoing a test on property. officials say it is too early to determine the cause of that collision. we'll stay posted on that developing news now. the search for two young children continues. chp is asking for your help in finding four year old david wu and nine year-old daniel wu. investigators believe the boys were taken by taylor wu, who is on the right of your screen. the photos were released in an endangered missing persons alert. a connection between the boys and the woman has not been confirmed by police. the children were last seen in mountain view, near montecito avenue and san pierre way early yesterday morning around 1:30 a.m. taylor wu was driving a blue 2018 ford escape with a missouri license plate reading vb 9v1w the city of richmond is
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looking to crack down on smoke shops, saying many are operating illegally. elected leaders also say there's too many smoke shops scattered around the city. abc seven news reporter anser hassan talks to critics who say cutting off businesses won't solve the problem. >> richmond's mayor says his city has the potential to become the east bay smoke shop capital, with 78 licensed tobacco retailers. >> that's too many, that is, too many smoke shops. >> muriel cromwell, a lifelong richmond resident, is a smoker who was parked outside of a smoke shop. but even she thinks the city can cut back. >> it would be a good idea because why would we have all these smoke shops? that's just making it, making people want to smoke and creating bad habits, to be honest. >> according to statistics provided by the city, there are more than two places to buy tobacco per square mile in richmond, mayor eduardo martinez is proposing a 45 day moratorium on new permits and licenses.
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>> we need the moratorium so that we have the space and the time to look at all of the regulations, all of the rules that we have. >> this would impact smoke shops, lounges and tobacco retailers with provisions to extend the moratorium for up to almost two years. >> nothing is ever quite the way it seems in richmond. >> tom butt is the former mayor of richmond. he served 28 years on city council. he says the problem isn't the proliferation of smoke shops. it's regulation. >> some of them are unlicensed, unregistered uh. some of them are illegal. so the problem is not one of needing new legislation and needing moratoriums. the problem is getting the city council to fund the police department so they can start the regulatory unit back up again. >> in richmond, it's the police who license and regulate tobacco budget cuts. the police department meant cuts to the regulatory unit in documents prepared for the previous city council meeting, the city admits
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to being behind on compliance. >> you know, sometimes these regulatory actions involve, you know, they involve arrests and that kind of thing. so, you need somebody who has the authority to do that and the experience doing it. so the police department's a good place for it to reside. >> the mayor's office did not respond to requests for comment, but butt believes more inspections of shops could lead to shops immediately being shut down, which would bring down the overall number. city council is expected to vote on the ordinance on april 16th in richmond, anser hassan. abc seven news. >> californians are getting better protections from hefty rent hikes. a new rule passed this week preventing landlords from raising rent by more than 10% in new low income housing. it's not mandatory for buildings that already exist or projects currently under construction. most existing low income units in the state will likely follow the rule anyway to get new tax credits on renovations or to
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sell property later. right now, a stretch of highway one in capitola is closed because of construction. caltran says. crews are demolishing the capitola bridge. overcrossing the portion of the highway which is a little more than a mile, is closed until seven tonight. caltrans is telling people to take 101 to avoid this closure. in the north bay, a high speed chase turned into a hazmat threat. police say a driver trying to get away from officers hit nearly 110 miles an hour, right on highway 101, in santa rosa. the driver tried to exit onto petaluma boulevard but could not make the turn. the electric car crashed over the barrier and landed in the marsh. as you see here, that sent chunks of car battery on fire onto the road. >> this is not something we normally deal with. this is probably the first crash dive came out to where there was batteries in the road on fire. and so it's going to be an evolving uh- training, i guess,
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and evolving as we go and learning more about these vehicles. >> and chp says the car was so hot officers could not move it. they had to call in a hazmat crew to handle the battery fires . now to your voice. your vote. san francisco supervisor aaron peskin officially kicked off his mayoral campaign in an all male mayor. mayor aaron, the board president, addressed a large crowd in portsmouth square in chinatown. he's running against incumbent mayor london breed supervisor asha sapphire. levi strauss heir daniel lurie, and former interim mayor mark farrell. peskin appears encouraged by recent support. out. there's 213 days between now and the election, and i'm going to walk every corner, every neighborhood of this city and listen to voters and talk about my plan. >> but this morning was incredibly heartening, i mean, we've had probably 700 people here today, and we're off to a
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great start. >> during his rally, a separate group rallied against his running, the chronicle reports. that group was arranged by farrell's campaign manager. as we head to break, let's check on conditions outside. good morning. lisa. hi stephanie. >> good morning everyone. 38 degrees on top of mount tam. kind of a neat picture here. the winds are breezy up to 22 miles an hour and around sea breeze keeping it cool. a few clouds around this afternoon the last cool day we're going to see for a while. we have a steady warm up on the way. in fact, it's going to get hot around here. i'll have the details next. lisa. >> thank you. we also have tough news for the developers behind a new proposed city in solano county, california. forever's latest hurdle as they try to get voter approval. then millions flocking to different cities ahead of the total solar eclipse. how an influx of visitors is impacting an iconic u.s. landmark. abc7 news reporter brittany bell is standing by in
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a new city near fairfield. out of 400 solano county residents surveyed about 70% say they would not back the california forever project. the plan includes building a community with homes for 400,000 people, a group against the development says the poll reflects public mistrust of the builders. it does need a voter approval before moving forward. california forever proponents say people have not heard enough about this project. the california legislature is the first in the country to seriously consider reparations
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for the legacy of slavery, and decades of policies that excluded and harmed black californians. one of the bills currently being considered is an apology to the black community. >> let's start with that apology . do you think that there is the political will here in the capitol to even get an apology passed? >> i think there is a will. i think we have a governor who understands the importance of apology now. and i hope our colleagues in the legislature, both in the assembly and the senate, will see the importance of that as well. >> if reparations in california stops there with the apology, what will it say to the people here in california? >> i'd say we're not serious. >> so why should californians be on the hook for reparations? you can find out and explore the journey of the first and only state level reparations task force in the abc seven originals documentary, see california's case for reparations. it is streaming on our abc seven streaming apps. >> we're just here to make sure
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that baseball continues in oakland. >> so there you go. >> you heard it. keeping baseball in oakland. that is the message behind the ballers, as the new minor league team looks to fill its roster. the spring tryouts were coincidentally held days after the a's announced they're headed to sacramento before the move to las vegas, abc7 news reporter cornell bernard was out on the field. >> is there? so there you go. there you go. so the have a baseball tryout like no other happening in downtown oakland. >> anyone with a dream was welcome to give it a shot. about 100 amateur and professional players converging on laney college looking to make the roster for the oakland ballers first season puts competition look like today. >> pretty good, pretty decent. >> james jackson grew up in vallejo. he's hoping to make the team. >> it would mean the world to me. just it's a dream for dream come true. honestly, it's a i say, a blessing, a blessing in
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disguise. i put it like that pretty much. so if i get picked up, just, i don't know, first person to call is my mom. with excitement, we know there's a ton of talent in oakland. >> there's a ton of talent in the east bay, and we're looking to find some extra players. >> paul friedman is co-founder of the minor league oakland ballers. he believes the departure of the a's to sacramento next season, then to las vegas, is a big opportunity for his new team. >> oakland needs baseball uh- oakland is a baseball town. we love baseball in oakland and baseball has brought the community of oakland together more than any other sport. the ballers are funding a renovation at ernie raimondi park in west oakland, where the team will play. we're not looking to replace the a's, but what we're looking to say is that baseball fills a vital role in a community. they offered me an invite to try out. i figured, why not embarrass myself, right? >> even abc seven's casey pratt tried out for the team. >> the talent is off the charts. i'm seeing guys diving. i'm seeing crazy hard throws. >> meantime, the oakland coliseum could be the new home to the oakland roots and soul soccer teams, where they hope to
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play next season. both teams currently play at cal state east bay and merritt college. negotiations with alameda county supervisors are ongoing. on friday, the team sent a letter to fans and investors urging them to get involved. we need your help to inform the county as a member of the jpa, the importance of having professional sports continue at the oakland coliseum, sports are looking to make a comeback in the east bay and oakland. cornel bernard, abc seven news. >> well, we are one day away from the much anticipated total solar eclipse. and this morning, millions of americans are settling in at their weekend destinations to get the best possible view. brittany bell at our sister station in new york has how niagara falls is preparing. brittany, great to have you with us. good morning. >> thank you. great to be here and a fantastic morning here in niagara falls in the path of the total solar eclipse and just visiting the falls. this is a great trip within itself, but the chance to see the falls and
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a total solar eclipse in the background is attracting even more visitors to this iconic spot. it is one of the prettiest places on the planet, one that attracts millions of visitors every year. and come monday niagara falls will not only be packed with people looking down at the water, but also up at the sky. >> my birthday and then the solar eclipse. this is a wonderful. >> the stars are lining up for you. yeah, well, technically it's not the stars, but rather the moon aligning itself between the earth and the sun. >> niagara falls is right in the middle of the path of totality, and the area is expected to be plunged into darkness shortly after 3 p.m, while the weather and cloud covering may not be certain, one thing is guaranteed there will be huge crowds. >> it could quite possibly be the biggest visitor day in niagara's history. >> hotels have been sold out for months and the city is bracing
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for tens of thousands of day trippers who plan to drive into the area on monday, whether it be congestion of traffic, cellular network disruptions, and of course, our emergency medical services. >> we want everybody to be, on high alert as a result, niagara falls has declared a state of emergency that is already in effect. >> it's unfortunate it had to be called a state of emergency because we don't see it as that. we see it as a day of celebration, a celebration that everyone is hoping the weather will cooperate for >> and the weather that is key. so things are perfect today, but that is not going to be the case on monday. unfortunately, clouds will move in and that could be an issue for viewing the total solar eclipse. so at this point, we're all just hoping that we get the right break in the cloud cover at the perfect time. stephanie. well speaking of perfect brittany, i'm just in awe of the backdrop behind you.
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>> it looks so stunning. i can't imagine a more beautiful place to watch the solar eclipse. what's been the mood so far in niagara falls? >> it's a very upbeat type of mood, even despite the fact that we could see clouds tomorrow. even this morning people have been out early just looking at the falls. just people just have the smile on their faces. they have great energy and they're just optimistic about tomorrow. even though there could be a chance that clouds could mix in. but at the very least, you still have this as a background on monday, despite what might happen with the cloud cover. stephanie. >> yeah, i was going to say it can't be that bad, right? it's beautiful. brittany thank you for your time this morning. well, we won't see full totality here in the bay area, but lisa has been tracking the path across the us. we've seen your map as you've been tracing it. >> about 34% here in the bay area is what we'll see. so you'll definitely notice it getting a little bit darker. i think. mexico four hours and 28 seconds. it will have the
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longest totality. and then texas doing pretty well also, although as the reporter said, we're definitely getting into some cloud cover as we go through texas and up through the midwest. but here's a look at the path where you're going to see that total eclipse in on either side of it is where, you know, the eastern seaboard pretty good about 80% there. and then right on through the midwest, 80. and the further you get up towards oregon, about 20. but the skies will they'll be the clearest here in california. and notice the cloud cover from texas through kentucky. partly cloudy skies and then up through maine. so you'll definitely notice it getting darker, the temperatures dropping. and really right in the path of about 30 million people compared to 2017, where about 12 million people saw it. so a lot of people excited about that live doppler seven, where we're looking at mostly clear conditions and it wouldn't be a weekend in 2024 if we didn't talk about a chance of showers. right? we could even see a few
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sprinkles out there today. 48 in san francisco, it is 45 in san jose, 44 for you in hayward, 41 oakland. that's chilly with 41 on the coast. cooler today. right now, half moon bay and from mount tam isn't that gorgeous? 645 is the official sunrise freezing in petaluma. 37 santa rosa, napa and fairfield, as well as livermore, 41, in concord and from our exploratorium camera nice start to the day. mostly sunny today. a few of those clouds in the afternoon, a couple degrees milder for some low 60s. as we get into your tuesday, you're really going to notice the difference even monday. but the warmer regime really gets going into tuesday, with above average temperatures. tomorrow will be about eight degrees warmer in some spots. and then as we get into wednesday and thursday, we're talking 80s, 10 to 15 degrees warmer. so if you're a fan of the warmth, you'll like that the end of the week though, it is going to get cooler. there's a look at later on today
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where you'll notice that some of that green a few light showers isolated could visit us throughout the afternoon, but otherwise we're partly cloudy to mostly sunny. and then that sea breeze throughout the day today. anywhere from 15 to 20 miles an hour for most. but if you're at the coast, in fact gustier than that, there's our warm day on wednesday, some low 80s thursday, still staying quite mild but into friday. here's a look at the cooldown a big cooldown, and in fact, that's going to take us into the first part of the weekend. low 60s. today in oakland. a little bit cooler than average with 61 on the peninsula and fremont, 65 in santa rosa. and then overnight tonight, more 40s in the overnight lows are going to modify as well the accuweather seven day forecast. a lot of great sky viewing tomorrow. and then by tuesday the coast is cooler but 70s widespread 80s for the middle of the week. and then that cool down by the end
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a train system. it relies not only on humans, but a floppy disk. abc seven news reporter luz pena tells us about the plans for this upgrade. reporter >> we may be in silicon valley, but what if i told you that san francisco's train control system is running off a floppy disk? >> wow. i mean, we i mean, i thought we were moving on to ai, right? so why are we doing floppy disk? >> great question. turns out that in 1998, sfo, mta had the latest cutting edge technology when they installed their automatic train control system from an era where computers did
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not have hard drives and so you had to load the software on from floppy disks onto the computer. it's been 26 years, and every morning sfmta staff still relies on floppy disks to tell the trains how to operate. >> it's as if you lose your memory overnight, and every morning somebody has to tell you, hey, this is who you are and what your purpose is and what you have to do. today, we went underground where sfmta's train control project, public information officer gave us a tour of their system. >> so what's the role that floppy disk is playing right now ? >> floppy disk is one component of one system. the system that automatically controls our trains inside the subway. >> as if mta is train control system relies every morning on 3.5in floppy disks like this one. how dire is it to actually change the system to upgrade it from a floppy disk to a wireless system? >> so it's a question of risk.
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the system is currently working just fine, but we know with each increasing year the risk of data degradation on the floppy disks increases, and that at some point there'll be a catastrophic failure. >> this system was designed to last 20 to 25 years. sfmta's executive director jeffrey tumlin said upgrading the system will take years, so the detailed project schedule will be finalized once we have a contractor on board, upgrading the system will improve reliability, something the team in the control room is tracking every day. so this is where you guys are watching everything happen. so once the upgrade happens, what will change here. >> so they'll be able to track the movements of trains and the operations of trains throughout the city much more easily, as do some of mta's youngest passengers. >> they grew up riding trains, but today was the first time they saw this relic. mom, what is this? >> uh? it's a hard disk. i don't
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understand how something that big. >> it's something that small. >> luz pena, abc seven news. >> as the mta says, the upgrade will be paid with state and federal grants, as well as muni's capital resources. >> in our next half hour on abc seven mornings, we have breaking news out of the middle east. israel says it has withdrawn troops from one area in gaza. this, as today marks a grim milestone in stinging, 5-times-a-day,... ...makeup smearing drops user. i want another option that's not another drop. tyrvaya. it's not another drop. it's the first and only nasal spray for dry eye. tyrvaya treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease fast by helping your body produce its own real tears. common side effects include sneezing, cough, and throat and nose irritation. relying only on drops? not me. my own real tears are my relief. ask your eye doctor about tyrvaya.
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using our brand new grocery outlet app. it's been really fun seeing what everyone's doing with the extra money they save. nice shirt. just got back from vacation. a butler? super nice guy. i got to start using the app. live. good morning everybody. we're back with your forecast. lisa is here and we're just starting to see that peek of sunrise. >> yeah very pretty out there but cold. we have plenty of 30s once again this panel here from our sutro tower camera in that view is beautiful. and we have 48 san francisco, 43 in san mateo with low 40s. that's the cooler spot, half moon bay. but
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wait till you see what is waiting you in our valleys. how about freezing in petaluma? 36 in santa rosa with 37 napa, fairfield, livermore and 41 in concord. so awfully chilly out there. even though this map shows it's a little bit warmer a couple degrees in some spots. it's going to take a minute to warm up, and we'll see those 50s about 9:00 in sunny conditions by the afternoon we've got a few clouds, maybe a few isolated showers. it's slightly warmer and the big warm up underway to start the workweek. we'll talk about it coming up. >> stephanie. lisa. thank you. we're following breaking news out of the middle east. the israeli military says it has withdrawn its ground forces from southern gaza. the idf did not give a reason for this withdrawal, but israeli forces remain in on other areas of the gaza strip. this comes as today marks six months since hamas launched a surprise terrorist attack in southern israel, and israel then declared war. more than a million palestinians, palestinian civilians left to
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the city of rafah, where there's now a severe humanitarian crisis. un facilities report an average of 850 people sharing each toilet, and 3600 people sharing each shower unit. in rafah, the evacuees are collecting tents, tarps and blankets to build their own temporary shelters. as this morning cease fire talks continue in egypt. cia director william burns, israeli intelligence chiefs and hamas officials are expected to all attend. for months, hamas and israel have been trying to agree on terms for a hostage release in exchange for a cease fire in gaza. hamas is asking israel to release palestinian prisoners and allow more aid into gaza. today, israel is expected to reopen a northern border crossing to allow aid trucks to cross. coming up on abc's this week, we hear from world central kitchen founder chef jose andres. following the deadly airstrike that killed seven aid workers with his organization.
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the question now is how will president joe biden respond? you can watch the full interview on this week at eight this morning right here on abc seven. this morning, russia declared a federal emergency after floods forced thousands of people to evacuate. it happened after a dam broke on friday in the orenburg area. the surge of water destroyed a total of 6300 homes, officials launched a criminal investigation into how the dam was built. back here at home, telephone captioning services enable millions of hearing impaired people to talk by phone. but they also can be a direct line for phone scammers. and as a bay area family found out captioning operators are required by law to type out every single word a caller says, even if it's a scammer swindling someone with disabilities without capital, she never would have been able to hear the caller. >> she never would have understood them, and she never
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would have been scammed. >> donna badgett is still trying to understand why a telephone captioning service meant to help her mom also helped somebody scam her. i mean, i feel horrible because her hearing has been bad, so i bought it for her for a christmas gift, thinking i was doing her a favor. her 83 year old mother, judith, got the call one morning on her cell phone. her grandson was in jail. was she posting bail? judith had heard about grandma scams, but words on the screen made it seem real. >> she wouldn't have been frauded without it. >> the caller claimed to be a lawyer trying to get dui charges reduced. the captel operator silently typed every word the scammer said if you can post bail quickly, i can make sure it's a misdemeanor and not a felony, but you need to act quickly. >> can you get to your money today? what bank do you go to? he looked it up and he's like, oh, they open at 10:00. >> judith asked about her grandson. the operator typed the reply. he's a bit embarrassed and wants to keep this between you guys. he did suffer minor injuries. the airbag broke his
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nose. they gave him five stitches. the captel operator typed out every word of the scammers instructions. are you back from the bank? >> did you get the cash? did you get the envelopes? >> the scammer said, get a nine by 12 manila envelope. you're going to put the envelope from the bank in the middle of two magazines, and then you're going to place it in the manila envelope like you're making a sandwich. a courier would pick up the money and quote, the driver doesn't know anything about the case. he's like an uber driver. leave me on the line and head outside. ask his name. give him the package. >> my mom put the phone down, went outside, delivered the money, and then he called back like an hour and a half later. oh, i have bad news. the woman that was in the car with him was pregnant. she lost the baby. >> the scammer wanted more money from judith. supposed for the woman's medical expenses. >> you need to go get more envelopes. go back to the bank, get the cash after the fact. >> the family got the call log and could see every word the scammer said. >> i read a couple the first time. i mean, it's just so
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disheartening. >> donna was furious. the cattle operators did not try to stop the scam, and she says effectively assisted in a crime. >> i mean, they are transcribing fraudulent calls. >> they enabled her to get scammed, but the cattle company hamilton relay services says federal law makes it illegal for transcribers to intervene in any call, even if it's a scam. >> the operators must serve as, quote, invisible conduits without censoring, altering or interfering in any way with personal and private communications. fcc rules and the americans with disabilities act require that captioning services provide the same rights of privacy afforded to hearing phone users who expect no one is listening in on their calls. >> i said, can't you even say, you know? please note we think this is a scam. >> donna can't believe it was illegal for the company to notify her that her mom was being swindled, or even to stop typing the scammers instructions. >> i think things have to change
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. the fcc has to make these changes like have an emergency contact on the account or alert the local police on line forms among caption operators show some disagreement about their role, should they have discretion to intervene in troubling calls, where would they draw the line? >> what if a caller was threatening physical violence? right now, the law says they may not step out of their invisible role. if you have served as a transcriber for the hearing impaired, we'd like to hear from you. if you have a consumer issue seven on your side wants to hear from you. you can send us your stories online at abc seven news.com. just click on seven on your side. still ahead. this morning, excitement building ahead of the total solar eclipse. how bay area residents and tourists are getting ready for this rare event. and we'll take you outside for a live look from our exploratorium camera. looking at the bay bridge with that stunning sunrise.
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is light this morning at 6.39. it's been over three months now, but we finally have a winner. an oregon powerball player matched all six numbers and won the big $1.3 billion jackpot in last night's drawing. if they take the cash option, the jackpot is worth around $621 million and it's the eighth largest prize in game history. the drawing was initially delayed after technical difficulties. now the next jackpot resets to an estimated $20 million. tomorrow is the big day, the rare total solar eclipse. and here in the bay area, even though we won't get full totality, people are still very excited. abc7 news reporter tara campbell talked to those making some last minute preparations. >> the countdown is on and people are getting prepped for monday's total solar eclipse. >> it's like a once in a
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lifetime opportunity. it's very special, very, very special. >> at san francisco's exploratorium, these glasses are going fast. >> people will come in search around with their eyes. and i know right away they're here for eclipse glasses. >> the protective eyewear, their number one seller. as the big day nears, i know that a lot of their concerns are making sure that they're getting glasses that are actually safe, up to standard code. >> and if you look at the glasses, we actually have certain specifications and guarantees printed on the side. >> this will be the last chance to see a total solar eclipse from the u.s. for quite some time. the next one isn't expected until 2044. >> hearing that it's a 20 years from now to see the next one, you definitely want to see it. you don't want to miss that. >> i was thinking of skipping school, but i realized that it was going to happen sometime in the morning from like 10 a.m. to 12. and that's before my class. and i'm just very excited. >> we're actually, like, looking up spots to like, check out where to go and like, what's the best place to see the eclipse and stuff like that. >> and some are putting themselves right down the path
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of totality, spanning the u.s. from texas all the way to maine, plunging areas along the path into darkness for about four minutes. >> we used to live in the bay area, and we came here to visit friends, and we're on our way to columbus, ohio to see the solar eclipse, where his family lives. my husband's family, the couple wants their three year old daughter to have what's expected to be one of the best views. i think i just want her to be excited about the world that we live in, and aware that there's something kind of beyond the sky that we see. >> yeah, that's right. >> tara campbell, abc seven news. >> if you can't watch the eclipse in person, abc seven is your home for complete coverage. we will bring you all the excitement from across the country, starting at 11 a.m. tomorrow. let's check in with lisa. good morning. >> good morning. emeryville. right now it's pretty chilly in the low 40s over into the east bay and yesterday managed barely 60. we should be about 65 this time of year, but by monday
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it's 644. in sports today, the giants look to take the lead in their series against san diego and in the south bay. a thriller yesterday at the shark tank for one bay area native, abc7 sports anchor chris alvarez details devin cooley's first win of his nhl career. >> good morning. on friday, matt chapman raced around the bases to give the giants a win in their home opener. thairo estrada had the game winning double, snapping a four game losing streak for san francisco last night, trying to make it two in a row over the san diego padres. camilo duval's three year old son liam already showing off the arm pregame
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looking like his dad. that is some good stuff in the dugout, keaton wynn got his start and then very first pitch of the game. xander bogaerts pops it to center. jungwoo lee can't find it in that late afternoon. sun drops in for a hit later in the inning. bases loaded, two outs and jurickson profar deep to right down the line. no one catching. this ends up being a grand slam. four nothing padres win through six innings didn't give up a run after that. the giants best chance in the seventh. two on two out. tom murphy strikes out. they only had four hits in the game. padres starter michael king throws seven scoreless as the giants lose four. nothing. they've dropped five of six. logan webb set to take the mound later this afternoon. chilly day in detroit a's right fielder lawrence butler prepared for the elements. top of the first. brant rooker oh there it goes. second straight game with a two run homer deep to left field there in detroit. rooker uh- got all of that one two nothing. a's more than enough run support for starter paul blackburn. went six scoreless innings, struck out
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four, hasn't allowed a run in 13 innings so far. first ace pitcher not to allow a run in his first two starts since 2010. got his first win and has started both of oakland's victories. they win four. nothing. how about forever giant joey bart taking or making excuse me, his pirates debut against the orioles first at bat. there it goes. two run homer to left, hit a double in his next at bat. went two for five with two rbi. pirates won the game five four, in 11. they're going to need and even sharks owner hasso plattner needs a roster. team teal hosting the blues a rough season, but he picked a good game to see in overtime at los gatos native former junior shark devin cooley in goal making sure it stays tight. his mom hoping to see her son's first win ensuing face off. first rounder from 2021 william eklund. his first career hat trick and the game winner cooley his first career win. mom loves it, team loves it. sharks win three two in overtime. it is bananas at the men's final four in phoenix,
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defending champion uconn taking on alabama. look at grant nelson big time dunk shocks his teammates. so nice. we show it twice. tied at 56 with 12 minutes to go. but uconn did enough. they have a big man of their own donovan clingan seven foot 218 points four blocks. huskies win 8672. they'll look to become the first men's team to repeat since 2007 2008, with a win monday night in the first game of the night, the underdog 11 seed nc state against one seed purdue. purdue seven foot four center zach 8-80, 20 point double double for the sixth straight tournament game, purdue fought off a scrappy nc state squad. boilermakers win 6350. they reached their first ncaa final since 1969. they'll face uconn for the first ncaa title monday night. that is your look at sports. have a great sunday. let's send it back to you. >> for those of you headed to the giants game today against the padres, first pitch is at 105. and lisa, it may need a
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jacket. >> you think? oh yeah. upper 50s and the winds increasing throughout the afternoon. that sea breeze up to 20 miles an hour. but starting out pleasant and same as this morning with the bright sky. but we still have a few clouds that want to visit us this afternoon from mount tam. beautiful view here it is 48 downtown with 40 one half moon bay and oakland looking at 44, in hayward, san jose. good morning to you. 45 and the golden gate bridge. beautiful. no wind, no clouds that will change throughout the afternoon. 34 in petaluma trying to recover from that freezing. 32 this morning 37 napa, fairfield and livermore. concord holding at 41. nice view of the oakland airport. a few clouds around. mostly sunny, just milder for some of you getting up into the lower 60s today. as we get into monday, we'll call it warmer for sure. we're coming up 7 to 8 degrees in many neighborhoods, and then tuesday another 3 to 4 degrees of warming. and then we'll add to that on wednesday. and thursday for the warmest days of the
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week, where 80s arrive for many locations, san francisco will be in the 70s. it's going to be an abrupt change to your system for sure. after the cooler air and throughout the day. today, we'll see some of those clouds return. a weak weather system wants to paint maybe a few isolated showers for us today, but overall we're partly cloudy and we'll enjoy a lot like yesterday. that kind of day. although we will look for that sea breeze again in the afternoon and slightly warmer in spots. 70s for tomorrow in napa. and then we're into the upper 70s, 80s, wednesday and thursday. big drop off on friday and saturday for everyone. look, we're back into the 50s for san francisco on friday. so enjoy those 70s in the south bay today. temperatures nudging up to the low 60s here. 62 in sunnyvale on the peninsula. look for low 60s san mateo, redwood city. here comes some of that cloud cover with upper 50s for the sunset. san francisco on the cooler side. and then those
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winds 20 to 30 miles an hour. low 60s for you in sonoma. we should be at about 6768 this time of year. but a nice afternoon nonetheless. and as we head on over to the bay shore, the east bay here, 62, in oakland, down through newark, partly cloudy. union city, low 60s heading inland. not a lot warmer there. partly cloudy skies throughout the afternoon and you could see maybe one of those showers around mount diablo. so the accuweather seven day forecast we're getting into a few 60s today. still below average. great viewing for our partial eclipse tomorrow. it will be warmer on tuesday and that trend continues wednesday and thursday, with 70s and 80s around the bay and inland. even the upper 60s at our coast. and then by friday and saturday, boy, it really drops off for cooler readings, even a bit below average. we'll be right back. >> thank you lisa. up next, representing the east bay from the kitchen, the bay area restaurant to make the list of
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a high quality of living. that's according to a us news and world report. the company compiled what residents considered satisfying in their daily lives. those factors include crime levels, quality of health care and education, plus the average commute times. ann arbor, michigan took the top spot. the runner up. boulder, colorado. number three madison, wisconsin and san jose at that number four spot, followed by portland, maine. building a better bay area with food. six northern california restaurants have been nominated for this year's prestigious james beard awards. abc7 news reporter j.r. stone visited one of the nominated chefs in the east bay. >> watch out for fried chicken coming through in the front, and chef jeff davis busy at work in the back at his restaurant called burdell in oakland.
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>> soul food, but kind of modernized a little bit with like a little bit of a california twist to it. >> it sure does look good, even though it's sometimes hard to keep up with chef davis. i mean, just look, he moves quick. guess it makes sense because seven months after this restaurant opened and chef davis is now one of five finalists for the james beard award for best chef in california. it's said to be like the oscars of cooking awards. >> definitely really humbled by it. it's super exciting to get recognized for what we do here every day. >> yes, chef davis is modest, but those we spoke with, like brian so did not hold back. so is a big fan. on his first night at the restaurant. my favorite today is the bbq shrimp and the bbq sauce is not like any bbq sauce out there. >> it's. >> and you enjoy that. you love that. >> yes yes yes very very nice. >> not all the stories have been positive in oakland lately, but
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that doesn't matter to chef jeff, who says it was important to him to open up here in the town. >> it's very community driven place and, you know, has a little chip on its shoulder compared to san francisco. but it's kind of a good thing. you know, we we're hustlers like we are are people that really are driven to make, our little corner of the world a little bit better. >> jeff will now travel to chicago in june for the award ceremony. a couple of months away. yes, but you can see he'll probably be pretty busy until then. >> i hope they do well and we will be back. >> is it important to win uh? >> no, i'm happy to be here. happy just to be there. yeah so there'll be a bonus. >> jr stone, abc seven news. >> chicken looks delicious. here's something else that's fun. another city in the east bay is trying a unique way to drive diners to local businesses using restaurant bingo. now, the city of concord says 24 restaurants are participating in the festival. players complete a
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bingo card by receiving stickers at the restaurants they dine at, and there's a prize for the first 50 participants who get five stickers in a row. the contest goes through may 3rd. i think we should do it. >> yeah, it looks good. >> it'd be fun, right? you get to eat and play bingo, right? >> right. you know, oakland has been in one of the cooler spots around the bay area. barely managed 60 yesterday, but today it's still going to be on the cool side. but as we look at the next several days, you've got tomorrow above average and then low 70s on tuesday, upper 70s wednesday, friday that sea breeze kicks in. we're not looking at any rain, but the cool down will be dramatic as we get into friday. the accuweather seven day forecast 50s today at the coast. low 60s, bay shore mid 60s inland a few clouds around, maybe an isolated shower throughout the afternoon. otherwise it's sunnier and warmer throughout most of the workweek. but you know it's not going to last right? we've had that time where things go right back to cooler days, and that's
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what's going to happen over the weekend. and, you know what? i'm seeing maybe a few sprinkles too. so we'll have to fine tune that. but for now things are going to warm up slowly. >> we'll enjoy it while we have it. yeah. thank you lisa, and thank you all for joining us on abc seven mornings. we'll see you back here at nine. have a great day. >> this is abc 724 seven. >> in san francisco, live at levi's stadium in san jose. >> live in oakland. >> yeah. >> you're watching abc seven news live anytime, anywhere. here we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are where you are. >> never miss a moment of the news that matters to you. download our abc seven bay area
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