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away from the coast. and then by 4 p.m. it is a warm april day. 80 and our warmest areas inland. widespread 70. around the bay shoreline. even along the coast. in the mid 60s. in a lot of areas. so 75 the high in oakland today will go to 70. in the city near 80 in santa rosa, 81 in san jose will hit 79. in concord in livermore. hi, amanda. >> hi, drew. it is slow moving in the south bay. we're going to take you to morgan hill. there is an overturned car and chp is reporting injuries. this is northbound 101. after a cochrane road, you can see speeds are down to nine miles per hour. there is stopped traffic from san martin with a 45 minute delay. back to you at the desk for our headlines. >> thank you. amanda. happening today, a san francisco jail is set to reopen while a second one is still closed. both jails were locked down over the weekend due to violence at both facilities. abc seven news reporter ryan
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curry live at the jail on seventh and bryant streets. and ryan. there was another attack at one of these jails. >> yeah, that's right. kumasi two inmates at the san bruno jail barricaded themselves in a cell with handmade weapons. and because of that, the san bruno jail is remaining closed while the san francisco one behind me is set to reopen. the two jails have been under lockdown since last friday, while authorities investigated the recent attacks. the sheriff says as many as seven staff members and nine deputies have been injured since late march. deputies warned the sheriff something like this would happen. nearly 100 of them signed a letter back in november to the sheriff, saying they have critical levels of staffing shortage. deputies in san bruno said they were mentally and physically exhausted in fights. drug use and assaults all have increase on staff. the sheriff described some of the injuries over the past week. >> as i mentioned, we've had a number of deputies go out on
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injuries that include punches to the head, face and neck being spit at and kicked in. the head slammed against walls, which resulted in the injuries of bone fractures, dislocated shoulders and bloody eye sockets. >> the sheriff tells us one of the main reasons for this uptick in violence is the lack of space to spread out prisoners. another main factor, he says, is the large number of violent offenders who are remaining in custody for longer periods of time. however, staffing remains a big concern for the sheriff's department. normally, they're supposed to have around 500 workers at the two county jails, but right now they have less than 400. so something they have to address going forward. live in san francisco. ryan curry, abc seven news. ryan, thank you. >> a rising star in san francisco's political world resigns and could be facing an investigation amid serious sexual assault allegations. our media partners at the sf standard spoke with three women accusing john jacobo of domestic
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violence and sexual assault. the women told the standard they all filed police reports, but they say those reports didn't go anywhere. jacobo was a director for the housing nonprofit tenants and owners development corporation. sf standard reporter josh cain says the women feared more violence from jacobo. if they spoke out. >> these accusations are very explosive, very damaging and there was a lot of fear for not only their professional careers, but also their safety. >> san francisco's police chief says his department is investigating the three women's reports. san francisco supervisor hillary ronen is now calling for a hearing on how the city handles sexual harassment and assault cases. >> to not see any progress after we've put resources and created a new department to focus in on that issue, it's a real disappointment. >> jacobo did not respond to the standard's request for comment on the story. >> governor newsom is weighing in on the protests that brought
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traffic to a standstill monday morning while in the bay area yesterday. the governor says he supports the right to protest but does not support the approach. >> i don't think that's helpful and i don't think that's responsible. i think there are better ways of protesting. so no, i hope we don't see it again . and i do think people need to be held to account for their actions. >> alameda county da pamela price will be making the call on charges for people arrested on 8-80 in oakland. meanwhile, protesters who shut down the golden gate bridge are not being charged with a crime for now. but that could change district attorney brooke jenkins says her office needs more time. protesters gathered outside the san francisco county jail yesterday, where 26 people were booked on multiple charges, including felony conspiracy. but jenkins didn't file charges before the deadline yesterday. she says her office needs help from witnesses who were stuck on the bridge. jenkins says charges are indeed coming. she says she supports people wanting their point of view heard, but they
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must, quote, draw the line when acts of free speech endanger public safety. after her announcement, some of those detained protesters were released. >> we're waiting to hear back from google this morning after a pro-palestinian protest at their headquarters, police arrested five people at the sunnyvale office yesterday. google employees protested by holding a sit in and live streaming it. police say most protesters left by midday yesterday before the five remaining were arrested for trespassing. the employees are looking to stop google cloud's $1 billion ai contract with the israeli government named project nimbus last week, time reported. google's work on project nimbus involves providing direct services to the israeli defense forces. >> so i would not like to lose my job, but i think it is impossible for me to continue coming into work every week without acknowledging and loudly condemning project nimbus and any support for the israeli government. >> employees also claim palestinian, arab and muslim googlers have been censored.
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developing news on the war in the middle east, abc news has learned u.s. officials expect a limited response from israel after the missile attack by iran over the weekend. a man is at the live desk, reggie, according to a senior u.s. official. >> israel's response is not expected within the next 48 hours. israel is currently facing international pressure to de-escalate the conflict. israel's war cabinet met for a fifth time. it reviewed military and diplomatic options in order to decide on the country's response. iran launched the attack on israel in retaliation to an israeli airstrike in syria that killed several top iranian military leaders. abc news reporter matt gutman got an up close look at an iranian missile recovered from the dead sea, which seemed to be part of saturday's attack. >> it is over 38ft long, made out of steel and right around here would have been the warhead capable of carrying 800 pounds of high explosives.
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>> meanwhile, u.s. aid to israel is on center stage on capitol hill. house speaker mike johnson is facing criticism after proposing a separate measure to send aid to ukraine. some members of his party are now threatening to oust him as speaker. plus there's more fallout from iran's attack on israel. the u.s. is expected to impose new sanctions against iran. the sanctions would target the country's missile and drone programs. now, let's head to drew for a check of our weather. hey, amanda, take a look at the 24 hour temperature change because that tells the story. >> initially of what we'll feel later on today. we're already running several degrees warmer right now than this time yesterday. we're beginning in most cities in the 50s. as you step outside the light jackets, all you need. currently, high pressure is anchored off the southern california coastline that is acting like the heat pump. later on today. that will get us into the 70s and 80s. but you notice on satellite there's a lot of cloud cover rotating around this ridge of high pressure. so we'll have a mix of sun and clouds throughout the morning and into the afternoon. looking at future weather, we're
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into the 60s by 10 a.m, so we warm pretty fast today. by noon we'll have 70s in many cities. so that's already above average for this time of the year. then heading into the afternoon this is four. you can see we'll have that partly cloudy sky. and many cities in the 70s and low 80s for daytime highs. if you have any evening plans, it's a really pleasant evening. by 7 p.m, those temperatures still mild in the 60s and in the 70s. looking at your weather, wellness today, air quality is good. tree pollen remains high, your uv index a six out of an 11 that is high. so looking at the next three days, today is the warmest day of the week. but tomorrow we'll still hang on to that mild air. by friday we do cool down across the region, but those temperatures are going to rebound as we head into the weekend. we'll have that weekend forecast coming up in about eight minutes. kumasi >> thank you drew. safety in the skies a boeing whistleblower set to testify today on capitol hill over quality concerns. fire department demonstration a look at the training a rescue canine
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incidents on boeing jets is putting the company in the spotlight. amanda's at the live desk with more on this. >> amanda kumasi today, a congressional hearing brings boeing safety and quality concerns back into the public eye. a senate committee will hear from a whistleblower and a panel of experts who call for significant improvements at the aircraft manufacturer, the whistleblower, engineer sam salarpur, claims the 787 dreamliner wide body jets are not properly put together and could eventually break apart over time. he wants the faa to immediately ground these jets. boeing is calling sandhya patel claim inaccurate. the company says in part, the issues raised have been subject to rigorous engineering examination under faa oversight. this analysis has validated that these issues do not present any safety concerns. salarpur has not provided any documented evidence. boeing is now encouraging employees to speak up about quality concerns ahead of today's hearing, the company says. reports to an internal tip line about aircraft
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quality are up about 500% this year. back to you, kumasi. thank you amanda. >> san francisco is taking a major step in its 30 year plan for improving seismic safety. mayor london breed issued an executive directive instructing city departments to identify concrete buildings that may be vulnerable in major earthquakes. experts say these at risk buildings are not easily identified from the streets, so a screening process is needed to identify them and prioritize the ones that need to be retrofitted. we know how to prepare for an earthquake, but are you prepared? make sure you have a kit, have a plan, and that you are informed. and if you need help with any of that, you can check out abc seven news.com slash. prepare norcal. the city is also a step closer to installing 33 speed cameras. yesterday, the municipal transportation agency board of directors unanimously approved the locations for them. they're expected to be installed as soon as next year. these cameras are part of a statewide pilot program that will ticket drivers
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who exceed the speed limit by at least 11 miles an hour. bart is giving cash refunds to people who turn in their paper blue and white tickets, and now requires riders to use clipper cards for access into bart stations. but according to our media partners at the sf standard, if you still have any old paper bart tickets, you can turn them in and get cash. the tickets have to have $1 or more value on them to get that refund, and there's no deadline to turn in the old tickets. you can get a refund online or are at a bart station. well the warriors season is over and the dynasty might be to the kings routed the dubs and that play in game last night in sacramento. not a welcome sight for the thousands of fans who watched the game at thrive city. now this could be the last time that we see klay thompson, steph curry and draymond green playing together. thompson and green may not be coming back to the dubs
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next season. fans we spoke with say they are thankful for the run, but disappointment in that loss, you know in any game you hit your peak and then you go down the other side of the mountain and i think the warriors have hit their peak and i think they're on the down side. >> they did something so special together that we just have to be thankful that we got something today. >> we are expecting to hear from some of the warriors players in a press conference following the last night's loss, curry said he could never see himself, not with those two guys. when he was asked about klay thompson and draymond green's future with the warriors, a new musical seem to be playing in san francisco, has the best possible credentials. >> it won the pulitzer prize even before it got to broadway, and it won the tony once it opened. it's based on a frustrated writer working as a lion king usher writing a musical about working as a lion king, usher. i had the chance to speak with the creator about his circle of strife and jesus
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where the play hails, who usher? >> usher is a young, fat, black, gay musical theater writer who is an usher at the lion king, and he's sort of cycling through his own sort of self perceptions and his thoughts sort of take form around him. >> show me how to pray. >> while i did draw from personal experience to write the show, it's not autobiographical, not exactly. it's emotionally autobiographical. i felt everything that usher has felt. maybe you don't know how to pray so when you were an usher at the lion king, what was or wasn't going through your head standing at the back of that audience? so one day i was on the mezzanine level of the theater, and we had just let patrons come in, and it's sort of an older woman had come in and she'd gone down to her seat in like row aa, and i was standing in aisle four, and
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then she sort of turned around. she was looking for a booster cushion, and she goes, usher, usher and i like clocked that. and that sort of became the motif of the opening number. of, of a strange loop is playing at act in san francisco until may 12th. >> tomorrow night, the preview star officially opens next week. i'm seeing it this weekend. i cannot wait. i saw on broadway i loved it, so when i heard it was coming here and only here in la. by the way, that's as limited as the tour is going to be. i said, i need to get on this. we need to do a story on it. yeah. so i hope you all consider going to see it because it's really good live theater. it is not for everybody. okay. it is. i would not say it's for kids. okay this is this is this is a grown folks show. yes. about adult issues that you face growing up. so and i, as a young person, begged reggie to show me his story early. >> so i got to see it. but the most fascinating thing i thought, like the lead
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character, you said he's in college, he's in college. >> wow. the man playing usher is a junior in college. he saw an ad on instagram, for a national call to be the lead in a strange loop, he sent his material in. he got the role. >> isn't that amazing? and he's so good. he is. >> this is his first big production. >> the power of social media. >> wow. congrats. >> you ready? you ready, he says his key to success. >> he said, i stay on my phone, so i think it got him to where he is. >> yeah. that's great. congrats to him. here's a look outside from our exploratorium camera. partly cloudy conditions. the accuweather headlines call for summer like weather today. today is also the warmest day of the week, but don't be fooled. the weekend is still looking fantastic. sunshine. we're storm free. we'll have mild temperatures and the extended outlook we will keep that dry and mild weather pattern through the next seven days. at the very least, looking at your boat, beach and surf forecast winds today are out of the west northwest about 5 to 10mph.
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waves 4 to 5ft. with that swell period about 10s and your ocean water temperature currently between about 53 and 55 degrees. the morning commute really is no issue out there. we just have a mix of sun and clouds. that sun's up here in about 20 minutes. temperatures warm, pretty fast today, already closing in on 70 degrees in a lot of cities by that lunchtime hour. and today temperatures going about 5 to 10 degrees above average, 81. in san jose we'll go to 75. in oakland, 70 in the city, near 80 in santa rosa, lovely. in richmond at 7580, in antioch, san rafael, up to 76 degrees. and any evening plans you have, we're doing just fine. it's a mild evening and temperatures are just gradual to cool off. we're still in the 60s by about 9:10 p.m. and a lot of cities overnight tonight will eventually dip into the upper 40s and lower 50s. underneath. partly cloudy skies. future tracker temperatures tomorrow. we keep that above average trend with those temperatures 70s and 80s and most of our cities. by
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friday we will find cooler weather area wide, but these numbers in most areas are pretty close to where we should be for this time of the year. and then we'll find some minor warming over the weekend. here's the accuweather seven day forecast showing you warm today. that continues tomorrow. then we're cooler everywhere on friday with some breezy conditions. then over the weekend sunday, the warmer of the two days, but certainly lots of sunshine over the weekend and then the onshore breeze a little bit stronger early next week. guys >> thank you drew. now we're checking in with ginger zee who is live with what's coming up on gma. >> hello ginger. >> hello reggie and kumasi. it's nice to be with you. so coming up here on gma we are following the latest on former president trump's criminal trial here in new york. seven jurors have been seated and there's a lot more work to go there. but we're going to tell you when the opening statements could get underway. and then the key deadline for the suspect in the idaho student murders, and what it could mean for the trial. also, more than two dozen reported tornadoes ripping through parts of the midwest and
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now ohio, michigan, indiana, parts of pennsylvania. well, they're going to be in it today. i'll be tracking it. and then shark tank star robert herjavec is here answering questions about fighting inflation and what small businesses can do. we hope you'll join us on gma. >> ginger we just did a story about a strange loop which was on broadway for a while. and now it's here in san francisco. have you seen any new musicals on broadway recently? >> no. the last one i went to was with the whole fam and we went and saw the michael jackson. i had seen it once before, but we needed to see it with the kids and adrian loved it. miles might have been just a little young for the length because and he didn't really have like the connection we do to michael jackson. we realized like he's heard a lot of the music, but we were like, you know what? you're watching, right? and he's like, yeah, i kind of want to go home and watch disney plus, you know, like exactly. >> he's like, anyway, bluey. yeah, thank you for this right. >> yeah. blew it. >> no he's he's into like the marvel and all that stuff. >> but still i, i made a goal
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with a friend of mine who lives in the city and we've known each other forever that we live here. >> we work right by it. why are we not seeing more shows? so i've got one in may. i think we're trying to see. >> okay, but i think you should see merrily we roll along. i just saw that and. yeah, i think you would like it. and i've liked it more as i've thought about it more. you know, sometimes you leave the theater and you're not sure. and then as the days go by, you think about it more. you go, i get it now. yes. so it's stuck. >> it stuck with you? >> yes. >> plus it's jonathan groff and harry potter. why do i always forget his name? daniel daniel radcliffe, so. yes. >> daniel radcliffe. yeah. go see it merrily along. >> we'll discuss putting it on the list. >> thank you. >> and love the hair. ginger. >> yes. >> so cute. swoop, swoop. >> give us a swoop. >> thank you. faux bob in it. >> get into that feeling you get when you can... du more with less asthma.
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safer for consumers. the cdc recently found nearly 11,000 american children had to go to the hospital because they ingested melatonin unsupervised. some of them may have mistaken gummy melatonin supplements for candy. the new guidelines are voluntary. they'll ask those who make melatonin to create labels
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that are clearer about what's inside, added warning labels, and more childproof packaging. now to san francisco to meet a hero named barney. barney is a dog. he's a disaster rescue canine with the fire department. yesterday, firefighters put on this first of its kind training demonstration, search dogs are deployed, sometimes by helicopter, to remote locations to look for victims after a disaster. fire crews say despite all the tech they have, the search canine is the best way to locate people trapped in collapsed structures. >> he can search far and wide really fast, much faster than we're capable of doing. and so he's able to clear this entire area to, you know, within minutes and then let me know where we need to give our attention to. >> barney is one of four rescue disaster search canines at the fire department. firefighters say it takes a year or two to fully train these rescue dogs. next is 630, beating the odds. what's happening at an oakland school that's leading to success for many of its students? >> plus, i'm abc's perry russom
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star who is best known for flipping homes learns his fate. how much time he's expected to serve rotating restaurant an iconic piece of san francisco's hospitality history spinning once again. >> plus dancing queen young sweet. >> only 17. she's not hit national recording registry, the hit from abba's arrival album, making the cut. >> the other artist, whose music is now listed on, well, the list i don't know, i couldn't come up with another word. you know when your brain is thinking, i don't want to say list again because i just said list. >> yeah, but you don't know another on the. yeah. not that, not that. nope >> going. good morning everybody. it is wednesday april 17th. >> on the agenda today we will
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find warm weather. it's almost summer like today. today is the warmest day of the week. here's a live look at sutro tower. we have partly cloudy skies out there, temperatures running several degrees warmer right now than this time yesterday, so we're already off to a warmer start than previous days. temperatures mainly in the 50s and a lot of cities. some of our cooler spots in the valleys of the north bay are in the 40s. looking at the exploratorium camera, it's a mix of sun and clouds. once that sun is up here in about one minute, we'll find we're quickly warming. today we will see those temperatures in the 70s by about noon, and then by 4 p.m, our warmest spots getting into the 80s. so it's going to be a nice mild day around here. 75 in oakland, 70 in the city, 81 in san jose, about 79 in santa rosa, 80 the high in antioch. even across the state, if you will be traveling today near 60 and sunny in south lake tahoe, 70s and 80s through the central valley looking very nice, sunny shine and socal 70s for san diego and la palm springs. it will be warm, a high
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of 96 degrees. guys >> thanks, drew. in former president trump's hush money trial. seven jurors have been seated so far. 11 more still need to be chosen. abc news reporter perry russom is in washington with a look at who is on this historic jury. >> reggie and kumasi. good morning. former president trump continues to attack the judge, saying yesterday the judge is conflicted and that the judge should not be there so far, seven jurors have been seated. three are women, including a teacher, a software employee at disney, abc's parent company and an oncology nurse who said, i didn't know i was walking into this for jurors are men, including the four person who was born in ireland and works in sales. two our attorneys. and there's an it consultant originally from puerto rico who called trump fascinating and mysterious, adding he walks into a room and he sets people off. one way or another. lawyers have been questioning the jury pool, looking at their social media for potential bias. one man was asked about a 2017 facebook post
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where he wrote, get him out and lock him up. that man was dismissed from the case. trump is accused of falsifying business records to hide a payment he made to former fixer michael cohen to pay off adult film actress stormy daniels to keep her quiet about a long denied affair. prosecutors say trump falsified documents to hide that information from voters in the 2016 election. trump has pleaded not guilty. i was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense. >> some accountant i didn't know marked it down as a legal expense. that's exactly what it was. and you get indicted over that while trump is in court. >> president biden is on the campaign trail today. he is going to pittsburgh to meet with steelworkers. biden has said he would not be watching trump's trial. instead, he says he will be talking about the issues in washington. perry russom abc seven news. >> happening today, the hawaii attorney general is expected to release the first phase of an extensive report on the august
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wildfires on maui. amanda is at the live desk tracking the latest on this. >> amanda kumasi. we are working to learn more about what exactly happened during the deadly maui wildfires back in august. the state's attorney general is set to release that information later this afternoon. the report is expected to address the 72 hours before, during and after the fire. the maui fire department yesterday released its own report about what happened. the western fire chiefs association was hired to make its own third party after action report. it highlights at least 17 areas for improvement along with recommendations including the fire department needing more equipment after dealing with poorly stocked fire engines. all backup firefighting vehicles needing to be kept ready to go and there should be a statewide mutual aid program and an evacuation plan for residents and tourists who speak different languages. maui county officials say the fire department has already started addressing these challenge areas . the cause for the wildfires is
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still unclear and is still under investigation by the atf. back to you at the desk, reggie aqui. thanks, amanda. >> the san francisco sheriff says deploying the national guard to county jails is not the to answer deal with increased attacks and a staffing shortage, one of the jails is still on lockdown. another is supposed to reopen today. abc seven news reporter ryan curry is live in san francisco with the latest on this unfolding situation. ryan >> yeah, reggie. good morning. the one that's supposed to reopen is this one behind me in san francisco, but the san bruno one still on lockdown. that's because yesterday, two inmates barricaded themselves in a cell with handmade weapons. the sheriff taking great concern with that. he says after he was speaking with the media yesterday about the violence, the sheriff says as many as seven staff members and nine deputies have been injured since late march. the two jails have been in lockdown since last friday, while authorities investigated recent attacks. sheriff miyamoto tells us one of the main reasons for the uptick
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in violence is the lack of space to spread out prisoners. another main factor, he says, is the large number of violent offenders who are remaining in custody for longer periods of time. the sheriff says deputies have broken bones, bloodied eye sockets and bite wounds. the sheriff showing photos of some of the injuries in the first photo, you see the arm of a deputy who was bitten so hard that it went through two layers of clothing and broke the skin before the incident. >> this individual was actually fully restrained. in the second photo, you see a lump on one of our deputies heads caused by impact of hitting the floor after his attacker punched him twice. that individual was unrestrained at the time >> nearly 100 deputies signed a letter back in november to the sheriff, saying they have critical levels of staffing shortage. deputies at san bruno said they were mentally and physically exhausted and fights drug use and assaults on staff
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have increased. the jails are understaffed by about 100 workers. they're supposed to have 500. right now. they have a little under 400 for now, reporting live here in san francisco. ryan curry, abc seven news. >> thank you. ryan and the south bay a man who once was a star on a house flipping show is now heading to jail. instead of remodeling homes, prosecutors say he was taking that money and spending it on lavish items for himself. charles todd hill from the hgtv show flip it to win. it is also ordered to pay close to $10 million for real estate and financial fraud. the prosecutor in the case says hill scams, including a ponzi scheme, impacted 18 homes in silicon valley. >> the point was to purchase the home and remodel them and sell them for a profit. he would take the money that was given to remodel the home and spend it on luxury cars, vacations, partying, as he has stated and
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then in order to account for that, he would label it as construction costs. >> victims were left with either unfinished homes or barely finished homes that they had to finish themselves. hill was indicted in 2019. convicted last year. yesterday, he was sentenced to four years in jail. >> now, an update to a story we first brought you last week on abc seven mornings, a tiny home in cupertino the size of a small studio apartment, is expected to sell for more than its asking price. we told you about the 384 square foot house going for 1.7 million. that home is basically the size of a hotel room. the listing has already received eight offers, and the sale is pending for well over asking. >> san francisco's iconic rotating restaurant that sits still for 17 years is spinning once again. >> the bar at the top of the hyatt regency on the embarcadero, held a soft opening last night. the equinox restaurant has a 360 view of the
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city's financial district to treasure island. it shut down back in 2007 after the revolving view came to a sudden halt. the hotel's longtime engineer, dennis alker, attempted to fix the issue before the dining venue was forced to close. after failing to get the gears spinning again. well, last year, the hotel decided to get the broken turntables back. >> running just froze right there and just watched. got that feeling of 17 years ago when it was was pretty exciting. >> so right now the restaurant is only open to guests of the hotel. >> i want to go. you can go. i've never been to a spinning restaurant. >> i've been there. but when i went it was not spinning. so like about a year and a half ago. but it's still just beautiful. the views are stunning, food is good. >> i just need a pop of dramamine and i'm ready to spin. possible bankruptcy. the restaurant chain reportedly considering filing for bankruptcy as a restructures its debt. >> and let's take a live look right now at the big board at
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the new york stock exchange. we're up right now about about 150 points. another update on the markets next, uber's annual lost and found index, the most unique items riders have left behind in the last year. >> but first, here's drew. >> hey time now 641 this morning. sutro tower pointed towards the golden gate bridge. just a thin veil of fog trying to make its presence known. but today is a day where we'll get rid of that fog very quickly, and we'll have partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures this afternoon. here's live doppler seven, along with satellite high pressure. this ridge anchored off the southern california coastline. you notice around this ridge we have these clouds rotating clockwise. so we'll be in and out of some of this cloud cover throughout the day. but it will be a very warm afternoon in terms of april numbers. here's future weather. we do expect to warm pretty fast as we head throughout the morning. by noon, we're well into the 60s, if not mid 70s by that hour. it's one of those days. you need the light jacket in the morning, then the afternoon shorts and t shirts and sunglasses. going to
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be your wardrobe of the day because by 4 p.m. 70s and 80s in our warmest areas, the pollen forecast today, trees remaining at high levels oak, pine, juniper and cedar are the top allergens, weeds and mold are at low levels today. looking at the next three days, today is the warmest of the week. tomorrow is a nice day with those temperatures above average, and then by friday we'll start to see a stronger onshore breeze cool us off. but by the weekend those temperatures are going to rebound and the weekend's looking fantastic. we'll show
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they're fueling a record number of antisemitic incidents, according to the adl. jewish americans experience a 140% increase in antisemitic incidents last year. that's the biggest increase in 45 years. adl officials say the increase is even worse in northern california, with more than 500 total incidents. that's a 202% increase from 2022. >> the leap in anti-semitism is both and alarming for northern california and the greater bay area. in what is supposed to be a progressive stronghold tolerant of people of all
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backgrounds is a growing and poisonous hatred of jews. >> according to the audit, there were 397 incidents of targeted online and in-person harassment and seven assaults and 98 acts of vandalism in northern california. the audit comes on the heels of a report by the country's largest muslim civil rights organization, showing the largest spike in anti-muslim hate in 30 years in sacramento. >> the push for reparations for black californians is moving forward. yesterday, two bills were voted out of the committee process with little opposition. the first bill would establish a fund to finance reparation measures by moving 6% of funds set aside annually, and the special fund for economic uncertainties. the second bill, sb 1050, would establish a procedure to restore property taken during race based uses of eminent domain to its original owners, or provide compensation. one of the families that testified is the johnson family.
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they're from a town once called russell city, which is now a part of hayward. they were paid pennies on the dollar for their land. after being forced out by the government in the 1960s. >> you can't see pain, but you you can feel it. you can feel it, but you can't see it. please give us our land back. we want to be paid and compensated for the hurt and the loss. >> the johnson's story was featured on our abc seven originals documentary, california the case for reparations. you can explore their story and the first and only state level task force studying reparations. it's available right now on abc seven news.com and wherever you stream abc seven news. >> there's a new affordable housing project proposed in fremont. the proposal is 240 units. it would go on nearly three acres of empty land near the warm springs bart station. it's located on the corner of
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warm springs boulevard andouth grimmer boulevard. maricor development, san francisco based real estate company, proposed this. the development would be a 100% affordable multifamily apartment building. >> new at six santa clara county residents could soon see a hike in their water bills. the region's main water supplier, valley water, proposed raising charges on cities and private water retailers. customers could pay nearly $9 more on their monthly water bill in the upcoming fiscal year, to help with costs on several projects. those projects include fixing the anderson and pacheco dams that protect the county's water supply from climate change. >> it's your morning money report, red lobster considering filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy. the chain is struggling with some leases and labor costs. filing for bankruptcy would allow the dining chain to still operate while working to cut down debt. the plan would include renegotiating lease agreements and shedding old contracts. officials are still discussing debt restructuring options. a
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final decision on this has not been made, and now we take a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway. we're up about 200 points. >> new at six uber has just released its annual lost and found index, which reveals the most surprising and popular items that riders left behind in the uber. so first, the most commonly forgotten items backpack, headphones, wallets, jewelry and phones. now the most unique items there are a lot, but here are just a few a frontal hair toupee, a paternity test okay, a wwe championship belt. interesting a burrito steamer, okay, and a beyonce fold up fan. well, that's you know, that's a standard and that's just one person. >> you know, they had a lot going on. yeah, a lot. they had a lot going on. >> they're wearing that lace front that lace front eating some burritos. >> those are expensive. >> and thinking about uncle johnny made my dress.
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>> now real fast. they had to get out of there. >> they had to get out. >> forgot everything. >> well sometimes you just, it just happens. >> you forget. you ever forgot something. >> well my phone but thankfully i remember really quickly. >> yeah. remember it can really slide out of your pocket. >> yep. >> get out or you are on it. you put it down for a second. yeah, totally. all right. today we are talking about summerlike warmth. here we go. live look from the exploratorium camera. it is partly cloudy out there. the accuweather headlines will call for today being the warmest day of the week. but don't be fooled. the weekend is still looking spectacular. we'll have mild conditions, sunshine. we are storm free saturday and sunday and in fact the extended outlook. the next seven days we will keep that dry pattern and those temperatures mainly on the mild side. looking at your weather wellness today, air quality is good out there throughout the next 24 hours. tree pollen high. here are your top allergens and the uv index is a six out of an 11 that is
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high. so put on that sunscreen. what you'll want today this morning just a light jacket. the next 1 to 2 hours. we warm pretty fast today. so the afternoon shorts and t shirts, your best wardrobe along with those sunglasses. you do not need the rain jacket. you can put that back in the closet, at least for the next seven days. it is a dry pattern ahead. morning dry. we'll find a mix of sun and clouds, temperatures are mainly starting out in the 50s in most areas, climbing into the 60s pretty fast today through 10 a.m. today it's about temperatures 5 to 10 degrees above average. certainly warmer than yesterday and yesterday felt pretty nice. 81 in san jose, near 80 in santa rosa. a mild 75 in oakland feels warm in the city today at 70. antioch up to 80 degrees. your boat, beach and surf forecast winds out of the west northwest 5 to 10mph. waves 4 to 5ft. today that swell period about 10s and your ocean water temperature low to mid 50. so it is chilly overnight. tonight partly cloudy conditions and temperatures in the upper 40s to the mid 50s heading into
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thursday. now thursday on future tracker temperatures. it's a slightly cooler day, but still those temperatures are above average then area wide. on friday we will feel that cooler weather, but these temperatures are closer to reality for this time of the year. accuweather seven day forecast. warm weather the next couple of days. that minor cool down friday but will rebound over the weekend. sunday the warmer of the two days, both days looking lovely with sunshine and then a stronger onshore breeze arrives early next week guys. >> thanks, drew. oakland schools got some not very stellar news about math and reading scores across the city recently. we told you about it here. some schools are implementing learning labs to focus on math and english. students are going to the lab 70 minutes a day, four days a week to concentrate on math and english at oakland unity middle school. these labs may be helping students there made the highest gains in math proficiency across the city. last year, faculty say their new approach to teaching has helped the students thrive in the classroom. >> teachers are willing to slow down and look at data and see
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like, hey, this is something i might need to reteach with this group or particular student. >> new reports show only 2 in 10 oakland students are reading at grade level, and just 1 in 10 is doing math at grade level, the notorious b.i.g. >> blondie and ava are entering the national recording registry after. arrival will be preserved for all time. it is among the 25 new titles in the class of 2024. the new inductees into the national recording registry at the library of congress include a range of artists, the bay area's very own green day and their 1994 album is being inducted o. gene autry's 1949 version of rudolph the red-nosed reindeer. also making the cut. mexican singer juan gabriel's tribute to his mother, amor eternal
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means eternal love, is also being honored. come anytime. dancing queen comes on. >> you still love it. >> i will love it every time it comes on, i will twirl, i will spin, i will just be joyful. >> okay, i'm a little worn out of it. >> you heard it too much. >> it's been too many weddings. it's been too many formals. it's just been too many. >> oh, don't let that steal your joy. >> it's giving bachelorette party. oh you know. >> no it's not. that's not at the bachelorette party. no, no. >> you don't think that that's on hot rotation? >> not at the bachelorette party. >> if you're gonna just pay dancing queen. no, she's my best friend. >> no, no, no, no, that's not what i want to hear. >> dj, my best man. >> that's what that kind of reminds me of. >> up next is seven things you need to know today. if you can play brown eyed girl, you can watch all our
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one. a lockdown at one san francisco jail ends today after several attacks on staff members and deputies. county jail two, which is located on seventh street in the city, will be reopened today. county jail three in san bruno will stay under lockdown. >> number two, the protesters who blocked the golden gate bridge monday won't be charged just yet. da brooke jenkins says she needs more time to look at the cases. >> number three, a boeing whistleblower is set to testify on capitol hill today. he says a certain model of plane should be grounded over quality concerns. the company says his claims are inaccurate. >> number four steph curry is officially a part of the usa basketball men's national team
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for the 2024 games in paris. this is his olympic debut. the ten time all star will be the fifth player to represent the warriors at the olympics, and remember, steve kerr is the team's coach. >> very cool. number five get ready for the warmest day of the week this afternoon. a live look from sutro tower. we do have partly cloudy skies out there. the golden gate bridge looking lovely. we're already off to a warmer start this time compared to yesterday. we're in the 50s and a lot of cities right now. those temperatures are going to warm pretty quickly this morning. that light jacket, you need it for the next hour or so. but look at noon already into the 60s and 70s and later on this afternoon, temperatures 70s around the bay shoreline. our warmest cities inland back into the 80s. >> and number six heads up south bay commuters. some trouble in morgan hill and overturned car on northbound 101 after cochran road has a two right lanes blocked. chp is reporting injuries there. stop traffic from san martin avenue. expect a 37 million delay and number
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seven, a rare birth at busch gardens in tampa. >> this baby orangutan was born over the weekend via c-section. weighing just 3 pounds four ounces. there are only a few thousand of them left in the world, and everybody is doing well. you better cuddle up and be cute. >> i love the whole beanie, everything. they really took care of that baby. that's cute. >> very cute. did you ever go to the d.c. zoo? i did, they had the o line with the orangutans, went right over you. >> oh, that was cool. yeah. >> that's amazing. yeah it's fascinating. >> have a good day. >> michael: good morning america for our viewers in the west. the first jurors have been selected in the criminal trial of donald trump. trump on trial. seven jurors sworn in to hear the case against a former president. what we know about the three
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