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approved. the house passes over $95 billion in aid in most of that money for ukraine and israel. why the decision could bar the house speaker plus trying to address the work issue also led to us understanding that, hey, they can't even afford to pay their rent. >> so we, you know, it was necessary to get involved in the tenant issue and in a tenant fight in concord and rent control and the east bay, a new law taking effect to help renters and landlords. >> after a years long effort, we'll have more on that coming up. good morning everybody. it's sunday, april 21st. we begin with the weather and get ready for the heat. yeah that's right. >> today and tomorrow as well. temperatures well above average as we look at live doppler seven. it's quiet out there for all of california for a change over the weekend. 47 right now in santa cruz going for a high of 74. beautiful shot there yesterday about 7053 san francisco. and it's 52 in san jose, 55 in oakland with 54 half moon bay. look at the golden
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gate bridge. looks very nice out there. 48 santa rosa mid 40s petaluma, napa temperatures dropping before our sunrise. and then as we get into the mid-morning hours, it's going to warm up quick. three degrees warmer in oakland and concord. and there's a look at san jose will be about 80 degrees there today, 50s and 60s. 9:00, noontime, 60s and 70s for most, almost at 60 along the coast. and then by the afternoon mid 60s at our beaches. lighter winds, mid 70s around the bay shore, mid 80s inland. it will be changing quickly. i'll have the details in a few minutes. >> stephanie. lisa. thank you. new developments on capitol hill. now the house of representatives passed a series of foreign aid bills. the bills include over $90 billion to ukraine, the indo-pacific region and israel. it comes as israel launched strikes on rafah, killing 18 people, including children. abc news reporter alison kosik has the bills controversy and next steps.
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>> the house passed a massive $95 billion foreign aid package saturday after months of delays. the package included four bills, one with nearly $61 billion in aid for ukraine, another with more than $26 billion for israel and a third with $8 billion going to the indo-pacific region including taiwan. also included legislation to force the sale of tiktok by its chinese parent company. if it doesn't divest, however, house speaker mike johnson's push to see these aid bills through could cost him his job. >> you do the right thing and you let the chips fall where they may, the speaker relying on votes from democrats to clear a key procedural hurdle to get the bills to saturday's vote. >> gop hardliners not happy. >> mike johnson is a lame duck. are you ever. he's done. he's done. >> marjorie taylor greene did not move to oust the speaker on saturday before the house adjourned until april 29th. although she claimed her coalition against johnson is
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growing now that the bills have passed in the house, the senate will begin consideration of this foreign aid package on tuesday. alison kosik abc news, new york. >> happening today, mayor london breed will be heading back to san francisco after securing a deal with china to bring giant pandas to the city as soon as she arrives to sfo from beijing. the mayor's office says she will be giving an update on these pandas. the san francisco zoo will be receiving the beloved animals as part of china's panda diplomacy program. when the city briefly hosted the pandas back in the 80s, the zoo had over 1 million visitors. building a new enclosure, though, could cost at least $25 million. secretary of state antony blinken is heading to china next week. this will be his second visit to the country as a top american diplomat. he went to china last year to stabilize relations after tensions rose when the u.s. military shot down a chinese
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surveillance balloon detected over us military sites. blinken's three day trip starts on wednesday. he's expected to raise u.s. concerns. beijing is helping russia build its defense industry to fight the war in ukraine. we have new developments in a story abc seven news has been following, the oakland police officer, hurt in a bad crash several years ago, has died from his injuries. officer jordan wingate was on his way to a call when he crashed into another car and a semi truck back in august of 2018. he ended up in critical condition. the 29 year old was forced to medically retire. oakland police say wingate died yesterday morning surrounded by family in the east bay. a new law to help out renters and landlords has taken effect in concord. it comes after an eight year battle to get a rent control ordinance passed in the city, and legal challenges threatened to push it to the november ballot. abc seven news reporter anser hassan is following it.
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>> jose and his wife were wrapping up their garage sale saturday afternoon. it's part spring cleaning in case they have to move from concord. >> it's really hard for us to, like, just work for rent to pay the rent, and we have more expenses than that. like the car repairs. >> jose, who didn't want to give his last name, pays $3,000 to rent this small three bedroom house. given what's at stake, he joined the coalition that fought an eight year battle to get rent control and concord. the ordinance passed in march. >> we need to have a place to stay or we be on the streets. the new ordinance caps rent increases to 3% a year and includes just cause eviction protections. >> but city officials say the ordinance was challenged by those seeking to get a referendum on the november ballot. however they failed to get the roughly 7000 signatures by thursday, so the ordinance took effect on friday. >> this was great. it was a great win, and the reason it's so important is because because people were being evicted, rents
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were being raised like $1,000, $2,000 at a time. >> severe lockett is the deputy director for civic engagement at the east bay alliance for a sustainable economy, or ebay's. it fights for worker rights and tenant protections, he says. too often the focus was on cities like richmond and antioch, not concord, trying to address the work issue also led to us understanding that, hey, they can't even afford to pay their rent. >> so we, you know, it was necessary to get involved in the tenant issue and in a tenant fight in concord because no one else was organizing in, concord at the time. >> he believes this concord ordinance strikes a balance which still gives property owners a return on their investment and protects renters. >> people aren't making enough money to survive, so it needs some type of, equalizer or stabilization mission, to be put into place so that people can actually survive in concord, anser hassan abc seven news. >> two empty hospitals in san francisco could be turned into
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housing. that's according to our media partners at the san francisco standard. both are located on california street and the presidio heights neighborhood. one is the old cpmc building and the other is down the street and used to be part of ucsf's campus. a developer by the name of the prada group submitted a plan last week for the cpmc location. it has moved forward on the old ucsf property. the plan could add about 1300 homes and hundreds of new parking spots. happening tomorrow at 21 mile stretch of a north bay highway is expected to be back open by 4 a. highway 37 from vallejo to sears point has been shut down for a repaving project. there are dours in place, but for those heading to wine country, they are running into some serious traffic. here's abc seven news reporter cornell bernard. >> what do you think about this traffic? it's crazy. >> frustrated drivers facing big delays in wine country. highway 29 through napa can be congested on most weekends, but this was
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especially tough because cars are being detoured away from highway 37. and here's why caltrans is repaving the westbound lanes of 37. the 55 hour closure, which started friday night, stretches seven miles from solano to sonoma counties. we're doing almost 5000 tons of new asphalt in total for this weekend, and over 300 trucks will be needed. caltrans says the project will continue over the next four weekends to repave both west and eastbound lanes. detours are posted, so we asked the motorists, the travelers and the public to one plan ahead. the drivers, like mary mcquinn from placerville, say they didn't know anything about it. she's going to rohnert park. we're trying to see a baseball game at 2:00. >> oh, no. yeah they're repaving it today. >> oh, all day. >> i see it all weekend. all weekend. they sure picked the right times to do it right. >> it's been a long time sitting in the van. it's taken us an hour and a half just to go 13
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miles. >> it was. it was awful. >> lexi griggs and her friends are trying to get to petaluma. >> it's been a long journey. our eta went from 1:00 to 130 to now two, so it's not been fun at all . >> the chp posted on x telling inbound drivers to use the richmond-san rafael bridge, but check it out. even that was backed up by saturday afternoon bianco winery in the sonoma valley, posting alerts on their website letting visitors know about the highway closures and detours. caltrans urging drivers to be patient. if you're local, you. >> you have driven state route 37. you know that the work was needed and it was due in sonoma. >> cornell, bernard abc seven news. >> the construction on highway 37 will continue until the weekend of may 11th, so give yourself some extra time staying in the north bay. the sausalito pier remains closed, so there is no ferry service to san francisco. an issue was discovered during an inspection on friday, so there will be no
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golden gate ferry service until repairs can be made. busses are replacing the ferries, and there's no word on whether the pier will reopen. all right, let's check in with lisa. how's it looking out there? >> all right. good morning. stephanie. we have some patchy fog from the peninsula over to oakland. and this view here from mount tam looks clear. a little haze, though. high pressure building in with upper 50s several thousand feet above and low 50s at the surface. even some mid 40s in our north bay valleys. but boy, a warm up is on the way. we'll talk about it coming up, lisa. >> thank you. also ahead, a former school board president now facing felony charges. why she says her arrest is retaliation as stockton authorities remain tight lipped. and for 20 celebrations continue at golden gate park despite the
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smashed up in el sobrante. two cars appeared to have the worst damage, with several other parked cars banged up as well. it happened yesterday on san pablo dam road. a neighbor told us his mom and aunt were in one car that was hit head on by another driver. he says his aunt was injured in the crash. >> basically, the whole steering wheel was like pressed against her. she was pretty bloody. her face was bloody. it was pretty bad. >> scary images here. it's not clear what led up to this accident or what happened to the other driver involved. a former school board president is accused of grand theft and embezzlement. former stockton unified school district board
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president angela ann flores was arrested on friday. investigators say while serving as the board's president, she used her assigned credit card for personal gain. but her lawyer says she's innocent and a victim of retaliation. in 2022, flores says she requested an audit from the district following reports of irregularities. now that audit found evidence of fraud, mishandling of funds and irregular spending at the district. fast forward to last week. flores submitted claims against stockton unified school district, the san joaquin sheriff, as well as the san joaquin county da's office. >> 16 months. they never once charged her. two days, 48 hours after we filed this claim, they arrest her in the most public way and prevent her from having from being or tonight, in returning to the safety of her family and children. this is unbelievable. >> the district's superintendent did not speak on flores arrest and said the focus should remain on the students in the east bay.
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now oakland appears determined to keep one sports team in town. the city may spend $20 million to buy properties for the oakland's minor league soccer team. our parers at the bay area news group report the city is considering buying out two properties from ameda county you see on this map. one is the old raiders practice facility on rbor bay parkway, which is right next to the oaknd airport. now. the other is a giant parking lot next to the coliseum known as the malibu lot . right now, the oakland roots fc practice at the former raiders compound. and it was wants rather to build a soccer stadium on the site near the coliseum. the city and county have co-owned the properties for years now. at the end of the month, the oakland city council is set to vote on buying out the county's shares. a uc berkeley student made history as the first ever undergraduate elected to berkeley city council. cecilia luna parra, a 22 year old senior, won the seat and a
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special election for district seven, which covers the university's campus. she received get this 59% of the vote, and she's now focused on campaigning on student representation, safety, affordable housing and protections for tenants. hundreds of people gathered on hippie hill in san francisco's golden gate park to celebrate for 20 a time and date where cannabis is always celebrated. abc7 news reporter tara campbell was there. >> joints rolled and bongs filled, crowds lighting up at san francisco's golden gate park, hundreds taking to hippie hill saturday in celebration of 420. >> there is good vibes going all around and just good flower. >> this year's official event was canceled. >> it is on hiatus just due to economic reasons. the organizer couldn't get the sponsorship he needed. the city is facing its own budget cuts and so we couldn't we couldn't cover any of those costs. >> but nothing's going to stop
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this crowd of cannabis lovers. >> it's really cool knowing that, you know, people will still come out and do whatever they want because they're still just in a celebration of it being for 20. >> and for some, the tradition running generations deep. >> we've been coming out since long before it was ever even an organized event, my parents used to come out when they were teenagers in the 70s, and they celebrated every year. and i just been kind of continuing that tradition for them. >> me and my siblings have been coming out for the last eight years, and, we love coming out to hippie hill and hanging out with all the people out here. >> but he says in past years, the park's been more packed compared to the years before. >> it's about half as many people, but we're still a good outcome. >> activities like volleyball and kickball filling some of that open space we partner with the city this year, to bring some cool activities to the festivities that are already happening here on 420, and whether jumping high or getting high, the crowds getting along, people have been really, really cool and respectful. >> i think, you know, everyone is sort of appreciating the fact
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that if they want to come down and hang out with us and play, that they have the opportunity to do that. >> i noticed, you know, they have some sort of sporting event going on that's not bothering us any, you know, a little less space, but we're all still enjoying ourselves, having a great time. happy for 20 abc seven news. >> thank you, thank you. >> some tlc for mother nature a fitting celebration for earth day. volunteers across the bay area are taking part in oakland. volunteers picked up litter across the city. more than 100 people walked along estuary park, hauling out some trash. volunteers on boats, kayaks. you'll see here in a moment. help pull out garbage from the water. organize ers. tell abc seven they came across a lot of plastic and volunteers picked up about 3,000 pounds of garbage in just a few hours. but as we celebrate earth day, it is going to warm up for us. today. lisa is tracking the latest temperatures and it's looking like a beautiful sunrise here. >> yeah, that's right, we do have some patchy fog from the
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peninsula to the city, and it is compressed that marine layer, or it will become more compressed as high pressure continues to build in throughout the day today. and it's pretty quiet out there. all the energy up in the pacific northwest that is about to change as we get into late monday, when we're going to see a wind shift and then a couple areas of low pressure trying to make up their mind what they're going to do for the middle and the end of the week. so there's a look at the pacific northwest. even quiet there. and back home from our sutro tower camera, you can see some of the fog here. it is patchy san francisco looking really nice this morning with the sun coming up at 625. it is 53 degrees 55 in oakland with 54 hayward and half moon bay, 52, san jose, 48, in palo alto and at the oakland airport you can see the deck of low clouds, 48 santa rosa, 45, in petaluma with 46. in napa, 52 in fairfield, concord checking in at 54 exploratorium. camera. sunny
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skies and spring warmth for today and tomorrow. late in the day, we get a wind shift and by the middle of the week we are sharply cooler. tuesday, wednesday and then by the end of the week, thursday and friday could see a slight chance of showers could bring anywhere from a 10th of an inch of rain, maybe a little more in spots for your friday. here's a look at how light the winds are going to be today out of the northwest, stopping this at 6:00. so really not picking up much momentum. and then as we go into late monday, not only do they shift, but we've got that southwest wind or that southerly surge coming up from the south and then moving in through the delta, allowing for some gusty winds. and that cool down the look at the sunny skies today and then as we get into your monday will be mostly sunny, some clouds trying to invade the sky, but it should be a nice afternoon. and then by 7:00 we are cloudy. a return to perhaps a mist and drizzle into early tuesday and that continues throughout the afternoon. as we get into that much cooler air mass. as for today and tomorrow,
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as much as 5 to 10 degrees above average, looking at temperatures from the 70s along the bay shore, trying to slip off late in the day tomorrow. but i think we're going to manage another warm one. you can see the reds and oranges there to the north and east, but by tuesday there's our big cooldown only in the upper 50s for you in the city and then upper 60s inland. by wednesday. still looking at those cooler than average numbers. so this model, just like yesterday, it wants to paint a little bit of light rain our way through next sunday. but this would all happen on friday. looks like the weekend would be dry and cool. 74 today in oakland looking at upper 70s in fremont. low 80s in san jose. so a warm one for you inland looking at 81 santa rosa and the accuweather seven day forecast. we are sunny and warmer today. those 80s holding on inland 70s around the bay shore for your monday late win late tomorrow. some gusty winds tuesday and wednesday. much cooler. that's below average for most of us.
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it's coming up at seven on good morning america. >> good sunday morning coming up here on gma. eight approval. the house passes its $95 billion foreign aid package. house speaker mike johnson risked his job to get it done. and will washington ban tiktok? the popular social media platform might be forced to sell. we'll take a look at some potential buyers and how creators are responding. plus, a man is in the hospital following a house explosion outside of baltimore. the home destroyed the investigation underway this morning to find the cause and travel trends. cool captioning sports, tourism and destination
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dupes the travel locations you need to know as we head into the summer, the real summer, the real summer. that's what we're looking forward to. we'll see you on gma in the south bay. >> water rates could be going up. that's if a proposed increase from the santa clara valley water district is approved. abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey explains just how much the rate hike could cost. >> silicon valley is already one of the most expensive places to live and utility rate increases aren't helping. from p-g-and-e's hikes to proposed raises from san jose water. now, santa clara valley water district is discussing their own increases that could spike bills for customers like martin quirk. now's the time. >> people are really frustrated. we grow weary of it. the bills have gone up so high it's so much higher than inflation, a higher than the stock market goes up, you know how how can we how can we live with this? how can we keep going?
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>> a challenge for many. but valley water says the proposed charges have a purpose. the money will go towards infrastructure upgrades at places like anderson dam and the rinconada treatment plant. the board will vote on raising groundwater production and treatment plant charges for cities and private water retailers. >> our infrastructure is old. we need to make sure that we're updating it, providing the proper maintenance, repairing where we need to repair and also, you know, investing in new projects to provide water supply . >> here in santa clara county, the nearly 13% increase could end up costing customers just under $9 per month, on average. but valley water says without the infrastructure improvements, it will cost the community even more. >> a reliable water supply is something we all take for granted. you know, you just expect to turn on your faucet and the water to come out, but that takes investment. we can't not invest in the infrastructure that provides the water here, because if we don't invest now down the road, it could have impacts, obviously, on the reliability of our water supply. ralph quirk understands rate increases are inevitable and he wants to see all companies that
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raise rates held accountable to follow through with the plans. >> that way our money goes where they say it will. >> we do have to foot the bill for infrastructure. it's just is it responsible infrastructure or is it lying? that's that's to me the difference. the valley water board will meet tuesday the 23rd at 1 p.m. to hear from the community and vote on the proposed increases in san jose. >> dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> in our next half hour, over a dozen people hurt in universal studios. the new details coming out about a tram crash that happened overnight, and the hush money case, the former president's historic trial continues. what is expected inside the courtroom t
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this forecast today. >> i know we seem to get teased with a couple of nice days and then the bottom drops out. why would this be any different? right. we are looking at a couple of warm days before a sharp cool down heads our way and a look at mount tam a little patchy fog out there, but what a gorgeous sight, right? we are in the upper 40s on the peninsula with low 50s. san francisco 55 in oakland, 54, half moon bay and hayward. and there's a look at the low cloud deck that has moved on in right over the golden gate bridge temporarily. 45 petaluma, 46, in napa, 54. concord, 47 in livermore. and we're going to see full sunshine today. all already looking at temperatures a little milder from the east bay to the peninsula and the coast. so warming up through the 60s and even low 70s by 1130 you can see mid 60s on the peninsula, upper 60s fremont. those were your highs yesterday on the peninsula, our east bay shoreline today, mid 70s and flirting with those 80s. we'll talk about when we get that cool down and if we see any rain
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coming up stephanie. >> lisa thank you. new this morning 15 people are hurt after a tram crashed at universal studios overnight. the los angeles county fire department says patients were treated for minor injuries. it's not clear if other vehicles were involved in this accident, and the cause of the crash is not known at this time. we'll stay posted on that tomorrow. opening statements are set to begin in former president donald trump's hush money criminal trial in new york, this after trump's legal team attempted to delay the trial last week. witness testimony will begin shortly after adult actress stormy daniels and trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, are expected to take the stand. the jury, consisting of seven men, five women and six alternates, were all picked last week. now to your voice your vote. independent presidential candidate robert f kennedy jr will be included on hawaii's presidential ballot in november. state democrats, though, tried to disqualify his campaign's ballot access position. a ruling
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on friday blocked that effort. kennedy also gained access to michigan's ballot recently, and then made it onto utah's ballot earlier this year. the kennedy campaign and a superpac backing him both report he does have enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, and nine more states coming up on this week, silicon valley representative ro khanna will talk about his concerns over the bipartisan house foreign aid package that includes the effort to ban tiktok. you can watch the full interview on this week at eight this morning right here on abc seven. now back here at home to the ceremonial sendoff for bart's original train cars, bart held a retirement ceremony at oakland's macarthur station. hundreds were there to see the final dispatch of trains that traveled the bay area for decades. they departed from macarthur station and went to fremont station. the original route from the 1972 opening. it's bittersweet. >> this is the legacy fleet is a
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52 year old family member of the bart system. it's carried us. it's delivered bart for 52 years. so it's a little sad. made its final journey a majority of the legacy bart trains will be recycled. >> they've been replaced by bart's fleet of the future rail cars, which first went into service in 2017. abc seven news continues to follow the state of oakland schools. last month, we reported that the majority of the city's 45,000 students are not reading or doing math at grade level, but there are some schools that are excelling. so what are they doing right? abc seven news reporter anser hassan visited one school to find out eighth grader yaretzi fernandez enjoys the way english is taught at oakland unity middle school. >> so much it's inspired her beyond the classroom. >> because of him, i don't want to be an english teacher, so that's one of my dreams. >> that's a strong sentiment, considering that many of
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oakland's black and brown students are failing when it comes to english and math proficiency. a new report titled raise the bar says if oakland's 45,000 students, only 2 in 10 black and brown students are reading at grade level, 14 percentage points below the state average, and just 1 in 10 are doing math at grade level. 10% below the state average, but not at oakland unity middle school. >> we actually had the highest gains in math proficiency c in all of oakland last year. >> damon grant is co-principal at a school located deep in east oakland. 85% of the majority of black and brown students qualify for free or reduced lunch. despite all that, grant says they have high expectations. >> our students are coming in, sometimes with some gaps that we need to fill, but we're not going to only focus on filling the gaps. we're also going to make sure that they're being exposed to what eighth graders need to be exposed to. >> what's helped are it's learning labs, 70 minutes a day, four days a week, devoted just to math and english. >> there's part of the english period that's been in in a grammar and vocabulary building space. and then there's part
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that's spent in book clubs and literature circles and, you know, more of like a conceptual and creative space teacher nicholas ward explains how a recent eighth grade math project involved pitching to members of the community who played the role of investors. >> the kids had to come up with a right equation and basically pitch their idea to these investors in a room, and i thought that was something i never saw in middle school, ever. it's a charter school, which often means smaller class size and more autonomy over its curriculum. >> teachers are willing to slow down and look at data and see like, hey, this is something i might need to reteach with this group or particular student. >> principal grant says. retaining quality teachers another key to success. >> just really proud of our kids and our community, and it's been a lot of hard work to get to this point, but i think we've created something really special in oakland, anser hassan. >> abc seven news. >> still ahead on abc seven mornings why the fda is now asking a newport beach company to warn consumers about its goat milk formula. that's next. and here's a live look from our exploratorium camera. looking at
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eight to your consumer news now, the fda is asking a southern california company to provide a warning against the use of its toddler formula as a baby formula. it's called sammy's milk. the fda is concerned it may not be safe and not provide sufficient nutrition. when used as an infant formula. at issue, our social media posts, the agency says, may lead people to believe the product is safe for babies. sammy's milk says its toddler product is formulated for children between the ages of 12 and 36 months, which is made clear on its packaging and website. now to the latest from seven on your side. some bay area residents got a phone call offering to save money on gas,
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but wound up getting switched to a third party gas company instead and their gas bills went up. i spoke to them to get some answers. >> and are you aware that you were receive a welcome package from triple a natural gas that will include 94 year old ramona martinez doesn't remember getting this call. >> you know, i don't know what you're talking about there right now. >> ramona is listening to a recording of that call. triple a natural gas of oklahoma says it proves ramona agreed to a binding contract. >> i can't understand you very well. so get. let's get on with it. what are we doing? >> ramona also doesn't realize this is a recording. >> triple a will charge you $1.2 a okay, i get off stop. >> you know, you're taking advantage of someone who's 94 years old and has dementia. >> ramona just celebrated another birthday. she has advanced dementia and 24 hour care. so her trustee, ingrid
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kirsten, was surprised to see this p-g-and-e's notice saying ramona had switched her gas supplier to triple a energy services. how did that happen? she called triple a and they said, well, we do it over the phone and we got phone verification on triple a, said ramona agreed to a 36 month contract and that the phone recording proves it. ingrid is not convinced there's a series of yes or no questions, and then you hear uh- just a yes. >> and i can tell by the yes that it's not ramona on the recording, an agent reads off contract terms, then asks ramona if she understands each one yes or no. >> triple a will charge $0.85 per day. customer fee is this your understanding? >> on the recording? there's a 10 or 15 second delay after each question. then a one word reply. >> yes, thank you. >> ramona says nothing, but yes. >> this is not even her voice and the 10 to 15 second delay after every single question is suspicious in and of itself.
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>> now it seems clear ramona does not understand. yes still, triple a said ramona would have to wait 60 days and pay a $100 fee to cancel the contract. >> you can clearly tell my mother did not know what she was was signing up for karen, markey said her 90 year old mother, mary, thought she was getting a discount on her gas bill. >> instead, she wound up switching her gas supplier from p-g-and-e's to triple a. >> they basically said, your mother agreed to it and you can't cancel it for two months, and there's a penalty fee. if you do so, triple a sent karen the phone recording as proof. >> karen says it proved questionable tactics. >> i'll be completing your enrollment today with triple a gas ecore transportation. >> oh my god, can you hold on just a minute so i can write all that down? >> oh, you're going to get all this in the form of paperwork as well then i don't need to. >> is that correct? >> yes, ma'am. >> they keep pushing, pushing, pushing and get her to say yes. >> do you agree that the agent
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has not offered you any other incentives? >> i guess so, yeah, but this is the discount. is that not true? >> and again, i don't work for triple a, so let me read the statement again. do you agree that the agent has not offered you any other incentives? >> i guess so i just need a yes or no for the recording. >> i guess i'll say yes, but that's only because i'm getting tired. >> i was painful, i think i shed a few tears. >> the program will be applied to your gas. >> oh my god, this is so complicated. jesus. mercy. >> so triple a began billing mary. but instead of saving money, mary's gas bill actually doubled. same for ramona. mary's utility bill shows p-g-and-e's would have charged her $90 for the gas she used last month. triple a charged $187. ramona's bill shows p-g-and-e's would have charged her $130 for gas, triple a charged $261. triple a tells us we do not target or
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discriminate based on age, race or any other basis. a live, independent third party explains and obtains customer consent to each sale. this includes informing the customer that their gas charges may be higher or lower than what p-g-and-e's would charge them. now, the state puc allows third party gas suppliers like triple a to sell you gas, but p-g-and-e's will still charge you to deliver gas to your home, and we found it's often more expensive to buy gas from a third party, so keep that in mind as we head to break. let's check in with lisa. how's it looking out there? >> you know, it's, awfully pretty out there. you can see the patchy fog in oakland. it is 55 right now. we're going for a high of 74 today, and the average high is in the mid 60s. so a big warm up underway for all of the east bay, the peninsula and even the coast is going to be ple
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they're beautiful. shot at 646. excuse me. a federal investigation is now underway after a former giants coach posted a video in the pilot seat of a united flight. hensley bambam mullins deleted the video he took last week during a flight from denver to toronto. it showed the longtime giants coach and current rockies hitting coach sitting in the captain's seat, joking about landing the plane. we should note it is illegal for unauthorized people to be in the captain's area. united says it was a clear violation of its safety rules. rockies manager bud black says mullins apologized and his job is not at risk. today, you can watch the 2024 nba playoffs right here on abc seven. it all starts at 930 with nba countdown. first, the celtics host the heat in boston for game one at td garden. tip
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off is at 10:00, then stick around when the mavericks take on the clippers on the road in l.a. that game starts at 1230 on the diamond. catcher patrick bailey and the giants made a splash at home at oracle park. abc seven sports anchor chris alvarez has the story. >> good morning. now the bad news for the giants. they lost 17 to 1 to the diamondbacks on friday night. the good news saturday afternoon a complete opposite result. great day to be a kayak in the cove. now these people will be back in our highlight very soon. keep an eye bottom one giants down one nothing. jungwoo lee leading off with a homer to right. it is gone. stays in the yard, but it's his first homer at oracle park. we're tied at one. how about the local kid de lasalle product? kyle harrison on the mound. he went four innings, struck out five three. earned runs. so it's a tight game in the fifth. still tied at three. patrick bailey had his bobblehead day runner on for him. and cue up the splash cam ball driven right and the
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baseball goes right into the kayak on the fly. whoa. part of a four for four day. he was a triple short of the cycle. the dog looks unfazed. splash it. 103 mccovey cove. dave confirmed . this is the first splash hit that didn't hit the water on the fly. giants win seven three. they can take the four game series later today. a's in cleveland a cold day by the lake. there in cleveland, a's rookie max shuman in search of his first big league hit deep to left and los gatos native stephen kwan o makes a catch of the wall. great play on the warning track. watch max can't believe it and check out his family. they really want this hit. oh but don't worry i promise. good times are coming. top five a's down two one. shuman at the plate gets a hold of one. going to right center and it is gone. first big league hit is a home run. and the kid that grew up in michigan with a big league memory in ohio. the family there and they love it. but bottom half of the inning cleveland goes back on top. josh
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naylor taking alex wood deep to right center. and watch this bat goes to the helmet. ouch. uh- a's lose six three. the rubber match later today. you saw it right here on abc seven western conference finals rematch in the first round. lakers in denver third quarter. this is where the game kind of turned. san jose native aaron gordon throws it down. but lebron james answers. dribble drive hoop and the foul off the window lbj at 27 points six rebounds and eight assists. late third six point game denver turns defense to offense michael porter junior the block. nuggets in transition. former laker kentavious caldwell pope buries the three part of a 13 zero denver run. fourth quarter jamal murray lefty finish down low. he scored 22. lakers cut the lead to six at one point, but jokic with the steal and the big man going to score 232 points 12 rebounds seven assists. nuggets win 114 10310 series lead game two monday night denver has won nine straight over la. former michigan football head coach jim
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harbaugh kept his promise of getting a tattoo if the wolverines went undefeated. and check out the fresh ink on his right shoulder, he put the michigan logo with a 15 zero record. there it is. harbaugh now prepares for his first nfl draft as chargers head coach. that begins thursday on abc seven. and in junior welterweight boxing at 140 pounds, ryan garcia beats the bay area's own devin haney by major decision in 12 rounds. it's haney's first loss as a pro. that's your look at sports. have a great sunday. send it back to you. >> all right. thanks, chris. the giants at it again today against the diamondbacks. first pitch is at 105. and lisa we need another win. >> yes. and we're going to have a gorgeous day though. so that will be delivered. high pressure overhead. some light west to northwest breezes allowing for temperatures to climb from the upper 60s at first pitch to about 69 uh- ninth inning. so how's that for a switch? yesterday it was quite breezy out there, and today, looking at a quiet pattern as the activity,
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very little activity is to the north of us. we're going to get into a pattern shift that will evolve come tuesday, but right now check it out. upper 40s here. santa cruz a beautiful day and looking at sunny conditions, even at the coast throughout the afternoon. 53 downtown it is 54 in hayward with 52 in san jose, 55 in oakland, 48 palo alto and pier 39. quiet sea lion still waking up there, 48 santa rosa with temperatures in the low 50s in livermore. you can see the fog here from our sutro tower camera. so the next two days we've got sunshine and really a taste of summer. and then going back to early spring as we get into temperatures near or below average for the middle of the week. and then by the end of the week, thursday night, friday, looking at a chance of showers. so once again, not being really able to hold on to this big ridge of high pressure for an extended period of time monday. still quite mild in napa with 76
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degrees average high 67. and then you'll see how much cooler it gets on tuesday. it will be breezy and then throughout the rest of the workweek. we're looking at a chance of showers there on friday up in the north bay. here's a look at san francisco. the trends for the cooler day. the cooler afternoon really on monday. starting out quite nice. and then we'll get into that strong southerly wind. and then the temperatures bottom out and maybe some showers for the city on friday. here's a look at the south bay from 78 cupertino, sunnyvale and milpitas. low 80s, los gatos and morgan hill on the peninsula. mostly sunny, maybe a high cloud or two in the afternoon. 76 in redwood city, 75 for you in mountain view, palo alto. and then on the coast, we've got mostly sunny conditions. 65 daly city, with 72. in south city up in the north bay. those oranges allowing for the 80s to arrive with 83. calistoga 80 in napa and looking at upper 70s for you in san rafael, 64 stinson beach and on the east bay here,
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berkeley 73, newark 76. and as you head in towards castro valley, union city, all upper 70s for you in our inland valleys, 82 in concord and livermore with brentwood the warmest at about 84. the accuweather seven day forecast, sunny and warmer today. the warmth holds on for most of us tomorrow. winds switching late in the day. breezy and cooler. tuesday. wednesday partly cloudy around average and then we'll dip into the cooler than average for the later part of the week, with the chance of showers thursday into friday. they'll be light showers, but the cooldown looks to continue into next week. stephanie. >> all right, lisa, thank you. a reminder that you can watch all our newscasts live and on demand through the abc7 bay area connected tv app. it's available for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv, and roku. you can download the a
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the vivek k sj returns to the south bay today with an earth day edition. some six miles of the city will be closed to cars so people can bike, skate or even go on a stroll. san jose was able to keep this tradition going, despite fears last year of cuts due to budget constraints. coastal kids home care's second annual touch a truck fundraiser was held also in san jose. video here was provided by the organizers of the event, which raises money for children living with illness in the area. over 50 cars were on display, as well as food trucks, raffles and fire engines. you see their proceeds all go to the agency's nursing and therapy services and in-home treatments for children in san francisco. the sounds of taylor swift's new album could be heard blaring throughout the marina district this weekend. that's because several bars hosted a taylor swift themed pub crawl, 14 bars in total across the marina and cow hollow neighborhoods hosted the event, each with a different taylor
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inspired theme. many of the bartenders big swifties, including chris checker from jackson's and it was no surprise some swifties strutted in proud support of taylor and local businesses. it's so exciting because i feel like she can just draw such a big audience and she's doing amazing things right now and she's the biggest in the world and i've loved her since i was a little kid, and i'm just glad that everybody gets to be a part of this and celebrate her success. >> she's an amazing woman and her music is just music, and dropped her new album, the tortured poets department, a few days ago. >> thank you all for joining us. we'll see you back here at nine. >> 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. we are, we are, we are, we are, we
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