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feel safe on campus. the reports of anti-semitism and how protesters are trying to make their demands more clear. good morning to you. it's sunday, april 28th. i'm zach fuentes and we have a lot to get to this morning. but first, meteorologist lisa argen has your sunday forecast. and lisa, we're expecting a breezy one. >> we are zakharov. final sunday of april waking up to just some patchy fog out there. but as we get to our live doppler satellite and radar composite, putting the wind flow on the map there to show you that that will be one of the issues you'll probably notice today. if you're closer to our beaches. otherwise, we stay dry not only today, but for the week ahead and heading outside now. awfully bright there. 51 san francisco and san jose with 50 half moon bay. a bit of a marine layer from sfo. so that cloud cover will begin to disperse in the next couple of hours. not going to last too long. 47 santa rosa, 49, in fairfield, it will be replaced, though, with those breezy onshore winds. so this morning we are a few degrees milder and looking at our temperatures over the next
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couple of hours, bringing in the near 70 degree mark by noontime. inland mid 60s around the bay, staying cool and blustery at the shoreline. zach. >> lisa. thank you. this morning we're getting a better understanding of stanford university's endowment and its connection to certain companies. some students say that's the reason their protests on campus, they're calling on the university to divest in companies helping advance military efforts in gaza. abc seven news reporter lena howland talks to students and the university. >> a cardboard cutout of stanford university president richard sackler with blood on his hands and signs calling for divestment are greeting newly admitted students at stanford's spring admit weekend. we want stanford university to pull all of its funding from companies that are helping facilitate israeli war crimes. it's unclear how many students slept here friday night, but more than two dozen tents are still set up on the campus's white plaza. they've been here since thursday for what demonstrators are
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calling a people's university for palestine. this demonstration, drawing support from this parent of an incoming political science student here visiting from georgia. so it appealed me. >> let's go. i have a couple of hours and offer them whatever help they i can do for them. being a parent, adriana, a stanford junior and spokesperson for the group, says they're aligned in solidarity with other schools nationwide. >> they're demanding stanford separate itself from any companies or organizations advancing military efforts in the israel-hamas war. and they're calling out three well-known companies stanford has ties with lockheed martin, stanford has ties with chevron, with hp and all three of those companies, are hurting the palestinian people. in a statement, the university said. in 2015, the board declined a proposal to divest of certain companies doing business in israel. they say that decision has remained in place ever since . they also say it doesn't impact stanford's endowment,
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which the university website shows is $36.5 billion as of last august. stanford's statement continues to say the university's endowment has no direct holdings in israeli companies or direct holdings in defense contractors beyond small exposures resulting from passive funds that track broad indexes, such as the s&p 500. but students say they want more transparency. >> stanford refuses to disclose its, investments like where it puts its money, and that's another thing we would like the school to do in palo alto. >> lena howland, abc seven news. >> in los angeles, police canceled a tactical alert overnight as protests continue at the university of southern california. lapd patrol cars were seen lined up along the streets, ready in case officers had to respond to an incident. however, protests did appear to be more calm yesterday. it's not clear if any recent arrests were made. more than 90 people were arrested on wednesday when the demonstrations began, and we're
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seeing similar situations play out on college campuses in other parts of the country. some protesters face deadlines to clear out, and police continue to make arrests after reports of anti-semitic activity. abc news reporter phil lipof has a look at other pro-palestinian pro-palestinian hands. >> ultimately, chaos on college campuses across the country as protests over the israel-hamas war continued to grow. since last week, demonstrations and tent encampments popping up at at least 48 colleges across the country in boston, authorities began clearing an encampment from northeastern university's campus on saturday, school officials say. what began as a student demonstration two days ago was infiltrated by professional organizers with no affiliation to the university. some protesters hurling anti-semitic slurs, the university saying, we cannot tolerate this kind of hate on our campus. at least 100 people arrested and charged with trespassing. students at california polytechnic humboldt campus taking over a building as part of their protest. the
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school telling abc news protesters are demanding, among other things, the school disclose all holdings and collaborations with israel, cut ties with all israeli universities, divest from companies and corporations which are profiting from the israel-hamas war, and publicly call for a cease fire at george washington university in the nation's capital. the school says anyone who remains in university yard risks temporary suspension and being barred from campus. >> we are here to stay. we will not give up. we won't rest until you divest. >> and at columbia university, where pro-palestinian protests began earlier this month, some jewish students say they feel unsafe on campus. >> on this campus, people chant that zionists are not welcome, calling on, quote, death to the jewish state. >> meantime, outside the university, freedom homes, pro-israel counter-protesters gathered on friday calling for the release of all israeli hostages taken by hamas on
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october 7th. >> that was phil lipof reporting and new this morning. green party presidential candidate jill stein is among the 80 protesters arrested at washington university in saint louis. her campaign manager and deputy campaign manager were also arrested, and we have continuing coverage of the campus protests across the country and here in the bay area on our website, abc7 news.com. new this morning, speaker emerita nancy pelosi is showing support for a newly launched committee looking into sexual assault allegations against political leaders. she sent a letter to the democratic county central committee. pelosi urged leaders to adopt similar standards to the rules passed by congress in 2018, following the metoo movement. that's according to our media partners at the san francisco standard, the committee comes after sexual assault allegations against community leaders including john jacobo and kevin ortiz in the east bay. now, residents from an oakland neighborhood plagued by sex trafficking are calling for more help from city hall. a
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rally was held on 13th avenue in international boulevard. mayor shan tao and alameda county district attorney pamela price were there. neighbors and community groups say the area is seeing an increase in prostitution, often involving underage girls. they asked city leaders to do more than make arrests. will you lead a multi-jurisdictional effort to fund, design and launch regional human trafficking awareness campaign to increase public awareness of the impact of sex trafficking on victims and consequences for those who buy sex? the press conference took place just a few blocks from saint anthony's k through eight school. it's the same place where over a year ago, the abc7 i-team shot video of apparent sex workers soliciting outside of the school. in the middle of the day, the city says when they put up barriers near saint anthony's, the prostitution and trafficking moved down the street. happening now two major road closures are impacting drivers, while caltrans makes repairs. nine miles of 680
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southbound are closed through pleasanton between the 580 connector and koopman road. despite the traffic it may cause, caltrans says they are on schedule. >> anybody who is familiar with that part of the road knows that there's potholes and all kinds of problems. and so right now, i'm happy to say we are on track to reopen on time, on schedule. >> and 680 is scheduled to reopen at 4 a.m. tomorrow. and in the north bay westbound highway 37 is also closed all weekend. caltrans is repairing the pavement from vallejo to sears point. this is the second weekend in a row the road shut down. closures are expected to be lifted also by 4 a.m. tomorrow, and commuters have to worry about public transit in the east bay, too. there is construction on the bart trackway near orinda station today. there's going to be free busses, though, to replace the trains in both directions between rockridge and lafayette stations, so expect 20 to 30 minute delays through the area. all right. we've got a lot to get to. let's check in with
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lisa. >> all right. good morning. as we head outside here looking at emeryville, we do have patchy fog from about san francisco on south. you can see it though in the distance. and looking at upper 40s in our coolest locations. but it's going to be a nice day near average temperatures, a little breezy. we'll get to the details next. >> a nice day here, but in other parts of the country a very different picture. we're going to show you which states are still seeing tornado threats after severe storms overnight and one year after the death of banco brown. advocates say the fight for justice is not over. how
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camera shot of the bay bridge. look how beautiful our sunday morning is shaping up to be. as the sun continues to rise and our day gets off to a start. all right, well, abc seven news continues to follow the story of banko brownies. the 24 year-old man who was shot by a guard at a walgreens and died. the san francisco da says the guard was acting in self defense as abc seven news tara campbell reports. people are still angry. one year later in his name. >> rainbow brown calls for justice the day a security guard shot and killed banko brown at a walgreens in san francisco. >> franco was the type of person to give you the shirt off his own back. that's how that's how much he thought about others, even when he was struggling himself. julia arroyo is the executive director of the young women's freedom center, where bianco was coming into his own fighting for transgender rights. he organized to talk about trans housing and specifically for trans masculine folks. he
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educated his. he taught us a lot . >> anger still felt over what played out in this walgreens. a guard suspecting the 24 year old of shoplifting in a scuffle, shooting bianco, later saying he felt his life was threatened one year out, the anger is just coming from that. there really isn't justice for bianco right now, in this moment. >> the san francisco district attorney's office didn't charge the guard with bianco's killing, saying there was clear evidence it was self-defense. >> a year after bianco brown. sadly, things have not changed, they've only gotten harder and harder. gail lola chavez is the executive director of lyric, a center in san francisco serving lgbtq plus youth. >> and they say the attacks on transgender rights across the country are taking a toll. >> in the last year alone, tara, we we've seen about, i would say, about 45% of our youth experiencing homelessness are coming from out of the state, out of the country. >> the increasing demand for
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services, strapping nonprofits desperate for more resources. >> it's really difficult times right now. we honestly don't know what to do. the only thing i do know, our doors will remain open. they have to. for young people. similar to bianca brown, tara campbell, abc seven news police departments across the nation are reporting an increase in sworn officers. >> it's the first time this has happened since the pandemic and the 2020 death of george floyd. that's according to a survey by the police executive research forum. however large departments are still more than 5% below their 2020 staffing levels, despite a year over year increase from 2022 to 2023. the people hardest hit by california's home insurance crisis could be facing a new blow, the head of the state's fair plan says rates are probably about to skyrocket now. the plan says it provides basic fire insurance coverage for high risk properties. when traditional insurance companies won't. and for many homeowners, that plan is their only option. and it's a pricey one because
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it's thousands of dollars more each year compared to other plans for people in high wildfire risk areas. now, the head of the plan told a state committee this week that that problem is only going to get worse. >> our rates are going to go up. no question about it. if we can put that cost of reinsurance in there, if we can put use catastrophe modeling, just like the voluntary market, our rates are going to go up. now this week, we learned allstate will consider once again writing new policies in california, but only if the state makes changes to make it easier for them to raise rates. >> the head of the fair plan wants those same options to, so that the plan can have enough money to cover losses in about a fire. well, this morning, millions of americans are waking up to the risk of damaging winds and tornadoes. more than a dozen tornadoes were reported yesterday across several states. abc news reporter melissa edson has a look at the damage and what's expected today. >> the national weather service is still analyzing the number and strength of a multi-day tornado outbreak that spanned from texas to the great lakes in nebraska. several reported
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tornadoes touched down near lincoln and omaha on friday. a drone footage captured the destruction in omaha. roads filled with debris, roofs torn off. >> we can see it form behind it, and then once it hit that house, it just it obliterated. you can see there's nothing left on the ground, but it was just sticks. it wasn't a formed home. >> federal assistance on its way for the state after dozens of businesses and homes were demolished. >> we've already had coordination at the regional, fema regional level and the national level uh- in washington, dc to ensure that in the in the response that you have, the capabilities that are needed and during recovery, that the resources that are also required are brought to bear throughout the day. >> saturday, eight states from texas to wisconsin were under a tornado watch. flood watches were issued across nine states from texas to iowa through monday afternoon. today, the threat of severe weather is reduced, but there is still the possibility of damaging winds. large hail, and a few tornadoes
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across several states from texas to illinois. once this line of storms dies out monday morning, a break in the severe weather is expected, giving people an opportunity to start the recovery process. melissa hayden, abc news, oklahoma city. >> and that break in the weather, i'm sure is appreciated, but it's just devastating seeing the loss and damage that they're facing in the midwest. lisa and are they going to see any kind of relief? i know we're expecting some kind of storms in some areas coming up. yeah, absolutely. >> a little town called sulfur, oklahoma almost flattened. so ground zero was oklahoma city yesterday. and today the distance from the southern plains, texas to michigan, over 1200 miles of distance in between where we're going to see that severe weather. and that's over 60 million people impacted by this. so looking at the line of severe weather and some embedded storms already, this is a classic, classic of the air masses. the colder air from the north. multiple systems in this strong line. and then with the humid air coming up from the
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south. and we get those dew points up really high and that initiates the strong weather here. we're looking at the flooding rains, multiple watch boxes and also the hail that could come down with some 70 mile an hour winds. you can see the extent in through the midwest today, and then it will quiet down by tomorrow. but just one of the places between kansas and nebraska that could see some flooding is seeing some flooding right now and also into texas. and that line all moves to the east. we've got winds, upper level winds right now, but at the surface it's calm temperatures will be pretty seasonal today. the coast, though very gusty. and there's a look at the golden gate bridge. looks nice and quiet out there right now. a beautiful start to your sunday upper 40s. redwood city, 50, in oakland, 51 in san francisco and a look from our sutro tower camera. a nice wide view here. and temperatures are cool from napa and petaluma in the mid 40s. santa rosa 4752. in concord. livermore 58 upper 40s santa cruz and later on today it will be breezy here with upper
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60s sunshine and windy at the coast. tomorrow a little milder from the bay to our inland valleys. no change at the coast and then as we get into the latter part of the upcoming workweek, we'll see temperatures continue to climb subtly, but we'll reach the 80s inland. there's a look at the winds 30 to 35 miles an hour by noontime, and they just continue to go up from there. they funnel into the bay so it will be breezy throughout the day today. but in your monday afternoon they get even stronger, 35 to 45 miles an hour, a little bit of a wind shift, but the winds are going to be with us all week long until another weather system replaces this one. so we will look for what we call a zonal flow. and that's going to allow for just that subtle warming trend. this is tuesday low 70s, mid 70s, even upper 70s by the sacramento valley. looking at near 80 inland for your wednesday finally coming up in the city. still breezy coastline but not as windy. and then by thursday, one of the warmest days, look at the low 80s from the north bay to san jose, mid 70s in oakland. even 70s in san
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francisco. today, though, mid 60s with the wind. upper 60s for san mateo, 74 in napa and the accuweather 70 forecast. we are featuring the sunshine, the breezy winds, little change. monday. some warming begins throughout the middle of the week, and you'll notice it inland around the bay. by wednesday. thursday still should be warm on friday, but the weekend is looking cooler. zach. >> we are looking forward to that already. lisa, thank you so much. hey, when we return, do not disturb. that is the message from experts. the warning is the sun comes out bringing more people and you made a cow! actually it's a piggy bank. my inspiration to start saving. how about a more solid way to save? i'm listening. well, bmo helps get your savings habit into shape with a cash reward, every month you save. both: cash reward? and there's a cash bonus when you open a new checking account to get you started. wow. anything you can't do? ( ♪ ) mugs.
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coming up at seven on good morning america. >> and good morning to you on this sunday coming up here on gma. another devastating night as tornadoes tear through the heartland. the town of sulfur oklahoma especially hard hit following scenes of destruction
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we're seeing in nebraska and iowa. gma is on the ground with a firsthand look as residents salvage what they can. plus, here, hamas releases a video of an american israeli hostage, the family of keith segal, reacting to the emotional video and seeing him for the first time in more than 200 days. as we get the latest on talks and a ceasefire proposal between israel and hamas and switching gears here, lebron and the lakers keep their dream alive, hoping to do what no team has ever done before in the nba playoffs. the celtics take the lead in their matchup against the heat as we look ahead to today's action on the hardwood, that is all coming up right here on gma. >> and here at home, the marine mammal center is warning of a threat to marine life. dozens of seals and sea lions are now being treated after interactions with humans. abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian has details. reporter juvenile seals have no trouble making themselves heard, but deciphering the traumatic events that landed them at the marine mammal center hospital in
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sausalito takes some detective work. >> so they're being separated from mom prematurely. so we're getting 5 to 6 animals a day layered on top of that is that there are lots of animals out on the beach, and a lot of people. >> conservation engagement director adam ratner says they are often alone and vulnerable when they're rescued. the victims of human interaction that's both unintentional and preventable. >> people see this little pup on the beach all by itself. they think it's sick and abandoned, and they go up to try and help it. and unfortunately, by getting too close to these animals, we can either be the ones to separate them from their moms, or we can cause more stress, we're looking at disturbance data from 2023 to better understand what's going on. >> giancarlo ruley and the mammal center team began crunching data from the roughly 10,000 calls they receive every year, matching the incidents to eyewitness descriptions of what happened last year alone. nearly a third of the mammals rescued were involved in a disturbance to their normal routine, and
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ruley says two human profiles stand out the wildlife protector, who wants to help, and the wildlife experience seeker, camera in hand. >> and with that comes then those extra steps of people just taking the wrong action and getting too close. the other then on the tourist side is wanting to take that actual moment, capture it in real time, and then take it back home and share with family and friends, he says. >> they've mapped out a series of harassment hotspots, and the mammal center is hoping outreach can change behaviors. the strongest advice is to stay at least 50 yards away from any marine animal run the distance of three school busses end to end, and if an animal is injured, the most effective tool to help is your phone. >> absolutely. we get over 10,000 phone calls a year from people out on the beach there. how we find out animals are sick or injured. so we depend on the community. we love the community and we want to arm the community with the right tools and actions so that we can both make sure
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that that animal gets the best second chance at life and keep the marine populations that dot our coast safe and healthy. >> in marin county. spencer christian abc seven news. >> and if you do see a marine animal you believes in danger, the marine mammal center hotline is 415289. seal okay, in our next half hour on abc seven mornings, white house roast biden's jabs at trump during the annual correspondence dinner and the former president's response and encampments in the east bay. how one county is avoiding unhoused deaths while
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don't wait- call today. other. a bay area doctor is on her way to gaza this morning. her words of bravery as she focuses on faith, not fear. good morning to you. thank you for being with us this half hour. meteorologist lisa argen is here with our sunday forecast and
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it's shaping up to be a nice sunday so far. >> yeah, we're admiring that sunshine right? beautiful. yeah, it does look really nice. and that sun coming up earlier and earlier about 12 minutes ago. there's a look at san jose. look how nice that is with the clear sky. it is 51 downtown, 50 in oakland. and half moon bay with 55, hayward, 51, san jose and the bay bridge looking gorgeous there. 46 in petaluma, 45 for you in napa. so a little cool in the north bay. 52 concord. there is a little bit of a marine layer, but overall some breezy winds allowing for temperatures a little bit milder to start out and just a smidge milder throughout the later afternoon. inland you'll be in the low 70s with that west wind to noontime, and then maybe a few degrees warmer. 4:00 otherwise along the bay shore. breezy west winds arrive later on today, with upper 60s and still upper 50s, with the wind gusts staying at the coast. zach. >> lisa. thank you. a south bay doctor is on her way to the middle east for a volunteer
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medical mission in rafah, and the situation in gaza is dire, with reports of hospitals being attacked and doctors killed. but this doctor tells abc seven news reporter anser hassan she will not be deterred by many accounts, it's currently one of the most dangerous places in the world. >> but that's not stopping doctor salameh from going to gaza. >> when you see people who are starving or don't have health care, who have uh- don't have any basic needs, why not help? >> doctor sheikholeslami is a family physician at sutter health in san carlos. on saturday, she heads out on a two week medical mission to gaza. she lands in cairo and then heads to the rafah border, where a group of medical volunteers will cross into the town of rafah. >> you don't have everything at your disposal, but you can do your part and hopefully it will help, right? it will help sometimes when, you know, kid is sick giving them the antibiotic. >> doctor sheikholeslami says
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she knows she's entering a war zone. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned of an imminent ground invasion of rafah, but she says that's not her focus right now. i have the faith that it will work out. >> you know, you know, and, that's my life is not any important than anybody else's life. >> her niece, sana says that's the kind of determination that has always driven her aunt. >> it really reflects everything that my aunt does, in this world, as a mother, wife, doctor, and simply as, you know, a genuinely good hearted person. >> sana adds that the family is not surprised that her aunt is meeting this moment in history. >> i think we are all really concerned for her safety, but we're also really, really proud of her. doctor sheikholeslami says she's not trying to save the world, just help the people of gaza bear witness to the atrocities of war and take a stand for something she believes in. >> yes it is. there's a risk
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involved. but then, you know, inshallah, it would be, it be certainly worth it. and, and then i can come back and talk about all that i have witnessed in the south bay. >> anser hassan abc seven news. >> pro-palestinian demonstrators took their message to one of the signature events hosted by the white house. shame on you. >> shame on you, shame on you. >> protesters heckled and confronted people arriving for the white house correspondents dinner in washington, d.c. last night. they shouted as you heard there, shame on you at people making their way towards the venue at the hilton hotel. a small group reenacted the torture and imprisonment of palestinians. they also said attending the dinner supported genocide in gaza. at the dinner, president joe biden delivered his election year roast. he poked fun at several topics, grabbing headlines recently, like trump's hush money trial and his age. >> i'm a grown man running against a six year old
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feel great. i really feel great i'm campaigning all over the country. pennsylvania, georgia, north carolina i've always done well in the original 13 colonies. >> donald trump reacted to the roast on his truth social account. he called the event, quote, really bad and a disaster. as for those antiwar protests, biden avoided the large groups at the front of his hotel by arriving through a back entrance. coming up on this week , white house security adviser john kirby will talk about congress's foreign aid package and secretary blinken's upcoming trip to the middle east. it comes amid college protests over the israel-hamas war. you can watch the full interview on this week with george stephanopoulos at eight this morning, right here on abc seven. harvey weinstein is hospitalized his return to new york city from an upstate new york prison. his attorney said he has a lot of
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health issues and is undergoing many tests for that. the 72 year old weinstein has been dealing with things like cardiac issues, sleep apnea and a whole host of other medical issues going on. so remember his this was he had his rape conviction overturned and that reversed the prison sentence that he was going to be facing. so a lot of developments going there that we're going to continue to track well, ever see city in america tries to get an accurate count of the number of unhoused people, but few record their deaths? alameda county has been analyzing homeless deaths since 2018. abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez explains explains why recording deaths can help save lives. >> the way the unhoused congregate varies from city to city. some of oakland's encampments seem somewhat secluded away from disapproving eyes. thousands of people get in their cars to commute to work every day, not knowing that under these freeways are communities of unhoused people. for many here in oakland, this
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is their refuge. >> it's basically for me because i know everybody around here, so i don't have to really worry about nobody trying to steal nothing from me or whatever. >> stonis arrington was born and raised in west oakland, a short distance from where he now calls home. he's been homeless for three years. is there any hope coming from you to someday get out of this situation? yes, that's the only thing that keeps me going is hope and prayer. >> i'm billy bob. >> billy bob lives in an rv and is the owner of this pile of goods. he's been unhoused since 1988. the why is irrelevant, he tells us. what's important is that he's learned to adjust. >> god fulfilled his promise. three scores and ten. >> three scores and ten is a biblical term meaning a life expectancy of 70 years old. billy bob is 71. but for those living on the streets in all of alameda county, the average age
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of those who die experiencing homelessness is 52. most are male and african american, unhoused people died here 2022. those are the most recent numbers compiled cardiac hypertension, diabetes, liver disease, cancers, stroke. drug overdoses are also a factor. how do they know this? david mosebach works for the alameda county health care for the homeless program. >> we did data matching to find out how many people who died in alameda county were also homeless, known to be homeless. and then we also looked at death records to see if there were clues, died in a dumpster, died behind tent encampment, unsheltered. >> and that information helps to
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avoid unnecessary deaths and determine the kinds of treatments needed to save lives. lucy kasdin directs the program, like really bringing care and increasing access to care for this community. >> so bringing that service directly to people where they where, where they live, right. as opposed to them having to leave their belongings, maybe things get stolen when they go to a clinic. >> being a female out there is not it's not safe. and that's like coming here and being able to lock my door. also having a bathroom is amazing. >> melissa fischer, once unhoused, has now been given supportive housing but remembers the few times when people died alone. >> there's one gentleman that passed away and he was in an encampment in a tent, and he was there for like a week and nobody knew. no one knew. >> and billy bob told us they don't think about dying on these streets when people realize that they're going to die. >> i think that's the point in life where everybody go crazy. >> you really don't have anybody looking after you? no this guy do you worry at all that, you know something might happen to you and nobody will know? no i
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think i got faith in god. lyanne melendez, abc seven news. >> still ahead on abc. seven mornings, a historic plaza will soon be restored and the new additions expected for the peace plaza in san francisco's japantown. and here's a live look.
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the sun and the impact it's having on the camera right there. i love their sunrise, and i'm loving our morning so far and that you could join us. thank you so much for that. and ucsf health broke ground on what it calls the hospital of the future. hospital officials celebrated the start of a massive rebuild of the parnassus heights campus. the plan involves building a new 15 story hospital and research center at the current site, which has been operating since the early 1900s. the expected cost more than $4 billion. >> we're going to add almost 200
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beds of capacity and double the size of the emergency room. so this is really about serving the city of san francisco and the region with more capacity. >> the new hospital is scheduled to open in 2030. san francisco officials joined the japantown community this weekend to break ground on the peace plaza renovation project. three new one. >> the project sets out to transform the historic plaza to hold its place in the city as a community hub. >> it's going to have new paving plants, seating and maintenance. local leaders spoke about the significance of japantown to the city as an asian american, we've always felt that san francisco is the heart of asian america. >> here in this country. so many movements, so many issues, so many ideas start and come from san francisco, and no community represents that better than japantown.
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>> for decades, construction is expected to be done, and the plaza reopened to the public by early 2026. >> well rock the castle was back in walnut creek with its 10th anniversary musical spectacular hosted by our very own dan ashley. heathe >> she told me that i need girls like you. she also told me, stay away. you never know what you'll catch. >> get it? dan, the event brings out hundreds of people to enjoy live music and raise funds for children in need. the concert had performances from phantom of the opera, frank d'ambrosio, the oakland symphony, and a tribute to rock and roll legend tina turner. >> well, it's just a great milestone to have been rocking the castle for ten straight years. we've had some amazing headliners and over those years we've raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to support local children in our community through a number of organizations that i support,
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and we're looking forward to a great night and helping support kids who need our support. >> all the proceeds go equally to two charities. the first is court appointed special advocates. that's casa. it helps protect children placed in foster care from abusive or neglectful homes. the second charity is friends of camp concord, which sends underserved children to summer camp at lake tahoe each year to very worthy causes. an excellent night and it's always fun to see dan in his rock star mode. lisa. >> yes, i love it. good morning everybody. what a view here. the golden gate bridge looks gorgeous. temperatures in the 50s right now. we'll look for numbers near average today a beautiful day on the way. just a little bit warmer for the week ahead. a couple of caveats to ta
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nine as the morning is just getting started, the sea lions starting to wake up and a beautiful skyline in the
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background right there. and today you can watch the 2024 nba playoffs right here on abc seven. it all begins at 930 with nba countdown. first the 76 ers host the knicks in philadelphia for game four at wells fargo center. tipoff is at ten. then stick around when the clippers take on the mavericks on the road in dallas. that game starts at 1230. and closer to home, the 40 niners landed some final additions to the roster during day three of the nfl draft. abc seven sports anchor chris alvarez tells us more about the niners 2024 draft class. >> good morning. the nfl draft has come and gone. the 40 niners had five picks on the final day yesterday. keep in mind, during the lynch shanahan era, niners have found some of their best players late in the draft. think maybe brock purdy a couple of years ago. last pick 40 niners mark with a chance to announce a draft pick in detroit. he was fired up. wide receiver jacob cowing out of arizona went in the fourth round pick, 135 overall, five foot eight, 168 pounds. you see him there led
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arizona the school record 13 receiving touchdowns this past season. so here's a look at day three for the niners. three defensive players, two offensive players chosen. here's head coach kyle shanahan after all his work was done. >> you know being close like we were last year feeling we're going to have a chance to at least have an opportunity to try to do something like that again. you want to think always what helps us now, but then you get to that spot and there always isn't that answer right then. and so do you go with what kind of helps us now or what helps us more in the future. and so you're just constantly weighing that, whether it's the draft, whether that's free agency, and everything. >> brendan rice was taken in the seventh round, pick 225 overall to the la chargers. the son of hall of famer and 40 niners legend jerry rice will go from usc to play for jim harbaugh's chargers. rice was second team all pac 12 and led the trojans with 12 receiving touchdowns last season. tariq owens, son of terrell owens, also reportedly agrees to a free agent deal with the 40 niners dog days at oracle park. giants hosting the pirates
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some of their cutest fans at the ballpark. jordan hicks has been outstanding as a starter, a career high nine strikeouts gets former giant joey bart looking and top nine. we're tied at one. a little chopper to no man's land. wilmer flores first base flips to cameo, covering and camille duvall making the play on the run. so nice. we show it twice, using every inch of his six foot two frame to corral that in in extras, former giant farmhand brian reynolds two run shot off taylor rogers, a31 pittsburgh ke'bryan hayes homer two pitches later make it four one. in the 10th, jorge soler cue the light show deep into the night. two run shot. this is as close as the giants get. they lose four three rubber match later today at oracle park a's in baltimore on saturday afternoon. oakland looking for their third straight win. remember former a cole irvin now pitching for baltimore. and he was good seven scoreless innings struck out five. the hook gets brant rooker right there. frustrating day for a starter jp sears gave up three runs with
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two outs in the fourth and in the fifth. homers on back to back pitches. adley rutschman and then ryan mountcastle. there they go. a's lose seven. nothing rubber match later today in baltimore. that's your look at sports. have a great sunday. let's send it back to you. >> hey if you're craving ballpark food at home, major league baseball has you covered. the mlb's launched ballpark bites, which puts a ballpark inspired menu on food delivery apps across the country. and they're doing this by setting up ghost kitchens in hundreds of ihop restaurants. so think your hot dogs, crispy chicken strip sandwiches, philly cheesesteaks, all those kinds of things that are zero calories. of course, locally there are locations in south san francisco, emeryville, richmond, petaluma and santa rosa. you can get me out to sporting events by having good food and if there's good weather outside. so let's get a check now at the bay area forecast with meteorologist lisa argen. >> i'm with you there, zach. yeah, the weather is going to be good. although the winds could be a factor throughout the afternoon and the food is always great, right? live doppler seven showing you the northwesterly winds with high pressure
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offshore. it's a quiet pattern, although not a great couple of days to head towards the shoreline because the winds are going to be very gusty. there they were yesterday. they'll continue that way tomorrow, the second half of the week, looking milder. emeryville just sparkling out there this morning. 50 half moon bay in oakland. it is 51 san jose, san francisco 55. in hayward and in santa cruz, approaching 50 degrees with mid 40s, napa 47 santa rosa and low 50s in concord. good morning livermore 50 for you. gorgeous view the oakland airport. sunny skies today. windy conditions continue at the coast for your monday. we'll get into a bit of a wind shift, but it's still going to be quite gusty at the shoreline, but we'll get into milder weather slightly. we're just talking a couple degrees. bayside and inland. the second half of the upcoming workweek will bring on the warmer days. nothing too extreme, about 80 degrees heading inland and in the 70s over in oakland today, the winds gusting over 20 miles
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an hour. in fact, close to 30 miles an hour throughout the day. so it starts out a little cool. the sun is warm and then that breeze picks up. so mid 60s throughout the day. today with the wind for the afternoon. certainly at the ballpark. here's a look at high pressure staying in control for the next several days. the wet weather continues to move up into the pacific northwest, and we've got high pressure eventually building in, bringing us a little bit of a warming trend. but the models sort of differ here and can't quite get together by the weekend forecast . and it is trying this model to create an upper level low, actually a cut off low off the coast that could bring us definitely some cooler weather. whether or not we see some rain drops, we'll have to wait and see. 73 in morgan hill, upper 60s for you in sunnyvale. look for upper 60s palo alto with that afternoon sea breeze, 70, in redwood city, near average today, but cool and blustery at
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times for daly city in the sunset with low to mid 60s up in the north bay. beautiful afternoon with 70. petaluma 74. in napa and on the bay shore. here we're looking at temperatures coming up with 69 in oakland and union city and heading inland. notice the oranges bringing in a little bit of that warmth there for concord 75 and low 70s. there for the livermore valley. the accuweather seven day forecast. we've got sunshine, breezy winds today, little change for your monday into tuesday and wednesday, a bit of a warming trend, bayside and inland. and then by the end of the week we're about low 80s inland. that's above average and slightly milder at the coast. keeping it breezy there. looking for a cooler weekend next week
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way from big sur station to carmel. but this year, runners are going to start in carmel and turn around at rocky creek bridge to go back to carmel. that's because a slip out paved part of the highway back on march 30th, and the highway is still closed, but locals and essential workers are allowed through the area and escorted convoys earlier this week. some good news, caltrans said repairs to stabilize highway one are expected to be complete before memorial day, and hundreds of people in the south bay put on their walking shoes to help fight pancreatic cancer. yesterday, it was all for the pancan purple stride, a fundraiser to benefit the pancreatic cancer action network. the walk happened at almaden lake park in san jose and abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel emceed the event, which raised more than $400,000 and the flame for the 2024 paris olympic games has set sail for france for its final relay leg. the ship with the flame on board, left yesterday on its 11 day voyage headed for marseille and once the ship reaches port, torchbearers are going to start the months long relay across
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france and it's going to be, you know, the very concrete start of a journey that is going to be fantastic for all the french people, and also to send a message to the world that, you know, we welcome them. >> we want the olympism to send also a message of peace, concord across the people from all around the world that relay is scheduled to start on may 8th. >> the torch is going to make its final stop in paris on july 26th, before the games opening ceremony on july. is going to be here before we know it. yes that's right, and today is looking like a typical spring day out there. >> let's check out san jose though for the next several days where we'll be in the low 70s. but by wednesday, thursday, even friday, warming up from the upper 70s to the low 80s, the accuweather seven day forecast today. still breezy, coast side to gusty winds there, barely at 6070 around the bay, mid 70s inland. and then the second half of the week trending milder. a lot of dry days there and as we get towards next weekend, not
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only is it cooler, but we may see a few rain drops. have to check back with us. >> i'll enjoy the week while we have it. yeah lisa, thank you and thanks at home for joining us. zach fuentes along with lisa argen abc seven news is going to continue at 9 a.m. but for now, have a great day. >> this is abc 724 seven. >> in san francisco, live at levi's stadium in san jose. >> live in oakland? yeah >> you're watching abc seven news live anytime, anywhere. we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are where you are. >> never miss a moment of the
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