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trying to make their demand more clear, the reports of anti-semitic term and jewish students fears of safety as protests take over college campuses across the country. but first, a live look outside for you this morning. we are expecting a breezy day in parts of the bay area this sunday, and good sunday morning to you. it's april 28th, i'm zach fuentes. we do have a lot to get to this morning. but speaking of the weather, let's get a quick look at it with meteorologist lisa argen. good morning. >> good morning zach. we have some changes out there. you saw the marine layer in the distance there. live doppler seven picking up on those winds offshore that will pick up throughout the day today a lot like yesterday. and we are going to see the low cloud deck with us along the san mateo coast. so the activity in terms of rain is in the pacific northwest. and that deck of low clouds obscuring the sun for the shoreline at times. today, south of the city, 54, san francisco 58, in san jose. so the numbers responding to that early morning sunshine from our sutro tower camera. some fog there at the bottom of your screen. low 60s in concord, 60 santa rosa. and
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that brings us to a milder start this morning. 4 to 5 degrees milder. but there's a look at the winds that will continue to build, bringing another gusty day out there. so mid 70s inland this afternoon along the bay shore. upper 60s with a breeze. and then at the coast only managing those upper 50s. we'll talk about a warm up coming into play in a few minutes zach. >> thank you lisa, i want to tell you about some breaking news in the south bay. a deadly crash on southbound 101 earlier this morning has caused the northbound 8-80 connector in san jose to close, according to chp reports, a car crashed on the highway just before the oakland road off ramp. it's unclear how many people were in the car at the time, and caltrans says there's no estimated time on when the connector could reopen. so drivers are being told to expect significant traffic delays. and also 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 they're protesting on campus. they're calling on the university to divest in companies helping advance military efforts in gaza. abc
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seven news reporter lena howland talks to students and the university. >> a cardboard cutout of stanford university president richard seller 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 way plaza. they've been here since thursday for what demonstrators are calling a people's university for palestine in 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
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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, 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
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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. >> the protests have taken hold on college campuses in other parts of the country as well. they've resulted in canceled commencements, virtual classes, and hundreds of arrests. abc news reporter phil lipof has a look at the demonstrations. >> hands off the middle east 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
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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 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 uniform 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,
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calling on, quote, death to the jewish state. >> meantime, outside the university halls, pro-israel counter-protesters gathered on friday calling for the release of all israeli hostages taken by hamas on october seventh. >> and 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 in the east bay. now, residents from an oakland neighborhood plagued by sex trafficking are calling for more help from city hall. a rally was held on 13th avenue and international boulevard. mayor xiang 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 young underage girls. they asked city leaders to do
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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 news conference took place just a few blocks from saint anthony's k through eight school. >> that's the same place where over a year ago, the abc seven i team shot video of a parent 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 just moved down the street. happening now. two major road closures are impacting drivers, while caltrans makes repairs. nine miles of 680 southbound are closed through pleasanton between the 580 connector and koopman road. despite the traffic it may cause, caltrans says that they are on schedule. 680 is scheduled to reopen at 4 a.m. tomorrow and then in the north bay westbound highway 37 is also closed all weekend. caltrans is
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repairing the pavement from vallejo to sears point. this is the second weekend in a row the road is shut down and the closures are expected to be lifted also by 4 a.m. tomorrow. so that's a little bit of traffic for you. now let's get an update on weather. >> all right. good morning to you. as we look outside from our exploratorium camera isn't this gorgeous. there's a marine layer out there that will be influencing the san mateo coast and keeping it kind of gray and windy, but elsewhere, it's sunny and slightly milder. i'll have the details on a modest warm up coming your way for the week ahead. next. >> thank you lisa. also ahead, one year after the death of banco brown, advocates say the fight for justice is not over how they're turning their efforts toward the next generation >> hi everyone, and welcome. if you or someone you know were injured in an accident, that was not your fault, listen up. we have legal professionals standing by to tell you how much your case is potentially worth. so, tom, tell the viewers
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watching at home who should call in right now. >> well, gina, anyone who's been injured in an accident that was not your fault should give us a call right now. we have live agents available to answer any questions you have. they'll tell you if you have a case and how much is potentially worth. >> thanks, tom. you heard it. folks. call now, bmw ix is electricity in its ultimate form, an elegant trailblazer that's equal parts power and intelligence, with impeccable interior details, an impressive range, and a panoramic moonroof for every shade of luxury. >> it's 100% electric and 100% bmw. bmw, the ultimate electric driving machine korean is the 2024 bmw ix xdrive 50 for 6.99 per month. >> we have a beautiful young woman killed. >> what happens when the interrogation helps put the wrong man in prison? until years later, when the real killer steps into the box. what? did you use? >> my knife? oh my god, the interrogation tapes monday on abc.
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>> he organized to talk about trans housing and specifically for trans masculine folks. he 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 banco, later saying he felt his life was threatened one year out, the anger is just coming from that. there really isn't justice for banco right now. in this moment, the san francisco district attorney's office didn't charge the guard with banco killing, saying there was clear evidence it was self-defense a year after banco brown. >> sadly, things have not changed, they've only gotten harder and harder. >> gail. lalah 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
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say, about 45% of our youth experiencing homelessness are coming from out of the state, out of the country. >> the increasing demand for 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 banco brown, tara campbell, abc seven news police departments across the nation are reporting an increase in sworn officers, and it's the first time this has happened since the pandemic. >> in the 2020 death of george floyd. that's all. 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. in san francisco, ucsf health 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
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hospital and research center at the current site, which has been operating since the early 1900s. it's expected to cost more than $4 billion. the hospital is set to open in 2030. rock the casbah was back in walnut creek with its 10th anniversary musical spectacular, hosted by our very own dan ashley. heather told me, she told me that i need girls like you. >> she also told me, stay away. you never know what she'll catch. yeah. >> 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
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local children in our community through a number of organizations that i support. and we're looking forward to a great night and helping support kids who need our support. >> proceeds, of course, going to charities with children in need. it's such a fun event. great cause, and it's amazing seeing dan ashley in that element that he loves so much. being a rock star. lisa yeah, he does it well. >> what a fun night. good morning everybody. we have got a pretty quiet forecast. not only today but for the next several days with sunny days and cool mornings. but if you're going to be at the coast, be advised it's been windy. it'll stay windy. the storm track staying to the north for the most part until looks like the weekend next weekend. obviously, as we're enjoying today here in santa cruz, 56 degrees at about 70. later on this afternoon with those breezy northwest winds up to 20 miles an hour here. 54 downtown is 56. in oakland, 58 in san jose, low 50s, half moon bay. the winds already kicking up along the coast. you can see a bit of a breeze there from the
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flag flagpole, but blue sky 60 santa rosa it is 62 by the delta livermore at 57 and from our east bay hills. camera top vollmer peak. clear skies, sunny, windy at the coast tomorrow. slightly milder away from the shoreline and we'll get a high pressure building in and a bit of a wind shift. so as we get towards the end of the week, that's when we get warmer. look at the winds 25 to 35 miles an hour today. even into tonight. and this is your monday forecast, even windier at the coast. so spring can do that right? a lot of sun today at the ballpark. mid 60s here with those gusty winds in the south bay. how about 72 in san jose. so near average near 70. redwood city downtown in the 60s in the north bay. low 70s. east bay shoreline upper 60s and enjoying the low to mid 70s in our inland valleys. the accuweather seven day forecast. bright and breezy. little change to start the week. and then here comes our warm up. it's around the bay. it's inland , touching the low 80s thursday friday with those 60s staying at the coast.
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that game starts at 1230. and closer to home the 49 ers 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 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.
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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 for 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 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
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for a high in big sur back home. fog will form from the san mateo coast and the winds will be there as well. mid 60s downtown to low 70s inland. so not a whole lot of change. maybe some mid 70s inland. tomorrow slightly warmer around the bay, but the winds with us all week long. then they'll back off when we get warmer towards the end of the week. all right love it lisa, thank you so much. >> and thank you for joining us on abc seven mornings i'm zach fuentes along with lisa argen abc seven news is going to continue at 430. but for now have a great day. >> so who are you? >> i'm your inner child. get in. listen. what you really need in life is some freaking talk. what powershop! woo >> when can i drive? you already are the dodge hornet ht. >> the totally torqued out
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