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glory is on the scene with what we know and be prepared for street closures. >> a huge rave with 25,000 people expected to show up at san francisco's civic center plaza tomorrow. the roads that will be off limits for this big event. >> i'm still trying to get over the very 90s word rave, rave, but that's what they're using. good morning. on this friday, may 31st. >> hope you're having a great start to your day. we're going to start with a check of our forecast with lisa. >> all right. it's been nice. if you like it warm inland. but boy it has been breezy along the coast and that's not going to change. in fact, we could get into a little bit of fog later on today. but it's clear right now as we look at our sutro tower camera. a nice view here where the sun was up before 6:00 and setting after 8:00 at about eight 3054 in oakland, 61 in san jose, it's only 45 half moon bay. it's clear there, and you can see the clear sky from our golden gate bridge, where it is 46 north of here in petaluma, with 57 in livermore, and that 61 by the delta. so looking at
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our 24 hour temperature change, it's slightly milder out there. a really nice start to your friday if you like it warm. today is going to be another warm one. as we look at your 9:00 temperature we will be looking at temperatures already approaching the 70s inland 80 by noontime around the bay will be in the low 70s around noontime for upper 70s around 4 or 5:00. and then at the coast, you notice it's going to stay cool right on through the afternoon. we'll get into a little sun there, but then we're going to talk about a cool down that arrives for a few days, really into the weekend and beyond. good morning amanda. >> good morning lisa. we're keeping our eyes on the sigalert . this is a deadly crash in palo alto. the northbound lanes of 101 were impacted. right now, the left lane is the only lane that's open. you can see speeds are still down to two miles per hour. this is a three vehicle crash. we only learned about that third vehicle in the last 15 minutes. this is at northbound 101 and san antonio road. this is in the commute direction, so it's definitely
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going to be a headache for those trying to come up north. so instead take 280 or el camino to get around it. or you can even exit shoreline and take bayshore and then get back on the oregon expressway. uh- traffic is stopped to north shoreline boulevard, back to the desk. >> donald trump now has something that no other former president has. he's a convicted felon. a jury found him guilty on all 34 felony counts in his hush money trial. trump will be sentenced in july. >> now, his attorneys say they will appeal. both republicans and democrats are trying to use this moment to gain support as election day gets closer. abc news reporter perry russom live in washington, dc with more on this historic conviction. good morning. >> and good morning. and trump is getting support on capitol hill from other republicans. house speaker mike johnson calls the verdict absurd president trump defiant in the face of his felony conviction.
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>> this was a rigged, disgraceful trial that the real verdict is going to be november fifth by the people. >> after becoming the first former us president convicted on criminal charges. trump, heading to a fundraiser in new york city, never surrender, his campaign says their fundraising website was overwhelmed with donations, causing the site to crash. democrats also looking to cash in president biden posting a link to his fundraising website minutes after the verdict. there were celebrations outside the courthouse as trump was found guilty on all 34 felony charges in his hush money trial over payments made to former adult film actress stormy daniels before the 2016 election. questions remain over how this will affect the race for the white house, an abc news ipsos poll from earlier this month finds 80% of trump supporters say they would continue to back trump. if he's convicted, 16% say they'd reconsider. 4% would no longer support trump's attorney, saying they will appeal the conviction
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and trump is scheduled to be sentenced on july 11th, just days before the republican national convention in milwaukee . trump has a news conference this morning. in just about two hours. kumasi and reggie aqui, back to you. >> thank you. perry, a national representative for the california republican national committee, is critical of the finding. >> this verdict is a disgrace for the american legal system. it was rigged from the beginning by a biased judge who should have recused himself if there were flawed jury instructions, improper evidence, improper denial of the admission of relevant evidence of a case that was rejected at the state, federal and regulatory fec level by multiple prosecutors who could have brought this case. this is the first time in history in new york that a documents and records case has been charged as a felony. >> harmeet dhillon was also critical of the judge for
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scheduling the sentencing for july 11th. that is, just four days before the republican national convention. >> california congressman adam schiff is reacting to the verdict as a former federal prosecutor, he looks ahead to the sentencing of the former president. >> i think the judge will look at, you know, similar crimes in new york. what kind of sentences have been applied? so he'll be guided by what generally takes place. now, this is obviously an exceptional circumstance with the president of united states, but i don't think that factor should weigh in. >> congressman schiff was the lead prosecutor in the former president's impeachment trial. he said the verdict proves that no one is above the law. we have been following this since the verdict was read yesterday. stay with abc seven news all morning. we'll bring you donald trump's news conference live. when it happens. that should be around 8 a.m. you can find it streaming on the abc7 bay area app. you can download it and watch wherever you stream. >> we want to get back to the breaking news. amanda has been
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tracking a deadly car crash on the peninsula. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez just got to that scene in palo alto on highway 101. and gloria, what can you tell us? >> yeah. you know, kumasi, i was just talking to chp here, and i'm getting new information about this crash. first of all, i want to tell you there's some major backups here. so if you can avoid this area, definitely take those alternate routes. but i want to show you this sign right here because chp on the scene is telling me that a driver hit that green billboard, and that's when the driver was disabled, started veering off to the left, and tells me, chp, that at some point the driver got out of their car and two cars then rammed into that car. a big rig eventually did crash into that vehicle as it was moving to the shoulder. and that person, unfortunately, who was in that vehicle did die. now, we don't know when this is going to reopen. this is over on northbound 101, just north of the san antonio on ramp here in
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palo alto. and all three cars were involved. and this happened before 3:00 this morning. so you can see the big mess here right now. right now the left lane is open. so cars are moving, but it is moving pretty slowly at this time. and chp does tell us they want to remind everybody that if you ever get into any kind of situation like this, always important to stay in your car. so we'll stay out here. we'll bring you the very latest. live in palo alto, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> gloria. thank you. breaking overnight, pro-palestinian protesters were met with a massive police presence at uc santa cruz. new video this morning shows dozens of officers in riot gear, face to face with chanting protesters! police are also seen trying to take down a barricade set up by the protesters yesterday. it was blocking the entrance at coolidge and high streets. officers heard on video telling students they would be arrested if they did not disperse. it's not clear yet if any arrests
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were actually made in the east bay. >> classes resume as normal today for california high school students in san ramon. >> students and staff were on lockdown most of the day yesterday after a bomb scare. authorities say a male called and threatened the campus, saying explosive devices were placed throughout the school. he also said someone would shoot up the school now. police didn't find a bomb but they are continuing to investigate the origins of that call. >> it's friday, we want to make sure that you're ready for the weekend, and this weekend is a big event in san francisco, expected to bring about 25,000 people to the civic center area. it'll also have a big impact on traffic. amanda is here with what you need to know. yeah reggie, we told you about this earlier this week. >> the event is that rave at civic center plaza. popular electronic djs skrillex and fred again announced the rave last week on x. the show was already sold out, street closures already began earlier this week, causing headaches for some drivers and more. closures will begin today and last until
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sunday or monday. we're learning, but here is a look at all of the closures for this weekend. grove street between polk and larkin streets. polk street between mcallister and hayes streets, fulton street between larkin and hyde streets and then larkin street between hayes and mcallister streets. grove between larkin and hyde streets and grove as well between van ness avenue and polk street. now, the way rave is happening tomorrow night from 530 to 10, san francisco leaders have said they believe nightlife could revitalize the city and boost the local economy. back to you at the desk. oh, lisa, take it away. all right. >> good morning to you. as we look at our satellite composite there, it's quiet out. we like it that way. we are going to enjoy another beautiful day. and as we check out our current numbers right now, we've got a little fog. half moon bay, where it was clear, 45 right now, 56, in redwood city with 59 in hayward. and here's a look at
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the airport. we're looking at that clear start at sfo. and temperatures will be coming up through the 70s, even maybe 80. redwood city today, 61 by the delta, 58 in concord, 52. santa rosa. there's our patchy fog. so 6:00 this morning. notice it kind of hugs the san mateo coast and it wants to stay there really throughout the afternoon. so that's why we're going to be hard pressed to make it even around 60 degrees in spots elsewhere. plenty of sunshine. and then as we get into friday night, early saturday morning, that fog is a little bit more widespread. it's going to move across the bay. and then with the winds kicking up, it's going to set the stage for a cooler saturday, a cooler sunday and then a cooler monday. look at the winds here throughout the day. today very light. then the sea breeze gets going 20 to 30 miles in an hour. and then as we get into your weekend, check it out. that's why we're going to be so cool. those breezy onshore winds allowing san francisco over 30 mile an hour wind gusts even into livermore. but if we go beyond that and check out the next seven days in oakland,
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notice we've got warmer weather on the way next week. oakland will be in the 80s once again. but as for today, a lot like yesterday. back to you. >> thanks, lisa. bakery closing the shop that became popular because of its mochi muffins. closing its last san francisco location this weekend. budget cuts what we know about san francisco mayor london breeds plan as the city faces a huge deficit and pride month is here officially tomorrow. the first ev
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pose a threat to san francisco based company openai, company officials say several private companies based in russia, china, iran and israel use its ai tools to create five covert campaigns. these campaigns were an effort to try and sway the public opinion and support in geopolitical conflicts. the tech was used to produce social media posts, translate and edit articles, write headlines, and debug computer programs. researchers say it's the first time an ai company has revealed how its tools were used for online manipulation. more money for police, less money for everybody else. that's the overall message. when san francisco mayor london breed unveils her latest budget plan today, she has some tough choices to make to close a projected $790 million deficit over the next two years. the mayor's proposal calls for increased spending on police, 9-1-1 operators and sheriff's deputies. breed wants to hire
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200 new officers by 2025, the mayor has told other city departments to prepare for 10 to 15% in spending cuts. san francisco's annual budget is about $14 billion. >> former san francisco mayor and current candidate for mayor, mark farrell, is revealing a plan to subsidize child care and expand child care facilities. farrell is challenging mayor london breed for her seat in the november election. he says voters approved a tax in 2018, and so far it's collected $400 million. that has gone unused. known as baby prop c, it was designed to provide early care and education for kids up to five years old whose families are low income. >> we will offer subsidies to help low and middle income parents and guardians afford local child care services. we will also provide low interest loans and reduce taxes and fees for property owners who repurpose their existing spaces,
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so we can create and expand the existing child care facilities, the mayor's office says. >> the mayor has used prop c funds. she's doubled the number of children receiving early care and education subsidies, cut the wait list for care subsidies by more than 70, and built or renovated 40 early care and education facilities in the last five years, mayor breed's campaign spokesman said, quote, mayor breed is taking the next step in her budget through a landmark policy to provide child care vouchers to middle income working families, cementing san francisco's position as a national leader in child care and early education. happening today, the city of oakland is kicking off pride month. community leaders and officials, including mayor shang tao, will raise the pride flag at city hall. that event starts at 1130 this morning, and it's san francisco pride month officially begins tomorrow with a new purple pride block party. >> the san francisco lgbt center in the castro district is hosting the event. the party
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goes from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. it's purple because their whole building is purple. on market street, they're going to have activity set up along waller street. so i talked to the director of cultural programs and creator timothy hampton during our abc seven at seven streaming show. >> we have walnut street cut off. we also have like 15 to 20 vendors on walnut street, as well as two food trucks. we'll also have community resources and our rainbow room. we'll have fierce fat fleig catering to our larger community. fierce fat fleas. you better say it three times. fat flea i love it. yes yes yes. and we'll also have non gender conforming haircuts and hairstyling from head print shops i love alliteration. >> celebrate pride with abc7 all throughout the month of june. watch our exclusive live coverage of the 54th annual san francisco pride parade on june 30th, which i will be co-hosting. if you can't join us in person along market street, you can watch live wherever you
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stream abc seven. it's always a good time. pride is here very brew, and then you can go see billy porter. i cannot wait for billy porter. i mean, level up. if you haven't heard, billy porter is the grand marshal of the parade this year. he'll be performing at civic center. it's going to be great. as kumasi says, it's going to be a time. it is. >> the delivery. yeah, yeah. >> and then you have, like, how was it? >> i had myself a time. >> and there was class and dignity. >> yes. >> i don't know if there's going to be class and dignity sometimes i lose my class and dignity when the time is had. >> you know what i'm saying? the day. be as strong as we get to the party. that's right. >> all righty. good morning. friday morning. drew has the day off and we're looking at satellite picture there that shows the clouds all the way up into british columbia. clear view from vollmer peak this morning. and temperatures are still in the mid 40s with fog forming. half moon bay, 56 redwood city, low 60s san jose
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and low 50s from san francisco and oakland. sutro has you can see a little bit of haze out there 61 by the delta still that 46 in petaluma. so cool with the clear night up in the north bay. 55 napa. and we will be looking at temperatures cooling off over the weekend. breezy and cloudier . this is monday, so monday will start out foggy and actually our inland valleys warming to the low to mid 80s. so pretty nice for our inland communities. while the bay shore and san francisco the coast will have the fog, the breezy winds throughout the morning hours lingering into the early afternoon. look what happens tuesday. temperatures spike. we're at the mid to upper 90 inland with 80s over in oakland, 70 san francisco. the coast is even going to warm up a little bit. and as we get into wednesday, this could be the warmest day we have seen all year, with near 100 degree heat inland. so certainly you want to keep that in mind if you're making plans for next week, look at that 100 degrees in calistoga , and we're still holding on to
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that warmth as we get into thursday inland 86 today in san jose. look for 80 in redwood city, 75 san mateo, san francisco. nice day at 66. the fog along the shoreline there from half moon bay south 82 in napa and over into the east bay. oakland will be enjoying 73 this afternoon, with 89 in concord. in the accuweather 70 forecast. we are cooler, breezier over the weekend with fog in the morning and that's going to linger into sunday. that forecast little change into monday, and then as we get into the middle of next week, the heat is on. so stay tuned. we'll let you know how warm the coast is going to get as we get closer to that event. back to you. >> thanks, lisa. now we're going to bring in ginger zee with a look at what's happening on gma this morning. >> good morning ginger. >> hey good morning to you reggie kumasi. nice to be with you. so coming up here on gma we are going to have a time as you just said we've got a lot to get to and a big big k-pop band. but also we start with the reaction and fallout from former
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president trump's criminal conviction. our team is going to break down what is next for the former president and what it could mean for the race for the white house. also, we're going to hear from the friend who was the with the former general hospital star johnny wactor when he was killed. and then we have the news spelling bee champion joining us. always exciting and also we've got your summer covered, our bucket list on a budget this time. the beaches of mexico tips on how to make the most out of that trip without breaking the bank. and we'll have the right stuff on beach essentials. so we're getting you ready to go to the coast on gma. >> okay. and tell me about the screaming that is happening this morning outside. oh my goodness. >> the screaming. yes it is one of the bigger crowds we've had in some time. you can imagine it's a k-pop band txt. they are lovely. they are talented as they all are. but my goodness are these just. it's not just young women, it's like women of all ages and some men and everybody is in that crowd. but it is the beautiful piercing screams of a friday on gma.
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>> the beautiful. that's a lovely way to describe it. yeah. >> you caught my attention when you said i'm going to address the screams in just a second i was thinking and i was like the screams all right. >> all i could hear was the door was open and i'm like, well, i'm trying to talk about lightning, but, lightning struck. >> it definitely struck. we will be watching ginger. and please have a good weekend discover the ozempic® tri-zone. ♪ ♪ i got the power of 3. i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. i'm under 7. ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or death in adults also with known heart disease. i'm lowering my risk. adults lost up to 14 pounds. i lost some weight. ozempic® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't share needles or pens, or reuse needles. don't take ozempic® if you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2,
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a lawsuit filed by a local development firm stalled this project for about a year. but according to our media partners at the east bay times, the firm withdrew its lawsuit against the city. so this new costco will be built at the lone tree plaza shopping center. it will include more than 154,000ft■!s of warehouse space. there will be a gas station, too. construction will start as early as this summer. mochi muffin maker third culture is moving out of san francisco. the berkeley based company is closing its inner sunset location. they announced it on their their instagram account. they said it was just too hard to retain team members and it put a strain on existing store operations. they closed their former mission district location in 2023. third culture
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says they will be ramping up offerings at their berkeley and walnut creek locations. next, at 630, family friendly beer festival. the event, planned at salesforce park to kick off this summer's beer week and celebrating italian culture. the two day festival happening this weekend in san francisco's north beach. a lot going on. we got to check in with
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live now at 630. criminal conviction in a jury finding former president trump guilty on all 34 counts in the hush money trial. what comes next? >> ready to testify? paul pelosi is set to take the stand today in the state trial of a man already convicted in federal court of hitting him with a hammer. it will be the first time we hear from paul pelosi since that attack, and we're going to take a live look at our pier 39 camera. >> and what you're going to see. there is a new sea lion record. how many of the animals have been recorded just this week? >> lisa, lisa? yeah? are you coming? camera. >> are we going to. we'll be sitting here with the camera. comes out to us.
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>> you know, we got to wait for lisa. >> oh, come on. there we are. okay, look, all that build up, if you're not going to take camera three, then what are we doing? >> we can't start until lisa gets here. good morning. happy friday. >> i like to make an entrance. yes you sure do. >> it's the last day of the month. >> yeah, and that's how i do it. so thank you. good morning. we are checking out a beautiful start to the day where we've got clear sky, the golden gate bridge here. and patchy fog has been forming from half moon bay 46 there, 59 in hayward. and from our sutro tower camera, you can see a bit of haze there with 61 in fairfield, 52 in santa rosa. it is slightly milder this morning, but what a gorgeous start to your friday. if you liked yesterday, you'll like today. it's a quick warm up inland, so as we go through the early morning hours, upper 50s and 60s, by about 11:00 we're already in the upper 60s in oakland with upper 70s to low 80s in our inland valleys. staying cool at the shoreline. and then by the afternoon, it's that typical summer spread from near 60 at the coast, mid 70s
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bay shore and near 90 inland. we do have changes for the weekend. it is going to cool down. we'll have breezy onshore winds. we'll get to all the details about that. and a look at your seven day outlook, which includes heat coming up. good morning amanda. >> good morning lisa. it is far from friday light especially for those who rely on northbound 101 through palo alto. we've been tracking the sigalert all morning long. the crash happened at three and involved three vehicles. this is at san antonio road. we are learning that speeds are improving. we saw you last was only seven miles per hour. now 21mph. but this is a look from a caltrans cam showing you that backup it's going to be impacting the commute, of course because this is in commute direction. we do have abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez on scene, who can tell you more about what's happening live. >> good morning amanda. good morning to everyone at home. yeah there are some big backups here. and right now the left lane is open. chp on the scene
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has been telling me that they're hoping to reopen the entire freeway within the next 5 to 10 minutes, and they're also giving me new information about what happened here. they tell me that somebody was driving on the freeway when they crashed into this green billboard right there. they say that driver veered to the left, and at some point the driver got out of the car. a scion rear ended the car, and then a big rig crashed into the hyundai while it was going onto the shoulder. and they think the driver must have been out of the car because that man was under the car and unfortunately died. now this is northbound 101 north of the san antonio avenue onramp in palo alto. and this happened before 3:00 this morning. and again right now the left lane is open, but there are some big backups and they're continuing to clean up out here. there are tow trucks. a lot of police officers out here, and they are still investigating this crash, but they are hoping to reopen the freeway in 5 to 10 minutes. and
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chp out here on the scene says it's also a good reminder if you ever come across some kind of a situation like that where you hit something, it's important to stay in your car. live in palo alto, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> yeah, that is a terrible reminder, but thank you for telling it to us. this morning. the conviction being seen around the world, donald trump's conviction on 34 felony counts tied to the hush money payment on the front page of newspapers from san francisco to europe. the historic moment coming after ten hours of deliberations, trump plans to hold a news conference at trump tower and just about 90 minutes. so that should be at around 8:00 this morning. we will bring that to you live on our streaming platform. >> those cameras were not allowed inside the courtroom, but sketches show the former president closing his eyes as that verdict was read. a short time later, he addressed people outside the courtroom, vowing to keep fighting and turning his attention to the election.
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>> this was a rigged, disgraceful trial, but the real verdict is going to be november 5th by the people, and they know what happened here and everybody knows what happened here. but this was a rigged decision, right from day one with a conflicted judge who should have never been allowed to try this case. never. and we will fight for our constitution. this is long from over. thank you very much. why should voters vote for former president? >> trump's motorcade traveled to trump tower, where he spent the night. a crowd had gathered outside. very close gave fist pumps to the crowd. some people were yelling jailbird, others yelling, i love you! >> the biden-harris campaign released a statement soon after the verdict. it reads in part,
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quote, in new york today, we saw that no one is above the law. donald trump has always mistakenly believed he would never face consequences for breaking the law for his own personal gain. we've been on this news since that verdict was read yesterday. stay with abc seven news all morning. we'll bring you donald trump's news conference live when it happens around 8 a.m, streaming on the abc seven bay area app. you can download it now and watch wherever you stream. >> breaking overnight, pro-palestinian protesters were met with police officers in riot gear at uc santa cruz and amanda. officers warned them to disperse immediately or be arrested. >> kumasi. a massive police presence at uc santa cruz overnight as officers approached those pro-palestinian protesters on campus. new video overnight shows officers in riot gear face to face with chanting protesters. students tell abc seven news officers arrived just before midnight. police were also seen trying to take down a barricade set up by protesters yesterday morning. it blocked the entrance at coolidge and
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high streets. officers were heard on video telling students they would be arrested if they did not disperse. it's not clear if any arrests were made. this comes as uc officials are calling on the state labor board to end a massive strike underway by thousands of student workers. those students are protesting the uk's handling of pro-palestinian protests. kumasi. >> thank you amanda. happening today. it is day for the state trial against david depape. he is the man you see here on the screen, already convicted in federal court of assaulting the husband of speaker emerita nancy pelosi. now, paul pelosi is expected to testify today about the day he was attacked with a hammer in his san francisco home. this is coming after a dramatic recording from october 2022 was played in court yesterday. depape explains why he broke into the pelosi home. we can't play sound of that police interview. but depape becomes angry, emotional and says he believes nancy pelosi was a part of a conspiracy to
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steal the election from donald trump. adam gassner is a longtime san francisco defense attorney who's been keeping up on the trial. >> well, it's unclear whether he's going to testify, but if you hear his voice and you hear his ramblings or his rantings, the shake in his voice, the oddity of the way he speaks, it gives real insight into what he was le at that time. >> also in court yesterday, the neurosurge surgeon who operated on paul pelosi showed a dramatic cat scan. it shows a dent in his head about the size of a silver dollar. all of this is setting the stage for the testimony of paul pelosi today. things could change, though. late yesterday, attorneys for depape said he's not feeling well, and the judge says that if he has covid, the trial will be postponed for a few days. this is one of the most amazing stories we've seen of delayed justice. >> a man convicted of rape across the country has actually been hiding here in the east bay for 16 years. he's now set to be
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extradited. twin kit lee was convicted in 2007, in quincy, massachusetts. police say he was mass when he broke in to a waitress's home and raped her at knifepoint. that victim worked at lee's family restaurant. she was able to identify him by telling police the suspect had bad breath like her boss. before his sentencing, lee fled the state. quincy's police chief says a tip led them to diablo, where lee was living under a fake name, with the woman, who apparently had no idea who he actually was. the u.s. marshals service had tabs on him for a while. they took him into custody on tuesday. >> he had a pretty regular routine, so they came up with a plan out there that, that they were going to basically affect a motor vehicle, stop and take him into custody. >> lee is set to be extradited back to massachusetts for sentencing. >> new at six san francisco police have reportedly picked the mission district for the first two police owned surveillance cameras in the
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city. according to mission, local police chief bill scott held a community meeting this week where he announced the cameras are going to be placed on mission street at 19th and 24th streets. this is coming after voters approved proposition e back in march to expand police power throughout the city. police say the new cameras could help investigate crimes like homicide, assault, rape and arson. these cameras will be labeled with large blue signs within 25ft of their locations. we're learning more about one. city leaders plan to bring a new kind of 4th of july celebration to san francisco. district four supervisor joel engardio says a parade in his own backyard, the outer sunset, could be the start of a new tradition for san francisco. so here's the plan. the parade will be hosted on the great park, the great highway, which closes to traffic and transforms the park on the weekends. now, the only
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catch is the date is a bit early . >> 4th of july parade is on june 29th. because it's a saturday, we want everyone to show up. it's new. you might have plans already for the fourth, so this means you have no excuse. come out and do the 4th of july. on june 29th. >> all right. floats are expected to be moving up and down the great highway. people we spoke with said they're pretty excited to be a part of what could be a new tradition. >> self checkout at safeway. some bay area stores are taking them out because of an increase in theft. >> and let's take a live look right now at the big board at the new york stock exchange. we're up right now by about 160 points. another update on the markets next. >> now, you know i'm excited about this. tiana's bayou adventure a first listen to the song that will be playing at the end of the ride. plus >> came up and had my third child up here and i'm just in love with the bay area. it's a big, big piece of who i am. >> the legendary alanis morissette might be watching.
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this morning. we talk about her life here in the bay area. did you know that she's living here? i actually found out while i was interviewing her. we're also going to talk about her career, her upcoming tour. you can catch that interview during our streaming show, abc seven at seven. but first, here's lisa. >> you look excited. they're ready. >> i was so excited. look, it really was lisa. >> she's a legend. she's a queen. she's everything she is. >> all right. looking forward to that. we've got high pressure in control, but there is fog that is just formed from half moon bay to pacifica. look at all these creatures, all the sea lions here. pier 39. right now it is 46 with the fog. half moon bay 55, in redwood city, upper 50s hayward. and as we look at the airport, it is nice and clear on the peninsula. 52, in redwood city. so you'll be warming up that sea breeze greeting you throughout the afternoon. 61 by the delta. here's a look at our forecast headlines. another warm day inland. we were in the 90s yesterday. we'll do the same again today for the weekend. we've got breezy and cooler days
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ahead with that onshore flow strengthening and low clouds and fog spreading across the bay. by the middle of next week, though, we are really ramping up the temperatures. they are going to be much, much warmer. here's a look at the fog throughout the day. it does continue to really hug the san mateo coast, so if you're looking for sun, the marin county coast will be better if you're headed to the beach. and that would follow into the weekend as well. so the sea breeze kind of typical 20 to 30 miles an hour, but it gets much gustier as we get into your saturday. so highs today from the upper 50s, half moon bay to the upper
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the self-checkouts are disappearing, according to the chronicle, safeway has removed them from some of its stores because of increasing theft. it's a trend that's been happening across the country. employees at oakland's rockridge neighborhood on broadway say that the self checkouts have been closed for two weeks now. the emeryville and fillmore district locations have also removed their kiosks, but they didn't say when. >> a celebration to mark the reopening of the capitola wharf is now postponed. the wharf was closed last year after a storm damaged the structure. work to repair the deck rail and pilings is set to be finished in june,
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but other items like new benches, trash cans and artwork won't be installed in time for the august celebration. while the wharf may reopen in august. the grand reopening event won't now happen until sometime in september. >> a former professor at santa clara university has been sentenced to five years in prison for setting fires during the massive dixie fire in 2021. federal prosecutors say gary stephen maynard of san jose purposely set fires in the shasta-trinity national forest behind firefighters, effectively surrounding them with flames. the dixie fire, east of chico, was the largest single wildfire in california history. >> a new civil grand jury report is critical of san francisco's efforts to curb the use of illegal fireworks, the report says. san francisco has little to no coordination among city departments to prevent the use of illegal fireworks. last year, six people were treated for injuries related to their use. around july 4th. the civil grand jury recommends san francisco
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create an illegal fireworks workgroup within the department of emergency management. >> now, a story of courage and forgiveness involving two people who, a year ago, were on opposite sides of a brutal crime. now they want to build a better bay area. >> so i'm kind of like defenseless because my hands are here and he just comes down and just like pops me like that. >> so this is peterson harder, owner of sandy's muffulettas in san francisco's haight ashbury neighborhood almost a year ago now. he was assaulted by a man caught urinating outside of his shop. ten days later, ervin rivera was arrested. rivera served several months in jail for that attack. now fast forward to this week. rivera paid another visit to the shop to apologize. harder posted photos with rivera on social media, saying that he is grateful for their latest encounter. >> i think it shows a lot of his character, and his rehabilitation. i mean, for me,
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in my mind, this was a moment that i was really excited about and looking forward to. yeah, it was just such an incredible moment and something i just never really expected. but i was so happy that i actually happened. >> it harder says their conversation was emotional, with rivera sharing details about his personal life and what led up to that incident last year. he says he's sympathetic because we're all human and we all make mistakes. >> but now it's our morning money report. you may have noticed the cost of orange juice has gone up when you've gone to the local grocery store. the world's largest manufacturers in florida and brazil say it's due to disease and poor weather conditions surrounding the orange supply. now, makers are considering using alternative fruit like mandarins to make up for the shortage. now we take a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway this morning, you can see that we are up this morning about 70 points, a popular dessert shop that originated in hawaii is opening this weekend in san francisco.
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>> joe bannon is a dairy free shop that has soft serve acai bowls, smoothies, and its opening in noe valley on 24th street between sanchez and vicksburg. they are offering $1 cups for the first 50 customers. it opens at 10 a.m. on sunday. >> that looks so good. did i say it right, friend? >> do you know i love asia? >> i saw your bulls bannon ben bannon bannon it's bannon oh okay i like i like that delish. >> that looks so good. all right. we are getting our most detailed view yet inside tiana's bayou adventure. and we are also getting a first listen of the song that will play during the finale of the ride that replaces splash mountain musician pj morton wrote and produced this original song. >> it's called special spice. he recently went on the ride and heard his own creation in the bayou for the first time. whoa, whoa, right here all alone. >> let's not wasting wow. >> yes, pj, you really have to
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watch this whole video that the imagineers posted this week. >> it's called. we call it imagineering. you can find it on youtube. anika noni rose, you see right there who voiced tiana in the original movie the princess and the frog is singing this song. tiana's bayou adventure opens at disney world on june 28th. it will open at disneyland later this year. we don't have a date yet. disney is the parent company of abc seven. it looks beautiful. i can't wait, i cannot wait either. >> almost there, almost there. >> i know you actually, that whole video i did, the video is really good. >> yeah, it's actually super interesting to see how they create the music for these attractions. >> well, and then the animatronics in all, i've never seen them so advanced, so good. >> yeah. okay. can't wait. okay. get into it. exciting >> okay. good morning everybody. we're looking at a clear start, except that the san mateo coast, where the fog is already formed today. we'll see those microclimates again, where temperatures will be a good 30
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degrees here from the upper 50s to those low 90s inland. it's 59 in hayward, 53 san francisco. half moon bay has been in the mid 40s. and then the fog slowly creeping in 55 in napa, chilly petaluma. but with that clear start you expect that 61 by the delta. the winds are calm right now, but we'll get that sea breeze into play later on today. the warm temperatures inland, breezy and cooler for everyone today i should say saturday, sunday and into monday. so there's our weekend. cool down summerlike sizzle arrives into next week. so upper 50s half moon bay. there's your fog across into san francisco. it should be pleasant in the mid 60s across the bay into oakland. we're in the low 70s. upper 80s walnut creek 90 for you in our inland valleys. here's a look at next week, monday, where we'll continue that trend of pleasant weather inland, but certainly cooler and breezier from the bay shore to san francisco. look what happens on tuesday. temperatures jump up dramatically into the mid to
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upper 90s inland, even around the bay, looking at a lot of 80s 80s in oakland, san francisco will enjoy several 70 degree days. the coast beginning to warm a bit wednesday, looking to be one of the warmest days. this is the first time we've seen triple digit heat in some time. it could last into thursday inland, and as we look around the bay, it is toasty out there. some heat risk is associated with this, so if you're planning anything outdoors next week, you're going to want to keep the forecast in mind as to how long and how extensive this heat wave will be. so the early look right now, the accuweather seven day forecast shows a similar day today compared to yesterday, upper 50s to near 90 into your saturday. it's cooler. we've got fog and then that heat arrives by next week. >> thank you lisa, have you ever heard of a family friendly beer festival where beer. well, beer bottle brewing company is hosting the first of its kind this summer. and the kids are welcome. the festival is called suds san francisco, and it's
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happening at salesforce park, with the beer garden featuring 25 breweries. there's going to be live music, food vendors, and then bounce houses and face painting for the kids. okay, you can join in on the family fun on saturday, july 20th at 1 p.m. >> happening tomorrow, the italian festival in north beach, festa italiana is a street festival of italian food, drink, music and culture. and i guess you're going to see kumasi. >> they're always fun. >> it is fun. it's two days this weekend, so saturday and sunday our favorite is a pizza toss competition because we love tony. >> yes, a running of the 103rd statuta race. mm.hmm clement and a special sunday performance of a symphony of accordions. >> you able to find it on stockton between union and filbert? it starts tomorrow. it goes from 11 to 7 p.m. >> well, pier 39 has so many sea lions. it is now breaking
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records. you know, we got to take you out there live to see what they're doing right now. this is a live look from our pier 39 camera. this group has gotten even bigger with a new all time record of more than 2000 sea lions at the pier. that's the most in 30 years. pier employees say that the sea lions gather there for a feast of anchovies in the area. a fun fact a group of sea lions in the water is called a raft. but if they're on land, we call them a colony. >> okay, another fun fact they're almost always all male. really? here in san francisco? >> oh, yeah. >> they go. they meet their females down in southern california. they breed. the females have their babies down in southern california, and then the males come right back up here and they lounge. oh so you might count what you say a raft or a colony or a colony or deadbeat dads, whatever you want to call them. >> i don't want that for them. >> bachelors.
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>> up next, the seven things you need to know today. >> you can watch all of our newscasts live and on demand through the abc seven bay area connected-tv app. it's available for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv, and roku. download the app now and start streaming. >> and as we head to break, we're taking a live look outside right now at the golden gate
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number one, we're taking a live look at the deadly crash scene in palo alto. several lanes have just reopened in the last three minutes on northbound 101 at san antonio road. you can see chp and tow trucks are still on scene. the three car crash happened just before 3 a.m, and at one point it shut down all northbound lanes to avoid the residual delays that we are going to be experiencing. take two 8-80 or el camino number
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two. >> donald trump is planning a news conference at 8 a.m. to discuss his hush-money conviction. he is vowing to appeal. sentencing is set for july 11th. >> number three overnight pro-palestinian protesters at uc santa cruz were met with a big police presence. officers seen taking down a barricade and they were heard telling students they would be arrested if they didn't disperse. >> number four, the state trial against david depape continues today in san francisco. he's already convicted in federal court of assaulting the husband of speaker nancy pelosi. today, we're expecting to hear from paul pelosi. he is expected to testify about the attack. >> number five, it's a clear start for most of you out there. the fog will be at the san mateo coast. so cool. there otherwise low 80s fremont near 90 inland. >> number six today, san francisco mayor london breed will present her plan to balance the city's budget. that includes more money for law enforcement. but cuts to other departments. the city, facing a $790 million
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deficit over the next two years. >> number seven pride month starts tomorrow. and to celebrate the san francisco lgbt center is hosting a new purple pride block. party starts at ten this morning. it goes till 4 p.m. on market street. i love a good day party. >> you know what? it's pride month and you can't tell me nothing. sorry, everybody. >> george: good morning america for our viewers in the west. donald trump now a convicted felon. guilty as charged. the former president republican nominee convicted of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to adult film actress stormy daniels. trump, the first president in history to become a criminal, defiant. this morning what his sentence could mean, and what it means for the race to the white house.
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