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ama and j.r, this is a storm that's going to leave its mark. you the storm impact scale. because it is stronger than the last one that came through. it's a level two for tomorrow. rain will be heavy at times. there's a chance of thunder and hail and gusts 45 plus miles an hour over the hills. we're talking about 50 mile an hour winds. it's a level two. and what's going to happen is this area of low pressure right off the pacific northwest coast is going to merge with this area of low pressure off the northern california coast. the two together will bring some strong winds. we'll bring downpours. here's a look at when. 8 a.m. tomorrow. the rain begins. it intensifies at three in the afternoon. the showers continue well into the evening. a wind advisory covering a large chunk of the bay area. 8 a.m. tomorrow until 5 a.m. saturday. those wind gusts 45 to 50 plus miles an hour means the potential for power outages and downed trees. you can see the winds really ramping up, especially as we head towards the afternoon. and with this comes the possibil

ama and j.r, this is a storm that's going to leave its mark. let me show you the storm impact scale. because it is stronger than the last one that came through. it's a level two for tomorrow. rain will be heavy at times. there's a chance of thunder and hail and gusts 45 plus miles an hour over the hills. we're talking about 50 mile an hour winds. it's a level two. and what's going to happen is this area of low pressure right off the pacific northwest coast is going to merge with this area of low pressure off the northern california coast. the two together will bring some strong winds. we'll bring downpours. here's a look at when. 8 a.m. tomorrow. the rain begins. it intensifies at three in the afternoon. the showers continue well into the evening. a wind advisory covering a large chunk of the bay area. 8 a.m. tomorrow until 5 a.m. saturday. those wind gusts 45 to 50 plus miles an hour means the potential for power outages and downed trees. you can see the winds really ramping up, especially as we head towards the afternoon. and with this comes

ama yep. >> see you in a bit. >> thank you. dan.ject in the state is coming to marin county. it's on a ten acre plot of land in redwood on redwood boulevard at the base of mount burdell preserve. p-g-and-e's donated the land, transferring ownership to habitat for humanity. it covers more than ten acres. the project will include 82, three and four bedroom homes. families selected to purchase the homes by habitat for humanity are expected to help build the structures. >> what i think differentiates this one is the ownership model and the sweat equity that individuals and families put in, and turn that sweat equity into home equity and the housing complex will have trails connecting residents to parks and open space. >> in novato, it's crunch time for the warriors, which means they desperately need steph curry back in the lineup. we have an update o curry missed the last three games with an ankle injury. he practiced with the team in los angeles this morning, coach steve kerr said afterward. curry is expected to play, but it will likel

. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz. state water officials recently unveiled the new proposals, which they hope will bolster our water supply and make it more resilient to climate change. >> but as abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey explains, some activists and environmentalists don't like what they're seeing. >> making water conservation a way of life has been a mantra in california for many years. that's why the state water resources control board has approved new regulations for the agencies that provide water to people and cities for things like toilets, showers, landscaping and car washing. the rules aim to combat climate change in the hotter, drier weather it brings, but environmentalists believe they'll actually do more harm than good. >> the updated regulation makes it too easy to kick the can down the road, and we have no time to waste. our next drought is right around the corner. we need strong water efficiency standards now, not in 2040. >> after being criticized for asking cities and water agenci

. >> i'm dan ashley, and i'm ama daetz, a public forum begins in just over an hour and it comes more than a year after the mayor fired the most recent police chief. >> now, members of the public will get the chance to question the four candidates being considered for the job. >> abc seven news reporter tim johns has a closer look at who's in the running. >> two months after rejecting a first batch of candidates, oakland mayor shengtao is set to consider another group for the city's next police chief, the oakland police commission, releasing their names ahead of a planned public forum thursday night under consideration are four candidates. the first, abdul pridgen, who was on the short list of candidates to become chief back in 2020. he most recently served as the chief of san leandro pd but left this month. he is being investigated for unknown department policy violations. second is floyd mitchell, who has more than 30 years experience in law enforcement. mitchell resigned from a job in lubbock, texas, last fall after his department received criticism over its handling of certain 911

i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us tonight. we've learned a plea deal has been reached for the man who hit and killed that professional cyclist in san francisco's presidio last year. >> last april, ethan boyes was riding through the area when he was hit on arguello boulevard near inspiration point. >> and tonight, abc seven news reporter jeff stone is learning the 81 year old driver will not serve more than a year in jail. >> my reaction is shock and appall. >> i think it sets a dangerous precedent, for roadway safety. you know, in our city and in the country more broadly, both gabriela and luke, cyclist and advocate, are referring to a plea deal reached in boys case. >> boys was the world champion cyclist who was hit and killed while riding along this road in the presidio last year. the plea deal reduces all charges, including vehicular manslaughter and operating under the influence of alcohol to misdemeanors, with a maximum of a year in jail for 81 year old arnold kinman lowe. >> on the one hand, it's good to finally have som

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i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. breaking news in contra costa county a brush fire in antioch is sending out a large plume of thick black smoke. >> yeah, we're going to show it to you. it is near auto center drive and west sixth street. it's close to the babe ruth memorial baseball fields. you see it here? >> con fire says it's burned about five acres. so far, no structures have been threatened. but the fire appears to be burning in a wetlands area near the edge of the san joaquin river. we'll have more details as soon as they become available. >> in san francisco, residents were drawn to a towering geyser that sent water into the air after a 36 inch water main suddenly burst. what is happening? >> this is wow >> yeah, this happened around 1030 this morning. right next to a home on wawona street, not far from stern grove. abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn talked to neighbors and shows us what happened. well, water gushing into the air, surprising neighbors on wawona street near stern grove and pine lake park. >> r

hi ama and dan. tonight we're digging deeper into the baltimore bridge collapse, assessing the safety of our local bridges. a structural engineer joins us live next to discuss what would happen to the bay bridge or the golden gate bridge if a vessel that size were to hit. plus what's being done to prevent situations like this in the future. then the two cities that had the most postal robberies in all of california last year are right here in the bay area. i-team reporter melanie woodrow joins us live to discuss the latest analysis. join us for those stories and more at 530 on abc seven bay area streaming tv. dan and emma. >> excellent. all right, steph, thank you. >> and you can download the abc seven app or head to abc seven news.com and join steph in two minutes. >> and if you're watching us here on tv world news tonight with david muir is next for sandhya patel all of us. we appreciate your time. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz. we will see you again at daetz. we will see you again at six. (g

you're working on. >> oh, that's right, ama. we also have an update on a story i brought you last night about the san francisco woman charged with shoplifting from target 120 times for more than $40,000 in merchandise. aziza grace was arrested in 2021. and today we found once again that her trial is dragging on. they had a plea deal at one point that fell apart. this hearing discussed the ground rules for an upcoming exam of grace by a prosecution expert. her trial could actually begin later this month. >> we shall see 120 times. >> exactly right. she actually has 138 charges against her. and so we'll see what happens at this trial later on this month. >> okay. thank you dan. >> thank you josh. >> president biden took credit for the improving economy in his state of the union speech last night. he also addressed artificial intelligence, saying he wants to harness the promise of it, especially one element that had a direct impact on him. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes spoke with experts about what the president and lawmaker

. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. the guard told those two young men not to go into a store because he supposedly knew that they we going to steal. i-team reporter dan noyes has been digging into this incident since one of the men posted that video on reddit. >> yeah, dan, you have some exclusive information. >> well, ama and dan, i spoke to the two young men who feel they were profiled for no reason. they also tell me the guard flashed a sidearm and an inspector's badge from the san francisco district attorney's office. 24 year old nicholas kincade and 22 year old amir ali work at a high fashion boutique near the embarcadero center. during a break, nicholas wanted to pick up some supplies from the sephora. there. >> we just wanted to, you know, i wanted to get a scalp scrubber for myself. we were talking about beauty products all day, pretty much just discussing like what we needed. >> they first tried the inside door. it was blocked, so they walked around to the street side entrance where a security guard told them

i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. yes, this thing is a monster as this live picture from lake tahoe zephyr cove shows you a storm so powerful it's closing roads, shutting down ski resorts and posing a real risk of power outages for all those folks hunkering down, planning to ride this thing out? yeah. >> let's get the latest on the conditions up there from abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya. yeah. >> and dan and ama, you know, i have never seen the kind of amounts that the weather service is putting out, which is 12ft or higher in the mountains. let me show you a live picture right now from the sierra in the last several decades, i've covered weather, bay area and the monterey bay. that kind of total has never been put out there. it is blizzard conditions in the mountains right now. last year we had atmospheric river after atmospheric river that dumped snow several feet over the course of several weeks and months. but this is in a short period of time. i would not advise travel wind, blizzard warning

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ama already in her saint patrick's day green.ou may notice i am i know, very nice, i am irish, i'm part irish so it all works out. >> me too actually. >> oh nice. i think the weather is going to be pretty good. >> it looks like it's going to be great. yeah, if we can keep this going, sandhya, we will feel very fortunate indeed. yeah, absolutely. >> it is going to be beautiful for the saint patrick's day parade in ann arbor. and really, for any of your outdoor weekend plans, let me show you a live picture right now from our sutro tower camera. you will notice that it is a lovely view of the golden gate bridge. skies are clear, but that camera has been shaking mount diablo right now. reporting winds of 44 miles an hour. 38. east foothills 36. big rock ridge. it's a north northeasterly wind that downsloping wind. definite felt even at the lower elevations. 40 miles an hour. in napa, oakland airport hit 44 earlier 40. in livermore, san jose 31. and as we take a look at the temperatures for today because of the offshore winds, they re

yeah. >> ama and dan.e can't win the jackpot, at least weather wise, we're winning the jackpot this weekend. let's take a look at some live pictures right now from around the bay area. absolutely gorgeous views. and notice they're not bouncing around like they have been the last couple of days. earlier today we had wind gusts even at lower elevations like oakland airport, over 40 miles an hour as santa rosa was pretty gusty. but the winds did bring in fresh, clean air. right now, air quality is good. it's going to remain that way this weekend. so for saint patrick's day celebrations here in san francisco, for the parade, it gets underway at 1130 at 11 a.m. it's going to be perfect weather for the parade. 60 degrees, 1:00 bright skies. temperature will come up to about 66. really mild weather in the middle and the middle of the afternoon into the early evening. in case you're just wanting to hang out here in the city. but certainly we'll get cooler later on in the evening. the reason why it's going to be mi

i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. so we have a team of reporters covering the various super tuesday races tonight, from the south bay to the east bay and san francisco city hall. >> yes, we begin now with a statewide race. we were closely following the contest for u.s. senate. >> abc news called it about 30 minutes after polls closed. current u.s. representative adam schiff is going to face off against former baseball great steve garvey in november's general election. now we heard from adam schiff about an hour ago where he spoke to a packed room of supporters in los angeles. i want you to hear some of what he had to say tonight. >> listen, you helped us build the biggest grassroots campaign for senate in california history, and i cannot thank you enough. my great gratitude to all of my wonderful supporters. i want to acknowledge the right of our protesters, and i look forward to working with you all. and onward to victory. in november, half of his speech was overtaken by protesters chanting cease fire now! >> the cro

i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. we're going to get to that in just a moment. but first we want to turn our attention outside quickly. live doppler seven showing some showers over parts of the bay area tonight. and the question is how long could it last? >> abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is here tracking everything we need to know. sandhya. yeah. and dan. and let's take a look at live doppler seven. we are going to see wet weather going into tomorrow morning's commute. so as we look at our radar, you will notice the focus of the rain is across parts of the north bay, from novato to black point light to moderate rain falling right now. street level radar, el sobrante, hercules, crockett getting some steady light showers and around the peninsula from east palo alto, heading across highway 101 on our exclusive abc seven news storm impact scale. this is a level one storm as we go, hour by hour, you will notice tonight we have the rain showers, most widespread during the overnight hours and into tomorrow morni

i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley, thanks for joining us. data recently obtained by abc seven news shows that two bay area cities had the greatest number of postal robberies in all of california in 2023. >> abc seven news i-team reporter melanie woodrow joins us now with the story. >> melanie and dan, this is scary stuff. those two cities are san francisco and oakland. i spoke with one mail carrier in oakland who was victimized twice in a matter of months. mail carrier bill murphy estimates he walks approximately ten miles a day on his east bay delivery route, 25,000 steps. he's taking each of those steps more carefully these days. >> i've had two incidents of being robbed while a letter carrier, murphy, isn't alone. we had heard stories that these were starting to happen in parts of the east bay. >> this past april, murphy was robbed while unloading mail from his truck. he says a woman in a ski mask grabbed an entire tray of mail. i was shocked i couldn't believe that someone would do such a brazen thing in broad daylight. >> the whole inci

dan ashley and i'm ama daetz. >> we have live team coverage on this storm's impact here in the bay area and in the sierra. >> but let's begin with the expert abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel, tracking where the worst is right now. sandhya >> absolutely. and dan and amna, let's take a look at live doppler seven because it's an active picture up and down the state of california. numerous lightning strikes not just here locally but we've had thunderstorms in northern california and in the sierra. thunder snow uh- reported tornado in madera county. it was initially reported as a funnel cloud north of madera, but it has been confirmed that it was a tornado. as you take a look at live doppler seven, right now, we are seeing more thunderstorms developing. first, we're going to show you the view from the south bay where they have been getting some heavy rain as we go in closer from sunnyvale to cupertino, you will notice street level radar into mountain view. getting those downpours. also seeing some heavy rain from fremont to newark across 680. not exactly an easy drive and thunderstorm c

coming right up, ama. all right, we want to know. >> thank you. sandhya. san francisco faces a new lawsuit over street conditions. tenderloin residents are suing the city, hoping the courts will intervene and improve things. abc7 news reporter luz pena is here to explain. luz. that's right. san francisco's officially in the middle of two lawsuits, one by the coalition on homelessness and now by a group of tenderloin residents and businesses who are accusing the city of tolerating illegal drug dealing and a growing number of homeless encampments. >> as san francisco woke up to a lawsuit by five residents and two businesses in the tenderloin, the city's drug market hotspot, that are at their wits end because the city has treated their neighborhood as a containment zone for narcotics activity and all the problems associated with that. matthew davis represents the tenderloin residents who want to remain anonymous. in their complaint, one of the plaintiffs, a mother of two, documented being threatened with knives and hammers outside her home. these photos, show

i'm dan ashley, and i'm ama daetz. >> the new numbers show the cooperation between agencies is makingnce. abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has the story. >> today. the california governor's office said chp sting operations have led to the arrests of suspects tied to carjacking rings and gangs in oakland. in just one month, elevated chp presence in the oakland area has led to the arrests of 168 suspects, with 360 stolen vehicles recovered and 16 crime linked firearms successfully seized, individuals arrested for possession of, you know, drugs, guns, stolen property and then people arrested for outstanding warrants that they that they had this began with that surge that was announced about a month ago, involving a high number of chp personnel that went into the city of oakland onto city streets, not just on on the freeways. oakland's mayor reacted on social media, saying, together we are holding criminal groups accountable and disrupting their networks. 72 chp officers are currently assigned to the oakland area. enhanced cooperation between law enforcement agencies is solving cri

i'm dan ashley, and i'm ama daetz. >> believe it or not, this has been san francisco's longest stretch of dry weather so far this year. but that streak is coming to an end. >> we hate to see it go. i guess live doppler seven is showing a mostly clear picture, although we're starting to see the shift now. let's bring in abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian for more on what we can expect. spencer. >> okay, dan and i'm the clouds are increasing right now. we can soon expect some rain in a matter of hours. here's our satellite radar composite image. you can see the storm approaching the coastline right now on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. this is a level one storm tomorrow, and saturday we can expect periods of light to moderate showers, slippery roadways, maybe a brief downpour here or there, possibly a thunderstorm on saturday. forecast animation shows the rain arriving in the north bay first tomorrow morning and then spreading to other parts of the bay area in the afternoon and evening, which of course means a wet commute tomorrow evening and as we look at our d

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i'm ama daetz and i'm j.r. stone. >> this might be the final first day for the a's in oakland. game starts in around an hour. >> that's right. fans are protesting outside the coliseum. sky seven has been overhead for hours as they gathered and started to fill that parking lot. >> and abc seven news sports anchor kate. todd out there, casey here. >> it is raucous. first pitch is well over an hour away and it is going to keep getting more crowded. but j.r, as you pointed out, i was driving in today and it really hit me that this could be the very last time the a's have an opening day at the oakland coliseum. and this is supposed to be a happy day. this is supposed to be a day where hope springs eternal. but we're looking at a team that may be ripped out of its home market, and the team with the lowest payroll in baseball. so it's hard to have hope in anything but the fans here in the parking lot, because the roster, it's not going to be great this year, and these players might be going away soon. i'm going to bring in gabriel hernandez. he's a very popular youtuber. he put out an

. >> ama and dan. there's been a steady amount of voters either dropping their ballots off or coming in here to fill them out in person. we're inside a room with temporary election workers where they're slicing ballots open. they're flattening them from here, they will be taken to the ballot counting room. now, we spoke with evelyn mendez with the registrar of voters office. she said they are seeing voter turnout trending lower than usual. by this afternoon, they were seeing a 17% turnout for the entire county. that's including mail-in and in-person voting. usually by this time of the day, the turnout is 30. now, we spoke with south bay residents about why they chose to vote on the super tuesday proposition one, which would fund mental health beds and treatment facilities, was a common reason. >> this time it was about mental health care and helping the homeless, which is a very two very big problems in california right now. >> the mental health, i think initiative is one that really, i'm hoping will m

ama. >> all right. we'll stay on top of it. thank you. zach. it is still a close contest as they count the votes on california's proposition one. at the moment, it's yes on one by a small margin, 50.2 to 49.8. there is there are about 22,020 2000 vote difference out of more than 7 million votes cast. if proposition one passes, more than $6 billion in bond money will go toward mental health treatment facilities. >> and around the country, five more states held primaries today. it's a foregone conclusion, of course, on the presidential race. both joe biden and donald trump have already clinched their party's nomination. today, president biden set out on a three day campaign blitz to nevada, arizona and texas looking to mobilize the latino voters who played a crucial role in his 2020 presidential victory. >> look, i'm confident, i'm confident we get our message out to the american people. we're going to win again >> meantime, donald trump faces new legal hurdles. his attorneys say he is struggling to secure a bond to cover the nearly half billion

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yeah, ama and dan. spring is going to start in just a matter of a couple of hours, but it's already feeling like it. >> look at this live picture from santa cruz camera where some people are soaking up the sun, enjoying the blue skies down there. we definitely had a nice looking day today. the breeze is up onshore winds 29 miles an hour right now in san francisco. and with that wind blowing all that pollen around, it's not exactly easy to breathe for some of us suffering from allergies. so right now, it's the tree pollen that is running in that medium to high category oak, ash and mulberry grasses and molds are low and weeds are pretty much nonexistent. spring begins tonight at 806, the vernal equinox takes place as we head towards a change in seasons at 806, the sun's rays will be directly over the equator, and we have those longer days. a lot more sun to enjoy. but that's all changing. let me show you live doppler seven right now. we did have some fog this morning. it was thick around the region and i

i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. we're going to get wet showers, wind and more coming up this weekend. >> abc seven news meteorologist sandyha patel is keeping an eye on the weather where you live, sandy? >> yeah, and it is quickly deteriorate across parts of the bay area. so, dan and let's take a look at a live picture right now from our san rafael camera. and you will notice wet roadways. also gusty winds out there as we look at live doppler seven. area of low pressure is off the oregon northern california coast. the front is starting to move in, which is why the rain is beginning to increase in coverage. so let's get you down to street level radar in the east bay right now. emeryville, powell street, oakland avenue into oakland, 580. it is going to be a sloppy commute for the north bay around mill valley and larkspur. we are seeing some light, steady rain. and from san francisco down the peninsula, also seeing that rain beginning to increase in coverage. so this light level one storm will bring us a variety of wea

ama and dan. >> okay, sandy. >> thank you. let's move now to coverage of california's primary election. with a majority of voters using mail in ballots, we're still waiting to tally the final results. we in fact, we probably won't know if proposition one passed or failed for a while. the only statewide measure on the ballot is still too close to call tonight. it would use billions in bonds to provide housing for the homeless and the mentally ill. >> in the u.s. senate race, it will be democrat adam schiff facing off against republican steve garvey in november's general election to fill the seat left vacant by the death of dianne feinstein. latifah simon is the frontrunner to fill congressmember barbara lee's seat. simon's vote tally is more than double the next candidates doctor jennifer tran, a cal state east bay professor and alameda vice mayor tony daysog, the top two will be on the november ballot. >> sam liccardo is in the lead for the congressional seat being vacated by anna eshoo, who's retiring santa clara county super

suzanne >> ama engineering experts, traffic experts. they tell me that our bridges in the bay area are built to withstand major earthquakes and vessel collisions to a certain extent. what happened in baltimore this morning with a cargo ship slamming directly into a bridge makes a lot of people wonder. just how much our bridges in the bay area can handle. >> the bay bridge, like the, golden gate bridge, these are, major bridges that have cargo ships go under them. >> farzad shah is a cal state east bay professor, civil engineering and construction management. >> you know, the bridges are designed for a certain factor of safety. so they can take, earthquakes. they can take, even typhoons. but they're not designed to be rammed into by a 940 foot ship. >> experts say barrier bridges are robust because they're built to withstand earthquakes. >> and the golden gate bridge has extra protection. the golden gate bridge has the most robust ship collision protection of any bridge on the west coast. the north and south towers of the golden gate bri

. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz. the passengers on this united airlines flight 35 had a long flight ahead of them going to osaka, japan. but just as you saw in that video, within moments they had a sudden change of plans. >> yeah, we'll show you from the air. the plane took off from runway 28, right. or 28 are earlier today. >> and as it gained altitude, the tire fell off over the employee parking lot, hitting several cars before bouncing into the neighboring hertz rental car lot. the good news? >> thankfully, no one was hurt. but the tires on these boeing seven seven sevens can weigh up to 265 pounds. their huge tires they are. >> let's go out live to abc seven news reporter j.r. stone. he's been at sfo all night hearing more about this scene down below. j.r. >> well, ama, at first some of the passengers thought we were joking when we told them what we were covering here at sfo. then some of those passengers saying, first there was the door incident on alaska airlines flight. then you had a wing incident, then now a

sandhya yeah. >> ama.nd as we take a look at a live picture right now, the city by the bay, the view isn't exactly a still image. and that is because the camera is bouncing around tonight. skies are clear right now. wind gusts mount diablo 48 miles an hour, reaching 53. just a short time ago. a wind advisory is in effect until 11 a.m. friday for the hilltops and solano county. you will notice those wind gusts 45 to 55 miles an hour for the valleys that advisory expires at 5 p.m. tomorrow. i want to show you the winds, hour by hour. tomorrow morning at the lower elevations. you're going to see 3035 mile an hour winds. they continue to whip us. calistoga 45 tomorrow at 11 a.m. and still gusty into the afternoon with another round of wind coming our way early friday morning. as you take a look as to what you can expect, this windy pattern until friday morning. strong gusty winds watch out for toppled trees and possible power outages . i'll be back to let you know when those winds will ease and that warmth wil

i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. this wet weather will be with us for a few days, actually. yeah. >> for all the details, let's go to abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya? yeah. and ama and dan, let's take a look at live doppler seven right now and we'll talk about the rain that is coming in at this hour. >> not everyone is seeing the rain, but it is raining right now in the north bay from healdsburg to geyserville. street level radar showing you the wet weather. also moving across parts of franklin canyon road in the east bay highway four. so if your travels take you through there, just be prepared for some wet roadways tracking the moisture that's off the san mateo coast, heading towards el granada at 537. it will be in pescadero at 5:42 p.m. that's all in association with this front. this light level one system. the second part of this is the area of low pressure, which is going to give us an opportunity for some instability tomorrow. so let's time it out for you tonight at 6:00. you're seeing the l

jimmy. >> thank you, dan and ama tonight. let's boldly stay awake together anytime you're with william shatner. >> it is fun, lively. he has a joke. he has an anecdote. >> when you were a little kid, did you ever imagine you'd be in a van with captain kirk at some point hey. nice to meet you. (♪) you're so amazing. (♪) girl scout troops are picking up on it, and it is forcing the secret service to step in. someone is taking advantage of kids in solano county by passing fake money to buy girl scout cookies. can you believe this? it's awful. >> well, it happened three times last month. each time it involved the person giving the scouts a counterfeit $100 bill. fairfield police say usually the goal of the scammer is not so much the cookies, obviously, but to get cash in return. investigators say it happened twice in lowes parking lots in the third time was in front of a peet's coffee. >> what's heartbreaking? these are children, you know, we're taking advantage of our children, and so in both cases, you know, the person came acr

i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz. >> tiktok says about 170 million americans use the app, which ballooned in popularity during the pandemic. and now the debate over its future is in the hands of congress. >> i have a lot of concern about the interference of authoritarian and totalitarian governments like china and like russia. >> it's kind of a source of entertainment. sometimes it's stuff that i'm learning about and then there's kind of a lot of like activism on tiktok, too, so i kind of just like keeps me informed. >> 90% of our sales are on tiktok shop, and we would basically i mean, we would lose all of our customers. >> so there's a lot at stake here. abc seven news reporter j.r stone is looking into this issue tonight and is here with how a ban really could change things here in the bay area. bay area jr. >> dan i'm a tonight small business owners here in the bay area tell me that banning tiktok would definitely have an impact on their bottom line. i know people are saying they could go to another platform, but the argument there is that each platform's algorithm is different, and t

i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us.t's a troubling accusation, given how delicate and dangerous this emerging ai technology can be without the proper safeguards. >> the federal indictment against this ex-google engineer was announced by the us attorney general, merrick garland, in san francisco today and tonight, abc seven news, south bay reporter lauren martinez has a closer look at this case and the risks it exposes. >> lori. >> dan and amy, the indictment was unsealed today, and it revealed that this engineer was hired by google in 2019. over the years, he made periodic uploads and allegedly uploaded more than 500 unique files containing confidential information. >> you know, one of the reason we got interested in ai from the very beginning is that we always viewed our mission as a timeless mission the race to dominate artificial intelligence between the u.s. and china is well underway. >> a former software engineer at google is being charged with stealing ai technology from the company. the department of justice mad

i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. the big one. we're really keeping an eye on particularly is here in the bay area is the race for u.s. senate. there are four big names, all vying to win the seat, long held by the late senator from san francisco, dianne feinstein. >> abc seven news reporter josh haskell is on the campaign trail in southern california, with the final hours before votes are counted up. >> it's super tuesday eve and congressman adam schiff here in burbank behind me, hopes that the polls are right that show him moving on to the runoff, that we make sure that that, uh, that one time, first baseman, uh, who is now playing in deep, deep, deep, far, far right field never gets anywhere near the us senate. >> are you ready to win this thing? >> schiff, going after his opponent in the primary. republican steve garvey, who, according to the most recent poll released friday by the la times and the berkeley institute of governmental studies, leads schiff by two points. the top two finishers, regardless of party, will move on to

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i'm dan ashley, and i'm ama daetz. >> believe it or not, this has been san francisco's longest stretch of dry weather so far this year. but that streak is coming to an end. >> we hate to see it go. i guess live doppler seven is showing a mostly clear picture, although we're starting to see the shift now. let's bring in abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian for more on what we can expect. spencer. >> okay, dan and i'm the clouds are increasing right now. we can soon expect some rain in a matter of hours. here's our satellite radar composite image. you can see the storm approaching the coastline right now on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. this is a level one storm tomorrow, and saturday we can expect periods of light to moderate showers, slippery roadways, maybe a brief downpour here or there, possibly a thunderstorm on saturday. forecast animation shows the rain arriving in the north bay first tomorrow morning and then spreading to other parts of the bay area in the afternoon and evening, which of course means a wet commute tomorrow evening and as we look at our d

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i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. we want to warn you that some of the details of this story really are disturbing, but we think it's important to bring them to light. >> certainly, the lawsuit alleges rape, elder neglect and fraud. the family behind the complaint says the abuse went on for months. >> abc seven news i-team reporter stephanie sierra is here with that story. one that you'll see only on seven tonight. steph. >> yes, this story impacts the most vulnerable population a cognitively impaired woman said to be suffering from both dementia and alzheimer's, allegedly sexually assaulted, and the complaint filed is now raising serious questions about one of the largest nursing home operators in the state. these are bruises on cheryl doe, a 79 year old former patient at windsor health care center of oakland. she and her son, robert , allege the injuries are a result of a sexual assault that was swept under the rug. robert says he admitted her here with hopes to keep her safe as she battles alzheimer's and dementia.

i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us tonight. police say they've arrested a 78 year-old woman. she's facing three counts of felony vehicular manslaughter, including a charge of reckless driving. >> investigators say the driver was speeding and driving the wrong way down yolo street in the west portal neighborhood on saturday when she crashed into a bus stop. the only surviving member of that family is a baby who's hospitalized with life threatening injuries. hundreds of people are on hand for a vigil being held for three right now for the victims. >> abc seven news reporter j.r stone. is there live j.r. >> dan i'm a hundreds of people are paying their respects to that family and this west portal neighborhood of san francisco. and you can see that directly behind me. they have even closed this street off. this is hit the community hard. hugs and tears could be seen as this vigil got underway. three of four family members died in this area. their baby is still in the hospital. even those who didn't know the family were broken up ab

ama and dan. all right. >> thanks, sandhya. >> well, a new study suggests that an extreme weather event may have taken a deadly toll on a key population of whales. >> abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian has more on heating oceans and the humpbacks . >> humpback whales may put on a majestic show off our coast, but deep at sea, they've been falling prey to a changing ocean environment that could be a threat in the future. a new study now estimates that some 7000 humpbacks may have starved to death in the northern pacific, with their population dropping as much as 20% over roughly a decade. >> what that implies is either lower rate of reproduction or mortality rates are up, or both, and i suspect it's a combination of both. and so the paper argues that it's a basically starvation. >> peter roopnarine is with the california academy of sciences institute of biodiversity, 8-80 while he was not involved in the study, he is very familiar with an ocean phenomenon that may have played a deadly r

ama all right, sounds good. >> we'll check back. thank you. sandhya, this weather made for a tough weekend for people in the sierra. abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn talked to travelers about the challenges they face. she's in the newsroom with more. hi, suzanne. hi, emma. so the chp and caltrans for days warned drivers to delay travel because of whiteout conditions over the weekend. now, today, the backups and closures have been cleared, and now people are looking back at how wild that storm really was. heavy snow and high winds slammed the sierra this past weekend, creating chaos on the roads. the chp had to rescue some drivers on i-80 near donner summit because of whiteout conditions and on other highways around lake tahoe, more stranded motorists. i've never seen that many cars stuck on the side of the road, so we lend it a hand, pushed a few, helped to shovel after i-80 was shut down for days. today. some relief for drivers and residents. i'm in a truck with four wheel drive. former abc seven news reporter laura anthony finally able t