we are live at the site of the fund-raisers. david, we'll start with you. >> the meeting with high tech leaders going on behind me. we see activity there appears to be an end to the event very soon as the president leaves to go to downtown san jose we saw the motorcycle unit leave just minutes ago. all were meeting inside of a tent and we're finding out that the meeting is continuing for a few more minutes. a lot of excitement here because neighbors didn't know it's going to be the president coming into the neighborhood but the talk on the inside was serious. what is in it to make big donations? the answer is access. in this case, sitting around a large table just 25 of them to have direct access to the president. silicon valley learning

interests are impacted by policies or laws about privacy, immigration reform and export restrictions. >> protect industry with a little bit late to get involved in politics but now, they are immersed and active in lobbying and endorsing candidates >>. money can help elect members of congress to help, or hurt their businesses. donations and votes closely linked to according to daniel newman from the group map light that monitors those activities. >> issue after issue, members tend to vote with the side that gives them the most money. >> a who's who already had backed a former obama administration official. one is marisa mayer. conno trying to unseat mike

honda. democrats are facing several races such as this in mid term elections. a point not lost on republican challenger, a stanford professor and physician. >> the trip is a reflection of that. and is probably for a good reason the country is still hurting. it shows real americans are having real problems. and that is going to reflect in mid term elections. >> the president's next stop is a larger fund-raiser in downtown san jose in the fairmont hotel. that is where we are live now. lisa? >> reporter: the motorcade will come down park avenue and then, down to market street. many are activists from 350 silicon valley.

a group proposed as a new section of the key stone pipeline running from canada to gulf coast but people are happy to see the president. tickets for the fund-raiser ranged from $1,000 to 3 #$,000. attendees lined up in front of the hotel to go through metal detectors but they, too, know the protestors message. >> i'm hoping it will help, that he will realize it needs to be stopped. and damage throughout the united states. >> he's done a great job i admire him. >> security is high. traffic coming through market to san fernando. cars parked on market street started to get towed.

the president of y come bin nator. attendees were told the event will start around 6:00 but looks like everything is delayed by 0 minutes. >> we don't know what route the president will take but preem it's interstate 280. you can see its moving along fairly well for this time of the day. going to give you a live view now using cell 7 technology. it's moving along nicely. several exits at a time. but it has remained shut down during the visit in the los altos hills. >> two big fund-raisers tonight and tomorrow, president obama will visit a walmart store in

mountain view. it's a visit putting him in hot water. he's good going because the store is a model of energy efficiency. but that move is risky. labor unions are critical of the low wages. political watchers don't think it will hurt the president nationally. >> reaction what people in the bay area think about walmart. he's probably making whatever statement he wants to try to make. so it's been broader and played in the bay area. >> the president will be the first sitting u.s. president to visit a walmart store, interestingly enough. the president of the united food and commercial workers international union says the president's visit sends a terrible message to worker as cross america. i invite the president to meet with walmart worker who's can tell him about their struggles. now, if the president is on time, we'll carry some remarks live in san jose later in this newscast.

>> today a senate committee advanced a bill requiring smart phone makers to include a kill switch to put brakes on what author calls a national crime wave. >> this is just a casual encounter. these crimes often involve violence people died as a result of having a smart phone robbed. >> three out of every four robberies now involves theft of a smart phone the passage did not come easy. >> we're excited. >> within hours of the state senate passage of the cell phone kill switch bill, city leaders were on a step of city hall applauding it. >> the reality is that they shouldn't be the target of robbers. we have technology to disable them. sq? police estimate 75% of the robberies in oaklandt( involve cell phones, crimes like these sometimes turn violent.

over time, if the kill switch requirement becomes law, interim chief believes that number will decline. >> we can make it a disincentive to take the cell phone, then there is a good likelihood to see a bigger reduction in crimes. >> this is going to be free enabled on all phones. >> a victim himself, the city councilman is one of the vocal supporters. >> if the muggers and thieves out there realize that there will be no reason to steal them. >> one concession is that kill switch would be required only on phones. not tablets. in berkeley, abc7 news. >> apple reportedly in talks for popular beef electronics. beats by dre head phones are worn by a number prof fegsal

athletes but apple is likely after beat streaming music launching this year and could help retool the path. the deal could be announced. >> it appears tonight marcus books lost his battle to stay m his home on fill more street the yoerns of the nation's oldest black-owned bookstore say they have been evicted. karen ask greg johnson owned the building since 1981. last year the bank forecloseed and sold it at auction. in february, the building was granted landmark status but that wasn't enough. the johnsons say they missed a couple rent payments and the new ownersxd changed the locks. >> parents of students at mills high school in millbrae are meeting to complain about a controversial charter school proposal and say that no one told them about the plan until the deal was done. vic lee has the story. last summer, the advanced

placement or ap test scores here at mill's high school were thrown, accusing mills of failing to follow proper security guidelines. >> they're trying to get over the fact it would be invalidated and what will happen to teacher morale and classrooms? >> as pta president i'm kind of shocked and surprised they'd be able to do that without contacting us. >> janet is the president of the school's parent-teacher organization. she and other parents say district officials never told them about the decision to provide space to the designer tech charter school until after it's a done deal saying minutes weren't made public until recently. why? why secrecy? what is behind this?

>> d tech would begin with a freshman class of up to 150 students. to start with, six existing classrooms at mills would be given to d tech. each year, new classes would be added with a full enrollment expected at 500. parents we spoke with wonder what the charter would do to a high school with 1300 students. school district officials say the school has been discussed an half a dozen open meetings. >> there is not a lot of people that come to board meetings. it's not something people perhaps think about. going to. but they are public >> parents say they have nothing against the concept of a charter school they just want the district to stop, talk with a community before signing anything.

they hope the might mooeting will be the first step. >> still to come here tonight at 6:00 why does oakland still not have a permanent police chief one year later? a san francisco woman struck by a hit and run driver. is this becoming a dangerous place for pedestrians in the city? >> a woman returns to work but the state keeps sending disability checks. why she couldn't give the money back. >> areas of moisture moving over the bay area now. but we're still waiting for measurable rain to hit the ground. that will happen, soon. i'll have the accu-weather forecast in ju

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another pedestrian accident where a driver struck and killed a driver in a crosswalk. it happened on sunset boulevard and yorba street. wayne? >> the intersection of yorba ask sunset boulevard was not on a watch list before, it is now. yet another accident here this after the noon. at the bus stop san francisco police tell us early this afternoon around 2:30 a car hit a 20-year-old woman krotsing the street. andsshe was badly hurt with scrapes and that car did not hit the breaks until in the

intersection. here is san francisco motor officer who pedestrian trying to make it to a bus. i don't know if she started walking. when struck she was running to catch a bus on the other side of the street. >> the other car didn't see her? >> other car did not see her. >> now, context this is not the first accident here. this since 2013. worst occurred in february. another pedestrian went through the windshield. so there does appear to be a pattern here. we can only speculate what's happening but had accident is getting traction this afternoon. sunset boulevard is one of the 6% of streets accounting for 60%

of injuries and fatalities. so we expect to hear more in the future. >> the driver involved in a fatal hit and run over the weekend turned himself in to police. police say he ran a red light brought sided another driver and ran from the scene. the 26-year-old died. ' firefighter pleaded not guilty to dui charges involving a crash.s police say he was drunk at the time. abc7 news i team obtained this video in june near 5th and howard. you'll see him crashing up the street there.

>> police increased patrols in danville schools today after a threat to kill people found spray painted near the school. the threat discovered last week near charlotte wood middle school. administrators say half of the kids stayed home today. >> thought it's important not to with influence. there is so much protection. it's safe. >> police are still searching for whomever left the graffiti but have cited a boy believed to have made a copy cat message at one school. >> strange weather out there. >> officially reported by a

trace amount of rain. there is more in the atmosphere. so far it hasn't hit the ground. doppler 7 hd, we're looking at lots of clouds around the bay area. this area over we have no official reports of rainfall hitting the ground in that reamingin. it does look like a wide spread movement now. and pockets of light moisture. around north we have a much wider area of shower activity some may work down into our area

overnight. 64 in oakland. 57 in half moon bay. here is a live view of clouds over sfo. mid-60s at novato and fairfield. 68 in livermore, another live view of clouds in san francisco. spotty showers tonight. partial clearing tomorrow, sunny warmer for mother's day. i'm sure it's good news. moisture and clouds. this is what we expect to row dues, lights showerings overnight. we might see a few more sprinkles. that will be the pattern, light scattered showers, spotty showers drying out tomorrow by

1:00 tomorrow afternoon. we expect rainfall totals to range from about a hundredth to a tenth of an inch. clouds and mid-50s. tomorrow, we'll see highs in the south bay around or just above 70. upper 60s on the peninsula. upper 60s in the east bay shore line. here is the accu-weather forecast. 90 inland. it's going to be not exactly having a heat wave but a hot spell. >> spencer, thank you. >> coming up next unbreakable bond b

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>> it's now been one year since oakland police chief left the job. interim chief is currently in charge at the oakland police department he took over last year for anthony taribiou. the mayor said the search is

moving along who, critics think more searching is not needed and money should be better spent recruiting police officers note a chief. >> we did a search. and the deadline was april 30th. i think that the money that is being sent on this recruitment effort should have been devoted to recruiting officers where we had a shortage. >> part of the expense is this glossy brochure produced by the city to help recruit a new chief >> san francisco sheriff's department trying to make mother's day easier for inmates at the county jail. there are 121 women incarcerated at county jail two. more than half of moms the jail hosted a dance and musical for incarcerated moms. >> i make sure to send objects home to know mommy is still

around, not physically but still there. >> san francisco is on the cutting edge of initiatives to help women in jail maintain family bonds including stations for pumping breast milk as well as visitation hours. >> we've heard from proestors and pundits we continue to await president obama's remarks from the fairmont we hope to hear from him, shortly. >> earthquake shook the pacific coast off mexico today. close to where the last one hit >> a bay area civil rights group stands to profit from the racist rants of l.a. clippers owner donald sterling. stay with us.

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cars behind me just started moving and he should be coming up park avenue any minute this, is after he left los altos hills. he attended a private fund-raiser there with about 20 high tech executives. here at the fairmont about 250 people paid a lot of money to see him tonight. tickets ranged from 1,000 to $32,000 attendees arrived around 4:00 lining up to go through metal detectors before entering the building. you can see there are a lot of groups protesting the president's visit, including activists to the controversial new section of the key stone pipeline. and there is some activity which means the motorcade should be here in a few minutes. >> thank you very much.

a strong earthquake caused damage and panic nearly 200 miles away in mexico city. the quake sent chandeliers swaying and office workers xá(r buildings the quake centered about 60 miles northwest of ak pull could. roofs and a bridge collapsed and there were power outages a seven.# quake hit last month. >> 14 people are dead and dozens injured in a massive attack by syrian rebels. the islamic front is claiming responsibility on the attack in the city of aleppo. reports say the city has been used as a base for government

forces. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry planning to do everything possible to bring home those nigerian school girls kerry says a team of u.s. officials and agents are arriving in nigeria now to help find the girls and help the nigerian government counter threats by extremists. nigeria's president called the kidnapping a turning point during a speech today. >> i believe that the kidnap of the girls will be the beginning of end of terror in nigeria. >> 300 girls were snatched from their heads bedz in a boarding school and eight others taken from a village on sunday. the u.s. put a $7 million bounty on the leader. >> the national transportation safety board set a date to determine the cause of last year's asia airlines crash the hearing is scheduled for june 24th, almost a year after

the july 6th crash that left three passengers dead and 180 others injured. a hearing in december focused on mastics and crew the pilot making his first flight. >> general motors says it's tests have shown the cars recalled for ignition problems are safe to drive gm recalled vehicles because of a faulty switch. gm says cars are okay to drive if the ignition key is the only thing on the key ring. a new audio tape of donald sterling unsure fased, lashing out over accusations he's a racist. >> you think i'm a racist? you think i have anything in the world for love for everybody? you don't think that. you know i'm not a racist

it breaks my heart that magic johnson, my, a guy i respect so much won't stand up and say well let's get the facts. >> donald sterling has been banned for life from nba and fined $$2.5 million for the remarks made to his confidante. >> an influential african american leader is proposing the fine be directed to a bay area civil rights organization. >> he's not from california but on the floor of the house he honored a group teaching about the fight against racism. >> longest running program in the united states. >> knows the struggle in this photo, he is being beaten by an alabama state trooper, serl several times per year he shares

that experience as part of the past. >> he's been a champion and friend to the program and believes in work we're doing >> the program founder says lewis had outdone himself with this letter. lewis says the $2.5 million fine should go to sojourn to the past. >> we do antiracism work we know the nba is going to give out the money to chairitable causes. >> the student who's go on journeys do more than look at pictures they goat visit those locations and meet those influential people in person. >> when has institutional power. high schoolers here from other trailblazers travel aross the country and into the deep

at a cost of 3,000 collars per student, money is a big obstacle. >> we want to put together a japanese internment program and do a sojourn for women in the south. >> think about their own values. what kind of country they want america to be. >> coming up cal fire launches a fly all over town to find the best deals. ots of ways to save. ots of ways to save. real big club card deals, the safeway app and gas rewards. for mother's day weekend two pounds of driscoll's strawberries are just $3.99

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15 seconds ago president obama whisked past this crowd of onlookers. >> the event is co-hosted by marisa mayer. should be a very interesting conversation here. we expect the president to make remarks very shortly. and we hope to bring them to you live here on abc7 news at 6:00

>> ringling brothers circus has begun an eight-show run in connecticut with performers saying they're dedicating shows to seven still in the hospital after an accident on sunday. this week investigators say a failed clamp sent eight people crashing down, hurting another on the ground a spokesman says tonight he is not sure a net would have helped. >> since this act went up and down, and we're not sure would it have made >> two of the acrobats are still in serious condition. >> the calendar says it's may but for firefighters it feels like august because of the fire danger in california.

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want to take a look at the president's motorcade as' riefs here in san jose. just about 6:38 this afternoon coming from another fund-raiser. >> this is just momentsing ao. he's expected to speak here in downtown san jose in the next few minutes an event co-hosted by marisa

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