surcharge likely to become a reality. >> it is as bad as it looks. >> water storage levels are going to rival when we saw in the 1977 drought. >> the key reservoir is 90% full, only because the district is holding water there only because the district is holding it there instead of sending it to other reservoirs. >> our current storage is only 418,000 acre feet. we're 70% of average.

>> east bay mud plans to increase the voluntary usage by 15%. >> 15% reduction we've planned for, we need to know, will efforts be enough? what more can we do? >> so far, they're off to a dismal start conserving just 4% in january and february. >> people in contra costa have done well, cutting use there by 24%. >> yes it looks like we're in for another dry spell. spencer, what happens to the chance of rain? >> lots of green showing up. so there are no reports of anything hitting the ground. there is a long trail of clouds

moving into our direction. let's see what we can expect over the next well overnight. at 7:00 this evening will be cloudy and we'll see perhaps spotty drinkels. we'll keep searching and will have more a little bit later. >> you can track any rain with abc7 weather app. >> it is free to down load. there is information on our website. >> a second day of testimony as part of the sexual bias suit against a venture capitol firm. she's suing for $16 million. abc7 news is live with developments. tiffany? >> ellen powell claims her former

and her attorney went into the details of her testimony. >> >> you discussed having children today? yes, he did. and you communitied you roved him? yes. >> she asked powell about intimate moments like this one. all i have ever done is love you. and leave you. not true. you knew you can never choose me over your kids but it's my fault because i heard what i wanted to hear.

she testified she learned he was still with his wife, she ended their involvement immediately and that is when the discrimination began. >> 95% settles. the fact it's going to trial, means both sides think there is a good shot of winning. >> she told the jury it's important to continue this retaliation lawsuit saying quote, i believe there should be equal opportunities for women and men to be venture capitolists. her testimony is expected to continue tomorrow. in san francisco tiffany wilson abc7 news. >> the deal involves six daughters of charity hospitals

prime health care says 300 positions are deal breakers. the response, quote, by walking away it's not the priority. >> police are asking for help in solving the murder of a mother who died shielding her children from gunfire. investigators say yesterday's shooting began with several women arguing. a 30-year-old covered up her 7-year-old and 9-year-old from the gunfire but died when a bullet struck her in the head. investigators are investigating whether a 16-year-old and 19-year-old, also injured may have been involved in the shooting. in a statement said our hearts go out to friends and family in the wake of this tragedy.

>> moving on. 49ers are in real turmoil and a lot of the team's fans are not happy about it. >> no they're not. now, they've lost their players to free agency and now, retirement. >> yes. this loss with linebacker patrick willis is he norm musts. abc7 mike shumann joins us live now. he wants to walk away healthy while he can still walk. >> there is no question. all guys in the nfl have to be conscious of that. he had nothing left to give. his well was dry. >> there would not have been a

day in my career where i don't feel like -- that i gave this game everything i had. >> he seemed to have a sense of relief. . >> i never would have thought i would be here on this podium and 49ers, man i've had the most-amazing eight years of football in my life. >> jed york knows he's losing a great player. >> this team and community is going to miss you. it's going to miss the leadership the passion the

talent. going to be difficult to replace >> new head coach lost the heart and soul of his defense. >> that is one of the guys that is going to make a difference in the world. >> he wants to mentor young children and seeing what is outside in the world he's known for 35 years. >> saying whatever i choose to do is because i've earned the right to do it for the passion of what it is i believed n i take that passion with me as i leave this podium. >> so classy today he could keep playing but said i don't want to be one of the guys showing up for a paycheck staying on a year or two longer then limping around for his

life. and that is impressive. it's not easy. >> he's leaving $7 million on the table. >> there are more signings today. >> sergio? >> well, yesterday's news for the 49ers was so bad it's been dubbed black monday, a reference to a stock market crash. today's departure of willis doesn't help much. there are fans beginning to wonder if it's possible. >> this is the phrase that will haunt jed york. >> 49ers win with class. >> since yet another player has been arrested and today another star called it quits.

his retirement is a shock for fans, same for departure of a few others. >> there has been a lot of change over. >> we talked with fans who are holding out hope and a chance to see their niners play in super bowl 50 here. >> i'm a true fan. when i say it's coming from my heart, i think we're contenders. >> he says it's fall out from jim harbaugh's departure. >> what was going on behind the scenes? from everything i know about jim harbaugh as a coach here at stanford, he didn't tolerate that. he says it could make a difference >> their concern is deeper than just the team lost star players

and seems to be imploding. >> on ebay someone posted two psls for sale for just under $1,000. >> still ahead a no brainer in berkeley. why certain liquor stores may be required to have surveillance cameras. >> some costco customers surprise a greeter with a free vacation. >>

h an aging tree called it quits, landing on top of someone's car, and it just missed a motorcycle. it fell around 6:00 this morning. >> berkeley city council members are meeting right now and will be taking up a new law tonight requiring several liquor stores to have surveillance cameras. many stores have the cameras but the city still might mandate them, tonight. >> out with the old in with the new the city wants liquor stores in problem areas to get on board

with working surveillance cameras. >> people may have surveillance cameras but may not use them. they may not be xet tabl. my guess is if it's a super cheapo system then it may not be up to grade. >> it's prompted by two homicides the law would apply to liquor stores in the downtown area. >> ray says he spent thousands, now, he has eyes everywhere. >> sometimes i go and i can see everything in the store. >> for many businesses, this is going to be a very small change, if any. >> if passed here, city leaders

will work with businesses to get into compliance. >> a supervisor is being sued by a woman accusing him of trying to break into her apartment. he was arrested after police found him outside of a home at 3:30 in the morning wearing only socks and under wear. cari. lo was charged with attempting peeping but a jury acquitted him. his attorney called it a monday grab and he will run for office again, next year apparently. >> a trip to honolulu turned into an order for passengers aboard a hawaiian airlines plane the pilot noticed a mechanical

problem. the crew decided to fly back to oakland the passengers continued their journey aboard another plane. >> for some it's just a job. for a cancer patient arly smith, greeting shoppers is an opportunity to help others. tables were turned on arly. today, a man making a difference where you live. >> arly smith has a lot of fans. it was all about putting a smile on his face they learned arly had kidney cancer that spread to his bones. doctors tell him he might have two and a half years he has multiple sclerosis.

his fans presented him with a beach get away, hotel gas, and spending money included. >> anybody got a kleenex? >> we're at costco. we have some kleenex. >> however arly is focusing on a way to help children. >> if all of this attention on me has done anything for having bone cancer and ms i would like to send that forward to raise funds for childrens hospital. >> they don't have kids but arly spoils children by drawing flowers or monkeys on the back of receipts. he's about spreading joy. >> wonderful with the kids. plays with kids and makes the best pictures on the receipts. he's just a happy guy, always happy. and smiling. >> i wish i can wear a camera.

it's funner than you are job, i think. >> there is more i want to give back. more people. because there are people that need love and encouragement. >> arly says he's not a quitter. in san ramone david louie abc7 news. >> that is wonderful. >> we need rain. >> spencer christian is here with the latest. >> right now is hope. >> there is live doppler seven hd. a live view from our east bay camera looking at cloudy skies and 57 degrees in san francisco. upper 50s in oakland. 61 in san jose.

there is a live view. upper 50s to low 60s here is a live look at cloudy skies. we'll see spotty, light showers tonight. we'll have beach weather for the weekend. an approaching trail of clouds but not much indication this will hit the ground as rainfall. we do have mostly mid and high-level clouds now. so notice patches of moisture. by tomorrow, and into night time hours, it will be dry and skies will be partly clear. in the sierra, don't expect nuch

in the way of snowfall. that is not nearly enough. cloudy skies low temperatures low to mid-50s. will be mild overnight. then then, tomorrow partly to mostly cloudy skies. highs into upper 60s. clouds with highs into mid to upper 60s low 60s on the coast. a high of 64 tomorrow. up in the north bay cloudier and cooler. and there may be a greater chance of rain in some of the farther northern regions highs tomorrow into the north bay low to mid-60s east bay mid to upper 60s, 67 in oakland and fremont.

and here is the accu-weather forecast. check out warm up we'll see 70 degrees on the coast saturday, sunday, monday. it's going to be warm, almost summer like. spring is still ten days away. >> thank you. >> well, coming up next the improving odds of a sizeable california earthquake. >> and when laquinta.com sends craig wilson a ready for you alert the second his room is ready, ya know what he becomes? great proposal! let'stalk more over golf. great. how about over tennis? even better. a game changer! the ready for you alert, only at laquinta.com. (scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! see what spam can! do... at spam.com

pg and e has been given one more year to prepare for a criminal trial. a judge set a date for next march 8th, five and a half years after explosion. pge pled not guilty to all charges and one count of obstructing a federal investigation and faces two and a half billion in state and federal funds. >> u.s. geological survey the agency monitoring earthquakes today revised estimates for when the big one might hit. saying 30% fewer quakes

however, the odds of a magnitude eight striking have gone up almost 50%. the new pre-dicks are based on improving computer modelling. >> june gloom seems to be on the decline. a new report shows the summer fog is being trifen away by the heat of urban sprawl. less fog is bad news for native plants including coastal redwoods. fog is the primary source of water. it concludes less fog means drier hill sides and potentially more fires. >> there is more still to come. just ahead, blurred lines between flattery and plagiarism the verdict on a recent hit song. >> hillary clinton explains her use of private e mail as

secretary of state. why republicans are not satisfied.

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hillary clinton addressed criticism over her use of a personal e mail service to conduct government business. hillary clinton breaking her silence >> i opted for convenience to use my personal e mail account. >> the presumed 2015 presidential front runner addressed her use of a private server to conduct business as secretary of state . >> i thought it would be easier to carry one device instead of two. >> she and her team turned over tens of thousands of e mails she'd determined work related. >> about half were work related

and went to the state department. and about half were personal. that were not in any way related to my work. >> clinton insists she sent no classified information but in a move that may cause criticism, they deleted e mails deemed personal. >> i had no reason to save them but that was my decision. >> clinton's response comes after a week of pressure from the media. >> one analyst says the camp hasn't been open enough. >> we haven't had any transparency. >> a press conpresence is an attempt to offer transparency. iet would have been better to use two separate phones and two e mail accounts i thought using one would are simpler. and it hasn't worked out that way.

utah could be the only state to use firing squads lawmakers reinstating fire squads allowed if lethal injection drugs are not available 30 days before execution. utah stopped using firing squads ten years ago the governor must still give his approval. university of oklahoma ex-pelled two students accused of playing a he'dership role in a reesist video. >> two popular singers must may millions to the family of marvin gaye after a jury ruled they stole one of his hit songs his children saying "blurred lines" is too much like the 1977 hit "got to give it up".

they will have to give up $7.3 million to gaye's family. >> i feel free free from the chains. >> my clients know they wrote that song independently. >> next time you set up an account online you might not have to answer any security questions. >> how protecting the information is changing. >> yes. it has to. they're cracking old ways of protecting your pass words and e mails. >> gila is typical of many of us. she does all of her banking online, and relies on her e mail to conduct business.

so word someone hacked into her e mail stunned her. >> it is very scary. >> experts say hackers gain access through weak pass words. gila kept getting messages it had been changed. >> saying your pass word was changed 19 hours ago. i didn't change my pass word. >> experts say you need a complex pass word. >> if it's so hard you need to write it down, you're going in the right direction. >> google disabled her account using a form of artificial intelligence to identify the suspicious behavior. >> if someone tries to access the account that is not the normal pattern that puts us on higher alert. >> gila tried to access her g mail again through her question

buzz could not. that is because the hackers changed her questions too. >> i just hit the wall. there was no fixing. >> he says the company is phasing out the use of security questions. >> there have been problems it could be researched online. or guessed. so right now we favor a dynamic approach. >> it's for you to give your provider an alternative way of contacting you. that can with a phone number or secondary e mail. >> i feel like a prisoner, like trapped. >> she contacted 7 on your side. >> lucky me thank you very much. i immediately got some response. >> google won't discuss the case but she's happy her account is restored.

>> your people contacted google and got me some support. >> to find more information go to abc7 news and click on the sections tab. >> uber teams up with the united

investors are convinced the dow will drop this summer. and a and p 500 suffered its biggest decline in two months. >> more and more people are quitting their jobs employers advertised 5 million openings, a sign of confidence workers can find new jobs and employers may have to offer more money to keep the people they have. >> well target says it will layoff 1700 workers at its minneapolis headquarters.

>> u. ber made an announcement, a lofty goal with global implications. >> when julie tran gets into her car, and shuts the door it's a perfect place to think. >> i write in this journal. >> she's a writer yoga teacher and uber driver. >> there is time when picking up a passenger an idea comes up. so i feel that if i were sitting in a cubicle i won't be able to get that done. >> she says it gives her freedom to pursue her goals. >> to turn app on when i want, off, when i want. >> uber thinks that is a great way to get ahead. >> today is the 20th anniversary of this wonderful effort. >> on the day of the un

women event, >> uber announced it's partnering with un women to reach a goal. a million is a lot. right now uber says it has 150,000 drivers in the united states and 14% of women. . >> i remember i 1 started driveing i was the only driver in heathrow that was female. >> uber is planning extensive outreach. >> we're going to have more announcements. >> it was well received but without prompting nearly all mentioned something else they say they think they know where this is coming from. >> certain news >> male drivers harassing women . >> i stopped using it because of things i heard. >> he started using lyft which

said it's drivers are 30% women. >> this is a great opportunity to make extra income and become empowered. >> what is the best way for women to get ahead in the ♪ ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good for me around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of craving something that i can't have ♪ ♪ turn around, barbara ♪ ♪ forever i've been praying for a snack in my life ♪ ♪ and now i have a brownie ending all of my strife ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ ♪

in our house, we do just about everything online. and our old internet just wasn't cutting it. so i switched us from u-verse to xfinity. they have the fastest, most reliable internet. which is perfect for me, because i think everything should just work. works? works. works! works? works. works.

professional business women of california conference began 26 years ago as a way for women to get connected and branch out. >> as you can see the mosconi center was packed today. >> that is right. there are more participants than ever remaining one of the best places for women to network. >> the conference focused on taking a look at where they need to go. >> it's how you find your new

job. . >> i think the more hiring roles, the more it will trickle down. >> it was started by congress woman jackie speier in 1989, 26 years ago. >> it's not going to come without demanding it or naturally. anything that we have achieved has come with battles. >> if you look at research it's because of teams coming together with clashing ideas. >> any good business person is going to tell you play to your strength well ladies we're great at this. we know how to do this.

when we reach out and collaborate we all win. >> this year's theme was making the most of you. in san francisco abc7 news. >> just a great event today we're proud to be there. a 17-year-old from parker school has won one of the three top prizes from the intel science talent search worth $150,000 we introduced to you andrew last week. his project identified human genome mutations and will help researchers understand genetic causes of diseases. 17 years old. >> wow. >> we wish we can congratulate ourselves on receiving rain. >> we cannot. >> no. >> we need andrew to help me find it. you can see moisture in the atmosphere.

this is the moisture here between 12,000 feet and 20,000 feet. there is a chance. showers north and south and we may get cloudy skies with a chance of a sprinkle or two. upper 50s to low 60s on the coast. here is the accu-weather forecast. so sunny skies with a big warm up. up to 80 around the bay. 70 degrees on the coast. >> beach weather. dry wernl. >> yes. >> thank you. >> so much going on.

>> there is a lot going. >> there is some coming.

good evening this off season has turned into extreme makeover patrick willis retiring because his feet hurt so much from eight years of pounding. >> if i don't have what i know i need to give this organization the best chance to win i can't be doing that. >> with that, patrick willis retired. >> his health was a main concern. >> it's my health first and everything made sense, around it. he's one of the greatest ever

and hall of fame could be his next >> this feels like a hall of fame-type environment for me, already. so if i get to be part of it it's amazing. >> in santa clara abc7 sports. >> now also leaving red and gold is frank gore. just might be the missing spees of the puzzle to gets the colds a win. tori smith, a five-year deal worth $40 million, only 49 receptions last year but giving receiver with deep speed that can stretch opposing

defenses malcolm smith, mvp of super bowl 48 returned to pick for a touchdown and seahawks routed denver. smith is mostly an outside linebacker playing for raiders new defensive coordinator ken norton junior. reportedly also adding roy halu junior. so we can yell hello. day one of free agency brought stunning deals. save to say they'll never, ever throw a slant but may throw a bunch of fade patterns. and in the up coming draft.

he had more receiving touchdowns in new orleans franchise history. he trains a healthy quarterback. to st. louis for sam bradford. speculation is that he is traded to owe get the quarterback he wants. chris angel might not be able to pull that off. the swinging skirts classic returns april 20th-26th and today lidia co was back on the course recording her first career victory. she beat stacy louis for a stroke and the 17-year-old vaulted to a number

one world ranking. >> it's going to be fun and i think it's going to be another great memory. >> imagine being 17 and that good. >> at anything. >> now think about it. >> not like andrew? >> exactly. >> amazing. >> thank you. >> join us on cable channel 13. danger for people using e cigarettes and a man says he was injured when one exploded in his hands. that is at 9:00. >> then, at

11:00 following the golden gate lead. >> and >> that is it for this edition of abc7 news. >> from larry beil, we appreciate your time we'll see you again at 9:00 and 11:00

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this is "jeopardy!" let's meet today's contestants -- a learning architect from austin, texas... a newspaper copy editor from bloomington, indiana... and our returning champion an academic assistant from north hampton, massachusetts... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thanks, johnny. hi, everyone. jen told me at the end of yesterday's program "i wasn't sure about the final." she came up with a correct response, but didn't know. it was an educated guess and it paid off. and i hope it set the tone for

a lot of positive stuff for this entire week. penny and mikki, good to have you with us and good luck. here we go into the "jeopardy!" round. one daily double only in this one. you know that. here are the categories you don't know. alex: jen, you start us. time for art for $200, please. penny. what is gothic? gothic, that's right. uh, art for $400, please. mikki. what is dada? dada, yeah. classic video games for $200.