he district attorney. the d.a. has filed a motion to rather chris placement. >> one of the four san francisco police officers implicated in a racist text scandal has resigned so the police commission can no longer investigate his actions but the san francisco supervisor said it is not over for him. here is katie marzullo. >> this is not over just because an officer resigned or if they all resign. >> 46-year-old an openly gay member of the san francisco police force since 1992 has resigned according to his attorney. he and at least three other officers are being investigated in connection with racist and homophobic text messages. a spokesman said because he no longer works for the department he is no longer part of internal investigation. supervisor said that his cases still need to be reviewed for possible bias. >> disrespectful comments toward african-americans and we are

talking about a large number of cases involving african-americans. i have a real concern about that. >> at the law school, professors addressing the issue in a discussion on police and race. the problem really is that people say these things but the problem is that people thing these things. >> a prefer said looking at individuals is one thing but it is more important to look at the entire police department. >> what sort of organizational culture makes people feel comfort am -- comfortable talking like this? >> the t were released we during a bail hearing for a former officer convicted of public corruption. >> san francisco zoo managers deny claims they used a feature to eavesdrop on workers. the union representing the zoo workers say microphones arrest

activated letting managers listen in on private conversations. the executive director said that is not understanding. >> to my understanding is there is no intentional eavesdropping of any employee. >> this remote accessing is more of a baby monitor. i could be on my lunch break where i keep my radio with me and it could be recording my conversation. >> the radios were upgraded six months ago after the eye team uncovered serious safety flaws with the previous system. >> a devastating fire in the miss district has claimed another life. flames gutted an apartment on 24th and treat street march 11. a 13-year-old suffered severe burns in the place and died on wednesday night at san francisco general hospital. her dad 38-year-old mohamed shaibi died over the weekend, also from injuries caused by the fire. three surviving family members

have been treated and released from the hospital. >> governor brown will speak at a forum promoting hiring of those who served time in jail. leaders will gather at the pay area forum to discuss the benefits of hiring trained former offenders hosted by a number of agencies including the department of corrections and alameda county sheriff. the forum is underway at 9:30 in oakland. >> a parking lot near at&t park in san francisco will be a lot more crowded although there is no game. it is called "the yard," and here is a picture. it opened at noon in parking lot (a) and here it is a new restaurant and retail center made from recycled shipping containers. can you shot and enjoy local food and drink and the space is used for community of develops. "the yard," be open career round and could become permanent. >> new this morning a rare sight for sky watchers: total solar eclipse this morning.

>> it took several hours to unfold as the noon slowly covered the sun. it lasted only a few minutes. this was not visible anywhere in the united states of course, and people in europe and north africa saw a partial eclipse. the only places where it was total on land were faro islands and a group of islands in norway the u.k. based college of eye doctors say the act of taking an eclipse selfie could put your eye's in harm's way. >> the most dam from an eclipse is a total eclipse of the heart. >> we know that song. >> karoke night. >> okay. >> 53 right new in crissy field and mission district.

54 in ocean beach. downtown. portrero him. 56 coming through the ferry building. who sang that song? >> i can't remember. santa clara is 45 and saratoga is 46 and petaluma is 44 and stepping out in american canyon, grab a heavy coat and walnut creek is 52. >> in san rafael 101 no fog here but we know some is developing around santa rosa so keep an eye on that and we will teach an eye on that. 66 to 75. coast is more narrow 60 to 63 because of the breeze and 66 around the bay and up to 74 for a spread here. and now chances of rain in the forecast. leyla? >> bonnie tyler?

i cheated. i looked it up. >> the golden gate bridge shows traffic from marin nice, indeed, and there are clear conditions and accident free northbound traffic not finding traffic. we still have two plains in the southbound direction so the zipper truck could be coming out there soon to move the median over to the right-hand side to expand the southbound lane. 25 minutessed from tracy to dublin and antioch do concord 14 minutes and southbound san rafael to san francisco is only 18 minutes. developing news right new on the peninsula, palo alto police are investigating a murder-suicide at palo alto apartment complex and we are on the scene. >> a a tenant killed a man and then turned the gun on himself

yesterday afternoon. a tenant in his 60s shot and killed another man in the management office with handgun and then shot himself at the apartments on neighbor an way -- on fabian way for seniors. >>ing for like this has happen, a super safe neighborhood. it is really surpriseing. >> police were called of the gunshots and they evacuated the building and determined this was a murder-suicide. police spent hours at the scene and there are still several officers and they have not determined what led up to the shooting. >> we will check back. >> fight the drown one lawn at a time and homeowners are sake every last drought and what you can do. >> we are a step closer to watch

the swan song of the candlestick stay tuned.

covering san rafael, pleasanton, south bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. we are back with a look at candlestick and we show you how the demolition is going with the upper rim now gone and cries tearing down the 55-year-old former home of the 49ers and giants and the goal is to have the completed demolition by the end of the month. there will be housing in its place. >> the upper portion of the old eastern span of the we babe will be gone by 2018 with a $59 million bid to demolish the rest of the bridge with sky 7 over the span showing you the work that still needs to be done.

contractors will remove sections of the structure and 13 steel towers next. >> ds of dogs raised to be sold as food in south korea now have a chance at a new life in the united states. we were there when the last 15 of the 57 rescued dogs arrived at the san francisco spca after 11 hour flight from seoul. the dogs were destined for a market where people buy meat and produce. >> bring myself the older population that consumes dog meat, most of the younger population is not -- does not consume the meat and are not interested. >> dogs are in the care of the spca and then they will be spayed and neutered and go up for adoption. >> there is a land to help california deal with the drought. >> a third of the money goes to minorities directly related to the drought and the rest to flood control and farm equipment and food for workers who lost

their jobs because of drought. the most important thing said everything needs to conserve water. one lawn at a final we can save water. >> a yard stands out among the traditional grass yards in the neighborhood and that is fine with him. >> the mulch is a good 3" layer. it is always premium tree cuttings and under that you have 2" of 100 percent food scrap cop -- compost. >> he is mulched the road and converted 800 square feet for under $1,000 and got $400 in rebates. >> for the benefit of the visual and for the drought resistant plant this is the way to go. >> the east bay nursery in berkeley has tripled the amount of store space dedicated to

cactus time plants. >> they require watering once a month to be happy. >> my next we thing is to try and put down my water on my grass. >> the drought resistant yard is changing attitudes. >> we have converted two or three others on my street. >> he believes his with regard to is going to be the new norm. the easiest way to save water is to turn off the faucet while you brush your teeth. you will save two gallons a minute. east minute you cut from a shower saves 2 1/2 volumes you can visit abc7 news for tips on how to conserve water. >> loans from environmentally friendly home improvements are available to people would live in antioch. last year the city agreed to

take advantage of several options allowing property owners finance projects to conserve energy or water. it is called pace or property assessed clean early programs financed with three private companies that work with government agencies to provide loans that borrowers repay through property taxes. we posted a link to our website at abc7news.com. conservation continues to be the key, mine looking to the from. >> it is work. putting the bucket in the shower and doing that, but it is worth it in the end. the climate prediction center offered this yesterday, and you can see above normal temperatures, that is what they are looking at for april, may and june across the western third of the country like it was in winter and now the precipitation you can see the four corners region southeast and mid-atlantic good great and we have equal chance of being

below average or above average and april, may and june can be very dry months especially may and june so if we get our average rain, it will not help the drought. here is a look at live doppler hd a few high clouds are streaming in and this is the case throughout the day increasing clouds and, still calm as we look from the exploritorium to the bay water and it look like glass. increasing clouds and temperatures up to eight diagnosis cooler than yesterday with 80's gone. for a while. chance of light showers sunday into monday and a warming trend runs on wednesday with possibly 80's returning on thursday. today, we will head to the south where we have low-to-mid 70's from milpitas at 71 to san jose at 74 and the peninsula is nice at 68 in millbrae and low 70s elsewhere until los altos at 73 and low-to-mid 60s along the coast into downtown and south san francisco and sausalito and up to bodega bay, upper 60s to low 70s through the north bay valley and upper 60s to nearly

70 along the east bay shore with union city and castro valley and oakland and 70 and inland, we have 71 in walnut creek and san ramon and 75 in brentwood. tonight, we will have the clouds lingering and temperatures are milder when you wake up tomorrow morning for the walk to the coffee shop upper 40s to hid 50s and areas of high pressure are overrun by the cloud cover today but as we fast forward we will see the clouds wreck up tomorrow, and a little bit such shine and on sunday morning we have a chance of sprinkles with light showers as the moisture comes in and we will have a better chance during the everyone showers and interest monday and that is why the temperatures will cool today through monday and tuesday and when of next week, look at that 60s and 70s, to 60s and 80's. have a great weekend. leyla? >> here is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza we have a couple of cars starting to collect in the far left hand lanes, and it is light. it is a convey it start to our friday morning and we will see

if it is going to be friday light. as we take a look from the emeryville camera to the eastern span of the bay bridge the traffic is flowing smoothly with no problems moving into san francisco. we have construction in the south bay southbound 280 to the northbound 85 connection shut down until 6:00 this morning for construction work. we the drive into cupertino northbound 280 is not a problem and the rest of the drive along 101 headed up to mineta san jose international airport is at 59 miles per hour and looking clear and accident free along 280 in and out of willow glen and 64 miles per hour gets you for highway 87 and 17 has no delays as well. >> google is teaming up with a luxury watchmaker with a new smart watch. the apple watch will not be the only luxury smart watch. google is teaming up to launch a

high-tech we watch and no word on cost but guessing it will be a lot. >> there are nor now uber cars in new york city than the yellow tax. >> some "hail," it as a changing of the guard in the taxi industry but yellow cab provides ten times as and pays more taxes. >> and you can find the best places in the area to watch the basketball game with ratings of the game so you know when it heats up and watch espn to provide all of the post became highlights. >> i just watch espn. have a great day. >> what else do you need? you need a little pet love puppy love. "national puppy day," is monday. >> they make everything better. >> puppies and espn, we have a special event on monday, check

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in the lineup marketing campaign for the new vehicle is small and cool and italian. the company shows island which is part of the vallejo navy shipyard. >> and a note to a man who has been stationing the "wall street journal" from the front steps. he did not tell the thief to stop but is offering to let the thief borrow the paper if it is returns by 11 o'clock each morning in crisp condition and without coffee stains and has installed a security camera and caught the neat reading the note and reports the paper has not been stolen since. >> so nice. he said bring it back nicely and it is fine. the lure of a smoking deal on a chan." l hand bag, ladies is drawing droves of shoppers to china.

>> here is a look at line outside of a boutique in hong kong. shoppers standing if line for hours. luxury fashion accounts with hand bag prices in parts of asia because of a realignment in countricy rates, one shopper got a $5,000 bag for $3,500. is that a deal? >> but if it is worth $5,000 here we could pitch in and afford one airline ticket and buy for all of us. >> you mean mike and i? >> what do you think, mike $3,500 for a purse? >> a bargain. >> as long as i get the matching shoes. >> tree pollen is high. mulberry and oak and pine and sycamore continuing through the weekend with the cooling trend and a chance of light showers. eureka is the best bet 61 and cloudy and 66 in monterey, and more sunshine and 84 in fresno and 71 in san diego and sunny

and 77 in los angeles and nearly 90 in palm springs. snow pack is dismal at 12 percent, worse than 26 percent from last area. if you head up to lake tahoe this weekend, today it is 62. not a record. but it will be cooler. and a chance of showers on sunday night into monday. we will get a couple of nice suits for kristen and i nice sharp chanel suits. >> on the santa cruz mountains we have possible injuries involved southbound highway 17 we have at least one lane blocked. so far no delays as you head through los gatos but northbound traffic is moving smoothly through lexington hills. drive time traffic 680 southbound walnut creek is 14 minutes. 101 southbound from san francisco is 50 minutes through the santa cruz mountains northbound and 23 minutes.

mass transit, also, running on time with no delays for bart, muni or ace and you are in good shape. >> a student reading the pledge of allegiance has divide add school in upstate new york. the reading was done as part of the high school foreign language week celebration. the principal said each day students were to read the pledge in the language of their ethnic heritage and some say it should only ever be recited in english. the school has apologized and canceled the readings for the week. >> if you have been curious how many california is are in the shot of johnny walker, you are about do fine out smirnoff want to put nutrition information on the labels of the product. the label has already been approved by regulators in the united states and based on usual serving sizes and the information is available at the company website www.

www.drinkiq.com. do you really want do me? >> a toddler was found face down in a creek and pearlands worked tirelessly on the 22-month-old after pulling him from the icy water behind his home much the family said he was laying with his siblings and he went missing and discovered by a neighborhood a short time later. >> three did not have a pulse. he wasn't breathing. he had no neurologic function, all being done for him with c.p.r. and breathing done through the eck. >> he had no false for -- pulse for ten minutes. after an hour and 41 minutes of cpr he was revised and into people worked to revive that little boy and doctors will monitor him but at this point there is every indication that the boy is on his way to a full recovery. at 5:00 the chilling new details emerging of the murder

of a federal investigator in oakland two years after her degree. >> california rolls to another year of drought what is being done locally and beyond by the above do make sure you have water for years to come. >> we will take a quick break. stay tuned.

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meteorologist mike nicco has the perfect spring. >> 3:35 this afternoon for spring. we have clouds and cooler weather right now you can see them falling through our sky on live doppler hd. notice how calm the conditions are right now as we look at the ferry building, with winds picking up keeping our temperatures in check, with domestic violence hour day planner and only 60 to 68 at noon and 62 at coast and 72 by 4:00, and enjoy a wonderful evening, grab a light coat at 56 to 70s and it will be dry this evening. dry on the roads so that means, hopefully, a great friday commute. >> we do have one accident over the santa cruz mountains if you are traveling on 17 southbound near the summit that is where we have a possible injury accident blocking a lane but not in walnut creek. this is 680 headed in the southbound direction, tail lights as they make their way up to highway 24 looking at the richmo