arriving at the s.a.p.center. and a somber procession that lasted nearly 45 minutes. >> you can see uniformed officers from around the state and country, thousands of them filing into his funeral. every officer from the police department was cleared to attend. he was remembered as a loving father who enjoyed the martial arts. >> this is a reminder safety comes at a supreme price. and that should be remembered.

>> michael expressed his love by being present. now, we know it was a gift. >> after the service, johnson was laid to rest at oak hill memorial park. >> the death triggered an out pouring of support from other officers. chris williams is live with the procession. >> this american flag flying high at the procession passed by. >> i just wanted to show them respect. hopefully, they saw everybody out here, today. >> officers were there and it's a deep affect on all of us.

>> at the center downtown members just gathered to pay their final respects. >> thousands of law enforcement personnel honoring their fallen brother. >> they're out there trying to do the right thing all the time. >> these colleagues coming from near and far. >> it's very important to the family. they're worried about what is going to happen at work. >> a few family gathering. >> we look at our profession we're here to support each other. >> at the end, an aerial salute. a missing man formation.

and loved by so many people. >> law enforcement officers are helping keep san jose safe while colleagues mourn. officers in santa clara showed up to support. >> i was very proud and honored to have numerous people coming out that wanted to help we had to turn people away. everybody wanted to help. >> the sheriff's department helped back up the san jose police department today. >> a san jose man is celebrating the life by giving back donating 100% of the sales to his family. tiffany wilson joins us live from the location with the

story. >> it's been building inside and out here. everyone here to raise money. >> every tv aired the memorial. outside, families shared their grief. >> you don't know what is going to happen. you go to work and it could end today. >> the officer took part in the procession. >> we're going to raise a pint to michael. >> it's served as a watering hole for years and today is giving back. >> every play is going to the family and a difficult time. >> firefighters lined up for $20

plates of barbecue and helped serve beer. >> every bike ticket and signature a show of support. >> her husband is a san jose police officer. she grieved for his widow. >> just getting ready to go this morning i thought in my mind i could have been her. >> i have ice right over here. >> they hope to raise $50,000 and he thinks it's wonderful. >> both locations will be open until 2:00 a.m . >> they have a donation that is

going to follow their match on sunday the police officers association is accepting donations as well. >> social media is filled with contribute united states to officer johnson. these two little boys along the route holding that we love our sjpd banner. this video was posted of the flyover. and the police department sent this tweet expressing amazement of a show of support. you can watch the remarks along with a photo gallery. >> and now turning our attention from the services to that beloved police officer to the harsh news about members of the san jose police department. the police chief will start proceedings to fire three officers involved in a racist text message scandal.

vic lee joins us with the details. vic? >> we have learned the internal investigation is over. the number of officers expanded to 13 including a captain the chief tells us there will be suspensions and recommendations the police chief confirmed to abc7 news what we'd heard from our sources. three officers will be suspended with a recommendation to the commission they be fired. >> officers going for recommendation nothing but termination will be suspended immediately. >> the offensive texts were released during a bail hearing last month for a former sfpd officer, convicted in court in december. the texts exchanged between he

and four other officers. robeson resigned other three were reassigned to units with no public contact. . >> i applaud him for seeing the light. >> the president of the san francisco naacp says there needs to be more reforms. >> now we've had implicit bias in this department, but we've had overt behavior of racist practices that have been perpetrated against african americans in this city. >> chief suhr confirms there will be more suspensions still to come, soon. vic lee, abc7 news. >> three suspects have been arrested in connection with a robbery attempt in golden gate park that happened on monday.

one victim suffered a head injury in that struggle. >> the family of a 21-year-old christina chesterman who hit and killed by a drunk driver in 2013 is suing the parents of the driver. the nursing student from livermore was riding her bike when a 19-year-old hit her and left her on the side of the road the family says as parents knew he had an alcohol and drug problem but let him drive their car anyway. >> now, a house collapsed on top of a man and he walked away without a scratch. what is left of this house on 45th street in oakland he was sleeping when the house came crashing down. it was trapped underneath a wall but he says an old tv kept the home from crushing him. >> i prayed to god i'm out of here. yesterday, i got this pit bull.

today, a house fell on me. >> the house was under construction. the next door is red tagged and the car, damaged he says he's homeless and the contractor let him sleep there while the house was being renovated. >> still head the radio traffic reporter whose flight was inrupted by a laser attack. now, the fbi is involved. a success story. how the lure of free food changed this young man's life earning him a trip to the white house. >> i'm spencer christian. going to be a chilly night inland. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> >> and the abc7 program that's were preempted by our coverage of today's funeral can be seen tonight. set your dvr for the view

a high school senior is now a national debate champion headed to cal. the 17-year-old says being hungry helped him turn around. >> we need to be able to recognize to speak my mother tongue. >> leonard thomas combines words with rap to try to change the way his world is perceived. winning arguments is what he does next.

>> tow be a top debater is wow. >> a few years ago he was dealing drugs in oakland. >> seminary puts new a cemetery. >> his parents are divorced. sometimes, there was not enough to eat. >> the team became his family. >> i went to washington, d.c. twice, all expenses paid. >> today, he received top honors at other competitions. >> letters from other schools just congratulating us for that. you don't see that in the debate community. >> he's an example of how president obama's initiative called my brother's keeper is

helping young men of color succeed he went from a 1.7 to a 4.0 and cal's debate team was watching him he'll be part of a 2015 freshman class. >> respectful admissions and some debate league connections and boom. i'm a bear. >> in oakland abc7 news. >> today is world autism wareness day. and the hottest team of the day is marking the event the warriors special event is a because of a push by two teenagers hi carolyn. >> it's a special night. if you attend warriors games tonight you might see these teenagers. classmates at bentley school on

the big screen. they're the reason the team is hosting the first autism awareness night. >> having this night allows people to think about autism. and how they can help. >> the 18-year-old and 17-year-old have volunteered with autism organizations for the cup couple years but jacquelyn has been aware of the disorder all her life. >> i love jacquelyn. she's a princess. >> the 20-year-old attends san ramone valley high school. he is enrolled in a program that teaches life skills. >> he inspires me to be happy and to never give up on your dreams. >> with victor in mind, the girls approached the warriors. golden state receives requests but community ambassador and former player says this was compelling. >> this comes from a genuine

place. it is incumbent to brace that. >> victor and several other young people will be on the court tonight. >> steph curry. >> 300 special events tickets will be sold a portion benefitting autism speaks. >> he's there for me. >> in the east bay abc7 news. >> abc7 news was in danville for a parade. the division one state championship friday night. today, they got the star treatment with a big celebration downtown. congratulations to them. >> yes. >> it didn't rain on their parade. >> we'll get rain. >> we have rain coming into our direction. >> oh. >> so we'll get to that in just a moment.

sunny skies and we're expecting temperatures to plummet overnight. and a frost advisory in effect up until 8:00 a.m for parts of the north bay. where where temperatures are going to drop into the 30s. oaf the bay sunny skies it's 60 degrees now. 64 in san carlos. 67 in morgan hill. 55 in half moon bay. here is a live view from our camera looking west out over the bay. 69 now in santa rosa. mid-60s in napa. and another live view towards the golden gate. chilly tonight with a patchy morning frost possible.

sunny, mild and showers for easter sunday and more rain after that. winds easing up in napa only 16 miles per hour. five miles per hour winds. it's gusty in other spots. our wind gust shows inland areas continuing to see an easing up overnight remaining windy to breezy along the coastline. that will be the pattern as well tomorrow. again, it's going to be chilly inland. two systems will produce rainfall likely. this sweeps into sunday morning

so easter showers during first part of the day. there will be snow in the sierra. that second system monday into tuesday so measurable rainfall up to an inch or more by tuesday. to mid to upper 40s elsewhere. and low 70s inland east bay. here is the accu-weather forecast. it's going to get cool sunday and monday. temperatures dropping off sharply. they'll bounce back wednesday and thursday of next week. >> just might get soggy.

>> still to come local 7th graders put their design skills to the test. >> now, we're taking a look at traffic now. our 360 traffic cam. now, headed toward danville. so i don't know what we're going to be there. we didn't see any traffic and it looks

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out of uc berkeley seismologists have proven the hayward and calaves faults are connected. a minor earthquake did hit the area early today and a 3.6 quake that didn't leave damage. a radio station plane was forced to land after someone flashed a laser pointer at the pilot's eyes. it was a kcbs traffic reporter. a green laser hit the pilot in

the face. i remember hearing this on the radio because the pilot said something is wrong with my eyes and they had to land the green pointers are 20 times stronger than red ones. they can cause blood vessels in the eyes to burst. >> he said do i see a mark? i said no. he said it's tingly in the back of my eye. >> wow. the pilot did have his eyes checked out and now, the fbi is investigating the incident and launched a plan to find the laser's origin. it's dangerous and a crime. good news from the point of oakland. a dock worker forced cargo ships to wait before they can unload.

officials said they warn there could be temporary back ups. >> and just ahead a nuke deal. could it be a turning point? >> tonight an extremist group takes dozens of lives in a massacre. and a chapter from the vietnam war.

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a break through over its nuclear program. a program that would allow tehran to do nuclear research. >> it had elements of an international drama. the world press trailing on a stroll around lake geneva. >> the agreement is something

that needs to be drafted. and agreed upon. iran agreed to restrictions and inspections preventing it from building a nuclear weapon in return for building an atomic weapon at the university of san francisco they described the historic nature of the limitations. >> iran will be under the strictest supervision and still allowed to reprocess uranium, it will be not possible for them to produce nuclear weapons. >> in berkeley a nonprofit is

hopeful that the nuclear discretion. >> iran has the highest execution per capita in the world. >> we should put pressure on iran for an agreement. >> the process could last until june. >> one could argue, relations are better than they've been in ten years and perhaps better since the takeover of the u.s. embassy in 1979. they're still not good. but it's a start. >> u.s. is offering assistance to kenya following today's terror massacre in a college campus. 147 people are now confirmed

dead. witnesses say four gunmen stormed the dorms and separated muslim students from christians then shot the christians on the spot. two police officers and a security guard were shot. it was by far the deadliest attack in kenya from neighboring somalia. >> so called freedom acts have been revised. the legislation was condemned as discrime in a tori. >> arkansas's governor signed a sim already bill into law today prohibiting state and local governments from infringing on

religious belief was out a compelling interest. she asked lawmakers to change the original me hur to make it more closely mirroring a federal law. >> 40 years ago a passenger jet touched down at oakland airport with precious cargo on board. abc7 news tells us the air wasn't well organized by got the job dub. >> a fight to keep south vietnam from being swallowed up by neighbors to the north. in oakland the world airways dv 8 touches down on the last leg of the flight. on board, 57 children.

some vietnamese and others, orphaned mixed-race children of vietnamese women and american gis. >> ross miller was trying to find a way to get orphans out of the country. the owner of world airways based in oakland he did not care about the rules. >> valerie witherspoon worked for daily. iet was dark. we hear the sounds of kids singing "california here i come". and they got on the plane. it was cargo configuration. no seats no oxygen masks. >> the flight was unauthorized, neither cleared by the u.s. or south vietnamese governments.

jason garr was on board with his brothers. one official decided he was old enough to stay, and fight. >> he was doing that and other people tried to interfere with the pilot. and trying to buy it. >> he gave it to the young man >> one of the most-important items in my life. it ended one chapter and started a new chapter. may not look like much, but this is the first stop for almost

half of the 3300 kids air lifted out of south vietnam. the country crumbled. 1500 people arrived. >> one of the things we'd done was to set up states to get them back and into clean clothes. >> terry mills was a nursing student when she heard volunteers were needed. >> the biggest need is that they needed to be safe. and jason garr is thankful, and paying it forward. amazing. >> 1500 observe r orphaned took that route. >> a man buys a $500 gift card

that doesn't work. he can't get a

gift cards are popular and

remain a popular target among thieves. >> one man found out the hard way. >> this is an old trick. you might not know a card artist is about to steal the money you loaded onto it. it happened to this viewer. >> he is showing us the nice gift he bought for a good friend. >> saying thank you for all he'd done for me. >> it's a $500 gift card. you can use it anywhere. why is it here? he called my and said gift card isn't working and i thought oh god. >> he took the card back and the company said it hadn't been properly activated so he went to cvs. >> we give them for space and don't take responsibility for

the card. and now now it's getting frustrating. all he knew is that he paid $500 for worthless plastic. he was about to give up getting it back. >> my wife, who is a beautiful canadian said no way they have to get that back to you. >> he contacted 7 on your side. they contacted gill and got him a refund. they typically take it out of the package and replace it then wait for the real card to get

activated, then use it. gill got the money back. a friend got a gift the old fashioned way. >> cash. which stands a lot better. >> it does. thieves are good at steaming open the packages so if you buy off the rack, look at the package. and check the value. >> so glad you told us. good to know. >> up next, a school project that could catapult students to the head of

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lane. let's see what it looks like behind him. and take a look at that. and yeah. okay. slow and go tonight. >> some middle schoolers are catapulting to their level. >> 31, 32, 33. >> takes path... and a little

improvisation and duct tape. students learned to expect the unexpected. >> how? >> luck. >> it's the work you'd expect to see in a class. that is not what this is. >> tennis balls are safer and less gruesome. and in this school they're focused on science. >> they've done this two years >> you have the record? >> yes. and hope to keep it that way. >> what is the competitive edge here? >> we had creative minds working on this project and a lot of

money. >> you sound like an entrepreneur. >> i guess. >> it's neat and a good day to be doing that. >> perfect day. sunny skies, bay bridge series at at and t park. tomorrow, mild weather and most of the southland except palm springs. highs from near 60s on the coast where it will be breezy to mild. and low to mid-70s inland. a couple mainly sunny days tomorrow, saturday temperatures

dropping sunday and water droplets in the form of showers. that is nice. spencer is talking about it. >> we'll begin the series a's getting bad news. we go live and

good evening, there are warriors storming to playoffs with a franchise record 61 wins and they host the suns tonight. and so we have have to do this electrically. >> if you're a player, you'd be fined. >> yes. >> couple grand maybe.

>> okay. all right. in your wildest dreams did you expect a season? you don't pause too much to remind yourself. so no. i didn't think this should be the case this season. >> and why are you listening to talk radio? >> right after that i turned it off. >> i could be amazing. let me ask you about steph. we're voting with our hearts obviously. and i'm not going to ask you if you want steph to win, but will

he win? >> i hope he wins i don't know. i think the criteria should be the best player on the best team. so i keep it simple. so i hope he does. that is my key. >> what do you think is his best acontribute united states? that is a lot of them. i think communication might be the best attribute to coaching which sounds like a simple thing. to say i'm more of a teacher than a coach

boy say that is steve kerr. he's a great teacher. and is doing a grea t job. >> i know they're shooting a pilot tonight around the warriors and i don't know if you see but he's almost as handsome as you are. >> yes. we look alike. i think people are confused i can give him advise maybe. >> yes. >> we'd appreciate that. >> i'll try. >> thank you. >> baseball back. giants and a's tonight at and t park. trouble for a's right now of the

gate. coco chris could be out six weeks. >> you never know. it may be too late. so this comes into play. >> this is exciting series, playing open so you'll see guys revved up more. >> i should be fined. i must be fined. >> you should be. >> thank you. >> and be sure to join us tonight at 9:00. the plans to run a space craft into an asteroid. what scientists are thinking at 9:00 >> then at 11:00 a seemingly unprovoked beating caught on camera. we have the wrong picture there. now, the search for the

attacker. why this is personal for police. we have american crime and stay with us for abc7 news at 11:00. >> that is going to do it for this edition of abc7 news. i'm cheryl jennings. >> from all of us here thanks for joining us. we'll see you at 9:00 and 11:00.

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