>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> batter up. opening day is fineally here. this is sky 7 video from the coliseum in oakland. first pitch is a little more than eight hours away. good morning, everyone. >> i am eric thomas. >> i am matt keller. the san francisco and as we begin at home against the rangers and that is where our reporter is this morning with a lost excited fans. right katie? absolutely. the ticket booth opened an hour ago but people were lined up before 7:00.

we got here at 7:00 and there of cars lined up with anticipation and yesterday the bay area said goodbye to a besting ledge help, today brings a if you season. people are saying hello to the potential of winning. >> this is home. we need to be here. >> there is no doubt oakland fans are dedicated. our got back great arizona spring training. >> 12 hours ahead of the first people they lined up at the gate while the as marketing team put finishing touches on the coliseum. >> everyone comes with a great sense of anticipation forest external optimism. >> new video were wow the fans. can you expect creative promotions and giveaways. can you go online and download these and send them through text or social media. >> this is april 28 when the yankees are in town. >> the soap will start on a serious note: a moment of

silence to honor bay area blasting legend, lon simmons. >> to the left. play pack. play back. play back. 600 for willie mays. >> lon simmons died at the aim 91 after a long play-by-play career with the as and keyans and the call fore the green and gold which are supporting a different lineup than last season. >> it doesn't matter. we are going all way. we will make it this year. >> this you have it, the spirit of opening day in general and the resilience of fans, with the potential your team could win it all. >> thank you. giant fans have something to go do hosting a viewing party for fans at at&t park tonight and this is a look at the ballpark

where crews are ready right new but with rain in the forecast, you need to bring an umbrella. >> leyla gulen is here for meteorologist mike nicco and has the answer. >> you thought it was sunny over at&t park. that will change. we have heavy rain making landfall to the north through eureka with snow accumulation. as we get closer to san francisco and the rest of the bay area we had early showers right near russian river around santa rosa and that now has dissipated and it is come right back and what will the weather be hike ben we have time for at&t park's opening day? we are going to see a possibility of showers across the bay at the coliseum. we have 55 degrees to get going and possible showers during that game so bring the rain gather. more in a couple of minutes. >> thank you we will be live at the coliseum for the as home

opener. we want did see how you celebrate the green and gold by sharing fan photos with # #whereyoulive. >> bart is responding to reports the trains are running slower because of deteriorating tracks. amy hollyfield is at concord. what are they saying? >> if you think the train is slowing down it is not your imagination. they are doing it because they are worried your train might derail. >> bart trains in concord take the curve a little bit slower down to 18 miles per hour rather than the 27 miles per hour. it is because of the derailments like this, had have been two in five years. officials now worry they were ticking that curve too quickly. they have identified three other locations where they need to slow down. >> any interlocking that side we will slow the trains down. there are 37 of the systems like

this. they are slowing down because of old rails. >> there are three locations on the part system we are running trains slower because the ties and the rail components need to be replaced. one is at the coliseum. >> passengers can deal with going slower. >> if they have to slow down that is fine. >> warn out rails, rotting ties part cannot ignore the deteriorating system any longer. >> riders need to bear with us. >> the work was underway over the weekend between fruitvale and the coliseum. the bay fair station will probably be next. it could mean bus bridges or system tracking causing delays. well plan it on the weekends and low ridership days. >> passengers are willing to be patient while the 42-year-old system is repaired.

queen they turn here it goes around and you can feel it as you ride. like a. woulder coaster -- like a roller coster. >> bart said they need $4.8 billion for the expire makeover at the station and they will go to the ballot to ask the taxpayers to help them with that price tag. marin county sheriff deputies are investigating a bizarre crime spree after a woman was arrested for spraying bra data on a drive and a firefighter saw the two when arguing on the street and intervened. deputies say nai saelor targeted greg adam whose no longer lives there and is responsible for several other arrests so in the area. our sonoma county sheriff

deputies are trying to track down a suspect armed and unstable. the seven for 49-year-old began over the weekend when the deputies responded to a call of a burglary in knight's valley. soon after they received valleys from his family saying he made threats against them. they say he was walking near highway 12 without clothes or shoes and these still is on run. >> organizers for the family of a fallen san jose police officer say they more than doubled their goal 38-year-old officer michael johnson was killed in the line of duty on march 24. after a public memorial service last thursday, britannia arms hosted a fundraising easterning $15,000. but they say this morning that they raised more than $100,000 in one day alone. >> happening now closing arguments are underway in the boston marathon bombing trial and the jury will is to decide

if the suspect dzhakhar tsarnaev is guilty in the attack that killed three and injured hundreds. our reporter has the latest. they finally made their way into court for the disaster of closing arts two years after the boston marathon bombing the prosecution re-capping the horrors of that day. going over parts of the heartbreaking testimony that left some in the jury in tear and the graphic evidence the prosecutors say proved dzhakhar tsarnaev' roll. >> he is guilty. >> the against admits tsarnaev was involved but works to convince the female jury the 21-year-old defendant was influenced by hid -- his older brother painting him as the master mine. >> the defense shows dzhakhar tsarnaev following his brother show he was a follower. >> the defense team successfully fought to keep some clients off

of debt row is fighting to spare the life of tsarnaev with 17 of the 30 charges he faced carrying the possibility of the death penalty. >> if he is found guilty the trial will then move into the sentencing phase and we are told that could last several weeks. >> and ellen pao said gender issues will not go away despite her loss to a venture capital firm in an article to "wall street journal" saying is kleiner and perkins did not discriminate after denying her an earned promotion and subject her to boy's club atmosphere. she now works in san francisco and said the trillion was hard but she is happy she made the fight and the study shows the number of women partnered in the firms has dropped significantly in recent years. >> drivers listen up if the commute takes you along van ness backups are expected as crews

work to install a pedestrian tunnel for the new california medical center. van ness will be down do one lane in each direction and on friday, it will be completely shut down through next sunday night. the tunnel under van ness will connect the new hospital to the medical office building. >> an error or advertising stunt a tweet that has baseball fans crying now. the real price of running late at the airport. >> filings for divorce on facebook and a judge is letting a woman use season media to end her

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>> if can you not wait to get your hands on the apple watch you have to wait but you can look at gadget now with a series of guided tour videos showing how the features work on friday when the customs can begin the watch on in the apple stores. it is available on april 24. >> next time you try to get through airport security quickly, double check that you are not leaving cash behind. travelers were in such a rush to get to their flights they left more than $638,000 in change behind at airport checkpoints that usually is in the small round bins. what happens?

t.s.a. gets to keep it and can spend it on anything the agency determines will help with airplane security. >> a new york city judge is giving us thumb's up to an unusual request on facebook. he is granting a 26-year-old woman to file for divorce from her elusive husband and senator her husband of six years with diverse papers on social media of the husband only responds to facebook for drove messages with noingly address. so far in response to her divorce request. >> they got it rolling at white house east >>guest: -- easter egg roll. >> this year's theme is "give me five," in honor of let's move with 5,000 people crowding on the south lawn of the white house and many of the little ones take part in the egg roll. those are wooden eggs. this is the longest standing

white house traditions started first in 1878. leyla gulen has the forecast next. >> do not came him the self-y -- selfie king by young prince harry. >> and the making of a super hero mural

>> covering los altos antioch petaluma and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> prince harry is revealing how he feel about taking selfies after a fan asked to snap a

photo. [ inaudible ] the 30-year-old was not a fan of selfie craze and joked with the crowd in australia say "selfies are bad." the british army captain is in australia for a month long assignment with the australian defense force. >> i don't think he wasjecting. i think he hates them. >> baseball fans celebrate opening day social media is posing and check out this tweet "we could not be filled with more sweet joy but the error, can you spot it and it is going viral where it says "touchdown," used in baseball and it because not an error hostess said it was an advertising stunt.

"sports illustrated" had a good response to them and they have been funny in talking about this. they said, what, we are exciting that sports ball started again today so they got all the sport going. touchdown. swish. happy. opening day. >> can it be all three? >> can you have a safety in baseball >> we have to give credit to the hostess people. >> it snowballed. >> it did. >> those are my favorites. >> we got snow to the sierra and significant amounts for skiers. >> at least for now. we will look at the prince harry crowd from gary on twitter he was in the north bay this morning near the russian river between santa rosa and the coast and you can see rainbow? we had some early morning showers and naughton -- not only

do they bring may showers but we have a beautiful rainbow. now, a picture at lake tahoe where we have a winter weather warning today and tomorrow with snow on the way with the showers and heavy showers already starting to make their way in the northern california region. you can see the area of green over eureka and that is where you have heavy rain and snow accumulation. as we continue into the afternoon hours the rain will make its way into the bay area into the evening hours is when we will see the heavy rain. by midnight, that is when the rain starts to pour and it could affect our at&t viewing party for opening day or the coliseum when the as take on the rangers. you can see the increasing cloud cover which means decreasing sun. keeping our temperatures cool, san francisco is at 64 degrees and most of the bay area is mid-to-upper 50s and some 40

degree temperatures overnight. now in a few minutes all because of the area of low pressure coming in offer the pacific northwest and moving down over northern california and that is what will bring in the coolerth also, the gusty wind, september to see 3 miles per hour wind and up to 50 miles per hour in some areas and from the south so make sure you hold on to your hats today we have cooler temperatures across the state and the winter weather advisory is in lake tahoe so pack the chains up to a foot of snow is expected and the rain that could increase to about 2" in some areas in the up atmosphere levels. as we look at our highs today, lower 60 to upper 50s for most of the pay area and chilly again and that is when we will have hard rain and then we will see a messy commute for us tomorrow with thunderstorm expected through tuesday and and tuesday evening is temperatures are going to warm up and it will dry out by wednesday with more should cover expected by

saturday. >> we will take every drop we can get. >> absolutely. >> former olympic gold medalist and t star bruce jenner has selected the first journalist to open up to about transitioning to life as a woman. diane sawyer securitied the interview for abc and it was rumored she was the frontrunner. the interview with the 65-year-old bruce jenner will air on friday on a special "20/20." it is the first time openly speaking about the transformation saying the family is supportive and it will be documented in a yet to be titled series. >> this morning, a movie is leaving the competition in the dust "furious 7," as the public one earning a record-setting $143 million at the box office, the biggest opening weekend this year. after paul walker's 2013 death in the middle of the filming the movie went on with the help his

look alike brothers. >> he is up there and looking down on us and smiling because we 100 percent honoring him in the policemen and it is does in the best way possible. >> the director reportedly used computer generated images to superimpose walker's face on to his from's bodies to finish some scenes. >> the best teams lose occasionally and we saw that in a game against the spurs. 9 spurs know about winning an nba title and the officers led by unanimous at half and steph curry majored 24 but the good news is they have got were -- gotten home court advantage. abc7 is your home for the nba finals with coverage starting on june 4. >> a group of workers in san francisco are turning office wall interests a colorful display of art.

that is not paint. can you get what is on the wall? coming up, we will continue our storm

>> an office worker in san francisco was so board with his office space he had help and

transformed the wall into a super herod themed mural. it took 11 people 12 hours over two days to put it up. you can see it in the video and it is inspiring others to work their own office space art projects. very talented. i am sure the boss would like that time back. >> they don't look that heroic to me. >> very cute. >> cute. that is what we are looking for. from all of us, thanks for joining us. >> we label you with a message from the world series giants in away of lon simmons we have updated our photos with his name above th

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