she doesn't appear until well into the second half. part of their strategy to make the campaign less about her and more about the people she wants to represent. >> everyday americans need a champion, and i want to be that champion. >> this announcement by video was the say became she announced in 2007 when the first ran sponsor president. california democrats are excited about a hillary clinton run. she bed bronco in the 2008 primary. back then $23 million, or 18% of contributions to her campaign, came from california. so expect more visits from the former secretary as her bay area supporters will like by be hold can fundraisers. >> i trust in her. we know sher. she is going to be an amazing leader for the country. >> bay republicans are criticizing hillary clinton. the vice-chairman of the republican party is questioning

her decision to announce her candidacy via video. >> makes her come off as unapproachable cold, canned, and that is one of her problems the last time around. president obama was much more able to connect with the voters out of the gate, and i think she is making a mistake by taking the same approach this time. >> hillary clinton heads to iowa this week for a series of small events. >> clinton's bid for the presidency looks like an open road for now with no other major democrats throwing their hats into the ring. that could change. a bloomberg poll found 72% of democrats and independents said it would be governor g for clinton to face off against serious challenger in the primary. on the republican side so far senators ted cruz and rand paul if a announced their kid sis. senator marco rube you're is expected to announce tomorrow. scott walker and jeb bush are

also both expected to run. here's more responses from kaz leaders. loud governor tweeted here we go. super excited about hillary clinton running for president. he also included a link to donate to her campaign. senator barbara boxer sent a series of supportive tweets, one saying in 1920, women got the right to vote. 100 years later let's make sure there's a woman in the white house. former hewlett packer ceo carly fiorina is considering a run for president on the g.o.p. side and posted a video on facebook, saying hillary clinton is a highly intelligent woman, hard working, dedicated her life to public service but unfortunately she does not have a track record of accomplishments or transparency. she is not the woman for the white house. a flood of tweets followed clinton's announcement. more than 420,000 in just two and a half hours. this conversation map here shows where people were tweeting the most. we'll have more about the race to the white house 2016 on our

twitter feed abc news bay area. let's take a live look outside right now. a hot weekend. perfect for the beach. and there are more great beach days ahead but tonight the weather may have also surprise for us. abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma has more with live doppler 7hd. >> what a wonderful weekend, saturday and today. plenty of sunshine. temperatures well above normal. taking you outside this afternoon. the emeryville camera showing not a cloud to be seen total sunshine, blue as far as the eye can see but the changes are coming tomorrow. high today before the changes nice and comfortable, 80 the high in concord '8, san jose santa rosa, 77. look at the 24-hour temperature change from yesterday to today, all locations are warmer for the second half of the weekend but the new school and work week will bring about changes. we'll detail nat a few minutes.

>> an east bay man is dead after being hit by another driver who was on the run from police. that driver perez, is now in custody. police say he crashed his car last night in richmond at 24th 24th street and gamer avenue. cornell bernard spoke with the victim's family today. he is live at the richmond police department. >> reporter: a young father from san pablo lost his life in the crash. his family has questions about what happened. the police are investigating. the twisted wreckage of a four door honda, its air bags deployed. a painful reminder of a terrible crash. >> i heard the impact, like cannon. >> reporter: she was two blocks away when she heard the crash which took the life of her kiss sin, anthony nguyen. a small memorial marks the spot where he died. >> a three-year-old daughter. what can you say when someone has a child? >> reporter: police say nguyen was passenger in the honda when it was struck bay speeding

corvette. it was being pursued by police for reckless driving. but authorities say the officer lost sight of the car. >> the other officers were converging on the yeah, the pursuit was terminated at that point because he no longer had the vehicle in sight. >> could have been prevented. >> reporter: some claim the chase never ended. >> for them to say they stopped the chase two blocks away, doesn't make since if my brother-in-law is at the gas station getting gas and the corvette going by and they're still after him. >> reporter: neighbors trade to help those trapped inside the honda. the driver and second passenger were critically injured. >> i thought the cass war going to get on fire so i came over to my truck and grabbed a knife and cut the seatbelt off of him. >> reporter: the driver of the corvette perez call police after the crash to say his corvette was carjacked. that story turned out to be false. he was charged with dui and vehicular manslaughter. in richard cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> last night's deadly chase in

richmond marks the second one this weekend in the bay area. san friday police are still looking for three men who hit and killed a woman with a stolen car friday night. officers chased the toyota because it was links to a string of armed robberies. that car hit and killed a woman as she crossed california street. police later found the storm car, abandoned on treasures island. man accusation outside of killing his girlfriend in front of their one area daughter is in santa clara book jane. police arrest evidence andrew butler. investigators say he shot kendra gone saturday less last week. he told two people in the car to get out and take their daughter with them before he drove off. van ness avenue in san francisco is now open to local traffic after an all weekend closure. the construction manager on the california pacific medical center tunnel says work is ahead of schedule. the tunnel will connect a new

hospital and medical offices. the road will re-open to through traffic at midnight. there are two more full weekend closures planned. still ahead at 6:00 a new study suggests distracted driving is a more serious problem than previously thought. so why are distracted driving tickets down in california? plus, what is causing frontier airlines' passenger satisfaction to nosedive. this little guy could see

police across california are writing fewer tickets for distracted driving. tickets are down 25%. studies suggest driving while using the phone is a by bigger problem tom first thought. distracted drivers are four times more likely to crash the same as drunk drivers. our partners at the bay area news group report police lack the resources needed to catch violators and also plame traffic jams, people hiding their fine, and the fine $161, they'll say is too low. kuemper complaints against frontier airlines are taking off. they've soared over the last four months with more than 120 in february alone. the airline recently became an

ultra low cost carrier. passengers don't like the dozens of fees including for carry-on baggage and complain about long kuemper service line delays and late flights. frontier says it's hiring more staff to help turn things around. the federal government could step up to protect the only fresh water turtle on the west coast. fish and wildlife buy loologyists will conduct a one-year review of the western pond turtle. its population has decline 99% in some areas. biologists say it's important for rivers and streams because the turtles help balance the ecovictims. they plame construction and agriculture. coming up next at 6:00, a special day at the ballpark for bay area little leaguers. and are we headed to a heat wave? >> the weekend ends with both bay area teams on a losing streak. the masters, spieth slams the door on the field.

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county firefighters are trying to find a motorcyclists who fell off the antiochbridge. the motorcyclists was speeding on the bridge when he hit a car, lost control, and fell into the water below. this all happened near the toll plaza around 4:30 this afternoon. all southbound lanes on the bridges closed so know that if you're in the area, and do follow us on twitter at abc7 news bay area for updates on this search. the young baseball and softball players got to walk on the same field as their big league heros in oakland today. the oakland athletics hosted the first of their two little league days. we were there as young players and their families paraded around the field before the a's played the seattle mariners. the experience proved to be a hit, not just with the players but with their parents, too. >> great walking right in front of us five feet away. >> seeing the stadium and how it look like if you were playing down here. >> the a's host their little

little league day including a parade on the field on may 17th. abc7 news will be live at at&t park in san francisco for the giants home opener against the rockies tomorrow. and we want to see how you're celebrating the orange and black where you live. share your fan photo with us post them to social media with the hash tag where you live. the beautiful weather was an inspiration to get on the water today. oakland's strictly sail pacific boat show was one way to get you out there even if you don't have a boat of your own. we were in oakland as people checked out boats of all sizes. organizers held work workshops and gave free sailboat rides. back now to drew. >> changes in the form of cooler temperatures tomorrow, and then we'll talk about the chance of a little rain overnight into tuesday. live doppler 7hd right now tracking nothing but clear keys up above, and a nice south wind at this hour, keeping us on the mild side.

70 in oakland. 78 in concord. antioch, nice and warm with a temperature of 80 degrees. san francisco 64. san jose, lower 70s. at 73. satellite and radar, showing you three areas of high pressure right over the west coast. that's why you have the sunshine, the warming temperatures, but the changes waiting in the wings are a cold front. app an area of low pressure north but a cold front slides through on monday. that will bring cooler air ahead of it to start off the week. so future weather monday afternoon, notice temperatures some five to ten degrees cooler tomorrow than they are today. watch as clouds increase monday night. by 11:00 we're turning generally overcast skies and the cold front i going try toy to bring us a few sprinkles overnight monday, tuesday morning. but bass you wake untuesday 7:00 in the morning it's out of here. waking up to sunshine but temperatures still cool thanks to a breezy wind out of the

north. fast forward into tuesday, into the afternoon and evening the winds are breezy, anywhere from 20 to, say, 30 miles-per-hour. it's out of the north so that's going to keep us on the cool side for the first couple of days. monday and tuesday. take a look at the week ahead. specifically for livermore. the average high this time of year right opened 70. by tuesday we're right about there. but after that, the winds relax and turn more southerly and that's going to pump in the warmth. look at thursday and friday, temperatures well above normal. oakland, the brief dip temperature monday and tuesday buff temperatures flirt with the lower 80s on thursday and upper 70s on friday. patchy fog developing inland voles overnight. temperatures into the 40s in most spots. 44 the overnight low in antioch. highs for your monday, bit

cooler, but plenty of sunshine on the way ahead of the cold front. 65 in san francisco 70, vallejo, 77, antioch '1 in san jose. at at&t park for the home owner tomorrow, sunshine, it will be breezy and temperatures on the cooler side. first pitch, right around 1:30 in the afternoon. 63 degrees is your starting temperature. as the game wraps up, we fall into the lower 60s around 62. but remember, with total sunshine and the sun angle this time of year, u vue index will be on the high side. so wear the hat, sun glasses and sun screen. seven-day forecast shows you tomorrow turning cooler chance of a sprinkle overnight into tuesday, breeze on tuesday keeping temperatures cool. but a rapid warmup mode week ex-turns to summer-like warmth on wednesday and that's a steady warm pattern into next weekend. >> thank you: >> colin is in coach with sports and the masters and do you think

they'll call him the kid forever? his whole career? >> might last through this year. talk about great weather. i should be out playing golf, watch-the masters today, want to play itch want to play like jordan spieth. never happen. from his opening tee shot on thursday he put a stranglehold on the masters 2:69 shots later still hasn't let go. the 21-year-old with an effort to claim his first green jacket. last one of on the driving range prior to tee off. paired with justin rose. put the pressure on spieth early. a birdie on one. spieth up phased. answered with a birdie of his own. spieth would birdie two of his first three holes. moves to 18-under. tigerrer wood for the lowest score in masters history. on 7, rose hiding his third in the par-4. looks to be in trouble, but a perfect pitch shot some back spin, going in?

so close to holing it out for birdie. this is why spieth is so likeable. gives rose the thumbs up. spieth would bogey the hole. rows rose using the entire cup. move to ten think kid putting genius, back to minus 18. six clear of rose. tiger woods not the final round he was hoping for. five bogeys, dropped an eagle putt. finishes 5-under tied for 17th. phil mickelson, started the day five back. vintage phil on 15. out of the bunker. able to get to 14-under. that's where he would finish. spieth never let his foot off the gas. 30 on 15 to been the first flaring masters history to get to 19-under par. finished 18-under, ties tiger to the lowest finishing score in masters history, goes

ware-to-wire owns what could be the first of many green jackets. >> this is as great as it getness our sport. this is a dream come true for me and to be able to shoots' low rounds and see putt goes in and hear the roars, it was remarkable. >> sure was. for a while he was outdueling former cy young winner felix hernandez and then things went terribly wrong from jesse hahn and the a's. water bottle, still makes the catch. that's how you do it. josh red rick back from the dl. an rbi also had a really bad error. the cano liner two runs score tied the game at 3 in the sixth. then in the seventh. 4-3 seattle. pinch-hitter rickie weeks, 7-3ms. rally cap time in the nine inch. eric sewing guard brings in mark hannah. reddick, i see you, sogard. a's and monday go to extras.

seattle gets the win. nelson cruz, homer, a's first losing streak of the year, 8-7 the final. start a ten-game road trip in houston tomorrow. >> i don't think it's going to bother him. certainly it's tough and you have to let it go, but in baseball you have a few of these over the course of the season. >> we have a team that's going to play to the end, and you have do that especially at the end of the year. >> get well pence. the broken forearm. no big deal. they've got justin maxwell filling in just fine in right. bottom third in san diego. giants up 2-0. maxwell, 6'5", robs the sure home run. nothing is keeping this jake peavy pitch in the yard. the first career grand slam. the 2007 cy young ward winner peavy take the loss. san francisco has lost three in

a row. stanford and cal ending their three-game series. two run shot in the top of the fifth, third homer. on his way around the bases staring down the bears pitcher. catcher doesn't take kindly to that. want some of this? stanford a winner 12-6. they tike two out of three in the series. this sports roll brought to you by bank of the west. cal stanford no love lost there. >> never. thanks. next at 6:00, we'll show you how furious 7 followed up the ninth biggest opening ever in box

join it tonight on kofy tv20. the last drive for a bay area golf course. at 11:00 here on channel 7, ryanon between a man who nearly died and the man who saved his life. the simple app that brought them together. the latest "fast & furious" movie was back in the driver's seat at the box office this weekend. furious 7 had the ninth highest box office knowing history last weekend, topping $147 million. this weekend the movie earned more than $60 million.

it's already earned 800 million worldwide in just two weeks thanks to its popularity in china, brazil and other nations. dreamworks home came in second with 19 million. rodeo romance, the longest ride debuted in third with 13 million. get hard, and cinderella, round out the top five. long list of movie is still need to see. that's its for us at 6:00. thank you for watching. see you at 9:00 and 11:00.

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