oakland city council meeting last night. they were there to demonstrate plans to develop a housing complex. the issue is over a vacant lot on 12th street. the city council was going to vote on whether to sell the land to developers. it got loud. but stayed peaceful. >> as far as crowds this is the more peaceful crowd. >> it is illegal but it is very nonviolent. we just want to make sure our voice is heard. >> no one was arrested. the vote has been delayed. protesters argue that plans for the new condos add to the economic issues that push out long-time resident whose can no longer afford to live in oakland of the group finally wrapped it up at 9:00 and organizers say they might use this tactic again in the future. happening today, hillary clinton is in the bay area for two fundraising events both for the presidential candidates are private.

members of the public will be there anyway to greet her with a protest. amy hollyfield is in san francisco with the preview. amy? >> that is right. san francisco generally is considered friendly territory for hillary clinton but protesters will be here. environmental protesters upset because she has not taken a stand on the keystone xl pipeline issue. mrs. clinton was in nevada fundraising yesterday. she campaigned and was not talking of the keystone xl pipeline. she was talking about immigration reform. she said if congress refuses to create a path to citizenship as president, she will do everything possible under the law to go further. >> we can't wait any longer for a path to full and equal citizenship. this is where i differ with everyone on the republican side. make no mistake, today not a

single republican candidate announced or potential is clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship. not one. when they talk about let status that is code for second-class status. >> republicans question her commitment on the issue and beliefs she is pandering. today clinton will attend two fundraisers in private homes here in san francisco. the prediction is she will be visiting the city here a lot during the election season. this is considered her fundraising base. san francisco police are investigating a stabbing across the street from at&t park that happened less than 30 minutes after the giants game ended. investigators say a man was stabbed at 2nd and king street in front of a restaurant after 10:00 p.m. the victim is in stable condition and the injury are not considered life threatening.

police say they have no suspects and the stabbing was not related to the game which by the way, the giants won 6-0. >> bicyclist hit by a car in danville has died. the accident happened at the intersection of crow canyon road late yesterday afternoon. the victim is a 55-year-old danville man. the driver is cooperating. >> the state water resources board approved sweeping new water restrictions for all of california. starting in june, water reduction will have to be cut by 25 percent. water regulators approached the emergency orders last night. cities will have to limit watering on public property. homeowners are encouraged to let their lawns die. experts say that is the single most important step in saving water. local water agencies can immoment other specific cuts. governor brown wants fines up to $10,000 for the biggest water wasters. the plan still knees managementive approval. the governor will talk of

the new restrictions at a meeting with the association of california water agencies sacramento letting the agencies that deliver roughly 90 percent of the water used by cities farms and businesses. the restrictions need to be evenly balanced across the state so they do not penalized inland agencies and reward coastal communities. >> drought could be increasing the number of rabid bats in alameda. the 8th to turn up was found in downtown livermore on friday. the drought could somehow contribute to the trend. in alameda this year three rabid bats have been found in fremont two in pleasanton, one each in livermore, san leandro and sunol. last year only two rabid bats found across the county. >> the warriors and grizzlies are headed to memphis with the bet of seven series tied at one each. last night, the grizzlies point guard consequently who --

connoly wore a mask and led with 22 points and outshined the warriors m.p. steph curry with the warriors shooting only 42 percent and making only six of 25 threes. they turned the ball over 20 times. the warriors had the 21-game home winning streak snapped losing 97-90. fans were bummed about the loss at the arena. >> the night started out on a high need with the presentation of the nba's most to steph curry. >> the warriors trail through most of the game but the fans never let up from the seats on the floor to the so-called cheap seats at the top of the arena. >> if you far from the court? you have to yell louder.

>> better than a home watching the tv. >> it wasn't enough to stop the grizzlies from winning game two. >> we were there we were screaming, we were equaling. what happened? >> we tried. we were there. we protected warriors' ground. >> the loss ends the warriors 21-home game winning streak and only the third home loss for the warriors this year. >> you can see the warriors next game, game three, of the western conference semifinals live from memphis right here on saturday at 5:00 p.m. >> should the warriors win the nab title as we hoped, where would the parade be? in oakland? or in san francisco where the team is building a new arena? san francisco chronicle sources say oakland mayor is talking

with san francisco mayor lee about a parade that would span both sides of the bay. maybe with some barges involved. we will keep you posted. >> other news more problems for the new easter pan of the bay bridge, new tests show that salt water could be seeping into the tower foundation. that is according to the "san francisco chronicle". officials have known since last year that many of the new bridges and rods were filled with rain water. last month a contractor said that water was reappearing in the rods although there is no apparent source. preliminary tests show chloride levels were higher than usually found in rain water. two independent experts say it is likely that bay water permeates the base through gaps or cracks in the concrete. >> facebook c.e.o. is paying tribute to her late husband who died in a freak accident last week. >> she posted a touching tribute

on facebook, describing her husband as her rock and called their 11 years of marriage the truest friend she could imagine. he was a long-term technical leader and chief executive of survey monkey died after an accident on a treadmill while on a vacation in mexico the he was remembered during a private ceremony at stanford. >> >> she said things will never be the same but the world is better for the years my beloved husband lived. >> now a check on the weather as we get you out the door to school or work. >> we talk about upper 40s, redwood city, menlo park, palo alto, woodside and around jump at belmont and foster city, and san carlos at 50. mount detain view is 49. same in san ramon. look at los gatos chilly at 43. same in santa rosa and pill valley is the coolest at 42. san francisco is 50. concord is 52. it is clear. there are clouds developing for

a lake push. they will be quick to turn over to sunshine. we will have fewer clouds inland today. we have the high and then deck of clouds. 71 to 82. the coast and san francisco a few stray clouds will linger on the peninsula but a bright day all in all at 56 to 63. a steady pattern keeps the pay around 65 to 71. clear overwalnut creek right now and clouds around the neighborhood though. tomorrow the area of low comes in. that is why we have a chance of scattered showers and isolated thunderstorm. lesser chance on it from. dry going on mother's day weekend. >> hello leyla. >> good morning everyone. >> i got a taste of the >> all right. all right. we will look at the golden gate bridge where travels are smooth and not finding any slow downs

northbound and southbound direction. they have not seen the zipper truck. but i will let you know when we do. we will take you to the san mateo bridge where we have construction in the eastbound direction. heading into foster city boulevard until 8:00. normally the project lasted until 11 o'clock and now it is scaled back in preparation if the complete san mateo bridge closing happening between friday 10:00 a.m. right law monday at 5:00 am. you are going to have the dumbarton bridge and bay bridge as the alternate. now a look at drive time traffic, westbound 580 from tracy to dublin is 28 minutes. westbound highway four antioch to concord is 14 minutes. southbound 101 from san rafael to san francisco is 18 minutes. >> to name a you, leyla. >> biologists hope to get a close look at a young whale that washed ashore. >> the humpback washed ashort at

the state beach on monday night. biologist could not get close justify to examine the juvenile because the tide was too high. a 48' whale washed ashore a few hundred yards away three weeks ago. >> no ride for facebook, some people want it banned from the pride parade. >> girl scout cookie challenge, find out how the scouts living the motto "be prepared," as the cookie sales crumble. >> early on to wednesday morning the bay bridge is light and zipping right along.

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covering los gatos and all the bay area, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> san francisco group is calling for a ban on facebook

portion participation in the pride events. according to the organization, the group is headed by the same drag queens would went to war with face book last fall over the social media giant real name policy. you may recall that facebook canceled several hundred accounts last year because the entertainers used their drag names rather than their real names. facebook has apologized but the group said the policy is not changing. a petition to ban facebook from pride celebrations has received 1500 signatures. >> taxi drivers in san francisco are getting a break from the city. the transportation agency voted to waive taxi renewal fees for the year saving drivers $1,000. the city said it is responding to cab driver's complaint and leveling the field between them and drivers for uber and lyft who do not pay any fees to start driving and making money. taxi drivers or their companies pay $250,000 to get the medallion which is essentially a permit to operate. >> a lot of people look forward

to girl scout cookie time but bay area cookie sales were down sharply. >> i remember when you used to sell them. your daughter. >> this means a budget for summer camp is coming way short. >> we show you how girl scouts are living the motto "be presented." >> in manner -- marin county this is the most popular summer camp. >> it is amazing. >> i like do know people from different troops and exploring. >> most pay to attend. cookie sales offset a lot of the costs. when sales were down 6 percent this year. >> it is a big deal. >> the c.e.o. of girl scouts of northern california, 50,000 girls, and membership is up over the past these years but the number of girls actually selling cookies is down, 25 percent and that does not sell cookies. >> the parents support the

daughter and go car to door and participate in the boost sales and families are busy. >> it did not help that the cookie supplier ran out of thin mints the most popular cookies. the result? staff layoffs and a camp closed for the summer. it could have been worse. the scouts recently raised $3 million in donations to renovate their 12 camps and centers including everything from a law lodge and cabins at the camp in san mateo county to the course in marin. the improvements increase attendance and make it possible to rent camp facilities when scouts are not using them. this barn is now leased to a charter school. volunteer labor is also making a difference. but the scouts still need to raise millions more for would on historic camp facilities. northern california scouts will charge $15 service fee when girls register this fall. financial aid is available and officials say they want to make

sure no one is turned away. >> camp registration is in full swing with a link at abc7news.com and in case you are wondering, the girl scouts say selling cookie is by far the organization's most effective fundraiser so there are no listens it give it away. >> maybe they will work on the marketing to sell more cookies. >> they have high standards but they are still making money. >> maybe they can rope you back if and start selling so some of us can get some. >> talking to me? >> talking to you. >> yeah talking to you. >> now, we need the rain. even showers? absolutely, here is what is going on. we need the rain. we do not get significant rain. isolated stray is as strong as i get for tomorrow and friday. we do have clouds out there and

no fog and san jose is 87 near the shark tank and it is cloudy right now. as we head into the afternoon hours it will be sunny with seasonal temperatures and a breeze. it felt chilly last evening. and the same this evening. chance of showers and thunder is possible thursday interest friday. we will see a slight warming and dryer conditions on mother's day. well look at what will happen today with the high temperatures. we are running upper 60s around pill pete and sunnyvale but low-to-mid 70s elsewhere and los gatos is at 73. new at look at our temperatures on the peninsula 62 at millbrae and 66 if splay yes and 70 elsewhere. we have upper 50s along the coast today and temperatures running around 60 in the sunset to mid-60s in downtown and south san francisco and to the north, low-to-mid 70s and we will drop interest east bay shoreline and we will have upper 60s here and as we move

inland, temperatures are running in the mid-to-upper 70s and maybe 80 at antioch and brentwood. take the sun scene. we are going to have very high u.v. index, 62 warming to 64 and tonight clouds again and a cool air mass and mid-40s to around 50. so the same as this morning and yesterday morning. all eyes are focused on this area of low pressure and it is going to the east, it will drop straight south and with it being a cold pocket of air, that adds instability to the atmosphere. when we warm it you can see the scattered showers developing by 5:00. the sun will set and we lose the energy. quiet on friday night. friday afternoon another slight chance of a stray shower. this time we will include the north bay. if you head to the sierra, you are boeing to see some thunderstorms and high elevation. tomorrow and friday our coolest days in the forecast. we will see a little bit of a warming trend and maybe up to 80

inland sunday and 60 at the coast. >> good morning everyone we have 30 bart trains running on time right now and i want you to know that bart station coliseum and fruitvale the tracks are to be shut down saturday and sunday for repairs. we have bus bridges put in place but do expect to have delays. ace train is looking at clear conditions on the tracks two minutes early for ace train one and no delays on ac transit. at walnut creek southbound 680 moving nicely as you head away from pleasant hill at the highway 24. not going to find any problems if you travel in the northbound direction. you are in go shape. if you head eastbound along highway 4 this is where we have a construction roth between bailey and railroad with one lane taken away lasting until 7:00 a.m. the rest of the traffic in the westbound direction you are at top speeds out of antioch. >> t-mobile is going after

verizon customers where a new campaign. >> here are tech bytes. >> t-mobile's new campaign to woo verizon customers starting may 13 if you sign up you can test drive a t-mobile phone for a charge and if you switch they will cover the termination fee. >> google said more searches are now being done on mobile devices than on personal computers in the up. that is a reminder how our online behavior has changed in less than a decade. >> you can soon charge your iphone using the air. >> there is a reevolutionary new case taking the radio signals your phone emits and use them to power up the device and will day but on kick starter for $99. >> i take it. >> she needs it.

>> she is graduating at uc berkeley's top student but there is a lot more to this young lady. the challenge she faces. >> ground has protecten on a if you resort on the las vegas strip and what makes had so different from what you have seen before. >> stay tuned.

>> uc berkeley has announced the top graduating senior is the medalist winner despite losing he mother in 2013 she graduated with the highest distinction in economics and conservation studies with a neither perfect gpa and calls her mother her best friend and said that she

felt a big blow when she died. she did not gave up. this unlawful she is headed for the the university of oxford in england for a master's degree and plans on pursuing a law degree at columbia university. >> in southern california, waves are specific the to be back to normal after three days of dangerous high surf. spectators lined the sand to catch a look of the surfers and body boarders at the "wedge," yesterday, with waves cresting at 10' smaller compared to monday at 15'. a high subadvisory expired last night at look. >> do we have waves like that? >> no, no, no, that has been the interesting part. with the strong sea breeze we have not had rough surf. for april, these are showing everyone with warmer than the 30-year average but for the tropics and they were about .02 degrees fahrenheit below.

high surf advisory around santa barbara and we have wind advisories in the high desert whether it is east of san diego or east of los angeles. temperatures in the mid-60s to 86 at palm springs and 80 through the central valley and a slight chance of showers and maybe a clap thunder at lake tahoe and 56. san mateo bridge is more than manage am as you make it between hayward and foster city in the westbound direction with a couple of lanes taken away in the eastbound direction until 8:00 with a big regulate -- big project this weekend. cupertino, if youry lie on this transition between southbound 85 to southbound 280 it is shut down. that will last until 8:00 this morning. you will have detours if place with a big property they are working on causing a delay in the commute. land ahead for that. >> if las vegas, construction is about to start on a new resouth that will be built on the form

site of the star dust hotel. >> a ground breaking ceremony was held yesterday afternoon for the resorts world las vegas, a sprawling chinese-themed resort officials home the $4 billion roth will revamp the look of the north end of the strip and bring 13,000 new jobs to the area. >> it look like forbidden city. >> the resort will feature three hotels with 3,500 rooms and the best part is a possible panda habitat is expected to open in the middle of 2018. >> are you guaranteed to see it. >> all about the pandemonium. >> i thought it was about bass but it is the panda >> the drought is leaving a bay area difficult in a sticky situation. >> serial stowaway tries to sneak through another major airport. stay tuned.

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good wednesday morning, at 5:00 a.m. we thank you for waking up early and joining us. i am eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze with leyla gulen and meteorologist mike nicco with exciting news in the forecast. >> showers. they are a possible. don't get too excited. most of us will miss out on them. live doppler hd shows cloud clinging to the coast. a few are starting to rollover our neighborhoods. you can see the broken deck from the camera, it is a quiet bay water situation. as far as the 12 hours, 42 and 52 as cool as year. sunshine will be a