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>> it's sunday, march 27th. good morning and thanks so much for joining us. i'm chris nguyen sitting in for carolyn tyler. let's start with a quick look at the weather. here's lisa argen. she's tracking live doppler hd >> good morning. for some of you celebrating easter, it should be are a nice afternoon. although we have changes weather-wiseful we are looking at a few clouds right now a mostly cloudy start. theres a weather system coming down from the north that will increase the clouds today in the sierra nevada, bring down cooler temperatures by the afternoon. and the winds are going to get quite gusty along the coast. right now it's the opposite. we are mild ahead of the front with 50s pretty much all around bait except in the north bay. we have calm winds here. the breezy winds will begin throughout the later morning hours. and we will look for the numbers to do an about-face later on. 11 degrees warmer this morning in livermore with 6 degrees warmer in san jose. you are really going to have some time at the coast to feel the change today. tomorrow everyone feels the change. the sun coming up at 7:02. it's cloudy out there with low
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to mid-50s more most and throughout the morning hours temperatures will climb through the upper 350's. by the afternoon we have some mild readings in the upper 60s to near 170. chris. >> thank you. now to developing news in burlingame where two people were shot outside a show sell. it happened last night outside the red roof inn on airport boulevard around 10:30. there are several hotels in this area, which is a few miles south of the san francisco international airport. burlingame police say that two victims, both men in their 20s, he ran into a restaurant and asked for help. both of them are expected to survive. concord police are still looking for a man accused in a drive-by shooting that injured an 8-year-old boy. the shooting happened friday night near the intersection of la salle and carmel. the young boy is still in the hospital. abc news reporter sergio quintana tells us that the boy was not the target. >> concord police are looking for this man, 32-year-old james jarrard. he's considered armed and dangerous. >> he fired a handgun at a group
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of individuals with children playing in the front yard, which is reckless. so he's highly dangerous. >> police say several people witnessed the shooting, including the 8-year-old victim's young brothers, who were also playing in the front yard. the family did not speak to me on camera, but they did say they know jarrard by his nickname, smiley. they also tell me the intended victim was not the child, but his brother was, who was also in the front yard that evening. one witness said that the bullet passed through the other boy's pant leg and hit the 8-year-old in the neck. >> it got so close to to the car -- the carotid artery. we are all thankful he didn't get struck in that artery. he's doing really good according to the circumstances. >> the doctors have not yet been able it remove the bullet from the child's neck, but he is
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doing well. whether we were there we saw probation officers there arrive to do a probation search but they left without make making an arrest or taking any property. jarrard is wanted on a $1.1 million warrant. anyone who sees him should call police immediate lid. many will see their deal go -- many may see their pay go up following a deal struck yesterday with a law to make the minute one wage $15. current minimum wage is ten dollars per hour. union leaders worked with on the proposal. the minimum wage is to rise to $10.50 next year, followed by one dollar a year increases until 2022. >> there's no good reason why people who are working 40-hour weeks full time should be living in poverty. if we are going to talk about respecting work, then also have to reward work. >> business groups were not included in the negotiations between labor groups and lawmakers.
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seven san francisco firefighters were out on a routine mission yesterday when their boat capsized. four went to the hospital. one got treatment for hypothermia. the boat is the still in the water this morning. cornell bernard has more. >> reporter: a routine training exercise for firefighters quickly begame a rescue mission on the water. this firefighter still wet, standing in his bear feet warnings one of six thrown into the pacific. it happened during the training exercise near the cliff house. seven firefighters aboard a 30-foot rescue fire boat when they got into trouble. >> i understand a big wave came up, what some might call a rogue wave, and tossed the boat.
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>> the jet skis were nearby but rescuing everybody wasn't easy. >> the jet ski came to get one swimmer -- or person in the water, and the person grabbed on and a set came and he had to leave them and bounced back a couple waves and ultimately came back and pulled a:people out. >> worried? >> we thought were, we thought maybe someone was trapped on the rocks or maybe they had gone under. >> the land's end is where the boat drifted, along with equipment on board. that is now floating on the water. >> we some some of our most experienced firefighters on that boat. >> the most important thing is the members are okay. >> after a very scary day on the water. in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc7 news. take a look at this. you can see where two people suffered serious injuries when their car slammed into a light pole in danville. it happened in a safeway parking lot at around 8:30 last night. witness say the driver was burning rubber before the crash. 6:05, our time. the search continues for a
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man and woman wanted for a fatal robbery of a tourist in san francisco. this is surveillance video of the attack at franklin and post. police say the victim refused to let go of his messenger bag and ran into police trying to escape his attacker but the robber caught up and stabbed the victim in the head. police officers association is now offering a $5,000 reward in the case. the victim is 44-year-old paul tamm. he died of are his injuries on thursday, just more than a month a the attack. police say tamm is from manchester, england, and was visiting san francisco with relatives from irvine. after a bleak week, pope francis is offering is easter message of hope today after a vigil service in saint peter's basilica. ♪ >> thousands of people gathered to hear pope francis speak. he focused on casting aside the hopelessness that can sometimes imprison people inside of themselves. the pope's easter message is meant to resurrect faith and hearts burning by sadness. the message comes after last week's terror attack in brussels.
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warrior fans, if you are taking bart north to oracle arena for tonight's game, expect delays. transit agency that is shut down service this weekend between the san leandro and bayfield stations for repairs to the equipment and tracks. abc7 news was in san leandro where riders are taking a bus bridge to get between the two stations. bart says fans coming from fremont or dublin pleasanton should expect 30 to 60 minute delays. bart will be shutting down service on flection weekends as part of the building a better bart program. tip-off between the warriors and 76ers is at 5:00 p.m. heads up if you are planning to go to the golden gate bridge today. bridge authorities closed two parking lots for part of the weekend, hoping to help with traffic flow, but it seems to have backfired. lisa amin gulezian has the story. >> this is what drivers faced, traffic, as they approached the golden gate bridge.
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electronic signs warned drivers that the welcome center and vista point lots were closed until 5:00 p.m. otherwise only buses and taxis were allowed. >> i don't know why they did that. crazy. >> the goal was to ease congestion by pushing drivers to avoid the route all together. unfortunately the opposite happened. >> well, the welcome center parking lot was off-limits, the overflow parking lot that was used that got filled up fast and caused gridlock all around the toll plaza. >> if they are going to close this, then they have to have a second option and have tourists be aware of what the option is, instead of having them circle around and thinking they are going to get parking here. >> it's confusing. why? just leave it alone. let the same rhythm that everyone is used to continue. >> they knew the easter holiday would draw more visitors than usual to the area, but once the lots opened they filled up fast. at vista points drivers faced a different problem. a big bus tour bus crashed into another car while they enter the lot. the bus driver admitted to
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hitting the honda accord as he took the turn to the bridge. he told police he had to use the restroom. a woman did not want to be identified. >> there was a reason he was in a hurry. there was a reason he moved like this so fast. >> no one was hurt. the lots will close again sunday from 11:00 to 5:00. lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> sky 7hd was over the san francisco bay as commercial fishermen were out catching dungeonness crab. the season officially started yesterday after being postponed for more than four months. that's because the crab showed a high levels of a naturally occurring neurotoxin. the catch so far is decent. >> beautiful. they are two-plus plus pound crabs, full of meat. made my mouth water. >> results from this weekend's testing of those crabs won't be available until tomorrow.
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approaching 6:10 on our sunday morning. weather-wise make a nice day to head out and take in the exploratorium or the ferry building. >> yeah, it's going to be pretty nice. a lot of sunshine. not quite as warm as what we are used to. the winds will pick up along the coast. less than an hour to sunrise. cloudy skies around the bay. 52 fran san francisco. 55 oakland and hayward. i'll tell you how cool it's going to get, talk about a little snow in the forecast, and then our spring-like outlook next. >> thanks, lisa. also ahead, a lots of easter excites meant in the south bay. the unique celebration with eggs, the easter bunny and a hot-air balloon. plus stanford hospital recently complete add rare procedure called a domino transplant. meet the woman who received a heart and in turn was able to give one, too.
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and as kristen zee reports, they met for the first time after the surgery. >> reporter: from biking through france, to riding the rapids, linda carr poured her heart into life. but several years ago the same heart began to fail. >> it was hard. how are you doing? >> after years on the waiting list for a donor, linda turned to doctor joseph wu and a heart transplant team at stanford hospital. their solution was a rare procedure known as a domino transplant. the team had identified another patient, tammy griffin, who was about to receive a full heart-lung transplant from a diseased donor. >> take out both lungs and the heart as one block and then put in an entire new block. >> but while doctors needed to transplant the donor heart and lungs as a set for surgical reasons, it also created an opportunity with tammy's old heart. >> her heart in theory could function very nicely in another patient. >> using three models, dr. wu
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explains what happened next. before beginning the heart-lung procedure, they would shift tammy griffin's heart to linda carr. and just weeks after the domino surgery, tammy was in a waiting room at stanford for a chance to meet the woman who now has her old heart. >> hi. okay. >> first i want to thank you. i promise to take care of my new heart. even though we were strangers before today, you will always be part of me now. >> listen to your old heart and see what you think about it. >> to any new heart. >> doctors say both women are making strong recoveries, linda, who lives in berkeley, is already working out on a treadmill, and tammy is hoping to return home to oregon when her new heart and lungs are strong enough. >> i feel so much better. i can walk and talk at the same time. >> both women say they would like to stay in touch after sharing a rare and moving meeting of the hearts.
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kristen zee, abc7 news. in a practical sense, linda and tammy were close even before they met. their surgeries took place in adjoining operating rooms with one surgeon working on linda and the other on tammy. >>s knew this morning, the international falls station and the six crewmembers got an early easter treat yesterday as a spacecraft arrived full of fresh fruit and new supplies. the spacecraft can hold 8,000 pounds of groceries and other shipments. there will be a supply run next month. n.a.s.a. has turned a private industry to stock the space station with supplies. ♪ abc7 news was in san francisco's washington square park yesterday where kids and their families took a springtime stroll with the easter bunny. this, after a pancake breakfast. both events were in honor of a
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resident who dressed like the easter bunny every year for 50 years to visit sick kids in the hospital. the tradition started in rocco's outdoor cafe, which is now the site of naked lunch. the first tame he wore the suit for customers, no one came because it rained. >> so ray took all the candy there. and that started 50 years of going to every san francisco hospital to bring happiness to the kids. a child would raise his head and look at their parents and say, see mommy, see, daddy, i knew he would find me. >> the family has honored ray the last two years with the new easter brunch and parade tradition. excited children searched high and low at a historic house in oakland for the annual great egg hunt. the easter bunny even made an appearance at the historic estate
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>> along with relatives a special event filled a football field in the south bay yesterday. around 2,000 people rushed the field after the easter bunny dropped the eggs from a hot air balloon. it happened at oak grove high school in santa fe. thanks for sharing the video with us. it raised money for the autism center for education. if you see an event happening where you live, please take a photo or video and share it with us using the # abc7 news. that looks like a fun event. >> lots of more events today. the rest of the bay area enjoying sunshine with breezy winds along the coast and temperatures will drop. in fact, we could see some drizzle along the coast later tonight as a cold front passes through. the only real way to discern that will be the wind shift and the gusty winds. and maybe some drizzle along the coast in the sacramento valley. instability allowing for maybe a thunderstorm. in the mountains it will be snow. as we go wider up toward the pacific northwest, we are looking at the frontal band.
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the cooler weather. and it's going to slide to the east of the bay. that's why the changes here will be different than what we see in other parts of the state. 56 in san jose. good morning. 55 in oakland e with have low 350's mountain view, the city is at 52 degrees. and from the exploratorium camera the view from pier 15. it's quiet now. temperatures in the upper 40s from santa rosa to napa. 50 novato, 52 fairfield. 53 liver more. concord is warmer. most locations warmer ahead of a frontal band that will push through today creating blustery winds, especially at the coast. overall a few degrees cooler for easter sunday, but the cooling continues right on through monday. and even into tuesday. so here's a look at the wind profile. this is what is going to get going and cranked up today. look at the temperatures -- well, the time, i should say, throughout the day. you will notice that the winds continue to gust here from 30 to
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even 40 miles an hour. this is 9:00 tonight's. winds will steadily increase across the bay. that's the difference you will feel. but if you are headed out of the bay area, then you may get a little bit of precip. so 7:00 tonight we've got the rain beginning in the sierra nevada and also here is where we went to have a winter weather advisory for reno. and then throughout the spine. the sierra, looking at several inches of snow possible into late monday. so winter weather advisory reno. anywhere from about 3 to 5 inches around kibers and a couple inches around tahoe city. with the cooler air in lays, by tomorrow afternoon the winds still with us. upper 60s coast, 50s around the bay. the steady pattern through tuesday. it will be sunny but breezy. very typical for spring. numbers today a little cooler than yesterday. it will keep us near average. 66 oakland. 57 in fremont. cooler in santa cruz by about
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8 degrees. san francisco should see about 63 this time of year. upper 60s in the hjorth bay. a few high clouds from time to time and the gusty winds along the coast through tomorrow and parts of tuesday. the accuweather seven-day forecast, a couple 70s antioch, maybe santa rosa. then you look for the numbers dropping, the winds picking up. wednesday we are warming up and temperatures back to above normalb readings. just some subtle changes to start, breezy winds later on. >> good information. thank you. up next, controversy over an anti-vaccine
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dangerous drop-off in the vac nation. the actor said he has a child with autism and hopes it would be a way to start a conversation. ♪ and we are getting a closer look at the rolling stones historic concert in cuba friday night. on their facebook page yesterday the band thanked everyone for attending. they say 1.3 million people packed havana to see them play. among the many hits they played, "satisfaction" and" can't always get what you want." hugh jackson doesn't just play a superhero on the big screen, he saves people off screen as well. news 9 in australia obtained this video of rescuing his son from a scary riptide yesterday. it was in sidney. lucky for jackson, plenty of people were around and a lifeguard helped get him and his son to shore. and thankfully everyone was okay. berkeley's historic u.c. theater cancelled a show. they say they will refund tickets. they also cancelled another show friday night.
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theater managers blamed the delays on upgrading the building's electrical system. the theater first opened in 1917. on high alert in belgium. we learn more about the victims days after the attacks in brussels. and plus -- >> we have a victory. >> gaining momentum. a saturday sweep for senator bernie sanders. what he still needs to do to win the presidential nomination.
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at your local mercedes-benz dealer. >> it's great to have you with us. i'm chris nguyen, in for carolyn tyler. we are starting with a quick look at the weather. here's lisa argen, tracking the conditions where you live. >> good morning. >> hi, chris. here's the exploratorium camera looking beautiful out there. the winds will pick up today. numbers in the low to mid-50s in san francisco, down through the south bay and on the coast. so right now it feels pretty good. but if you are going to be spending anytime at our beaches the winds will certainly be a factor. sutro with a little bit of fog out there. so partly cloudy skies around the bay. mid-50s in concord. livermore it's warmer for you this morning. so anywhere from fairfield to about santa rosa, novato. you have the cooler weather this
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morning. but by the afternoon temperatures dropping off just a little bit for everyone. so low to mid-50s to start. low 60s through 10:00. the rest of the day, the easter sunday for those of you having any egg hunts outs there, numbers will range from the 50s at the coast to near 70 inland with the gusty winds coastside. chris. >> thank you. >> e.. >> this morning belgium police have continued the investigation into the brussels bombings. a peace march in belgium set for today has been cancelled due to security concerns. it comes at belgium police arrested three more terror suspects yesterday while looking for more people linked to the bombings in brussels. two americans are now confirmed to be among the dead. richard cantu has the story. >> reporter: a north carolina family back home now with these nightmare images to remember their trip to belgium. >> took our baby who was in a carriage, brought him down, used the shell as covered, brought him out of the straps and covered him. >> bob and his wife were in the airport with the nine-year-old when the bombs exploded.
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this video shows them hunched over, she would are their infant. >> we get up, grab the baby and run toward the back counters. >> they know how lucky they are. >> our hearts go out to people who were victims. >> those like justin shultz and his wife, stephanie, missing since the attack. its been confirmed now they died together. authorities saturday charging this man with trier rift murder. the authorities also releasing this photo of a man said to be syrian, believed to be involved in the brussels attacks. the suspects, who managed to slip away following tuesday's deadly attacks, like the man in the hat here seen at the airport with the suicide bombers. authorities also holding this man they shot and wounded friday on a railway platform. but this is widespread fear in belgium. their ordeal with terror is far
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from ended. it is a city on high alert. a march against fear scheduled for easter sunday was cancelled when authorities said they could not guarantee security. richard cantu, abc news, new york. are you ready for a news alert? [cheers and applause] >> we just won the state of washington! >> vermont senator bernie sanders led the cheers after winning democratic caucuses in washington, alaska and hawaii, sweeping hillary clinton. but despite his victories, former secretary of state clinton still has a wide lead of delegates nationwide. sanders will need to win more than two-thirds of the remaining delegates from upcoming con tests while securing uncommitted super delegates to clinch the nomination. california's primary isn't until june 7th but some new polling data is coming in. according to ""the chronicle"" clinton is beating sanders in
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san francisco. the likely democratic voters in fran pole was conducted by emc research. on the republican side, a new poll in california shows donald trump leading with ted cruz close behind. umc and the los angeles times conducted the poll, surveying 1500 likely gop voters. 9% are still on the fence while another 9% were undecided. the poll also shows if trump wins at the republican national convention in july, 42% of gop voters in california would offer him their support. following another wild week in the 2016 presidential race, bernie sanders and donald trump will appear on "this week." donald trump is under pressure after taking jibes at ted cruz's wife last week. you can catch "this week" right here on abc7. >> kawasaki is giving an army vet a brand new motorcycle after his got hit and damaged in this
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scene. the 31 year old suspect got stuck in traffic, got out and fought brandon for his bike. >> i'm a small dude by i'm pretty feisty. it was go-time. then it was you are trying to take my bike, and that's not going to happen. >> and it didn't. the suspect jumped back into the truck and drove over the motorcycle. jenkins bought that bike with the last his deployment money when his service in the army ended. the suspect crashed miles later and was arrested. a group of homeless people have been camped out on the have been camped out on the lawn of the state capitol the last four months. they are fighting for the right for the homeless from being arrested in public places. donald turner is collecting signatures in support of a senate bill that would stop law enforcement from citing or arresting the homeless from eating, resting and practicing religion in public places. >> we want to make sure the people sleeping here are safe and protected, and that's what we are here to do. >> homeless activists have
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collected close to 600 signatures supporting senate bill 876. their goal is to reach 1,000 by next tuesday, that's when the bill will be heard by lawmakers. bay area surgeons are doubling down on cutting edge technology to help patients with debilitating back injuries. as abc7's cheryl jennings discovered, the results can be life change. >> for kimberly owen, a painful back injury made everyday movements excruciating. >> just to lean over and brush my teeth. i could not drive without crying. >> it caused pain to radiate into her right arm. >> san francisco back surgeon, kenneth, said kimberly was actually suffering from disk injuries in both her upper and lower spine. he said the common repair involves spinal fusions, which can leave the patient with severe stiffness. >> very commonly the patients have to move their whole body when turning. >> as an alternative, he recommended a relatively uncommon procedure. instead of fusing the vertebrae, he would insert two replacement disks in different sections.
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, sections of her back and neck. the devices, known as the pro disk, fit between the vertebrae. once in place they mimic the function of the damaged disks, allowing the section of spine to move and twist. >> there are disks that are developed for the lumbar spine and there are disks developed for the cervical spine. cervical disks function in a similar way but they are much smaller. >> over the course of two surgeries, the doctor placed the disk replacements in her neck and lower spines. recent studies have found the disk replacements produced less pain, shorter recovery times and fewer complications when is compared with multi-level fusions. >> the patient can return to work in a week or two weeks. they can move their neck right away. >> along with driving and hiking, kimberly said the results also allowed her to do simple things such as brushing her hair and teeth without pain. >> now i'm almost back to -- i'm normal. i don't even think about it. >> cheryl jennings, abc7 news.
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still ahead on the abc7 sunday morning news. you have heard the saying the devil is in the details. meet the researchers who can prove how thinking about the small stuff can solve some really big problems. but first here's a live look outside from our sutro tower camera as you wake up on this sunday morning. how warm there it get today. meteorologist lisa argen returns in a few minutes.
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>> good morning, everyone. the time right now is 6:40 on our sunday morning. we are looking live at the golden gate bridge. you can see traffic moving along quite nicely to and from marin county. we will get the full accuweather forecast from lisa argen coming up. some children in the east bay got a head start on easter yesterday. of the almeda county fire department tweeted out these photos from the spring youth carnival and egg hunt in emeryville. children were able to meet the firefighters and got special firefighter hats, too. and, of course, the easter bunny was there, as well. the event is a spring tradition, and the kids had a great time hunting for eggs at the park >> in the sierra nevada, we will have some snow.
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right now truckee 28. tahoe really airport 33 with a high of 54. tomorrow you will be dropping almost 20 degrees with snow showers in the forecast. we will detail that and your easter sunday in just a few minutes. >> lisa, thanks. also ahead, oklahoma uses the buddy system to bring down the top-seeded oregon ducks, punching their ticket to the final four. rick quan has the highlights coming up in sports. if you come to oregon to see some lava in one of our volcanoes, you're probably gonna be disappointed. ♪ welcome aboard my starship. ahoy, mateys! it's full of things i love... like me brave crew... and my fellow space adventures and free of things i don't. like aliens. just like eye patches. and when it's time to refuel, i eat chex cereal. it's full of stuff we pirates need. no artificial flavors, and it's gluten-free.
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>> welcome back. in sports, tonight the warriors' run at history continues at oracle arena. the warriors face the philadelphia 76ers who own the nba's worst record. tipoff at 5:00 p.m. the dubs are eight wins away from 73, which would set a new record for nba victory in a season. this afternoon the final two games of the elite 8 will be played in the ncaa tournament. yesterday villanova and oklahoma advanced to the final four. here's the sports report. >> rick: good morning. the first half of the final four is now set. we start in the west where top-seed oregon took on number two-seed oklahoma. the regional final in anaheim brought out kobe bryant, along with aaron rogers and his girlfriend, olivia mudd. the ducks force a turnover, and it's elgin cook going in for the dunk. but the game belonged to sooners.
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right before the first half buzzer, another tray by the sooners senior. oklahoma led by 18 at intermission. he put on a show, finishing with 37 points and included hitting 8 of 13 shots from beyond the arc. oklahoma beat oregon 80-68. this is the sooners first trip to the final four since 2002. at the south regional final, villanova was trying to upset top-seed kansas. josh heart with the steal and slam. nova led by 7 at the half. the wildcats were also hot from outside. daniel and hart hit back-to-back threes. this game would go down to the final seconds. the jayhawks frank mason with a pretty reverse. down by three. kansas had the ball with six seconds left, but mason loses it. two free throws made the final 64-59 so it's going to be villanova versus oklahoma in the final four. the sharks need just one more win to clinch a playoff spot. but that victory is proving to be elusive. san jose was facing their former
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goalie antti niemi, who is now at dallas. it was all stars for two periods. patrick sharp with the one-timer makes it 3-0. the sharks finally got it going in the third. the stars turn it over and joel ward has an empty net. two minutes later joe pavelski's backhand won't go but the rebound goes in. the lead was down to one but the stars hang on to win. jamie benn with an empty netter. his 37th of the season. makes the final 4-2 dallas. the sharks lose their third straight. in boston, oakland's andre ward made his light heavyweight debut against the top contender berrero last night at oracle. the best action came in the third. ward knocked down barrero. that got steph curryym and draymond green fired up. it was ward's first fight in nine months but he landed more punches and easily out-pointed berrara, winning a unanimous decision. he improves his record could
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29-0. it could set up a fight with the light heavyweight champ sergei. have a wonderful easter. i'll see you tonight again at 5:00. >> is all right. 6:47 is the dime. weather-wise, cool conditions out there right now? >> that's true and even cooler as the cold front heading down from the north slides through the bay area. it slides through northern nevada and we are on the back side of it. that means breezy winds and precip will miss us, although you will definitely feel the change in the air. cooler numbers on tap. we do have fog this morning. some pretty pictures for you. live doppler 7hd picking up on some of of the coastal cloud cover. and as we widen the view, it's a cold front piece of energy from the north sliding down to the east of us. and that's going to instigate the gusty winds along the coast, the sierra snow showers, and this pretty shot from our sutro tower camera with the low clouds out there. we call it partly to mostly cloudy. with the sun coming up at 7:02,
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very nice out there. 54 mountain view. good morning san jose, 56 for you. 55 oakland. from the east bay hills camera, check it out. low clouds there. you see the clearing above. it's 48 in santa rosa. 50 in napa and novato. 52 by the delta. warmer for you. warmer for most right now. 53 in livermore. a little cooler this afternoon. and this vantage point is clear. our exploratorium camera. low clouds and fog this morning. cooler for easter sunday. are breezy winds along the coast. cooling continues for the first half of the work week. the second half of the work week we will be warmer. check out the wind profile. all day long today you notice the winds kick up a bit around the coast. watch the colors and numbers go up along the shoreline. this is where we will have the blustery northwest winds and that's indicative of the cold frontal passage and the slightly cooler air. rainfall? not really. but as we go through tonight
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maybe drizzle on the coast. but really it's the sierra nevada by tahoe, reno and into the southern sierra that picks up some snow showers. anywhere from a couple of inches to about an inch or so. so if you are headed to the mountains, 50s today. 30s tomorrow with five inches near kybers and a couple inches near kirkwood. temperatures slightly cooler today. the winds gusting. by tomorrow the breezy, cooler conditions continue. maybe some drizzle in the morning. into tuesday little change. the pattern remains the same with the numbers a little bit below. >> a. and then we will look at the warmer weather. highs today for your easter sunday, this afternoon about 3:00, 66 in the oakland. 67 in fremont. 68 in san jose. that's your average. cooler today in santa cruz. 65 there, as well as rich. and the accuweather seven-day forecast around antioch and clear lake, maybe 70 today. otherwise slightly cooler, gusty winds along the coast monday and
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tuesday. breezy winds, cooler highs and then looking at warmer temperatures as high pressure builds in midweek and 70s return inland with near 70 around the bay. >> and i have been keeping tabs on facebook. i have so many friends at tahoe right now enjoying the snow conditions. >> they will love it. fresh powder coming. >> lisa, thank you. ten years ago the lawrence berkeley lab cut the ribbon on a cutting edge facility. as they explain, they are now celebrating a decade of working on the world's biggest problem with truly tiny technology. >> we can see how the materials come together. >> each of these dots is a column of material just one at tom wide. microscopic work is that to make big changes in the world. >> cancer, alzheimer's, energy sustainability. >> the congressman wrote the nano technology bill in 2103,
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funding research like what happens here at the molecular foundry. >> you take the property you thought a material could have and now by going nano, by just making the size different, you can change it. >> materials to build better solar cells. >> the first one is terrible. it's the dominant solar cell technology today but it's terrible wthout sun. >> or use sunlight to make clean, liquid fuel. >> sometimes the wind doesn't blow and the sun doesn't shine. you have to start with a chemical energy. a noble prize physicist has a building named after him here. >> it's unexpected and i'm not even dead yet. >> but you need not be famous to work in this lab. >> it's a minor bit of paperwork, really nothing to get access to world class facilities and world-class scientists. >> it gives scientists access to tools like this, giant electronic microscopes, tools they couldn't have in their own labs. >> you need the permanent dedicated staff to operate it and show people who they can do with it. >> when you pull all the tools in one place, something happens. teamwork. >> shoulder to shoulder,
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biologists, chemists, physicists, and they are working on new problems. >>-like these filters to clean water. and other things. >> and so instead of having a wide variation, all of a sudden the robot does is exactly the same every time. >> even tech companies come here in build the processers and batteries of tomorrow. >> this place is only limit bid the imagine nation. >> in berkeley, jonathan bloom, abc7 news up next, the san francisco easter tradition. where participants risk humiliation and injury on one. city's most famous streets.
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here are the winning numbers from last night's $101 million powerball drawing. about nobody picked all six, so wednesday night's jackpot grows to $116 million. and the winning numbers from last night's $9 million super lotto plus drawing. >> nobody picked all six in that drawing either so wednesday's jackpot goes up to $10 million. happening today, an egg-citing day san francisco eastern tradition. it's bring your own big wheel race on the city's most crooked street. racers start at the top of 20th and vermont street and careen down the winding road riding
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small plastic bikes or scooters. they ask if you participate to pay five dollars to pay off the permits needed to put the race on. it starts at 4:00 this afternoon on the hill. >> as we bring lisa in for a final weather check. how will it be for all the folks headed out there? >> it will be a crazy. breezy winds. it will be nice. here's what's ahead of the cold front that will be sweeping through the bay area today. look at all the fog. looks pretty framing the bay. low to mid-50s from san francisco to san francisco right now. from mt. tam you see more sunshine than low clouds. with calmer winds the numbers are in the upper 40s from santa rosa to napa. 52 livermore. and the winds gusty by livermore and the 680 corridor. some of the breezy winds working through the bay area today, especially along the shoreline. that will bring the temperatures down throughout the afternoon. the highs today around midday 50s under sunny skies. upper 60s inland.
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maybe a 70 toward the inland valley. you notice the breezy winds. they will last through the next couple of days. today the rest of the bay enjoying upper 60s in san jose and morgan hill. 70 in napa. the accuweather seven-day forecast featuring a nice easter sunday. breezy in spots and the winds continue into monday and tuesday. tomorrow a couple inches of snow in the sierra. we will warm up after that bringing a sunny and warmer second half of the work week. very spring like with the winds. >> i was just paying attention to the graphic with the bunny. it looks more like a dang ga radio. >> you can't focus on it. it makes you a little dizzy. thanks for inning uses on the abc7 sunday morning news. the news continues now online. "good morning america" is next. abc7 news continues at 9:00 a.m. we will see you then.
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