now at 11:00, the car reveal that looked more like a rock concert. tonight, tesla has finally taken the wraps off its all new electric affordable call. >> elon musk revealed the model 3 tonight in california. >> yeah. pretty exciting, cornell. >> hundreds of tesla fans converged on this showroom today to be the first to reserve a car that no one had ever seen before, until tonight, that is. >> it was a very big reveal. tesla's long awaited model 3 is here. an electric vehicle for the masses. ceo elon musk says the mid sized sedan will cost $35,000. seats five adults with fast super charging capablebilities and how the long range on one battery charge. >> the range will be at least an

epa reed rating of 215 miles. >> self-driving auto pilot technology will come standard. musk says preorders for the car now top 115,000 worldwide in the past 24 24 hours. >> thank you, everyone, that order the car. we love you. >> the lines were long in tesla showrooms. at least 500 people waited more than an hour here to pay $1,000 to reserve a model 3. >> tesla is the only car on the road that excites me. i've been waiting years for a tesla to come out in my price range. >> i'm buying it sight unseen, but i'm trusting in ee long musk. >> only elon musk could get away with that. >> abc news technology contributor becky says tesla's modeling plan was genius. >> it's bizarre that tesla would do their announcement at 8:30 at night but open preorders about a car nobody knows any details on

in the morning. >> the delivery could be ready by late 2017. ab the c 7 news. new at 11:00, hazmat teams took over an exclusive golf course, removed a boxx filled with chemistry lab equipment. someone left the chemicals and equipment in an isolated wooded area. police think they were using it for making illegal drugs. they say the box was far from homes and not a threat to the public. petaluma police are putting out an alert tonight that there is a high risk sex offenser released in their area tomorrow. he finished serving his sentence. police say they objected b to his release into petaluma, but they don't have any say where he lives. they say their warning to residents cannot be useds as an sclus to harm or harass hoffner.

abc 7 news reporter serio is in the news room. >> four additional officers are involved and the whole me mess could threaten all the cases those officers investigated. >> this latest text message heing scandal centers on officer jason lye. internal investigators found a series of texts he exchanged with three other officers while being investigated with sexual assault. he was charged last week with illegally using police computers to look up confidential bmv records. >> the language itself was republic hencive and defamatory. >> his office will immediately begin reviewing all the information connected to the implicated officers for bias. >> there are these festering views within the police

department, which, unfortunately, are now coming to light. >> d.a.gosko is especially concerned because this latest batch of derogatory conversations were happening while the first text messaging scandal was unfolding. during the 2014 investigation of sergeant thurmager, he was were investigated. seven other officers were reinstated after a judge said the statute of limitations ran out on efforts to remove them from the force. 13 cases handled by those officers were dismissed. >> it continues to create this concern that we have that there are issues that need to be addressed. >> as soon as the texts involving jason lye were discovered, he suspended all four officers involved. one has been fired and another retired. abc 7 news. the man known as the birdied bandit appeared in federal court today to face bank robbery charges. sketches of kenneth ellis showed him getting emotional inside

court. he confessed to robbing 11 banks, including some inside the bay area. here is what ellis hooked like before he was caught. police arrested him last week in brentwood after a resident recognized him. we now know how much money morago wants to fill a large sinkhole. certify officials are asking the state for $3.5 million. traffic has been diverted in the area ever since the sinkhole opened up. the damage includes hundreds of feet of storm drain piepg, the sidewalks, curb and its pedestrian ramp. governor brown will sign legislation next monday that eventually will give california the highest minimum wage, $15 an hour. state lawyermakers approved a deal today and sent it to the governor's desk. the state raised the minimum wage to $10.50 and it will hit $15 an hour in 2022.

the giants versus the a's, fans of both teams piled in for baseball, food and a lot of fun. >> katie is live at at&t park with all the festivities. hi, katie. >> hi. of course, tons of fun to be had out here. as you might imagine, this cross town rivalry can really pit friends, even family members against each other. >> thank you. >> it's a sea of orange and black and green and gold. and sometimes it's all four in the same family. >> today, i'm here with my dad, my aunties, my cousins. there's about 30 of us. this is our family get together the. >> out of 30, kevin george is the only a's fan. his dad takes the high road. >> i love him because he's mien son. no matter who he chooses. >> love must be in the air or at least plenty of forgive ps. >> he has, you know, kind of, you know, said various comments

here and there. i've kind of just let it deflect off me. >> if i was a dodgers fan, it would be a little different. but we're okay. >> it's a beautiful night for baseball and the smells at at&t park are intoxicating. garlic fries are, of course, a classic. but for many, the crab sandwich is wonderful. >> it's toasty and warm and delicious and if you don't get it, you'll be so sad. >> giants fans are predict b pure joy this season. a's fans, hoping for improvement. >> how do you think the as are going to do this season? >> definitely. >> the bay bridge series continues on friday. then heads over the bridge on saturday. abc 7 news. >> what a great time. let's talk basketball. the warriors are off until tomorrow. >> but tonight, two star players are making headlines for an

elaborate prank. >> this is a classic. >> perfectly executed as though coach steve kerr drew it up himself. the henchman, iguodala. the unsuspecting victim finds out he has just been released in a fake radio broadcast. >> sources close to the warriors say that backup center festus will be released from his contract. no more festus. >> check your phone. check your phone. >> i swear to god, they're texting him now. >> huh? >> be patient. >> iguodala is enjoying this a little too much. a bunch of players ran out to cl klay thompson saying, this is a tough business. measure working with you. and then iguodala arrives with cake and then cake turned into a weap weapon.

they had fun with it. festus later tweeting, andre, sleep with one eye open. >> you know it's on. >> payback is tough. april fools'. >> thank you, larry. so it's not just sports stars falling victim to april fools' pranks. >> no. the prescription drug promise that turned out to be too good to be true. >> and donald trump's secret sit-down with gop leaders. tonight, the presidential front-runner is revealing what happened behind closed doors. and developing news, a woman walks out of a busy shopping mall with someone else's baby. the frantic search tonight. >> i'm sandy patel. we have another foggy morning drive ahead. i'll let you know if the pattern changes for the weekend, coming up. and here is a look at what's coming up on jimmy kimmel.tonight. >> thanks. feast your eyes on this. >> wherever i want. >> wherever i want. >> wherever i go.

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seven people are recovering after a whale watching ship slammed into a pier in san diego. the throttle got stuck. passengers describe a hard hit. 144 people were on board. up to seven injured. three went to the hospital with neck, back or leg injuries. new at 11:00, a seven-week old baby boy is safe and unharmed tonight after police say he was kidnapped by a stranger. officers arrested this woman caught on surveillance leaving a shopping mall near philadelphia. they say she be friended a family and spent about half an hour with them in the food court. police say the family let the suspect hold him while the mother took a phone call. the stranger then walked away with the baby. police found her and the boy unharmed in a town about six miles away. pfizer got pranked the day before april fools' day. according to fortune, a news release was put out saying pfizer would no longer increase the price of its drugs. but the announcement as well as

the website it's linked to turned out to be fake. pfizer denies having anything to do with either. the company is investigating. donald trump had a private meeting today with gop party leaders. >> this is a rare move for someone who hasn't been shy about barbing the establishment and comes after his controversial remarks on abortion. >> donald trump, off the campaign trail and meeting privately with gop leaders. telling fox news -- >> it was a very good meeting, very good people, actually a terrific meeting, i think. and it's really a unity meeting. >> this coming a day after trump started taking heat from the left and the right for a controversial comment about abortion. >> just yesterday, donald trump said women should be punished for having an abortion. >> donald trump is clearly not prepared to be president of the united states. >> you have to ban it. >> the criticism coming after this exchange. during an msnbc forum when asked

about punishment if abortion were to be banned. >> the answer is that there has to be some form of punishment. >> to the woman? >> yeah, there has to be some form. >> hours later, the front-runner reversing course, stating the front-runner is a victim and doctors would be held legally responsible. the white house thursday slamming trump's suggestion that south korea and japan might have to develop their own nuclear arsenals to deter north korea. >> frankly, it would be catastrophic were the united states to shift its position and indicate that we support somehow the proliferation of nuclear weapons to additional countries. >> and now for that rnc meeting, a republican party official telling abc news it was set up in response to a standin invitati invitation, trump taking the gop up on it several days ago before those abortion comments. abc news, washington. time to check on our weather

and if we're ever going to get some rain. >> yeah. sandy is tracking what we have on radar for us tonight. >> yeah. what we have right now is fog and low cloudiness on live doppler 7 hd as far as our rain chances been not looking very promising. let me show you what has been looking good. the month of march, the first couple of weeks, we're pretty wet. 210% of average in san francisco, 203 in santa rosa, 156 oakland. livermore, 161. but when you account for october 1st all the way up until the present day, many areas are still behind where they should be for this time of year. so we're really looking at season today below average. temperatures right now in the 40s and the 50s. here is a live look from sfo camera.. patches of allow clouds and fog right now. the battle increases as we head towards tomorrow morning. in the 80s next wednesday and thursday. first thing tomorrow morning,

you start out with temperatures mainly in the 40s. a few low 50s. but it's the fog and the low cloudiness that will make for low visibility. just be careful. allow that extra time for your morning commute. the fog is around tonight going into tomorrow morning will burn up, but not everywhere. costal clouds linger well into the afternoon. inland areas will enjoy the sunshine. temperatures will be very similar to today. so here are your specific number s. 60 in san francisco. 59 half moon bay. 64 in san rafael. fairfield, 63 richmond, napa, upper 60s. san mateo, 64. upper 70s liver more. in case you're heading to the beach to enjoy this nice weather, watch out, there is a risk of rip currents and waves. friday morning along the entire coast all the way through saturday evening. now, take a look at what the weather is looking like for tomorrow. second game of the bay bridge series continues at at&t park. and it is going to start off

with some sun and low clouds, but then the clouds will increase. the breeze will kick in. it's going to be cool to chilly again. you will need a jacket or a sweater, mid 50s dropping down to the low 50s. here is our next chance of rain. about a week from tomorrow. like i said, it doesn't look very promising. right now, it is coming in from the southwest and we'll keep an eye on it for you. look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll feature some warmth and the comes in with slight temperature, low to mid 70s inland, low 60s coast side. sunday, monday, temperatures begin to slide a few degrees. but look at the recovery. next week, we're going to see numbers in the low to mid 80s for our warm communities wednesday, thursday. well above average for this time of year. 70s at the beach on wednesday. if you have a day off, good time to head to the beach. >> definitely. >> all right. well, wife and mother and now you can add tv host. >> still ahead on

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cooking show of the food network. she will be a new push to reach a young audience with kids and celebrities. >> the mascots will team up tomorrow in a friendly competition on good morning america. stomper and lucille competing last year in a danceoff. the competition was broken down into teams from the west, midwest and the east. last year, the east won. so we hope tomorrow the two mascots from here can bring home the big prize. so -- >> yeah. >> you know what they're missing. >> what's that? >> the pancake mascot. i have that tonight. >> oh, do you? >> this is carefully crafted stuff here. i have the pancake mascot and the giants, as well. $90 million in the off season. if he pitches like he did tonight, it will be well worth it. game one, highlights next.

good evening. the bay bridge series opens tonight, both hoping to see some better pitch thing than they got in the cactus league. giants today, at&t park, orange and black, more green and gold. it is a family divided right there. angle pagan, makes the sliding jab on a blooper by alonso. five scoreless. billy burns, you'll get nothing and like it. bottom of the fourth, crawford gets the start with chris bassette. two out rbi. in the fifth with liam henriks. buster posey, two outs. josh redick, almost complete

dental work there. 2-0, fans 3-0 giants in the second. look, philly butler, country breakfast rounding into shape. giants nursing a 2-1 lead and sergio ramo comes in and slams the door for the save. -1 giants win. game two is tomorrow. jamie baker and nolan unva veiling a new digital media wall. i'd like to get one those those, bigger than our board. first period, beau horvat with the goal. we're tie at two. but the canucks, a two-on-one. hanson, oh, gripping and ripping. an empty netter makes the final 4-2 vancouver. kol yn kaepernick is still a 49er for now. the deadline today came and went. the guaranteed cap $11.9 million

for the season. the bronco cans are interested, but they reportedly want him to take a pay cut. because his contract was guaranteed for injury and he's coming off three surgeries, it would with make no sense to release him because the niners would still owe him the $11.9 million. pancake to pancake. down goes flap jack. it's moon over miami. oh, he's okay. wrecked brarveth right this. the warriors host the celtics last night. espn at 7:30. they'll set the all-time wins record if they go all the way. that's abc sports brought to you by river rock casino. we're now doing pancake highlights. >> abc 7