abc7 news begins with breaking news. >> the breaking news is in berkeley right now. a person is lodged under an a.c. transit bus this morning. sky 7 is over the scene right now. can you see the bus is still stopped dug the police investigation. >> we want to show you exactly where it is happening. it is at the intersection of shattuck avenue not far from the uc berkeley campus. back to sky 7, a.c. transit said the person was standing near the bus after 10:00 this morning. they had a medical emergency and slipped between that bus and the curb. the person was rescued. they were rushed to a hospital for treatment. >> we will is updates on the

breaking news and make sure to follow us on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> i am natasha zouves. our i am kristen sze. this morning, a controversy is brewing at the east bay school or a planned lgbt appreciate week that not everyone appreciates. amy hollyfield is at the unified school district office with the story. amy? >> there are a group of parents threat being to pull their kids from class when they walk out if they don't get what they want. at high school we found at the love support for lgbt appreciation week. >> it started when students did not like what they heard others say. >> the truth is, we were concerned about hearing words like you are so gay... >> one student decided it was time to educate kids how words are hurtful and came up with the

idea of lgbtq appreciate week in san ramon. the administration sent an e-mail about the curriculum some protested. they created a petition asking it only be a day, not a week. their concern is it would humiliate those who do not agree with the campaign. the school met with parents and agreed to modify the lesson but the week is still on. >> this is a message that peers want get to their peers to snake sure everyone feels comfort am. >> we spoke with dozens of parents. two felt uncomfortable and everyone else supported it. >> i am against it. yes. i don't know how to express it, but it is kind of hard. >> i don't in it is indickist community, but it is not a problem and here we are. >> it is just a good way to

inform the kids of certain issues. >> it is part of society. as we are now. it is good though are aware of itful -- aware of it. the school district is hoping to avoid the walk out saying it is an ongoing and open conversation. the parents have the right to pull their kids out of curriculum they don't agree with. thank you. the santa rosa school district has been slapped with a lawsuit after an alleged sexual assault. a federal pioneer high school student and her mother finalled the lawsuit accusing the district of failing to protect the student who said she was assaulted by a male classmate who previously taunted and took photos of her. the girl claim she complained to officials. first incident. he was arrested after the second incident. >> this morning, santa clara police are investigating a car

vandalism. shocking because of what was left behind, not what was problemmen. here are the details on the potential hate crime. >> a week panic attacks, a week home from work, a week of fear and anger starting with a trip to the car on monday. >> 7:40 and i walked out to the car and in the car i saw it said die [blank] on the windshield. >> they thought the hateful words were a joke but it sunk in. >> i saw the world containing in on me like everyone was out to attack me. >> they broke a dvd and a memorial all in the same handwriting all anti-gay. [ inaudible ] >> guys and smoking, get out of the complex, being gay and smoking is bad for you, do not,

do what god wants. >> he and the landlord called the police, and currently are investigating it as hate claim. he shared his experience on facebook and got support from around the country. >> it was comforting. >> he said he and his husband will not give in to the bully who targeted them. >> i will not allow this type of bigotry or this type of discrimination push me away. >> landlord has been very supportive and will install surveillance cameras around the apartment complex this weekend. if santa clara for abc7 news. >> developing news, in south san francisco, police are teaming up with the san mateo county district attorney to investigate an officer-involved shooting. it happened after 10:15 at a home near irving street. officers were recalled for a report of two men fighting inside the house. one of the men reportedly came out the front door and

brandished a handgun at an officer would then opened fire. that man was not seriously hurt. he was later arrested. >> check this out, police have had a huge marijuana bust. norths officers were serving a warrant on a husband and they uncovered a large scale growiation. this is more than 400 plants were this that were seized with estimated street value of over $375,000. >> developing news in oakland, message crews had to use the jaws of life to rescue a man from a serious crash at fairfax avenue. it appears the driver was speeding going up 100 miles per hour and he lost control and plowed into the pole. he was taken to the hospital with moderate to critical injuries. >> two people killed after crashing the s.u.v. into a fighter jet in the central valley, both from the south bay. this is a picture of a victim.

both are from san jose. the crash happened late wednesday at the name air station south of fresno and the c.h.p. said that the officers were trying to check on a car sparked on the side of road but it took off. the chase began. >> caltrain riders will notice changes starting on monday. they said that it operates at or above 100% of capacity during peak commute times. trains have to wait longer while everyone boards. caltrain is adjusting departure times by a too minutes a train. on monday, an additional bicycle car is added to the trains increasing capacity from 48 bicycles to 72 motorcycle -- bicycles. >> i have been burned so adding the extra car is great. >> they were approves years ago but it has taken now to add the cars. we have the full list of schedule changes at abc7news.com >> sell bay area cities have different sales taxes rate

starting today. the city at half moon bay will see sales tax drop from 9.5 to 9 in south fraction sales tax go up half a percent as a result of voter approved initiative. governor brown is promising to sign legislation that will give california the highest minimum wage. state lawmakers areserved the bill yesterday raiding it the minimum wage to $10.50, and goes up a dollar a year until it reaps $15 an hour in 2022. >> tesla c.e.o. elon musk said the future of electric cars is looking bright. if you missed the reveal here is the new model 3 looks like, the affordable model. there were nearly 200,000 pre-orders in 24 hours. that is about 7.5 billion

dollars in sales. the starting prize is $35,000 and seats five adults with driverry in 2018. the stock is rising on news of the pre-orders with shares trading at $238, up close to 4%. >> expecting of electric car technology it could be the key to a land grant for some city high school students who need your help. it is the last day to vote for winners in the samsung contest. children from the automatic technology program have designed an look politic car solar charging station one of 15 finalists. they need your vote in the race to become one of the five winners with on-line voting underway right new. you have until close of business today to clinch their win. go to abc7news.com. you can cast your vote. >> though need your help.

>> last night was a great warm up, with the opening day near with what the favorite stars are doing to gear up for the new season in new york. >> parents, imagine your child riding a school bus filled with explosives put their by mistake. where it happened and idea government is to blame. >> a new ad for apple with taylor swift. stay tuned. meteorologist mike nicco is saying the blue skies

>> this is not what parents what to go. in virginia explosive material was found on chair piled's school bus left by a k-9 unit doing a training exercise. the students were ride the bus if two days before it was discovered. school officials say the material could not be activated through normal operation of the bus. >> the state that it is in, you would have to have a blasting cap or something to actually make it explode. that was not the case. >> the c.i.a. released a statement saying the explosive material did not pose a danger to any bus passengers. >> president obama announced plans to return to the old stomping ground to make the case for his supreme court nominee, merrick garland. the chicago sun times is reporting that the president will speak to students next week at the university of chicago law

school. president obama taught constitutional law at the school for ten years and started his political career in chicago. merrick garland was born and raised in the windy city and senate republicans are refusing to hold hearings on the nomination. >> personal announcement by university of san francisco coach, the former stanford basketball great is killing out, announcing she is married to her female assistant. the media partner said she made the revelation last night while introducing worse president. in 2011 he was the first high ranking professional sports executive to publicly agency that he is gay. she said his journey inspired her to be authentic and true to herself. >> the weekend is just an the corner right now and we are here to help you plan ahead. >> specifically, the "we," part is mike. >> i will do what i can. the lingering clouds from this morning show we will have a lot of sunshine, a little bit warmer

away from the coast but there are hazards at the coast if you head to the sierra, i will look at the warm weather this, also. >> and what is behind this april fool's day bank

>> novato. oakland. sunnyvale. all the bay area. this is abc7. >> two of our favorite stars stopped by "good morning america" to show some impressive skills. ♪ yeah

>> what about the mascot? lucille from the giants and the lovable mascot was in new york along with stomper from the a's part of mascot madness on "good morning america" for opening day. the preson bay bridge series continues this weekend with the giant and a's tonight and at&t she play in oakland. >> mike? >> sun rolled through the weekend and get up to next week weapon it counts. >> right. >> just bragging. >> year was windy. >> just like yesterday be we will start off with sunny conditions. 56 degrees. first pitch at 7:15. breezes will drop the temperature down to 52. a look at the winds. can you see they are pointing to the east. that is an onshore breeze. it is double digits at sfo. also oakland. concord. fairfield. if you are headed up to the high country, you have a nice tail

end this morning into the afternoon. from mount tamalpais you can see the lingering clouds. we will have a lot of sunshine this afternoon. even the cost has some developed. warmer next week. we have a little bit of a warming trend. especially inland. nothing like 80s. those are coming. the next system bringing wet weather is a week away. 68 in santa cruz. it is sunny. who are 67-71 for santa clara valley. up the peninsula we are 69 in mountain view. millbrae is 62. upper 50s and brisk at the coast. nearly 60 in downtown. and sausalito. mid-60s to upper 60 through most of the north bay valley. warmer from santa rosa to ukiah. east bay shore is richmond at 63 to fremont and castro valley is warmer than everyone else. we will crack the upper 60 to let 70s glue the inland east bay neighbor. the activity planner i talked about issues at the benches.

we have rip currents and sneaker waves today and tomorrow. walking the dog, nothing extreme. sailing we have a west wind at 10-20 miles per hour in the afternoon and early evening. you can see the way -- bay rippling with high tree pollen and u.v. is high. in walnut creek, an area that could get to 70 today as we head to 5:00, the cooling begins and back in the mid-50s to mid-60s. this evening we drop in the low-to-mid 50s. grab the coat. tonight, temperatures in the my 40s to low 50s. on friday, can you see from the morning to the evening, the possibility of a couple of showers. i help the storm system turns out to be bigger than that. the lake tahoe forecast shows 51. we will be in the mid-50s to low 60 and mid-60s next week. that is the same time we will hit 80 inland on tuesday and 80s on wednesday and mid-70s at the coast and the next storm

system draws near on thursday cooling us off and hopefully on friday we get the rain. >> >> you are not done. perfect pet is next. >> kittens. >> google has a prank on gmail for april food's joke with the additional send button. everyone would get your message but they could not respond. pretty funny, right? the backlash was swift. people accidentally insulted a friend and lost their jobs and google has new turned off the mike drop. >> taylor swift is breaking her fans tweeting out a video showing her running on a treadmill and this happens. ♪ i like this ♪ where my left hand ♪ whoa >> that was hard.

did they have sound effects? she is okay. she goes flying east treadmill in a new apple music video singing along and starts with her complain how much she hates cardio, she gets lost in the music and takes a hard fall. april fool's joke? >> shut -- absolutely. absolutely. >> and it is friday so that moans friday's perfect pet. we have five week old kittens that need a home. that is next. their is no joke. can you watch the worse tonight, 68-7 as they face off at oracle arena against the celtics on espn

>> welcome back, herding kittens, we are crying from the humane society. we are here to talk about something special, usually we are trying to adopt pets. you want to talk about kittens because of... >> it is kitten season. when the roses come, so do the kittens. shali materials at this time of year are inundatessed with hundreds of kittens and usually they come in before they are hold enough to be adopted.

they are not old enough to be fixed yet. these kittens are lucky enough to be in a loving foster home, temporary home. >> can you see how well behaved. >> they are living with dogs right new. >> in kidding. >> they get along with the dogs. they will come back to the shoal step in a few weeks. they will then be available. we are looking for other temporary homes for all of the kittens that need that. to be a foster parent you do not have to be home full time. can you set them up. you can certainly if you take them to work that is a plus because they are socialized. you can set them up and come home and check on them and they are fine. >> you have a class on sunday, plus you have a blog on wait means to be a foster and for kids that maybe do not want a pet permanently, but want to help out anyway. >> exactly. >> so we have these five, at least, that are a couple of weeks away and there will be hundreds more so call the humane

society of silicon valley, 408-262-2133. >> five adorable fluff balls and we have been able to focus this whole time that is a testament. >> very special.

>> hi, i'm chris harrison. i believe it was lao tzu who said, "the journey to $1 million begins with a single question." and that journey begins right now on "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic music] ♪ thank you very much. welcome to the show, and who's ready to play "who wants to be a millionaire"? [cheers and applause] i am so excited to meet this contestant. after a life-changing event, today's first contestant made a promise to live life to the fullest. she now says "yes" to everything, and i love that, and i love that that's how she got here today. from new york city, please welcome jen awe. [cheers and applause] hi, jen. >> hi. >> how you doing? >> great. nice to see you. >> so good to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> i've been excited about this. tell me, what was this life-changing event?