live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> for first time we see the offensive text this former san francisco police officer is accused of sending. the messages target every category of race, culture and sexual orientation. i am christian. >> i am reggie aqui. >> san francisco public defender is holding a news conference on the just released text. they are so upsetting most we cannot show you on tv. our reporter is in the newsroom. they part of a larger investigation? >> that is right. they were discovered by citizen as part a san francisco police department into a sexual assault allegation against officer jason lai made by a woman last year.

cnn obligated dozens of the text and many are disturb or disgusting to raise. racive, homophobic, offensive aiming at social groups across across the spectrum saying african perns "are like a pack of animals on the loose," and "too bad none of them died one throws worry about." indians are disgusting, and kill the bums. another classifies everyone in san francisco's tenderloin as drug dealers. these t and others just as bad or worst, discovered on the personal cell phone of san francisco police officer jason lai. he resigned from the department early this month. his attorney told cnn the t are not reflective of who he is. cnn reports two exchanges appear to involve other officers but

their names are blocked in the document cnn obtained. a code is used to describe an encounter with a saturdayent "passive aggressive 528," and that is the code for a fire and cnn means that is used to describe gay officers as flaming. this is the second time in so many years the san francisco police department has been the subject of a texting scandal. the first prompted a review of 1,600 cases to see in there was bias policing. a dozen cases were tossed out. the district attorney said that hundreds of new cases may now need to be reviewed. >> the chief told cnn he has no tolerance for biased officer and is working to get the department to a "better place." today, a san francisco police department spokesman called them "old news." >> the police texting scandal along with shootings involving officers have activists calling

for the chief suhr and mayor lee to step down. protesters continue a hunger strike, some are in the 7th day of not eating. a rally is held outside the police station today at 5:30. police have threatened to arrest and cite protesters. berkeley police department relationship with the community will take center stage again at a meeting today. after the violence during the december 2014 black lives matter protest organizations made suggestions for police on how to grab practices. this is video from one of demonstrations. so far the department has added body cameras and developed a racial sensitivity training program. berkeley city council is calling a special meeting to discuss other possible updates starting at 5:30. >> neighbors are reacting to the bloody killings of a couple in their san jose home. the couple were found dead by friends on sunday. the police are looking for killer as they process

disturbing details about the crime scene. matt? >> yes, i checked with san jose police and they say homicide detectives have yet to make an arrest. at the white house, flowers have been placed in front of the garage, and neighbors say the rabbis were nice, kind and generous and looked out for everyone in the neighborhood. the bodies of golam and shamima rabbi were found on sunday, both slot at least once. it does not appear to be ran democrat. a group of grands entered the home when family had not heard from them in a few days. a message was written in ink on the floor "sorry, my first kill was clumsy." we spoke to several neighbors and the rabbis were good people who lived here a long-term. >> nice people. normal family. >> shocked to find out about the violent crime? >> absolutely. >> he was an engineer and his

wife was an accountant. the sons, ages 17 and 21 were not over over the weekend and people are not commenting on other details in the case. >> thank you. highway one is open in san mateo after a deadly accident that closed both directions for hours. the accident happened before 3:30 this morning on highway one near the devil's slide trail. c.h.p. officers say a driver lost control and got ejected. the man's body helped up in the middle of highway one. sky 7 was overhead before the road opened at 6:30, with no word on the cause of the driver to lose control. >> alameda police have arrested this man accused of shooting two store clerks over the weekend. the man faces attempted homicide charges. the shooting happened april 16. at park street. a worker told abc7 that the suspect vandalized the store with graffiti in the past.

the two victims suffered non-life threatening injuries. >> the search is underway for the man on crime wanted for a deadly shooting at a south san francisco park, 20-year-old christian omar cruz from a previous mug shot. he was seen running from the park carrying a gun after two men were shot yesterday afternoon. police found one man dead and another man was hurt. two schools and a community center were locked down while police were searching the area for cruz. >> police are investigating a woman busted by a nanny camera hitting and shaking a baby in her care. the officers went to the home on bordeaux court after being called bit parents of a ten-month-old girl yesterday. the paper told the officers they caught the nanny abusing their daughter. the police have arrested 23 -year-old from antioch and we are told she worked for the family for a few months. >> a mean social media account is getting police involved in an east bay high school after

tweets made fun of students' looks and made racial slurs and sexual comments. one student said that there may have been more fights because of the tweets. the school principal is taking action. >> it was announced that anyone was involved in the gossip page or connecting with it, they would be suspended and could be arrested. >> livermore police say they were asked to dispatch extra officers to campus in case the gossip sparked violence. >> two san francisco supervisors will hold a news conference to discuss growing safety concerns after fire break out at the same market building for the third time in less than two years. the fire department shared this video of the fire last night at 22nd and mission street. the building was declared unlivable after a raging fire in january of 2015. one person was killed and dozens were forced from their homes.

fire damaged the building again last in. it is in the process of being dismantled. >> today, people in two parts of the bay area could be allowed to ease up on drought restrictions. east bay mud senators alameda and contra costa county, and they will vote whether to drop fines for those who use excessive amendments of water. the wet winter has boosted the water 80%. in the south day, dan clear will decide in they will reduce water conservation goals. right new customers are asked to cut water use by 30% that could be cut in half for the rest of the the year. >> the wise are practicing a they gear up for the showdown with the rockets, without steph curry. the m.p. and warriors learned he will miss the rest the first round series against houston with an police officer showing he has a knee sprain, but the milder kind of knee sprain. steph curry will be reevaluated

in two weeks. the warriors can advance with a win foam night but steph curry will likely miss four games in the next round, as well. the warriors lead the series against houston 3-1 and need one mother win to take the series. game 5 is tomorrow at oracle arena and in there is a game six it will be friday in houston and a game 7 woulden back in oakland on sunday. >> a monster on the move that you have to see to believe, a whale of a job to get this beloved sculpture back to berkeley. we will take you along for the homecoming. >> kelly ripa returns and what she had to say about the news that has so many talking. stay tuned. i drive to the hoop.

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>> the abc7 news app on the go on your schedule. on one scene. all the weather and traffic and news that lives where you live. >> a whale of a job completed this morning. this 3,000 pound sculpture has undergone a massive restoration and this is video of the delicate work and is back home at uc berkeley lawrence hall of science. that is where our reporter is joining us. what a journey. >> she is finally home. pulling in to lawrence hall of science this morning after a six

week long absence. the man with the distinct honor of giving the whale a ride said it was a nerve wracking assignment. >> especially around the tight corners in berkeley and all of the people. that is: just careful. >> the 50' long whale was halled to berkeley from richmond where she had repairs. >> people love her. when she got worn out we put out the word we need help and hundreds of people responded. araiseed a lot of money to get her fixed. she is going to be here another 40 years. >> here is what she is usually doing letting children crawl all over her in the plaza. she so loved by children, that the first thing the driver did after delivering her was take a picture for his grandchildren. i thought it was me. i love this stuff. >> she has been here 40 years.

i have been here more than that. my children grew up crawling on the whale. they have part of the community. >> part two of the tricky operation, look what they are doing behind me: they have to move her into the plaza, a delicate operation considering she does weigh 3,000 pounds. they were nervous when she traveled down the interstate. they are glad they made it safely. tomorrow morning at 9:30 a ribbon-cutting ceremony open to the public. children are welcome to crawl on her again and welcome her back home. >> she looks great. five states are holding presidential primaries today. we have video showing voters heading to the poll in connecticut, delaware, pennsylvania, maryland and rhode island and hillary clinton and donald trump are expected to win big. ted cruz and john kasich are working together now to stop trump. they are looking forward to the indiana primary where kasich

will concede the state to cruz. >> new information this morning on the death of pop icon prince, the late musician's sister has confirmed what many suspected, he did not have a will. the sister asked a court to appoint a special administrator to oversee the estate which is valued at $27 million in prosecute. his fortune, however, is much larger than that, given the hundreds of millions he earned from record companies and concert venues. >> springtime ritual in san jose: the banding of the falcon chicks. >> we have a cool spot to show you the hard work going on at the event. >> good morning, i am tracking the spring showers and some 90-degree heat coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> kelly ripa runs to "live," with her message after so many questions about her abs

>> dublin, leg, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> new details of the baby eagles born last month at the national arboretum in washington, dc. their names are revealed, 36,000 voted were cast. the winning names are: freedom and liberty. the eaglets are six weeks old. they should leave the next for the first time in five weeks. >> kristen, you have the eagles and i have the falcons, the ultimate gender reveal. we found out that falcon mother clara and the father, fernando

are the proud parents of a baby boy and girl. they hatched this month. biologists went to great lengths for determines sex. he went down the roof of the city hall building, 40' drop into the nest and the chicks were banded so researches can track them. >> glad they did the rappeling now because tomorrow the weather could be more dicey outside. >> could be the we may need the umbrellas as april showers are on way. good morning, everyone, we will look at what has happened this morning, so far it has been a gentle morning. you may have noticed subtle changes as the high clouds rolled in and it is hazy. we have more humidity in the air today and a few fine particulates but,ing in to be concerned with on either end, justin joy the calmness the winds are 10 miles per hour at sfo and half moon bay and less than that elsewhere but they will pick up at 20 help -- 20-30

along the coast. the high clouds are are ragged and that is the key tomorrow. the moisture is beginning to be lacking with this storm. it is unfortunate. as you know we could use some more. right new we are still in the upper 50s in san mateo and san francisco and half moon bay at 54. the rest of us in the low-to-mid 60s but antioch is 69. from mount tamalpais you can see the haze and high clouds. partly cloudy. breezy. showers tomorrow. a thunderstorm is possible. and the 90s are coming this weekend. as far as today, we are far, far away from that, 60 at half moon bay and san francisco is 62, and mid-to-upper 60s elsewhere until you are inland east bay low-to-mid 70s and if you going to the game at at&t park, we hope we can get another win in, the weather is the same but not so windy at 58 at 7:15 dropping to 55 by the time the game is over and temperatures are milder when you step outside tomorrow morning because of the cloud cover and the extra

humidity, upper 40s to mid-50s. our storm-impact scale ranking all of our storms since they began in october and all the way through now, we will continue to do that as long as they keep coming out. this is light with scattered showers and light are rain. at 4:00 in the morning, starting the commute with scattered showers. maybe a break after that. more showers developing in the afternoon. and early evening. if you are caught under these, the winds and brief heavy rain and small hail. look how sporadic the rainfall is with some receiving nothing and others town a quarter-inch. tomorrow, across the poor, it will be our coolest day with 50s and 60s. notice on thursday, friday, 60s at the coast, and 70s around the bay and 80s inland and by sunday and monday, 70s at the cost and 80s around the bay and inland neighborhoods click on the air conditioning

in, unfortunately. >> new this morning, kelly ripa could not be more proud of her co-host michael strahan on the full time mood to "good morning america" after returning this morning to "live," for the first time since last tuesday leaving a few days before a planned vacation last week when it was announced that michael was leaving the show for "good morning america". >> the show of support has been overwhelming and i needed a couple of days to gather my thoughts at 26 years with this company i earn the right. and be honest, i know half of you called in sick to be be here. >> michael is not leaving her side just yet, the two will be here for five more months. "live," kicks off the search when the new season begins in the hall and you can watch

weekdays at 9:00 a.m. right here. >> a california woman learned a very important lesson during a recent trip to florida, a lesson, watch your fingers. her reaction is

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>> today yet another player will be attempting that nerve-racking, white-knuckle climb from $500 all the way to $1 million. their quest starts right now on "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic music] ♪ [cheers and applause] hey, everybody, i'm chris harrison. welcome to the show. are you guys ready to play "millionaire" today? [cheers and applause] all right, me too. our first contestant is a 19-year-old who is nothing but persistent: in school, in life, and on twitter, actually. let's see if that will help her today. from jersey city, new jersey, please welcome elle rose. [cheers and applause] >> hi! >> hey, elle. how you doing? >> hi! i'm so happy to be here. [applause] hi. >> not only are you persistent on twitter,