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good morning to you, it's saturday, february 11, i'm cornell barnard in for chris nguyen. let's start with a quick look at the weather and here's meteorologist lisa argen. >> hey there, cornell. good morning to you. you heard about the dry weather on tap but we still have a few showers up here in the north bay. live doppler 7 you can see just a little bit of precipitation around santa rosa and this will quickly be evaporating. we will be left with building high pressure that will allow for not only sunny skies but mild temperatures. it is 42 degrees in livermore, 47 in san francisco, mountain view, and san mateo. 43 up in napa and from the golden gate bridge, we just have a little bit of patchy fog up around the bay. otherwise, look for 50s by noontime this afternoon, upper 50s to mid 60s and how long this
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dry weather last? we do have rain in the seven day outlook. i'll have that coming up. we've got breaking news out of milpitas this morning where police are investigating a possible shooting death that took place at the elara apartment complex on south main street. police responded to a stolen vehicle call. that caller said a man had gotten out of the car with weapons and ran into the apartment complex. officers thought they heard gunshots as they arrived, then saw a car speeding out of the parking structure. they pursued it, the car crashed, the driver taken into custody. police searched the parking structure and found a dead body there. no other details have been released this morning. the fight continues to keep a 100-year-old woman in her san francisco home. sheriff's deputies evicted iris canada from her home yesterday. canada said she had no warning the eviction was going to take place but san francisco sheriff vicky hensy said canada wasn't
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even living in the apartment. abc7 news reporter elisa has the story. >> reporter: protesters confronted the sheriff outside her office after deputies carried out a court order to evict a 100-year-old woman from her home. the battle over iris canada's apartment has dragged on for months. the owners granted her life estate but things soured when they say she stopped living there full-time and she refused to sign a document to allow the building to be converted to condos. the threat of eviction sparked ugly protests by tenant rights groups. this week, a judge approved the eviction, and friday, the locks were changed. >> so they locked out a 100-year-old woman, locked all her medication in the apartment, they locked her wheelchair in the apartment. the woman is locked out. >> we don't want to evict anybody and especially somebody that's 100 years old. >> reporter: the sheriff says she's following the court's
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order. >> throughout this whole process, she's been offered services. she has -- including the adult protective agency. we've also, it's been my understanding from the very beginning, she did not need or want those services because she is in the care of her niece. >> reporter: canada's niece also named iris denies this. >> whose responsibility is she now? how does she get her medication? >> reporter: she insists her aunt has lived in san francisco since the 1940s and has been left on the streets. >> what do we do now? this is a life or death situation and you have just handed her a death sentence. >> reporter: she says the fight is not over. their attorney is filing an appeal. abc7 news. . the lanes of highway 17 are open in the santa cruz mountains where the rick risk of dangerous falling debris has caused problems for weeks. the northbound lanes remain closed indefinitely. the rain yesterday exposed
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another problem on a road not far away. >> reporter: the earth opened up, swallowing a large chunk of highway 35 after a washout in santa clara county. sky7 was above the crater as crews inspected the damage. the roadway is closed indefinitely in both directions until the county figures out how to fix it. engineers face a similar problem on highway 17 in santa cruz county. >> you can see a little bit of movement. >> reporter: caltrans shut down the busy highway in both directions near vine hill road, fearing another slide. >> there's so much saturated earth that's up top. they've been trying to remove it and remove it, but the danger is if the top part comes down, the slide, it could go right into the southbound lane. >> reporter: about eight miles of roadway remain closed while geologists track the movement with sensors. this is a dangerous area where slides took out a truck earlier this week and hit an abc7 news van last month. >> each time we've been very fortunate.
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there have been cars that have been hit but the drivers have walked away. we received new pictures of a worker who was killed thursday trying to clear the slide. a truck ran over robert gill, a 54-year-old man from las banos. he was working alongside his son at the time. his employer, graniterock, set up a you caring page that's raised money for his family. a busy roadway in marin county will remain closed for two more weeks. highway 37 in novato yesterday, it continually floods over near atherton avenue. caltrans spokesman bob hoss explains why. >> two privately owned levies gave way. they broke and the water's been rushing through so the road just goes down into a depressed area and it's completely flooded out. at the deepest point, it's four feet deep. it looks like a boat launch. we are pumping as much of the water out as we can. >> short-term solutions include
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more pavement to bring the roadway up and installing bigger pipes. caltrans wants to work with the county on a long-term solution. a warning now if your weekend plans include a trip to lake tahoe. a landslide closed interstate 80 for ten hours yesterday. the driver of the jeep is okay. caltrans reopened i-80 eastbound at colfax. highway 50 also remains closed in both directions just east of pollack pines. governor jerry brown has requested federal disaster assistance from president trump to help the state recover from storm damage caused last month. there are several major highways that are still damaged and shut down because of the flooding and mudslides from those january storms. a reminder, stay on top of the weather and the damage from recent storms with the abc7 news
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app. download the app for free and enable push alerts to get breaking news updates as they happen. new details now in a story we brought you thursday night. the armed robbery of a girl scout cookie stand. union city police released the sketch of a suspect. they say he is between 16 and 19 years old. on wednesday, police say he went up to a 12-year-old girl and her mother in front of the safeway on dakoto road. he showed a gun, stole their cash, and ran away. president trump made news on board air force one yesterday when he hinted about his next move regarding his controversial travel ban. as abc7 news reporter katie marzullo explains, this is adding to the confusion now facing many bay area families. >> we also have a lot of other options including just filing a brand-new order on monday. >> reporter: from air force one, president trump said a new executive order on travel restrictions could be coming. >> we need speed for reasons of security.
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>> reporter: immigration attorney said it's a good idea from a legal perspective. >> if he is truly afraid of immigrants from these countries, and acyclelies and refugees, then the thing to do is go back and recraft the executive order. >> reporter: she said the first order was too broad and she does not believe the immigrants and refugees affected by it are a threat to the united states. billy is caught in the middle of the confusion. he recently sponsored his mother-in-law's visa from yemen. you he has no idea what's happening with her case. >> all of a sudden, you get an order to stop. so, what he would do with that would put it back and start all over. >> reporter: another twist. this one from the 9th circuit court of appeals. an unnamed judge is asking if the entire 11-judge court should review the panel decision. >> there might be dissenting viewpoints or concurring viewpoints where they say, yes, we agree with you but for
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different reasons. >> reporter: it's another level of uncertainty. in san jose, katie marzullo, abc7 news. lisa's here and i've never been so happy to see the sun again. >> i know. we had some yesterday. felt pretty good. we do have a few sprinkles out there right now. you're probably going to sleep right through them. they won't amount to much. exploratorium camera 47, we're looking at low 40s inland, we'll talk about how much sun and warmth is on the way before the rain comes back. tensions between mexico and the united states heating up, why mexico is now warning its citizens living here to take precautions. but first, burning cars ask thick block smoke, the
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good morning, our sutro cam working a little overtime this morning, bringing you this gorgeous shot of san francisco and for the first time in a long time, nice to say that there's no rain in the forecast, at least not in the foreseeable future but lisa argen will be along with the forecast. health inspectors found several serious violations at a richmond autoyard where more than 200 cars were destroyed in december. the county has found three new violations, including an open hazardous waste container found underneath a car crusher. investigators do not believe the violations caused the fire. in fact, they may never determine the cause. mexico has issued a warning to all its citizens living in the u.s., take precautions following thursday's deportation of a mother in arizona. there were no more details, but as abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez explains, mexico has been asking people to have their
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papers in order. >> reporter: the mexican government felt it was necessary to warn its citizens living in the u.s. after an arizona mother of two was deported on thursday. it did the same in november after the presidential election. mexicans living in the u.s. are being asked to have their papers and documents in order. this lady came to renew her mexican passport. what are your concerns? >> my kids. my kids and my family. that's all. >> reporter: the mexican government points out those who don't have dual citizenship should begin the process now. passport offices have seen an increase in the number of applications. and it's not only mexicans applying. >> all just coming in and saying, we want our passports not tomorrow, we want it now. >> reporter: in the case of the arizona mother, she had been arrested and convicted in 2008 for using a fake social security number. >> i.c.e. did what the laws and the procedures of the immigration laws of this country have prescribed for us. >> reporter: immigration custom enforcement, i.c.e., said her
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case underwent review at multiple levels of the court system, including the board of immigration appeal and the judges held she did not have a legal basis to remain in the u.s. regardless, many mexicans fear anyone can now be a target. [speaking spanish]. >> reporter: of course i'm afraid, says this san francisco mother, but if i have to leave, my daughter will come with me. in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. an emotional arrival yesterday at san jose international airport involved a 17-year-old refugee from eritria who came to stay with a foster family. we're blurring her face to protect her identity. the teen burst into tears after being greeted by a friend she made in ethiopia. >> they want to say hi. they want to welcome. let them know this is going to be okay, they're having a great time here, they're doing well,
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just to make sure they feel better. >> the teen lived at a refugee camp for many years. her arrival was delayed by president trump's executive order on refugees. a martinez man who has been in custody for white-collar crimes is speaking only with abc7 news about the new and serious offenses he's facing. he's accused of conspiring with other inmates to put hits out on witnesses against him. the 39-year-old was originally arrested in 2013 related to his work as a manager at a martinez recycling company. in late 2014, a grand jury indicted him on ten additional felonies for allegedly soliciting two fellow inmates turned informants to murder nine people. >> it's completely false. >> reporter: is there a hit list? >> the hit list that they made in their own handwriting. >> but according to prosecutors, there was a hit list, and proposed methods included staged car accidents, drug overdoses and robberies that had gone bad.
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waldo's trial starts tuesday. he has chosen to represent himself. a celebrity lawyer is now involved in the case of san francisco's tilting, sinking sky a scraper. we've covered the millennium tower several times. homeowners are not happy seeing their property values drop as the problems with the building become public. abc7 news reporter kate larson looks at this new lawyer's main goal. >> reporter: amongst telling cracks along the mission street sidewalk, attorneys meet outside san francisco's millennium tower to discuss a lawsuit they intend to file soon. the puddles and pits, a reminder the tower is subsided at least 16 inches since it was completed in 2009. >> the goal of the lawsuit is very simple. to get the money from the responsible parties to fix this building. >> reporter: the millennium homeowner's association hydroa well known trial attorney to
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litigate their case. the homeowners largely blame the poor design of the building for the problems. >> you do trust a builder to do the right thing and to do the safe thing. and it appears that that trust has been violated in this case and that's what we're going to vindicate. >> reporter: the hoa board hired petrocelli who successly represented the goldman family in the wrongful death civil duty against o.j. simpson and most recently represented donald trump in several cases involving trump university but some homeowners do not think peelts peelts is the best lawyer for the case. >> we would want to have a construction defect attorney, someone who's got the knowledge and the experience to be able to try this very complicated case. we're not looking for an attorney and we don't believe in an attorney that has a high-profile that's going to win that case for us. >> reporter: dodson is in a group of 50 unit owners who filed a separate lawsuit for
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fraud against millennium partners, city partners, saying they all knew about the building's defects before they sold the units. expect 15 to 20 minute delays on b.a.r.t. today if you are taking the pittsburg bay point line between concord and pleasant hill contra costa center stations. crews will be removing a try starting at 6:00 a.m. the speed will be restricted during that time for worker safety. restrictions should be lifted by 3:00 p.m. good morning, everyone. well, we do have some sprinkles to talk about on live doppler 7. you can see them in the last three hours. this is a loop, but they're moving through quickly. it has to do with weak boundary layer that be pushing south of the area and it will allow for high pressure to build in. but in the north bay, if you are traveling or out this early, yes, there's some showers from marin county around forest
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knolls and mill valley and off the coast and around davenport so hopefully you don't run into any of these. but the bigger picture shows pressure offshore. this will allow for plenty of sunshine today, tomorrow, and into monday. it is 45 degrees here over in the east bay, around mt. diablo, 43 in pleasanton and we wide tennessee vien the view. 39, though, in los gatos, so 11 days, yes, that is where we are in february. it has rained every single day. so we are looking at not only a wet start but the percentage of normal just out of control for santa rosa over 46 inches of rain, and that makes you 203% of normal as we go down the list, san jose at 127% of normal, that's almost 12 inches of rain for the season. so, in between, yeah, doing quite all right. we could go with several dry days but there is more rain in the forecast. so, we will hope for the
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saturated ground to dry out just a little bit. here's a look at the golden gate bridge and isolated morning shower, then dry and sunny for this weekend, looking at rain returning the middle of the week. we may even have to bump that up to tuesday. so, looking at highs today in the low 60s, beautiful afternoon, this is where we should be for this time of year, plenty of sunshine, look for 64 today in concord, 61 in fremont, 62 in san jose. so if you're going to the chinese new year parade at 3:00 this afternoon, trkd be about 60 degrees. 6:00, clear sky, 57, and the sunset, 5:45, looking at 9:00, the temperature still pretty nice at 54 degrees. we're going to fast forward this to wednesday night where around 9:00, we are looking at cloudy conditions and the rain pushing down from the north bay so it will look for a rainy evening overnight on wednesday into thursday, 8:00, looks like we're still wet but by friday, this system looks to push out of the bay area.
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so the accuweather 7 day forecast, here's what we're looking at today, sunny and mild numbers from the upper 50s to mid 60s, both today and tomorrow but you could see that isolated shower this morning. the mild pattern continues on monday with a few passing clouds, temperatures near 70 for tuesday. here comes the cloud cover on wednesday, some sprinkles late and then by thursday, looks like a 2 now on our storm impact scale, wet and breezy conditions and looks like it should be ending by friday and you can always download our abc7 news app and get those push alerts that will help you navigate and see what's up and what changes are coming. >> this weekend looks great. >> still february, though. >> i was getting downright cranky with all the rain. >> even my animals have just had it. >> like enough. okay. we deserve this rain -- the sunshine, for sure. thanks, lisa. just ahead, a big milestone for one of the world's largest exhibitions of books. where you can find thousands of antique books and talk to
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caring for a pet can be super expensive, so many people just don't adopt pets. what if you could get a pet that was guaranteed not to have any vet bills? well, you can. "7 on your side's" michael finney explains the idea behind trust fund cats.
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>> i love when she cuddles. >> reporter: linda kline is talking about her cat, angel, which she adopted about a year ago. >> she loves to cuddle in my lap, and the company is great for me. >> reporter: linda lives on a fixed income ask never thought she would be able to afford a cat. but she wanted one so badly, she would surf the internet and dream. >> one day, i couldn't resist looking on pet finder, lo and behold, i saw something i'd never seen before. a cat with a trust fund. >> reporter: that's right. angel here is a trust fund kitty. >> people without pets are going to make fun of it. people that adore their pets are going to go, oh my god, i've got to get one. >> reporter: sara owns kitty charm school. on the side, she works to find lost cats and place found cats into loving homes. some have trust funds. >> i was gifted a cat that had a
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severe bladder condition, and potentially bladder cancer, and that family left me $20,000 because they wanted to make sure that this cat was forever taken care of. and she was young enough that she could live another ten years. >> reporter: that cat was angel. her trust fund has paid for all her vet bills and even covered the cost of this safety screen in linda's apartment. no money is paid directly to linda. there isn't a clearinghouse for trust fund animals so if you're interested in adopting one, you need to ask animal advocates and check at local shelters and if you love your pet, sara says you should set up a trust. >> you want to make sure you have somebody that really understands your feelings, that you've talked to them in advance and you put your feelings in writing and then leave them whatever you can. >> reporter: which takes us back to linda and angel. >> i never knew such a thing existed. i felt like a miracle had happened for me. i think it's wonderful.
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>> reporter: for more information and a chance to adopt your own trust fund kitties, go to my facebook page. this weekend is the 50th annual book fair. thousands of book lovers, book dealers and scholars came together at the oakland marriott city center yesterday for day one. it's recognized as one of the world's largest exhibitions of rare and antique books. it's a great opportunity to browse and buy books from around the world. tickets are $15. the book fair continues through tomorrow. still to come, angry voters showing up at town hall meetings. why some members of congress have been forced to cancel. plus there was a call to action for those who attended the women's marches last month. now what one woman says she is inspired to do and how she hopes others will -- how she hopes i
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we're starting this half hour with a look at the weather. here's meteorologist lisa argen. good morning. good morning to you, cornell. live doppler 7, we've been advertising the sunny skies and you see green on the screen. we do have a few showers out there. we are looking at these to push through early so around san rafael, marin, yes, a few isolated sprinkles and off the central coast there, the san mateo coast, but offshore, high pressure is building, that's a dry weather regime for today, tomorrow, into monday, possibly through tuesday. it is 42 in livermore, 40 in los gatos, 43 in napa and looking ahead, sunny skies for our sunrise at 7:03, low to mid 50s, maybe some upper 50s by noontime and how about mid 60s this afternoon. plenty of sunshine, how many dry days do we have in our future? well, not seven. i'll explain in our seven-day outlook. lisa, thank you. president trump is vowing to press ahead with his plan for
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what he calls extreme vetting of those who might be terrorists. despite two big setbacks in court, he's suggesting a new executive order could come as soon as monday. here's abc news senior white house correspondent. >> reporter: the president alongside one of america's strongest allies extending a big welcome to japan's prime minister. >> prime minister abe, on behalf of the american people, i welcome you to the very famous white house. >> reporter: but at their joint press conference, the big question for president trump, what's next after that ruling. the three-judge panel refusing to reinstate his controversial travel ban. the president promising to continue fighting in the courts. >> and ultimately, i have no doubt that we'll win that particular case. >> reporter: but he is also making it clear he's not waiting on the courts. >> we'll be doing something very rapidly, having to do with additional security for our country. you'll be seeing that sometime next week. >> reporter: later on air force one, the president talking to
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reporters. >> but we also have a lot of other options, including just filing a brand-new order on monday. >> reporter: a white house official tells abc7 news that is exactly what the administration is working on right now. an order related to terror that addresses some of the concerns raised by the court. the white house also keenly aware that the president's own past statements could be used against him in the court battle over the travel ban. comments like these. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> reporter: the president striking a different tone. >> we will allow lots of people into our country that will love our people and do good for our country. it's always going to be that way, at least during my administration, i can tell you that. >> reporter: diplomatic words on a day when the president's international outreach was on
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full display. in the oval office, a very longhand shake with the japanese prime minister who will spend the weekend with the trumps at their winter white house, mar-a-lago. new this morning, president trump said in his weekly radio address that his administration is committed to america's security. >> which is why we will continue to fight to take all necessary and legal action to keep terrorists, radical and dangerous extremists from ever entering our country. we will not allow our generous system of immigration to be turned against us as a tool for terrorism and truly bad people. we must take firm steps today to ensure that we are safe tomorrow. we will defend our country, protect our constitution, and deliver real prosperity for our people. >> mr. trump also said that he met this week with law enforcement officials from
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around the country and pledged he and his newly sworn in u.s. attorney general, sessijeff ses, will stand with him. there are new questions about michael flynn. he denied reports that he had discussed sanctions with russia's foreign minister just as the obama administration was putting them in place. now he's accused of misleading the public, even the vice president, about his conversations with the russian ambassador to the united states. on the very day in december that president obama imposed sanctions on russia, from meddling in the election, flynn told the russian ambassador the incoming trump administration would review those sanctions. elected officials and cabinet members are feeling a backlash from angry voters. newly confirmed education secretary betsy devos was blocked from entering a washington, d.c., school and some members of congress have been forced to cancel town hall meetings. abc7 news reporter mary bruce is on capitol hill with more. >> you do not represent anything
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that they stand for. >> reporter: a rough start for the new education secretary, betsy devos. protesters physically blocking her way as she tries to enter a d.c. public school. a security agent escorting her back to her car. >> shame! shame! >> reporter: devos is one of president trump's most controversial cabinet picks. confirmed by the senate only after the vice president cast a historic tie breaking vote. she's been criticized for never attending public school or teaching at one. but she's not the only one feeling heat. frustration with washington spilling out in town halls across the country. republican congress members facing the backlash. in utah, republican congressman jason chaffetz met with boos. chaffetz led some of those investigations into hillary clinton, posting this picture shaking hands with her on inauguration day with the caption, so pleased she is not
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the president. now confronting 1,000 fed-up voters, angry with the new administration. >> given the choice that was before us, by far, donald trump was the better choice. >> reporter: similar scenes playing out from tennessee. to illinois and georgia. in california, congressman tom mccling tock coming out but with police protection. the common thread, concerns about obamacare and what might replace it. >> and you want to take away this coverage and have nothing to replace it with. how can i trust you to do anything that's in our interests at all? >> reporter: we asked the house speaker. >> are you concerned that you need to not just present a plan but sell it to the american people quickly? >> look, we cherish the first amendment and people who are concerned and anxious, we want them to know that we want to listen to their concerns. we're going to be going out and talking about what our plan is. >> reporter: mary bruce, abc7 news washington.
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a banner welcoming immigrants and refugees at a cupertino church is standing tall again after being vandalized. this is a photo of the back of the sign in front of the st. jude's episcopal church. you can see on the metal pole on the left side that someone bent earlier this week. it's now been repaired. this banner is actually a replacement of the original which was put up by the church in december but stolen in early january. >> if you don't like the message, come and talk to us. we talk about having courageous conversations. we don't necessarily all agree on everything in this church. but we know that we want to try to figure out ways to talk to each other. so, come and talk. >> jacobson says the sign was originally put up at the recommendation of parishioners and overall, they have received very positive feedback from the community. feeling resolved, one woman says the san francisco women's march inspired her to do more. as abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow shows us, she's leading
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the way for other women as well. >> reporter: inside this home. >> i wanted to do this event as a easy entry point into civic engagement. >> reporter: she invited 80 women. >> a lot of us are feeling like we're not doing enough. >> reporter: to do more with a pen and a postcard. >> and i'm concerned about reproductive rights. here's why. my body, my choice. it is going to be so important to stick to these principles for as long as 45 is in office. >> pleat represent your constituents' wishes. >> no matter what they're feeling, there's probably somebody in this room that is feeling the same way. >> reporter: she felt inspired after attending the women's march in san francisco. the first of ten actionable items suggested by organizers was to write postcards to congressmen. >> we could sit at home and do it on our own but doing it together and knowing we're all in this together really helps us push forward at a time where
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things are very dark and painful for many of us. >> reporter: guided by a few tips hung on the wall, including to write whatever touches your heart. she says she hopes each woman here discovers her voice. >> it is not so daunting to be engaged in local, national, or state politics. >> i feel like we do make a difference, ultimately. >> reporter: one box full of postcards at a time. in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. still ahead on abc7 morning, something in sunlight could help stop the threat of age-related diseases like altamont pass. we'll explain why this video is evidence that it really works. here's the live look from our abc7 roof cam. gorgeous shot of the bay bridge there and a beautiful weekend. been a while since i've been able to
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san francisco giants fans get to celebrate their love for the team. head to at&t park for the 24th annual giants fan fest. free event offers fans exclusive access to the field, photos with some of their favorite players and tours of the team's clubhouse. attending fans will also get first dibs on this year's single game tickets. lines will be long so get to the park early. fan fest starts at 10:00 a.m. and ends at 3:00. and it should be a great day for that, right? >> that's right. plenty of sunshine. we have a lot of flood warnings in the sacramento region, with a lot of rivers and creeks still rising and one sonoma county until 2:40 this afternoon but otherwise, we are looking at more sunshine and dry weather
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for not only the weekend but into a portion of next week. right now, from our emeryville camera, temperatures are in the 40s around the bay but yet we do have a few sprinkles to talk about this morning, mainly in the north bay. i'll detail the full accuweather forecast in just a few minutes. also next, draymond green makes nba history and only scored two buckets. it was thievery at its finest in memphis. abc7 news sports direct ear larry beil has the highlights comi gus is a handful. we don't know what this thing is, but someday, gus will because this is the thing that gus will build that will change the world. and this is the thing that could change gus' world. gus doesn't know what this thing is, but we know what this thing is. this is the thing we'll help gus get rid of.
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coverage starts at 5:00 p.m. that's followed by "after the game" with larry beil, mike shulaman, and former warrior adonal foyle. last night, draymond green made history against the grizzlies. larry beil explains in this morning's sports. goorngs, everybody. draymond green scored only 4 points last night but became the first player in nba history with a rare triple-double, skising of rebounds, assists, and steals in memphis. it was defensive draymond who came to play. in the first quarter, draymond with a take away leads to a klay co thompson three. steph curry in the corner, gets hit on the shot, four-point play, dubs up 7 after one, curry on the ninth. draymond had seven steals in the first half. seven. rips it away from marcus saul and throwing it down.
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dubs up 13 at the break and the steal here gives green a warriors' franchise record ten steals, amazing, as draymond becomes the first player in nba history with a triple-double without the points. 12 boards, 10 assists, 10 steals, warriors win 122-107. here's draymond before heading off for kevin durant's return to okc. >> any time you can be the only one of something in the nba history, of something good, i think it's amazing. >> that's his dominant performance as i've ever seen from somebody who scored 4 points. so, remarkable. >> jack del rio had a pretty remarkable season with the raiders, had two years left on his original contract but after a 12-4 season and a return to the playoffs, the team has attorney up his contract and given him a new deal. jack certainly a part of the raiders foundation of success.
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the pebble beach pro am continuing. bill murray feeling amorous, a little kissy for you. jordan spieth playing spy glass, even under 65 at minus 10 tied for firth first. not everybody finished round 2 so they're starting this morning at t a.m. giants fan fest today, free, less than two weeks away from pitchers and catchers report, including buster posey, he will turn 30 at the end of the manch but the 2012 mvp and four-time all-star looking for ways to improve. >> a lot of that has to do with being aware of your peers and looking around the league and paying attention to the guys that do things well and figuring out how they do it and deciding if it's something you can implement and do your own game. >> and the abc7 news team has a new member. emerson pratt was born on friday afternoon, the daughter of our producer extraordinary casey
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pratt so congrats to casey, his wife danielle, little harper and new baby emerson. do not forget, warriors/thunder here, 5:00 p.m. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. good morning to you, live doppler 7 highlighting some of the flood watch and warning areas. in the green, you can notice it's mostly around the sacramento region but we do have areas that are at flood stage, looking at mark west creek in sonoma county and also the russian river, which right now is at 33 feet, minor flooding happens at 32 feet so throughout the afternoon, it will continue to recede and the activity here has been a little bit more intense and goes on through the afternoon. so, keep that in mind if you are traveling and you heard about all the closures and the mudslides, but we are looking at a few light showers this morning. live doppler 7 picking up a weak line pushing through southern marin county and just about to
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push into san francisco but otherwise it's a building ridge of high pressure. our fair weather maker that takes over today, tomorrow, and into monday so looking like several nice days. looking at 39 in danville, san ramon is at 39, so some chilly numbers, but otherwise, we are mainly in the 40s, due to some of that cloud cover in los gatos, 39, 46 in novato. so a live look outside from the exploratorium camera and we are looking at a slight chance of isolated shower this morning, then dry with sunny skies this weekend. the rain looks to return late on wednesday, likely on thursday for everyone. so high temperatures today underneath all that sunshine will be right around average, about 60 degrees in the city, 62 in palo alto, san jose, and 60 down at the beach and santa cruz and morgan hill so if you're headed into san francisco, still very mild, 3:00 at 60 degrees with bright sunny conditions for the chinese new year parade,
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6:00 dropping through the upper 50s and remaining clear through 9:00 tonight, about 54 degrees so we want to update you on what's to come throughout the week ahead.% we are still looking at a change in the weather pattern. the first half of the week looks dry, comfortable, mild, by the time we eget to wednesday, clouds increase, some sprinkles and then by thursday, this system could bring rain once again. that atmospheric river wants to set up for not only the end of the week. looks like friday's dry. perhaps we could see some rain into next weekend but let's enjoy this weekend. the accuweather 7 day forecast, temperatures from the upper 50s to mid 60s, both today and tomorrow, a chilly start, looking for mild conditions monday and tuesday, increasing clouds with some sprinkles wednesday and on the storm impact scale, looked like a 2 at this point on thursday, and perhaps a 1 on friday and you can download our abc7 news app and you know how things change from day-to-day, so you'll be up to date with the outlook, but
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looks really nice today. >> yeah and the sun is drying out my yard and that's what i'm really -- >> that's going to take a long time. >> it's going to take at least a week until the rain comes back. lisa, thank you very much. could a well-known vitamin you already take help slow down aging. a study has turned unintriguing new data on vitamin d. >> reporter: we absorb it from sunlight just by walking out the door and vitamin d has long been known to help strengthen bones but could it help fight off the ravages of aging as well? >> these guys are only about two days old. >> if you happen to be a nemotoad worm, the answer is yes. researchers at the buck institute in novato were using the worms to study proteins that degrade with aging and are associated with age-related diseases like altamont pass. >> so in alzheimer's disease, there's a particular protein that gits sticky and starts to become toxic. if you have that protein in a
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worm, the same thing happens and the worm gets sick. >> reporter: the damaged proteins clump together and appear as fluorescent blobs in the worms which are genetically engineered to mimic musehuman diseases. they decided to perform a high speed screening for drugs that might slow or even reverse it. >> we looked at what those drugs actually were and found that one was vitamin d. we got really excited because we know vitamin d is related to these age-related diseases there's a lot of anecdotal evidence. >> reporter: they say the vitamin d not only slowed the deterioration, also extended median life span in the worms by more than 30%. they believe it works by affecting genes that impact both longevity and age-related diseases. worms are far from people but the results are intriguing enough that the buck team now wants to study the vitamin d effect in small animals and ultimately to learn how it might work in people. >> the big hope of this research
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is that we'll find new ways to treat age-related diseases and what we're really trying to do is extend health span and maybe that life span comes along with that but the absolute aim is to make people healthier for longer. >> reporter: if they're ultimately successful, at least some credit will go to some very colorful and very useful worms. cheryl jennings, abc7 news. vitamin d supplements are already prescribed routinely to many elderly patients. one reason is that as we age, our skin losing some of its ability to produce vitamin d from sunlight. coming up next, it's one of the biggest celebrations o. chinese new year. san francisco's annual parade is
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tuesday night's jackpot goes up to $38 million. it's the year of the rooster, which means get to san francisco early if you want to get a good spot to watch the city's annual chinese new year parade. it's the largest celebration of asian culture outside of asia with more than 100 groups showing off elaborate costumes, drums, dragons, and colorful floats. abc7 news was at pier 54 yesterday as builders put the finishing touches on the 19 floats that will be featured in this year's parade, which starts at 2nd and market streets at 5:15 p.m. next on abc7 mornings at 6:00 a.m., breaking news, police discover a dead body after a suspect is seen running from a car crash in the south bay. we'll have the very latest on the investigation. and protesters are outraged with the san francisco sheriff, why they are so angry about what happened to this 100-year-old woman.
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good morning, it's saturday, february 11, i'm cornell barnard in for chris nguyen and let's start with a quick look weather with meteorologist lisa argen. good morning to you. here's live doppler 7. we do have a few light showers that are passing through, mainly southern marin county and through san francisco right now. it's a weak boundary that will sweep on out of here and allow for this, a big ridge of high pressure to build in today, and that means fair weather for the entire weekend. highs will be mild, but lows this morning, a really mild as well. it's not that cool with low 40s and some cloud cover around the bay from fremont, 45 in hayward, 48 in the city and your forecast today calls for sunny skies. the sun up after 7:00 and by noontime, low 50s to the upper 50s, highs today will be in the mid 60s up around napa, boy, everyone needs a chance to dry out. clear tonight, a little chilly and we'll look for almost a carbon copy tomorrow. how long will our dry weather trend last? i'll

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