hey, good morning, it's saturday, march 11. i'm cornell barnard in for chris nguyen. let's start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning to you and it is clear and a little bit chilly out there. live doppler 7 representing the cloud-free conditions and as we go in a bit tighter, you'll notice that temperatures this morning are in the 40s, 53 in hayward, 50 in fremont. good morning, morgan hill, 51 for you, 50 san mateo and your day planner today consists of that sun coming up earlier today. it's 6:26 and then later tomorrow, remember, we spring ahead tonight. sunshine throughout the day, 60s by noontime. check it out. 60s at the coast, light winds,i forecast last? i'll have the answers coming up in a few minutes.

the desperate search to find a woman with dementia lost in the woods is expected to resume this morning. sky7 shows the area in san mateo county that rescue crews will comb through. 56-year-old bethnee haury hasn't been seen since thursday afternoon. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo has the story. >> reporter: the first full day of searching came to an end without success. 56-year-old bethnee bethnee haury was last seen thursday a little bit after 4:00 p.m. she was hiking with her dog. this woman lives on skyline. she says hikers get lost here all the time. >> a lot of people have come knocking on my door looking for their car or they just get turned around. >> bethnee! >> reporter: more than 70 search and rescue personnel, some on horseback, and 13 dogs have been looking for bethnee in rough terrain. >> this is a very severely wooded area. it's very challenging for someone from the air to be able

to see anything as well as the ground units. >> reporter: there's also the issue of bethnee's health. >> she has early onset of dementia so we're worried about where she might be located at this point or where she is. >> reporter: she was at a bed and breakfast with her husband and son. her husband reported her missing thursday night around 7:00. she's 5'5", and is wearing yoga pants and a pink shirt. her dog is a large australian shepherd. the sheriff says it's good the weather has been mild and there's plenty of water in the woods right now. the search resumes at first light. in woodside, katie marzullo, abc7 news. a 60-year-old woman is undergoing physical and psychological evaluations this morning after san francisco police say she was armed and forced part of the mission district into lockdown. police say the suspect surrendered after a seven-hour sandoff, it happened at valencia and 16th street yesterday.

abc7 news reporter sergio quintana has details. >> reporter: a diseabusy sectio the neighborhood remained in limbo for hours. the police brought in muni buses for residents to wait in and began working with the red cross in case this went into the night and people had to sleep somewhere else. but about 9:00, the standoff ended. >> the subject walked out into the hallway. >> reporter: this all started about 2:00 p.m. police say a pest control man was going from room to room inside the crown hotel offering his services when he knocked on the suspect's door, the person opened it holding a gun. that's what prompted a response. >> so we're being evacuated from the building. >> reporter: three busy blocks of valencia street had to be cleared of residents, customers, and businesses. >> the police officer just told us, you should run. he was gesturing like, you better run. >> they told us we were in the line of fire. we were not under any kind of

cover so it was a little bit chaotic and scary. >> reporter: we did see officers with ballistic shields escorting people. seven hours into the standoff, it finally ended. the suspect has been taken into custody. in san francisco, sergio quintana, abc7 news. we've been sending out push alerts about this story since it first started. download the abc7 news app and stay on top of breaking news where you live. be sure to enable push alerts. this morning, a man is in jail arrested for a shooting that shut down eastbound interstate 80 in richmond. the 24-year-old from richmond along with two 17-year-olds are accused of opening fire on a van. his passenger, a 24-year-old woman was also injured. the chp credits witnesses for helping them arrest the suspects within hours of the shooting. santa clara county sheriff's office has arrested a second person in the beating death of

an 88-year-old san jose woman. flo douglas died in october after fighting for her life for several weeks. prosecutors charged zachary in her murder, saying he broke into her east san jose home and beat her. this morning, jennifer hernandez is also in custody being held without bail. detectives believe she helped conceal the crime. a south bay man is accused of stalking as many as 20 underage girls. he's now in jail on $1 million bail up from $200,000. abc7 news was in palo alto as the judge made that decision for the first hearing of raij sanhi. yesterday, his father had nothing to say to us. the 35-year-old is accused of following a 14-year-old girl home, offering her money and gifts and keeping photo collages of young girls at his home-you have a defendant who has targeted young women and young girls and has annoyed and

harassed them repeatedly over the course of the last few years. >> investigators say sanhi has applied for jobs at churches and schools, more possible victims have come forward. the wife of the orlando nightclub shooter will remain in jail even though a judge in oakland granted her bail last week. noor salman is accused of aiding and abetting her husband, omar mateen, who killed 49 people last summer in orlando. yesterday, a judge in florida decided she shouldn't be released because the two talked about a club attack less than a week before it happened. noor claims she did not know the extent of his plans. well, mark your calendars. b.a.r.t. announce d its newest station will finally open for passengers on march 25. the warm springs station extends b.a.r.t. service to southern fremont near the tesla factory. abc7 news reporter katie utehs has the story. >> reporter: fremont is no longer the end of the line. b.a.r.t.'s warm springs station will open in two weeks to the surprise of commuters. >> i checked the little alerts

and stuff, so i'm very excited. it will really cut my commute -- my driving commute a lot. >> reporter: it's shiny, new, and solar powered. >> it is a first for b.a.r.t. in terms of the entire station being solar powered. also, a first is the fact that we have 42 electric vehicles charging stations. those are solar powered as we well. >> i think it's great, man, for the people that live in san jose. they should have done it when they first built this thing. >> reporter: approved in 2007, the project has seen its share of hang-ups from funding to power and software issues. >> there have been three major delays, and so we're very excited to get past those and ready to begin service. >> reporter: some 7,000 people a day are expected to use the station. for riders who board in fremont, you may lose the perk of being the first stop. a shot at a seat. >> i wouldn't have a seat available by the time i get to the station. >> reporter: then later this year, the line will expand again to san jose's barry essa

neighborhood. >> that would be useful because then we can go south using b.a.r.t. >> reporter: new b.a.r.t. stops, same old battle for a seat, but it's better than i-880. in fremont, katie utehs, abc7 news. lisa's here after so much rain, finally a nice weekend. >> and we had a lot of cloud cover yesterday so took some time for it to clear today, wall to wall sunshine, how about into tomorrow as well from our sutro tower camera. temperatures are in the 50s right now, little bit cooler than we were yesterday but we're talking sunshine not only around the bay but at the coast and houbd some 70s at our beaches. i'll have your full accuweather 7 day forecast and a look at the week ahead, which looks pretty nice. also next, we've had a lot of rainfall, record rainfall, in fact, across the bay area. it busted the drought but now there's an irritating downside. we'll tell you about it. and an urgent new health alert about toxic tea. the dangerous side effects putting people in the hospital.

san francisco's health department has released an urgent warning this morning about a toxic herbal tea. this is what it looks like. health department says this contain as deadly poison. it was purchased by two people from an herbalist on grant avenue in chinatown. both a man and a woman became severely ill and had to be hospitalized with life threatening heart problems. the health department is asking anyone who has this tea to throw it out immediately. san francisco police are helping at a single mother ska former army veteran who was robbed at gunpoint with her 1-year-old daughter. it happened last weekend inside a parking garage on florida street in the mission. police are still looking for these two men. the mother had just taken out money for her baby's first birthday party. police raised the money to help

the mother have that party. there's also a go fund me page set up to help them out financially. the self-driving cars coming to a freeway near you, california dmv has released proposed regulations. the rules recognize safety concerns while recognizing the potential of autonomous technology. the dmv will require certification. english a framework for testing without a driver and identify requirements to lease or sell such vehicles and address driver licensing, registration, and advertising. the tony-award winning musical "hamilton" is now open in san francisco and yes, you can still get tickets. you just need a little luck on your side. "hamilton" now playing at the orpheum theater through august 5. one man who used to teach history at city college of san francisco told us he can't wait to see the modern take on a founding father. >> he's always been sort of in

the background and i guess what they're doing in this is bringing out a little bit more of the uniqueness that he contributed to the founding of this country. >> now, producers are still selling 44 tickets to each performance. they're only $10 and only available through an online lottery. sign up for the next lottery, go to abc7news.com or our abc7 news app. you have to sign up two days before each performance. good luck. happening today, residents in contra costa county are invited to a community meeting. the danger of an an ongoing mudslide has closed this road for the last two weeks. neighbors can only walk over the slide toward clayton or drive a treacherous one-way road for 45 minutes to livermore. today's meeting starts at 1:30 this afternoon at 4255 morgan territory road in clayton. a new warning in oroville dam, that problematic emergency spillway may be needed again next week if the lake overflows

from melting snow pack and storm runoff. this is video shared by the state department of water resources. as you can see, they are still repairing damage from last month when the emergency spillway was at risk of collapse. the main spillway was also badly eroded by rushing water. $3 billion bond measure is making its way through the state legislature after the near disaster at oroville. governor brown and the senate president agreed that $500 million should be spent on flood protection this year. but they are at odds over how to pay for it going forward. governor wants to use general funds while the senate leader favors a bond measure. well, with spring around the corner, have your allergies kicked in yet? a lot of people are sniffling and suffering. it's likely to get worse. early predictions are it's going to be bad. >> it's not the cold. it's allergy. allergy, allergy. >> reporter: spring is almost here. the sun is shining. the flowers are blooming. the bees are buzzing. it's enough to make you -- time

to reach for a tissue or two or three. >> you feel weak. and you sneeze. >> reporter: lolita and her daughter are suffering from a monster allergy season. >> i have coughing, sneezing, runny nose, eyes watering. >> reporter: so it's a mess, right? >> it's a mess. >> reporter: record rainfall for the bay area this season rescued us from drought conditions but it's producing a downside. suzann tweeted abc7's sandy patel about her allergy battle. i'm going to die. i have a love/hate relationship with my state. >> the biggest complaint is mold. >> reporter: denise wood is not a physician but clinical director of advanced allergy solutions? in san francisco. marcus jones traveled all the way from stockton for relief the feeling of being uncomfortable, lack of concentration, lack of focus, stuffiness, drippy nose.

>> reporter: marcus is seeing results here but it's not for everyone. for others, over the counter allergy medications offer relief from symptoms. doctors say if your allergies persist, consult a medical professional for help. h >> well, experts predict allergy season could stick around for a while, lasting into the summer months. good morning to you. we have spring-like conditions over the weekend. it will last into a portion of next week. here's a look at live doppler 7 and nice change-up from last weekend when we had the low snow levels and all that hail all week long. right now, we're looking at temperatures in the 50s from mt. diablo, upper 40s dublin, and san ramon, 50 in brentwood and low 50s for you in san francisco, 52 in pacifica, mountain view, 54 los gatos and san jose. and despite the somewhat mild

conditions we are cooler than we were yesterday at this time. particularly in the 40s up towards santa rosa and novato. napa is reporting some fog and we'll look for not only sunshine throughout the entire day but when the sun comes up at 6:26 so spring-like conditions for the weekend, mild pattern continues into the next seven days but we are looking at just a slight chance of rain. looks like wednesday our far north bay, if you don't see any light sprinkles, you'll definitely notice the increasing cloud cover, but overall, we're looking at high pressure not only in the forecast today but it continues to build over the next several days and that's what we associate with our fair weather maker, sunny skies, and warm temperatures and those light winds. how about 66 today in the city, 69 in san mateo, 75 in concord, san jose, these numbers more representative of late may readings so we are well above norm. looks like the warmth will peak on monday so here's a look at the beach if you want to head there.

ocean beach, 63 today with a light wind. 73 in santa cruz and 66 down around monterey bay so beautiful afternoon here, i said before it's going to last for the next several days as we sneak ahead into tomorrow. you can see average highs for this time of year, oakland, san francisco, san jose, low to mid 60s, even some upper 60s but by tomorrow, we will continue our upward trend and see those lower 7 0s in san jose, upper 60s in the city, maybe some patchy fog in the morning and near 70 in oakland. we'll take a little further for you in san jose. with the warmer numbers. monday and tuesday. mid 70s will drop off a bit on wednesday with that cooler air mass. if you're looking for something to do today, it is the st. patrick's day parade. should be a beautiful start with 62 degrees this morning and looking at more sunshine, 2:00, mid 60s and by 5:00, we're still comfortable at about 60 degrees. over at lows tonight, 40s in our north bay valley, patchy fog from the city to half moon bay. otherwise clear and remember,

spring ahead tonight. tomorrow, look for more sunshine, a near repeat performance and then the warmest day looking to be monday with more sunshine, still a nice afternoon on tuesday, extra clouds on wednesday, download our abc7 news app and you can track the details if things change medicine weeidweek. looking above normal for the whole week. >> i love it and i'm going to grab that sunscreen and make the most of the weekend. that's going to be beautiful. lisa, thanks so much. just ahead, do it yourself braces, what? sounds like a bad idea, right? but some folks are trying to save a buck but doing it themselves. "7 on your side's" michael finney with the evidence of why you should

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well, imagine wanting straight teeth so badly you're willing to try to make your own prai braces. yeah, it's a real thing and it's not always pretty. "7 on your side's" michael finney has the story. >> reporter: go on the internet and you'll find instructions for do it yourself braces. in this video supplied by the american association of orthodontists, you can see the issue. young people going online, sharing their diy braces techniques and successes. doctor dwayne mccameraish is president of the american association of orthodontists. >> you can lose teeth. you can actually try to do something that causes your teeth to lose the bone around them. there could be things in the bone in moving the teeth that are not seen to the eye. >> reporter: "7 on your side" spot checked orthodontist offices around the bay area and found none had treated diy patients but a recent study found 13% of the offices nationwide reported seeing

patients that first tried to do it themselves. >> people are really doing this. we wish it wasn't true. we know that there are over 28,000 youtube videos out there talking about different ways that you might be able to save a few dollars and move your own teeth. >> reporter: david campbell says his childhood attempt at diy teeth straightening has cost him and his parents around $40,000 to repair and he still lost two teeth. >> i would put a rubber band on and it would go up into my gums so over the course of several months, i had many rubber bands lodged into my -- around the bone in my teeth and basically extracted my two front teeth. >> reporter: still, a lot of young people try to do it themselves because going to a professional seems too expensive. but dr. mccammish says, first ask before deciding the cost is out of reach. >> i know in my own practice

i've never refused to treat a patient because of the money, and we never will. we'll work out a payment plan. if not that, then there are other services available out there to help those that might not be able to afford the smile themselves. >> reporter: there are a lot of options out there, so talky your dentist and make an appointment with an orthodontist. i'm michael finney, "7 on your side." >> today, "7 on your side's" michael finney will anchor our live coverage of the san francisco st. patrick's day parade. our coverage starts at noon on air and on abc7 news app and on abc7news.com. join us for that. one of the bay area's best known breweries has suddenly shut down. speak easy albatroes and lagger stopped brewing beer. it tried for more than a year to secure the capital it needs to keep going. two years ago, the brewery borrowed $7.5 million to expand. leftover inventory has been shipped to distributors. techies who think they've got what it takes could be in

line for a free trip to new zealand. local authorities and businesses in the capital of wellington want to boost the city's growing tech hub. they are offering to pay 100 workers from around the world to travel to new zealand to interview for jobs. so far, some 12,000 people have applied. a well-known muralist is leaving his mark in san francisco. yesterday, abc7 news was at shot well and 16th street as douglas miles completed this huge mural on the side of a building. miles used spray paint to depict the faces of two native americans. he wants indigenous people to see the mural and feel proud of their heritage and stand up for their rights. >> i want them to feel proud of their roots. i want people to be proud of where they're from. wherever you're from, i want them to see the mural and feel that pride of place. >> miles is from the san carlos apache nation. he was the artist in residence during february at the d young

museum. he will paint another mural on 6th and market before he returns home to arizona. the community youth center of san francisco held its annual gala fund raise ner south san francisco last night. the cyc helps 5,000 students a year including tutoring, job training, and college prep. abc7 news anchor kristen sze served as anchor there. a house committee is demanding evidence that president obama had trump tower wiretapped. also what may

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sunrise for the weekend. we are starting out with mild temperatures. upper 40s in danville, 52 in concord and closer to the bay, low 50s, little cooler in the north bay, 4 to 6 degrees cooler and your forecast today calling for wall to wall sunshine this st. patrick's day parade gets underway this morning in san francisco with temperatures in the 60s but we'll go all the way into the mid 70s today, well above average. we'll talk about how long this weather pattern lasts and we will see some changes for the week ahead. i'll have that all for you coming up in a few minutes. it's been a week since the president claimed that former tower before the election and mp there are major developments about michael finney who resigned as national security adviser. here's abc news chief white house correspondent jonathan carl. >> reporter: the house intelligence committee has given the justice department an u ultimatum. turn over all evidence, if any exists, that president obama had trump tower wiretapped.

the deadline, monday. president trump made the extraordinary allegation without providing any proof. we asked him for some. >> mr. president, any proof on the wiretapping? >> thank you, press. thank you. thank you, press. thank you. >> thank you very much, press. >> thank you. please. >> reporter: fbi director james comey who briefed congressional leaders behind closed doors has privately urged the justice department to say the wiretapping didn't happen. it comes as the department is investigating russia's meddling in the election and any ties to the president's aides. national security adviser michael finney was fired last month for misrepresenting the nature of his conversations with the russian ambassador. and now, another controversy. we've learned that at the height of the presidential campaign, a company with ties to turkey hired flynn to promote the interests of the turkish government. this came shortly after flynn's fiery speech at the republican

convention. >> lock her up. that's right. yeah, that's right. lock her up. >> reporter: three weeks later, flynn's firm was hired by the turkey-connected company and ultimately paid $530,000. he was simultaneously serving as a top adviser to the trump campaign. sitting in on classified intelligence briefings. on election day, flynn published an article declaring, we need to adjust our foreign policy to recognize turkey as a priority. we need to see the world from turkey's perspective. this week, flynn officially filed as a foreign agent for the work he did during the campaign. and that's how the white house says the president learned of his work on turkey's behalf. >> are you saying the president was not aware that lieutenant general michael finney was acting as a foreign agent when he appointed him to be national security advise er? . >> correct. >> and just remember. you wouldn't know that until he filed.

he didn't file until two days ago so nobody would have known that because he hadn't filed as a foreign agent until two days ago. >> reporter: still, the white house acknowledges flynn's lawyers told lawyers for the trump transition team that he might need to register as a foreign agent. but they insist flynn never told trump himself. jonathan carl, abc7 news, washington. happening today, a group in san francisco plans to demonstrate at the russian consulate and march against president trump. get up stand up san francisco is asking for an investigation between any connection. the group is also demanding the president release his tax returns. the demonstration starts at 11:00 this morning at the cancel lat on green street. supreme court justice sonya was at stanford yesterday offering students insights about her life and her job with the highest court in the land. abc7 news reporter lonni rivera was there. >> reporter: they give her a

standing ovation even before she spoke one on the stanford memorial auditorium stage. she was appointed to the supreme court in 2009 by president obama. but the first latina justice connected with students as a former law student herself. >> i figured out first how to be a generally informed citizen. >> reporter: she told the audience curious people go further and that curiosity helped to shape her as a person long before she became a supreme court justice. sotomayor wasted no time taking questions from curious students. >> what were your greatest fears and hopes upon joining the supreme court? >> would by good enough. >> reporter: she walked through the crowd, shook hands, stopped for photos and just talked about how to make it in the world. >> but how do you deal with the fact that your incredible success has given you a perspective that's completely different from that of many people with whom you'd like to empathize. >> living in two worlds. i am a member of a lot of

different worlds, but i don't feel at home completely, completely at home in any of them. this is the hardest judging job there is. because every single case we get is hard. >> reporter: she says being a supreme court justice is still a work in progress. nothing prepares you for it. but having varied life experiences helps. in palo alto, lonni rivera, abc7 news. new this morning, president trump is speaking about his new health care plan that was unveiled on monday. the president says actions on obamacare is an urgent necessity. he says the affordable care act is collapsing and it could hurt millions of americans if nothing is done to replace it. he claims the house republicans' plan will empower states and consumers. >> we will deliver relief to american workers, families, and small businesses who right now

are being crushed by obamacare by increasing freedom, choice, and opportunity for the american people. >> president trump has said he has asked tom price, the secretary of health and human services, to reduce regulations that are driving up the costs of care. house minority leader nancy pelosi says she planned to retire if hillary clinton had won the white house rather than donald trump. >> none of us thought hillary would win. we all knew she would win. we knew she would win. this was, you know, oh my gosh, it was really shocking. but anyway, that motivated me to stay. >> pelosi says she remains focused on fighting republican efforts to repeal and replace obamacare. an east bay attorney is suing president trump to try and stop his controversial travel ban. the president signed the executive order monday. it blocks travel from six muslim-majority nations except for people with visas issued before january 27.

in the complaint, attorney andrew shelby says the order harms american people through discrimination. he also said that setting a date requirement for visas violates the constitution's equal protection clause. another san francisco eatery has declared itself a sanctuary restaurant. don ramon's restaurant posted this sign at the entrance. the restaurant hopes it can calm the fears of its staff which has expressed concern about the rumored immigration raids. the designation does not have any legal standing but the owner says it's taught her how to protect her employees' legal rights. >> we have to have a warrant. they can't just come in and say, hey, now i know that all your employees are illegal. it's like, well, wait a minute, how do you know that for a fact. >> the golden gate restaurant association is encouraging more san francisco restaurants to declare themselves sanctuaries. the group is hosting a workshop on the topic at don ramon's on

march 20. california's great america plans to hire 2500 people for its 2017 season. starting today, it's hosting job fairs on saturdays this month and next from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. go to abc7news.com for a link on how to apply online for the jobs. happening tonight on the peninsula, caltrans will reroute traffic on northbound lanes of highway 101 on to the newly built portion of the san francisqu ti o creek bridge. the off ramp will be moved on to the new structure. crews will start demolishing the old bridge and replace it with the new one. construction is expected to last until least next year. happening today, thousands of people are expecting to turn out to watch crews dye the chicago river green to celebrate st. patrick's day. it's a chicago tradition that dates back to 1962. each year, the river dyeing kicks off the st. patrick's day

parade in chicago. the parade will feature irish step dancers, floats, and marching bands. it starts at 9:00 this morning pacific time. still to come on abc7 mornings, futuristic parking available in california. why owners say it's good for the environment and good for your car too. and here's a live look from our abc7 roof cam. beautiful morning shaping up. love the shot of the bay bridge there. and it's going to be gorgeous this weekend. lisa argen's going to

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dwoeveloping news in the soh bay this morning, a man is in custody after leading the chp on a chase through three cities. it started around 2:30 this morning and ended in santa clara. police tried to stop the speeding car but the suspect refused to pull over. officers say the suspect then slammed into a stopped car and tried to get away but police were able to stop him. an officer was hurt trying to take the suspect into custody. he's expected to recover. the suspect faces hit and run and dui charges. well, it was moving day yesterday in san francisco's presid yo, not for humans but for these little guys. they're caterpillars. the colleges picked hundreds of them and placed them one by one on bushes in the presidio. by next month, these creepy crawlers will begin turning into beautiful butterflies, a checkered spot butterfly to be exact. it was pushed out by drought and habitat loss. native plant restoration will allow it to thrive once again.

colleges plan to release the checker spot larva each year for the next two or three years until the population can sustain itself. tonight we spring forward for daylight savings time, but some california lawmakers are working to get rid of this biannual event. a san jose assemblyman introduced a new bill that would give lawmakers the power to vote to get rid of daylight saving time altogether and keep the state in pacific time zone year round. supporters say daylight saving is harmful to sleep while opponents say getting rid of it could interfere with summer and fall harvests. everybody's got an opinion about it. i like the extra sunlight in the summertime. >> we can't talk about sleep on this shift. i know how you feel. good morning, everyone. we're starting out with foggy conditions here on the golden gate bridge. not only here but in santa rosa and napa down to 3/4 mile. so be careful if you're navigating early.

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on sports tonight, another one of the warriors' amazing streaks is in jeopardy. they haven't had a three-game losing streak in 296 straight games. tonight, golden state battles the spurs. you can watch the game only on abc7. tipoff is at 5:30 p.m. at at&t center. last night, the warriors dropped the heartbreaker in minnesota. here's abc7 sports director larry beil with the highlights in this morning's sports. good morning, everybody. the warriors nearing the end of a brutal nine-game stretch and steve kerr has decided he's going to rest many of his stars in san antonio so the dubs

really wanted to win last night in minnesota and steph curry had a look at the game winner in the final seconds. warriors fans, they are everywhere. loving mini. minneapolis. wednesday for 23 points, just before halftime. steph takes it away from andrew wiggins and the warriors are down 9 at the break. third quarter, after four misses from downtown, steph finally hits a three, vaulting past dell in all-time scoring but 10 of 27 shooting the bag. andrew wiggins here, steal and slam, 20 of his 24 came in the second half. dubs kept coming back. ian clark with a turnover up to henri. with authority. dubs with 4. catch and shoot, he had 30, dubs within 1. still a one-point minnesota lead with only seconds left. steph almost lost the ball. gathers, takes the shot, this is for the lead, perhaps the win. in and out.

the way things are going for steph these days. dubs lose 103-102. college ball dr. j, julius irving, checking out the pac-12 semis. just over 1:00 in jabari bird lands hard on his head. possible concussion. he would not return. still the bears, they hung in there. grant mullens a career high 23, two-point game with under 30 seconds to go but dylan, athletic, plus the foul as he took it right at the 7 footer. the bears fall 73-65. they're 21-12, very much a bubble team heading to selection sunday. the 49ers, busy shopping with new coach kyle shanahan and gm john lynch introducing a slew of new faces, including brian hoyer and wide receiver pierre garcon among the new niners. also their linebacker malcolm smith coming from the raiders

lured by a five-year deal reportedly worth over $26 million and he believes the niners will turn it around. >> it's one of those things are where i'm kind of trusting that the right people in are place and i think that's the case. one of the most important things to the management here is the character. that plays a big factor in whether you can turn things around or not. >> giants and indians in the desert, here it comes and there it goes for brandon belt, the second bahmomb of the spring. giants up 1-0. jimmy rollins, pride of alameda, two-run clout and the giants took a 3-0 lead for madison bumgarner. his longest outing of the string so far. as beat kc 11-7 without skipper bob melvin, who left the team for personal reasons. that's a wrap on morning sports. don't forget, warriors and spurs right here tonight at 5:30. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil.

good saturday morning to you. starting out with some patchy fog from san francisco over up into santa rosa and napa. so, we'll show you picture, but right now, in santa cruz, it's 50 degrees, 72 yesterday, going for a high of 74, so it will be a nice beach day with more 60s closer to the bay. 51 here in the city, it's 53 in oakland. got low 50s from mountain view, san jose, 48 in gilroy, 50 half moon bay and for mt. tam, isn't this a nice shot, sun coming up at 6:2. 7:24 tomorrow. remember to set your clocks ahead tonight. it's 43 in santa rosa with the fog, 45 in napa, novato 46, 48 by the delta, it's 48 in livermore so we've been enjoying those 70s. yesterday a lot of cloud cover but today we're going to scour all of that out and allow for mostly sunny skies right on through, looks like tuesday we'll see some increasing

clouds. temperatures this morning, a little warmer on the peninsula, anywhere from 5 to 7 degrees cooler up in the north bay so final vantage point from our sutro tower camera where we're starting out with that fog closer to the golden gate but spring-like conditions this weekend, mild pattern continues into the next seven days so really it's feeling more like may average temperatures than march and we're going to look at a slight chance, perhaps, of showers on wednesday in the north bay, but more than anything, it will cool the temperatures down and bring in some cloud cover. if you're headed up to the mountains, no restrictions here with 59 degrees. sunshine, no snow flurries, we'll look for numbers in the upper 50s as well. overnight lows in the 20s. mid 70s for the warmest locations, 72 in palo alto, 60s on the coast so you've got that fog but it should be lifting. we have the parade today and we'll see a lot of sunshine by 11:00. so, we talk about those 70 frz santa cruz, 60s for you in monterey, ocean beach, 63, half

moon bay 64 with 65 yesterday, so we are going to be mild with a light sea breeze. let's look at livermore for the week ahead. check out the afternoon highs, not only today and tomorrow but when this high pressure ridge peaks, mid 70s for monday and tuesday, average highs in the mid 60s for mid-march and then we'll cool it off with some cloud cover into wednesday but numbers want to rebound and it looks like it's going to stay dry at this point into next weekend. so if you're out and about today, you're looking for something to do, looks like a nice morning, a beautiful afternoon, with highs in the low to mid 60s from 11:00 to 2:00 this afternoon. still nice by 5:00, overnight lows tonight with some patchy fog, mid 40s in the north bay to about 50 over in oakland and the accuweather 7 day forecast, wall to wall sunshine today, tomorrow, you download our abc7 news app and you can track the live cameras, which shows you the fog and perhaps bringing in a chance of rain come midweek but it will be minimal if we do

see that. otherwise, this is something we have not seen in quite some time. >> for sure. done with the rain for a while, looks like. >> not so sure. >> all right. some surprises still to come. >> yeah, maybe. in southern california, parking garages going high-tech and futuristic. abc7 news reporter rob hayes from our sister station in los angeles has details. >> reporter: cars. a southern california staple, fun to drive, and not so fun to park. concrete, soulless parking structures daring you to squeeze your car between the lines. but now? . >> we're bricking sexy back to parking. >> reporter: christopher is the founder of autoparkit. his company builds these fully automated parking garages. this one in culver city houses 247 cars. allen says the same size standard garage with driveways ramps and head room could only

fit 86 cars. >> l.a.'s changing and we got to change with it. >> reporter: walter marks owns the helms and now this futuristic parking garage as well. no one's saying what the price tag was but autoparkit says they build these for roughly the same price as the old school concrete ones but with way less maintenance. standard garages need ventilation and lighting scystes it's it's unoccupied spaces, they're not using gasoline so that energy consumption alone is about 60% less. >> reporter: good for the environment and good for your car. i guess when you have a computer that's doing the parking you don't have to worry about dings and scuffs and other parking lot hazards. >> no birds get in there. your car's going to stay clean. you could leave it unlocked and there's no one in there to get it. >> reporter: look for even more of these things popping up. it's in talks to build more than 40 of them in l.a. right now. sadly, though, it hasn't figured

o how to turn average cars into above average cars. >> and like that, a porsche appears. >> but you have to drive up in a porsche to get a porsche. >> reporter: that would be a good start. in culver city, rob hayes, abc7 news. next, shaving heads, why some people will be saying good-bye to their hair all in the name of cancer research.

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hey good morning to you, it's saturday march 11, i'm cornell barnard in for chris nguyen. let's start with a quick look at the weather. herer's meteorologist lisa argen. >> we're looking at a little fog through san francisco and napa and santa rosa but otherwise it's all about high pressure bringing spring-like temperatures to the bay area once again today. underneath sunnier conditions, here's a look at santa cruz where temperatures will be in the 70s. it's 51 in the city, 48 in gilroy, half moon bay 52, mountain view and from mt. tam, you can see a few high clouds but otherwise numbers are cooler here. from our sutro tower camera looking at the sunset tonight at 6:13, remember we spring ahead, so looking at these mid 70s throughout the day today and another hour to enjoy that tomorrow as our sunsets at 7:14. so, we'll have