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science. >> live, where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> it's war of the trees time and the trees are winning. >> a family narrowly escapes injury after a tree toles. i'm eric thomas we look at awe wet weather and the damage it left behind. parts of the bay area got a pounding overnight with heavy rains and wind. in was around midnight more than an inch of rain fell in the wettest spots while the worst subside by morning. the rain wasn't over just yet you see from our walnut creek camera a strong but quick blast of stormy weather hit the east bay. and the umbrellas were back out in san francisco but what a difference a few hours made. a look at live conditions right now. cot skies be any bluer? this sa i look at san francisco from our emeriville camera. we haven't seen this for a while yet, the sun. abc meet roll dift drew tuma is
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here to tell us if we're done. >> what an active morning, had some showers and thunderstorms move through. it's a quite picture. want to take into the north bay the past hour or so. showing you some light returns are diminishing in the past 15 minutes. the steady activity really in the central valley, this is pushing off to the south east. so the wet weather is moving out. future weather showing you any showers we do have will dissipate as the sun goes down. however, cooler air will be moving in. in fact a frost advisory in effect for the north bay. temperatures dropping in the mid 30s. while the rain is exiting tonight, another storm is about to move in if the we'll dough tail that timing come upg in the full accuweather forecast. >> to developing news on the toll those strong downpours took, we are live in oakland's mont clair neighborhood where people nearly escaped injury from not one but two falling trees.
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cornell. >> eric, the storm damage is really incredible here in mont clair. take a look. this house on wood haven way struck by not one but two falling trees this morning. residents are okay but are now displaced. a sleeping baby inside came very close to getting hurt. >> very scary. lucky to be alouf. >> he snoez shows us around what's left of his house in the oakland hills. >> it scares me i could have been sitting right there. >> where a giant tree came crashing on to his deck and living room overnight. >> that's the bathroom. >> another tree took out the bathroom and laundry room and most of the ceiling. is what it looks like from the back. those giant trees narrowly is misdemeanor hitting a baby. >> my nephew was laying down with my aunt on the bed where two of the trees basically fell in between. thank god that they didn't get hit. >> kind of looked like a dominoes out here, one tree hit two trees and one of those trees -- two of those trees hit
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a house. >> the city says one tree on a nearby hill side was the first to fall and took out three more in less than a minute. >> you can hear the first tree falling, then the second tree. >> the root ball of this giant tree is amazing. it's as big as a car. three homes in the oakland hills were red tagged on thursday when a mudslide came down in the backyards of homes on banning drive during a storm. >> it's just been crazy it's april at this point can we please have some other weather. >> they're glad everyone escaped unharmed. >> very close but somebody's watching. somebody's watching over us. >> he hopes the house can be repaired after these giant trees are removed. in loek oakland, cornell bernard, abc 7 news splnchts in napa county this morning's rain forced dozens of people to abandon a triathlon. at around 10:0030 peopler in
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lake barry esa suffered from hypothermia. emt easy say they weren't wearing norm uh clothing for the freezing temperatures and rain. they were bussed to a warming center where they all recovered. another cyclist crashed and went to the hospital. we have new did he tails on a sunken barge in the san francisco beau bay. abc 7 news was under the bay bridge where it sank early friday and began spewing oil. they surveyed the damage from the water and the air today. they want to make sure it won't get worse before they take the next step. >> since the vents are plugged we're going to be looking closely at the conditions of what we find under water and then we'll make a determination as to whether we want to pump the product off first before raising it or just secure everything and then raise the barge. >> the coast guard won't know how much oil spilled until the barge is raised and the fuel in the tank is measured. so far no reports of affected wildlife.
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we were at san jose college today where residents received free help setting up payment programs and free legal sans saps. one attend diaz she's concerned with the current political climate. >> i'm a little worried, not scared, worried about all the changes because i have a family that depends on me kuntd on me. so this is a good thing for me to change and become a u.s. citizen because i love usa. >> santa clara county estimates there are more than 115,000 adults living in the county who might be eligible to become u.s. citizens. there's way a lively debate on the immigration issue in a town hall outside of sacramento. tom mcclintock took questions for nearly two lourz and faced a lot of criticism from the audience. one man wanted to know what he would did to help dreamers, people brought to the u.s. illegally as young children. >> punishing a dreamer for a situation that they had no
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control over is like punishing a child for their parent drunk driving while they were in the car. >> once we have the reforms that are necessary to ensure the integrity of our borders, i think we ought to zroes address that issue. but in the meantime i cannot advise to you break the law. >> the strike on syria did not come up but he told reporters afterwards that president trump had no right to order the attack without consulting congress. bay area representatives also held a town hall in antioch today. a stanford microbiologist is taking to knitting in the name of science. we were in menlo park as a small group knitted resister hats. heidi came up with the idea for marches for science in san francisco and around the country later this month. the turquoise beanie has a battery and three resisters used in electronics. >> the march was on earth day so we chose green and blue to
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represent the earth. hopefully if we can get enough green and blue out on the streets it will look like the earthing from above or like an ocean is flooding the streets. >> she says the iconic pink hats worn at the women's march last january inspired her. a warning for women in stanford two sexual assaults within 20 minutes on campus. booth attacks happened last night. one woman was walk the other jogging. police say the suspect approached them from behind and groped them. both say their attackers with bold. >> the warrior's new stadium could help provide a better future for some residents the. stadiums role roll in a new case today to help them shape the future of the san francisco. also a woman of the cloth. a
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the warriors movetor san francisco has led to the creation of a new job training pro bram. we were at pier 96 as the mayor and warriors representatives announced a program called chase center training. they will offer nine weeks of construction training for up to 50 san francisco residents from underserved kpujts u communities. one man who went through smar job training through the city says his father was murdered the day before his program was set to start but he says he made the right decision to go. >> he wasn't want me to give up on an opportunity like this, so ended up going and very happy that i stuck with it because this program has been doing a lot for me. >>the training is customized to address labor needs on projects
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such as chase center arena. a tragic moment in history remembered today during a memorial for thousands of filipino and american sold yeshz who died during the bah tan death march. they were there to commemorate the 75th anniversary if the allied troops fighting the japanese in world war ii were captured by the japanese and forced to march 60 miles without food or water. nearly 11,000 soldiers done. there was a val letter run, a wreath ceremony and 21 gun salute. in the east bay there's a new chapter in the fight for women's equality in the church. silvia brandon perez was ordained a priest. the vatican still does not officially recognize women's order den nation. there are 65 priests in the the bart station is out of
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a reminder for bart passengers this marks the first of five weekend close yours for bart in parts of oakland so they can do track repairs. it is closed today and tomorrow. buses are getting passengers between the fruit veil and nine teeth street stations. bart says it could add 20 to 40 minutes to your travel time. in santa cruz an injured great white shark that attracted a lot of attention has died. it was stranded yesterday afternoon near pleasant point. we have this video that was shared with us, several people tried do get it back to sea
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yesterday but it kept washing back on shore. they found it today, they think it died from a nervous system infection or got a hook caught in its mouth. our last blast of stormy weather brought hail to some areas. we have this video posted on social media. you can share our weather video and moat e photos with us and you might just see them on abc 7 news. now your accuweather forecast withdrew tuma. >> and in accuweather we've seen it all today. started off with rain, showers through the, some hail and even thunderstorms. quite a ditch picture this afternoon. life do lar seven tracking all the activity today and right now what it's saying, the showers are moving out and what is moving in, the sunshine. outside we do. top pier 15, you would not have thought this is how the day would end after that morning of active weather. but we are enjoying dry skies, but we have gotten soaked the
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past 48 hours. look at this rainfall over 2.55 inches in any of, inch san jose, concord, the same story in oakland and over two inches of rain the past two days in fairfield. the rain is exiting what is moving in in the wake of our storm are some cool temperatures out there. you need the jacket right now, we're in the 50s across the board. and these numbers are some ten to 15 degrees below normal for this time year. 56 in san jose, 53 degrees in san francisco, currently 58 oakland, the same in napa and ant yoke. so overnight it's going to be a cold april night. a lot of spots hold ngts low 40s however the north bay will see some of the coldest temperatures overnight hovering in the mid 30s. it's for that fact a frost advisory goes into effect tobtd. your morning lows 32 to 36 degrees. that mines may wake up to some
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patch yp frost, good idea to cover those plants outside and bring in the pets overnight tonight. it's going to be nice on sunday. we have that cold start early on by 7:00 but it's nothing but sunshine, a dry afternoon by 4:00 away from the coast. we're going into the 60s. and a few high clouds moving in into the evening by 7:00. future weather showing you early monday morning we're tracking a very weak ripple of energy that will be moving through going to try and touch off a light sprinkle before dawn in the is monday morning at 6:00 in the morning but a more potent storm lingers midweek. this wednesday night to thursday, this will be a one, a light system, light rain at times, nothing like we just experienced the past two days. most cities less than a halve an inc. of rain and winds not damaging between ten and 15 miles per hour. tuesday night, north of santa rosa maybe a sprinkle but the best bet looks wednesday evening for wide-spread rain. of course we're going to have to
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fine tune these details and the best dwie keep track of this, the abc acc -- cue me accuweather seven-day forecast. a cold morning on the way for sunday, a sprinkle before dawn on monday. tuesday a slight chance but it's really wednesday into thursday, eric, that's the chance of seeing our next storm system move in. >> those are allergies over there. >> i was sneeze a little bit. >> i tried to help him there, but thanks a lot, drew. larry beil joins us now. start with some golf. >> yes. we've got warriors playing but we want to talk about the masters. sergio garcia has never won, but will it finally happen for him at the masters?
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we have some wrak news now out of newark where police ever searching for a gunman in a deadly shooting it happened around noon at a strip mall on newark boulevard. they found a man shot in the head inside a car that was still running. they did not find a weapon. this was their first homicide of the year. we will stay on top of this news on the app, download it and push alerts for immediate updates. larry. now abc 7 sports with larry beil. >> good afternoon kevin durant will play his first game in 39 days today but steph curry sitting out with a bruised knee. the pelicans resting their twin towers, anthony davis and cousins. this is going to be all about
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the k.d. show tonight at oracle. he's got three games to get into shape. they were cautious, he this didn't rush him back, he feels he's completely rand has no minutes restriction. >> if i had to wait till the playoffs i would have waited. at some point i was happy to throw myself in the fire, no matter whether it was regular season or play jonathan toews. it's still basketball, guys are still out there competing no matter it's the 80th game or the first game in the playoffs. >> i knew it was going to be tough. >> i'm sure the warriors would like to see k.d. get back in sink sync with steph curry but as one 3467 returns the other one's going to be out tonight. steph resting because of a knee contusion but that's not believed to be serious. if the cubs can win the world series than sergio garcia can win the masters. well known for melting down in the biggest moments sayco coleader after three roupds at augusta. we didn't have the windy gusts.
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stage aroach on 13 is about as good as it gits. birdied this and then give one back on the 16 at a 4 under 68 is he in minus 4. ricky fowler also right there in contention. long birdie 1 under 71 gets fowler to minus 5 alone in second place. the coleader charley hoffman with his t shot on 16 and he knows it's bad into the drink for a double bogey. even par tonight so he remains tied with spieth. he shot a two under 70, look at this on 15 here, birdie gets him to minus 6 and after the 70 he's tied with juston rose at 6 under par head together final round tomorrow. last time the giants started 1-4 the year was 2012. you'll recall they won the world series that year in large part thanks to their great relieving core which has been the source of a lot of trouble so far in 2017. but madison bumgardner is
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pitching tonight be in san diego, maybe he hits three offer. brandon belt cracked his first major league grand slam and became the second gientd with two homers in the game this year, but it all went for not because of the bull pen. george couldn't get it out before allowing the go ahead runs in the seventh inning the. giants have led in every game this season but in five games they've blown the lead eight times which has frustrated the skipper bruce boesh she the most. >> this is what makes it difficult, i guess, get something great things that happen during the game but you know we're just having a mick cup somewhere along the line and that's what's costing us these games. >> bull pen's got to get it together. "a's" playing the rangers in arlington. >> next time we see him do this, he may be calling for you. >> i'm left ♪ ♪
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an eeflt bay high school marching band got some national recognition today in the is pleasanton's foothill 5 high school band at the national cherry blossom parade in washington, d.c. had is one of the most impressive bands in the state of california. they have won nearly 1,000 sweepstakes awards and first place trophies. that's it for abc ne
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