>> and good morning, i'm kate larsen. a few calf is born, april the giraffe, who many have been watching for months, is finally giving birth to a healthy calf less than an hour after the calf is already standing up. so very exciting news, this happened, of course, in her pen at the adventure park zhao in new york. the park began providing a youtube stream in february. over a million people have watched her deliver. april is a mom times four and the cool bart is the baby's name will be determined by a contest. so you can weigh in then on this very famous baby at this point. good morning, it is saturday, april 15th. i'm kate larsen. we will start with a quick look

at our weather. good morning, frances. >> good morning, kate, good morning, everyone, it will be a gorgeous saturday. we have clear skies. a few lie clouds, you see with live doppler 7 off the coast. temperatures finally climbing into the 50s. in san francisco, san mateo and hay waerd. still cool in some of the inland areas. villejo 41 degrees. clear skies with temperatures in the 50s by 9:00, new, sunny, mild, we will see low 60s. then by this afternoon, temperatures will be five to 10 degrees warmer compared to yesterday. so some low 70s inland, upper 60s around the bay, 50s at the coast, sunny today, rainy toorrow, i'm have the details to himing up, kate. okay, thanks, frances, developing news out of oakland this morning, where one person has died in a house fire. fire fighters responded to an alarm around midnight at 103rd avenue and 4th street.

when firefighters arrived, one person taken out of the house was pronounced dead at the scene. the fire was out in about 40 minutes, right now the cause is under investigation. a sunnydale man is facing two counts of vehicular manslaughter and dui after hitting a car with four million. the women were at a holy mass. they tell us the victims including a mother and daughter. >> i know it's bad. >> reporter: jeff says his 92-year-old grandmother was devoted to her religion and angela and her daughters and niece were out going church to church for the stations of the cross, they were leaving our lady of peace around 11:30 the chp says a 26-year-old was drunk and speeding when he lost control of his car. getting on to great american

parkway. he hit the women head on. >> he was at fault for felony dui and felony manslaughter. >> angela and her daughter were killed. >> it seems she likes to party, karaoke. >> reporter: karina's sister survived the crash. her husband had to tell her that her mom and sister had died. >> she had a feeling that it happened, she was call, their names. >> reporter: in an instant, an extended san jose family lost a beloved family matery arc. >> she's the best. she took care of us since we were like this, running around. she loved to garden. that's the one thing, she has a beautiful garden out back. >> reporter: the suspects drunk driver suffered major injuries, his two passengers were also hurt. this weekend, north korea rolled out military hardware,

including air continental ballistic missiles. this happened during a massive parade, celebrating the nation's beginning. they sent an unmistakable message to president trump. >> reporter: this morning, a military parade in the north korean capital, pyongyang to mark the 105th birthday of kim il-sung, the country's founder and the grandfather of kim jong-un. tens of thousands of north koreans gathered to celebrate the holiday, known as the day of the sun. the highly choreographed parade complete with fly-buys, tanks, marching soldiers and what may be intercan'tal ballistic missiles capable of reaching the united states also on display among the plethora of war machines for the first time submarine-launched missiles. they are the newest weapons in the unpredictable kim jong-un's arsenal. analysts anticipating a test for

the nuclear weapons or another escalation of the standoff between kim's regime and the white house. on friday, as the chinese foreign ministry warned, no one will when if the two sides go to war, a top north korean official told the associated press the trump administration is more vicious and more aggressive than its predecessor. r. trump is always louising aggressive words," he says, singleing out the president's tweets. "it is the u.s. that is threatening us." talking to reporters, president trump offered this summary of his stance towards the hermit kingdom. >> north korea is a problem. the problem will be taken care of. >> reporter: the u.s. now sending the aircraft carrier the us vinson into the region, american troops conducting military exercises along the border. north korea reportedly calling the administration's words and actions maniacal military

provocations and this threat, we will go to war if they choose. adding, they could destroy major america military bases in south korea within minutes. martha raddatz, abc news. a pro trump rally in berkeley today is already causing damage, not the kind you may think. businesses are boarding up as a farmer's market has been cancelled, costing vendors alone tens of thousands of dollars. all this in reaction to last month's march that exploded into violence. katie eunice has more. >> reporter: the threat of violence and vandalism is being taken seriously in berkeley. >> some of the more corporatized businesses have started boarding up if precaution. >> reporter: president donald trump supporters plan to rally in civic center park. this follows the march 4th clash between them and counterprotestors. as a safety precaution,

organizers are can selling it for the day. >> i feel like it's over reaction. i also feel that it's giving in to the culture of fear that's taking over the countries. >> reporter: tim museumer from the starm stands to miss out on seven to $10,000. >>e with 60 people that work year round on the farm, who depend on the farm for income for their families. >> reporter: head and 50 other vendors are clam damage to a rally and protest that hasn't even happened yet. >> i'm not sure that's really even their intent i think they're absorbed in their own moment of anger. >> both sides of demonstration posted flyers, while the city published a lest of banned items, basically, anything that can be used as a weapon, police arrested ten people at the march 4th event. they're still working to identify suspects. in berkeley, katie eunice, abc 7 news. >> today's event has trouble written all over it.

at 10:00, they will gather at mlk civic center park. two hours later the trump supporters will hold their rally at the same spot. they will have a presence at the park located at 2151 mlk, jr., way. the city of merced have arrested a san francisco man on suspicion of murdering a victim of human trafficking. her body was found in a dump ter on february 6th. she emigrated to the u.s. from china last year. police say she was brought here to work in the sex trade. police arrested 50-year-old lee at the san mateo auto shop where he works t. two have been romantically involved. but the relationship turned violent. they lived in the bay area and had no known ties to merced. bart is recovering from an equipment problem this morning that is delaying service to the east bay. we don't know if it's the same

problem that crippled service yesterday. the mysterious issue damaged two cars late friday. here's abc 7 news reporter. >> reporter: commuters headed to pitsburg bay point were greeted by vested bart workers. one stop short of their final destination. an electrical problem on the tracks between these two stations seems to affect longer trains, so bart used shorter trains to shuttle people between north concord to pitsburg. it was troubling for some riders. >> they had electrical problems and had to switch to a shuttle trade. yeah. >> reporter: she was trying to get to the last stop on this line to pick up her son and go back home to oakland. she had to have her baby-sitter drive them here before heading home. some commuters told us they

could smell something burning. >> all the way up here. it smelled like burning brake fluid. >> it smelled like electrical or burning brakes. >> reporter: this problem started around 10:00 a.m., they spent the day tracking down what caused the electrical system to go haywire. last year it lasted for weeks and damaged cars. the problem eventually went away. even though the problem has not been found. so san francisco is testing out four types of durable bike lane posts to find a perfect one that can put up with all the wear and tear of crazy market street traffic. the flexible posts are supposed to be able to bend when cars drive over them. now, similar posts have been tested in the past by the nta and were damaged by cars and bikes that inevitably ran into them t. city says it will compare the posts in a few weeks to see which one stand up the best

best. your husband is a cyclist? >> he avoids market street, it's so crowded. >> as a driving, i avoid it, too. it's good safety net out there. >> we could use that. >> i hope you can enjoy the sun shine this afternoon. we have warmer weather this afternoon. it looks like a postcard, doesn't it? >> i'll have your temperature and the rain for easter, and a mixed basket as you have been saying this weekend. also ahead the airline now willing to dish out nearly $10,000, if it has to boot you from your flight. and a new journey to the galaxy, far far away, some of the

>> delta airlines is hoping to get good pr out of the competitor's mistakes t. carrier announced anyone that gets bumped from a flight can get nearly $10,000 in compensation, this comes after united airlines forcibly removed a passenger in chicago to allow employees on to a full flight w. we have anythingles arriving at sfo what they thought of delta's move. >> they're smart. when people don't respond to a

job site getting more money is what they do. >> some people may not be in it for the money. >> apparently now, it can. >> i would go given ten grand, i would definitely appreciate it and take it. >> money talks. united says it offered passenger on that chicago flight up to $1,000 to take a later flight. the oldest polar bear in america. one who has called the san francisco zhao her home for nearly three take canadian has died. uul u-passed away from old age. the 36-year-old bear had been suffering from congested heart failure. now in 1985, uulu was rescued from a canadian city that planned to euthanize her for being a new sans around town. they say uulu lived a good life. >> through 36 years in her life. people come by, see polar bears, learn about them.

she has been a great ambassador for her species. >> a lot of family versus grown up seeing her, including myself. this weekend, visitors can stop by the polar bear exhibit to share their favorite memories. the average age is 24-years-old, so uulu did pretty well at 36. it was a big day for fans in a galaxy far, far, away, disney released the newest chapter of the last jedi, commemorating 40 years since the release of a new ho hope. >> reporter: after months of waiting, it's finally here. our first look at the "star wars" saga episode 8 and it is awesom

awesome. >> i really don't want to. >> the teaser for the "last jedi" already reviewed over 15 million times since yesterday. >> it's time for the jedi to end. >> what has happened to you to reach this point? >> luke is saying it's time for the jedi to end and you know other than that, i can't really describe more. >> i sat down with the cast to make an exclusive snidz coup and here we go with this cliff hang or. >> i think of the journey we go on is perhaps unexpected. >> you make a turn to the dark side? >> is that possible? >> it's possible. anything is possible. >> the film president confirming this will be lea's last

appearance. >> unfortunately, carrie passed away in september, so be i the time we were well on the way with episode in our thoughts, we had not written the script yet. we regrouped. we started over again? january. so sadly carrie will not be in 9. we'll see a lot of her in 8, which is great. >> closure for her? >> i know, i hope so. >> the title sparking fierce debate among fans and the lastas jedi, singular or blurl. >> i don'tly the we should be asking. >> you don't even know? >> well, jedi, i always thought was pleural. >> reporter: the writer and director clearing up any confusion. >> i think it's single, yeah, absolutel absolutely. >> another "star wars" mystery

solved. "star wars" is a production of lucas filmed, which is owned by disney, disney is also the xarnt company of abc 7. many will be spending this easter weekend enjoying snow and lots of it still in the sierra. it is the middle of april and parts of the state are still receiving delicious fresh powder. in the last three days of may, they have sent us this new video. cal-trans is warning drivers to get there and expect slippery roads. >> right now, 10 degrees, slow down, down shift, stay off the brakes, you will be fine. >> no restrictions are in place right now, cal-trans is warning drivers they should top their carolinas anyway in casery 56 thes go into place. >> i want to show you this live shot from lake tahoe, it's still

opened until monday. you could get a couple more inches tomorrow. you may need the chains then. here's a live look at live doppler 7. you have a few high clouds off the coast. check out how gorgeous it is out towards the golden gate bridge. blue skiegs, temperatures starting to hit the 50s in some locations. san francisco 72. oakland 50. upper 40s, though 49 in san jose, halfmoon bay climbing up to 48. it hit the low 30s earlier. another live shot out on the bay bridge. san francisco there in the background, it is cooler, santa rosa is only 43 right now. na napa, novato in the mid-40s. looking towards the richmond san rafael bridge a little different view there. you will see warmer temperatures this afternoon and then get ready for some easter rain. i'll show you the timing of that in just a bit. the chance of rain sticks around

through wednesday a bit of an unsettled pattern, five-to-10 degrees warmer than yesterday. tee-shirt weather. the high clouds will pass through as well. oakland 67, san jose 72 and 69 in santa rosa and napa. very comfortable many temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s. 51 in oakland and in san jose and we start to see an increase in cloud cover. because we have a storm heading our way. on abc 7 storm impact scale, tomorrow the storm will rank 1. the showers do arrive by late morning. so we're clear in the early morning hours. less than .4 of an inch for most areas. i'll give you the hour by hour play-by-play. 6:00 with sun advise 9:32 still

dry. 7:0078:00 mostly dry. 9:00 a little rain. light rain throughout the bay area. by noon, we could see heavier pockets in the dark green in parts of the north bay, so it will be a wet afternoon, then they start to finally taper off by about 7:00, 8:00 in the evening. it will be a wet one. so you got to be ready. try to do some easter egg hunts before 150i6789 should be nice in the morning. enjoy the bright and warm sunshine, temperatures in the low 70s. tomorrow just a light storm, late morning is when it arrives, temperatures will be developing down into the 60s. monday most of the day stays dry a lighter ask him for tuesday. a slight chance on wednesday, drying out thursday and friday,

lots of sunshine, looking like a much warmer weekend ahead. >> we are kind of hoping the easter bunny can get out with the kiddos. >> try to do it before 10:00 a.m. >> otherwise you do the indoor hunt? >> yes, did love candy, no matter. >> give me chocolate. i don't care where it comes from. thanks, frances ahead, why several law

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happening now, it is the second annual bay area police unity ride, officers from contra costa county police agencies and others around the area are riding 75 miles to honor the men and women who have given their lives in the line of duty t. unity ride is helping to support some of the participants in the police unity tour next month during the national police week. another self driving car is going to hit the road. they have granted apple a permitted test to cars in california. apple has what appears to be a mostly separate organization with about a thousand employees working on the so-called project titan in sunnydale and other satellite offices, 29 companies have been approved for testing self driving vehicles in california. still to come, how the city of boston will remember those

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i'm going to say it again, we have a mixed basket weather. >> we will see it all. for today, though, we will start off sunny, temperatures starting to hit the 50s in sfraerngs and oakland. some were in the upper 30s, santa rosa is 43. san jose at 49 degrees, a pretty shot. temperatures in the 50s by 9:00. sunny and mild, warmer temperatures. low 70s, upper 60s around the bay and sunset at 7:46. enjoy it while you can. we have rain on the way for easter. i'll tell you more coming up. >>. big news the wait is over. april the giraffe has finally given birth outside of new york city gave notice that april was going into labor at 4:00 a.m.

our time, three hours later a baby calf was born. a lot of people were watching online. people were watching for months. in february, they set up a youtube, over 1 million watched as she brought her fourth calf into the world t. calf is already standing umm. as for the baby's name, that will be determined by a contest. can you go online, pay dollar to the zhao and enter your nomination. a justice and equality group the accusing united airlines of racial discrimination after the now infamous incident. the passenger is a vietnamese-american doctor. now a local group is demanding a number of things of united. apc 7 news reporter has the story. >> reporter: shortly after the world witnessed this video of a passenger being dragged off the plane, the man's lawyer says he received an e-mail comparing his client to rosa parks. china and most recently vietnam have now expressed their outrage over the incident.

the organization for justice and equality, based in the bay area followed, by making this statement. >> an asian male passenger should not be ejected out of a plane like a dog. we should boycott united airlines to teach them a lesson. >> reporter: invited was the san francisco empowerment center, another asian group that criticized united for its actions. >> i feel like this has a little racial discrimination. >> reporter: david dao is vietnamese. while we still don't know the identities of the other three passengers asked to get off that flight. we have learned a passenger on board a united flight from hawaii was asked to give up his seat and was mistreated. he is caucasion, which made this group of advocates back down. >> i just want to find out what the process s. i'm not accusing them of any racial bias. >> reporter: instead the group focused on demandsing that united disclose its criteria for

removing passengers, something the airline has never done. edward hasbrooke is an aviation expert who gave us an idea of who may get to stay and who gets bumped. >> the fare they pay and their status in the airlines frequent flyer program, but they don't say what weight would be given to those different factors. >> reporter: now, other minority groups are asking the aviation industry for more transparency. in san francisco, le anne melendez, abc 7 news. >> united is now changing its policy for crews who fly as passengers, it's updated the policy to require crews to be booked on a flight at least 60 minutes before takeoff. the airline hopes to prevent another incident like the one in chicago with a cruise ship after passengers had boarded the plane. today is the fourth anniversary of the deadly boston marathon bombs and remembrances are taking place right now to honor the victims. the race will be run tomorrow on patriots day. volunteers will put thousands of

daffodils along the course and last-minute touches have been put on the finishing line. three spectators were killed. more than 262 others wound when two bombs went off april 13th, 2013, sprague shrapnel into the crowd. now to the desperate calls for help for an elementary school under siege, they had calls from north park elementary after a gunman made his way past the front desk into a classroom. three people died, including an 8-year-old. kayla whitworth has those audio tapes. >> reporter: the terrifying call for help. gunfire sending children rushing from the san bernardino school t. calmer knows exactly who the shooter is. >> police said frederick anderson stopped to reload, killing his

estranged wife karen smith inside her classroom in a murder-suicide. the teacher could see her inside that classroom racing to get students out. >> at that point pure adrenaline. i had the two with me and the benefit i could do was use my voice, get out! they listened. thank god they listened. >> tragically, two innocent boys caught in the line of fire. 8-year-old john than martinez killed. 9-year-old noah brandy just released from the hospital. new details now emerging about anderson's troubled past. abc news learning a previous wife filed for a restraining order against him in 1997, saying anderson threatened to kim her during her divorce. in los angeles, kayla whitworth, abc news. last night a prayer vigil wag held in san bernardino in honor of karen smith, who was shot and killed by her husband in that classroom monday. smith was a special education teacher. one student was killed and

another wounded. two of smith's four adult children spoke at the vigil describing their mom number of grace and love. white house visitor locks will now be kept a secret t. trump administration is breaking an obama admission practice of making them public. now the visitor logs may not be valuable for years. the white house says national security concerns drove the decision. >> that decision ask already being challenged by various watchdog groups. city leaders celebrated 107 new public housing units, they helped to change not only the look of san francisco, but its sense of community. it's the new hunters view development. wayne freedman reports, it's called a new model not only for this region but for the entire country. >> reporter: take a look at this, new housing request amazing san francisco views both

outside and in. one san francisco supervisors toured this 107 homes in hunters view, she saw something more. opportunity. >> elook through the crisis and we are here to rebuild and develop new housing. >> reporter: yes, it is public housing. and a quite contrast with what will be in a few years memories. this will be affordable housing. it will not hit predictable and historic historical moment. he moved in with his wife and three grandchildren two months ago. what a contrast of what used to be and what will be. this is the model for 2500 san francisco public housing units in years to come a. blending of market rate housing with subsidized housing, leading to cultural change. >> no longer will we be talking poverty in one pocket. >> may vis williams moved into

her unit a couple months ago, once upon a time, she was trying to get out of the projects. now. >> i love it up here. i love it up here, i will stay here for the rest of my life, you know, because i love it here. >> reporter: from mean streets to a home sweet home, that's progress. from hunters view in san francisco? abc 7 news. >> thanks, wayne. still ahead on abc 7 morning news, you are looking at the setup that could set a new state record for chain reaction domino toppling after hours of work that came down to less than five minutes it's all on tape, we will show you, it's very cool, we promise. here's a live look from our east bay camera, the sun is up, it's looking like a beautiful start. frances dinglasan

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>> >> i love it. >> it will be a nice day. we have been showing a lot of live shots. it's currently 45 degrees. near 70 this afternoon, i'll have warmer temperatures with your neighborhood forecast coming up. >> looking good, frances. also next, a rough night for the sharks in edmonton as they get drilled by the oilers. they hoping to take a lead in the first round of the stanley cup play

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colors. logan couture is denied by cameron talbot. he had 16 saves. it stayed scoreless in the 2nd. zach kassian scores the short goal. droid by kassian. coup tour is coming back from being hit in the mouth by a puck. connor mcdavid makes a final 2-o, so edmonton ties the series, game three is sunday in san jose. buster posey is getting closer to returning. you recall he got beamed. these kayakers were having themselves a bar-b-que. he takes tyler anderson deep to left. in the fourth, brandon crawford

leads off with another blast colorado rallied in the fifth. he hits a potential ending double play. he knocks the ball loose from joe panic. two runs scored, it's 4-2. except for that rining, joen my cueto did not allow a run. giants win it 8-2. cueto improves to 3 and o. former athletic josh reddick back at the oakland coliseum last night. we got a warm welcome from the crowd. oakland's chris davis goes deep for his fifth of the season, he says i didn't think i hit it that far. the former giant connects and he also had an rbi single. houston put it away in the seventh. brian mccann drills a two-run. he is 2 and o and don't forget.

you can watch game one between the warriors and portland tomorrow right here on abc 7. coverage starts at noon, tip-off at 12:30. stick around for toyota's after the game. larry beil will be joined and that is sports for a saturday morning. i'm rick quan, have a great day. >> hi, live doppler showing just a few high clouds, we got some blue skies. a live shot looking towards the golden gate bridge. san francisco currently 52. oakland 50. mountain view san jose upper sfoerts 40s, look at this pretty shot. look how green everything is from the rain. temperatures are still pretty cool in some areas like the inland valleys, napa 45.

a little of a cool start this morning. temperatures will be warmer this afternoon. the easter bunny will have to make early morning deliveries. a chance of rain, that stays with us for wednesday. here are the highs of the day. so if you are headed to the giants game, it will be 64 the as game, it will be 67 by the time the game ends and low 70s in inland areas, also san jose 72. comfortable in santa rosa and napa 69 degrees. abc 7 storm impact scale, we'll rank tomorrow's storm as a one. the showers arrive late tomorrow morning. less than .4 for most areas. it will be breezy at the coast.

here's how it plays out. 6:00 tomorrow morning sunrise, it will stith still be dry. most of the rain will be off shore. by 8:00 we see it creep into the north bay. into parts of the east bay. you may want to do them before 10:00 or indoors. we got widespread rain in the north bay, temperatures will be in the 50s. we'll hit them, wet and breezy. by:00 tomorrow night, isolated showers will start to diminish. it will be in the upper 50s, rainfall amounts not too impressive. up to .4 of an inch in the north bay and santa rosa. near a quarter of an inch in san francisco. about a tenth of an inch in san jose. here's the -day forecast.

>> i'm looking forward to that. we can use a break from all this rain. >> thank you so much, frances. we think of dominos as a game. for a group of high school students? san jose, they are actual building blocks for careers in engineering, math and science, so they tried to set a new state record for a chain reaction and abc 7 news reporter david louie

is about to show us whether or not they succeeded. >> these six high school students have been checking their perseverance the past two-to-five years. they specialize in chain reaction machines. it all works, a new state record will be set. >> we try the use of foreign object objects. >> the one glitch can bring a carolina of movements to a halt. >> sometimes it's really difficult to have lots of small tricks in a row. >> reporter: the team builders want to avoid knocking over a maze of dominos, it doesn't take much to trigger them. >> i brushed one on a crack, it knocked over 600. >> my boss' greatest fears is i may touch off the dominos

prematurely. >> the moment of truth. kinetic energy was unleashed. the force of gravity caused objects to fall and form a sequence of events. then the chain reaction reached the 25,000 dominos. we are falling in precise sequins, mission accomplished. it left some wondering if they can make the same thing happen in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. >> very cool. i love david's spot, for away from the dominos. all right, next, celebrating earthday early, how you can help the environment, one of the

mother earth deserves more than one day a year. today they are celebrating earth day a week early. check it out. it all starts at 10:00 local environmental organiztions will have food. there will be family friendly activity. check your favorite animals. this is one of the largest earth day celebrations in the east bay. if you do nate an old cell phone, can you actually get a free train ride. the celebrations last until 3:00 this afternoon. >> gorgeous sunshine, everybody. head outside, we see

temperatures warmer compared to yesterday. san francisco 64, oakland 67. san jose 72. and enjoy it while you can, because things aren't going to change for tomorrow, we have widespread rain, by noon, wet and breezy for the easter afternoon and then some isolated showers continue into the evening. so the accuweather 7-day forecast shows a nice day today, rain arriving tomorrow a. chance of showers and unsettled pattern, monday, tuesday, wednesday, before sunshine returns. of course, can you aumss stay on top of the rain. >> especially with all of our changing times. thanks, for joining us on abc 7 morning. the news continues now online, twitter, facebook and instagram. abc 7 news continues at 5:00 p.m.. have a great easter weekend.

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announcer: "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide. jack: hi, everybody, i'm jack hanna coming to you from my base camp here at the columbus zoo, and welcome to "wild countdown." even the biggest animals have to start small. today, we're looking at 6 that come from eggs. al: from a little chick, like this, the size of your hand, to full size. jack: some have feathers and beaks-- look how heavy that thing is. it's unbelievable. others have flippers and shells-- jeeper. golly day. lee: a sand shower. jack: and one nearly swallowed me whole. you see-- sue: jack, there's one right behind you. jack: oh, yeah. we've got all that, plus, my blooper of the week. hold them off, sue, until i