let's begin with our team coverage with abc 7 news reporter kate larson live at union square. kate, are stores still in the dark? >> reporter: yes, they are definitely still in the dark. in fact, most of the stores here are in union square and around union square never really had a chance to open today because when employees arrived to work, there was no power. now, when we spoke to you all at 4:00, most of the lights were still out at union square. a little bit of good news. in just the past few minutes we've seen a lot more of the traffic lights go on here between stockton and grant and all the lights that we can see are on. fire fighters rushing from one call to another in downtown san francisco during a power outage to rescue people from many's worst nightmare. >> it was scary to me. as soon as he got on the elevator, lights came on and blink. >> reporter: rene, a building security guard said an employee got stuck inside this elevator 30 minutes.

right after the power went out around 9:00 this morning. >> are you all right? yeah, i'm okay. when they finally came and cracked it open enough where i can give him a bottle of water. >> we're restoring the electric. >> reporter: pg&e crews doing their best to move through sluggish traffic caused by dark signal lights. while construction crews on union square subway station had to adjust their work plan. >> we can't occupy anything underground and everybody has been evacuated. we're continuing work. >> reporter: businesses as big as macy's were reduced to all day closures and scribbled door notes. >> they can't open this door for two reasons. >> reporter: how much business do you think you're losing? >> a lot. >> probably 10,000 for now. >> reporter: doing his best to keep the restaurant running. customers dining in the dark. he says without electricity, they can only do and serve so

much. they decided to close seven hours early. reporting in san francisco, kate larson, abc 7 news. >> good news, while kate was reporting we just got word from pg&e that 100% of the power is now finally back on. >> relief. let's get -- continue our team coverage now with the cause of this outage that affected so many people today and the city's response. >> abc 7 news anchor eric thomas is live from laguna with that part of the story. eric? >> reporter: and we just got that word about oh, 30, 45 seconds ago from a pg&e representative that all 100% of power has been restored. public schools are back on, hospitals are back on, hopefully the traffic lights are back on. that was causing a major problem that police had to be out directing traffic. what caused all this? well, it looks like the combination of an old substation and a breaker that didn't do what it was supposed to do. >> something went wrong in the breaker to have it explode. we're not quite sure what that is yet. >> reporter: pg&e is sure the

blast ignited insulation near the breaker and that knocked out power to 88,000 customers. fire fighters arrived quickly, but putting out flames took effort. >> we had to successfully do that with a dry chemical agent. we did notice some flare-ups. so, then we applied co2 to the fire. >> the carbon dioxide smothered the flames. pg&e says the station is old and in line for a multi-million dollar improvement project. >> the facility upgrades, it's $100 million project that will be completed in the second quarter of 2018. >> reporter: the outage knocked out a quarter of the city's traffic lights. drivers behaved themselves. >> we checked our trauma centers, all the hospitals, all the clinics, and it's good news that there have been no major injuries reported in. >> reporter: so, an elementary knowledge of electricity and the way it works, the circuit breaker as opposed to break the circuit when it becomes

overloaded, it's supposed to prevent fires. this time it seems to have malfunctioned. the whole step in the process is for pg&e to figure out why it did that and of course continue on with that upgrade that we all hope will make this obsolete in the future because it won't happen again. live at the city's department of emergency services, eric thomas, abc 7 news. >> boy, let's hope so, eric. thanks so much. the outage in the financial district, some businesses closed while others stayed open in the dark. medical center and hospital went on emergency back up saint francis canceled nonemergency surgeries and doctor appointments. >> i tried to go to the doctor. >> reporter: and? >> the doors were closed. >> but emergency surgeries continued on generator power. the power has since been restored. now, we've been sending updates on this story all day. you can get the latest news any time with our free abc 7 news

app. be sure to enable push alerts to be the first to know about breaking news where you live. >> now we have breaking news out of san jose. we are on the scene of a police shooting on lewis road and senter road. >> lanhee is live. >> reporter: you can see behind me san jose police are here gathering information. what we know is about 12:30 this afternoon, police responded to a call about a man having a knife on the street. when they arrived on scene, there was some sort of dispute between a police officer and that man. the officer fired a shot. the suspect was struck, and that suspect was taken to the hospital. so, we do not know the man's condition, but at this time the d.a.'s office, homicide units and san jose police are still actively working this officer involved shooting. that officer has been put on paid administrative leave as this investigation continues.

at this time we're waiting for a san jose police officer to come here on scene and fill us in a little more what exactly happened a little after noon earlier today in san jose. that is the very latest. live here in san jose, abc 7 news. >> lonie, thanks so much. police were also involved in an officer-involved shooting that left one person wounded. it happened inside rock away lane near russell way just after noon. police are telling us the person shot has nonlife-threatening injuries and has been taken to the hospital. we are waiting for details from hayward police about what exactly led to the shooting. >> and we also are staying on top of another breaking story in berkeley, the search for a man with a gun. sky 7 is just west of downtown. where there is a shelter in place for a four-block area near martin luther king jr. civic center park. someone reported the gunman about 4:30 this afternoon. about 35 minutes ago near mckinley street and all ston way.

police are carefully searching that area and have a perimeter set up on one block of mckinley avenue, all ston way, bancroft way, and grant street. anyone in that area needs to stay inside until further notice. we are staying on top of this story and we will keep updating you here and on our abc 7 news app as anything changes. and we have new developments on the balcony collapse. remember that terrible story that killed six people in berkeley two years ago? today the state license board revoked the license of the building's general contractor. the building was just ten years old when the balcony failed. the collapse was blamed on wood rot. investigators found that segue construction ignored specifications to use plywood in the balcony's construction. instead it used thin composite board which is less expensive, but also prone to rotting. >> there is a battle over conservative commentator ann coulter speaking at u.c. berkeley. the deadline is minutes away with a lawsuit on the line. we're live on the campus.

>> and a new warning from president trump over sanctuary fund being. millions of dollars at stake for california. >> i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. i'll have the hour by hour look coming up. >> and from rainbow color dogs to robots, comic con could make for san jose's wildest

there is a new twist in the saga over conservative speaker ann coulter. attorneys are drafting a lawsuit against u.c. berkeley right now after the university said it does not have a secure venue for her next thursday. abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow is live on campus with the latest. m melanie? >> reporter: basically two groups who invited ann coulter to speak here are threateninghrr

legal action if they don't find a place by next thursday. the attorney filing that lawsuit is calling the university's letter a nonresponse. the lawsuit her firm is filing against u.c. berkeley is not about money or ann coulter. >> this is about berkeley's persistent refusal to honor the constitution when it comes to conservative speech on campus. >> reporter: this is the third incident of berkeley cancelling conservative speakers. >> the same hassles, unconstitutional requirements, and bait and switch that berkeley did with the milo yiannopoulos speech. >> reporter: in a letter the university's legal counsel said u.c. berkeley has dedicated more resources to facilitating college republican activities than any other student group in memory. african selling coulter's visit, they proposed a may 2nd alternative, a date coulter says she is not available. >> berkeley permits limited use

of its space for certain viewpoints, it is required under the constitution to provide equal access to other groups. >> reporter: while berkeley college republicans and young americas foundation support legal action, a third group that initially invited coulter bridge usa does not. >> to take this to court when they're trying, at least making some efforts is not the right solution. >> reporter: in its letter the university says its actions have been wholly consistent with its obligations under the constitution to protect free speech rights and safety and security of the university community. in berkeley, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> controversial conservative commentator milo yiannopoulos is planning a free speech week in berkeley later this year. he said, quote, we will hold talks and rallies and throw massive parties all in the name of free expression and the first amendment. all will be welcome regardless of political affiliation. the former breitbart news editor

was scheduled to speak at berkeley in february, but the university canceled the event last minute because of violent and destructive protests. he promises to release details in the next few weeks. >> the trump administration is making its move to crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities, demanding california's corrections board prove that they are cooperating with i.c.e.. the letters from the justice department warn if the state agency is found in violation, the federal government may rescind grants. eight other jurisdictions in other u.s. cities received the same letter, by the way. california attorney general xavier becerra suggested the state would not comply with the order saying, in part, fear mongering and falsehoods will not intimidate our state into compromising our values. >> meantime, president trump today told dreamers the undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as children to rest easy. the president says his administration is not after them, saying they are after the

criminals. the comment elicited a strong response from a skeptical california state senate leader kevin de leon. they are basing their law enforcement policies on principles of white supremacy, not american values. >> a pioneering computer scientist who worked on early computing systems has passed away. husky, who was a professor emeritus at u.s. santa cruz passed away april 9. he was 101. it was there he worked on the theme project in 1940s. it was one of the world's first electronic computers. it weighed 30 tons. it was 100 feet long and had 18,000 vacuum tubes. apple co-founder steve wozniak says san jose has done such a good job hosting silicon valley comic con, he wants to give back. >> i am trying to return

something to the city. they have a dog park that is in need of repairs and i am going to -- >> wozniak says he will be offering special ougauto graphs any comic con fans who might make donations to the park. >> the second annual silicon valley comic con which woz helped create kicks off about now. >> abc 7 news reporter david louie is there. of course lots of excitement. >> reporter: kristen and dan, you can see woz is here. meeting fans and signing auto graphs. signing them for anything from $100 and a thousand dollars. all of this is to help benefit the dog park you just mentioned. this wonderful comic con is about cartoon characters. it is also very for many silicon valley comic con is also about favorite

characters. >> it's nice to be around a bunch of weird owes who like the same thing. >> reporter: does that make you weird? >> i am very weird. >> reporter: the co-founder of apple wanted to include elements of space, science and technology. "star wars" and nasa are sharing the floor here. >> the people that come and dress up in coz play are the same people designing, you know, doing the engineering at nasa. it's the same group and these two passions really overlap. >> reporter: 65,000 people attended the event last year. this year it could be 80,000. a ticket is $90. families can experience virtual reality and other fast developing technologies. collectibles are popular with the comic con crowd. some people think nothing for $500 for a character they covet. einstein puppet is about to hit the market.

production started in china. he is patient with kids with inses ant questions. >> you can ask the same question over and over again, a lot of patience. >> reporter: this personal robot costs $249 with a show discount. he is a character. just listen and watch. >> we are going to do some great work together. trust me. i'm a genius. >> reporter: in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. >> well, first it was the raiders, now it could be more bad news for oakland sports fans. major league baseball commissioner bob or rob man fred said he is looking into relocating the team to las vegas, possibly the a's because they are looking for a new stadium. a's president told our media partners at east bay times the new stadium will be built in oakland and they are looking at four sites around the city. the team tweeted today, we are

here, we are oakland. ballpark site in oakland will be announced later this year, #rooted in oakland. >> well, get this. giants ace madison bumgarner will not be pitching any time soon after he crashed a dirt bike on the team's day off in denver. he suffered bruised ribs and left shoulder strain which is his pitching shoulder. he is out of the hospital but recovery could take six to eight weeks. dotors will reevaluate him next week. bumgarner is zero and 3 this year. the giants are currently in last place in the n.o.s. >> announcer: now your accuweather forecast with sandhya patel. >> feels like baseball weather here in the bay area. hope you enjoyed the warmth. do we have any other rain chances? we do. we have an opportunity on tuesday. it is a pretty good chance. 50% chance. the showers right now not looking very exciting. very light amounts if we do get them. live doppler 7 not showing you any green on the screen. so, it is definitely fair

weather. just some high clouds passing through the bay area and here's how warm it has gotten so far. close to 80 degrees in antioch, concord, san jose, 77, 75 oakland. 76 in santa rosa. look at san francisco, 72 degrees. you have to get to ukaiah or vacaville to make it up to 80 degrees this afternoon. ne needless to say, it was warm at the beach. at the santa cruz camera, people out and about enjoying this. san francisco 73, oakland 74, san jose 76 degrees. here's a look at the temperatures. everyone in the 70s from santa rosa to concord and livermore. you'll be seeing more of these clouds as we head into tomorrow from our south beach camera. partly cloudy and mild week. isolated sprinkles in the north coast. tomorrow morning no rain early on. at around 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. you're going to be seeing temperatures falling low 40s to low 50s with the high clouds

around. clouds will be on the thick side saturday afternoon. temperatures are going down. so, it's j going to be quite as warm but still mild. mid 60s to the low 70s for your saturday afternoon. here is your hour by hour earth day planner. some patchy drizzle can't be ruled out as we head into the early morning hours. high clouds, temperatures rising as we go into about 4:00 p.m., maxing out mid 70s, low 60s along the coast line. here is your hour by hour forecast. 6:00 a.m., clouds in the north bay. a few drops may show up on the sonoma county coast. early afternoon look for filtered sunshine saturday afternoon. going into saturday evening as the clouds will be pretty thick, that system will forwaall apart it comes our way. we will have cloud cover. sunday afternoon it does brighten up. the second half of the weekend will be brighter but the cooling continues. if you're going to be taking part in the airport runway run, hiller aviation on sunday, you could not have asked for better weather, 54 degrees.

great running weather. 58 degrees 10:00 a.m., 62, 1:00 p.m. yours truly will be there to emcee the event. temperatures going down this weekend. still comfortable. low 60s to mid 70s tomorrow. a little cooler on sunday. and then we will bring an increasing cloud cover leading up to a shower chance on tuesday. much cooler weather and then back into the normal swing of things with mild sunshine for thursday and friday. downloading the abc 7 news app will help you, dan ask kristen. >> sandhya, thanks a lot. >> what a glorious day today. can megaphones give you a brain tumor? an italian court just ruled yes. that's next. >> new at 6:00, special vending machine now in use at u.c. davis. candy, chips, and contraceptives. it even has the morning after pill. that story and

researchers at u.c. berkeley getting ready to hit the streets tomorrow for earth day. in addition to the march for science in san francisco, u. krechlt berkeley is hosting a nonpartisan stand up for science rally. abc 7 news was there today as students and scientists made posters that they'll use to get their message out tomorrow. most told us they were at best concerned with what they see as an anti-science agenda in washington. but believe they can still make a big difference. >> especially with the political climate going on, someone studying environmental science here at berkeley, i feel like some way i can be a part of the larger picture. >> the stand up for science rally at u.c.'s plaza begins tomorrow at 11:00. the march for science in san francisco starts at noon. >> this year california's high speed rail authority is stepping down after five years on the job. jeff morales has faced a lot of criticism. voters approved nearly

$10 billion for the project as part of a proposition back in 2008. costs are now at $64 billion. he says he believes high speed rail is in a good position so it's the right time for him to move on to another challenge. >> an italian court has found that a man's brain tumor was caused by improper use of a company-issued cell phone. apparently the telecom employee used the phone three hours a day for more than a decade. he lost his hearing in one ear but is otherwise okay. consumer advocates are looking into having all cell phones carry health warnings. >> quite a sight in spain. a dust bowl went through a town yesterday. a local villager took these pictures. it lasted one minute before disappearing. a dust devil is air in which dust and debris is caught up making it visible. >> stay with us. we want to tell you about a journey taking on new

significance. >> ahead hope for the american dream and

i'm alma daetz. coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, berkeley police are going door to door looking for a man with a gun. we'll have a live update on the search at 6:00. also a popular east bacon signment store suddenly shut its doors. customers are locked out and could be out of luck. a story you'll see only on abc 7 news. don't be fooled by fakes. how to spot coins that aren't worth collecting. all that and much more coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. kristen, dan? >> we'll see you then. >> a big day for bay area teenagers. >> 25 teenagers as well as a few adults took the oath of

allegiance and received their citizenship certificates today in palo alto. >> for many of these kids, today's ceremony was just a formality. but special nonetheless. >> because their parents have already done all the work, if they are under 18 at the time their parents natural ize, they receive citizenship at the same time. >> 11 different countries including india, iraq, south korea, and the united kingdom. >> effective immediately they'll have u.s. passports and will be able to vote when they are 18. congratulations. >> i remember when i went through that as a teenager getting my citizenship. >> it's very moving. congratulations. "nightly news with david muir" is coming up. >> and i'm dan ashley. for all of us have a great day. >> we'll see you at ii. tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. the american city paralyzed,

subways, elevators, plunging into darkness. traffic lights out. workers trapped. hospitals on backup generators. and the window washers stranded. authorities call it a, quote, "catastrophic" failure. the fbi moves in tonight. the teacher accused of abducting his student, a 15-year-old girl, he's now in federal custody. our team with new details from inside the cabin. the terror attack. we have new video captured in the middle of the attack. and the americans who were right there on the champs elysees. the new video emerging tonight. the retired librarian accidentally shot and killed during a police training exercise. the new study on diet soda, stroke, and dementia. what researchers say about your risk. and breaking news