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now using a bait bus to try and catch the shooter. for travellers between san francisco and the south bay, ongoing concerns over who's been responsible for wreaking havoc on our local freeways. >> they have damaged windows, they have dented the exterior of the vehicles. >> reporter: since january, the chp says at least 20 shuttle busses have been shot be either a bebe or a rifle. several law enforcement agencies are on the case, including the fbi. >> they're looking at the damage on the windows and on the busses to try and figure out what angle the bullets are coming from. >> reporter: many of the busses are carrying employees that work in cupertino. the shuttles were rerouted but the chp says the attacks haven't stopped. >> sometimes it appears it's from a moving vehicle, and
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sometimes it appears as if it's from a stationary site along the side of the road. >> reporter: chp is now using a bait bus to draw out the shooter. >> it's clear, if you're the shooter, it's just a matter of time, we will catch you and we will prosecute you to the full extent of the law. >> reporter: a $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the person or people responsible. bay area residents hoping this will soon be resolved. again those apple employees not wanting to take any chances, some are car pooling down here to cupertino, others are taking cal tran. we're live in the south bay, abc7 news. now to our other top story and that is the ongoing drama over i.c.e. deportations, hundreds of protesters took to the streets of san francisco this afternoon to demand an end to i.c.e. deportation raids.
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carlos has more on the ongoing protests. >> reporter: the protests are still winding down, there's still a handful of protesters that blocked off some of the streets right outside the i.c.e. building, but at it's peak, there were roughly 300 people out here carrying signs and chanting for i.c.e. to shut down. immigration rights activists let their voices be heard outside the i.c.e. building in san francisco calling for an end to deportation raids. >> i'm undocumented, i'm fearful that this country has determined that the deportation of folks is constitutional and that makes me fearful. >> reporter: i.c.e. has now granted them access to their detainees, denying their due process. >> it's absolutely critical that at least they have a right to talk to a lawyer. >> reporter: the demonstration
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comes just days after a series of i.c.e. operations in the bay area that resulted in at least 150 arrests. i.ce. contends the majority of those detained have criminal records. protesters out here not buying that claim. >> although they have said that they are raiding criminals that are violent and they're not, they're taking parents away from children who need them. >> reporter: the counterpart in sf mayor mark ferrell wouldn't say if he would give out a similar warning. >> she did what she thought was best. what we're doing in san francisco is maintaining an active dialogue with everyone in san francisco that we're tasked with being out on the streets to understand what's happening. >> reporter: the mayor even made a brief appearance at the rally to show his support. and as you just saw there, the mayor was quickly escorted away, but made it clear that san francisco will always be a sanctuary city.
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oakland mayor libby shaft continues to warn against immigration raids. she's doing it again. >> what i'm doing is my job as mayor of oakland and the values of is people i represent. i'm confident what i did was fully legal. >> immigrations and customs enforcement said it made 150 arrests. they said they couldn't find many of them they were looking for, some were able to evade them thanks to the mayor's controversial decision. >> what she did was no better than a gang lookout telling police, when a police cruiser comes into the neighborhood except she did it for an entire community. this is a whole new low to intentionally warn criminals that law enforcement is coming.
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>> shaft says she's trying to distract from i.c.e.'s racist message by saying that all undocumented immigrants are criminals. another mayor is promising to protect undocumented immigrants who want to attend college. the goal was to spread the word about an upcoming deadline to apply for the california dream act. that helps qualified students pay for college tuition, he said applications will stay confidential and will not be shared with immigrations enforcement or any other law enforcement agencies. >> there are protections after protections. i just spoke with the chancellor and he said if i.c.e. comes knocking he will bar the door and we will continue doing all we can to make sure that their rights are protected. >> reporter: the deadline for the dream act is this friday march 2. turning to our weather, you
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can see it's cloudy, and we are in for a big storm tonight. >> all signs point to rain. we have a live look from our east bay hills as well as our exploratorium camera. and we'll take a live look from drone view 7, which is over the embarcadero. it is dark and foreboding, spencer christian. >> it is and it's already raining in some locations. here's live doppler 7 you can see in the north bay and you can see showers from ukiah over to santa rosa. the steadiest rain seems to be in an area between clover dale andhillsdale. the approaching storm for this evening ranks one on the storm impact scale. here's forecast animation starting at 5:00 p.m. notice by 7:00, it will be much rainier around the north bay. and areas of yellow and orange
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showing up there in the north bay indicating moderate to heavy rain in san francisco tonight, down into the peninsula and into parts of the east bay. we have a wind advisory going into effect for all of the north bay, and at 7:00 p.m. an advisory for the north bay, and the east bay. as the storm intensifies overnight, tomorrow it will rank 2 on the storm impact scale, producing moderate to heavy rainfall, possible heavy thunderstorms and heavy gusts. let's let's. >> leading up to this storm, we have had several weeks of just dry weather, and a drop some days and that has led to a deficit across the entire region. look at rainfall numbers since october 1, since our rainy season started. santa rosa more than a foot below average of rain that we should be at this time of year.
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to contrast that from last year, santa rosa was more than 2 feet above average. you can see that feast or famine pattern, 7 inches in oakland, 6 in san hsz, and in moffett, six inches behind what we should be this time of the year. it's dry across much of the bay area and as you take a look at the wider picture across california, even dryer conditions, severe drought to our south around los angeles. when spencer comes back we'll have the latest timing on our beneficial rain and even feet of snow in the sierra in just a few minutes. >> despite this storm that's coming, water managers are not counting on mother nature helping out that much this season. >> eric thomas live in emeryville with that part of the story. >> reporter: they'll take any rain they can get so they're welcoming this one, but they say it's been a very dry year this
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year. reservoirs are above normal but it's going to be months before we know if the situation is going to be okay for next year. bruce took advantage of the calm before the storm to get in a little fishing at the reservoir. it's one of the reasons he pays attention to the water levels. >> last year was a lot of rain so most of the reservoirs were all filled up, pretty filled. and this year hasn't been so much rain so it's been kind of low. >> reporter: east bay agrees that the water they have now was left behind by the storms of 2017. this year not so bountiful. >> she says the rainfall in the east bay this season is down 44% of average, snowfall in the sierra where much of our drinking water originates is even worse, close to 20%. supplies are nowhere near the lows we experienced in the drought years before 2017 when californians were forced to take
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extreme conservation measures. but experts warn that water measures will be in effect. >> we need to do more than conserve as a way of life, do we need to request voluntary conservation? >> reporter: as for our fisherman bruce, he says why worry about something you can't control. >> i'm not too worried about it because it will eventually even out in the end. >> reporter: emery had a meeting on their situation yesterday, they are concentrating on how dry it has been. in april, they believe, late april after the official rainy season is over, they're going to reassess and see where the water levels are and just how deeply they'll have to go into conservation. >> with more storms approaching, be sure to have the abc7 news
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app handy to get the up to the minute weather forecast. and we have upgraded it to customize the news you want for work or play. two men held in connection with a deadly shooting in bro broadmoor over the weekend, devin lum is accused of killing two people outside the market in broadmoor. prosecutors say the victims and suspects got into an argument that led to the shooting. >> it was the usual stupidity and arguments escalating into the use of a gun and deadly violence. the sad story that we have heard way too many times over the years. >> sources tell abc7 news the shooting was catch chptured on
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surveillance cameras at the market. president trump taking on the nra and guns today. >> i think it's time, it's time that a president stepped up. >> what he said about age limits as two major retailers announce some significant changes about gun sales. plus the story on broken fire and coall boxes in san francisco is raising new questions about what needs to be done to get them back online. and just a week away from oscar sunday, some changes being made and is it enough? >> i was going to say its enough traffic, because normally that's what i want to say. but the traffic is looking better than usual right now.
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breaking news just into the abc7 newsroom in the last few minutes, walmart has announced it will raise the age to buy guns and ammunition to 21 years old. the company said it decided to review it's firearm sales policy in light of recent events. walmart stopped selling and said it will stop selling nonlethal and soft guns and toys. >> this comes on the heels of the announcement this morning from dicks sports goods that no high capacity magazines for rifles will be sold, and no guns will be sold to anyone under the age of 21. >> tell us what you think about these decisions. do you support them? you can go to abc7news.com/vote.
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yes, you support them 100% right now, but as more votes come in that will change. >> here's abc7 news reporter matt keller with more on the story. >> reporter: 17 people were kill it in the parkland school shooting two weeks ago. it sparked ac eed anger and outd for the ceo of dicks sporting goods, action. ed stack sat down this morning for an interview with george stephanopoulus on gma to speak about the company's gun policy. he said they already removed assault-style rifles from dick's stores in 2005. dick's will also no longer sell high capacity magazines or any gun to anyone under 21 years of age regardless of local laws. >> no chance you're going to reverse this? >> never. >> are you ready for the
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backlash? >> we are and we know this isn't going to make everyone happy. >> reporter: people against the new policy spoke out saying they'll just shop at other stores that sell guns while questioning the company's position on the second amendment. >> our view was if the kids can be brave enough to organize like this, we can be brave enough to take those out of >> reporter: some people think it's great to see a big company take private action. >> they're listening to the public and their outcry for some sort of change, if it's not going to come from a government standpoint, then we got to make a change in the poi point. >> reporter: no one under the age of 21 will be able to buy a rifle. in san jose, matt keller, abc7 news. so let's take a look back at the poll results, do you support
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the gun sale policy by dick's sporting goods. >> still homingoverwhelmingly y support it, 92% say yes, and no, don't support it is 7%. go to abc7news.com/vote to see the results in real time. president trump said he will sign a bill banning bump stocks. this came at a meeting where he asked if he was afraid of the nra. >> i'm a fan of the nra, these are great patriots, they love our country, but it didn't mean we need to agree on everything. i'm just curious as to what you did in your bill. >> we didn't address it, mr. president. >> what? because you're afraid of the nra, right? >> the president also told
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congressman steve scalise that his proposal to allow concealed carry permits to cross state lines would never pass. anybody hoping to see the world's best big wave surfers at mavericks this year will not get that chance. the window to hold that competition expired today. according to the chronicle, there were a couple of close calls in january, surfers were actually put on alert. but a large enough swell never quite materialized. these guys are amazing. the world surf league plans to hold a surf competition when the next window opens but that won't be until october. >> we dealt have stormy weather conditions in the next few days. >> we have got rain developing already in the bay area, it will be spreading all across the entire region and intensifying overnight. this is our live view from the embarcadero camera.
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so live view from drone view 7, gives us a look over the embarcadero and the bay. it's really dark and dreary and threatening out there as that storm is brewing up in the north bay right now and will begin spreading southward and eastward during the early morning hours. we have got showers widely scattered up in the north bay, but little pockets of steadier rain, but mainly between just southeast of clover dale, south of hid on valley, down toward santa rosa, portions of highway 101 and some of the local streets as well. this is a view from emeryville and you can see the dark areas in the western sky. this is how it looks at the golden gate, you see the clouds getting lower and darker there, it's 51 degrees in santa rosa, napa 53, mid 50s in novato,
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fairfield, concord and livermore. and a live view from sutro tower, looking live out over san francisco. here's our forecast features, we'll have rain and wind intensifying tonight, we'll have wet and hazardous conditions for the morning commute, all day driving conditions will be challenging and we'll have a wintry mix of freezing rain and higher elevation snow on friday and early saturday. current storm, this storm ranks 1 on the storm impact scale, this evening we'll have light to moderate rain and wind will be increasing, overnight lows will be in the upper 40s to low 50s. as i mentioned, the storm will intensify overnight, so by tomorrow, it will rank 2 on the storm impact scale, a stronger storm, a moderate one, with periods of heavy rainfall, and wind gusts over 40 miles an hour. now let's look at the forecast
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animation, starting this evening, 10:00 tonight we'll see more widespread rain pushing down through san francisco on to the peninsula, over to the east bay as well. the areas of yellow and orange represent the heavier downpours and there will be lots of downpours in the early to mid morning hours. we have a few breaks during the daytime hours tomorrow, but the rain is not going to end completely at any point during the day tomorrow. the biggest break will come in the afternoon, but the afternoon is going to be another wet one as rain comes in with snow developing to our north, especially in the sierra. this is our wind gusts overnight that will range from 25 to 35-mile-per-hour generally with very little variation in the intensity of the wind. so gusty, messy and rainfall totals by friday night will
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range from an inch and a half to two inches in the bay area, we have a winter storm warning in the just for the sierra, but the entire range of mountains to our east and north and that's going to produce significant travel delays. travel is certainly discouraged, we expect three to five feet of snow in the sierra from the two days of storms, several feet possible in areas, with winds gusting 65-mile-per-hour in this area. this is your accuweather 7-day forecast, and you can see the rain won't taper off until midday on saturday, on sunday it will be partly cloudy and cool. and more rain on monday and tuesday. new allegations against the new allegations against the creator of "fuller house" what at at&t, we believe in access. new allegations against the creator of "fuller house" what the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most.
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the show -- according to variety, jeff franklin is accused of being verbally abusive and making inappropriate sexual comments in the "fuller house" writer's room and on the set. the show will live on. netflix said today that it hopes to go into production on "fuller house house's" fourth season in two months. actress kim raver will join the cast of designated survivor tonight. raver's character is a tech entrepreneur whose company is meant to help the government. the show's main actor south southerland, he plays the president on the show.
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>> this is a command performance, or i'm not exactly getting along with uncle sam these days. >> i was just reading about that, $200 million for fuel. >> that's not sustainable for the crew. >> there's a difference of opinion based on the course of o'clockation. . >> designated survivor returns tonight at 10:00 p.m., you can watch it here on abc7, followed by abc7 news at 11:00. coming up, the white house shake-up leading to the departure of hope hicks. plus -- >> we would like to move on with our normal lives. today was a strange,
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and here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. protesters are wrapping up a rally outside the u.s. customs house in san francisco protesting the i.c.e. arrests in san francisco. the protesters are calling for an end to the arrests and deportations. abc "world news tonight" tweeting about a stunning decision by president trump
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supporting many gun control measures that the nra has long proposed. students at marjorie stoneman douglas high school returned to class today. 17 were killed and 14 others wounded. maggie? >> reporter: larry, the superintendent here called today a major milestone and said the students who returned were resilient and in spiring. he also went on to remind people that this week is not about a curriculum or learning, but rather it's about helping the students move forward. classes now back in session at marjorie stoneman douglas high school. >> it's a relief to be back. >> reporter: but even as they try to move forward -- >> we would like to move on with our normal lives. today was a weird, strange, emotional day. >> reporter: students here know everything is now different.
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>> in my spanish class especially, because one of the stude classmates didn't show up today because he was one of the victims. >> reporter: helping students find a new normal after two weeks that have been anything but. students turning their anger into action, pressuring lawmakers and companies to make changes. this morning, dick's sporting goods announced they will no longer tell assault-style rifles and they will not sell guns to anyone under the age of 21. >> if the kids can be enough to -- >> reporter: in an open meeting on school safety, president trump called on more trained professionals to carry guns. >> you can't just be sitting ducks and that's exactly what we have allowed people in these buildings and schools to be. >> reporter: the superintendent says 95% of students returned to
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campus today. he described it as a healing family reunion. now the classes here will continue through the end of the week, but they'll do so on a modified schedule. >> maggie, have we learned anything new about the shooter or his intentions? >> reporter: well, larry, this investigation continues to be ongoing and today we learned a little bit more about what went on that day here just two weeks ago. we now know that the shooter had plenty of ammo still left on him, more than 100 rounds were found inside that freshman building where that shooting occurred. we also know that the shooter went to the third floor and tried to fire out the window. authorities believe he was trying to get a position overlooking the student fleeing trying to kill even more students as they left the building, luckily that window was made of hurricane proof glass so he was not able to break through. but those details shed new disturbing light on what
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happened that day. >> it really could have been worse. police in georgia arrested a social studies teacher today after they say he fired a gun inside his classroom. authorities say 53-year-old jesse davidson locked himself inside his classroom just after lunch time as students tried to enter the room. >> when the principal came to the scene and said, hey, let me in, the teacher forcibly forced the door closed, wouldn't let him in, so he took his key out to unlock the classroom door and when he did that, he immediately heard shots coming from the classroom. >> davidson surrendered following a 30-minute standoff with police, this is the same school where a threatening note was found last week. word out of the white house is that communications director hope hicks will resign in the coming weeks, the 29-year-old former model is one of the administration's longest serving
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advisors and is a close confidant of president trump. the announcement comes after eight hours of testimony in the mueller intelligence probe. she said she told white lies.tr manageraded not guilty today in special new charges. maul manafort accused of acting as an unregistered foreign agent and directing an international money laundering conspiracy. his first court appearance since his co-defendant and long-time business associate rick gates announced he will cooperate with proout prosecutors. today trump had criticism for his own attorney general jeff sessions. sessions is now pushing back. >> reporter: president trump and
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jeff sessions both at the ceremony to honor -- trump tweeting his frustration that the inspector general who was appointed by president obama is investigating the alleged surveillance abuse by the fbi and the department of justice, the president tweeting, why is a.g. jeff sessions asking the inspector general to investigate potentially massive fisa abuse. will take forever and has no prosecutorial power and already late with reports on comey, et cetera. white house press secretary sarah sanders supported the investigations a day ago. >> it's something he's clearly had frustration over so i would imagine he supports the decision to look into what we feel to be some wrong doing. >> reporter: sessions for the first time responding to one of the president's criticisms publicly, writing in a statement, we have
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today the crews rolled out the 900-foot red carpet in front of the dolly theater in hollywood. hello, welcome, thank you for joining us. i could be a greeter. a live look now, you can see the awning that's covering some of the area there. l.a. is expected to have rain on friday and saturday, but sunday's forecast looks clear and 60 degrees. >> they might be able to remove that, we'll see. >> you were there last year?
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>> yes, they took every measure to make sure that it was going to be perfect and dry for the stars. it's been two years since oscars so white brought to light the lack of diversity in the oscars. >> i'm here at the academy awards. otherwise known as the white people's choice awards. >> reporter: the glaring lack of racial diversity in the to 16 academy awards nominees, sparked awareness and change carried into this year's nominations. in that category, a mexican director is considered a favorite to win. and jordan peel is nominated for directing directing and writing "get out." >> this kind of recognition goes bigger than me, it goes bigger than us. i had that when itches
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kid. >> denzel washington nominated for best actor. among the nominees for original screen play, dereise, now the first black woman ever to get an oscar nod for writing. >> it's cause for reflection, also cause for celebration, like why did it take 90 years for us to get here. >> while there has been some progress, hollywood still has a long way to go. >> in 2016, out of 100 films, there wasn't a single black actor or character on screen, over 40 didn't feature an asian american character. and over 50 didn't feature latino characters. we need to tell stories that represent all of humanity.
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>> you can catch the oscars this sunday only on abc7. and our own deion lind will be heading to oscars in hollywood. live coverage of the oscars begins right here on abc7 news at 4:00 on friday. >> between now and the oscars, a lot of rain and a lot of wind. >> let's check in with spencer now and find out what the timeline is for your neighborhood. >> we'll start with live doppler 7 conditions at the moment. all of us are going to feel that rain before the evening is over. the approaching storm ranks 1 on the storm impact scale, so look for widespread showers, and it will be like this early in the morning for the among commute, it's going to be wet and messy. temperatures mainly in the upper 40s to right around 50. and then the storm will intensify, it will be a level 2 on the storm impact scale by
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tomorrow. and throughout the day we'll see moderate to heavy rainfall, possibly some hail. the rain will be pretty widespread across the north bay. you can see those areas of yellow and orange indicating the heavier rainfall. we'll get little breaks during the day, but we'll also get surges of rain moving through the bay area tomorrow. tomorrow night in the higher elevations we'll see a mix of freezing rain and snow going into friday, and that will be the pattern or wintry mix. we get partial clearing on oscar sunday, heading into early next week, we get chances of rain again on tuesday and wednesday. finding a fix to those broken emergency call boxes, 87% still out of order, san francisco's effort to get them fixed for good. i'm "7 on your side's"
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francisco. today the public safety commission conducted a hearing on why they're not working, only 87% are working right now and what it will take to bring them online again. leann joins us from san francisco. >> reporter: like you said, you see them all over the city, they were built in the 19th century, some are broken and now the city may have a plan to keep them working. when we first did a story on these broken call boxes, nobody new exactly how many were working. there are 2,300 boxes throughout the city and only 87% are currently working, supervise aaron peskin is leading the investigation. >> this is not a game of gotcha, i understand why they're not working and what which need to do to bring them into the 21st
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century. >> reporter: they're really old, put in place in the 1860s, they were instrumental during the 1989 loma prieta earthquake when the power went out. there is only one provider of the necessary parts which are no longer being manufactured. >> so you repair one may not stay repaired. >> reporter: when one breaks, the city puts a cover over the box telling them to call 911 instead. but then city crews ran out of covers and used the only technology they had available, plastic bags with the words not in service is being used instead. in the past year, there were 282,000 calls made from these boxes, less than 5% resulted in a valid emergency. still the fire department acknowledges these boxes are
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important part of the redundancy built into the city's emergency system when cell phones fail. >> not all of the street box calls are for fires, some are for vehicular accidents, there can also be a call for medical attention. >> reporter: the city doesn't want the boxes gone, instead they are looking into relate tr retro fitting them using wire based communications at an estimated cost to $500 or $600 per box. >> it's a big pill to swallow, but we would do it over time. >> reporter: this is promised to be the city's 2018 project. and boston and san francisco are the only major cities in the country still using this old technology. time forey
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on your side michael finney answering questions, john said i won $1,000 in a lottery scratcher game. i sent it in as a claim a month ag, but still have not recieved it. what should i do now? >> california lottery is currently looking at a 6 1/2 week wait, that's been going on for a while, to get a check mailed out will come. marianne says i bought a tv as a wedding gift for my niece from costco. can my niece take over the warranty? >> since she received it as a gift, she can take over the warranty, the concierge can guide you through the warranty process if you need help.
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i'll put the link on the abc7 news website. gail asks i want to evict a tennant for paili infailing to . what is the best way to go about an eviction? >> it is best to use an attorney because it is easy to mess these things up. the city says you should give a tenant a three-day notice in writing that they're in in in clearly that becomes a huge hassle and it sets you up for a lawsuit. be very, very careful. if you have a question for me, record a 10 to 15-second long video and i'll answer it on the air, you can also find me on facebook or abc7news.com. get an attorney, that's just part of a business. we love living here in the bay area, but when it comes to quality of life, apparently
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california ranks last among the 50 states. >> come on. >> yeah, last. that's according to a new study by u.s. news and world report. it measures things like water, pollution and air quality, community engagement and voter participation. so where should you move if you want the best quality of life allegedly? >> nebraska. >> north dakota. >> we're all running to lincoln. that's nebraska, isn't it? >> we'll stay at number 50. >> what is it 12 degrees in north dakota now? we're all leaving tonight. a cinderella moment for some bay area teens. >> the team of generous teenagers helping others make their high school prom memories. right now dan is here with what's coming up on abc7 news at 5:00. >> a family reunion, a brother takes to facebook with some old photos and finds a match right
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and it's the mid season premier of designated survivor and then stay with us for abc7 news at 11:00. an east bay teenager is helping dreams come true for this prom season. she's opening a free pop-up prom shop. >> all of this is kind of all like super sparkly dresses. >> carly loves dressing up. >> this one right here, i think, because it's a really pretty silk material that i love. >> reporter: it's prom season, and even though she has her dress picked out, she knows everyone is not as fortunate. >> i wanted everyone to have the same opportunities that i can have. >> so she partnered up with east bay dress day. >> so when they walk in this thing, it floats behind them. >> reporter: it's a nonprofit that donates used prom dresses for teens.
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they found a store in alamo and will hold a free prom -- she got a sneak peek at the inventory before her upcoming prom, which she admits that she otherwise would have missed because she didn't have a dress. >> that was nice that they donate to people that can't afford prom dresses. >> reporter: the prom dress pop-up will take place the first two weekends in march democracies if you have. if you have a dress, you can drop it off here. a reminder, you can get the latest news any time with our upgraded abc7 news app, it has more features, more customization and the news push alerts to get the news you want
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delivered in real time, especially with the rain coming up, storms for the next few days. abc7 news at 5:00 starts right now. we have to fight against the racist myth that the trump administration is trying to perpetuate. >> tough talk from oakland's mayor. her defense on immigration has the government stepping up it's own attacks. meanwhile hundreds protest i.c.e. across the bay, the dividing line between getting rid of criminals and keeping families safe. >> find out how much rain will hit your community. only on abc7, two brothers see each other for the first time, it's a hug more than 50 years in the making. >> the immigration fight is leading to an escalating war of
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words. >> neither side is backing down over the issue of immigration raids. oakland mayor libby sch as krrss claiming her warnings put his agents in danger. >> we begin our team coverage from oakland. >> i.c.e. is trying to distract people from their racist messages. >> reporter: it's a full blown war of words between oakland mayor libby schaaf and immigrations customs enforcement. >> we have to fight against the racist myth that president trump is trying to perpetuate, that immigrants are criminals. >> reporter: appearing this morning on fox and friends, chastised schaaf's warning i.c.e. raids. >> it's no better than shouting police, when a police car comes into
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