a stunning verdict for the widow of the gunman who killed those at the orlando nightclub. noor salman was found not guilty in helping her husband with the shooting rampage. thank you for joining us. salman's relatives are reacting to the verdict saying it proves what they've always known. she was a victim of omar mateen like everyone else. amy hollyfield is live in rodeo where salman has family. >> reporter: hi, kristen. this is where she grew up. the relatives here this morning did not want to comment, but some relatives traveled to florida for this trial. this morning they say they are

elat elated. her relatives were filled with joy as they left the courtroom this morning after the not guilty verdict was announced. >> i want to say thank you. thank you a lot for getting my niece free. >> reporter: noor salman sobbed and her family gasped when the verdict was read in a florida courtroom. she was accused of helping her husband in the 2016 attack on the pulse nightclub. omar mateen killed 49 people before police shot and killed him. prosecutors believe his wife knew about his plans, his guns and his extreme views, and she did nothing to stop him. jurors did not agree. >> i told you so. now i came here to tell you, i told you she's innocent. when she said she was innocent, we stood by her. >> reporter: noor's relatives say they sympathize with the victims of the attack and their families. >> feel bad for them. i lost a child. i know how it feels. no matter what's going to happen

between noor being guilty or nonguilty is not going to bring them back. at the same time, we can't commit another innocent person as well as part of all this. >> reporter: noor and omar have a young son together. her family says they don't know she'll make up for the two years she has lost but all she really wants to do is just be with her son. in rodeo, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. developing news out of the east bay. oakland's fire marshal has resigned. miguel trujilla has been facing intense criticism since the ghost fire in 2016. it's not clear if today's announcement has anything to do with the fire or his department's response. he will assume the role of fireman shall until a replacement is found. a transient is in custody this morning in san jose accused of throwing a rock at a car and a second one at the driver.

33-year-old juan brown faces a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon. police say brown threw a rock at a car driving down south second street at basset avenue around 10:00 last night. when the driver got out to check out the damage, police say that's when broken threw a second rock hitting the woman. witnesses helped police track down the suspect. the woman suffered nonlife-threatening injuries. a town hall meeting to discuss a fatal san francisco police shooting turned heat. police released body camera video from the incident. we want to warn you, it's difficult to watch and listen to. it shows the chaos inside that barber shot. the 21-year-old stood up and fired first. he fired nine rounds at the officers and they returned fire, shooting 26 rounds. four bystanders were injured. >> it's all messed up. there are dads, brothers, everything, husbands, in that shop. >> a lot of people in the room here were in -- involved in the

incident, but we don't have the scientific evidence. right now as we speak to determine which will assist. >> an officer was shot in the leg but it recovering now. happening now, results from a private autopsy ordered by the family of stephon clark has found he was shot eight times by sacramento police, six times to his backside and once to the leg and once in the side. those results were released just minutes ago by dr. bennett omalu, the forensic pathologist hired by the family to determine how clark died. he's best known for his work on cte in the nfl. results from the official autopsy was performed by sacramento county and they have not been released. yesterday funeral services were held for the 22-year-old. reverend al sharpton delivered the eulogy by standing by clark's older brother. >> we came for stevante, we came

for the family, we came because this boy should be alive today. >> the union representing sacramento police called the shooting justified. protesters took to the streets again, calling for the officers involved to be held accountable. they claim clark took a, quote, shooting stance when he was confronted in his grandmother's backyard. proposed changes to jury selection in alameda county which could mean longer travel distances for those called to serve and a possible decrease in jury diversity. the executive committee is proposing moving to a jury pool for all types of cases, including misdemeanor, and in all locations. it already operates on a jurywide pool for all cases. >> a view from the bench says your jury pool shouldn't depend on the type of case. >> the court is making an extra layer of difficulty to get people to serve. >> the public defender's office

beliefs the change will create a burden on people in lower socioeconomic classes by asking them to travel farther. a public comment period is open until early may. the contra costa county sheriff's office is publishing release dates of inmates on its website. the change was made last month. officials say the new policy is in response to a request from organizations that assist with inmate re-entry. some immigration experts tell "the east bay times" they believe the policy is documenting undocumented immigrants. they say it's taking part in a loophole that ban law enforcement from cooperating with i.c.e. tonight's mega millions jackpot is $500 million and growing. matt keller is live in one store

that's popular. >> reporter: so many people have been buying lottery tickets that the mega million went up to $521 million. the drawing is just about nine hours away. if you don't believe in luck, then you probably don't play the lottery. >> that's the winner right there. >> reporter: nothing brings out champagne wishes and caviar dreams like when the jackpot rises to rare heights. mega millions hasn't seen a winner in more than two months and now the jackpot is at $521 million. om four times in history has it surged past $500 million. many consider the chevron milpitas off 880 and dixon road to be extra lucky. was sold here. in 2017 workers say another powerball ticket worth $818,000 was sold. >> it's happened twice so i think it's something. maybe the magic number is coming

from this machine. >> i always bought here. the one time i decided not to buy it, somebody won. yeah, so i feel really bad if i don't go for it again because i may miss the opportunity. >> reporter: sometimes the opportunity is just knowing the right person. will you give me any part of your earnings? >> sure. >> reporter: i'll take you out for a good dinner. >> that's a deal. >> reporter: if shawn or you at home win the jackpot, the cash option is $317 million minus the cost of my dinner. reporting live in milpitas, matt keller, abc7 news. >> that's just not enough, matt. just kidding. thanks so much. a former governor is in the hospital this morning, shifting gears. the reason arnold schwarzenegger underwent open heart surgery. do you have an iphone 6 or 7? the new release that could affect your device. good morning. i'm meteorologist mike nicco. we've been talking about record

high temperatures. we will again today. my accuweather seven-day forecast coming up but let me show you a surprise brewing for late next week. a chance of rain and it may be a soaker. we'll talk about this, too

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catheter replacement but developed complications and that led to surgery. russia has ordered the expulsion of diplomats from at least 19 countries in a retaliation move. at least 60 american diplomats have been expelled. the kremlin has ordered the u.s. consulate in st. petersburg to be closed. more than 20 countries this week ordered the expulsion of russian diplomats over the poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter in the united kingdom. russia is accused in the act. an accused russian hacker made his first appearance in a san francisco court this morning after being extradited from the czech republic overnight. this is he's accused of stealing personal information of 100 million users and reselling it

to other hackers. if convicted, he faces nearly 30 years in prison and over $1 million in fines. iphone users can now decide if they want to turn off apple's default setting that slows down to preserve the battery life. yesterday apple released its newest ios version for iphones and ipads. the new battery settings are only offered for the iphone 6 and iphone 7. apple came under fire when it was revealed they were slowing the performance of iphones with older batteries. we have the scoop on some family fun this holiday weekend. do you love to binge watch netflix shows? find out how you can get paid to do it. and when we're looking outside from our east bay hills camera, you're going to notice it's not quite as bright as it has been the last couple of days, but we're still going to make one more run at record highs. i've kind of singled out

with pg&e in the sierras. and i'm an arborist since the onset of the drought, more than 129 million trees have died in california. pg&e prunes and removes over a million trees every year to ensure that hazardous trees can't impact power lines. and since the onset of the drought we've doubled our efforts. i grew up in the forests out in this area and honestly it's heartbreaking to see all these trees dying. what guides me is ensuring that the public is going to be safer and that these forests can be sustained and enjoyed by the community in the future.

get your full of fun this easter weekend. natasha has ideas from our partner at hoodline. >> let's talk easter eats. let's start with the good stuff -- bacon. this is millionaire bacon. you were saying it's like what this is. >> kind of like a party in your mouth. it's got flavor, spice, salty, sour, sweet. >> it's cured in a mix with molasses, jhabanero and whisky. it comes from brandon peacock who won "chopped." he says it goes into serving

brunch for 200 plus every sunday. this easter sunday you're invited. he'll serve crab, special local crab and avocado and the fried chicken that won him best fried chicken in the bay area. his hope is you'll put down the phone and indulge in simply delicious food. >> we do crab, ham, turkey. we have this beautiful ail immediate dad rivera on the water. it's beautiful. like a vacation. it's to bring everybody together and show them about food, sharing, talking, putting everything aside and enjoying everyone's company. >> enjoy a seat on the water and $50 all you can eat brunch. leave with a full tummy and instagram full of gorgeous stories. head to the walk around sparkling wine tasting at culinary institute of america. for 35 bucks they're featuring bottles from around the world including south africa, spain and armenia. how about easter doughnuts? we found an easter egg hunt in

san francisco where everything is 100% free. include food trucks including johnny doughnuts, at no cost, an egg hunt and petting zoo. it's put on by first sfo. babies through fifth grade and families are welcome. for all the info, go to abc7news.com. we'll link you up with hoodline. abc7 news. now you have some ideas of what to do this weekend. let's tell you what the weather's going to be. hi again, everybody. open up the weather window on the golden gate bridge. a lot of high, thin clouds. still need the sunglasses. notice the flag is blowing out to the ocean. because of that we'll have one last chance of setting record highs. even under a partly sunny sky today. slow cooling as winds shift and we'll get back to average by wednesday and a chance of rain thursday and friday. you can see the encoachment of the high clouds as the high pressure moves off to the east today. it's still leaving behind some warm weather for today.

80 to 85 in the south bay once again. san jose, 83 ties a record high. 75 in millbrae. it's the last warm day or mild day, if you will, at the coast. temperatures around 70 degrees. mid to upper 70s downtown. 79 in petaluma to 84 in calistoga. along the east bay shore, 74 to 79. take you down to fremont, you're warmer at 80. inland about 80 to 85 degrees. here's a look fromle emeryville. alcatraz in the distance along with golden gate bridge. you can see a little pollution but it's not a spare the air day. 66 at the coast. upper 70s to low 80s as records could tumble again this afternoon. a great evening on tap. sure, you'll need a jacket at the coast, 56. maybe not anywhere else. 66 to 68 and hovering around 60 at midnight. 2-0 start for the a's taking on

the angels, second game of a four-game set. 7:05 pitch. take a coat. you'll need it. temperatures drop down to the 40s to mid-50s like this morning. thursday morning at 7:00, you can see light rain in the north bay. a little drizzle for the rest of us during the morning commute. heading through the day, the light rain rain rain southwa southward. evening commute, a couple hundredths. it keeps raining friday across the north bay. look how generous the computer model is being. more than three-quarters of an inch around the bay and half inch at the coast. accuweather seven-day forecast and what you'll see is a slight chance of 80 tomorrow inland. otherwise 60s and 70s rule once again. that's the way it's going to be as we head through the holiday weekend. it will be breezy sunday, especially near the coast. a little crisp with that 62. you can see temperatures back to average by wednesday. that storm rolls in thursday. it's a one on the storm impact

scale. at the same time, some rain will start falling in the sierra thursday. it will be really high up. so, if you want to get on some groomed snow while it's still snow not ice or sierra cement, go the next couple of days. temperatures will be in the mid-50s to near 60. >> it's getting too late in the season to build that snowpack, isn't it? >> it's getting close, absolutely. >> thanks, mike. believe it or not, "general hospital" is celebrating its 55th anniversary sunday. it's the longest running scripted drama and the longest running american soap opera currently in production. "general hospital" is heading into this year's emmys with 26 nominations. executive producer calls the soap the original binge watch. >> in addition to it be iing ubiquitous in terms of its availability, i think there's also an opportunity for people to want to watch it live because of the immediacy of twitter and facebook and instagram and everyone talking about it.

they don't want to miss it. >> a special celebratory anniversary-themed episode of "general hospital" will air this afternoon at 2:00 on abc7. you have a chance to binge watch netflix and get paid for it. the company is looking for people to catch, categoryize and rate their movies. the job is called editorial analyst and up on the website. it calls for people who are passionate about tv and film and deadline-oriented. that's us. no word on what the position pays, though. if you or someone you know is looking to adopt a dog, stay right here. we need your help with this little guy. find out how you can make him part of your family. and join 7 on your side michael finney in san jose. he'll be answering your consumer questions and all of your tax questions. the 7 on your side team will have tax experts on site. today 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at santana row in san jose.

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okay. it's time for perfect pet. our favorite friday segment. we really need your help this week, so get to your tv because mike is about to reintroduce us to a very special dog. >> about six months ago we featured a dog named bones from the green dog rescue project.

sadly bones and his family haven't found each other yet. so, they're still looking. take a look at how absolutely adorable he is. he was brought to the shelter two years ago following the lake county fires. he has a brindle coat and very active. also, he loves to walk, hike and fetch. bones is good at taking commands and he's very loyal. please, let's find bones a forever home. let's get him and a family together. call the green dog rescue project. the number on your screen, 707-433-4733 or go to our website, abc7news.com. bones and a family need to find each other. >> i bet it's not going to take long now. is it because he's older? does that sometimes happen? >> i think it may be. >> but he has so much life left in him. >> he doesn't have all the puppy tendencies. >> that's an upside. from all of us here at abc7 news, let's find bones a home.

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>> welcome to whiz kids week. i have a feeling i may be handing out some very big checks today, because we've got some of the smartest young people in the country ready to take a shot at that million-dollar question. so don't move. it's time to play "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ♪ hey, everybody, welcome to "millionaire." it's whiz kids week. from performing with "annie's" national tour to playing on the "millionaire" stage, let's welcome our next whiz kid, a 13-year-old from franklin, massachusetts, amanda wylie's here. welcome. >> thank you. >> if you were touring with "annie," this is nothing for you. >> it's still a pretty big deal. >> i mean, it's a big deal to us, and it could be a big deal to you. it could be a million dollars to you. you're about to face 14 questions, the money values growing from $500 all the way