she had been charged with helping her husband in the 2016 attack. her husband died after he interinte entered the club and opened fire. prosecutors had argued that salman knew about her husband's guns and his obsession for muslim extremist videos, they also told the jury that salman was aware of her husband's intention to attack a given location. but she is also a woman with a low iq who was abused by her husband and had no knowledge of her plans. she had faced a sentence of up to life in prison. when she heard the verdict, she began sobbing. her uncle told reporters that he

was taking salman back to her home in the east bay city rodeo, to be reunited with her son who's now 5 years old. today the family remained inside the home. >> i'm live in r. a private autopsy ordered by the family of 22-year-old stephon clark found that he died from eight gunshot wounds, 7 of which were shot from behind. results from an independent autopsy were released today. clark was also shot in the leg,

dr. amaluo said his death was not instant, taking up to 7 minutes for clark to succumb to the words. >> the police said they had to open fire because he was charging at them, where the doctor's findings in the family's autopsy suggests that all the bullets were from behind. >> stephon clark was killed on march 2. official autopsy results from sacramento county haven't been released. in louisiana, a white rouge police officer has been fired for the shooting of an unarmed black man. the shooting led to nationwide protests. last week louisiana's attorney general ruled out criminal charges. today the chief of police fired the officer and suspended

another officer who helped wrestle sterling to the ground. still no sign of children believed to be inside a vehicle that went over a cliff in mendicino county earlier this week. on monday authorities discovered the bodies of five members of the hart family from washington state inside their vehicle that plummeted into the pacific. that accident happened three days after social services investigators began looking into reports of child neglect that came from neighbors. >> 1:30 in the morning, the doorbell's ringing, and i answered the door and then she was standing out there in a blanket. >> her daughter's telling us, please, please, please, begging us not to make her go back and that they were abusing her. >> they finally called authorities after the girl showed up three days in a row looking for food.

one week ago today, a tree fell on a dad watching his daughter play softball in alameda, it happened in washington park. the city says he's recovering from serious injuries. and as leslie brinkley tells us, more trees will come down. >> reporter: this tree is pretty much guaranteed the safest tree in am immediate lameda? >> the caretaker says they recently took down this tree. the eucalyptus leaning toward the rec center will also be gone. but across town at washington park, a photo of what happened unexpectedly last week when a monterrey pine slammed down on a father >> i thought people were going to start getting a little tree removal happy. >> reporter: but donald said he had a list of problem trees and

the 50-foot tall monterrey pine that toppled here was not on that list. he said that over the last two years, they have taken out seven other pine trees. >> that's kind of a bummer, what they're going to tear them down but for safety purposes, i understand. >> meetings this week, city cautioucautious. >> to have great parks, you're going to have risk and it's our job to make sure they're minimized. >> reporter: he advises park visitors to avoid walking under big trees during big storms, otherwise the trees are what make a park a park. >> the inspections of trees will continue and the city says it welcomes public feedback on trees. oakland's fire marshall

resigned today after a series of problems plaguing the city's fire prevention bureau. he was criticized for not cracking down on hazards reported in the ghost ship warehouse, that fire that left dozens of people dead. darrin white will now assume the role of fire marshall until a replacement is found. we have a few clouds, high thin clouds, and right now it is 76 degrees here in san francisco, 75 across the bay in oakland. 80 in hayward, 83 up in clover dale, 81 in livermore, so we still have some low 80s in some of our locations. 24-hour temperature change reveals that a little bit of cooling has taken place. and san francisco are all five degrees cooler right now than they were at this time yesterday, 2 degrees cooler in oakland, but it's 1 degree warmer down in san jose.

but the cooling will continue it. gradual cooling into the weekend. 6:00 this evening we'll see temperatures mainly in the 70s in the inland areas, 10:00, if you're out and about, you'll see temperatur temperatures in the 60s. i'll have the weekend forecast coming up shortly. former governor and hollywood star arnold schwarzenegger is recovering this afternoon after undergoing open heart surgery. >> doctors say schwarzenegger is in stable condition and in good spirits right now after his surgery. can you guess what his first words were? >> i'll be back. >> schwarzenegger spokesman tweeted today, his trademark i'll be back was what the terminate toor star said when h came to. he underwent a planned procedure

in the hospital. the spokesman says the bodybuilder turned actor, turned california governor was hoping to use a less invasive method. but an open heart team was on stand by and was ultimately needed. tmz first reported the procedure as experimental and that there were complications that led to emergency surgery. but schwarzenegger's camp calls it planned and successful. schwarzenegger has had a busy week, last weekend he tweeted in support of the students who organized the national protest, march for our lives. he's also making moves with movies, and of course he's become a vocal critic of his fellow republican president trump. a marin county mother is saying a california university failed her son. her son was killed three years ago after drinking too much at a frat party.

kate larsen has been in touch with his mother for three years and hop and. >> reporter: three years ago this week, wendy margolan lost her son. >> the police came and told us that they had him in the morgue in l.a. >> her son, disappeared after he and his friends drove down to los angeles, where they ended up at a party at a usc fraternity. >> 1,500 kids were at the party , we found out it was completely out of control. >> wendy and her family went down to look for her son. the family posted missing signs outside the tke house where the party took place. it turned out that he died the night of the party. after drinking too much he wandered away and somehow ended

up on a freeway where he was hit by a car. >> i i accept the responsibility that eloi had, but there should have been supervision. >> last the family settled a lawsuit who failed to ensure -- but wendy says the university of southern california threatened to counter sue her when she tried to hold them responsible for a party at a school sanctioned frat house. >> they consider the fraternity's on private property when it's right ajar to the campus. and i want the schools to have more involvement in it and take more responsibility in what's happening. >> reporter: wendy hopes to speak to lawmakers to bring about change on campuses to keep students safe as she prepares to send her two younger sons to college. the flu outbreak in california is showing some signs of letting up, but is still

considered to be very dangerous. today the state health department reported eight deaths from the flu last week, there are 34 known outbreaks across the state. for the first time this season, one of california's southern regions has seen a reduction in flu cases. half a billion dollars and growing. there hasn't been a winner in months and now that half billion is drawing more people to the jackpot. "7 on your side" popup at santana row is open for business. we have tax questions, you have tax professionals, you have consumer questions, you have the "7 on your side" staff. come down and join me. and let's take a look at some of the traffic in san jose, this is 101 southbound is where all that traffic is stacked up

on this friday, northbound looks pretty good right now and

tonight's megamillions jackpot worth half a billion dollars and growing. matt keller has the story. >> if you don't believe in luck, then you probably don't play the lottery. nothing brings out champagne wishes and caviar dreams like when the jackpot rises to rare

heights. now the jackpot is at $521 million. only four times in history has it surged past a half million dollars. many consider the chevron melpedes to be extra lucky. in 2014, a $425 ball ticket was sold here. in 2017, another power ball ticket was sold worth $800,000. >> maybe the magical numbers coming out from this machine. >> i have always bought here, and the one time i decided not to buy, somebody won. 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 winnings. >> sure. >> i'll take you out for a nice

dinner. >> deal. >> reporter: the cash option is $317 million minus the cost of my dinner. >> and download the abc7 news app to enable push alerts so you can get information about the numbers as soon as they're drawn. >> we have an office pool here, but some people feel the need to buy their own tickets. >> i didn't know there was a pool. >> will you share if you win and the pool doesn't? >> i'll bring you something. we're taking ask fin any on the road today. "7 on your side's" michael finney is live on santana row. >> something, something, that's a wide area, something.

here today, answering you questions, we have "7 on your side" experts here, we have an expert on health care and obama care. these guys have a tax question and they're talking to one of our tax experts. you can show up with a question about just about anything and we'll take care of it. right now i want to talk to cynthia, she's with the enrolled agents, in fact she's the president of the state organization. and you say it is time to start doing the big-time planning because everything has changed? >> that's right. next year, people won't be itemizing deductions in the same way they do this year. the state taxes are limited to a $10,000 deduction, so if you live in the bay hurt. you lose personal exeveryonations, your mortgage interest is capped if your

mortgage is over $750,000. >> you said something i thought was very interesting. she said she's having a hard time, just mentally figuring out what it would be in your head without doing the hard math. so the rest of us don't have a chance, then. >> that's right, you're hosed. >> you have got to get with a professional and start thinking about that. >> you do, because in particular, the federal calculators for payroll have changed and so they're putting money in people's pockets, congress insisted on this to show what a great program this was. and it's not doing people any favors. >> cynthia is with the enrolled agents out here today, there's a bunch of them out here helping with tax questions. we're going to be out here on tr questions on just about anything. you now have a chance to

binge watch netflix, the job is called editorial analyst and is now up on the website. the position calls for people who are passionate about tv and film and are deadline oriented. no word yet on just what the position will pay. >> intriguing. you now have a chance to watch spencer christian and not get paid for it. >> and make it less intriguing too. >> right, we have fair weather for easter weekend, that's good news. live doppler 7 shows a bright day, and here's a wide view from mt. tam looking down on the bay, on this mostly sunny day. it's currently 76 degrees in san francisco. across the bay in oakland 75, 78 in mountain view, 82 in san jose. here's a look at the east bay hills camera. 79 at santa rosa, napa 76, 77 in

fairfield and 81 at livermore. here's our live view at our abc7 exploratorium camera. here are our forecast features. we'll see gradual cooling this weekend. it's not going to cool down suddenly and dramatically. we'll have a dry, breezy and cool easter sunday. and chance of rain late next week. here's our forecast animation, 7:00 tonight, we'll see some clouds, during the early morning hours, just mainly passing high clouds over land area, much like stayed, and there will be a gradual cooldown through down. overnight look for partly cloudy kis, with low temperatures mainly in the upper 40s to low 50s. and highs tomorrow will range from upper 70s to low 80s. on the peninsula, we'll see mid to upper 70s, 76 in redwood

city, 7 in palo alto. downtown san francisco will top out at 69 degrees. 76 at sonoma and napa. 74 hayward, 77 down in freemont and in the inland east bay, we'll see highs in the upper 70s up 80. so let's skip ahead. and take a look at our beach forecast tomorrow. we'll have partly cloudy and pleasant conditions at all of our beaches, mid 60s for the highs, a little bit milder at santa cruz, 72 will be the high there. and we'll have a high uv index despite the clouds. the 12-hour planner for tomorrow, shows a little bit of an increase in clouds in the early morning hours, it would have taken place overnight and it gets sunnier and sunnier

during the early morning hours. our cooling continues garage wamly, sunday through monday. it gets cloudier and slightly cooler next wednesday and we expect some showers and some rain next thursday and friday, this is the first rainfall we have had in a while. we need it. well, good friday around the world, from the bay area to rome. what people are doing to observe this holy day. this holy day. and launchiy for spring-at e ross spring shoe event. ross has the must-have styles and brands for a fraction of what you'd pay elsewhere. step one: get to ross. step two: walk out with top brands at big savings... ...at the ross spring shoe event. you want "streaming all you your favorite showsy. on the fastest internet" easy. you want "internet that helps you save on mobile" easy. you want "the best wifi you can pause with a tap." see? easy. time for bed. you want xfinity because it makes your life... simple. easy. awesome.

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christ was crucified. on thursday, pope francis visited a jail, as he has done so often, to wash the feet of prisoners. everyone has the opportunity to change and one cannot judge. in war torn syria, even there, christians gathered for easter mass. and here in the uk, prince charles spoke out against religious persecution. >> my heart goes out to all those who are being persecuted on religious grounds. >> and the queen mother handing out special commemorative coins to lucky senior citizens. but some traditions around the world may seem a bit unusual. in el salvador, devils run the street, beating by sastanders a punishment for their sins. nd in the philippines, an all

too real reenactment to the cruise fixation. >> molly hunter, abc news, london. jewish families around the world will also celebrate passover which begins tonight and ends on the evening of april 7. the eight-day festival celebrates the emancipation of the israelites from enslavement in egypt. president has said he takes spending taxpayer dollars very seriously. >> calls for the resignation of the

and here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. a private autopsy ordered by the family of stephon clark found he died with eight gunshot wounds. >> the autopsy contradicts the police department's story that clark took a defense stance. former california governor

arnold schwarzenegger is recovering from open heart surgery, the actor and politician underwent a procedure to replace a heart valve that was first replaced in 1997. he's in stable condition. his publicist says his first words after the procedure was, i'm back. an east bay county's -- the contra costa county sheriff's office puts that personal information on its website. in theory, this could make it easier for immigration officers to pick those people up. the contra costa immigrant rights alliance says we unequivocally condemn sheriff livingston's harmful practice of making public personal information of people in the jail's custody. given the timing, this is simply a cruel attempt to undermine the california values act. many american diplomats

boarded a plane for a -- >> russia's foreign ministry says it's seen a sharp increase in provocative attacks against their diplomats. in retaliation, russian ordered the u.s. consulate in petersburg to be closed today. another trump administration official is coming under fire for financial impropriety. >> there's word that scott pruitt lived in a condo that was a top lobbyist. >> don buyers question manneded epa administrator cot -- representative buyer pruitt must be resigned. j. steven hart is the chairman of williams and jenson which lobbies the epa on policies like

the clean air act. pruitt paid just $50 a night, totaling $6,100 over the course of six months, abc news has learned exclusively that last month's security detail broke down the door to the condo. it's unclear what led to the panic that caused the response and a source says the epa reimbursed hart for the damage. this is not the first time that pruitt has come under fire, the white house responded earlier this month in response to his and other cabinet members spending. >> president trump has said he takes spending taxpayer dollars very seriously. all of those secretaries travels are under review. >> reporter: pruitt says he only used one bedroom. but sources tell abc news that br pruitt's daughter also used a second bedroom. and the white house is also c l calling on the inspector general

to investigate pruitt's use of his security detail for private trips. three, two, one. >> a spacex falcon 9 rocket carrying 10 communications satellites blasted off from brandenberg air force base. t as part of women's history month, and national march introduce you to a san francisco woman who's changing kids lives. >> jessica castro has the story of a homework hero and one of our abc7 stars. >> reporter: tutoring time at 826 valencia is fun. says tom who stays young by

volunteering. >> it's very invigoratininvigor. >> reporter: each writing center has a store catched. it's flagship location in the mission has a pirate theme, the newly opened tenderloin location has -- >> that's always driven me is working with young people and having them reach their potential. >> reporter: she's a fifth generation san franciscoian, she used to be a classroom teacher. in 2002, she co-founded the store with david edwards. >> she has profound belief in our young people and she has the wherewithal and will and enthusiasm to get things done to benefit them. >> reporter: 826 valencia offers many after school tutoring programs. in their writing workshops, kids can become public authors. there are five other locations

in the u.s. and soon to be in new orleans. >> there's almost 40 centers around the world that have duplicated partor whole of our programs. so literally in dublin, paris, mexico city have taken part of what we have implemented or part of what we implemented and implemented it in their city. >> reporter: construction is currently under way for a mission bay location. it's set to open next year. 826 current director is -- >> i cannot imagine ever not taking something to the biggest heights that are even possible or beyond our dreams because her personality and her will is so strong and her vision is so strong. i think it's really up to all of us to see if we can catch up to her. >> it's not easy to catch up. she was just named ceo of

enterprise for youth, a nonprofit helping young people get jobs and she's also the ceo and founder of the teacher salary project, an organization trying to increase pay for educators. your bounceless energy for education makes you an abc7 star. >> it if you would like to nominate someone to be an abc7 star, you can nominate someone at abc7news.com/stars. the funding for the bay area rising waters. and the roseanne show on abc, today's surprising announcement. i'm spreencer christian,

a bay area credit union has filed a lawsuit against the city of san francisco for allowing uber and lyft to destroy cab driver medalians. >> it's reportedly on the huk for millions. >> reporter: find a lined of waiting taxis in san francisco, walk up, ask a question and you will hear a tale of wow. >> if i knew this was going to happen, i would never do it. >> reporter: do you feel like a sucker? >> i sure do. i am. >> reporter: and this after buying one of these, a san francisco taxi medallion. it used to be that taxi med

medallion was a license to run your own business. but san francisco decided to sell 200 medallions at $260,000 each. that was before uber and lyft flooded the streets. >> nothing. >> reporter: nothing? abraham figured he could make money by leasing it and eventually selling it. now she's paying close to $2,000 on the mortgage for it. >> i blame the city and the state too. >> reporter: so does the san francisco federal credit union which originally made a deal with the initial transport agency to finance those loans. one >> no one's suggesting exactly what the mta should have done, just that they needed to have done a whole lot more than they did. >> the city attorney's office has no comment on the suit, except to say that they are reviewing it.

meantime, the credit union is hoping for a jury trial, best to not have a taxi driver in that group. >> who wants to buy it for $250,000 these days? >> in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc7 news. and if you wonder why the value of those medalialions hav dropped. uber and lyft make a typical 12,000 trips in a day, more than 200 taxis. let's take a look at the thin clouds across the bay area, partly cloudy overnight with temperatures mainly in the upper 40s to low 50s, and tomorrow will be much like today with mostly sunny or partly cloudy skies. it will be warmer than average, especially in our inland areas and right around the bay. but temperatures will be dropping gradually. looking ahead, forecast animation, next week seems to be our next chance of rainfall, next thursday through friday,

into early saturday, looks like it could be a pretty wet system. so some much dme-needed rain is coming our way. the system from next week will probably get nearly a half an inch in most locations. we'll have dry conditions through easter weekend, mild, breezy on monday, but cities in the 70s near the bay and inland. clouds will increase on wednesday and as i mentioned, april showers will begin on thursday and continue into friday. well, that didn't take long, abc announced today that it's renewing the revival of roseanne for another season after only one episode. >> the move really seems like a no-brainer considering more than 18 million people tuned in on tuesday to watch the first two episodes of this reboot. in case you missed those episodes, they will be shown

sunday night right here on abc7. surgery requewith a musical

east bay congressman mark desonnier right now. we both love the east bay, and we're both battling allergies today. speaking of which, the trump administration wants the environmental protection agency to roll back emissions standards that were put in effect the obama administration to mitigate climate change. >> i have a lot of history in this, i have served three governors in the california resources board. the clean air act gives california waivers, so it lets us go beyond the national standards based on public health. so the idea that they're going to force us back would eliminate decades of good work. >> this presents a unique situation and kind of an odd one for car makers, because there's a lot of states that follow

california. so it would be weird for war makers to follow two different emissions rules. >> the way the car rules work, they're profitable, the u.s. taxpayers gave them over $80 billion to save them during this recession. they have a business model that's working right now. >> on the subject of cars, where are you with the autonomous vehicle testing, we have had a couple of unfortunate high profile tragedies lately. >> this is amazing technology, but we have got to make sure it's safe, particularly with the interaction with pedestrians and cars that are traditionally driven. we have to make sure the cars are as safe as they can be. >> how can you make sure they're safe? because you want to test in real life conditions? >> we have a site in my district that we got more federal money for, so they're testing on that old closed air force base that

doesn't have any interaction with the public. then you get out on the street and you pay attention to where you are on the street. >> i've been without with google, with uber, with their self-driving truck, they say it's 5, 10 years out. others say it's 20, but we have got to be prepared for it. >> i want to talk to you about sanctuary cities and legalized marijuana. seems like you've got california on one side and the federal government on the other side. and it's just this battle, it certainly is not simmering down at all. every day it feelings like there's another issue. >> this administration is unlike any other administration in history. the president is vindictive in my view, we have had other presidents and laws in california and others. california should be allowed to be california. >> but you also have some california municipalities,

orange county is one that comes down with regard to the sanctuary laws wrrks you have infighting within the state, how does this all get refereed. >> the problem is the u.s. representatives are the problem. this is a national problem, it can't be delegated to cities an state. we have had bipartisan bills that passed out the senate. if it came to the floor, there would be enough democrats and republicans that would put it on the floor. >> one more thing, you have a town hall meeting coming up in san pablo? >> next week, and it's on social security and we're mostly addressing issues around seniors, that subject. thank you, congressman. thank you both. well, it's time for our usual ask finney segment here, where

"7 on your side's" michael finney is answering your questions, but this time he's answering them live. >> there's a lot of good reasons to come to santana row, we have tax professionals here and we have an expert in health insurance. if you have an issue you would like me to take a look at it, please come down, if you would just like to say hello, we would love to hear from you too. it's a beautiful night out here, it's a good time to co-by. i want to talk to andrea, she's a cpa, california society of certified public accountants. the new tax law is shaking things up, isn't it? >> it certainly is. >> what do withe need to be thinking about if we have a huge deduction coming --

>> a huge deduction. >> a huge refund. if you know you're going to be getting a big refund, you might want to put that money into your ira, you can put in $18,500 in your ira this year. >> can you trust this year to give you the same kind of money back that you got this year? >> you know, it's still not known. we don't know. we just don't know. the irs is still trying to figure out what the regulations will be. and there's a lot of tax software out there that they're trying to model what the new tax law is going to be. but nobody knows for certain. >> i think a lot of people don't get the fact, this is kind of a big law, and then it's up to the professionals to cross the ts and dot the is? >> yes, and then it has to go to court and the irs has to figure out the regulations so. it's going to be an interesting

summer for most cpas. >> you can talk to andrea yourself or any of the other tax professionals we have here. i'm michael finney, reporting live from san jose. it's not unusual to hear music from an operating room, what is unusual is when the music is being played by the patient. ♪ >> wow. that is 63-year-old anna henry playing one of her favorite concertos. she was handed her float shortly after she under went brain surgery to treat the tremors she was having in her left hand and fingers. researchers implanted tiny electrodes in her brain and then handed her the float to see if her hands were stable enough to play, and they were. we go to oakland to meet a

lock legend. snoop was signing autographs in san jose. while some fans shopped the clothing line, others got a chance to post selfies with snoop. at one timelines stretched nearly an entire block on broadway. love them or hate them, now there's a museum just for selfies. you'll find the world's longest sel sel selfie stick, it's about 90 f feet. the goal is to educate people about the history of the selfie. >> the history of the selfie? >> it's a long, storied history. the rain may be gone for now, but there's still concern over rising water levels. the new effort to protect bay area residents from high waters.

the man accused of targeting bay area companies from cyber attacks is now facing prosecution. what led to the suspect being extradited to the u.s. >> smart socks for a serious problem, how it can help 30 million americans. and an airline gets rid of an antiquated rule for its flight attendants, why it could take a

. climate experts have long e i identified the bay area as vulnerable for sea water rise. >> it's a perfect day to take a walk or a bike ride across this levy. >> we know with a stashlg certainty, that the bay will rise by three feet by the turn of the century, and as we see storm events in the decades ahead, we're going to have flooding. >> as the head of the san mateo board of supervisors, brad peters is working collectively on hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars on flood, water quality and sea level rise. >> the integrity of this levy is important to the value of homes

lining beach park boulevard right across the street where the home values range from million to $1.9 million. >> historically foster city has not been in a flood zone degree nation. >> it's believed san mateo county is the most vulnerable area to sea level rise in all of california. some projects do run into controversy. such as a plan for a storm water capture facility that requires excavation at the park. >> even though you're going to return to your park afterwards, you're go -- is. >> the hard lifting starts now and is expected to take decades to address. in brentwood city, david louie, abc7 news. >> and it's believed working together on projects could help

efforts to get state and federal funding. >> private offiautopsy reports the shooting of stephon clark. the widow of the orlando nightclub shooting is acquitted on charges that he helped in the attack. noo r noor salman is on her way back to california. new details out of sacramento tonight, a private autopsy on stephon clark reveals he was shot eight times, mostly in the back. >> the mayor is urging the community to stay peaceful following todays autopsy report.

>> reporter: a day after an emotional funeral for stephon clark. stephon clark received eight bullets. >> reporter: prominent pathologist known for his work on concussion related autopsies. he says clark was shot 7 times from behind. calling into question that clark was facing officers during the killing. >> he was facing the officers is inconsistent with the prevailing forensic evidence. >>