mountain view. dan noyes has the story. >> reporter: i am staying in touch with the family. they, and we are highly interested in this investigation. in the days after the tesla model x slammed into the collapsed safety barrier in mountain view killing huang. the exploding batteries and the difficulty of the clean up. he complained the model x steered towards the barrier. they took it to the dealer but could not duplicate the crash. they added the ntsb is unhappy with the release of investigative information by tesla. >> the sun was low and shining

directly into the car. >> reporter: i talked to industry analyst about the statement saying huang had received several visual and one audit dibble hands of on warning. the present reality requires caution and driver vigilance. >> this is a driver assistance system that requires an aware and alert human driver in the loop at all times. >> reporter: as i found last week in a ride, the tesla will give a visual warning of hands off after 30 seconds. model x owner admits his attention fades on long drives but keeps alert during traffic. >> if the car is telling me

remain aware of the surroundings at all times, the message i am getting from the technology is we are not perfect yet. you need to stay in control of the car. >> reporter: walter huang left behind a wife and two children. his brother wanted me to pass on a message. me and my family are heart broken but take solis knowing he has wonderful friends who care and grieve for him. >> i am posting the full message on abc7news.com. as i reported last week, tesla continues to exist they have no record of the complaints of the autopilot. still a lot of questions to be answered. >> a lot of work for the i their work is getting national attention. you can watch, read and see all of our exclusive stories on our

website. dedicated a special page of abc7news.com on this topic, search the word tesla. tesla's stock continues to suffer. today alone 5% down. last five trading days lost 17%. >> stocks plummeted across the board today. the do you had given up 450 points. the nasdaq lost almost 200 points closing at 6870. the s&p drop closed to 60 points. stocks dropped because of a growing trade disputes. chinese tariffs will impact two major industries, wine and agriculture. carolyn tyler joins us with the

details. >> reporter: fees on steel and aluminum, beijing is suggesting their move today is a pressure tactic to force dialogue. california crops are collateral damage in the trade war that pits the u.s. against china. shaun randolph is with the bay area council and an expert on international trade. >> only the first round. >> reporter: china has announced a 15% tariff on wine. california exports to that country are slim but growing. reportedly increasing 450% in the past decade. saying his napa valley wine has been making inroads. >> we see china and other asian markets as a great opportunity to grow for future generations.

this puts us at a disadvantage. >> reporter: wine industry is relatively small, almonds walnuts and pistachio are huge. for an estimated $300 million to $500 million in sales. >> we have been increasing an amount we export to china. >> reporter: officials at the port of oakland are also concerned. california producers made up more than half of the producers last year. >> everybody loses in a trade war and that is what we want to avoid from a california standpoint. >> reporter: $30 billion hit on a more than 100 products. beijing slapped 25% tariff on pork and other goods.

in the news room, carolyn tyler abc7 news. take a close look at these photos of a serial bank robber. in each of the robberies, the robber wore either a raiders cap. now to developing news, the crash that killed a washington state family when their car plunged off a cliff appears to be intentional. that is according to the chp. the wreckage was discovered a week ago. authorities found the bodies of sara and jennifer hart and three of their children. three other children are missing. no skidmarks on the cliff and the vehicle's computer says it was stopped 70 feet over the

edge before accelerating over it. an activist being hit by a deputy's vehicle. protesters had surrounded two sheriff's vehicles and pounded and kicked them. at one point a woman was hit by one of the slow moving vehicles. >> there is a high likely that he did not know that he collided with that protester. >> the woman identified as wanda cleveland. the chp is investigating the crash while the sheriff's department conducts an internal view. downtown oakland wherehere traffic was being impacted by a protest. family wants the officer responsible to be fired. the scot the at sky 7 are at

seventh and broad way. you see folks standing out in the streets. forcing transit buses to reroute. and for about ten minutes b.a.r.t. trains had skipped the stops. trains now are stopping as usual. abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley joins us live from oakland with more on the story. >> reporter: the video that you just saw, that protest started here about an hour and a half ago outside the alameda county da's office. the mother had a face to face meeting. tindle's mother demanded that the b.a.r.t. officer who shot

her son be arrested for murder. the lack of answers from the da let many family members. community groups are still demanding answers to questions surrounding the death of tindle who was shot in the back three times by a b.a.r.t. officer on january 3rd. initial reports indicated that tindle had a gun. initial reports indicated that he was not armed but there was a gun nearby. drafted sb 1421 that would require public disclosure in investigation into police shootings and use of force. >> the purpose of the bill is to address the fact that california's laws create some of the most secrec around records.

>> it is difficult to get records. >> reporter: police shot and killed an unarmed black man there. the death of stephon clark has set off daily protests. clark's family is demanding more information. >> the rule ought to be there there is transparency, these are public matters and be the people involved, the family ought to know and the public ought to know. >> reporter: i am leslie brinkley. >> another live look, the group has made its way to oakland police headquarters. they are out in the middle of the intersection blocking traffic. the b.a.r.t. trains kept going to the twelfth station. protesters made their way into

the platform and held trains from departing. b.a.r.t. closed the station because of the protests and opened 20 minutes ago. really some delays so stay away from there. we used the abc7 news app this morning to share the best stories of the day. a man detained by i.c.e. was reunited with his family. the father of three was detained after dropping off his daughter at day care. he is an undocumented immigrant and convicted on a drunk driving offense. >> i am extremely happy. and thankful to all of the people. my family, to god.

to all of you guys. i just don't believe it yet. >> he says he plans to return to work as a cable installer as soon as possible. two tech titans are clashing in a public disagreement. cook and and zuckerberg. who has rented out an entire four seasons hotel in palo alto. accuweather forecast coming up. all of these cars operated by

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two high profile ceos have gotten into a war of words. tim cook saying it doesn't sell data about its customers. and today mark zuckerberg fights back. david louie takes a look what was said. >> reporter: a difference of opinion that could be a one time argument or a start of a battle. tim cook was asked how he would handle last week's data scandal. >> i wouldn't be in the situation. >> reporter: cook said that in an msnbc interview. >> we could make a ton of money if we monetized our customer.

if our customer was our product. we could make a ton of money and we have elected not to do that. >> reporter: that caused facebook ceo mark zuckerberg to fire back. >> i find that argument that if you are not paying, that somehow we can't care about you, to be extremely glib and not at all aligned with the truth. >> reporter: facebook is not alone in gathering user data. bob o'donnell says the key issue is trust worthiness. >> the entire tech industry is under a spotlight that we have never seen before. that is causing people to react in ways they wouldn't have in the past. >> reporter: the bigger concern is winning over the confidence of users. so a lot at stake for appear and will facebook and for others.

>> what is different here is the level of information that a lot of companies have. it is at a completely different level of detail and people are very uncomfortable and nervous about that. in palo alto, david louie abc7 news. lyft is trying out a new pay in advance plan with customers. lyft sent out a beta invitation e-mail. $49 a week for a maximum of seven rides. silicon valley preparing for an important vip visit. most of the royal's visit is shrouded in secrecy. >> reporter: neighbors trying to

get a glimpse of a vip visiting silicon valley. some hadn't planned to leave so soon. abc7 news has learned that the crown prince of saudi arabia bought out the hotel for the next six nights. the hotel was given short notice of the royal visit from the u.s. state department last week. those who work near the hotel has been warned to watch out for motorcades. salman is interested in making his country a major tech hub. >> i think he has recognized for some time that the oil market is eventually going to collapse. the good chunk of automotive

market is moving to electricity market. and he has to have some alternative choices in income. >> that is good for us. >> reporter: the crown prince has been called a reformer by some. allowing women to drive and re-opening movie theaters. he turned heads in seattle. >> we decided to come and check it out. >> reporter: he visited boeing and had a private meeting with bill co cornell barnard. spencer is here with the forecast. >> the week is off to a nice fair and dry start. mainly sunny skies right now. a few high clouds approaching the bay area. how about this pre sunset sky. looking west ward.

currently 57 degrees in san francisco. 54 at half moon bay. and this is view from mt. tam. attorneys in the mid-60s in santa rosa, napa 64. view from our abc7 rooftop camera. dry and mild for the next two days but rain arrived in the north bay thursday night late thursday and very rainy and windy conditions of friday into saturday. clear night with low temperatures ranging from upper 40s to low 50s and tomorrow look for sunny skies and the giants have a home opener. taking on the seattle mariner. sunny and breezy. and high temperatures and other locations will be mid-70s and part of the north bay around

santa rosa. san jose high of 75 tomorrow and around the bay shoreline look for highs in the upper 60s to 70 degrees. let's talk about the approaching storm. rain will begin in the north bay late thursday. the storm is going to intensify over night. for friday ranking it two on the storm impact scale. we may see wind gusting from 25-45 miles per hour. concerns of flooding and power outages. 10:00 thursday morning notice rain will be moving into the northern most part of our area. and friday raining everywhere. expecting heavy downpours. the evening commute is going to be slow and challenging one and along with heavy rain that will come in with that storm. our main storm concerns are high for hydroplaning, moderate

concerns for trees topplings and power outages. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast mild and day for the next two days. rain arrives late thursday perhaps thursday night mainly in the north bay and intensifies over night. lingering clouds on sunday and increasing sunshine and milder weather. but going to be a soaking rain. >> thanks. taking a live look outside and this drive cost more than it used to. >> we are sorry. i can't make it. it's just my eczema again, but it's fine. yeah, it's fine. you ok? eczema. it's fine. hey! hi! aren't you hot? eczema again? it's fine. i saw something the other day.

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along 12th street passing harrison. for a while, ac transit and b.a.r.t. trains were stopped. now running as usual. so once again, the traffic was blocked here for much of the past hour and they are now clearing away and the incident was about a protest of a shooting of a man named sahleem tindle by b.a.r.t. police. next week will mark six months since the wildfire. here is wayne freedman with today's story from >> reporter: wiping away bad memories, this is the kind of dirty work called progress. >> it is a huge milestone for us

and the community. >> reporter: trenches, 15 miles of trenches for gas and power lines that were destroyed in the fire. pg&e hopes to have this work done by october good misty dijon among them. >> by the time we are ready to get the homeowners in, the power will be back in the ground. >> reporter: pg&e has built a staging area on 17 areas of vacant lot just outside the fire zone. trucks moving constantly for six months of 12 hours days. gail ashburn nearly lost her home. >> the noes, i don't hear it

anymore. >> reporter: that is music to displaced souls. in coffey park, wayne freedman, abc7 news. california insurance commissioner totalled up all the claims made in the wake of the disaster. the story behind the numbers. >> reporter: when january's freak storm, a 30-foot wall of mud and rock was born. now we have a more accurate idea of how devastating the montecito slide was. more than 1400 homes damaged or destroyed. 235 commercial buildings. nearly 400 auto and other claims. $2422 million and it is only going to get worse. >> we know this money is going to climb.

>> reporter: california insurance commissioner says those numbers. the vast majority of whom only have standard homeowner policies. >> it says they are not going to cover mud slides. >> reporter: but jones says his department invoked a rarely used saying it covers wildfire damage. so far he says every insurance in the state has agreed. >> no reported instances of an insurer denying a mud slide state. >> reporter: higher premiums and in some instances loss of coverage. based on those losses, jones says insurance companies are updating what they charge and who they will insure.

>> this very well could be the new norm in california. more frequent, more severe, more unpredictable fires and losses related there too. >> reporter: rob hays abc7 news. hunting beach city council discussing a proposal to sue the state the law that blankets california with sanctuary status. >> we want the city attorney to file suit against the state of california to exempt us from sb 54. we are not going to be writing an ordinance, we are simply suing on the constitution of overreaching grounds. >> two other orange county cities, los alamitos, mission

v viejo has taken action against status. been about six weeks since a gunman attacked their campus leaving 17 people dead. metal barriers leading them to campus and extra officers. students had mixed reaction. >> if somebody wanted to hide something in there, they still can. >> the little things they are trying to do is not going to do anything unless they change the laws. >> also upgrading security cameras. you will have some time to take action to keep you and your family safe. >> that is coming up tonight tot

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despite our technology centric lifestyles, two bay area cities know when to put their devices away in the name of safety oakland and san francisco came in second and third in the fewest distracted drivers. >> might be because we are so chill or laws that have enacted here. so certainly still a big

problem, and distracted driving is a problem across the entire u.s. >> the state with the highest number of drivers is new jersey. today was supposed to be a big deal in the world of self-driving cars but as it turns out it is not. >> as jonathan bloom explains that could be an even bigger deal. >> without a human being in the car using a remote driver that monitors the vehicle from a remote location. >> reporter: controlling an empty car from inside their office in mountain view. >> you want a human being to step in and get the car out of the situation. >> reporter: we plan to ask about all the companies that just got permits, except there are none. >> you are seeing a whole lot of stepping back, slowing down and

reassessing. >> reporter: it comes after a self-driving uber struck and killed a woman in arizona. >> you don't want to be seen as rushing. and you want to be the first to get it right. >> reporter: one expert who studied the field for decades said don't expect smooth sailing. there is the promise and then there is the reality of the long road ahead. >> i think it is unlikely that we are going to see significant fleets of vehicles operating without drivers for quite a long time. >> reporter: researchers are still wrestling with how to replace human eye contact. >> that is going to be challenging. how do you as the bi bicyc bicyclist know when that auto sees you. >> reporter: today the california dmv has received only

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>> we have been blessed to enjoy this little bit of nature in our backyard and all things change. >> reporter: crews are setting up to cut down giant eucalyptus trees for safety concerns there are about 100 eucalyptus trees in this area. 30 have been damaged and those are the ones officials say need to go. >> we are concerned about the stability of these trees particularly the roots how well they are anchored. >> running through the area and could be knocked down by falling trees and branches. recent reports of falling trees across the bay area. the latest sunday when a man was trapped during a portion of a downed tree in san francisco's mclaren park. saratoga residents understand

the risk of removing these trees. >> they say they are going to plant native trees. how long is this going to become a natural habitat? not in my lifetime. >> reporter: carlos saucedo abc7 news. you can see plenty of snow still on the ground there. the lifts are set to close on april 22nd. the state snow survey was taken today. the department of water resources says the snow pack doubled. but still 50% of normal. >> it was not adequate to get us up to a good outlook with respect to the water supply. >> 41% of california is in drought but an improvement from 48% a week ago. check out the big waves in

pacifica in this photo. this picture has the spencer back now with an update on our forecast. >> diverse beauty this week. beautiful sunny skies to beautiful rainfall. sunny right now. and overnight clearly skies with low temperatures. sunny and mild today. highs move into the mid 70s inland and upper 60s to mid-60s along the bay. and then comes the storm. the storm will rank two on the storm impact scale coming in on friday. producing heavy rain and gusty wind. that storm continues into saturday morning. partial clearing late in the day on saturday. but it will be a soaking storm.

mainly sunny and mild day next monday. >> thanks spencer. couple of dry days to get baseball in. >> tiger woods has not been to augusta for i am extremely proud of jackie, gaby and stephanie. we worked with pg&e to save energy because we wanted to help the school. they would put these signs on the door to let the teacher know you didn't cut off the light. the teachers, they would call us the energy patrol. so they would be like, here they come, turn off your lights! those three young ladies were teaching the whole school about energy efficiency. we actually saved $50,000. and that's just one school, two semesters, three girls. together, we're building a better california.

giants set for the home opener tomorrow at 1:35 as they celebrate their 60th season here in today was in studio here. >> two, 1-0 games. so we are coming back 2-2. the baseball pro verb is play 500 on the road. first part so far. but it is an even year and feeling pretty good with our edition. >> great weather for opening

day, the yankees had to cancel due to snow. enjoying the snow, might be his first snowflakes. game rescheduled for tuesday afternoon. warriors off today trying to get healthy. yesterday they got good news patrick mccaw will be okay and only miss three games. took this tremendous fall. hit hard on his back and taken off on a stretcher. everything was negative. released yesterday diagnosed with a lumbar spinal contusion. and of course he didn't blame vince carter. well san antonio kawhi leonard

will be sitting out most of the season. using his own medical people and not the spurs. the spurs will apparently hold trade talks regarding his availability. masters week kicked off. tiger woods is back for the first time since 2015 and playing well. practicing today, getting familiar with the course he has 14 times but not since 2005. he brings in fans, ratings come in. and he has mellowed a bit and fans are pulling for him more than ever. even players glad to have him back. >> as a friend you want him himm healthy. >> there has got to be a buzz around with tiger being on the

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