all the free food and the people serving most of the homeless this winter were 3/4s of the people were gay people. >> all this and a rainbow theme town where a stolen flag beneath the water under a bridge feels more troubling than a mere misdemeanor. in gunnerville, wayne abc 7. >> an officer involved shooting, new delts no one was which but an officer and suspects were injured. san francisco police say it began with a car braer burglary here at steiner street and geiry boulevard. uniform police detained 21-year-old maurice jones. and the other ran to webster stret where he got in a parked vehicle >> we're not confirming the status as to whether it's stolen or not at this point. >> police say hail drove to the nearby 1500 block of ofairly street where he collided with

two police vehicles and officer involved shooting occurred. today investigators went door to door looking for surveillance video. >> we're not able to state whether the shooting was at a moving vehicle or not. >> police haven't said whether the suspect was armed. an officer was injured >> we just got hit by a car at western ofarrell can you give me a 408. >> i hit my head. >> that officer was treated and released at the scene. >> hail still in a vehicle fled to polk and mckafrlt streets. separate investigations are being conducted by the san francisco police homicide detail, internal favors air force and department of police accountability. >> a number of factors are involved here. how the officer felt their life was in danger, what the actual suspect was doing at that time. >> hail was taken to the hospital with non-life threening injures. in san francisco melanie wood

row abc 7 news. a bicyclist was taken to the hospital this afternoon after being hit by a car at turk and laguna streets in san francisco. the bicyclist was alert and speaking with paramedics after the crash. so that's a good sign. but police are investigating who is at fault there. the driver remained at the scene and cooperated with officers. a santa rosa woman will spend 30 years in prison for driving the minivan into a crowd of people outside a night club three years ago. happened at the el ray night club in santa rosa in november of 2015. jessica garcia physically attacked her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend, stabbed her boyfriend in the face with a broken bottle and grabbed her minivan and plowed into the crowd. five people injured. officers arrested garcia when she crashed her minivan driving home. a 74-year-old man is going to prison for smuggling marijuana into the u.s. in the 1980s then escaping law enforcement with a fake name.

today a san francisco judge sentenced payton aidson to three years in prison. he pleaded guilty in january to drug charges and id sheft. aidson smuggled thousands of pounds of marijuana into california. in 1985 he posted bail and used a pat port with a fake name to fly to australia. investigators tracked him down in 2011 and he returned to the u.s. last year to face charges. the ghost ship warehouse fire case was back in oakland today. one of the defendants was trying to getted bailed out use agnew decision from the california supreme court. leslie brinkley explains. >> this is the first time a judge acknowledged that our defense has merit. zblrp harris's attorney offered to use his money for harris to be released into a sober living facility with an electronic ankle maurnt based on a lamar state court ruling requires judges to consider alternatives to jail for criminal defendants

who can't afford cash bail. harris, along with derick almena, the founder of the arts collective known as ghost ship are each charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the fatal fire back in december of 2016. today a judge turned down a motion to dismiss the charges. almena's wife believes her husband is being scapegoated. >> i'm disappointed the motion got dismissed today. i think -- i don't think that was right. >> but almena will have a chance to speak in court. >> we intend at trial to put our client on. so mr. lambie will be testifying. and he will be testifying on his own behalf. >> attorneys are pushing for an evidentiary hearing before the trial judge. >> arson investigators botched the investigation. they failed to preserve the crime scene. and then they released all of the contents to the owner. the owner is essentially giving the murder weapon back to the murder suspect. >> max harris will be back in court on may 24th for his bail

hearing. the ghostship trial itself is set for july 16th. in oakland, leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. the winds are going to pick up tonight making parts of the bay area dangerous. right now, a low back from our mount tam camera showing blue skies and the winds not going yet for more here is sandhya with the latest. >> kristen, you have to go to the higher elevations to really feel the winds. winds are steadily increasing as you notice. knoxville creek gusting to 22 miles an hour. atlas peak 28 miles an hour. a lack at lower he feels, breezy in san francisco but not terribly windy. we have a wind advisory for the strait and delta tonight. s gusts 40 plus miles an hour may make it difficult to drive. and wind advisory for the north and east bay hills starts at 7:00 tonight. runs until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. gusts reaching as high as 5

a-mile-per-hour. that may take down trees and power lines. be careful out there if you're out and about. by tomorrow afternoon, the winds are going to relax. i'll let you know what's in store for mother's day weekend coming up. dan. >> sandhya, thanks so much. now to breaking news out of oejd. elbowed fire responded to deck collapse near mills college today. fire officials sent out the picture from the ground. you can see the broken deck. and sky7 checked it out from the air. fire officials say two were taken to hospital with injuries. the incident happened near morcom place. >> officials recommend you arrived two hours before a flit at sfo. the reason the airport is experiencing one of the heaviest days ever. a whopping 24,000 people expected to go through meanta today. the reason for that colleges on spring break and it's summer travel season as well as mother's day weekend. >> it's normally a 20-minute in and out.

i get here very chose to when my flight departs. i get her lab earlier because i knew it would be busy but not this. >> this morning it's more packed than usual. and it's friday. everybody is going today. >> it's a madhouse. another reason or the crowd 7 new airlines started service at menneta since 2014 and now routes. >> usual and lyft users get ready to be paying for at sfo. the airport commission is expected to prove a two-tier pricing system. one for curbside users and another for those who don't mind walking. lyanne melendez is life with the details. lyanne. >> reporter: well right off the top i'm depending to tell you we have no idea how much more it's going to cost to be dropped off here or be picked up here at curbside. the new price is still being negotiated. there is stilling it,

both sides. but i can tell you is that curbside now is considered prime real estate. >> have you been to sfo lately? congestion here is being blamed on the number of uber and lyft cars picking up and drop off passengers. sfo think they've found a solution. they now want to charge premium pricing for curbside access. but a lower fare would be charged to those willing to walk to the central garage. the top level would be converted to a dropoff and pickup area. the sacramento couple doesn't mind paying more. >> we consider things like age now, the convenience of coming door to door. >> britta says she is fine with the two-tier pricing structure. >> walking a little to save the price that's which we get usual i think. >> how much more is the question. depending of how much. >> the difference in price is still being negotiated between the ride sharing companies and

the airport. regardless of what they decide, the airport commission says the new fees will be in place by july 1st. here is how usual responded today. the proposed fee increase goes against sfo's consumer friendly approach. and will not help to reduce congestion at the airport. meanwhile, the tax y companies say the new structure is fair since they are not allowed to pick up passengers at curbside. >> i'm glad. they deserve it. >> why is that. >> for the cab drivers. for the cab drivers. >> the extra funding wog to sfo for roadway maintenance and improvement. in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. more to come here. it's become an online dating horror story. >> i was looking for my healing angel. >> in her first jailhouse interview a woman accused of sending a man 65,000 texts explains why she went so far after just one date.

plus a plan at the state capitol could save parents of he's been called a rockstar lwinning pro bono battles for immigrants and the homeless. defending gay rights and gun control. democrat jeff bleich. after columbine, bleich led president clinton's youth violence initiative. with joe biden, bleich took on domestic violence. served president obama as special counsel and ambassador. maybe bleich can't pull off the rockstar look...

but his progressive record is solid gold. a woman accused of sending 65,000 texts to a man after just one date is now speaking out in a jailhouse interview. reporters have the story. >> i met him online. i was looking for my healing angel, the psychic i met told me i would meet a healing angel. >> she says she met him on a dating site where millionaires go to find love. if you ask jacqueline, the spark was instant. >> i felt like i met my soul meat and everything was just the way it was i thought we would get married and everything would be fine but that's not what happened. >> turns out that spark was one-sided when the victim a paradise valley millionaire told her he wasn't interested. >> you ep don't stop giving even if you don't receive.

yu all of a sudden receive a lot. >> that's one way to look at love. but paradise valley police say she took it too far, talking 65,000 text messages in the last few month chilling threats according to police reports some texts read quote i don't want to be a murderer. >> police states she texted the victim saying she was going to cut up his body wear his body parts and bathe in his blood. >> i don't want to talk about that. >> in our interview she didn't want to talk about the alleged stalking or harassment. she ignored questions about showing up at his work claiming to be his wife, or allegedly breaking into his home and bathing in his tub. when we asked if she would hurt him. >> no. my god, no, i love him so much. i just want to love him so much. and if he doesn't like it then i'll go home and love my exboyfriend. what am i supposed to do? >> we shall add that attis is

expected in court next week. a major utility company in louisiana claims it didn't know a california pr firm paid crowds of people to help boost support for a new power plan. the company crowds on demand is based out of southern california. this is the website. crowds on demand crow admits it paid people to attend hearings to support the energy power plant project but says the people's enthusiastic feelings towards the project are sincerely. new orleans councilmembers approved the project in march and opponents filed a complaint with the state. parents struggling with college savings plans may get additional help. a proposed bill allowing parents to claim a tax deduction on money faucet intoed a 529 savings account passed the senate finance committee. currently 529 contributions are deductionable on federal returns but not state returns. the state senator behind the measure says it will work to

decrease the amount a student would need in loans. >> not a credit. so it's just a deduction of income. so it -- it allows up to a $6,000 deduction for a married couple, $3,000 for an individual. >> california is one of a handful of states that doepts allow a tax deduction on 529 savings prans. the bill moves to the apprehensions committee for a vote. the majestic views of yosemite national park are worth a drive from the bay area of course if you've ever been. it's stunning. but what's not majestic is the traffic get tlg. a as natalie grande reports park officials are trying to help move things along. >> i expect some traffic but not like now. >> the number of vehicles has surged in the last few years with a record of 5 million guests in 2016, the spike is causing more cars to creep along the valley floor. >> we waited in line a half hour. >> bob and pat traveled from georgia to see yosemite the

first time but say because of the traffic the trip might be the last. >> i was a little shocked this early in may. that it's already this bad. >> things could change. >> scott gettyman says they are trying out possible fixes. park officials recently installed a round about to control traffic flow. and expanded entrances on both highway 120 and 49. they've also recently added about 300 parking spots in the valley floor while also working to improve bus routes. >> we are working with yarts, yosemite area regional transit system. spanning those runs. looking at other public transzbliet park ranger was the california highway practice and caltrans are trying to tackle the traffic before the cars go through the gates. drivers will wait in a line before the entrance and a few cars will be allowed to go through at a time. the goal is to break up traffic and make for a less congested drive into yosemite. >> we hope it improves the flow

into the park. >> parking remains a daunting task for visitors. jennifer traveled from the uk to see the park but struggles to find a space. >> we're just stalking drivers really so we can move around and take our photographs really. swapping drivers. it's a little bit difficult. >> so why not build more spots on the valley floor? gettyman says they have to follow the mercedes river flan which protects both sides of river. >> we are adding as many park rk spaces we can within the constraints of the rock fall and river. we feel the additional parking spaces online in the next few years will help. >> park officials say none of the changes will solve the park's traffic problems. but they hope it's a big improvement. >> this is something you've got to see. >> visitors like mcnulty say the long lines the views are worth the wait. >> the crowd is not wrong in

wanting to see it. >> it's a treasure. >> it's a treasure. there is no doubt about it. >> in yosemite, natalie grande, abc 7 news. two adiagnosises at the california academy of sciences are doing swimmingly in the new environment. meet the two african penguining just graduated from swim school to join the adult colony. the academy tweeted this picture saying every hatch is a conservation success for this highly endangered species. in nature the arken penguin population has fallen 95% in the past century. >> announcer: now the accuweather forecast with sandhya patel. it was a warmer day today. did you notice it? let me show you highs so far. inland areas in the low to mitt 80s. 85 in conned cord. 880 in livermore. a nice day in san jose. 79. 85 in santa rosa. san francisco oakland upper 60s to the low 70s. so enof the week is ening a warm

note. as you look at live doppler 7 is no fog to speak of. we are tracking a low pressure system that has been spinning. part of the reason it's so windy. but the area of low pressure is creating moisture to wrap around the sierra faefd where they are seeing snow showers. yeah, i know it's may. but it's high elevation snow above 8,000 feet mixing with the showers. temperatures up today. look at the 24-hour change. 8 degrees warm ner san francisco. compared to yesterday. 7 degrees warm ner san jose. now this is where you want to go from the santa cruz camera. lots of sun, a few people out there. 66 in san francisco. in the 70s from oakland to san jose. gilroy, a nice day. pier 39 as you notice the pier -- the sea lions there and visitors enjoying the sun. and one other live picture in a moment. but 80s and 70s from santa rosa to napa to livermore. here is a look at what you can expect as we head into the weekend. gusty winds in the hills overnight tonight. sunny tomorrow.

mild to warm. and we are looking at partly cloudy and cooler conditions for mother' days. but it's going to be nice. a live look right now from the sutro tower camera as we look at a breezy view there. a little shaky. it's windier in the hills in the owner hours. 7:00 tonight we start the animation. winds about 27, 30 miles an hour at the lower echlgs echlgss chl at lower he elevations less win. higher at higher he feels. watch out debris heading in the time period and difficulty driving. winds relax tomorrow morning. in the morning because of the winds. temperatures are starting out quite high compared to normal. it's mild for most of you in the 50s. 60s under clear skies for the afternoon. san jose 79 degrees. a warm day. 78 in cupertino. on the peninsula looking at temperatures ranging from 72346 san mateo to 79 no redwood at the. great day for the coast. low to mid-six.

downtown san francisco 70 degrees. you want sun and nights weather, north bay is place to go. 81 in sand rafael. 82 napa. great for wine country. 83 in santa rosa. 74 in berkeley. oakland inland areas on the warm side like today. 82 in concord, 83234 walnut correct. the all more than mother's day planner for sunday morning overcast. temperatures in the 50s maybe spotty drizzle. if you're going out for brunching pack a jacket near the coastline. temperatures in the 50s to 60s at noontime. sunshine inland and mild conditions around the bay and inland. should be nice. accuweather seven-day forecast you notice mild conditions in the morning gichg which to a warm afternoon. for most areas with the exception of the coast cooling mother's day. more fog and cloud cover and then even cooler pattern next week. you can download the accuweather app and track the temperatures we will fall below average going into much of the work week next week. but i don't think there are too

many people complaining. i would say. >> no. >> it's good looking weather. dan and kristen all we can say is enjoy. >> mother's day is the important one. >> right. >> happy mother's day. >> thank you dan. >> spice up the kitchen and boost the college options. michael finney joins us ahead with finney friday free stuff infra. and he is on a roll and you can be two. the bay area group putting its own own spin on log rolling. kristen and i will be back here

friday free stuff. this week he has something that could boost a students shot at college. >> now we're all ears. spicing up the food without leaching the kitchen. something for everyone. >> great. >> mcgoosh. it's a website. apparently that comes from a persian word means wise and learn. it helps you train for the sat,

the lsat. let me show what you they offer. it's a $79 value. you get one month of magoosh. it's a berkeley based company. you get one month of act or sat test precip video lessons practice tests, practice questions and also you can email in and ask questions. >> that's great .good resource. >> they say they have hundreds of videos you can check out. >> might do it just to get smart. >> there you go. we'll have to go. >> i'd like another crack at the s.a.t. >> i think they missed scored mine. check it out back to the roots. >> cool. >> kind of fun. gardening in a can. you get either a dill or manipulate. >> it's fun. >> $6.25 value.

cilantro but these are the two we potentially get zplu they make it easy. smells good. >> it's really easy just pop the top. >> and really smells nice. >> what do we have to do. >> great question. it's easy. go to abc7news.com, look for the finney friday free stuff page. we'll get you smart and get you some dill. >> and mint. >> and mint too, yeah. >> thank you michael. when abc 7 news at 5:00 incontinue zploos three, two, one. >> oh, wow. >> the unveiling of an almost life size panda at a bay area school and a special dedication. and starbucks opening doors to the public. we want to know what you think about that if you made the rules, what would starbucks bathroom policy be. >> we've been voting on abc7news.com/vote. you can see more people saying only for customers at the moment

but we'll keep the voting open through the end of the 6:00 hour. >> announcer: superior accuracy in the palm of your hand. the new accuweather app from abc 7 news pb minute by minute forecast but realtime radar and alert keeping you safe. certain marshall tuck will change that. in california, 3 million kids can't read at grade level. tuck turned around struggling schools, raising graduation rates over 60%. marshall tuck for state superintendent. marshall tuck. only one candidate for governor when students were stuck in failing schools, led the fight to turn them around. as mayor of l.a., antonio villaraigosa invested in classrooms and security. graduation rates soared.

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i'm ama daetz coming up on news at 6:00. president trump meets with auto makers, the goal to tear down obama era emission standards. we show you how california stands in the way. also where there is smoke there is cash. but is california cashing in on the legalization of cannabis. see how much revenue has been corrected. >> and the marin county woman turns to "7 on your side" and the discovery of family moment os had her gasping with excite pmt feilbach finney let her know if she struck it rich. news at 6:00. >> thanks we, he soo you.

>> a joyuous tribute to late mayor ed lee. >> 3, 2, >> excitement and cheers greeted the unveiling of a life size almost statue of a panda at diane feinstein elementary school. >> the panda designed by the girls unveiling it. gabriel franklin and kira. the original stein was chosen from 300 entries from the five san francisco schools. the two small panda a ace came from china, the friendship city >> when you pass by and see it always think about like your friends and friendship and don't like exclude people. always be everybody's friend. >> and you guys can check him out today. okay. >> and artist and chen du created the life size statue named he had win amp san

francisco's late mayor. >> he would be very pleased. >> a nice tribute. tonight as we come on the air in the west, the disturbing scene. the violent takedown outside a waffle house. a young black man unarmed. he had just taken his younger sister to the prom. police with their hands on his neck. the outrage growing. the state investigating. the fire storm over what was said inside the white house about senator john mccain. after voices his opinion on the president's cia nominee, a white house staffer said of mccain quote, he's dying anyway. tonight his daughter and wife responding asking how is this staffer still employed? the school shooting tonight. a 14-year-old pulling out a rifle. authorities talking just a short time ago. the deadly stand off. several troopers called to a home. then the explosion. police say it may have been a trap. on this mother's day weekend the severe weather threat moving t