national park. wayne freedman went to muir woods to see what has hwanged. >> reporter: it is a good place to escape political turmoil until you realize this is apart of it. today a place that was not open for business. >> we found out today and i think it is a bit strange. >> reporter: it is muir woods without the crowds and you can blame or thank the government shutdown. >> what do you think? >> reporter: mory hayden from alabama who found muir woods close to the public today where she should have joined crowns. if alabama fans need to find a common ground on a day of conflict.

>> you are here for the game. >> they're fighting over little stuff -- closing all the parks. it is crazy. >> it should not be about the government. it should be about the people other than the government, an individual believes and policies. >> reporter: with blocked parking lots and signs that red closed and no entry fee and a naked flag pole and empty walk way. you can hear the stream. it felt too good to be true, almost like a guilty pleasure. >> it was beautiful. all for one day lost to a shutdown where the inhabitants. abc 7 news wayne freedman. >> we created an interactive google map called the trash

tracker, you can click on in the bay area and it can show you photos. you can find it on abc7 president trump is planning a primetime national address. this as the partial government shutdown enters its third week with no end in sight. he has threaten to veto any legislation that does not include money for a border wall. >> we have a crisis at the border of drugs and human beings trafficking all over the world. >> it is not the way to govern, to pound your fists on the table unless i get my way. for government workers, even

though the paychecks have stopped but the bills have not. hopeful home buyers filing fsa loans may not have their application approved. it could affect on one impact of the shutdown that could affect all americans, taxes. today a trump's official says that tax refunds will be issued during the shutdown and will not be delayed. whatever the government does plan to file it any way. >> file it like you normally would. you are kind of getting in line and you know when you are getting in the grocery store, you are just standing in line. as soon as the irs opens, you will return. >> a large number of irs

employees are furloughed and some are brought back to work without pay. they are planning to rally and protest across the country. tax day is monday, april 15th. >> gavin nesom. he took the oath of office this morning? san diego. >> to the constitution os of th united states and the constitution of the state of california. >> he w he delivered a speech that set the tone for his administration. >> the time when so much of america is divided, we are united. we'll offer an alternative to the corruption and incompetence in the white house. >> within the last hour, governor newsom signed a a

executive prices for drug prescriptions. [ speaking spanish ] >> first partner. a poem was shared this morning. this selection is viewed as a sign of unity. nyoungest son stole the sho today. he spent some time next to the podium and wandered off a little bit. mom was able to get him safe into the stage and back into the crowd. for jerry brown, he posted this tweet today, handing over

toiga vitam to gavin newsom. it has been in his family for 150 years apparently. today the first female lieutenant governor is sworn in and after being sworn in today, ricciardo is the first openly gay lbgt in california. abc 7 news has more on the direction the mayor hopes to take her city. >> reporter: just last week oakland was politublicizes its e rate as the lowest. families and advocates came to city hall today. >> well, maybe to heal but i don't know where we'll be

living. we are impacted every day. >> it was not how she wanted to start her second term in office. >> i am clear that this is nothing to celebrate as long as a single life is taken or harmed. we have much more work to do. today schaaf promised safety would be her first priority. among her long-term plans, including creating more preschools and working with the board of education. ensuring more of affordable and equitable housing for all is the mayor's second goal. we have built more housing in oakland than any time since the 1906 earthquake. oakland has seen a building boom. others are making housing a priority. so many of you that i talked with are beyond frustrated from witnessing this development

while our houses and home prices explode. her city would resist any attempt to disrupt the immigration community here. >> abc 7 news. we are on storm watch today because it won't belong until more rain starts falling. this is a live look over san francisco. look at that snow. it reports of 42 inches over the past 48 hours. tomorrow big basin and in the santa cruz mountains will close to safety. storms have damaged some trails and downed trees. spence sr christian is tracking our next storm. >> you can see patches of moisture moving through the air here and some rain in the north coastline. the storm is out to sea.

we won't feel the full force until sometimes tomorrow. it will continue dropping into the bay area and wednesday morning. we expect 3 to 4 inches of rain in the mountains. 10:00 tonight notice early tomorrow we'll see light rain falling and showers moving through the north there. a wave of steadier and heavier rain will move in, pushing first into the north bay and other part of the bay area. it is going to be a wet and windy storm. it affects areal wide in just a few minutes. use the app to customize your forecast and watch live doppler 7 any time. a tree fell yesterday on the u.c. berkeley campus crushing a vehicle and killing a driver inside. we show you the condition when that tree came down.

>> reporter: this video was taken moments after a 250 foot tree came crashing down on a vehicle. >> you can hear the rain coming down loudly on sunday afternoon on the berkeley campus. the windy conditions were strong enough to topple a massive tree and killing the 32 years old man inside the car. >> this was not a branch. it was a tree. big. >> tree service workers continue to clean up debris. they chopped down another tree near by. >> i hope it is a freak accident and something that continues to happen. this is something that this campus should be aware of. >> in all my life, i never had anything like this happening to me. i have seen trees come down and branches fall off. >> officials say they are in the process of reviewing ongoing

tree assessment. trees are being cut down as part of a wider project to catch up on deferred maintenance. more can be done to better maintained the trees. >> looking at the integrity of these trees and making sure it does not injure anybody. >> reporter: the coroner has identified as the man killed as alexander grant of nevada. abc 7 news. lawyers are getting involved in an east bay attack. there are two versions of what happened on this parked trail involving a woman who was out there jogging and a woman walking her dog. >> coming up after 126 years in business, it may not be the final day of sears we are counting but the final hours. plenty of orange and crimson red, levi's stadiu

right now santa clara is hosting the bay area's biggest sporting event since the super bowl. levi's stadium. abc 7 news amanda is joining us live outside. >> reporter: it is game time for the tigers and the crimsons. we want to give you a look inside, it is a sea of bright orange and the crimson red. everybody is ready for this

matchup. the team won twice before, the national championship game, t e taking home a win in the past year. many fly in from the south and one clemson family had to shut the flight to make this experience happen. >> we saw the national championship here, we cancelled our flight back home and we'll watch the game here tonight. >> it is one of those things that you don't get in california but the southeast, clemson, it is more of a way of life. >> reporter: 41% of ticket sales were made here in california and 8% in south carolina and 7% in alabama. there is still plenty of time for two teams to duke it out for the championship title. we'll head back inside with a live report for you at 11:00 tonight. i am reporting live from outside the levi's stadium. abc 7 news.

>> amanda de abc's 7 news dion lim is tonight's mc. all fans are excited to be here. it is all about imagined dragon and lil' wayne. 3,000 of these fans snapping up tickets and getting ready for r the show. >> taking a look from levi's stadium, organizers tell me they wanted to hold the concert at another location to spread the joy o f the college football playoffs around the bay area. here is a video from a day ago. today we have more than 150 crew members, of 16 miles of cable operating and including a drone to capture each and over moment. last year 28 million viewers watched the big game on espn, they are expecting about the same. this is a big show.

the imagined dragon and lil' wayne will be performing their songs and a matchup together so a big victory for fans. >> reporter: can you tell they are excited? the halftime kicks off in just a few minutes. i am going to head on stage. until then, i am dion lim, back to you in the studio. >> good for her. it is fun. thank goodness the weather cooperated. if the game was last night, we would be in for a mess. christian is with us. we have 100% accuracy rate of doing that. these are some impressiveimpres impressive -- these are some of the rainfalls over the weekend. look at the north bay, over 4.5 inches at kenfield and south ward and eastward, you can see the totals. there is more on the way. as a matter of fact, we are looking at live doppler 7 right

now. some moisture traveling across the north bay. some of that is hitting the round. in this view from the financial district, all of downtown san francisco, we have a clear view and roi and right now we have 56 degrees in san francisco and 54 at oakland and 55 at half-moon bay. 51 degrees in santa rosa right now where we had light rain and mid-50s in napa a an an and here is your camera right here.. these are our forecast. the heaviest impact of the storm will be on the north bay. we'll get so many effects of these storms and what pattern will continue into the weekend.

on the storm impact, it will start through the bay area tomorrow and continue into wednesday morning, generally look for one to three inches of rainfall from the storm. other areas you will see up to three quarters of an inch it is not likely the other parts of the bay area will get much rain. by 5:00 in the afternoon, we'll see a wave of moderate to heavy rain and sleeping in. over night and into wednesday morning. the morning commute tomorrow maybe right up in the north bay and then evening commute is wet anywhere. the wednesday morning commute will be wet and challenging as well. the rain onto about midday and wednesday before starts to

taper off. rainfall potential from the storm will range anywhere over a half inch. and well over an inch. we have a wind advisory in effect also. a southe southerly wind and power outages and blowing debris. there is a high surf adviser that's going to affect on friday nigh night. over night cloudy skies and maybe a shower up in the north bay. lows upper 40s to the 50s.s. there is a possibility of isolated lightning or thunder with tomorrow's storm. mostly cloudy and dry on thursday and then light storm

moves in again on saturday and friday. >> there is more coming. thank you, spencer. >> well, you do not have to be an nba student to know that bankru

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accounts of what happened between two women on an east bay park trail. it ended in an arrest. one of the women bit the >> reporter: the bite mark is not from a dog but the dog's owner. o' conner is representing stainer who's 48 year who's 48 it happens at the regional park in oakland. o' conner says one of cladwatters dog bit her. >> she did not pepper spray the dog. she sprayed above their >> there is no bite or nip or

barking. >> stainer hired him after the attorney held a press conference s sugge suggesting -- >> all she had done in this case was to defend her dog and herself from yet another unprovoked attack. >> he waited to stainer for 20 minutes after she pepper sprayed the dog. >> throws her on the ground and hit her on the hips. my client has suffered a con suggesti concussion. a spokesperson shares this video of her dog.

melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. actor kevin spacey did not enter a plea to a felony charges during a brief court here in massachusetts. prosecutors charged spacey with in decent assault and groping the man in 2016. the 59 years old stood silently during today's arraignment which lasted only a few minutes in a packed courtroom. mr. spacey to be ordered to stay away and have no contact of the victim and his family. >> the judge will schedule for another hearing for march. they said he lie about his age and telling the actor he's 23. if convicted, spacey faces up to five years in prison. a -- police

47-year-old wallace. wallace opened fire on a crowd last saturday. it is unclear if he knew the victim. three men died. witness statements and videos led to this arrest. a suspect was charged of killing a man who was shot to death while camping with his two young daughters. they were set to move to the bay area last year before this tragedy happened. our marian hernandez has the latest on this case. >> reporter: a murder mystery is now solved. investigators say they have evidence that expands their case between the 42-year-old. a homeless man. a parolee. for months investigators have been baffled who fired shots from far away into a tent occupied by the 35-year-old and why. the he was killed and his two

young daughters at his side. >> they understand that daddy did not wake up and there was a lot of blood when they woke up with a lot of noise. >> seeking answer, previous campers at the park. the sheriff's department has gathered evidence. he's accuse youed three times in 2017 and twice in 2018. he faces ten charges of attempted murder. >> today he was hiding behind a wall during his court appearance. he was initially suspected for burglarizing buildings as he search for food and deputies move in as well as it was spotted with a rifle. it is illegal for him to possess a weapon. he'll be back in court on january 27th for his arraignment. his bail is set at $1.1 million.

investigators say since he had been in custody, there is no shooting. abc 7 news. airlines around the world are scrambling to fill vacant pilot seats. >> our i-team has been investigating. >> with the shortage across the country, some airlines are calling the faa to lower the amount of training required to get more pilots in the air. that could mean higher prices or reduc reduced routes for you and me. less training can lead to catastrophic events in the air putting you at risk. >> proposing ideas that would replace pilot experience with simulator experience is madness. in fact, it is insane.

joining me tonight at 11:00 on abc 7 news, we'll take a closer look at the proposed plan at what it could mean for air safety and for all of us. >> it affects every one of us. >> absolutely. >> thank you, dan. >> over a decade a ago on abc 7 news i-team investigation that dan did led to a ban on foi foie grass. it is made by forced feeding ducks and geese. the high court decision will allow the foie gras ban to be in effect. the 2014 quake left crack in the ceiling and caused a chunk of the building to fall off the roof line. part of the reason why it took so long is because the building

was on the national registered historic places. it was opened in 1879. >> there is a lot of strict progr paramete parameters. >> stained glass windows survived the earthquake and it is still there. >> beautiful building. we are months away from may, you can start getting ready now. wine and food and music, find it all. this year there is a twist. a donation for a day of driving on the racetrack. .

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i like the lineup this year at bottle rock event. there is a bit of a twist, it will be duo headliners each night. friday night imagine dragon and saturday night will feature neil young and minimum ford and sons

will close out the festival on sunday may 26th. a dozen of couple acts will pop up from the run. spearhead and one republic. last year about 4,000 people showed up each day. tickets go on sale tomorrow. tomorrow is the night. 30 women will try to win his heart, colton's heart. >> one of those contestants known as ind recinderella. >> i am here to look at my prince charming. come find me before the clock stroke midnight. >> it is quite he's a tight end who played for the raiders. bachelor fans hoping this season won't end up in tears. look at him there.

you can watch starting at 7:00 on abc 7 news. we are getting ready for more rain. spencer is tracking the approach of another storm.

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extended to 2.5 miles. na prices have gone down for 12 consecutive week. california gas is the most expensive in the country. san francisco has the highest price in california. $3.59 according to aaa. oakland is $3.41. our state average is $3.32. a man wanted to donate an unforgettable experience, a day driving around a racetrack. >> brai brakes on everything. dean chapman wanted to give his wife renee something different. he gave her the gift of speed. >> she loves to drive fast and so i thought she would enjoy a day on the performance track down california.

dean bought her a bmw near palm springs, unfortunately, after three years determined to get down south is difficult. they decided to donate their gift to a charity auction. the auction winner was not able to use it either. >> we found out that there was an expiration date on the back of the card that was glued to the certificate that we deen is dean is a former backup singer. he's fairly well-known to everyone at the charity auction. >> it was kind of embarrassing when you donate something and you are told, you really did not donate anything. dean wonders why the gift certificate would have an expiration date. >> it applies to

and gift certificates. dean contacted 7 on your side for help and we contacted bmw. it agreed to allow the auction winner to use the certificate saying we are thrilled that this gift certificate made into the hands of someone in support of charity. we asked bmw of the expiration date is not allowed in california. bmw takes compliance very seriously and als reviways revi practices to make sure we are in line. >> we made it happen. it was a win-win for everyone. thank you very much. >> he made it happen. he is the one that donated. . the dealer does not specify any

penalties or violations. that can be difficult for consumer to enforce without going to court. if you come to me you can work it out. i want to hear from you 7 on your side hotline. you can also reach me on my facebook page on abc 7 news.com. 7 on your side is instrumental in giving that long pass >> you have been betting a thousand. >> another check on our weather because we have nmore rain. spencer, what do we have coming this week? >> a week worth of rain in terms of everyday, there is a chance of some rainfall and some days are heavier than others. here is a look at live doppler 7. a few light showers have fallen parts of the north bay. we expect one to three inches of rain over the north bay and

mountains. it will be tomorrow and early wednesday morning. three quarters of an inch and gust up to 45 or 60 miles per hour. here is the forecast starting at 5:00. we'll see light rain passing through the north, look for a wave of moderate heavy rainfall and that'll continue late tomorrow night, over night into wednesday morning and it begins to taper off around midday. more wet weather is around the corner. lows will be in the upper 40s. highs will range from upper 50s to low 60s near the bay. here is your accu weather seven-day forecast, level two storm may produce isolated thunder. we'll have one system on wednesday. the remanence of the storm tomorrow. partly to mostly cloudy and mainly dry and rain returns on friday and showers returning on sunday. as you can see just about led in the forecast with a couple of

exceptions. >> thank you spencer. >> talk about the warriors. it is an unusual year. >> anthony forest is here with sports. >> oh, what'soh, what'soh, whats warriors? >> klay thompson is sharing what they are looking forward to. it does not change the final score but what the nfl did that may help ease some of the frustration over a heartbreaking loss

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now sports from abc 7 news. the warriors hit against the knicks. this would be the knicks only appearance in the bay area. the warriors winning nine straight against the knicks. this is a roller costar first half of the dub. klay thompson not throwing any pressure, listen to his answer when he was asked what he likes about the team? >> what i like? life, food and my dodd ag and fy and friends and my home and my health. that's something i am thankful for. our team has been good, we have yet to see our season in position and plays. we got a lot of things to forward to.

i am pretty sure we have a chance to win at home and hit the road and be road warriors again. >> on the ice, sharks and kings renewing their rivalry. san jose has scored five goals in four straight games for the second time. the rookie has six falls and 18 appearances which earned him a one-year contract yesterday. everybody is a really nice group and i am very apprec apprec a like playing with a guy like that bus ecause he has composur with the puck and instincts. the nfl have officially

changed the field goal. it does not change the outcome but maybe fans in chicago will take it easy on kicker cody park ki. he's been getting rest roasted for missing the game winning 43 yard field goal. travon hester got enough of his finger on the ball to change the trajectory and preserve a 16 win for philly. >> of >> i was talking a lot of trash. and cody was hoping it will go down and got his hand under the ball. you know honestly, i had a feel thag someh ing that somehow we are going to win that game. it looks like i could have hit

and went in. man. >> i ain't worry about nothing else. i see it bounces back and i am running around like the game is over. >> it is just a game right now. the college football playoff national championship game is a bit of a surprise. clemson leads alabama. 31-16, we'll have the highlights coming up at the news at 9:00 and 10:00. >> join us tonight on 7:13. we'll take you to the consumer electronic show where some of the biggest reveals are on four wheels. what's new for your call? >> celebrating gavin newsom's inauguration. we speak to the family on abc 7. coming up the premier of "the bachelor." 11:35 it is jimmy kimmel life,

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