that breaking news is in the shocking death of san francisco public defender jeff adachi. >> live outside with the latest. >> reporter: five-term public defender jeff adachi has tied. he suffered an parent heart attack while traveling will he served for 33 years in the san francisco public defender's office. he was first elected to head of the office in 2001. he was one of the few elected public defenders in the country. and the only in california. he was known as a watch dog for police misconduct. he was a vocal citizenic of the san francisco police department during the racism text scandal that rocked the department in 2015. most recently his office convinced the jury to find an

undocumented man not guilty of murder in the kate steinle case. he was a local advocate for bail reform. and he ran to mayor in 20 wlef the hopes of fixing the city's tension problems. >> he was a bulldog. he had a real sense of righteousness about his positions. he believed very strongly, the work that was involved. that everybody was entitled to aggressive representation. >> and behind me you can see someone leaving on a motorcycle. that person just brought in a bouquet of flowers. he is survived by his wife and daughter. he was 59 years old. reporting in san francisco tonight. abc7 news. >> all right. thank you. and san francisco mayor london breed released this statement saying as one of the few elected public defenders in our country, jeff always stood up for those who didn't have a voice, who have been ignored and oversxlookd who needed a real

champion. >> and william scott tweeted his condolences saying he was deeply saddened to learn of adachi's passing. the search has been suspended for the night for a woman buried in a cliff collapse. >> it happened at ft. funston. as you may know, our reporter is live on the scene. >> reporter: thank you. that's right. firefighters left the scene a couple hours ago. they tell us recovery efforts will continue tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. >> with shovels and even the bare hands, over 60 firefighters and some bystanders worked for hours to rescue a woman buried under the sand. >> bystanders were telling us that they observed two female dwults a intodayine walking along the cliff side. they were articulating that they had their hand up against wall and it gave way. >> reporter: the first victim was taken on sf general with nonlife threatening injuries.

fire officials brought in search dogs to the scene in homes of finding the second victim. they stayed quiet and waited to see if they heard anything from under the land slide. they even tried to victim's cell phone to no avail. >> we're suspending the search operations and we'll be moving to it a recovery operation. what this means is we'll be having cadaver dogs coming in. >> he was on his way home when he got a notification about the land slide. he grabbed his shovel and got to the scene to help. >> somebody's family member. try to dig. heart broken. >> he says for hours, firefighters worked together and formed a perimeter to dig every inch of the land slide until the very last minute. >> a person down there right now. they're trying.

>> reporter: so now this is now a u.s. park police incident. we were told the officers are at the scene and will stay there until tomorrow morning. live in san francisco, abc7 news. >> you can see the outline of the slide area showing a chunk of sand. leaving a massive pile of debris. >> reporter: take a look at this. a before and after comparison. on the left is a google image. on the right, what it looks like from sky 7 this afternoon. you can see a big portion of the cliff collapsed on the beach. >> this isn't the first slide on the area. an abc 7 viewer sent us this video. it was close in the 2015 because of a land slide. natural erosion was the cause. this closed the middle trail for several months, leaving a 20-foot drop in place limiting access to the beach. and we sent out this lealert abt the story to receive breaking news updates like this one, down

led to app and enable the push alert feature. new developments tonight. r & b singer r kelly has turned himself in on sex abuse >> the self-proclaimed king of o & b has turned himself? . >> he was indicted before a cook county grand jury on ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving four victims. >> three of those alleged victims between the ages of 13 and 17 at the time. late today, high profile attorney michael avenatti claiming that a videotape he provides to prosecutors was a kroshl break in the case against kelly. saying it shows a singer having sex with a 14-year-old girl around 1999. >> repeatedly on the video, both the victim and mr. kelly

referred to the victim's age as being 14. >> r kelly has been under investigation in chicago, georgia and new york following allegations from the lifetime documentary, surviving r kelly that aired in january. >> he stole my life from me. >> can you describe the physical abuse? >> kelly has consistently denied any wrongdoing. >> he is an innocent man and he'll be vindicated on all these charges. >> in 2008, he was acquitted of child pornography charges after a tape emerged reportedly showing sexual acts with a minor. he and the young woman allegedly involved denied they were the people in the video. kelly is expected to appear in a chicago court on saturday. abc news, new york. a stabbing on campus put union city's james logan high school on lockdown. the suspect, a student, was hiding out at a supermarket and

they arrest that had student. the victim was stabbed three times, requiring surgery. another student was knicked but didn't go to the hospital. >> let's turn your attention to the union strike. after a second day on the picket lines, there is to end in sight. the union is it clear, they are not backing down on their demands that include a raise, smaller class sizes, and an end to school closures. >> the community of oakland parents are standing strong for community schools. and saying no to school closures. >> we're told, if significant progress is not made this week, 3,000 ponchos have already been ordered for people to be ready to strike in the rain next week. >> we do have an app alert for smartphone users. >> the "wall street journal" is revealing social media giant facebook is collecting personal information shared on completely

separate apps. >> our story from san jose. >> fitness, finance and ovulation apps are among the few sending information. >> facebook provides tools to the apps and part of that is sending back information to facebook. it has to be more technical to understand. >> the "wall street journal" tested more than 70 popular apps on the ios store. it found at least 11 sent exact data or potentially sensitive information. height, weight, pregnancy, problems and other notes not men for facebook's keeping. >> it is all private information. it makes me a little wary. >> the information isn't meant for the masses and you don't have to be a facebook user to be impacted. the app flow period and ovulation tracker records and reports the last logged period a custom app event was created. >> it is inappropriate that all this stuff is happening.

>> reporter: cyber security experts say in the app world, data collection is more valuable than cash. the "wall street journal" says facebook is telling flagged apps to stop sending useruseruser >> we just sent it. we don't know anything about it. >> facebook hasn't responded to our request for comment. abc7 news. >> we are less than two days away from hollywood's biggest night. i'm down in hollywood with the bay area's ties to the black buster black panther. >> take advantage o

the 91st academy awards show is this sunday. one of the biggest movie the watch, black panther. in hollywood with the three local men hoping to pick up one of those awards. >> so much excitement in los angeles. just two days before hollywood's biggest night. i want to you look at all the preparations happening behind me. it has taken a team of six people almost a week to put down the red carpet alone. there's been a lot of excitement for the bay area, be just because ryan kugler is up for black panther, but for three bay area sound mixers who i sat down to talk about the magic they did on the film. one of the biggest elements making it a blockbuster success -- is something you may not have even been aware of.

but you most definitely felt. >> there is an important message to convey with what this movie is doing and what w many people around the world. it has to be wrapped in the fun of a marvel movie. >> they are all bay area natives and residents worked together with the team of about 15. all the sound design and mixing of the film. now nominated for best sound editing and mixing. a team effort. >> i was mixing dialogue and steve and i, we both shared music duties. >> thousands of layers of sound. laid down second by second. nine long months of work. here in marin county and then later in last. it meant lots of sacrifice. >> my wife was pregnant at the time. >> the secret sauce to making great sound for a blockbuster film? >> we went out of our way to make sure we had a good time. that the people who came to see

us felt that energy in the room. >> it certainly translated onscreen. black panther is up against a tough field in both sound categories. including bohemian rhapsody, "a star is born" and first man. >> i have a really good feeling that i'll have a really good time. i try not to think about it too much. >> to be honest, the nomination already is the win. there are so many amazing films. so many talented people. just to be in a part of those five films is amazing. >> take a look at this picture i tweeted earlier. it is brandon procter. we ran into him at the airport. this is not the first time they've worked together. they were part of the ryan kugler film from 2015. if they win, this will be each man's very first oscar.

abc7 news. >> we let you decide which dress she would wear. the winner with 54% of the vote, the silver one. >> coverage starts at 1:three p.m. on the red carpet. the opening ceremony begins at 3:30. the awards start at 5:00 and will be on the red carpet at 8:00. so we have some weekend weather to discuss. sandy -- >> an oscar winning forecast if you will. >> get out and enjoy the weather. it is going to be a mix of sun and clouds for most of your weekend. livermore's average high is 62 degrees. still a little below average. lying it has been. but i want to turn your attention to what's coming. the temperatures will bounce back next week to where they should be. even a little above normal for this time of year. so if you've been feeling too

cold lately in the afternoons, don't worry. it will improve in terms of the conditions. so live doppler 7 showing you nothing but clear sky. that will look different. next week when the rainy pattern unfolds. so yes, the chill is settling in. from our east bay hills, visibility is fantastic. you can see san francisco. cold again tomorrow morning. may notally dry for the weekend. a chance of showers in the north bay. sunday afternoon, evening. widespread rain is coming your way. if you have early plans, i want you to know it will be pretty cold. upper 20s to low 30s in the coldest inland valleys. upper 30s to mid 40s around the bay and the coast. dress in layers. stay warm. you will see sunshine mixing in with clouds. the temperatures will be in the 50s across the entire area. there will be a few showers around lake and mendocino counties but you will have to wait until next week to see that rain. the chinese new year parade

going on. it is the year of the pig and rain is supposed to be good luck. it has rained on many years but not this year. 4:00 p.m., sun and clouds, 54 degrees. the temperatures will start to come down. low 50s later in the evening. a good idea to dress in layers so you're prepared for the cooler weather. next week, be prepared for the cooler weather. the showers begin as we head into monday night. rainfall intensity picks up. into tuesday, shifting toward the north bay and across the entire bay area going into wednesday and some scattering showers. when all this is done, there are two possible solutions. this one is pretty wet. one to over five inches of rain for the entire bay area with an atmospheric river. the second is a much drier solution. anywhere from a quarter to a half an inch some of the places will pick up an inch to two inches. two different solutions. it will depend on where the storm goes. if the first one verifies our storm concerns will be very high

for flash flooding. flooding on the roadways. river flooding, power outages, land slides and mud slides. we'll be keeping an eye on that. about 5,000 feet, two to four feet is expected at the peaks. possibly higher. the accuweather forecast, most of the weekend is dry. a slight chance oscar sunday night of a few north bay showers. a level one system monday. wednesday, thursday, friday, level two on tuesday. that's when the stretch of wet weather comes your way. be prepared. we'll be dealing with the wet weather. new details on the richmond

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good evening. the warriors will face a team spent all of its energy targeting the champion. the houston rockets tomorrow night. 5:30 right here on abc 7. steph curry may have start the three ball revolution. he hit ten threes last night. the rockets took it to extremes. they attempted 70 threes in one game. 30 is a lot. 70 is insanity. yeah, times have changed. >> you can look at the three-point numbers. the attempts have gone way up for everybody across the board. so has pace. so part of the idea is get the ball up the floor as quickly as possible. that was never really something that was done when i was playing. if you show a quick three in transition, the coach would look at you. i don't care who it was. we can get that shot any time we want. >> steve kerr's future home, the chase center. he won't live there. but construction has been underway for two years. for the first time, steph curry along with h h h

they visited the player campus area. we don't have a campus area here. a wild one. 43 points but two assists shy of the 12th triple double. they go to overtime. then double overtime. where paul george takes over. 45. down one. split the defense. the eiffel tower. are you kidding me! thunder win it. 128-127. demar derozan. first time after being traded. he was traded for kawhi leonard who takes and it dunks it. 15 seconds left over. spurs, one last chance. who do you go to? davis? no. the raptors win 121-117.

let's bring it local. cif. boys final. thomas, spin move. scoop to the hoop. captures the crown. 54-46. spring training baseball. ichiro is retired. but they're expecting he will play when they open the season in japan. 45 years old. he can still hit. the mariners build a 4-0 lead. the a's, their only run of the spring so far. comes from shawn murphy in the nine abe 7 sports. the giants have been kicking the tires on bryce harper and the free agents still out there. >> what do you think? have the the owner of the phillies flew out on his private jet to las vegas. it's a meet and greet but could result in a $300 million contract. >> that's a good meet and greet. >> some nice greeting. >> i would love to meet you.

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