with stage four pancreatic cancer. now, normally the prognosis for this is not very encouraging. but i'm going to fight this. and i'm going to keep working. and with the love and support of my family and friends, and with the help of your prayers also, i plan to beat the low survival rates statistics for this disease. truth told, i have to. because under the terms of my contract, i have to host jeopardy for three nor yeamore o help me keep the faith and we'll win, we'll get it done. thank you. >> according to the md anderson cancer care center in houston, pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in america, it affects about a. >> we've posted more on

abc7news.com. and turning to the weather. i said to spencer, is it never going to stop raining? >> it does feel that way. everywhere i go, everyone is voicing the same sentiment. it is winding down. here is a live rove look. we have light showers fall willing down. most of the centering energy ha the sierra. 48 hour rainfall totals, very widely from just under an inch in places like heyward to just other an inch in nova tkno nova. and so what is left of the storm ranks one on the storm impact

scale. tomorrow maybe a couple isolated storms. less than an quarter ever an inch likely over the next 24 hours. so a few scattered showers. there may be locally heavy downpours. but they will be brief and widely scattered. and we'll start to dry out late tomorrow. i'll give you a look at the 7 day forecast in a few minutes. >> in the north bay the rain and flooding has left quite a mess. >> wayne freeze man iedman is ls in againville. >> reporter: and we talked about the garbage problem. this is 25 yards of trash piled up. and it has become a public repository. but the person who owns this building will have to pay for to get rid of it at least at this point.

the sign not funny for anybody living through it. tonight it ran through the town and also garbage on practically every street. and residents are not happy. >> everybody knows it has been tragic, but give us some help. >> reporter: jerry knight has a lot of wrecked equipment. and we heard from people like karen o'brien with a growing mound of garbage where floodwaters filled lower rooms. >> it went through here and then it went up to the up stairs. >> reporter: they have places to dump their garbage, but they have to get it there or pay someone to do it. the county already in the red. and she wants more help from the board. >> it is unensystem.

feels like an active warzone. we need to be able to pick up the trash. >> reporter: and they want a declaration of disaster from president. they want help from fema. it has happened in the past. what has changed? >> there is no surprise that somebody isn't a big fan of california. >> reporter: just one more issue in a community with mounting problems. >> so what is the next step? the supervise or has called for a special meeting tomorrow. 9:00 a.m., she needs a four fifths vote to get more money help people get the stuff out of here. in againville, abc 7 news. and the recent storms have also trashed san francisco streets turning some intersections in to car crunching mine fields.

and there is an added problem of major construction in that area with a steady stream of heavy equipment rolling through. look at this, car after car bottoming out after hitting the potholes. many drivers and pedestrians are angry. >> yes, i am. it might damage my car. >> need to fix this. like third world, sorry to say. one of the most expensive cities in the world. >> pretty hectic and dangerous. >> any damage, not like they are going to cover it, so better off taking your time. >> work crews did tody veeto to tody divert drivers aurn t s ar

damage. and if you want to click the rain, just open the app and click the blue bar. and enable push alert s so you get the lates news. and an elementary school after a teacher opened a let are during class that contained a threatening note and suspicious substance. hazmat you crews found the situation was safe. police have opened a criminal investigation and are requeaski anyone with information to step and judge issued an eight page order last night planning to impose new requirements on restrictions from paying shareholders to random inspections. power lines are blachled formed series of fires. tonight at 6:00, dan noyes

explains what the utility has to say about all of this. >> today crews knocked down a fire in a an ban dobandoned fir. homeless a known to live in the fire, but no one was found. it took about 90 minutes to put out the fire. a session is under way to try to prevent a teachers strike at san ramon valley ll lschools. last week 98% of the unified teachers voted in fair of authorizing a strike if their union feels it is necessary. sticking points have been reduced to classti sizes and teacher pay. we'll have a live update at 5:00 on. oakland and los angeles recently senlgts settled their

contracts, but dhaecharters a s a point tension. contention. >> we asked lyanne melendez to take a closer look. >> we'll now more on july 1 when there is a report of charter schools. oakland has the largest percentage of public charter schools in the state. when oakland teachers were out on strike, the animosity towards public charter schools was apparent. at the end of the walkout, oakland ub be filed sidsi side with the teachers asking a moratorium on all charters. a study may help explain why. it came from the oakland based nonprofit in the public

interests. >> when the charter school takes the student away, that amount of money goes with the student. >> reporter: oakland unified misses on out $57 million a year. today one in four students in oakland attends a charter school. $57 million is a significant amount given that two days ago the school board voted to approve more than $21 million in cuts. but the california charter school association says whatever financial impact growth has had on school districts is overblown and a scapegoat for issues outside of charter's control. and grandparents insist that charters were born out of the need for better schools. >> they are not getting the education to be able to compete. >> reporter: and in response to the demands, the governor signed

a bill demanding more transparency. >> and once the charter is set up by the state, they have no oversight, but it still graidra the money. rr >> reporter: and when denied, that charter school can appeal to the county and the state. in the past the state has been rather generous with charter schools approving 75% of all appeals. in the newsroom, lianna lee an e gez, abc 7. a man now banned from the campus. st zachary greenberg pleaded not guilty. he is the man seen in the video attack hayden williams in february. the attack left him with a black eye. williams' attorney talked about the video. >> it is sickening to watch it.

it is outrageous that young man who is exercising his first amendment rights on the berkeley campus was viciously sau lly as and subject to violence threats. >> greenberg is not allowed within 100 yards of the cal campus. >> williams wrote a piece in "usa today," he mentioned the attack and his appearance with president trump at the conservative political action conference last week. williams went on to say that young liberals believe they are in a culture war and that the administration at uc berkeley has allowed a culture of in-toll wlans and violence to glow. >> and a judge in san francisco has ruled the trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the census is illegal. the judge said that the government's move would violate

a constitution requirement. he says the question would result in an undercount. but this isn't the end. the supreme court has degreed to review an earlier decision. >> and fremont police are showing off their new cars. the says the standard high performance engine does not need any upgrades. it is the first all electric car for the pilot program. a lot of buzz about the test run and a long line of officers were waiting to get behind the wheel. >> we're hopeful that vehicle like this, we can move forward and have a larnlge fleet of it. everyone wants to drive it. everyone wants to be a part of it. >> the tesla will be out on

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a mentally disabled woman who had gone missing has been found. >> take a look. officers had been searching for her since caregivers reported her missing after she walked away from the facility sometime between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 this morning. they found eric son outside a restaurant in gateway plaza after seeing reports of a bomb telling people she couldn't get home. christians are observing ash wednesday today. pope francis began the day with the procession to the basilica. the tradition began as a way for christians to prepare for easter. ashes are mark nd the shape ed f a cross on the forehead of believer. and chick-fil-a is again offering customers an alternative to its regular menu

during lent and that is fish. their fish sandwich went on sale today. the special lenten season fare is available through april 20. chick-fil-a started offering the sandwich during lent in 2016. if you are rou you are southwest to hawaii, you will be paying full price. southwest says it can't comment on whether they will offers bargain prices again. they were snapped up within an hour of going on sale. southwest will fly to honolulu and maui. and inauguration hawaii flight takes away from oakland on st. patrick's day. baseball fans about to gain new insight into the life of arguably the best football player ever. that would be san francisco giants legend willie mays. mays is set to release a new book called in life stories and

lessons from the say hey kid. it will feature his memories of events and the people that helped shape him. there will be 24 chapters, which makes sense given his number in honor of his uniform. the 88-year-old now played 22 seasons in the big leagues. the book coming out september 24th. he has so many stories. >> greatest all around player. let's talk about the weather. here is a look at live doppler 7. you can see that we don't have much active weather. a little bit of green on the screen there. the real energy has moved over

to the sierra where thunderstorms have been rumbling. we still have clouds here in the bay area. maybe not so clearly. looking out or san francisco, it is 55 degrees in the city. upper 50s at oakland. mid-50s morgan hill and half moon bay. here is the view from emeryville camera. you can just see a little bit of bright sunlight shining over the golden gate which might be one reason why we call it the gate. one more live view from the east bay hills camera, you can see how dark the clouds are. we'll see more scattered showers overnight. drying begins late tomorrow and another light storm comes in this weekend bringing scattered showers. it won't be a very wet system. the current storm by the way ranks one on the storm impact scale. we expect less than a quarter of

an inch in most locations from the remainder of this storm. here is the forecast animation starting at 5:00 this afternoon going to about 7:30 this evening. fairly wide spread showers. again, light and widely scattered, but could be we've downpours from time to time. and into the early morning hour, probably be a few wet spots on the payment. but once again, we don't expect wet conditions everywhere. sig skies will be brighter in the afternoon. and additional rainfall totals from the storm, by is 1:30 tomorrow night, under a tenth of an inch for much of the north bay and portions of the east bay as well to just over two tints tents of an inch. and overnight low, mainly in the upper 40s. and tomorrow's highs mostly in the mid-50s.

tomorrow low 50s on the coast. mid-50s just about everywhere else. and in the sierra, it will be snowing. another 1 or 2 feet of snow. and travel conditions will be challenging. here is the forecast, brighter friday, but then light rain saturday and sunday with a storm ra ranking only one. and we spring forward this weekend and next week sunny skies, dry conditions. and just maybe the beginning of a sustained sddry pattern. >> don't tease us. >> i like to tease. >> thank, spencer. coming up, a chance encounter in the northbay, mte y special bond with a young man. and the new beauty trend, just takes hundreds of

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a former sheriff deputy rue u reunited with a young man he rescued in 2007. here is the story. >> hey. >> reporter: these two are strangers. but share a common tragic moment. and in 2007, a speeding driver crashed in to the car and then the 4-year-old christian flores was righting in, he was with his mother, older brother and another couple. >> he was the only survivor. he was cleared from the car just enough that his torso and his head were reachable but he was

trapped. wrrt and t >> reporter: the deputy pulled christian out. he lost an arm and had third degree burns. he also lost all of his family members. now fast forward 12 years. it was just your luck, cri christopher was at this schwab getting his tires rotated and he noticed a young man that looked familiar. he walked up to him and asked are you christian? and the answer was yesterday. >> if it wouldn't for him, i wouldn't be here. >> thorp was still shaken by the the chance encounter, so he gave him the medal of valor the department gave him. the medal will be passed on once again. christian plans to place it below the photo of his older blr who died in that car that day. abc 7 news.incredible.

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now to breaking news frsout san jose where police are investigate willing ting the dee at an apartment complex near originridge wood drive. officers went into investigate

the report of a suicide. they found a deceased woman and also between young children who were also dead. police believe the woman died from apparent suicide, but officers did not reveal how the children died. the area is now a crime scene. is an they ssan jose detectivesw investigating. here are some of the stories pi making headlines. alex trebek announced he has stage four pancreatic cancer. he says that keep the faith and we'll win. trebek has been hosting jeopardy for 35 years. don't futuput away your umbrellas just yet. the updated forecast in only ten minutes. improvements are coming to a

bu busy street. road upgrades are designed to improve bus service along geary. and r. kelly back in jail in chicago, but not in connection to sexual misconduct charges. a judge said that he won't be released until he pays $161,000 in back child support that he owes. zachary keesh with the zachary kiesch with the latest . >> reporter: last month he said he had to clear up the dead by this morning or face jail time. kelly missing the deadline. this is on the heels of an emotional interview on cbs news. first since he was indicted last month. sk

kelly has denied the charges. >> y'all trying to kill me? you're killing me, man. you don't want to believe the truth. >> where is his defense attorney and why was this allowed? this was a disaster for robert kelly. >> reporter: he says that the charges are failse rumors. the doblg could you se dock could you series painted a portrait of a man who even allegedly holding some captive. >> quit playing. this is not me. >> reporter: one family says that their daughter was not okay. the family receiving a call from their daughter shortly thereafter.

>> i've told you that i'm okay and i'm happy. >> reporter: zachary kiesch, abc news new york. and investigating officers actions during a proceed test. 48 people were arrested, and a response to the sacramento district attorney declining to file charges against two police officers who shot stephon clark who wassen arm sen unarmed last. speakers said that police were overly glaggressive. the mayor has called for an independent investigation. video has surfaced showing officers confronting a black man picking up trash at miss house in boulder, colorado. the department says an officer saw the man in a patio area

behind a private property sign and asked if the man was allowed to be there. the man told police he lived there and handed over his student i.d. the incident didn't end there though. the officer can be heard ordering the man for put the trash collecting device. the man refused so the officer called for assistssistance. the man repeatedly told officers he lived there. 15 minutes. the officers eventually gave the man his i.d. back and left. today mark zuckerberg said that encrypted messaging is what is next for facebook. the ceo posted this long message on the site today says more and more people want to connect privately online. and in the next few years he

says the company will focus on private messages on facebook and instragram. he claims even the company will not be able to see the these messages. zuckerberg says the changes are still a ways away, but he wanted to take a position on them right now. and elon musk's dream of an express tunnel transit system could become a reality in las vegas. the tourism agency there recommended that an enterprise backed by musk receive the contract to build and operate the tunnel system. if approved, the system would be more than a mile long, but wouldn't include the strip. at least in the beginning. it would debut by 2021. similar projects in los angeles and chicago have drawn skepticism. a giants medical break through in the treatment of depression. and i'm spefrns crispencer and i'm spefrns crispencer looking toward the golden gate, sometimes, the pressures of today's world can make it tough

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. today we're lfrning more about the learning more about a nasal spray to treat depressions. it is the first new treatment in decades. and derived from a drug related to party drug ketamine or special k. joins us more to talk about it is dr. craig nelson, sigh

psychiatri psychiatrist. so is this the first nasal spray for depression? >> it is. >> and would they use it every day like other medications? or just an every once in a while type 24ithing about. >> it would be used usually twice a week. and the other thing that is different, you kind of mentioned being used every day. this would be used in a clinic setting under supervision. >> talk about why that is. >> well, this is a controlled drug for one thing. it is also a sedative. and it is used and an anesthetic, still used as an necessary these i can't in the hospital. stowe y so you want to make sure the person doesn't become overly sedated. so it is monitored during the time it is administered.

but the reason people are excited about it, it has a different mechanism of action and people hope that that means that it will help patients who haven't responded to the other drugs we have, things like prozac and zoloft and current anti-depress sents. because for a lot of people they don't get the relief. so anyone specific who might be a good candidate? >> the drug is a proofed for use treatment resistant depression. so essentially that means that person has failed prior trials. so this is something that people would use if they don't respon toer on things.

>> and it is a cousin of ketamine? >> currently drugs are transmitters. but this is a different system. >> and i think most are familiar with ssris. >> that's correct. and some others also act on dopami dopamine, but again this is a different system. so hopefully this helps people who haven't responded to other drugs. >> but this isn't new using ketamine to treat depression. it has been tried before? >> back in 2000, actually some of my colleagues when i was at yale first described use of ketamine as and anti depressan.

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a look at live do thppler 7 the storm is winding down. we have drying on out in some areas. storm impact scale shows one on the impact scale. so look for scattered showers, less than a quarter inch is likely and locally breeze slybr. tomorrow we'll have widely scattered showers and in the mid-50s for the most part. 7 day forecast, we start drying out friday. bright skies and a few clouds. but another light storm over the weekend as we spring forward to daylight saving time. a drier pattern begins monday. >> thank you, spencer. coming up, michael fin any explaining

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>> michael fine any has tney ha details. >> how do you find the best one for your family? joining me now is executive edit to are of bay area consumer checkbook. so let's start with the initial question. how do you know if you even need one. >> that is the best question to start with. because there is no doubt that these devices, these home securities systems, they do preventburg alrea burglars. and homeowners insurance companies wouldn't give discounts unless they lower your risk before but most don't get in by defeating home most get in by opening an unlocked door or pushing in a window. so the best way without question is make sure that you have really good dead bolt lock, make

sure your windows are secured, vulnerable points like sliding glass doors and garage entrances are well secured. burglars are opportunists. they will try to finden a easy way in. and if they can't, then they will go to the next one. a easyy in. and if they can't, then they will go to the next one. they may say the home security system, i'll move on. but they won't be that much turned away by a system because they just get in and grab stuff and get out quickly. and the biggest problem is that people buy them, install them, pay for the monitoring and then turn them off. because they are such a pain in term of the false alarms. >> and there are all of these do it yourself home security systems. do you have someone else install it, do you have it monitored? >> the industry has changed a lot but also it hasn't been. used to be you had to have it

professionally installed and monitored. now because data is so you can set it up and monitor it yourself. you can buy these doorbell cameras that work pretty well too. they are the same -- similar level of protection that home security system can provide we found that it is hass hassle. every time someone came to the front door, we got a signal. every time the mail man came or the pizza delivery guy came, we were getting these alerts that soeone was there. and so it just became a hassle that we wish we didn't have to live with. and that is the problem most people have, it just becomes a hassle that most pipe don't weo want to live with so you start ignoring it.

so it might do a little bit of good, but nothing as well as really securing your perimeter and so we layout what you can do. >> and you can check out how to secure your home by checking out bay area consumer checkbook. we'll let you have access to this one article for free. just go to abc7news.com. you can thank kevin for that. hi, everyone. i have some news to share with all of pup ayou and it is in ke with my long time policy -- >> earlier we told you about alex trebek's announcement that he has stage four pancreatic cancerhe plans to beat it. >> and ken jennings tweeted one thing i know for a fact, alex is very aware of how much he mean to say millions and how we will

be pulling for him. i hope that is a dfts. >> jennings was on jeopardy stars. and also a woman who was there was here on mid day live. >> that's right. she is a writer from rich mochbd, p hch democratic mond. and there were no signs of the disease when they taped in january. >> this is jeopardy. >> back any bay for 100. >> and the answer is this island was first to act friday valt a lighthouse on the west coast. >> what is alcatraz? >> correct.

>> i can't believe it. >> time for final jeopardy. here is the answer. b.a.r.t. has this many stops across the bay area. ♪ ? the answer is 48. >> and it surprised who was watching. we featured this answer and she gave abc 7 a shout out on instragram saying how crazy is th this. and it makes our day. and of course we love alex trebek and we are all pulling for him to win this battle. >> certainly. >> how was it like interacting in this -- she was probably not

intimidated by you as she was on the real show. >> no, she is the calm cool collected type. which is probably why she picked her for final jeopardy last night when they won it all, $1 million. split three ways. so a cool take for her. and because she said she will have to spend part of it on house payments. >> and i do like reggie's pose. a teen on a mission, how she is using fashion to raise awareness about elephant approaching. and uncertain future for a san francisco fortune cookie company. the huge rent increase and other factors that have the owners struggling. break ground on a new bus project, how it aims to help ease the commute. and history will be made in

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south bay teen is using her love of fashion to raise awareness of a problem halfway around the world. >> and the 15-year-old launched her own company to help save elephants. it all started with a t shirt. >> reporter: this teen is in

which is to safer the he wive t vapts. she started in the eighth grade. >> and what most impacted me was the fact that they experience the same emotions. >> reporter: elephants being pushed to the brink of extinction. researchers estimate roughly 100 african elephants can killed each day by poachers. and she put the number into perspective. >> that is one every 15 minutes. >> reporter: one major reason she created her clothing store. she says 20% of funds from ivory tease go toward fostering apple elepha elephant. >> and it is representing the new generation. they wanted to give, wanted to make an impact. >> reporter: her paths were there when a document takary spd

her interest. >> and to transform it into doing something, it happened nalg naturally with her. >> reporter: she drew the logo and designed the pmerchandise. >> and you have to use what you learned to make a difference. >> good to her. >> the news at 5:00 starts now. and these drivers hasn't planned on testing out their suspensions today, but the potholes made the call for them. that straight ahead. and the rain is making the potholes even worse. it looks pretty gloomy outside. and there is possibility of another teachers strike.

the negotiations in san ramon. we begin in san rosa. three people have been found dead inside a home. the victims are a woman and two young children. sky 7 was over the scene. and abc 7 news as learned the father of the children found the bodies when he came home around 12:30 today. investigators are on the scene trying to figure out how the two children died. the napes hames have not been h released. and we are seeing scattered showers after some heavier rain earlier. lear is sandy patel with the latest. >> and let's check out live doppler 7. showers are light and scattered. in the north