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people. >> the first thing you would have to think of -- >> this week i was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. >> i'm kate larson. i spoke to a pancreatic cancer specialist. coming up, why he expects the disease to affect more americans in the future. >> keep the faith and we'll win. we'll get it done. >> live where you live, this is "abc7 news." >> good'veing. thanks for joining us. >> long-time host of "jeopardy" alex trebek announced that he's battling pancreatic cancer. >> kate larson spoke with a cancer specialist about what this means. kate? >> reporter: pancreatic cancer is associated with the lowest suiv res of any type of cancer. in his statement, alex trebek acknowledged that, while at the same time remaining hopeful. >> here is the host of "jeopardy." >> reporter: for 35 years, alex

trebek has been at the help of "jeopardy." on wednesday, he made a different sort of announcement. >> this week, i was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. >> i like the balance he struck between being hopeful and having sort of a strong spirit saying i'm going to beat this. but realistic at the same time. >> reporter: dr. andrew is an oncologist, specializing in pancreatic cancer. he's not treating alex trebek, but says the disease, which has taken the lives of patrick swayze and aretha franklin, is affecting more americans. >> based on current statistics and projections, probably in the next decade, it's going to be the second leading cause of cancer related death in the united states. >> reporter: the symptoms are often nonspecific. >> some abdominal pain, unexplained weight loss. >> reporter: and treatment involves chemo therapy. >> i plan to beat the low

survival rate statistics for this disease. >> reporter: stephanie says support from family and friends is critical when it comes to a positive outcome for cancer patients. >> sometimes it's do nothing at all, just being there, being present. making sure that their basic needs are met. >> reporter: alex trebek's announcement has been viewed more than 15 million times. if you would like to see that announcement, along with my facebook live interview with the doctor, it's posted on my facebook page. hang on to the umbrellas. as you look at live doppler 7, we are still seeing some showers. i'm going to get you into street level radar and we'll talk about where it is raining right now. slippery from south san fran east bay,

pittsburgh, very light returns right now, as we look at the forecast over the next too hours, going into your morning commute, you'll notice there are showers for the morning commute. not widespread, but light showers. it's a level one on our storm impact scale tonight. tomorrow, the showers will amount to less than 0.2 of an inch. i'll be back to let you know when you'll get a break from the wet pattern. >> sandhya, thanks. trash problems are piling up in sonoma county. "abc7 news" was in guerneville where people are asking for help now. the county is providing places pour people to dump their flood debris, but they have to haul it there themselves. >> we live here, we know it floods. but you're never ready for this. >> everyone knows it's a tragic event, but give us some help. >> one issue, the county is already in the red following the

wildfires in 2017. one supervisor will ask for more help for the cleanup. there were problems here on bear creek road. the county says it's working on permanent fixes for all of the roads that have been hit by the bad weather this season. live doppler 7 is one of the most popular features on our website and the "abc7 news" app. if you want to track the rain, click the blue live bar and check the weather conditions where you live and enable push alerts to get the latest news as it happens. a tragic story. police are investigating a murder/suicide after her mother and two young sons were found lifeless in their apartment on dent avenue. >> jobina fortson is there live with the investigation. jobina? >> reporter: dan and ama, neighbors tell us that the father was screaming for help in this parking lot behind me. it appears he had returned home

from just a short trip to the grocery store when he discovered the bodies of his wife and two children. wendy behar didn't know what to think as her neighbor approached her wednesday afternoon. >> he couldn't explain to me, he was just saying help me, help me. my boys are dead. >> reporter: she says she walked inside his unit, didn't see anything, but was able to understand the wife hanged herself after suffocating the sons. they then called police while she called maria flores. >> she was hysterical, very emotional, telling me our neighbor had been outside screaming, very confused that his wife and children had died. they weren't breathing. >> reporter: the community is understandably devastated. >> would aayslaitem. were 4

k were always as happy as can be. so i never saw this happen. >> reporter: she believes the mother may have been battling depression. she lost her job at a nail salon last summer. >> she was always used to being independent and she is the one that paid the bills. >> reporter: police have asking for the public's help with information. anyone can information that can help police in their investigation and would like to remain anonymous should contact crime stoppers. jobina fortson, "abc7 news." >> jobina, thank you. if you or someone you love is struggling with suicidal thoughts, take action and find an ally at abc7news.com/takeaction. new developments tonight. we have laeearned at least thre bay area residents contracted measles last month.

two paerng passengers contracted the disease from a santa cruz county resident while on a plane. health officials say the public is at very low risk far there are no other reported cases. in the east bay tonight, a marathon bargaining session continues tonight to avoid a possible future strike in the unified school district. cornell bernard has the details on this. cornell? >> reporter: yeah, ama, contract talks now in their 14th hour here in danville. both sides are optimistic tonight that a tentative agreement can be reached. the teachers association president told the town hall meeting a tentative contract agreement was close at hand to avoid a district strike. so in your opinion, how close is an agreement here? >> in my opinion, very close. >> reporter: both sides met behind closed doors all day wednesday for a marathon bargaining session.

the education association, which represents about 1700 teachers is asking for a 5% pay increase. the district has offered 3%. 32,000 students go to school here. teachers also want smaller class sizes, and so does parent joanne chung. >> i was shocked this year, because from fifth grade, there are 31 students in the class. >> reporter: talks come just days after oakland teachers ended their seven-day strike by approving a new contract. oakland and san ramone valleys share one common thing in california, it's near the bottom nationwide when it comes to student funding. >> several school districts are facing declining enrollment and we have increased pension and health care cost and we're not getting enough money from the state to cover that. >> reporter: teachers say they need more money to live and work here in the bay area. >> the xwrd idea is to live wheu

teach, and it's getting harder to do that in the bay area. >> reporter: 98% of the union voted to authorize a strike, if necessary. i've been texting representatives from both sides. just got responses here in the last couple of minutes. both sides are still talking. cornell bernard, "abc7 news." >> cornell, thank you. we spent a week digging into the issues that teachers face all over the bay area. all of our stories are on our website, abc7news.com. search for building a better bay area teachers to find it. hayward expanded its just cause eviction protections with a unanimous city council vote. the legislation will grant protections for an additional 7,000 units in the city and grant tenants the right to mandatory mediation with land lords. officials say the ordinance was passed on an urgency basis to help cope with the continuing rise in housing prices. new developments tonight in a dui case involving giants

outfielder cameron maybin. he was arrested in scottsdale, arizona on friday. today, police released this video. he appears to be struggling during field sobriety test. police say he admitted to drinking five glasses of wine. the giants haven't taken any disciplinary action. maybin apologized today saying, i take full responsibility for my actions. he says he's "choosing to learn and grow from this valuable life lesson." singer r. kelly is back in custody tonight just hours after an explosive interview. they promised a comeback. sweet news for fans at a santa rosa restaurant destroyed in the tubbs fire. and celebrating july fourth on the slopes. which resort just announced it will stay open in july. >> here's a look at what is coming up on jimmy kimmel live. >> don't pretend you don't want

to see this. it's great to see you. you're on tv right now. >> oh, my god.

the singer r. kelly is back in custody after mising a deadline to pay child support to

his ex-wife. he was out on bond, charged with ten counts of criminal sexual abuse, three of the alleged virs.his arrest comes after an interview where he got very agitated, blaming the families of the alleged victims and the media. >> how come it was okay for me to see them until they wasn't getting no money from me? y'all trying to kill me. >> he will remain in jail until he pays back the more than $161,000 in back child support. the "abc7 news" i-team learned that a federal judge wants to prohibit pg&e from issuing dividends to investors until the utility does more to prevent wildfires. the judge has issued an order blaming deadly wildfires on the electrical system and wants pg&e to trim or remove trees and limbs so they don't fall onto

power lines and spark fires. >> i am hoping for an attitude change in pg&e, because they have come back a couple of times and said, this is impossible, this is overly ambitious. >> aa court monitor will assess the safety work. a final decision on the judge's order is expected next month. in the north bay, a beloved restaurant that burned in the 2017 tubbs fire is starting a new chapter tomorrow. sweet tea's restaurant is reopening at its new location in windsor. these are photos from the soft opening last friday. they're promising to serve the same quality southern inspired dishes, long-time guests would remember before the fires. squaw valley announced plans to stay open until at least july 7th. the resorts say they received 49 feet of snowfall since october 1st.

last month, will run lifts until july fourth. >> isn't that crazy? and we're getting more weather. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the latest forecast. >> winter and summer, try that. it's going to be crazy for the skiers. let's check out live doppler 7 right now. we do have showers to talk about. we'll get you into street level radar. in the east bay, right around mccarthur showers really continue to just come up. they're light in nature, right around pacifica, ralston avenue into belmont. how much rain have we received? marin civic center, over two

inches. over an inch in santa rosa, san francisco. hayward, 0.28. and about 0.75 in concord. it is snowing in the mountains. chains are required on all roads leading up to the mountains. i would not advise travel. winter storm warning is in effect until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. additional one to two feet of snow is expected. so let it continue to snow. it's good for our water supply. i do want to show you how we're doing in terms of the snow pack. really good, 157% of average as of tonight. just last year at this time, only 37% of average. so big difference between now and last year at this time. we'll keep that snow pack building, if you will. temperatures right now in the 40s, 50s. cloud cover holding the numbers up. we had some showers today, but we also had from our santa cruz cameras, some peeks of sun.

you're going to be seeing more sunshine as we head towards friday. hang in there until then, from our san mateo bridge camera, you can still see showers on the roadway. occasional showers through tomorrow. daylight saving time begins sunday morning, so set your clocks forward one hour. a light level one tonight and tomorrow. showers less than 0.2 of an inch. so tomorrow morning, 5:00 a.m., some slippery roadways. notice just spotty returns at 8:00 a.m. not everyone is going to see the showers, and sun breaks. noontime, hang on to the umbrel umbrella. and we'll carry that theme into the afternoon and evening. isolated showers popping up tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, 40s, 50s. you will need to grab the umbrella before you go and give yourself a little extra time. the rain will keep the roads slippery. tomorrow afternoon, in the 50s with some wet roadways out there. the seven-day forecast, a level

one, showers and sun for tomorrow. drying out friday, saturday, another system comes in with light rain. and don't forget, set your clocks forward one hour saturday night before bed. daylight saving time begins sunday. we will go with a chance of rain on tuesday. tuesday, one model is going dry, one is wet. so we'll have to see what happens. >> thanks, sandhya. tomorrow on "good morning america" actress jana ortiz is live to talk about the show

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good evening. when you have to call a team meeting, that's never a good thing. but that's where the warriors are right now after getting blasted by the celtics last night, a losser ed embarrassing. the warriors came out slowly, and faded from there. defensive intensity, nowhere to be found. ws looked bored, so they meant to talk about their issues. >> we talked about our flaws, where we need to get better. and we had a good practice. so hopefully that will carry over to another good one tomorrow and a good game on friday and try to rebuild some momentum. >> it's easy to i don't want to live on the edge like that. hopefully the switch flips on.

i think we can continue to get better. >> the warriors are about to get a blast from the past. andrew bogut has signed and will come up from australia to join his old team. he spent five years at golden state. just finished playing for the sydney kings, and mvp of the australian league. first order of business, say hi to damarcus cousins. >> we used to really go in scuffles and holds. so i'm looking forward to being on the same team. the lakers are dropping out ey lost to denver tonight. but lebron james passed michael jordan, moving into fourth place on the all-time scoring list with 32,932 points. in tears there. rich richard jefferson and channing frye congratulated him, sort of.

>> pass the ball. it was ridiculous. >> took him long enough. what is this, 19 years? it took him years. >> they're probably still talk thing in the locker room. a's and mariners, in a rare night cactus league action. two-run shot, a's up 4-0. command pinder swiping left. a's win 7-4. abc 7 sports. warriors on friday host denver. that is a battle for first place. we'll see -- let's hope the meeting today

all right. that is our report this wednesday. appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. thanks for joining us.

>> a mother's out with her child. >> it's a perfectly clear, calm day. >> see the cloud on the horizon. >> wow. >> geez. i rescuers pull out all the stops. >> for a sun fish. >> the odd sight to save a majestic creature. >> nature gave us a pristine playground. the beautiful message behind man and the mountain. and first there was the vans challenge. >> we see you, vans. we raise you. >> why the newest challenge is a real croc. >> oh! imagine walking down the street with your youngster. holding hands, minding your own business when -- >> oh, no. >> geez. >> boom. >> i thought it would be like a

sewer, but that came out of a building. what was that? >> i'll run that back. it is a perfectly clear, calm day. >> wow. that was a massive explosion. >> yeah. >> suddenly debris, glass, concrete fly dozens of feet. >> the force with which that exploded straight out had that mom and child been right there, goodness. >> what about the people on the roadway? i thought i saw some motorcycles or something. >> there were a whole lot of people out. we have various angles of the aftermath. it destroyed a local shop, injured ten, but no critical or life threatening injuries. >> what happened? you said shop. i assume gas? >> they are suspecting gas main. other things damaged, taxis, but no critical or life threatening injuries. they got lucky in this situation. moving over to