911 have to be answered fast. in san jose some calls aren't being answered fast enough. >> san jose is having problems meeting emergency call answering times. >> reporter: city auditor sharon erickson was tasked with finding a solution. the state mandate say calls should be answered within 15 seconds, the average was closer to 80%. the state threatened to cut funding if numbers didn't improve. they reached 90% but did it with huge amounts of overtime, sometimes people on 15-hour shifts. that's not a long-term solution says the police chief. >> we're at 24/7/365 operation. and it takes a large commitment. because of our staffing levels we've had to incorporate mandatory overtime. that can be problematic. it's tough on people. >> reporter: erickson says the best fix is to reroute nonemergency calls. >> stay on the phone and i'll tell you exactly what to do next. >> 40% of the calls they're handling in the call center are

not emergencies. one of our recommendations to begin moving some of those calls out to other personnel. >> reporter: in january of this year there were 24 unfilled jobs at san jose police, eight with san jose fire. the chief says they're doing a lot in terms of recruitment. they have seen a 20% increase in this year's applicant pool. larry, dion? >> we can only imagine being a 911 dispatcher, a pretty tough job. why has it been so hard to hire new dispatchers? >> reporter: given the call volume they have and as big as the city of san jose is, they pay in the middle compared to other centers. it's hard to attract talent and keep them given the work load they have. >> many thanks to you. >> dozens of people in sonoma county needed to evacuate their

homes after a propane truck overturn. this happened on highway 128 between calistoga and geyserville. it affected about 20 homes located within one mileh site. they decided to let the propane slowly escape from the tank. propane can be dangerous if it's handled improperly. >> very unstable within the right ignition limits it can ignite and burn back to where the propane truck is. that's the reason for the precautions and the evacuations. >> the truck may have swerved to avoid an object before it overturned. firefighters say the truck driver was not hurt. the evacuation orders were lifted about an hour ago. sky map 7 shows us where five cars collided in san francisco. three people had to go to the hospital, one is seriously injured. san francisco police are trying to figure out exactly who was at

fault. what happened. muni is running shuttle buses. >> happening right now the bomb squad showed up at a home depot in the eastt of aspiciocke.ta a. emeryville just minutes ago. you can see a man examining a device outside of the store. officers set up a robotic device and sent a member of the bomb squad back to detonate that suspicious item. you see there is no major damage. another look from sky 7 here where officers are assessing the situation. police evacuated the home depot and urged people to stay clear of the area. 11 days after the death of seth rostene, people demanded theyc infrastctee improved. >> abc 7 news joins us live from san francisco.

>> reporter: dion and larry, that's right. we heard and they will expedite more bike lanes across san francisco. in just the time we've been here covering the story several cars have use this had area here where you see the bike area, to double park and even to cut through traffic. cyclists tell us they want changes. >> if you are someone who has feared for your life while riding a bike or walking in our city, please raise your hand. >> reporter: a fear many of these cyclists say they experience on a daily basis. >> some of the scariest close calls i've had people throwing their car doors open. i've had to screech on the brakes and bumped a car door. >> reporter: supervisor matt haney led the rally on the steps of city hall urging mta to make changes. tess rothstein was struck by a truck as she swerved to avoid a car door opening. >> it's not going to hurt things or change things that much to take away one lane of traffic or

one parking lane and be able to ensure people are safe as they bike down that street. >> reporter: 96 hours after her death, sfmta removed parking and added protected bike lanes. >> proactive change. we shouldn't have to wait for someone to die to get an additional block. we need to do everything in our power to make sure we can stop the lives lost on our streets. >> reporter: san francisco's bike network has 448 miles of bikeway. today in a packed room with cyclists sfmta acknowledged the need to expand its protected network. >> on howard between 3rd and 6th street implementing parking protected bike lanes in the area, and we plan to have a permanent project in place by as early as april. right now we have temporary parking protected lanes on 4th and 5th. >> reporter: sfmta is not only working on implementing more

protected bike lanes but also, as we speak, working on polk street. >> much appreciated, luz. cye rider died after being hit by a big rig in the east bay. take a look, sky 7 in san leandro. highway patrol officers believe the motorcyclist turned in front of the truck, and the truck driver told investigators he never saw the riders. the motorcyclist died at the scene. he appears to be in his 20s. the alameda county coroner's bureau is working to identify that man and contact his family. meantime a big rig fire shut down westbound 580 for hours today. it all happened just after 4:00 this morning. the freeway department compleid an hour ago. over the scene of livermore this morning. officials say the truck was carrying frozen meat including bacon. there is still no word on what caused that fire. turning to the weather now. had a couple of really nice days filled with sunshine. and now the rain is coming back.

>> oh, sounds so sad. taking a live look at our east bay hills, mt. tamm tower cams. it is getting gray. grayer and grayer. the rain is getting closer and closer. it's not raining in the bay area at the moment. you can see the green coloration of the approaching rainfall. we have rough surf. a beach hazard statement in effect until 11:00 tonight. a risk of sneaker waves. it's calm and mild. temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s. here come the clouds and here comes the rain as you look at the satellite radar composite image. coming up generally from our southwest this is a light storm ranking only one on the storm impact scale. for tonight and tomorrow look for a light to moderate showers about 0.2 to.75. looks like a rainy and breezy morning commute. i'll give you a closer look at

this storm and its time line in a few minutes. >> spencer, thanks. automatic license plate readers are coming to discovery bay. abc 7 news was inside this morning's contra costa board of supervisors meeting in martinez where lawmakers unanimously approved the plan. the county will spend more than $330,000 to install cameras along highway 4 and other key entrance points to discovery bay. one supervisor believes license plate readers will fight crime. >> a license plate is associated with a known felon who has a warrant out for his arrest. if it's a car, a license plate associated with a crime, they get dinged. >> civil liberties groups believe license plate readers infringe on a person's right to privacy. nobody voiced any opposition to the plan before the supervisors voted. as part of our effort to help build a better bay area, an entire week on b.a.r.t. the president of the b.a.r.t. board answered some questions

last month, and today he was back answering more as a guest on "midday live." one of the biggest issue riders raised was homelessness. joe sent thus message describing what he's witnessed. they sleep and occupy seats not allowing others to sit, and the smells are usually not pleasant. we asked today what's being done. >> it's really the end of the line station that is have some of the worstproblems. sfo, pittsburg, bay point. i've been working with our directors and it's similar to the homeless outreach team. some of the workers in the station where people are, they're now going out into the trains and these three directors, rebecca saltzman, mark foley and deborah allen, went out until 3:00 in the morning. they were out there with the core team and they've had tremendous success getting people to go to shelters and warming centers. the magnitude in contra costa county, $6 million a year on homeless transports to hospitals. many wind up people at our

stations stuck in a very cold station like pittsburg-bay point, i have chest pains and need to go to the emergency room. we're on the right track and unveiling new ideas. what we really want to do is have every train have, whether it's community ambassadors, where it's cadets, b.a.r.t. police walking through a train and seeing a situation and getting people help where they need it. >> we received more comments and questions about our b.a.r.t. coverage than any other topic we've tackled as part of our effort to build a better bay area. join the conversation by adding the #betterbayarea to your social media posts. just ahead, a return to prohibition. the proposal to get ecigarettes out of the hands of teenagers. plus, the healthiest counties in the bay area. did yours make the list? >> it started as true romance then turned into a nightmare. let's take a look at traffic

at 4:10 on this tuesday. skyway is jammed up if both directions. on coming getting to the lower deck, ultimately the right-hand side arguably even slower en route to 101 and the

uc berkeley's republicans can sue over free speech issues following a ruling by a federal judge. the lawsuit stems from a riot that broke out before an appearance by conservative speakspeak er in 2016. they claim their members were attacked and police blocked the

only safe route to escape from the violence. >> so imagine san francisco returning to the days of prohibition. not what we saw in the '20s and '30s with alcohol but city hall fighting to keep ecigarettes from getting into the hands of teenagers. >> more teens are vaping nicotine than smoking cigarettes. more on this and are they talking about a ban here? >> reporter: well, they're calling it a prohibition. this is not an only in san francisco issue. as soon as san francisco issued that letter to the fda other cities also followed chicago, new york, and you can bet that other cities in the united states will want to jump on that wagon. ecigarettes are marketed as a way to satisfy their addiction

without the harm that comes from cigarettes. >> if you're trying to be a little bit more healthy, to reduce the amount of nick seen that you're using, this is a really effective method. >> reporter: except they have become wildly popular among teenagers. > it's happening in classrooms, in bathrooms. it is an epidemic. >> reporter: that's city attorney taking on the federal administration for failing to conduct a review of these products. under the law the fda is supposed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of all products. >> if we can't expect the fda will protect the health and safety of our young people, i don't know what the function of the fda really is. >> reporter: here is what health and human services tell us. tobacco use by adolescents has declined substantially in the last 40 years. but from 2011 to 2016, the percentage of 12th graders who had ever used e-cigarettes increased from 4.7% to 13% with

a spike of 16% in 2015. today's supervisor walton introduced legislation that would essentially ban these products in san francisco until the fda acts. >> we just put it in. >> reporter: sue works at the california tobacco center. vaping has helped her quit smoking cigarettes. now she says a ban would force her to quit altogether. >> that will help me to really quit. it's not available nimt and that will make me cut off. >> reporter: assuming that it passes the ban, the prohibition, if you will, will go into effect 30 days later. live in san francisco, lyanne melendez. >> that one lady was able to stop, but a lot of the teenagers, they're buying their

e-cigarettes online. how are you going to stop that? >> reporter: right. that's right. so if this passes again that is in that legislation would point out they could not order that online and could never be shipped to an address here in san francisco, larry they thought of everything. >> see if it works or really goes into effect. lyanne, thank you. the top three are all in the bay area. marin county ranked number one. san mateo second, and santa clara is third. the only counties not in the top ten are contra costa and alameda and they ranked 11th and 12th. a wide variety of factors are used to calculate from soking to diets, exercising, available health care and social and economic factors. that list was put together by the robert wood johnson foundation and the university of wisconsin. >> are you a fan of starbucks? if you are, grab some coffee.

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gray skies. still pretty mild, though. 66 in santa rosa. petaluma, 66. low 70s at vacaville and concord. and the view from mt. tam down on the bay, downtown san francisco. showers will arrive late tonight. slippery spots, wet spots, probably slow going in the morning. and this unsettled pattern will continue into the weekend. so overnight look for a widespread rain developing by the early morning hours in time for the morning commute. low temperatures will drop mainly into the low 50s, so it woen be a wide range of temperatures overnight. 50, 52 degrees in most locations. for late tonight and tomorrow we can expect light to moderate showers. .2 to .75 in most areas and gusty at the coast and over the higher elevations. it will be even cloudier than it is now. and some time between 9:00 and midnight the first patches of

rain moving onshore. spreading during the overnight hours to all parts of the bay area. looks like it will be pretty rainy across the entire region by about 6:00 a.m. and the yellows and oranges here indicate areas of moderate, maybe even briefly heavy downpours and then will start to break up in the mid morning hours and by midday going into the afternoon scattered showers. late in the afternoon and tomorrow evening we'll see the storm wining down although there could be a stray shower here and there. not much will be left of it. winter weather advisory is in effect from 11:00 tonight to 11:00 tomorrow night. above 6,000 feet we expect another 4 to 8 inches of snow and maybe up to 12 inches in the higher peaks. not a big snowstorm but snow nonetheless. back to the bay area for high temperatures as the showers wind down. we'll see mainly upper 50s near the coast and around the bay and 60, 62 degrees in many of our

inland east bay locations and down in the south bay. highs mainly in the upper 50s and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. despite the fact there are a couple days that might be dry. thursday mainly a dry day with mainly lingering chance of morning showers. friday, the next wave of rain comes in. showers likely on saturday. we expect partial clearing and dry conditions on sunday. and then the light storm on monday with lingering showers into tuesday. we should take the rain -- we have no choice. appreciate the rain now because it will get dry once we get later into the season. >> starting to get to the end of that. >> we think so. the first falcon egg has arrived in the east bay. uc berkeley's parents are expecting their first offspring of 2019. you can see there they keep watch along with the parents on

the webcam. the falcons have nested on top of uc berkeley's camp line for the past two years. >> chase center reveal week continues. the new concerts you can catch when the venue opens up. plus -- >> reporter: a few

the chase center reveal week continues. today we learned the dave matthews band will perform inside the new chase center in san francisco in september. then some exciting news for rock fans as the black keys will take over the chase center in november. the band hasn't played in san francisco since 2015. modest mouse will join them as special guests. we also learned thatcad t san f have been tapped to help open the chase center on friday, september 6th.

chase advance ticket access started today at noon. the general public can get their particular on friday. the oakland a's will open up the 2019 major league baseball season in japan overnight. first pitch against the seattle mariners is at 2:35 tomorrow morning our time. that's early. major league baseball in its infinite wisdom scheduling this one when nobody is watching. the a's will play the following day. fans are invited, there's a watch party at mad oak bar yard at 1:35 a.m. flip the clock. the game will be carried on espn. the transformation is almost complete at what used to be at&t park. oracle park signs now adorn the entire exterior of the stadium. originally pac bell park, sbc, then at&t, and oracle has the naming rights for text 20 years. >> 1:35 a.m., where is your

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breaking news in san francisco. the district attorney just announced this afternoon that giants ceo and part owner will not face any criminal charges following an altercation with his wife recently. cell phone video capredim trying to grab a cell phone from his wife. she fell from her chair during the scuffle on march 1st. this video went viral only minutes after the spat ended. larry baer has taken a leave of absence from the giants. major league baseball is investigating and we'll see how this works out. they could decide to punish larry baer with a suspension. now to today's other headlines at 4:30. an audit has found 911 calls in san jose aren't being answered fast enough. california requires 95% of 911 calls be answered within 15 seconds. from around 80% to 90%. the city is looking for solutions. some second graders in the north bay went searching for the term kissing on their school

ipads and found porn videos. leslie brinkley says programs are being removed from the tablets to keep it from happening again. and coming up at 6:00, the i-team's dan noyes will have reaction to the settlement over the death of an inmate at the santa clara county jail. new public court documents show president trump's former personal attorney was in the cross hairs of the special counsel's russia investigation far earlier than previously known. the trove of documents was unsealed under court order in the case against michael cohen. abc news with what they reveal. >> reporter: michael cohen, long time personal attorney, came under suspicion almost from the moment robert mueller was appointed special counsel. newly released court records show the special counsel's office sought cohen's e-mail in july 2017 because prosecutors suspected him of bank fraud, perjury, and other illegal activity. as donald trump took office, the

documents show cohen was $22 million in debt and started shopping his access to the new president to a range of businesses including some based overseas in possible violation of lobbying laws. the special counsel referred their findings to federal prosecutors in new york who arranged the raid last april on cohen's home and office and searches of his e-mail and electronics. gatekeeper of donald trump's deepest, darkest secrets. he was as close as anyone to the president himself before he became president privy to all manner of information around his business interests and the beginnings of his political career. >> reporter: ultimately cohen pleaded guilty to financial and campaign finance crimes and is going to prison for three years. portions of the documents involving campaign finance violations were entirely redacted, a sign federal prosecutors in new york continue to investigate hush payments to women who would accuse trump of affairs years earlier. >> they're independent, aggressive and fearless and don't care who you are, how powerful you are. if the law and the facts support

it, they will do the right thing. and they are also not limited in the same way bob mueller was. >> reporter: cohen told congress he is still cooperting with prosecutors as they look into other possible crimes involving the president. he's due to report to prison may 6th. democratic presidential hopeful amy klobuchar is meeting with supporters in san francisco this afternoon. the minnesota senator is hosting a roundtable on the effects of climate change. community and environmental leaders are taking part in that forum. klobuchar announced her candidacy last month, one of 12 democrats in the running so far. former pentagon chief jim mattis is returning to stanford. the hoover institution announced that mattis will join the public policy think tank to research domestic and international he was in the same role at hoover when president donald trump nominated him to be secretary of defense in december of 2016. the u.s. supreme court today said the government can detain immigrants with criminal records

anytime, even years after completing prison time. the court voted 5-4 in favor of the government in this case which centered on whether detention must occur immediately following an immigrant's release from criminal custody or if it can happen months or even years later. justice stephen breyer said the ruling raises serious due process questions. new zealand's prime minister is urging people to save the name of the 50 victims killed in the shooting massacre instead of the name of the map suspected of killing them. jacinda ardern believes mentioning his name will give him notoriety. she has asked for drastic changes to gun laws following last friday's attack. >> our gun laws will change. cabinet made decisions 72 hours after the attack. before we meet again next monday, these decisions will be announced. >> prime minister ardern has

ordered a review of their intelligence services. officials say they had no prior warning of last week's attacks in christchurch. now on to the investigation into that deadly plane crash in ethiop ethiopia. officials concerned the plane's black boxes have been read, they reveal concerning information. >> all of this news comes as boeing ceo speaks out for the first time. >> reporter: the clock ticks as the world waits to learn what happened inside the cockpit during the final minutes of ethiopian airlines flight 302. the boeing 737 max jet crashed shortly after takeoff killing all 157 people aboard. >> this has been very unusual in terms of the time that's passed. >> reporter: now ethiopian officials say they're ready to share those recordings with the ntsb and boeing. >> you can't fix the airplane until you know what the issue is. >> reporter: boeing has faced intense scrutiny regarding the top selling max 8 jet. the 737 max aircraft also

involved in the air crash five months earlier. they jerked up and down erratically and came down shortly after takeoff. >> safety is at the core of who we are at boeing. >> reporter: in his first public comments the ceo promised a software update is on the way. >> it will address concerns discovered in the aftermath of flight 610 accident. >> reporter: pressure on the company is mounting. now transportation secretary elaine chao has asked for a formal audit of the faa's approval of boeing's max 8 planes. >> they need to question and evaluate all the manufacturer's claims, and perhaps that wasn't done as vigorously as it should have been. >> reporter: alleging in a report that underfunding and a lack of resources may have led the faa to cut corners on the approval process, delegating safety checks to boeing engineers. and just today european union and canadian officials say they'll be doing their own studies on boeing's new software once it's released and only then

can max 8 and 9 planes fly in their airspace. well, you've heard the warnings about those romance scams. now one bay area woman caughtup in one shares her story. >> i fall in love with him quickly, like really quickly, trusting everything he said. >> just ahead, the i-team gets a first-hand look at how these con artists work. i'm spencer christian. it's getting a little cloudy out there. traffic is flowing nicely, too. rain is on george has heart failure. and a busy day ahead. george has entresto, a heart failure pill that helped keep people alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioeda with an ace the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto.

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looking for love online can be risky. an oakland woman has lost her life savings in a romance scam. >> this is such a sad story. she agreed to speak with the i team's dan noyes to send a warning to others. >> it is a tough story, larry and dion. before you could say it could never happen to me, you should know that romance scams are the single largest time of consumer fraud in the country. this victim asked me not to show her face because she hasn't told her family or friends. this 56-year-old oakland woman named yin had little time for a social life between working for her mother and working as a hairstylist. she never met men through people at the salon. >> i never talked about meeting a new guy at work. i'm a shy person. >> looking for a real relationship? >> reporter: after she saw a match.com commercial, she signed

up, bought a six-month membership, and met someone using the name david perez. yin didn't know at the time it was a fake profile using someone else's photos. they exchanged pictures and texts constantly even when he was supposedly deployed to afghanistan. >> i fall in love with him quickly. really quickly, trusting everything he said. >> reporter: he showered her with attention. one text saying today was an ordinary day until i thought of you and suddenly everything everywhere became extraordinary. another time he wrote we have to keep our relationship between us okay, promise me that, because most friends could be jealous. sure, i promise you. after five weeks of grooming, the scammer turned to money. >> i'm objen a secret mission. >> he needs cash fast. >> i just want to you try your best. >> reporter: the scammer spun an

elaborate hoax she had to deal with a military attorney and deposit money into a chinese bank. >> i was so nervous, shaking. i did not know what to do. i told him, he said don't worry, don't cry. >> reporter: and, yes, yin sent money to someone she never met in person. all together, how much money did you give? >> $273,000, over a quarter of a million dollars. >> reporter: yin is not alone. >> fraudsters know the scam works. >> reporter: kerry o'brien tells me romance scams are soaring. 21,000 people reported losses last year totaling more than $143 million. and she offers advice to those seeking love on line. >> talk to your friends and family about your relationship. if they're suspicious, you should be, too. >> if an online love interest

asks you for money, walk away. >> don't be embarrassed if you fall victim to this type of scam. >> reporter: the bulk of her money came from her account at chase bank. the answer, this particular case is difficult because the customer confirmed and willingly made the transactions. this is why we urge customers to only send money to those they know and trust. yin finally realized what was happening when david perez said he would meet her for a birthday dinner at scott's restaurant in jack london scare. yin showed up, waited and waited. he never came. >> i went there, i couldn't see him. it's probably a scam. >> reporter: when yin complained to match.com about losing her life savings, they deleted the david perez profile, told her to contact the authorities, and refunded her $107 membership fee.

a spokes told me less than 0.1% reported a scam and pointed out the many warnings they receive not to give money to strangers. yin did file a complaint months ago but has not heard back. i also called the pentagon, but they have not been able to identify that marine whose pictures the scammers used. we have tips on that to follow. some things came in the past hour. we may be tracking down that man whose pictures were used without his knowledge. >> wow. >> do you think it's possible other people scammed by the same guy? >> it sounds like it, yes. this is common using it for men and women. i'm in the military. the same thing is used again and again and again. >> you said that you've actually heard from other people who have experienced this, too. >> it's such a common thing. it's crazy. >> i feel so bad for her. shifting to the weather now

taking a look at the spring forecast. >> tomorrow will be the first day of spring. a light storm that will produce some light rainfall. low temperatures under rainy conditions in the low 50s. the highs will be cooler, a lot cooler than today. upper 50s to around 60 degrees. the vernal equinox, the beginning of spring tomorrow. the sun will shine directly over the equator giving us equal parts of daytime and nighttime. at 2:58 p.m. the sun will be over the equator that marks the beginning of spring here in our time zone. showery tomorrow with a lingering chance of an early morning shower on thursday. showers on friday and saturday, a dry day sunday. on goes this unsettled pattern.

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federal regulators are escalating their legal fight against tesla's eamon musk detailing why they believe he should be held in contempt of court. he had agreed to make sure his tweets were approved by tesla's attorneys. that followed a tweet claiming he secured funding to take tesla private at $420 per share. the securities and exchange commission accuses musk of violating that deal. the s.e.c. even claims one of musk's arguments, quote, borders on the ridiculous. when you think of google, search or maps, and now they're entering a new world, the world of gaming. executive editor is here to discuss they're calling this project stream. they're talking about this being the netflix for video games. is that possible? >> it was called project stream last year when they first announced it. now it's stadia, like the plural

of stadium. not having to have an xbox or playstation at home and connect to a server away from you playing the game and you stream it over the internet like you watch netflix. it promises to save you hundreds and be more convenient because you could use this on your phone or on a tablet or low quality computer versus having to spend, again, a lot of money to be able to do it otherwise. >> they can guarantee the speed? >> that is the hard part. what's kept the technology from going forward the internet connection has been iffy. there's 5g coming that's supposed to speed up our wireless connections, ourint internet connections at home are getting better. having the resources to build the system that might work this time. >> if i'm nintendo, playstation,

xbox, they're not just going to let google walk in. >> absolutely not. it will be interesting to see how this plays out. there are a lot of people who want to be video game makers. it's a very hard business and one of the things that will be fascinating if google becomes that next big game company and, look, microsoft did it. everyone didn't think of them as a gaming company. >> you mentioned other companies have tried to get into this area and failed. those companies were not monsters like google. >> google will have to invest a lot. i spoke to one person who say they've been working on if for six years at least.

do we all want to use it this way? am i willing to pay the money to use it that way? all these other questions pop up. >> would this be a subscription fee? is that the idea? >> that is the most frustrating thing of this announcement today. they didn't tell us how much anything is. we got to see the technology and demos but nothing about price. they will say more in the summer. >> shiny and new but we can't tell what you it costs. you mentioned 5g briefly. how big an impact on the situation? >> 5g is not just another g. it's supposed to speed up our connection. the dsl is pretty bad. i could dump that and be faster.

those are the promises that they're making and if it happens, it's going to make this type of stuff much more pop because we'll have better connections finally. >> we'll see how it plays out with stadia. thanks for coming in. to another kind of entertainment now, movies. it's the day toy story fans have been waiting for. toy story 4 trailer was released this morning and we have it. >> bonnie made a friend in class. >> she's already making friends. >> no, no, she made a new friend. i want to you meet forky. >> it's so cute. it shows all of the old toys, as you saw, including buzz, woody, jesse, bo peep and ham enjoying a road adventure with

friends. it is set for release on june 24th. >> you know that is going to be huge. >> tom hanks recording the last lines and posted a little video of it. it was sad. it's going to end -- it comes to an end. >> it's been so long since the last one. so much anticipation. >> it will be fun when it comes out. city codes versus homeowners. up next the backyard scene one man built when he was forced to lower his fence. dan is here with a look at what's coming up at 5:00. officials at a north bay school leap into action. new at 5:00, a second grader inadvertently accesses sexually explicit adult videos in class using a school issued ipad. we'll show you how this happened. and the smelly issue prompting san francisco jail inmates to

sue the city. to simone, i leave the van gogh. to harrison, the wine collection. grace, you get the beach house, just don't leave the lights on, okay? to mateo, my favorite chair. to chris, the family recipes. to craig, this rock. to jamie, well, let's just say, enjoy the ride. the redwoods to the redheads. the rainbows to the proud. the almonds to walter. the beaches to the bums. and the fog to, who else, karl. i leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you, on one condition. that you do everything in your power to preserve and protect them. with love, california.

tonight on abc 7 at 8:00 you can catch american housewife followed by the kids are all right, blackish, and splitting up together. then at 10:00 it's "the rookie." stay tuned for abc 7 news at 11:00. a zoning violation about high fences has led to an unusual protest by one homeowner.

>> the homeowner is getting plenty of support. abc 7's wayne freedman has more on this unusual gathering. >> reporter: it is a garden party where the guests are not smiling. >> i was going to use it for target practice. >> reporter: instead mankins in jason windus' yard serve a higher calling as most of his neighbors see it. >> the main parts are covered. >> reporter: more or less. this is what happened when a homeowner takes action to keep his dogs in the yard. and the city of santa rosa sends notice of a zoning violation. the issue, a corner fence which used to be this high all the way around, then a neighbor complained about visibility issues. the height was too high for the corner. >> insane. >> it's very serious. it made me freak out. they were going to fine me every day it wasn't taken down. something like $500 a day. >> reporter: so jason called a friend with a big s corr fence

fit code at 36 inches high. to have fences in our yards and have privacy. >> reporter: but jason was not finished. >> i guess the average person would have resentment and get all angry and i threw a neighboring party in my yard. >> reporter: which led to the sign and what appears to be a perfectly legal compliance. >> they wanted me to tear my fence down so they could see inside my yard, and now they get to. >> reporter: with steely defiant stares. and now they want the fence higher. fans of the unique flintstone house in hillsborough showing their support. a goal of 100 signatures to keep the quirky home and yard decor. the town filed suit claiming municipal code violations including dinosaur statues in the yard. which is not up to code.

abc 7 news got a look in the house. you could see unconventional design. the yard sculptures were added then. >> it adds to the feel of the house. >> thanks for joining us. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts now. a north bay second grader stumbles on to porn on a cool issued ipad. how this happened in a live report. san jose emergency. >> a troubling report on 911 service. the calls aren't being answered fast enough. >> a search for something suspicious close as box store. where the bomb squad jumped into action. >> i'll have the hour by hour time line of the rain coming up. >> live breaking news.

larry baer will not face charges for getting into an altercation with his wife. she is heard screaming as she grabs her cell phone. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. we'll have more in just a moment. first breaking news on the larry baer incident. >> about 30 minutes ago we learned the san francisco district attorney's office will not file any charges against the san francisco giants ceo. >> abc 7 news reporter vic lee has been working his sources at city hall. what he's just learned. vic? >> reporter: we just learned the san francisco district attorney's office has declined, has declined, to press charges against giants ceo and part owner larry baer who was seen in a video in a tussle with his wife, pam. the d.a.'s office was investigating whether to press domestic violence or assault charges against baer. they have been reviewing the case since march 1st. the san francisco police department had also investigated baer, but