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 ey. >> 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 they dropped the case against him early on. the incident between baer and his wife occurred at an outdoor plaza in haze valley. video footage that you're seeing of the event shows pam bear holding on to a mobile phone that baer attempts to grab before she tumbles from a chair onto the ground. baer later apologized, expressed remorse. the mayor london breed called in to say violence against women was unacceptable. larry baer's attorney sent thus statement. it is clearly the right decision based on the evidence, and we appreciate the thorough and professional investigation conducted by the police department and the district attorney. again, san francisco prosecutors have declined to press charges against giants ceo larry baer for his part in a physical confrontation with his wife.

back to you in the studio. >> that's the district attorney. what about major league baseball? has the league disciplined baer because of this? >> the mlb has not taken any action saying only they were investigating what had happened but larry baer has taken a leave of absence from the giants organization. no telling when he will be back. that was left unsaid. >> vic lee reporting. the child more or less wandered into an area the child shouldn't have been into and that's when we realize there was no block to keep the child from going there. >> sonoma school officials leap into action after a second grader inadvertently accessed sexually explicit adult videos in class using a school issued ipad. it happened in sonoma. leslie brinkley joins us live with more on how this happened. what's being done to prevent it from happening again? >> reporter: there's a lot to this story. i spoke directly to the mom who

discovered in a conference that her 8-year-old daughter had accessed adult porn videos on a school issued ipad. i got in such with her through the tribune that broke the story and she was livid. she wanted them to take it seriously. several other kids in the same second grade classroom also accessed some of that inappropriate content. how did that second grader trip upon this yearly? >> in youtube you can type in a word, kissing was one that had been typed in and it will return videos and it gives you other videos. >> reporter: the district wasted no time rounding them up looking at browser histories and will notify other parents if needed. so far ipads from two schools have been cleared of youtube,

safari and twitter access and new softwae is being loaded on that will help teachers monitor content. >> teachers will be able to see everything every kid is doing. >> reporter: is it alarming that was accessible in school? >> yeah. yeah, you would think the protections would have been put in place before this kind of thing happened. things happen. they're fixing it now. >> they've handling it and the response has been responsible from everything i've seen. >> it's spring break this week. the wiped clean ipads will be redistributed next week. the mom haz daughter saw the content texted me it's not over for their family. she said i assured her she's not in trouble and that i love her more than anything. i explained what she saw is not real just like the fantasy creatures in movies. i explained how humans do not treat each other like that and meno not hurt women in loving relationships. we are still trying to work

through this. i know what she saw, but she cannot talk about it yet. she shuts down and cries a lot. we are working through nightmares one night at a time. she said she's sad and she's sick that her 8-year-old had to learn these lessons. >> no doubt about that, leslie. what is this mom asking the school to do now? >> reporter: well, she has a plan of action. she is requesting extensive i.t. training for all of the staff responsible for monitoring i.t. technology access, and she wants the school to evaluate if open media is really necessary for younger students like these. reporting live i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> got to prevent it from happening again. >> the bomb squad showed up on report after suspicious device

crews say may have been a pipe bomb. you can see a man examining a device. they urged people to stay clear of the area. officers set up a robotic device and sent a member of the bomb squad back to detonate the suspicious item. >> an overturned propane truck forced people to evacuate their homes for several hours. the truck driver escaped unharmed around 10:30 this morning. they decided to slowly release the propane before they uprighted the vehicle. >> you can see with sky map 7 where five cars collided this afternoon. it happened at bay and hyde streets. three people went to the hospital. one suffered very serious injuries.

police are trying to figure out which driver was at fault here. >> well, it had to happen. a run of beautiful, sunny weather is coming to an end. >> a live picture, you can see the gray skies, a change from all the blue we've seen for several days now. >> sandhya patel. >> all good things must come to an end. that's the way the saying goes. what about that tip? let's check out live doppler 7. we are seeing plenty of clouds out there. off the coastline we're picking up moisture up in the clouds. the storm is still off the coast, and it is going to be moving in from the southwest. light level one system. tomorrow light to moderate showers. isolated thunder can't be ruled out. gusty at the coast and over the hills. we're starting to see the breeze pick up in the hills.

hour by hour we go. you start to see some of that rain moving in and spreading northward as we head towards 4:00 a.m. i'll be back with live doppler 7 to let you know exactly how long this wet weather is going to last and a reminder the seasons are changing tomorrow. perhaps a tip for the weekend when you see your forecast. >> we'll see. >> we'll consider that maybe. you can track weather where you live with the abc 7 news app. click the blue live bar to track the latest weather conditions and enable push alerts to get the latest news. >> when you call for emergency help, you expect help in an emergency, right? 15 seconds is how much time the state mandates for 911 calls to be answered. in san jose, though, it's been taking longer. a look at the proposed fixes to this problem. >> reporter: dispatchers get about 1,400 dauls a day.

the city gave this report. helping the city meet state requirements. >> san hoe say 911. >> reporter: calls coming into 911 have to be answered fast, but some aren't being answered fast enough. >> staffing is an issue with our center. >> reporter: 95% of 911 calls answered within 15 seconds. it was closer to 80%. the state threatened to cut funding. last year san jose came close reaching 90% but they did it with huge amounts of overtime. sometimes people on 15-hour shifts. sharon erickson says that w't work long term. >> you can't run it forever like that. it has morale consequences. >> reporter: she was tasked with coming up with solutions. she says the best fix is to reroute nonemergency calls. >> 40% of the calls they're handling in the call center are

not emergencies. one of our recommendations is to move calls out to other personnel. >> reporter: the biggest challenge is training and retaining dispatchers. there were eight with san jose fire. >> because of our staffing levels we've had to incorporate mandatory overtime. it's tough on people. >> reporter: the chief says recruitment is up 20% from last year. he'll get police and fire together as early as next week. reporting live in san jose, abc 7 news. >> automatic license plate read remembers coming to san jose. at the contra costa board of supervisors meeting in martinez where lawmakers unanimously approved the plan. the county will now spend more than $330,000 to install cameras

along highway 4 and other key entrance points to discovery bay. one supervisor believes they will help fight crime. >> a license plate associated with a known felon. a license plate associated with a crime, they get dinged. >> they believe lie accepcense readers infringe on the rights to privacy. still to come at 5:00, the smelly issue that is prompting san francisco jail inmates to sue the city. and the debate over climate change.

♪ new wok fired shrimp, another american chinese creation from panda express. tonight a memorial at the university of southern california for the son of an

observing city councilmember who was called near the campus. 21-year-old victor died after being shot during a robbery. he is the son of lynette gibson. no arrest have is been made in the case. the family plans to hold a viewing on friday and a memorial service on saturday at the auditorium at oakland's temple hill. 162 curran and former jail inmates are suing san francisco. their lawsuit started with seven plaintiffs, all claiming they were affected by sewage seeping into their cells for years inside county jail number 4 at the hall of justice. vick lee has the story. about 162 mrafs right now in the case. >> reporter: all of them current or former at san francisco county jail number 4 on the seventh floor of the hall of justice. their attorney stanley goff. >> they were exposed to raw

sewage on almost a daily basis, sometimes two to three times a day. >> reporter: it went on, he says, for almost two years starting in january 2017. inmate johnson was inconsiders rate there had from the time the flooding dwan. >> the tile ets were backing up. overflowing with everything you could think of. >> reporter: johnson told us in this exclusive interview that inmates had to endure nauseating fumes and smells while eating their meals in the cells. what's more -- >> this is the same floor we have to play cards on or work out on. >> this is a human rights issue. if you treated an animal like this, you would be in prison. >> reporter: the sheriff acknowledged the plumbing problem and asked the board of supervisors to renovate a jail in san bruno so she could remove the prisoners, but she says her proposal had no support.

goff says the city attorney has scheduled a mediation meeting for next week. the sheriff's office says the sewage problem has been resolved after the sheriff ordered two garbage type machines to prevent the blockages. vic lee, abc 7 news. san francisco supervisors have agreed to pay a man more than $13 million after a jury found he was framed for murder. he was an aspiring actor and hip-hop actor. he spent six years in prison before they determined homicide detectors coerced a witness and withheld information that would have exonerated him. supervisors will need to approve the settlement a second time. the city will drop its appeal of the case. a jury handed a victory to a man who claims a weed killer caused his cancer but his case isn't over yet.

his lawyers say he developed nonhodgkin's lymphoma after using roundup on his property. jurors agreed that the chemical caused his cancer. the jury now needs to decide whether the monsanto unit is responsible. monsanto denies it's a carcinogen. another man won a similar case. they are appealing the verdict. a nurse is recovering after being attacked by a mental patient at stanford medical center. theers in was beaten last tuesday. the victim suffered a concussion and hurt her leg and needed stitches. leaders say there was no security officer on duty at the time the nurse was atact. solano county authorities are investigating the death of two men killed inside a fire in

an rv in dixon. the dixon fire department says it appeared it started near the front of the rv. the other men suffered second and third degree burns. they were rushed to the hospital. >> a man is safe after an hour to rescue him from a cliff above the pacific ocean in san francisco. sky 7 flew above battery crosby while firefighters rigged ropes to pull the man to safety this morning. you can see the man was 342 feet from the roadway above him. he was not hurt. u.s. park rangers say this is another reason to remain on marked trails while hiking in national parks. >> lucky guy. california is upping its push to cut emissions. lawmakers proposing routine smog checks for big diesel trucks. currently heavy duty diesel trucks, big rigs, are not subject to the smog check law. supporters say this will reduce unnecessary diesel exhaust. a similar law failed in

committee last year because of concerns the mandate would cost truckers too much money. >> it's getting hotter across the nation according to new research by the associated press. they counselled how many times records were tied or broken and how many cold records were set. americans have been twice as lucky to suffer through heat rather than cold. the findings are an effect of human caused climate change. let's take a look at our forecast. >> warmer days are over for now, sahya. cooler air is already starting to develop. 3 to 9 degrees below yesterday afternoon. the seasons are changing. tomorrow afternoon spring starts

at 2:58 in the afternoon. the sun will be directly over the equator. if you're looking for spring warmth, you'll have to wait a little while. we have a wet watt earn that will develop tonight and off and on right on through tomorrow. off the coastline seeing some moisture up in those clouds. temperatures in the 60s and 70s for most of you. 57 in half moon bay. a live look from our kgo roof camera. it is getting breezy over the higher elevations and the clouds are gathering. showers arrive late tonight. spring starts tomorrow afternoon. this is a level one. tonight, tomorrow light to moderate showers. there's a possibility of an isolated shower or two. 9:30 tonight, the south bay, a chance of a few showers.

look at what happens for your morning commute. downpours still at 7:00 a.m. a break, a breather, if you will, still some showers but the moisture breaks up. 10:30 you're still looking at wet roadways. they're not completely done by 5:00 p.m. we'll run this model through 11:30 tomorrow night. it does turn to snow in the mountains. above 6,000 feet, 4 to 6 inches of snow and the skiers will be loving this. first thing in the morning 40s, 50s, allow plenty of time for your morning commute. this will slow you down.

tomorrow afternoon scattered showers. temperatures will come down more and we're looking at 50s, 60s, so you will need those jackets. there's a beach hazard statement up. 6 to 7 foot waves expected to continue to build. the seven-day forecast, a light level one. a possibility of early morning drops thursday but that's your break. after that we go into friday. that's a level one. the saturday showers will be winding down early on. most of your weekend will be okay in terms of outdoor plans. one more storm on monday bringing us more wet weather. three storms all light systems. i think the tips will have to wait. >> i was getting confused but rain, got it. >> thanks, sandhya. >> a changing of the guard.

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there is a changing of the guard at santa clara university. its next president is by tradition a jesuit. >> yet his original training was to go into law in politics. abc 7 news reporter david louie shows us just how father kevin o'brien's new role is true to his initial calling. >> reporter: the word transformation is used a lot in terms of its approach to education. his newly named president kevin o'brien underwent a transformation 23 years ago, ordained as a jesuit after practicing law with the goal to enter politics. >> i had to assess what gave me most joy and what made me most happy. and while law is a good and noble profession, it was not for me. i also had a lot of ambition and ego in my desire for politics. >> reporter: he has worked in higher education ever since. he becomes university president in july. this is a jesuit university, and part of the greater catholic

community, so it does not exist in a bubble. inevitably it is drawn into the controversies of our society. as a jesuit father o'brien spent time with the poor, migrants in mexico. can he relate as he, too, was an immigrant. his family came from canada. the university must take up their cause, he says. he's aware of the need for the church to address sexual abuse by its clergy. the university can study the problem and develop solutions. >> we've hosted academic panels which reflected on questions about the origins of the abuse in the church. not just the violation of minors and other vulnerable people but abuse of power. >> reporter: students have never hesitated to stand up for issues and he believes they will work to improve society in the years ahead. david louie, abc 7 news.

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hi there. i'm dion lim. on abc 7 news at 6:00 the abc 7 news i-team digs into the death of a man at the santa clara county jail that's resulted in a six-figure settlement for his family. plus, meet the people who are cheering the addition of more protected bike lanes in san francisco. and it's reveal week for the new home of the warriors. today two new announcements of who will help debut the bay area's newest entertainment center all coming up in just about half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> inquiring minds want to know. thank you. see you then. the oakland a's, meantime, 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. yep, that's kind of early. the a's will play the mariners again thursday as well. >> fans are invited to watch a party at mad oak bar n yard. doors will open at 1:35 in the morning. the game is on our sister network espn. >> should be a great season for the a's. to see them play the mariners, ichiro playing in japan, his hometown. super fun. a big donation set to open up a little used portion of the san francisco waterfront. >> mayor london breed announced the lisa and john family fund is giving $25 million to the city. the money will be used to jump-start restoration in the hunter's point neighborhood. >> the area is filled with crumbling buildings and piers. it will create eight acres of trails, gardens, and floating piers along the shoreline. >> the rest of the city is seeing what we know has existed, the beautiful views of the bayview hunter's point community. >> the waterfront park is part

of the basement redevelopment including 1,500 new housing units. a beautiful part of town. >> i can't wait to see. >> we appreciate your time. tonight, several breaking stories. the horrific pictures coming in. the deadly bus crash, flipping on the interstate. tonight, the driver has just been charged. two adults killed. more than 50 others injured. several children rushed tohe hospital. also breaking tonight, authorities just moments ago revealing more tanks have gone up in flames tonight. the inferno growing at this hour, and the new warnings. the major headline breaking involving robert kraft. will the billionaire owner of the new england patriots take the offer? prosecutors offering kraft a plea deal tonight, but what he must acknowledge. and what kraft would also have to do. the state of emergency growing, and the rescues tonight. more than 80 cities now, 70 counties in nebraska alone. several states under water, and there is more rain oe