vick lee begins our coverage tonight. >> we've learned that the san francisco district attorney general's office has declined to press charges against larry baer who was seen in a tussle with his wife pam. they dropped the case early on. the incident the occurred at an outdoor plaza in hayes valley. a video shows her holding on to a mobile phone that he grabs. he later apologized for his behavior and expressed remorse. and negligent that violence against women was unacceptable.

in a profile piece, he met his wife at a birthday party in new york city in 1988. his attorney just a statement that said we appreciate the thorough investigation couldn't ducted by the police department and the dea. so again, prosecutors have declined to press charges. for his part in the confrontation with his wife. what is your take on what happened? >> i think they both have to be relieved. from a legal standpoint that this case is over. it is embarrassing. you see it over and over again.

they would like the forget about it for a while but we can't. what will major league baseball do about this? he took a leave of absence shortly after the release of that video. he has not been seen at any team functions. there is no clear face on the franchise side. keep in mind, major league baseball has its own code of conduct. baseball could impose a fine and or a suspension for larry baer. what is the appropriate amount of time for the final seconds of video? that will vary from person to person.

we've had this live poll. you can see about 66% of you say this was the right call. no charges. let's move on. we are on storm watch. rain is returning. it is partly cloudy skies the for now. spencer, who will notice it first? >> probably folks along the peninsula coastline. maybe the santa cruz mountains. moving in, you can see a huge batch of moisture. here's the increased risk of sneaker waves. you can see how it is

approaching. hitting southern california first. then santa cruz mountains. and then it lbl everywhere by the time the morning commute gets underway. for late tonight and tomorrow, about .2 of an inch in locations. it will be gusty and it will be a slow, slippery wet xhout. >> you can track the rain where you live. click the blue live bar at the top of the apple to see the latest weather conditions. happening right now, a memorial at usc in only had of the son of the oakland city council mental. 21-year-old victor died after being shot in the head during a robbery near campus on march 10th. no arrests have been made. he is the son of lynette gibson. santa clara prosecutors must

decide if they will charge a mental patient accused of beating a nurse. she is recovering from a concussion, injured leg and cuts that needed stitches. palo alto pleasant say the 70-year-old victim was attacked inside a locked psychiatric unit tuesday. the suspect is described as a 25-year-old man. santa clara county is paying a big settlement to the family. a imagine who died. it includes the use of a riot gun. >> the mother knows that no amount of money will bring her son back but she homes it will bring about change. lt especially those suffering from mental health illness. >> it suppose santa clara county is paying the family of walter

roe roaches $7,000. the this is family attorney general. this amount reflects that the jail messed up and the sheriff's office is responsibility for his death. >> the county didn't admit liability. he was 32 when he arrived at the major jail in sand jose after a documented illness. after he said he was sad and suicidal, deputies tried to move him to a different cell. he was in a catatonic state. they shot pepper spray and then a more potent tear gas. then they shot him with a projectile from a riot gun three times. still no response. >> he was beat willen head to toe, in fact.

couldn't toogss. from the top of his scalp to his feet. the sheriff denied using it at close range. but i caught up to her at a news conference. >> we banned it entirely. will then they sent me these photos. a palate of riot guns. rlt her attorney general says she knows it won't bring her son back but she homes it sends a message. she sent her son to america to have a better life. not to be battered and killed by the people who were supposed to be taking care of him.

all quiet from their part. a jury in san francisco ruled today in favor of a man who claims a weed killer gave him cancer. the hils lawyers say he developed nonhodgkin's lymphoma after decades. using round-up on his property in solano company. it was agreed that it caused his cancer. they now need decide whether the bayer monday santos which makes it is liable. the company is appealing that verdict. will san francisco may return to the days. prohibiti prohibition. not the kind in the 20s and 30s with alcohol. this time a city hall is voting to keep teenagers from getting ecigarettes. it is marketed as less harmful to health.

a way for smokers to weed off cigarettes. >> i've been a smoker for years and this is only thing that has helped me to lower the amount of nicotine. >> except that they have become wildly popular among teenagers. it is happening in classrooms and bathrooms. it is an epidemic. >> he is taking on the federal drug administration for failing to couldn't duct a pre margaret review of these products. under the law it's they're supposed he to evaluate the safety of all products. if we can't expect they will protect the health and safety of the young people, then i don't know what the point of the fda is. >> here's what they tell us. tobacco use has declined substantially in the last 40 years. but from 2011 to 2016, the percentage of 12th graders who have ever used ecigarettes

increased from 4.7 to 13% with a spike of 16% in >> we don't want them here. they introduced completion would essentially ban these products in san francisco until the fda acts. >> he'll be working hard. >> assuming it passes, the ban would go into effect 30 days later. it also means these products couldn't be purchased online and mailed to an address never san francisco. the city is a crowded place to be. next, live with the more protected bike lanes that some say has come too late. >> we have an unusual garden party. what's going on here? that's coming up.

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11 days after the death of roth steenl, people were at the city steps today. now live with the latest on this. . >> reporter: listen to this. something many cyclists say they've been waiting for. >> rallying together on the steps of city hall, they rebel those who lost their will -- they remember those who lost their lives. >> for the six people killed

this year alone while walking and biking on our streets. >> the most recent victim, ted roth wi roth will steenl who was struck by a car. >> i saw him catch the bus to san francisco. moments before i caught the bus after and it is surreal to think that such a small moment's difference. that it means i'll never get to see her again. >> the supervisor left the rally to have more bike lanes. >> it won't hurt things or change things to take away one lane of traffic or one parking lane to ensure people are safe. >> there's 448 miles of bike way. today, they acknowledged they need the he expand the network.

>> on howard between third and sixth street. we plan to have a permanent project in place by as early as april. right now we have temporary parking protected lanes on fourth and fifth. the lawsuit stems from a riot that broke out before an appearance by conservative speaker named milo in 2017. tell republicans claim their members were attacked. and uc police blocked the only safe route to escape the violence.

tommy orange's book there, there, is a story about a loosely connected community of native-americans. it has received a prize from the national book critics' circle for best new book. and the first novel prize, making it the most honored literary debut of 2018. >> all right. you can see the moisture offshore. we'll start feeling some rain drops falling between 9:00 p.m. and midnight.

right now, it is windy up there. dry conditions and a little sunlight still flashing through clouds. 67 at morgan hill and a cool 60 at half moon bay. napa, 63. 70 in vacaville. pretty mild there. this is how it looks. a bit breezy, here. on and there are our features. the showers will arrive late. tomorrow morning, rainy, breezy. probably a slow and challenging commute. the storm is approaching with light intensity. however, there may be some brief periods of heavy down pours. we expect most locations to

receive .2 to .75 of an inch and there's a chance of an isolated storm with this. it will be gusty at the we'll see little waves of rain. and then it becomes more widespread. gusty winds and some of the rain will be heavy at times. it will start to ease up a bit by mid morning and start to break apart by midday. going into the evening hours, we will see it completely out of the bay area. there could be an early morning hours. the rain becomes widespread and steadier. it will be mainly in the low 50s. oh, let me give you the rainfall

potential. a half inch in hayward and oakland until san francisco, about half inch in above 6,000 feet, four to eight inches of new snow. perhaps up to a foot of new snow. we'll see a few batches of sunlight. the highs will reach from skill, 61 degrees in most locations. and here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll probably have a dry day thursday. a dry day will monday, tuesday, and that's the visual definition of unsettled weather pattern.

>> and the illustration. >> it is reveal week for the new home. warriors. >> it sure is. who

the trams formation is nearly complete at at&t san francisco. no more. now oracle signs are on the side

of the stadium. thfls the fourth name. oracle has naming rights so we don't have to remember a new name. >> it is reveal night for the future site of the warriors. here's a taste of today's announcement. ♪ >> that's right. the dave matthews band will perform. it is on september 10th. the first time a couldn't certain is scheduled for the -- a concert is scheduled at the same time as a giants game down the street.

now yesterday we found pout metallica and the san francisco sim fo symphony have been tapped to help. we'll be following every event during reveal week this week. you can get the app and it will let you know more of what's going on around the bay area. >> we're committed to building a better bay area and we're finding answers to questions you have about things you would like to see made better. next, what some second grade students stumbled on.

. a second grader got access to porn sites on her ipad. now school district is making sure it doesn't happen again. the mother found out during a parent teacher conference that her daughter was watching them in school. >> we believe what happened, in youtube, you can time in a word. kissing was one word that had been timed in. you can look at videos. >> they wasted no time and rounded up ipads from all kx through 5 classrooms in all five elementary schools. they're looking at browser

histories and will notify other parents if needed. >> is it alarming that that was accessible in school? >> yeah. you would think it would have been put in place before this kind of thing happened but things happen. >> kids will be exposed to stuff but they have to handle it the best they can. >> they've been really responsible. >> in spring break, they'll be cleaned and redribbled next week. but the mother said it is not order for their family. she said i will assured her she's not in trouble and that i love her more than anything. i explain what had she saw isn't real just like the fantasy creatures in movies. i explained how humans donal treat each other like that and

men do not hurt women in loving relationships. that's not what it means. 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 about it a lot. we're working through nightmares one notice at a time. she's asking for help for all adults to monitor. had presidential hopeful amy klobuchar is in san francisco trying to combat climate change. will she's been a frequent critic of president trump and his environmental policies. she is calling for reforming politics. she is pushing a bill that allows you to know who pays for political ads

all platforms. she is among 12 democrats who jumped into the race so far. kamala harris will be on jimmy kimmel live. it starts tonight right after aibls 7 news at 11:00. had at about 4:00 a.m., a truck carrying frozen meat caught fire and shut down all lanes. it took about 12 hours for all the lanes to completely reopen. california requires 95% of the calls be answered within final seconds. san jose's was at will 85%. now they're searching for

solutions after piling up huge amounts of overtime will. outside of hiring new people, the auditor says to reroute nonemergency calls. >> about 40% of the calls they're handling are not emergencies. one of our recommendations to begin moving some of the calls out to other personnel. training might be the biggest challenge. as part of our effort to build a better bay area, we focused an entire week on b.a.r.t. and you responded with plenty of questions and kernels. today he answered more. some of the biggest issues, homelessness. they sheep and occupy seats, not

allowing others to sit and the smells are usually not will pleasant. i've been working for a year with three of our directors. it is similar to the outreach team in san francisco. they're now going out on the trains. they were out there until 3:00 in the morning with the core team and they've had tremendous success. in contra costa county, they ar to get them to hospitals. people stuck in a very cold station, i have chest pains. i need to go to the emergency room. so i think we're on the right track and we'll be unveiling some new ideas. what we want to do is have every

train. whether community ambassadors, cadets, b.a.r.t. police walking through a train and seeing a situation and get go people help. >> we receive more help with there topic than any other. join us with the #better bay area. santa clara university named its new president this morning. he didn't originally plan to go into higher education or the priest hood. will that's what makes it so us. >> the path to becoming the 29th president wasn't conventional. he studied law and set his eyes on politics. then he took detour and taught at a high school. he was ordain ad jesuit 23 years

ago. >> i had to the assess what gave me most joy and what made me most will happy. and while law is a good and mobile profession, it was not for me. and i had a lot of ambition and ego wrapped up in it. >> part of greater catholic community so it does not exist in a bubble. it is drawn into the controversies of our society. >> immigration issues could draw possible his early interests in politics. he is an immigrant from came canada. he came seeking a better life. >> as i sat there sharing a meal with him. i thought of the holy family. i said to myself, there family is holy. and this family deserves dignity. this family deserves to be part of the country.

we're vigilant about doing just that. that there are controls in place to make sure our students and applicants have a good chance of getting there. i think santa chaira clara could be a place where others look to say this is what it looks like. abc7 news. a dispute between north bay neighbors is turning

fans in the flintstone house are fighting to keep it. they are trying to keep the home and yard decor. you can see it from the intersta280. they got a look inside the house. it was sold in 2017 and the yard

sculpt urs were added then. a bay area home owner got slapped with a zoning violation because a neighbor said it and he turned into a protest. >> it is a garden party where the guests are not smiling. >> i was going to use it for target practice. >> instead, the man kindnequinsw serve a high calling. >> t parcoved. i what happens when a home owner takes action to keep his dogs in the yard. >> they issued a corner fence which used to be this high all the way around. then a neighbor explained about

visibility issues. >> it's insane. that's insane. >> it made me freak out. they were going to fine me. >> so they set out to make it 36 inches high. >> this is america. we should be able to have fences and privacy. i guess the average personal would have resentment and get all angry and i threw a naked party in my yard. >> which led to a sign from that still anonymous neighbor. >> they wanted me to tear my fence down so they could see inside my yard and now to. oh, boy.

>> i guess he fixed them. clouds coming in now and the rain will return in just hour

hawaii may surpass california with the state with the strictest rules on plastics in restaurants. they could be first the first to ban plastic drink bottles, containers, stirring sticks, bags and straws. the state senate has passed both bills. they still must get through several house committees before heading to hawaii's governor. california became the first state to ban full service restaurants from automatically giving out plastic straws. the first per grin falcon have arrived. they are expecting the first offspring of 2019. you, too, can keep watch. a pair have nested there for the past two years. >> so fun to watchful. >> like april the giraffe.

you can't stop watching. >> this is a live look. a pretty clear day out there despite clouds moving in as another storm approaches. fresno county has experienced the best streak of air quality in nearly 20 years. >> yes. from our sister station, what gives the credit for this? allowing for more storms to move into the center valley. it has been great for our air quality. >> we've seen incredible air quality. even when you see stagnation building, you find the levels are still low. she says this year, they've had lt the most he will days on record of good air quality since they ganl keeping track in the year 2000.

she gives credit to mother nature, cleaner technology and people change go their daily habits. >> mab maybe you tried an electric vehicle. mabel you eliminated a lunch trip once a week. all of those habits have helped. >> the streak of good quality days are expected to continue. the mild temperatures allow for people to cut back on use of their fireplace. >> we are out of wood burning season. it is not hot enough for ozone to be an issue. >> the real battle is during the summer when cars, big rigs and diesel equipment cause 85% of pollution. abc7 news. >> nice to see that change. >> talking about changes. spencer is back with the forecast we have dry conditions now.

the moisture is just offshore. the storm ranks one. light intensity but it will produce should moderate showers. it will be wet and breezy. the temperatures will drop into the far northern part of our viewing area. the storm will break up. there will be some showers. bundle so widespread. we'll range from upper 50s to low 60s. the vernal equinox day and night. it starts at 2:58 p.m. pacific daylight time. after tomorrow's spring storm,

we have a few possible morning sprinkles. then another wet day on had saturday, sunday, rainy and breezy on monday with showers again on tuesday. that's our under settled weather pattern. >> that sun was just teasing us. >> now with tonight's business report. >> oh, yes. we were talking about bryce harper. the warriors finishing up this road trip. even if no one in your home smokes, secondhand smoke can be closer than you think. secondhand smoke from a neighbor's apartment can enter your home through air vents, through light fixtures and even through cracks in the walls and the floors.

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the warriors flew two and a half hours to minnesota. got into town in the middle of the night. a hard road trip. the fans there still love him. they got off to a fast start. klay thompson 5-4-5. jonas jerebko has not seen any 14 appointmenpoints. you see jerebko playing around the world there.

check out andrew bogut here. remember, he's been with the team for like 72 hours or something like that. oh, sweet. 91-75, warriors. instead of a nice easy drive. saint mary's got sent clear across the country for the first round ncaa tournament round. the champs from villanova. they left for hartford, connecticut. not as good this year. the will gaels knew a thing or two about upsets, knowing they beat gonzaga. the number one team a 84 ago. >> you have a game coming and it happens to be the defending national champ.

that's where we're at right now. baseball's regular season opens up tonight. had the seattle mariners take on the a's in tokyo, japan. while everybody was sleeping over there, the division rivals stole the attention of the baseball world. the jelss and mike trout have reportedly agreed to the biggest deal in history. 12 years, $430 million. he's the top player in the game. it's 67,000 per at-bat! >> oh, come on. would i lie to you about anything important? mike trout will be buying team dinners for a long, long time.

>> it's a big figure. i'm just happy he's locked down. >> i can't wait to see it. i'm pretty sure i'm not paying for one more dinner. i think he can afford it. johnny manziel has another new team. the heisman winner signed up for the alliance of american football. he was thrown out of canadian football league after refusing to show up to mandatory counseling sessions. he said he's on the right track. guess who his new head coach is? >> it was great to have johnny come and join our team. our guys are excited. i feel many of the people here are excited. >> i'm very thankful for my

close friends and the tight-knit circle that i've had that has allowed me to get to this point. to do what i want to do to flourish. speaking of controversial players, vontez spent the first several years of his career in cincinnati where he racked up 674 tackles and 11 suspensions. that was from a 2015 playoff game. he knocked out his new teammate. efls suspended for that. bur fekt will hit anything thatt moves. you're still stuck on that 430 million. join us tonight. one day before the boeing 730 max 8 crash in the indonesia, what an jofl duty pilot did to

save a plane. that's at 9:00. then it could be a game changer. >> that's all coming up tonight. look for breaking news any time. we appreciate your time. >> and for expenser and larry and all of us here, thanks. so for waxs.

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that it's a great idea, but it is certainly possible for lindsey to hit the $100,000 mark today. it's within range, of course. let's see what happens, though, in this half-hour, shall we? we start off with the jeopardy! round, and we begin with these categories... good news. followed by... that letter coming up three times at least in each correct response, followed by... and finally... lindsey, off you go. let's do tv's middle child for $200, please. lindsey. - who is malcolm? - yes. tv for $400, please. bren.