express my thanks to everybody enough for what's happened. >> reporter: on sunday morning ibonie stood up for a denny's employee who was being harassed by a belligerent customer. the customer punched ibonie leaving him with a broken nose, palate and teeth. these are security photos of the suspect who fled the scene after attacking ibonie. ibonie's mother, paula, wants justice for her son and the community. >> that's my plea, everybody look at this picture. this guy is dangerous. >> reporter: initially it was believed the suspect was a doordash driver. tuesday morning investigators here at fremont police said there was no evidence of that. however, last night fremont police say that doordash gave them new information about a second employee who better matched the suspect description. no arrests have been made. but as soon as we learn any new information, we'll update the story. i'm kate larsen, abc 7 news. it is 4:30. good morning.

another look of your weather and traffic. we start with mike nicco. >> we'll take a different approach. live doppler 7 and how quiet it is this morning. now there are some pockets of drizzle out there. the radar tends to overshoot those because they're so close to the ground. so don't be surprised if you do run into a few wet spots during your commute. a look at the ferry building. a breeze off the ocean means temperatures won't make it back to average but fairly comfortable. mid to upper 50s. we'll stay in the 50s at the coast. hit 62 to 63 at noon for our bay and inland neighborhoods. around 61 at 4:00 and still very comfortable during the 7:00 hour. 55 to 58 degrees. so we get a little bit of a break today. tomorrow, especially friday, more chances of rain. want tt back to sue with a look at the commute. looking at road work overnight. there is some road work in the sunol grade in the northbound

direction. be aware there are some lane closures there. we'll take a look at your drive time this early wednesday morning. half an hour from tracy over the altamont. you will find some slowing there. road work there as well due to be picked up. antioch to concord west on 4 is looking good, under 15 minutes. your ride from marin all the way into san francisco from san rafael under 20 minutes. >> thank you, sue. happening today more bay area parents are charged in the college admissions cheating scandal, and they'll be in a boston courtroom. >> jobina, two parents are facing additional charges. >> reporter: good morning. the two parents are gregory and amy colburn, accused of paying for the entrance exam cheating scheme and indicted on money laundering charges. their attorney says the couple is innocent and their son took his s.a.t. test without assistance. and the parents were exam had been altered. expected in court is bruce isackson of hillsborough whose

daughter was reported as a soccer player. elizabeth and manuel henriquez should be in court today. elizabeth, her daughter and the test procter gloated about cheating and getting away with it. packaged food entrepreneur peter sartorio is accused of paying in the entrance exam cheating scheme as well for his daughter. no children have been charged. >> whether that's a policy decision or that they're using that as leverage to get their parents to plead guilty, i don't know. >> reporter: that was doug rappaport. he is not representing anyone involved in the case. actresses felicity huffman and lori loughlin as well as her husband mossimo giannulli will also be in the courtroom. new developments in one of the deadly crashes involving a boeing 737 max jetliner. investigators say ethiopian airlines pilots followed boeing's emergency procedures

before their plane crashed. however, they could not get the plane to start climbing again after shutting off an automatic flight control system. doubts about the system prompted the u.s. and other countries to ground 737 max aircraft. boeing is working on a software update to help prevent other crashes. los angeles police say rapper nipsey hussle was gunned down after an argument. the suspect, 29-year-old eric holder, is in a los angeles county jail this morning. he was arrested after a woman believed to be a getaway driver turned herself in to police. she was later released. surveillance video shows holder talking to hussle outside his store on sunday. police say he returned after the argument and then opened fire on hussle. an east bay priest accused of abusing a teenager is now charged with 30 counts of lewd acts with the child. father david mendoza-vela made his first appearance yesterday. prosecutors say the alleged abuse took place at st. john's

catholic church. he was transferred to corpus christi in 2016. he has served as a priest in alameda county since 2013. the diocese of oakland is encouraging anyone who may have been victimized to call the alameda county d.a.'s office. in the east bay a total mess at an oakland school after an act of vandalism and now the community is stepping up to pay for the cleanup. teachers and students discovered the damage when they arrived at the school yesterday morning. vandals broke windows, covered the walls in paint and smashed computers and a toilet. a librarian was one of the first to discover the destruction. >> the hallway was two feet of debris that had just been pulled off shelves. >> the vandals are still on the loose. the damage will cost thousands to repair. a go fund me account has been launched to raise the money. it's raised more than $2,000. the goal is $20,000. we have 52 in noe valley and

in sunny side up to 55 in the financial and ocean beach, the marinas, 54. we have the castro and the mission at 53. bayview at 54 right now. temperatures pretty much in the low to mid-50s everywhere. so enjoy that. and it's not nearly as wet as it has been. it's dry on the western span of the bay bridge. i'm going to say for the commute everything is good. a random shower this afternoon but it will not impact your commute like the last couple rain events did. the peninsula will be cloudy. peeks of sunshine. 53 at 7:00. near 60 at noon and hang out in the low 60s. for the east bay valley 55 this morning. we're already if the 60s at 11:00 and mid-60s for the better part of the afternoon under mostly cloudy conditions. and you're going to find the day part here for the south bay mostly cloudy starting around 53 and ending up around 62 at 3:00.

and then 58 at 7:00. a couple 1s on the storm impact scale for tomorrow and friday, and friday is the giants home opener, or it's supposed to be. >> going to make it? >> i don't think so. >> really? >> i don't think so. i'll show that you coming up. >> the atmospheric river we're expecting? >> exactly. you've been listening. >> always, of course. not having that this morning because traffic is very light out there. we just have some road work to tell you about. let's go to san rafael, light conditions as you make your way past the civic center up the hill towards central san rafael. i will tell that you on to the golden gate bridge you're down to one lane. they were starting to pick it up when i came through about an hour ago. expect a little slowing over the waldo grade. this is the richmond/san rafael bridge. it's looking perfectly fine getting over towards san rafael from the east bay side of things. overall we're looking great. green is good, of course. we do hav

and here is what your 80 corridor looks like from hercules into the maze, about 20 minutes. bay bridge is looking great f. you're traveling to sfo you have a ten-minute drive from the city. pretty easy. thank you, sue. two san jose state graduates create a stress-free parking app. up next we'll tell you why it's creating some problems for the surrounding community. a group of employees at an east bay hospital are walking off a job. the proposed cuts, they say, go too far.

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you're never more than 7 minutes away from your accuweather forecast. i wanted to show you the sierra snowpack electronically. 162% of average for this year. and that's compared to 53% of average at this time last year. so we nearly tripled the snowpack. let's see what's going to happen today, and you can see mainly cloudy everywhere. still 80 in palm springs. a little bit windy there. mid to upper 60s. mid-60s at chico to 71 today in fresno f. you're thinking about heading to tahoe, today is one of the drier days. we have mainly rain tomorrow. a wintry mix friday. a little bit of snow saturday, and more wintry weather monday. thanks, mike. some residents and the job today.spita they say they are overworked and underpaid. the doctors in training are part of anegotiations.

the union is fighting for better wages and housing allowances. it says the hospital has proposed cutting cafeteria privileges, resources for on-call doctors and reimbursements for certain licenses. employees will protest outside the hospital at 12:30 this afternoon. one of san francisco's busiest streets has gotten an upgrade. >> mayor london breed celebrated the completion of the skate project yesterday. it's a 1.8 mile stretch of beach and improvements include new trees, upgraded sewer and water mains. resurfaced pavement. >> i'm so excited about what it is going to do to improve public safety for each and every one of us. >> in an effort to help build a better bay area san jose state

students say parking can be hard. a new app is trying to help them by connecting drivers with private parking spaces. it's still taking time for the light. >> reporter: described as the airbnb of parking, the app allows drivers to rent private spots from 30 homeowner hosts around san jose state. >> i have missed classes because of the parking problem and also missed my exams. i wanted a solution to my own problem. >> reporter: they are promoting the app on campus and is sharing occupancy statuses at university garages. according to sjsu, 20,000 students drive to school but only about 5,500 parking spots available at the main campus, another 850 spots are available near spartan stadium. the app is causing some apprehension in the

neighborhood. resident christie stevens was skeptical at first. >> it took me three times but finally on the third time i said, sure, let's try it. >> reporter: off camera others pointed to liability issues, the possibility of litter left behind by app users. and, at the top of the list, security. >> you get the license information, the type, the color, and the year plus you also have the number of the driver. >> reporter: 2,100 students currently use the app paying $2 an hour, $25 a week or $60 a month for a private spot. >> i'd like to have a better community built and if this is one of the ways to extend the bridges i'm happy to make that happen. >> reporter: both ach creators want to expand, possibly bring the app to the city of san jose. also to california state universities and the entire system. amanda del castillo, abc news. >> an innovative solution for

someone's problem. 4:44 right now. let's check weather. >> i have a little bit of a solution for your wet problem the last couple of days. then that problem comes back. rid of it, we have spring warmth in the forecast to follow it. a look at 280 and 17. remember how it was raining here yesterday, looks pretty dry this morning. we just have pockets of drizzle and then maybe a random shower. for the most part mostly cloudy today. w have wet weather and breezy conditions thursday and friday and then spring warmth blooms next week. for today you can see there's a green dot in the santa cruz mountains, a few in the north bay. that's it. we may need the sunglasses more than anything else today as the sun will filter through the clouds from time to time. 60 to about 66 degrees except for half moon bay. you can see a few showers again tonight with temperatures in the mid to upper 40s in lake port, clover dale, ukiah, redwood city. the rest of us 50 to 54 degrees.

7:00 this morning, a few green specks. most of those over the ocean but see how they try to rotate towards us and kind of fall apart as we head to the lunch hour. make sure you have our app with you so you can see where the showers are going, if they do even develop. they're pretty much all gone by 7:00. as we head into the evening hours it's mainly cloudy and dry as we get a little bit of a breather before that next system rolls in. now if you get caught under one of the random showers, i started the clock at 4:00 this morning. you can see a couple hundredths of an inch of rain but not a lot of moisture with the system. a look at my accuweather seven-day forecast. more showers for thursday. so we put a one on it. friday that atmospheric river, could be up to a half inch of rain in some areas. that will stop saturday morning, so clearing saturday afternoon and then the 70s take over sunday, monday and tuesday. sue? >> excellent. all right. let's take a look outside. we're going to go to san jose,

101. the headlights heading in the southbound direction under the 880 overcrossing. no slowing there. everybody is moving at the limit. we'll cross town and take a look at highway 280 as you make your way underneath highway 17. the headlights heading up to cupertino. a ride of eight minutes from downtown san jose to wolf road in cupertino. otherwise we're looking at road work still lingering with the slow and go over the altamont pass. they have picked up that road work, but you still have speeds under 30 miles an hour or right around 25 to 30 miles an hour. it's slow for about a 40-minute drive into dublin. >> sue, thank you. walmart is partnering up with google for voice controlled shopping. >> and the robotics team comes to the aid of a boy in a wheelchair. this is "tech bytes." google is bringing walmart to your home. >> the super store joining forces with the tech giant to introduce voice shopping. all you have to do is tell your

google assistant to talk to walmart and then ask for whichever items you want. >> yes, please. >> nordic drivers are going green. >> nearly a third of all cars sold in norway last month were made by tesla. this comes as part of growing trends in the country where electric cars made up nearly 60% of all sales in march. and, finally, a 2-year-old in minnesota has a new wheelchair thanks to high school students. >> the boy's father asked the robotics team to build a wheelchair. they built it from a big wheel. it helps her boy explore like he's never been able to do before. >> and he looks so cool doing it. those are your "tech bytes." >> have a great day. >> that was really cute. the proposal in sacramento to help cut the number of lost dogs and cats. >> also, senator dianne feinstein calls for action in the wake of horse deaths at a major california racetrack. the steps she wants state regulators to take. and this is the kind of son every parent would want.

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the a's won again in another shutout in two games against the red sox. how about we keep that going? dropping down to 57 under a mostly cloudy sky. have fun. >> mike, thank you. senator dianne feinstein has asked state officials to suspend racing at southern california

santa anita park until more can be learned about the deaths of nearly two dozen horses. 23 horses have died since santa anita's wirn spring meet opened in late december. they recently closed. while the deaths of those horses were being investigated, the track reopens tomorrow. they will host their biggest race on saturday. a bill to help reduce the number of lost dogs and cats. micro chipping. lawmakers say lost animals that have tracking devices stand a 75% better chance of being runited with their owners. >> i could watch that all day. >> i think most shelters do. >> most do especially if you're adopting an animal. they really recommend it. a nevada teenager parted had his xbox for a worthy cause. >> he used the money to buy a

car for his mother. william is only 13 years old. he and his two siblings and mother started a new life, no means of transportation. william said he had seen videos on youtube in which people buy cars for their mothers and decided he wanted to do the same. he found a car on facebook. >> i asked if i could trade the xbox or earn it and she said -- at first she said no and then she thought about it and she said yes. >> i bawled so bad. there's no way. what 13-year-old do you know buys their mom a car? i don't know any. >> it's the sweetest story. william did some yard work for the woman to earn the car for his mom. mike? >> i love that. my kids are past 13. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. i wanted to show you we wake up tomorrow morning with a little

bit of drizzle. the showers increase during the morning and especially during the afternoon. we have some yellow out there. moderate downpours are possible. we're going to keep going thursday night into friday morning. a little bit of a break between systems. here we are at 7:00 friday morning and look what's coming in. more moderate rain late morning to mid-afternoon hours. guess what time the giants game is supposed to start, 1:35, right when it's raining the heaviest. the rain potential and as we head through friday getting up to about a third of an inch and that's actually down from where the models thought it would be yesterday but a third of an inch of rain right in the middle of when the game is supposed to be. they may have to postpone it or if they can push it back several hours. it depends on how well the field that's not covered, like they do the infield, will drain. temperatures that day on friday will be in the upper 50s dropping into the mid-50s. tampa bay we're opening with. sue? let's go back to berkeley.

we have this injury accident at the intersection of adeleine and fairview. so it's a pretty major intersection near the b.a.r.t. station. this happened about midnight last night. there was a pedestrian hit. that pedestrian has been taken to the hospital, but they are still doing an investigation there at that intersection. berkeley police are saying please avoid the area. elsewhere we're pretty quiet out there. just a little busy over the altamont pass and busy over the waldo, too. they had road work heading to the golden gate bridge. that should be picked up within the next few minutes. sue, thank you. speaking of traffic, traffic jams in the bay area are some of the worst in the nation. the explosion in the number of uber and lyft ride shares making the situation worse, but the problem is not just a lot of extra cars. it's also ride share drivers who ignore the law. abc 7 news anchor kristen

found them.>>eporter: i wonder know you're double parked. >> i don't want to talk. >> so why don't california cities do something about this? tonight on abc 7 news at 6:00, how cities are searching for solutions to our ride share reality as we focus on building a better bay area. >> i like how the driver just goes right in front of the people who are trying to get around them on a bike. >> yep. >> rude. >> rude. >> flower power is alive and well in the place where it all started. >> members of the society of american florists walk the street of haight ashbury to happened ohand out bouquets. april is stress awareness month. a recent study found flowers can make you happier.what we knew 55 now proved by science. i think the important thing with this research, though, everyone

can relate to feeling stress, and so if we can provide a moment of calm today, then we know we've achieved our goal. random act of kindness like this when you approach someone, they just can't believe it. get hugs, tears, smiles, lots of different emotions going on. >> the flower brigade now heads to portland and seattle to relieve stress there. i love it. i have a ton of flowers in my apartment. >> yeah? >> yeah. oh, yeah. >> sue brought us in flowers yesterday. >> i know. they're adorning my living room right now and i love them. i love flowers. although i'm still a little stressed. >> didn't totally do the job. san francisco's mayor has an ambitious plan for a homeless saern center on the city's waterfront. two teenagers die trying to save a dog from a canal. the tribute family and friends are now paying them. b.a.r.t.'s police chief decides to step down after only two years on the job and mixed reaction to his tenure.

and it is wednesday morning, 4:57. a live look outside at the financial district in san francisco. we will be right back.

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hey there. time to get up and get going. it is wednesday, april 3rd. >> yes, and you're never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. mike nicco, what's it look like? >> it's pretty quiet at least on live doppler 7. there are some pockets of drizzle and light rain there that the radar just tends to be overshooting because it's so low to the ground. a look at walnut creek, if you're heading south into the san ramone