>> the fire broke out around 6:30 in paris, tearing through the roof of the famed structure. the stats of the treasures inside, that's unknown. but so far it appears the twin towers at the front of the cathedral are safe. >> at this point, officials aren't saying what caused the fire, but firefighters at the scene told reporters it's potentially linked to the $7 million renovation project that is now under way. we have team coverage this afternoon, beginning with abc reporter julia mcfarland. >> there it goes. >> the moment the spire fell captured on camera, to gusts of anguish. >> oh my god. >> paris's iconic notre dame cathedral gutted by flames. firefighters working to tackle the blaze, but it was not enough to save the historic steeple. >> it's one of the great treasures of the world. it's a terrible sight to behold. >> notre dame has stood for over 750 years. unlike the modern eiffel tower,

parisians see this gothic church as a proud symbol of their city. the catastrophic firebre breaki out during holy week, the most important week on the christian calendar. >> this is a hugely important police for catholics for the history of france. and it has been at the center of the story of the parisian people. >> president macron tweeting our lady of paris in flame. thoughts with all catholics and all french people. like all our citizens, i'm sad tonight to see this part of us burn. >> notre dame cathedral represents what's most noble, what's most uplifting, what's most inspirational about the human project. >> the cathedral has recently been undergoing renovations. only last week statues of the apostles were taken out as part of the ongoing work. offers of assistance and emotional messages of support are flooding into paris. the notre dame more than a church, more than a landmark, but a tangible symbol of paris

and france. it's welcome and sheltered visitors from around the world. many now paying tribute and praying for this special place. julia mcfarland, abc news, london. >> so now let's take a live look at the cathedral in paris. you can see water is still being put on it in the center of your screen there. you can see it in the darkness. now images of the fire were posted all over social media today, as you can imagine. people almost immediately began posting images of the cathedral as the flames and the smoke just took over. you can see more images of the fire on abc7news.com. >> construction of notre dame began in 1163 during the rain of king louis vii. it was completed nearly 200 years after construction began. napoleon was crowned emperor inside the cathedral in 1804. he is also credited with saving it after it fell into total disrepair and was close to being demolished. it underwent a major renovation

from 1845 to 1870. in 1909, joan of arc was beatified by pope pious x. many attend mass which is still celebrated there every sunday. >> notre dame someone of the french gothic cathedrals that san francisco's grace cathedral was modeled after. grace cathedral burned down in 1906 in the fires that started after the earthquake. someone ran into the burning building and saved chalices that are still in the church today. he says a lot of thought went into rebuilding grace cathedral. >> steel reinforced concrete didn't exist in the 13th century, the 14th century. the modern building dodges are really -- even though our building looks ancient and beautiful, having those building techniques that we have here in the post is what makes a huge difference. >> on wednesday night, during its holy week services, the congregation will pray for notre

dame and the people of paris. and we first sent out the alert about this breaking news at 10:38 this morning through the abc7 news mobile app. to receive news updates and alerts like this one, be sure to enable the push alert feature. and you can also share your thoughts by sharing this batch on social media. we have new information from this weekend's hit-and-run in oakland where a mother and her 6-year-old son were killed. >> yes. just tragic. police tell us they are looking for this man, who they say plowed into that family, then drove off. abc7 news reporter luz pena is life with more. luz? >> that's right. nor details have emerged about this deadly hit-and-run in oakland. and sometimes police are saying he is known to oakland police department. >> we've got three on the ground that are unresponsive. one child, two adults. >> the 911 call, the scene the community surrounding a mother. her 6-year-old son and the boy's 19-year-old uncle is still vivid in everyone's mind here on 26th

and foothill boulevard. >> i don't know what i'm doing. i just ran to my kids, ran to my brother, ran to my wife. i don't know what i going to do in that moment. >> and anselmo garcia remembers talking to his wife, asking her to hold on. >> my kids, she's crying. only i saw from here. >> in a matter of seconds, saturday at 7:21, anselmo lost his wife and son. police are pointing to this man as the responsible driver. >> we're actually looking for rasenoch allen. he is 27 years old, and we believe he is responsible. >> a reward up to $25,000 has been offered for any information leading to his arrest. international community school's principal remembers 6-year-old angel garcia as a boy who loved everyone. >> sweetest, brightest, most inquisitive student.

he literally always had a smile on his face. >> she leaves behind a 11-year-old son and a 1-year-old daughter. >> i need justice please for my family. >> the 19-year-old who survived is jaime garcia. he remains in critical condition. the school where 6-year-old angel garcia funded opened a gofundme account to help the family pay for funeral expenses. in less than one day, they have raised more than $24,000. we have a link to this gofundme page at abc7news.com. when i was there this afternoon, the anguished pain and fear of many neighbors was evident. they wanted the city of oakland to install a traffic light or stop sign. that's something we asked constantly about. we'll have more at 6:00 p.m. luz pena, abc7 news. >> thank you so much. a 19-year-old woman is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a truck hit her in san francisco. it happened around 9:00 this morning at the intersection of san jose and seneca avenues near

balboa park. there are several schools in that area. she was taking her daughter to school along the same crosswalk when the teenager was hit. >> today i saw the kid fall down. i feel terrible. i cry on the street. so that's why i think i really need to -- the stop sign support. >> she's asked for stop signs before as well. police say the driver of the truck stopped at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation. for years, people who live on the crooked part of lombard have complained about the growing hoards of tourists as well as cars. >> the city has tried to help. remember five years ago when cars were banned on some saturdays during the summer? well, now there is a new solution being talked about. >> and abc7 news reporter anser hassan said it involves turning that part of the road into a toll road, one that one even needs a reservation to use. >> that's right. even though it's starting to rain, a lot of people still out

here taking pictures. it can take drivers almost 45 minutes to reach the top of the road there has been as many attempts to fix this problem as there are twists and turns. this latest solution, charge drivers to drive on the road. from droneview7, it's easy to see why the crooked street attracts huge crowds of tourists. but from the ground, residents have a different perspective. >> i moved here 22 years ago, and it was nothing like this then. >> gray bruntage says something has to be done to deal with the massive growth of tourist, especially over the past ten years. >> selfies, oh, my gosh. that in itself is an issue. >> they have to be acutely aware of how it impacts our residents. >> assemblyman's solution, setting up a reservationystem and charging visitors $5 to drive the crooked road. this is how it works. you could register oni online. pick a day and time to visit. when it's your time, enjoy the

ride. the city has tried to fix the problem in the past with new signs and traffic control, but they say nothing's worked. >> they have been unable to properly manage the crowds with the rapid growth of visitors. >> if you come this far, then what's $5? >> reporter: but audrey who is visiting with friends doesn't like the idea. he says tourists shouldn't be paying for a city's problem. >> we are here to appreciate it and enjoy the time here. >> reporter: lawmakers say these reservations systems are used at tourist spots around the world and that they work. this is no means a done deal. even if it passes the state assembly, it could be a year before it's implemented. anser hassan, abc7 news. >> thank you. so let's take a little closer look at what's been done before. in 2014, the city banned cars on some saturdays. but that just led to increased pedestrian traffic. in 2015, the city sent out so-called ambassadors to handle

traffic and safety concerns after a tourist was shot and robbed. then in 2016, that's when the san francisco county transportation authority began its study on other possible solutions. actress lori loughlin is pleaing not guilty to charges in the nationwide college admissions bribery scam. court documents were filed today on behalf of loughlin and her husband. they were accused of paying $500,000 to get their two lawyers into usc. the two allegedly got in as crew recruits though neither takes part in the sport. loughlin and her husband also waived their right to appear for an arraignment and the judge granted their request to not appear. to learn more about the bay area family's involved in the college cheating scandal, go to abc7news.com. all right. turning now to our weather, we heard anser say that the rain is starting to come down. we have been expecting it as we take a live look from our mount tam and our emeryville cameras. >> i'm just an amateur, but

those appear to be clouds. >> those are clouds containing moisture, some of which is hitting the ground in a few spots. here is live doppler 7. we have light rain falling in parts of the north bay. let me give you a closer look. you can see san rafael and novato and a little farther east, napa, fairfield, all the way out to the east bay, down in the peninsula, we had some really, really light sprinkles around sunnyvale and going the south bay. cupertino and near san jose, but not very widespread, and not very heavy, although as you can see on the image here as we loop the radar and satellite, that cold front is approaching, bringing showers. more showers are likely to move onshore during the evening hours. our storm impact scale indicates that this storm ranks only 1 on the impact scale. a producing light to moderate rain. rainfall totals will be under half an inch for most of the bay area and the forecast animation shows it will be wet in some spots during the evening commute. but it will all dissipate later tonight.

i'll give you a closer look at the forecast in just a few minutes. ama? >> thank you, spencer. ford go bikes are being called. 3,000 of the electric bikes are being take off the streets of san francisco, new york, and washington, d.c. customers have complained the bikes were actually braking too hard, causing some riders to flip over the handlebars and get hurt. lyft is working with an engineering firm to determine the cause of that. did not estimate when the bikes would be back. some bikes, like those in san jose will stay in service because they are made with different components. housing prices may be going up, but that's not a deterrent for everyone. the new trend in buying houses, and you might be surprised at who is saying bigger is better. i'm larry beil live at oracle arena as we count down to game two between the warriors and clippers. all the talk after game one was the confrontation between kevin durant and patrick beverley, both who got ejected.

we'll hear from him coming up. and the tech leader. >> who doesn't play basketball. >> no. but got some of his inspiration from the warriors. we will have his story just sarah's last tuition payment, sent off. feeling good?

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well, we are just two and a hlf hours away from game two of the warriors play-off series against the clippers. >> larry beil is live at oracle arena. larry, what's going on out there right now? >> right now it's pretty quiet, actually. the dance team is getting ready to warm up, and we've got a couple players that are getting ready to do their own personal

warm-ups. but the story after game one was the business. the warriors took care of business, beating the clipper, 121-104. it was the business between kevin durant and patrick beverley that got most of the focus after the game. you look at the size difference here. i laugh every time i see this shot. beverly, he is a professional irritant. he has given away almost a foot against k.d. his only chance to defend is to try to be physical, try to talk some cash, maybe get in k.d.'s head. the referee said i had enough with both of you. you're both out of here. the result the double ejection there. this morning k.d. apologized for creating a distraction. >> i don't want to disappoint my coaches and the fan base and owners who expect me to be out on the floor. so i apologize. i want to get in the way of what's going on out on the floor. and i think that was a huge distraction. and i don't want that to be a part of this series, you know. i just want to play.

>> so we'll see if doc rivers of the clippers decides to mix things up and put patrick beverley on steph curry, or try again against kevin durant. the concern for k.d. is he picked up two technical fouls in the first game of the play-offs. you get seven and then the nba suspends you for a postseason gym. so k.d., it's very important that he keeps his cool if he has to deal with beverly again tonight. live at oracle arena, larry beil, abc7 sports. >> all right, larry, thank you very much. the warriors have become an inspiration to fans all over the world, but it's the community around the team that inspires one long-time season ticketholder and the co-founder of one of the biggest social networking companies in the world. >> abc7 news reporter laura anthony joins us live from oracle arena with that story. hi, laura. >> hi, ama. i'm here at the team store. it's early, but folks here are gearing up for tonight's big game. we've got some people here checking out some of the shirts. the sense of community that exists around the warriors

predates the current success. it's a sense of belonging that one east bay entrepreneur made sure to instill in his startup nearly a decade ago. >> i grew up in hayward, california. >> he was a warriors fan long before he was the co-founder of the world's largest neighborhood social mead network nextdoor. certainly long enough to remember that winning wasn't always the golden state way. >> we have an incredibly loyal fan base. even when the times were tough, the fans were coming out in droves, cheering their heads off at these games. i think that's become part of the staple of what people expect with warriors fandom is that the community comes out to support them through thick and thin. >> it's a sentiment that feeling of community that robin installed in nextdoor when he cofounded the company in 2010. >> the spirit of our company is to build something greater than ourselves, to connect people everywhere in the community to build stronger and safer

communities. >> now the warriors and nextdoor are both worldwide phenomenon. and warriors forward draymond green is an adviser to nextdoor, part of the team delivering the network to inner city communities. >> whether it's basketball or whether it's improving your schools or improving the state of your naeighborhood, we think people seek community and they need it in their lives. >> and we're back live at the warriors team store at oracle. most of the posts and information on nextdoor pertain to the local neighborhoods, but increasingly they are finding that folks are also using the platform to exchange information about the warriors' anecdotes, cheer on their team, and perhaps even list a piece of gear for sale. live at oracle, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> warriors are number one. laura, thank you very much. all right. so time to get to the weather. and what it's going to be like

for fans arriving tonight. >> yeah. well, it's a good thing the gym is happening indoors. but fans driving to the arena will be -- a little bit of wet pavement. here is a look at live doppler 7. it's raining lightly in some parts of the bay area right now. not very widespread, but some of the locations are brief downpours. let's move along. well, we did have a live view for you. it's partially obscured from sutro tower in some low clouds looking out, or trying to over san francisco where it's 52 degrees right now. 57 in oakland. upper 50s in mountain view and san jose. 60 degrees at morgan hill and 55 at half moon bay. here is a few for you. with rain drops on the camera lens at emeryville looking westward. lots of clouds over the by and it has just been raining in emeryville. 53 in santa rosa. 57 at vacaville. atop mount tam, a little bit of light rainfall there breezy conditions. these are our forecast features. we'll see light rain and showers

continuing into the late night and overnight hours with partial clearing tomorrow, especially in the afternoon hours. and we'll see much warmer weather developing thursday and friday. overnight, though, we'll be looking at low temperatures mainly in the upper 40s around the bay and near the coast, mid to upper 40s in some of the cooler inland valleys. and there will be some lingering showers overnight. looks like the steadier rain will fall in the evening hours. so here is our satellite radar composite image showing the approaching cold front with a rainfall out ahead of it, and some of it along the frontal boundary as well. as that swings through the area tonight, we expect more showers. the storm ranks only 1 on the storm impact scale. once again, we expect light rain to moderate rain, and periods of occasional showers. total rainfall will be less than a half inch for most of the bay area. and it will be occasionally breezy. here is our forecast animation starting at 7:00 p.m. notice we'll have rather widespread light rain in the east bay, across the south bay and peninsula. now for the north bay, a little wave of lighter rain will be sweeping through that hour.

and later in the evening about 10:30 or so, we'll see the rain tapering off for the north bay, and that lighter wave will be moving through the east bay, the south bay, and the peninsula. so evening commute is going to be a wet one. later tonight we'll see the storm winding down with just little trickles of light rain moving down along the coastline. mainly offshore going into the early morning hours. so even as the storm winds down, though, morning commuters will encounter wet pavement because of the rain that will have fallen overnight. on we go to the sierra, where winter weather advisory in effect until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. above 5500 feet, look for 8 to 12 inches of snow. back in the bay area, highs ranging tomorrow from low 60s the coast to mid and upper 60s just about everywhere else. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. look at the warm-up coming our way near the end of the week. thursday and friday, friday by the way, both good friday and passover, cooler pattern develops over the weekend going into eastern sunday, which is

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the time season for the cultural phenomenon "game of thrones" kicked off last night. >> and the hit show has a big bay area connection. a cal grad actually created several of the languages on that show. >> abc7 news reporter kate larsen has more. >> we're a long way from westeros here on the uc berkeley campus, but right here are the origins for the languages that you hear on "game of thrones." >> i took arabic here, i took

russian, i took egyptian. >> but david peterson is known for the one he creates. that that's dothraki, and valerian, which daenerys speaks here in season three. after graduating with english and linguistics major, peter invented dothraki for a "game of thrones" competition. >> you are my sun and stars. and the response to that is -- you interest moon of my life. >> the hbo series with a worldwide cult following is based off of george r.r. martin's best-selling book series. >> i wanted to make it look as if my language existed before he ever wrote the books, as if he had taken my language and used it to translate this stuff into the books afterwards.

>> it's not just a few words, but it's an entire lexicon, entire language with its syntax. >> this is a senior at uc berkeley. she and othertudents watched the season 8 premier with peterson, who often comes to campus to meet with students who he is clearly inspired. >> he put some really high standards for the rest of us. >> he is the only person who can actually make a living from this. you know, just inventing a whole new career pretty much. >> peterson has been approached by dozens of film and tv creators for new languages. he hopes some day to help other linguists enter the creative world. kate larsen, abc7 news. >> you can see the full interview on kate larsen's facebook page at kate abc7. you can find it on the abc7 news facebook page. shock and horror as the world famous notre dame cathedral catches fire in paris. >> oh my god! >> the devastation and the history of this iconic building. plus new details about the

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been saved. first responders were trying to salvage some of the priceless art that was stored inside the cathedral. and look at this video tweeted by abc news. onlookers watched in disbelief as notre dame's spire collapsed. officials say the fire may be connected to the recent restoration of the church. the nation won't have to wait much longer for the report from robert mueller on russian election meddling in the 2016 election. >> nearly two years after mueller began his investigation, we may soon learn what he uncovered. thursday morning, that's when the justice department says it expects to publicly release the redacted version of special counsel robert mueller's full report. president trump has said he's in the dark on what the nearly 400 page report contains. >> i have not read the mueller report. i haven't seen the mueller port. as far as i'm concerned, i don't care about the mueller report. >> the white house has had a broad briefing on the report,

nonspecific material, more the mechanics of the report. president trump on twitter monday keeping up his criticism of the origins of the special counsel's probe, falsely claiming that mueller, quote, already ruled no collusion, no obstruction. attorney general william barr wrote in his letter summarizing the report's principle conclusions that mueller did not reach any determination on obstruction. white house sources and sources close to the administration say advisers to the president are concerned about two things, first, more examples of obstruction of justice. it's been reported that the president wanted to fire mueller, but did he try to go further than previously known? and second, what information did the special counsel learn from witness interviews? especially former white house counsel don mcgahn, who sat with mueller's team for well over 30 hours. president trump is scheduled to be here at the white house on thursday. his team is expected to be poring over that massive report just as americans across the

country are doing the same. karen traverse, abc news, the white house. a man who sent package bombs to critics of president trump, including targets in the bay area is still on track to be sentenced in august. cesar sayoc faced a federal judge in new york today. he pleaded guilty to sending the bombs to more than a dozen people last fall, including kamala harris and billionaire tom steyer from the bay area. but sayoc then wrote letters to the judge saying certain things he said in court were inaccurate. today sayoc said he did not want to withdraw his plea. back now to our coverage of the fire at the notre dame cathedral in paris. the 800-year-old landmark suffered major damage, but its main towers have been saved. preliminary accounts say the cause was accidental as it fell to darkness in paris, hundreds of people gathered near the cathedral to sing hymns. some people knelt and prayed. we were joined this afternoon by professor mitchell schwartzer from the california college of the arts. first, i'd like to thank you for

being here. >> thank you. >> when you have a landmark, an artifact like this, it has cultural significance or religious significance or aesthetic significance. this has all of those thinking has all of those. it's a symbol of france. it's where napoleon was coronated, huge events occurred over the time -- course of time in france there. it's a big monument for catholics around the world. probably after st. peters one of the major catholic churches. and it's a major monument for art and architecture within the gothic period. >> its construction spanned most of that period. >> respond almost 200 years which was common for churches at the time. what you have to think about at this period, europe coming out of the dark ages, relatively still a futile economy. and to build a building of this size, this height, this incredible scale, this incredible spaciate, and inside was awesome. there had been nothing like it.

the gothic cathedrals were the tallest buildings ever built, taller even than the pyramids. not notre dame, but some of them were even taller than the pyramids. their interior volumes were the greatest ever. >> so it was a departure from the romanesque architecture that preceded it? >> ift was a -- in terms of height and windows. the bearing walls were canted outwards. they're called flying buttresses. so that allowed for lots of light and windows. they appear very light and airy, even though they're very heavy stone buildings. >> those of us who were tourists that may not know a whole lot about the history of notre dame cathedral may not know there was a time during the french revolution where it wasn't very popular. >> it wasn't. it symbolized the clergy and the royalty and the clergy were the antagonists of the revolutionaries. so when the revolution gained control, there was even a plan to destroy the cathedral. a lot of churches and cathedrals were destroyed around france during this time.

it wasn't destroyed, but it was damaged heavily, and it was rebuilt in the 19th century when the spire was reconstructed. >> i know you're not there and you're not in parisian government or business there, but do we have the ability now to rebuild something that is more art than it is technology in buildings? >> well, i don't -- the part that was most destroyed was the forest, which is that framework supporting the roof, okay. so the roof is lead, the exterior. and it's supported by a framework of old growth timbers, maybe 300, 400 year old. we're not going to do that again. what's probably going to happen is they're going to rebuild the framework in concrete, modern materials. so no one will see that from the exterior, though. it will look the way it did. but on the interior it will have more fire proof materials than it did before. >> and a new spire? >> it will have a new spire. they'll have to reconstruct the spire. >> okay. >> the spire that was constructed in the middle of the 19th century was a new spire,

though. >> okay. >> so it was already bigger and taller than the earlier spire. so this will be a third spire. >> all right. quite a symbol. thank goodness they were able to save a big chunk of it. and i'm looking forward to going back and seeing the new one when they rebuild it. >> definitely. it will be wonderful. >> dr. schwartzer, thank you for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> for this conversation. >> all right. thank you, gentlemen. well, today is the 107th anniversary of the sinking of the titanic. more than 1500 passengers and crew of the british luxury liner the rms "titanic" died when it sank. the ship was making its maiden voyage when it hit an iceberg and sank about 370 miles south s of nufd. it newfoundland. it's considered one of the worst disasters in maritime history. why millennials are buying bigger houses. and a taste of celebrity. the meal

tonight the warriors host game 2 of the nba play-offs in oakland. >> larry legbeil is live at ora arena. >> this may be the danger game because you don't want the get too comfortable. everybody is talking about sweep, sweep, sweep. we had some drama that we mentioned earlier in game one between kevin durant and patrick beverly. we also had some drama on our postgame show after the game

with an unprovoked sneak attack by dion lim. >> all right. thanks, larry. >> over the weekend, after the game show, this is what he's talking about. abc7 news anchor had a surprise for larry, he knew larry had a similar surprise with dion, visiting a restaurant with a sushi roll named after her. >> luka deli has been around since 1929, and they're known for having one of the best meatball subs in town. they're so good, celebrities are thrilled when they have a sandwich named after them. we hear larry loves meatballs. >> he likes them so much, even comes in before we open. it's his favorite breakfast. >> but sorry, larry, they are not naming a sandwich after you. ♪ but just down the street at ace wasabi rock 'n roll sushi, for

23 years they've been dishing up rolls naped after only the brightest stars, after they heard about the omg dion roll. >> so dion fled, but her roll remained on the menu. >> chef will and owner ken lee wanted to whip up something special for their most special sports director. chef will makes us three rolls, inspired by -- >> aloha! >> a place larry calls home. >> garlic, ginger, toasted coconut, an apple and a mango tastes like the island. spicy and a little smoky. here you go. >> the one thing they have in common -- >> these were all made with authority. >> so which one will make ace wasabi menu? our friend shawna here is going to be our guinea pig. >> mmm! uh-huh. mmm.

a little sweet. kind of crunchy, kind of nutty, but a little bit cool. like larry. >> word of the roll spread fast among sports fans. >> i love the warriors. i love steph curry and kevin durant, but really, after the game, i love larry the most. >> some traveling far and wide just for a taste. >> we came all the way from san diego. >> just to try the omg larry. >> that's right. >> that one tastes spicy, a lot like larry. >> now all that is left is for you, larry, to try this for yourself. >> mmm! >> and we did after the show. that picture with me in the ozzy osbourne, that thing is horrifying. we've got delete that from our server. but i want to thank everybody at ace wasabi. we've got to get down there. as ama knows, i'm much more comfortable in the role of the person launching the sneak attack as opposed to being on

the receiving end of this. >> that's true. >> the moral of the story is, and eric knows this, do not turn your back on dion lim, ever! and oh, by the way, this is not over. this is not over, gang. >> all right. well, i'll know not to get between you two. in my experience, next stop is the broadcast sports hall of fame for you. >> well we had people flying in from san diego. what a great job of acting by all those folks to try a sushi roll. >> all right. >> that was tremendous. they deserve best supporting actor and actress candidacies. back to you. >> larry, thanks a lot. turn our attention to the weather, because the sun is gone. rain is back. >> spencer? >> i was expecting a serving of larry's spaghetti and meat biels. this storm ranks only o1 tonigh. more light rain. moderate at times. overnight lows mainly in the

mid- to upper 40s. there will be wet spots for the morning commute, but it will start drying out in the afternoon. high temperatures mainly in the mid to upper 60s. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we have warmer weather coming our way towards the end of the week. thursday and friday in particular. friday both good friday and passover. mostly sunny skies. high temperatures in the low 80s inland. and then a dry and sunny but cooler pattern through easter weekend. >> all right. >> weather is looking good. >> thank you, spencer. >> and i have to pour some rain on that. the countdown is on. just a few hours left to file your taxes. it's not all bad news, though. plus a look at those medical alert

its tax day in the u.s., and if you have not filed yet, you are definitely not alone. the irs says as many as 50 million taxpayers have yet to file. if you're unable to get everything in order before midnight, you can file for an extension, but it's important to remember that an extension to file is not an extension to pay. if you owe taxes, you'll need to make an estimated payment to avoid penalties. a survey by the national retail federation says 50% of taxpayers plan to save their refund, not spend it.

that's an 11% increase over 2009 when just 39% of those surveyed said they'd put their refund check in the bank. data released last week by the irs shows that average refund to date is $2800. if you need some relief from the money you owe the irs, bay area businesses are here to help. planet fitness has partnered with hydro massage to offer members and nonmembers free massages through saturday. applebee's is offering $1 strawberry margaritas through april 30th at participating locations. and office depot and officemax will shred up to 5 pounds of documents for three through april 27th with a coupon. the medical alert devices might get you the help you need in an emergency. >> all it takes is a simple touch of the button. it is worth having one? >> michael finney takes a closer look. >> as you age or care for older loved ones, you might be considering getting a medical alert device in case of an emergency. to help you look into the value of the devices, i'm joined by

kevin brasser, the executive editor of consumers checkbook. we've all seen the ads. we make fun of the ads. the comedians make jokes about them all the time. worth having? >> no. >> really? >> we tested 11 of these devices and we were really disappointed at the performance of really 10 out of the 11. >> wow. >> one thing we found is they're simple to use and they seem like oh, this could be a great help to an older parent or someone, especially someone who lives alone and doesn't have someone around. they're easy to use. you just press the button. >> they just hang around your neck. >> you can wear them on a pendant or neck. they're easy to use. you press the button and supposedly the help you need is there. in the ads for these alert devices, they make it seem like when you press that button, you're speaking to 911, to an emergency operations officer or something. the problem is that with most of these devices, that's not who you're speaking to. you're speaking to the device monitoring company that they've

contracted with. and our tests when we pressed the buttons, we often had to wait minutes for them to pick up. in some cases more than three minutes for that monitoring company. >> that's longer on making a telephone call. >> on average with some of them we had to wait for more than a minute for some of them the pick up. in a medical emergency, minutes are -- it's an eternity. the 911 centers are trained to pick up as quickly as they can to start grilling and start dispatching, even while you're telling them what's going on, to start dispatching help to you so it's there within minutes. the dispatch to door, the standard in the industry is three to four minutes to get someone there. with these devices we were on hold for three or four minutes before they picked up. with some of them once they picked up, it took them a while to figure out what was wrong and they'd have to call 911 for us. so many 911 centers get so many false alarms they treat them as

emergency. most of the devices they don't foster fast response. they actually hinder it. they slow it down and delay it. now one of the devices we tested, we think it's just for a small kind of narrow group of people who live alone, maybe disabled, don't have someone around to check in on them very often, we only recommended all one of the devices we tested. it's from great call. we tested the lively mobile device. and the only reason we recommend it, first of all, it was the quickest response time in terms of their monitoring company picking up. but it was the only company where you could opt to instead of going to the monitoring company, call 911 directly through the device. you hold the button, you get 911, as opposed to this monitoring company. in their case the monitoring company was fast, but there is still a delay. so we could talk to 911 directly. that's crucial. you want to in a medical emergency be able to dial 911 and start getting that dispatch help to you right away without all the delays.

>> kevin brasler, the editor of consumers checkbook. you can check out the entire study by going to abc7news.com. kevin, thanks for your time. >> good to see you, michael. people in san francisco's north beach are getting ready for the closure of a park as they describe as the neighborhood's front yard. signs have gone up in washington care with park. crews will replace the existing lawn and subsoil to correct a drainage problem that wastes millions of flo s os of gallonsr year. it will have a significant impact on the neighborhood. >> it's certainly used bay lot of people on the weekends. it's really full. i know it's going to impact many people who are used to using it. but again, i think in the long run, it's really necessary. >> hopefully there will be an improvement to the park. i hope they don't mess around with some of the landmarks like ben franklin over there. >> the work is scheduled to begin around the end of next month. the park is expected to be

closed for roughly six months. >> everything old is new again. the latest trend in home ownership in the silicon valley, and this one is not exactly new. >> coming up on abc7 news at five, a sideshow leads to looting and a bus going up in flames. now a new promise to crack down. also, one rideshare goes old school as it tries to crack the airport pickup. and why t ♪

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an old trend is growing popular again. >> yes. multiple generations are now sharing a home, and the trend is especially popular with millennials. the reason is financial. >> abc7 news reporter david louie shows an example in silicon valley. >> the trend is not only a silicon valley one, but also a national trend. more and more houses, especially larger ones, are being purchased just to be share bade multigenerational family. the national association of realtors has been tracking the trend, and the largest number of multigenerational home buyers are 39 to 53 years old. people who identify as older gen y and millennials. three out of four blending their households to care for aging parents or because their adult children are moving back home, or because those adult children never left home. mark long says more bedrooms are needed. >> this three bedroom, four or five buy the house and then they remodel, expand it to what i they need. >> a lot of times, do they expand the house?

>> absolutely. >> wang recently sold this three bedroom house listed at $999,000. >> the lucky buyer is already engaging different contractors to come in do the measurement, planning. they probably can move this one out at one or two bedroom here, or a two-story house to fit their needs. lots of potential here. >> the silicon valley association of realtors says it's common for grandparents to provide some of the money while the adult grandchildren benefit by moving in to help pay for a house of their own or to pay off student loans. the listing price was just under for $1 million, but it did sell for just over $1 million. we can't disclose the actual sales price because the closing is not until the end of the week. in san jose, david louie, abc7 news. >> besides the desire to create a multigenerational household, 60% of buyer says the quality of the neighborhood was the most important factor in purchasing a hose. >> location, location, location. >> yep. >> thank you for joining us for

abc7 news at 4:00. abc7 news at 5:00 starts now. we were there 8:00 last night. a thousand years it's been there, and just like, that it's not. >> just back to the bay area from france, people cannot believe the notre dame devastation. what's been saved and what is gone forever. authorities say complete lawlessness broke out after a bus went up in flames during a sideshow in oakland. they promise a new crackdown. >> also ahead, cleaning up after a popular park is vandalized by symbols of hate. lots of questions about the san rafael bridge. we ask caltrans to explain why concrete continues to fall. why drivers zigzagging down the crookedest street may have to pay for the experience. >> live where you live, this is abc7 news. >> there it goes. >> oh my god. >> this is shocking and deeply saddening. it's absolutely devastating. >> what could have sparked this

terrible fire? it took hold so quickly. >> this is a hugely important place for catholics, for the history of france. >> we all want to extend our regards and our hopes to paris. >> and people in paris welcomed the sentiment, singing hymns after watching a cityicon burn into the night. ♪ >> and now we take a live look outside notre dame in paris. it is 2:00 a.m. there, about 7 1/2 hours since that fire began, and you can still see water being poured on to it. good evening. thank you for joining us tonight. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm eric thomas. we thank you so much for joining us. just within the past hour, journalists have been tweeting images from inside the cathedral. it's the first look we're getting inside notre dame. >> only a small part of the vault collapsed. otherwise the interior seems relatively untouched. >> as for the rest of the cathedral, a french firefighter told