s and platelets, decreased appetite, headache, abdominal pain, tiredness, vomiting, and hair thinning or loss. i'm relentless. and my doctor and i choose to treat my metastatic breast cancer with verzenio. be relentless. ask your doctor about everyday verzenio. good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. good morning and thanks for waking up with us. i'm chris nguyen. let's start with a first look at the accu-weather forecast. lisa is tracking live doppler 7. >> plenty of clouds. a deep marine layer. some wind. and mist and drizzle with light rain. as we go through the day, the clouds are going to thin out. but there's thunderstorm in the northern sacramento valley. d if you're headed to the mountains, you will likely see those as well. look at the upper elevation winds. gusts to 44 miles an hour. actual le, these are the surface winds, they will be with us all day, anywhere from 15 to 30 miles an hour. sfo looks pretty drippy out

there. with 52 in the city. and 57 in san jose. we've got some clearing as those winds push the clouds and the front from the north to the southeast throughout the morning and afternoon hours. it is 57 in concord. and we will be looking at the temperatures in the 50s pretty much for everyone to start out. then low 60s noontime. clouds and sun. it will be chilly with that breeze in the afternoon. with the temperatures dropping again, into the 50s, so highs are going to be cooler than yesterday. and we'll see the warmup begin tomorrow. chris? >> thank you. happening today, crowds will be lining up across the bay area for 4/20 day, in san francisco, up to 20,000 people are expected to show up at golden gate park's hippy hill for a smoke-out. street closures southeast of the park go into effect at 10:00 this morning. special shuttle buses are expected to help alleviate traffic jams and designated ars for uber and lyft to prevent gridlock. glass, drone, alcohol, pets and weapons are not allowed.

4/20 celebrations are sparking warnings from police. abc 7 news reporter amanda has the story from santa cruz. >> green means go. the cannacruz dispens ry has seen plenty of foot traffic ahead of the celebration >> i think it is is the biggest 4/20 celebration ever. >> it is the first 4/20 since recreational marijuana use was legalized in the california. >> everybody can walk in the store and buy their own product now. before, it was all, i don't know how to say it. >> he is looking for the words illegal, or heavily regulated. at ucsc, the university has made very clear it stands against the annual smoke-out. in years past, tens of thousands of pot enthusiasts have made a meadow on the far outskirts of campus, the place to be on 4/20. >> schools are stressing that it is unsanctioned, stressing that they don't want people to partake. they're offering alternatives. >> options that include a sober space. a message out to the campus

community details enforcement efforts which involve the uc police and chp santa cruz. laws are listed, possessing, selling and smoking weed and driving while high are all against the law. those we spoke with say the warning does little to stop the celebration. >> i don't think it is deterring anyone, honestly. >> the calendar might say april 20th, but for marijuana advocates, it's their annual chance to gather by the thousands to smoke it. >> it is just hanging out with friends in the end. >> we've also reached out to the city of santa cruz police department who say it will be business as usual for them, the increase in patrol, will come from uc police. at ucsc, abc 7 news. in san francisco, disturbing video obtained by the examiner shows a woman being dragged by one of muni's new trains when her arm got stuck. now, the state has launched a probe into the safety of the fleet. abc 7 news reporter spoke with h

officials about the incident. >> it is a horrific scene. a woman can be seen walking after the muni train and the doors closing in while part of her hand is struck and a muni employee speaks with her but the train moves away. the video was obtained by the san francisco examiner. >> possibly her finger because the door closed, with less than a half of an inch of space, between the door and the doorjambwhen she reached her hand for the door. >> even after this, they say the sliding doors in the new trains are safe and showed us how they work. >> there are sensitive edges within the doors that can detect when a hand or an object is in the door preventing it from closing. >> what happened? >> in this case, it appears that the door had less than half of an inch to close. >> this is not the only problem with the new fleet of muni trains. a pin holding two cars together snapped mid ride. >> we have decided not to couple the trains, with one car into a

two-car train, until we get answers as to exactly what's going on with this shear pin. >> but after this incident, the california utilities commission says it's investigating, and will inspect both the pin system and the sliding doors. >> my understanding is some of the operators actually flagged that this was an issue, and they were concerned about it. >> now, the california public utility commission did inspect this train for six months prior to approving them. in san francisco, abc 7 news. this morning, a ptoddler is in critical condition after falling from the fire escape of an apartment building in oakland. police say they responded to martin luther king jr. way and 14th street yesterday afternoon and the child was taken to the hospital. police are still investigating how the child fell. a florida man has been charged with threatening east bay congressman and presidential candidate eric swalwell and other democrats. prosecutors say john called the office and senator cory booker and congresswoman tlaib. according to court documents, he

left a voice mail at the swalwell washington office saying the day you come after our guns is the day you will be dead. new developments in the case of john lee cowell, the man charged with murdering a teenager at the macarthur bart station. prosecutors may get a look at his entire mental health record. they asked the judge to release the files so a mental health expert can analyze them and assess his competency to stand trial. the judge is expected to make a decision by wednesday. he was accused of stabbing and killing 18-year-old nia wilson last year. time now is 8:06. in the east bay, heart-broken friends and family came together, to remember a star heyward football player. he fell off a boogie board and disappeared in half moon bay on thursday. due to strong currents and high waves, his friends weren't able to rescue him. his body still hasn't been found. friends who went to the vigil wrote down memories they have of him, and signed a team jersey which will be given to his

family. >> he was a great football player. a great teammate. a great friend. a great captain. and it's a testament to his parents. and the job they did raising him. and the values they instilled in him. >> now, he broke several school records and recently earned a full scholarship to play at the university of wyoming in the fall. his body still hopes his body will be recovered. the san francisco fire department is preparing to save people from strong rip currents. abc 7 news was at ocean beach yesterday during the ocean rescue team's training session. firefighters say the currents change with the tides and are treacherous, even for experienced swimmers. a violence storm barrelling through the south has killed an 8-year-old girl in florida, it's also threatening to bring tornadoes to virginia and the carolinas. a tree fell on to a house yesterday, in woodville florida, killing the girl and injuring a 12-year-old boy. the same storm is blamed for three deaths earlier in the week, in mississippi, and

alabama. the governor of mississippi has declared a state of emergency. the worst of the storm is over, but there may be flash flooding throughout the weekend. new body cam video shows a dramatic rescue of passengers inside two burning cars in new jersey. >> come here. give me your hand. >> i'm on fire. >> give me your hand. give me your hand. >> four state troopers pulled the victims out of their burning cars just seconds before they completely went up in flames. the officers were honored for their heroism for saving all four passengers, two of those victims were badly burned. the benicia toll plaza it two booths short this morning after a fire. a box truck caught fire yesterday afternoon. and flames spread to tollbooths six and seven. the toll plaza is located on the martinez side of the bridge, which connects contra costa county and solano county. take a look the booths are destroyed but thankfully no one was hurt a chp spokesperson says they're looking into how long the repairs will take it. is not clear yet what caused the

fire. in san francisco, crews are making progress on repairs to the sales force transit center. officials say work on the fremont street portion will finish up this weekend. in order to remove some construction materials, a section of fremont street will be closed overnight for a month. it starts tomorrow. all work on the center is expected to be done by june. but there is no set date to reopen the transit center. for those craving one last run down the slopes at tahoe, you are in luck. there is still snow up in the sierra. as you can see from this video taken yesterday. in south lake tahoe. several of the resorts are still open. thanks to our extremely wet winter. that spilled over into spring. a few places in the mountains even saw a dusting earlier this week. my friends who have season passes, they have been making use of them this past season. >> absolutely. >> we have a cold front working through the bay area that is bringing gusty winds and some drops along the peninsula. it looks good here from the golden gate bridge but wind gusts here are from 40 to 50 miles an hour.

and that starts at about 70 feet. so it is not in the upper elevations only. temperatures are in the low to mid 50s for most. it's going to be a breezy and much cooler day today. the sun will thin out that cloud deck. all over the bay area. we'll talk temperatures, easter and a big warmup on the way with my accu-weather seven-day forecast, next. >> lisa, thanks. and there are many easter celebrations happening today. where you will find parades and egg hunts in the bay area. >> when burglars stole 7-year-old alicia's hearing devices, the almeda county sheriff's office jumped in to help. but wait, this story gets each sweeter. i'm dion lim, with the happiest of a

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thanks so much for starting your day with abc 7 news. a live look outside from our pier 39 camera on this saturday morning. if you have plans to head outside, you want to grab the jacket. a little chilly right now. at least when we compare it to what we're used to in the bay area. lisa has the full forecast coming up. in a story you will see only on 7, an update to the story of a 7-year-old deaf girl who had her hearing devices stolen. abc 7 news anchor dion lim brings us the story of kindness for a girl and some unexpected surprises.

>> this is the playhouse that i go in. >> reporter: last friday, we introduced to you a very talkative little girl with hearing loss named alicia lyding. >> what does the phonak do? >> it gives me hearing. >> and what she uses in school to hear her teacher, they were stolen and the sheriff's office surprised her with a visit and a promise to do their best to catch the suspect. but if that weren't enough, exactly one week later, another surprise was waiting at her audiologist's office. >> it allows the hearing impaired person to help pull out of that background noise what you want to listen to. >> phonak's president had seen our original story and they sent her an even better state of the art phonak than the one at school, one she could keep for herself and use at home. >> that is the best ever. >> the surprises and good news

don't end here. >> are you ready? >> reporter: they continue at the almeda county sheriff's office, with alicia's favorite sergeant. >> you made cookies? >> reporter: sergeant kelly and the team made good on the promise, arresting the 19yearold who admitted to stealing the phonak and admitted to being involved in ten other burglaries and who happened to write this letter of apology to alicia. >> he was very sorry and we have never had stolen had he knew how important it was to you. >> reporter: in a way, as others helped alicia, she too had an impact on the suspect's life. >> he admitted to his mistakes and so hopefully this is a turning point in his life. >> reporter: this story is one alicia won't soon forget. >> the police found the thief and saved the day. >> reporter: a story of kindness from the community and beyond. in almeda county, dion lim, abc 7 news. coincidentally alicia's school just received a replacement phonak for the classroom. alicia says she wants to be a police girl when she grows up to catch the bad guys.

time is 8:15 on this saturday. the trar traditional easter ham might cost more, pork prices have gone up steadily and an arch of $4.31 a pound last month, the highest since march of 2015. part of the reason for the spike is because of a disease killing hogs in china. shoppers have noticed but many tell us it won't stop them from making sure they have a ham on sunday. >> it was 50-something years ago and now 52, 54, 58, for the same seven pounds. >> meanwhile, the easter egg hunt could be a little cheaper. an increased supply of eggs has led to prices dropping in recent weeks. happening today in the north bay, the city of sausalito will hold its annual easter parade. it starts at 10:00 this morning at the johnson street fire station and make its way to caledonia street to the robin sweeney park where the egg hunt will be. children nine years old and young kerr take part. and happening today the

winchester mystery house in san jose is hosting what it calls the most bizarre easter egg hunt in the world. 5,000 eggs will be hidden in the victorian garden and 13 golden surprise eggs. sara winchester was intrigued by the number 13 and repeated the number throughout the house. the event is free and starts at 10:00 this morning. it is a little cold outside, and our meteorologist lisa argen is tracking the forecast. >> a mixed bag out there. you can see the clouds defined there as we loop the radar and satellite picture. we had an area of mist and drizzle and light rain from the peninsula to the north bay this morning, as the front continues to work through the bay area. so we are going to see not only some rain, here and there, on the peninsula, we've seen it at sfo, but we're looking at the gusty winds. so we will certainly watch that for you. winds are up to 40 and 50 miles an hour. so it has been quite blustery and will continue to watch that. well, there we go with the computer.

sfo, you can see it is wet there. with temperatures in the 50s. so it feels like it should be warmer but, no, it's not. we're looking at numbers here in the upper 50s. san jose, 57. and emeryville looking at some sunshine, 54 there. and 57 in concord. look at the winds here, you can tell how gusty it is. the clouds will thin out. fog and clouds. patchy drizzle. dramatically cooler inland. milder tomorrow. for easter. here is the way it looks in the afternoon. mid 70s. the winds will back off. it will feel good. plenty of sun. and then by monday, we are into the 80s. well above average. and maybe 15 to 20 degrees above average by tuesday. this continues into wednesday. and then thursday, we begin our cooling trend. upper 60s today. in concord. upper 70s tomorrow. so the trend will be for warmer weather after today, to last throughout most of the upcoming workweek. it is about time, right? check out the colors here, this is where the winds are gusty. surface winds to 44 miles an hour. at sfo. and 25 miles an hour over in oakland.

and half moon bay, nearly 30 miles an hour. and we go up in height, check out mount diablo, nearly 50 mile-an-hour wind gusts. throughout the day today, it's going to be gusty at the coast. the cold front moves through. then the wind are out of the northwest. and by the afternoon, we're anywhere from 15 to 25 miles an hour, right around the bay. so it is going to be certainly cooler than what we had. and in fact, with the winds, it is going to be a little raw out there at times. there's where the precipitation is this morning. the peninsula, the east bay, a little in the south bay. the north clears out first. not really going to warm up too much. but it will brighten up. and then we will be partly sunny throughout the entire bay area today. only in the upper 50s from half moon bay, pacica, some rain here, over in fremont, and we will look for the numbers to rebound in the mid 60s by richmond, it will be breezy, 68, that should do it in san jose. and it gives you an idea how cool it is going to be. today, the cooler day out of the two days for the weekend. for japantown, the cherry blossom festival with low 60s. mid 60s tomorrow. milder. less wind tomorrow. if you're headed over to oakland

today, the coliseum, blue jays are in town. it will be breezy. just about the low 60s today. in the accu-weather seven-day forecast, upper 50s coast. windy, near 70 inland. for easter sunday. it's warmer, less wind. the winds go offshore for earth day on monday and with that, you know how we warm up around the bay and the inland and the coast will stay pleasant and tuesday and wednesday the warmest days of the week, and thursday, slightly cooler but not feeling like the season until next friday. so that cold front really doing a job this morning with the winds. >> and you mentioned some of those delays over at sfo. hopefully they get a little better as the day progresses. >> i would think. >> lisa, thank you. new this morning, an overload of cats is forcing one animal shelter to take action. the santa cruz county animal shelter is now offering all cats at half price. adoptions usually cost $120 per kitten, up to 12 months old. and $100 for adult cats between one and six. and $55 for cats older than six. the shelter will offer discounted rates through the end

of may. the price includes spaying or neutering, vaccinations, worm treatment, mio chip, collar and i.d. tag. winter comes to the bay area just ahead. what a game of thrones star visiting san francisco is revealing about a key cliff hanger.

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welcome back. you can join in orn several earth day events happening today in the east bay. one event will happen at the john muir national historic site in martinez, live music along with some exhibits by national parks and local environmental organizations. muir who famously took toady roosevelt camping in yosemite is considered to be the father of american environmentalism. the celebrations start at 10:00 this morning. earth day is monday. yosemite national park is kicking off earth day festivities a little early today in honor of national park week. admission to the park is free. there will be music and games and other activities and yosemite village and smokey the bear will have a meet and greet and visitors can enjoy the speak collar views today. and there is no visitor fee but camping and other fees still abelieve. in contra costa county another earth day celebration in

richmond, the ninth annual event includes several community service projects, free food, performances, a petting zoo, and live music. it runs from 11:00 until 2:00 this afternoon. at shields-reid community park. winter is coming for "game of thrones" fans and one star from the hit show made an appearance in san francisco. abc 7 news was at the at&t store on pal street where isaac hempstead-wright, the actor who plays bran stark, met with fans last night. the store was filled with props and outfits from the set. and also a virtual reality experience. and an opportunity for fans to sit on the iron throne. hempstead-wright wouldn't give away any major spoilers about his character's long awaited reunion with jamie, the cliff hanger at the end of the last episode, but had this to say. >> well, i mean, clearly, bran has got something to say to him, he has been waiting up for him for hours and hours, and he doesn't, he doesn't give much away. but we'll have to see. >> this is the last season for

the show, based on the books by george r.r. martin. time now is 8:25. rumor has it that adele and her husband have separated. the singer's publicist announced the news. adele says she and charity entrepreneur simon are committed to raising their son together. he is a co-founder of a company that advocates for access to clean water. the couple started dating in 2011, they have one son together born the following year. happening now, san francisco chocolate maker dandelion has opened its doors to a new factory in the mission. the 28,000 square foot space is on 16th street at alabama. there's a cafe, educational space, and a chocolate salon called bloom. bloom offers breakfast service and afternoon chocolate experiences including chocolate and ice cream tastings. the new factory opened earlier this morning at 8:00. still to come, on abc 7 mornings, the future of the oakland coliseum. the a's president talking about

his plans for the site. >> plus, pushing for impeachment. the 2020 democratic presidential candidate calling on the house to take action against president trump. >> peeps are like a marshmallow on steroids. >> it's not easter without peeps. >> and the history behind a classic easter treat. we will take you inside the place where peeps are born.

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>> this is abc 7 mornings. thanks so much for joining us. i'm chris nguyen. we're waking up to some gloomy skies throughout parts of the bay area. here is meteorologist lisa argen with the current conditions where you live. lisa, good morning to you. >> good morning, chris. live doppler 7, there is the cold front, you can check out the cloud cover and the green representing the rain or mist and drizzle. thunderstorms in the northern sacramento valley. headed to the mountains, you may see some of those. back home, it's the winds that will certainly make it feel cooler around here. gusting to 31 miles an hour around the dell tachlt and the airport, 44 miles an hour wind gusts. and 26 miles an hour at the coast. delays at the airport. and here's walnut creek, we can see the clouds stacked up. 52 in half moon bay and 57 in san jose. look at the sun here, it is not as warm as it looks because we definitely have those winds at the coast. so despite the sunshine, low 50s, a cooler afternoon, and even just in the upper 50s at the coast today, for highs. so throughout the 9:00 hour, you can see the moisture from the south bay, the peninsula, and partly sunny, upper 50s, to mid

60s, to maybe a few upper 60s out there with more sun throughout the afternoon. and wind. chris? >> lisa, thank you. developing new, senator elizabeth warren is the first presidential candidate to call for the house of representatives to start impeachment proceedings against the president. this comes after a redacted robert mueller report found no trump campaign collusion with russia around the 2016 election. but mueller did find that the president made several attempts to interfere with the investigation. senator warren says it would be damaging to ignore the president's repeated efforts to obstruct an investigation into his own disloyal behavior. the future of the oakland alameda county coliseum site is coming to an end. on tuesday the county board of supervisors will vote on the offer to buy out the county's interest in the property which it co-owns with the city of oakland. a's president says the team has big plans for the site. >> this is an important step in our process to make sure we can

build a privately financed stadium at the water front and honor east oakland with a great new development in that part of the town. >> the a's coliseum development plan calls for keeping oracle arena leading the baseball field intact and bringing the stadium down around it and then building housing and commercial buildings. a new theater is opening in san francisco later this fall. the presidio theater will open in september as a performing arts center. this video shows the structure being restored and transformed with new equipment. the theater has been closed for 20 years. it used to be a movie theater and assembly space during world war ii and up through the cold war. it will reopen on september 21st, for a ticketed celebration. it's not spring without some peeps. the easter treats come in all shapes and colors and at the factory in pennsylvania, they make millions every day. take a look. >> we make 5.5 million peeps per day which is about 2 billion

peeps per year. >> marshmallow on steroids. >> it is not easter without peep there. >> you obviously weren't a very good child that year. >> it takes me back to being a kid again. >> peeps are the first sign of spring. they are marshmallow covered in sugar. >> all the different flavor, the colors. >> grew up in western maryland. peeps were always around at easter time. my family doesn't celebrate easter but peeps are still awesome. >> my first memory of peeps of probably biting the heads off of them as a kid. >> peeps come in all shapes and sizes and colors. over 20 different varieties of peeps this easter. really nice bright spring colors. we also are bringing new innovations to life, like peeps flavored jelly beans, a solid milk chocolate peeps flavored bunny, and pancakes and syrup and peeped dipped in chocolate. >> when they started with the original colors and expanded, it

made it so much better. >> we have some fans who love the peeps chick and some like the peeps bunny. >> the bright yellow chicks are something i have always enjoyed, since i was a kid. >> i like the chicks. >> i like the bunnies. >> i like the pumpkin ones around halloween. >> peeps are proudly made in bethlehem, pennsylvania. >> it is 500,000 square feet across three floors. >> just born is the manufacturer of peep, the tenth largest confectionary company in the united states. peeps were first born in 1953 in lancaster, pennsylvania. they were actually manufactured by hand out of pastry tubes and it took 27 hours to make just one peeps chick. >> you are seeing brand new peeps chicks being made, deposited on to a belt of sugar. >> we make enough peeps in a year to circle the earth twice. >> this is the dusting chamber and where the peeps get covered from head to tail in sugar. >> all of our peeps have

peeps-sonality and they have two eyes for a chick and for bunnies, two eyes and nose. >> we have a sensor that gives them their eyes. this is my favorite part of the tour because this is where i get to taste one. >> peeps are passed down as tradition through generations of families. they're a part of cakes and cup cakes that families make at easter time. >> peeps are an absolutely stape until my household. >> now i'm getting my nieces and nephews peeps for easter. >> they like the sugar rush. >> people really debate about whether the tastier peep is the fresh one with the soft marshmallow or when you let it age a little bit and it has a little bit of a harder kind of shell to it. >> i love the peeps fresh out of the package. it gets stuck in my mustache more than the stale ones but my hois is fresh peeps. >> you get to age it a little

bit. like a good cheese or wine. >> i'm going with the fresh peeps. guyana gooey, mushy marshmallows. >> i am in the middle with the marshmallow a little fresh but with the sugar a little harder. >> our fans have grown up with them. people have an emotional and strong connection with them. >> still ahead, on abc 7 mornings, earth day isn't until monday but one big attraction in san francisco is celebrating early. as we head to break, we'll take a live look outside this morning, from our south bay camera, and this is a nice shot of the golden gate bridge, but oh, here is a camera from our abc 7 roof view, showing the wind out there right now, and you can see that flag flopping around, on this saturday morning. we'll get a check of the full accu-weather report from meteorologist lisa argen coming up in a little bit.

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spaces to keep communities healthy. volunteers will work with a handful of local gardeners and rec and park staff to help maintain adam rogers park in the bay view. the organization hopes today's work will get the park ready for families to enjoy this summer. you can still sign up to volunteer, the event starts in about 20 minutes at 9:00 this morning. meteorologist lisa argen is tracking the accu-weather forecast for us. >> it certainly feels like spring because things are wildly different across the bay area. and for the week ahead. look at the raindrops here from the san mateo bridge camera. we have some rain on the peninsula. we've had it in the east bay, the north bay, the winds are gusty, it is sunny in the north bay, 54 in santa rosa but cool, and breezy today, for everyone. the coolest day of the week. stay tuned for the accu-weather seven-day forecast. we've got a warming trend to talk about. and this includes easter. >> also, ahead, warriors all-star kevin durant got some good news ahead of tomorrow's game four against the clippers. abc 7 sports director larry beel explains coming up in sports.

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time right now is 8:43. a live look outside from the abc 7 exploratorium camera, we hope your day is off to a great

start. lisa has a look at the forecast for planning out the weekend in a few minutes in sports, both the a's and giants are hoping to bounce back from losses yesterday. the giants take on the pirates this afternoon. first pitch is at 1:05 at pnc park. the a's battle the toronto blue jays, first pish at 1:07 at the coliseum. the warriors are getting ready for game four against the clippers tomorrow. abc 7 sports director larry beil has a preview in this morning's sports. >> good morning, everybody. upon further review, the nba has rescinded the technical foul given to kevin durant 2in thursn against the clippers. if you have seven, you are suspended and he has three. and they were trash talking, and kind of laughing when they were t'd up. >> we were conversing about the play that happened before like you and i and somebody came out of nowhere and teched us both.

how would you feel? >> can't call a double t every time to keep the game in control but then penalize the team that plays a lot of playoff games and you end up, those things start adding up. >> kd and the warriors will tip off against the clippers, game four, easter sunday, right here at 12:30, and after going for 38 in game three, we all know who kevin durant is. >> i'm kevin durant. >> he's kevin durant. >> he's kevin durant. >> you know who i am. >> you all know who he is. >> i already knew who kevin durant was. >> he said it yesterday, he's kevin durant. >> you all know who i am. >> he is kevin durant. >> i've been here for 12 years and i'm 30. >> >> he's right. >> showing everybody who kevin durant is. >> kevin freaking durant. >> yes, i think we got it. >> did you see the ad in the chronicle right in the middle there? kd commits to oakland. referring to the other kd. slugger kris davis who just signed an extension with the a's, that's the first rate trolling. and a's hosting the blue jays.

like the pins there. jays scored four in the second to take the lead. former a's sogard, rbi single off of aaron brooks, and how about davis. fouling off a lot of good pitches in the eighth inning. and then strike three called. toronto's marcus strohman goes eighth. allows one run. bottom of the ninth. that is high strike. and he's punched out. does not like i. that ended the game. and what does he do, he spits at home plate ump, and might get suspended for that. a's lose 5-1. how about the giants in pittsburgh? madison bumgarner, two out in the bottom of the first, nobody on base and then the wheels come off. a two-run double here. bum did not give up a run the rest of his six innings. but the damage was done. and this, this is damage. top of the eighth. with a flare to center. look out, look out, eric gonzalez. full speed. into each other.

martay got the worst of the color bone, maybe a rib. that was easy. giants lose. that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. let get a look at the bay area forecast with meteorologist lisa arguen. >> a cold front is moving through the area. here is emeryville, looks nice but wind and clouds and a few raindrops and this is all pushing to the south of us. throughout the day today. so if you've got plans for the afternoon, plan on a cooler one. in fact, we will look for temperatures today, the coolest day of the week, this is santa rosa, a high of just around 70, 71 and then tomorrow the numbers go up and the winds back off and the winds totally do a 180. mid to upper 80s monday, tuesday, wednesday, and thursday, we get some cooling, and then the weekend looks cool ir, but look at that flag behind me, it is blowing out there. from san francisco, and just at the surface, in the upper elevations, so everywhere, experiencing, and the coastal

gap, some of those gusty winds, do to this cold front and it spread just a little bit of rain here and there but you notice the cloud cover, the fog is out, there and we will see temperatures affected by all of that today. 57 in san jose. 53 in morgan hill. good morning, san francisco, 52. over in to the east bay, you notice the clouds here. kind of gray out there. but we will get into partly sunny conditions. 54 santa rosa. 58 in concord. and for our friends in livermore. 54 for you. one final stop here, you can see the gray clouds here, and the wind blowing there. that will certainly be a factor today. influencing the weather. but temperatures are really going to dramatically shift upward tomorrow, and in next week. so mist and drizzle. some fog. and the cooler day today. milder for easter. and then a big warmup on the way. this is easter with less wind, in the mid-70s inland, upper 60s oakland, and everyone will have sunny sky, still a little cool at the coast but by monday, you're about five degrees warmer there, already into the low 80s inland, mid 70s around the bay.

tuesday, the numbers continue to crank up. as the ocean influence really stops. and we'll be looking at those drier winds from the east coming on in. and that will take us through wednesday as well. look at that wind gust. san francisco, 44 miles an hour. the colors indicate the gustier winds by the delta. 32 miles an hour. at the coast. and then as we go to mount tam and mount diablo, 35 to 40 mile-an-hour wind gusts. oakland hills over 20 miles an hour. throughout the afternoon, here we go, with the red representing the gustiest winds. the yellow is pretty darn windy. and then it is breezy with the double digit wind gusts here throughout 2:00, 15 to 20 miles an hour. so today, certainly the coolest day you'll feel it out there, and then the numbers barely at 70 in the warmest locations. but the skies will continue to clear, and we will look for a brighter day, throughout the afternoon, but temperature-wise, it's not going to be any really warm day, in fact, it is going to be on the blustery side. mid to upper 60s, coast,

peninsula, and at the beaches, just upper 50s, near 70 in the warmest locations, tomorrow, for easter, waking up with a lot of sunshine, and 6:27 is the sunrise, it will be bright and sunny, with 70s, for our inland valleys, and tonight, it will be cooler, with the clouds breaking up. the accu-weather seven-day forecast, the numbers go up tomorrow, earth day is looking warm, even summer-like, into the middle of the week. around the bay inland, the coast warms up and not too terribly much and then we cool off by next weekend. so a little blustery out there to start. >> as a kid, i hated nothing more than a wet and soggy easter egg hunt. >> there's been plenty of them. >> tomorrow, glad to see that. >> lisa, thank you. next with springtime flowers in full bloom, an annual tradition is

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happening today, the northern california cherry blossom festival continues this weekend in san francisco. this marks the 52nd year for the springtime tradition. the festival features food and artwork celebrating centuries of japanese culture. it runs from 11:00 to 6:00 tonight in japantown. tomorrow is the grand parade with mayor london brooed as a co-marshal. final weather check with lisa argen. >> it is going to get brighter and breezy out there but much cooler today. mid 60s in oakland. 64 in san mateo. barely 70 in the warmest locations with the sun sooner. but the northwest winds making it feel pretty blustery.

tomorrow, that all goes away, we're sunny from the beginning of the day, towards the end, where temperatures will climb into the 70s inland. and then by monday, tuesday, wednesday, it's warmer for everyone with an offshore flow. and then cooler by the end of the week. so that's a springtime forecast with those wild swings. >> can't wait for the warmth. >> yes. >> it will be good. >> lisa, thank you. thanks for joining us on abc 7 mornings. i'm chris nguyen, alongside lisa argen. we will leave you with a live look outside. the abc 7 bay area spotlight is coming up. abc 7 news returns at 5:00 p.m. until then, make it a great day, everybody. >> this is the abc7 "bay area spotlight." this week's advertisement is paid for by godaddy. >> hi, everyone. i'm danielle bellini. today we are talking about something very cool. it's called bionic yarn, and it's a fabric made from recycled plastic. the company recently teamed up with godaddy as part of the make the world you want campaign, and we'll be hearing all about that incredible partnership.

we'd like to welcome the co-founder of bionic yarn, tyson toussant and then brand manager alex tapia. guys, great to have you here. >> great to be here. >> thank you for having us. >> can we start off -- and we'd love to hear more -- about bionic yarn and its mission. >> well, bionic is a mission-driven material-engineering company. and we focus on plastics that are recovered in marine and coastal environments. and we make materials from that -- anything from t-shirt to jeans to wall coverings and upholstery for furniture. >> incredible, amazing. i love that it's mission-based. and how long have you been working on this, and why is it so important to you? >> it's been about 10 years now. and we didn't want to just get into business just to have a successful business. we wanted to kind of have a legacy behind us, and we felt like combining our interests and passions with helping the environment would be a nice way to go to do that. >> and i understand that you have a connection to costa rica. you're working with the local government there to help solve the problem of recycling

plastic. so, i'd like to hear more about that. >> yeah, so, we're in a small town in the nicoya peninsula in costa rica. the local government there has different priorities, just because of everything that's going on. there's a lot of issues that the locals care about, and plastic isn't really one of the issues that they can pay attention to at the moment. so we're kind of taking over the municipality responsibilities and interjecting ourselves to kind of stop the cycle of collecting the plastic, and then it goes into the landfill. and then, you know, the rainy season comes, and that all washed out into the ocean. >> you guys are working with some big-name brands. so, how important are those relationships for bionic yarn? >> i'd say it's what makes us real, because we could be doing this on our own. there's some people who passionately collect plastic on the beach, and unfortunately, they don't have a place to take it to, to make sure that it stays out of it. so we think it's important because, right now, the economy and the environment are kind of separate from each other, and need to find a way to marry them so it's sort of like a symbiotic system.

when we throw something away, there really is no such thing as "away." you kind of have to live with it. so why not live with it in new products that you can be proud of, until we figure out a way to get rid of plastic in general? for now, we're buying time by putting it to products you love. >> speaking of partnerships, you guys have teamed up with godaddy -- a new campaign, make the world you want. congratulations. that's just awesome news. we all know how important it is to have a digital presence that's strong, to help fuel the business, so we want to hear more about what that's been like for you to be on board with godaddy. what has that been like for you? >> it's been amazing. as you can hear, we have a very difficult job that's definitely not linear. we're all over the place. and the skill set you need to really be impactful in your digital space is a lot over our heads. and to be able to trust someone like godaddy to handle all the sensitive issues, like our ssl certificate or just dealing with our domain security and the other things that come along with having a digital presence, which we're not skilled to do,

and to be able to trust someone like that has been very important. >> i read an article, and this headline struck me -- "how a pair of jeans could save our plastic-choked oceans." that was about you guys -- about bionic yarn. did you realize you had such a good story, going into this, and kind of where this journey would take you? >> probably not. we had no idea. we still probably don't understand what's going on. we've just been, like, so in our world, just trying to do something that we are happy and passionate about. really grateful that a company like godaddy has helped to amplify our voice out here. >> and you know, godaddy has been such a supporter of you and of bionic yarn, and they are all about empowering the entrepreneur to get online, get help to get online, and just go and fly and make their business successful. so, for anyone watching who has a passion and an idea, just has no idea where to start, what would you say? what advice might you give? >> i'd say, don't be intimidated by the digital world that you have to jump into. partnering with a company like godaddy is the best bet, because

you need to be able to focus on what you're doing and know that you can trust in that partner to help you through it. >> well, you both are very inspiring, and i wish you the best. i can't wait to see what is next for bionic yard. so, to anyone watching who is sitting on an idea they are passionate about, and just need to take that very first step, visit and start for free at godaddy.com. we can't wait to hear your story, and wish you the best of luck. thanks for watching. >> thanks for watching "bay area spotlight." this week's advertisement was paid for by godaddy -- inspiring people to make the world they want. get started at godaddy.com.

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