there's a crack down under way in oakland to try to prevent sideshows this weekend. >> those winds were whipping today over 40 miles an hour but much warmer weather greets us sunday. in san francisco where hundreds of people are getting together to hike up to a local landmark for easter. abc 7 news starts right now. good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm dion lim. on the lookout for sideshows this weekend and they're cracking down. officers will be out in full force tomorrow. >> our abc reporter has more on their strategy. >> we will be beefing up our personnel in the city and joining forcewise ts with the p department. >> reporter: the crack down is

on leave. sideshows plaguing oak lnld. just last sunday a big rig was set on fire. the truck driver was then car jacked. >> our officers are dealing with gunshots, two vehicles that had been set on fire and trying to help navigate the oakland fire department and to deal with what was going on. >> reporter: in other words, the police were understaffed and overwhelmed and this time they promise things will be very different. >> if we find you and catch you, we're taking you to jail. >> reporter: a community organizer, she worries what the crack down will mean for minority youth. >> if you do actually apprehend people engaged in sideshows, what are the diversion programs and alternatives to incarceration we can provide to our young people. >> reporter: still many agree the oakland sideshows are growing larger, and more violent. impound their cars for a month and make driving in and even watching a sideshow a crime, the

councilman cosponsored the bill. he'll be testifying before an assembly subcommittee about the sideshows on tuesday. tuesday's winds may have been too much for the trees of san francisco. it appears the top of this tree snapped off and crashed down onto the sidewalk this afternoon. some power lines were also taken down as well. it happened near lion street about 1:00 p.m. the public was asked to avoid the area while crews worked to clear up the debris. just down the street a huge tree came down on drew tuma will have a check on the weather in just minutes. a rescue effort to save a 4-year-old girl on a floating unicorn. she was blown halfway across the lake from mackenzie ridge beach.

kayakers saw her and brought her to the shores of big island. anappa county sheriffs brought her back to her parents. she was wearing the proper flotation device in all of this. woo have new details about how it played out. city officials say 19,000 people attended. police say seven people were arrested in and around the event. two for warrants, two for theft, one for trespassing and two for assault. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard was at golden gate park. he has more on the first since recreational marijuana was legalized. >> as the clock struck 4/20, thousands of joints were lit. a cloud of smoke rose, but make

no mistake the party really started long before this. >> shot out to everybody, happy 4/20. >> they were rocking and rolling joints mostly at this annual 4/20 pot fest, a time to smoke up and praise the gods of cannabis. >> i think there's a really lot of high people in the same area. >> it's great. >> smells good, tastes good, plenty of it, too. >> that's an understatement even though cannabis is legal in california, you can't buy pot inside the festival. but that hasn't stopped people. >> don't buy your marijuana from random strangers in the park. >> city rec and park officials are trying to prevent what happened at last year's 4/20. >> about a dozen people ate fentanyl laced marijuana edibles and they had to be revived with narcan taken to the hospital. >> late in the day check out how long this line was to get into

4/20. a mendocino pot farmer is here for the first time. is it everything you hoped it would be? >> and more. the world's changing and all for the better. everyone's coming together. the flower brings the most beautiful people together. >> reporter: emts took two people to the hospital today. they say those injuries were not related to fentanyl. new developments now, a body that was pulled from the bay last night has been identified as a missing man. the 28-year-old tyler collins was recovered about nine miles north of where he vanished. collins first disappeared match 26th. the coast guard searched 60 square miles in 15 hours before that search was called off. his family said they hired a private helicopter and boat to keep looking. in the east bay a car wash fund-raiser today raised money for the oakland family involved in a deadly hit-and-run saturday

night. community members took part in the drive for the garcia vasquez family. they were killed when a car hit them at 26th avenue and foothill boulevard. angel's uncle was also hit and in critical condition. the money raised will help the family with fuel expenses. >> whatever money the people want to give we're just here to support. from the community and from other cities around have been here to support the family. >> police identified the driver. he's not been located. the city has already repainted the pedestrian crosswalk at the intersection where the crash happened and will install a new pedestrian island early next week. researchers are continuing to dig into what a slew of recent ipo companies will mean for san francisco's real estate market. this week the atlantic published some new data from a software engineer who combed through real

estate records. he found that of the seven companies expected to hold ipos this year just 37 bought houses in 2018. many more workers could be in the market for a home pushing prices even higher. still ahead, volunteers will be lighting the cross at san francisco's mount davidson tonight, one of the two nights a year it happens. we get an up close look at the preparations happening for easter sunday. and breezy start to the weekend, but the winds are relaxing tonight, and a warmer finish on the way for tomorrow afternoon. live with details in the accuweather forecast ahead. plus the first of its kind

uh one of america's largest crosses is located right here in the bay area. hundreds of people are planning to hike in a couple of hours to catch the sunrise and celebrate easter in san francisco's highest peak. >> abc 7 reporter lewis pina has the story of the once controversial cross. >> reporter: elevation 928 feet, 103 feet tall, the emblematic white cross at the peak of mount davidson is impossible to miss. >> it signifies faith and hope and history. >> reporter: history that dates back to 1934, when even the president took notice. >> this particular cross is dedicated by president franklin roosevelt. >> reporter: he has a deeper connection to this cross. just look at his face, it lights up the same way this cross will light up at 6:30 a.m. for the easter service when he talks about his love. >> i was married here to my wife kathleen, so it's near and dear

to my heart and i live in the neighborhood. >> reporter: but what is a love story without some turmoil. this cross had its fights. in 1981 several organizations sued the city of san francisco for owning a cross on what was then public land. >> the city would then auction off the top part of the land here thereby separating church and state, and so this part of the top of the mountain is owned by the council of armenian organizations of northern california. >> reporter: as part of the deal with thit sea the cross can only be lit on april 24th and on easter. elizabeth and gene are looking forward to it. >> annual easter hike up here to see the cross. >> how many years have been been doing that for? >> about fbi yeafive years. >> reporter: this year they're

che expecting 500. >> it looks like the weather is going to be nice, so we expect a great turn out. should be great music, bagpipes at dawn. >> reporter: this will be the 97th annual nondenomnational sunrise service where the cross seen by some as a landmark and others as a religious symbol still will be hard to all right, hoping for some good weather for easter sunday. >> seeing the sunlight might be a good thing. >> you'll really notice the winds are very weak tomorrow compared to those gusts we had today. well over 40 miles an hour in our most active spots. live doppler 7 tonight the active sweep, we are dry overhead. it was really moving left and right earlier tonight, just some light shaking right now. again the winds overnight tonight are going to relax a lot. we take a look at the

accuweather highlights and the big headlines going to be those winds relaxing over the next 12 hours. for easter sunday a lot of sunshine, really light winds and a warmer afternoon on the way for sunday. and that's going to be very nice to finish the holiday. and the weheat and going to increase even more. and by midweek we're going to get a taste of some summer heat in spots. 24, though, in half moon bay. but outdoors the winds are less than 10 miles an hour, which is a huge improvement over the active breezes we had earlier today. 51 in oakland, the same in san francisco. we're at 53 right now in san jose. and san ramon coming in at 50 degrees. live doppler 7 earlier this morning we had a cold front sweep through here, and move through dry. so there's no precipitation with it. it kicked up our winds and ushered in some cooler air.

what's building in quickly behind that cold front, high pressure on sunday, and that's going to keep those winds really weak but also bring us some warm air as well. a bit of cloud cover in the south bay and east bay. in the north bay mainly clear skies. we break down your sunday. the 12-hour day planner, a lot of sunshine from the get go. temperatures in the 40s and 50s for early services. not as windy in the afternoon, and by 4:00 numbers really comfortable. some 5 to 10 degrees warmer than we were saturday. highs on your sunday, 74 in san jose, 74 in santa clara, along the peninsula 69 in redwood saty. half moon bay cooler at 60 degrees. downtown san francisco, 65. 63 for daily city, a lot of sunshine there. 74 petaluma, the same in san rafael. 69 insosalita.

and inland near 80 degrees to finish out the weekend. 70 in brentwood, the same in pittsburgh. livermore at 74 degrees. not as windy as on sunday, a lot of sunshine for easter. much warmer on monday. numbers really take off. we're talking about tuesday and wednesday, it is hot inland. still cool on the coast, and by wednesday we're nearing 90 degrees in some of our hottest spots. and then we'll gradually ease that heat thursday and into friday. but tomorrow looking delightful. the wind will not be an issue like it was on our saturday. >> strike summer here. >> very quickly it returns. still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00, a south bay landmark more closely associated with halloween is holding its first easter event. up next a look at what

this season the easter bunny for the first time made a stop at a house in san jose. >> not just any house. the winchester mystery house today held its first ever mystery hunt. children got to search for more than 5,000 treat filled eggs. >> and we're happy to report that the 19th century ghosts that are rumored to haunt the mansion were nowhere to be found. i'm thinking coffee break. >> just lots of big stuffed bunnies to be seen. well, still ahead at 11:00, zoo keeper is recovering after being attacked by a tiger at a zoo in kansas. why the director say they didn't consider for a minute putting down that big cat. and still to come, the warriors hold a morning shoot-around in los angeles with steve kerr

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it's a special late edition of aeb the abc 7 news because of the airing of the ten commandments. in headlines right now authorities in oakland say they are taking a zero-tolerance approach to sideshows this weekend. all of it followed several violent ones last weekend that resulted in a box truck and an ac by fire. hundreds are expected to celebrate in san francisco. this will be the 97th annual

nondenomination sunrise there. and here's drew with a check on the forecast. today the winds were certainly an issue. sunday, though, we'll see those winds calm down. they are gradually easing tonight. we'll see winds pretty much less than about 20 mields les an hou most spots. and tomorrow afternoon a warmer day. we'll take a look at those numbers and the accuweather forecast when i see you in a few minutes. breaking news coming out of sri lanka right now after dozens of people have been killed after explosions at churches. hundreds more have been wounded. the first blast targeted st. anthony's shrine in the capital city of culumbo. that city is catholic majority and located north of the capital. there are reports of other

explosions at hotels frequented by foreigners. 12 students and one teeper were killed in the mass shooting. it wasn't the first school shooting, but two decades ago it signaled a cycle of deadly and violent tragedies including virginia tech, sandy hook and parkland, florida. this year's remembrance hit them harder. >> this year's for some reason a lot harder. i don't know if it's all the media outpouring that it's 20 years. >> well, the massacre prompted many schools to write crisis plans and hold active shooter drills. in developing news a tiger mauled a zoo keeper at the topeka zoo in kansas. the zoo director says the worker is the primary tiger keeper. she suffered injuries to the back of her head and neck and is in stable condition. a spokesperson says the zoo keeper was alert when she was taken to the hospital. >> this happened when the zoo was open.

some people did see the incident, you know, which is very unfortunate. >> three other zoo workers are credited with saving the worker who was attacked. the zoo director says the tiger recently fathered four cubs and did what a tiger would do when something comes into its area. he says the zoo did not even consider euthanizing the tiger. and search is on in riverside county for a woman caught on security cameras throwing seven newborn puppies into a carbage heap. this is video from a napa outy parts store. the woman drives up to the dumpster with a bag, peers inside and tosses the puppies off to the side. then she drives away. a good samaritan ends up spotting the puppies and were taken inside the store. the puppies about three days old and believed to be terrier mixes. riverside police uncovered one of the largest marijuana farms ever to pop up in a southern california community. police raided the ten acre

property friday, the size of a city block. they found 40,000 marijuana plants growing inside a large greenhouse. it's estimated street value at $20 million. no rests have been made. a neighbor said the land was sold six months ago and the new owner put up a fence, then a strong permanent odor started coming from it. he assumed police would have been alerted to it grow site by the odor. george zimmerman had been banned from the dating site tinder. a statement from tinder cited user safety as a reason for removing zimmerman's profile. an article by florida news and evnlt site said zimmerman was using a fake name on tinder. zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting of martin. due to repairs to the sales force transit center, starting today a section of fremont street will be closed overnight

from # p.m. to 5:00 a.m. for a month so crews can remove construction materials. this will affect a one block stretch of fremont between howard and mission street. cracked steel beams caused the center to close in september. there's no official reopening day. >> enjoy a bit of italy a bit longer. a ravioli institution in the mission says it is pushing back its final closing date.

well, fans of san francisco will get another ten days to saver clashics before it closes for good. >> saturday was supposed to be the last day but it's been pushed back to april 30th. the family business was started

at this building you see here which they've owned since 1925. >> i've enjoyed it for many years now, so it's been a nice experience in san >> well, the owner's selling the building. he's facing the same issue many long time establishments has run into, he has no one to take over the business. all his children have other interests. abc 7 news is committed to covering the issues that affect us all. on saturday a san francisco neighborhood got some encouragement to go green. abc 7 news wassen in the bay view neighborhood with elementary and middle school kids hosted a cleanup event to celebrate earth day this monday. they recently visited taiwan to learn more about recycling in their community as comprehensive neighborhood revitalization. a non-profit group also joined in the neighborhood.

the neighborhood also received a federal grant to help fund revitalization plans. on that note, we want to hear your ideas about building a belter bay area. i don't think they teach this in medical school, but a pothole might have helped a patient suffering from a cardiac issue. the 59-year-old man was being rushed to the hospital in an abulance. he had a rapid heartbeat. at one point it was 200 beats a minute. the ambulance was jolted by a pothole and the man's heart rhythm went back to normal. doctors say it's rare but it can happen. >> one way to treat that is electrical shock. the paddle is clear and a big jolt. turns out you can do that with a pothole. >> a friend of the man says he was discharged and will recover at home. by that, san francisco should be the cardiac capital of the world. potholes we got. >> and it's a lot cheaper.

win-win. >> one last check of the weather? >> yeah, seeing if it's a win-win for our easter sunday? >> we'll have those winds that will really back off overnight and that means a really comfortable day not only in terms of light winds but i'll say a warmer afternoon on sunday. tonight we're seeing lows in the mid-40s to 50s. dropped about 50 enan jose. we'll break down your sunday, the 12-hour day planner. that sun gets up 6:27. not as windy throughout the day and it's a warmer day. we are going well into the 70s. we'll take a loo at your highs on your sunday. 70 the high in oakland. 74 for san jose, about 65 in the city tomorrow with lots of sunshine. about 71 the high in palo a nice easter sunday on the way and then warmer weather really takes off. and by mid-week we're talking about heat increasing inland, and still the coast is

comfortable in the 60s and we'll gradually cool off as we head into the latter part of the seven day forecast. >> i think it's a good time to be in the bay area. better than pennsylvania. >> that's right, mother nature not cooperating. for the second day in a row you have the giants battle the pirates and mother nature in pittsburgh and the a's are having trouble scoring against the blue

it's easy to get distracted by the bright lights of hollywood. warriors head coach steve kerr told his team to enjoy their days off boat don't overdue i mindy bach in los angeles with game four against the clippers. >> reporter: plenty of time to spend with friends and family, but they understand on sunday the clippers do not want to go 0

and 2 here on their home court. so golden state needs to match or increase their intensity from game three. >> there's a lot of family on the trip and everybody's pretty happy about the result the other night, but, you know, we got to do it again. we've got to win two more times. so you can't get too relaxed and enjoy l.a. too much. >> they're going to play hard as hell. doc's a great coach. but the most important thing is intensity. they're going to come out flying around, you know, trying not to go down 3 to 1. so, you know, it's on us to match that intensity level and try to exceed it. >> tip off on sunday earlier than usual, 1230 pmi. but clay thompson says that's a good. at staple center, mindy bach, abc 7 sports. game three between the

rockets and jazz a miserable shooting night for james harden. started 0 for 15. didn't make his first field goal until right there. he would finish with three made field goals on the night, two of them coming from behind the yard. he had 22 points, 14, though, in the fourth quarter. despite a poor shooting night the rockets win it. they lead that series three games to one. 24 for denver, going high up and throwing it down. that deserves another look. the one-handed flush. the spurs says i can do that, too, gets the crowd pumped up, but having trouble keeping cool. he throws the ball at the ref. he would get ejected. nuggets even the series at two, 117-103. game four, hitting a boiling point today. joel embiid with a hard foul, then gets shoved.

jimmy butler comes in they go into the stands. under 30 seconds remaining with a layup, brooklyn up a point. embiid one of those cysts right there to mike scott for the dagger. 76ers win it 112-108. they lead that series three games to one. while the a's have scored the second most runs in the american league, but their bats have gone quiet against the blue jays. in two games they've only managed to score twice. very windy at the colosseum. plastic plates would not be the only thing flying today. fourth inning deep off to center field. three run shot and the blue jays take a 4-0 lead. two pitches later brandon, that is gone. scoreboard in right. how about some outstanding defense. josh bradley the pop up, freddy, the one-handed grab. who needs a glove?

a's lose 10-1. giants taking on the pirates in pittsburgh. rain playing a factor all series. fifth inning trailing 1-0 until steven dugger knocks it to left. kevin polar come on down. knotted at one with thunder and lightening looming. his first major league game, first major league hit and first major league home run. a two run shot. mom and dad, yeah, they like it. then came the rain, and then came the tarp. after a three hour rain game they called the game. the pirates win it. the quakes get on the board in the sixth minute. danny hussen getting it done and he wasn't done. six minutes later his third goal of the season. the coach is happy.

just aieight seconds in to the second half shot into the keeper. the quakes win big on their home turf. your final, 4-1. this abc 7 sports report sponsored by river rock casino. and i guess that game is little later today. the clippers and warriors in las vegas at 12:30. >> that's right. a whole 12 hours from now, just to keep count. >> it sounds so wrong. yeah, that's it for this morning. i'm dion lim. >> and i'm eric

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