spencer christian is here to showers scattered around the area and some are quite strong. we'll zoom in on the heavier downpours between fremont and livermore and out on to the mt. hamilton area, some of the heaviest downpours at the moment. and how unusual, how unstable is this storm today? well we had reports of a funnel cloud near patterson this morning and we've had reports of downed trees later in the day nor orinda and portola valley. this storm still ranks one on the storm impact scale and through tonight expect to see more scattered showers. a slight chance of lightning strikes and breezy with occasional strong wind gusts. our forecast animation into the evening hours. notice we continue to see pockets of showers occasionally heavy, brief heavy showers moving through the area and later tonight as we approach midnight we'll see the system winding down and weakening a bit

and in the early morning hours we'll see a few pockets of showers as the morning commute gets underway but we expect to see the sun tomorrow.i'll give later. >> thanks, spencer. now to a break in a decades-old murder case. john arthur getreu was accused of killing a woman near stanford. >> and now he's been linked to a murder from 1974. and we have the latest on the investigation. chris? >> reporter: good afternoon. getreu barely said a few words for less than five minutes at the san mateo courthouse. he's been arrested in connection to two murders. santa clara was the first to make the break in the case and that led to the break this morning for san mateo detectives. the d.a. spoke to us outside of the courthouse telling us both counties are determined to work together for a final verdict.

>> the clock is ticking. mr. getreu has not been held to account for decades for these crimes. so moving them ases >> reporter: of 21-year-old janet taylor, last seen march 1974 and her body was found near and hill road off the side of the highway. she was strangled. her family issued this statement. >> we miss being able to have her in our lives. janet's future was bright. it would have been wonderful to see what she would have done. >> reporter: and detectives share what else they know about getreu. he has a rape conviction from 1975 and on trial for another rape that led to the death of a 16-year-old in germany. getreu was 18 at the time. the sheriff's office said the break in the case, something they've been waiting for for a long time. >> a lot of it is the fact that we won't give up. and we have now new dna technology which also really is a great tool for us.

>> reporter: getreu's arraignment has been postponed to may 30th and his bail set for $10 million. he returns to santa clara count where he begins his preliminary hearing first. ama and larry. >> this is related to an arrest that happened last year so how did one case end up helping the other, chris? >> well, ama, according to san mateo detectives, santa clara county did the dna work with expensive dna testing and that led to san mateo matching up their own information with what santa clara county had already gathered. >> thank you, chris rayes. >> gut row was charged last november. 21-year-old leslie per love was working in a law library in palo alto and last seen alive in february of 1973. her car was found near a quarry and then her body was found in the hills near campus.

investigators connected getreu to the murder they dna testing. in addition to the two murders, a third murder from that time was solved last year, the body of 19-year-old alice perry was found inside of stanford memorial church. steve crawford was a security guard and a prime suspect in the case. he killed himself when authorities tried to serve a search warrant at his san jose apartment last june. investigators links him to the murder using dna evidence. abc 7 news spoke to an uber driver charged with the kidnapping and attempted rape of two female passengers. >> gab rella mara is at santa rita jail and he spoke with melanie woodrow today. >> reporter: i was not able to bring in a camera but i did tell him i was a reporter and asked if he would be willing to answer questions about the alleged incidents. he told me that he's been driving for u h and that the on-boarding procedure was in his words normal. he became an uber driver because he likes escape and

that he admitted he was attempting to, quote, pimp her out. and today he said he didn't know anything about that. he said, quote, i dropped her off, she just got out. he didn't know why two pim told police he attempted to kidnap them. in a ride in oakland he released a second woman only after she threatened to break the window. uber has said it is deeply troubled by the allegations and they removed him from the app. in the newsroom for the i-team, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. did ammary share anything else with you? >> he did. a couple of things. at one point he told me that it was a rental car. he also said that police thought he looked like somebody else. almost suggesting it was a case of mistaken identity in the same conversation he said things like i dropped her off. she just got out. according to court documents, both women identified him in photo lineups and provided

documentation from uber that listed his first name and vehicle description and license plate number. larry and ama. >> thank you so much. a bay area man is raising concerns about his missing mom. 53-year-old joann nicks hasn't been seen since saturday with which she left walnut creek in a van to go to vallejo to get her dog. his mother never returned. she is petite with blond hair and the van she was driving is also missing. it is a 2000 dodge caravan with plate 4lqn652. if you have any information, call the vallejo pole depas in the high speed rail project. the trump administration is canceling a billion dollars in federal money for that project. the federal railroad administration said california has failed to comply with terms of the grant and has abandoned the original vision for a train between los angeles and san

francisco. the administration will still try to force california to return another $2.5 billion. that money is critical to the project and could ultimately kill it. abc7 news is working to help build a better bay area and we're looking at ways to improve your safety. >> in the boy, car break-ins on the streets and parking lots so the question is what can you do to protect your vehicle. >> dion lim has some tips. >> breaking into a car can happen in an instant so here at able towing in redwood city they offer me the sind he block and a junk car to test it out. so you could see it just took a second to gain access to your vehicle. joining me now is officer art montel with the chp to talk about some ways to keep yourself safe from a break-in like this. let's take a look inside of the car right now. what are some things that you would recommend people do to prevent a break-in. >> when a crook is walking by, they'll look for something of value.

so for one thing, you want to lock your vehicle. the other thing would be make sure nothing of value is left visible. >> even though we broke the side windows you say that drivers should be aware of the backseat as well. >> correct. so even though you put the stuff in the trunk thinking it is safe, then once they break the window they have access to open the trunk. so you could always lock your glove compartment, a lot of cars will have the in the vehicle. >> some drivers also feel compelled to write a little sign saying there is nothing in their car. whether or not that is something law enforcement officials recommend you go is at your own risk. thieves will sometimes take a device and walk around your car and when they get bluth signal knowice yr vehicle and target it. in the end every single law enforcement agency said the bottom line to keeping yourself safe is using common sense. in redwood city, i'm dion lim,

abc7 news. >> and this week we're focused on safety as part of the efforts to build a better bay area. learn how to protect yourself and family and home and by watching abc7 news all this week. >> keep dion away from my car. >> or any car. coming up later this hour, safety week coverage continues. high-tech ways to keep your family safe including how your smartphone could play a pivotal role. the warriors dominated the trail blazers with a 22-point win in game one here at oracle so what is steve kerr's concern for game two? i'll have a live report coming up. and checking o affic.y. wn tod w time. >> mine was worst. >> i was by the ballpark and i wanted to cry. this is your san francisco skyway. it is just atrocious at this point. >> they want to cry. >> they're trying to get on to the bridge on the left-hand side

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the 22-point win is as close as they come during the playoffs but every single warriors player got on the court. each reserve contributing big minutes. the splash brothers combined for 62 points. steph curry went for a game high 36 including tieing career high with nine three-pointers in a playoff game so it will be up to portland to try to stop number 30. >> you're talking about steph curry, a guy whose done this -- he had 33 in the second half against houston the other night. so sometimes the schemes don't matter. but you do anticipate changes during the course of the series as the series goes on. >> reporter: and, larry, as you mentioned, kevin durant not available for tonight's game but his strains calf was re-evaluated today and the team

will give an update and steve kerr is speaking in a minutes and i'll go listen to the head coach and bring you an update as soon as we hear. for now, oracle arena, mindi bach, abc7 news. >> it sounds like k.d. might miss this series if this stretches out. we'll see. we'll have steve kerr in minutes. and time is growing short for the golden state warriors and fans who support the team. >> eric thomas also live at oracle to explain what the upcoming move to san francisco means for the dance group whose members are 55 and up. eric? >> reporter: well, larry, these are the first fans we've seen outside of tailgating because of the inclement weather so we spent our time inside with the fans you're talking about who enjoy both the game and performing for other fans during it. rule number one if you want to join the hardwood classics dance team, you have to have been born when lyndon johnson was president or before.

rule number two, you have to be dedicated. this is how the team practices before performance. fran seen turner drives two hours up from los ban os to dance. >> when you get older there aren't a lot of opportunities and this is fulfilling a dream. >> reporter: and this woman drives even further. three hours from sonora because she loved it so much. >> we are so pumped up and it takes us an hour and a half to unwind. it is worth it. >> they have to reaudition every year and last fall 300 people showed up and 20 were chosen. most enjoy being linked to a historic gatance.theyay oracle arena. >> it is sad. oracle as a history but we're looking forward to chase and it is exciting. >> it is a bittersweet and sad and going to make different memories somewhere else.

>> reporter: she grew up in alameda so this is almost home even though she lives two hour drive away. now they have to reaudition as i said. and they'll have to put up with the fact that there is a brand-new arena and only -- well i shouldn't say only but 70% of the fans will follow them over there so they have to make friends with 30% of fans who may not have ever seen them before. live at oracle arena. eric thomas, abc7 news. be >> intimidating to move from an arena that you know so well to one in busy san francisco? >> reporter: intimidating to say the least because once we haven't seen what it will look like on the inside in person and the other thing intimidating is those who drive here, they have to drive to san francisco and we know about parking, especially in the mission bay area where they'll have to drive. so getting there, that is

intimidating as well. >> that is intimidating and perhaps a nightmare at times.an let's get to a beautiful picture of the sunset from way up high. oh, check this out. yeah. enjoy it for a second. it was taken by astronaut alexander gurts from aboard the international space station. he tweeted the image writing this is what a sunset on earth looks like from above. >> wow! >> spencer is back. no sunsets but snow in the mountains. >> lots of snow. >> and more rain for us. >> more rain for us. rain is becoming more widely scattered but the snow is gathe at live doppler 7 and it is stillet acrs much of the bay area because we had quite a bit of rainfall today. you could see the pattern is breaking up a bit but some of the scattered showers are predeucing heavy downpours. this has been the pattern. you could see the storm just swinging from west to east generally. sort of more of a north east

direction. and rainfall totals so far, over 4.5 inches at venato and two inches at santa rosa and two and a quarter in salina and other places, concord a third and mountain view a third and under half an inch of santa rosa and from the rooftop camera over the embarcadero, over the bay, 57 in san francisco and 59 in oakland. mountain view and san jose 51. upper 50s at santa cruz and half moon bay and low clouds over the golden gate and wet there right now. a few rain drops on the camera lens. 55 in santa rosa, 56 napa, upper 50s at fairfield, and concord and livermore. and atop mt. tam. gray, dreary and windy and wet. and the forecast features. showers taper and next storm arrives over the weekend and this unsettled pattern, a nice way of putting it, continues into next week. the storm ranks one on the storm impact scale so through tonight

we expect more periods of scattered showers and a slight chance of lightning or thunder and breezy. generally occasional gusts up to 30 miles per hour or higher. the forecast animation into the evening hours. we'll continue to see the pattern right now. mainly widely scattered showers with occasional downpours that will be heavy but brief. but some of the showers may linger for a while. later tonight and overnight we'll see the storm -- the showers, rather, becoming more widely scattered but notice the snow in thea. is heavy snow inome locammute, thepo lingering showers so additional rainfall from now until 9:00 tomorrow morning under a tenth of an inch but two tenths at oakla tenths and on to the sierra where winter storm warning is in effect until 6:00 tomorrow morning. we expect generally now 10 to 14 inches of snow above 6,000 feet. but up to a foot and a half or more on the higher peaks. and it is going be windy.

overnight here in the bay area, look for low temperatures mainly in the low 50s as the scattered showers continue. tomorrow a brighter day than today. with probably no measurable rain at all. some clouds will linger. it is breezy at the coast and highs range from upper 50s at the coast to mainly low 60s around the bay shoreline and then low to mid-60s in our inland areas. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast and here comes the rain again. on saturday and sunday, the storm ranking one on the storm impact scale there. then evening rain develops on monday. and it continues into tuesday morning. that storm ranked only one on the storm impact scale. but what is this? mainly sunny skies on wednesday and thursday. hard to believe,based on what we've had lately. it would dry out and warm up just a little bit. it is good to see the sunshine but not going to warm up to levels that you consider typical for this time of the year. but at least it is dry. >> if you like spring skiing, i great in the sierra. especially once the storm ends

and the sun comes out and still ell the to protect whales in san francisco bay, what is being done to keep them safe. >> once you look closely, how much would you pay for this rabbit? think about it. >> platinum? sterling silver? what is that. >> it is expensive. i'll look into it. you won't believe how much somebody paid for this coming up. and taking a live look at the mcarthur maze on this thursday. >> it is thursday. >> so the traffic on your left-hand side is going eastbound toward berkeley, maybe all the way out to sacramento. it is slow as is theralooks lik up a little bit as people try to get toward the bay bridge

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large cargo ships are common in the bay. some of the companies operating th vessels are being recognized for saving whales. today costco shipping and 21 other companies were honored in san francisco for voluntarily reducing the speed of their ships in the greater lands and other marine sanctuaries. marine biologists said it is difficult for a big cargo ship to avoid striking a whale but reducing the speed by five knots makes it more likely the whale survives if it does get hit. >> if you are going ten knots or less the large ships would reduce the mortality by about half. so going slower, if they still hit the whale the chances of it surviving go up a lot. >> scientists say the whales don't hear ships approaching if the whales are sleeping right near the surface of the ocean. well the fate of the festival marking the 50th anniversary of woodstock remains uncertain. a day after a ruling allowing it to take place. yesterday a judge rules that an ex-investor couldn't single handedly cancel the event as

announced last month. but the judge also ruled the investor didn't have to refund the $18 million it received from organizers. that issue is now headed to arbitration. well architect im pay has died at the age of 102. known for works like the giant glass pyramid at the louvre in paris and the rock and roll hall of fame in cleveland. he also designed the buck institute for research on aging in novato. he was born in china in 1917 and moved to the u.s. to attend architecture school. would you pay $91 million for this sculpture of a rabbit? somebody just did. it is three feet tall, it is not gold or platinum. it is stainless steel. and it was produced by jeff coops. he just set an auctio record. that thing got $91 million. most expensive work by a living artist ever sold at auction bought by robert mnuchin bought

by the father of steve mnuchin and the previous record was set by david hock nythe portrait brought in $90 million last year. >> you said three feet? >> three feet tall and stainless steel. $91 million. >> if you have the cash. >> and he is an art connoisseur. he has a lot of exotic tastes, let's put it that way. >> and expensive. >> yeah. well a slightly softer immigration stance. president trump announced a new immigration proposal today. what he wants to do and who he wants to let in the u.s. plus we're keeping an eye on rebuilding of homes burned in the tubbs fire. more people facing problems ios and the investigati into companies that are not

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. >> announcer: now, news to build a better bay area from abc7 news. >> at 4:30, a hayward man is facing another murder charge after he was linked to the 1974 murder of college student janet taylor. 74-year-old john getreu was already in custody in connection with the murder of less by per love and he was linked to both cases through dna. the first section of a suicide prevention net will be installed on the golden gate bridge. a mother who lost her son to probable suicide said she

believes it will save lives. abc7 news reporter laura anthony will have more on abc7 news at 5:00. expect more rain for your drive home. spencer said scattered showers could cause delays. he'll have another look at your accuweather forecast coming up. more victims of the tubbs promised. filed abne freidman has been on the story from the beginning and he's live at coffey park. >> the more we work on the story, the more people step out and want to tell us their side of it. it is all a variation on the same theme. tonight, what is going on with this vacant lot. >> reporter: from the house of their dreams, to burn scape to a vacant lot and now the fear this may be as far as they get. >> the promise was they would get us back into our home. >> reporter: tom lan file a complaint with the state

contractor's licensing board against sherra monty construction, a central valley company that clients say has taken their money and not delivered. for the lannings that is $76,000 paid in january with nothing to show for it. >> i don't think i'll see the money. >> we're not going to get it back. >> it makes me wonder if i could afford to rebuild at this point. >> reporter: the construction company came to sonoma promising to build better and for less money by using central valley labor and materials. they still insist it is working, pam sherra monty told us. >> we are finishing homes within budget and working on our homes diligently. >> reporter: customers tell a different story. eric canceled the contract and changed his locks after countless delays and problems in a home that remains unfinished. today eric showed us a 14,000 bill from a flooring contractor that should have been paid. >> the guy on the phone was sad, well they told me to call to you collect money. and he goes, i don't think it is right but w ihere oblems are becoming common.

more than one set has told abc7 news that sherra monty owes the money, almost half a million dollars in one case. and they still owns the construction permits of contracted properties even after clients have fired them. >> we paid for it. but he has to release it. >> has he released it? >> no. >> jer a monty construction asks for patience. >> the more we get harassed and the more we get asked and the more we get bugged and questioned and, you know, followed around by people, the harder it is for us to just do our job. >> i don't believe that they came up here with the intent to rip people off. but i think that they may have bit off more than they could chew. >> reporter: worth noting the construction did have a crew of people working on houses today. they didn't want to talk on camera but they said it is here and -- we're here and it is

raining and there is nobody else here. and as for customers the company said if they cannot meet obligations, just tell them to their homes and move on. the construction company told day th cpany is freedman, abc7 news. >> and wayne, what are the city and perhaps county doing for those people who want the permits? >> reporter: well we're told they walk into the county offices and they're merely mentioned jerra monty construction they get the permits handed over. the city is working on a plan and we're waiting to hear from them on that. >> wayne freedman, live from coffey park in santa rosa, thank you. three people are charged in what is just a gruesome story out of chicago. a pregnant woman went to a home she found on facebook and promising free baby clothes. she kaz -- she was killelve out of her womb.

maggie rulli has the latest. >> reporter: the family of marlin medical examiner's offic >> because to lose a child, it is one of the biggest pains you can ever go through. >> reporter: the remains of their daughter's body found at this home in chicago. they had been canvassing that neighborhood in the week after their daughter's vehicle mysteriously turnedp there. her family believes she was lured to the home by a facebook post promising free baby items. when she arrived police say she was strangled and her baby was cut from her womb. >> that is the picture. >> reporter: oshoa lopez's husband and father of the child shows the photo of the son on the press conferece. on the same day she disappeared, paramedics responded to the home after a woman there said she had given birth. >> the caller gave birth ten minutes ago, 46 years of age and the baby isn't breathing. baby is pale and blew and they

are doing cpr. >> the baby remains there in critical condition. >> through dna testing, we are now certain that the child was miss ochoa's and two of those responsible have been charged with murder and one has been charged with concealment of a crime. >> reporter: mullen leaves behind a husband and a 3-year-old child. her family has set up a facebook page in her memory and for donations. maggie rulli, new york. >> just awful. police in los angeles say a woman seen on surveillance video trying to kidnap a child has been arrested. the video shows the woman picking up a 4-year-old boy inside of a mcdonald's on tuesday. police say the woman was stopped by a witness before she tried to get in a car. she then ran from the scene. police say she was arrested last night and is being held on $100,000 bail. president trump introduced a new immigration proposal today that he calls pro-american, pro-immigrant and pro-worker. mr. trump unveiled the plan

during a rose garden ceremony at the white house. this proposal changes the point system to favor high-level skilled workers and people with college degrees and mandates what the president calls patriotic assimilation. >> to promote integration, assimilation and national unity, future immigrants will be required to learn english, and to pass a civics exam prior to admission. >> now this plan would give fewer green cards to people with relatives already in the u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi is condemning the focus on a merit system. this plan also does not address what to do about the millions of immigrants who are already living in the country illegally or daca. missouri could be the next state to pass a highly restrictive abortion bill. early this morning the state senate passed legislation that bans abortions after eight weeks. there are to exceptions for rape or incest. missouri governor has signaled

he will sign the bill if it gets to his desk. alabama just outlawed all abortions and this month a law was passed in georgia making abortion illegal after six weeks. new york city mayor bill deblasio is officially running for president. the 58-year-old wasted no time in attacking president trump today on "good morning america." >> right now the federal government is not on the side of working people. and that is because donald trump is playing a big con on america. i call him con don. every new yorker knows he's a con-artist. we know his tricks. we know his playbook. i know how to take him on. i've been watching him for decades. >> deblasio appeared on gma with his wife. president wasted little time him a joke and adding, quote, if you like high taxes and crime, he's your man. deblasio is now the 24th democrat in the race and the third mayor running for president. the other candidates include a former vice president, eight current and former senators, six current and former members of

the house, three current and former governors, a former cabinet secretary, a businessman, and a self-help author. former president jimmy carter is out of the hospital following hip replacement surgery. the 94-year-old had the operation on monday aftere y to. doctors call the surgery successful and carter said he plans to teach sunday schools at his church this weekend. he's the oldest living former president. >> as part of our efforts to help build a better bay area. we're focusing on safety this week. >> and certain apps that could help play a role in keep ug and your family safe. i'm spencer christian. we still have stormy weather in the bay area. this is how it looks atop mt. tam right now. i'll

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safety technology. >> abc7 news, building a better bay area. >> as part of abc 7 effort to build a better bay area we're focusing on your safety all of this week. phone apps are a major part of the every day life and they ssica ctropp for you and y. your family could be pretty hard. i tried out some of the most popular to show you exactly how they work. so let's start with moonlight.

it is free to start but the more you pay the more apps it connects to. it is $10 a month. and the main gist here is you have a big button in the middle of your app on your screen and you pull it down whenever you are feeling in trouble and if you don't cancel the alert, a dispatcher will contact you and then send help. there is i time line feature to keep track of wherever you go. the upgrade aow you to link sik. so the dispatchers will have all of your ride share information. i think this one is ideal for walking around alone at night and whenever you are in a ride-share. featustreangispp allows to noty youron wherever you're feeling unsafe and then use the app to live stream video, whatever is happening. other people can see that live stream and it auto saves to your phone as evidence. i spoke to the creator who said

that he came up with the app after his own daughter was attacked by some friends. it is ideal for the tech-saving person willing to pay the monthly fee. it is great for parties or meet ups whenever you start to feel uncomfortable. life 360 was created in the bay area. it is free but once again the upgrades will get you a lot more bells and whistles. so with this free version, track your friends and family a lot like find my friends on the iphone. but this app will send you notifications whenever your family member leaves or arrives at certain locations. like school. and this seems ideal for parents tracking their kids. the automatic alert means that you they get there. and for those of you with teenagers at home, the paid version allows you to see their driving history and how fast they're going on average. and then there are kite string. i like this but it is not an app but you do need a phone. it is a service you register for

online and it gives you three uses for free a month or pay $3 for unlimited messages and contacts. you could tell the website or the text number to check in on you at a certain time and whenever that time comes, kite string will text you and if you don't answer within five minutes it will tell all of your friends and family and send a text like this one saying hey, this is jessica, i'm going out for a walk and if you get this i may not have made it back safely and then it prompts them to call you and try to get ahold of you. i think this is a less panicky version of the other apps. it is also great for things like going on a run or a hike or even a road trip. but remember, nothing is a substitute for calling 911 in an emergency. a lot more on these apps on the website at abc7news.com. i'm jessica castro for abc7 news. >> it is amazing how many apps there are out there. >> oh, my gosh. >> a ton. >> i had no idea until i saw that. >> a lot of good info. >> for sure.

there is a nice little bite going behind us. did the rain stop in san francisco. >> for now. but the scattered showers on live doppler 7 so we could get a shower moving through at any time. and meanwhile, more than showers in the sierra. it is snowing there. and in fact the snow will start becoming heavier during the late-night hours and a winter storm warning is in effect for the central sierra until 6:00 tomorrow morning. back to the bay area, overnight as we watch this shower taper off a bit, still cloudy skies and wet spots for the morning commute and overnight lows will be mainly in the low 50s and tomorrow's highs under brighter skies will arrange from upper 50s at the coast to mainly low 60s around the bay shoreline and mid oifs for the most part in the inland areas. the accuweather seven-day forecast, after a bit of a break, more rain moves in. another storm comes in on saturday. we'll have stormy weather on sunday as well. it will be shower and breezy both days. and storm activity on the weekend ranks only one on the storm impact scale. bright weather early monday but

more rain comes in and that continues into tuesday morning. and finally two dry days next website a -- next wednesday or thursday. and that is how it is looking now. things could change with patterns like this. a change in store for macy's. it is all about targtsing bargain hunters. i'm seven on your side michael finney, three bay area counties join in

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macy's is going after bargain shoppers. who doesn't love a bargain. and not just with the clearance section. this is macy's back stage. think of it as a store within a store at macy's union square. back stage offers off-price big brands, some discounted up to 80%. >> it is fast fashion. you have to get it when you see it. it is priced at the lowest pre. so uike department store where an item will be replenished you have to get this one now when you find it because it won't be here tomorrow. >> macy's back stage has its grand opening on saturday. it is located on the eighth floor of the san francisco union square store. >> sounds like nordstrom rack. >> within the same store. that is cool. i like it. more consumer news, governor

newsom touting his plan to lower the cost of prescription drugs. >> some could be so expensive. 7 on your side michael finney joins us. >> i love the idea behind this. we've been talking about how expensive drugs are forever. the governor gavin newsom wants to -- to slash prescription prices and we were at laguna honda hospital in san francisco today where it was announced that san francisco and santa clara and alameda countries have joined the single purchaser system for prescription drugs. and now it allows the state to directly negotiate with manufacturers and he said the state has been spending more than $13 billion a year on drugs. >> we project in our budget, we just submitted a few weeks back or a week or so ago, that we will save conservatively $393 million because of this purchasing effort. >> wow! according to the kaiser family foundation, american families

have seen their prescription drug costs nearly double since the year 2000. prices will be going up at walmart. america's largest retailer is raising prices on some products because of the new tariffs on chinese goods. walmart is not telling us specifically which items will cost more as the warm earnings topped wall street expectations. the company recorded a first quarter net income of $3.8 billion. a federal judge has ruled the food and drug administration must speed up the review of the health impact of electronic cigarettes. the judge said the fda is shirking its legal duty but delaying the review of vaping products by several years. ruling represents a huge victory for public health groups like the american academy of pediatrics who are suing the agency over this delay. this really had health care

ticked off. a big win. >> thank you. the "game of thrones" series finale is sunday and some say it could cause millions of people to call in sick on monday. -- the work force intertute expect 10 million to miss or be late. 17 million people called in sick after the super bowl. don't start. >> don't feel too good on monday. >> a little early. >> yeah, well, just getting warmed up. speaking of warm. warm weather, san francisco tradition is back. tense yoga and a little bit of food. what makes the presidio picnic a unique bay area event. and kristin is here with what is coming up at 5:00. >> watch "game of thrones" at 6:00 our time. just saying. coming up on abc7 news at 5:00, a uc berkeley student is under arrest suspected of multiple sexual assaults. what we learned as he appeared in court for the first time today. >> for

the golden gate bridge is closer to pollution. today we get a first look at potential life-saver. and almost 600 east bay teachers will go on strike on monday. we get a preview of that and

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abc7 news at 11:00. if you are wdering what to do this sunday or any sunday through october, we have a suggestion. >> it is part picnic, part party and total food-fest. >> i'm eating a large lobster. and it is on top of these really great noodles. that is drenched in butter. >> it is like fine dining on a picnic blanket. ♪ >> this picnic is the great place to come and relax and enjoy nature. >> it is just a friendly, happy place to be. >> even on an extremely windy and foggy day, everybody brings their family and friends out. >> just 32 vendors in the market right now. plus 17 trucks lined up. you have to have that wow factor. >> i got a rose bowl from manja and it is pork and black rice

and avocado puri. >> i've been trying to catch them since last season. >> you could find a variety of the food is the biggest reason that people come. >> we're making mangos on a stick up into a flour and on the stick with mayo and cheese and pepper. we like doing this event because this is where we started and we want to continue with our sunday routine. >> the food truck is great for us because it gives us a lifestyle. we're around healthy food all day and we meet a lot of people. we specialize in organic bowls and smoothies. >> it is like a poke ball so it is ahi tuna and rice and corn. it is awesome. >> you have a pick of anything you want and go to each and every one and they have something different. how you could beat that? in san francisco trying to go to different restaurants, here you can do it all and you only have to walk a hundred yards. >> this is the food that they don't sell at restaurants and i think that it shows a good amount of culture and just

individuality with people's foods. >> just come and eat and relax on the grass and love playing games and it is so nice. and then the view. you could seat bridge peeking out when you are walking around the park. >> the presidio is located at the foot of the golden gate bridge. it is the only national park that is inside a city limit. >> i love the food trucks and the music out here. the dogs, everywhere you look it is a great view. >> my sister and her friends are from washington and hi to show them san francisco experience just laying on the grass and eating. >> that is the san francisco life. >> that is awesome. >> you could check out new brandon facebook and instagram. >> thanks for joining us at 4:00. i'm larry beil. >> and i'm ama daetz. abc7 news at 5:00 starts now. it looks simple but it is a life-saver. i'm laura anthony in richmond, a

first look at the suicide prevention net for the golden gate bridge. a berkeley student is accused of several sexual assaults. what happened when he and his parents showed up to court for the first time today. taking a live look at live doppler 7. the rain is moving out now. but a series of may storms is not over. we'll have the timing of when the next round of rain moves in. >> changes are coming to the s.a.t. we break down the new adversity score students will be getting. >> announcer: now from abc7 news, live breaking news. >> news in southern california just look at this. a plane sides hole in a building and a pilot walked away after crashing a f-16 fighter jet into a warehouse at march air force base in southern california. >> this is at end of a runway and he was able to parachute out safely. this happened around 3:15 and no one said whether someone was inside of that warehouse. >> the pilot is part of a national guard unit at that

base. that pilot was the only person on theere is no ion yet whsedhe ashley. >> and i'm kristen zse. the u.c. berkeley student appeared in court an hour ago to formally learn of the charges he's facing for sexual assault. >> police announced his arrest today and say there could be more victims. abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez was in court and has the story. >> reporter: well here is what berkeley police are telling us. during this investigation they have learned that there may be more victims. but today they are saying no one else has come forward.