. we are have breaking news at 5:00. a birthday celebration that ended in and now the investigation in the east bay overnight. it is a great deal that will take place on june 15. we have been tracking to that day for some time. new details about california's mask mandate. why is state is a weight until june to ease the rules. and they have been offline since the start of the pandemic, but this morning we are learning when the iconic cable cars could be on the move again. good morning, it is tuesday, may 18th . you are th watching us on wherever abc7 news streams. let's start with mike and a

look at our forecast. >> good morning, everybody. take a look at live doppler 7. a few clouds in the east bay and along the coast. that is it. drier air is filtering in on the fast northwest winds that will bring us extra sunshine and slightly warmer temperatures. 21 in fairfield, let's see what happens during the afternoon hours. we are in the 50s along the coast, but at least we will break the 60-degree barrier in san francisco. mid to upper 60s around the bay and 70s inland and 80s around antioch and fairfield. it will be short-lived. cooler weather is on the way before a weekend warming trend. we will talk about that coming up. back to you. gunfire breaking out at party bus in oakland in our breaking news. let's get right to jobina with more at the live desk. >> multiple ona

party bus just after midnight. just an awful situation. the east bay times is reporting one of the people shot is dead. the victim is reportedly a young woman from stockton. video shows the bus parked outside the oakmont police station with shattered windows. there are reports the bus was transporting a group for a 21st birthday party when the shooting happened. >> we have three female victims in their 20s with wounds to various parts of their bodies. >> a person shot on a party bus. people screaming. >> as for where this all happened, that is still unclear. we are seeing multiple reported crime scenes set up. oakland police have one at 68th and foothill boulevard. at one time the chp closed a stretch of eastbound 580 and mcarthur boulevard. the lanes are back open. we reached out to oakland pd for more information. so far we have not received a response. >> thank you, jobina.

if you are vaccinated you will be able to ditch your face mask in a month. california will align with the cdc recommendations. now why our state wants to wait a little longer than most, though, with francois hollande. >> reporter: from what we are hearing local health officials let out a sigh of relief at this announcement. they were happy to hear this news. the state of california ke four more weeks to get ready before lifting the mask mandate. they will officials in morin and san francisco said it will be good to have more time to focus on getting people vaccinated. the cdc has said the country can lift the mask mandate now, but officials say california needs more time. >> this four week period will give californians time to prepare for the change while we

continue to relentless focus on delivering vaccines, particularly to underserved communities and those hard hard throughout. >> now, counties cannot ignore state guidelines to is mask mandate will remain in california until june 15 which is when the governor has said the mask mandate will remain in place. officials will change their strategy to do more outreach to goat more people vaccinated by june 15. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you, amy. california is one of 23 states that has some type of statewide mask rules. 18 states that have mask orders covering the general public lifted them and 11 states didn't impose mask mandates at any point during the pandemic. vaccine clinics will open at contra s to in an effort to increase

vaccinations to students now that the eligibility has expanded. there will be sites open at pinole valley high, pittsburg high, ignacio valley high, concord and ed win middle and frankfort. the you do not have to be ooh student at these sites to participate in the clinic.

right now on our website we have an entire section to reopening california. head to abc7news.com for the latest updates. now to the crisis in the middle east. the intense violence raging into its eighth day between israel and hamas. jobina fortson is at the live desk with the latest on the attacks and president biden's response. >> the president says he supports a cease-fire between israel and hamas but stopped short of demanding one with the death toll reaching more than 200 people including 61 children, palestinians are calling for a general strike across the region today. abc7 news reporter matt gutman has been on the ground. he and his crew were forced to take cover yesterday with

israeli fire overhead. >> intense warfare right above us. i right now. natomas matt and the crew are safe. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was urged to protect innocent civilians but also reiterated israel's right to defend itself from indiscriminate rocket attacks. extreme weather is being felt from coast to coast. while we see drought conditions here others are seeing major flooding, like dallas where people saw two tornadoes and flash flooding. louisiana rescuers from boats and trucks had to pull people from nearly 80 homes. video shows parents carrying kids on their backs in waist- deep water while picking them

up from school. more than a foot of rain fell, making it the wettest day on record. in southern california a suspect has been arrested for starting the palisades fire. crews have been able to hold it at around 1,300-acres. it is 20% contained and evacuations have been lifted. and unfortunately the winds are going to pickup around that area as we head throughout the next say 24 to 48 hours. that is going to mean heightened fire danger continue in so-cal. here at home mostly clear. mid to upper 40s. 50s in the los altos hills. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s in the north bay. livermore 48. 49 in redwood city and elsewhere in the low to mid- 50s. san jose looking north from 87, we will see temperatures bumping up a little bit today

thanks to the extra sunshine. thday. in fact, they will start about 9:00 comfortable outside. a dry afternoon after a little drizzle in the north bay, the east bay hills and a small craft advisory. tree pollen will remain high. grass low to moderate. even mold, there is a little bit out there and high amounts of uv index. here is a look at the small craft advisory. 12 hours of winds gusting around 30 to 35 miles per hour. if you are near a body of water today, it will be a brisk one. let's talk about the morning commute and circle back to jobina. good morning. >> good morning, mike. thank you. hi, everyone. a live look in emoryville showing off 80. the headlights travelingbound enforcement major blocking issues or crashes to report at 5:09 so far. that is good news if you need to head out the door this morning. bringing in the san mateo

bridge traffic is moving at the limit in both directions. an overall look at the bay area here, you can see it is our usual slow spot coming out of tracy. but also big news today. san francisco's iconic cable cars will be moving again soon. muni is scheduled to give an update during its board meeting to the. the route will be the first to resume service sometime this fall. cars will run from 11:00 to 7:00. the system needs detailed maintenance before cars can go back into service. reggie and kumasi. >> thank you, jobina. the very personal thing you may have to reveal before boarding a flight. and a very unpleasant experience that had people lining up around the block in alameda. and the murder of a college student with tie to the bay area. ari'm morgan, and there's more the nextto me than hiv. more love,... more adventure,... more community. but with my hiv treatment,... there's not more medicines in my pill. i talked to my doctor... and switched to...

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of 20-year-old mollie tibbetts killed while out for a jog in 2018. the family moved to iowa when she was in elementary school. christian rivera is charged with her murder. the prosecutor warned perspective jurors yesterday some of the evidence expected to be present will be hard to stomach. opening arguments are set to start tomorrow. a plan to make san francisco's twin peaks safer is already running into problems with neighborhoods. it could include a warming hut, a cafe, visitor's center and public art space to make it more attractive. officials said this will alleviate crime in the area which has been on the rise during the pandemic but neighbors were saying they were never asked for their input. >> i think they ought to talk to the neighbors first about what we would like to see, then with the guidance go to the outside contractors and work with them, taking account of

what we are asking for. we are we are talking about food trucks. many of them could be showing up at wildfires this year. the bay area co the food responder's program for the fire season. the idea is to create a roster of food businesses covering 40 counties that can bring meals

to firefighters on the front lines. organizers say it is a team effort and asking businesses big and small to sign up. >> it take as village to support in a disaster. let's all work together to try to get ahead of it if we can. >> the cost can be covered by local governments, the state or federal government. well, a fremont man loved boba tea so much he created the first boba car game in the u.s. eric chen is the man behind -- okay, let bota. thy behind it, it was kind of five at th wheel crashed their into a tree. after the emergency surgery chen crafted the idea for the game while he was sitting in a hospital bed. he wanted america to be able to taste their culture and the

drink that exploded into america's mainstream. >> it gives you a chance to sit down with friends, share a boba drink and share laughter and memories. >> it will start shipping out next month. in the south bay a symbol of spring with powerful tries to japanese history, a focus to aapi heritage month. the cherry blossom, a symbol of a time of renewal and chalk art outside the san jose buddhist church includes the message let us give rise to blooming a flower of peace and harmony. now, listen to this. something stinky is drawing visitors to a corner of alameda. the line, as you can see, stretched half a bltimes to see this. this is a corpse flower. people want to see it and smell it, because it gets its name from its rotting scent.

the plant stands a few feet fall and it blooming is apparently a very rare event. this one belongs to a local gardner that wanted to share it with the community. >> it is a tree living looking plant. it produces over and over every year until the bulb has enough energy to live. >> the loom lasts about a day then it dies. the bulb then rests for several months before the whole process starts over again and it may take years for it to form another flower. okay, i get it now! >> i don't know why people are fascinateed by the stinky. >> because it is a beautiful work of nature. >> okay. >> isn't it a beautiful plant? >> it reminds me of little shop of horrors, actually. >> no, no, >> okay. >> i would go, but now it is

dead. i think i missed it, maybe. >> yes. you have one day. that is what makes it so rare and interesting. it is one day and it smells like a rotting corpse. at least it won't eat feme >>here is a look at what is going on from the east bay hills. you can see there are clouds this morning. there are still some out there, it is not the thick deck we had yesterday. we had a little drizzle earlier in the east bay hill. but here is the focus moving forward. it will be broughter sunshine. our fastest winds are today through thursday. a wind advisory was issued for most of us from 5:00 tomorrow afternoon through 5:00 a.m. thursday morning, 12 hours of pretty damaging winds. i am putting that graphic together. i will have it for you shortly. know that is the best chance

for wind damage. and average to above average warmth this weekend. in the south bay 69 to about 76 degrees. most of us in the low to mid- 670s. mid to upper 50s along the coast. low 60s in downtown san francisco, 63 in sausalito, mid to upper 70s through the north bay valleys. east bay shore 65 to 69 degrees. sunshine and mid-70s to low 80s in the inland and and and and a neighborhoods. mid-60s at 10:00, mid-70s at noon and a comfortable 63 the degrees this evening. around the state, severing much more cloudy. no more thunderstorms around the sierra. windy along the coast and so- cal for the fire conditions down there. temperatures here at home will be cooler thanks to cloud cover. mid to upper 40s. my accuweather seven-day forecast, you can see our temperatures drop back into the 50s, 60s and 70s and stay there

through friday and finally 60s, 70s and 0s and sunday and monday. santa clara university celebrating the women's soccer team because they just became ncaa champions. an impromptu party last night brought students to frat houses. police had to shut down part of the street, but, it was a party! >> i don't know what was funny to me about that. >> because it was a party, but they shut down the street. >> but also yay. >> but they won. >> yes, they did. congratulations. >> exciting. coming up, the "7 things to know" this morning. >> handling unruly passengers on planes. there has been a dramatic increase of people behaving eratically. the one fine one passenger could be facing. and a

it is 5:22. here are your "7 things to know" this morning. number one, one person is reportedly dead and two other

people are hurt in a party shooting overnight. details about what led up to the shooting has not been released. number two, california says it needs more time to align to the cdc mask recommendations. it will not lift the mask mandate until june 15. number three, vaccine clinics will begin opening at the contra costa county schools today in an effort to increase vaccinations among students. antioch middle school and high school will offer free clinics this saturday from 8:00 to 3:00 p.m. and number founumber founumf he supports a cease fire between israel and palestinians after hundreds have been killed. number five, there will be a 12 hour window that goes through 5:00 thursday morning of winds and potential damage. get prepared now. number six, i know it looks full on 80 right now,

especially for people traveling westbound. this is a live camera showing you emoryville, but good new, if you are making your way toward the toll plaza, it annuml rock announced its lineup: stevie nicks, miley cyrus, guns 'n roses, and more. free passes go on sale thursday. a 42-year-old man accused of being unruly on a flight in san francisco has been arrested on drug charges. passengers reported the man senatorred a white substance, touched a female passenger and refused to wear a mask on the flight sunday. the plane took off from jfk in new york where the man is from. it had to be vie verted to minneapolis where he was removed from the plane. minneapolis airport police say the man has not been charged. airlines are seeing an alarming increase in passengers behaving badly and the faa is

imposing big fines in the hope of getting things under control. >> reporter: in this morning's "gma first look", cracking down on unruly passengers. this week the faa proposing its biggest fine this year, more than $52,000 for a passenger that tried to open a cockpit door on a delta flight from honolulu to seattle before striking a flight attendant in the face. >> in my experience at a commercial airline captain for 27 years, unruly passenger incidents themselves are nothing new, but we have seen an alarming increase in the rate over the last few months. it is something we need to get under control that. is why we adopted the zero tolerance policy. >> reporter: much more on proposed fines at 7:00 a.m. laws with more and more americans flying, expert tips to getting the flight you want without breaking the bank.

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month before we can ditch the masks here. reaction to california's decision to keep covering up a bit longer. and how to take care of your mental health as we into reopenings and new routines. yes, the golden gate bridge has been making this noise, we will call it singing, for nearly a year now, but a solution could be coming soon. good morning. it is tuesday, may 18. abc7 mornings is live right now on abc7 news, hulu live and wherever you stream. let's start with a check of the forecast and meteorologist mike nicco, hi, mike. >> good morning, kumasi. you can see on live doppler hd radar there is cloud cover along the peninsula coast and some of that is trying to spill into the day, but it is not a solid deck like yesterday.

you can see some openings there from the ferry camera to the bay bridge. that is a good sign of sunshine in our future. temperatures almost average from mid to upper 60s in the bay, 70s in the south bay and north bay. along the coast it will be windy. temperatures there in the mid to upper 50s. but it will also be breezy around any body of water today. be ready for that. we have a roller coaster of temperatures coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. a wind advisory and potential damage also in our future. i will have that next. see you in a bit. >> mike, thank you. brecking news in oakland. at least one person is dead after multiple people were shot on this party bus. you are seeing video of the bus parked now at the police station. the group was apparently celebrating a 21st birthday. it is riddled with bullet holes and shattered glass. it is unclear where the shooting happened. oakland police are reporting a

crime scene at 68th and foothill boulevard and 580 and mcarthur boulevard were closed at one time overnight. we will bring you updates as soon as we get them. president biden says by today 60% of adults will have received at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine amid a nationwide confusion over what to do about masks. the cdc is saying you don't need one while outside or inside in most cases if you are fully vaccinated. jobina is joining us from the live desk with dr. anthony fauci's message for people hesitant. jobina? >> many americans are asking the question do i leave my home without the mask, leave it home all together? capacity limits a lift indoor and outdoor mask rules. many say they are hesitant, especially with two-thirds of americans unvaccinated, but dr. anthony fauci says you should

not worry. >> people who are vaccinated should feel safe, but even if you have a breakthrough infection, the chances of your transmitting it to someone else is extremely low, very, very low. >> in the meantime target and home depot have joined chains like starbucks, grady joe's and costco in dropping mask rules but it only applies in states without mask mandates. >> it will be a few more weeks before we can get rid of masks here in california. that timeline is not sitting well with everyone. amy hollyfield is live in walnut creek this morning. hi, amy. >> reporter: good morning, reggie. california officials say they are doing this to give all of us more time. they want people who have been waiting to get vaccinated to get out there and get it done, take care of it in the next few weeks, get that shot. they want to give businesses time to prepare for the change

and give us all time to mentally prepare for the shift but here is reaction we have heard on the streets. >> i am going to 'err on the side of caution and wear mine for a long time, until i feel comfortable not wearing it. >> i think ideally, if they were more in line with the national mandate, it might be a little easier to -- because, i tell you, it is confusing when you go into a restaurant. do you wear your masks for three steps and take it off? it causes a lot of confusion and i am hoping it is not hurting our local businesses. >> well, june 15 is e y we can keep in our mind. the governor has set that date as the date the state will reopen. that will also be the day the mask mandate will be dropped. that is when all the confusion can melt away. vaccinated people are clear to take their masks off outside right now, but indoors, in public places, we will still wear our masks until june 15.

we are hearing relief from local health officials from morin to san francisco. they are saying they are glad the state decided to wait. they just don't feel quite ready yet. live in the east bay, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you, amy. bay area business owners say deciphering between the state and federal mask guidelines can be confusing for customers and employees. the biggest difference says the cdc says vaccinated individuals don't have to wear a mask in most indoor situations but the state says they do until june 15. restaurants say the contradiction can cause conflicts, especially as they get busier with more people leaving home. experts say the cautious approach is warranted. >> there are a lot of et veit a little more time. we are opening on june 15. let's make it that day. >> california officials will spend the next few weeks deciding how to implement the new guidelines and whether or not people will need to show

proof of vaccination come june. the governor's june 15 full reopening target may give businesses a little more time to prepare, but bay area wedding and event planners are stuck in limbo. since they are not considered live ticket or sporting events there is a ground-to-air on their social guidelines. >> when you are looking at mingling, eating and drinking, it is much different. we need our guidelines to be thorough. i have been telling my clients let's wait until 2022 because things will be much clearer at that point. >> is state department of public health said quote as we get closer to the guided reopening date we will continue to update details related to different sectors. don't people need to plan their weddings? >> they do! well, a hundred fully vaccinated employees volunteered to return to their

jobs at salesforce tower yesterday. employees also have the option of continuing to work from home. >> i am fully vaccinated. i want to get back to normal. i want to interact face-to- face. i love my family, but i love the city, as well. i want to be out and about. >> sales force has on site covid testing and employees have to be tested twice a week. there are health officers making sure that safety measures are being followed. in a move that is opposite of current trends, upwork is moving its headquarters to san francisco. it will be move frank santa clara to 47 brandon street in soma. san francisco business times reports the new sf officers will be smaller in an effort to insuring employees to work from home. the new offices will be more accessible with a caltrain stop nearby. well, we are focusing our attention on all types of

medical care in the bay area experts say mental health services are more important than ever. >> i think acknowledging, this is something, it is okay to feel this way. you can feel a little unsettled. >> it is important to realize we are all in the same boat. there are a number of local groups offering affordable mental health care both online and in-person. we have links up now on the front page of abc7news.com. this thursday we will be taking a closer look at mental health issues including easing stress and anxiety as people head back to work theft is an abc listens bay area conversation: your mental health, thursday at 4:00 p.m.

a bitter neighborhood battle over marijuana it felt proposed changes that could become a little more clear today. the san francisco sculpture on the path to becoming a landmark. the history behind this city secret, but first a check on your weather with meteorologist mike nicco. >> thank you, reggie. hi, everybody. as promised we will look at the wind advisory. gusty, potentially damaging winds starting at 5:00 tomorrow evening, a 12 hour window that goes through 5:00 thursday morning. it is the entire north bay, san francisco, all of the peninsula. and then it is east bay hills and also thedy abwho range and the santa cruz mountains. if you plan on traveling through any of those areas or live there, take the precautions now to make sure everything is locked down, won't blow away damage. 43 right now in santa rosa and

napa to 58234 antioch. micro climates out there because the cloud cover is not nearly as extensive as it was yesterday, now blanketing many of us. expect faster sunshine today, temperatures warming quicker in the mid to upper 60s away from the coast at noon. 67 to 71 at 4:00. low 60s at 7:00 and we will stay in the 50s pretty much the entire time at the coast. as far as the commute planner, the winds will pick up after 9:00. expect it to get dicey on our bridges and a little choppy on the water after that. with the winds coming off the ocean, moderate, one area inland and east bay, everybody will be good today through thursday and it has been such a string of clean air. it has been really nice to be outside. today is no exception. let's get to the commute and jobina. mike, i am seeing a little but of that. the chp issued a high wind advisory for the altamonte pass. we have a new crash involving a big rig and one other car on

westbound 580 in livermore, speeds down to 19 miles per hour. this will impact our super commuters, bringing in a live look at walnut creek and 680 as traffic begins to build in here for people traveling southbound, but not too bad there. things are moving at the limit

in the north bay today we could see a fil decision on a bitter neighborhood battle over marijuana. residents of liberty valley near petaluma held a rally outside the sonoma county offices yesterday, upset over proposed changes to cannabis growing rules that would allow a 50-acre grow right in the middle of a neighborhood. >> in this county there are places to grow cannabis. we need to define where those are and point people in that direction. >> if it wasn't great, if it was anything else, i would not want it here in my neighborhood. it is all about the impact it will have. >> the board of directors starts this morning at 8:30. you may not be familiar

with san francisco's most iconic structure but a huge sundial is in one of the city's mugiest neighborhoods could become a landmark. this is the urbano, orthe urbano eagle side sundial in the engelside neighborhood. it was made in 1913 and it was supposed to attract house- hunters to what was then san francisco's newest neighborhood. supervisors are now considers designating the sundial as a landmark. it is said to be significant to the development of engelside terraces. the golden gate bridge is still singing. listen -- [ making humming noise ] >> this has been going on since last year. experts say the noise comes from wind passing through new railings and wind fehrings on the western part of the bridge. engineers in canada are trying

to figure out how to silence the bridge, although there are few details on when or how that fix might happen. they will have more to say this summer. passengers on a spirit airlines flight to florida say they experienced a very magical moment when their flight attendant started singing a song from disney -- ♪so what can i say except you are welcome. the islands are pulled from the sea. ♪ >> it was a laugh for me! april jones howard shared the video. it shows one of the flight attendants serenading a passenger with "you are welcome." listen, after landing in orlando everybody was so excited some people even started singing along. >> the part he was doing right there is really hard because it is very fast rap. >> he was getting it. >> he really with us.

>> he was ready for that. yeah! that is not the first time. that has happened at one or three karaokes! [ laughing ] >> he knew exactly how far to hold the intercom handset, i guess, away from him. >> he did. >> fantastic. always look forward to that. that is always fun. bay bridge, look at that. the flag is barely unfurled there. winds around 3 to 5 miles per hour. look at the lack of cloud cover this morning. brighter today. you will need the sunglasses everywhere. below average temperatures, though, through at least friday, except for today, tuesday and our wednesday, thursday and friday. gusty breezes through thursday. damaging winds wednesday night through thursday morning like we talked about. then average to above average warmth with a roller coaster in temperatures. the low and high are bringing us the faster on-shore breezes today. the drier air mass that is bringing us the sunshine and

slightly warmer weather. 69 to 76 in the south bay today. most of us in the low to mid- 70s. mid-60s to near 70 on the peninsula. mid to upper 60s along the coast. low 60s in downtown and south san francisco. sausalito is 63. north bay coast with sunshine. still kind of windy, though. mid to upper 50s there, while you will have mid to upper 70s along your valleys or in your valleys. mid to upper 60s along the east bay shore. look at these temperatures, stuck in the 50s through 10:00. then we will hang out in mid- 60s from at least noon to 4:00. falling back to 55 by 8:00. in the east bay we will have mid-70s to low 80s. tonight will be chillier than this morning with low to you were 40s. in the accuweather seven-day forecast there are 50s, 60s and 70s thursday and friday and then 60s, 70s and 80s through the weekend. back to you. authorities in washington state are blaming a ted auto-

pilot for damaging a deputy's vehicle. the deputy was parked on the shoulder with hazard lights on responding to a call and less than a minute later the tesla hit the deputy's car. thankfully no one was hurt but the agency shared these photos saying auto-pilot cannot be relied upon to get you safely from one destination to the next. california transportation officials are looking into whattez means exactly when it calls its vehicles full self- driving. they are looking specifically at the company's ads and trying to find out iftez violated the state regulation by telling customers the vehicles are fully autonomous even if tesla's don't meet that definition. take a look at these airpods. there are 36,000 pairs of these in cincinnati last week. they don't say apple anywhere

on the packaging but violate trademark and copy right codes. and burger king says these fan favorite chicken nuggets are back. i will tell you now they are supposed to be in the shape of a crown, but when i see this i just see the foot of a chicken. am i wrong? does that make sense to you? am i the only one? >> i didn't see crown, but go on. >> i didn't see crown, either. the uniquely shaped nuggets are from the menu back in 2011. someone put a petition together to bring them back, someone got 2,000 signatures and here they are. you can't find them here because they are only located at miami locations. it is possible that the chicken's feet -- i mean crowns -- could come back nationwide! [ laughing ] >> we will wait. >> that is what you are going to petition for? >> you haven't had one, you don't know. >> i assume it still tastes the same, just in the form of a

-- crown. >> it is the experience. you might feel like a queen. >> i already do! [ laughing ] new at 6:00, when you think of fuji film, you may think of cameras, but that is not all. how the company is helping with the covid crisis. and tax returns released. we are getting a very clear picture of what the president, vice president and governor

president biden and first lady joe biden filed joint returns and reported an income of more than $607,000 and paid a little more than $57,000 in income tax, about 15%.

vice president harris released her tax returns. she and the second gentlemen paid and earned $1.6 million and paid $622,000 in tax, which is about 37%. >> and governor gavin newsom has released his tax returns. he and his wife made $1.7 million in 2019, half a million dollars more than they made the year before. it primarily comes from newsom's wineries and restaurants. newsom's recall competitors will likely release their return, as well. a 2019 law requires gubernatorial candidates to disclose the last five years of returns. new details on the billion dollar divorce of bill and ma linda gates. the couple said they would leave a small pre-tax of their empire to their kids but that d change. they have a ren of $130 billion. melinda gates enlisted trusts with estate attorneys which is said to be highly unusual and

could hint to a bigger payout to the gates' children's inheritance. they plan to leave each one $10 million. morning "good morning america" will have a full report coming un. up. thank you next to taken, ariana grande is married. it is confirmed she tied the not with real estate agent dalton gomez. it was reportedly a small ceremony at her home in santa barbara county. this he announced their engagement in december with a photo on social media and the caption read forever and then some. >> is there truth to the story they had donuts at the reception? dining outside. temperatures will be cool along the coast, in the 50s throughout the evening. we are in the mid-60s around the bay through 6:00. then chilly, 60 at 7:00, 57 at 8:00 and a little more comfort in our inland neighborhoods.

we will be in the mid-70s through at least 6:00 and mid- 60s by 8:00. it will be breezy during the evening hours so the temperatures will feel cooler. breezy over the coliseum, also, as the astros are in town. i wonder how many trash cans will show up at this game. 61 degrees at 6:40. that is your temperature at first pitch dropping down to 54. dress accordingly. we have a wind advisory and a potential for damage we will talk about at the top of the hour. new at 6:00, keeping an eye on wildfire season. california explains where we could see the most devastating it is a sign we are getting closer to reach agnew normal. one of the largest conventions in the south bay set to return this summer. and a live look outside. this is beautiful. >> this is right outside our studio. >> it is not. >> it really is, right? >> yes, that is what danny says and danny tells the truth.

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gi californians time the change mike hellgren's mask mandate remains unchanged, at least for the next month. what went into the decision to stray from cdc guidelines. this could teach responsible spending or raise the generation of shopaholics. a toy store that leading kids in charge of online shopping. >> oh, boy. >> good morning, welcome to tuesday, may 18th. you are watching abc7 morning, live on abc7, hulu live, and wherever you stream tech we start with a check on the weather and meteorologist mike nicco. hi, mike. hi, reggie, jobina, kumasi, hi, everybody. let's see what's going on. potential for damaging wind, but it's not until tomorrow evening. so we have a good amount of time to prepare. and that the area shaded in yellow, which is just about everywhere, but the east bay valleys, excuse me, and the santa clara valley pick what we expect our north, northwest winds, 25 miles per hour, gusting up to 50. that is why