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san francisco general hospital has zero covid hospitalizations, and doctors are calling it a milestone. you'll hear from those doctors in my story. volunteer community foot patrols focused on keeping seniors safe from hate. >> wild weather in parts of the bay area with rain, hail, and lightning. >> brisk and below average today, find out when the winds will ease and temperatures will rise. abc 7 news at 11:00 starts now. >> now from abc 7, live breaking news. >> and that breaking news is in santa barbara. a fast moving brush fire threatening a tv news station and nearby homes. firefighters ordered evacuations. this video shows how close the fire got to the station. the fire burned about 20-acres and is 0% contained tsm fire is being whipped up by extreme wind. narrow roadways on the hill are

adding to the challenge fofo firefighters. we'll bring you any major developments in this news cast. >> i did have tears in my eyes because i'm elated. >> a momentous milestone in the fight against covid-19 in the bay area. zuckerberg san francisco general hospital has zero covid patient for first time since last month. doctors are crediting the vaccine as more than 1 million doses have been given in the city. i'm dan ashley. >> you're watching abc 7 news at 11:00. live on abc 7, hulu live and everywhere else you stream. we'll get to jr stone who spoke to doctors about this acev did have tears in my eyes. >> dr. monika of san francisco general hospital is referring she saw updated numbers, the general has zero covid hospitalizations. >> it feels like a milestone. there are zero admissions at

san francisco general. >> the news comes just four to five months after what was a very challenging time in the fight against covid-19. >> i think december and january were our busiest time when we were facing a third wave of cases and we were extremely busy here in the hospital. >> but dr. jane of sf general says the huge acceptance of vaccines among san francisco residents, where 76% of the population has received at least one shot, has helped lead to lower covid rates city wide and that's reflected at general. all my friend haves been vaccinated all ready. and like yeah. finally. it's feeling good. i'm hopeful. >> ucsf reps tell us they have five patients being hospitalized for covid-19 within their hospitals. stanford telling us they also currently have five hospitalized with covid. san francisco general had one to two over the course of the

last several weeks. and now this. >> we are at that point where this is no longer a public health emergency. >> dr. jane tells me he doesn't believe covid is gone and feels they will have covid patients going forward but says thursday was a great day. jr stone, abc 7 news. san francisco's health director celebrated the 1 million dose vaccine milestone today. >> so exciting to celebrate 1 million doses. >> dr. grant colfax had a special message for his team and a cake. they also celebrated with a social media campaign honoring workers at vaccine sites with s the #sf1000000. san francisco loosening restrictions on many activities. including attendees at outdoor sports and performances will not have to show proof of covid testing or vaccination. at restaurants diners no longer

have to remain seated as long as they can distance. standing around a high top table or bar is okay. tattoo and piercing parlor customers can take masks off for services. >> hopefully it will mean more business so we can continue to pay our bills and support our families. >> health officials say the changes will bring the city more closely in line with state rules for now, governor newsome said the state will fully reopen june 15th. june 15th. ju just look at this. we saw some wild weather today. including hail in the north bay. in is video from lakeport. you can see a heavy mixture of rain and hail falling on that deck. look at this. coating cars. we also got reports of small hail falling in napa county. >> take a look at nearby sonoma county. rain, abc 7 news oin car liz tweeted this video this afternoon showing lots of droplets on her windshield. it was a similar scene in the

east bay, this is in walnut creek. a cell swept through the area dropping enough rain to wet the pavement and this barbecue on the patio. >> we saw gusty winds across much of the bay area, probably where you live. in alameda, kite surfers zipped across the bay, it was a great day for them. what can we expect over night and tomorrow morning. let's go to abc 7 meteorologist sandy patel. >> yeah we're going to be looking at isolated shower possibilities going into tomorrow. i want to show you that cold spring storm that delivered all the variety of weather that we saw today. delivered winter basically in the sierra it's snowing right now. it brought us the gusty winds as we take you back in time, we have thunderstorms, hail, brief down pours going through parts of the north and the east bay. so take a look at what's going to happen tomorrow afternoon and evening. isolated shower or thunderstorms not out of the question for the north bay. 18/100 of an inch fell in sainta

helena. 3/100 in napa. american, canyon, and fairfield, and of course with the rain came this stunning view of the rainbow from our camera. it absolutely was gorgeous out there. good thing is the thunderstorms did accompany some rain. i'll be back with the hour by hour look at the wind forecast coming up. >> all right, thank you. now to new developments. today president biden signed a bill designed to combat a surge in discrimination against members of the aapi community. >> my message to all of those who are hurting is we see you. and congress has said we see you. and we are committed to stop the hatred and the bias. >> the bill aims to combat hate crimes by creating a new position at the justice department to expedite the review of hate crime incidents. provide grants to local police to help them set up online reporting of hate crimes and expand public education campaigns to boost awareness. in the south bay, an effort to keep seniors in san jose's

japan town safe from hate. abc 7 news reporter, amanda explains how volunteers doing community foot patrols are making a difference. >> red vests signal relief and reinforce m for seniors in san jose's japan town. part of japan town prepared the all volunteer community emergency response team, new foot patrols are focusing on preventing attacks against the elderly asian community. >> they're very exposed and very vulnerable. so i thought we had to do something to try to improve their safety. >> retired sj pd officer, rich, says the march 10th attack on an asian woman led him to launch the effort. right now 65 volunteers have been trained. >> walking around with a big group of people talking about what to look for. what to be aware of. and how to respond and handle certain situations. >> one of the first people to answer his call to action was franco imperial. volunteering, we got a lot of

thank yous and you know, sighs of relief that there were folks that had their back. >> imperial says japan town is no stranger to racism. pointing to the internment of japanese americans during world war ii. >> there's an awareness of our history, and the willingness of very kind hearted, warm hearted people to step up. >> these lengths to keep seniors safe from hate will ease once the pandemic is over. he's hoping that day will lift pressure off people who feel they need to lash out because of the lack of jobs, social interaction, and more. >> it gets to the point where we feel the community is safe again. then we can have patrols. but we're committed to staying with it. >> volunteers have come from all around the bay area, if you'd like to get involved, visit abc7news.com and click on this story. abc 7 news. now, you can help out, be an ally. go to abc 7 news.com/take

action for ideas, information, and support. a major contribution to making my parent's relationship worse. >> princess diana deceived. how lies were used to land a bomb shell interview in 1995. pique an east bay dive bar institutes a new entry policy. what's now required and the backlash that followed. the calendar says may, but we're seeing snow. we'll show you what to expect if you're headed to the sierra. all of that is coming up. but first what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live right after abc 7 news at 11:00. jimmy? watch this with your face. >> you're lucky you don't have kids. they'd be making so much fun of you right now. >> i don't need kids to be made

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investigation found one of its journalists used phony documents in 1995 to land a bomb shell interview withss dia news reporter, marcy gonzales has the story. the bbc releasing results of an independent investigation, finding that journalist martin ba sheer deceived princess diana's brother in order to secure that bomb shell 1995 panorama interview watched by 23 million people. >> well, there were three of us in this marriage. so it was a bit crowded. >> former judge lord dyson leading the investigation finding bashir meeting showing fake bank statements. suggesting two employees were being paid to gather intell on the prin cbs. by gaining access to princess diana in this way. he was able to persuade her to agree to give the interview. it's quite clear from the

introduction that i sat in on on the 19th of september in 1995, everyone was going to be made untrustworthy. and i think that diana did lose trust in really key people. >> the bbc responding to the investigation's findings offering a full and unconditional apology. writing in a statement although the report states that diana, princess of wales, was kean on the idea of an interview with the bbc, it's clear that the process for securing the interview fell short of what audiences have a right to expect. the network also apologizing to princes william and harry. >> it brings brings brings brin contributed to her fear, paranoia, and isolation that i remember in the final years tot resigned from his position due to ongoing health concerns in a statement bashir says he apologized for asking the bank

statements to be mocked up. calling ate stupid thing to do. but he insists they had no bearing whatsoever on the personal choice of princess diana to take part in the interview, marcy gonzales, abc news, los angeles. the duke's brother, prince harry, issued a statement about the report saying our mother was an incredible woman who dedicated her life to service, she was resilient, brave, and unquestionably honest, the ripple effect of a culture of exploitation and unethical practices ultimately took her life end quote from prince harry. and you can hear from prince harry in his own words tomorrow on good morning america he sits down with oprah winfrey for an exclusive interview with robin roberts tomorrow morning on gma at 7:00 a.m. today we dedicated an hour at 4:00 p.m. to talk about mental health, how we're feeling and coping. we talk with local mental health experts about the anxiety caused by the pandemic and how we're going to ease out

of it. >> i think you have to have compassion and understanding for what's happened to people and how this has really created some -- a little bit of social anxiety for all of us. i know that even when i go into a super market and i see more people, i get a little taken aback and nervous. and hanging out with people. people have very different ideas of what is okay or not okay for them to do right now. and i think we have to be ourselves okay with that and allow for that. >> we don't have to do the best right now. we can just, you know, be with our kids. we don't have to do all of the things. we don't have to make the birthday super special. we can just enjoy where we are and know that this time will pass. >> what i tell people to do is decide on the two or three things you really enjoy doing, visiting friends. who have been vaccinated. if you enjoy eating out.

going to a movie. taking a drive. exercising. going shopping. do two or three things slowly and safely, done push yourself or press things. if you missed it, find our bray area conversation online, on social media, and our abc 7 bay s. ening now, h lingth sier tonight. this is what it looked like in truckee as big snow flakes fell from the sky this afternoon. gosh it's pretty, right? tourists and even some of the locals were surprised by the late season snow fall. >> i'm used to the snow. but i'm not used to the snow when it should be almost summer. >> usually the weather is really nice during this time of the year. but i guess it just decided to up and dump on us us swrus does that sometimes. the highway patrol reported multiple collisions on do nor

summit. and cal trans closed ebots pass and sonora pass. very strange day. >> the snow, the rain, the hail. sandy patel, did we wake up? is it still may? did something happen? [ laughter ]. >> does it feel more december? or march. yeah. we definitely had winter-like weather here in the bay area. i want to show you video from our tahoe camera as we show you spring snow flakes. yes, it was snowing tonight. really coming down at times. right now they're chaining up on 88. that's where we're finding a couple snow showers on live doppler 7. it's really starting to wind down, which is why the winter weather advisory has been dropped for that region. we need the precipitation, whether it snows in the sierra or rain her the t monitor, et m anitt gottwoe for the bay area, part

ea highest category. which is exceptional drought. that was declared today. i want to show you live doppler 7. while we're not seeing rain right now. the rain that we did have earlier was definitely a welcome sight. from the emeryville camera, we're looking back toward san francisco. and it's a stunning view tonight, chilly especially inland in the morning, we're looking at gusty winds and an isolated shower possibility tomorrow afternoon-evening. lighter winds and warmer weather coming your way for the second half of the weekend. gustywinds right now, 29 miles per hour in half-moon bay. 23 in in another breezy morning along the coastline at 8:00 a.m. the winds will ramp up toward the eveninthe pressure system that brought us all the ray shy weather today will shift inland. the wind will be coming in on the backside of tem.

by tomorrow night it moves far enough away that the winds begin to come down. temperaturesright now in the 40s and the 50s. it's crisp outside. take a look at the hour by hour forecast, sierra will see snow showers going into saturday and here in the bay area, tomorrow afternoon and evening. there's a shower showing up in the 5:00 to 7:00 hour. keep that in mind. breezy in the morning. chilly across the region. grab the heavy jacket. 40s. and 50s tomorrow afternoon. it will be a milder day, windy coast side. breezy inland. mid 50s to the upper 70s. plenty of sun for friday afternoon. the accuweather seven-day forecast, windy day tomorrow. breezy and milder on saturday. the wins really subside on sunday. it's going to be a beautiful day. warmer afternoon coming early next week. and then cooling back down with the winds picking up tuesday again. but over all, i think today was just a popery of weather here

in the bay area, alma and dan something for everyone. >> yeah maybe tomorrow we'll get to

now at 11:00, an oakland dive bar is reopening tomorrow and requiring customers to be vaccinated but some say it's threatening the bars punk rock credibility. the co-owner of l.a.'s mile high club says along with their id patrons have to bring their c drkc card and be two weeks out from their final vaccination, when the instructions were posted on the bar's instagram, some commentators were upset. the co-owner says those people aren't his priority. he wants to keep everyone safe. >> people need to feel good again. people need to remember how to be in a bar and comfortable and not have that lingering thought in the back of their head. >> eli's bar will also keep

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