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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7news. >> good evening thank you for joining us. larry: we start with russia divorces continuing with their attack on ukraine tonight, and now from multiple directions. they are now within nine miles of kyiv. russian president vladimir putin was quoted as saying talks are being held on an almost daily basis, and the capital of poland is becoming overwhelmed with ukrainian refugees. 1.5 million people so far. warsaw's mayor is appealing for help. >> a bay area woman could not help but feel she should be doing more to help her own
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country so she is working with the local organization to provide much-needed aid for refugees fleeing the country. reporter: like many of us valerie cannot make it a day without seeing the devastating images of innocent lives lost in ukraine, the sights and sounds hit close to home. >> is heartbreaking. reporter: she was born in odessa, ukraine and left with her family during the fall of the soviet union. she hears and sees the stories of millions of others trying to leave as well. >> it is easy to feel helpless when you were watching these images. it is heartbreaking and anyone who has been something -- or something like this i do not think we can turn our eyes away. reporter: she is working in partnership with a northern california chapter. >> they are spending $500,000 today to provide medical
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equipment, food, and the basics. reporter: on the ground volunteers also helping with mental health struggles of the more than 10,000 refugees coming to terms with this reality, doing what they can to comfort them. >> i cannot imagine this is the situation and here is another family who has just arrived and she is receiving a tent just to be here until we find a solution. reporter: volunteers are running low on energy but not giving up their mission. >> to feed day. >> they are sleeping for just a few hours tonight, to me it is so heartwarming that someone would just give up everything and leave their country and flight and help the strangers. reporter: if you would like to get back we have the details on
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abc7news.com. larry: in the north bay people in sonoma county are expected to gather for a russian river rally for ukraine scheduled to begin at 6:30 this evening at the pedestrian bridge lit up in the colors of the ukrainian flag. people are encouraged to bring signs of support or ukraine. this will market the third bridge over the russian river to be lit up in yellow and blue. this photo was taken from a drone by a sonoma county photographer. >> president biden called for the u.s. to revoke russia's most favored nation status and he is banning russian imports into the u.s.. pres. biden: i am banning imports of goods including seafood, vodka, and diamonds. putin is the aggressor and he must pay the price. >> zach fuentes as more on how
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these moves are hitting us locally and out experts predict good impact our plants in the coming months. reporter: more pressure is being put on pollutant as rush's division continues. blocking social media platforms like facebook this week and now instagram. >> boudin -- p bringing something back. reporter: president biden continues ramping up economic pressure, announcing today the u.s. allies are taking steps to deny most favored nation status to russia. some think he says will be a major blow to their economy. in the u.s. and local economy it is drivers that continue to make a major blow every time they go to the gas pump. >> energy and gas prices continue to climb, the san francisco metro area, now an average of $5.86 a gallon. reporter: attention is turned to
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the ripple effects those prices could have. how it could impact summer travel, and major source of income for local economies. >> 2/3 said they would changes to their driving habits if gas prices reach five dollars. reporter: they found many drivers do not look at spending money on day-to-day habits in the same way that they look at longer trips. >> people are still going to want to get out there and travel. regardless of how high gas prices are going to get people listed would be taking their summer vacations, but in the interim when they are not taking those vacations they are going to be adjusting their habits and rubbing lifestyles. -- driving lifestyles. larry: the family of a man shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy
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holding a demonstration in denville to mark one year since that deadly shooting. terrel wilson was unless and suffering from mental illness when he was killed by a deputy. wilson was unarmed. the county agreed to pay the family of $4.5 billion to settle a lawsuit. paul was convicted of assault and sentenced to six years in prison. >> the woman whose dna was -- or like possible federal lawsuit hombre have. the district attorney said the one with signify based on rape get dna collected in 2016. at the revelation led san francisco police chief bill scott to institute new guidelines so victim dna would not be used and over that investigations. larry: we have an update on the body that was found by the drywall at a convention center in oakland. please state the person likely
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died accidentally. there were no signs of trauma without delay. construction workers discovered the remains wednesday. investigators said the person likely died beneath two the body may have been there 32 five years. -- three to five years. kristen: -- >> investigators just arrived at the site of a fiery crash involving caltrain. reporter: still lots of questions at the scene, the damage train and the on drag equipment that it struck on thursday is still here. and to have been around this crash site all day taking pictures, engage in long conversations, likely about what went wrong on these tracks.
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it investigators from the national transportation safety board were seen coming every inch of thursday's crash scene on the tracks in san bruno were a southbound train collided with on equipment including a grain used to insult electrification lines of. the biggest question for investigators, why was the equipment sitting on the tracks during the late morning commute. >> any update on what went wrong? >> we will not know that into the investigation goes along. reporter: the injury sent five to the hospital, including two caltrain employees. none of the injuries is life-threatening. passenger sitting impact of the crash was terrifying. >> it was a very scary moment for everybody. we were all very anxious to get off the train as soon as possible. >> my glasses are broken. reporter: possible damage to both southbound and northbound track system being assessed. caltrain operating a bus bridge
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on a modified schedule to get passengers around the crash scene. >> it is good that they have this set up, they did not wait too long. >> my reaction is it could be any of us. we ride the train and expect to have safe travel and everything to be ok. >> we are glad none nothing injuries or life-threatening. our sympathies go out to the people affected by this and hope that they'll make a recovery as quickly as possible. beyond that we are eager to get service westward in for the investigation to move along so we could determine what happened so we can make sure this doesn't happen again. reporter: it is unclear how long this train and depressing will remain here in san bruno. ntsb officials are expected to speak to the media at 5:30 today. caltrain says it's bus bridge service will continue through saturday and they say anyone who
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left belongings on board the train get retrieve them this weekend at the caltrain station in san francisco on king street. larry: an unknown suspect used the stolen tractor to rip an atm right out of a brentwood bank this morning. it happened around 4:40 a.m. at a wells fargo bank. witnesses reported seeing the tractor. the atm out from the front of the bank. it was found later dumped away from the bank and police say it was intact, no money was lost. >> we had witnesses that did see the tractor traveling on the roadway. it is not only unsafe but brazen. they caused significant damage to the atm and to the atm. larry: police say the tractor was stolen from a nearby construction site. it was found abandoned in an open field.
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larry: california democrats have agreed to legislation allowing uc berkeley to accept thousands of students this fall. this follows and unexpected ruling. state lawmakers said that was not fair to students who work hard to get into uc berkeley. it gives public universities more time to comply with the california environmental already act before student enrollment can be limited. ama: an estimated one in four americans has a disability. what we think of learning as being a lifelong process, that
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opportunity is not widely available for those individuals except here in the bay area. david louis shows us a unique program. reporter: classes here show much enthusiasm and the to learn and grow. public education for persons with disabilities and in adulthood, closing the door to the kind of reality that everyone has to keep learning. >> i have been taking voiceovers and also music appreciation and also speaking with confidence. reporter: michael is one of 171 students enrolled in this quarter. >> the students ask for these classes. we can find new classes w w professors in the community, and it keeps growing. reporter: courses include theater arts, poetry, and
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healthy cooking to name a few. >> when we listen to them and what they want, what they learn, that is when it works. reporter: what is important is that it is a safe learning space, there are no tests and no homework. classes are held on theeld on te >> programs are not learning. reporter: the instructor teaches drama, it is with the san francisco shakespeare festival. >> uc physical activity if they did not think they were going to be capable of. my day is done here. reporter: a discovery that everyone can learn something new provides excitement at the joy of achievement. >> it is really good, it is also. reporter: it can also lead to a diploma.
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ama: stanford researchers are working to understand the forces to move the marine species much former north -- further north. larry: as spencer christian learned the complete impact may be complicated. reporter: if you come across a california markets when it may be under a dinner plate, but when researchers from stanford came across the creatures it was someplace more unusual, waters in the gulf of alaska hundreds of miles north of their west coast habitat. >> their typical range would be
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from basically washington state down to baja, california. they made a pretty big leap. reporter: a marine researcher was working as a graduate student at stanford when he began looking into the northern migration. he found a highly adaptable squid not only extended their habitat but managed to keep growing to their full size. >> they have the ability instead of having to reach specific size in order to mature and read they can adjust that based on the conditions it experiences. often what you will see is squids will would -- which are at small body sizes. reporter: potentially impacting population to baby salmon and other sea life. marine biologists have noticed another number of c
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extending their way farther north. theories have centered on climate change and warming ocean temperatures, but a stanford marine scientist says the forces could be more complex. >> you cannot look at the water temperature went up, so they moved. you have got to have competition with other things in the lower oxygen levels, and things like that. reporter: they say it is critical to understanding which species might be on the move in coming decades, along with where they might wind up. just as important is the impact they could have on everything from fishing to local ecosystems once they establish themselves. >> that is the first thing we want to know. one of these wedding doing? what are they eating -- what are these suede doing -- doing? larry: researchers identified climate change factors like warming waters and decreased
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oxygen saturation that may have contributed to that move northward. those are real life squid games. ama: let's get weather. sandy: we will be talking about rain for a change. it is sunny outside except for where we have the fog. the golden gate bridge is shredded and the fog, we have nice, sunny skies from south beach to pier 39. a shallow fog there on live doppler seven hugging parts of the coastline. temperatures at this hour primarily in the 50's to 70's. today's high temperatures were above average for this time of year. tomorrow, the hawaiian airlines
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forecast, light breeze, led to upper 60's, windy, rain, snow chicago, cold and sunny, los angeles, 76 with the bright skies. from our studies give it is exactly what we're seeing right now, because of all come to court tomorrow. if you shatter saturday night. a light saving time begins sunday, so this your clocks forward one hour. widespread rain humming away. when daylight saving time begins, center ice will actually be at 7:23 on sunday. something you can look forward to although i do not like losing sleep. i am sure some people can relate. freeze warnings and frost advisories up to our north. protect sensitive plants. tomorrow morning temperatures range from the mid 30's to the mid-40's. fog along the coastline. afternoon highs will be coming down, low 70's still for some of
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the inland areas. some change plans but be prepared, 530 up around lake and mendocino county, 9:00 in the north bay. toward midnight, review spotty showers not out of the question. the good news is most of this is through here by the time you wake up. 7:00 a.m., still a few drops and it is gone. rainfall totals anywhere from zero to about .05 of one inch on the coast. in the evening tuesday we have more rain coming our way, a couple of inches expected. in terms of rainfall this is when we get more rain. almost half finished by tuesday night. seven day forecast, a few late night systems. how about rain?
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then we go back to spring again. larry: we will take every drop. mike: -- sandy: we are counting every drop. ama: sierra and tahoe ski resort is opening to skiers for special celebration. it was severely burned in a fire last fall. it will celebrate its 75th anniversary on the ninth and 10th. the slopes will be open to the public. two chairlifts and eight bunny houck conveyor will be running -- a ♪ ( upbeat music ) ♪ it's chevy truck month. and it's time to add the perfect accessories to your new chevy.
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larry: you can get live news because with our new streaming tv app available on at btv, android tv, fire tv at roku. search abc 7 the bay area and down that free. oakland tech bulldogs still state champions, a few hours ago the basketball team beat the lancers. the final was 49-33, and today the boys from san
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francisco's stewart hall high school won the title in their division so congratulations to both gains -- both teams. -- the zoo is naming one of its residents after the main character in the film turning red. it is about a chinese caddying -- chinese canadian girl who wakes up as a red panda. the actor was 12 when she started working on the film so she knew with the character is going through. >> the changes she was going through is something i went through at that age, so i was able to take my experiences and plant them into my voice performance. ama: the director of the film was the first woman to direct a film for pixar. pixar and abc are owned by disney. larry: world news tonight with
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david muir is next. ama: thank you so much for joining us tonight. we will see you aga - [announcer] the more we learn about covid-19, the more questions we have. the biggest question now, what's next? what will covid bring in six months, a year? if you're feeling anxious about the future, you're not alone. calhope offers free covid-19 emotional support. call 833-317-4673, or live chat at calhope.org today. call 833-317-4673, meet apartment 2a, 2b and 2c. 2a's monitoring his money with a simple text.
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like what you see abe? yes! 2b's covered with zero overdraft fees when he overdraws his account by fifty bucks or less. and 2c, well, she's not going to let a lost card get her stressed. am i right? that's right. that's because these neighbors all have chase. alerts that help check. tools that help protect. one bank that puts you in control. chase. make more of what's yours.
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tonight, breaking developments as we come on the air. russian forces moving in. this evening, ukrainian officials also say that the russians have kidnapped the mayor of a key city. and tonight, reports the russians are bringing chem biosuits into ukraine. the images coming in tonight, the mayor of mariupol describing the city as armageddon, where that maternity and children's hospital was already hit. now shelling every 30 minutes. and the capital of kyiv, the new images showing that massive russian convoy closing in. the u.n. on what it calls credible reports of russians using cluster bombs. hitting two airfields in western ukraine, trying to disrupt supply shipments from enter the country. ian pannell in kyiv again
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