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announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7 news. >> the driver i think was -- who was in the truck the foreman saw the train coming. and jumped out of the truck. >> we are getting new details tonight on that fiery caltrain crash in san bruno. federal investigators are already piecing together exactly what happened on the tracks that left 13 people injured. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. >> i'm ama daetz. we got our first update this evening from the ntsb. abc7 news reporter tim johns was there and has the big takeaways. tim: new details emerging friday afternoon as federal investigators from the national transportation safety board touched down in san bruno. flair goal to figure out what went wrong thursday morning when a caltrain commuter train crashed into equipment left out on the track. >> there was a truck did two -- and two equipment trains which were working to install the electrification system. >> the ntsb says they will be hee for the next sever days

collecting evidence on scene and launching a thorough investigation. one of the things they're most interested in is finding out why the positive train control, a system that's designed to prevent accidents like this one, didn't work. >> we can confirm that positive train control was on. at the day of the consent. -- accident. >> they will have a complete report anywhere from 15 to 18 months from now. once ntsb leaves, caltrain says it will get to work clearing the tracks and restoring service to the affected area. but that it currently has no concrete time line. >> it's difficult to tell at this time ultimately until we get the train out of there, it's difficult to fully assess the situation. and once we have that moved, we're going to doesque we can to move through quickly and safely to get service restored. tim: thursday's crash leaving many passengers on the train rattled. >> it was a very scary moment. and everybody just -- you know, pushed -- pushed away -- we were all very anxious to get off the train as soon as possible.

tim: the caltrain officials assuring people their trains are safe and ready to use. >> ultimately caltrain has a long and storied safety record. what happened -- what happened yesterday was absolutely an aberration and a surprise. tim: in san bruno, tim johns, avenues news. ama: caltrain says one of the people seriously interested in the collision has been released from the hospital. we post updates on our website, abc7news.com and on our abc7 bay area streaming app. search abc7 bay area in your devices -- device's app store to get the app now. there are numerous reports that russian forces are unleashing a relentless attack near the capital city of ukraine tonight. the long column of russian tanks that had stalled outside the city of kyiv is now advancing with satellite images showing the convoy as close as nine miles from the city's center. the president of ukraine urging his fellow yinmen to hold -- fellow countrymen to hold on. >> everyone is giving glory for ukraine, in his or her place

choose who ukrainians are and what strength we have. hold our ground, hold on, we will win. larry: also caught on camera, in the city of my -- mariupol the city's mayor was seen being detabbed and -- being dragged away by armed men and he is being accused of terrorism a new russian media law has gone into effect. effectively putting russians in an information blackout. people who log in to facebook or instagram could be tried under the same laws as isis terrorists. moscow says this is in response to meta's easing of its hate speech guidelines which allow ukrainians to call for violence against russians fighting in their country. along the russian river tonight, a sea of whru and -- blue and yellow as gunville showed its support for the people of ukraine. tarik tarik tells us whether it's a big city or a small up to, the message is a familiar one. >> the flags, the signs, the

cheering. all for the people of ukraine. supporters gathering in gurnville. >> it's really important wherever we are in the world. >> the husband and wife here showing their support. >> it's extremely distressing. and it's -- and, you know, i feel like i wish i could do more. reporter: we've seen the big rallies in the big cities, the smaller communities raising their voice, too. >> i think we're showing other folks around the world that, you know, even smaller towns care about this. reporter: and some helping by spreading the word. >> and decided i'm making some fliers. and so i did. and i put them up. and i called my friends. and so we can at least participate. reporter: and for this and daughter the support goes a long way. fearing for flair family in ukraine. >> no mother should go through what she's going through right now. reporter: one daughter walking which her -- walking by her side, two others who fled the

country. >> i'm happy she can't find where youtube is. because it's scary what they show. reporter: holding on to one another while also holding on to hope. >> i'm hoping the war is going to be over. and ukraine is going to win. and i can come back home and, you know, pick up where they left off. and rebuild if it has to be. >> hopefully these images make it to the ukraine and hopefully they know that we're feeling what they're feeling. and that we support them. >> at least it's people in the ukraine that can at least see that we're over here supporting them. reporter: the perez family here because they wanted to do more. >> after seeing the footage all week it's just horrendous. a big deal for us to be out here. it was too much just to watch on tv. reporter: tara campbell, abc7 news. ama: more than two million people have fled ukraine since

reporter: with freezing pa a far temperatures crucial. as millions of ukrainian refugees wait in line to flee into neighboring countries. this is a convoy of the u.s.-based nonprofit save a life international, at the border between ukraine and romania. >> our convoy, the guys just stopped and we start asking people who has a baby, women, come get into our cars. so people start coming and we actually drop around 70 women and babies through the border. reporter: once in romania many ukrainian refugees don't have anywhere to go. that's where cornell, his wife, and five daughters come in. they partnered with save a life international. >> we are ready to serve even 24 hours if necessary.

reporter: throughout the day, they meet refugees and drive them to safety. they own a summer camp. 0 miles from the romanian -- 30 miles from the romanian border. >> they come one to three nights. reporter: for the past two weeks this family has helped over 600 ukrainian refugees with shelter, food, and now relocation to multiple countries around europe. >> nobody walks from here without knowing where to go. >> we're going to take them in the car with us. reporter: this week they rescued 33 teenagers who fled ukraine with their judo coach. many of their parents stayed back to fight for their country. >> and not in war, under the war. reporter: weighing heavy on this coach is when teenagers will see their parents again. >> today it is our priority, keep them safe. reporter: for cornell he hopes more people help, his goal is to continue this aid until the

summer. >> the love of god, we understand that must be put in action. reporter: meanwhile, he's teaching his daughters a life lesson on compassion. and when i asked 7-year-old rebecca, if she was glad, they could help, she said -- >> yeah, she is. reporter: in san francisco, abc7 news. ama: if you would like to help the people of ukraine, we have a full list of verified groups and non-profits sending donations and supplies to refugees. it's on our website. abc7news.com. abc7news.com/takeaction. larry: covid headlines, today marks two years since the world health organization declared the coronavirus outbreak had become a pandemickic. starting monday, it will be voluntary for students, teachers and faculty to wear masks inside classrooms and childcare settings. oakland, though, is keeping the mandate in place for two more weeks and as of today san francisco businesses are no longer required to get proof of vaccination or a negative test from customers. but they can still choose to do so and you still need to show

your card or test result at lashley indoor events. ama: it's not over yet. the move today that could allow u.c. berkeley full enrollment for the fall semester. larry: new details about the sexual assault allegations against former windsor mayor dominic papoli. what an alleged victim told police. ama: rising from the ashes. the tahoe ski resort damaged in a wildfire that's planning a one weekend comeback. >> and rains making a comeback. i'll show you how soon the weekend forecast is coming up. larry: here's a look at what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live right after abc7 news at 11:00. >> candy hearts and stay up all night. >> it shows how -- like -- >> yeah. >> the contrasting color between my ankle and face is alarming. >> yeah, it is.

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chase. make more of what's yours. ama: new developments with the u.c. berkeley enrollment cap. two bills introduced today by state lawmakers could allow the school to avoid it. the proposals give public universities more time to comply with the california environmental quality act before students' enrollment can be limited. abc7 news reporter amanda del castillo has the story. reporter: at u.c. berkeley fears over thousands of rejections following a recent state supreme court ruling to freeze student enrollment could soon be relieved. kai democrats have agreed to legislation to allow the university to accept thousands more students this fall. >> you had 5,000 students who

potentially would have been rejected or wait listed or potentially put into online or spring admissions. and i thought that was really unfair. reporter: a cal graduate himself, assembly member introduced the proposal friday. senate bill 118 and assembly bill 168 are identical. retroactive and would give u.c. berkeley 18 months to address environmental issues. related to growing enrollment before a court can issue a decision. in opposition, the president of the resident group save berkeley neighborhoods says they would be open to a version of s.b.118 if it didn't allow the university to, quote, game the system. >> we're very concerned that this 18-month kind of moratorium would allow the university to continue to increase enrollment during that period. reporter: the group sued the university citing increased enrollment over the years, not accompanied by adequate housing, negatively impacted the community. >> we're really disappointed in

the legislature because this bill doesn't address the real problem which is that students are unable to find housing. reporter: bokovoy said the group is assessing the next move and the university said in part, we are continuing to work on our enrollment mitigation plans as currently required. and we will be prepared to adjust as best we can if there is a change in the law. >> we took immediate legislative action because of the 5,000 families who are going to be negatively impacted by this situation through no fault of their own. reporter: a committee hearing is scheduled for monday. i'm amanda del castillo, abc7 news. ama: three new school board members are now on the job in san francisco. today mayor london breed introduced them and swore in the three women replacing the school board members recalled by voters last month. the new members are ann shue, laney motamedi and lisa weissman-ward. all are parents with children in the district. each has a diverse background but according to breed, they all

share a common theme of service and care deeply about seeing a change in how the board operates. larry: in the east bay, a demonstration to mark the one-year anniversary of a deadly police shooting. family members of tyrrell wilson hung signs along sick a more valley road calling -- sycamore valley road calling for more police accountability and say wilson was suffering from a mental breakdown when he was shot and killed by then deputy andrew hall. wilson was unarmed at the time. hall was involved in a similar shooting in 2018 but he remained on the force. and in that case, hall killed latimor baleda, also unarmed. >> for the sheriff to clear him and put him back on patrol duty after the investigation was not closed with the d.a.'s office, i think that was a big mistake. larry: last week, hall was sentenced to six years in prison for killing arbadela. contra costa county agreed to pay the wilson family $4.5 million for last year's deadly

shooting. police report revealing new details about the allegations made by reality tv star farrah abraham against former windsor mayor dominic foppoli. in the report obtained by the press democrat, abraham claims she woke up naked with no memory of what happened the night she spent with foppoli in flea. she accused him of sexual assault but palm beach police suspended their investigation due to insufficient evidence. her attorney is planning to file a civil suit. foppoli is denying the accusations. ama: a federal jury ruled four sutter health in a huge antitrust class action suit. the verdict follows a month-long civil trial. the plaintiffs argued unsuccessfully that sutter used its outsized market power to inflate prices, overcharging patients by nearly $00 million. -- $4 hoop million. some three million californians were represented in the class action suit. sutter denied any wrongdoing and the jury agreed with the sacramento-based nonprofit system. larry: sierra tahoe will open for skiing on just one weekend

this season. you might recall the resort was badly burned in the caldor fire last october. wit on -- but on april 9-10 the resort will operate two chairlifts and a bunny hill conveyor to intrailt their 57th anniversary. tickets will go on sale march 16. the resort is hoping to open for a full season next winter. and as of today, the giant forest in sequoia national park is open seven days a week. it's home to five of the largest sequoias on earth. that area was closed to the public in mid september after the k.n.p. complex fire swept through the grove. fire crews took extreme measures to protect those storied trees. remember, the -- wrack the trunks and you see there in fire resistant foil. if you plan to visit you will need to bring food and water because there is nothing available in the giant forest. so stuff your pockets with water and snacks and all that stuff:and around here, you mighn umbrella. ama: yeah of the going to make a joke about nothing available coming from the sky, either.

but maybe -- sandhya: yes. we do have a little bit of rape coming this weekend. and then early next week as well. so larry and i want to show some live pictures from our east bay hills camera. emeryville, both showing good visibility. not so good from the golden gate bridge and sutro tower where you will notice there is some fog around. visibility has been fluctuating. half moon bay by the way had a record low this morning of 31 degrees. breaking the old record of 33 degrees. we do have fog tonight. dense fog advisory for the coast. visibility less than a quarter of a mile at times. this is until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. so watch out for the areas of dense fog. use your low beams. extra time, extra distance. give yourself a little more time to get to where you need to go obviously. here's the fog that was rolling in earlier tonight. and you can see it on live doppler seven this evening hugging the coast. to our north we do have a frost advisory and a freeze warning that begins at midnight and runs unw to mid 30's expected in lake

and medicineo counties where frost and freeze could do damage to sensitive plants. temperatures in the 40's. and the 50's. here's a look at the morning temperatures. not quite as colt as it was this morning. we're still looking at, though, mi 30's for our coldest north bay valley, fog confined to the coastline and thick even though tonight the visibility has slightly changed. it has opinion fluctuating. from our golden gate bridge camera once again we can see that fog. some dense fog and cooler tomorrow a few showers saturday night. daylight saving time begins sunday. and rain is in the forecast for early next week. so don't forget to set your clocks forward one hour. and larry, no, please don't call ama and i. sunrise sunday 7:23 and sunset 7:15 in the evening. afternoon highs will be coming down compared to today. today we had a lot of 70's show up. tomorrow will be cooler. upper 50's to the low 70's. there will be a few spots that will be in the mid 50's. tomorrow night into sunday morning, we have a light level one system.

drizzle or spotty showers under .05 inches. watch out for some slick roadways. not a game changer so tomorrow night a few showers in the north bay at 8:30. you will notice by midnight some spotty showers showing up elsewhere. and then tomorrow morning, that lamont push with a weak system and then it's gone. sunday morning, excuse me, so sunday afternoon you'll see plenty of sun. rainfall totals not impressive. a couple hundred dreads of an inch to nothing measurable. early next week looks a little more promising. monday night into tuesday, we'll get rain. rain-snow in the sierra and in terms of rachel totals you will notice that -- rainfall totals you will notice a third of an inch in the north bay and not as much in the south bay. the accuweather morning fog, drops late, saturday into sunday. and don't forget to spring forward. monday, tuesday, we have a light level one system coming our way. and then we will be back to spring-like warmth the middle to latter part of the workweek. ama and larry. larry: you guys are sure you don't want me to call at 2:0a.m.? move that clock forward?

don't forget. >> we will sleep in. we don't need to be reminded at all. larry: public service. that's my thing. ok. ama: st. patrick's day celebrations were among the first events canceled when the pandemic brought the world to a stand still. see how the bay area is ready for the return of all things green after a

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>> where would life be without the parade? ama: that's a good question. the 10th annual san francisco -- 17 0th annual san francisco parade making a gak after -- making a comeback after delays. and irish american friendship day in the county. larry: organizers say there has never been such a big crowd for the flag raising at city hall. they expect a very large turnout for the parade tomorrow which starts at 11:30 a.m. at the corner of second and market street. on to sports. wheeling and dealing in baseball. giants made some moves. and history in the nba. ama: chris alvarez here with sports. chris. >> larry and ama, coming up in

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a group that can cover us for 162 games. and interest in adding a bat. we obviously love versatility. and handedness isn't as critical. still some really interesting

bats out there. chris: what will the a's do with their mats? both matt olson and matt chapman are entering the final year of their contracts with plenty of trade rumors surrounding both stars. here's new manager mark kotsay on the first call he made when the lockout lifted. >> there's a little bit of an argument about the fact that didn't call him the titan first in matt chapman. and reached out to matt olson. you know, first connected with him. and had a good conversation with matt. and then went down the line witt tond third. 34 after a season high five-game losing streak the warriors have won two in a row. a little momentum coming saturday's prime time matchup against milwaukee right here on abc7. >> home away, don't really matter. we want to feel good about ourselves and figure out what it takes to win.

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