as the war in ukraine continues, business owners in san francisco's little russian neighborhood are affected by the conflict. abc seven news reporter louis peña spoke with a business owner who was asked to remove products from their store. reporter: these business owners are caught in the middle of the pressure ukraine war. still recovering, they are getting phone calls from people googling russian businesses and asking them to show whose side they are on. one of the store owners was being attacked and he is not even russian. over 6000 miles from ukraine, alex paretsky is feeling the ways of the war all the way in san francisco. >> some americans call, some angry people. they say something like are you proud to be russian now? or get all the russian products off the shelves. reporter: his store, europa plus is a safe hasten -- safe haven for eastern europeans in the bay area. but since the war, it has become

a target for some demanding that russian products be taken off the shelves. >> i am jewish who emigrated from russia and 1987, i left russia. but i was raised in ukraine for the first five years of my life. reporter: so you love both countries? >> yes. i have gone back every summer. reporter: he walked us through his store to show us the diversity in his products. >> poland, ukraine, russia. reporter: ukrainian and russian suites are next to each other. they always have been. >> peopl peopl peo places like i did. reporter: two blocks down, this bakery is being asked to remove the word pressure from advertising. it turns out the owner is from georgia. off-camera, his employees said they were scared of the calls they have been getting and regardless of the name, the flag on the front window is clear. they support ukraine. >> businessmen who open the

business here are not in charge. they moved to the country which is according to the propaganda and pressure, it is the main enemy of america. so if we live in that enemy state, how come they can be the representative of russia right now? it is complete we different. luz: exactly a week ago today daniel fled russia in fear for his life. >> dangerous because i can be caught easily by the police. luz: every russian i spoke to supports ukraine. as to the grocery store owners he does not want to stop selling russian products at his store. he said the small eastern european businesses he is buying from have nothing to do with this war. in the newsroom, lose. dan: i feel for these small business owners trying to get by. luz, how is the war affecting

the shipment of these products? luz: according to the grocery store owner, ukraine is not shipping products because of the war. russia is struggling because of logistics. products from belarus are being impacted because of a deal with russia and the countries next to belarus do not want to do business with them. this could eventually affect the price of many eastern european products in the future. dan: that is a good point. it is likely to have an effect. people across the bay area continue to show support for ukraine and we have told you about the numerous rallies and fundraisers over the past few weeks it now abc 7 news reporter tara campbell explains the help it is providing on the ground in the war-torn country. reporter: the sights and sounds of war in ukraine and a bear -- bay area nonprofit raising millions to help its homeland. we are seeing a surge of support. igor is helping lead the way. the nonprofit has raised more than $8 million in just a few weeks. >> we probably get a donation

every three to four minutes. reporter: on facebook thursday surpassing the $2 million mark. >> it has been a different world. it is much larger. reporter: the out pouring of support is thrusting them into overdrive. >> we are essentially growing like the stop -- a startup. reporter: the numbers jumped from 30 to more than a hundred people. >> we have now a number of leads for the board of directors. we have people who examine proposals. procedures for onboarding volunteers. it is just a matter of scale. reporter: for volunteers in the bay area to its partnering organizations in ukraine. the primary focus is making sure the money gets to those in need. working with trusted partners like patients of ukraine helping get medical supplies into hospitals, treating those wounded in the war. they are the executive director. >> this gives us a lot

of different items, in order to treat this problem. reporter: they fled kyiv and are working out of warsaw. she says it is more difficult and more dangerous. >> there are bombs, there are rockets. just stop and wait until it will be more or less safe to move further. reporter: volunteers making deliveries while maneuvering through some of the hardest hit regions. >> it is critically difficult to organize the logistics and ad the region, because you never know where the bombs will be put. reporter: braving the dangers of war to help make millions of dollars raised make a difference. tara campbell, abc7news. dan: if you want to help the people in ukraine, they need it. so we put together a full list

of verified groups and nonprofits sending donations and supplies directly. that is on our website, abc7news.com/take action. karina: two years ago the bay area began its coronavirus shelter-in-place as the country continues to move forward and recover, the biden administration today announced new ventilation standards for schools and businesses. the goal is to in crew -- improve air quality and reduce the spread of covid. santa clara county's health officer is thinking the community for making it happen. dr. sarah says the diligence by residents and officials alike save thousands of lives. santa clara county's death rate average is two times lower than the state and to have times lower than the nation. as a whole, they attribute their success to high vaccination rates and regulations the county deployed. no matter how much they were criticized. >> we have lost 2100 80 people in our community to covid to date.

but without the collective efforts that we all have made, we would have lost many more. reporter: cody says while the pandemic is not over and we are dealing with emergence of the new highly transmissible ba.2 variant, the good news is case rates are stable or declining and she is not anticipating any new mandates for now. the shelter-in-place order two years ago started on st. patrick's day. today, with life inching closer to normal, people feel they now have the green light to go to town. abc7news reportedly and melendez has more on the move today. we and: -- yes from the owner of this bar in the hate asberry neighborhood. -- hate asberry neighborhood. >> a lot of estar people out tonight, people will be letting their hair down. everyone is irish on st. patrick's day. it does not matter where you are born or what accent you have.

>> has my family is irish. reporter: bars have not seen this kind of celebration since they were forced to shut down because of the pandemic. in downtown san francisco, harringtons, a classic irish bar, did not survive after 85 years in business. still, it's to neighboring bars shoulders and royal exchange will continue the long-standing tradition of closing down part of front street to celebrate st. patrick's day. >> we have pushed through and made it happen. reporter: there are lessons to be learned by this pandemic. for starters, you never quite appreciate what you have until you lose it. >> i'd done this for over 20 years. i used to dread this day, my least everyday of the year. this year a could not be more excited. i am so excited. reporter: you don't have to be a psychologist to know that there are consequences when keeping people from drinking or socially deprived. on a day like today. don't tell my boss. >> i am going to be drinking,

yeah. not too much because i got to work in the morning. but you know, it's going to be fun. >> happy st. patrick's day. reporter: in san francisco, leeann melendez, abc7news. dan: pg&e rates went up and then up again. 7 on your side's michael finney has been hearing from you about it and now and he will too. karina: plus an update on the fate of two bay area men convicted of killing an italian police officer. their life sentences just got reduced but they are not coming home yet. the mothers of both defendants spoke only to the eye teams and noise. patel tracking the storm for the patel tracking the storm for the wee to be a thriver with metastatic breast cancer means asking for what we want. and need. and we need more time. so, we want kisqali. women are living longer than ever before with kisqali when taken with an aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant in postmenopausal women with hr+, her2- metastatic breast cancer.

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dan: mountain view police are investigating a crash that killed a teenager this morning. this is sky 7 ne-yo of these teen near highway 237. a 13-year-old boy was riding his bicycle when he cried with a truck. the driver stayed with the scene -- collided with the truck. speed, drugs and alcohol are not factors in this terrible crash. new developments in a high-profile east east bay shooting. alameda county prosecutors of charge people now in the murder of security guard and former police officer kevin uchida. abc 7 reporter cornell's claimsm how tips from the community helped lead to one of the rest. >> today i want to announce that to announce -- to arrest have been made in the homicide. cornell: police chief announcing a break in the murder case of security card kevin. the suspected shooter in the

case, 25-year-old mitchell, was arrested in san francisco. 24-year-old herschel hale was already in s&p custody on unrelated costs -- charges. the suspected getaway driver remains at large. all three facing serious charges. >> all three defendants, gilbert, hail, and mitchell, have been charged with murder, attempted second degree robbery, assault with a semi automatic firearm. cornell: kevin was providing security to a bay area tv news crew when he was shot and killed during a robbery attempt on the crew last november in downtown oakland. chief armstrong says tips from the public in both oakland and san francisco helped make the arrest. >> when i asked for help and information, to help us solve this case, that led to the rest of these individuals. cornell: armstrong confirmed one of the suspects arrested was the owner of the 2005 white acura used in the crime.

he was a former officer of the san jose hayward and colma police department. a memorial honoring him drew thousands of people last december. at the time, the family made this appeal for the suspects to come forward. >> we are seeking to find the reasoning behind all of this. so that we can have some closure. >> to the family who i've spoken to, his wife, i have committed that we will do every thing we could to identify the people responsible. so it is rewarding today to be able to come before the family and friends and say that we have identified those individuals. cornell: police believe the murder was likely a crime of opportunity. they do not know if the suspects are responsible for robberies on other local media crews. the suspected shooter in the case is scheduled to be arraigned on friday. in oakland, cornell bernard, abc7news. karina: now an update from the abc7news i team today.

an italian appeals court reduce the life sentences for two northern california students convicted of murdering a police officer. this happened on vacation in rome in july of 2019. the families were hoping for an all-out acquittal. i team reporter dan was on this case from the start and he is back with exclusive interviews with the defendant's parents. what did they tell you? dan: i spoke with each of the parents of the two young men. they were hoping for a better outcome and are bracing themselves for the next step in this legal process. finnegan elder of san francisco addressed the court today for the first time in the italian he has learned while in prison. he apologized to the widowto thw deputy mario and said the only thing i want to clarify once more is that in a few moments in which we were approached by those who today i know are two, in no way could i understand that they could be members of the police. he and his partner were wearing

street close, no gun, badger handcuffs when they approach the americans after 3:00 in the morning about a backpack stolen from a drug dealer. >> evidence shows he had elder pinched to the ground and the american stabbed the officer 11 times. today the court reduced the sentence to 24 years. i spoke with his mother at their home in san francisco. >> i just honestly live in this perpetual state of just sadness and kind of heartbreak. and sometimes, i do not know that my heart can break anymore. but this morning, i think the finality of any sort of 24 years associated with it is crushing. dan: you were hoping for him to get out. would he be acquitted? >> i think the facts are there to show that the other parties responsible for a lot of the events that evening. dan: she showed me a list of what she said were 53 lights --

lies about what happened that night. >> that equals a witness that should not be credible. dan: her husband echoed that outside the courthouse in rome. >> my son has been nothing but honest throughout, told everyone exactly what happened. this man has lied his way through and he is the answer. he is the answer. he is a man of faith who believes in confession, yes, yes, no. i think so. he is a liar. he is a liar. dan: gabriel had reduced. he struggled and then fed -- ran away. >> 22 years still makes me very sad for him. dan: i spoke with his mother from her home in sonoma. >> he arrived unarmed. he did not hurt anyone. he did not kill anyone. and he ran away before he knew anything about what happened . dan: the italian police officers widow's folk after the verdict. they had been married just a

month. the sacrifice of my husband mario must not be forgotten. he was a state servant and it is everybody's duty, not only of his family, to remember it. his blood will internally remain on the ground of that street. now both families pledged to take this to italy's highest court in that process is expected to take until next year. in the meantime, both young men could get time it shaved out their sentences for good behavior. i'm posting more of the family's responses, the written responses at abc7news.com. for the eye team, dan, abc7news. back to you. karina: thank you. we will continue to tune into that. and dan traveled to rome to cover this story when it broke. and he put together a documentary about the case, the enemy award-winning 32 seconds, a deadly night in rome is available on our abc 7 big air streaming tdf app. scroll down to bistro section two -- the show section. dan: the multiyear drought may

worsen in the coming months. that is according to the national oceanic and atmospheric administration spring outlook. here is what california looks like now. in the last week, extreme drought. that is the red on the map. expanded from 12% of the state to 35% of the state. >> if you look at the year as a whole, we had a couple very wet weeks in december, january and february were very dry. so that led to every intensification of the drought conditions. dan: federal forecasters say the spring outlook shows a probability of below normal suffocation and much of the state. >> clear skies right now, but we will soon see rainy weather. sandia shows y

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karina: it is time to get a check on the weather now. dan: happy st. patrick's day to everyone. glorious day out there. sandhya: same to all of you. it was so beautiful outside, it still is right now. if you are going to step out for st. patrick's day plans this evening, i want to show you a forecast. breezy and cooler at 7:00. temperatures in the 50's. a few clouds around between 9:11 p.m.. it is going to get chilly, so make sure you grab those jackets by 1:00 in the morning. if you are still out, mid to upper 40's. here is a look at what is happening with satellite radar

live doppler 7 showing our storm for the weekend. this one is going to bring a culmination of rain, wind, even the potential for thunder. right now nothing on live doppler 7 in terms of rain but that will change coming saturday. blue skies from our golden gate bridge camera. we have a bit of a breeze out there. mid to upper 50's from oakland to san francisco. 62 two san jose, 54 and hyman bay. mid 50's to the low 70's it was actually cooler than it was yesterday. and that is because of the system that passed that brought clouds this morning. if used wrinkles from our camera. we are looking towards the port. 66 in santa rosa, 61 cap appeared do nine petaluma. 60's, concord, livermore, and clear skies over downtown san francisco. patchy morning fog tomorrow, increasing clouds tomorrow afternoon and evening. we have what the weather coming your way saturday and sunday as bring begins record warmth is possible next week. tomorrow morning, we do have a

frost advisory and freeze warning for lake and mendocino counties because the temperatures in these areas will drop low to mid 30's. frost would form and it could damage your plants. your morning temperatures with patchy fog around will be in the 30's and 40's. afternoon highs are going to come up a little bit. numbers will range from the upper 50's at the coast to the low 70's. the coast will be the only spot we might not see much in terms of warmth. there are certainly higher clouds that would be passing through for your friday. overall, nice looking weather is expected and a level 1 storm comes in. on saturday, rain will be brief. gusty winds strongest at the coast. isolated thunderstorms possible. when comes up out of the south. you will notice 25, 35 miles per hour saturday afternoon and the wind switches direction out of the north west gusting over 40 miles per hour late saturday night so it is going to feel wrought out there. you will need jackets and umbrellas if you have outdoor plans. here is when the rain arrives.

early saturday morning, 7:00 it starts to move in. by 10:00 it is widespread across the region. pops of oranges, reds and yellows here. moderate to heavy rain. isolated thunderstorms. we going to 3:00 and you will notice heavier returns between three and 5 p.m. in the north. then that system is out of here. so your sunday is good for outdoor activities. rainfall totals will look like this. about 2/10 in mountain view to about 6/10 in concord. if you get caught under one of these downpours you can see higher totals. i am suspicious of those rainfall totals. accuweather 7 day forecast, increasing clouds tomorrow, wet and windy with a level 1 storm saturday. it's going to be a cold start for the first day of spring, which is sunday. breezy conditions, certainly brighter, chilly monday, but look at how quickly those temperatures soar. we are talking mostly 70's and then we switch it over to 80's. well above average, could see records tuesday and wednesday. so it's going to feel more like summer than spring.

dan: it sure is. thank you very much. coming up next, take a walk through the tenderloin and see it through the eyes of a child. >> i try to block it out stay far away, as far as is possible. dan: this is part of our effort

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7news. dan: the tenderloin is one of san francisco's greediest areas. there is unabashed drug dealing d street, homeless encampment and piles of garbage. and of course in all of this it is important to remember there are children. karina: it is estimated 3500 kids live in the tenderloin. we followed one family to see the challenges they face calling this place home. >> my name is jack. this is what i do every day. i walked them to school because of safety. we see a lot of stories.

you have to avoid this. you have to walk around all about stuff. the kids saw that coming cover their eyes. i don't know. it is tough. i do my best much i can do to really not expose them to that. i think that they should be done. >> my name is charlie. and i am a seventh grader. i don't know why the tenderloin in general has people that do drugs and kill each other. i want them to like clean up the streets, help people. maybe help the homeless as well. just make this a better environment for everyone.

where i had to leave my family -- wound up homeless where i had to sleep in my car. my kids, i had them on the weekend. though i am homeless, i have to bring them with me. we did not have anything. so we went to the walking shelter. at the shelters around looking for something to do. it was tough and my kids have been through a lot. housing opportunity came and this is a nice apartment. when you walk around, they see people using drugs, using needles every single day. and it is something that they

come to me, they say we have to be out of here. we have to answer. we talk about it every day. we do not have savings to m t us out of here to a bigger apartment. so i live in fear the whole time. and i started hitting myself. how can i have my children growing in an environment like this? i don't have much choice. >> hey, charlie, how are you doing today? good to see you. >> get set up by the computer. >> i know you all walked on the street, i know you are considering how much of a hard time but people have, right? black people account for 5% of the overall population but represent 37% of the homeless population. if you only had two weeks to improve the state of a black life, what would you do? >> i think mental health is important.

all people should have mental health and even if they do not have enough money, they should still get help. >> agenus is dedicated to helping students with under sourced communities. we work with students who come from the tenderloin. this is a community that has always served people who are needing extra resources and support with whatever they are going through. we use writing as a therapeutic tool for students. we definitely encourage them to write positively about the communities that they come from, but also being open to the challenges and struggles that they face while living in the tenderloin. a lot of the students write about the tenderloin and how beautiful it is. we really try to amplify what the students think positively

about their community. because if you are looking at the community in a negative way, sometimes most likely it will reflect on how you feel about yourself also, because having pride in your community is having pride within yourself as well. >> we live in a world where not all black people have 08 -- what would world where black people have housing look like? >> it would look less crazy and i guess we would see less people that are homeless and on the street. and doing drugs. i think it would just be easier in general. >> unsafe lately. i was sleeping, so i heard a gunshot. at first, we were just afraid to look out the window. then we started hearing people say shot, shocked, shocked, shocked. so i open this window, a guy got shot in his car. i am afraid because it's like

they don't have that fear of death. death is ok now and that is what worries me a lot. they see a bullet with no comments. before, they used to be agitated, but now they really don't move, they don't say nothing no more. it's just like another day. >> i try to block it out stay far away from them, as far as possible. >> how do you feel when you see that? >> bad. i feel bad for them. they have to go through all that stuff. >> walking around, talking about stuff rated it is really crowded. there's a lot of fights.

sometimes i want to move out of san francisco and go away somewhere else, like a nice place. i don't want to leave my friends, but there's a lot of bad things happening here. so at the same time, i do want to leave. but it is calm created. -- it is collocated. karina: the tenderloin has a lot of potential for improvement and it's why we decided to focus on this neighborhood for the next year as part of our efforts to build a better bay area. did you know it is the last tenderloin in america to retain that name? check out these images from the tenderloin museum. the museum's executive director gave us a history lesson and then some on the neighborhood. it is part of our collection of stories on the neighborhood, which you can watch on the abc 7 bay area streaming tv app. download it wherever you are, whatever you stream, you can watch it on demand. dan: are you feeling the impact of higher pg&e bills?

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dan: brace yourself. you could be hit by a series of rate hikes from pg and eat totaling more than $760 over two years time. 7 on your side michael finney reports on a request that is sending some alarm bells of people obviously worried about this. michael: does it seem like your bill has been going up lately? yeah, there is a reason for that. it has. in january, electricity rates went up 8%. now that was followed by another rate hike of 8.9% in march. this, while gas rates went up 11% in january. in total, the average pg&e bill has gone up $384 and -- annually. and this could be only the beginning of more rate hikes to come.

before that can happen, ratepayers will get their chance to speak out. >> i feel terrible about that. i think that is ridiculous. michael: that is pastor harold pierre of san francisco's pilgrim community church. he says the rising price of -- has forced many to make tough choices. including one who goes to mcdonald's every day. to get a happy meal. >> because that is about all she can afford in trying to keep up with her meds and keep pg&e. michael: severe winter weather that gripped parts of the east and midwest caused a spike in demand for natural gas. that in turn led to a big hike in races across the country marked toning of the utility reform network turn, thinks state regulars acted too quickly to raise prices. knowing demand drops in the summer. >> they could have delayed the price increase and said, we are going to wait until later and see how it averages out. michael: the utility told 7 on

your side it is already asking for rate increases totaling another $377 per household annually in 2023. turn blames what it considers pg&e's belated effort to mitigate fire danger. >> what are they spending their money on? and is it justified? why should ratepayers pay for wildfire mitigation that is not done properly? >> reverend pierre blames pg&e's lack of maintenance for homes being destroyed and lives being upended. he says it is only acting now because it is being sued. >> now, they want the people to pay for what they should have taken care of long ago. michael: pg&e declined an opportunity for an on camera interview, but in a statement, they told us we reckon dies that any trees to a dutch any increase to a bill can be challenging. we are here to help our customers manage their energy use and cost. a reverse its customers to

pg&e.com for money-saving tips. tony, however, is not ready to get in. he is urging the public to speak out by phoning into a public hearing scheduled for this coming tuesday. at both 2:00 and 6:00 p.m.. >> they need to hear from the general public and have these increases -- and how these increases are affecting your pocketbook, are affecting your ability to pay your bills. to that of a by medicine. -- to put food on the table. two by medicine. michael: you can make your voice heard. he could find that it abc7news.com/7 on your side. pg&e says it is asking for annual rate increases of three to 4% each year from 2024 through 2026. not much let up insight. dan: that is going to hurt. art, thanks mike. sandhya: the rain will return to the bay area this weekend. karina:

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karina: technology can leave people behind because devices can be too difficult to master. however a robot with artificial intelligence is trying not only to bridge the learning gap but to provide seniors with an inch of good abc 7 news reporter

david louis introduce us to a new kind of caregiver. david: this is the new frontier for robots, helping seniors use technology to maintain their independence as they aged home. this tabletop device has a name. elq. with the help of artificial intelligence, it listens as a human companion might and provides empathetic responses. >> we wanted to create a real companion and that means this product needs to feel like it has a mind of its own. david: six years of research allowed it to be tailored to older adults who may not be adept at using robot technology. it does far more than smart speakers like alexa that simply execute commands. it listens and responds differently. >> remembering what people tell you, using that in future conversations, showing them that you acknowledge what they said, showing them that you listen, take that into account when planning future interactions with that individual. david: the speaker was designed in san francisco and israel. it's face lights up when having

a conversation. it offers exercise routines and plays trivia games to enhance physical and mental prowess. and yes, it also tells jokes. >> i am reading a book about antigravity. it is impossible to put down. david: there is a growing care cap facing seniors and families. it tries to provide seniors with solutions, such as how to get to a doctor's appointment. >> how are you going to get to the doctor's office? david: it has videoconferencing so families can see how their loved ones are doing. intuition robotics says three fourths of seniors in their 70's and 80's were able to set up l.a. q on their own. in five or 10 minutes. the initial cost is $250 plus a $30 monthly subscription. david louis, abc7news. karina: that sounds like a nice robot friend. dan: that does sound like a nice robot friend. karina: reminds you and your points are, tells jokes. dan: all right, time for the

weather. sandhya: i can tell you the forecast. let me show you the drought conditions are now up and down the state. unfortunately, the drought has gotten worse. the third and fourth categories both increasing across the state. we have not seen any change here locally. we are still in the severe to extreme category. but we do have rain coming. nothing on live doppler 7 right now. tomorrow you will see an increase in cloud cover. 50's to 70's, so still comfortable. saturday is cooler, light level 1 storm will bring us rain. it continues through the afternoon with brief downpours. sierra will see some snow and then the system winds down by evening. we will have the gusty winds along with it as well. sunday, if you have plans, you're good to go. saturday if you're traveling to the sierra, carry chains because we do have a winter weather advisory. two to five inches above 5500 feet. seven inches of the highest elevations. look at the warmth coming. monday as spring begins sunday

going into tuesday, wednesday, you will notice temperatures just soaring. record highs are possible for tuesday and wednesday. accuweather 7 a forecast. what an windy saturday, dry for the first day of spring. dan: very nice. thank you so much. karina: let's talk about some sports with larry. larry: thank you. the wires whole season hanging in the balance. based on what doctors find in the x-rays on steph curry. want to talk about a long night, an anxious night. will we see stuff on the court in the final three weeks of the

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>> now abc 7 sports with larry beil. larry: it's bad but not as bad as it could've been. warriors star steph curry is going to be out indefinitely because of a strained ligament. thankfully no broken bones but curry may not take the court again until the playoffs for golden state. the injury took place when marcus of the celtics drove for a ball rolling on his leg. some were screaming dirty play. it really is an aggressive play, overly aggressive, reckless, depending on your perspective. it is classic marcus mark. he is hundred 10 miles per hour. reaction after the game. >> it was a dangerous play. i thought marcus dove into stephanie and that is when i was upset. -- steph curry's knee. we are good, but i thought it was a dangerous play. i just let him know. >> i did it. i understand. you know, i seek to see it happen to anybody.

especially -- i hate to see it happen anyone. especially doing her job. i hate seeing the injury. so i hope steph curry is alright. i am really downright know about it. >> i cannot call that a dirty play. as unfortunate as it is, if it was a dirty play i would have dove into his head. maybe unnecessary, but that is the most i can call it. larry: rough for the warriors. the ncaa tournament began today. five seed st. mary's absolutely demolished indiana in the big ten. 82-53. logan johnson had 20 points. they face the winner of the ucla akron game pretty you sf is getting set to play murray state. all of the highlights coming up at 11:00. 12 seed richmond, it was the biggest upset of the day against iowa until kentucky lost two st. peter's five minute to go. jacob gilliard 24 points. these fighters had with their own conference tournament to the density double. that's the coaches son right there. nathan at 15. richmond ko's iowa and they

will face providence. that is a happy young man. stanford women opening the ncaa tournament at maples pavilion against montana state. this is really interesting. head coach is -- has visited ukraine and she made a pledge as well as issuing a challenge. she will donate $10 for every three made in the entire women's tournament. she will donate it in hopes others do the same. >> i would like to donate to the ukraine humanitarian fund and i am not sure which one it will be yet. $10 for every three point made in the ncaa women's tournament. i hope that our ncaa tournament, i hope people can make a lot of threes and that i can be very generous. i hope that other people will get on board with this challenge. larry: that is just fantastic. shocker from the nfl. debaters are acquiring arguably the best receiver in football. davante adams leaving the packers and the raiders reportedly going to pay him 141 and over five years.

green bay will get back to draft picks, probably more than that but the packers assigned aaron rodgers to a huge extension, supposedly willing to give adams a new deal. but he just wanted that dust out of green bay. it unites adams from palo alto with his college court about. they played together at fresno state. it is officially? but are for the giants. joc pederson making his deal. he was in scottsdale for spring training today, opening day just three weeks and one day away. the giants will open up spring training games tomorrow against the cubs. so baseball season, we got the ncaa tournament. the stuff with the warriors though, they went thousand five days without having steph curry play and dry altogether. so they finally get the reunion and now steph curry is hurt and there is nothing they could do. they just have to wait it out and see if his foot feels better. hopefully it will be ok for the playoffs. dan: let's hope. thanks very much.

karina: coming up tonight on abc 7 at eight station 19 followed by grey's anatomy, big sky, and stay with us for abc7news at 11:00. that is it for this edition of abc7news. i am karina nova. dan: and i am dan ashley. or all of us here, we appreciate your time. hope you have a nice evening and that we see would get for abc7news at 11:00.

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