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solutions. this is abc 7 news. ah bomb scare in the east bay tonight leaving residents on edge dozens or forced from their homes, and now some say they're ready to get out for good. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley and i'm a dates that bomb secure happened at an apartment complex in pleasant hill the evacuation order has now been lifted but the situation was enough to leave some people very shaken abc 7 news reporter. tim johns has the story. a quiet apartment complex and pleasant hill turned into the scene of a nightmare friday night. i don't feel safe here. i do not feel safe here the pleasant hill on clinton police departments say they were investigating a series of vandalisms in the area as a part of that investigation pleasant hill pd detectives discovered that it was possible that our suspect in that vandalism case was acquiring explosive devices as a result law enforcement agencies say they got a search warrant for an apartment on the 300 block of long brook way in

their search officials say they found bomb making material. goes along with some type of device pleasant hill pd says they arrested a 27 year old man. the hazmat was here. the fire department was here fbi was here. we didn't know what was going on maureen kill murray lives at the complex and was one of about 20 residents evacuated around 3 pm friday afternoon. she says the suspect kept to himself and never had much interaction with others in the complex. he put plastic over his windows so that you know, which we thought was kind of weird that sentiment also shared by other residents too many of whom were still shell shocked over what had happened we had suspicions of something way lower level maybe like growing some pot or something like that had no clue anything like this could have been happening but as the shock starts to wear off and residents begin returning to their homes some say it might not be for

much longer the events of the night causing at least one to say she's moving as soon as she gets the chance but as soon as i am physically able yes, that's what i'm gonna do in pleasant hill tim johns abc 7 news. all right turning to the weather right now dry, but that is about to change it is we've got some rain on the way for the weekend abc 7 news meteorologist. sandy patel is here with early. look at the forecast send it. that's right and dan and alma when you wake up tomorrow morning chances, are you're gonna see rain in your neighborhood. let me show you live doppler 7. it's a light level one storm. it's the last storm of winter. it is pushing into the pacific northwest not far away from us. so the clouds are already moving in you can see it's pretty much cloudy cloudy across the entire area as you start off tomorrow morning 7 o'clock. we'll see the rain moving in as we go into noontime some light to moderate rain across the region. here's what you need to know the spike in the rainfall intensity is going to happen in the early to middle part of the afternoon.

that's when we're expecting moderate rain. watch out for slippery roads windy conditions near the coast the possibility of lightning and hail. i'll be back with the rest of your hourly forecast for your saturday plus a look at what's coming for sunday as spring begins in just a few minutes. all right, sandy. thank you. fire crews are still on the scene of a fire at a vacant commercial building in campbell. it was destroyed by a big fire that occurred about 10 o'clock this morning sky 7 was where you can see thick smoke coming from the three-story building a crews were able to keep flames from spreading to nearby buildings. the structure is deemed unstable and dangerous people working from nearby buildings watched finding it hard to breathe even all you could see was smoke pouring out of the second story windows. this is three stories and it was excuse me. fire is the fires basically out but crews are still on site monitoring hot spots until tomorrow.

there are no reports of injuries and the cause of the fire is still under investigation. morgan hill police have arrested a 17 year old after they say he shot gel balls at pedestrians. the attack happened yesterday afternoon only days after pleasanton police warned of similar random attacks. the behavior is being tied to a viral social media trend that encourages people to fire pellets at unsuspecting victims abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo is here with the warning. what tiktok users might consider a new viral social media challenge is landing teens and some real trouble and morgan hill thursday a 17 year old boy was arrested after police. say two people walking along east main avenue were hit with gel balls or orbeez shot from a blaster gun fired from a moving car these gel or water-based pellets hit one person in the head another in the arm if someone struck in the face or an eye. some softer membrane, you know, especially the eye that's gonna cause some significant

significant damage or worse, you know, i mean if if you're on the bike and you get hit with something like that you fall off going to the oncoming traffic, who knows what would happen residents say there is concern a specially since this is the third similar incident to happen in the past two weeks morgan hill police say they do not believe the incidents are connected pd says in thursday's investigation they were able to identify the car involved. and later found the teen driver at home with a splatter ball blastroll gun in the back seat of his car. he was then arrested and booked into the santa clara county juvenile hall sergeant. scott. purvis says what's challenging is it doesn't take much to gather needed material. it's sold as a toy for children five years and up. so the accessibility is extremely easy for anybody to go out and purchase these he says the department doesn't have any direct evidence that thursday's is related to the tiktok challenge but pd believes it is likely seeing social media

encouragement to shoot strangers. you'd never want that to happen in any neighborhood. not your own or anywhere else on the other hand. it's not going to stop me from going out for my evening walk and such. i don't think it's systemic or a big problem, but others do consider viral social media trends that glorify harming others a huge problem. easy that that's just crazy. know, i don't. i don't get this tiktok challenge stuff, you know the kids just i don't know they did something else to do police are asking parents to speak with their children about the serious dangers and consequences of this criminal behavior in morgan hill. i'm a madoka still yo abc 7 news alright, let's move to the latest on the pandemic as several european countries are detecting a rise in covid ba2 cases experts here in the us are predicting the new variant could become the dominant strain in just a matter of weeks kind of still assess the ultimate impact whether people are going to be sick and large numbers there whether it will increase

mortality. dr. tom englesby is a senior advisor to the white house covid-19 response team. he says the us is typically four to six weeks behind covid-19 trends in europe, which is why the white house is keeping a very close eye on the uk right now so far hospitalizations have not increased here in the bay area despite ba2 being 30% were transmissible than the first strain of omicron. the state is updating more covid-19 guidance effective april 1st people attending mega events indoors will not have to show proof of vaccination or negative test. it will still be strongly recommended mega events are 1,000 people or more new details on oakland unified school districts mask policy starting monday. the district is making masks optional for students staff volunteers and visitors when outdoors and an ousd school masks will still be required in classrooms and other indoor. patients the district will also hand out covid test kits to students and teachers as they

head into spring break. they're being asked to take those tests shortly before returning to school. unified school district mean business after an impasse over a pay dispute. they've already voted to strike a move that would impact thousands of students today. they piled on the pressure and their boss agrees with them. we call this a getting ready to strike awareness campaign just to let the community know that we are ready to do what it takes to get fair wages all of our employees deserve a increase in salary. the teachers are asking for a 12 and a half percent increase over six years. the earliest they could strike would be march 28th. new at 11 president biden has signed a bill into law aimed at helping health care workers who've been on the front lines throughout the pandemic. the bill is named for dr. lorna breen who died by suicide in 2020. she worked at a new york city

hospital. that was hit hard by covid the health care provider protection act offers mental health services to health care work. it will also fund research on the best mental health strategies. and a documentary on national geographic called the first wave looks back at what happened to those early weeks of the pandemic it chronicles the lives of a group of doctors nurses and patients in the new york hospital system. you can watch it for free streaming now on hulu san jose residents sound off over the homeless problem plaguing their community but leaders say there's no easy answer the plea they're now making to the public plus who doesn't love to cruise through airport security facial recognition could be on the way as new technology looks to

over homeless encampments and a call from the city of san jose for patients. it's tackling what it describes as an epic crisis abc 7 news reporter tara. has the story from one homeless encampment to the next it's a site some are getting sick of in san jose. i'm out of trash that's there. it's appalling. it's absolutely appalling. it's not safe. it's unsanitary jumiah washington lives near several of these encampments. i live off of capitol expressway and snail it's right here. you cut the corner. it's all right. there you go down the street to

the library. it's right there and every time she drives by she worries. you better be lucky. you don't hit nobody or something. to fall down because you're gonna get into accident frustrated. she says having countless complaints go unanswered call this person. it's not our district call that person. it's not their district countless that emails phone calls. she's asking the city to do more to keep these encampments contained provide them with a dumpster provide them with the porta potty and the city is planting on bolstering that exact service as well as adding more porta potties. andrea flores shelton is deputy director of the apartment tasked with keeping camps clean city council provided our department with quite a bit of american rescue plan dollars so that we could up our game and a big part of the plan is to start picking up garbage every week starting by the end of april and move from bi-weekly trash service to weekly service to approximately

200 encampments citywide working. she says to keep tabs on all of them if garbage is going everywhere. we're gonna come in and we're gonna do what we call escalated cleanups. one of those cleanups happened just a few days ago at park we took camps that were sometimes two stories high and probably 200 square feet and we removed the debris, but we said, you know, this is how you can stay a relief for people like jody bell who calls a camp home at least for now i ended up over here in the encampment, which the people are wonderful. it's like family to me. she's been living at the corner of branham lane and monterey road for a year waiting for her family to pick her up. you thought of going to a shelter home first? yeah. i took interview with me. and yeah, i told him yet. my family should be here. day, meanwhile, the city is

calling for patients beyond tolerance of our unhoused community while we're grappling with this. really, you know epic crisis and that encampment where jodi lives it could be a small win within the bigger battle the cities working to turn it into emergency housing instead of i think eight to ten people living outside we could hopefully have dozens and dozens of people living inside as for jamiah. she's all for it, whatever it takes to get her neighborhood cleaned up. that would be wonderful. but the abundance of trash that's there now and needs to be gone tara campbell abc 7 news. now to the latest developments on the war ukraine for the first time since the russian invasion missiles have hit leviv. just 40 miles from the polish border rescuers continue to search for survivors at a theater hit by a russian airstrike in maripole. it was being used to shelter children 130 have been rescued but hundreds are still missing.

also today russian president vladimir putin praised his military at a patriotic rally in moscow. meanwhile president biden spoke virtually with china's leader for almost two hours as the white house tried to deter beijing from helping russia. he also conveyed and described the implications and consequences of china for material support to russia. former presidents bill clinton and george w bush laid sunflowers at a ukrainian church in chicago today. they released this video on their social media accounts calling on americans to rally in support of ukraine if you want to help people in ukraine, we've put a together a list of verified groups and nonprofits sending donations and supplies to refugees that's on our website abc7news.com/take action. the tsa is getting a technological upgrade making it easier for travelers. to check in hands-free the agency has introduced a new facial recognition a system at 12 airports across the us this

is video from lax. the technology has also being tested at sfo and minetta san jose. it allows travelers to check bags pass through security and board flights by matching facial features to a government issued id. yeah, i feel like it's a lot safer that way because you know, we don't have to touch anything. surprised at first because i didn't expect it or see it before so it went very smoothly and it was fine. the tsa will test the new feature for 90 days if it all goes according to plan it could expand nationwide. it's 16 years since dress for success got started in san francisco, and then nonprofit is celebrating its achievements abc 7's dion limb emceed the sweet 16 anniversary gala at the palace hotel. she was one of the honorees the evening included a reception with the sit-down dinner and live auction as well as the presentation ceremony. this pandemic has really hit women disproportionately and we're on the front lines trying

to get them back to work. and take a look former abc 7 news. anchor carolyn. tyler was among the guests. oh, we miss her dress for success. san francisco has helped more than 9,000 women to suit up for the office and achieve economic independence. what a great night. yeah. absolutely. great. cause all right. what's going to be a great weekend and we have something coming. we haven't seen in a while. yeah, that's right that rain sandia. that's right. i am tracking that rain and dan and alma it's going to arrive tomorrow. it's an indoor day tomorrow out. day for your sunday? okay, so we got a little bit of everything. let me show you what you need to know for tomorrow. your storm alert concern here. is that as the rain moves in the roads will be slick low visibility windy along the coast and there is an isolated thunder and hail chance. so yeah, give yourself more time to get to where you need to go. here's a look at that storm. it's pushing into the pacific northwest just a few hundred miles from us, but we're already seeing the clouds and some radar returns beginning to show up

along the mendocino coast. so get ready. key for some wet weather temperatures right now with the cloud cover really being held up in the 40s and the 50s a little warm up this afternoon. you may have felt it is going down tomorrow kgo roof camera a quiet scene here wet windy and cooler tomorrow spring starts on sunday. it's going to be chillier in the morning milder in the afternoon and much warmer weather is coming your way next week as a matter of fact records are possible for the warmest weather of the season so far coming your way tuesday and wednesday. it's a light level one storm for tomorrow like to moderate rain. along the coast and with that thunder and hail chance, don't be surprised if there are some slowdowns on the roadways seven o'clock in the morning light to moderate rain begins to move in as we get into 10 am still scattered, but the north bay is seeing that steady rain we go into the afternoon and we start to notice some pockets of yellow, which is moderate rain even right on through the three four o'clock in the afternoon hours in the east bay 5 o'clock down the penins. into the south bay and it's gone pretty quickly. so pretty much the window for

the rain is between 7 am and about 6 pm now rainfall totals were range from about a tenth of an inch in the south bay places like about a third of an inch in santa rosa where we do see some heavier rainfall could pick up up to a half an inch going into saturday evening. the winds are going to come up but not everywhere. it's going to be breezy for most areas, but gusty right along the coast 36 miles an hour tomorrow evening as we go into 8pm 40 mile an hour winds. you might want to secure any loose objects you may have especially if you live near the coast in the mountains. it's a winter weather advisory eight am to 11 pm tomorrow in the sierra. you're looking at two to six inches above 5500 up to eight inches at the higher elevations with slippery roads and reduced visibility. give yourself that extra time carry the chains 40s 50s in the morning. carry those umbrellas grab the jackets. it's going to be much cooler tomorrow mostly 50s and wendy's 60 degrees though in fairfield now. bring outlook from noah below average out west not surprising

midwest above average here in northern and central, california which includes the bay area looking at below average precipitation 33 to 40% chance, not tomorrow though accuather 7-day forecast featuring the wet weather level one spring starts on sunday and boy, is it going to warm up records are possible. look at that 70s and 80s for most of you tuesday and wednesday on and dan get ready to bring out. flip-flops. they're in my closet somewhere. ok want more restful sleep? nature's bounty gives you more with sleep3. the first ever triple action sleep supplement with 3 unique nighttime benefits to help you get a great night's sleep and wake feeling refreshed. live bountifully. nature's bounty.

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draymond green. they're alma mater is played tonight in the ncaa's and they bet on the game plus the women's tournament started tonight with fran balibie dunking and you're not gonna believe the score at stanford after one

rock casino good evening. i don't think i've ever seen a basketball team get shut out for an entire quarter until tonight defending national champ stanford hosting montana state round one of the women's ncaa tournament new broncos quarterback russell wilson watching his sister anna play for the cardinal double trouble here lacey hall to lexi hall. it was 20 to nothing after one quarter. only the second time that's happened in tournament history where somebody's been shut out fran believe me bringing the house down with authority the reaction from the bench. priceless here at stanford cruise's 78-37 stanford's 21st consecutive victory. they'll face kansas in round two. just a day after his don's played in their first ncaa tournament game in 24 years.

todd golden is gone off to coach the florida gators gets a six year deal for three million per season golden one of the top young coaches in the country usf has already named golden's assistant chris gerlison as usf's new head coach draymond green went to michigan state steph curry went to their team's meeting in the ncaa tournament tonight davidson up three with six ■minutes togojoeyhauser with three of his game high 27 that ties it up. the spartans would never trail after that julius marble the second in the lane, michigan state wins, barely 74-73. apparently steph owes draymond a watch maybe some cash and has to wear a michigan state jersey to a warriors game. warriors are hoping it's steph curry's foot is going to heal quickly the official diagnosis released today sprained ligament and curry's foot caused by marcus smart dive curry will be reevaluated in two weeks. so he may be healthy fingers crossed when the playoffs begin in three and a half weeks giants spring training opener against the cubs mike. you strepsky's baby. so cute.

that is quittingly may logan webb looking good from and spoke. for two innings struck out five the giants didn't have a hit through the first seven innings. i don't care what the excuses that's bad price johnson leading off the eighth with a double. that was the biggest cheer of the night. giants lose though. seven three and the gaze won their opener 10a sharks and abs. oh that's why the fan paid for those ice level seats writers. he's loving that a frustrating night though for the sharks giveaway by eric carlson, darren helm beats zach suchenko to make it two-nothing. the sharks would rally but they come up short five three sports come up short five three sports on abc 7 sponsored by riv care coalition, where are we on alaska airlines? we found that people are raving about their customer care. i mean, take a look at this! wow! [dog barks] says here they have the most flights from the west coast. they fly to chicago, hawaii, cancun! wow! do they fly to my magical faraway kingdom of care-a-lot, way up in the clouds where anything is possible?

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understand how space exploration works. ♪ here at the exploratorium, we're pleased to be bringing three mars exploration experiences to our audiences. the first and the most impactful in scale is what you see here, which is the perseverance mars rover model. we also have a really engaging experience from the tinkering school. that's a youth-led project that uses the engineering and the problem-solving that's being done by nasa at this really large, crazy scale, brings it back down to earth, and uses materials that we're familiar with to try to do some similar problem-solving and engineering. and then, we also have an experience in our wattis studio using videos that nasa has created or that persy has collected from mars as well as documentation from the launch of perseverance and the engineering of perseverance.

♪ >> so, at the exploratorium, we have a full-scale model of the perseverance rover. you're able to see the instruments on the rover as well as what the wheels look like and experience what it might be like for the rover on mars, in terms of size and scalability. it's the size of a small car. >> what i think is really great about this model is you see it in front of you. and you also can learn about each of the instruments that are on the model and learn what each of them are doing on mars. >> we're interested in assessing potential areas for biosignature preservation potential as well as characterizing the overall geology and preparing for future human exploration. >> i'm also really excited that we were able to bring this partnership with the tinkering school in for these mars projects, because the tinkering school is a really inspiring way to approach education and how empowered the

young people that they work with become. it's just -- it was marvelous to be able to work with them and to see that emotion. >> we are offering an interactive part of this exhibit where you can drive a mars rover in the same way that the perseverance rover drivers do. >> so, the tinkering lab is something the exploratorium wanted to set up as a way to showcase what tinkering is and sort of run class type things. we actually have one of our live rovers in a small simulated sandbox that mimics the much larger facility we have at our offices in tinkering school, where you can walk up to a kiosk and build out a motion plan and drive the rover and watch it drive around and try to get an emulation of the experience of what it's like to drive the perseverance rover. you can also check out some of our prototypes of various aspects. we really wanted to showcase in these projects how iteration and prototyping works so that people can see that you're not always successful on your first design and you need to experiment and make revisions. >> you can really follow through the entire timeline of our robot development through this event.

>> it's pretty cool.