andfully -- you know, people drinking and having a good time. ryan: ian clark came from the east bay with his friends to enjoy this evening. and he wasn't the only non-san franciscan wanting to take part in the festivities. >> you see all these people out here, especially in such a beautiful environment like this. and it's also just terrific for all these -- all these food trucks that are trying to make a living. ryan: it is a sign that residents in the bay area are happy to embrace large crowds and-and-fun events once again -- and fun events once again. >> it's the best feeling. we have a turnout we only could have hoped out for. ryan: the marketing director said this is a perfect way to transition from a long period of isolation and its popularity was un-- on full display. over 20 food trucks at fort mason for the start of the first night of a long season that goes

until november. they actually even have a rigorous application process just for even one food truck to get a spot at this event. >> and the past two years we're a rollercoaster of can we have an event? can we not have an event? so that was emotionally i would say. but the real work in putting this altogether happened at the start of the year. and i think everyone is ready. ryan: with the night like friday, it is easy to understand why so many food trucks want to serve at this event. it shows to be a great way to bring the community together. >> you can't beat it. i mean, this is what san francisco is all about. ryan: in san francisco, ryan curbingy, abc7 news. ama: the latest developments in the will smith-chris rock saga. smith's statement as he resigns from the academy. dan: the stanford women's basketball team trying to defend their national championship riding a 24-game win streak. could they get to the title game? that's coming up in sports. that's all -- what's ahead on

jimmy kimmel live right after abc7 news at 11:00. >> and here's what we got in store for you tonight. happy april fool's day, everybody! please, please, please, settle down, ear going to offend the other jimmy oh, wow barbara corcoran! good morning. sorry, but we don't need any business help now. we're gigillionaires. what? we're gigillionaires now. i don't get it we have at&t business fiber with hyper-gig speeds. -but i just... -so thanks, we're doing great.

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ama: six years ago today a san francisco woman and her 2 1/2-year-old daughter were last seen by relatives. the body of nicole fitts was discovered at mclaren park, her daughter ariana is still missing. police have now increased the reward in the case. reporter: a vigil for nicole fitts and her daughter ariana. relatives believe the 32-year-old's mother came to

mclaren park on april 1, 2016, to meet a person known to her. police say most likely her child's babysitter. it's here where her body was discovered a week later in a shallow grave. her sister con tessa fitts remembers what she was made of. >> the biggest thing i remember about my sister is -- is how much love she had. how much she -- how much love she had for -- pretty much anyone she met. reporter: san francisco police announced the department was increasing the reward money to $250,000 for anyone with information on nicole's murder and the whereabouts of ariana. police and the f.b.i. say progress has been made in the investigation. but no one has been arrested. >> as we continue to collect information, and analyze forensic evidence, and develop new leads, we together with the f.b.i. will be reaching out to people again in the coming weeks and months. reporter: according to the investigation, because nicole, a single mom, worked long hours, ariana was in the care of a

babysitter and her husband when she disappeared. they and another woman believed to be involved have not fully cooperated with police. ariana was 2 1/2 at the time. she's now 8. this is what she may look like thanks to an age progression photo. >> you will actually see success stories where age progression photos have led to the recovery. sometimes by that missing child themselves. reporter: law enforcement has never determined whether or not ariana is alive. today, police said we have to believe that she is. that's why that age progression photo is so crucial. billboards with that photo will now go up in california and nevada. the people who baby sat ariana have moved to las vegas. so putting that billboard up in nevada was done strategically. >> that's just the biggest thing that we can do for ariana, for our family, and for nicky is to find ariana and bring her home as soon as possible. reporter: in san francisco,

leanne melendez, abc7 news. ama: let's move on. will smith has resigned from the academy of motion picture arts and sciences. less than a week after slapping chris rock at the oscars. in a statement, the actor said in part, i will fully accept any and all consequences for my conduct. my actions at the 94th academy awards presentation were shocking, painful, and inexcusable. smith was facing possible expulsion or suspension for hitting rock. before he resigned. by resigning he will no longer be able to vote on oscar nominations. academy president david reuben said the academy will continue to move forward with disciplinary proceedings against smith. and the actor's -- actors union may do the same. ama: today san francisco city and transit leaders celebrated the grand opening of the van ness avenue rapid transit system. a ribbon cutting had this morning on the rad transit only lanes in the middle of the busy thoroughfare. pedestrian cross walks have been upgraded and there's new

undergroundwater infrastructure. bus rapid transit is expected to reduce travel time by 30%. dan: a new state plan could double the refund for recycled cans and bottles of the it's part of an effort to have more des dohe ptoherothe legislatured temporarily receive ten cents for a 12 ounce beverage container instead of fiv cents. big difference. the new proposal will expand mobile recycling centers throughout the state. the state currently has $600 million in unclaimed can and bottle deposits. $600 million. unclaimed. ama: wow. incredible. dan: a lot of bottles and cans. ama: our hot weather is going to be incredible. dan: yeah. mike with the weekend forecast. mike: speaking of bottled water you'll need plenty of it next week for sure. let's go through the weekend first by starting out where we ended up today. check out these temperatures. pretty close to average in san francisco and oakland. but well above average in our inland neighborhoods with some

mid to upper 70's in san jose, east bay, and up into the north bay and still that breeze kept us at 57 at half moon bay. here's a look at sutra towers haze out there but we expect any of the low clouds that are forming along the peninsula coast pretty much stay there the rest of the night. high clouds and sunshine all weekend with breezier conditions and cooler weather sunday. a chance of sprinkles in the north bay monday. that's our only chance of wet weather. and then we have a rebound of robust temperatures that will near us into record levels. in fact, we will have a low risk of heat illness for about three days. tonight, we're dropping down mainly into the mid and upper 40's with increasing high clouds. here's a beautiful shot from the exploratorium showing that it's still pretty clear out there. and the new moon is still around. so you should be able to see a lot of stars over the next couple of hours. but then the high clouds roll in. a little bit of fog at the coast. we'll start off in those mid to upper 40's at 7:00. staying at the 50's at the coast while we hit the mid up toker 60's for our bay and inland neighborhoods. that's pretty close to average and that's the noon temperature. look at this. by the time we get to the

afternoon we're even -- a little bit warmer than today with low to upper 70's back into the mid and upper 60's as we head toward that sunset at about 7:32. highs tomorrow, 61 at half moon bay and a little breezy. 67 at san francisco. and then low to mid 70's for the rest of the bay. mid 70's in the south bay. how about those upper 70's to near 80 in our inland east bay neighborhoods and mid up toker 70's in our north bay neighborhoods. jump ahead to monday, a cold front skirting us to the north. draw your attention to the top of your screen. and those are some sprinkles that will hit lake and medicineo and possibly the northern part of sonoma counties. look at this. .01 as far south as closer dale. it will bring in cooler air. our coolest day will be monday and then watch this area of high pressure split into two. and then watch that. move over to the great basin and another one off the coast. that brings us an offshore breeze. and look at these temperatures. 60's, 70's and 80's wednesday. we got 70's, 80's and 90's for thursday. our hottest day and that is a day where we will be pretty

close to some record high temperatures. the only one maybe for sure is livermore at 89 degrees. my accuweather seven day forecast four to six degrees cooler with a solid breeze coming in for all of our neighborhoods sunday. monday is the coolest with that passing cold front and more cloud cover. and then the race is on to those near record high temperatures wednesday, thursday, and friday. ama: mike, thank you. mike: you bet. dan: we are very sad to report to you tonight that a long-time member of our abc7 family has passed away. joel bartlett died last night at his home in santa rosa surrounded by family and the animals he loved so much. he joined the air force in the 1960's where he became a meteorologist. he went on to become a familiar face certainly in the bay area bringing us the weather for 31 years. 17 of those years were at k.g.o. wednesday was declared joel bartlett day in san francisco. we'll be right

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block olives, mushrooms, at the timea and mozzarella cheese -- fetta and mozzarella cheese. my son would have none of that. ama: you may also want to try the cale lumpia, a twist on the spring roll popular in the philippines. dan: the stanford women's basketball team in action at the final four. ama: larry beil is here with sports. larry: dan and amat cardinal looking to defend their crown, riding a 24-game winning streak. they would have to beat a perennial powerhouse in uconn. that's next

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final four. stanford looking to defend their national title against the university of connecticut. tara vanderveer, three national tiltses. geno auriemma incredibly has 11. really rough night shooting the ball for stanford. haley jones -- haley jones with eight of her 20 points. ashten prechtel for three. the cardinals take a brief lead but stanford down by a deuce after three quarters. uconn's paige bueckers, she came back after knee surgery in december. steal and score. bueckers had 14 points. stanford just couldn't make a shot. 4-23 from downtown. jones the miss there. the 24-game win streak in jeopardy. stanford, they put on a furious late rally. what a pass from jones to cameron -- cameron brink to get stanford within two. brink with 15 points but just not enough. the huskies seal it with free throws, 63-58 and advancing to the championship game against south carolina. >> you know, we left a lot out there unsaid. and so that's hard to kind of swallow that pill where you

leave game feeling like as a team, you didn't leave your best out there. but you got to give credit to connecticut. they have a championship ring. so they know what they need to do. and again, we just had some looks but didn't go in for us. and we did not defend the three-point line. nor did we make our free throws. nor did we keep them off the glass as well as we needed to. larry: to the nba. we will not see steph curry until the playoffs. curry missed the past seven games with a foot injury. he'll miss the final five. we saw steph without the walking boot on today. so that's a positive. he will be re-evaluate april 11. that's the day after the season ends. the expectation is curry should be good to go for game one of the playoffs. >> steph has been injured many times. either before, during the playoffs in the past. and he's always returned really -- really well. so i'm not too worried about him. larry: tomorrow is world autism awareness day and warriors forward draymond green with former michigan state teammate anthony iani partnering with the

autism society of san francisco as they hosted a basketball clinic for students on the autism spectrum. iani the first d-1 college player to play with autism. >> success for someone with autism is simply have a friend in this world and if i can help that, i'm always down and i'll always want to be a helping hand. >> you can do anything in life despite autism. and i've always told people that autism doesn't define me like i define who i am. larry: fantastic work there. sports on abc7 sponsored by river rock

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