building a better bay area abc 7 news reporter stephanie sierra. live in the newsroom with new insights from one of the nation's largest commercial real estate firms with interesting information tonight's death. that's right dan as many major tech giants are welcoming employees back to the office this week. there is a looming problem. the city's vacancy rate is climbing as the demand for new office space is declining the question is how long will it last? in the heart of san francisco's financial district salesforce plaza felt alive again for the first time in two years employees welcomed back long lunch line chatter is back. but the demand for new office space is not it's been an interesting two years obviously for for every market, but i think none more interesting than san francisco. nick romito is the ceo of vts and national commercial real estate firm. the company compiles a yearly report. analyzing the demand for new

office space across the country. it shows san francisco is at the bottom of the list. there might be surprising but it's unfortunate. that's where we are today according to the report the city has fared far worse recovering compared to other major us cities for example, san francisco is only 30% back to its normal or pre-pandemic demand. new york and dc are both double that around 60 percent seattle. another comparable tech hub is at 70% whereas la has reached the closest to its pre-pandemic average at 71% so why is san francisco so far behind there are three factors making san francisco such an outlier. bromido says the main reasons are a larger percentage of fully remote jobs the amount of people leaving the city for other counties is higher than other markets and the lots of increase in home prices here in the bay area compared to these other cities while all these skyscrapers might look empty today. i think time is going to be our friend on this one and the time may speed up sooner than we

think robert salmons is a senior researcher for commercial real estate firm cushman and wakefield. he says 65% of the company's tenants across san francisco are tech companies and several big ones are eyeing new leases for more space in the coming weeks case in point. 640,000 square foot building in soma that salmon says could bring significant impacts to the market that when these deals transact over the next few weeks that it's going to be a much more of an optimistic view on san francisco. now wet salmon's means by optimistic view as we may see an increased demand for smaller companies to make a commitment to san francisco if these larger tech tenants make the move to expand. if these deals close down in the coming weeks it could help reduce the vacancy rate across the city, which did increase modestly this quarter to around 21% and to put that in perspective. that's up from around 5%

pre-pandemic steph while we're talking about the vacancy rate. what about most of those big skyscrapers downtown that defines so much of the city skyline is the vacancy increase affecting those buildings. you know dan it's interesting. they may look empty. of course given most of them are. by tech companies allowing a hybrid work model, but when it comes to leasing activity in those buildings, there's not a lot on the market according to salmon. there's only a 7% vacancy rate among most skyscrapers that make up fight eye tonight. that's interesting. just seven percent. all right, stephanie. thank you our media partners at the san francisco standard have been digging into the details of the salesforce towers tenants, and they're back to work plans. they say things may never be what they once according to the standards research none of the five largest tenants have plans to bring workers into the office five days a week. salesforce tower isn't just tech it's also law firms consulting firms etc. there's a wework there as well and we found that the tenants are planning to ask their workers to come.

back between zero and three days a week the lack of office workers is greatly affected businesses near the tower obviously many free events are being put on the public park at salesforce tower in the hope of drawing foot traffic back to that area. there are also plans to open a restaurant and a beer garden. about a half hour ago standoff involving the san francisco bomb squad ended peacefully it lasted about three hours happening on gonzalez drive in the park merced neighborhood the bomb squad responded to a call of a man making threats and possibly armed with a gun a crisis in hostage. negotiations team was called to the scene. they say the man surrendered and may have been experiencing a mental health emergency. well another very intense story here a man with a child is accused of carjacking. afternoon in alameda abc 7 news reporter leslie. brinkley has late-breaking details on this. it really is a truly bizarre carjacking what appears to be the carjacked vehicle was just

found a little while ago here near oakland airport police told us the little girl is safe and that they took into custody a shirtless man who was near that missing car now police lieutenant josh crosley told me earlier this afternoon that a man the victim was just sitting in his car looking at his cell phone around 120 pm in alameda. a man with a young girl approximately four years old approached him and asked to borrow his cell phone. the victim said that the little girl repeatedly called this man her dad he refused to let them use the cell phone the suspect then. open the car door punched the victim and yanked him out of the car. he and the little girl got in the car and sped away. alameda police put out an all points bulletin for a gray honda accord and they do not believe they said that the little girl was ever in eminent danger since

they assumed she was with her dad. the victim was treated at the scene for minor injuries. now you fast forward a couple hours by 4:30. the car was located here along do little drive near oakland airport again the police confirming that the little girl is okay. man now is in custody in oakland. i'm leslie brinkley abc 7 news. alright, leslie. thank you happening now an event with the goal of ending gun violence. it's organized in the wake of the deadly sacramento shooting over the weekend as well as a deadly shooting in san francisco. here's a live look at that event. i'm going to set up. house did not appeared right now. it's taking place in san francisco. cdda. chase of boudin is scheduled to speak the event is being billed as a vigil and call to action to end gun violence. okay, in addition to the da the city attorney and police chief city faith and community leaders as you can see, there are all scheduled to take part. we will have much more on that

for you later on this evening three suspects are now under arrest in connection to the investigation into sunday's deadly mass shooting. sacramento this afternoon one of the suspects 26 year old dondre martin made his first court appearance. martin is charged with assault and firearms possession. he did not enter a plea and will be back in court in may earlier and earlier today police announced the arrest of 27 year old smiley martin dondre's older brother and 31 year old daveon dawson, both on weapons charges so far police have not arrested anyone for crimes directly related to the shootings. they say they've still they're still sorting through a mountain of evidence. received over 170 videos through the qr code that we shared with the public and the public's been great about submitting video to us through that portal. so we have to go through a lot of video still our investigators have much work to do. and that work includes finding a

motive for the shootings that killed six people and left a dozen others wounded. lawmakers in sacramento will soon consider a new gun legislation, which is modeled on the structure of the controversial texas abortion law a bill from los angeles state senator robert hertzberg would let private citizens sue anyone who manufactures distributes or sells assault weapons rifles ghost guns or ghost gun kits. the penalty would be at least $10,000 for each weapon. we believe that this creates a powerful incentive for folks to help you get these weapons off the street out of the hands of criminals. critics of the legislation say it's a form of payback by democrats following the texas abortion law, which goes after citizens who provide or help provide abortions? and here is one more live. look at that event to just beginning in san francisco. we'll have highlights of what was said tonight on abc 7 news

at 11, right? let's move on now. we are expecting record-setting heat before the weekend. here's a live look outside over san francisco from our tower camera a top mount sutro great view of the city a lot of people already noticed warmer temperatures today and more is coming abc 7 news meteorologist. sandy patel is here. all right, sandia show us the numbers. numbers you may not like what you see dan and karina want to show you blue skies first as you will notice. we have a nice breeze along the embarcadero. it's still going to be sunny, but we're gonna notice these temperatures that are in the comfort zone 50s to 70s at this hour going up. they soar tomorrow morning is the coolest point 40s 50s watch what happens by the lunch hour? you're already in the low to upper 70s away from the coastline and as you check out the temperatures today today compared to what's coming, so santa rosa and san jose both in the lows 70s livermore 75 degrees that heat spikes. you're going to be in the mid to upper 80s, you will notice it

you will feel it and by thursday we're talking about the potential for some records. i'll be back with that and when that heat will finally break and you'll get a relief from this hot weather coming up dan and karina. okay, sandy. thank you a lot more to come here the state lifted its mask mandate more than a month ago. but the bay area's biggest city just made. that decision today find out why they waited plus with some of the fraud involving the edd and a big-name bank and inside job of federal indictment like suspects on the other side of the country to money stolen here in california.

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pandemic headlines, california has officially topped eight and a half million covid-19 cases the wide test positivity rate over the last seven days is one and a half percent today the white house announced a new task force focused on long covid. it's upcoming reports will lay out existing services and plan for further research needs almost two years after san jose put a masked mandate into place. the city has finally decided to remove it effective immediately, but as abc 7 news reporter dustin dorsey explains covid variance, may throw a wrench into those plants. in san jose we will now be able to see smiles in the community whether you're enjoying an event at the sap center or out and about downtown. the city is following suit with the state and county and removing their indoor mask mandate for most settings for the first time in nearly two years compared to january 2022 when there was significant rise in covid-19 cases due to the own

crime variant covid-19 hospitalizations remain relatively low and stable so at this time the sea feels it's appropriate to rescind the policy santa clara county and san jose once had some of the most strict restrictions now hospitalizations are low the seven day case average in the county sits around 160 new cases and san jose remains the most highly vaccinated large city in the us, but according to the county's wastewater covid numbers, san jose's detection of covid is shooting up with the ba2 variant and new more transmissible xe variant emerging and the city says to the mandates are always possible. although we're a highly vaccinated city, you know, we need to remain vigilant and be flexible if changes need to be made in the future ucss dr. peter chin hong says the variance and people traveling have likely caused the increase of covid in the wastewater. but as long as hospitalizations remain low in san jose and throughout the bay area, he doesn't anticipate mask mandates to go backwards for now. we may see an increase in cases

in the community, but probably not so much of a hit on the hospital side, which i think you will make people feel a lot more assured and i predict that we will stay intact for the next ba2 or xe or anything for the time being ultimately the mandates come down to local jurisdictions. and dr. chin hong says the variance may make leaders reconsider options as they see fit in san jose dust and dorsey abc 7 news. today the state attorney general's office says it has settled a price gouging lawsuit with grocery store chains smart & final between march and june of 2020 smart & final which operates more than 250 stores throughout the west they illegally increase the price of four organic and cage-free egg products beyond what was allowable during the state of emergency and while these were premium products remember that during this time shells were often bare there weren't a lot of choices. rob bonte says smart and final

race prices by as 25% violating the state's pandemic price gouging laws. he says the chains sold more than 100,000 cartons of unlawfully priced eggs and will pay $175,000 in penalties smart and final told the los angeles times the price increases were unintentional adding quote. we want our valued customers to know that price gouging has no place in our stores. we will continue to review our pricing to ensure it remains compliant. san francisco officials have just extended an agreement between uber and the tax company flywheel that would change how taxis operate in the city but as abc 7 news reporter loose peña tells us at least one taxi driver says being in business with uber is not worth it. the future of the taxi industry in san francisco could be changing. we believe that this will revitalize the taxi industry today the sfmta board voted to extend a pilot program previously approved in september

of 2021. this program would allow passengers to order a taxi through the uber app and automatically get rid of the taxi meter letting passengers know in advance how much money they will need to pay give that motion passes. do you think this could be the end of the tax? 3 i think it could possibly really harm the taxi industry david smith has been a taxi driver for 23 years. he sees this pilot program as uber's way to get more drivers on the road and not necessarily to help taxi drivers make more money. we want metered fares. basically. we don't want low ball uber fares a big concern for david is his taxi medallion in 2014. he paid $250, for this certificate required to operate a taxi. he still owes over $100,000 and feel strapped. he doesn't see this program as a solution find other work even go back to school.

is that something you're considering? i would if i wasn't married to the debt. but at this point it kind of consumes your whole life. san francisco has 19 taxi close to 3,000 taxi drivers and over 1,000 medallion drivers union is asking for the city to give them a fighting chance and help with the medallion debts and also to regulate right sharing companies. there's no magic. solution for this terrible crisis of the medallion loan payments then the city stepping up. david says he's better off driving his taxi, then potentially working more hours to get less money from uber. he's also considering to do something. he never thought he would need to do it probably just file for bankruptcy and sfmta will get 90 days to finish creating guidelines for this program set to start in august in cisco loose pena abc 7 news let's get

to the weather now and talk about that heat that's coming. yeah big time meteorologist. sandia patel is tracking that for santa. yeah, dan and karina. it's gonna feel like summer around here earlier than when we expect. i mean you expect 90s in may not april. let's talk about what's going to happen heating up the next few days. well above average temperatures records are expected thursday with the air quality declining right now. look how beautiful it is good air quality. thanks to this refreshing sea breeze air quality tomorrow will be good to moderate notice on thursday. it's moderate across the entire area and on friday many areas will be moderate. so here's what's going to happen on thursday. we do have a few cities that going to be at record levels if they come in at these temperatures santa rosa expected to tie the old records set back in 1989 expected to hit 90 degrees 91 in livermore. that would surpass the old record, but you will notice san jose and oakland getting pretty close there. so we'll be watching that ridge of high pressure building in and

as that ridge builds. we're going to see a down sloping wind offshore wind will bring the heat to live doppler 7 right now showing you the absence of rain, but changing early next week we only have gusty winds on shore winds right now 24 to 25 miles an hour san francisco sfo gusting to 22 and a half moon bay. that wind is whipping up the ocean water is right now wave heights are 12 to 17 feet beach hazard statement through 9 pm tomorrow. watch out for those large breakers. there is a risk of rip currents and sneaker waves, especially if you want to go to the coast to get away from the hot weather from our emeryville camera. it is a bright view and a breezy one 59 in the city 65 oakland. nine, san jose currently 70 in santa are nothing but blue skies golden gate bridge 71 in santa rosa. it's in the low to mid 70s from concord to livermore to fairfield and from our east bay hills camera just a stunning view as we look across the bay temperatures soaring. well above average next few days record highs are likely thursday

much cooler and windier weather coming your way this weekend on the subject of cool the coldest. is will be to our north around parts of mendocino humboldt county's lake counties as we do have a frost advisory 12 to 9 am tomorrow temperatures as low as mid 30s frost will kill sensitive plants, so you'll want to take precaut. temperatures in the morning under clear skies in the 40s and 50s for most of you ukiah down to 39 degrees by the afternoon it is going to warm up noticeably warmer in the south bay 88 gilroy 86 san jose at los gatos 81 in sunnyvale on the peninsula 82 redwood city 70 in pacifica 72 half moon bay downtown san francisco 76 degrees many of these temperatures a good 15 to 25 degrees above average north bay 84 degrees in vallejo 86 santa rosa 82 in san rafael a few high clouds in the east bay. it's going to be warm 80 in 82 hayward had inland 88 in fairfield 87 livermore 86 in

pleasanton accuweather 7-day forecast much warmer weather records are likely thursday and then it cools at the coast and bay, but it is going to be a sharp drop in those temperatures and windier comes sunday slight chance of some showers on monday dan, that'd be nice. yes, sandy. thank you coming up you could call it. edible arts. it's a sweet treat inspired by an iconic artist and with the temperatures rising now the timing couldn't be better. stay with us. stay with us. what are you recommending for muscle pain? based on clinical data, i recommend salonpas. agreed... my patients like these patches because they work for up to 12 hours, even on moderate pain. salonpas. it's good medicine (music throughout)

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may bring back some childhood memories for you the chuck e cheese in pinola is holding its official grand reopening with a fresh remodel after being closed for a year and a half tonight's event started at 5pm and features raffle prizes and appearances from chuck e cheese and friends employees say they are glad to be back. we get to reconnect with everyone all of our guests everyone welcome everyone back in and then just bring out this energy and all this new entertainment and everything. earlier today behind sharma of berkeley became the first child to play in the new game room beyond turns three saturday. oh look, that's sweet face. they're having fun. all right, frida kahlo is the latest artist to be given the immersive treatment in san francisco the local ice cream maker humphrey slocum has created a sweet treat to go with it. create a kahlo ice cream is

available at all the scoop shops and the mission the ferry building and in oakland and berkeley as well humphrey slocum. founder shawn vahey joined us on abc 7 at 7 this morning as komasi jubina and lisa tried the mexican-inspired flavor. when you first play it into it, you're going to taste that. then you're gonna get a little kick from the ancho and mole and then when you take a natural breath, you'll taste a little bit of rose water. i told a lot of i taste the rose water me too in the act like the little bit in the afternoon get ready, wednesday and thursday with the weather people coming in this it's we're ready and just was brought taste back so you can try the ice cream before you buy it. try whatever you want. see the fun they have in the morning. you've got to tune in. this ice cream is only available for a limited time. you have just the rest of the month. in fact to give it a try. wear ice cream, right friends a week makes when it comes to gas

prices, see how far we've dropped from record setting territory. and indictment serves a bank of america contractor helped steal millions of dollars from edd debit cards. i'm michael finney. that's very straight ahead on seve

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bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7. a federal indictment sheds new light on the massive fraud that hit the edd during the pandemic a federal grand jury charged 10, arkansas residents with stealing millions of dollars from california's edd debit cards issued by bank of america. the indictment says a bank of america cont. or was on the inside helping cohorts cash and phony edd debit cards and make off with get this 2.7 million dollars. the whole thing was just unbelievable at seven on your side's michael. finney is you guys this shows the long arm of the edd fraud this time authority say all the way from arkansas. now, you may recall bank of america detected fraud and froze

thousands of edd debit cards trying to stop the fraud now in the process many legitimate workers were locked out of there unemployment benefits. you guys took 16,000 from the account. where did it go? $7,000 taken out of my account. it hurts diane davis and michael conant watched his hackers drain their edd debit cards bank of america denied their claims and froze their accounts along with thousands of others. we believe that the overwhelming majority of frozen accounts represent frauds that were stopped representing hundreds of millions or billions or more in criminal activity. that was a b of a executive explaining to state lawmakers last year why the bank pros all those accounts saying it believed they scammers trying to claim extra money. i'm the victim and i'm being treated like the criminal the federal judge a later ordered b of a to reopen those cases and restore legitimate claims now the latest attempt to unravel california's fraud fiasco has

landed in the lap of a federal grand jury in arkansas what we will find out as the case unfolds is just what went on. how did they do it? how did they get away with it the grand jury in little rock has indicted 10 arkansas res. on charges of cashing in california edd debit cards what we will find out as the case unfolds is just what went on. how did they do it? how did they get away with it? the indictment names former bank of america contractor madison clark of little rock a customer service agent serving edd card holders. it says clark used her position and quote access the bank of america systems without authorization to reissue debit cards remove fraud blocks. and add credits to unemployment accounts the us attorney's office said the other defendants then used the debit cards or withdraw 2.7 million dollars one defendant was out on bond facing a felony murder charge when authority say he joined the

conspiracy the us attorney's office said b of a discovered the breach last year and fired the contract worker. i am not surprised that we're now seeing evidence of some inside jobs. assemblyman patterson has pushed for invest. negation of potential insider fraud that's going to be a big important lesson. i hope the edd and bank of america learn so that they're not vulnerable going forward. the 2.7 million dollar loss. it's just a tiny tiny fraction of california's unemployment fraud the edd estimates it gave 19 billion dollars to fraudsters and phony unemployment claims bank of america says it alone lost 200 million dollars too debit card fraud. and by the way, the bank says it now once out of the edd business now i want to hear from you. send me your stories about buying a home a car paying off alone. anything that has to do with money. i want to hear about both your triumphs and frustrations to let

me know about these go to abc7news.com slash 7 on your side to share them. what are your stories there? i'll tell you the one. i still can't believe 19 billion dollars given out amazing. it's a staggering. i know unbelief. yeah. thanks michael very much. this actual assault case against windsor's former mayor has expanded seven women have joined in a civil lawsuit against dominic popoli in april of last year women began to say the then mayor and winery owner sexually assaulted or harassed them 20 women now have made claims against football league the press democrat reports that christopher creek winery and national service club act of 2030 are also named in the suit. the da's office has not yet decided on criminal charges foley maint and he's innocent and says he looks forward to being fully cleared. outraged today from the family of a man killed nearly two years ago by chp officers in oakland the alameda county district attorney's office announced yesterday charges will not be

filed against the three officers who shot and killed eric salgado back in june of 2020 officers say they opened fire after salgado ram their cruisers while trying to get away in a stolen car salgano's death sparked numerous protests and today family members held a press conference right in front of the da's office to express. their frustration it's a 32 page report if you dive into that report, you will see inconsistency after. they claim. they tried to defend the indefensible. salgado's pregnant girlfriend was in the passenger seat and was wounded in the shooting. that's right. i salgado's family has filed the civil rights lawsuit, but it had been delayed by the da's investigation. all right, let's move on now to the latest on the war in ukraine and the devastating images. out of the war zone prompting strong reactions, of course from all sides. here's abc news reporter rena roy with new details.

abandoned cars burnt out tanks and bodies of innocent ukrainians who appear to have been executed in the streets the city of butcha just miles northwest of the country's capital destroyed ukrainian president zelensky speaking before the un security council the massacre in our city of butcher is only one. unfortunately only one of many examples of what they occupiers have been doing on our land russian officials were in attendance, but they've described the devast images coming out of butcher as fake calling the videos of bodies in the street crude forgery the reports are more than credible the evidence. is there for the the world to see sources telling abc news on wednesday the us will announce sweeping new sanctions on russia including a ban on all new investment there increased sanctions on financial institutions and on russian government officials and their family members abc's james longman is on the ground in boo child where ukrainian officials say more than hundreds of billions have been killed one

two three four five bodies in this tiny them in this basement where ukrainians say people have been tortured more and more people are trying to escape the war. country many still stuck in places like the damaged city of mary upal the red cross unable to bring aid to suffering residents or help people out the situation in my open has been diet people have been staying there for a week with absolutely no humanitarian supplies getting in. us officials warned these new sanctions will not stop putin overnight saying it will take time, but sadly many fear there isn't enough time with the humanitarian crisis growing by the day rina roy abc news, new york. now if you want to help people in ukraine, we've put together a full list of verified groups and nonprofits sending donations and supplies to refugees. it's on our website abc7news.com/take action.

a down day for stocks today at the closing bell the dow and lost 280 points the nasdaq dropped 328 and s&p was down by 57 gas prices are coming down a bit. it's been a week since california set a record high of 591 now according to triple a. the state's average is 583 napa gas is the most expensive in the bay area still averaging 592 per gallon. san francisco drivers pay 589 the bay area's cheapest gas can be found around vallejo in fairfield where it's 574. all right coming up next homeowners the homeless and project home key. they're all involved in a big debate about building a better bay area. we'll share that with you as we continue.

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of former nursing home in marin county into housing for people who have been chronically homeless while it's facing another obstacle neighbors opposed to the project have filed a lawsuit as abc 7. news anchor liz kreutz reports this time their concern is not now about safety, but the environment nearly two months after the marin county board of supervisors approved a

controversial project to turn this former nursing home into permanent supportive housing for people who are homeless residents opposed to the project have filed a lawsuit. they're arguing the county has failed to prove the project is safe for environmental reasons. it is not a safe location period okpeheouthrthy is eliseo neighborhood alliance a neighborhood group supporting the lawsuit many in the group packed into a heated. supervisors meeting in february where they beg the county to stop the project which will house up to 50 men and women 16 units in the building will be for people with severe mental illness their argument then safety, but i am here because i've urging you begging you to vote. no, it's just as if the county just grabbed something at a very high cost because it's been sitting on the market for a long time instead of looking for better places the heart of the environmental concerns. is this creek which is right behind the opponents say will lead to flooding those in favor say it's just another tactic to stop the project.

it's close to the proposed site and supports it. he called the opposition nimby hysteria. they've shown a willingness to say anything and do anything. it's not surprising that they filed a baseball. loss what do you say then to those who say that this is just the latest attempt to stop this project. well it the question is is it a good site is that it is a good product to begin with so if it's sitting on a floodplain and can flood it's not a good site. bjorn stands make contributed to the lawsuit. he says the project was the deciding factor in his family's decision move out of the bay. meantime the county says they are moving forward with the project despite the lawsuit. they expect it will open early next year in marin county liz croix abc 7 news. all right strap in record setting temperatures are coming our way before the weekend. sandia shows you what to expect in the seven day forecast.

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president now current president joe biden to celebrate the anniversary of the affordable healthcare act abc news reporter alex persha has the story. for the first time since leaving office former president obama is back at the white house vice president biden. vice president that was a joke obama joining president biden and vice president harris to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the affordable care act being signed into law. this hot mike moment between biden and obama a highlight on that day the tube still proud of the aca's legacy if you can get millions of people health coverage and better production it is to quote a famous american a pretty big deal. now looking to build on it announcing a new executive order in a proposed rule from the treasury department to fix the aca so-called family glitch, which the kaiser family foundation estimates effects

more than 5 million people starting next january the change will allow family members who pay more than 10% of their income for coverage to be able to receive financial help. it's expected to allow 200,000 uninsured people to gain coverage in nearly 1 million more are expected to see lore premiums once today's proposed rule is finalized. starting next year working families in america will get the help they need to afford full family coverage everyone in the family. the visit from obama who is still popular comes as biden struggles in the polls over his handling of a 40 year high in inflation and soaring gas prices linked to the ongoing war in ukraine. the administration says more than 30 million people have used the aca over the last of years alex pershey abc news, washington all right. let's talk about the weather now

and it's never good when we have a nine to start, you know a number for the forecast, especially this time this early as sand. it's way too early. we should be seeing 90s the nine in the front in. not in april, that's for sure karina and dan. let me show you the warmth coming our way tomorrow temperatures will soar anywhere from 72 and a half moon bay to 88 degrees in fairfield. everyone's going to feel the warmth. it only gets hotter as we had towards thursday, especially inland with those 90s showing up so drink plenty of water take breaks if you're working outside obviously lightweight clothing don't leave people and pets inside your vehicles heat advisory for southern, california tomorrow through friday evening if you're heading down south watch out because it is going to be toasty down there tomorrow 97 palm springs 90 in san luis, obispo 87 los angeles and only gets hotter as you head into thursday upper 90s in palm springs triple digits there 94 in los angeles on live doppler 7

clear skies right now. we are expecting the potential a slight possibility of rain. this is the wettest model our early next week. the other model is not so wet the accuweather 7-day forecast. we know one thing's for sure much warmer. records likely thursday before it cools off and the winds pick up going into the weekend dan. very good. all right, sandy. thanks a lot. all right sport strictly. larry beale is here and he is on health watch tonight, you know with the warriors were almost always on health watch and tiger woods as well. but encouraging news regarding steph curry and his injured foot the warriors start back on the court doing shooting drills. and yes eyeing a return for the what are you recommending for muscle pain? based on clinical data, i recommend salonpas.

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sports with larry beale good evening. we don't yet know who the warriors will meet in the playoffs, but it's starting to look like steph curry will be on the court for game one of this postseason courier recovering from a foot injury now doing on court workouts. that is big curry's been out for about three and a half weeks steve kerr confirmed. steph was doing shooting drills. no video that today unfortunately, but what that meanss pain free now the dubs have been saying all season long. just wait till we get wait till we get healthy, but steph clay and draymond, they've been on the court together for a grand total of 11 minutes. needless to say the dubs. can't wait to get the band back together. he is on the court now getting some shots up and so he's been able to ramp things up a little bit and he's doing well. we've done it so long together

that i think like you said my muscle memory and just playing basketball. it's a simple game we not a playoff each other. so i think it would just be like riding a bike. i love to ride bikes. steph is probably the easiest person is insert. on any team because like, you know how selfless how um amazingly talented he is across the board and how much just you know to share firepower that he brings and the gravity that he brings when he's on the court. playoffs will be a lot more fun with steph curry on the court. giants today is wrapped up this abbreviated spring training with a game today in scottsdale. really rough outing for alex wood gave up seven runs, but hey, it doesn't count spring training second inning chad pinder with a double here as the a's would take a four-nothing lead wood went only three and a third innings allowing seven runs on nine hits in the third. it's a 5-1 oakland lead mike. yes remsky leading the giants back crushing his second home of the spring solo blast and the

giants are down five too in the fourth jed lowry. he's going to be able to hit a double when he's like 75 years old. i'm convinced of that tony kemp and pinder score just like dan and i will still be broadcasting but this one ends in a 7-7 tie and with that spring training is over giants and a's both open friday and then it will really count. all right for most golfers at the masters this week. the big challenge is the course and the greens and all that tiger woods has another opponent the pain in his legs, that will only get worse after walking 18 holes than 36 then yeah on to 72 but all signs are pointing to tiger playing at augusta to 14 months after that car crash. he almost had his leg amputated. that's how bad this was and a tiger being tiger. of course just playing the masters is not enough for him. he wants to beat everybody. question is simple. do you think you can win the masters this week? i do and what have you seen in your preparation that leads you to believe that well i can i can hit it just fine. and i i don't have any qualms

about what i can do physically from a golf standpoint. it's now walking is a hard part. you know, this is normally not a you walk to begin with? now given the conditions that you know, my leg is gets a little more difficult and you know, that's you know 72 holes is a long road and it's going to be a tough challenge and a challenge and i'm up for riveting to watch him play 49ers quarterback embry thomas. he's got halfway around the world to somaliland in conjunction with the charity mercy usa and muslims of the world. the goal is to provide desperately needed water this particular village where he is has no water hasn't rained there in nine months think about that thomas is asking for donations of $50, which he says will provide one person with a month of water. all right on the lighter side here bam bam has arrived the korean pop star took a tour of chase center today. bambam will be performing at halftime.

of the warriors lakers game on thursday a bam bam used his influence to help andrew wiggins right there make the all-star team with his legion of fans voting for wiggins. dan. dan is a big bam bam fan. i know you i reciting his lyrics in the hallway. i try he's good. thanks. coming up tonight on abc 7 starting at 8pm. it's judge. steve harvey followed by abbott steve harvey followed by abbott elementary a i'm so glad sauced & loaded fries are back. yea. i really missed this. i missed us. to my fries—and to my guys. my $3.50 triple cheese & bacon sauced & loaded fries. order on the jack app today. care coalition, it's so good to see you all! alright! let's brainstorm. any ideas for new members? i'd like to nominate alaska airlines. this neck pillow i'm dating says great things! a caring airline?! wait, those exist?!

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