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the abc 7 news room from our crew on the mean shows an suv there just riddled with bullet holes in the passenger side window the back window appears to be completely shot out. the chp is diverting traffic to highway 13 and is asking drivers to avoid the area. we will bring you updates as soon as we get them on the abc 7 news app with that we say good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm dionne lim. let's get to our live team coverage providing the latest developments on the two huge fires in the bay area abc 7 news reporter tara campbell is live for us in south san jose where a shelter-in-place order was just lifted this afternoon for those living near the fire, but we begin with abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard. he is live for us in theast port biciand cornell officials say the fire was extinguished at about 30 this afternoon, i mean 10 hours after it started. thing was huge. it really was deon. what a fire.
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it was the good news though. it is out. but the damage is done take a look fire officials. say that several hundred yards of dock damaged or destroyed here at the port and it could put this deep water port out of commission for quite a while creating possible economic challenges for the bay area. ferocious flames tore through a pier at the port of benicia sending a thick black. smoke the four alarm blaze began early saturday afternoon near a silo filled with petroleum coke a byproduct of refining fuel it later spread to a long wooden dock topped with concrete putting the flames nearly impossible that wood is soaked creosote, which but it's also e and it's very difficult to extinguish even if we had access to it. it's why fire boats from oakland marin and san francisco were called into fight the fire from
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the water the dramatic firefight would continue through the night nonprofit san francisco bay keeper shared this drone footage over the fire capturing. what? dear to be an oily residue on the water posing a possible risk to the environment and marine life no amount of petroleum product is an acceptable amount to end up in the water. the fire department says it's working with the coast guard and the california department of fish and wildlife to address pollution issues. the doc is used to offload imported cars from asia. it's also used by the valero benicia refinery while damage at the port is still being assessed. benicia's deputy city manager. leaves the economic impacts may be felt across the region and could make gas prices even worse if the port is out of commission, and there's a challenge to bring in crude to that refinery that will absolutely have an impact valero certainly supplies a lot of california's gasoline and their impacted in being able to process crude that's going to be a challenge for this region it.
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was wasn't the wedding day lisa and jeff brown expected their wedding on saturday was canceled after the this historic clock tower was evacuated getting a call right in the middle of getting my hair and makeup done going. oh, we're all evacuated but the wedding party pivoted holding the nuptials at a park downtown and the wedding reception at a funeral home in vallejo wedding anna funeral in the same day, basically, now cargo ships have been relocated to other ports and as you can see there a long yellow boom is now in the water. it's being used to capture any byproducts or chemicals from the fire how this fire started is still under investigation for live in benicia tonight. i'm cornell bernard abc 7 news. all right, certainly a long way to go in that investigation cornell thank you to the south bay now. we're abc 7 news reporter tara campbell has an update from fire. officials about that huge home depot fire lots of activity behind you yeah, dion as you can
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see, it's a much calmerce scene than what we were looking at night the noise you are perhaps hearing and the trucks going by they're going by quite frequently. these are at least a dozen trucks moving all the water. is used in fighting that massive blaze last night and as of today at one o'clock nearby neighborhoods did have that shelter in place order lifted officials said it is now safe for them to open. windows and turn on their air conditioning the ruins of a five alarm fire at a san jose home depot firefighters still at work after a more than six hour battle saturday night the fire now mostly under control. we're hot spotting through structure right now putting smoldering pieces of the building and the investigation which began yesterday is ongoing officials believe the fire may have started in the lumber section of the store, but thing can be concluded the investigation into what started this fire and how it spread so
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quickly they say we'll take time commercial building of this size with this many people inside it when the fire progressed. they want to know why and what happened for sure. people catching the terrifying moments on camera as they escape the inferno everyone getting out safely my hats off to those people who kept track of their loved ones their kids and moved in an orderly way out of the building daniel madero bernal has been working at this home depot for a few years and was on his lunch break when the fire broke out i come back. i see a smoke then that's when i gotta really weird. i thought it was a cold store here then why against the parking here at home depot? that's why i start that's why i started seeing like the smoke growing. i'm thinking where's everybody? as employees here have been told they'll be transferred to nearby home depots of their choice to continue working. it's crazy because you know, this is never happened before i've never seen this before. now officials say those employees are going to pay it play a key role in their
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investigation, those who captured. photos and video they say it's all important pieces of a very large puzzle that is quite complicated involving a fire of this magnitude dion. all right, tara. you we are keeping you updated on any major developments on these fires when the shelter in place order was lifted today in san jose. we sent out a push alert you too can get sent to your mobile device these alerts as well. just download the abc 7 bay area and allow those notific. right moving to the weather now as we take a live look outside. you can see they're looking like a mild sunny day things though are changing abc 7 news weather. anchor or christian has more on the timing of this rain spencer. yes spring rain is on the way. dion is mild and sunny right now, but it's also pretty windy out there as you look at the current surface winds up to guss up to 46 miles per hour at sfo the approaching storm ranks one on the storm impact scale. we expect widespread light rain to begin in the early morning hours. first of the north bay then
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spreading to all parts of the bay area we expect less than two tenths of an inch iranian most areas and it'll be gusty at times over the hills and on the coast. here's the timing on the storm. about four o'clock tomorrow morning. we'll see the first wave of rain pushing into northern sonoma county by 7 am middle of the morning rush. it'll be spreading to parts of the bay area which means a wet and slippery commute. i'll are closer look at the storm and the accuweather seven-day forecast in a few minutes? yeah. all right. looking forward to its spencer. thanks. to the east bay where a 15 year old girl died in a shooting at a house in east oakland our media partner the mercury news reports the girl from antioch was visiting people at house on 68th avenue and foothill boulevard when she was shot around seven last night. police are still investigating the circumstances and say there were other people at the home when that shooting happened so far. no word on any arrests. new developments now in the war in ukraine officials are once again issuing a dire warning to civilians telling them to get
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out now as russian forces continue to march east. russians have been relentless attacking cities and eastern ukraine even claiming their missiles hit a military base. we are also learning the death toll from friday's attack at a train station has climbed to 52 and atop uk. official says the bodies of more than 1200 people allegedly killed by russian. news have been found since the start of the invasion. russia also continues to deny targeting citizens meantime president vladimir putin has appointed a new commander to oversee his country's military after troops retreated from areas around kiev pulling out of kiev doesn't mean that the war is over. they just change the strategy the fights in the east in the south of the country are still going. financial support continues to pour in for ukraine the european union pledged one billion dollars during a global citizen's stand up for ukraine event in poland. moving on down to the pandemic
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at least 21 states have seen new covid infections climb 10% or more in the last week doctors say the uptick is fueled by the highly contagious. ba2 omicron subariant. hospital admissions those are climbing as well 14 states washington dc have seen more patients admitted in the last week, but an outbreak in president biden's inner circle is not slowing him down. the white house says he still plans to travel to more more this month including visits to iowa and north carolina this week. well, just ahead. what do you think would happen if police pulled over a driverless car? we're about to find out a san francisco company responds after a really awkward run-in with police. you guys okay. you're in trouble. okay. am i stand by we're getting you a fishing trip in monterey bay quickly turned into a recipe few mission. it's a story about the dangers of rip currents and how being at the right place at the right
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which is stopped but then drives several feet san francisco autonomous car company crews says the car yielded to the nearest safe location cruz says it is working with police on how to interact with the autonomous vehicle of vehicle. traffic citation was not issued. three fishermen are being called heroes tonight after saving two teens swept out by a rip current. it happened thursday. in monterey bay where the men were returning from a day of fishing when they came across two teen girls far from the beach it all happened by chance after the fisherman decided to stay in the water a little bit longer to catch a large salmon. thank god we were there. because there's nobody behind this and there were no bullets coming out it would have taken my lisa half an hour to get there. the girls were in the water for 30 minutes hypothermia was beginning to set in the good news though. neither teen was hurt. it is the start of the buddhist
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new year, and i was honored to be part of a celebration. today to mark the lunar change. we'll see what that's all about and as we take a live look outside probably a good idea to find that umbrella abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian. as wet and chilly weather is moving in. we'll give you a timeline of exactly when that rain will arrive. coming up in sports. the green jacket is handed out at the masters and the green and gold look for their first win in philly plus welcome to the show one of gia top pspec elliot ramos has himself a day. we'll show you it all i
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underway to mark the start of the buddhist new year. out there tie new year celebrations are back. at the buddha nucorn thai temple in fremont after two-year pandemic hiatus hundreds of people came out to celebrate songkran which runs from april 13th to the 15th. i was invited to the festivities and the community there really just so welcoming inviting me to try thai dance. i can't guarantee. i was any good at it try to additional foods things like boat noodles and also introduced me to their monks. it was nice to see representation from all over the
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bay area. yeah and i met on thai officer, who is the only tie-speaking officer on the force for sfpd who knew well happy new year again indeed. let's find some more new year celebrations. we had a mild day for it. but right now it's getting kind of gusty out there. yeah. in fact, we have mainly clear skies for now, but clouds will be rolling in tonight along with some rain. see how windy it is right now at the surface 46 mile per hour gusts at sfo. they were even stronger a little bit earlier and it's getting a little cool out there as well. here's the view from our rooftop camera. looking across the embarcadero only 56 degrees here in san francisco, and it's only in the low 60s at oakland mountain view, san jose and santa clara 52 at half moon bay. that's pretty chilly at the golden gate skies are still mainly blue. it is pretty breezy there and looking northward which is where the storm is coming from 63 degrees in santa rosa right now pet. only 57 napa 61 69 at fairfield and 64 both concord and livermore and looking at westward across the bay from emeryville. these are our forecast features
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rain arrives early tomorrow morning in the wee hours of the morning. so it'll be a wet and slippery commute. rainy and chile conditions will prevail tomorrow. it'll be breezy to gusty at times and this cool unset. pattern will continue well into the week the approaching storm ranks. only one on the storm impact scale a storm of light intensity. it'll produce widespread rain less than 2/10 of an inch of rain though likely in most areas. and again, it'll be gusty at times over the hills and along the coastline. here's the forecast animation starting at midnight tonight notice the clouds thinking quickly and the rain starts to arrive in northern sonoma county around 4 am tomorrow and he spreads southward and eastward to other parts of the bay area. so in the middle of the morning commute about 7 am or so. widespread rain once again, it'll be relatively light but it will produce wet and slippery. met before it starts to wind down around midday or so rainfall estimates are for again less than two tenths of an inch of rain in most locations, although over livermore close to a quarter of an inch expected ben loman about a quarter of an inch expected there as well and sierra there will be some light
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snow winter weather advisors in effect there or will be from 5 am to 8 pm tomorrow and we expect about two to five inches of snow above 4,000 feet. now overnight lows will be generally in the mid to upper 40s here in the bay area highs tomorrow. not much above about 58 degrees, maybe one or two inland spots. will top out at 61 degrees. here's the accuweather 7 day forecast drawing out a little bit on tuesday and wednesday, but not warming up much at all thursday. we expect more showers to roll in friday dryer, maybe a couple of degrees milder. but we don't start to get more mild and spring-like weather weather again until next sunday. now abc 7 sports with chris alvarez welcome to the show elliot ramos the 22 year old outfielder sharing a nice embrace with manager gabe kapler pre-game and then made his big league debut as the giant starting left fielder mariana from the giants pr team a nice off day in the cove that looks a lot of fun austin slater leading off the giants jazz chism robs him of a base hit look at the laser that he levitates and makes that place later.
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surprised here's the kid ramos is first at that two out. nobody on in the second hard ground up the middle off chisholm's glove and that is his first big league. this bump in that ball sealed up for safekeeping next batter mauricio dubon ripping one down. the line and ramos is on the run gonna dash home it tied up the kids starts two out rally. he'll never forget that next man at luke williams in his first action since making the opening day roster flare to write dubon's gonna score giants take the lead and win three two up next to three-game series against bob melvin and the padres tomorrow the a's looking for their first win of the year in philly stomper hat. is pretty good pride a cow dalton jeffries went five scoreless innings double play here in the third. in line for the win as he left the game top of the six still scoreless runner on for seth brown. he flips one to left two out. knock is gonna bring home elvis andres one nothing oakland. it's their first lead of season top of the seventh they make it stand billy mckinney.
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to write center two nothing on his first home run of the season then top nine tony kemp adding some insurance to on and he finds the hole through the shift austin allen scores and here comes christian pashe. remember the speedster they got in that matt olson trade he is safe for nothing a's they get their first win this season 4 1 mark katsay's first one is a major league manager allen delivering the game ball and a hug. to a skipper final round of the masters tiger woods loving the crowd right there finished with a another six over 78 but grinning ear to ear says he will play the open at saint andrews in july third round leader in world number one scottie sheffler looking first ever major beautiful birdie here on three back to a two-stroke lead. cameron smith started the day in second, but l apart late here on 12 this one gonna go into ray's creek. he would triple bogey and there go his chances for a green jacket rory mcilroy making a charge from the sand on 18 and this is how you finish out your on championship sunday. these guys are just so good.
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look at this roll on in. best round of the day is 64 volts in a second place in the celebration his playing partner cals colin morakawa also from the sand on 18 and holding out to finish for the tournament. what amazing shots in those guys more accomplished out of 67 and finish alone in fifth, but it was shuffler's tournament his worst hole actually the last one three putts of double bogey. the final margin is three shots, but his first major comes at augusta and he gets to slip on that green jacket here. it comes for the very first time and with in tonight in the regular season finale in new orleans the words will clinch the three seed in the west a loss gives dallas a chance to take third if the mavericks win tonight, but by the end of the night the playoff matchups will be set in three-time champion draymond green likes the warriors chances. we're figuring it out, but we're not there yet. like we still got room to grow and that's exciting when you're going into the playoffs. we know how to win game and understanding that we know how to win games. but yeah, we still have ways to go and a lot of untapped potential.
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we know we have we know who we are. we also know we got a lot of room to grow and guys that can can even take more jumps and think that's that's a great position. we're all gonna be on steph curry footwatch this week. steve curtis said pregame there's a chance he could be ready for a game one next week chance. he might not be ready. he's ramping up but wait. i responds and practices week. yeah fingers and toes crossed everything chr
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tonight on abc 7 news at 11 first nancy pelosi now another bay area member of congress. has tested positive for covid? the growing outbreak that's hitting democratic lawmakers and ghost guns have been a hot topic especially following the mass shooting last weekend in sacramento the action the white house is expected to take as early as tomorrow. finally now one of those wacky events that make san francisco such a special place made a return today. fun. is this the soapbox derby was held at mclaren park for the first time in more than 40 years. you see there abc 7 news. anchor kumasi.
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aaron was an mc and and really you can see all kinds. of creative downright wacky creations. try to make the trek down the curvy hill to shelley drive. this is the only third soap box derby race hosted by the san francisco museum of modern art. it was last held back in 1978 during the two previous races the museum commissioned cars and trophies from more than 200 artists. i want to check this out next time if creative and wacky other criteria. i got one of those covers right up this island. have a great night. will
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