her mother now coping with her death. >> there is a part of you that feels like you cannot take a breath, and another part where you feel like she is free. reporter: it marks the 28th traffic death in san jose. her death this week also changes the nature of the investigation. >> the initial investigation was for a hit-and-run. this is now being or manslaughter. in addition to the hit and run, so that expands the powers of the investigation. that is why we are reopening the case. reporter: this video was the only video released at the time. the vehicle was a gray or silver sedan. police say the technology 11 years ago was not what it is now , but hope to uncover more. >> we hope to bring out more

witness testimony. we are hoping somebody may remember and somebody knows what this individual did and do the right thing and report them. reporter: it is a moment she wants to see. >> i want to get the person who ran her down and never stopped. and punish him. he deserves to be accountable for what he did. my daughter laid in bed for 11 years, 11 years, took her life and had nothing to say. larry: authorities have yet to release the identity of an 18-year-old killed overnight in san jose. the man was killed when the 2014 honda he was driving ran a red light at 1st st and montague expressway and slammed into another car around 1:20. it happened shortly after a sergeant spotted the honda

reported stolen during a carjacking last week and started the chase. three passengers in the honda, two teenage girls, suffered injuries, as did the driver of the second card. liz: earth day. a key pillar of building a better bay area is addressing climate change. under its of students march through san francisco demanding climate justice for some communities that many say have long been ignored. we have the story. >> [indiscernible] reporter: hundreds of people took to the streets, demanding to be heard. we were overhead as the group walked through the tenderloin. apocalypse, calling forcity hall environmental and climate justice for the bay area. >> [indiscernible]

reporter: the group demanding the cleanup of toxic waste dating back to the 1940's. >> we are asking for remediation, justice for the area, stopping the building on soil that is toxic. reporter: advocates were in press so many were involved. >> i am proud and amazed these kids showed up and show they care about climate justice. reporter: the cleanup is being done by the u.s. navy, overseen by the epa, but activists one oversight. >> we will not quit, give up. we will keep pushing. ♪ reporter: there was dancing in murals, reflection -- and murals, reflection planet earth. >> i'm here to celebrate my

earth with the community i love. >> [indiscernible] liz: we have a full library of climate watch coverage, bay area streaming app, including lesser-known ways to conserve your water. find it on multiple platforms. larry: snow levels in the sierra are way below normal, but this week storms have provided a solid boost to the snowpack. a snow lab says 31 inches of snow fell this week, 17 inches yesterday. the totals bring the snowpack in the central sierra to 61%. yet this, that is an increase of 42% since april 11, so very encouraging. the weather service has posted a weather advisory.

we were over ocean beach to look at the waves this morning. lae waves up to 20 feet high were predicted. let's get a look at the first whether with mike. mike: thanks. happy friday. let's talk more about how rough it is along our beaches for those cleanup efforts. hopefully no one was turning their back on that water. some large swells now breaking. 3:00 tomorrow morning. showered in the north bay -- showers in the north bay are light. don't change your outdoor plans. they definitely have a short lifespan. most showers will be gone by the time the sun sets. the snow is gone across the sierra, but almost three feet at the snow lab, up to four f elevatis.

you can see if they are. this is what you can expect, groomed snow with temperatures warming from 40 to 60. we will follow that trend. the forecast is coming up. >> thanks. new developments on the pandemic. state members so there are more than 14,000 new cases since tuesday. the positivity rate is above 3%, now the highest since february. san francisco is climbing up well, now 5%. last time it hit that number was in december. some good news, hospitalizations are down statewide. 132 patients are in the icu with covid, compared to over 300 one month ago. the fda could approve a covid-19 vaccine for kids younger than five. our reporter spoke with fake

local -- with a local clinic waiting to vaccinate children. we have more. reporter: yes, they are the only group not authorized to get vaccinated. i spoke with the chief of pediatric pulmonary at a hospital who said the fda is taking the time to check the efficacy and safety data. the authorization for a covid-19 vaccine for children younger than five could be around the corner. >> some are waiting to see. reporter: doctors at the clinic in san francisco have been vaccinating children five and older, but now, gearing up for 4000 patients between six months and four years old, the age group that would qualify once the fda gives the green light. >> we will roll out our saturday clinics. when it comes out, we will have staff and have some saturdays to

help us. we will start scheduling as soon as we can and when the vaccine will be in the office. reporter: these doctors are on standby. that is the same feeling they have been faced with. their two-year-old is not vaccinated. >> it is the missing loop for us. we have an older son who hasd dd we vaccinated and boosted so he is the last piece of the puzzle. reporter: according to a top official, the vaccine for this age group could be authorized as early as june. one daoctor at stanford explains what the fda is tracking before they make a decision. >> [indiscernible]

reporter: for now, this family is limiting exposure. >> we have avoided it this long, and we hope it comes through in the near term. reporter: he says children under five years old is a group that could be a reservoir for this virus. he is urging the fda to authorize it soon. >> thanks. do we have any idea what the dosage level might be? reporter: the group will be one third of the dose. this is to prevent an over exuberant immune response. they are currently tracking the right amount and still providing protection. >> thanks. dan: the task force working on

the redistricting plan as approved boundaries, including breaking up the tenderloin and other neighborhoods. the tenderloin was part of district six, but the neighborhood will become part of district five. stricting process has been controversy all. some have likened it to gerrymandering. there will be two public hearings before the task force can grant final authorization. >> one man bends a helping hand to his homeland in ukraine. he is leading the weight in doing that to protect the lgbtq community. we will show you how. >> and, a transplant program reaches a milestone,

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handled the situation well. >> what we have seen is threats can sometimes lead to actual violence. i am relieved that nothing escalated and that people are safe and this young man will get help,avenrs da today, the university brought mental health experts on campus to assist anyone. kristen: on capitol hill, kevin mccarthy is being undercut by his own words. he is providing no comment after previously denying reports he had discussed encouraging president trump to resign after the january 6 insurrection. newly released audio from the new york times appears to show those claims were full. our reporter from our sister station has the story. reporter: new reports on the january 6 attacks is questioning kevin mccarthy's honesty.

the new york times reported he had urged president trump resign after the capitol riot. mccarthy denied it. now his own voice is contradicting him. >> i am going to call him. reporter: that recording captured him talking on the phone with liz cheney days after the attack. the conversations detailed in the upcoming book, this will not pass. he goes on to say in the call that he feedar trump would be impeached and removed from office. >> the discussion with him is this will pass and it would be my recommendation that that's -- that would be my take, but i don't think he would take it, but i don't know. reporter: and now another recording. >> i have had it with this guy. what he did was unacceptable. nobody can defend that. nobody should defend it. reporter: telling other

republicans on january 11 that president trump admitted that he bore some responsibility for the attacks. >> i asked him today does he have responsibility for what happened? does he feel bad about what happened. he says he does have some responsibility for what happened. he needed to acknowledge that. reporter: three weeks after the riots, mccarthy with a quick vivid, smiling and standing side-by-side with trump and mar-a-lago. president biden today with a quick reference to the maneuvering between trump, mccarthy, and republicans. pres. biden: this ain't your father's republican party. this is megan now. reporter: mccarthy silent, refusing to respond. it is unknown if he will address it tomorrow at the california republican convention, where he is slated to be the headliner. attendees say his criticism of trump will upset her blaine trump supporters. >> that will not sit well with

them and change their mind with the november elections. he will probably be the speaker in the house. he will have to learn how to work with donald trump. kristen: meantime, marjorie taylor greene of georgia testified for more than three hours today at a hearing that could prevent her from seeking reelection. challengers won her disqualified , citing her role in the january 6 insurrection. they pointed out how she posted messages and videos on social media leading up to january 6 and claimed the posts helped to fuel the attack, and therefore, she aided the insurrection. dan: the bay area lgbtq community is behind ukraine, raising money for some of the most marginalized and at risk. reporter visited with one vocal man who is helping to lead the way. reporter: he is making a lot of

calls to ukraine lately. he is worried about the war and its impact on the lgbtq plus community. >> i talked to my friends, gay, lesbians, family members who are lgbtq, almost every day. reporter: his biggest concern is word that russian troops are targeting lgbtq plus ukrainians. >> i have heard from friends that some people already disappeared. reporter: he has lived in san francisco for 20 years, managing the horror of what is happening in his homeland by helping. >> the only salvation is to do something. reporter: he has been focusing on raising funds, generating interest in his own unique way. >> what i do is put the ukrainian national outfit every weekend and i go to every fundraiser i can get my hands on. reporter: helping to raise tens of thousands of dollars, the

money going to nonprofits in ukraine. he is one of the directors. >> we have -- help the community to survive and stay alive. reporter: the nonprofit provides everything from food to shelter, explaining often that lgbtq plus ukrainians are estranged from family and telling us about trends women trying to flee, being stopped at the border because her ids identified him as men, meaning they have to stay and fight. >> i can only imagine how hard it was for those people because the situation is terrible as it is. reporter: and he fears the community is a target. >> the russian army and soldiers are in any of the cities and they know someone by name and by face from the lgbt community, those people will be tarted directly. -- targeted directly. dan: let's turn to the weekend weather forecast. kristen: it's looking sunny, but

still some chance for showers. mike: yeah, some light showers for the next couple of hours. that is it. the storm door closes in the final chapter for april has been printed, published, and off the shelves. visible sunlight, cloud cover decreasing a little bit. underneath that, green, light green, light rain, those radar returns are few and far between, as they slowly slide northwest to southeast. let's talk about what this brings you. redwood city nearly 1 inch. castro valley, 1.5 inches. alamo, 1.25 inches. more than 1 inch in saratoga. also the diamond heights district in san francisco. this rainfall does not include this morning. this is april until yesterday. sfo and other places exceeded

what we had in april from january, february, march, three of the four wettest months. it has come to for russian and that respect. most of those areas will top that once we get the final tallies this morning. the breezes are taking over. the weather getting back to a normal pattern. this evening, 55 to 62 with sunny spots at 6:00, outdoor dining, holding on to temperatures, coded by 7:00. breezes near the coast on low 50's by 9:00. the roof camera, some winds on this happy earth day to you, what would you do to help increase the earth's health, something to think about this we can. overnights, patchy fog, dried weekend. tonight, 39 santa rosa. 49 san francisco. patchy fog tomorrow morning. cooler than this morning. 69. 70 to 74 for the rest of the south bay tomorrow. mostly sunny. 64 to 71, quite a spread on the

peninsula, upper 50's along the coast. mid 60's downtown. low to mid 70's through the north bay. 70 to 75. 67 to 69 for the east bay. 72 to 77 for inbound valleys. this brought us all that wet weather and has moved on and as high pressure will take over and as you look at the cloud forecast, you can see pretty much just a lot of sunshine, passing high clouds today and tomorrow with patchy fog in the morning. temperatures would jump five to 10° tomorrow. 60 up the coast. 70's for the rest. we will try to touch 80 sunday and monday with sunday being the sunnier day. a dry cold front brings temperatures close to the average and starts a cooling trend tuesday through thursday. it is dry. temperatures fall back to average before rebounding next week and we have another warming trend. dan: thanks. kristen: all right. check this out.

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♪ announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc7 news. pres. biden: scientists estimate the restoration and protection can provide one third of the solution to climate change. kristen: president biden marking earth day in seattle, where he signed an executive order that protects all forests on federal lands and it is intended to make the forests more resilient. dan: here is a fun fact. earth day was created by a san jose state alum, and now a group has created a fun way for kids to learn about how to protect the environment. nment.