it it's more than just a celebration. it's a teach-in and it's a day for activism. next on abc 7 news at 5 taking action to save the earth a look at local. efforts today to protect our planet also some masked mandates could be coming back as covid cases climb in california and a new place to play in san francisco with a view not to be missed abc 7 news starts right now. building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. well taking small but significant action as the bay

area today celebrates the world's largest environmental movement. thanks for joining us. i'm jr. stone abc 7's ongoing commitment to help build a better bay area begins with a focus on the environment events this weekend across the bay area. honored earth day abc 7 news reporter cornell. bernard is here. of tonight to explain that in some communities. this earth day is a chance to take stock of how climate change has affecting the planet cornell. yeah jr. from picking up trash to our carbon footprint earth day. at is giving folks a lot in the bay area lot to think about when it comes to the future of the planet. birthday san francisco festival is back on valencia street after a two-year pandemic pause green businesses on display from solar to those who plant trees all food vendors have gone vegan being around the community with a lot of people who are doing the same thing promoting beginning some for others earth day weekend is a call to action

to protect the planet. it's more than just a celebr. question, it's a teach-in and it's a day for activism climate change is moving the needle and changing the conversation. it just means a chance to think about how we can take little tiny steps to prevent climate change to be more responsible. it's a lot of trash that way you see it in the parking lot right there. you got it. okay, let's go. so the track and marin city the linda mixon and her kids were picking up trash for an earth. community-wide cleanup i enjoy doing it because our kids can actually play safe outside without putting things in their mouth especially for the little ones. others were helping demolish an aging skate park which it become hazardous community pride at work here star for the change right here everything gotta look better to get better. but earth day is also a tough reminder how climate change is affecting the bay area and the west with hotter summers bigger wildfires. and longer prolonged droughts

without see that sometimes they will. stop flowing. professor ruhi says as a society. we need to adapt to a future that may have less water in managing existing reservoirs and dams in a more forward-thinking way can be a part of that adaptation and a challenge for water agencies cornell bernard abc 7 news. thanks so much cornell find ways to protect the planet on our abc 7 bay area streaming app including eight lesser known ways to conserve water find the app on roku apple tv, amazon fire or android tv just scroll down to the climate watch section. this weekend firefighters are battling multiple wildfires in the southwest extreme dry weather conditions and high winds are fueling a grass fire in colorado springs fire danger has increased in recent years

several states experience extreme drought conditions in arizona and new mexico more than a dozen wildfires of scorched 174 square miles the governor of new mexico declaring a state of emergency in five counties. hellfires burning dozens of homes in its wake hundreds are evacuating their homes or preparing to leave in a moment's notice. well, we are tracking new numbers on the coronavirus pandemic state data shows california's test positivity rate has climbed nearly 48% in the past week. the rise comes as a new variant of omicron makes the rounds san francisco's test positivity rate has climbed above 5% in the past week. that's a three's hold many infectious disease experts consider too high one bit of good news. california has administered more vaccines than any other state the governor's office estimates says that we've prevented one and a half million infections

and almost 20,000 deaths bart could make masks mandatory on the transit system through july 18th. bart says today that it's board is set to consider it on thursday earlier this week all bay area transit agencies began following a federal court ruling and dropped. covering requirements now to the latest developments on the war in ukraine, the country's president says he will meet tomorrow in kiev with the us secretary of state and secretary of defense. ucaine's ukraine's president. zelenski held a rare lives news conference today telling reporters he would like to meet with vladimir putin zelensky says, he feels the two could stop the war diplomatically meantime, russia is stepping up. it's assault on eastern ukraine and a senior russ. commander says they're targeting the south too where the kremlin wants total control the south is important to putin because he would like to cut off ukrainian

access to the sea of us all and the black sea and it's through those those seaports that ukraine has a lifelong an economic lifeline. the russian forces have once again tried to storm the steel plant in mary maryupal which remains the last stronghold of ukrainian resistance in the city the latest attempt to evacuate civilians from there failed. in the east bay you're seeing baggies and baggies full of fentanyl that officers recovered the alameda county sheriff's office tweeted these photos today deputies say the pictures show more than 92 pounds of fentanyl confiscated at a drug lab in oakland and hayward the narcotic narcotics task force says that's 42,000 grams of fentanyl one person was arrested. happening today in francisco's presidio, the historic battery bluff is open to the public starting today.

it's a six-acre open space above the presidio parkway tunnels with sweeping views of alcatraz, angel island and the golden gate bridge battery bluff park is open to all visitors for the first time ever. it's it's name is a nod to the histor. gun batteries built in 1904 a second open space the tunnel tops is set to open later this year. well the most terrifying moment of a truck driver's. captured on his dash cam he's heading straight towards the school bus and his brakes aren't working his narrow escape. also if you have kids or know someone who does you should know about an upcoming health check deadline. the appointment certain kids will need to get before returning to school. i'm spencer christian our weather turned a bit warmer today and the warming will continue over the next two days. i'll have the accuweather forecast. up abc 7 news at five contin

welcome back a terrifying close call a truck driver in ohio narrowly missed hitting a school bus filled. children now the bus was stopped with its lights flashing and stop sign arm out as it was picking up kids earlier this week this 80,000 pound tractor trailer was going 45 miles per hour and wasn't able to stop that's when the driver started honking a pickup truck on the other side of the street backed up with just enough space for trailer to maneuver around the driver told police the brakes

went out. he was able to stop a quarter of a mile down the road. another heart-gripping moment captured on camera the rescue of a one-year-old child from a burning burning building. that is take a list. yeah, this video coming from orlando, florida a mother and her toddler were trapped on their third story balcony early this morning with a fire burning inside. apartment deputies scaled the balconies and the child's mother was able to hand the girl to a deputy fire crews then used a ladder to rescue the child's mother and grandmother the deputy who saved the child has been with the sheriff's office for less than two years. a reminder for parents a health deadline for children in kindergarten or first grade is just more than a month away california law requires that those kids have a dental checkup by may 31st in either

kindergarten or first grade. whichever is their first year in public school to make sure they're ready for the next school year california department of health says tooth decay is the most chronic yet preventable health care issue among children in the state. a wildfire ravaged forest in northern california has become a living laboratory what environmentalists a learning from the remains and the efforts now underway to bring the area back to life. i'm spencer christian get ready for a taste of spring warmthal have all the details in my accuweather forecast coming up when abc 7 news at five continues.

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owned by abc 7's parent company. disney is exploring that effort abc 7's spencer. focusing on this project here in the bay area. i can't wait to see this. this was what down in the santa cruz mountain. that's correct here. it's an amazing project. in fact, i'm going to start by showing you a look at a majestic grove the santa cruz mountains. vicente redwoods grove that a dedicated team of environmentalists is working to protect. even though the outer bark is charred see. up on my fingers a little bit. we're having leaves come out throughout throughout the branches for project manager susie petry and her colleagues. the send vicente living laboratory. the area was ravaged in 2020 when the czu fire roared through the santa cruz mountains, but while the destruction was painful, it's providing priceless lessons for how we can better manage, california forests to survive in the age of climate change. a lot of these trees were very damaged by the flames that passed through the property and the fire resilience.

are actually reemerging coming back to life. to help the larger fire resilient trees thrive crews are carefully thinning out brush and processing permanently dam. odds in eco-friendly air curtain burners, you're basically putting a ton of air into that firebox. so you're kind of super heating the material in there and getting it to burn a lot faster and cleaner. so we're in the shaded fuelbreak here, even though it's not really shaded because of the fire, but you can see about a hundred feet on either side of the road the forest changes redwoods program manager, justin. maryland says the clearing efforts have allowed the team to expand shaded fuel breaks across the preserve the brakes which are shaded by the canopy of larger trees are thinned closer to the ground to slow advancing flames their value can be seen around san vicente's horizon where lightly and heavily burned

areas stand side by side. garland says the improvements may ultimately allow for regularly scheduled prescribed burns to keep the forest fuel load in check. it would be disastrous to intentionally start. are out here now. so there's a lot of intermediate work of removing the fuels that have accumulated over decades. well the work at san vicente redwoods is helping protect the forest from the next major fire. that's only half the goal scores of workers and volunteers are also helping the forest regenerate teams from the save the redwoods league and other groups involved in managing. send vicente have helped replant seedlings while other researchers are paying close attention to plant species and their natural cycles fire resilient. herbs small flowers things like that cameras positioned on site are also providing a window into the wildlife that is steadily returning to the area helping us understand what's out here what's using this property? we also have a partnership with ucsc's puma project to help us understand how mountain lions are moving through the property and the region.

it's a living laboratory that's evolving with our understanding of the redwoods complex. system and the pressures like climate change fire management and drought and learning what it will take to best preserve this spectacular treasure for the future. now you may soon get a chance to get a close-up look for yourself a sections of the preserve are scheduled to open for the first time to the public this fall including the initial phase of the new trail. it's going to be awesome and let's hope they can pres. that area because it's just beautiful land. it really is stunning and now weather right now stunning too certainly looking for a segue. yes. i like that way. it's crazy out there right now. we've got wind speeds up to almost 30 miles per hour here in san francisco is breezy all around the area and it has warmed up significantly since yesterday. you can see the 24 hour temperature change shows a three to about 13 degree warm up around most of the area. here's a view from sutro tower over san francisco where it's currently 60 degrees 65 in oakland. we've got 70s at mountain view, san jose and santa clara 55 at half moon bay.

nice view from the east bay hills camera looking back towards san francisco 72 and santa rosa right now 67 petaluma. spot is fairfield at 80 and we have low seventies had conquered in livermore and the view from our rooftop camera shows. mainly blue skies over the bay. these are our forecast features partly cloudy overnight sunny and mild to warm tomorrow and monday with slightly cooler weather by mid-week and this dry pattern will just continue now overnight mainly clear skies, but we'll see fog developing near the coast and right around the bay, so we call it partly cloudy overnight lows mainly in the mid to upper 40s highs tomorrow about 60 along the coastline low 70s low to mid 70s the fact around the base. line tomorrow upper 70s inland up to about 80th antioch and 82 at fairfield. so a nice warm day coming our way tomorrow. and here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. it'll be pretty much the same on monday with mainly sunny skies the warmth will hold on then we got a sharp cool down on tuesday with a few extra clouds around it's gonna be bright and breezy through the middle of the week, wednesday wednesday and thursday and then temperature like to rebound and bounce back up to

more spring like levels next saturday jr. thank you so much spencer. we move over right now because we want to go live to denver around 1200 miles from here where chris alvarez is going to talk a little bit about what is coming up in sports chris. hey jr, it looks much warmer back there in the bay area chilly and cold here in colorado. but that's okay that we played inside ballerina tomorrow warriors and nuggets right here on abc 7 coming up ahead in sports a preview the warriors going for the sweep how sweeping would be it's closing time for the dubs more from denver on the other side.

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chris al welcome to denver, colorado site of the warriors and nugget series game 4 is gonna be right here on abc 7 tomorrow night the warriors with the chance to sweep. it'll actually be their first playoff sweep if they do convert since the 2019 western conference finals, of course, they beat the blazers that year in route to the nba finals against toronto. so here we go with some practice video from earlier today provided by the golden state. where's their stefan curry? we all know him. he's caught off the bench all three games so far. he's working his way back to that foot injury 25. seven points per game first half jordan pool continuing to emerge. he leads the team with 28. seven points per game and don't forget about clay in the three guard lineup. he's averaging 22 points per game pool, of course part of the younger core mixed in with the warriors championship score and with a series sweep on the line tomorrow the warriors that have been here before understand the importance of closing time. i've got to stay on edge to you can let your guard down.

you can't ever give up an opportunity to close a series out. so we know we have to be sharp. we know. how tough denver is how hard they played last game how hard they're gonna play sunday and we all had a chip in our shoulders come into the season. it's been great to get back to the stage. it's the best that's best basketball in the world again play right now. so be able to compete at a high level and being able to trying to close out a series is great. i've been dying to get back here like to be back here you got i think i feel like i have to take more advantage of this opportunity than ever, but i just have a much deeper appreciation for it. one more friendly reminder game four warriors nuggets only right here on abc 7 1230 tip-off back home in the bay area followed by after the game game all the highlights in live post game interviews from here in denver. let's switch gears to baseball with the a rangers playing the middle game of a three-game set and some unplanned fireworks

earlier this afternoon coliseum. actor blake anderson wearing the bear jacket. he throwed the ceremonial first pitch it set the tone for a pitcher's duel today. frankie montes seven of the third eight strikeouts got into trouble in the eighth though domingo acevedo trying to get out of the gym brad. singles one runs going to score and here comes can but the runner out at the plate, however, they would go to review and it was called catcher's interference. so the run counts to nothing rangers instead of the inning being over and for the first time as a's manager mark katsay would get ejected in between innings rangers win it to nothing. and how about the giants playing the nation the nation's capital is against the nationals and for the second straight game the giants using a beginning to get it done in dc. giants in the nation's capital take on the nationals first inning san francisco strikes first brandon crawford rbi single to left darren rough scores, and it's one nothing giants fifth inning now, kurt casale.

right, there are bi single to write center tyros strata scores three nothing. visitors still the fifth the pride of palo alto jack peterson. rbi single beats the ship austin slater's in a score a four-run inning for the giants. they win 5-2. they'll go for the sweep on sunday. well chris back out here in denver, and you can't see it off to my right jr. there's a rocky statue. he's the mascot. his name is rocky when i was in philly. i took a picture with the rocky statue. that is balboa. so everywhere i go there's a rocky around jr. i was going to ask if you've seen any warrior fans out there, but they might be looking towards the next series already. maybe getting ready for memphis or minnesota, but you got to win one more game have not seen warriors fans yet. i will for sure tomorrow here ballerina jr. thank you so much chris. we look forward to it. we'll be back after the break.

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commemorating the life and career of bruce lee is about to open in an hour here in san francisco. it's called we are bruce lee under the sky one family and it's being held at the chinese historical society of america in chinatown. it is a homecoming for the san francisco native exhibition features custom artwork rare artifacts and handwritten letters. bruce lee left a mark here. he came in he did nothing like anybody ever expected somebody to do, you know, he changed the world. and spencer, this is the first time we've had something like this in san francisco, and

that's exciting. it is exciting. i like to see that. yeah, we need to free up some time. make our way down there. thanks for joining us. we'll see you back here at 6. tonight, several breaking developments in the war in ukraine. talk of a crucial meeting between top u.s. officials and ukraine's president as russia intensifies attacks on multiple cities. president zelenskyy says he'll meet sunday with defense secretary lloyd austin and secretary of state antony blinken. his news conference in a kyiv subway station hours after a brutal russian strike on odesa. video circulating online shows the aftermath of a attack that killed at least eight, including a 3-month-old baby. russian forces attempting to storm the steel plant in mariupol where it's believed a thousand ukrainians are living in an underground bunker. one mother says she's lost count of the days. and what a child had to say about wanting to see the sun. our marcus moore on the ground in kyiv.