♪ agmrenovations.com ♪ [announcer] call now and get $3,000 off! news that breaking news is in the marin headlands where a small plane went down this afternoon. known two people were found dead at the crash site. this happened on a back country ridge north of councilman road national park rangers. they have blocked road access to that area. investigation continues the crash was not near any roads or trails, but this area is pretty popular with tourists and it's close to the vista points that look towards san francisco you could see that area is completely fogged in at this point and fog may have been a factor in the crash and you could see from our cameras on mount ham and the golden gate bridge visibility in the area severely affected although no word yet on an official cause of that crash as the investigation continues. good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beale and i'm karina nova in the south bay. there are disturbing allegations surrounding at san jose police

officer accused of performing a lewd sex act inside a home while responding to a call it comes only days. the city and police department announced a crackdown on officer misconduct abc 7 news reporter. zach fuentes has more the allegation is serious a source telling the bay area news group that a san jose police officer is accused of masturbating inside a family's home while on duty this new more detailed information coming out days after the police department confirmed tuesday that an investigation into sexual misconduct was going on about officer was immediately placed on ministry of leave. there is an investigation to that. we will coordinate with the district attorney's office and any criminal charges that are appropriate will absolutely be sought in any plenary actions will be taken san jose police officers. associ. speaking with us this afternoon absolutely not reflective of who our hard-working men and of the san jose police department is and if the facts are proven to

be true, then this person has no place it in law enforcement. we reached out to the police department. about the allegations and received a statement from the police. chief who said in part i would like to propose changes to the disciplinary process that will allow me to speak openly with the public about cases where i believe termination is the only option if true any conduct similar to what has been alleged will result in termination as quickly as a system allows me to do so, it will also include criminal prosecution and desertification as a police officer the details into the sexual misconduct allegation. i'm after both the city of san jose and the police department called for a crackdown on misconduct in addition to the sexual misconduct investigation and alcohol abuse investigation is ongoing after allegations at an officer showed up to the brandon cue are kidnapping investigation drunk. there's also an investigation into the death of san jose police officer. dijon packer who died of a fentanyl overdose a lot of this especially recent is is making us take a very hard. look at our hiring standards our

background processes. really trying to figure out and determine did we miss something? because the caliber of san jose police officers. out there is is far exceeds anything across this nation in san jose zach fuentes abc 7 news police are working to reunite burglary victims with their stolen goods tonight, san jose police found two storage facilities where they say the suspect was warehousing the items you see in this picture the items include ghost guns high end medical equipment. and two go-karts valued at nearly $50,000 police say the suspect is 24 year old matthew freudenblum. he's due in court next month. a bay area congressman is asking the fbi for help to combat the increase in thefts at so many local stores this morning representative eric swalwell and a representative from westfield shopping centers delivered a letter to local fbi officials and they're asking the us attorney general to offer intelligence expert.

to local police departments so they can dismantle these organized crime rings that are operating and targeting retail stores. it's becoming more and more violent. terrorizing retail clerks shoppers and at the end of the day either criminals are going to run our communities or law and order will 2020 survey found the three-fourths of retailers experienced an increase in retail. oakland police officers towed 60 vehicles and made two arrests during an illegal side show last night police were alerted to hundreds of vehicles attempting to take over multiple intersections in oakland police were able to contain them at an intersection along 29th avenue in international boulevard. authorities are working to identify the people involved in those committing crimes at a legal side shows if you have any information contact oakland police. berkeley has approved a plan to reimagine policing in their city first by diverting non-violent

calls away from the police department and second expanding the city's community safety department. the city's already working to dispatch teams of workers and civilians to respond to some mental health and homelessness calls mayor. jesse aragine wants to see it run as a new community safety department made up of city employees maize mental health awareness month an experts say it's important to recognize the struggles with all faced this past few years, especially when it comes to kids abc 7 news reporter dustin dorsey explains how prominent figures are coming together to break the stigma of mental health. younger old rich or poor everyone faces struggles in regards to health sometimes and over the past few years. we've all been through a lot especially kids. it's left parents feeling helpless at times. the severity of childhood mental health conditions had already been escalating with social media, but the combination of that with the pandemic has literally made this a lethal

combination watching your kids go through any difficulties or really hard on parents. i mean our of his parents is to keep our kids safe and fed and loved and sometimes the best way to love someone struggling mentally is awareness. so every may experts use mental health awareness month to share the sometimes life-saving message. it's okay to not be okay kids with anxiety or mood or attentional disorders do get better with it's just that what we know from the research is commonly. there's so much stigma that adults may rate years from a time. know there could be something. that's going on with their child to the time when they seek help an honor of mental health awareness month the child mind institute is trying to end that stigma. hello everyone. it's williams here. hi everyone. i'm dr. vivek morty. i'm pink and i'm proud to join the child mind institute for their dare to share campaign every day. a different video is shared by prominent names in the community highlighting their own connection to mental health

awareness is not just about knowledge. it's about inspiring change. it does get better and they're a beautiful moments waiting for you and they're beautiful people waiting to love you. one of those people as yourself, you know, just want people to be thinking about it. we want people to engage to think if they watch these videos. what can i do with a person i care about imy check in with them to ask them how they're doing. asked them like it helped them find the help that they need and if we do that we can all make our community a better place. we have a link to the dare to share videos on our site abc 7 news.com dustin dorsey abc 7 news meanwhile the san francisco unified school district, which is already dealing with an array of problems has been handed another setback a top administrator from the district is leaving to head berkeley schools abc 7 news senior education reporter lianne. melendez has more on the impact. this will have on the district. back with the students differently anikia ford morthell was a rising star at san francisco unified as deputy

superintendent for instruction now, she will lead berkeley schools superintendent. also leaving is super. and vincent matthews and longtime employee and a top administrator. myyoung lee both retiring to say that san francisco unified has been going through some trying times in the past few years is an understatement. remember the controversy overcovering the george washington high school murals. i'm offended by people wanting to paint over it that led to complaints about the school board which rather than focusing on ways to safely safely reopen schools during covid and mail spending instead put its attention on highly politicized issues that eventually led to three school board members being recalled by voters the school district like many others in. area also saw declining enrollment and is now dealing with a 12. 5 million dollar budget deficit for next year most recently a

payroll debacle left many teachers without the proper pay causing some financial hardships and they just don't know how or where to even get started to fix it the district admits at the end of this year more principles are leaving, but they claim the turnover rates among teachers have remained the same. we haven't yet seen an uptick in in departures in separations. through retirements and resignations. we're watching very carefully because as you know, we're also in the process of a layoff, but that might sound a bit confusing. because of declining enrollment the district has been left with too many general assignment teachers and not enough educators in other areas such as math science special education languages, the next superintendent may have to accept that change for better or for worse is constant when working at sfusd. san francisco leanne melendez abc 7 news across the bay the president of the oakland unified

school board is considering retirement dr. gary yee has served on the school. board since 2002 and briefly served as superintendent in 2014 back in february. his home was vandalized after a small group gathered to protest the district's decision to close seven schools in an attempt to grapple with a budget crisis. he's term is scheduled to end january of next year still ahead. we're continuing to follow the latest on the supreme court abortion battle and we'll tell you the results of a new poll on what the majority of americans say about this issue plus bay area covid is on the rise with the latest metric show according to the cdc's covid map.

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yvonne yiu. not me. good choice. for 25 years, yiu worked as an executive at top financial firms. managed hundreds of audits. as mayor, she saved taxpayers over $55 million. finding waste. saving money. because... yiu is for you. yiu is for you. exactly. yvonne yiu. democrat for controller. an increase in cases in some bay area counties marin santa clara san mateo and san francisco county's all now appear in the yellow tier which indicates more than 200 cases for every 200,000

residents santa cruz county also jumped into that tier on the positive side hospitalizations remain low. remaining five bay area counties and the rest of california remain in the lowest tier as the supreme court prepares its formal ruling on abortion a new poll indicates the majority of americans. abortion should be legal with little or no exceptions overall 61% support keeping abortion legal with some exceptions 19% of those said abortion should be legal in all cases on the opposite end 37% are against abortion with some exceptions just 8% watt abortion illegal in all cases. the survey was done by the pew research. ceter in march. the us senate will takee next week on a bill that would protect abortion nationwide the women's health protection act would guarantee the access to abortion despite bans in some states. the bill has already passed the house, but failed the senate in february. it is unlikely to get past the filibuster that has bay area

legislators calling for voters to make their opinion heard in the midterm elections because if the republicans take control of the house and the senate they will pass a bill outlawing abortion in every state of this country elections have consequences and american women are about to suffer those consequences. republican senators, susan collins and lisa murkowski have proposed their bill that would enshrine current abortion protections into law coming up making an effort to be more environmentally friendly. we'll tell you what the band coldplay is doing to try to reduce carbon emissions and now fans can participate next week when the group comes to the bay area. join abc 7 for the virtual professional business women of california conference, may 10th and 11th and hear from keynote speakers, mindy kaling lena speakers, mindy kaling lena waitha moreno and are under district attorney gascón,

i prosecuted car break-ins. all repeat offenders, often in organized crime rings. but when chesa boudin took office, he dissolved the unit and stopped me from collaborating with the police on my cases. now home and car break-ins are on the rise because repeat offenders know they can get away with it. chesa boudin is failing to do his job. there's a better way to keep san francisco safe. recall chesa boudin now.

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washington dc will be named after the late norman minetta president biden signed legislation today officially designating the building as the william t coleman jr. and norman weimannetta federal building congress had passed the bill before minetta's death this week the san jose democrats served as transportation secretary under president george w. bush william coleman was transportation secretary. to president gerald ford those men were the first african-american and asian american respectively to hold that post on this day. 1882 congress passed the chinese exclusion act. it was the first significant law restricting immigration into the united states. sign into law by president chester a arthur the act put a 10-year ban on chinese workers immigrating to the us in commemoration a wreath was laid at the detention barracks on agent angel island this morning the station was open. 1910 to enforce the exclusion act congress repealed the law in 1943. all right. this is a big weekend time to get a check on the forecast the

all-important mother's day forecast. happy early mothers day to sandia. has the weather look for you and all the wonderful moms and grandmas out there. yeah. thank you, karina and larry it actually is going to be just fine for all the moms. it's definitely going to be changing. it will include cool windy weather with some showers, but it's not going to be a washout so doppler 7 showing you showers up to the north some thunderstorms. just northeast of getting right now is a cold front's coming through. that's what's responsible for what you're seeing outside right now. there's another system that's developing in the pacific. what's going to bring us the showers on mother's day? let me show you some live views right now. they're pretty much all showing sucked in conditions except for san jose where we means some peaks of sunshine temperatures at this hour is 70s inland 50s right near the coastline if you're getting away this cup coming weekend. here's a look at the hawaiian airlines forecast mainly sunny here at our local airports windy near the coast tomorrow low to upper 60s honolulu, you're looking at 84 is scattered

showers, new york city with wet 52. is 56 in chicago where the sun will be shining and fogged a sun in los angeles 72 degrees. it is foggy on our golden gate bridge right now. mostly cloudy with fog and drizzle tonight increasing winds tomorrow gusty cooler with showers for mother's day. so let's look at the there if you are going to take mom out early in the morning, definitely an layer for 7 am 40s 50s sunshine in some areas, but quickly by 11:00 noon time. you're looking at showers with a level 1 system isolated for the afternoon and evening and those jackets will be needed again by evening 40s 50s on those temperatures fog and clouds tomorrow. morning with some spotty drizzle and then tomorrow afternoon. skies will open up mainly sunny, but certainly windy especially near the coastline. here's what's going to happen on sunday those showers come in at 9 am snow level dropping to about 3,000 feet. so can't rule out some flurries 11 am you will notice some showers in the south bay. it's a widespread rain event. at this continues through sunday

evening and possibly going into early next week rainfall totals will range anywhere from nothing to about five 600 of an inch some places like clear lake will pick up a little bit more than that what's going to pick up is the winds. it's breezy outside, but not as windy as what it's going to look like tomorrow afternoon close to 40 mile an hour winds and then topping that tomorrow night along the coast sundays still pretty blustery across the region. so for moms, just make sure that she's got that jacket and that umbrella now. it's going to turn to snow by the middle of next week. about up to 14 inches at kyber's accuweather 7-day forecast gusty with sunshine tomorrow for mother's day. it's a level 1 storm with scattered showers windy conditions level one for monday. certainly a chance of showers and thunder that chancelingers tuesday before we dry it out. thursday could see some sprinkles up to the north larry and karina. all right. thanks andrea. thank you the popular band coldplay and the bay area's her are performing next weekend at

levi's stadium and the band is even offering a discount. for people who take public transportation to the venue abc 7 news reporter david louie tells us about a new app created for coldplay to get people to think about their carbon footprint. coldplay has been sending his fans a message on its app ever since its world tour tickets went on sale seven months ago reduce your carbon footprint and earn a 10% discount on your ticket it helps you to become part of the environmental side of the show by looking at the cleanest and greenest way that you can get to the concert and home again and work out offset those emissions next weekend's performance a levi stadium could draw as many as 68,000. normally about 10% of them or 6,000 people use vta's light rail trains fans who support the band's call for sustainability might create a spike and ridership the app was developed for coldplay by ep one of the key.

insights that coldplay told us from the very beginning is you want to be subtle and not be preaching? we don't want you to feel guilty about anything. the app has been downloaded over 10,000 times on google play vta couldn't be happier. there's a station right in front of levi stadium that they can get off go to the concert. get back on get home. it's a easy ride. it's a two dollars and fifty cents one way, so it's cheap easy and sustainable. the app has a a carbon calculatr the band says it'll plant one tree for each ticket sold. taking other steps to minimize carbon but its greatest impact could be setting an example for other groups and events good behavior is something that we all want to be associated with and so i think it's it's a matter of a band like coldplay doing it encourages everybody else to do it in santa clara david louie, abc7 news. oakland's animal shelter says it has an urgent need to find homes

for more than 100 large dogs officials there say that's unprecedented to get more dogs into homes. the shelter is reducing adoption fees and extending its hours. there are mixed breeds german shepherds huskies and many others. they say people are struggling to find housing and sometimes that means moving somewhere not pet friendly. still ahead excitement building as the warriors get ready to host. grizzlies for game three tomorrow, but that is nothing only big sports event

for state controller, only yiu will save taxpayers money. wait, who, me? me? no, not you. yvonne yiu. yvonne yiu. not me. good choice. for 25 years, yiu worked as an executive at top financial firms. managed hundreds of audits. as mayor, she saved taxpayers over $55 million. finding waste. saving money. because... yiu is for you. yiu is for you. exactly. yvonne yiu. democrat for controller.

a little over 24 hours away from game three of the nba's western conference semifinals tomorrow the series. here to the bay area and the is our eager to play in front of the home crowd at chase center. it's going to be packed and loud and ab. in sports actor chris alvarez will be there. yep. it's joining us from the newsroom now with the preview. hi chris. hi, larry and karina so far so good for the warriors at chase center this postseason dubs a perfect 3-0 at home during the playoffs of the chance for another win tomorrow night as larry mentioned right here on abc 7 with three days off between games time has helped heal. draymond's green draymond green's eye, which still swollen after taking an inadvertent elbow on tuesday and game two series is all knotted up one on

with a pivotal game three tomorrow. the dubs are confident. they're shooting will turn around. but with gary payton the second out for the rest of the series. elbow injury emotions are still high. now you want every bit of emotions you can have in a playoff series. somebody won't smoke you got it won't smoke or you lose. so now i'm just saying about putting no emotions aside or not letting you emotions. get the best to you if your t the best day. they should it's the playoffs you plan for all of marbles your emotion, and she'll get the best day. you know you adjust from there. it hurt me you lose a game like game two and feel like you could have got another one come home too. well, like it changes the bible a little bit, but you gotta remember remember where we are in this series. one more quick note on gary payton the second he's up for the nba community assist toward the dubs sent over this cool little pin. it's like show until at school dubs fans. check out their social media feeds and vote for gary payton. the second is such great work in the community, especially with dyslexia. you can vote until next saturday if he does win 75,000 go to gary payton's foundation, so, vote

for gp2 absolutely, love gp2 and just wish she wasn't hurt. yeah, i know right? right chris. thank you reminder friendly reminder catch all the game 3 action griz and warriors here on abc 7 coverage tomorrow starts at five of the pregame and then tip off 5:30 then stay with us for after the game the warriors aren't the only big sporting event in town tomorrow. just about one mile away from chase center. san francisco. giants will be celebrating buster posey day at oracle park the beloved catcher who retired after last season is scheduled to be honored in a pregame ceremony fans are advised to be their seats by 3:15 first pitch against the saint louis cardinals is at 4:15, of course the close proximity of the ballpark. stadium means traffic concerns in the area giants and warriors fans are being urged to plan ahead and take public transportation if you can again. cozy festivities begin at 3:15 with first pitch at 4:15. so start driving now. yeah world news tonight with

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tonight, the alarming new prediction. the biden administration now saying at many as 100 million new infections of covid in the u.s. are possible. and we ask right here tonight, what's driving this new prediction? the administration saying the u.s. must be prepared for a fall and winter surge. they're putting pressure on congress to provide new funding for covid vaccines and tests. as tonight 37 states report a rise in hospital admissions. what they're seeing already in new york city, and what the mayor is now saying tonight when it comes to masks. the other major health concern tonight. the cdc is now investigating an alarming increase in cases of rare hepatitis in children. more than 100 cases, including 5 deaths in 25 states. what they're seeing.

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