moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. sev department. he was identified. and there is currently ongoing a search at his home where many materials used to create destructive devices have been found. tonight shocking new details about the san jose man accused of having explosives inside his home. good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beale and i'm kristen zee investigators now say he is the suspect behind explosions at two pg&e transformers the first blast damage to transformer on thornwood drive on december 8th. not far from oak ridge mall the second nearly a month later on snell avenue at santa boulevard and today he made his first appearance in court. the suspect is 36 year old peter

caroussev who live just blocks away from both of those locations where the transformers were bombed and we learned more about the case against him in court today. he's facing nine felony counts including igniting a destructive device arson and possessing bomb-making materials have works as a software engineer at zukes. that is a company that develops self-driving car technology. he's married with three children ages one three and five police say a search of carousel's home following his arrest on wednesday. turned up a large amount of explosive materials as well as a meth lab police. say he admitted to using methamp. pain as a replacement for adderall during the adderall shortage investigators also say he told them he'd been having a difficult time due to the war between russia and ukraine since he has family owned in both countries. we don't know the motive or the circumstances surrounding as to why this individual did what he did or what he allegedly did. we know that we're going forward with our fbi partners to have a broader scope.

police say there was so much material inside the home. they expect to be on the scene there for at least five more days in oakland police and firefighters swarmed the motel 6 on embarcadero at the same time today, but for different reasons, we were there around 10:30 this morning when officers took a homicide suspect into custody after a long standoff the department is not providing any details of the arrest at the same time fire crews responded to a fire and explosion that blue out the window of a home one person suffering minor burns the fire appears to be accidental caused by butane container explosion in a suitcase new developments now on the ransomware attack that took place in oakland last month the hacker group play took responsibility for the breach on city services data according to sf gate play plans to release private documents obtained during the hack and they'll release them to the public those files include passports ids financial documents.

other personal information city officials said they're working with authorities to validate the group's claims in the city's mission district, san francisco. poseidon or arrested more than 30 people on suspicion of soliciting prostitution. this is part of an ongoing operation along the cap street corridor which began last fall involving undercover officers police also say they've issue nearly 150 traffic citations and have provided resources to the sex workers in addition to the police operation. the city has installed traffic barriers to curb the prostitution. happening now vice president kamala harris is wrapping up her visit to the bay area and getting ready to head to los angeles while she was here today attending a political fundraiser and then met with small business owners in chinatown. abc7 news. anchor dion limb was the only tv journalist to talk with the vice president and young. you just got back from that conversation, right? yeah within the hour it was quite the world wind in a jam packed day. she started with a hillsboro fundraiser and then made her way

to a library in san francisco's chinatown and that's where she met with some small local asian-owned businesses. she spoke about the importance of community banks and helping the bay area's economic success. however, one of the most impactful moments was after that discussion when i got to talk with her one-on-one during this international women's month. i asked what she was proud of and the challenges being the first female vice president and a person of color. she shared this personal story. so my mother had lots of advice for me and one piece of advice is she would say calmly you may be the first to do many things make sure you're not the last and i think it's incumbent on each one of us. that is a first to do what we can to make sure the doors open and stays open. that the path is wider. and so i think of that as a is it for me a sense of personal responsibility to make sure that i do what i can to create that kind of opportunity for others.

just a week ago. you may remember the president sat down with our very own david muir a said he has eve intentio i asked if we would see abide in harris ticket in 2024. she said yes, she would be right there with him. i also asked her about the challenges small businesses face when it comes to crime and asked her for her reflections on how she thought the bay area was fairing how it is doing since she has left the area. she will have those responses for us coming up tonight at 6. all right. we'll see you then six. thank you dion. thank you. meanwhile, the vice president's husband is also in town second gentleman douglas mhoff joined nasa officials at the east oakland youth development center this afternoon. i talked about making nasa more inclusive one example being the artemis mission, which will take a person of color and woman to the moon for the first time and huff also talked about one issue that's important to the vice president and that is climate change saying scientists will be crucial to finding solutions. and that's why this is so

important. it's also important because of climate we see the weather changing. we see it right here in california. students received hands-on learning lunch boxes the kits provide five activities for students to learn all about space some 30,000 boxes are being distributed as part of a program for underserved youth in urban and rural communities. alright taking a live. look outside right now after a few days of clear skies. the rain is to return yes, just in time for the weekend. all right, here's supposed to question might be a few more days before we see clearest guys again, but right now conditions are calm as you can see on lived up with seven. so let's move along and take a look at the approaching storm which ranks level one on the exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale for the weekend both days of it. we expect rain gusty wind snow over the highest peaks the first day snow coming down to lower elevations on the second day and slight chance of thunder as the atmosphere becomes more unstable. here's our forecast animation six o'clock tomorrow morning.

we'll see the storm beginning the first wave of it beginning to push on shore by about 8am. it'll swing through doing the midday hours and start to move out of area by mid to late afternoon followed by another wave of rainfall coming in late tomorrow night going into sunday and yet another week or wave going into monday morning. so we've got some wet weather ahead with rainfall totals by sunday evening eleven o'clock expected range anywhere from a half inch to about three-quarters of an inch or more and how many more days of this will follow i'll have that in my accuweather forecast a little later marion christian. glad you're keeping track spencer. it's all blurring together and blending in you can keep track. weather conditions and access the same live doppler 7 that spencer uses any time you want. it's available on demand on the abc 7 bay area app it wherever you stream. students at a santa rosa high school walked out today over concerns about safety in school this after an on-campus stabbing that killed one student injured another and put a third student in jail abc 7 news reporter on

sir hussain with the latest. school students at carrillo high school in santa rosa. i'll walk out friday afternoon. miss handling of the ministration at a rally before the march. they demanded more be done to keep students safe and informed jaden could have been alive today if it weren't for the systematic mismanagement of our school system santa rosa, please say on wednesday 16 year old jayden piance was fadedly sad during a fight with the 15 year old freshman in a classroom at nearby montgomery high school a third student named cruz was also stabbed in the hand now students across the district are joining together. we're all in the same thing. we're all wanting the same thing and that is change. with signs of i don't feel

andre safety campus and for more information as events. fold and we feel disrespected because of this the school system decency to give us the same information the same respect to give our parents because they fear our parents opinions and they fear public opinion after a moment of silence for jaden students march several blocks through town many say they've suffered a lot over the past few years wildfire evacuations the pandemic and violence on campus also at the rally was olivia cruz a dear friend of jaden. my best friend is dead because of him. i will speak constantly in every day if i get my best friend that just as he deserves because he deserves to be here. he was only 16 back at montgomery high olivia joined other students who continued to mourn jaden's death family and friends have been critical of the school's handling of ongoing problems between jaden and the other student. they believe had more been done. jaden would likely still be alive and that's the change

students are demanding and administration and staff members need to care. they don't care and that is why my best friend got stabbed in a classroom a place where we're supposed to feel safe. the school district did not respond to requests for comment in santa answer hasan abc 7 news coming up after are frciders are lng auny'se inject7 news at 5 returns. for skin as alive as you are... don't settle for silver. harness the power of 7 moisturizers & 3 vitamins to smooth, heal, and moisturize your dry skin. gold bond. champion your skin.

efforts to battle the drug overdose crisis more than a dozen local leaders or a new york city today to get a look at the country's first sanctioned safe consumption site now san francisco's hoping to open three sites by the end of the year, but the city attorney is saying, oh, let's pump the brakes a little citing legal concerns abc 7 news reporter tara campbell with the details from new york.

there are two safe consumptions sites in new york city. one of them is right here behind me. both of them are operated by a non-profit called onpoint. so we're putting in an oral or a nasal airway. make sure the oxygen we're pumping in is getting to the right place. the pace is fast and the purpose is clear save lives and connect drug users to services. they need from treatment to medical care a shower and laundry on point is home to the first sanctioned safe consumption site in the us one location in harlem and the other in washington heights these sites provide a place for people to use their drugs under the supervision of a medically trained professional there ready to reverse an overdose and more than a dozen of san francisco's local leaders are taking notes from city supervisors to the san francisco fire department public health and the nonprofits hoping to operate safe consumption site.

in san francisco lydia branston is the executive director of the gubio project. i think the thing that that hit me the most is the amount of care and compassion here and the amount of like services that are offered. that guests really need right that the people really need and so it's it's just it's amazingly impressive and i'm i just i can't wait to bring services like this to san francisco. as one of the nonprofits hoping to operate one of these sites. what's your biggest? take away from the operation here. i think the biggest takeaway is how intentionally everything is done right that this is not a fly by night operation. this operation is very intentional. it's very it's very skilled and the people here really know what they're doing and are very intentional about how they're doing it since opening nearly a year and a half ago on point staff has overseen more than

55,000 drug injections or inhalations and has reverse more than 700 overdoses. it's also connected more than 2,200 people to treatment now another point of interest for this group from san francisco is what's happening on the street outside of the safe consumption sites. how is impacting the local neighborhoods? they'll be getting a look at that as well in new york city terrace campbell abc 7 news still ahead, california closing in on the all-time state snow record what the latest measurements from today's snow survey in this year. if you have heart failure,

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we're getting ready for yet another storm. meanwhile in southern california. the snow is just been too much so much so that in the san bernardino mountains residents are trapped in their homes after a week and a half reporter josh haskell from our sister station

in los angeles took an aerial tour today. most of the roads in big bear are plowed in businesses are open but many here feel cut off from the outside world because the roads up to the mountain town are still closed and nine days of snow seven feet in some places has made big bear a hard place to get to if you don't live here, it feels like it's the end of the world or something like we're like, we're just being completely ignored and forgotten about our journey started in van nuys airport in 45 minutes later. we landed by helicopter and big bear where we met taxi driver and longtime resident denise. mazzotti. though it hasn't snowed here for a few days. we found many gas stations closed. i'm done. adagaz. i just ran out of guys about two hours ago, and i'm able to get a gas truck up here for the last two days three days. we're here at community market

in big bear city. now, they're produce truck was able to make it up the hill this morning. they got fresh produce for the first time in a week, but they don't have any meat their truck. it was supposed to deliver meat was turned away at the bottom of the hill. we don't even have the supplies for our locals let alone for the people that are coming up here for vacation and that's something you'll rarely hear in big bear after a monster snowstorm the ski and snowboard resorts are open but residents don't think the town is ready yet to accommodate visitors. we love the torres, but this not a good time. that's difficult news for aaron lewis who works at cowan's bar and grill. she lives in the high desert and was able to get up to big bear because she has an id but business is hurting. local residents here. josh haskell abc 7 news feels like the end of the world.

all right, the results are certainly in snowpack levels or at 177 percent of average at philip station near lake tahoe this morning the california department of water resources carried out the third sierra snow survey of the season. they found the snow depth was just over 116 inches and the water content was 41 and a half inches last week's rain and snow boosted the numbers after a month long dry spell in february. the snowpack is rivaling the states highest season in 1982 to 1983. so you gotta go always back. we may break some records here because more snow is on the way and we'll have rain here in the bay area. yeah for the details go to abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian. he spencer larry more snow is definitely on the way to the sierra. he was a look at the winter storm warning in effect from 10 am tomorrow to 10 am monday for the sierra. we're talking about one to five feet of additional snow. above 3,000 feet on top of what they already have so we may very well approach the braking of

that 40 year record for pack and for snow accumulation right now. we're looking at the breeze before the storm here in the bay area as coastal winds are picking up to about 20-22 miles per hour and here's a view from sutro tower looking out over san francisco under partly cloudy skies 50 degrees here in the city low 50s at oakland and palo alto mid 50, san jose and santa clara 48 at half moon bay beautiful view of the pre sunset sky from the east bay hills camera of the temperature readings right now low to mid 50s at santa rosa novato napa fairfield livermore concrete is above that 58 degrees and one more live view of the pre sunset guy from emeryville looking across the golden gate. these are our forecast headlines. it'll be a wet and windy weekend with a slight chance of thunder this unsettled pattern will continue into next week and more snow as i pointed out is headed for the sierra the approaching storm on the exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale is a level one for this weekend both days of the weekend and beyond actually rain and gusty winds can be expected snow over the

highest peaks tomorrow. up snow levels coming down a bit on sunday and a slight chance of thunder because of the instability in the atmosphere first of the forecast animations starting to get 6 am shows the arrival of the first wave of rain about eight o'clock tomorrow morning that'll swing on through in the afternoon hours followed by another wave of rain tomorrow evening leading into sunday followed by periods of showers and more rain coming in for monday morning. so that's a wet weather ahead for several days. now overnight lows under increasingly cloudy skies mitch up for 30s inland. 40s elsewhere high temperatures tomorrow low 50s at the coast and about 53 to maybe 55 degrees around the bay shoreline and inland and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we have four consecutive days of some precipitation coming our way sunday and monday with the colder air, we expect mixed precipitation some rain and some snow maybe some partial clearing on tuesday wednesday. looks like it'll be our first our next completely dry day for the more rain comes in on thursday and friday, so we're

not getting much of a break which is not all bad news. we still use rain too. absolutely, right? okay, sounds good. thank you. thanks for reminding us. yes more rain is good. the golden state warriors are celebrating women's history month our very own. jovina fortson stop by chase center this morning for a look at exactly with the warriors have planned this march. talking about it as history. we're empowering the women of today. what are you all working on? yeah. so for this month for women's empowerment month. we're actually doing a collaboration dance piece with all the women within the warriors dance team. so ranging from junior jam to gold squad to hardwood classics and we'll be doing that dance march 28th game and you have a dance coming out soon honoring some breast cancer survivors. yeah, absolutely on the 11th. we have a routine game performance called survivor. the jersey jobina was sporting their designed by oakland-based artist alison human part of the

warriors women's empowerment initiative. that's that is nice. yeah. look at that flower love it and jobina. i think she's got some warriors dance team moves there. yeah, and by the way it spencer just mention is going to rain on the weekend sunday. just stay at home. watch the warriors on abc 7 warriors lakers sunday tip-offs at 12:30 possible the return of steph curry right here on abc 7, and then the post game show after the game join us on sunday. we'll be right back. [ phone vibrates ] introducing astepro allergy. steroid-free allergy relief that starts working in 30 minutes, while other allergy sprays take hours. now with astepro fast allergy relief, [ spray, spray ] you can astepro and go. ♪ ♪

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live newscast breaking news weather and more with our new abc 7 bay area streaming tv app on apple tv google tv fire tv and roku just search abc 7 bay area and download it now a coalition of fishermen is calling for an immediate closure to the 2023 salmon season. they sent a letter addressing federal and state managers about the historic salmon shortage california's drought conditions and lack of sustainability solutions were attributed in a brief wednesday. it was reported only 173,170,000 chinook salmon or expected this season and experts say that's that's some of the worst numbers in the history of our state the california department of fish and wildlife will make a decision about what to do

closing the season or not by april. well, we still have much more ahead much more news. yeah. let's go to abc 7 news anchor korean and over for a look at the stories coming up at 5:30 karina. thanks, larry and kristen as we heard spencer say there will be more snow in the sierra this weekend. a day the third snow measurement was taken the impact on drought conditions and our reservoirs, but also now a concern for flooding. we'll talk to the department of water resources to get all the details. plus the racial reckoning at sf jazz and how it has impacted the artists supported by the organization join us for those stories and more at 5:30 on abc 7 bay area streaming tv interesting stuff. thank you karina. you can download the abc 7 app or head to abc 7 news.com to join karina in just two minutes. yeah, and if you're watching us here on tv world news tonight with david norris next for spencer christian all of us here at abc 7. thanks for watching. i'm larry beale and i'm kristen z wishing you a good night.

tonight, the abc news ex tonight, the abc news exclusive. the juror inside that room as the jury found alex murdaugh guilty. what it was that he says sealed murdaugh's fate. also tonight, the storms headed into the northeast at this hour. the tornados and straight-line winds already. we'll time this out. first tonight, the new image of alex murdaugh just in tonight, sentenced to life in prison now. and tonight hear that exclusive interview, one of the jurors taking us inside the deliberations. how many thought he was guilty, how many not guilty, and how they came to a consensus so quickly. and alex murdaugh addressing the judge today, saying, i'm innocent, and what the judge said back to him. eva pilgrim just back from the courthouse right here with us tonight. ose powerful storms sweeping