news. >> it is a very serious moment. we have indicted a -- a former president of the united states, it is never happened in history. >> donald trump indicted in connection with his alleged cover-up scheme with adult film star store medium meals. --stormy daniels. abc seven news anchor karina nova, joins us live from the newsroom. >> this is the first time that former or current president has been charged in history. but the charges are not known at this time.

we know that this indictment stems from trump's alleged hush money payment to adult film start stormy daniels. we answers. >> we know he's been indicted by a state grand jury. this is not a federal case. this is a new york state case. it is not a federal tax case. it's not a federal false statements case, it's not federal anything else it's under some kind of law that has to deal with the accuracy and truthfulness in business record and under state law. we will see it, i assume in the next couple of hours and certainly by tomorrow morning. and then we will need to see how the president reacts, will he voluntarily appear in new york, will he resist? i don't think he will be taken away in handcuffs. ama: he will --he will have to

have fingerprints and a milk shot taken -- a mug sho lengthy statement this afternoon, say that it is --in american history. democrats have lied steel and she did, they've indicted a completely innocent person in an active blatant election interference. never before in our nations history has this been done. the new york police department is prepared to respond to any safety issues tonight or tomorrow morning. abc is told all nypd officers have been ordered to show up for deployments around the city. live in the newsroom, karina nova, abc 7 news. >> we will have more tonight at 5:30. to our top bay area story. a 20 year employee of the san

jose's police union association has been charged with a scheme to distribute drugs including fentanyl. the allegations go back, according to authorities, years. >> shocked. sad and. and as the days have gone by, i am now in a place where i'm angry. >> at the president of the san jose police officers association says he first got a call from federal authorities last friday but joanne marian segovia was charged with attempting to import illegal drugs from overseas, it was part of a scheme to distribute in the u.s., according to authorities. segovia had been with the union for 30 years. >> a woman who was helped, organize when officers families have been six. >> she agreed to distribute them

elsewhere in the u.s.. the police officers association says they have no knowledge of it and are conducting an internal investigation. they did not make decisions for the investigation and do not know what her exact intentions were for the drugs. according to this criminal complaint, they were led to segovia through an investigation that led to a network. investigators found that between october 20 15, and january 20 23, segovia had approximately 61 shipments mailed to her home coming from countries all over the world. some have labels like a wedding party favors. investigators intercepted those ship months --shipments, and found pills. >> it's just a reminder of how accessible this is, and we, from a law-enforcement and community perspective need to be much more aggressive and assertive with how we deal with interrupting that chain. >> we reached out to segovia and

have not heard back. she denied any illegal activity in initial investigators and then tried to blame her housekeeper. she faces 20 years in prison. abc 7 news. dan: a bay ended in one arrest. a sheriff's deputy tried to pull over someone they say was driving a stolen car. the chase went through the peninsula, and the driver was taken into custody. he was taken away and then the ambulance and authorities are not saying why. a man died of multiple gunshot wounds after crunching his card. th wasthe shooting did not happn the freeway but elsewhere in oakland. parts of 580 were shut down just before 5:00 this morning. you can see the results of the traffic backup.

there are no details about the victim or possible suspect tonight. ama: residence and venet told to immediately cut water use, following a landslide that collapsed the city's water line. a hillside collapsed on six 80 yesterday. crews cannot get to the line to repair it because it's buried under 10 feet of mud. there is a critical water emergency alert. residents are asked to be patient while the city works to repair the pipe. >> do your part to conserve water, take short showers. do laundry less frequent. these are the things you can do to help the community out. >> the city has been pumping in water from lake harmon as a secondary source. phoenicia's main water line typically sends out four point 9,000,000 gallons of water a day. >> anyone headed over highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains can expect delete -- expect delays. dustin dorsey will show you how

long the work may last. dustin's report we are having audio difficulty but this process will take a while because so many trees came down and not just this form but in others as well. ama: we are getting a break, how long is it lasting, sandia joins us with details. -- sa >> you can see santa cruz and iad at the mix of sun and clouds. we will look out the wet windy weather, hail and thunderstorms across southern california. right now over the coliseum there is a right skies -- dry skies perfect for the home

opener, at first pitch, 54°, mostly sunny and by the time the sun goes down and the game is winding down 40°. best to take a jacket or sweatshirt with you. while the weekend is not completely dry, i do have some opportunities for a few sprinkles and showers. dan: angeles angels at the opening night of the coliseum. ama: casey is live on the field, casey what's the mood out there? >> them mood is happiness, everyone is fired up, every day is like a national holiday. optimism abound, pump --pomp and circumstance. as it sandy was mentioning the weather, there was a massive puddle on the field just yesterday. today everything is perfect the ground crews has done a great job fixing thatngeady

for baseball. the oakland a's have optimism but let's face it, last year they were a 102 lost team. they don't look to be much improved from the previous roster. a lot of specters of the stadium situation of whether or not they will be here in las vegas or how many more years they'll be playing at the oakland coliseum. it's up in the air, but for now, it's excitement. the a's have a chance to take on one of the biggest stars in baseball and hope still springs eternal. >> the aura around the day, to play a great game, and today's that the beginning of a long journey that everyone is about and everyone starts with the zero-zero record. >> baseball is going now. you have worked your whole life for it. and when it comes here, it's pretty surreal. you need to enjoy the moment and keep going. >> you just saw a

his family, his entire family was here on the field it's his birthday, his first opening day roster it was a cool scene. you need to keep that in perspective i know there's a lot of questions about the a's, but for these guys, it's a special day. ama: we saw you broke a story about some good opening-day news for the a's, what did you learn? >> it's been a while since we had good news around the a's, but as i was walking the coliseum, i learned that the east --lawsuit against the city of oakland for the environmental report was rebuffed by the judges. the appeals court's ruling in favor of the city. because a lawsuit jam it's good news for days. ama: it sounds good, thank you, casey. dan: as for the giants they got

burned by the player they were hot to sign in the off-season. aaron judge lost a homerun in the bottom of the --an, they shut out the giants five-nothing. they set an opening-day record for the giants by striking out 12. ama: the push under way to help kids make good decisions with money and set their financial future. dan: why you may have seen more alex! mateo, hey how's business? great. you know that loan has really worked wonders. that's what u.s. bank is for. and you're growing in california? -yup, socal, norcal... -monterey?

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>> we sorted out the audio difficulty let's get back to the efforts by caltrans to sort out delays. >> if you

advantage of the blue skies and sunshine in santa cruz on thursday, it was going to take a while. the traffic swelled, like you have been waiting for rain to stop, so has caltrans. >> we want to do the work safely to clear the roads and highways. where grateful for a little but of sunshine and it's only time until ring comes through. >> along the corridor to the beach, crews were following --filling potholes in some locations and pulling back trees and others. >> we've seen conclusion --we've seen some closures on 17. and these recent storms have been a big site for the bay area. >> we've covered these events, like the mudslides and the snow in february. now partial lane closures for two weeks, and post and pre-storm cleanup. >> we will cleat -- w

clear out any fallen trees. and we will make sure it's safe for commuters to travel along the court order. >> commuters will be impacted in the meantime, it will happen between 9 a.m. and 3 a.m., and less work wraps early. the first worry -- the first week will lead to load --two road closures. >> please drive safe. be patient, expect some delays, plan ahead. we are doing the best we can to make should be clear highways in a timely manner. >> similar delays on highway 17 until work wraps up on april 14. dustin dorsey, abc7news. ama: getting well-rounded education is more than just the three hours.

-- r's. dan: financial literacy to make smart decisions with their money. ama: what schools are doing to make it required at all schools. >> berkley height is one of the only schools teaching seniors to navigate the financial work --the financial world. this is a class in which they must sign up. >> we see passionate educators make the first step and start an elective's --an elective course. >> crystal ridley has been teaching it for the past four years, but it is not a mandated course. while 18 states require students to take a personal finance class, california does not. in fact, only 20 7% of high schools in the state offer it as

an elective. assembly bill 984 once every school to offer it as an elective by 20 25, 25 -- 20 20 six school year. san francisco unified recently received a three-year grant from the state to start training high school teachers. other districts will also be awarded grants. for the super intended to a berkeley unified, the course is a first step toward closing the wealth gap. >> hearing the students talk about all of the things they are learning about personal finance, credit, debt, tax and savings and how it is not just for the future but they are playing right now. >> the assembly bill is cofounder of nexgen personal finances is also behind the bill. >> one of my missions is that every student walks out of the class, and we built it into the

curriculum, that they believe they can be an investor because you can be. >> the big takeaway, if you say $500 a month and investe 40 years in the top five hundred large companies, u.s. welcome be a millionaire. -- y am

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and another six hundred thousand with uber eats. ama: the son was time deciding what to do today. or was it the clouds? dan: there were a lot of today. >> we expected a mixture of sun and clouds today, but at least it was dry. but i want to show you the update on the drought monitor. this takes you back to last october, the start of the water. --the water gear. you can see -- water year. you can see the entire state was in a drought. look what happens, as of today after a productive winter, all of california, sacramento valley saw the biggest improvement out of the drought. were not as bad a category, most are still in the drought category between dry and severe.

36% of the state was in a drought, now it's down to 20 8%. we are drought free. that dry category and the far northern part of the viewing area is gone. we are finally seeing the impacts from all of the atmospheric rivers and all of the storms that impacted us. san jose, one hundred 26% above, oakland 123 where you --above where you should be. and 120 six for santa rosa. take a look at the sierra snowpacks. it has been the second on record, at the central sierra snow lab since record keeping began. here is a live view, absolutely beautiful. if you want to get up to the mountains you are good to go to tahoe the next few days. there is a chance of snow on sunday. right now all of the wet weather that we experienced is in southern california and we are dealing with stormy conditions

locally. we have left over clouds, and temperatures are on the cooler than average side. low 50's to low 60's. a live view from our santa cruz camera, so nice to see blue sky there. chile inland overnight, partly cloudy and mild or tomorrow afternoon and we are looking at a chance of sprinkles or a few showers this weekend, not a game changer. tomorrow morning, fog and clouds, as we head toward the afternoon, brighter skies, and then a weak front comes in, a few sprinkles in the north bay. that's about it. on sunday a better opportunity for seeing showers and our viewing fog, chill in the air. mid-30's to mid 40's, tomorrow afternoon you are looking at mid-50's to mid 60's. as you check out what's ahead for sunday, a system comes in, sunday night, it could bring in a few showers, a better opportunity on tuesday if you buy the gfs model. the european model is a little

bit different. as you notice, sunday night the far north art of the viewing area has opportunity for sprinkles and this one's keeping the rain away on tuesday. accuweather 7-day forecast, chilly mornings, drive for tomorrow. and a slight chance of a few sprinkles between saturday and sunday. we will go with level 1 for tuesday with just an opportunity for some wet weather.

our live news case, on google tv, fire tv and root cool -- and roku, dan: today a flatbed truck drove a car to its new spot at the museum. it's last one used at the ocean short railroad would choose to run between san francisco and santa cruz and help establish the towns along the coastline. it is the card that was first purchased by the railroad in 19 09. it will eventually be open to the public. it's a great piece of history. ama: we have much more news

ahead. dan: let's go to karina nova for the stories coming up at 5:30. >> baseball is back the giants were on the road playing the yankees. the a's are at home facing off against the angels tonight. our sports reporter was live at the coliseum, we will dig into the future of the future of the a's, whether it's in oakland or that chance of moving to las vegas. and i team news for -- joins me for investigation into clove cigarettes and how teens are getting their hands on them. ama: you can download the abc app or head to abc seven news right now, and watch in just a few minutes. >> the very next with the indictment on president donald trump. ama: we will see you again at

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>> david: tonight, breaking news has become on the air, the indictment of former president donald trump, the first time a former president will face criminal charges in u.s. history. multiple sources confirming to abc news that the new york grand jury voting late today to indict donald trump to criminally charge him in the hush money investigation. the payment made to stormy daniels in the weeks before the 2016 election. prosecutors have claimed it was to keep daniels quiet about a sexual encounter she said she had with trump. what we are learning about the indictment, and his expected arraignment, reported communications already between the trump team and the secret service about how to bring the former president back to new york to face these charges and the reaction tonight, what former president trump told our reporter