although brea farms marks ba up and running in the sunshine, many of the farmers there are hoping to make up for lost time. good evening and thank you for joining us. i am dion lim. a wet winter season in the bay area has impacted farmers markets and family-run farms that sell produce. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard details they post-storm struggle. >> leonardo as never been more thankful for good weather. it has brought customers back to the fort mason farmers market in san francisco at a time when his sales are down 50%. >> for us, it has been very effective. >> he works for js organic which suffered flooding from epic rains last month. part of their strawberry crop wiped out. >> this year, we planted 15 acres and lost about a third of it. so yes, it is hard. >> first it was thank god we needed this. now it is it needs to be over.

>> phil says the drought busting winter season has delayed his planting. >> i have been doing this for 30 years and usually by now, we have stuff in the ground. r spring vegetables. >> the toughest part, stormy weather has forced vendors to cancel days and lose profits. >> we did the market two weeks ago and i'm still traumatized. it's not just rain, the wind was literally moving that tense. >> this season it has been mostly rain and that has created nothing short of a logistical nightmare for the vendors and the operators. >> this year we really tested the rain or shine policy. >> warren cox with the association that manages more than a dozen markets says it is working with farmers. about 10 vendors were missing today. >> most of our vendors are small vendors, where all of their money comes from farmers markets or direct from farm sales. so trying to work with farmers, we help them anyway they can.

e than ever, farmers markets need their support. >> pick up some flowers and some hummus and vegetables. they have become part of the community. >> in san francisco, cornell bernard abc seven news. >> an initiative to bring crowds to downtown san francisco. today, the city kicked off its first art and makers market. that festival highlights bay area talents including musical performers, local artists and vendors. >> this really is the cultural center of san francisco. we have so many museums down here. this is where a lot of people who come to visit san francisco,, because they are close to the center and restaurants and hotels. >> the art and makers market is set to take place every first sunday of the month through the end of the year. it starts at 11 a.m. through 4:00 in the afternoon on market street. all right, moving on to some breaking news coming into the

abc seven news room. take a look, the search is on for a suspect after two shootings outside and near the fruitvale station. you are looking at live pictures from the scene as we speak. one of those shootings apparently happened in the plaza by the station while another happened at a bus stop at the station. right now, we do not have any information on injuries. service at fruitvale was stopped but that has resumed. the situation is unfolding minute by minute and we are gathering information as we speak. we will bring you any updates as we get them on the news and abc seven news.com. starting berkeley police officers on patrol. the news website berkeley skinner reports the department shifted from a 16 beat structure to a 14 beat structure because of staffing shortages. the new structure means it will take police longer to respond to nonemergency calls and mutual aid from other agencies may be needed if there is a big emergency.

we are learning more today about the executive director of san jose's police officers association who now faces drug charges. a neighbor who has known joann for at least 15 years spoke to abc news. 64-year-old jonah was in accused of importing synthetic opioid drugs, specifically a form of fentanyl overseas with the intent to disturb them. patricia finds it difficult to believe her neighbor would be involved in illegal activity. briggs is the homeowners president and says there has never been unusual activity at the home. >> the joann that i know loving mother, daughter, and grandmother. and wife. and she is a good neighbor, she has always been quiet and friendly and delightful to spend time with. she is an ideal neighbor. if she is quiet and peaceful and

delightful. >> federal investigators say for the past eight years, she had at 61 shipments of thousands of pills mailed to her home. developing news, we are learning more about how the process of former president donald trump's arraignment on criminal charges is expected to unfold. abc seven news reporter jay o'brien has reaction from trump's attorney. >> amid heightened security, former president trump is prepared to fly to new york for his arraignment on tuesday on criminal charges. sources say he is facing around two dozen charges, including felonies that could potentially expose him to prison time. >> he is gearing up for a battle. you know, this is something that obviously we believe is political persecution and people on both sides of the i'll believe that. investigation focusing on an alleged hush money payment to

adult film star stormy daniels near the end of the 2016 campaign. the alleged hush money itself is not a crime, but the way donald trump may have accounted for it might be. the indictment comes as a new abc seven news paul says former president trump, should he have been charged with a crime? 45% of americans say he should, 32% believe he should not, 23 do not know. along party lines, 88% of democrats think donald trump should have been charged as do 40% of independents. 62 percent of republicans responding the former president should not have been charged. ahead of the arraignment, former president trump be driven to court from his fifth avenue apartment. his movements coordinated by the secret service and nypd. once inside, he will be processed but not handcuffed and walked along the 15th floor corridor into the courtroom where his attorneys say he will plead not guilty. donald trump will leave town after leaving court and is expected to speak from florida that evening. he is the first presidential candidate to seek office while

facing, no charges. jay o'brien, abc news, west palm beach florida. >> just ahead, the pope returns to work just in time for the busiest week for the roman catholic church. today as he led palm sunday mass in st. peter's square. also starting today, you will likely see less of those blue checkmarks on twitter. the beginning of the end of a legacy verification. >> i am spencer christian and it is windy across the bay area and the gusts are increasing. i will have the accuweather forecast com

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ju bronchitis during his three day hospital stay and the 86-year-old said he was in good spirits as he left the hospital. he even jokingly told reporters i am still alive. the vatican has said he will take part in a full array of easter offense this week, the busiest time in the roman catholic church calendar. today during mass frances urged the world to take better care of the poor, lonely and the sick. to developing news, twitter has removed the blue checkmarks from the new york times main account. twitter ceo elon musk said to be verified checkmarks were going to be taken away this weekend from accounts that did not buy a premium twitter subscription. the times said it would not pay and it's check mark was pulled this morning. the times is considered one of elon musk's most despised news organizations because of its aggressive reporting on his companies, twitter and tesla. san francisco supervisors are planning to debate a contentious plan to modernize an iconic

theater. the seating arrangement is a big sticking point and opponents of the remodel of hope history will be on their side. and taking a live look outside, the sun is setting on the bay area. breezy right now, the wind will really pick up. the areas that will get the strongest gusts, that is ahead. >> and ahead and sports, bay area baseball teams are looking for series wins on this sunday. we are used to seeing this guy play on sundays, george kittle. living out a

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>> happening tomorrow, a controversy involving the castro theater seats will go before san francisco theaters. a board of supervisors committee will discuss a highly divisive renovation plan. a planned entertainment took over the castro theater last year. they want to remove the seeds and replace them with a movable four and -- floor and seats. those against it support a designation for outside and inside features of the building. drive city kicked off their lineup of spring events celebrating a decade of movement. their 10 year anniversary of the

home of the golden state warriors event space. people joined in a sober dance party this morning in san francisco, while others were able to get some movement in with a yoga class. minority women owned organization said they want to wake the community up with dance and connection. tomorrow is april's annual snowpack survey at phillips station in el dorado county. statewide survey measurement is expected to be the highest in california's modern history. the snowpack is projected to be more than 235 percent of normal for the month of april. it actually reached 237% in the 57. there are concerns as you can imagine now of flooding from melting snow. the governor has requested a presidential emergency declaration for relief efforts. and different kind of weather, abc seven news photographer mckenzie stock captured photo of the creatures out and about enjoying the sunny spring day. take a look, this is a pair of sea lions in san francisco.

it appears to be a mama and a pup basking in the sun. then you see hummingbirds that decided to photobomb the shot and now it feels truly like spring. it's going to feel more like spring. >> it certainly is. wait about five or six days and it will be almost hot, almost. >> how does that happen? >> things change traumatically in the world of weather. here's a look at right now, strong gusting wind around the bay with gusts between 25 and 35 miles per hour across much of the region right now. these gusts are going to increase. as a matter of fact, a wind advisory will be in effect from 5 a.m. until 11 p.m. tomorrow for the entire coastline. and from 11 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. for solano county. the wind generally during this time will be out of the west at 15 to 30 miles per hour with gusts ranging from 45 to 55 miles per hour. in the 24 hour temperature change shows it is quite a bit cooler now than it was yesterday by about four or five degrees in most locations. on we go.

a live view from sutro tower over san francisco. you can see the cloud shadows over parts of the city right now and it is quite sunny in some spots. 52 degrees in san francisco and half moon bay. 54 to 55 at oakland, palo alto, san jose and old in view. we see more clouds than we saw an hour ago. lots of blue sky. 56 at fairfield, 54 to at concord and livermore. this is the view from emeryville looking westward. what a stunning view with a lot of low clouds. blue sky above. these are our forecast features, partly cloudy, breezy and colder overnight. gusting wind tomorrow with a cool, brisk afternoon and it will be much warmer by the end of the week going into next weekend. it will almost feel like summer. so forecast looks like this. at six going 30, a couple of little patches of showers around

the bay area confined mainly to the north bay. some have reached to the south bay and into the santa cruz mountains as well. that pattern continues into the late-night hours and then most of the precipitation disappears asar the day tomorrow with sunny skies. by 11:00, rainfall totals will probably be just about 100th of an inch in locations where there is measurable rain. overnight lows will generally be in the mid to upper 30's and our values, low 40's everywhere ellsbury dies tomorrow, low 50's on the coast. -- 57 degrees heights tomorrow will max out at about 58 degrees. it will be a cool spring day but it will get warmer. here is the accuweather seven day forecast. easy on tuesday, milder on wednesday, warming trend on thursday, temperatures keep rising on friday and by next weekend, especially sunday, high temperatures inland will be near 80 degrees. >> now abc seven sports with

chris alvarez. >> for today's series finale with the yankees, the giants placing catcher bart on the injured list. he has yet to play. a setback for him as a giants try to find success with buster posey. 6'11" pitcher sean jelly wearing a chewbacca backpack. yankees starter johnny struck out six and his major-league debut. there goes brandon crawford. 41 times in the series. bottom of the third, erin judge, stripping deep. a second home run of the year for judge. 1-0 yankees. two batters later, john carlos stanton taking this one all the way to new jersey. he got all that. 485 feet, longest homerun of a young season, second youngest of his career -- longest of his career. six-nothing, giants p their second shutout of three games. of next, a three-game series against the white sox. these were a match against the angels. happy birthday, stump her.

the little leaguers pregame, mike trout. this goes 434 feet center. 42nd home run against the a's in his career, third most against the a's in oakland history. very next pitch for the angels, 447 feet. nearly into the centerfield, six-nothing angels. the angels use a straw hat as their home run celebration, they brought a warriors hat in instead. the giants, four gives left warriors. doug is in denver. nugget center to time m.v.p. nicole is out with right calf tightness. highlights at 11. the clippers lost last night. fifth place in the west. with the regular season ending one week from today, still a lot to be decided in a bunched up western conference bid wears have three players, jordan tshootingl key during this

playoff push. >> is not easy making so credid his tail off every day. same with steph curry, who that we have two other guys are to play with you shoot so well. >> were just taking care of business. i think we know how important each and every game is, especially up close, the win loss ratio in the western conference. >> we know we are going to shoot a lot of threes. it is about connecting. volume and efficiency, we pride ourselves on that. so we do not plan on stopping anytime soon. >> women's national title game set here at abc seven. caitlin clark and i will take on kim lucky at lsu. tigers first half, justin carson, first half buzzer beater. 21 point could lsu up by seven at the half. clark, possibly the best women's player investable right now to lead the hawkeyes back by herself. eyot within seven but the

tigersalexis, 19 of 32 inhe ha. se a tit game record with 102 points. angel reese saying give me that ring. lsu wins clutching a first title in program history could wrestlemania from sofi stadium in l.a. niners tight and george tittle is a big fan and got into it and jumped into action. here he comes. tight end university t-shirt for the camp he puts on every summer. looking pretty good and he teamed up with former nfl punter mcafee to win the match. he c come true to compete in wrestlemania. cannot wait to see george next time to talk to him about this and the draft is coming up. >> i thought your essay you can't wait to see him so he can put some moves on you. and tested out. >> you want me to take a shot? is it staged? it would make a

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rated pg-13. >> and reminder you can get breaking news, weather and much more with our bay area app. search abc seven bay area to download it for free. here's a preview of what were working on tonight for abc seven news at 11:00. governor newsom going on a road trip. his stops in the south this week that seem awfully familiar to a presidential run. plus it is perhaps the last official sign of covid coming to an end. california rule that is being dropped tomorrow. those stories and more coming up on abc seven news tonight at 11:00. finally now it's a win-win situation for the bay area. 2 local college basque all-stars will face off in the ncaa basketball tournament tomorrow. dariell

state university in its quest for a championship title. the sdsu guard is a star at san francisco saint ignatius high school. they will play against joey who will try to bring home a yukon's fifth title. they were marin county's all-time leading scorer in high school. both players grew up as friends and will now be opponents in tomorrow's final matchup. san diego was not even on my radar. >> mine either. >> here we go. we shall see how it goes. that is all

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