brinkley has more. leslie: the april snow survey historically represents peak snowpack. over 126 inches of snow, 54 inches of water content, which translated into 221% of average. statewide readings tally up to 237% of average. that is the redline on the right. that puts us in a tie with the winter of 1952, that high blue bar on the left, for the highest snowpack ever. more data is still rolling in. for the moment it is a tie. now the focus is on much snow into how fast is melting. >> we are in record-breaking spring snow melt, upwards of an absurdly high 422% average for a

snowmelt runoff for the current river watershed. >> we are very fortunate to be sitting at over 100% of average and our major reservoirs across the state. leslie: to avoid a catastrophic big melt gradual snotelwmprevent dangero, especially in the central valley. >> i have never seen so much rain or snow in my entire life. leslie: ski enthusiasts of all ages are taking full advantage of the snowpack. >> access to snow was the big barrier this year, now that the roads are open, everybody is going to go. that is how i expect it to be this whole spring break season, as you can see behind us here. leslie: lines were long ski business booms and people appreciate this miracle of a winter. >> i was telling my kids today

how wonderful it is to see green skin -- greenhills. let this leslie: keep coming. leslie:abc 7 newsabc 7 news. -- let this keep coming. leslie: i am leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. larry: the san luis reservoir runs between 150 two rae and 90% capacity could reach 100% in a few days. it will be the third time in 12 years that the reservoir has been full. karina: we are talking snow, water, wind as well today. larry: we have spencer christian with a look at the forecast. spencer: right now, here's a look at surface wind speeds, gusts at 40 miles an hour oakland, san mateo, san francisco. sfo, 46 miles an hour. it is gusty across the bay area right now. we expect the winds to taper off. we have a wind advisory in

effect in the coastal areas until 11 a clock tonight and solano county until 8:00 tonight. steady winds out of the northwest at 20, 30 miles an hour, but gusts will exceed 45 miles per hour. here is the the wind gusts animation, 5:00 p.m.. by 8:00, still gusty on the coast with winds at 42, 45 mile per hour there. winds at the coast will weaken a bit. going into the overnight hours, it remains breezy at the coastline, but 5:00 tomorrow morning, we will see much lighter winds away from the coast. daylight hours tomorrow, pretty normal wind speeds everywhere except the coastline. karina and larry? karina: thanks. drivers heading over the san mateo bridge should keep both hands securely on the wheel because of a high wind advisory. it can get pretty gusty on elevated sections of the registered we also noticed a few whitecaps. larry: the wind is so strong,

build -- spinning the kelly paper sign. this thing is massive, so it takes a lotf powervet. 's go tsan ancio and c 7 newsr rnl -- cornell barnard. karina: we can see your hair whipping in thwi a good hair dar anybody if you are along the coast. the wind has been blowing so hard, it has been tough to keep our balance out here on the great highway. blowing sand, well, there's a lot of it, so much so that they had to close southbound lanes of the great highway this morning. the winds were gusty and fierce in san francisco's outer subset neighborhood, like "cover your eyes" fierce. >> you need sunglasses. cornell: yeah. so much blowing

close the great highway and used equipment to blow the sand. it turned out the surf big-time at rockaway breach. what would happen when amanda del castillo from abc 7 mornings got too close. and linda: we all know -- amanda: we all know, my goodness, of course that happens, right? first time today. cornell: crews removing this tall, unstable tree near mary's house. the ground so saturated from winter storms, mary has been stressed about the tree falling. >> i'm sad to see it go, but by the same token, i don't want it to fall on my house. [laughs] cornell: in the north bay, we found crews trimming trees in san anselmo. >> especially the older, heavier trees. >> we are on standby. we have plenty of folks in fairfax. cornell: the sand is really

stinging my eyes right now. city crews in san francisco say they are also standing by in case of toppled trees. they are watching for those. public works says they do not know when southbound lanes of great highway -- wow. th is really fierce out here. when they will reopen between lincoln and sloan, because it is too windy. larry: i feel like you will be airborne in a few seconds. go inside somewhere. [laughs] thank you, cornell. a set -- tragic death in santa clara county. a 36-year-old man death is the first of its kind in the county and is part of a disturbing trend nationwide. abc 7 news reporter zach fuentes has more on this dangerous tranquilizer that is being added to drugs without users even realizing. zach: the dangers of fentanyl have been known, but now a form

of call zaila zine, and it could be present in the drug without people knowing. it is a trend across the country and now locally. >> we have the first death in santa clara county in which zaila zine and fentanyl were together. it affects our system, and it makes people really sleepy, so it can affect your breathing and slow down your breathing and your heart rate. the other thing we have seen with down your heart. zach: it is used to treat overdoses and though it may not legally

xylazine. to get it in county libraries. >> we don't want to stop there. we want to make it is in transportation, bars, restaurants, and music venues. meantime, i becomes more widely available, but until then, i think it is pridly important for the publi xylazine could be present and just a inform so that they can help other people protect themselves. zach: and santa clara county, zaes, abc s. ing a healthf today, on account

require all staff to keep wearing masks in skilled nursing facilities. the order applies to paramedics, emt's vendors. larry: no comments from the city of oakland over a police -- potential lawsuit by the police officers union due to a recent ransomware attack. they filed a claim calling for the reimbursement of damages suffered by its members for the claim accused the city of failing to maintain adequate formation security systems. the fbi is still in negotiations with that ransomware group that happened to the city's network and leak sensitive data. karina: the das office is being asked to investigate a number of board of trustees. -- gilbert long over remarks hee made to the president of the college, who is black.

long apologize to holmes called the censure a disproportionate penalty. larry: warriors sign that wiggins could be back as soon as possible. the 28-year-old forward is nearing a return to the team and is expected to be back earlier this week. wiggins has missed 22 consecutive weeks after attending to an undisclosed family matter appeared i was told over the weekend his father was ill. his return would come with barely enough time to get ready for the playoffs, which will begin next week. karina: rising crime, rising risk, and rising insurance. the struggling businesses in the bay area and one that continues to be a target. the landmark case right here in the bay area that could impact the way we read books. and returning to the moon.

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man: i'm not slowing down anytime soon. that's why i take osteo bi-flex every day. it's clinically shown to improve joint comfort in 7 days, and continues to improve over time. kinda like us. osteo bi-flex. because i'm made to move. karina: welcome back. a bay area business owner is beyond frustrated after five attended burglaries in one year. larry: this is a concern for so many businesses, especially small ones. as abc 7 news anchor dion lim tells us, this is causing other problems. di very stressful, very frustrating. this is a kind of thing i do not wish to happen to anyone. dion: what happens to companies

in the last year is more than what some business owners have to deal in a lifetime. >> the store has been burglarized five times. dion: the contra costa sheriff's office confirmed the last three instances of attempted burglary happened in the first few months of 2023. you can see from the surveillance videos, mask, gloves suspects used crowbars. the last attempt, possibly the most brazen, involved guns. >> 11 people, they came here, you know. they blocked the door, they got inside, they sat for, like, one minute. dion: they cause damage to the building. includes -- including holes hammered into walls, there is one thing he did not want to do. >> five times, five months for insurance. >> clive is becoming a bigger issue. -- crime is becoming a bigger issue.

crime scores determine whether or not they want to look at a business and placed coverage. dion: there are unique challenges to insurance in the bay area, factors not only because of crime but because of the age of certain buildings and also the fire risk. filing a claim after a crime can add additional headache. >> they may raise the premium. they may drop you. and there is a deductible, too. dion: he is focused on adding security measures, which can help with insurance costs. as frustrated as the small business owner is coming he does not plan to leave anytime soon and is grateful nobody has gotten hurt. >> i have been here for 10 years, you know. i have a lot of customers. so i am very thankful. dion: who can make change -- >> i hope they catch these guys. i hope they arrest them, and they have to be held accountable. we cannot be tolerant. dion: dion lim, abc 7 news.

karina: california attorney general rob bonta is ca effort to take firearms away from those who cannot legally owned them a major success. according to bonta, authorities confiscated firearms from the group which includes anyone from a felony or violent misdemeanor, a restraining order or suffers from serious mental illness. there were 712 handguns, 80 assault style weapons, and one machine gun. officers also confiscated 281 thousand rounds of ammunition. larr while this report is a success story, there are still guns in the wrong hands. that means there's more work to do. the doj is committed to supporting the team and committed to making this program even stronger. karina: apps is short and perhaps a person's system. california is the only state in the country where an automated

system is used to track firearm owners who fall into prohibited status. larry: in sunnyvale, the city celebrates the opening of its new city hall, being hailed as the first of its kind when it comes to energy efficiency. abc 7 news reporter amanda therefore the -- amanda del castillo was there for the opening. amanda: the city's mayor says it is about sustainability and sustainability. >> storage for all of the electricity we are creating, you know, there's tons of automation from the blind system to other things within city hall, which make it that icon of innovation. amanda: in the shadow of the new building, despite surrounding areas still very much an active construction site. new city hall chambers, not quite finished, as supply chain issues held up some technology.

mary -- mayor larry klein anticipates full completion by the end of the summer. a 26-acre campus with more on the way. >> this increase of open space, we will have an amphitheater, additional art outside, so it will become not just a meeting place inside but outside within the city. amanda: once city hall is finished, officials are hoping the location on all of avenue will serve as a model for sustainability, all wall approving the efficiency of city services and stamping sunnyvale as the heart of silicon valley. >> this new city hall is an icon to those things, so setting that example in silicon valley in the world of what can be done. amanda: the new city hall officially opened its doors to the public on march 20 with a formal public grand opening planned for september, along with the mayor's state of the city address could reporting in sunnyvale, i am amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. karina: you can see some of the sunshine out there. finally we are talking about nicer weather. larry: what i saw was amanda

bundled up like this. [laughter] karina: with the sun! it's not raining! larry: we are progressing, slowly. spencer: we cannot expect perfect conditions in every aspect of the weather at once, right? wind gusts up to 46 miles an hour at sfo right now. lots of other places between 30, 40 miles an hour. that will be with us for a while. we have a wind advisory entire bay area until 11:00 tonight. in the solano county, this advisory is in effect until 8:00 tonight. gusts will reach or exceed 35 miles an hour. those wents will diminish during the -- winds will diminish during the late night and overnight hours. san francisco, 63 degrees in the city right now. 57 in oakland, palo alto 56, and 52 at half moon bay. a nice view from mount tam.

you can see how clear the skies are mainly, but there are enough clouds around that there could be a spotty or isolated sprinkle or two around the area this evening. 59 degrees right now in santa rosa, upper 50's fairfield and concord, and 54 at livermore. looking from our rooftop camera, these are the forecast headlines, clear skies and lighter winds overnight, gradual warming midweek, and much warmer by the weekend. or forecast animation taking us through the evening hours. mixed precipitation in the mount hamilton area but the probability of these spotty sprinkles will diminish in the late-night hours and mainly clear skies overnight into the morning. overnight in full estimate by tomorrow morning, it won't be very much at all, just a couple hundredths of an inch of measurable rain. overnight lows mainly in the mid 30's in our inland areas.

34 at santa rosa, 33 livermore, concord 35, morgan hill. as we get closer to the bay and the coast, right around 40 degrees, and tomorrow's highs, 50 three half moon bay, 56 san francisco, slightly milder than today but not much. up to about 60 in some of the warmer inland areas like fairfield and concord. here is the accuweather 7-day forecast, and it is going to be mainly a dry week ahead. there is a slight chance of some light rain on friday into saturday. not a very strong possibility, but it is still there, so we posted a little wise -- ways out there. high temperatures gradually increasing midweek and increasing more dramatically over the weekend as we expect highs inland and the money to be between 78 and 80 degrees. karina: wow! larry: spencer: yes, your wi

improvement. larry: i think everybody has been waiting. karina: it will be nice for the giants home opener. larry: friday is 78 degrees per we will take that. spencer: baseball weather in san francisco. larry: absolutely. big announcement today for disney fans from dwayne the rock johnson. dway happy to announce that a live action reimagining of "moana" is in the works. larry: all right. the video posted on twitter this morning. the rock said still very early in the process, so no release date has been set yet. johnson, of course, voice the character maui in the original version. karina: this is going to be great. excited about that. the snowpack has tied a record, but the state's groundwater is still dramatically low. what to be done to make sure there is enough. larry: it is like a rock concert

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. larry: former president trump has arrived in new york city in advance of his arraignment on criminal charges. this after a manhattan grand jury indicted mr. trump last week. his lawyer tells abc news he really does not know what to expect, given the historic nature of this indictment. karina: abc news reporter and when has the latest -- em nguyen

has the latest. em: donald trump arriving in new york after manhattan grand jury indicted him in the case of a hush money payments adults and star stormy daniels shortly before the 2016 election. michael cohen pled guilty served prison time since his admission of being involved. drums arraignment set for tuesday at new york's supreme court -- trump's arraignment set for tuesday at new york's supreme court. >> this is unprecedented. we have secret service involved pete i understand closing the courthouse for the afternoon. em: we are told trump be handcuffed and there will be no other court proceedings on the 15th floor, where he will be arraigned. his attorney says he will plead not guilty. mr. trump: the weaponization of our justice system is not, as some have called it, a political spectacle. em: trump has made multiple

verbal attacks against district attorney alvin bragg and the judge who is presiding. those comments prompting a warning from the manhattan d.a. who started the hush money investigation years ago long before his 2024 presidential bid. >> if i were his lawyer, i would be mindful of not committing some other criminal offense, like obstruction of administration, which is interfering with, by threat or otherwise, the operation of government. em: security around the courthouse no one high alert, with an ypg bracing for any protests. protests. the da's office has taken no position, and the judge has yet to rule. em nguyen, outside the courthouse in lower manhattan. karina: a potential landmark case that could impact the way we read books is unfolding right here in the bay area. larry: the internet archives is a san francisco-based non-profit digital library that scans and

lends out millions of digital books for free. abc 7 i team reporter melanie woodrow spoke with the founder also about his legal battle. mel? melanie: it is far from over, and the outcome could have far-reaching effects. inside this richmond warehouse, internet archive founder bru estimates there are 500 books inside boxes in shipping containers. bruce: libraries are always important. melanie: in 1996, ia is best known for the archive of every public webpage. it also makes e-books publicly available for free as part of its online lending library. brewster: the idea is to have a library system open to all. melanie: an ideal that does not

sit well with some publishers and authors. in june of 2020, a lawsuit, saying the website scans books without licensed or payment to authors or publishers paid ia work from what is called a control digital lending model p only loaning digitally the number of copies it physically has at any one time. to make more copies available, ia partners with libraries, to loan out more copies. according to court documents, during the covid-19 pandemic, which closed libraries nationwide, ia bostwick called a national emergency library and stopped its controlled lending, allowing up to 10,000 people at a time to borrow each e-book on its website. is that true? brewster: no. melanie: a point he strongly disputes. brewster: no way. we watched it carefully. melanie: is that fair to the

publishers? is it fair to the authors? brewster: the publishers and the authors get paid, just like they are selling books. we buy these books at retail, or somebody does. often otherrnet douglas prestons not see it that way. douglas: control blending is basically book piracy. i really compare that to somebody who throws a brick through a book store window and then passes out the books were free and then expects to be congratulated for his generosity. all legitimate libraries buy licensing from publishers in order to lend out e-books, and from those licenses, authors get compensated. melanie: on march 24, u.s. district court judge granted the publishers' motion for summary judgment, writing in part even firm enforcement of a 1210 and to loan ratio would not excuse

ia's production. brewster: i'm disappointed. melanie: we hope the opinion will prove educational to the defendant and anyone who finds public laws inconvenient to their own interests. i'm curious if you are to books what limewire and napster were to music. brewster: not at all. it is a library. melanie: kahle plans t the decision. he has the support of the authors alliance out of berkeley, which seeks to advance the interest of authors who want to serve the public goodbye sharing their creations broadly. the case's outcome could have far-reaching effects for any other library operating under a control digital model and could impact how readily available books are online. while this case does not set a binding precedent for other libraries, other libraries may decide to avoid control digital

lending, which of course is what some o these perand aunt to s happen. larry:omplicated case.it will bg to see what happens from here. melanie: absolutely we stay on top of it. larry: team spirit or

but do they really? at kaiser permanente all of us work together to care for all that is you. larry: time now for the four at 4:00 with michael and spencer joining us. the ncaa championship victory

over iowa yesterday, angel reese waved her hand in front of her face and then pointed at her finger as she walked behind iowa cin clark, the ring, you know, they're going to get rings. reims that clark disrespected one of her teammates before. let me give you little back story. there's a wrestler by the name of john -- was famous for doing this in front of his face. other athletes picked it up. and a lot of people were saying it was classless. you have a racial overtone here because caitlin clark is white, the lsu player is black. to me, it goes back to people thing, if you are going to get it out, you have to take it. michael: spencer? spencer: i totally agree. as you mention, caitlin clark was doing it first. larry: a lot of people do. spencer: it is done by a black woman, so it is a big deal.

that is the story of life in america. larry: in many ways. tomthings -- to me, it is just e of those things that have gotten blown out of proportion, because it has been seen on national tv, and then the lsu players have to defend themselves, even though they won a national championship. karina: it should come down to good sportsmanship, but to be fair all the way around. larry: even klay thompson does the thing with the ring. there's a lot of counting that goes on. karina: there's a bold new step from google, launching a new price guarantee flight feature, the pilot program will guarantee select flights, and if the price goes down after you purchase a ticket, you will receive a refund. pickets with a price guarantee will have a special badge. only those flights qualified. let's ask our 7 on your side man. michael, what do you think about

this? do you think it is a good idea? michael: it is a great idea! i love the concept of it. the question is, how many flights will actually have that bad? one at a time? [laughs] the ones you know you are so massively overcharging for? that said, it is very hard to book these days, so having something like that, i would love it. karina: spencer, what about you? spencer: anybody -- anything that helps me book a flight at a price i am comfortable with, i'm all for it. larry: it is so frustrating, when you look up a flight, you don't act on it, and you look te they bump up the price on you. spencer: that has happened many times to me. karina '' refund from southwest, you can get the money back if the price goes up. michael: they all will do it if you are a good enough shopper, so you should always give a shot. karina: checking back every day, too. larry: do you remember life

before the cell phone? spencer remembers the pony express. [laughter] spencer: i used to ride the pony. was made 50 years ago today. the engineer for motorola made the call in 1973. i do remember those, cell phones would not be made available to the general public for another decade. it is unimaginable that you can go through life now without a cell phone, don't you think, karina? karina: i was thinking about this the other day, driving in one country over the weekend. and my phone died, and i was thinking, how am i going to get around? i don't have a map. i remember the days when, you know, you would have a physical map, with my dad, we would plan out our route. if your phone dies, you cannot call anybody, you can't text anybody. larry: life is over. [laughter] karina: it's over! michael: here is what i remember about those big old phones --

they were extremely expensive. here at the station, they handed them out to all of the photographers. they would talk to their friends all day, and then when you wanted to call into this station as a reporter, they would be like, "don't do that!" larry: do you want to name names later, michael? [laughter] michael: they are all gone now. the ones that are still here would never do that. larry: ok. karina: you might have seen the most likely flying around north beach or the waterfront, and now parents are the official animal of san francisco -- parrot are the official animal of san parrots votes, just enough to edge out the sea lion. i have to tell you when i first moved daw tckfit was just beaut.

it is the coolest income if you are walking by the tower commit is awesome. but then i realized how loud they are! you can hear them coming at you, and if you are sitting outside, they are allowed! they are beautiful but loud. spencer: hi, karina! [laughter] karina: what do you think, sea lions or -- larry: see lions by a mile! no disrespect to the parrots. michael, come on, see michael: i'm with you. the parrots are really unique, because they fly by this station every afternoon, but sea lions. spencer? spencer: nothing against the sea lions, but i'm going with the parrots. larry: we are split. karina: i'm going with

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will continue to struggle with water supply, particularly those in the central valley and particularly those communities that are dependent on groundwater wells. karina: the state's reservoirs are also at 107% of normal right now. larry: but as abc 7 weather anchor spencer christian shows us, there's is a growing effort to get as much -- keep as much about water as we can. spencer: this effort now made possibly head office to get flooding as well. as a program that involves improved technologies and a new way of thinking about how and where we store water. for most of california's history, a record snowpack in the sierra has been like money in the vacant, feeling reservoirs and keeping rivers healthy and flowing year-round. but in this era of climate warain o rains, and extended period of warm weather,

that will trigger the snowmelt and flooding potential for the river. dan: don cameron -- spencer: don cameron runs a ranch near fresno p he is building a pilot program for the way the sierra stores its runoff. river to swap his own. >> we are filling up the canals and pumping the water onto the fields, the open fields, are allowing the water to percolatequifers. spencer: the technique is called groundwater recharge, and it is quickly expanding in different forms across the state. recently, santa clara county, protecting a large floodplain in the coyote valley from development, should help replenish the aquifer, while surrounding agencies operate sophisticated recharge systems that return wastewater into the ground. with the faster snowmelt this

reservoir tcapture and on rsiecd store as mhpop helen niemann sas part of a complicated process. >> where he needs to go is going to be critical to meeting this extreme weather, this kind of weather whiplash, so we can capture it and store it, when we know the dry periods are going to return. groundwater is also crucial to that. spencer: last year, abc 7 profiled a futuristic survey program supported by the state. researchers used spaceship like antennae to paying the ground with electromagnetic pulses. the goal, to uncover hidden pathways that can carry seasonal runoff dtoenp tiinal tlyhe i atn mri of the earth, so when that snowmelt comes, we would have mapping in place that could help us understand the soils beneath. spencer: recent studies have

suggested flooding areas with the right kind of porous soil can capture water without harming crops. back at the terranova ranch, don cameron believes it could be the central the ground is litery sinking. don: we've been an example of how to improve the growing crops without damaging them and improving storage. spencer: governor newsom has now issued an executive order that can fast-track the process, california's water system in a new and resilient way, tapping tunderground reservoirs to store water in a climate driven age, slipped between drought and downpours. and our groundwater basins can store at least three times as much water as our about of ground reservoirs combined -- aboveground reservoirs combined. that is significant potential

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un his now helng high school players like himself on the underrated tour. steph: hello, welcome to the game. chris: steph, underrated tour. take us to the origins of it and where we are right now. steph: it started kind of organically after i joined under armour in 2013. about the third or fourth year, i realizeden w ias gotten invited towh my own camp. i was a two star, three-star recruit. that's where the idea of the underrated t th >> you're going to have to play rdha. it's about basketball but also building skills you need, connections, a chance at college. team, buildg idce iigscol, teia

get scholarship offers, that can be a door in any industry but an opportuty to live that experience out through sport. chris: taking selfies, i heard one once a poster. steph: i walked out onto court, nice to meet you, can i jump over you and dunk on you. they were excited. i will probably let him do it. chris: when did you go from being underrated to stephen curry? steph: for me, obviously a lot of accomplishments and success, i still carry the underrated mindset. it is always open to me. i will -- it is always built into me. i will always think that way. but having championships, i can show the journey of what it took for me to carry that underrated mindset every step of the way. larry: steve

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