news and today's top story a magnitude 4.5 earthquake shakes the greater bay area. maybe you felt it. it was centered in the small san benito county community of tres piños along the calaveras fault. the usgs says the quake hit at 3:23 this afternoon. no damage has been reported. we wouldn't expect much with a magnitude of that level but folks in neighboring felt it pretty strongly. first we heard it and still shaken and i was looking at which door was get me outside fastest. all right, for more. let's go to abc 7 news media biologist, sandia patel, and

this magnitude was significant. it was from the fact that a lot of people felt it dan and dion. so, let me show you the magnitude and the earthquake it was centered just north of trespina's as you take a look here. the magnitude initially came in as a 4.6, but it was revised by the usgs to a 4.5 at 323. pm adapt was about six miles now when you look at the bigger picture there were multiple reports of earthquakes with the maximum magnitude of 4.5 on the calaveras fault as you just heard dan say and when you take a look at the shake intensity map, it was felt all the way to the north bay right here in san francisco. it felt like a jolt to me. it was felt all the way out towards the fresno area when you look at this earthquake a four is really a light earthquake, but can have noticeable shaking. so keep that in mind once again that earthquake was 4.5 miles north of 4.5 magnitude. north of trespeños stan. okay, sandy. thank you. under new york state law is a

felony. a falsify business records with intent to defraud and an intent to conceal another crime. that is exactly what this case is about 34 false statements. made to cover up other crimes. these are felony crimes in new york state. no matter who you are. for the first time in united states history of former president is now facing criminal charges. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley and i'm dionne lim trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records the indictment accuses the former president of trying to undermine the integrity of the 2016 election by making a $130,000 hush money payment made to adult film actress stormy daniels the manhattan da called it part of a catch and kill scheme. the former president was fingerprinted, but no mugshot was taken tonight. trump is already back in florida where he is expected to speak

from mar-a-lago and abc news reporter melissa, don isand joi. dan dion, what a monumental at this point former president trump is now back in palm beach and he's getting ready and gearing up to address a crowd here in mar-a-lago and that's where we're awaiting his remarks. former president donald trump now officially criminal defendant donald trump following his arraignment before new york city judge on multiple counts, mr. trump has insisted. he hasn't done anything wrong and his legal team and other supporters have repeatedly called this political persecution. trump is nowec e wxphere he will deliver his own remarks following the historic arraignment. west palm beach law enforcement on alert sharing to abc how they have heightened security plans in place in case of major protests meantime supporters running to trump's defense speaking with abc's rachel

scott. it's just pure nonsense personally. hink it'll bolster his campaign, you know, people want to support him because they see him as none of dog at this point according to an abc news ipsis pull 45% of americans think trump should have been charged with the crime in this case while 32% don't think so and 23% say they don't know trump stepping up his rhetoric against manhattan district attorney alvin bragg on his social media platform psy vance jr. the former manhattan district attorney who began the criminal investigation into trump years ago before bragg eventually charged him appearing on nbc's meet the press if i were his lawyer and believe me know when it's called up to ask for my advice. i would be mindful of not seeing some other criminal offense like obstruction of government and administration, which is interfering with or by by threat or otherwise the operation of government. now trump is slated to speak and

address the crowd really within the next 15 minutes in attendance inside mar-a-lago. we're talking about room flul ap supporters including of course certain congress members who flew even from new york over here to florida to be there several people key folks though saying that they're still standing with the former president dion dan very interesting melissa, which congress members are political figures that you're aware of have confirmed that they will attend trump's mar-a-lago speech tonight. definitely so from earlier in the day we were talking about representative marjorie taylor green. she was in new york. she traveled down south here in florida then representative matt gates as well saying that they're going to beat her to support trump then of course allies like roger stone and other notable figures, but it's also something to note that other. republicans for instance senator lindsey gramps this said he would not be here. so we're definitely seeing that as well dan, melissa. thanks very much, melissa, don reporting. now we asked rory little who is

a professor at uc law in san francisco about whether he thought the case was weak and why the former president was charged with felonies instead of misdemeanors. we know that this was designed to cover up the unfavorable information alvin. bragg has added other aspects to the case. not just the the hush money the stormy daniels, but the two other sources of unfavorable information and he's alleged to conspiracy of people to suppress this evidence, which is a violation of new york state law. i have to say i'm a former federal prosecutor in the organized crime section. we charge cases like this and if you can charge a felony, that's what you charge. the former president's next court appearance is scheduled for early december and here's another live look at the scene in mar-a-lago. the former president is scheduled to speak in about 10 minutes and just a few minutes to go. we were told that he is still revising this speech. he was working on it on the plane as melissa just reported and then we are expecting an abc news special report after he is

finished now in east bay there are coals for federal oversight of the antioch police department. this comes in the wake of an fbi investigation into civil rights violations and other offenses that led to several officers being put on leave. here's abc 7 news reporter unser hassan. in antioch allegations of excessive forests and police brutality led to an fbi investigation of eight officers. i'd investigation exposed even more officers involved in alleged misconduct and now we've got allegations that at least eight other officers are are involved in sending racist text messages. are these the people who can fairly police a community ben? nissenbaum is a partner at the law firm of burris nissan bomb curry and lacey he suggests federal oversight may be necessary to move the department forward. well, there is nobody left to do it. they've shown they can't do it. da has shown that they're not willing to enforce the standards this embalm is the lawyer

representing the family of angelo quinto who filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the antioch police department the case gay national attention in part because his death was silar to the killing of george floyd and they continued that prone restraint with enough pressure on his back to cause particular hemorrhages in his eyes. what that means is that it's a sign that they asphyxiated him while they restrained him. he says federal oversight can lead to effective internal investigations and enforcement of standards if someone makes an allegation against an officer, it gets investigated not in order to cover it up or not with a preconceived presumption that the officer is innocent the antioch police department declined to be interviewed for this story, but the department just released some statistics for 2022. they show officers handled almost 80,000 calls of those just 67 required use of force or less than 1% of all incidents.

it adds that it's developing training that emphasizes de-escalation and initiatives to increase transparency as well as increasing diversity of its workforce. ultimately. we need fair policing we need reasonable policing federal oversight is the only remaining avenue to make this department. one that can be relied on in antioch ansarasan, abc7 news. san francisco's board of supervisors voted to approve a $25 million dollar supplemental budget for the san francisco police department today. it is part of a plan to increase funding for police overtime as the department faces staffing shortages and recruiting challenges the board voted nine to two with supervisors walton and preston as the two holdouts also in the city san francisco homicide investigators are asking for help in solving a deadly stabbing. victim was found early this morning at an apartment building on main street near folsom in the soma area. he died a short time later at the hospital. he's been identified only as a

43 year old man, no arrests have been made anyone with information about the attack is asked to contact sfpd still ahead here an essential part of what makes san francisco's chinatown. so iconic now in need of help. we'll tell you about the damage done to the paper lanterns and the effort to repair them abc 7 news at five continues.

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anchor liz crates reports on a fundraising effort to replace those beautiful red lanterns on grant avenue. a place to find by the sound of music the smell of good food and for the last 10 years the site of these iconic red lanterns framing bustling grant avenue. the red lanterns actually are symbol of love and it's hope and actually prosperity but look up now and you may notice something slightly off on one block. they're gone and in the places, they're still hanging. they just look very tattered and old the reason is the reason weather. yeah. look at that the atmospheric rivers and wind storms that pummeled the bay area took a toll on the delicate paper lanterns ripping them up and in some cases shredding them into pieces. so as you could see there in pretty bad shape evenly and jenny chan are with the chinatown merchants association.

they've launched a gofundme campaign with the non-profit be china town to replace the lanterns. so any amount and any support is really helpful the project isn't cheap each strand of lanterns cost roughly a thousand dollar. and they need to replace three blocks of them. it's a cost. they say is worth it since the lanterns were first installed a decade ago. they functioned as an extra layer of security for those who live and work in chinatown. it's something chan says has been even more vital amid the rise and anti-asian hate crimes and a lot of the residents in the sro. they really like taking evening strolls, but it could get dark in the alleys and on the streets the lanterns at a sense of safety because it's they're lit up at night. they're also a big draw for visitors looking for that. perfect. san francisco photo op. i mean, can you imagine grand avenue without lanterns for the tourists? so yeah, we're working on it right now and we have a lot of challenges in our tours season already. so yeah, hopefully we'll get them done before the summer

crossing fingers for good fortune in chinatown this crates abc 7 news. good fortune indeed. well two birds one stone how a plan to help some of the south bay's homeless could lead to a long-term solution for flooding that story ahead.

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displaced more than 200 unhoused people in san jose and now we're proposed partnership hopes to bring millions of dollars to the city to help provide support critics. say more long-term solutions are needed but the cities mayor is calling this an opportunity. here's abc 7 news reporter zach fuentes. san jose waterways have been home to many of the cities on house like raymond furtado who once lived here along the guadalupe river prior to staying here. i was in my truck a recent city abatement swept furtado and others area now a similar suite may be happening along coyote creek an area valley water says is in need a flood prevention work provide protection there up to the

levels that we saw the flooding in 2017. so this is verymptaornto t also connected to our anderson dam seismic retrofit project as well as we're doing that project. we're preparing for the possibility that there may need to be a greater flows in the coyote creek. and so this is going to help protect those residents and those areas the project would require up to 200 people who live along coyote creek to relocate starting in june the proposed partnership with sea valley water contributing 4.8 million dollars to help the city to play outreach and resources for those people to relocate san jose. mayor matt mayhem says the funding will help those will be displaced even though it's a tight timeline sort of get this double benefit of having. additional funding to do outreach and identify housing solutions for people who currently living in encampments and then enablehe tm do this critical environmental work one homeless advocate. i spoke with says that if the city and valley water do move forward with this the housing options for those displace should not be temporary, but if you don't have the end result where people need to be which is

permanent supportive housing, you can't do this and take tell people that they need to go from the creeks and into the tiny. if they don't have a place to go in the end mahan says he agrees that permanent supportive housing is needed, but the city has to act now. i think we need to and unsheltered homelessness as quickly as humanly possible. but certainly there's a broader issue here, which is our regions lack of housing supply the san jose city council voted unanimously tuesday afternoon to move forward with the valley water partnership valley waters board is set to discuss it next tuesday in san jose zach fuentes abc 7 news. all right. nice to not think about rain for once and not too much wind today. either meteorologist. sandy. patel is here really nice day sandy little crisp out there, but lovely. yeah. absolutely. we are transitioning from winter to spring and so we're still hanging on to a little bit of winter, but it was a gorgeous day dan and deon let me show you a live picture right now from our emeryville camera if you haven't had a chance to step

outside. well, i'll let you just kind of savor this for a moment. there's sunshine and a few high clouds filtering the sun also on live doppler 7, you may have noticed that some fog is starting to approach parts of the san mateo and santa cruz coastlines right now, not nearly as strong as what we saw yesterday, but certainly still breezy gus to 25 sfo santa rosa 20 in concord. here's live view from our golden gate bridge camera, and you were seeing the filtered sunshine just a lovely view 53 degrees in the city 56 in oakland 57, san jose 52 degrees in half moon bay for more san jose camera the clouds. jacked up a 61 degrees in santa rosa still lagging behind where you should be for this time of year in the upper 50s from napa to concord 56 degrees in livermore, and you're looking at mount diablo from our east bay hills camera where there is plenty of sun and look at all the green hills good to see chilly morning with patchy fog and frost rain returns late thursday night into friday in a warmer pattern is setting up for

sunday and monday, but stay tuned because as we're getting closer to that time period a computer models are starting to change things up a little bit. let's go hour by hour seven o'clock tonight temperatures in the 50s as we had towards tomorrow morning. they'll be in the mid 30s to the mid 40s. this is not where they bought them out. there is a frost advisory going up two to nine am for the north bay valleys and for solano county low to mid 30s frost will forums so protect any of those sensitive plants first thing tomorrow morning, you're down to 32 at lakeport 34 in santa rosa 35 in livermore some of our colder spots 41 oakland san jose san francisco some patchy fog near the coast and some higher clouds up above now tomorrow afternoon. it's just gonna be a nice looking day with a mix of high clouds and sun mid 50s to low 60s as we check out. what's ahead thursday night up around mendocino county you start to see some showers moving in as we had towards late thursday night some of those could spill down into parts of the north bay as we go towards friday morning though. pretty much everyone seeing some

light rain for the 5 am commute time, but the important thing is the giants opener is happening friday afternoon. so we want the showers to come and go before that game. and right now it is looking like it will stay tuned rainfall totals anywhere from a few hundreds of an inch to about 6/10 of an inch. there is another opportunity for some wet weather and that is on saturday a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. it's a little milder tomorrow a chance of a few showers thursday night a one for friday and then we have that opportunity for some more wet weather on saturday, but certainly warmer pattern second half of your weekend. and going into monday before we drop off those temperatures again, but deon and dan stay tuned because is starting to look a little unsettled next really? yeah. what are you don't pushes away. okay, that's correct. thanks. and yeah, we'll be right back.

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and world-class professional sports teams. the national women's soccer league's newest team will soon hail from the bay area. the bay is where champions come to play. and so that is our call to action and that is what we will do exactly where the team will play or what the team will be rema teams is established 2024he meet the international soccer legends with local ties who make up the nwsl bay area's founding football for brandy chastain leslie osborne allie wagner and daniel slaton partnered with san francisco based global investment firm 6th street, these women say they are eager to take over the soccer world have us for with our soccer dna and iq and teaming up with sixth street. we feel that you know, we are gonna be game changers. we want to create something that really is is a beacon in the bay area. that sets a new standard in terms of how people see the game how they experience the game and something that really unites the

over 101 different communities that we have. the excitement is already growing among bay area soccer fans like breanna russell. she founded the local nonprofit girls leading girls an organization that teaches lessons of female empowerment through soccer russell says this new professional women's team will be an inspiration to many sports in general. it's a vehicle. it's a vehicle for change. it's a vehicle for so much opportunity equality equity. so it's a wonderful opportunity motivator for our players and our coaches to have that new team here in the bay area. the founding force says they're ready for their team to be that inspiration in the bay area and beyond on and off the the field, i think our breadth and our impact can be not just in the nine counties along the nine bridges, but really globally we all know that girls who play become women who lead and we are about being a part of that pipeline in the south bay dustin dorsey abc 7 news.

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dav da >> david: tonight former president trump arrested and arraigned here in new york city. only president former or current to ever face criminal charges leaving trump tower four mile ride. secret service guiding the route. eyes locked on the camera on the 15th floor of criminal court. once inside still photographers allowed in the room capturing images somber and surreal. trump flanked by his legal team. former president himself pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. tonight indictment unsealed what it