not going anywhere on the red carpet at the glad media wards tonight at nine only on abc seven. this night represents hope. moving forward finding solutions . this is abc seven news. i shouldn't have to feel like i'm putting my life in danger. every time i ride my three year old sunday school, but i do now at five. various cyclist calling for action, the changes they want to see on the roads after a well known cyclists died while riding his bike in san francisco. good morning. everybody is saturday. april 8th. i'm loose. kreutz thanks for joining us here with lisa. arjun lisa. good morning to you and happy easter weekend. let's go check out the forecast. good morning. we are looking at things warming up around the bay area this weekend and starting with today cloud cover that is allowing for temperatures to be not t cl ni, in factsa frcisco fremo

that 52? as we look at our 24 hour temperature change, it is cooler, but mainly along the coast, seven degrees there, 2 to 3 degrees san francisco and oakland. as we look outside, you can see good visibility and there could be a renegade shower offshore. otherwise i'll change that. and we're going for mostly cloudy skies throughout much of the first half of the day, second half of the day, looking at partly cloudy conditions in the mid sixties for a milder afternoon, we'll look at more sunshine and easter warmth headed our way for sunday and a detailed look at the weekend coming up with all right, lisa. thank you. cyclists around san francisco are calling for changes following the death of ethan boys tuesday afternoon. boys who was a nationally recognized and award winning cyclists died after a collision with a car in the presidio, abc seven news reporter tim johns was at the vigil held for boys. we're literally dying out here. i'm not sure what we have to do to make them care, anger and

sadness friday night individual in san francisco's presidio, dozens coming together to remember cyclists ethan boys who was killed tuesday after a collision with a car near this spot we just want to reflect to ethan was as a person, which was a very positive grounded centered person boys was a renowned and world class athletes, someone who won dozens of awards throughout his life and left a profound impact on the sport he loved. he is a current record holder in several disciplines on the track, and he has, i think 10 national championships over his career, but friday's event was more than just a vigil for the local cycling community was also a chance to call for change. according to city data. san francisco has had at least one bike fatalities a year since 2014 and cyclists are demanding that local leaders take more action to keep them safe on the roads in the very short term that looks like posts and other things in the ground, but you no longer term. ideally we're looking at physical concretehyci

shouldn't have to feel like i'm putting my life in danger. every time i ride my three year old son to school, but i do investigating the cause of tuesday's crash in san francisco , tim johns, abc seven news i did whale washed up at the san leandro marina park. sky seven was overhead yesterday afternoon spotted the whale on the rocks, and it's clearly missing its tail. it's a great whale appears to be a juvenile, the marine mammal center and california academy of sciences said. they are sending a team to check it out in the south bay, the san jose police officers association terminated executive director joanne segovia after she was accused of running a years long drug distribution scheme. segovia was charged with attempting to import illegal synthetic opioid drugs from overseas. federal prosecutors say it was part of a years long scheme to distribute them around the country. the centers police

unions president says they have completed the first part of their internal investigation and will now how higher outside help we planned this from the very get go. we have taken it. is a serious as we possibly can. from minute one from the time we were notified. until this very moment and continuing to move forward. segovia is expected to period appear in court on april 28th activists. riley gains says she was attacked on thursday night at san francisco state event following a speech at an event that was opposing the participation of transgender athletes and women's sports. this is the video taken by gains in which we can hear swearing. we see a lot of shaking is there on the video. does not show the assault. however she claims someone hit her twice with one blow grazing her face. san francisco state police are investigating gains is a former college swimmer who competed against leo thomas. last year,

thomas became the first openly transgender athlete to win and a championship. happening today, a coalition of drag queens and allies will protest in san francisco against anti drag legislation organizers expect between five and 10,000 people to attend the rally at city hall, which is scheduled to begin at 11 this morning. it's one of several weekend protests around the country. the a c l u is tracking nearly 450 legislative actions targeting the lgbtq community. many of the bills target transgender people and drag queens and a similar rally will be held in los angeles tomorrow on the peninsula, another close call with a fallen tree, menlo park man says it's a miracle that his family is safe after this large oak tree crashed into their yard this week, the city of menlo park has received hundreds of tree related calls this year, abc seven news reporter lauren martinez talks to the father about the narrow escape from danger. my wife and i were right

there with our with our one month old toddler camera north home and his wife were playing with their daughter poppy inside with just seconds after these photos were taken, a large oak tree came crashing down in their menlo park backyard. we were just frozen right because it was just so out of place and sort of hard to comprehend what was actually happening. the tree crashed in between their home and their 80 you with his in laws on monday afternoon, no one was hurt north home rushed over to his next door neighbor's house where the tree had fallen from his neighbor told him despite efforts to remove it in the past, he took good care of it had been trimmed. it looked healthy talk to our neighbor before and he said, yeah, you know, it spent all this money to kind of keep it in shape and follow the rules and the regulations and everything else back storms. we reached out to the city of menlo park about fallen trees this year at the end of march, a city

spokesperson said they had 342 tree related calls. 125 of those were fallen trees. when you have someone who's done the right thing, spent the money follow the rules. and something like this can happen. i'm not someone who's prone prone to hyperbole, right? but you know, we really got lucky home said with more high wind event in the future, the next family may not be so lucky. 4 58 4 59. there's our little girl. lauren martinez, abc seven news. highway 3 95, a major highway in the sierra nevada is back open this morning without restrictions. the seven mile stretch of the road was closed for nearly six weeks after a series of avalanches buried a portion of the roadway with almost 40 ft of snow. the announcement by caltrans on friday is big news for people who live in the sierra. they've been forced to find other routes of transportation. since that highway closed, and lisa, you

can just see all that snow there . i thought that was from a few weeks ago, but still they've been dealing with a lot of in this year a and we're looking at a warming trend will bring on some of that snow melts, especially as we get into the second half of the weekend. clear here right outside our window. otherwise there are plenty of clouds around and that will dominate our sky. the cloud cover for the first half of the day. i have a look at your saturday afternoon and the week ahead next. thank you. lisa also had abortion drug ruling. how the most commonly used method of abortion is now in a state of uncertainty after a texas judge halted its fda approval. first local students take a once in a lifetime trip abroad, how they are building a better bay area overseas. in hawaii. choose cat allergies. you didn't choose your hairline hot flashes the flu or that thing when your knee just gives out for no

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this saturday concerned parents and other people who live in san francisco or showing opposition against the proposed location for a cannabis dispensary. our kids it should be protected. what did the 600 ft radius they held a rly f frciscst distris ofold mirrve top t dienprotesters a saty concern for children in the community. the drugs away from children across the street. we have preschool. we have students. we have small kids that they should move to somewhere else. comfortable tell me my, according to the city and county of san francisco, the dispensary application is it is in its processing phase. this year's mushroom festival in morgan hill is canceled because the security company that was hired for the event has terminated its contract festival executive director that told the mercury news, the security company started liability reasons. the event was supposed to be scheduled for the end of

may. but organizers say there was not enough time for the morgue until police department to vet a new security company. the cancelations come as security concerns are heightened. in recent years following shootings at large events like festivals and concerts in the south bay. there's a question being asked is more officers mean more safety for residents. san jose mayor matt mehan wants san jose to return to being the safest big city in the country as abc seven news reporter dustin dorsen explains mayhem, plans to do so through his proposed policing and community safety budget. a beautiful day for a bike ride in south san jose break forward. that's the best format. mehan joins san jose police chief anthony martin and other officers for a bike patrol at shady oaks park. this is really about practicing community policing, having officers be visible in the community being able to do foot patrols in downtown bike patrols on our on our public path, so the community feels comfortable getting back out and using our

public space, but says it's more challenging to do these sort of patrols due to s. j p d. staffing his budget plan calls for doubling the rate of officer hires and a new recruitment and hiring process. mayor mehan says this will lead to better outcomes and response time crime rates and perceptions of safety. those measurable outcomes. and the communities feeling that we're serving them well, and they have confidence is much more important than an exact number. that's going to look different in every city, but chief mata has a number in mind for san jose to 1400 right now. we know what to do with 1400 san jose currently sits at 1173 officers around 200 less than their peak in 2008 1400. motta says the city employees the lowest staffing ratio of officers to residents of any big city in the u. s. he believes more cops will lead to the results. the mayor wants to see 1400. we were the safest largest city in the nation. um obviously , the population has grown, the city has grown. and we need to grow our infrastructure. our

public safety. along with the growth of the city. so do more officers equal more safety william are million with the san jose silicon valley wants to know from sjp d. v you're not saying these are the specific problems that we are going to address and doing so here's how that's going to work , and here's how you're going to know that that was affected. our million says without those questions answered. it's hard for the taxpayers to trust the budget should be allocated in this way when the fiscal year begins in july in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc seven news happening today. if you're headed across the san mateo bridge p genie, helicopter crews and line workers will be working on transmission lines and towers . you might be able to see line workers suspended below a helicopter. today crews are finishing up their upgrade and replacement of transmission equipment. junie says using choppers reduces the need for heavy trucks and equipment and lessens the environmental impacts. the number of in house

students in california is growing, according to new data from the state, the total number of on how students has gone up to 9% compared to the 2021 2022 school year. that's more than 187,000 students statewide. analysts say the increase on how student population is due to the lack of affordable housing in the state. meanwhile enrollment across the state has dropped slightly to 5.9 million students. abc seven news is committed to building a better bay area, and this time we are doing it in hawaii. some oakland middle school students are getting the experience of a lifetime learning about culture and protecting the environment as abc seven news reporter, tara campbell reports, it's also giving them a new perspective on what's possible. with this boarding pass. there are 12 middle school students from oakland unified school district taking flight hawaii. chosen to take part in travel academy, a

partnership between alaska airlines and state bags shop because i never knew i would be able to go somewhere farther than i've never been before in my life because i never went out of state marcus wheeler and the others experiencing a lot of first over the past week, learning the history and culture of hawaii and the importance of sustainability and conservation . beautiful we've been like going to a lot of places. but trees and all that kids from these communities are often met with so many barriers and challenges that it's hard for them to think to themselves. but i can still do it. edelman is the co founder of st bags and says their itinerary is purposely packed with risk taking outings. snorkeling yesterday was a major thing for a couple of our kids that don't swim in the open ocean. scott spending time in the ocean with some of the kids, including markets got emotional because i was like you know? he was so

proud of himself kind of scared that i'm kind of looking at drown. but when i went inside the water i was like i thought i was going to drown right now. seventh grader ania sarfraz, also working through her fear so many like beautiful fishes that have never seen. the also faced some other fears, making new friends the first day. i was, like, kind of, like really quiet , and i really didn't know who to talk to. but now like i get along with everyone eager to take the lessons learned and friends made in hawaii back home to oakland. other people like you should try to become friends with others. campbell, abc seven news. now to an astronomical phenomenon happening right here in the bay area. it's the so called california henge. it happens twice a year when the sun sets above the bay bridge between california and golf street. it's somewhat similar to england's stonehenge, which was

built to align with the sun during winter and summer. solstices california henge is supposed to happen today through monday before seven am and if you miss it this weekend, don't worry. the astronomical phenomenon will happen again this september. it's always really cool to see and all those photographers go out least and take really beautiful photos. photo shoot weather for sure. all right. good morning, everybody. we are getting set for a milder weekend. be nice to see some sun more sun on the way on sunday today, a lot of cloud cover we are still looking at some of the shower activity offshore and to the north of us for the next several days. so even though the rain is going to be too far away for the bay area, we are going to be looking at the cloud cover that will be visiting us. so here's a look at live doppler seven right now, and you'll notice that we have plenty clause. winds are going to be light. today we will warm up so it is going to be a milder day. in fact, even with the colder morning we're at 52 right now in saratoga. it is 45 in la

scatters with 51 in morgan hill closer to the bay low fifties alameda. and our coolest numbers in the upper forties up to the north bay. so we're looking at that cloud cover that humidity feeling pretty muggy out there, so maybe some windows open as we look at our forecast headlines, mostly cloudy skies this morning we'll get into a partly cloudy sky this afternoon and then more sun for easter and more warmth, warming up to temperatures. in the upper seventies. by tomorrow afternoon, then a cooling trend begins next week as more cloud cover and rain shower activity or to the north of us so we'll see some partly cloudy skies and cooler afternoons as we get past monday, here's a look at today a and by two o'clock w got some holes in the overcast there. then for your sunday afternoon easter if you're celebrating, looking at more sunshine, and that's going to help those temperatures warm right up. here is a look at monday. and this is why we're looking at that cooling trend

with this area of low pressure getting a bit closer that will allow for the ridge of high pressure building over the weekend to head out of town. as for highs the next several days , this is representative of the north bay and much of the bay area where we see warmer sunday , but in your average today and then coming down a few degrees into monday, cooler weather tuesday and wednesday if you forecast models want to bring in a passing shower wednesday into thursday, we'll see how that pans out. as for today, look for about 60 san francisco some afternoon sun was 67 on the east bay for you and conquered livermore. 67 in san jose, and with the light winds, it'll be mild even down in santa cruz at 63 half moon bay fifties, making plans for the second half of the weekend and you'll notice those low to mid seventies arriving around the bay and inland still kind of cool at the coast in the sixties there and for hanukkah. passover i should say not hanukkah. we're looking at

temperatures. in the fifties. so it kind of cool and clear conditions. the other seven day forecast looking at the cloudy start milder afternoon temperatures in the seventies four year afternoon on sunday little cooler monday notice the next seven days. we don't have any raindrops there. we'll keep you posted, but are warming trend short lived as we cool it off into next week, but those rain showers were certainly pesky. yesterday they were and everybody was out trying to go grocery shopping for all the holidays this weekend, and it was kind of a mess out there. it really was behind us. good that's good news, lisa. thank you. just ahead. if you remember several the area residents were scammed after using the tap to pay option at a t. m s. well now they're trying to prove a point to the banks will have that story after the break. mhm. overactive bladder. or maybe you can change your world like going hiking just to hike to the bathroom, reaching for the bar

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because it's been broken and i was like, oh dang joey tapped his phone withdrew $60 in walk off, but all seem normal until he went back to that 80 m and then the same man was there. that's where i was suspicious as joey withdrew and other $60. the man came closer. he went up to the atm like right behind me. so i was like, that's not good. sure enough. joey later found multiple withdrawals from his accounts $1640 gone like that happened to me. i scammed me last night at the 80 m machine. i didn't think anything of it. i thought he was just using the atm. my initial reaction was wait a second. i definitely did not withdraw that much money. the same thing happened to several customers at that 80. yeah they put glue in the card reader of the atm machine manager told victims that scammers pour glue into the slot so victims have to tap instead by tapping the transaction window stays open even after the

cash comes out, customer walks off without closing the window thief can step up and withdraw more money. i called them maybe 20 times within the span of that week, chase steak rejected joey's claim, just as it denied other victims, ruling that they authorized the withdrawals, and they just pretty much said you don't have any. proof of these claims. bankers told joey. he must have taken the money since he tapped his phone at the atm. since i didn't report my phone missing that i must have made these charges, which was not true at all. the bank refused to check the surveillance video to see who really took out his money. they said the police have to request the surveillance video they need like a subpoena . and so joey took matters into his own hands. he made his own video. every time i walk my dog, i would just look to see if he was there. and he was there one time from across the street. joey saw the same man lurking at the atm. secretly he shot this video, he says it shows the man

scamming someone else. i told them i told chase hey, i have this video is this proof and they said no. just because you have proof of them. doing it to someone doesn't mean it happened to you contacted chase bank. it reviewed joey's case, and this time he got a refund. the bank also refunded other scam victims that has not said how it investigates the scams telling us we are making changes to our atms to protect our customers super surprised because i tried so hard to get that money back michael finney, seven. on your side, consumer advocates tell us banks are required by law to conduct a full investigation. they're not allowed to simply ignore important evidence like surveillance video. so the common abc seven mornings, california condors killed what the national park service says about the deaths being connected to the avian flu. diabetes, but i manage it. well

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moving forward finding solutions . this is abc seven news. fda has failed its responsibility to protect women and girls and that it's time to remove these drugs from the market or at a minimum to put back important safeguards on their use. now at 5 30. the debate on abortion heats up after a texas judge reverses fd approval of a commonly used abortion drug what the controversial decision made last night means for access. good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. we're going to start this half hour before we get to that big story with the check of the forecast. lisa nice easter sunday. i had, yeah, the forecast models really had flipped and flopped all week long. so we finally got rid of the rain yesterday and this morning. left with a lot of cloud cover. it is 50 in belmont, foster city, 51 in san bruno with low fifties on the bayshore and upper forties in the north bay so compared to 24 hours ago. with all that moisture, we are slightly cooler , but by the afternoon it will be a mild day. but look at all

the cloud cover for the first half of the day, upper fifties to near 60 by one oclock. partly cloudy skies for the second half vall, it'sld awhi high re t in. it's to a its maoromorrow, an that means andnditions you knowh long that lasts in a few minutes . alright lisa, thank you the future of access to one of the most commonly used methods of abortion in the u. s is in limbo this morning following a rule by a federal judge in texas. the judge has suspended use of the drug drug mafia pris tone a pill approved by regulators 23 years ago. abc news reporter ty hernandez has the latest an unprecedented decision late friday from a federal judge in texas, suspending fda approval of the abortion pill mifepristone president kamala harris reacted to the ruling friday night. contrary to what makes for good public health

policy to allow courts and politicians to tell the fda what did you do? this is a drug that the fda approved and safe. 20 years ago. for 20 is a dangerous president, attorney general merrick garland , saying in a statement that the justice department will defend the fda decision and file an appeal. us district judge matthew kaczmarek, an appointee of president trump, making the ruling after holding a hearing last month, the alliance defending freedom christian conservative legal advocacy group, filing the lawsuit claiming the fda exceeded its regulatory authority when it approved the drug in 2000. the fda has failed its responsibility to protect women and girls. and that it's time to remove these drugs from the market. or at a minimum to put back important safeguards on their use. the fda saying

kristen is safe and effective, calling the adf claims without merit shortly after the texas ruling, a federal judge in washington state issued a dueling injunction in a separate case barring the fda from pulling the drug off the market . the texas ruling is paused for seven days so that the federal government can appeal. hernandez, abc news new york and as you just heard the vice president was a nashville where she met with the lawmakers who were kicked out of the state legislature this week following their protests over gun control . that protest happened on the house floor last week after six people died in a shooting at a nashville school. the three lawmakers at the center of the controversy walked out of a meeting yesterday to an applause from the tennessee black caucus, with their arms locked together. moments later, vice president harris delivered a fiery speech to some college students says you don't silence the people. you do not stifle the people. you don't turn off their

microphones when they are speaking. three faced expulsion for breaking house decor. um the two kicked out were black. well the third, who was not was just one and just one short vote by one short one vote is white. republican leaders have said race had nothing to do with the outcome of the votes. this morning. china is starting the first of three days of military drills around taiwan. the display of force comes days after taiwan's president met with house speaker kevin mccarthy and california despite repeated threats from beijing. china is calling drills united sharp sword, it says the exercises are meant to be a serious warning against the taiwan separatist forces. who claimed taiwan is colluding with external forces, taiwan said it detected a little more than 40 warplanes over the taiwan strait , which separates the island th morning. six people areo new

hurt after a shooting on a south carolina beach on friday. i love the palms, please say five of the six injured were teenagers, a group of high school students on the beach were participating in senior skip day. multiple suspects are in custody of the police are ensuring if they have the actual shooter in custody. for victims have non life threatening injuries and the remaining two victims status is unknown. three california condors are dead and the avian flu is to blame for this. now, authorities are trying to find out what killed five other condors in the same flock. the national park service is the three birds died in arizona, and they were part of a population that moves through northern arizona and southern utah, including the grand canyon. it says a sick female condors suspected of having lead poisoning was found dead on march 20th. testing showed i had highly pathogenic avian influenza to other birds found dead later on also tested positive. abc seven is partnered

with partnering with national geographic to bring you stories about the sciences behind health and wellness. in this week's mind body wonder you can't teach an old dog new tricks. but scientists hope dogs can teach humans about the process of getting old and how maybe we can reverse it. here's abc seven news reporter suzanne fan with the story. stay we can't commander bodies to drop it when we age or can we? some scientists believe we can reverse aging in humans and that studying our dogs can show us how great models for figuring out why humans decline over time . national geographic contributing writer fran smith explores the studies into canine longevity. for years, researchers studied the human lifespan was simple organisms like worms, but are turning their attention to our pups, their larger mammals there. so you know they're more like us than a worm or fruit fly. they also live in our environments. they share our food. they are the closest animals to us kind

of lifestyle wise, you know, we walk them. we walk with them. um they're drinking the same water . we're drinking and dog years matter. you can do studies with dogs and really get answers about the effect on lifespan and life expectancy and longevity in a matter of years, whereas you did the same studies in people, it would take you decades. one study is examining the life experiences of dogs over a 10 year period and using a smaller subset. poaches for a clinical trial of repute. mason possible human longevity drug another is testing a new kind of gene therapy on canines. so far, data shows, diet and exercise matter . they have very good evidence from this is that physical activity really is protective against cognitive decline later in life. another study found that one daily meal is better than frequent feeding. but no matter we learn mankind wants what's best for its best friend.

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members about their effort to replace the beautiful red lanterns on grant avenue. francisco's chinatown. it's a place to find by the sound of music, the smell of good food. and for the last 10 years, the sight of these iconic red lanterns framing bustling grant avenue, the red lanterns, actually our 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 recent weather. look at that. the atmospheric rivers and windstorms 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 channel with the china town merchants association launched a go fund me campaign

with the nonprofit b e. chinatown to replace the lanterns any amount and any support is very helpful. project isn't cheap. each strand of lanterns cost roughly $1000 and they need to replace he 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 chance says has been even more vital amid the rise in anti asian hate crimes, and a lot of the residents in the s r o. they really like taking evening strolls, but, um, it could get really dark in the alleys and on the streets the lanterns at a sense of safety because it's their lit up at night. there are also a big draw for visitors looking for that perfect san francisco photo op. i mean, can you imagine grant avenue without lanterns for the tourists? so yeah, we're working on it right now, and we have a lot of challenges in the our tourist season already, so yeah, hopefully it will get them done before the summer crossing

fingers for good fortune. and in just a few days, the community responded by donating to the go fund me to repair the lanterns. the amount then was increased the amount the amount that they're hoping for was increased to include the cost of labor, which is estimated to be about $90,000. on top of that, now, alaska airlines has committed to matching all go fund me donations up to $20,000. we have a link to that go from me on an article on our website, abc seven news .com happening today , san francisco's japantown is hosting the 56th annual cherry blossom festival. post three between laguna and fillmore street is blocked off for festival foot traffic facilities start at 11 this morning and last until six tonight. today and tomorrow over 200,000 people are expected to attend. the festival is free, and it should be a nice day for at least yeah, we're gonna start out with plenty of closets. we look outside from our emeryville towards emeryville. we're checking out temperatures right

and around 50 degrees in yesterday we managed 60. but today with the afternoon sun low sixties so better, brighter afternoon for some of us will talk about the warmest day of the week, which happens to be tomorrow and then our cool down that follows that next. thank you, lisa. also next playoff push for the warriors, of the regular season, abc seven sports anchor chris alvarez has all the highlights coming up in sports 18 years. that's all you get explored dirt roads get outside. he will never forget it. do it all with rex van. we're here to fuel your memories and done. can we just call my dad now? hmm gorilla glue, of course, is incredibly strong and versatile even outdoors for the toughest

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nba regular season the warriors needed to win the final two games to assure they're going to stay out of the play in tournaments stephan curry and the warriors in sacramento on friday, second quarter it's curry with the handles that is pretty gets it to the loony to gary payton, a second for the slam loony at six points, 16 rebounds and seven assists. worries of five break third quarter little two man game between draymond green stefan currie. ultimately curry corner triple. how good is that moments later? steph doing stuff like stuff? circus shot is up. and then he had 25 points. thompson some two way play steel on keegan murray and then goes down for the layup. he had a game high. 29 warriors win 1 1997 taking a half game lead over the clippers for fifth. in the west giants opening the home portion of their schedule on friday afternoon, taking on the royals, opening the 24th season to play on the corner of third and cranking and how great is opening day. the weather staying mostly dry. bottom two giants down one thing. it's the rookie blake sable game time r b. i single up the middle. yes

gorgeous one off stables. versatility on display here, sliding, babbling catch so nice. we show it twice starter alex cobb had to love that. top eight still a 21 game. salvador perez taking tyler rogers deep to left . 31. kansas city bottom nine, though the giants rally, yeah, as representative and run the home plate umpire that is like questionable strike three, frustrating their three batters later, sables your potential winning run strikes out looking , finishing a frustrating 31 loss. when something gets taken out your hands like that one. it shouldn't. it's frustrating, so that's where where the emotion came. and you know, just one of those competitive moments where i felt like we had some momentum in just kind of got taken out from under our feet yet your hot dogs first road game of the year taking on tampa bay bottom two. it's 21 game. make it 61 isaac parade's grand slam off ken waller chuck, one of seven total home runs in the game. rays win 95 2nd round of the masters. rory mcilroy will not be around for the weekend shot at 5/77.

the story of the tournament so far. the amateur from texas a and m sam bennett, no amateur has ever won the masters back to back 68. he's all alone in third place your leader, four time major champion brooks keeper. eagle on eight, a bogey free day. he's currently three clear of jon rahm, tiger woods and even part of the day through 11 holes sits on the cut line currently and will be out early to see if he can make the weekend cutting right before play was suspended. scary sight on 17 as a few trees. wow! they fall down. no injuries were reported. thankfully, that is your look at sports. let's send things back to you. fans were out in full force for the san francisco giants home opener, oracle park was packed with fans ready to watch the orange and black take on the kansas city royals. some traveled from as far away as sacramento to enjoy the festivities and longtime fans are hoping the teen had team is what it takes to win big this season. come whether they win or lose because we want to se co. awesome to be here . san francisco the whole feel

of it opening day. it's amazing the whole vibe as great and the giants take on the royals again later today at 105 and people came out even in the rain. lisa yeah, who cares? right opening day's opening day. good morning, everybody looking at a lot of cloud cover here. to get going. then we'll be looking at those clouds decreasing throughout the afternoon and a sunnier and warmer sunday for those of you celebrating easter on the way it is 47 in walnut creek, looking at 46 in danville, so even these forties and fifties are cooler than what we had yesterday. with all that rain and the mist and drizzle that just seemed to linger all day 50 in san carlos 51. in mountain view of 52 in san jose sutra right now, with visibility. not bad here in san francisco, but we are looking at the clouds holding on for much of the morning hours and then partly cloudy this afternoon. certainly a warm up even with the cloud cover today with upper sixties and our inland valleys, and we'll see those upper

seventies for your sunday cooling trend starts. we'renna n thend that, but we'll get into the cloud cover. that's exactly what is holding down the temperatures to start out with mostly cloudy skies than two o'clock we see some sun by your sunday it's sunnier. and then, as we get into monday, another system gets even closer. high pressure gives way on monday, and so that allows for that cooling trend to get going into tuesday as well. in the next 10 days, looking at the precipitation all the way up until eureka and reading. will remain most likely dry and perhaps have some fog low visibility at times, but otherwise it looks like we could be turning a corner, hopefully, with some milder weather getting into more like spring. as you would think. so for mid april 67 in concord today, warmer numbers that are inland valleys from san jose, mid sixties up in santa rosalook for 63 in oakland was 62 in san mateo and planning

your easter sunday 6 43 the sunrise and more sun throughout the afternoon, so we'll be looking at low to mid sixties from bayside to inland valleys, noontime. still a little cool on the coast, but warming up to the low sixties there, the warmest day of the week looks to be tomorrow with low seventies for afternoon highs around the bay mid seventies in inland so further south from san jose san bonino county will see those temperatures really climb into your afternoon tomorrow and looking at your accuweather 70 forecast so partly to mostly cloudy today. mid to upper sixties bay and inland fifties at the coast warmer for sunday, slightly cooler on monday, then the cooling trend getting underway tuesday and wednesday, looking to be one of the cooler afternoons and then as we get towards the end of the week should be seen slightly warmer conditions and so with all the moisture out there, we need to dry up. but of course, all those grasses. lots of blooming going on. so allergy certainly kind of high as well. yeah i know. a lot

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