the most wonderful time of the year. claritin-d. >> building a better bay area. moving forward. finding solutions. this is abc7 news. news. we have 99 only 61 that can be. there is nothing normal about any of this. ama: challenges continue in antioch as a police apartment struggles to deal with staffing shortages stemming from federal and state criminal investigations into racist text messages involving 17 officers. good evening. dan: thanks for joining us. those text messages, released to the public defenders earlier this week, but have yet to be made public. ama: antioch city council is scheduled to hear from the police chief for the latest on the investigation. we have the details. >> back in november of 2009, i was out with my friends at a

local bar, when the bar closed, we came home and turned on the little beatbox we had in the house. reporter: it was a late night, the neighbors called the police about the noise. a lifelong antioch resident, saying that confrontation with police then escalated. >> the officers started to say that they smelled marijuana in the house and kind of prolonged their stay at the door. reporter: sterling says the video was taken by a neighbor. according to sterling's side of the story, the officers dragged him out of his house and attacked him. the video was used in his lawsuit against the department. >> officer rick hoffman was standing above me and that is when he said, he looked right at me and said, "this is what you get when you -- with a cup skim kicked me right in my eye which busted my whole i open." reporter: since then, officer hoffman has been rising through the ranks and is president of the antioch police union. he was praised for graduating from a leadership

development program and is one of 17 officers in an fbi investigations into the dert sending racist text messages. >> i think really that is what they are up against and that's -- in this department. these guys are running the operation. reporter: he's been called to speak at tuesday's council meeting to expand the impact of the investigation on staffing and the plan going forward. >> staffing levels already critical state. we have 61 officers currently active and 99 on the books but only 61 that can be on patrol. there is normal about any of this. reporter: the antioch police department declined to comment. the police union previously issued a statement saying it hopes investigation is conducted in a timely matter but "we will not fall victim to the rhetoric of outside influences who aim to ridicule and the spread -- and discredit the hard-working members of the apoa."

he's concerned about public safety but will not speculate on allegations against the department. >> there are a lot of hard-working men and women coming to work still everyday, and they are not involved, and those are the people truly that need our support. dan: the shooting death of a five-year-old south bay girl prompted the highway patrol to shut down interstate 880 in fremont today. officers search for evidence, most likely shell casings. the search follows revelations that saturday's shooting of the girl happened in fremont, initially reported. santa clara unified school district's superintendent issued a statement on her death, saying we are devastated by the tragic and senseless loss of eliana, our hearts are with her, family, friends, and the central park community. ama: a comcast crew,

working in san francisco to repair a fiber-optic cable that they say will severed by a vandal. officers discovered an open manhole with damaged wires around 11 a.m. this morning. the cutting of the cable knocked out the city of san francisco's government tv live feed prompting the board of supervisors to recess today's meeting. no word of any comcast services are impacted. dan: in oakland, a proposal to phase out the eviction bound by september is being heard in a committee meeting. if approved, it will advance to the full city council for consideration. lena hollande talked with supporters on both sides. reporter: as the covid-19 pandemic winds down, the city of oakland is considering a proposal to slowly sunset the eviction ban. >> i don't believe we should sunset anything. it's time for it to end. reporter: that a sam cohen, a landlord in oakland for around two decades. he says he is owed back rent since the start of the pandemic.

>> difficult, because we have to leverage what we are going to pay. we have to pay the taxes, the utilities, are we going to pay the landscapers? then what's left? nothing. reporter: same for 74-year-old nancy gomez who says she has not been paid rent in three years under this policy. >> they are afraid to end the moratorium because they are afraid of homelessness, but these people have saved a lot of money for three years. >> but renters support this proposal. >> i've been struggling ever since the pandemic. coming out of the pandemic. by increase the rent knowing that my income had not changed. even though i do have a job my income has not changed. that is where the struggle comes in. there's no sensitivity. reporter: activists say renters need a soft spot to land rather than being dumped on the street. >> evicting everybody and making folks almost all at once will not get them that money back. reporter: the city council

president says that is exactly what they are trying to avoid, facing up the eviction ban by september 1 and ending the rent increase moratorium by july of next year. >> a phased out approach is reasonable and thoughtful. we don't want to see sort of an eviction cliff, where it has gone in a short time and people suddenly don't have information. reporter: if the committee approves the proposal today, city councils expected to hear this for the first time on april 18. ama: happening now -- keeping an eye on the winds. this is a live look from our camera in the east bay hills. it is even gust year closer to the coast -- gustier closer to the coast. sandhya patel. meteorologist: let me show you a live view. we are seeing the windy pattern right along the embarcadero, the

trees blowing around in the wind. gusts up to 44 mph at sfo right now, 28 mph in san mateo. it is breezy inland. half moon bay, 26 mph, along the coastline. you're looking at 25 mph winds and lint, tonight but along the coast, 32-38 mph. the winds remain gust dates are not going into tomorrow, picking up about 40 mph. there is a wind advisory going into effect 8 p.m. tomorrow until 11 a.m. thursday, gusts up to 45 mph. northwesterly winds could look down tree limbs and because if you outages. keep that in mind. measurable drizzle for parts of the bay area this morning. now the trough is digging in. as it pushes into the pacific northwest, we will continue to deal with the windy pattern. i will be back with a closer look at the forecast and let you know i but is any rain and store coming up -- in store coming up. dan: a man is dead after being

hit during a traffic crash in san francisco this afternoon before 12:15 p.m. between joines and gary street in san francisco. video from sky7 shows a graph involved a u-haul truck and a fedex and at least one other car. a man was in the road. when they arrived, he was taken to the hospital and sadly he died. police are still investigating the cause of this wreck. ama: after years of delays, front of your conviction and the death of a san francisco department of public works employee. jermaine jackson junior was killed back in november of 2016. he was painting over graffiti, when he was shot and killed by michael h. prosecutors say he shot jackson multiple times from his car before driving away. he now faces life in prison without the possibility of parole. dan: in kentucky, police say the man who shot and killed five people at a bank yesterday set up an ambush position to attack officers as they arrived. late this afternoon, investigators released surveillance and body camera

video that you can see, the gunman waiting in the lobby for officers to arrived. they say he used an ar-15 rifle that he bought legally last week. lindsey watts has the latest. reporter: rose petals and flowers around the louisville bank where five people were shot and killed. joshua barrick, thomas elliott, juliana farmer, james tutt, and diana eg., all employees of the bank, mourned by so many in a tightknit seating. >> the names start coming out. and we know them and their friends. because this is louisville. reporter: investigators say the shooter legally purchased the ar-15 rifle he brought to work monday morning. former coworkers say they are stunned that sturgeon who started as a bank intern then got a full-time job would do this. >> never would've thought in a one million years this would've happened. reporter: officers arrived minutes after being dispatched and exchanged gunfire with the shooter, killing him. police say rookie officer

nickolas wilt was shot in the head and had brain surgery. it was his fourth shift as a police officer according to officials. >> this is not about partisan politics. this is about life and death. reporter: louisville's elected leaders say it is yet another example that the state and the country need tougher gun laws. >> we know the shooter purchased an ar 15 rifle on april 4. we know that he left a note, we know he texted or called at least one person to let them know he was suicidal and contemplating harm. but we don't have the tools on the books to deal with someone who was in imminent danger to themselves or to others. reporter: the officer is among those so hospitalized. we are told he remains critical but stable. a second officer, cory galloway, sustained a graze wound. he's the one who killed the shooter, according to authorities. the city has planned a vision for tomorrow evening. lindsey watts, abc news, louisville. ama: still ahead --

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dan: elizabeth holmes will have to report to prison this month while she appeals her fraud convictions. a federal judge yesterday rejected a request for her to remain free on bail and must report to prison on april 20. she's expected to make one more request for bail and is trying to overturn her conviction. eviction found her guilty last year of defrauding investors in her blood testing startup. she was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison. ama: twitter, while exists, the company is no more. recently filed court documents revealed a shell company created by elon musk means twitter is no

longer its own independent company and that could soon be transforming into a superapp similar to china's we chat. the app could -- -- for anything from booking events to for delivery. dan: california is looking to limit the use of facial recognition technology by police. today the state assemble held its first hearing on ab 642 introduced by san francisco assembly member phil t. >> the goal for my legislation is to make it the most restrictive and defining, to create the greatest number of guardrails on this technology in our state. dan: the bill would not ban the use of facial recognition technology but would rather not allow for arrests simply based off a match. it would require law enforcement agencies to use systems with an accuracy rate of at least 98%. and there would be civil penalties for misuse. opponents have voiced concerns about the potential for mistaken

identity and the impact it could have on immigration cases and things like abortion and gender reforming care. e llnow be r by the consumer protection committee. ama: get ready for allergy season. after all the rain, many allergens are in full bloom. we will hear from an expert about what to expect this

ama: the department of water resources says the next few weeks will be political determining -- will be critical in terms of how much snow melt we will see, typically happening in april and may but this year experts say it could last until july. dwr's coordinating with the u.s. army corps of engineers to monitor reservoir levels. they are hoping all the water from the snowmelt will have somewhere to go. dan: and from what happened in winter to spring, many have been admiring the super bloom just beginning across the bay area. but at the same time a lot of people have been complaining about allergies because of all of the pollen. so, how bad will the spring actually be?

leslie brinkley asked a well-known allergist and immunologist to answer all of our allergy questions. leslie: after all the rain, here comes a severe allergy season. >> i think the grass season will be pretty brutal. which is coming very quickly here. later in april, may, june, we are really going to see pollen counts are going to be relatively unprecedented. leslie: here comes symptoms like sneezing, fatigue, and more. can allergies cause hoarseness? >> absolutely. postnasal drip, nasal congestion, especially when people lie down at night when they are stuffy. they will mouth breathe, and all that dehydration on the upper airway has got the cause -- got to cause some strain on the vocal folds. leslie: can allergies cause ear pain? >> if the middle ear can't equalize pressure, your ears will feel full, they will pop.

you might even get fluid inside the years. -- the ears built up. leslie: can pollen cause itchy skin? >> for certain people who are very sensitive, pollen going directly onto the skin can cause an issue. leslie: does it help to consume raw, local honey? >> the plants that have airborne pollen actually are very dull looking, they don't have flowers. and so, bees don't visi them. you should buy local honey. the expectation for helping your allergies should be relatively low. leslie: what can help is keeping your windows closed at home and in the car and run your ac on the recirculation mode. what can help nasal symptoms? >> hardly a day goes by when i don't have a patient tell me how much better they have been because they have been wearing their mask. now a lot of them are telling me, i'm going to wear this outside, because it does help. any mask is helpful. leslie: what helps eye symptoms?

>> wearing a good pair of sunglasses is very helpful, because the eye symptoms are from pollen going directly into the eyes. what the eyedrop and -- put the eyedrop in before you go outside and you will be much better off. where those glasses. wear those glasses. leslie: leslie brinkley, abc7news. dan: neurologist sandy patel is here with the forecast. meteorologist: it makes it tough especially with the windy conditions. take a look at this live picture from arcadia roof camera -- our kgo roof camera. the tree pollen is getting blown around. that is running high right now. juniper, cedar, oak, and pine are the main culprits. if allergies, you are not alone. it's going to be tough at least the next 24 hours. you will notice this trough it's

-- is -- working its way toward the pacific northwest. this front did squeeze out some drizzle and we had miserable drizzle here -- -- measurable drizzle here in the bay area. we have a weather warning for sfo until 11 p.m. tonight. keep in mind the strong gusty winds can impact air travel. right now on live doppler 7, some high clouds passing through the southern part of our viewing area. the cold front ushered in some cooling, a little bit cooler than it was yesterday at this time. taking a look at the drizzle from this morning, 900ths of an inch in half moon bay. we are not expecting a drizzle fest tomorrow morning, that's for sure. it is a windy view as you can seem the trees going around,. -- it is a windy view, as you can see the trees blowing around in the wind. from the east bay hills camera, looking at a hazy be right now. 67 santa rosa, fairfield, concord, 63 livermore, napa.

it is a bright view from our san jose camera. mainly clear and gusty overnight . even cooler and still breezy to wendy tomorrow. a chance of showers early next week. hour-by-hour -- 6:00 a.m. -- 6:00 p.m. tonight, guests are on the coastline,guests are on the coastline -- gusts are on the coastline. 30 mph. thursday, wents to drop off but remain breezy out toward solano county and along the coast. hour-by-hour tonight -- 6 p.m., 50's and 60's on those temperatures. it will not fall a whole lot because of the wind. that will insulate us a bit tomorrow morning. 6 a.m. tomorrow, 40's. by early afternoon, we bump you back up into the 50's and 60's. cooler than today.

30's and 40's on youes windy along the coast tomorrow morning. a breezy one inland. windy along the coast. it is going to be a bright day for your wednesday. checking out the seven-day forecast -- we keep the windy pattern going. winds east on thursday. afternoon will be milder. warming continues going into the weekend. we bring back those 70's just in time for the weekend. 50's coast side. tournament starts tonight. with the warriors clenching a top succeed, they will -- have also about themselves an extra week to get angela wiggins out the seat -- -- andrew wiggins up to speed. tse's on track to play game one of the playoffs on saturday. don't forget you can watch the

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ama: veterans in san francisco have a new place to turn for help. it was a ribbon country for the community center located on how are near 7th stree they had the backing of congresswoman nancy pelosi. she was on hand to present a check to the group. >> the veterans we are serving especially our seniors. we serve a certain number of those who served in vietnam. they are trying to deal with all the things that seniors have going on. issues around their own frailty and mortality and their issues around health and everything, right? but what they need is companionship, camaraderie. ama: the center will provide aid to senior veterans as well as those who are on housed. dan: it was a perfect day to celebrate man's best friend. we were at the san francisco police park station for national therapy dog appreciation day.

provide relief after officers and other first responders deal with a difficult call. what a sweetie. ama: we have much more news i had. dan: this go to korea and over for a look at what's coming up at 5:30 p.m. karina: tax day is approaching but not for most californians, because of the extension. tonight -- a tax expert joins us to explain the changes this year plus what you need to know when it comes to contributions and scams. get ready to experience a brutal allergy season thanks to all those storms. we will dig into the expectations for seasonal allergies and the symptoms that may be worse and which remedies actually work. join us for those stories and more at 5:30 p.m. on abc7 bay area streaming tv. ama: t download -- you can download the app or join us on abc7news.com

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tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. the chilling police body camera images just in tonight inside that louisville bank. the deadly mass shooting video of a police shooting of nickolas wilt, and the officer training him racing to the scene, immediately coming under fire. officer wilt just ten days on the job, shot in the head of the bank's entrance. tonight his condition after surgery. his training officer taking down the shooter. authorities revealing the 25-year-old gunman who worked at the bank bought his ar-15 less than a week before the shooting legally. five co-workers killed. tonight what we are learning about them and their families. the devastating loss. trevor ault in louisville. also tonight, the terrifying afternoon at another bank, one