pleasanton where a home depot employee was shot and killed. now at 5:00 what we are learning about what led up to that shooting. kumasi: we are standing by this morning effecting a decision from supreme court justices on weather and abortion pill that has been in use for the past two decades could be pulled from shows. reggie: fox news settled out of court. agreeing to pay nearly $8 million to dominion voting system. the agreement coming moments before the trial was supposed to begin. kumasi: pride around the corner. this morning we have a major announcement for san francisco celebrations and the parade. reggie: good morning. it is tuesday, april 14. drew: good morning. a lot of sunshine. it feels a little warmer. here is a live look outside on live doppler 7 along with satellite. here you can see patchy cloud cover off the coast line. today we will see a ton of

sunshine as a ridge of high pressure begins to build in over the next couple of days. temperatures right now. we have our typical chilly spots. cloverdale coming in in the upper 30's around the bay shoreline. most of us in the mid-40's. 46, san mateo. oakland, 40 seven degrees. here is a live look outside from our east bay hills camera. drake visibility this morning. we will find clear skies right now and a lot of sunshine throughout the day. the sun is up at 629 time this morning. temperatures in the 50's by lunchtime. we will keep that sunshine in the forecast throughout the afternoon. temperatures getting close to -- closer to where we should be this time of the year. warmer weather about to move in. we will talk about that in seven minutes. kumasi: an pleasanton police are investigating after a worker at a home depot was shot and killed at the store. our abc seven news reporter joins us live with what we know about what led up to the

shooting. >> at this point we two people were detained at a separate location yesterday afternoon. at this time no confirmation from pleasanton police about whether those suspects have been officially arrested and charged. we are told a worker here at this home depot just on 580 was trying to stop someone from stealing. that person was then shot and later died. witnesses told police they saw some sort of struggle which led to the shooting. details about where the shots were fired and if this associate was on any sort of security team have not been released. pleasanton police say two suspects were seen driving from the store after the shooting and officers soon caught up with them. that chase ended in nice oakland. a man was detained along with a woman. there nissan pathfinder ended up being towed. no confirmation about the payers current status. whether they were arrested or

charged. police radio cars detail the car chase that happened after shots were fired at the height -- at the home depot along fight -- along 580 on johnson drive. >> in pursuit requesting chp. 580 foothill. a red nissan pathfinder. 106 at 90 miles per hour in three. >> pleasanton and dublin used to be really safe places to go and visit and live. it seems like it really has changed in the last five years. amanda: depot writes, "we are heartbroken over this senseless tragedy. blake was our associate and friend and our hearts go out to his family and everyone who knew and loved him pure coda -- who knew him." the alameda county corner is not

releasing his name. reggie: california is attempting to crack down on retail theft. proposed legislation would allow felony charges to be filed against people who have multiple left related convictions. petty theft and shoplifting are among the crimes that would be eligible. officers say this would offset what was approved by voters in 2014. shoplifting is a misdemeanor. if the value of the items stolen is below $950. >> the bill is proposing a balanced approach to focus on repeat offenders to hold them more accountable, while at the same time providing diversion programs. treatment programs like substance abuse addiction, as well as mental health. reggie: the bill had its first hearing in committee yesterday. kumasi: community members in

antioch demanding an immediate action to address the texting scandal involving the police department. was at that meeting and dozens of community members impact that city hall. the mayor is calling for an audit of hiring and promotion practices and its equity policy. we caught up with one antioch resident before that meeting started. >> with protecting the community. amongst themselves there was a certain mentality we are less. black folks are less. the women are less. i don't understand how you can protect and serve a community who you feel so negatively towards. kumasi: the racist, homopho and sexually explicit messages were uncovered into other crimes by police. at least 17 per -- at least 17 officers and 20 are on leave.

the public defenders office estimates up to 40% of this department could be involved. reggie: rou investigatnsith oakland to propose a strike. the timing depends on if both sides couldn' rch an agreement primarily on salaries. oakland teachers are the lowest paid in alameda county. in 2019 a teacher strike in oakland lasted seven days. happening today in the east bay, children's hospital workers are planning a one-day strike outside the oakland and walnut creek facilities. according to the union, the hospital is accused of refusing to protect jobs and medical services for union workers. this comes after union workers picketed concerned about staffing levels. workers will picket at the oakland hospital starting at 6:00 a.m.. a rally set for noon. we reached out to children's for

a statement and we will let you know when we get the response. kumasi: happening today the supreme court is set to decide if restrictions should be put on a commonly used abortion drug. the drugmaker want the judge to reject the ruling saying it will cause chaos for doctors and women. vernor newsomayr wh today's ruling is he announce protection for pharmacies who dispense the drug, new rules to ensure privacy of women seeking an abortion and making sure it continues to be available here in california. >> simply would not be happening to men and boys. this is an assault on women and girls and their fundamental rights and freedom. kumasi: californians voted to enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution. reggie: and historic agreement

in the 11th hour. the 1.6 billion dollars defamation case against fox news settled just moments before the case was supposed to begin. jobina fortson's life with the details. jobina: the parent company struck a deal in the trial filed by dominion voting systems. fox agreed to pay the election tech company $787 million. just moments before opening statements were set to begin in court. dominion had asked for 1.6 billion dollars arguing fox had damaged its reputation are peddling phony conspiracy theories about its equipment. >> truth matters. lies have consequences. today's settlement represents vindication and accountability. jobina: fox news released a statement acknowledging certain claims it made about dominion were false. adding, "we are hopeful our

decision to resolve this dispute with dominion amicably instead of the acrimony of a device -- a device or trial. allow the country to move forward from these issues." dominion says it is not done yet , also suing rudy giuliani and powell who worked for former president trump. fox news is also being sued for 2.7 billion dollars by the election company smart medic. experts say the likelihood of a settlement in that case appears to be higher but no trial date has been set. drew: time now 5:09. live doppler 7 around satellite. low pressure moving off to the east. yesterday very early in the morning that low-pressure brought us a couple of light showers. high pressure off our coastline will be building in over the next couple of days and it will bring about a warning trend. we have mainly clear skies. we are warmer today but we are

st we should be this time of the year. most of us this afternoon getting into the 60's. that is better than the next couple of days. our average high this time of the year is the upper 70's. it will feel warmer today compared to yesterday and monday. future trak temperatures, temperatures going into the 50's. 60 start to appear in our warmest spots by lunchtime. 66, santa rosa. santa cruz, 63. looking at the three day forecast, that warm up really continues on thursday and accelerates thursday and friday. we expect our warmest spots to be in the 80's around the bay shoreline. going into the mid-70's. we will take a closer look at the warming trend and the weekend forecast in nine

minutes. let's check in with you been out with traffic. jobina: a major crash underway blocking all lanes until about 30 seconds ago. they are now in the process of reopening the westbound lanes. the head-on on crash happened eastbound 80 -- eastbound 84 passed 80. impacting traffic on 680 around 17 miles per hour as you pass 84. all traffic stopped in the eastbound direction at six miles per hour as you travel westbound. a really ugly situation. we have not been given an estimated time we expect all lanes to reopen. emeryville looking live at 80, this is our busiest stretch of the moment. in san rafael we bring a live pictures showing 101. tracy to dublin, a little slow. around 52 minutes. reggie: it is spring cleaning week in oakland. how the city is dealing with collection of abandoned parts. kumasi: dream on is out. the suspension being handed down

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kumasi: today is day three of oakland's major beautification work. volunteers participating in a new effort called one oakland sprinkling. monday the focus was fixing potholes, yesterday it was abandoned cars. abc 7 spoke with crews husseini say district seven account for the majority of abandoned cars. the area that stretches from the southeastern part of the hills. city council members who represent that district tell us why removing abandoned cars matters. >> reduce the risk it poses public health safety issues for traffic impeding, blocking neighbor's front doors, their driveways, environmental hazards being left out on our streets. the conditions it brings into our community being addressed today. kumasi: for day three, today, it is community crane -- community

cleanup. people are going to come together and pick up trash. let's talk about oakland soda tax. a new ucsf study found purchases among oakland residents have dropped 27% since the tax took effect in 2017. the study's authors says the tax has helped to lower people's risk of diabetes and unhealthy weight t cost theyn $ p st six years. ggie: draymon is suspende for game three of the warriors playoff series with the kings. it comes after an altercation during monday night's game. in the fourth quarter this player grabbed greene's leg when he went down. greene's stomped on his chest as he ran away. the nba says the decision to this -- the decision to suspend green was based in part for his history of unsportsmanlike help.

it likely did not help he was taunting the crowd after the incident. commissioner adam silver was sitting in the crowd. it was a series of unfortunate events. action from the lead. the warriors are down 0 and 2. kumasi: plans for san francisco's 53rd pride celebration are in full spring. did i say. -- did i say spring? i am excited about spring. reggie: you layer and drag story area. which is not a person. like we do in the 7:00 a.m.. the most important person in the world today could be a thing.

two-day event is set for june 24 and 25th. the parade will march through downtown the morning of the 25th starting at 10:30. we will be broadcasting on abc 7 and hosting the parade. i talked to the organizers about this year's theme. >> the theme is moving back and looking forward. you can see in these grand marshals, we all look back to honor the work that started our community many years ago. also people working right now. that is fitting with that theme. reggie: abc7news is a proud sponsor of that event. watch the full interview i did with all the grand marshals, why they were selected. i tried to get a little more information about the entertainment. kumasi: did they tell you who was going to be performing? reggie: that is another announcement. that will happen on abc 7 because they told me they will tell me first. you can hear it in their own word wl find iaming on all of our abc 7 bay area news

app's. our whole team will be there at the parade hosting the event. drew: excited. kumasi: that was so much fun last year. reggie: and we had such a gorgeous day. drew: don't stress me out to two months ahead. reggie: usually we have wonderful weather at pride. drew: it is always pride weekend, labor day weekend. reggie: that is it. our exploratorium camera. that is going to lead to a lot of sunshine this afternoon. temps will start to trend warmer but they will accelerate friday and saturday. by friday afternoon you are going to feel that warmer air. temperatures bouncing well above average this time of the year.ee

north bay. coming in 43 in livermore. here is future weather. enjoy today. sunshine in the fore start to finish. as we head into thursday we find high clouds moving in from time to time. a mostly sunny day and temperatures continue their warming trend. today it is sunshine. a milder trend. 63, san mateo. going until 64. 65, antioch. a little bit of patchy fog in the north bay and temperatures in the 30's and 40's. future trak temperatures, thursday the warming trend continues. thursday we are back to average. temperatures are where we should be this time of the year. friday we see 80's make a return.

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round of negotiations between the oakland school district and teachers union today. how large a pay raise for teachers should be. teachers have threatened to strike if demands are not met. drew: we have sunshine today. a mild afternoon. we have temperatures for the most part going into the 60's away from the coast. jobina: we are still looking at a major backup due to a head-on crash on eastbound 84 680. you can see the purple stretch there. a large backup on 84 and 680. kumasi: number seven, this morning organizers of san francisco pride yield to the grand marshals for this year's parade. the theme up for this year's celebration, looking back and moving forward. san francisco pride celebrations set for june 24 and the 25th. in today's gma first look netflix says account cheering fees will officially roll out in the u.s. in june.

abc news reporter janai norman has the details. >> if you thought sharing a netflix password was as easy as this, think again. >> if you are discovered, i will disown you. >> in an earnings letter on tuesday, the streaming giant saying it is moving forward with plans and aimed at sidelined sharing passwords and instead rolling out paid account cheering options in the u.s.. >> they say it has been successful and they have seen customer behavior that is favorable to them, including creating new accounts. they are bidding on the fact they will work in the u.s. as well. >> if the eye. i need everybody to exit the train right now. >> net fix boasting a strong first quarter. how exactly will this crackdown work? it is all coming up at 7:00 a.m.. kumasi: southwest airline flights moving again after a

technical issue impacted travel in the bay area and across the u.s.. in a statement the airline said it temporarily paused its flight activity yesterday morning to work through data connection issues resulting from a firewall failure. the department of transportation said at the airlines request the faa paused southwest departures as the airline worked to resolve that issue. a be spoke with the vice president of southwest pilots association. >> our dispatching software, is the software all of our paperwork together, gives of our flight plan. we cannot go without it working. it is an outdated, old system. kumasi: he went on to say this issue is different than what happened to southwest back in december but it is still an i.t. failure. reggie: alaska airlines is removing its check-in kiosk as a part of an effort to modernize airport lobbies. travelers will now be encouraged to print your own boarding pass at home or use your phone

instead. if you still want that printed boarding pass you can get one by speaking with an agent. alaska's lobby changes were tested at san jose's international airport last year. kumasi: this started want to take you from san francisco to l.a. and back again in style. it wants to operate a first-class overnight passenger train that has private rooms. right now the company is working on the basics like financing and getting the rights to use the rails. they are hoping to have this service up and running as early as this year. reggie: they don't have the right to the rails and -- kumasi: they need the money. they have got this picture. i am excited about reggie: are you? kumasi: who uses the kiosk? reggie: sometimes you want that printed thing. kumasi: why? reggie: things could happen.

kumasi: like your phone might die? reggie: anything can happen in that app and all of a sudden your flights are all changed. kumasi: does that paper mean to me? [laughter] reggie: keeping bay area transit on track. coming up for -- coming up at 5:30, making sure public transportation stays a priority. kumasi: intense debate over

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shooting 18 who mistakenly went to the wrong house to pick up his siblings now faces a judge today. growing calls for the 84-year-old homemaker -- homeowner to go to jail. kumasi: police say an employee was killed while trying to stop someone from killing. reggie: how much of a pay increase will keep oakland police -- oakland teachers from going on strike? negotiations continue today. kumasi: good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, april 19. drew: we have clear skies out there. live doppler 7 along with satellite. for most of us we are starting out with a lot of stars. which will lead to plentiful sunshine throughout the day. visibility, we are good to go. fog is not an issue this morning. temperatures around the shoreline, coldest spots. in the upper 30's.

at couple of layers are needed this morning. this afternoon it will feel warmer compared to the past couple of days. a live look from our rooftop camera. a light breeze. flags atop the peer are waving. we see a lot of sunshine today. into the 50's by lunchtime. later this afternoon, along the coast we are going into the 60's. this warming trend accelerates as we get to the end of the week. we talked about that in a few minutes. reggie: developing this morning out of pleasanton welsh -- where someone at a home depot was shot and killed. witnesses say he was trying to stop a theft. our abc seven news reporter is life this morning with what we know. amanda: home depot calling the victim an associate of the company, not specifying what capacity. pleasanton police say the man was trying to stop a deft yesterday and was shot here at this home depot location right on 580 on johnson drive. the man later died.

shortly after we know and a man and a woman were detained in oakland following a brief chase. on the scene in pleasanton witnesses at the home depot tell police the associate was trying to stop someone from stealing. a struggle followed then came the shooting. one police arrived, the man inside the store bleeding. details about where the shots were fired have not been released at this point. pleasanton police say two suspects were seen driving from the store and officers soon caught up with them in oakland. in a statement home depot writes, "we are heart broken about the strategy. our heart goes out to his family and everyone who knew and loved him. the alameda court says they are not releasing details due to instruction from family members.

>> be really safe places to go and visit and live. it seems like it really has changed in the last five years. >> i am really frustrated how this is happening. >> better laws and stricter enforcement. amanda: police radio cars detail the chase after those shots were fired. pleasanton police called for chp assistance at the nissan pathfinder traveled 90 miles per hour on eastbound 580. the chase ended in east oakland. a man was detained along with a woman. there nissan pathfinder ended up young toad. at this point no information from pleasanton pd about the pair's status with whether they have been officially arrested or charged. we are expecting an update from pleasanton pd later this morning. for now reporting live in pleasanton outside this home depot. kumasi: today

investigation -- another round resume. abc in the newsroom with more. gloria: a strike depends on whether both sides can reach an agreement, primarily when it comes to salary. oakland teachers among the lowest paid in alameda county, ranging from $52,000 to $99,000 the more senior teachers. union says it has had big of consequences in terms of attracting and retaining teachers. the union wants to increase their salaries by 23% across-the-board. instead the school district is asking for increases across-the-board for different stages. that would be less for first-year teachers and up to 20% for the more tenured teachers and staff. called structured salary

increases. the union opposes it. >> the district is currently providing the structured salary increases. only tenured teachers and teachers with a lot of experience will benefit from this. our newer teachers who are the lowest paid in the county will not benefit from this and when we see rising costs of housing, rising costs of food and the cost of living, 3.5% will not retain or attract new educators. teachers cannot afford to stay in the bay area. >> the district says compensation package means teachers in oakland for a first time in a decade will be paid higher for the average salary for educators in our region. the oakland nonprofit weighing in on reaching the agreement demanding there be no disruption of tax -- no disruption of classes. parents want to avoid a strike.

reggie: san francisco board of supervisors unanimously passed a resolution urging the state to provide more money for bay area transportation agencies. that comes as we continue to hear from multiple agencies that there will be major funding shortages once federal money from the pandemic runs out. they have alarm about the potential of dramatic loss in services. make living in the bay area harder. it may drive some people to have to leave the region entirely. reggie: the san francisco director of transportation says about 400,000 people ride daily. half of them are people with -- people of color and 70% of writers make less than $75,000 a year. >> the steak is not only service cuts but denying san franciscans the opportunity to get to work, to get to school, to get to medical care, to get to social services.

the effect on people will be dire. reggie: perhaps the biggest reason why the agency is hurting is because ridership hasn't returned to pre-pandemic levels. kumasi:n theou bay a controversial statue is now coming down. the question this morning is what is going to come next? abc 7 news reporter lauren martinez shares the debate. >> crews have begun the days long process to remove this statue in downtown san jose. the 12,000 pound sculpture has been a divisive issue ever since its installation in the 1990's. >> a 30-year-old practically controversy. >> in 1846 raising the u.s. flag in san jose, california was still a part of mexico at the time. a few years ago former sja is you professor was asked by the city council to write an opinion piece on the monument. >> we honor somebody who was

once a hero. but for a lot of people a villain. >> he says he is a founding father of the city. >> sends an oppression and mistakes, all of those happened under each flag and they deserve to be explore rated full-time and they have been. >> after years of protest, vandalism and intense debate, city leaders voted unanimously to remove the statue a few years ago. >> it represents a climate in our history that was brutal for us native americans and the mexican communities that were living here. >> as far as next steps for the site of the city says there is no current funding to replace it with another public artwork. current plans are to restore it

as a traffic median. >> there should be a statute that represents all of us. >> the city says the statue will be removed by may 4 and moved into storage. the cost is estimated at $450,000. reggie: happening today the missouri man charged with shooting a black teenager is due in court facing felony charges. jobina is at the live desk with that. jobina: 84-year-old andrew leicester told police he fired at 16-year-old ralph yaro through a locked glass door without exchanging any words with him. yarl was shot in the head and arm. he was going to pick up his siblings when he mistakenly went to the wrong address. a woman who only wants to be identified as jody, doesn't want her face shown to protect her family has first-hand knowledge of what happened thursday night after yarl was shot. she heard a loud banging on her door and frighten she called

911. the dispatcher told her not to open the door and stay inside because there may be an active shooter in the neighborhood. jody says she and other neighbors rushed to help yarl anyway and stayed by his side until ems arrived. >> nobody should have to go through this. that was somebody's child's blood i cleaned up in the front door. jobina: classmates held a huge rally yesterday in support of yarl. he plays in the band and plays clarinet. a gofundme page has been set up. he has a very long road ahead of him interns of -- in terms of recovery. kumasi: a local zoo with animals without power. reggie: turning fallen trees in the furniture. meet the craftsman helping the bay area recover from brutal winter storms. but first we check on today's weather. drew: talking about sunny skies

and warmer weather moving in over the next couple days. live doppler 7 along with satellite. pressure gradually building in. it will bring back clear skies today and through the weekend. taking a low -- taking a look outside live from our east bay cameras. it is clear out there. we will see temperatures warmer but still below average. most of us getting into the 60 today which is a lot better than we were the last couple of days. this time today we should be in the upper 60's to low 70's. here is future tracker showing you my 9:00 a.m., sunshine warming into the 50's after a chilly start. 60 starting to appear by lunchtime. later on this afternoon more areas get into the 60's in the past couple of days. it will feel a little warmer today compared to yesterday. 64, san jose.

66, sant 65, concord. three day forecast warming continues tomorrow and accelerates on friday when 80's make a comeback in our warmest spots inland. let's take a closer look at the daytime highs and preview the we can forecast in nine minutes. let's check in with jobina with traffic. jobina: all lanes have reopened on i 84. we have some positive news there. san mateo bridge, everything moving at the limit. traffic building as you travel westbound towards the peninsula. our camera might be a little blurry. this is our camera at the coliseum in oakland. southbound for your reference. one a creek along 680. now you are your right to dublin. a major head-on crash into

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kumasi: a popular museum and zoo in san mateo is struggling to survive and is still running on generator power after weeks of storms. reggie: it hasn't stopped them from caring for nearly 100 animals despite extraordinary circumstances. fabians. the science museum and zoo has been around for almost 70 years caring for rescued animals that cannot survive in the wild. after a series of storms battered the campus this winter that job has become a lot more difficult. >> we have had more than 100 trees go down. one of those trees took out the transformer. >> it has been out of power

since march 14 and has had to rely on generators to care for the animals. a necessity that has come at a big price. >> if you add fuel, rental, delivery and everything else, it is in excess $50,000 a month. >> it made it dangerous for staff and visitors to be there. while cleanup effort has been ongoing, the damage has made it harder for staff to do their job. everything from regulating the body temperatures of some animals to filtering the water of others. >> even in the very worst of circumvents -- of circumstances, animal care is top priority to us. >> they hope to reopen in june. in the meantime they say the support from the community has been invaluable. >> it is heartwarming to know we are not out here alone on an island. we have such a strong community behind us. kumasi: bay

turning fallen trees into coveted furniture. michael cuts slabs from the trunk at his sawmill in west oakland. if the wood is valuable enough he will pick it up for free and give the owner a slab as compensation and he sells the rest. finished pieces can cost up to $1500. >> urban trees by their very nature are a little twisty, little curvy, naughty. it's interesting opening the log and opening the slab and seeing the grain. kumasi: he had so many tree trunks after the storms we have seen that he is now stacking them out on the street. reggie: look at this didn't know about this. joining the team at the chronicle for a special addition

of the chronicle live at manny's. tomorrow live in san francisco. drew: i will be there. reggie: the panel will help answer all your burning questions that are weather. it starts at 6:00 p.m. and lasts until 8:00 p.m. at manny's on 16th street. tickets start at $16 and they are still available online. drew: we are going to talk about this past winter and how wild it has been. what we can expect for the summer. what does it mean for fire season? we are going to talk about that. kumasi: i am not surprised by this. i feel like you helped us get through this winter. my friends are like, is drew on the morning, now he is on the nighttime? i love that you're doing this will drew: -- doing this. drew: going to talk about the snowpack. come out to manny's tomorrow.

doors open at 6:00. reggie: 16th and valencia. drew: yeah, hope to see you there. talking about warmer weather finally moving through in the past few days. we will find temperatures today getting closer to average. we have clear skies out there this morning. a sunny afternoon. temperatures are trending higher starting today but they will really accelerate by friday. friday and saturday we feel a lot warmer than the past couple days. temperatures waking up to the 40's. low 30's. we have some chilly air overhead. the sunshine will do its way -- will do its thing today. a sunny sky and temperatures in the 60's in our warmest cities. tomorrow we have mainly sunny skies and 70's make a return in our warmest city. tomorrow is pretty close to average. today, sunshine. 50's along the coast. widespread 60's along the bay shoreline and inland.

we have patchy fog with numbers in the 30's and 40's. future trak numbers thursday, back to average, back to reality. by friday, it feels a lot warmer. 80's in our warm response from livermore to fairfield, napa to santa rosa. look at all the 70's from oakland to mountain view. here is your accuweather 7-day forecast. cool this afternoon, below average. warmer weather spikes friday and saturday. for the weekend, any outdoor plans, you are good to go. reggie: new at 6:00, alarm. single day tickets go on sale this morning and now we know which artists are headlining which day. kumasi: a form field in the bay area turned into a title m you didn't choose your hairline.

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kumasi: welcome back. a title marsh restoration in the bay area could point the way for similar aoss thncr chn on how thero the recently restod marsh was already flourishing. hiding among the weeds was a critical question. how effective would the marsh be at sequestering carbon. a key benefit of restoring wetlands in the age of climate change. >> we are trying to inhale more carbon dioxide and exhaling oxygen that we need. >> dennis is professor university of california. his team placed incidents in the soil to measure greenhouse gases and data. he says the results after more than a year of monitoring show that the title marsh acting as a powerful carbon sink drawing co2 into the ground, where it should

remain sequestered instead of contributing >> to climate change. >world that have the largest amount of carbon dioxide taken up in the year. >>p tdditiol asen.w tlsh is sequestering co2 at an even faster rate. >> pulling in and the 10 times faster. >> it is clearly a success story but it didn't happen overnight. the work that led into it could hold of the restoration up and down the state. the california department of water resources excavated the channels and leveled the soil. teams pre-planted some 25,000 plugs along with 50,000 trees and shrubs. finally after the plants were

established, crews broke the surrounding levee surrounding the marsh. >> the benefits, once you have the plans are going to be really big and are going to come really quickly. >> it has created guides restoration into two. she says a key question haee whheth added restoration work has been worth the time and effort compared to less expensive strategies that allow title marsh is to form over time. >> that is going to be the biggest question, about how long until you get those benefits coming back. the benefits, once you have the plan are going to be really big and are going to come really quickly. >> questions ranging from climate change to sea level rise, the value of the marshes could be critical to california moving forward. kumasi: title marsh is like this could also provide another important benefit this summer with runoff from the record snow melt we saw threatening to flood rivers in low-lying areas. those marshes could act as an overflow to absorb some of the

extra water. we are taking an in-depth look at our nation's aging water infrastructure with national geographic. the first installment of the series will air on earth today, this saturday at 9:00 p.m. right here on abc 7. drew: taking a look at temperatures right now for our wednesday. we are finding 30's in our coldest spots right now in the valley of the north bay essentially, santa rosa and a chilly spot starting out in the mid 40's. we will take a live look from our exploratorium camera. today is a beautiful day. a lot of sunshine from start to finish. the sun is up. in just a little over 30 minutes. by lunchtime temperatures in the 50's. later this afternoon more of us are getting into the 60's. today it will feel warmer than yesterday. temperatures by the afternoon, look at the spots away from the coast getting into the 60's. today is still below average by

about three to eight degrees. warmer weather will begin to move in by thursday, friday. i friday, our warmest cities in the 70's and 80's. kumasi: new at 6:00, no plain jane here. the airport named the best in the company when it comes to food. reggie: pay increase for police. how much san francisco officers are going to get paid. kumasi: a looming layoff. what meta is telling employees it is going to do in preparing for thousands o

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