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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> evidently they just dro the ball. liz: it has been over 80 hours for some san francisco residents. they lost power and are dealing with all kinds of inconveniences as they wait for pg&e to fix the problem. the morning, everybody. -- good morning to you. it is sunday, april 30, and i am liz kreutz. we are here with meteorologist lisa argen. lisa: mae is going to feel like the middle of winter. if you look at live doppler 7,
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chr hat there is some fog and it is chillier this morning, 45 in the votto, 53 in san jose. that is about four degrees to five degrees cooler. a look in the city allowing for a windy day, and looking at some partly cloudy skies, mid to upper 60's is the best we could do inland come around 60 bayshore, and a chilly 50-degree reading, mid-50's with the wind at the coast, liz. liz: thank you. frustrations are running high for san francisco residents waiting days for pg&e to get their power back on. a fire knocked out electricity. some cases, they are waiting for a generator. here is abc 7 news reporter tara campbell. terra: flames flying up
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wednesday, saturday, frustration still going high. >> i would like for pg&e to communicate more with us and give us a better idea of when things will be back on. tara: andrew lives in the gateway apartment complex, not too far from montgomery street, where an underground transformer fire left thousands of pg&e customers in thegateway managemo get at least some power to its multiple towers. >> the generators, they rolled those in a couple of days ago the lights on. tara: andrew says he feels for some of the seniors living here. andrew: there are quite a few of them but have less mobility, that maybe don't have the means to go eat out or whatever, and the loss of resources for them is definitely significant, especially the time they were without elegy -- elevators. >> pg&e evidently has just dropped the ball. tara: david burnett has lived in the complex for 43 years for the 83-year-old climbing stairs
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amidst the outage. david: people had to climb up and down the stairs, and that. old. the other thing is of course you lost all the food in your refrigerator. tara: pg&e said it would have power restored here just after midnight wednesday, but one update after the next, pushing that date back. >> taygnd, at y >>elieve it. i regret not living the city -- leaving the city when i thought about it on friday, because i could have made plans and avoided all this. tara: a pg&e spokesperson said crews have completed repairs and restored power to customers impacted by wednesday's equipment damage but are now investigating a new outage at the gateway location, leaving these generators to keep pumping out the power. tara campbell, abc 7 news. liz: federal regulators are racing to seize and then sell
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san francisco's first republic bank as soon as this weekend. the fbi see options, one to control the bank and the second to sell it off, then to take full ownership of it entirely pair last month, fdic took control of first republic bank and silicon valley bank, both of which were failing. customers had withdrawn $100 billion in deposits. the santa fe unified school district is facing a teacher shortage. it needs to hire 200 teachers for the next school year, cording to the latest numbers from the california department of education. the district faces several challenges, including nearby district that can take simply not being tayeater therre 2 in the dtrict. rathon negotiations between the oakland unified school to serve in the teacher's unit still has not produced any results, and negotiations are
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set to resume today. yesterday, teachers and supporters spent today making signs in anticipation of a possible strike. those who have been at the bargaining table representing teachers tell abc 7 newsen very. anser: signs like these that read ready to strike tell much of the story. >> our commitment is to get a deal, and we are willing to strike for our students if we have to we need the district to continue to come up with proposals, and that has been our biggest frustration. anser: the president of the teachers unions as negotiations have been nonstop all saturday. talks likely late into the night and again on sunday. >> we have not seen a completed a salary proposal, a completed special education proposal, so we are still having conversations, but we are still waiting for the district to provide concrete proposals so that we can get to the finish line. anser: oakland teachers have been working without a contract
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since october. the teachers union has 21 proposals on the table, issues ranging from class size to school safety to teacher salary. the union wants a 23% pay raise. the district is offering 22%. but the union says that 22% requires that teachers work an extra two hours per week and would only be given to certified teachers, not for all positions, like nurses and psychologists. e memel sarincrea. >> for us, that is a divide and conquer strategy that we are absolutely not willing to accept. anser: teachers say it is never a good time to strike him up but she says it is important for the community to understand that any teacher strike is also about the needs for students. >> the learning loss will continue into next year if we do not have a fair contract, if a high percentage of teachers keep leaving our district, if we do not get the facilities prepared and support services that our students need. anser: the oakland unified
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school district did not return requests for comment, but has previously said that in a salary increase will require funding and is concerned about a strike so close to the end of the school year. >> i am hopeful that this strike won't happen, but if it does, we are ready. anser: in oakland, anser hassan, abc 7 news. liz: an oakland little league will now be pale -- playing ball on a newly renovated baseball field. the premade caldecott field was rebuilt from a grant from the ballpark of dreams initiatives. $20,000 in funding provided new batting cages and mo moreaseball field.acblilitieandy fields, so they can grow their love of baseball, and this grant helped our program grow. liz: they will be able to host more games now because of the funding, which is good news. lisa: if you were in the city
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yesterday, it was cold, in the 50's. but across the bay, 60's, a warm day inland today. we are starting out with the fog. we will finish with the wind. my accuweather 7-day forecast is next. liz: thank you, lisa. it was not quite the big melt that was predicted. portions of yosemite national park will reopen to also ahead, pg&e is planning to bury over 10,000 miles of power in the name of safety. why one neighborhood in the oakland hills has been left out of this plan. and i live in vero beach, florida. my wife and i have three children. ruthann and i like to hike. we eat healthy. we exercise. i noticed i wasn't as sharp as i used to be. my wife introduced me to prevagen and so i said "yeah, i'll try it out." i noticed that i felt sharper, i felt like i was able to respond to things quicker.
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♪ livin' in the golden state ♪ ♪ vive en el estado dorado...yeah ♪ liz: welcome back. here is a live look at the san francisco skyline. a little foggy to start our sunday this morning. we are following news out of southern california this morning. several light earthquakes have struck mayor nylund, california
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early this morning to hear is the earthquake map provided by the usgs, and you can see they are clustered in those locations where you see the orange dots. several quakes after midnight. the last one happened about 30 minutes ago at about 4:45. that one measure 3.0. so far, no word yet of any damages this morning. people came together in the ebay to say goodbye to blake mohs. he was shot and killed while trying to stop an alleged shoplifter at a home in -- home depot in pleasanton. abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard tells us it was a day of moving tributes. >> ♪ somewhere over the rainbow ♪ cornell: music and prayers to honor a man who loves life. >> blake cared for people, he cared for us, and i'm sure he cared for every person here today. cornell: hundreds fillet of
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fremont community church to remember blake mohs, who was shot and killed earlier this month while trying to stop a theft at the wasn't an home depot store, where he worked as a loss prevention employee. his coworkers wore their orange aprons as a tribute to blake. >> some saw him as a trainer. some saw him as a great asset protection specialists. some saw him as a wonderful associate. i think all of us saw him as a friend. right now, the entire family is hurting. cornell: chiliis is lkg abt blake's boy scout family. he joined the scouts when he was just 14 and lived the scout motto every day, be prepared. he did that as a friend and mento. >> he just lit up a room, and the kid could eat food. >> he shared, though. [laughter] >> not my spaghetti, he didn't. >> i truly believe that blake has left so much behind in a positive way. i mean, he is truly going to be missed.
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cornell: his family said blake had big plans for the future. he is getting married this summer to his fiancee, casey, and was hoping for a career in law enforcement. >> it is our turn to carry a torch that blake lit for us, his courage, his wisdom, his compassion. ♪ cornell: in fremont, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. liz: our hearts go out to his family and friends. meantime, one person is dead after a house fire in san francisco yesterday morning. this happened at a home on district -- dixie street. fire crews said they rescued a victim, but that person died a short time later. no word on the cause of the fire nely 32 through the oakland hills. 25 people were killed and thousands of homes were destroyed. in the wake of recent wildfires, pg&e is finally set to bury thousands of miles of power
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lines across the state, but one area is not part of the plan, and people who lived there once in a while. 1300 people have signed a change.org position, asking pg&e to bury power lines in mount claire. melanie woodrow has more. >> i was born right here in this area. melanie: cynthia's family has lived in the montclair neighborhood of oakland hills for years. the 1991 oakland hills fire is a painful memory for many here. >> it would be a catastrophe if it happened again. melanie: it is why she started a n less tha f u a mattemeofniays0 mile program is aimed at making the program -ist.
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>> we are trying to understand pg&e's logic here. melanie:melanie: the transmission lines, and addition to transmission and service lines, which crisscrossed the neighborhood, is especially concerning. >> very old infrastructure. very high-voltage. we thought we would be a shoe in. melanie: a spokesperson with pg&e said it met with community members to discuss wildfire risk reduction in the neighborhood and continues to invite their feedback. pg&e says since 2018, it has completed two overhead system hardening projects and one underground project, as well as inspecting electric equipment and installing devices to better target safety related setoffs and installing a high definition camera to monitor and respond wildfires. the utility says it has also added three weather stations to
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better predict severe weather and installed an answer -- enhanced powerline safety detection settings, within h of a second if detected on fire weather days. >> they know they have a problem. that is why they are doing all these things. melanie: pg&e tells the i team it's under grounding plans do not include montclair, because there are higher risk areas. >> this is one of the most densely populated, high fire risk areas in the state of california, and if they are not seeing that, then there risk model is not complete. melanie: presidents also point to a number of ways to get in and out of this neighborhood. they say during a meeting with pg&e reps, they were told pg&e's risk model does not factor in egress, but in a statement to abc 7 news pg&e says it used a team of local safety fire specialists, including egress considerations, to validate its risk models. >> prove it.
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melanie: this man coordinates for oakland. >> we were told this area was not a higher priority area, and we take exception to that. and honestly, if none of those wires were above ground, none of them would release a spark that would cause a wildfire. melanie: since 2017, pg&e has been blamed for more than 30 wildfires. it's 2023 wildfire mitigation plan does not sit right with montclair residents, who say they have seen what has happened. >> i do not want to have to tell the story to my kids and grandkids, again, that we knew what would happen, had a perfect example, and not had anything done about it. melanie: for the i team, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. liz: yosemite valley reopens this morning after flooding fears and the big melt did not live up to the forecast. national forecast close the valley floor because of those concerns. conditions are ok now, so the park service is reopening the
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valley with limited services. a full reopening is scheduled for tomorrow morning. that is some good news, lisa, that it was not as bad as anticipated. lisa: yes. temperatures are certainly dropping all across california, so that of course will keep the snow in place for a bit longer, and in fact we could add to some snow as the snow levels locally come down to about 4000 feet on tuesday. a much colder air mass headed our way. it will stay with us all week long. 6:15 is the official and if you look to the wt ofsafm that will be ushering in some very gusty winds, and up to the north, the pacific northwest, pieces of energy will enter the bay area throughout the entire workweek, with the focus really being on tuesday that we see the chance of thunderstorms and the coldest air visiting us. 49 in danville. 51 in dublin. as we look closer to the day, we've got upper 40's, santa rosa, 49 center francisco -- san
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francisco, with 50's in pacifica. temperatures are cool out there. as we look toward our roof camera, there is fog, so the visibility is reduced in spots, partly cloudy, windy, and much cooler today, well below average for april and may. and if you look at the temperatures to come this week, we won't even get close to normal. so the winds will be certainly a big factor today. by about 1:00, very dusty, 35 miles at the coast. you can see how quickly they are moving. right now come up to 33 mile an hour gusts by the delta, so that cool air already being transported across the bay. we did see 81 degrees yesterday in concorde, so it was warm inland. it felt pretty good in the afternoon, but unfortunately that is over. as we look at later on today, the clouds increase. we have bright, sunny skies for the bulk of the early afternoon, then the clouds increase. then we will be looking at another cold day with the mist
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and drizzle to start out on monday, breezy win, and look at what happens on tuesday. 4:30 in the morning, as an area of low pressure is parallel to san francisco. you can see the rotation pushing income of the shower activity. focusing the amounts from the city southward, and that cold air is staying with us. rainfall amounts through tuesday night, can you believe it? anywhere from 1/4 of an inch, san mateo, redwood city, maybe more than that along the coast. as we head inland, if we get a thunderstorm here, you certainly could see heavier amounts. . they look at the south bay, where we should be in the 70's. 60's today. it is going to take all week long as a secondary system visits us by the end of the week. then it moves out for a moderate warm up into the weekend. hioday in the 50's downtown, very windy conditions that highs today in the 50's downtown, very windy conditions. one of the warmer locations in concord.
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65 in san jose, andy accuweather 7-day forecast bringing out our storm impact scale for tuesday and wednesday. chance for thunderstorms tuesday, and temperature stayed well below average for may. fun fact, the latest snowfall that we saw was may 15 in 2011. so, you know, it certainly get rain in may, so it looks like we will be doing that with much cooler temperatures. so when we warm up, it is going to be a while, so plan a full week ahead. liz: all right, lisa, thank you. just ahead, a massive manhunt is underway in texas after neighbors asked a man to stop shooting his rifle only to have him start shooting at them. or, cat you have... frontline® plus lets you take them everywhere... no matter how you define it. frontline®. the #1 name in flea and tick protection.
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liz: in san francisco, city leaders and community members celebrating the cesar chavez parade that was filled with
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music, cultural performances, and a low rider chopard the celebration commemorates the life and work of chavez. the civil rights activist founded the national farmworkers association, now known as united farmworkers. it was parade -- the parade was followed by a festival with music, arts, and crafts. yesterday's delivery liberty the asian american isla pacific islander heritage month. that thunderous performance from drummers helped usher in the commemoration. the bay area's community at the plaza. the fabr oity. ny of our tay's re fairs, our community art event. thousands gathered to support an organization aimed at helping the city's most vulnerable residentss.
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last nights for the hope center. it provides health care and support for the city's on house, low income, and lgbtq, and people living with hiv. there was no shortage from support from generous donors. >> we know it is a pretty resilient community, and what we know is if you can get the right folks to provide services, folks want to help, and folks want to be connected to communities, and that is what all of our programs do. liz: members of our abc 7 mornings team were also there to support the cause reggie em the is j jona, kumasi aar, and dre tuma a hnice time, supporting a greacmith auctionif creations tohort iraine.
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piecesbjts. for ctn.share benefit the group of blacksmiths without borders, to help with relief efforts in the country paid in san jose, they held the annual upright night gala last night to raise money for the alzheimer's association. this is one of the biggest events of the year, and they set a record last year, putting in -- bringing in more than $1 million. abc 7 news is one of the sponsors, and reporter amanda del castillo served as the emcee for the second straight year. still to come on abc 7 mornings, after filing for bank of c, bed, bath & beyond said you had until last tuesday to use those beloved 20 resolve coupons, but if you still have some, you can still
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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding
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solutions, this is abc 7 news. liz: a huge manhunt after investigators in texas a&m and turned a rifle on his neighbors -- in investigators say a man turned a rifle on his neighbors. pres. biden: i was going to take on ron desantis, but mickey mouse beat the hell out of him. he got there first. [laughter] liz: at the same time, a serious message from president joe biden about journalism. good morning. i stayed up and watched. it was a fun night to watch. lisa: that does look fine. we are looking at a cold start. it was cool yesterday. boy, the wind and the afternoon, much cooler, 40 nine half moon bay, it is foggy there, 51 in belmont. across the belt way, it fremont. even a little mist and drizzle
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at the coast. the winds are cranking up at the delta, san francisco, 20 mother in our. it is starting out gray. it is warmer inland, though pure meantime, it is sunny. take advantage of it. away from the san mateo coast, then the clouds increase in the north bay. hives limited today mainly in the 60's before those be -- wins to be pretty chilly. will talk about sour -- our chances, liz, coming up. liz: lisa, thank you get a manhunt is underway in texas after a gunman killed five people could this started when neighbors asked a suspect to stop shooting a rifle because the baby was trying to sleep. here is abc news reporter lionel moyes. lionel: the tragedy unfolded friday evening. deputies were called to a town in texas about 50 miles north of houston. multiple 911 calls came in with
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reports about an active shooter at the location. there were 10 people at the home in time of the shooting. >> five are deceased and five are alive, no physical injuries. lionel: investigators believe the suspect was intoxicated and began shooting in ar-15 on his front porch when the neighbors asked him to stop because a baby was trying to sleep. numerous agencies have joined in the manhunt for the suspected gunman, francisco oropeza. >> the fbi has brought in investigative resources, tactical, and other resources to assist in this investigation. lionel: this man told eight and a ba -- told him abc station the shooter went room to room, and two women who were killed protected children, including his infant sign. the victims range an angel from 8 to 31 years old. authorities say they located oropeza's cell phone, finding it abandoned.
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>> tracking dogs from the texas department of corrections picked up the scent, and then they lost that sent in the waters. lionel: the fbi is asking anyone with information on the suspect to call 911. >> we consider him armed and dangerous, and we are not going to stop until we arrest him into custody. lionel: in a statement, the local school district says it is heartbroken to learn of the death of one of its students, and says counselors will be available for any students or staff in need. lionel moyes, abc news, new york. liz: a tornado ripped through palm beach county, florida, leaving residents without power saturday night. >> that if a tornado. that is a tornado. liz: the tornado caused trees to couple over roadways and homes. this video captured a moment a car was lifted into the area and -- air and tossed on another vehicle. police are warning people to avoid areas with downed power lines.
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four parking garages were shut down after a round of checks triggered by a deadly collapsed. they were deteriorated to the point that there was an immediate threat to public safety. two of the garages were in lower manhattan. the other in brooklyn. the april 18 collapsed at the parking garage killed a 59-year-old manager. so far, there is no word on the exact cause it in west virginia, nine people were hurt during a middle school softball tournament when the floor of a press box collapsed. five people wereth boxnd e anngen itstudentsndhreedu were hurt in ts co tuntshelicoti e local schl bring an expe i tog an expert into figure out what went wrong. president biden drove home a serious message at last night's white house correspondents' dinner. journalism is not a crime. . the president drew applause from the crowd when he called on
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russia to release a "wall street journal" reporter. he has been in custody since 2012. pres. biden: he should be released immediately, along with every other american held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad. [applause] liz: the president also recognized dubya nba player brittney griner, who was released in december during a prisoner exchange. the audience gave her a applause. the president also, as tradition, took a moment to poke fun at news networks and other politicians. pres. biden: we are going to have some fun tonight, but please be safe. if you find yourself disoriented or confused, it is either you are drunk or marjorie taylor greene. [laughter] it is great that cable news network's are here tonight. msnbc, owned by nbc
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fox news owned by dominion voting systems -- [laughter] but the job is not finis i mean, it is for tucker carlson. what are you booing about like that? you think that is not [laughs]? give me a break. [laughter] liz: and "daily show" roy woulod night roasting the media and other politicians. it week away from the coronation of britain's new monarch, king charles the third, during the ceremony, he will wear the crimson and purple colored robe worn by his grandfather. it was last worn by queen elizabeth during her coronation 70 years ago. king charles and his wife camilla will -- his coronation
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will be more modest than his predecessors, but it will carry on the tradition dating back 1000 years. the coronation takes place on saturday, may . you can watch it live, but you have to be up early. the abc news special takes place at 2:00 a.m. saturday morning and runs until 7:00 a.m. bed, bath & beyond's competitors are now accepting expired coupons by the failed retailer. the container store says it accepting the 20% blue coupon. that offer ends may 31. big lots says it is also accepting expired bed, bath & beyond coupons with purchases of $50 or more until may 7. last sunday, bed, bath & beyond filed for bankruptcy. if the company is company giving customers until tomorrow to use its ubiquitous coupons. after being buried aioli rain, we will take you up to the field. first, here is a live look outside at the golden gate
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liz: welcome back. it is pretty quiet on the roadways as the sun is coming up. the bay area's strawberry season is getting off to a slow start because of all the rain. one farm in gilroy is days away from opening. abc 7 news reporter laura martinez has the story. >> we've got a lot of different stuff, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries. lisa: very island farms in gilroy has a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables. their biggest seller is strawberries. >> in a normalweouart ail,
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delaura: becausefl ba-ttos, the bable thewoie sinche of december. >> i mean, normally i would have carrots, lettuce, but we have not been able to plantg at all. so we are basically going straight from winter to summer. laura: now with the warmer weather, their first berries are turning red. >> you can see they are nice and healthy. they've got big, dark green leaves, so that means they have plenty of nutrients. laura: the remaining from purchases from local restaurants. >> what do you think? the best strawberries in the bay area. laura: despite the three weeks of picking the farm is losing out on, walton does not increase on increasing -- plan on increasing prices. one pound of berries will remain five dollars per >> right now, you know, we are trying to keep
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the same prices as last year. longer-term, i don't know yet. laura: on wednesday, walton planted his summer crops that will be ready after the fourth', part of it was still standing water, and now we are up to 90 degrees. laura: despite the anxiety driven season it has been, he considers his farm very lucky. >> every single wildfire you see here, every single one has a blackberry. we h afraid i was going to lose the crops, but this looks good. laura: the season opener for berry island farms will be saturday, may 6. in gilroy, lauren martinez, abc 7 news. liz: we were out there yesterday, and there were so many good looking strawberries. lisa: seriously, we are talking rain and snow for the first week of may, but right now, enjoy the
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view from mount tam, where the official sunrise is in about 30 minutes. look for a little sun today but much cooler and went to talk about. my accuweather 7-day forecast is coming up. chris: coming up in sports, the giants and padres put on an international power display in mexico city, plus the dubs are on 7 for game for likes or followers. their path isn't for the casually curious. and that's what makes it matter the most when they find it. the exact thing that can change the world. some say it's what they were born to do... it's what they live to do... trinet serves small and medium sized businesses... so they can do more of what matters.
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anod to go. chris: good morning. the warriors and kings has easily been the most entertaining first-round series in the nba playoffs, so why not play 7? they will finish at 12:30 in sacramento right here on abc 7. stephen curry and the warriors have a chance to close out de'aaron fox and the in game six. the monticello bonus dait is th6
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e king had 17 three-pointers in game six and the warriors a step slow all game long, so alln sacramento. >> a sense of composure in the big game, especially on the road, because you know it will be hostile, the crowd will >> just closing the game here and going back to sac just gives us more confidence. >> everybody doesn't get to experian's a game 7, but not everybody gets to extrinsic and 7 in sacramento, so i know it will be rocking. >> i know we will respond, i know these teams, i know these guys, and i know what we are capable of, and we will respond like the chance we are come sunday. chris: so here we go, game 7 today.
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"after the game." larry and the guys in the studio. i will be up in sacramento. both teams had back-to-back home runs not once but twice, just the second time that has ever happened in major league history. mitch handed her actually had his first for the giants, and manny machado had not won, but guess what? for the padres, including the final go-ahead blast for the seventh, 11 combined homers in this one, 6-7. top of flies at the right, ramon mariano chases it down, makes the catch, tyler stephenson tried to tag it in the third, but look at the throw, out by a mile. the a's go out for a win
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jake doubles back and the a's lose a height breaker -- heartbreaker 3-2. that is a look at sports. enjoy game 7 between the warriors and kings later today on abc 7. now back to you. liz: rain is good luck, lisa, so that might be good for the warriors. winner take all against the kings right here on abc 7 at 12:30. it will be followed by "after the game."they got this, lisa . lisa: potentially a whole week of good luck, because we have pretty implement weather heading our way. this area of low pressure will be allowing for the windy, much cooler, and weather conditions as we get rain for the first day of may, the last day in april, moving in this morning on windy conditions already. but what a pretty shot here. the sun coming up in about 25 minutes. it is 49, san francisco.
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47 palo alto. we have mist and drizzle at the coast. you can see that there are areas of clear sky, though, here, from the golden gate bridge, and the winds being transported, that cooler air through the delta. this morning, you see the temperatures, colder, 46 novato, 47 in santa rosa with a live look from our exploratorium camera, you can see the fog on top of the building. foggy coast, partly cloudy, windy, and temperatures as much as 5 to 10 degrees below the last day in april averages and then belowr several days this week. we have the wind this afternoon. 1:00, an hour in san francisco and 27 mile an hour gusts from oakland ey are already over 30 hour thr. it is a blustery, coolnny skies throughout the early afternoon. you can see the later afternoon
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featuring the high clouds, and then into your monday, some mist and drizzle, plenty of clouds. look what happens tuesday morning, an area of low pressure overhead, very cold area of low pressure, allowing for not only the rain, thunderstorms, snow levels down to 4000 feet. the emphasis here will be along the peninsula, the south bay, and then as we get to the end of the week, we are still looking at the possibility of a few sprinkles. this is for tuesday night. look at the wide-ranging totals. lesser amounts for parts of the santa clara valley, a couple hundreds. north bay only 1/10. g underneath a thunderstorm, could see over a half inch. in the mountains, well, all week add up to about eight inches to 10 inches through kirkwood, maybe half a foot at incline. so this will be a little unusual for sure after experiencing the 80's and even 90's. so windy with clouds increasing throughout the afternoon, particularly in the north bay.
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highs today from the low 60's around palo alto, 70, that is the warm spot, with 53 in oakland. the accuweather 7-day forecast, we are looking at a chance of showers coming in monday night, and then by tuesday, a level 1 system into wednesday as well could attend percent chance of storms tuesday, and temperatures, way down, below average all week long. by the end of the week, another shower chance on friday. we are looking at temperatures closer to average into next weekend, so plan on the coats and the boots. liz: my goodness. what a whiplash. next, making dreams come true. disneyland getting in on world wish
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liz: a new study is revealing that one of the largest patches of pollution on the planet, resg
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to learn what it means for the ocean and possibly our own coast. abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian has more. >> this is a frog fish. >> that would be cool. spencer: this marine ecologist has always considered the humble frog fish a remarkable sea creature, but not for what has for attention now. instead of its normal habitat, this one was plucked from a man-made environment a disaster zone, a massive stretch in the pacific ocean known as the great pacific garbage patch. >> the thing that is interesting about the garbage patch is it is essentially made, re-created the coastline, a floating coastline that has that three-dimensional structure that allows this -- that a lot of thesand has sort of become a substitute environment. environment made up of an estimated 80,000 tons of plastic, fishing nets, and trash floating in the pacific.
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we got a close-up look last year when the recovery ship returned to sausalito, with its cargo hold overflowing. >> you name it, it is in there. spencer: mary crowley organizes the cleanup missions that have now expanded into an unexpected program of scientific research and providing specimens. >> we have discovered a tremendous amount on the expeditions, and then, you know, if you look closely, you can see things that are growing out there. >> yes, so this is a mussel. spencer: growing and in some cases thriving. back at the smithsonian a garment a research center enter braun, at least 46 different species, everything from tiny crustaceans to larger fish. floating along with them are several critical questions. if they can
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they carry invasive species from one continent to another? >> if these coastal species that are only found on one side of the pacific associate and are able to live out their lives and reproduce and perhaps grow a number of these -- on thi floating garbage patch, it may get closer to the other side of the pacific to our coast. spencer: many of the key questions are still left to be in the meantime, mary crowley says her organization is hoping to add a new vessel in the near future, joining a fleet but now has a dual mission, to help understand the ecological effects of a massive floating garbage patch at the same time they are working to clean it up. in sausalito, spencer christian, abc 7 news. liz: tackling the drug crisis on the streets of san francisco. next on abc 7 mornings at 6:04 a.m., we will have a look at the national effort to crack down on drug dealers in the city's tenderloin district. and a big boost for a youth baseball league in oaklandw thes
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for some san francisco residents. they lost their power and are dealing with all kinds of inconveniences as they wait for pg&e to fix the problem. good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us here on this sunday, april 30. i am liz kreutz here with lisa argent. a big shift coming. lisa: we have felt it with the fog and the breezy wind, and you can see that feature offshore with areas from low pressure from the gulf. you can see the deck of low clouds, 51 in oakland, 40 nine in san francisco and for mount tam, clear skies with that marine layer being disrupted but it is cold. mid 40's in novato, 50 in concord. as we go through the morning hours, you will feel the wind, 35 mile per hour gust at sfo.
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