december of 2017. police. say keita o'neill. our jacked a state lottery event and then led police on a chase before jumping out of that van and running toward the police car and that's when he was shot o'neill's family calling this a sad day. i want the file i'm requesting it. i want to see what evidence did he use to justify dismissing this case allowing this case to be dismissed. who did he investigate a letter from the attorney general to the da's office says the charges against the officer cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt a preliminary date has been set for the man accused of stabbing and killing cash app founder. bob lee nima momenti is being held with albeo after a judge ruled yesterday. he is a danger to the public. his preliminary hearing is set for may 30th. momenti's attorney says her client acted in self-defense abc 7 news item reporter melanied ty

wh dn'all 911ng was sele. peopleig a neith this others hurt, you know, whyt mr. le iediately cal s by somebody he did call 911. he called 911 several minutes later and he failed to identify who the person who had attacked him was did nema mow many realize he had stabbed bob. we've three times and answer that. killed in san francisco in the south of market neighborhood on april 4th momenti is charged with murder. he has pleaded not guilty the fallout continues meantime in the antioch police department texting scandal. all in the meantime, we'll bring you back to that story in just a little bit. but right now we want to talk about a different story here for you.

alright, we've ge techcal but an o news the stabbing death of a 64 year old woman in low-income housing is raising questions aboeiv nsre latest deal larry 64 year old ms. may ran whose family says she had never spoken to 41 year old jesus esparza due to a language barrier as far as the man arrested for her killing now along with our media partners the sf standard. we went in search of answers to the question. how was this able to happen? she epitomizes what contributions that immigrants

make to our city and to our country that she should not be forgotten the sadness felt by olga miranda is over the stabbing death of 64 year old. mayran who on may 6th in her low-income housing unit along dubose avenue miranda the president of the janitorial union seiu local 87 is also frustrated by the way, ms. who who was part of the union for many years was killed it could have been prevented in more safety protocols could have happened so that she could have been here. nowor neighbor 41e with u right year old jesus sparza was arrested and charged with her murder according to bridge even though as far as it was not a he qualified for low-income housing due to his disability related to mental health and lived at the property since 2017. i had no miss who's niece is now asking for answers on why this happened in the first place. maybe something could have been done to prevent it. we also done about a safety of the city and everyone, you know live around here. bridge would not confirm if

there were formal complaints filed about mr. esparza citing privacy, but many residents claim there has been a long history of issues. it was my neighbor. he moved out of the building even after that the gentleman was now removed. he absolutely should have been screamed. he screamed out of the process. definitely the san go housing authority confirms. they refer all residents to each property, but say it's up to building management to handle tenant complaints multiple residents told me they were afraid to speak out in fears of losing their coveted spot in low-income housing. supervisor. rafael. mandelman says miss who's killing illustrates a much bigger issue in the low-income housing industry in the city and calls for more preventative measures. we need to much more intentionally be creating facilities for people who are going to be long-term placements for severe mental illness we're doing now is not working having the counties responsible for these facilities. and for the creation of maintenance. these facilities has not worked bridge housing says tenants have

of public health and informed residents of a vigil held for tenants friday afternoon as for miss whose son and niece. they thank the community for their support of a gofundme to help with funeral expenses and as they mourn continue to grapple with the question of why and back out here live the janitor's union which ms. who was a part of will be holding a rally next week to keep her memory alive and to call for change. so this doesn't happen again as far as public defender tells me her clients. next c aertouraeappnc june 12 in the newsroom dion limb abc 7 news down. thank you the fallout continues in the antioch police department texting scandal today a small but vocal group of community activists marched through downtown martinez to contra costa county superior court. the message was clear. they want justice abc 7 news reporter answer hassan followed along and has this report.

martinez to the steps of the contra costa county superior court with the message unity history repeats itself. i feel like i'm on rewind. replace my name with anyone who has been shot be a choked to death. some of the names we have even memorized the small margin rally is an attempt to keep the pressure on the fallout of the racist texting scandal at the antioch police department, unfortunately, with this the police department. it's not that in police custody dance. it's these text messages that says a lot about how society is and how society treats people of color and marginalized community members some carried science quoting the text messages demonstrators continue to call for immediate action and accountability given the evidence, you know, the community wants justice the community wanting something done in their in their favor, finally

and it's like we see the smoking gun we have the proof that this is corruption at the highest levels, and we just we need it now. we don't have systems that are accountable. they're transparent and we need to demand those. meredith lamar thorne what we are talking about is due process of the officer within our administrative process. meaning we haven't investigation. that's all due process means antioch police. chief. steven ford has always maintained that the officers are entitled to do process, but mayor thorpe sees it differently. he argues that the eight officers in the separate fbi investigation are entitled to due process, but for those involved in the texting scandal, that is an administrative process. this is an administrative process what we're talking about is facts. that were determined by the fbi the federal bureau investigation that is a function of the department of justice of the

united states of america. i don't know what bigger investigation you need to fire people in martinez and abc 7 news. the nfl appears close to approving levi's stadium as the host of super bowl 60, that would be in the year 2026. the owners are expected to decide next week. espn spoke to league sources who say the niners bid is expected to be approved lev tt n are tak 120 dolla in udes stadi.th inc a new seats a premiu for loan fml t take caren picked to host a world cup game that same year sad news from the nfl pro football hall of famer. jim brown has passed away the 87 year old died peacefully in his los angeles home last night brown was much much more than just a football player. the best player of all time also an actor and a civil rights activist nfl commissioner roger

goodell today said jim brown was a gifted athlete and a cultural figure who helped promote change. talks ongoing concerning the future of the oakland coliseum and the arena site if the a's do leave for vegas this morning oakland, alameda county, coliseum authority. directors met who've used the site or discuss the use of the site a few weeks ago the oakland route soccer team submitted a proposal to build a stadium on a lot next to the coliseum. that field would also be used by the oakland sole that is a women's soccer team and now negotiations are underway for oakland to possibly get a wnba franchise to play at the arena that was vacated several years ago about the golden state warriors. it is a very positive opportunity for us to generate excitement and revenue and jobs for this facility here and goodwill. the wnba plans to expand as soon as the year 2025 in the north bay part of highway 37 will be closed this weekend for repairs.

traffic will be detoured around the closure between sears point and highway 29 caltrans says a rail crossing requires significant repairs from decades of cars and trucks traveling over it the closure begins tomorrow at 3 am and will last until 11 sunday morning. now streets around san francisco will be closed for sunday's bay to breakers the race starts at 8 am between main and howard streets and ends at the great highway bart will run special service sunday morning ahead of the 12k fund race. coming off battling sex trafficking in front of an east bay elementary school the search for solutions rising interest rates rising prices, so which is better right now renting or buying a home and reading between the lines and how it can help preserve, california history. i'm meteorologist sandy. will last your weekend forecast is coming up when abc 7 news at 4 continues.

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increased interest rates 10 times since march 2022. now this has made mortgages a lot more expensive. yeah since 2016 us home prices have increased 70% more than rent costs in 45 of the 50. most popular cities is actually cheaper to rent than buy in san jose and san francisco rents are

about $4,000 less than the average mortgage payment which tells you what the average mortgage payment exactly. so does renting make more sense abc 7 news reporter liam melendez dug into that has the day before so this is always the dilemma right? should i buy should i rent and i hope this help because really most of us still believe in home ownership. it's part of that american dream if it's still exists, right but deciding whether to rent or buy in places like the san francisco bay area really depends students on the years you intend to live here. among the most populous cities in america san jose tops the list where it appears that renting makes more sense than to buy followed closely by the san francisco metro area which includes oakland and berkeley the typical rent in san jose is 3,181 while in the san francisco metro area. the average rent is just over 3,000 a month. that was based on zillow's observed rent index which took into account all rental units,

but when it comes to home ownership the average monthly mortgage in san jose was and san francisco. 7,165. tom mccullough is currently renting and is waiting for the right moment theig price price iargely basedli ole rig ns less of the issue is the monthly costs that really starts to bleed in as you're paying significant fees. the report was put together by clever real estate which compiles housing data and most real estate agents will agree in the short term renting makes more sense. say for example, you buy a 1.15 million dollar condominium, you know for the first three years you're actually better off in renting versus buying but if you hold it for example to five years you're ahead of the game and it's better to own if you're

looking long-term now, maybe the time to buy according to a recent re/max national report. san francisco has suffered the largest decline in home sales prices in april 2022. the median sales price was 1.3 million one year later april 2023. it decreased to 1 million 125,000 down 13.5 percent two years ago a buyer had to write 10 offers and go hundreds of t little bit on the other hand pittsburgh new orleans and chicago where the top big cities to buy rather than to rent. so when it came to the entire state of california 20% of households said they could afford to purchase the median price home in california, which is just over 776,000. that was during the first quarter of 2023 and that information given to us from the

california association of realtors. so, you know, the interest rates really having an impact on the housing market whether you like it or not the rest of the country thinks we're insane to pay these prices. yes. remember what your mom or dad paid for their home? i love to ask that. yeah, like why didn't you buy two or the whole? yeah, exactly dollar wasn't worth, right? yeah. all right, san francisco's merced heights playground is now open to the public once again after a 1.6 million dollar renovation. the grand reopening was held today the lower terrace of the park now has picnic and exercise areas among other improvements merced heights is one of 13 playgrounds scheduled to be upgraded as part of the city's let's play sf initiative good weather for playing. yes. well in san francisco you have your typical summer gray. some of the fog but that's not the case elsewhere. yeah, the dogs liked it. they were having a good time. sure. yeah. sandy is here to look at the weekend forecast and all the microclimates. that's right and larry and kristen.

we had the cool side of the coast where the clouds just hung on all afternoon long and then you have the sunshine inland where it's been nice and mild. let's take a look at the 24-hour temperature change as some parts of the bay area slipping a few more degrees four degrees cooler in livermore, nevada down two in san francisco right now. those temperatures are anywhere between the 50s to the 70s certainly the sea bre. is role guests to 31 at sfo 27 out towards the delta in fairfield and that's going to help to push things along the marine layer. that is bright blue skies as we look across the bay from our south beach camera right now 58 degrees in the city. you definitely need to grab a jacket 62 in oakland 70 in san jose 64 in mountain view as we the are some pieces of be ther certainly the marine layer with us with the wind elodea mid 70s for our warmest inland places in the north bay like napa santa rosa, but it is in the upper 70s concord

fairfield 73 degrees in livermore. these temperatures are actually running behind where they should be for this time of year live doppler 7 showing you some fog now near the coastline it is going to expand overnight tonight. we are tracking some thunderstorms that have developed in the sierra, nevada same area as we'll see that possibility all weekend long. so here's a view from our walnut creek camera the sun shining it is a beautiful friday afternoon there gusty through tomorrow cooler on saturday. we're looking at widespread low clouds and spotty morning drizzle warming back up on sunday and monday. let's go hour by hour with the winds five o'clock tonight. you're going to notice those winds remain gusty strongest near the coast 30 to 33 miles an hour 9 pm if you are stepping out, i would definitely grab an extra layer going into tomorrow

morning. it is breezy at 8:00 am and then tomorrow afternoon and evening, so we're not worrying about any heat this weekend and that's for sure. it will get warmer though on sunday. so hour by hour showing you the advancement of the marine layer tomorrow morning. we start out with clouds drizzle tomorrow afternoon and evening. some of those clouds will hang around all day long near the coast and around parts of the bay just like today temperatures in the 40s and 50s out the door tomorrow morning watch out visibility, maybe poor in pockets where we do have some fog now it is going to be a windy one tomorrow afternoon near the coast with lingering clouds 50s on the highs there inland areas. you're going to be in the low to upper 70s and a breezy saturday for you as we show you the beta breakers forecast for sunday. hey, you couldn't ask for better weather. it's going to be cloudy and gray pretty much cool. three degrees the race begins at 8 am is still going to be pretty cloudy mid-fifties and then the temperatures coming up into the upper 50s by noon accuweather 7-day forecast gusty and cooler for your saturday temperatures rebounding as we had towards sunday, and then we'll have some spring warmth with us on monday with temperatures in the upper 80s and then low 60s coast much cooler as we head towards the

tuesday wednesday thursday time period but it's gonna be the most noticeable around our inland valleys where you get up in in close to 90 degrees and then 20 degree drop kristin larry, we should run in the beta breakers together as what i was just gonna say i would be not a good really slow centipede, you know just do that. yeah, we can walk it and still have a good time. absolutely in disguise. maybe i want to be industry tomorrow avoid the embarrassment. yeah. thank you, sandy. all right cominghis abc 7 ally in action building community through creativity and a bit of music. about my new furniture business... ...well, everything except the whole business part. not anymore. with quickbooks, you can confidently manage your business. new business? no problem. success starts with intuit quickbooks.

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of sciences is launching a program that could help preserve al slice of california's environmental history abc 7 news. anchor dan ashley is here to tell us more. this is so fascinating day christian larry. it really is. it's an environmental roadmap in a way tracing the plants and flowers that have populated the state a dating back hundreds of years, but it turns out translating that map. that's the tricky part. at the california academy of sciences preserving samples of the world's plants and flowers is a painstaking business, but just like stuffing family photo albums if you do it long enough, you're going to fill up a lot of shelf space. just ask botany curator sarah

jacobs you have to come in here and literally through collection and you may want to block out some time dr. jacobs oversees more than two million specimens filling hundreds of shelves and file folders and spanning centuries some collected by the likes of former curator alice eastwood whose credited with saving them after the 1906 earthquake. she started in the late 1800s here at the academy and worked all the way up to her 90s, i believe so for the sixth largest herbarium in north america and the largest herbarium west of the rockies and to make sure the botanical data survives for centuries to come the academy is now launching an accelerated program to digitize the collection first, they turn to a dutch company, which brought high-speed conveyor built-driven camera system with 10 times the speed of older hand fed systems its imaging thousands of specimens a day a year from now.

we're hoping to have about a million specimens imaged. and in about two years or so, we're hoping to have those fully transcribed ngo referenced but look closely at some of the specimens and you'll see the kind of elegant handwriting that ai and digital systems can have trouble deciphering enter dr. rebecca johnson co-director of community science. she says the academy is turning to the public for help later. this summer citizen scientists will be able to log on to an open database and help transcribe the information into a digital format. we will be taking the label data along with the beautiful picture of the press plant and we'll be asking people to help us fill in things like the locality like what does it say? where does it say? this was found? can you read this better than the computer? can you type it in? it's a high tech army. that would likely have made devoted collectors like alice

eastwood proud and the academy team believes that making the historical data available in a digital format could help researchers better understand the biodiversity. perhaps provide vital clues in the age of climate change to try to understand how things might change in the future with a changing climate and a changing environment can all give us some insight into sort of what to expect a botanical roadmap centuries in the making. yeah, really fascinating work now the academy is working with a citizen science web portal called zuniverse will follow their progress of course and will update you with a link as soon as the labeling project is ready to go and to share with everyone. so larry kristen pretty cool stuff. that is really interesting. yeah, especially because our plants tell us so much about us for sure. absolutely. all right back.

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moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. some of the activity is getting diverted to other neighborhoods. nobody wantsra were installed in east oakland to deter alleged sex work those trafficking operations were happening right near an elementary school. now, there's a push to make them permanent amy's abc 7 news item reporter stephanie. sierra is here with a look at the impact. yes, christian and larry there is peace and quiet around saint anthony's school in east oakland. now the barriers are proving to be a success, but it's coming at a price for other schools down the street tonight. we've confirmed the city will commit more funding to crack down. event helena raymond pasado lives along east 15th street,

three months ago. he was accustomed to telling stories like this. i swear musavbe of seemed like i i maybe i'm bad judge of that. and she said can i borrow your telephone? that's like no way i'm gonna let you use my telephone, you know, it's like what do you think? yeah, just you know, you got to be careful, right? and she says i just want to call my mom. it just broke my heart young women believed to be sex workers waiting outside his front doorstep if you looked at the traffic or out of the street at night time when their headlights were on it was thick with the exhaust of cars. we've often talked about the kids going to school and how they have to step over used condoms. he says what used to feel like a red light district. now feels like a neighborhood paisano says it's gone from 30 women walking the street along east 15th to zero and it's all thanks to these traffic barricades, but the

didn't go falling and just just yvonne helena laura. i saw one of the pimps heating in the face the one of the ladies how often do you see that frequently it is usually every day she lives at the corner of international boulevard. like that like that and then out when the police are fast trafficking operations have long plagued this area but recent construction pushed the problem directly across from saint anthony's grade school back in february father gabriel the parish pastor told us this because if there is a virus shooting, sometimes we experience those kinds it's worth me a lot the safety of my parishioner father prayers alone won't solve this problem. we start with prayer. but we have to end with action. the irony is the action taken to deter the problem away from

saint anthony's maybe pushing it to other schools. in february the alleged sex work in trafficking operations crowded at least seven blocks from east 15th to 22nd avenue police sources told the item now the operations are becoming more discrete occasionally visible in the little saigon neighborhood along international boulevard, but parents are still reporting concerns around four schools nearby including franklin elementary school garfield elementary school the community school for creative education and roosevelt middle school the it met with the san antonio neighborhood coalition a group of concerned parents and neighbors who are working to address that pesano is one of them the pimps and they'll park outside the schools and they'll try to attract. girls coming talk with them get in the car and see if they can get them to participate

younger. ladies. maybe 14 16 year old some concerns that have been brought up from my after-school program staff. mauricella. deanda is the managing director for roosevelt middle school overseeing the after-school program. we did have in a situation where two of our middle school students were broad daylight when the bell rang were literally like taking into a car thrown on the back seat don't know for what purpose is beyond. this is she hasn't personally witnessed any pimps recruit students on campus, but is worried. it may be happening down the street where students hang out after school. our students are normally known to go to san antonio park, which is about a block away from our school and there have been very suspicious. individuals or even cars the san antonio neighborhood coalition is meeting to discuss new efforts to crack down and make

the existing barricades permanent. i want to make sure that because some of the activity is getting diverted to other neighborhoods that were also responsive to those neighbors oakland city council president. nikki fortunato bass represents the area. do you support making these barricades permanent? that is absolutely something uncommitted to doing we are working with oakdot to look at how we can do that. will you insure there's money in the budget for that. i am absolutely going to make sure that we have both the design for how to have those diverters remain in the funding to make them remain for now a temporary fix to a decade's old problem. nobody wants to risk losing these barricades that's bringing back some peace and even plants to east oakland. now the mayor launched a human trafficking advisory council this week and we're told one of their first priorities will be allocating funding to help these other grade schools that are

being impacted by the new barricades for the i-team stephanie sierra abc 7 news. all right. we'll see if that makes a dent stephanie. thank you if you have a story for the abc 7i team, call one eight eight. 40 i-team or go to slash item coming up twitter's new competition. hmm and the airports with the angriest travelers. wherever i am now the ford 4 is next.

at four dan and sandia joining us today. so guess what twitter may have a new competitor instagram the photo centric social media app. the platform is reportedly trying out a new text base app similar to twitter users would be able to write updates or comments in a timeline instagram users will be able to transfer their followers to the new app. what do you think what reason this? yeah, we'll be just as angry as twitter is so dan. yeah, interesting. yeah. you know, i can't speak to the market share component of it, but certainly a social media has an ever-increasing influence and and place in our lives. so there may be in room for yet one more. i don't need one more. i don't know about you guys, but well i was advocating for some

competitor once elon started messing around. that's a good point twitter, you know, but now i've got either elon or i've got zuck yeah, but zuck is just the ceo right? so yeah, but i mean they're gonna do what he wants. so if i think competition is a good thing and i prefer instagram over twitter, but we'll see how it all plays that's had his share of challenges. oh, yeah and with regulators, yeah, there's so many social media sites. i mean trying to keep up with all the different sites. yeah. i'm gonna be a luddite no, no, no gone. all right to a list of no airport wants to be on the angriest airports in the united states, san jose. manada international number 10 on forbes list. it's based on tweets directed at the 60 busiest airports in the united states. the three most commonly used words in angry airport tweets are delays security and hours as in we've been waiting for hours john wayne airport in orange

county top the list as the worst of the airport. i was just there recently. and was delayed san jose larry or john wayne. so john wayne john wayne. yes one out of san jose in a while. but mike my only complaint about the san jose airport. it's an older facility and you know, like the corridors are a little narrow and it can it can get crowded in spots. it i have to say it can get crowded, but i've flown out of san jose and san francisco and oakland occasionally, san jose. we've never found people to be very angry or anything like that. i mean we feel like it's moved along pretty good. have you ever been at the airport? same time? larry has been yeah. that list. oh, i mean any of the major hubs are just so crowded and it's you t's own little city. so the weather delays.

yeah, you know, that's one of the reasons why we go the extra miles just to understand right san diego man has taken travel to a new level this month ramblin randy visited. hey, randy. turkmenistan, yeah, that's everywhere stop. on it's just a visiting every single country on earth now that he has visited all the countries. he claims he has made his own country. it's called a slow jam stand. oh slow. jam. yeah. yeah, which is 11 acres near the salton sea in imperial county. is that 193 493 countries on earth? that sounds about right? congratulations. well, what does he do that? he's able to visit 193 countries. he's a dj. well, that's low jam. i should have done. yes. yeah, he raises money along the way. yeah. what's interesting is now this slow jam us down. i'm assuming is something he made up but the salt and sea

actually is a good place to be if you are interested in harvesting lithium deposits. oh, that's right. a lot of the manufacturing will be taking place i can get the regulation. he may end up selling a slow chance. yeah to elon musk or somebody like that. all right a homeowner in north carolina says a bear and her cub. well, they're now regular visitors security footage captured mama bear's attempt at opening the door of a parked car here. let's see how good mama bear is of this. well, she's got the handle. i guess it was locked. whoa when i get security tried to open the door first with her teeth then with whatever paws and then she gave up after the door wouldn't open last month. the same homeowner was surprised by a bear while he was relaxed for this guy. oh, i never stopped watching this. it's like he was relaxing in his chair his cardboard, but the bears like this is my carport. what are you doing here? he's like no sudden moves.

yeah. wow, and the bear was more scared of him. yeah, but it just shows you you know as we intrude more and more on nature and you know, they still live around here, right? they're like remember what we have the pandemic and actually i just saw a couple weeks ago. there's a coyote. yeah right across the street route. i was in the chronicle. i think they started a picture. yeah. you're right during the pandemic larry when so many animals because people were now on the streets as they usually are came out and about forging for food what i thought was so amazing about that video both of those bears the cub and the mama bear going to the door handle and smart

we're inspired by people working to create change and we're committed to sharing their. with you so that we can all be allies in action. yeah today we want to acknowledge the creativity and work of we set yumura from san jose taiko. here's abc 7 news reporter liam melendez. here at we express the beauty of the human spirit through the powerful sound of the drums and use that to build community and as a path to social action. director for san jose taiko. we are a 50 year old non-profit

performing arts company and also have a school for all a to and e the art form of tyco for us taiko is thousands of years old used for many different purposes priests used a single tyco to accompany their chance in the temples. it was a means of communication on the battlefield the samurai or warriors would use it to indicate movements or action across the battlefield what most people won't know. is that the taiko itself the japanese drum is thousands of years old, but the art form of putting a lot of taiko. there in ensemble format and using that as performance is relatively new even in japan san jose taiko was the third tyco group to form here in north america our start was with third generation. asian americans mostly japanese-americans who are i the late 60s.tity themen this is a great way to find my

identity learn more about my history. you know, my my family didn't know my parentsincarcerated doit of an awakening for me at that time. just trying to realize who i was i said asian american has a japanese-american what was really important for me and what was going on around us at the same time. there's a group in los angeles that we first connected with the kid now the taiko they figured out how to take a wine barrel like this one, right? a good example. you can see the metal bands still on there and they just cut off the and would put a cowhide onto it to make it their version. they created a diversion of the japanese-american taiko. we all got involved because we just thought it was a great sound great instrument. great fun. we didn't really exactly know what we're doing, you know, because we're just jumping in there basically, and we're just having a lot of fun. we like to say to drop our center. so you want to bend your knees

outward a little bit and then you're gonna bring back your arm. and then as you come forward you're leading with the hail and of your body and then you're gonna do a wrist snap, right? okay. all right you okay. let's see so center, there we go wide and deep stance and was loud and really powerful to the body. yes, you feel the reverberation. we have four principles. attitude is the mental part of it. there is key ki which is energy and this is the emotional part. there's kata kata, which is the form or stance. that's the visual part the choreography how we move and use our bodies to play the taiko and then the fourth is musical technique how we play and strike the drum. learn our music in order to create the best possible sound. we have a very popular program

called our school outreach assemblies, and our underlying message is really, you know, we're sharing with you some of our culture and we really encourage you to embrace and learn about your own culture and share it with others. we hope that the work that we put out there is able to tell components of the japanese-american experience here in the united states. that, san jose tacos gonna be celebrating its 50th, anniversary saturday, may 20th with several performances at san jose japantown starts at 4:30 in the afternoon. you should go and in japan town to san francisco, probably a little coolish, but let's check in with sandia. yeah, you definitely want this sweaters if you're gonna be going to japan town here in the city, kristen and larry. let's take a look at the flood. watch for the tahoe reno area. that's because of 70s this weekend warm weather causing the

snow. melt merced river under a flood warning until monday morning flooding is expected minor flooding but keeping an eye on it later on. it could be worse live doppler 7 showing you the low clouds along the coast. they expand overnight. hang tough tomorrow afternoon keeping it cool and windy along the coast in the 50s inland areas breezy and mild in the 70s. it's a warmer day on the accuweather 7 day for sunday larry. all right. thank you, sandia. don't miss a special little mermaid edition of on the red carpet this weekend. part of that world inside the world premiere of the new live-action disney movie featuring interviews with halle berry and the all-star cast you can oh bailey bailey bailey. i'm sorry hallie bailey and the all-star cast here with the original voice of ariel told us about her performance on the very carpet celebrating the little mermaid tomorrow night at 10 here on abc 7, and i need to make a quick correction as well the tiger jumper performance in san jose. japan town there you go, san

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story for southern california. couple reporter leticia. juarez has the details. the engagement ring on jana glasses finger is back where it belongs after her five-year-old son flushed it morning. we're laying in bed. i hear him get up, but i heard hi well, that's odd like he never flushes the toilet, you know, he's five years old doing the bathroom. it was shiny. he wanted to look at it dropped it and didn't want to tell us and thought that the best thing to deal with this is just to flash it down and hide the crime so it wasn't until hours later that he fessed up. i went to the toilet i turn off the water. i felt like i i basically took the toilet off the flange and started looking in me hoping maybe i got caught somewhere a couple of hours into it. we saw the rain in a pipe. he was just shining there laying down and then we started calling the plumbers the couple called the city of chino hills public works department, which also

tried to flush the sewer line, but they too couldn't dislodge the ring. so the couple moved on bought a new ring and got married last may 14 months later the ring re-emerged 400 feet away from the home right here two weeks ago tony, ochoa and for sumbrano returned to the glasses neighborhood to perform a routine maintenance on the sewer line the lost ring still on the back of their minds. he is hydrogen and i'm with the screen looking at the debris common, and and i told him i says the kris kristoff the water because i think the ring is there no way we found it. we're gonna go back to him. he was so excited to look on his face. it was unbelievable. but before giving it back to the glasses the public works department had the ring. thoroughly sanitized i'm so so grateful to the guys for like, you know remembering about us because if it wasn't for them, we would not have it in chino hills leticia juarez abc 7 news.

wow, that's an incredible story. all right, abc 7 news at five is next.

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