craig: the prognosis is very dire for the ecosystem, but the more pythons we remove, the better it is for the small mammals. so one of our goals is to remove as many pythons as we can, but also to reintroduce some of the small fur-bearing mammals like raccoons, possums, squirrels. jeff: replace the animals that have been consumed by these snakes. craig: yeah. jeff: and by doing that, this ecosystem is vibrant and intact and equally important to fulfill the miccosukee stewardship mission. craig: absolutely. calling for dangerous surf hitting the coast along the bay area already prompting multiple

rescues in some spots. where and when san francisco is getting a brand new park. abc seven news at 430 starts right now. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> this facility was closed for so many good reasons and it has to stay closed. >> activists protest a plan that could turn a shuttered prison in dublin into an ice detention center. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm j.r stone. hundreds of people hitting the streets today opposed to controversial policies from the trump administration. the scenes of protests across the bay area and beyond, from san francisco to the east bay to yosemite. some against immigration enforcement. others protesting actions taken at national parks in the east bay. hundreds ralld in dublin near a former women's federal prison with a notorious legacy. they protested a proposal by the trump administration to convert it into an immigration detention

facility. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard spoke with activists and former inmates on why they are fighting back. >> no ice in dublin, no ice in dublin. >> hundreds of protesters rallying on the streets of dublin, near the site of a former federal women's prison with a painful past. >> the buildings themselves are falling apart. they're toxic. they're full of mold and asbestos. it's also just a site of years of heinous abuse. it has become a symbol of sexual and physical abuse. >> a class action lawsuit filed by prisoner advocates led to the closure of the prison last year. but now the trump administration may be looking to reopen the facility as an ice detention center. this group says no. >> and to put people back in this physically unsafe place, it would just be inhumane. at fci. >> dublin must remain permanently closed. we oppose reopening the facility as any type of incarceration facility

where humans are caged. >> nobody understands that the severity, the trauma, the abuse that we went through is inhumane. >> i'm echavarria is a former inmate at the dublin prison. she says her treatment there was horrific. >> we as u.s. citizens went through horrific pain in there and abuse and retaliation. what are they going to do to these immigrants? >> so far, there's few details about how this federal prison could be repurposed in the future and when it might happen. u.s. immigration and customs enforcement officials have not responded to abc7's request for comment, but told the mercury news we can confirm that ice is exploring all options to meet its current and future detention requirements amid a significant number of criminal arrests. those arrests are part of a nationwide immigration crackdown by the trump administration. >> we can say the issue is urgent. things could happen very quickly, and we know concretely that ice has toured this facility more than once.

>> immigrants are welcome here. no hate, no hate. >> activists say they plan more protests in the future. in dublin. cornell, bernard abc seven news. >> protests were held at national parks across the country, including three here in california, this one at golden gate national recreation area in san francisco. hundreds of demonstrators made signs at the presidio, then marched to fort mason. it's part of a grassroots protest to save the country's public lands and protect civil servants. there were similar demonstrations at the rosie the riveter museum in richmond and at yosemite national park. organizers calling themselves resistance rangers say they're concerned that this month may bring thousands more firings across the federal government, including at public land agencies. happening now hazardous beach conditions are hitting the coast along the bay area. this is a look from ocean beach today where some people were braving the rough people conditions. but experts warn of an increased risk of sneaker

waves and rip currents this weekend. now to a live look along the coast in santa cruz at nearby capitola beach. police say crews have responded to multiple serious water rescues today out of safety concerns. the beach and wharf were closed for most of the morning and afternoon. on that note, let's bring in abc seven weather anchor spencer christian. he is tracking that high surf. >> spencer that's right j.r. that westerly swell is still increasing. so it's important to be very cautious along the coastline. so this high surf advisory is in effect until 9 p.m. monday. you can see wave heights growing could reach heights of 20ft. and of course that means dangerous swimming and surfing conditions, rip currents, dangerous sneaker waves. all of those are possible. now we have a light storm coming our way as well. level one on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. still, for tonight and tomorrow, we expect the showers and periods of light rain, breezy conditions, chance of a thunderstorm actually. here's the forecast animation taking us into the late night hours as those showers arrive. a little bit of a break after

about 10 p.m, but the showers surge in again after midnight. we get an early morning break tomorrow, and then more showers in the midday and afternoon hours. a closer look at this and the accuweather seven day forecast a little later j.r. >> spencer thank you so much. ukrainian president zelensky is in the united kingdom today in diplomatic talks with the uk prime minister. are going much more peacefully than yesterday's visit to the white house. zelensky received a warm reception as he arrived in london. he's there for a summit hosted by several european leaders. the visit follows zelensky's contentious trip to the white house friday, which was cut short after a meeting with president trump and vice president vance turned into an argument in front of the media. despite the fight, president trump says a deal with ukraine is still possible. >> look, i don't trust or distrust anybody. i just want to get a deal done. and if the deal happens, good. but you can't embolden somebody that does not have the cards, not in a good position. >> zelensky told fox news. while

the public spat was not good, he wants ukraine's partners to fully understand the country's conflict with russia. in developing news, the vatican says pope francis remains in stable condition after a setback to his recovery. the pontiff suffered a respiratory attack known as bronchospasm friday. officials say since then he has had no further problems. he does not have a fever and is alternating between mechanical ventilation and high flow oxygen therapy. the vatican says pope francis continues to be alert and oriented, receiving eucharist, then dedicating himself to prayer. sad news from the music industry today. grammy nominated rhythm and blues artist angie stone has died. her longtime publicist says she was killed in a car crash in montgomery, alabama. it's unclear what caused the crash. stone was best known for hits like no more rain and wish i didn't miss you. she has performed many times in the bay area, and had three nights scheduled next month at yoshi's

in oakland. stone was 63 years old. yet another scare in the sky. what forced a plane to turn around this morning and have an emergency landing shortly after takeoff? also, san francisco's newest park is coming to the great highway, and it now has an opening date. and deboer's departure. larry beil has more on the forty-niners parting ways with their star receiver. >> and coming up, i am live from hollywood with a focus on fashion. come along with me as i search for the

plane had to make an emergency landing following a bird strike. fedex says the cargo plane had just taken off from newark airport in new jersey when the crew declared an emergency. the plane turned around, safely landing back at the airport. video shows an engine was on fire. no one was hurt. the new park on san francisco's great highway is now set to open on april 12th. today, local lawmakers and recreation and park officials made it official. the two mile park will be located between lincoln way and sloat boulevard. it was approved by voters on proposition k in november. it will be named either great highway park or ocean beach park. the public will vote in a contest to decide which name to use. >> people know that this is a good thing for san francisco and

that ten, 20, 30 years from now, people are going to look back and say, thank you for making this a reality. >> an online vote begins on march 18th and will close on april 2nd, at which time the name will be announced. tomorrow is the biggest night of the year for hollywood. we'll show you the glitz and glamor as the academy puts its final touches on the oscar. and more rain is returning to the bay area. abc seven weather anchor spencer christian is up next with your accuweather forecast. >> in sports, deebo samuel is about to become a former san francisco 40 niners, dealing him to an nfc rival. and honestly, they did not get that much in

less than 24 hours away from hollywood's big night, the oscars, which will be right here on abc seven tomorrow. we'll have a live report from the red carpet in hollywood coming up in just a few minutes. spencer christian joins us right now. it's always a fun weekend, the oscars. it doesn't matter what the weather is because you've got a great show to watch and hopefully it's a little warmer there. it's been a little chilly today. it's chilly here. let's get right to it. i'll show you how chilly it is. here's the satellite radar image. you can see a frontal system approaching us, bringing us clouds, and a little bit of rain is likely starting this evening and going into tomorrow morning. it's been gusty throughout the afternoon and into the early evening. now we've got 25

mile per hour gusts here at novato and 25 over at rio vista, 28 at livermore. and check out the 24 hour temperature change. this is dramatic. we're talking about 15 to 20 degrees cooler in most bay area locations than at this time yesterday. so let's take a closer look right now in san francisco, 5456 in oakland and hayward, not much higher in san jose and redwood city and 54 in half moon bay. skies are partly cloudy with increasing clouds right now as we look across the bay bridge. 62 up in santa rosa, mid 50s at petaluma, napa, fairfield, concord is at 59 and 55 degrees in livermore. and looking across the embarcadero, these are the forecast headlines. showers will arrive tonight. rough surf continues to build. we have the risk of rip currents and dangerous sneaker waves. and next week look for periods of light rain with a few sunny breaks here and there. let's focus on this high surf advisory, though in effect until 9 p.m. monday, we've got increasing westerly swell breakers up to about 20ft high, likely dangerous swimming and surfing conditions. there may be some localized beach erosion, and we have this

light storm on the way. a level one on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. showers with breezy conditions, a chance of a thunderstorm or two, and dangerous surf. so here's the forecast animation starting at 5 p.m. notice we expect showers arriving later tonight with a little break after about 11 p.m, but then showers surge in again after midnight and continue into the morning hours. and we expect rainfall totals generally to be under 2/10 of an inch by 11:00 tomorrow night. on we go to a winter weather adviy over in the sierra until 10:00. actually until 4 p.m. monday starting at 10:00 tonight. we're only talking about a few inches of snow there though. overnight lows here a mid to upper 40s. highs tomorrow mid to upper 50s. another chilly day. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. bright sunny skies on monday but periods of rain return on tuesday, continuing into wednesday under breezy conditions. thursday maybe a lingering morning shower, but sunny and milder next friday and saturday.

>> and good afternoon. blockbuster move by the 40 niners. deebo samuel, star e receiver being traded to washington for a fifth round draft pick. deebo has been such a big part of the niners offense, but he's approaching age 30. his production last year was way down. and the bottom line really is the bottom line. deebo is due almost $22 million next season. the niners don't want to pay him and brandon aiyuk a combined $50 million plus for two wide receivers. this deal for deebo to the commanders cannot be finalized until march 12th. all right we're counting down to the warriors and 76 ers in philadelphia here on abc seven. pregame is coming up in 13 minutes 5:00. tip off at 530. and this is cool. we get to bring in our old friend jason dumas who was on tv in the bay area for years. just moved recently to philly in time for the eagles to win the super bowl, which we're not talking about. but anyway, the dubs are totally different team before and after jimmy butler, but he's got a sore back. what's his status tonight. >> what do you think.

>> hey larry it's nice to hear your voice. yeah jimmy butler won't play tonight i was at warriors shootaround this morning and i saw him. it looked like he had a heating pad strapped to his back. after he was getting up some shots. steve kerr was asked if he thinks that injury is going to be long term. and he said quote i hope not. so the hope for the warriors is that he will come back at some point during this road trip. but these sixers fans are upset that they couldn't see jimmy either. he still has a lot of fans here in ts city from his playing days here in philly. larry. >> so you don't have jimmy butler. it would be really nice to have jonathan kuminga back. he's been out since january 4th with the dreaded high ankle sprain. what's his situation? >> he will not play tonight. and it sounds like he also won't play in charlotte on monday. i saw him as well as shootaround. wasn't in the best mood. you can tell he's just ready to get out there. he was getting up shots. he was scrimmaging a little bit with the warriors coaching staff. and you know just trying

to break a sweat. but it's a good thing that the warriors are playing so well without him. they're rolling right now. so when he's ready to get on the court he's going to join a well-oiled machine. >> yeah they need him back for the stretch run for sure. uh- your sixers are a mess. no joel embiid for the rest of the season because of a bad knee. philly fans are always kind and warm up to their stars even when things go bad, right. how really how are people reacting to your revealing sixers? >> well, i have to say, it was really good for the sixers that the eagles took away this fan bases attention until about mid february. they took some of the heat off the sixers because they do not have a lot of happy fans right now. larry their last game, it cost only four bucks to get in the building. the fans have kind of checked out. and it's kind of unfortunate because joel can't control a lot of what's going on with his body, but it's just a frustrating

situation for the organization, the player, and of course, that friendly philly fan base. >> yes, $4 for a ticket. are you serious? >> yeah, yeah. don't have to break the bank. you can come in here and watch an nba game and it'll be relatively cheap. but with steph curry here, as you can kind of see behind me i mean warriors jerseys everywhere. you guys know steph curry. he's like the rolling stones fans come out in droves to see him. so i expect there to be a lot more warriors fans than sixers fans in the building tonight. >> all right jason great to see you. and we'll have you on the postgame show with all the interviews as well. so the sixers and warriors coming up uh- tip off is at 530. you know, $4 a seat. i could invite 100 friends if i had0 friends. which which i'm a little shy. >> let's be real. we'll never get to $4 tickets here in the bay. >> not the maybe post steph curry, but not not currently. >> thanks so much. all right. we're getting excited for the

97th oscars happening tomorrow on abc seven. final preparations are underway. the academy announced performances by wicked stars cynthia erivo and ariana grande, and we can expect some surprises. the oscars red carpet may be the most well known runway in the world. celebrities and stylists carefully plan each look in hopes of avoiding the worst dressed list. abc seven news anchor amanda delcastillo is live in hollywood with our focus on fashion today. and amanda, you just look lovely along that red carpet this this afternoon. yes, yes. take a bow. >> thank you, thank you, i try, j.r, i try, but let me tell you, come sunday, the red carpet is the show before the show. essentially a 900 foot long runway, if you can imagine, with people taking pictures of you every angle. so you want to look good. and while i technically won't be walking the red carpet on sunday, i want to look good.

who are you wearing? well, the quintessential red carpet question may be a thing of the past. for me, it is mission critical. >> something that says, whoa, look at that dress. something that really is dramatic. long. >> meet jocelyn delcastillo. >> my mother. >> the fiercest fashion critic i know. >> i like the purple one. that one's nice. the first one that you tried. >> it's a gown i've worn only once before. but why was i so hesitant to consider it for oscars coverage? >> i loved my outfit today. then a moment. >> of inspiration. all thanks to abc news meteorologist ginger zee. she recently posted about her long time hair stylist getting creative in ginger's own closet. >> she said, let me just go through and put together some outfits. she picked stuff. new i and it's just a friend. >> so i thought, why not give it a shot? i rolled out the red carpet. okay. on a much smaller

scale. i gathered my gowns, checked rental sites, and even borrowed some blinged out pieces from others. i ended up with dozens of options for the oscars. >> and sometimes we can look at our own clothes and not see something right? just like we can look at ourselves and not see something. >> for two and a half years now, ginger has committed to a life of no new clothes. it comes from a challenge put out there by the group remake, encouraging people to consider how they can help reduce overconsumption in the fashion industry. so i put it to practice turning to pre-loved secondhand and in many cases, special dresses. >> why not? why not wear clothes more than once? >> the marketing to us is you do need something brand new for friday night, because that's where the value of that night with your friends out is. no it's not. it actually doesn't matter what i'm wearing, because the time spent is the part that's valuable. >> time spent. and for clothing and the academy awards, time's worn. >> that is something to be proud

of. that is something to post up and be like, yep, i wear this all the time. >> and on that same note, the last time i wore this dress was christmas, and before that, my mom wore it for her prom. before that, my grandmother for special occasions, and my great grandmother actually made it. so, keeping it within the family, especially, i mean, especially for this special occasion. and i have some special news for you coming up at 11, i will take you on a celebrity pov of the red carpet. you don't want to miss that. you also don't want to miss tomorrow's broadcast because i will reveal what gown i chose. but again, that's all on oscars sunday. reporting live from hollywood amanda delcastillo, abc seven news. >> amanda, i was just going to ask you. they said the average price around a million and a half. so i figured your dress was worth a million. the gloves were half a million somewhere in that neighborhood. sponsored, of course. >> yeah. priceless.

>> priceless. >> thanks j.r. >> lovely. thank you so much. look forward to that. our oscars coverage begins tomorrow with an on the red carpet at 1230. and then the oscars begin earlier than ever at 4 p.m, right here on abc seven.

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