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the department's aging vehicle fleet. >> abc seven news anchor dion lim joins us live from the newsroom with documentation of the problem. dion. dan and ama, this is a story that abc seven has been following for years. we first reported on this back in 2017, and officers are still raising concerns about the number of vehicles being out of service. but images i obtained illustrating the problems with the fleet are concerning, especially if the problem doesn't appear to be getting better. >> and it's just hysterical to me. we're in san francisco, right? all this tech stuff is happening, but we have computer issues. >> computer issues are far from the only problem with san francisco police's aging fleet of vehicles. sfpd tells me out of 357 marked vehicles, 57 are out for service or in need of repair. but the police union says that number is much higher. through multiple sources, i obtained images from most of the city's ten police stations illustrating the poor conditions of some cruisers. this whiteboard from park station

shows seven cars in need of repair, everything from broken seatbelts to windows. another five are out of service entirely. one even reading, no computer, no siren, and much more. at another station, the board lists 12 vehicles with problems. one reportedly died while driving scrawled at the top. why is everything broken? >> you're just, i don't know. a brake pad away from something happening, right? because of the maintenance. >> with so many unusable vehicles, multiple sources told me officers are sometimes unable to leave the station, causing a public safety problem. >> if we don't have cars, it's harder for us, obviously, to respond. you don't want cops sitting in the station, right? when they could be out patrolling, right? and especially at night. >> i asked sfpd if the state of the fleet prevents officers from responding to crime. their response? no. they continued to say, as the department's fleet vehicles ages out, the department works to acquire the

newest and state of the art vehicles to ensure officers and the community are safe. another possible reason for the delay is sfpd vehicles are serviced by the city's central shops, meaning repairs can't be made by just any mechanic in the city. this is certainly a story we'll continue to follow. in the newsroom, dion lim, abc seven news. >> okay, dion. thank you. today, the city of san francisco won a supreme court case against the environmental protection agency, or epa, over the wastewater that is being discharged into the bay and the rules it follows. abc seven news reporter louis pena spoke to the city attorney and has the story. >> it was a fight taken to the highest court of the law. the focus water waste into the bay. on tuesday, the supreme court sided with san francisco. >> epa had a practice of what are known as end result requirements, or in other words, they would measure the overall pollution in the ocean or in the bay, which could have been caused by numerous sources, not

us. >> the epa wanted to make san francisco responsible for the quality of the water into the body of water, where it discharges waste and penalize the city if the quality of water was below standards. san francisco's city attorney, david chu, said the city has been following strict guidelines under the water pollution control act of 1972. >> our city has spent billions of dollars to ensure that our waters are clean, uh- that we are not polluting into the bay. but the federal government was insisting on potential infrastructure. the epa could have forced san francisco to make over $10 billion of capital expenditures, which would have caused our water bills and our sewer bills to increase tenfold. >> according to san francisco's public utilities commission, 94% of water discharged in the bay is stormwater, which means about 6% is sewage. we checked the city's water quality map, monitored by the city's public

utilities commission, and the latest water samples are up to standard. one site was reported as orange, with elevated concentrations of bacteria. the court's decision created a wave of concern among environmental advocates. >> the city has provided, you know, a blueprint to other municipalities, to industrial entities that discharge pollutants into water bodies as to how to avoid accountability or restrictions on their conduct. >> during tuesday's board of supervisors meeting, supervisor myrna melgar spoke about the overall environmental implications. she believes this decision will have and highlighted. >> the san francisco public utilities commission still has a responsibility to uphold the highest standards for water quality. >> in san francisco. louis pena, abc seven news. >> by president trump's orders, new tariffs took effect overnight, including 25% tariffs on canadian and mexican imported goods worth over $800 million

over $800. i should say that's the tariff will take effect on goods worth over 800 bucks. as for china, trump decided yesterday to increase tariffs from 10 to 20% on all goods. canada is imposing its own 25% tariff on america in retaliation. now, mexico's president plans to speak with the president, but if no deal is reached, it will also impose a tariff by this sunday, china announced tariffs on meat and agriculture from the united states, and fears of a tariff imposed trade war caused the stock market to plunge for a second day. here's a look at today's numbers. the dow plummeted 670 points today. the nasdaq dropped 64 and the s&p is down about 71 points. >> in just about an hour. the tariffs are sure to be on the agenda as president trump addresses congress and the nation to outline his goals for the next four years. >> the president has teased it will be a big night, his words and house speaker mike johnson says expect fireworks. >> abc seven news political

reporter monica madden spoke to people on both sides of the aisle here in the bay area about what they're expecting tonight. monica. >> well, the white house says that it is going to be themed as the renewal of the american dream, which does have a different meaning depending on who you talk to. on one hand, california republican leaders are singing trump's praises and have been pleased with the rapid fire executive orders and overhaul that we're seeing to the federal government. republicans say they are expecting trump to also boast about the us-mexico border crossings plummeting, while pushing congress to pass more funding for deportations and building his signature border wall. democrats, however, say they have low expectations for the night. many of them feel like the country is in disarray and say that trump's actions so far have caused more harm than good. >> i'm all for efficiency, but when you get rid of the people who watch bird flu and the egg prices are going up, that's not efficient. when you get rid of fbi agents and we're more vulnerable to terrorism than ever. that's not efficient. >> he's going at it as quickly

and as efficiently as possible. and there's a whole team of people in the white house who are reviewing executive orders and who are guiding him on the best way to implement some of his campaign promises. >> even with republicans control over both chambers of congress, many of trump's 76 executive orders signed since he took office are pushing the bounds of executive power. and it comes ahead of his first big legislative test, which will be the budget bill that's needed to fund much of his agenda and avoid a government shutdown. now, some democrats are choosing not to attend in protest, but one bay area representative won't be in the building for a completely different reason. that's north bay democratic congressman mike thompson. he is one of tonight's designated survivors. each party picks a designated survivor for both the house and the senate. in case of a mass casualty event where all the nation's top leaders are gathered together like the state of the union or even inauguration day, thompson will watch the address from an

undisclosed location tonight. >> it will be unnecessary, but it's always the. >> better safe than sorry. >> yeah, sure. >> well, the democratic women's caucus is calling on women to wear pink to president trump's joint address tonight. they've made special buttons for anyone to wear that read betrayed for billionaires. the chair says pink is the color of power, protest and the strength of women. this unified stance shows an opposition to trump's agenda, particularly against budget cuts to medicaid. >> and the founder of reddit. to the list of people wanting to buy the u.s. version of tiktok, alexis ohanian, the husband of serena williams, is joining a bid by frank mccourt, the former owner of the los angeles dodgers. ohanian wants to give content creators more control of the platform. tiktok is very profitable. it made $2 billion in sales from tiktok live in just one quarter of 2023. >> turning now to the weather and the return of the rain. you

may not be seeing it in this shot, but sandhya patel has more scoop on that for us tonight. sandhya. >> yeah, and tomorrow morning it will greet you. we'll see some scattered showers as we take a look at that live picture from exploratorium. you can see some peeks of blue out there right now. earlier in the day, though, some of you had to use the windshield wipers as some showers came through. you can see they're very light, very quick moving. we do have more on the way as a weak front is heading in our direction. looking at live doppler seven. so let me time it out for you. as we head towards 5:00 tomorrow, notice those showers concentrated from san francisco to the east bay, the south bay continuing at 7 a.m. and then another round comes through in the evening, so there are periodic showers. here's a look at the storm impact scale tomorrow and thursday. light level one scattered showers, breezy conditions a slight possibility of thunder on thursday and snow is possible on our highest peaks. dan, i'll be back with a full look at the forecast. coming right up. >> very good sandhya. thank you.

a few hours ago, the los angeles city council rejected a bid by former fire chief kristin crowley to get her job back. crowley was fired after january's fires. at the hearing, she spoke out on a lack of resources because of city budget cuts. >> as for the 1000 firefighters who allegedly were sent home prior to the fires, we did not have enough apparatus to put them on because of the budget cuts and lack of investments in our fleet maintenance. >> crowley's supporters say she was used as a scapegoat by los angeles mayor karen bass for talking about the lack of resources. public records obtained by the los angeles times show the mayor's aides received an email warning of severe fire weather before the fire started, but that message was not relayed to the mayor before she left on a trip to ghana. >> still ahead, a shooting on an east bay freeway. we will have details and the latest on the installation of hundreds of freeway cameras around the bay area. >> plus, it's not until october, but today, organizers of san francisco's fleet week announced

some exciting news. the air show performance, scheduled to take place for the first time ever. we'll have that as

today. it happened this morning along 8-80 in oakland. >> but now law enforcement officials have more tools at their disposal to investigate incidents like this. cameras on many east bay freeways are now operational and recording. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan has more. >> just after 10:30 a.m. on tuesday, chp shut down southbound 8-80 near downtown oakland to look for shell casings. chp confirmed to abc seven news that at around 7:30 a.m, a suspect fired off one round at a victim driving on the freeway. the victim was not injured and was able to safely exit the freeway. chp tells abc seven news that there is no known motive, but that it will

likely use cameras on the freeway to help in the investigation. >> and what this represents is, finally, the requests of oaklanders have been heard. >> justin burton is a media and political strategist. he believes freeway cameras are needed in cash strapped cities like oakland. >> in oakland, where you have a understaffed police department and you're stretched thin on resources, you need all the help you can get. >> caltrans confirmed to abc seven news that 200 cameras are now operational and recording on state route four, 13, 24, 112 and 123 and on interstate 80. 238, five 8880 and 980. but some critics say there isn't enough data to support claims that cameras will help reduce crime. >> we're being fed a lot of these lines about how much danger we're in, and we're being asked to sell everything, including our right to privacy. >> cat brooks is with the anti-police terror project. she argues that cameras will likely be used after a crime has been committed, which doesn't help with crime prevention. >> we're already under

surveillance. if the existing cameras are not helping opd or the chp or the alameda county sheriffs or the east bay parks and rec, or the number of law enforcement agencies that are rolling through the town at any given moment, i fail to see what yet one more set is going to do. >> alameda county supervisor leanna tam, whose district includes parts of oakland, supports freeway camera technology. she says laws at the city and county level will help safeguard how the data is used and collected. >> there's a level of scrutiny that's required, and that can help assure both the assurances and the accuracy, as well as the appropriateness of the use of the data. >> in oakland, anser hassan abc seven news. >> still ahead here. rain moving back into the bay area. abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking the showers, and we'll have that for you. >> just a reminder, tomorrow seven on your side is hosting a tax chat ahead of tax day. get

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doppler seven. a weak system is moving in our direction, and it will ring out scattered showers going into

tomorrow. right now on live doppler seven, we are just seeing some clouds and some sun breaks. those temperatures running below where they should be for this time of year, ranging from the 40s at clear lake to the 60s in places like livermore. as we take a look at a live picture from our east bay hills camera, just a pretty view. next two days. periods of showers friday and saturday. sunnier skies and milder weather coming your way. and then late sunday into monday. it is turninget and windy, but, but better opportunity on monday. we'll call this a light level one system for tomorrow and thursday. scattered showers, breezy at times. there's a slight possibility of thunder on thursday, and certainly the potential is there for snow on our higher peaks. as we look at the timeline tomorrow morning, you might want to give yourself a little extra time as some of the roadways will be damp at 5 a.m. going into 7 a.m. now as we head towards noon. just a few showers, but you'll notice the north bay is actually getting a little bit of a break and the sun might be out and you might think, well, we're done. we're not quite 8:00 tomorrow

night. we still have some more showers coming through. and then once the trough arrives on thursday morning, we have the potential for seeing some snow on mount hamilton. certainly. scattered showers continue on thursday at 8 a.m. there might be moderate pockets as we go into that hour. and then 3:00 in the afternoon. a few more showers before this system is done. rainfall is going to be focused primarily on the south and east bay in terms of the highest totals. so you'll see this reflected a half an inch in fremont, 8/10 in ben lomond, san jose, about a third of an inch, a far less up to our north, where you're actually not going to be seeing a whole lot out of this. 4 a.m. tomorrow until 4 p.m. thursday, above 5000ft in the sierra, they're going to be getting snow, 3 to 7in of it. higher totals above 6000ft and travel will be a little bit tricky. uh- may be difficult at times, so keep that in mind. seven inches expected at kirkwood, six inches at donner, four inches for blue canyon. your morning temperatures will be in the 30s to 50. definitely need the umbrellas out the door

tomorrow afternoon. still remaining cooler than average. we're looking at mid 50s to the low 60s, breezy and occasional showers. so here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. we'll call it a level one for tomorrow and thursday. as some of you may be impacted during the commute especially. and then friday and saturday the sun is back. temperatures will rise. it will be milder weather for a few days even going into sunday. and just a reminder, don't forget to move your clocks forward one hour saturday night before you go to bed. because sunday we go to daylight saving time and then monday and tuesday we have another level one coming. so really, i mean dan and ama, it's good. at least we get some showers, you know, as we need them. nothing at all. yeah, yeah. >> and not overwhelming. all right. thanks, andy. >> all right. fleet week is still months away, of course, but organizers are excited about a new addition to the airshow. for the first time, f-35 fighter planes from the navy, marine corps and the air force will perform in the airshow together. it's to celebrate the navy's

250th anniversary. so mark your calendar. the fleet week airshow will be from october 10th to the 12th. >> so much fun as catholics get ready for the fasting season of lent that tuesday celebrations are in full swing. we're going to show you the scene on bourbon street in new orleans next. >> i'm reggie aqui. >> i'm lyanne melendez. >> i'm luz pena, i'm tara campbell. >> i'm j.r. >> stone at abc seven news we deliver local stories with real. >> answers to help your hobbies, dreams, career, family and more. addiction to drugs, including opioids and stimulants, can strip these away from you. recover your life. choose treatment for drug addiction and get back to what matters most. find a provider and proven treatment option that's right for you. recover you at choosechangeca.org.

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>> a reminder you can get our live newscast, breaking news, weather and more with the abc seven bay area streaming tv. all you have to do is search abc seven bay area and download it. >> all right. if you love outside lands, you'll soon have a chance to buy presale tickets at a discount before the lineup is announced. keep in mind, a limited number of these eager beaver tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m. promoters say this sold out almost instantly last year. general admission wristbands range from $485 to about 1000 bucks. last year, it attracted 220,000 attendees. the festival will take place august 8th to the

10th. >> well, it is party time in new orleans. >> it is. revelers celebrating mardi gras before lent begins tomorrow. >> thousands of people lined bourbon street as brass bands kept the crowd dancing. it's not just one last celebration before the fasting season begins. >> the parade happens just ahead of severe weather system that is bringing thunderstorms and tornadoes to louisiana. >> ash wednesday is tomorrow. this year, easter falls on april 20th. >> and fat tuesday is also known as pancake day in polish communities, especially in the midwest. punches are polish pastries with fillings such as jelly or chocolate. the tradition originated in poland, with people baking cookies to use up rich foods before the fasting period of lent, and we were lucky enough to enjoy some here at abc seven earlier today, courtesy of our news director, tracy witkowski. there she is. tracy, you are the best. i've already had one. >> they're so good. >> gma came in and reminded me don't forget go get the punches.

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