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thanks so much for watching. we'll see you next time, when we ask the question, what would you do? starts right now. >> rain is returning to the bay area right now. showers lighting up live doppler seven once again tonight, and we may even hear a rumble of thunder. we shall see. good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. we spent the day at a level one on our storm impact scale, and it's more of the same tomorrow. let's take a live look outside. this is san jose, which saw the most rain today. actually, that san francisco. >> but san jose did get a lot of rain. let's go to abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel with a look at the timeline for our next round of showers. sandra? >> yeah, dan and ama, they are
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here and we're going to add a wintry mix into the forecast for tomorrow. i'll show you in just a moment on live doppler seven, we are seeing the showers crossing parts of the east bay and the south bay as we get you into street level radar right around sunol 84. we're seeing some light to moderate showers. also right around cupertino. saratoga area heading down towards the santa cruz mountains. you see very spotty showers right now. it is a level one on our storm impact scale. it has brought thunderstorms to parts of california, including santa clara county. this afternoon. the sierra has been picking up some of the white fluffy snow. and right now, as we look at the hourly forecast tomorrow, the morning commute will include some damp pavement along with some snow over mount hamilton. by 730 in the morning. those showers are going to continue at 9 a.m. it is still gusty right now at oakland, 38 miles an hour and you will notice that the gusty winds remain with us going into tomorrow. i'll be back with a full look at the forecast, which does include a change, but i do
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want to show you this live picture. we'll talk about sierra snow coming right up. all right okay. >> thank you sandhya. and you can track the wet weather this week using the same live doppler seven tools that sandhya and our weather team use. head to abc seven news.com or the abc seven bay area app. and that's where you can get the full forecast. >> an attempted kidnaping along san francisco's embarcadero. and tonight san francisco police say no arrests have been made. a good samaritan say they helped a grandmother fend off a woman who tried to take her two year old granddaughter. this happened on friday night. here's abc seven news reporter j.r. stone. >> the attacker was screaming, that's not your baby. this is my baby. don't take her. and then, you know, forcibly hitting her. >> alyssa zions is describing what happened in this area along the embarcadero last friday, when she watched a woman begin screaming, then attacking a grandmother and her two year old granddaughter, forcing the grandmother to do all she could to protect the child. >> she was like throwing her whole body into protecting this
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baby, like the baby was in front of her. she kept her shoulder to the attacker, so she was getting hits from the attacker. like the push pull. and yes, the attacker had hands on that baby. >> police tell me they did respond to the area, but not here where it happened at embarcadero and townsend. they responded 800ft down at embarcadero and brannan. that was at 5:55 p.m. officers say they couldn't find a victim. and less than ten minutes later, at 6:04 p.m, a report of gunshots fired at a parking control officer at eighth and brannan came in. all units responded to that. >> i gave the exact location between brannan and townsend street on the embarcadero, and that there's an active attempted kidnaping happening. >> and no response. >> no response. >> alyssa says the grandmother was going car to car, knocking on windows of vehicles in traffic, trying to get help. alyssa, her husband, and a random uber driver were the only ones to step in and do something. >> so the three of us, my
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husband and the gentleman in the uber and myself, we assisted with getting the attacker away who took off down the street. and then we got the grandmother and the baby safe, calm and able to return home. >> police say no arrests have been made. >> she had just the hollowed out, sunken look for her features. and then just those bright red, chapped lips. my husband and i have seen her throughout our neighborhood before. >> as for the child, family members tell me they're hopeful this won't have a long term effect on her. physically, she is okay, but she has been waking up crying at night since this happened in san francisco. j.r. stone abc seven news. >> obviously really scary for her, understandably, but we want to put it into some kind of context and perspective. the national center for missing and exploited children says 99% of child abduction cases they handle have to do with a family member. fewer than 1% involve a complete stranger taking a child. you can get detailed information about what crime is
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like where you live with our abc seven neighborhood safety tracker. you'll find it at abc seven news.com or on our abc seven bay area app. >> one person is dead following a house fire this evening in concord. the fire department tells us it was called out to a home on saratoga avenue around 6:15 p.m. when firefighters arrived, the fire was out, but as they checked out the scene, they found a body. investigators say it appears the fire started on the outside of the home. they have not shared any details about the victim. new at 11 oakland police have released body camera footage of an officer shooting a suspect last month. it happened around five in the morning on macarthur boulevard near 66th avenue back on january 4th. they released one video in which you can hear gunfire, while another shows the suspect carrying what they say is an assault weapon. an officer spotted the man gave chase. the body camera footage shows what happened next. >> get on the ground. oakland police get on the ground.
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the ground! get on the ground! you look around. are you shot me! get on the ground! shots fired! >> the suspect ended up getting into a standoff before surrendering. he has since recovered and faces multiple charges. >> unless there is a dramatic change, voters are ready to give the san mateo board of supervisors the power to remove the elected sheriff. 85% have voted in favor of measure a so far. assuming that holds, it could be at least 40 days before the board takes the first steps to remove sheriff christina corpus. >> soon after, county staff will seek direction from the board of supervisors and a public meeting regarding procedures that will be used to conduct a removal hearing prior to a removal hearing. the sheriff will be served with a written statement of grounds for removal. >> sheriff corpus is accused of abuse of power, nepotism and
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retaliation. she has vehemently denied all the allegations. she released this statement today saying, quote, i now have the opportunity to formally challenge and disprove the politically motivated allegations against me. i will not resign. she goes on, i will continue to fulfill my oath, do my job, and work tirelessly to keep the residents of san mateo county safe. end quote. >> the bay area has another special election coming up in a little more than a month. it's the race to replace former san jose city council member omar torres, who resigned amid molestation charges last fall. abc seven news reporter lauren martinez breaks down who's running and what residents say they want to see. >> seven candidates are running to represent the heart of san jose, the businesses and neighborhoods that make up downtown. ruth herrera runs one of those businesses an eco friendly store. >> even the days when i close it for 30, i usually stay past 430 to like seven, 8 or 9. >> as a small business owner doing it all herself, she hopes whoever will represent people working and living in downtown
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has some business background. >> if they could have some knowledge would be preferred because they would understand the struggle that is having a business. >> the district three seat was once held by omar torres, who is currently in custody on april 8th. only people who live in d three will get to vote in the special election. >> public safety the homelessness issue. >> jeff levine is with the roosevelt neighborhood park association with roughly 100,000 residents in downtown. levine says it's imperative people vote. >> so it's up to us to get involved, even if people haven't been involved that much in the past, now is the time to do it because it can really impact your day to day life. >> the candidates include gabby chavez lopez, a nonprofit executive and community advocate. philip dolan, a salesman. adam duran, retired lieutenant with the santa clara county sheriff's office. matthew quevedo, deputy chief of staff for mayor matt mehan. irene smith, who ran against omar torres in 2022, is an attorney and pro tem judge. anthony diaz
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is the city's planning commission chair and tyrone wade, a former councilor who unsuccessfully ran for mayor multiple times. >> homelessness and public safety. >> d three resident richard al-julani wants a candidate who has lived in the district for a long time. >> who understands the needs, who's been a community member, you know, a spouse, a partner, a parent, whatever, somebody who's lived in the district for a long time, not somebody who moved here 15 minutes ago because i saw an opportunity to run. >> if no candidate receives a majority vote, the two highest vote getters will then face off in a run off election in downtown san jose. lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> how could california take care of both the environment and our roads? that's the question. lawmakers in sacramento are grappling with this week. the growing use of hybrid and electric cars means californians are using less gasoline, so the state is not getting as much money from the gas tax. that means less money for fixing roads and bridges or boosting
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public transit. state lawmakers held a hearing to discuss the funding conundrum. >> and the way we see it. we're staring. both down a steep slope of declining revenues, but as. >> well as an absolute cliff. >> according to san jose's state's mineta transportation institute, gas tax revenue is expected to drop by a third over the next 15 years. heavier electric vehicles cause more wear and tear on roads, making repair money even more necessary. >> the sfmta's board of directors has unanimously approved a plan to expand bike lanes throughout san francisco. the so-called biking and rolling plan will link 10% of city streets to a network of bike lanes, with the goal that every resident is within a quarter mile of a protected lane. the plan is meant to improve bike access to schools, jobs, parks and other services. the project is estimated to take 20 years to complete. there's a legal fight tonight over a uc santa cruz student who was banned from campus last year for
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participating in a pro-palestine protest. the aclu is representing the student, accusing campus police of violating the constitution when they seized and searched the student's cell phone. it claims police got a warrant after the student had filed a lawsuit over her campus ban. uc santa cruz is not commenting on the case, except to say its investigation started before the student's suit. >> more to come here as the white house pulls more support from ukraine. a bay area group is stepping up its aid. >> salesforce goes big with artificial intelligence robots on display as its latest conference explores how to expand ai. >> plus, falcon watch at uc berkeley, where the bay area's most famous bird couple is missing. someone new may be moving in. >> first, a look at what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live! right after abc seven news at 11. jimmy. >> thanks, dan and ama, watch tonight or i'll give you up for lent. >> i start shaking, you know, it's like i start jiggling or, like, doing this, and i'm like, this is what a man looks like.
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in washington today, the united states paused all intelligence sharing with ukraine. meanwhile, senate democrats introduced six resolutions tonight condemning russia for the invasion and expressing support for ukraine. each time republicans moved to block the resolutions. this week, president trump paused all shipments of military aid to ukraine after more than a week of open hostility between washington and kyiv. >> i want all americans to know that we are grateful, and it's so unfair to say that we are not. >> tonight we're hearing from ukrainians living in california, frustrated over the state of the war and with washington. abc
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seven news reporter tara campbell spoke with the leader of a bay area nonprofit working to send aid. even if the white house won't. >> stand with ukraine. stand with ukraine. >> one rally after the next in the bay area and beyond, as president donald trump delivers one blow after the next to ukraine, shifting critical u.s. support in its battle against russia. >> pausing, intelligence sharing and pausing the shipment of defensive weapons is not helpful, and it only plays to the hand of russia and putin. >> igor markov is with nova ukraine, a bay area nonprofit working closely with organizations on the ground in ukraine, providing aid everything from medical equipment to winter clothing. >> we are trying to ramp up the donation drives and our projects are, you know, pretty much dependent on the funding that we have. >> the support perhaps most
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meaningful to those with loved ones in ukraine and those wanting to return. >> she wants to go home and she prays to god there is home. >> yulia zimmerman's mom, maria, fled ukraine the first year of the war. >> those are the. >> and is still waiting to go home. >> my mom is in despair. every time she, you know, listens to the news, it kills her hope about just the end of war. >> ukraine is not for sale. >> but keeping that hope alive is support. like this, not only from fellow ukrainians, but americans. >> the problem is, i've empowered you to be a tough guy. >> making note of this now infamous moment in the oval office. president trump berating ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky. >> i received multiple phone calls and text messages from my friends who are americans, you know, saying they're sorry and they support they support us. and the fight, our fight for democracy and for freedom. >> and the vocal support is
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translating into monetary support as well. >> a number of people who are donating has increased since last week. we definitely need to make sure it continues. >> tara campbell, abc seven news. >> we're also following the story of the trump administration's efforts to dissolve the presidio trust in a new report to a federal budget office. the trust is defending itself. it's been two weeks since the president issued the order to eliminate the federal agency that manages the historic san francisco park. the trust says it hasn't received an annual appropriation from the federal government in 13 years, arguing it's a minimal cost to taxpayers. >> the president's firing of federal workers is fueling protests, including at california's national parks. we've shown you the upside down american flag hanging from el capitan in yosemite just weeks ago. the park's now former locksmith, nate vince, says he was part of that protest. vince was among those fired via email last month. tonight, he's one of the guests on jimmy kimmel live!
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coming up on abc seven. >> you were the sole locksmith at yosemite national? that's correct. 750,000 acres. you're the only guy that's there to get somebody out. if they get, like, trapped in the bathroom. >> there's people that other people with keys. but if those locks start to fail, then, yeah, those people are screwed. >> you can watch the rest of jimmy's interview with nate vincent, the former yosemite locksmith, coming up in about 20 minutes on jimmy kimmel live, right here on abc seven. >> today, thousands of tech professionals gathered in san francisco for salesforce's ted conference. day one featured several ai robots. the conference focused on employees working with ai to offload day to day tasks and provide enhanced customer service. >> ted is our yearly developer conference. it's a little different from dreamforce because dreamforce is our yearly conference to really inspire the market on what's to come. this is where everyone learns how to build it. so these are our salesforce admins, our
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developers that want to get hands on with the technology. they're building, agents, they're learning about agent force, and they're learning how to make it real for their companies. >> there's one more day left for the ted conference. after that, it goes global, with stops in japan, india and the uk. there is a falcon watch underway at uc berkeley, and tonight we have an update to share with you. there's still no sign of the beloved peregrine falcons, annie and archie, but another bird may be squatting. this feathered guest showed up today on the camera that keeps an eye on that camera on that nest at the campanile. the cal falcons group says the bird was there for around 15 minutes, checking it out. as for annie and archie, there's a lot of speculation about their whereabouts. one theory is that they found a new place to nest. while others fear the bird flu may have something to do with their absence. we'll see. >> hopefully they just found another spot. well, three sailboats tipped over in the san francisco bay this afternoon in front of marina green, sending
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six people into the water. the fire department sent a boat and two jet skis to rescue them. firefighters say none needed medical attention. a spokesperson for the fire department noted it was unusually windy on the water today. >> it was. that water is so cold. >> oh yes it is. and it sounds like tomorrow might be a bit windy as well. >> yeah. meteorologist sandia patel is here with the forecast. hi, sandy. >> hi, there. yeah, dan and ama. it is definitely been a windy day, and we will be seeing another one where it's breezy to gusty as well. i do want to show you a time lapse from zephyr cove tonight. just a friendly reminder. it's still winter and the snow was just piling up. this was a short time ago up in the sierra, which obviously will take any day. statewide snowpack 83% of average right now. chain controls on 50, 80, 88 and four. so it is still snowing. and a winter weather advisory is going until 4 p.m. tomorrow. above 4000ft, 3 to 8in of snow expected above 5500. even more than that, we're looking at live doppler seven right now, and i
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do want to show you where we are picking up some showers, really spotty right around boulder creek. you will notice out towards morgan hill, aptos area and also on the peninsula. we are seeing a few showers around 280 los altos hills, moody road, north san antonio road in the los altos area. earlier today, there were thunderstorms in eastern santa clara county. there were strong thunderstorms this afternoon that did dump quite a bit of rain. let me show you how much rain we're talking about. morgan hill picked up 6/10 of an inch just as that cell moved over 1400 in san jose. you know, this morning, a lot of this rain was right around the south bay, parts of the east bay and the peninsula. so palo alto, fremont, five hundredths of an inch, livermore four hundredths and mountain view a little bit more than that. temperatures right now in the 40s and the 50s, as we look at a live view from our east bay hills camera. visibility is all right through tomorrow. we're going to go with spotty showers friday through the weekend, sunny and warmer weather, and next week more rain is coming
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our way, so it's going to be a pretty active pattern for march, but you get a break in between. it's a level one for tonight and tomorrow. scattered showers, gusty winds, a chance of thunderstorms as we head into tomorrow morning. snow on our highest peaks and we're going to go hour by hour. i'm going to show you what you can expect. so out the door tomorrow morning, just grab the umbrellas just in case you need them. 4 a.m. there will be some showers around, light to moderate in intensity at 6 a.m. notice right over mount hamilton. it's switching over to snow. 8 a.m. you're still seeing those showers and snow showers. and then by noon, becoming really isolated in the southern and eastern part of our viewing area. and it's pretty much done after that. so rainfall projections additional nothing measurable to about a quarter of an inch in ben lomond. here's a look at your morning temperatures. bundle up. it's going to be cold mid 30s to the mid 40s. certainly colder than what we've had the last couple of days. and then tomorrow afternoon we'll call it partly cloudy and breezy, mid 50s to the low 60s in places like santa rosa. here's your
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accuweather seven day forecast. it's a level one for tomorrow. most of those showers before noon time a chance of thunder. and then we are looking at sunny and warmer weather for your friday. your saturday springlike warmth on sunday near 70 degrees. but reminder we are springing forward one hour. we go to daylight saving time and then next week, level one monday through wednesday. with the wednesday storm looking to be th
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brother, can you spare a dime? or in this case, 400 million dimes? the hillsborough home of the legendary entertainer has hit the market for the first time in decades. crosby passed away in the 1970s, and his widow, katherine, passed away last year. after her death, the family decided to sell the estate, which is filled floor to ceiling with hollywood history. the home sits on a five acre property and could be yours for $40 million. or, as bing crosby might say, 4 billion pennies from heaven. it's a beautiful home. >> gorgeous. well, the 40 niners could have a brotherly reunion next season. >> yeah. sports director larry beil is here. >> larry tan, nick bosa and joey bosa. they have not played together since high school. might they be reunited in red and gold after the elder brother was just cut
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door. in addition to likely restructured deals for george kittle and fred warner. and of course, you got to pay brock purdy flip side now. clearing more cap space might allow the niners to land joey bosa, pairing him with his brother nick as bookend pass rushers. joey just released by the chargers. the elder bosa. yes, he's had injury problems in recent years, which may actually make him affordable enough for the niners to sign him. you know steph curry really started earning his babyface assassin nickname when he dropped 54 on the knicks in the garden back in 2013. his domination of the knicks in madison square garden continued again last night. not everybody had a great time. jennifer hudson look out! ball hits it right in the face. boyfriend come and got to have better reflexes. steph is now 12 and one as a warrior in the garden. he's playing on a sore ankle. curry still dropped 28 points in the world's most famous arena. >> just naturally has great unique, authentic basketball energy and like the fans are unreal. like the who's who of celebrity row and all that. but just everybody's anticipating
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great basketball. and from my first game here in college to now, like it's always delivers. >> warriors in brooklyn tomorrow, first round acc tournament. the tree is going to be dizzy. stanford women taking on clemson loyal mcqueen with nine of her team's 11 points in the first quarter. tigers would dominate again in the second. anya poole she had a dozen courtney ogden trying to do her part for the cardinal with 13. not enough mia more the three clemson rolls 6346. stanford not likely to make the ncaa. celtics gm brad stevens on hand to catch the stanford men taking on notre dame. acc action 122 left. cardinals down one. jalen blake splash for three. stanford up 5452 21 seconds left. irish down one. this is a freshman cole cerda knocks down the corner three. notre dame by two. last chance for stanford ryan agarwal not the shot they were looking for stanford falls 5654 now 19 and 11 on the season. cal taking
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on number 14 louisville cardinals all pumped up. lee dort look at this shot. he throws it straight up in the air and in plus the foul. spencer mahoney gets rejected here. mady sissoko with authority on the put back. but cal was never really in this game james scott. hello. louisville 8567 the final. sports on abc seven sponsored by river rock casino. i put it on my chase freedom unlimited card. and i'm gonna cashback on a few other things too! starting with the sound system... that's caaaaaaaaash. cashback like a pro with chase freedom unlimited. how do you cashback?
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