cost you to hire that consultant? >> i think it'll cost us between the consultant and an architect, it's probably going to be somewhere close to $10,000. >> the price of doing business in san francisco. but soon there could be a better way. >> always live. abc seven news starts right now. >> forests see this. business travelers see this. so their impression of san francisco is shaped in part by this area, and we want it to be nicer. >> a $35 million price tag on a facelift for an iconic part of san francisco. but is it worth it? >> i think there's more that needs to be done right now with that money. >> good evening. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. building a better bay area takes resources, time and of course money. but is the timing right to spend the money? >> happening now. the first community meeting to discuss upgrading embarcadero plaza and sue bierman park. what it looks

like now is on the left side of your screen. renderings of the new version are on the right.e >> it paints a pretty picture, as you can see, but with a pretty steep price tag. who's paying for it? >> we sent abc seven news reporter suzanne phan today on a mission to find out. >> and she joins us live with results. suzanne. >> dan. ama supporters say this effort will pump new energy into a space that badly needs it. they say now is the time to transform the embarcadero plaza into a world class plaza that will connect the ferry building to downtown. >> it's dilapidated. it has sunken brick. it has a fountain that hasn't worked in a decade. >> the embarcadero plaza at the foot of market street by the ferry building. it's seen much better days. >> yeah, the fountain used to be on. it used to be much, much more lively out here. >> it is in such poor condition that we really can't do that much out there. >> and that's why there's a big push by city leaders to renovate the plaza. >> so it's not a welcoming space right now. and this project is going to change that. >> san francisco supervisors unanimously voted tuesday to

greenlight a $35 million plan to renovate the downtown park. >> it's going to have beautiful new green space. it's going to have kiosks for retail. it's going to have a new stage for musicians. it's going to have public art. >> while some people would love to see a new and improved park. >> i would spend the money to make it, to make the fountain run again. >> some people wonder if that's the best use of funds right now. city museums like the deyoung and the legion of honor have to scale back their hours because of the city budget deficit. national parks are cutting staff and services. >> i'd like to see them use the money to clean up the city, and i'd like to see that first before i see the money go into a new park or any new fountains or anything. >> supervisor danny sartor explains where the money is coming from for the project. >> 10 million from private donors, 15 to 20 from public sources. and this is most of this money will be coming from a public bond last year. prop b, so it was a bond that the voters

passed in the fall. and there's money specifically in that bond for downtown parks and plazas. >> it will be a public private partnership with funds donated by real estate developer bxp and others. the downtown s.f. partnership and bxp also plan to raise millions of dollars. the general manager of sf recreation and parks emphasizes that the money won't come from city funds. >> this project has the benefit of a pledge of 15 at least $15 million in philanthropy, and that's why this project is such a good opportunity for us, because we get to leverage the public money that we are investing and make it go so much further, because we are in difficult times. >> supporters tell me this is a cost effective win win approach for renovating a public space. live in the newsroom suzanne phan abc seven news. >> okay, suzanne. thank you. another push to improve san francisco. a crackdown on a corridor that some say is the new sixth street. neighbors say 16th and mission street is increasingly becoming a hotspot

for open drug trade and usage. abc seven news political reporter monica madden spoke with people about what they are seeing and what police are doing about it. >> hey. hey. gracias. okay. i'll see you later. thank you. bye bye. >> on any given day at the. >> sandwich place in the mission district. >> what's it going to be today? >> juan, better known as the sandwich guy, serves up food with a friendly chat. >> across from my condo on mission. it's. it's like a jungle. >> the conversations, sometimes filled with complaints about the neighborhood. >> nobody cleans the street. >> he and other business owners on the corner of 16th and mission say the street conditions are a persistent problem. >> for us to get better business, they got to clean everything up. if you're going to clean it up, do it right. >> it's why the administration says it's cracking down on enforcement announcing an overnight drug raid in the area. >> we are going to be relentless in our focus on cleaning these areas up. >> we asked leaders about the open drug markets. moving to other areas. isn't there concern

that these pockets are just going to appear in other neighborhoods? >> did they go to other neighborhoods? we have to go there as well. >> it follows last week's narcotics raid at jefferson square park, which resulted in 84 arrests. wednesday night's operation only resulted in four narcotic related arrests. leaders say that doesn't mean it was a failure. we asked if any of the four arrests were of drug dealers, and while we did not get any specifics, the mayor's office says that law enforcement were able to get important intel that they hope will lead to the arrest of more dealers in the future. one unhoused person we spoke to who didn't want to show his face, says the crackdowns are creating fear. >> are we just attacking the lowest hanging fruit? i think that's what's happening here. >> thursday's street conditions not appearing immediately different. >> you start arresting, you start doing this. you start doing all kinds of commotion. you show a bunch of cops, and then you know what? forget about it. it's still the same thing. >> leaving some in the neighborhood skeptical. >> you dump them someplace else,

and that's what they're doing. okay, so i don't see no change on anything. you know, i still see them, that they're hungry and i still see them, that they have no help. >> in san francisco, monica madden, abc seven news. >> some new developments tonight in the vandalism of john reed elementary school in rohnert park. police have arrested an 18 year old charged with breaking18 into the school and vandalizing about half of the rooms and student spaces early in the morning on monday. classes were canceled that day as employees cleaned up the mess. the superintendent says there was no graffiti, but things were thrown around and broken. today, san francisco state announced plans to eliminate three sports teams in the fall to help close a giant budget gap. in the meantime, students and staff at sonoma state continue to push back against the elimination of all sports and dozens of faculty layoffs. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard has the latest now from both campuses. >> the budget ax falling hard at

san francisco state university president lynn mahoney says three sports programs are being cut. baseball, men's soccer and women's indoor track and field. in order to save $1 million a year, 44 student athletes directly impacted by the move. >> this has got to hurt. >> yeah, it definitely hurts. >> it's tough news for interim athletic director brandon davis. >> it's heartbreaking. you know, there's student athletes, the baseball teams behind us. you know, the soccer student athletes, the track and field student athletes. all the student athletes. really. right. we're one big family. so it's really difficult to have to do this. >> president mahoney saying in a statement, i recognize this decision is particularly painful for the student athletes. it impacts their families and coaches, not to mention the countless alumni and supporters of these three teams. the move comes three months after san francisco state declared a fiscal emergency, triggered by declining enrollment and ad by budget deficit of 25 million. >> chop from the chop. >> sonoma state, facing its own budget crisis. employees

marching on campus thursday carrying boxes representing 144 faculty and staff facing layoffs. all sports programs and some academic courses have also been cut. >> if these cuts are implemented, it will be the beginning of the end for sonoma state. we don't accet and we need to fight back. >> the administration here says discussions about the university's 20 2526 budget are continuing. but one thing thate hasn't changed is the looming $24 million budget deficit. the university employees union is hoping for more time to find a solution. >> our view is, is that the csu, the csu in general, could cover our deficit and give us more time to work this problem and more effectively work it, and also get all the various different interest groups on campus involved in the process, as opposed to just being a top down decision. >> many students are feeling caught in the middle. >> i like thought about dropping out and i'm like, almost done. but i was like, they don't value education, they just don't value

it. and the school are telling you that. start from the top. >> cornell, bernard, abc seven news. >> california governor gavin newsom is getting backlash from his own party after comments on transgender athletes. he made them during the first episode of his new podcast. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes joins us live with what the governor said and the reaction to it as well. zach. >> yeah. newsom's podcast guest was conservative activist charlie kirk, and the two of them talked about several different topics, including immigration and cost of living in the state. but it was newsom's comments on trans athletes that have been getting the most attention. >> what i mean, i'm in shock. >> we woke up really sickened and very disappointed. >> reaction thursday from both lgbtq community leaders and lawmakers over comments governor gavin newsom made in the first episode of his podcast, this is gavin newsom. newsom was asked by conservative activist charlie kirk about trans athletes. >> did you say no men and female

sports? >> well, i think it's an issue of fairness. i completely agree with you on that. so that's easy to call out the unfairness of that. there's also a humility and grace that, you know, that that these poor people are more likely to commit suicide, have anxiety and depression, and the way that people talk down to vulnerable communities is an issue that i have a hard time with as well. so both things i can hold in my hand. >> the comments sparked a strong response from the california legislative lgbtq caucus. >> harmful, hurtful and divisive language that just feeds into a narrative out there. that is something that is the trump and the republican party are obsessed with. >> gabriella antolovic, with the south bay's billy defrank lgbtq plus community center, said the comments were especially surprising because newsom has been an ally in the community. >> he was our big hero when he was in san francisco with the marrying the first same sex couple and very pro the lgbtq plus community. >> in the podcast, newsom also referred to that time marrying

same sex couples and highlighted the fact that his and kirk's opinions differ on marriage equality, before he again brought up what he called the issue of fairness. lgbtq politics expert and menlo college political science professor melissa michaelson says newsom may be looking to expand his national profile, but adds he's not necessarily reaching out to republicans. >> because, in fact, support for transgender athletes has been declining among independents and democrats as well. and so while a few years ago we saw pretty dramatic partizan split on this issue, the most recent national surveys show that support for transgender athletes has been declining, even among democrats. >> looking ahead, the state lgbtq caucus says that it just announced its priority legislation yesterday morning so that 17 bills that they say have two main intentions, that's to protect against anti lgbtq attacks and addressing everyday challenges in that community. the committees the bills are going to be heard in different

committees this spring. rightt now live in the san jose bureau. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> okay, zach thank you. nearly all votes have been counted in this week's special election in san mateo county. measure a is passing with 84% of the vote. it will give the san mateo county board of supervisors the power to remove sheriff christina corpus, who is battling allegations of corruption, and more allegations that she vehemently denies. at this point, more people have voted for measure a than voted to elect sheriff corpus. we've covered this story very closely. the abc seven news i-team has talked directly with the sheriff about these allegations, and whether one employee in particular is out to get her. you can see all of our coverage at abc seven news.com slash i-team. >> coming up next, we take you to the north bay. there's a new way to reward drug users for staying clean. and it seems to be working. this could be part of building a better bay area. i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. >> temperatures tumbling tonight with frost advisories going up

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from a pilot program to deal with the drug crisis. it gives gift cards to meth users who stay off drugs. the county is one of several around the state participating in this program. abc seven news reporter tim johns has a closer look. >> almost two years after it started, officials in marin county say its pilot program that gives gift cards to meth users is a massive success. >> honestly, we don't have a lot of alternatives for stimulant use. so for opioid use disorder or for alcohol use disorder or even nicotine addiction, we have

medications for addiction treatment. but for stimulants, we don't have something like that that's fda approved. >> the idea behind the program is that at least once a week, participants with a history of drug use get tested. if their test results come back clean. they're then rewarded a gift card to one of dozens of retailers of their choice, with options including walmart, safeway, or even apple. so far, 94 people have taken part in marin's program, earning thousands of dollars in gift cards. one of the organizations participating in the gift card program is the river center. their ceo tells me they're currently working with 19 individuals as part of it, and that the progress has been overwhelmingly positive. river center ceo mark shotwell says the program has been an effective way of helping treat people in ways beyond just their substance abuse. he says once someone is introduced to their staff, it's easier to connect them with other wraparound services they may need. >> if we think about what happens with stimulants or other drugs that people use, they are a very positively reinforcing substance, right? so if you can

replace that reinforcement with a positive reinforcement that is healthy, then people are able to utilize that to be able to let go of the substance. >> marin is one of several counties around the state participating in the pilot program, which is run through medi-cal. given the results, officials hope that once it's over, a permanent replacement will take over. >> anything that we can do when people want to quit to support them in that journey is has so many ripple positive ripple effects. >> last year, several thousand people died from a stimulant overdose in california in marin county. tim johns abc seven news. >> next week, the marin county board of supervisors will consider declaring a shelter crisis. it would allow removable cabins and rvs to be designated as emergency shelters for three years. the proposal would also allow projects on county property to bypass local zoning requirements and environmental review. the plan could bring new options for temporary shelter. >> all right, let's turn things over to sandhya for talk about

the weather, because after some rain, we've got a nice couple of days coming up. >> sounds like it. let's get to meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya? >> yeah. ama and dan. you can pretty much put the umbrellas away for a few days, which includes the weekend. let me show you live doppler seven right now. we did have some showers, as you will notice. rotating through here. even saw some snow on mount hamilton as we take you back in time earlier this morning. it certainly looked like winter there, and there were even a few flurries, possibly in the santa cruz mountains. as you can see there, mixing in with the showers. as we look at the wider perspective, this system is producing wet weather down in southern california. we had a thunderstorm, by the way, in santa cruz county earlier today as well. we're taking a look at the sierra snow. d right now 80 and 88 requiring chains. but the snow showers are winding down. let's talk about the 24 hour snowfall totals. dodge ridge picking up 13in of snow. sierra at tahoe seven. you'll notice kirkwood eight. same thing with palisades tahoe. now it

is a beautiful sunny view from san jose, but it didn't look like that earlier. we did have rainfall across the region, 3000/500 in ben lomond, four hundredths at sfo. mountain view 2000/100 of an inch. half moon bay 13 hundredths. you'll notice fremont picking up 19 hundredths of an inch post sunset. view from emeryville looking back at sutro tower. 53 in the city. it is in the mid 50s in oakland. san jose 50 degrees half moon bay. sutro tower looking at san francisco right now. most areas in the 50s. santa rosa 57. fairfield 55 and 54, in livermore. clear view from our exploratorium camera right now as we look at san francisco. overnight cold areas of morning frost friday through the weekend. sunny and warmer weather coming your way, and then rain is back next week, with the strongest storm appearing on wednesday. tomorrow morning you'll have to bundle up. frost advisories going up for all areas shaded in blue here. 1 to 9 a.m. temperatures down to 32 degrees, but the higher elevations could see even lower temperatures with that frost forming. so you

may be scraping that ice off the windshields early in the morning as we head towards later on this evening. a lot of 40s and 50s by 9:10 p.m, as you'll notice tomorrow morning, our coldest locations will drop down into the 30s. but look at this as the sun is out, it's going to warm up nicely. most areas will be in the 60s, so first thing tomorrow morning it's going to get cold mid 30s in places like santa rosa, napa, fairfield, livermore, 41. in san jose you're looking at low 30s around ukiah and lakeport tomorrow afternoon. the sun's out. the temperatures will respond, will be going at or above average in some cases 67 in santa rosa, 65 in san jose, mid 60s oakland, concord, 61 in the city. as we check out the accuweather seven day forecast. it's a cold start but a milder day. beautiful and sunny for a couple of days for your outdoor plans this weekend. don't forget sunday. we have to set our clocks forward one hour. we go to daylight saving time and we'll certainly be looking at a change in the pattern next week. right

now, the monday tuesday system doesn't look that impressive because it's heading mostly towards southern california, but we'll put in some showers. the strongest storm is a level two on wednesday, and then showers linger on thursday with the one. >> okay. nice. thanks, andy. >> well, coming up next, the state of silicon valley, how current problems compare to what we've dealt with before. and a big thank you to seven on your side and a panel of experts for making this year's tax chat a success. we answered 100 viewer questions in just a few hours. all of those answers are available online. go to abc7

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there's the bell for a rough day on wall street. all three major indices ended lower. investors are feeling the whiplash of the trump tariffs. let's look at the numbers. dow jones went down 427 points. the nasdaq fell 483. the s&p 500 dropped 104 after nearly a century of public trading. walgreens is going private. the pharmacy chain will be privatized by sycamore partners for $10 billion. for context, walgreens was worth $100 billion a decade ago. its fortunes collapsed as drug margins fell and as consumers turned to cheaper rivals. it's been closing thousands of stores, including a dozen in san francisco. job cuts by elon musk's department of government efficiency contributed to a wave

of layoffs last month. new numbers show nationwide job losses in february increased 245% from january to more than 172,000 jobs total, about a third. more than 62,000 were government jobs. the total job loss is the highest since july of 2020 during the pandemic, according to executive outplacement firm challenger. gray and christmas. >> silicon valley remains one of the most difficult places to own a home anywhere in the country. a new study paints really a tough picture, with the median price at just over $1.9 million. >> we've we're reporting that our white residents command incomes that are three times as much as our hispanic or latino residents. and what is especially concerning is that we can't explain that gap by education. we've we're reporting

that that hispanics or latinos who have a bachelor's degree are earning 60% less than their counterpart, white residents who also hold a bachelor's degree. in other words. >> joint venture silicon valley says don't expect any immediate relief, either. in 2023, about 10,000 housing units were approved, but that number dropped to 4900 last year. there's also a large disparity in home ownership 60% of white residents own, compared to 34% of hispanic, latino and black residents. >> and our work to build a better bay area. what about making it better for business in san francisco? when it comes to dealing with bureaucracy, the struggle is real. >> but they put these obstacles are another obstacle. so make your life impossible. >> to make real stories of what business owners go through, and a look at how it could get

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daniel lurie wants to make it easier for small businesses to go through the permitting process. >> abc7 news is building a better bay area. reporter leon melendez is here to tell us what that might actually look like. leon. >> yeah. you know that san francisco has so many restrictions. my head is twirling red tape, right? exactly. so now they're saying san francisco would like to have the permitting experience equivalent to, say, buying a pair of shoes online. so you place the order you pay for the shoes, or in this case, the permits. you submit your address, and then you track your application fast, predictable and transparent. that's what the city is selling. but right now it's anything but. on the day of his inauguration, mayor daniel lurie mentioned several changes coming to san francisco, including this one. >> the era of a new restaurant going through 40 inspections and receiving 50 different answers is over. >> i lost almost my identity. so

who i am, i what? how are you? how am i going to get out of here? >> if anyone had a reason to complain about government bureaucracy, it's jose castillo, owner of cielito lindo taqueria. there was nothing lindo or pretty about the restaurant's permitting process, which took nearly four years and thousands of dollars in fees while trying to meet the required building and planning codes. >> they put. this obstacle are another obstacle, so make you do life impossible. >> when it came to upgrading the electrical system, he was forced to add two meters, one for his business and another for the entire building. so once you have this in place, right, which cost you a fortune, they asked you to build this wall as well. >> exactly. so i had to do a new modification. >> and each time he had to modify the plans, it cost him more money. all along he continued to pay for rent while

he was still closed. mayor lurie wants residents and business owners to navigate the permitting process more easily by having most of it accessible online. katie tang of the office of small business is part of the permit sf reform team. >> we want to be able to have that kind of a process for anyone who's applying for any type of permit to be able to see that journey, the status and also have timelines. >> but this is another reason why the process is so complicated. this is the planning code. three binders with 2500 pages. these are layers and layers and layerf codes added through the years, mainly by san francisco supervisors. so let's take someone currently going through the permitting process just to get a license to serve wine at the store where bottles of wine are already sold. how could that be complicated? >> it's not a nuclear waste site, it's a wine bar. so we're

thinking about subdividing about right here, moving the retail items towards the front of the store, maybe moving some of the wine back here. and what you see is being occupied by various things would basically become a little bistro. >> bastian schell owns the spanish table. he thought it would be an easy process because of proposition h, which is meant to streamline the approval process for small business permits, some taking only 30 days. >> we went through a permitting application process with the city, thinking we could get it done quickly, and then and then sort of hit this wall of like, this is going to take six months and i can't figure out all these forms. i think we're going to have to hire somebody. >> right off the bat. he was met with 11 steps just to apply for a conditional use permit, including providing architectural plans, submitting the plans, reviewing the plans and a public hearing wherelans anyone can weigh in. then there are these next steps. he already has a type 20 license to sell

wines at the store, but to serve a glass of wine with, let's say, a little bit of cheese on the side, he needs a type 42 license mandated by the state. but wait, there's more. >> when that conditional use permit is granted, the issuance of the alcohol license then is subject to board of supervisory approval and mayoral sign off. like, get that for a minute. >> it's been six months already, and scholl has decided to hire a consultant who knows the permitting process inside and out. how much is that going to cost you to hire that consultant? >> i think it'll cost us. between the consultant and an architect, it's probably going to be somewhere close to $10,000. >> meanwhile, remember castillo, the owner of cielito lindo? he's still paying off his debt. but now that he has a business to run, castillo admits he's a much happier man.

>> i did it, so that's what i felt. you know, at that time. i said to the city, you know, i did it no matter what. see? >> so, of course, codes are there for a reason, but some of them just don't make sense anymore, or they're too old and to undo them takes a lot of lot of work. yeah. >> it's just too complicated. >> yeah. so just quickly, in 1987, noe valley wanted to eliminate the need to have new restaurants because they were too much traffic, you know, so they decided to that was a code. we no more new restaurants. and then when they saw that there were empty storefronts, they said, we need the restaurants. and the process to undo that. one code was amazing. >> really. >> really long. yeah. >> all right. so a little common sense here. sure. thanks, liane. >> coming up next, call it a status check on the sale of the coliseum in oakland. what's the

latest on this multibillion dollar deal? >> and can homelessness be a choice? see how the bay area's biggest city

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plaza in brentwood. it will be one of the biggest costco stores in the state, at 155,000ft■!s. the brentwood store will be costco's fifth location in contra costa county. the alameda county board of supervisors just wrapped up a meeting. a spel meeting on whether or not to finalize the sale of the oakland coliseum complex to the african american sports and entertainment group. abc seven news reporter anser hassan is following this story. >> after an almost hour and a half closed session meeting. alameda county board of supervisors came back with no deal. supervisor nate mileyno assured investors that he wants the deal to be done. county negotiators say there's two documents that are outstanding one, a quitclaim deed. second is a release document dismissing a lawsuit filed by an environmental group, which has since been resolved with the african american sports and entertainment group. he believes that investors will still hang on and remains optimistic. >> i mean, i think everybody is still obviously committed to the process. we're too far. i mean, we've waited five years. why

would somebody i mean, you know, we feel good about the commitment. and i appreciate supervisor miley speaking directly to investors. and you know, so that's important because the delay you know those kind of delays are tough. >> negotiations will continue on friday. the county board of supervisors will hold another meeting on tuesday for a vote in oakland, anser hassan abc seven news. >> reporter permits have been filed to build a massive 67 story skyscraper along san francisco's venice corridor. the building at ten south venice avenue would stand 780ft tall, making it the fourth tallest building in the city. it would include more than 1100 apartments, retail stores, parking, and open public space. the construction timeline has not yet been announced. ai company databricks announced it is setting up its new headquarters across nine floors at one sansome street in downtown san francisco. the company is also committing to hosting its annual data and ai

summit in the city for the next five years. the company projects the conference will draw 20,000 people a year. we're getting our first look at steph curry's plan to transform a building in san francisco. this is what his new headquarters for 30 inc, his company will look like on 20th street in the dogpatch neighborhood. the old building is going to be knocked down. in its place will be a new five story structure that will serve as mixed use space. looking at city crews dealing with a broken tree. this morning after a recology truck hit it. firefighters helped rescue the driver. nobody was hurt. the incident blocked traffic at leavenworth and sutter streets for a little bit this morning. >> in the south bay, a controversial new proposal would require the unhoused to accept help or face arrest. san jose mayor matt mehan wants the city council to consider a policy that would have unhoused residents face a range of penalties, including fines and

arrest, for refusing to go into city shelter. mehan says homelessness can no longer be a choice. >> on a third refusal, we press charges for trespassing with the intention of getting the person into the county behavioral health court to figure out if there's some other set of services or accountability mechanism we can use to get people to make the choice, that has to be the choice. >> this is 100% criminalizing homelessness. this is if you do not do what i want you to do, i will criminal, i will put you in jail and threats never work on unhoused people who already have a fear of legal issues, who already have a fear of arrest. they've already been traumatized. >> the city council will hear the proposal at its next meeting, which is on tuesday. >> all right, moving on. we're looking forward to a warm weekend ahead. but there are more storms in the seven day forecast. sandhya has that for you. and are the days numbered for the u.s. department of education? >> the abc seven storm impact

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starship in texas did not go as planned. about nine minutes into the mission, several of the ship's engines flamed out and mission control lost contact. spacex confirms the spacecraft was destroyed mid-flight. it forced the faa to stop some flights into south florida because of falling debris. no astronauts were on board. today's launch was a test following a launch failure in january. spacex says the starship is a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry crew and cargo, but today was such a success. now, new details about the deadly crash of a medical transport plane in philadelphia. that crash in january killed seven people, six in the plane and one on the ground. investigators will not get any information from the cockpit voice recorder, unfortunately, because a preliminary report by the ntsb says the recorder likely hadn't been working for years. both pilots were experienced the

pilot, the captain, had 9200 total hours of flight experience. the copilot had 2600 total flight hours. 1500 flight hours is the minimum required to get an airline transport pilot certificate. that is the highest level of pilot certification in the u.s. >> the white house says president trump will not sign an executive order today to dismantle the department of education. sources tell abc news a draft executive order directs the secretary of education to facilitate a department closure. president trump says he wants to give education back to the states. abc news has learned behind the scenes, there was concern among administration officials about the blowback the order would receive and the lack of messaging in place ahead of the rollout. california's attorney general announced today another lawsuit against the trump administration. it's over the termination of grant funding for k through 12 teacher preparation programs. >> these are grants that our states counting on to train and prepare qualified educators.

funds that are critical to addressing our state and nation's teacher shortage crisis. >> at least $148 million is at stake for california. the money funds programs that create a pipeline for teachers serving rural and urban communities, and those teaching harder to fill positions like math and science. >> president trump's chaotic rollout of his tariff war is taking another turn. he's now temporarily delaying the tariffs on canada and mexico for a month. this comes after mr. trump's phone call with mexico's president this morning. the 25% tariff on goods from mexico and canada will now go into effect april 2nd. tariffs, however, remain on china. >> by its adoption of house resolution 189. the house has resolved that represente al green be censured. >> the house voted today to censure democratic congressman al green for his protest during president trump's address to congress on tuesday. the censure is basically a slap on the

wrist. it does not include a penalty. aside from being called out in front of colleagues, it's symbolic and perhaps embarrassing. >> yes. okay, let's get a check on our weather. we had a lot of different things going on today. rain, sun. >> we did, but some smooth sailing is coming. sandhya patel is here with the forecast. >> that's right. and you get to enjoy an extra hour of sunlight this weekend. let me show you when the sun will set tomorrow and when it will set sunday. 609 tomorrow. sunday, an hour later at 711. and look at may 1st. it's going to be 8:00 on live doppler seven. we're seeing the clearing skies following those showers and the snow showers over mount hamilton tomorrow. you have plenty of sun. it is going to be warmer, breezy at times along the coast. 50s and 60s. now we're going to look ahead. high pressure is in control right on through the weekend. you don't have to worry about any rain, but there's an opportunity for some wet weather beginning monday night and then again tuesday night. that system wants to go into southern california on monday, so stay tuned. now on wednesday is our strongest opportunity

for some heavier rain and gusty winds with the potential atmospheric river, so stay tuned. certainly showers continuing into thursday when all is said and done for next week. monday through thursday, we're looking at rainfall estimates anywhere from an inch to just over two inches in ukiah. here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. cold tomorrow morning. milder day. dry right on through the weekend. and don't forget daylight saving time begins sunday morning. we will have some off and on wet weather next week, monday through thursday. ama and dan. >> it looks like another pattern. yes, sandhya. >> thank you. all right. hopefully a winning pattern for the warriors. >> we've seen so many incredible shots by steph curry right. >> we've got one. >> this is. he's ridiculous. it's just like you go know what. the warriors trying to close out their east coast trip with a win down big early. but when you have steph curry. oh come on really. resistance is futile. that's

game road trip tonight against a pretty terrible brooklyn nets team. but the dubs, they came out looking just flat and tired and exhausted. they were down 20 in a flash steph curry meeting mega fan grandma kitty pre game. so sweet. gave her a signed jersey off

the miss zaire williams with authority out of stanford brooklyn by 20 early steve kerr was not happy. he got teed up early as well and that got the warriors mad. steph curry hit a couple of quick threes to try to ignite the comeback. and then up ahead to jimmy butler who made just a huge difference in this team. he finishes with two hand thunder. he had 11 in the quarter final seconds of the half. this is just nuts okay. curry flinging from like 49ft. who else in the in the universe makes that. dubs down by five at the break steph with 28. now he's got 31 points. third quarter. curry again another three. and right now the score is warriors leading 101 95 with about five minutes left to go. made the trip to charlotte for the women's acc tournament. cal and virginia all bears all the time. michelle o'neill with a double double. oh, she owned them all right. 16 points, ten boards. so they're up 11. kept pulling away marta suarez double

double 16 and ten. made it a 21 point lead early in the second quarter. bears roll 7558. and you can put it on the board. they'll play notre dame in the acc quarters tomorrow afternoon. football news former 40 niners receiver deebo samuel wrote a long goodbye on the players tribune, calling his trade to washington bittersweet. deebo spent six seasons with the niners, became a huge fan favorite because of his battering ram style takes on everybody. samuel says he still has a great relationship with kyle shanahan and john lynch, adding, quote, not a lick of bad blood when it comes to e and that organization. it is always love. end quote. well, the giants season opener is just three weeks from today in cincinnati against the reds. today in scottsdale, the giants hit four homers against the white sox, two by matt chapman. they could still use another power hitter. where's barry bonds when you need him? well, he was recently a guest on thel the smoke podcast with ex

warriors matt barnes and stephen jackson, and they asked the all time home run king if he could still hit 100 mile an hour fastball at the age of 60. what do you think barry's going to say? he's not saying no. >> 100 mile fastballs pitched to you today. you're hitting any of them out. >> 100. that's easy. >> right now. today. >> i don't care how hard you throw a baseball, they're gone. there ain't no way you can throw a baseball at 66in. i can't just do like this. if there's a catcher behind home plate that sits like this with a glove, and you throw a hundred miles and you just go like this, boom. boom, all i did was change this object to a bat. boom, boom. i ain't got to change nothing. >> makes it sound really easy. i bet he could do it. two new bay area celebrity owners have joined the oakland ballers baseball team. noted ballers fan billie joe armstrong from green day and legendary rapper too short, both oakland natives. they are the headliners of a new community investment round for

the team that hopes to raise $2 million. and i know you know, it's not major league baseball and the a's are up in sacramento, but the ballers are doing everything they can to create an extraordinary fan experience for people. when they come out to raymond park, the field is going to look great. all the amenities are going to be great. i mean, they're really all in on this. they are. and it's a real credit because, you know, the business people behind it. this is not an easy undertaking. just okay, let's create a baseball team. >> they want to do it right. i've been to the games. yeah. >> yeah. they're going to get 3 or 4000 people a game. yeah, yeah. >> thanks. >> all right. >> tonight on abc seven 8:00 it's 9-1-1 followed by doctor odyssey at ten, it's gray's anatomy. then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. that is it for this edition of abc seven news. thanks for being here. i'm ama dae. >> and i'm dan ashley for sandyha patel, larry beil, all of us. we appreciate your time. hope you have a nice evening and that we see you again at 11.

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and a quantitative researcher from new york, new york... [applause] and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--ken jennings. thank you, johnny gilbert, and welcome back to the finals of this "jeopardy!" invitational tournament. in yesterday's game one, matt amodio racked up the second highest score we've seen all season to claim the first victory. one more check mark on his podium would make him our jit champion. but roger and juveria look poised today to try to push this thing to a game three. good luck to all three of you. let's get to work in the jeopardy! round, as alex used to say. your categories are, first... then we have... some... then... and i have to ask... matt, you're up first. speech, $1,000.