right now. >> we are learning a lot about the culture of corruption that was rampant in antioch. >> knowingly using excessive force, falsifying police reports

and celebrating it all. disturbing new details are now coming to light about the alleged misconduct of some former antioch police officers. good evening. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. the details are being revealed during testimony in the federal trial stemming from a years long fbi investigation into the antioch police department's racist texting scandal. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan has been following the story since the beginning and has the latest. >> new details emerged in the antioch police department's racist texting scandal, as officers took the stand in the federal trial that began this week in oakland. >> if we were to just take the common sense interpretation of the language that was used by the witness, we can conclude that he was being completely honest and above board. >> criminal justice professor greg woods is talking about officer eric rombough, who, instead of standing trial, is serving as a witness for the prosecution. he took a plea deal in january. rombough described how he and officer morteza amiri knowingly used excessive force,

falsified police reports, and made sure their actions weren't caught on body cameras, sometimes rewarding each other with fancy dinners. >> those racial epithets reducing those individuals whom they encountered to be targets for rubber bullets to be incentivized through the reward of cookies and filet mignon. >> the defense tried to argue that some of the text messages were offensive, but that they were cherry picked or the meaning exaggerated, says lawyer ben nissenbaum. he has a separate civil case against some of the same officers involved in the texting scandal. but nissenbaum says rambo's testimony disproves that. >> you have an officer saying, no, these were not exaggerations. these were not this was not locker room talk that injects a dose of reality that i think will be persuasive to every juror. >> also this week, a mistrial was declared for a second officer charged in the case. nissenbaum says the ruling in devin wenger's case came after his lawyer told the judge she couldn't provide effective

representation, allegedly due to a lack of resources. >> officer amiri agreed to continue his trial to keep it going on on its own, and officer wenger's trial will be rescheduled later this year. >> well, it was all problematic. i mean, having, you know, bullet shells on your mantel and saying that those were your trophies, i think was disgusting. >> lamar hernandez thorpe was mayor when the texting scandal broke. he praised officer rambo for admitting remorse, but he says justice still needs to be served. >> it takes a lot of courage to own up to your mistakes. and so i was pleased to see that, and i hope other officers learn from him. and then those who got to be held accountable need to be held accountable for terrorizing this community. >> the trial continues next week in oakland, anser hassan. abc seven news. >> the national women's soccer league says it has opened an investigation into bay fc's coaching staff. that's after two former players, described in a san francisco chronicle report a

toxic culture under head coach albertin montoya. the report also cited one formal complaint of bullying by montoya. bfc's head scout resigned last month after allegations of abuse at the university of oregon created a backlash last june. the team's general manager resigned only halfway through its expansion season. montoya was hired in 2023. >> we've been following issues at santa rosa city schools, and now a high school principal is on paid administrative leave following a stabbing last week at elsie allen high school in santa rosa. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard spoke to the victim's father, who is demanding answers. >> i'm jesse trejo, dad of christopher. no, this is not good. it's cold. it's okay. let's go, let's go. they didn't called us. and that happened inside the room. >> jesse trejo recorded this video clip february 25th, the day his 15 year old son was stabbed three times by another

student on the elsie allen high school campus in santa rosa. >> i called uh- the school. they didn't answer, and i leave a voicemail. and yeah, i didn't have no, no, no phone call back. >> trejo came to campus searching for his son after getting a call from a relative. he says administrators failed to contact the family about the stabbing. he demanded answers from the principal. >> so i started asking him about, you know, the uh- about my son. and then he said, oh, we don't know who's your son and i? and i told him, well, it was the one who got injured. and he was like, i told him why you guys didn't call me, like right away. it's been like an hour, five minutes, and i haven't had a phone call. >> trejo's son was in the hospital for ten days recovering from his wounds. he says the teen recently transferred to elsie allen from lake county, and all emergency contact information had been filled out at the school. santa rosa city schools says principal gabe rivera was placed on administrative leave the day after the stabbing. in a

statement, the school district said during our investigation, we have learned the staff took swift action to ensure the safety of everyone on campus and we applaud them for that. however, we have also learned that some things may not have been done properly. although this incident contributed to our decision. other factors played a role in our decision to place mr. rivera on administrative leave. a small group supporting principal rivera gathered outside district offices friday, demanding answers on why he was removed after the stabbing. santa rosa police say a 15 year old was arrested for the stabbing and booked into juvenile hall on charges of attempted murder and possession of a weapon on school grounds. jesse trejo has no comment about the principal's leave. for now, he's focusing on his son's recovery. >> oh, what i want is a, you know, my son to be to be okay and get better. >> the district says an interim principal is now in charge at the school. in santa rosa. cornell, bernard. abc seven news.

>> cal poly san luis obispo is cutting both its men's and women's swimming and diving teams. the cuts are, quote, effective immediately and affect 58 athletes at the school. those students will keep any existing scholarships. officials say the coaches contracts will end at the end of april. cal poly says no other sports are at risk of being discontinued. >> in response to the trump administration's decision to cut back on federal research funding, millions across the country are here in the bay area to ask, where would we be without science? abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey takes us to three bay area cities where citizens are standing up for science. >> from thousands in berkeley. >> there are no kings or dictators in science. >> to hundreds in palo alto. >> we need sanity, and we need science in our country. >> at the steps of san francisco city hall. >> science united will never be defeated. >> in an organized events all across the country. >> stand up for science. stand

up for science. >> the message was all the same. >> science isn't just some abstract thing. it's what makes us healthy. it's what makes us rich. it gives us technology. it gives us our iphone. so if we attack it, we're really not going to live the same kind of lives we want to live. and i think it's really dangerous. >> the trump administration is attempting to cut hundreds of millions of dollars of scientific research funding since the end of january. grants have been threatened and thousands of employees were fired, leaving millions at risk. today, the bay area community joined rallies throughout the united states to stand up for science. >> it's not about politics. nobody voted for this kind of devastating attack on our medical system, and we have to stand up. >> among the sought after cuts, the national institutes of health would be stripped millions of dollars for research into alzheimer's, cancer, heart disease and other illnesses. its work being done at bay area universities like cal and stanford research with life saving implications without it. >> very, very scary. not just my

life, but everyone's lives. >> i myself am a young breast cancer survivor. the treatment that i had is things that were developed in universities decades ago, research that was funded by the federal government. so there's nobody in america whose life hasn't been positively changed by the research that our universities do. >> a federal judge has temporarily blocked the drastic nih funding cuts. but until the legal battle ends, the fight in the community continues. >> what do we trust to save our lives? >> science. >> what do we need to shape our future? >> science in the south bay dustin dorsey. abc seven news. >> the tariff war between the u.s. and canada continues to shift. this morning in the oval office, president trump threatened to impose a 250% tariff on dairy imports from canada. just a day after postponing new tariffs against canada. trump also threatened tariffs on canadian lumber. >> canada has been ripping us

off for years on tariffs, for lumber and for dairy products. 250%. nobody ever talks about that. >> we will respond to economic conditions that are brought on by the unjustified imposition of tariffs. >> that 250 tariff dollar or percent tariff. president trump is charging u.s. dairy. the tariff is 7.5%. it does not rise to 200% or more. if the u.s. exceeds quotas established by the free trade agreement. >> former vice president kamala harris may be getting closer to deciding if she will run for governor of california. sources close to harris say she will make a decision by the end of this summer, a year before the state's open primary in june of 2026. current lieutenant governor eleni kounalakis already announced her candidacy. so has republican riverside county sheriff chad bianco. others considering a run are former assemblyman antonio villaraigosa and former congresswoman katie porter. a poll last month shows harris

leading the pack. >> still ahead here, finding a place to fill your prescription is becoming a challenge in san francisco, with more than a third of the city's pharmacies closing in the past decade. but now one supervisor has a plan to prevent more closures. >> plus, remembering a founding member of the oakland r&b group tony. tony. tony. the legacy of d'wayne wiggins and the impact he's had on some of today's biggest bay area singers. abc seven news at five will

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in san francisco's excelsior neighborhood. >> a lot of people come here just to hang out and talk to us. >> co-owner neil nazareth says personal touch is their biggest asset. >> if someone needs an emergency run after work, we'll go deliver that medication to the person that really needs it. >> but lately, they're barely getting by. >> insurance companies are the biggest pet peeve right now. they their reimbursements are so low. eight out of ten prescriptions. you're losing money. >> your package, your. thank you. >> they even contracted with the u.s. post office to hold and ship packages to bring in extra cash. the recent walgreens closures mean the city has lost 38% of its pharmacies in the last decade. a tough stumble for a city on the rebound. >> in san francisco. we've all heard of the theft happening from the pharmacies. >> experts say the reasons are complex and not isolated. >> there's negotiations happening with the insurance companies and typically what's

called a pbm or a pharmacy benefit manager. is that middleman middle person doing that negotiation for the health insurance company. and really, at each step of the way, money gets peeled away. and so what actually comes back to a pharmacy? uh- can be a lot less than it used to be. >> the problem is, is massive for elderly and disabled and chronically ill people who really depend on these specific pharmacies. >> it's why supervisor jackie fielder is exploring if a city run co-op model would help prevent more closures. >> the department of public health already has a pharmacy, and so we're going to look into if it's possible for them to negotiate lower drug prices on behalf of other independent, community owned pharmacies. >> but first, the city needs to see if this is even possible. her office expects to get the report in the next six months. owners like nasra will take whatever help they can get. >> insurance companies are dictating this world right now, and they are putting their mark

on things of where and who should get what for how much. >> in the meantime, doing everything he can to get by in san francisco. monica madden, abc seven news. >> dire news on the state of butterflies. a new report says they are vanishing at a catastrophic rate. scientists say the butterfly population in the u.s. dropped 22% over the past two decades. researchers blame a shrinking habitat. rising temperatures and pesticides. the drop can be seen in california. the latest western monarch butterfly count this winter showed a near record decline in butterflies. just over 9000 were spotted. that is the second lowest number ever recorded. >> that's a shame, isn't it? well, still ahead. it was a beautiful day around the bay area and the weekend is here, as you know. we'll check in with abc7 news

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redwood blue. the sculpture at city line square is the work of renowned artist mark handforth. he describes it as a standing star, like a drawing or a piece of calligraphy. >> this square, you have these amazing redwood trees that are kind of almost kind of beautifully marooned in the square, like the kind of like a memory of some forest. and i love the idea of these pieces sitting there and trying to make a sculpture that kind of spoke to those trees. >> the artist pulls extensively from the street for his artwork. he has used lampposts, highway signage and trash cans to capture the environment around us. the richly colored sculpture is designed to be crowd friendly. it rises like a tree from the pavement and can be seen from many different vantage points at night. the lines of the sculpture are even more visible. it's nice. cool? >> yeah, it is cool. all right, well, in san francisco, city hall is going all out to celebrate the heritage and culture of the irish.

dancing followed a festive ceremony where mayor daniel lurie raised the flag of ireland from his balcony. today was the kickoff to a week of celebrations, culminating, of course, with the saint patrick's day parade on saturday, march 15th. how fun! >> that is incredible. >> luck of the irish. >> all right, well, we're having a good weekend ahead. i think. >> we have what. looks like a lovely weekend. meteorologist sandhya patel is here. hi, sandy. >> hi, there. yeah. you know what, dan? and take a look at this picture. all right. if you like what you see here. good evening, everyone. then you're going to love the weekend. this is the view from our south beach camera looking at sutro tower. we are just all basking in the sun here in the bay area, and temperatures are running higher by six degrees in santa rosa, seven degrees san carlos, up six in concord, five in san jose. high pressure taking control of our weather. and that means we are in for a nice mild weekend. as we look at live doppler seven, we don't have any rain, but don't worry, i do have some

in the accuweather seven day forecast and we need it, i know that. so let's talk about those temperatures right now in the 50s and the 60s. if you are going to be flying out of town, it is fiesta friday travel forecast time. and look at the view from okay, somebody taking off a lot of sun right now. here's a look at the forecast. if you're flying out 65 tomorrow. sunny skies heading to guadalajara 86 degrees. that sounds so good. morelia 82, zacatecas 74 degrees. a reminder daylight saving time begins this sunday. you'll want to set your clocks forward one hour saturday night before going to bed. and don't forget to change your batteries. we are going to gain that extra hour of daylight as we go, hour by hour tonight. still going to be quiet in the comfort zone this evening, but by 820 you start to notice some 40s showing up around with 50s. and then tomorrow morning most areas are clear except for a few patches of fog. so we're looking at 30s and 40s and in the afternoon a good recovery. today we had 30s in the morning as

well, but we recovered nicely with low 60s to low 70s for most areas. there were a few 50s in places like half moon bay, 36, santa rosa tomorrow, livermore 41, san jose. here's a look at what you can expect tomorrow afternoon. mild and sunny. just a gorgeous day to be outside for a bike, a hike, a hiking, biking, whatever you have in a planned upper 50s to the upper 60s now. rain next week monday system is staying off the coast heading towards southern california, so we're going to get mist. but wednesday a weak atmospheric river moves in our direction. it will bring heavy moderate to heavy rain, gusty winds, sierra snow that continues into thursday. and then friday we have another storm coming in. so the storm door is not completely shut yet. the accuweather seven day forecast. mild weekend in store. don't forget to set your clocks forward one hour. i know we lose that hour of sleep, but you gain that hour of daylight next week, a little cooler on tuesday, and then level two for wednesday with a level one coming in for

thursday and friday. >> ama and dan lovely. i'm gaining the hour of daylight and the hour of sleep because i'm sleeping. >> yes. >> do it dan. >> i support that. well, the lead singer of one of the top r&b groups to come out of oakland has died. >> it feels good to know that i can relax when i'm with you. good. >> you know that song? d'wayne wiggins founded the band tony, tony, tony with his brother and cousin in the late 80s. their 1993 album sons of soul reached double platinum. the group had five number one hits. as a producer, wiggins helped grow the careers of several artists, including zendaya, her, kehlani, and destiny's child. wiggins died of bladder cancer. he was 64 years old. >> well, still ahead at 86 years old, she went viral on tiktok for being a steph curry super fan, and just last night, she finally got the chance to meet number 30 in person. we'll tell you about their very sweet

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weather and more with our abc seven bay area streaming tv app. all you have to do is search abc seven bay area and download it. >> almost two months ago, we introduced you to grandma kitty, an 86 year old warriors superfan. we weren't the only ones buzzing about her. steph curry personally invited kitty to a game in new york yesterday. kitty and steph met. look at this. she became a viral sensation after her granddaughter posted a video of kitty and her notebook that held all of steph curry's plays for every game she watched. and there she is, showing steph her signature notebook. >> how sweet is that? all right. well, a famous native son of san francisco's chinatown is set to be honored in a very big way. a

statue is in the works depicting iconic martial artist and film star bruce lee. that announcement was made today by the chinese historical society of america museum. backers of the project. lee was born in san francisco's chinatown in 1940. his story really is the stuff of legend, a unifying force that resonated across cultural lines. >> his story is a story not only of what it means to be a chinese in america. it means it is a story of mutual aid. it's about helping each other. it's about solidarity and a story that is about not only the chinese in america, but it's a chinese american story. that's a story about all americans. >> the project has received $50,000 in seed funding and needs another $100,000. organizers are trying to determine where the statue will be placed. >> well, we do have much more news ahead for you. >> we do. let's go to abc seven news anchor luz pena for a look at what's coming up at 530. louis. >> thank you. donna. now, in

today's show, we are diving into an evidence based treatment program that is giving gift cards to drug users for staying clean. we're speaking to an expert about how this works. and the bay area county that is publishing their first results this week with meth users. also, there's been an increase in the pet rabbit population. we'll look into why and how a richmond rabbit shelter is seeking foster caretakers to help. join us for those stories and more! at 5.30 on abc seven bay area streaming tv. >> great. thanks, luce. >> and you can download the abc seven app or head to abc7 news.com for the stream in two minutes. >> and if you're watching us here on tv. world news tonight with david muir is next for sandhya patel. all of us, we to maintenance anything, so it's very scary for me

because i have everything i love in this home. so, we've now implemented drone technology. how is that safe for me? it enhances the inspection, so it allows us to see things faster. your safety is the most important, and if you're feeling unsafe, that's not okay. it doesn't feel like that in our hearts. i mean, it's worrisome. [dog barks] [dog barks]

breaking news as we come on the air. just in this evening. the cause of death now revealed for actor gene hackman and his wife. tonight, the chief medical examiner revealing oscar winning actor gene hackman died of heart