>> universities on the defensive. the warning letters sent to 60 universities, including two here in the bay area. >> and targeting toxic masculinity in one north bay community. good afternoon, i'm kristen z. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. we'll have more on those stories in just a few minutes. but at midnight, valley transportation authority workers walked off the job. that means no light rail or bus service for vta commuters. >> abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey is live with the latest on the strike. dustin. >> dan and christine, it's really been a more impactful day than we even had thought of. you know, just a few hours ago this morning when the picket lines were just getting started. these strikers were out here just a few feet from where we are here on zanker road in north san jose. a few of these workers who are out on strike were actually hit by a vehicle marked with vta logos on it during this protest. and as you hear, there's continuing support from the community as they're driving by here. this is 100,000 transit

riders for bus and light rail. have to try to figure out a new way to get around town. >> there are no light rail service until further notice due to a union workers strike. >> a reminder playing over the loudspeakers at a vta light rail station, but with no riders there to hear it. once busy, stops sitting empty while busses and light rails sat parked. atu local 265 workers who normally operate them on their firstlly official day of strike. >> it's kind of disappointing that it's come to this, this, you know, this at this point, you know, we've gone into negotiations a little over six months ago. >> and six months later, a stalemate remains between union workers and vta, with employees now on the picket lines. early monday morning, the picketing became dangerous, as this video shows two men hit by a marked vta truck. >> first, he came around the block uh- speeding. and then when people tried to, you know,

be like, hey, what are you doing? slow down. and apparently he kind of swerved into them and whatnot, and it hit hit about 2 or 3 people. >> one demonstrator was sent to the hospital. another suffered minor injuries in san jose. police is now investigating. and as this was all going on, an estimated 100,000 daily riders were without bus or light rail service, including san jose state students who rely on it to get anywhere around town. >> it really does help because it's the main like form of transportation i use to get to school. >> and what did the garage look like? were they busier than normal, you think? >> yeah. they were. >> yeah, absolutely. already tough to. >> yeah. it was. yeah. >> students and others will be forced to drive while a deal gets worked out. vta offer includes 9% pay raises spread out over the next three years. >> what do we want it. >> but atu is asking for more, including special protections for arbitration guarantees. vta says the union has not shown willingness to move on their demands. >> the kind of wage increase that atu is asking for is just

not possible in in a way that we can maintain the service that we're offering our passengers that they need. we would have to make service cuts and possibly job cuts. >> of course, both sides have told me that they do not want it to come to that point. now, there have been some rumblings here on the picket line as well, that vta is looking into the possibility of bringing in nonunion workers to startn filling some of those voids in the light rail and bus service, vta told me today. that's not the plan at this time. their priority is getting a deal done with their workers. for now, we are live in san jose. dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> all right, dustin, thank you. >> in the north bay, two schools evacuated after threats from a parent. >> it happened in the community of occidental in sonoma county. abc seven news reporter tim johns is in the north bay and joins us live with the story. tim.

>> yeah. dan. kristen. school officials tell me they got a call from the sonoma county sheriff's office around 930 this morning informing them they needed to shut down those schools. now, the sheriff's office says they got a credible threat from a parent on social media, and that immediate action needed to be taken. sky seven video showing the aftermath following the lockdown. students clinging to one another and being loaded onto busses. school officials say by 11:30 a.m, they began evacuating the students from campus and reuniting them with their parents. nearly all of the 220 students who attend the pair of schools were returned to their families by 1 p.m. the sonoma county sheriff's office wouldn't share all the details of the threat at this time, but confirmed it came from the father of a student. >> that he was going to show up after school with the weapon, and to make sure that the sheriff's deputies were there. >> by monday afternoon, the school campus was empty. matthew morgan, who serves as the principal and superintendent of the harmony union school district, says the morning's event was extremely stressful for staff, students and families. >> this just adds to the level

of stress that our families are holding anyway. i think families, there's a lot that's been going on in the world, and i think that families are incredibly stressed and taxed. >> morgan says when students do return to the classroom, there will be extra support staff on hand to help anyone who might need it. >> we spend a lot of our time doing social emotional support for kids mental health supports. we have additional staff thatts. we've had just this year in general. >> now, there's no word yet on when students will return to the classroom. the superintendent tells me he plans on sending a note out to families later this afternoon with more details. i'm live in sonoma county. tim johns, abc seven news. >> all right. thank you tim. san jose may soon base pay raises for top city leaders on their performance today. mayor matt mehan announced that he will ask the city council to approve putting a pay raise measure on next year's ballot. the mayor believes that if city leaders don't deliver, they don't deserve a bump in pay. mehan says similar efforts have worked

at the state capitol. >> in years past. our state budget was perennially late because our legislators ignored statutory deadlines. reformers had a simple fix. they proposed that if a budget was late, the legislature would not get paid. since that reform was enacted, all state budgets have been delivered on time. >> mahan's proposal would cover the mayor, city council and department heads, but not rank and file employees. it does not include employees base salaries or cost of living increase. >> work on the richmond bridge will affect pedestrians and cyclists. caltrans is working on repairs to portions of the bike path from five in the morning until 2:00 in the afternoon. a narrow portion of the path will stay open, but cyclists will not be able to stop. work is expected to last until october. actually, all summer, a two mile stretch of the great highway in san francisco is set to permanently close to cars later

this week. thursday is the last day for cars before it is turned into the city's newest park. voters approved the plan back in november when they passed measure k. the new park will officially open april 12th. >> it's a beautiful day today. just gorgeous. but that is about to change. >> it is, and spencer christian is here with a look at the days of rain spencer that we have heading our way. >> several consecutive ones. dan, here's a look at the satellite radar image. you can see the storm system down just off the coast of southern california. that's kicking some clouds into our area. that's not going to be the storm that's going to produce all the wet weather for us. let's move along and take a look at the approaching storm, which on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale is a level two storm moving in overnight tomorrow night into early wednesday and throughout the day and into the evening on wednesday, producing downpours, strong gusty winds, rough surf and even some snow on our highest peaks. here's the forecast animation starting at midnight tomorrow night. notice by 6 a.m. or so as the morning commute is getting underway, we'll get that first surge of widespread steady rainfall, which will

intensify and become heavier and more widespread going into the middle of the day and then into the afternoon hours. the evening commute wednesday is likely to be a really messy one. late wednesday night, we'll see the storm weaken a little bit before the arrival of the next wave of rain on thursday, just from the wednesday storm alone, we're looking at rainfall totals ranging from about a half inch to an inch and a half. and over in the sierra, there is going to be significant snowfall. winter storm warning is in effect m late tomorrow night through late thursday night. we're talking about 12 to 18in of snow above 12,000, above 4000ft, up to four feet of snow in the higher elevations, and wind gusts to 70mph. >> kristen spencer, thank you. new developments in the trump administration's investigation of dozens of universities, including uc berkeley and stanford, over claims ofd anti-semitism. today, the department of education sent a letter to 60 universities warning them of potential enforcement if they don't fulfill their obligation to protect jewish students. title

ix prohibits discrimination in programs that receive federal funding. cal, stanford and 58 other universities are currently under investigation for title six violations related to anti-semitic harassment. seven student athletes are suing sonoma state university and top college administrators over a controversial plan to end all of the school's sports programs. the lawsuit has been filed in sonoma county superior court. cutting the sports programs is just one part of a proposal to trim $24 million from sonoma state's budget. several academic programs and faculty jobs are on the line as well. the plaintiffs are not seeking damages, but are asking for a judge to stop the school from making these cuts. >> california attorney general rob bonta is putting the location data industry on notice. today, he sent letters to advertising networks, mobile app providers and data brokers. he's demanding to know how they implement, giving consumers a chance to opt out of the sale of data. location data can be used

to track your precise movements without you even realizing it. bonta says location data is more relevant than ever, given federal threats to immigrant communities and to reproductive and gender affirming health care. >> happening tonight the san rafael school board is set to discuss a resolution condemning the term toxic masculinity. the resolution was proposed by thee board's vice president. he says the term implies young men need to be fixed by women, and is not a constructive way to discuss gender dynamics in our society. we spoke with a psychologist today who shared his reaction to the school board, potentially condemning the term. >> their heart may very well be in the right place, trying to do what they can in order to help solve problems. that's great, but it has to be thoughtful, evidence based, and hopefully they can do that to try so that we can try to do our best to

deal with a very discombobulating world and society right now. >> the board will not vote on the resolution tonight. they're just going to present the origin of the proposal and their intent behind it. >> the stock market takes a big hit. and why we could be on the road to a recession. artificial intelligence is all in when it comes to san francisco. the new moves regarding that today we'll explain and how some petaluma kids are helping restore a fish once thought to be almost extinct. all of that's coming up. >> and we could be in line for more history from stephen curry tonight. chase center. i'll describe what is on the line tonight when he takes

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a chance at history for warriors star stephen curry. >> abc seven sports anchor chris alvarez is live at the chase center as steph hopes to shoot his way chris into the record books. >> yeah, dan and kristen. it seems like nearly every night steph takes the floor. he could shoot his way into the record books and he really could do it tonight. steph, on the verge of becoming the only member of the 4003 pointers made club. i mean, he is on fire. and last game he actually made history as well here saturday night against detroit. he is steph. that is the perfect sign. in his last game steph actually surpassed the 25,000 career points mark,

just the 26th player ever in nba history to do that. he's just the 10th ever to do it with one team. now back to tonight steph. of course the all time three points leader. he's held that title for several seasons. but tonight he could become the first player in nba history to have 4000 threes in regular season play. his teammates including gary payton the second, talked to me about it after the game on saturday night. >> i kind of took a little longer than i thought. but yeah, you know, shout out to my guy 30. you know, we knew it was coming just a matter of time. >> i think my best experience in my life because steph is amazing, man. like as a human, as a player. >> yeah. crazy. feels like 25,000 threes, actually. but it's stunning. just night after night. >> none of us are going to get off on regular season accomplishments. we have, you know, to perform and put ourselves in a playoff position to be a team that nobody wants to, you know, face and be a

tough out no matter who the matchup is. like we're building towards that. >> all right. so it's the blazers tonight at 7:00. seven threes is a lot even for steph. but he could do it if he doesn't do it tonight. the next chance thursday here at chase center. they'll take on the kings. if for some reason it gets to a third game in this home stand it will be against the knicks on saturday night. that's right here on abc seven. and one other quick important note earlier today, stephen curry was named the assistant gm for the davidson basketball program. of course he went to davidson. he's the first ever pro athlete actively to have this kind of role in college athletics. so what can't steph do? i mean he's doing everything on the court off the court. he's the man right? >> we haven't found anything yet. you know 4000 threes is a remarkable milestone. and chris in so many ways correct me if i'm wrong. he really helped change the type of offense the nba runs these days doesn't he. didn't he. >> yeah absolutely. yeah absolutely. they say he changed the game. and if you look at when steph arrived in the nba and the evolution of the three

point shot and how many people are shooting it at such high levels or just shooting it period. he does it at one of the highest levels ever. but all you have to do is like, look at the nba now and compare it to like 10 to 15 years ago. and then if you look at like college and high school and all these little kids, i saw some kids play at chase center like last week and they were shooting up threes like steph. i mean, he he shows you don't have to be seven foot to play in the nba. if you're a good shooter. he just makes it look easy. but he gets countless hours of practice. and now tonight it can all pay off 4000. he's close. if he doesn't get it done tonight i bet he gets it done on thursday night. send it back to you. >> sure is fun to watch though, chris. thank you. >> openai is deepening its commitment to san francisco today. the company opened its brand new headquarters in mission bay. mayor daniel lowry was there to cut the ribbon. the facility has about 1,000,000ft■s of office space. openai currently employs 2000 people in san francisco. executives say all this extra space will allow the company to double that number in the coming years. >> we have a state of the art

facility here. think about research, development, applied and all these other teams coming together to really focus on ai research and product innovation. we're proud to support the city to be really the hub of ai innovation. >> openai was founded in san francisco in 2015, with its original base on 18th street in the mission district. the social media site x is having a bad monday. the trouble started around seven this morning, with users in the us and uk unable to access the app or website. the outage was quickly resolved, but since then x has gone down three other times. its owner, elon musk, blames the issues on a massive cyber attack. the site does appear to be working normally now. >> meantime, a boost for san francisco's union square. today, the city announced that renowned bakery b patisserie will permanently take over a kiosk recently vacated by celebrity chef tyler florence. the bakery's co-owner says their goal is to offer delicious, easy

to grab items at a fair price. the patisserie began negotiations with the city after popping up at the kiosk last month. that should be lovely. >> nice. seems tasty. okay, we've been enjoying just wonderful weather right for the past few days and today and tomorrow. but then. >> the plot thickens. yes, like the clouds or dampens. maybe the plot dampens. you could say today is the is our penultimate mild dry day in the current forecast period. or you could say it's the next to last up. but anyhow, here's the satellite radar composite image. you can see what's going on. that low pressure system down off the coast of southern california is kicking some clouds up into our area. that's not going to be our rainmaker, but although it's kicking enough clouds up here to give us a mix of sun and clouds today and tomorrow, but you can see it's pretty calm right now as we await the big storm coming in on wednesday. wind speeds are generally under ten miles per hour, and it's pretty mild once again, with a 24 hour temperature change showing most locations a few

degrees warmer than they were yesterday at this time. so here's the view from sutro tower looking out over san francisco, where it's 67 degrees right now. also 67, in hayward and san jose, oakland 62 and only 59 at half moon bay. a nice view of some blue as we look westward from emeryville. 70 degrees right now in santa rosa, 64 at petaluma, also mid 60s at napa, 70 at fairfield and livermore and concord 69 degrees. let's check out our forecast headlines through tomorrow. we expect a mix of sun and clouds during our daytime hours, dry and mild, but the messy midweek weather kicks off on wednesday with a level two storm on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale, bringing us rain, downpours, wind, snow, rough surf. the extended outlook calls for rain continuing into the weekend and perhaps even beyond, so this level two storm on wednesday will bring downpours, gusty wind, rough surf, snow in the highest peaks as cold air will accompany this storm. and it's going to be just. here's the forecast animation. just a mess for the evening commute on wednesday evening. the morning commute will be

affected as that first surge of rainfall will arrive before the morning commute begins wednesday morning, and the storm will only intensify and expand going into the midday hours. all these downpours, the downpours, i should say, are indicated by the yellow and orange and red and that will continue into the evening hours. so we're going to get quite a drenching from that storm before we get a little bit of a break behind wednesday's storm wednesday night. rainfall totals by 11:00 wednesday evening will range anywhere from about a half inch to an inch and a half in the wettest areas and over in the sierra. a winter storm warning will be in effect from tomorrow night through thursday night. above 4000ft, we expect 12 to 18in of snow, up to four feet of snow in the highest peaks, and the ridge gusts up to 70mph tonight here in the bay area. lows in the low to mid 40s. highs tomorrow. upper 50s at the coast, but mid to upper 60s in most other locations. so again, another mild day just before the storm door opens on wednesday with that level two storm. and as you can see on the exclusive on the accuweather seven day forecast, we're going to

have level one storms thursday, friday, saturday, sunday and monday. there may be some little breaks here and there. the sun may break through from time to time, but we're talking about a steady, wet pattern for five consecutive days or more. >> wow, that is a change. >> okay, get out there and do your runs today and tomorrow. >> do it. now or. run indoors. >> yeah thank you spencer. okay. >> well, new details in the possible resentencing for the brothers accused of killing their parents decades ago, but the los angeles county district attorney says he'll do now regarding the menendez brothers. >> and later, the teens making a difference in their community and for the environment. the project that's helping restore

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brothers case, the los angeles district attorney announced today. the resentencing hearing will move forward. >> however, the da says he opposes freeing the convicted murderers from prison. abc news reporter melissa ardon has the very latest. >> los angeles district attorney nathan hochman announcing he does not believe the menendez brothers should be resentenced, but will allow the resentencing hearing to go before a judge later this month. eric and lyle menendez have been behind bars for 35 years, serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering their parents in 1989. at the trial, the brothers claimed self-defense, saying they suffered sexual abuse from their

father and believed their parents were going to kill them. >> our position is that they shouldn't get out of jail now. ultimately, that is a position. >> the new da going into great detail about what he says is the brothers premeditation and lack of credibility and willingness to lie, stating examples from the 90s trial, including self-defense being the brothers reason for murdering their parents. >> but for now, while the menendez brothers persist in telling these lies for the last over 30 years about their self-defense defense and persist in insisting that they did not suborn perjury or attempt to suborn perjury, then they do not meet the standards for resentencing. >> hochman leaving the door open for him to support a resentencing, but only if he says they take responsibility. >> they have not exhibited the full insights and accepted complete responsibility for their actions, and as a result,

they pose an unreasonable risk of danger to the community. and the resentencing should not therefore be granted. >> eric and lyle menendez are pursuing two other paths to freedom one calling for consideration of new evidence. a letter eric wrote to his cousin before the murders, detailing his alleged abuse from his father. they've also asked for clemency from governor gavin newsom, who has ordered a risk assessment investigation before he makes a decision. menendez family members issued a statement today saying the da is, quote, holding eric lyle and our family hostage, adding that the brothers have apologized for their actions and demonstrated their atonement. melissa dawn, abc news, los angeles. >> now, the resentencing hearing for the menendez brothers is currently scheduled for next thursday. >> encouraging news today in pope francis's ongoing battle with pneumonia. the vatican says his condition is improving and he's no longer in imminent danger. doctors say the 88 year old pontiff's blood tests are regulating, and breathing treatments appear to be working.

pope francis has been hospitalized for almost a month. he'll remain there for now while doctors continue to monitor his condition. >> a major drop on wall street today, and even more bad news for the economy. >> the threats of additional tariffs are causing a lot of economic uncertainty today. i'm christiane cordero in washington with the latest. coming up. >> the supreme court is set to take on laws against

it was. >> just a dismal day on wall street. stocks plunging over concerns about president trump's, trump's economic policies, as well as his refusal

to rule out a recession this year. the dow dropped more than 2%, finishing at its lowest level since november. the nasdaq suffered its largest loss since 2022, dropping 4%, and the s&p 500 fell 2.7%. it's lost nearly 9% of its value in less than a month. >> president trump is threatening additional tariffs on major trading partners. >> and now canada is pushing back with tariffs on american goods, even threatening to withhold electricity from across the border. >> abc news reporter christiane cordero has the latest from washington. >> president trump vows the policies will pay off, says this is a period of transit, and he hasn't ruled out the possibility of a recession this year. president trump has called tariffs one of his favorite words. but today, even the threat of them being imposed is sending uncertainty to the stock market and store checkout lines. trump's hesitant to rule out a recession this year, asking americans to be patient. >> oh, i think the tariffs are going to be the greatest thing we've ever done as a country.

it's going to make our country rich again. >> the president imposed then paused a 25% tariff on goods from canada and mexico. last week, he now vows a 25% tariff will kick in on wednesday against all foreign steel and aluminum. he has also promised reciprocal tariffs on countries who retaliate with tariffs of their own. the european union has been in conversations with the u.s. to try to avert tariffs. it's commissioner claims u.s. officials aren't as interested. >> we jointly identified a few areas that would allow us to move forward by fostering mutual benefits. but in the end, as it said, one hand cannot clap. >> and canada, which just elected its new prime minister, has enacted $30 billion of retaliatory tariffs on american imports, including orange juice, peanut butter and appliances. the province of ontario today slapped a 25% price increase on electricity. it exports to 1.5 million americans in new york, michigan and minnesota. that's an extra cost of at least

$200,000 a day. >> if the trump administration follows through on any more tariffs, we will not hesitate to shut off their power as well. >> moody's chief economist tells abc news this year started with a recession risk at around 15%, and is now 35% and rising. christiane cordero, abc news, washington. >> uncertainty about the tariffs is leaving many americans concerned about the economy. the federal reserve bank of new york surveyed 1300 people. unemployment and inflation are their top two concerns. many people said they believe they'll have more financial struggles a year from now, including an increased chance of not being able to make minimum debt payments. that factor rose to a level not seen since april 2020 during the covid pandemic. >> the supreme court is now set to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for lgbtq plus children. >> the case is based on a colorado law prohibiting the

practice of trying to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling. >> abc seven news political reporter monica madden is here with a closer look at what this could mean. monica. >> dan california in 2012 was the first state to ban conversion therapy, and that law did get challenged but was upheld in federal courts. now, about half of the nation's states do not allow practices that attempt to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity through therapy, but advocates fear with the conservative majority on the high court, outcomes could be different this time. this case, as you noted, comes out of california and is a free speech case where the counselor suing says her rights were violated by that colorado law banning conversion therapy. she also says that she was harmed by having to turn away clients. the san francisco based national center for lesbian rights filed an amicus brief in defense of the state's ability to ban conversion therapy. >> states are the primary regulators of health care

professionals, and so these laws are right in line with laws that protect people against all sorts of harmful medical practices, malpractice laws, and so forth. and there's really no reason that the court needs to be stepping in to change anything on that front. >> this all comes as president donald trump has taken aim against transgender people, and has declared male and female to be the only two official genders of the united states. the case will be argued in the court's new term, which begins in october. dan. kristen. kristen. >> all right. thank you. monica. >> still ahead, the happiest city in america. and it's right here in the bay area. plus, are you sleep maxing the latest trend in how to do it? the 404 is and this is his story. nice to meet ya. my name is david. i've been a pharmacist for 44 years. when i have customers come in, i recommend prevagen. number one, because it's safe and effective.

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for monica and spencer joining us today. okay. once again, fremont has been named the happiest city in america, according to the wallethub study. people in fremont also have the highest rate of life satisfaction, the fifth lowest depression rate, and the fourth highest average life expectancy. it also has the lowest separation and divorce rate in the country. san jose took the second spot, followed by irvine. san francisco came in ninth. cleveland, ohio came in last on the list. oh poor

cleveland. yeah. 182 u.s. cities. i mean, fremont is up there so often at the top, i'm thinking someone who's like, up there in city government must be married o someone who runs that wallethub study. >> it does do well, doesn't it? i feel happier just driving through fremont sometimes. seriously, there's a coffee shop there at which i stop occasionally when i happen to be in fremont, and it's the friendliest coffee shop i've ever seen. it's a great community just to be so helpful. >> yeah it is. i've yet to be there. be. visit fremont. since moving here. but i have to say, i'm very happy in the bay area overall, so maybe it has something to do with the weather here. i mean, ohio, cleveland being last, i'm not surprised. after spending six years in the midwest, it those winters are tough. >> >> yeah. fun fact kristi yamaguchi i think it is so nice, you know. yes, she is, but i think it's just very family oriented. yeah, right. and all the studies show that if we're

close to our family, you know, that leads to more happiness and satisfaction. so that's part of it. >> like so many towns around the bay area, it's a great town. but yeah, it's really fun. all right. get this will make you happy getting ready for bed. is it as simple as just brushing your teeth anymore today? some people are engaging in a regimen called sleep maxing. a collection of activities or products to help optimize sleep quality and quantity. which certainly were happier if we get good sleep. some of these routines include wearing red light glasses, eating kiwi fruit. that's interesting. and of course, inserting nostril expanders so you can breathe. fortunately, i'm a pretty good sleeper. i have to say, although i did recently. spencer uh- switch my alarm clock. my wife and i both have the same to a red one instead of a blue light, because blue light keeps you up more. and yeah, we do sleep better with. >> the right. yeah. >> any any sleep rituals for you guys? >> no. other than flossing and brushing and that's about it. >> i would say i probably engage in a lot of those, like nouveau ones, if you will. i do red lights at night because it

helps, apparently helps calm your nervous system down. and then one that i've tried recently, which you guys are going to think is crazy, but have you heard of mouth taping? >> no. >> it helps with your breathing at night, and it's supposed to help stop snoring because a lot of us at night, we, you know, breathe with your mouth open and it kind of. what do you do out. >> monica. >> there's just this tape that, like, i. >> close your mouth with it. >> yeah, you just put it. it's just. >> a little. i feel. >> like i'm over your mouth. >> suffocating. >> that doesn't. >> that would creep me out. >> it doesn't feel like you don't feel weird. i mean, i make sure to get my last swig of water before i go to bed, but it's. i think it's been working. i don't know. >> of course i feel like i've been kidnaped. right? >> of course. monica will be maxing. you know, i don't max anything. >> okay? >> 70% is good enough. >> it's not needed. >> we hear you in here. our director. no, no, no guest appearance. >> i just jump onto all those little health trends. i'm like, sleep better. cool. sign me up. >> it works. good for you. >> i do a sleepy time tea, and

that works for. >> me regularly. >> deep breathing helps. also, if you do a little deep breathing. yes. >> all right, guys, so cursive writing could be making a comeback. idaho's state legislature has passed a bill that would require students to be proficient in cursive by the end of fifth grade. the bill sponsors say cursive handwriting is shown to help kids with reading, spelling, and memorization. the bill is now being sent to the governor's desk, but he hasn't said if he plans to veto it or sign it into law. california lawmakers passed a similar bill in 2023. >> did you say cursive writing or cursing in writing? >> i do that. >> cursing in cursive. >> that would not be good. >> i think it's a good idea. i mean, anything that improves learning is good, but think of all the things from, you know, generations back that were in cursive. and if you don't know how to read it, don't understand it. you can't read all those documents that were signed by the founding fathers and stuff like that. >> yeah, that would totally be in. i mean, imagine just

historical analyzation in future decades if we discover documents and gen z can't read anything. you know, i learned cursive in school. i like to use it sometimes because i think it's a little bit easier. like it kind of flows. >> yeah, my cursive. >> writing is terrible. what? we learned it as kids. and, you know, it's a good discipline to have young people these days. it's all keyboards. >> i mean, just emojis. they can't even put words together now. so i don't know. cursive is at another level to me. >> all right. well, national puppy day is next week. and in celebration camp bow wow has released the top five puppy names in california. number one is luna. that's followed by charlie bailey and coco. and rounding out the top five, lola abc7 will celebrate national puppy day next friday, march 21st. we'll have adoptable puppies to show you from shelters all across the bay area. we love doing that every year because trying to find these wonderful puppies loving homes is so rewarding. look at these faces. you want to take

them all home? they're so cute. yeah. >> i don't need the extra responsibility, but man, am i tempted. >> oh, i know there's, you know. and there's such a need. there's so many dogs out there that need homes. >> but whatever happened to names like fido or rover? are those out? >> definitely rover. that was a dog name. >> oh, rover. >> for sure. >> that was cool. >> i think that is more of a verb. >> i've known a bunch of snowballs too. >> yeah, we have a snowball. >> snowball, right? >> i had a friend in new york who named his dog fido and spelled it p h y d e a u x. >> what? oh my god. he was a francophile. yes, that is funny. all right. that is this

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extraordinary students in petaluma are helping restore a threatened fish species in their local teams, and the science behind their effort is really remarkable in today's climate ready report, abc seven news meteorologist drew tuma introduces you to the united anglers of casa grande. >> in a quiet stretch of adobe creek, a group of budding biologists are about to take stock of a species. they're helping to save. the students from casa grande high school are part of a unique program that could help bolster the population of steelhead trout in the petaluma watershed. hatchery director dan hubacher says the team has two goals. >> one is to give them a chance to hopefully boost some of the

survival rate of the fish that are out there, but also being able to collect some of the genetics and having a long term picture as to what how much genetic diversity is found in this watershed and what long term efforts can be done to recover the species. >> using a recently granted federal permit, students have been rescuing steelhead from surrounding creeks, transporting them to their state of the art fish hatchery located on campus, believed to be the only one of its kind in the country. that's where the steelhead will nurture and grow before they're eventually reintroduced back into the stream. student researchers gently take tiny tissue samples of individual fish, and while they're in captivity, they're also being fitted with tiny tracking devices to generate data about their health. >> and we're putting in a little microchip into their bellies so that we can track where they are moving. so we have little antennas out there in the creeks, and we can track if they're migrating up further into the creeks higher up, or if

they're out migrating towards the ocean into the bay. >> the program, known as united anglers of casa grande, was founded several decades ago, but the rescue and release permits mark a turning point for the student led restoration efforts at a time when they may be more valuable than ever. >> this species is so unique to this creek, and especially with the current federal government cutting back on the funding. our work as students being student led is really important just in our local area. >> the program is approved for college credit, and graduates have gone on to careers in everything from biology to wildlife management. with a passion sparked alongside the bubbling tanks and running streams of casa grande. >> i applied to a lot of conservation or environmental science majors, and i do in the future want to go into conservation. >> and i caught my first fish last year and that was a life changing moment for me. and it's just been an amazing time. and i know that i've been making an impact, and it's something that i want to do for the rest of my

life. >> in petaluma. drew tuma, abc seven news. >> isn't that fantastic? now, the angler united anglers of casa grande are planning to begin releasing the steelhead as early as this week, with the goal of reintroducing 25 fish a day. good for them. >> all right. >> you know what? you are not going fishing from wednesday on. no you're not. if that's something you enjoy, you know different. >> bring your rain gear if you do. >> before the rain. yeah. that's it. let's take a look at the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. the approaching storm for wednesday is a level two storm as a moderate storm, but it'll feel pretty powerful at times with heavy downpours and strong, gusty winds, rough surf, and even some light snow on our higher peaks in the bay area. here's a forecast animation starting at midnight tomorrow night. going into the wednesday morning commute, that first surge of rain will arrive. it will be fairly widespread and steady, getting even heavier and more intense as we get into the midday hours and the afternoon. so the evening commute on wednesday is just going to be a mess. a washout, so to speak, and the system will weaken a little bit going into late wednesday night. we expect rainfall totals to range

from a half a half an inch to an inch and a half across most of the bay area and over in the sierra. a winter storm warning will be in eft from tomorrow night through thursday night. we're talking about up to four feet of snow in the higher peaks and of course, strong gusty winds. here's the accuweather seven day forecast for the bay area. we have several consecutive days of rain of varying intensity after wednesday going into early next week. so be prepared christine. >> all right spencer. thank you. now to a rare movie por collection going up for auction. abc news reporter danny njoo gives us a sneak peek. >> 92 years ago this month, king kong premiered in new york city, and here is the theatrical release poster. however, this is the alternate poster from what was formerly czechoslovakia. >> i have what i think is the best king kong in the world. >> chicago resident dwight cleveland spent nearly 50 years traveling the world, hunting down incredibly rare movie posters like these, many of which he finds more vibrant and artistic than the originals. >> it's got this massive image

of kong on it, which is very realistic. some of the kong posters, he doesn't look realistic. >> after decades of collecting, dwight will be auctioning off his arsenal at the end of the month, which will probably not be cheap on heritage auctions website. right now, the starting bid for king kong is listed at $20,000, with an estimate of up to 80,000. dwight says his love for movie posters started at 17 years old, when his art teacher brought in an 11 by 14 mini posterse you see here, called lobby cards. >> i just fell in love with it at first sight. >> there will be many lobby cards for sale, such as edward g. robinson and little caesar, bette davis and the girl from 10th avenue and the marx brothers. >> $9.40. this is an outrage! if i were you, i wouldn't pay it. >> in a night at the opera. but dwight says the big star of this auction. >> play, as time goes by. >> will be this radiant red casablanca poster from italy. >> here's looking at you, kid. >> now. dwight says the only other copy of this italian poster was purchased by billionaire ron lauder,

which you can see in this exhibit at the gallery from a few years ago. dwight says lauder bought his for $250,000, and that was several years ago. >> when i saw it, i knew then that it was the most beautiful poster on this film. >> that auction runs through march 28th, but you can check out on heritage auctions website. and hey, one more poster he has courtesy of our parent company, disney. here is mickey mouse in barn dance back in 1929. that is his fourth ever appearance in film. in new york for abc news, i'm danny noonan. >> all right, just ahead, an alien attack and an east coast deli in texas. >> a taste

it's the bachelor, followed by the secret lives of mormon wives at ten. then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. the annual south by southwest conference is underway in austin, texas. it's part comic-con and part sundance and part alien adventure. that's right. a mysterious ufo wreckage site is getting a lot of attention this year. reporter george pennacchio has the explanation. >> people attending the annual south by southwest conference in austin, texas, are exploring this interacte wreckage site, getting a first look at the upcoming fx series alien earth. >> there's a containment breach, and they're sending you through to try to figure out what might be happening. what's interesting you can tell this is kind of early on because they don't seem to know what it is. yes, but we

know what it is. >> in the series, a mysterious space vessel crash lands on earth. just like here in austin. >> we have a great experience here that is walking them into the world through an immersive environment that is replicating a pivotal scene from the show. >> visitors are scanned for alien parasites before embarking on an exploratory mission through the wreckage. the immersive experience is filled with pulse pounding thrills that brings the series to life. >> no, we've had a containment breach. everybody needs to get out of here now. run, run! >> it's not often that you run out at the end of an immersive experience. so that was pretty fun. >> the fx original series is based on the blockbuster alien movie franchise. >> site for the show. it looks really, really good. yeah. >> alien earth premieres on hulu this summer. george pennacchio for abc news. >> all right. well, you know, another hulu series is also celebrating at south by southwest with a traveling delhi experience. delhi boys is set in

a philadelphia convenience store, and they've set up a pop up deli complete with flickering neon lights, cracked tile floors, and questionably filled pickle jars. it gives fans a peek of what's still to come in season one of delhi boys, now streaming on hulu. it premiered on march 6th. all right, abc7 news is streaming 24 over seven. get the abc7 bay area streaming tv app and join us whenever you want, wherever you are. and that's going to do it for abc7 news at four. i'm kristen z. thanks for joining us. abc seven news at five with dan and ama is coming your way next. so

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