and it's always a great lineup. >> is it going to include dan ashley and his band?hope so, we played last year, so we'll have to see. it was fun. great experience. >> all right. much more news to come. >> let's go to abc seven news anchor stephanie sierra for a look at the stories coming up at 530. >> stephanie thanks, dan and dionne tonight, a closer look at the april snow survey and the impact on california's water supply. march storms gave us a boost for the second straight season. so we're looking at the local impacts, plus details on the state's new water plan. then a unique way to fight parkinson's disease. we'll introduce you to the bay area assisted living community using the power of tai chi and boxing to help join us for those stories and more at 530 on abc seven bay area streaming tv. dan and diane. >> thanks, stephanie. >> okay, and a reminder you can download the abc seven news app or head to abc seven news.com to join stephanie in just two minutes. >> and if you're watching us right here on tv world news tonight with david muir is next for sandyha pate

. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm dionne lim. that violent heist happened at one of oakland chinatown's oldest jewelry stores. the damage done is simply remarkable. but despite all of this, the store owner says their vow to keep it open is stronger than ever, and they're pledging to move forward in the wake of this crime. you know and terror that unfolded at fung jewelry in oakland's chinatown wednesday, just after noon. >> it happened so fast, is unlike anything the family owned business has ever experienced in their more than 40 years in operation. >> we've been robbed, you know, a few times before, but not at this level of brazen magnitude. >> eight individuals with, you know, two getaway cars and, you know, guns drawn. >> watch as tony and 69 year old mother diane ducks for cover and screams for help as those eight individuals smashed nearly every single case. with no security guard on duty at the time, her 76 year old husband comes storming in, wielding a firearm, which scares the suspects away. >> if he didn't do that, then

. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm dionne lim. that violent heist happened at one of oakland chinatown's oldest jewelry stores. the damage done is simply remarkable. but despite all of this, the store owner says their vow to keep it open is stronger than ever, and they're pledging to move forward in the wake of this crime. you know and terror that unfolded at fung jewelry in oakland's chinatown wednesday, just after noon. >> it happened so fast, is unlike anything the family owned business has ever experienced in their more than 40 years in operation. >> we've been robbed, you know, a few times before, but not at this level of brazen magnitude. >> eight individuals with, you know, two getaway cars and, you know, guns drawn. >> watch as tony and 69 year old mother diane ducks for cover and screams for help as those eight individuals smashed nearly every single case. with no security guard on duty at the time, her 76 year old husband comes storming in, wielding a firearm, which scares the suspects away. >> if he didn't do that, then

i'm ama daetz, and i'm dan ashley. >> thank you for joining us. this is truly a tragic case that saw the parents of an 18 month old charged with murder after a fentanyl overdose killed the little girl. >> yeah, baby. winter died in august. the autopsy showed her blood contained 24 times what would constitute a lethal dose of the drug. at her age today, the santa clara county district attorney's office charged two housemates with murder. one is accused of supplying the drugs and the other distributing them. >> we charge drunk drivers for murder. under circumstances like this, we hold businesses accountable for dangerous practices which lead to the murder of their employees and we are holding these four individuals strictly and criminally accountable for their dangerous actions, which led to the death of this defenseless little girl, baby winter. >> this is one of two cases in santa clara county where parents are facing charges for fentanyl related deaths. there's also the baby phoenix case, where a three month old died. the murder charges in the ba

i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us.y officials say they're cracking down on the unlicensed and unregulated sale of alcohol, including an operation earlier this month. but the booze just keeps flowing. >> abc seven news i-team reporter melanie woodrow has been looking into the issue and joins us live from outside the ballpark. melanie >> ama and dan. we're starting to see some fans show up for tonight's game. i was out here last night and saw several people selling alcohol illegally . it not only takes away from the licensed businesses here outside the stadium, it also presents a safety and public health issue. the perimeter of oracle park is buzzing with happy fans during any san francisco giants home game, but authorities are frowning on the illegal sale of alcohol outside the stadium. earlier this month, the department of alcoholic beverage control held an operation outside oracle park for citations were issued and illegally sold. alcohol was seized, including from one individual operating an unlicensed bar. >> this m

. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm dionne lim. tensions are escalating in the middle east as the world braces for what's expected to be a direct and unprecedented attack by iran on israel. >> now, this comes as the us military moves additional assets to the region in the hope of deterring iran from a large scale attack, as well as bolstering protection for us forces already in the area. >> we are certainly mindful of a very public and what we consider to be a very credible threat made by iran in terms of, potential, attacks, on israel, and that we are in constant communication with our israeli counterparts, about making sure the, that they can defend themselves against those kinds of attacks. but we're watching this very, very, very closely. >> we are devoted to the defense of israel. we will support israel. we will defend help defend israel, and iran will not succeed. >> one of the biggest concerns, of course, is that any attack from iran will spark a larger regional war involving not just israel and iran, but also syria and leba

. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz. we begin with what is our main focus tonight. and it's had incoming storm heading our way. >> yeah it is measuring as a one in our exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. the chilly wind and rain will be something to keep an eye on through the rest of the workweek. and that's not all. there is a chance of snow. >> yeah. let's get to abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel , who is timing all of this out for us, sandhya. >> yeah, and ama and dan, just when you thought it was spring only, we're taking you back to winter. let me show you this cold storm that is coming our way. it's a level one already. triggering thunderstorms in the eastern portion of california. seeing the mixed precipitation up to our north and to our east. as you will notice, the trough is just off the northern california coast. and early tomorrow morning, showers will begin at 5 a.m. they'll be very spotty by 9 a.m. spreading across the region. snow showing up on mount hamilton and those showers will continue to pivot in as that trough approaches. continuing

i'm dionne lim and i'm dan ashley for sandhya patel. >> bill, we appreciate your time.eave you with more images of that rare solar eclipse right now on jimmy kimmel. henry cavill and mike epps. >> lou: from hollywood, it's “jimmy kimmel live”! tonight -- henry cavill. mike epps. and music from tori kelly. with cleto and the cletones. and now, jimmy kimmel! [ cheering and applause ]

. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm dionne lim. her list of accolades truly is incredible.of famer olympic gold medal coach, coach of the year. really the list goes on. >> it does. but now the woman whose name has long been synonymous with the stanford women's basketball program is retiring. >> abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey was at her news conference today and has more on her trailblazing career. dustin >> yeah, dionne and dan, for someone who doesn't like to talk about themselves much, tara talked for almost an hour today. really going taking the opportunity to thank each and every person that made an impact on that illustrious career. as you just mentioned, one of my favorite parts was when she was thanking all the athletes that she played for, and she was talking about the significance that they each played in what was a historic career 45 years total, three national championships and 1216 wins. the greatest of all time gets thrown around a lot in sports, but stanford's tara vanderveer has earned that title, and now the goat is calling it a career. >> m

i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. now these gatherings were not massive in attendance, but they had a huge impact. the chp arrested 38 people tied to the first round of protests. this morning. protesters targeted three spots the golden gate bridge and a one location in each direction of 8-80 in oakland. >> frustrated drivers ended up trapped for hours as chp worked to break up the demonstrations. protesters went to extremes to make sure it lasted as long as possible, linking themselves to cars through tubes and chaining themselves to barrels filled with concrete. it took jackhammers to free them. >> 12 hours after the protests, first started, another group gathered outside the tesla factory in fremont. that's where abc seven news reporter tim jones is tonight, wrapping up this disruptive, disruptive day of action. >> tense moments at a pro-palestinian protest outside the tesla factory in fremont monday night. protesters being fired at with pepper balls after they tore down police fencing set up around the facility. >>

. >> good evening, i'm dionne lim and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us.he dinner party hosts say the social gathering at their home was no place for the students political agenda. >> those gaza supporters say efforts to silence them ended in assault. >> abc seven news reporter tara campbell was at the dean's home tonight, where he held another social gathering for the students. >> yeah, dion and dan, we were actually at the dean's house tonight outside his house in oakland, and i was able to briefly speak with him. he didn't want to go on camera telling me that his statement that he posted today speaks for itself. we also spoke with a few students as they arrived. tonight's dinner did seem to go off as planned, where millions of muslims around the world fast . not only a protest getting heated tuesday evening at the home of the dean of uc berkeley's law school. okay you don't have to get aggressive. >> please leave our house. you are guests at our house. >> erwin chemerinsky and his wife, law professor catherine fisk, hosting their annual dinner for stude

i'm dionne lim, and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us.ntroversial topic because the proposed name change wouldn't be san francisco bay, oakland airport and san francisco officials say it would cause confusion, and they have threatened to sue if the name change moves forward. >> so for the very latest on this, let's go to abc seven news reporter tim johns, who has been monitoring today's vote. >> tim. >> yeah. dan dion, i just stepped outside this board meeting literally just minutes ago. they are still in discussions over whether to vote aye, yay or nay on this name change. i have to tell you, though, there were a lot of folks who came out for public comment, of course, very impassioned both for and against wanting to make their voices heard. ahead of its board meeting thursday, the port of oakland, standing by its recommendation to change the name of oakland airport, really, it's about bringing the geographical location to oakland , uh, getting people to understand where oakland sits in the bay area. >> we continue to hear from our airli

. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz. we begin in the middle east. tensions are ratcheting up tonight after israel retaliated against iran for an attack over the weekend. explosions were reported in at least one city in central iran. iranian officials say a military air base was hit. now the question is, will things escalate in the region even more , and will iran respond after it had said its military operations were over? >> in tel aviv, here's abc's news reporter matt gutman, a senior us official, confirming to us that israel has begun its retaliation against iran. >> the iranian media reporting that there were explosions heard in the central city of isfahan about 200 miles from tehran. the same media also saying that there is an international airfield in that area. there are military or air force bases in that area as well as possible iranian nuclear assets as well. commercial airliners have now been diverting from the area. of course, this comes five days after that unprecedented historic barrage from iran against israel. well over 300 drones, c

we appreciate your time. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz. we'll see you again at six. >> david: tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. the full jury has just been seated in donald trump's criminal trial. what we know about the jurors who will decide trump's fate, and when this trial now begins. >>> also breaking news tonight, the scare on the runway. two passenger jets just missing each other.

i'm dan ashley.il williams, pastor, at his home in san francisco this morning surrounded by family. he was 94. the reverend and his late wife founded the now world famous glide memorial church in the tenderloin. williams last appearance there in fact, was just recently easter sunday. his community outreach programs helped the city's poor and homeless for six decades. san francisco mayor london breed says williams was at the top of the list of black role models. abc seven news reporter j.r stone looks at the pastor's legacy of compassion and fierce advocacy, two things that are critical to us unconditional love and unconditional acceptance. >> and when you got those two things going for you, you really are out on the cutting edge words to live by. >> from the late pastor cecil williams, who died monday at the age of 94. words that helped glide memorial church grow from less than 50 members in the 1960s to more than 11,000 in recent years. >> talking about unconditional love and that everybody's accept

i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us.earchers at stanford say law enforcement is simply not ready to handle the surge of child sex abuse images generated on the internet, and they're worried it will stop investigators from helping real children who need to be rescued. >> abc seven news reporter lauren martinez asked researchers what needs to happen to fix this scary situation. >> is there any pictures of this girl on his, facebook? >> an influx of online child sexual abuse material is a rising concern for law enforcement. a new stanford report examines the strengths and weaknesses of the online child safety ecosystem. >> it's not just that law enforcement are overwhelmed with the volume of reports, it's that they feel like they aren't able to accurately prioritize among reports for investigation. they feel like they can't figure out which report is most likely to lead to the rescue of a child who is actively being abused. >> the organization, national center for missing and exploited children has a cyber tip line. it's a

i'm dan ashley and i am ama daetz. >> a's fans in the bay area are calling foul tonight.he team today announced that after this season and 55 years of baseball in oakland, it will play the next few seasons in sacramento. >> abc seven news sports reporter casey pratt has been on the a's beat for years, and reported about the rumblings of the team's departure on tuesday. >> yeah, he's live now in in sacramento with details on the move. casey a tough day for fans hoping to keep the a's in town. >> yeah, a very tough day, dan and ama. and it didn't really come as a surprise to me. i reported this was going to happen on tuesday when team employees told me that they had heard that they were going to sac. now a massive thunderclap just happened a moment ago. the rain is falling and it perfectly captures the mood here in sacramento today. a rainy, windy press conference to introduce that sacramento has, in a sense, taken the a's from oakland, a deal that oakland stood firm on. they didn't want to do anything unless they were guaranteed some chance at expansion in sacramento. they

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i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. our other top story a 14 year old boy is suspected of setting a fire that destroyed a waymo robotaxi in san francisco's chinatown in february. >> fireworks were set off inside the vehicle and video showed people smashing its windows with a skateboard and committing other acts of vandalism. >> san francisco police say they searched the boy's home last month and found evidence linking him to the crime. prosecutors have filed charges, but it is up to the juvenile probation department as to whether the boy will be arrested. >> new developments with the protests yesterday at google offices around the country over the war in gaza. the company confirmed tonight it has fired 28 employees after individual investigations. we saw people taken into custody in sunnyvale, but it's not clear if they were workers. google says a small number of employees did disrupt things at some of its offices. in a statement, it says, quote, physically impeding other employees work and preventing them from accessin

i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. a celebration of life was held tonight for mario gonzales. it was three years ago today that he died after officers pinned him to the ground, face down for several minutes. his family is now sharing its reaction to the district attorney's office deciding to charge three officers with involuntary manslaughter. again, this is three years to the day since his death, and there has been so much concern from the family ever since that day, abc seven news reporter tara campbell was at tonight's gathering, a celebration friday of the life of mario gonzales and the criminal charges filed against alameda police officers in his death. >> exactly three years ago, my, you know, like my son, they died right here in this park. mario's mother speaking one day after alameda county district attorney pamela price announced the results of a new investigation, eric mckinley, james fisher and cameron leahy. >> leahy have each been charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter, price pledging to reexam

great cause, and it's amazing seeing dan ashley in that element that he loves so much. being a rock star. lisa yeah, he does it well. >> what a fun night. good morning everybody. we have got a pretty quiet forecast. not only today but for the next several days with sunny days and cool mornings. but if you're going to be at the coast, be advised it's been windy. it'll stay windy. the storm track staying to the north for the most part until looks like the weekend next weekend. obviously, as we're enjoying today here in santa cruz, 56 degrees at about 70. later on this afternoon with those breezy northwest winds up to 20 miles an hour here. 54 downtown is 56. in oakland, 58 in san jose, low 50s, half moon bay. the winds already kicking up along the coast. you can see a bit of a breeze there from the flag flagpole, but blue sky 60 santa rosa it is 62 by the delta livermore at 57 and from our east bay hills. camera top vollmer peak. clear skies, sunny, windy at the coast tomorrow. slightly milder away from the shoreline and we'll get a high pressure building in and a bit of

i'm dan ashley, and i'm diane lim. >> the department has completed a list of reform recommendations first handed down by the us justice department in 2016. >> yeah, the police department had been rocked by a series of scandals, including racist text messages and officer involved shootings. abc seven news reporter tim johns is in the newsroom with more on the story. tim. >> yeah. dan dion, these recommendations were meant to transform the police department and in particular with how it deals with communities of color. now, eight years later, sfpd says it's proud of the work it's done. but critics say it's too early for celebration. let's be clear about that. >> this is an accomplishment. >> congratulations at san francisco city hall friday, police chief bill scott joining with mayor london breed and other local leaders to celebrate sfpd completion of recommended reforms first set out by the us department of justice back in 2016, the reforms are intended to transform the police department and make it a model for other agencies around the country. the goal to better connect the police with t

i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. abc seven news reporter tara campbell shows you how neighbors are trying to help get the place back open. >> we are all coming together to say, let's support each other and rebuild. >> one week after a fire forced saint john the evangelist church to shut the doors of its sanctuary, its nonprofit partner is working to make sure people don't get cut off of services like its daytime shelter. >> what we're hoping to do is to be able to raise money for the church, to be able to bring it back to its original glory, and also to be able to do it quickly. >> lydia branston is the executive director of the gubbio project and she says quickly is the key. >> so that we're not in a position where we're having to wait a long time to do the construction mission, or that the construction takes a really long time, so it disrupts services. so that's that's the goal and the community is showing up. >> this is a very tight knit community in this part of the mission. we've been through a lot over the last

i'm dan ashley. so far, at least four people are dead. dozens more hurt. the magnitude 7.4 quake hit just before 8 a.m. there the epicenter was right on taiwan's east coast. officials in japan reported tsunami waves after the quake, but there is no tsunami threat to california tonight. the shaking sent lights swinging in offices where workers were just showing up to start their day. as you can see here, the city of hualien seems to have some of the worst damage with a number of collapsed buildings. one ended up at a 45 degree angle. landslides hit highways and tunnels outside the city. trains are still stopped tonight. abc seven news reporter lauren martinez talked with travelers arriving at sfo from taiwan, who found out about the quake while they were in the air . >> video captures the moment a powerful and deadly earthquake struck the island of taiwan. the 7.4 magnitude quake hit the east coast during the wednesday morning commute. don't fall over to the west of the epicenter. a man living in taichung city captured this video inside his apartment. >> th

i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us.chools from coast to coast are shutting down and moving classes online because of safety concerns. as pro-palestinian protests grow and intensify. 34 people were taken into custody at the university of texas, and tonight, the lapd has its hands full. >> after a chaotic day at the university of southern california. abc news reporter tim pulliam has the latest >> college campuses in chaos. riverside students across the u.s. protesting israel's war in gaza. at usc in los angeles, demonstrators clashing with police as they closed in, taking down their signs and tents. abc's matt gutman on the scene. >> but as they've been chanting behind us, this cordon of security that we've been seeing has gotten closer. and closer. >> this evening, lapd officers with batons and shields moving in after protesters refuse to disperse. now at the university of texas, austin, a sea of students on the march. we're not okay with our tuition, our money going towards genocide. >> we want the university to divest

lose. >> have you heard of an artist called dan ashley? i think he should have been on the list. >> you're so he's a rock icon? yeah. we may have to wait a while. thank you. louis, you have to wait 25 years. >> according to the rules. >> do they take nominations? because we'll nominate dan. absolutely. love them with emails. yeah, those are sweet. thank you. a new initiative from the national park service is being billed as a prescription for wellness. the initiative is called park rx, and it encourages people to get outdoors to improve their overall health. exposure to sunlight builds up vitamin d, which helps immune health and muscle function, and simply being in green spaces can boost your mental health as well. i completely believe that. love my little walks seven miles every sunday by seven miles. >> wow, that's a lot. >> well, that's my one workout of the week, so don't get too impressed. >> you could space that out and do a mile every day. >> there you go. >> right? no that's good for you. >> and i think you know what? that sunlight

. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz. we begin with what is our main focus tonight. and it's had incoming storm heading our way. >> yeah it is measuring as a one in our exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. the chilly wind and rain will be something to keep an eye on through the rest of the workweek. and that's not all. there is a chance of snow. >> yeah. let's get to abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel , who is timing all of this out for us, sandhya. >> yeah, and ama and dan, just when you thought it was spring only, we're taking you back to winter. let me show you this cold storm that is coming our way. it's a level one already. triggering thunderstorms in the eastern portion of california. seeing the mixed precipitation up to our north and to our east. as you will notice, the trough is just off the northern california coast. and early tomorrow morning, showers will begin at 5 a.m. they'll be very spotty by 9 a.m. spreading across the region. snow showing up on mount hamilton and those showers will continue to pivot in as that trough approaches. continuing

i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. researchers at stanford say law enforcement is simply not ready to handle the surge of child sex abuse images generated on the internet, and they're worried it will stop investigators from helping real children who need to be rescued. >> abc seven news reporter lauren martinez asked researchers what needs to happen to fix this scary situation. >> is there any pictures of this girl on his, facebook? >> an influx of online child sexual abuse material is a rising concern for law enforcement. a new stanford report examines the strengths and weaknesses of the online child safety ecosystem. >> it's not just that law enforcement are overwhelmed with the volume of reports, it's that they feel like they aren't able to accurately prioritize among reports for investigation. they feel like they can't figure out which report is most likely to lead to the rescue of a child who is actively being abused. >> the organization, national center for missing and exploited children has a cyber tip line. it'

i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us.ur other top story a 14 year old boy is suspected of setting a fire that destroyed a waymo robotaxi in san francisco's chinatown in february. >> fireworks were set off inside the vehicle and video showed people smashing its windows with a skateboard and committing other acts of vandalism. >> san francisco police say they searched the boy's home last month and found evidence linking him to the crime. prosecutors have filed charges, but it is up to the juvenile probation department as to whether the boy will be arrested. >> new developments with the protests yesterday at google offices around the country over the war in gaza. the company confirmed tonight it has fired 28 employees after individual investigations. we saw people taken into custody in sunnyvale, but it's not clear if they were workers. google says a small number of employees did disrupt things at some of its offices. in a statement, it says, quote, physically impeding other employees work and preventing them from accessing

i'm dan ashley. so far, at least four people are dead. dozens more hurt.he magnitude 7.4 quake hit just before 8 a.m. there the epicenter was right on taiwan's east coast. officials in japan reported tsunami waves after the quake, but there is no tsunami threat to california tonight. the shaking sent lights swinging in offices where workers were just showing up to start their day. as you can see here, the city of hualien seems to have some of the worst damage with a number of collapsed buildings. one ended up at a 45 degree angle. landslides hit highways and tunnels outside the city. trains are still stopped tonight. abc seven news reporter lauren martinez talked with travelers arriving at sfo from taiwan, who found out about the quake while they were in the air . >> video captures the moment a powerful and deadly earthquake struck the island of taiwan. the 7.4 magnitude quake hit the east coast during the wednesday morning commute. don't fall over to the west of the epicenter. a man living in taichung city captured this video inside his apartment. >> this

i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. from coast to coast are shutting down and moving classes online because of safety concerns. as pro-palestinian protests grow and intensify. 34 people were taken into custody at the university of texas, and tonight, the lapd has its hands full. >> after a chaotic day at the university of southern california. abc news reporter tim pulliam has the latest >> college campuses in chaos. riverside students across the u.s. protesting israel's war in gaza. at usc in los angeles, demonstrators clashing with police as they closed in, taking down their signs and tents. abc's matt gutman on the scene. >> but as they've been chanting behind us, this cordon of security that we've been seeing has gotten closer. and closer. >> this evening, lapd officers with batons and shields moving in after protesters refuse to disperse. now at the university of texas, austin, a sea of students on the march. we're not okay with our tuition, our money going towards genocide. >> we want the university to divest from

i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. now these gatherings were not massive in attendance, but they had a huge impact. the chp arrested 38 people tied to the first round of protests. this morning. protesters targeted three spots the golden gate bridge and a one location in each direction of 8-80 in oakland. >> frustrated drivers ended up trapped for hours as chp worked to break up the demonstrations. protesters went to extremes to make sure it lasted as long as possible, linking themselves to cars through tubes and chaining themselves to barrels filled with concrete. it took jackhammers to free them. >> 12 hours after the protests, first started, another group gathered outside the tesla factory in fremont. that's where abc seven news reporter tim jones is tonight, wrapping up this disruptive, disruptive day of action. >> tense moments at a pro-palestinian protest outside the tesla factory in fremont monday night. protesters being fired at with pepper balls after they tore down police fencing set up around the facility. >>

i'm dan ashley.liams, pastor, at his home in san francisco this morning surrounded by family. he was 94. the reverend and his late wife founded the now world famous glide memorial church in the tenderloin. williams last appearance there in fact, was just recently easter sunday. his community outreach programs helped the city's poor and homeless for six decades. san francisco mayor london breed says williams was at the top of the list of black role models. abc seven news reporter j.r stone looks at the pastor's legacy of compassion and fierce advocacy, two things that are critical to us unconditional love and unconditional acceptance. >> and when you got those two things going for you, you really are out on the cutting edge words to live by. >> from the late pastor cecil williams, who died monday at the age of 94. words that helped glide memorial church grow from less than 50 members in the 1960s to more than 11,000 in recent years. >> talking about unconditional love and that everybody's accept it. t

i'm dionne lim and i'm dan ashley for sandhya patel. >> bill, we appreciate your time.el. issues. there's always risk. but the best scenario, the most likely scenario is that, you know, this economy is going to continue to be resilient and perform well going forward. >> in his letter, diamond also focused on the future of the economy, touting the impact of artificial intelligence, saying it could be as significant as the printing press or steam engine. he also highlighted the need for diversity, equity and inclusion programs, saying banks and companies must earn the trust of their communities. andrew. rhiannon. >> all right, lionel, thank you for that. many watching yesterday's eclipse spoke of a sense of unity after it. they were unified, though in huge traffic jams as millions of people who drove to see it started heading home. a couple hundred million people live in or near the eclipse's path, which was obscured by clouds in many places. unfortunately more clouds and much worse are in the forecast for some people. accuweather's melissa konstanzer has that. melissa >>

. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz. we begin in the middle east.s are ratcheting up tonight after israel retaliated against iran for an attack over the weekend. explosions were reported in at least one city in central iran. iranian officials say a military air base was hit. now the question is, will things escalate in the region even more , and will iran respond after it had said its military operations were over? >> in tel aviv, here's abc's news reporter matt gutman, a senior us official, confirming to us that israel has begun its retaliation against iran. >> the iranian media reporting that there were explosions heard in the central city of isfahan about 200 miles from tehran. the same media also saying that there is an international airfield in that area. there are military or air force bases in that area as well as possible iranian nuclear assets as well. commercial airliners have now been diverting from the area. of course, this comes five days after that unprecedented historic barrage from iran against israel. well over 300 drones, cruise mi

i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. a celebration of life was held tonight for mario gonzales. it was three years ago today that he died after officers pinned him to the ground, face down for several minutes. his family is now sharing its reaction to the district attorney's office deciding to charge three officers with involuntary manslaughter. again, this is three years to the day since his death, and there has been so much concern from the family ever since that day, abc seven news reporter tara campbell was at tonight's gathering, a celebration friday of the life of mario gonzales and the criminal charges filed against alameda police officers in his death. >> exactly three years ago, my, you know, like my son, they died right here in this park. mario's mother speaking one day after alameda county district attorney pamela price announced the results of a new investigation, eric mckinley, james fisher and cameron leahy. >> leahy have each been charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter, price pledging to reexam

i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. abc seven news reporter tara campbell shows you how neighbors are trying to help get the place back open. >> we are all coming together to say, let's support each other and rebuild. >> one week after a fire forced saint john the evangelist church to shut the doors of its sanctuary, its nonprofit partner is working to make sure people don't get cut off of services like its daytime shelter. >> what we're hoping to do is to be able to raise money for the church, to be able to bring it back to its original glory, and also to be able to do it quickly. >> lydia branston is the executive director of the gubbio project and she says quickly is the key. >> so that we're not in a position where we're having to wait a long time to do the construction mission, or that the construction takes a really long time, so it disrupts services. so that's that's the goal and the community is showing up. >> this is a very tight knit community in this part of the mission. we've been through a lot over the last

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. >> i'm dionne lim, and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. it was a busy weekend for law enforcement around the bay area. through all hours of the night here, look at this. this sideshow on the bay bridge was one of half a dozen around the bay area over the weekend, as abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley found local law enforcement was flooded with calls about the dangerous gatherings. >> these are the skid marks on the bay bridge as you approach treasure island on the upper deck, as seen from sky seven today. they're from a sideshow that materialized on the bridge early sunday. additional units were called and dispersed the crowd within 20 minutes, allowing traffic to flow again on the upper deck. >> they determined at least 100 vehicles were possibly involved in the sideshow activity. >> chp got the call at 3:17 a.m. >> four individuals were detained uh, two of them which were cited, for aiding and abetting in the sideshow activity. those two individuals were determined to be juveniles and the other two, persons who were detained were a

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i'm dan ashley, and i'm ama daetz. >> if you didn't get stuck in those protests, no doubt you heard about them. pro-palestinian activists monday blocked lanes of 8-80, the golden gate bridge and southbound 8-80 in oakland. more than 30 people were arrested for the shutdown, but san francisco's district attorney has delayed charging the cases that are making their way through her office. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan explains how she wants to talk to people affected by the road closures. >> 26 gaza war protesters were arrested for their alleged involvement in monday's shutdown of the golden gate bridge, as of wednesday, all were released, but that does not mean we are not going to pursue charges, san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins says there's a tight time frame to make a charging decision when a suspect is booked on a felony, so all 26 were released pending further investigation. potential charges include unlawful assembly, false imprisonment and conspiracy to commit a crime, a possible felony that requires us to have specific evidence related to each one of the 26 p

abc7 news anchor dan ashley has details. >> and if you look through that, you can see the wings.ity treatment, but then again, this bunch is about to make history. >> turning the clock back nearly a century in san francisco's presidio, durrell capon is a senior research fellow at the california academy of sciences. he says the butterflies will replace a long lost species called the xerces blue, that went extinct in the 1940s. >> syracuse blue was a beautiful blue butterfly that was restricted to the dune habitat from fort funston to baker beach. >> that was before the west side of san francisco transformed from sand dunes to development, wiping out their habitat. but ecologist lew stringer says the presidio has spent decades restoring the native dunes around the former army post, including butterfly friendly plants like the edible deerweed. >> if we didn't have this habitat, we wouldn't have the plant and we wouldn't have the ability to bring back the species that was lost to san francisco. >> so with butterflies in tow, the team hit the trail. but they say the scientific part of

. >> i'm dionne lim, and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. san francisco's mission street has gone through a lot of changes as the city tries to crack down on buying and selling stolen goods. just after thanksgiving last year, the city banned all street vending on mission street from 14th to cesar chavez. they said the ban would last 90 days. vendors were asked to move or sell at designated spaces, paid for by the city. >> within days, vendors voiced concerns about a lack of sales. the city offered financial help $1,000 to each vendor if they applied, and qualified. a city survey done in january found most business owners said mission street was better, cleaner and safer just before the ban was set to expire in february, the city extended it for an additional 180 days. >> six more months until august and now in april, vendors are losing one storefront. the city has been renting for them. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena has followed the band's impact for months now. since the beginning, really, and joins us live from the newsroom with reac

. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. a code enforcement battle that has gone on for years in the courts is now over after the nation's highest court denies an appeal. >> the owner of a private temple in fremont is being ordered to remove it following action by the u.s. supreme court. abc seven news reporter ryan curry has more. >> deep in the hills of fremont, miao lin lee continues her fight to keep her buddhist temple. >> if i don't stand up, i feel like i'm not doing myself a favor or nor the citizens. >> her progress took a hit this week. the u.s. supreme court ruled lee must comply with the city's orders and remove the temple she built on her hillside without a permit. she claims the city is discriminating against her. >> sometimes that makes me wonder if i had been a white woman, would that been? would i have been treated differently? >> she filed a lawsuit nearly three years ago alleging racial, religious, and gender discrimination. she says her white neighbors have been allowed to receive permits or build without

i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us again. we're monitoring that, but we'll move on to new developments related to the antioch police texting scandal that broke last year. since then, more than 40% of the antioch police department has been put on paid leave. >> and now we're learning one of the sergeants named in the fbi investigation will be returning to work. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has the latest. >> antioch resident frank sterling's 2009 encounter with then antioch police officer rick hoffman left him hospitalized. he was awarded compensation as part of a settlement alleging excessive use of force. last year, hoffman, now a sergeant, was put on paid leave after being linked to the police texting scandal. now he's coming back. >> well, definitely. we're all very upset that rick hoffman has come back. he's known for committing violence in the community. he's mentioned in the text message scandal, laughing at violence. >> last year, an fbi investigation uncovered a racist texting scandal at the antioch police dep

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>> i'm dionne lim and i'm dan ashley. that breaking news is a 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck taiwan just a short time ago. >> sandyha patel joins us now with what we know about this quake. sandhya. >> yeah. so, diane and dan, let's take a look at the earthquake. it was just south of shanghai. it occurred shortly before 5 p.m. there have been multiple reports of earthquakes, but 4:58 p.m. our time preliminary magnitude 7.5. the depth was about seven miles. this once again hitting just south of shanghai, taiwan. multiple reports, five reports, to be precise. the maximum magnitude was 7.5 and this was south southwest of hualien city, taiwan. so i do want to show you the earthquake magnitudes when you get into that seven. that is a major earthquake. buildings can be damaged. there are about 18 per year, and that is the equivalent of 1 billion pounds of explosives. right now, the tsunami danger is being evaluated to the west coast. the tsunami center is saying the threat is being evaluated. so stay tuned. dan and dion oka

abc seven news anchor dan ashley has the fight to keep the event going.e music, the food, the crowds, they're all back on telegraph avenue for oakland first fridays. this is where we celebrate, this is where we have fun. and it's a safe space for a city that's about to lose its last pro sports team and seen restaurant closures along hegenberger road because of crime. this event is an oasis. >> first fridays wasn't here, then it would just take away like our pride and joy of the city organizers expect 30,000 people at today's event. >> first fridays has been around over a decade. it started as an art crawl. now it's a place to come, eat, sing and shop. >> there's a lot of stuff that's going away from oakland, so this definitely needs to stay at first friday definitely needs to stay for rafael yousef, first fridays is an important way to connect with customers and make a living. >> i have a lot of customers. >> the only waiting for me a once a month to come here. >> but financial problems forced oakland first fridays to shut down in december. the koreatown

i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz. >> now to new developments in the middle east hostage crisis. today, hamas released a video showing hirsch, goldberg, pullen, a 24 year old man born in berkeley. >> he was one of hundreds taken hostage by hamas during the october 7th attack and he still being held captive today. abc seven news reporter lena howland has the emotional response to the video from his parents. >> shalom hirsch goldberg polin. >> it's been 201 days since berkeley native hirsch goldberg, poland, was kidnaped and taken hostage by hamas during a music festival on october 7th in israel. but on wednesday, a heavily edited video of a man identifying himself as 24 year old hirsch was released on a hamas run telegram channel. >> seeing a video of hirsch today is overwhelming. we're relieved to see him alive, but we are also concerned about his health and well-being. >> hirsch, his parents, john poland and rachel goldberg, say they want the world to see this video. they are now putting out a desperate plea to all leaders involved in negotiating the hostage situation. >> be bra