live in hollywood, i'm dion lim, abc7 news. >> all right, dion. thanks so much. we look forward to your reports tomorrow and our complete oscar coverage begins sunday at 1:30 p.m. with on the red carpet. then at 3:30, we have the oscars ceremony pre-show. then at 5:00, it's the 90th annual academy awards with host jimmy kimmel. >>> let's go back to the weather. in between the rain and hail, there were some other dazzling sight as round the bay area. take a look right there. >> think about all those pots of gold that must be lying around. >> didn't find a single one. >> rainbows started popping up from san francisco to livermore. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the weekend forecast. a double rainbow? >> i saw some double rainbows on social media that were sent to me by followers and viewers. you're going to be seeing the potential for more tomorrow. right now live doppler 7 still tracking light to moderate showers from vallejo, crockett coming skyway, you will notice heading into martinez, also seeing scattered showers from livermore, concannon bouleva

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live in hollywood, i'm dion lim, abc7 news. >> all right, dion. thanks so much.look forward to your reports tomorrow and our complete oscar coverage begins sunday at 1:30 p.m. with on the red carpet. then at 3:30, we have the oscars ceremony pre-show. then at 5:00, it's the 90th annual academy awards with host jimmy kimmel. >>> let's go back to the weather. in between the rain and hail, there were some other dazzling sight as round the bay area. take a look right there. >> think about all those pots of gold that must be lying around. >> didn't find a single one. >> rainbows started popping up from san francisco to livermore. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the weekend forecast. a double rainbow? >> i saw some double rainbows on social media that were sent to me by followers and viewers. you're going to be seeing the potential for more tomorrow. right now live doppler 7 still tracking light to moderate showers from vallejo, crockett coming skyway, you will notice heading into martinez, also seeing scattered showers from livermore, concannon boulevard,

oscars opening ceremony at 3:30. >>> my partner dion lim is down there, lucky. >> i know, right? >> well, you were there last year. >> it was so exciting. it was just amazing experience. >> yeah. you don't get the wrong answer out of sandhya patel. recent weather has been good weather for movie watching. >> and look at this picture. kay too this photo. back with an update on your forecast. >> hi there, let's take a look at live doppler 7 right now. still active across bay area. starting out in the south bay. seeing rain over the santa cruz mountains, it is turning to snow. over mt. diablo. the snow has been falling as low as 1500 feet. it is turning to snow down to about 1500 feet up there. as you will notice, the rainfall totals many of you in the 1-2 inch category. almost 3 inches there in san rafael. highs tomorrow with scattered showers on the chilly side. keep the coats and umbrellas handy. dry on oscar sunday through wednesday and wednesday night we see changes with the level 1 system thursday and friday. >> thanks. larry beil is here with sports now. >> yes. little anxious

oscars opening ceremony at 3:30. >>> my partner dion lim is down there, lucky. >> i know, right?you were there last year. >> it was so exciting. it was just amazing experience. >> yeah. you don't get the wrong answer out of sandhya patel. recent weather has been good weather for movie watching. >> and look at this picture. kay too this photo. back with an update on your forecast. >> hi there, let's take a look at live doppler 7 right now. still active across bay area. starting out in the south bay. seeing rain over the santa cruz mountains, it is turning to snow. over mt. diablo. the snow has been falling as low as 1500 feet. it is turning to snow down to about 1500 feet up there. as you will notice, the rainfall totals many of you in the 1-2 inch category. almost 3 inches there in san rafael. highs tomorrow with scattered showers on the chilly side. keep the coats and umbrellas handy. dry on oscar sunday through wednesday and wednesday night we see changes with the level 1 system thursday and friday. >> thanks. larry beil is here with sports now. >> yes. little anxious. >> yeah?

dion lim, abc 7 news. >>> thank you, dion. we will claim anyone in the bay area. >> claim shape of water. >> i will not. >> the best picture win. a lot of people happy for "the shape of water." not everyone, though. josh dick i is happy. truly happy for its rabid fin base. kind much made me laugh. entertainment reporter, evan mcmurray saying not a single person in my life has mentioned shape of water to me. almost nobody could shut up about "get out." a lot of people on social media are saying get out should have won. i just found this tweet. reggie and i were talking about this throughout the morning. matthew bell own i, a reporter, he spoke to tiffany hadish at the governor's ball saying you and maya should host next year. tiffany responded, hey i agree with those people. it could happen. and a lot of people saying tiffany hadish really should maybe host next year. maybe do it with jimmy kimmel. >> she was a bright light. >> she and maya were adorable. they were wonderful together. not a bad idea. we'll see what happens. osc

i'm dion lim. >> i'm eric thomas.my daniels said she kept quiet for all these years because she was scared. hours after the interview she is the number one topic on twitter. >> reporter: president trump returned from watch from his weekend in mar-a-lago has cbs aired its interview with former adult star stormy daniels. >> i'm not sure why you're doing this. >> it's for me to defend myself. >> you had sex with him? >> yes. >> you were 27, he was 60. were you physically traekted to him? >> no. >> not at all? >> no. >> did you want to have sex with him? >> no, but i didn't say no. i'm not a victim. >> it was entirely consensual? >> yes. yes. >> you work in an industry where condom use is an issue. did he use a condom. >> no. >> did you ask him to. >> no. >> reporter: she said she was worried about her safety. >> a guy looked at me and said leave trump alone. he looked at my daughter and said she's a beautiful girl. it would be a shame if something happened to her. >> you took it as a threat. >> absolutely. >> reporter: s

. >> dion lim is in the newsroom with the latest. >> tom mullarkey is one of nine brothers and sisters, and i was so moved by how tight knit their family is. 30 members are now at bear valley helping with the search. at an impromptu family gathering in albany friday night, sisters, nieces and relatives of thomas mullarkey cling to each text and facebook message update and to each other for support. >> he loves the outdoors. he's hiking, camping, skiing. he's been doing it for decades. >> reporter: even for the most skilled outdoorsmaoutdoorsman, challenge, mother nature. tom was reported missing after he didn't return to his arnold cabin after a day of skiing at bear valley. >> that's been the biggest problem is the weather. it makes him hard for him to be found. >> reporter: these photos show chp and air national guardsmen helicopters stranded in the snow after a storm blew in thursday night. >> these members have to be prepared for avalanche conditions so they sl have to b trained not only to read potential avalanche areas. >> reporter: a team of seven from marin county search and re

i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm dion lim.osey tube could cause delays during the work week. one lane is closed in the direction from alameda to oakland. the repair job could go all week long and drivers are advise today take an alternate route. >>> the california highway patrol is looking at whether road rage was the reason for a shooting on thursday. investigators have not released a suspect or vehicle description and are asking for leads. >>> a building has been red tagged following this fire. at least six businesses have smoke and water damages. no one was hurt and the cause is still under investigation. >>> a family night te in the circus turned into terror when an aerial accrow bat fell to his death. >>> accrow bats swinging overhead in tampa, florida. then horror. >> they had a performer that fell from an unknown height. >> reporter: one of them plunging from 20 feet. >> we experienced him literally fall in front of us. >> that was the shocker point for everyone, i think. >> reporter: cell phone video capturing the mome

dion lim, abc 7 news. >>> dion has been posting all weekend from hollywood. dion said she met a woman who lives in the bay area who had a hearttransplant. she got out of the hocht a few days ago and made it in time to be in the red carpet audience. be in the red carpet audience. you can follow her at dion lim tv for a mibehind-the-scenes lo. >>> it's 4:31. let's get a quick update on your weather and traffic. hey, mike. >> that was fun last night. i can't believe i used to watch jimmy kimmel on the man show years ago. come a long way. good for him. freezing cold inland at 30. around the bay 38. the coast 41. we head to your 12-hour planner. look at all that sunshine and mid-50s at noon. upper 50s to low 60s, almost back to average. in fact, this will be the first time we get to 60 in san francisco. in about 2, 2 1/2 weeks. 7:00, how about 48 to 54 degrees. you have a chance of rain coming up. talk about that next. here's alexis. >> kborng good morning, mike. we have a couple of minor issues. taking a look at the emeryville camera. the powell street on ramp. a

dion lim, abc 7 news. >>> they weren't going to let her do that to them. >> absolutely not. not today. >> don't mess with those ladies. >>> how about that spokesperson for the -- >> he was impressed. give her a job. >> got a job audition there, huh? >> let's talk about what's going on outside at 4:46 in about five seconds. here's a look from south beach. nice and dry. showers today through sunday. thunderstorms possible today and tomorrow. spring war sunshine. here's a look at the low, with the snow level dropping to 3,000 feet. by the time we get to sunday, here's a look at today. by 9:00, a few isolated showers across the north bay. they stay there at noon. at 7:00, 8:00, 59 as we head through the evening hours, the showers start to move down. the heaviest showers, local downpours will happen during the overnight hours. >> wake up tomorrow, pretty quiet. during the evening hours once again, tomorrow another push of showers and then as we head towards sunday, a few showers in the morning along the coast and a few showers in the higher elevations during the day. sunday is de

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. >> and i'm dion lim in for ama daetz. depending on the conditions where you are, it could be quite different tonight. >> from the golden gate bridge camera, you see the wet roads. more rain is coming towards the north bay right now. >> so right away lets get to meteorologist drew tuma. >> i have light showers moving through. a cold front is crossing the bay area. live doppler 7 tracking the rain. showers over san francisco right now. and you noticed the motion of this rain. it's moving off to the north and to the east. so i want to time this leading edge of moisture moving into vallejo at 11:08. napa 11:27 and fairfield shortly before 11:40. light to moderate showers. the best chance of finding the moisture will be in the north bay and along the coast. we'll go hour-by-hour, time out the rest of the system and show you another chance of rain coming over part of your weekend. i'll have the accuweather forecast in a few minutes. >> sounds good, thanks. >>> the same storm that dumped feet of snow is pounding the northeast to

. >> dion lim is in the newsroom with the latest. >> tom mullarkey is one of nine brothers and sisterstight knit their family is. 30 members are now at bear valley helping with the search. at an impromptu family gathering in albany friday night, sisters, nieces and relatives of thomas mullarkey cling to each text and facebook message update and to each other for support. >> he loves the outdoors. he's hiking, camping, skiing. he's been doing it for decades. >> reporter: even for the most skilled outdoorsmaoutdoorsman, challenge, mother nature. tom was reported missing after he didn't return to his arnold cabin after a day of skiing at bear valley. >> that's been the biggest problem is the weather. it makes him hard for him to be found. >> reporter: these photos show chp and air national guardsmen helicopters stranded in the snow after a storm blew in thursday night. >> these members have to be prepared for avalanche conditions so they sl have to b trained not only to read potential avalanche areas. >> reporter: a team of seven from marin county search and recue deployed friday afternoo

. >> and i'm dion lim. one of the largest youth-led protests since the vietnam era mobilized in several large cities part of a national movement. >> abc 7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian with highlights of our local march for our lives rallies. lisa? >> from santa rosa to san jose parents, students, teachers, politicians they all took to the streets to speak out against gun violence. two of the largest took place in oakland and right here in san francisco. >> we want to be safe in schools. we want to be safe in our communities. and we want to be protected in america. >> reporter: young emotional voices filled san francisco's streets today. their words matters as thousands listened. >> we are the generation that has grown up with school shootings, but we are the generation that will stop them. >> reporter: from sky 7 you can see the massive crowd in civic center plaza. the group then marched down market street to the ferry building, holding signs demanding safety in schools and change from lawmakers. >> hey

. >> i am dion lim. >> in sacramento today jeff sessions said that california rules are unconstitutional and common sense. >> just imagine, or the environmental protection agency looking after polluters, would you pass a law for that. >> quick to counter with their claims and struggles. >> let's begin with our team coverage. >> this is completely unprecedented. >> reporter: governor jerry brown minced no words in his response. jeff sessions filed a federal lawsuit against the state of california for its sanctuary policies. >> three lies. open border, protect criminals. >> we are going to fight these irrational unfair unconstitutional policies. >> reporter: sessions did talk about what he considers the missteps of california leaders like gavin newsom. >> california is using every power itself, powers it doesn't have to frustrate federal law enforcement. >> you are dealing with perhaps universally almost accepted one of the most insignificant attorney general in history. >> reporter: session's speech was met with protest and inside opposition. >> the lawsuit challenges some of our state la

. >> and i'm dion lim. right away let's get to abc 7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian, who is live for us in north beach where that fire broke out. still very active behind you there. >> eric and dion, the fire is finally contained. it took a lot to put this fire out, which started just after 7:30 tonight. take a look. you can see firefighters are still here on the scene. one person has been displaced. that's a business owner. and everyone in that white building with the blue ladder attached to it, they have all been evacuated due to water damage. this was a massive fire which engulfed the building which stands at the corner of powell and columbus. the top floors are vacant apartments. while there are five businesses on the bottom floor. firefighters first took an offensive mode and attacked this fire from the inside. but soon had to pull out and fight the fire from above and from the street. >> there was fire on the ground floor. i came through the stairs underneath the guys on the second floor. their incid

. >> and i am dion lim. >>> pose an increasing risk to our health. janine de la vega explains how this molecule could save labs. >> reporter: a cure to what is commonly known as a super bug, a deadly infection that is resistant to anti biotics. lives may be saved because of what the team at ibm has developed. designed a plastic molecule that can destroy a power bacteria and here is what the bacteria looks like after treated with the molecule. infection free. >> we can consider this quite a break through. we make a synthetic plastic especially designed to attract to the bacteria surface like a magnet and once it latches on, it kills it. >> reporter: the chief medical officer says super bugs can become more common. this new discovery gives those in the medical field hope. >> incredibly exciting. hearing the news of that kind of treatment is exciting for us as physicians and as public health practitioners. >> reporter: the next step for ibm is to partner with a pharmaceutical company to do future research and twopideveloa bug. janine de la vega, abc7 ne

. >> and i'm dion lim.ght we are learning more about the three women killed at the pathway home in yountville one day ago. and the veteran who took their lives. >> these are the three victims. jennifer golick, jennifer gonzales and christine loeber. >> all of them died yesterday after being taken hostage by albert wong who investigators say then turned the gun by himself. jennifer golick leaves behind a his band and 7-year-old daughter. christine loeber dedicated her life to helping people heal. jennifer gonzales was seven months pregnant. >> tonight her husband said she will always be remembered for her unconditional love and giving heart. she said they died doing the work they were so passionate about. a memorial is planned for later this month to honor the three women who touched so many lives. >> we do have live team coverage tonight from yountville. let's begin tonight with abc 7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian live from where that memorial will take place. lisa. >> reporter: dion, the theater is just

i'm dion lim in hollywood, and will they get it done in time? let's find out. >>> and from the best movies to the worst. coming up, the one movie that snagged an award no filmmaker wants to get. >>> plus -- concert in the east bay tonight featuring our own dan ashley and a surprise guest. stay with us. (door bell rings) (cell phone vibrating) ♪ hello. hello. hello. hello. hello. hello. hello. hello. hello, i got your package. you can just leave it, thanks. (cell phone vibrating) hello, can i help you? hello. hello. hello. hello. hello. ♪ >>> less than 24 hours to go now until the 90th oscars, and the rush is on to make sure everything on the red carpet is absolutely perfect for hollywood's biggest night. abc 7 news anchor dion lim joins us from the red carpet outside the dolby theater. and dion, will they be ready? >> reporter: they have to be. the oscars are watched by hundreds of millions of people around the globe. when the plastic comes up, exposing the red carpet below, you know it's almost showtime. no detail too small. making sure the osc

. >> and i am dion lim. he will attend a fundraiser >> the president's trip started in san diego. >> mr. trump sees a wall as a key national security asset. president trump promised to build the wall while running for the white house in 2016. >> it will save thousands and thousands of lives, save taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars by reducing crime, drug flow. and burdens on schools and hospital. >> touted increase in defense spending during a rally with marines. >> rob mcmillen was there. >> reporter: president trump arrived to a rousing ovation. >> i have a message to you straight from the heart of the american people and you know what that is. we support you. we thank you. we love you. and we will always have your back like you have ours. >> reporter: president trump spoke out against california becoming a sanctuary state. >> they showed criminals and we are asking congress to ensure that no federal funds subsidize this dangerous behavior. >> reporter: spoke to outer space being the next battlefiel

dion lim says they are shaken and mentally exhausted. >> wonderful young man. >> cissy and matthew sherr became his guardians at 8-year-old old. >> he was not a bouncing off the walls kind of guy. he was soft spoken. >> they could never imagine wong doing this. >> he was a happy young man. >> a decorated veteran. he severed as an arm my rifle man in afghanistan from 2011 to 2012. he had trouble sleeping and recount the horrors of war. >> they had to look out for each other. he saw what you see in the movies. albert had to see that. >> along with mourning the loss of the three woman killed, yountville mayor grieved the man that was responsible. >> we also lost one of our heros who clearly had demons that resulted in the terrible tragedy that we experienced here. >> that's why, again. >> we are shocked to watch that. >> to watch that t that's not our albert. >> dion lim, "abc 7 news." >> they last saw albert a year skpag planned to go to school and get a degree in computing. more on the friends and families remembering the three victims. "abc 7 news" reporter cornell barnard spoke with the

that's not our albert. >> we feel bad for the families. >> dion lim, "abc 7 news." >> the couple saidhey last saw him a year ago and planned to go to school and great degree in computing. >>> more on the friends and family it is remembering the free victims. "abc 7 news" cornell barnard spoke of a friend of one of the women. >> she was a generous and kind person. >> cindy o'brian hugged neighbors outside of the her close friend christine loeber. she was killed friday at the veterans home in california. >> this is tragic this happened at the hands of somebody that she was originally trying to help. >> loeber was the executive director of the pathway home. a nonprof treating veterans of ptsd. the vet was a former client. wong took loeber and two other mental health workers hostage. general ner gonzalez shushereba and jennifer golick, a therapist. >> she was an amazing smart woman and her family is devastated. >> we lost three beautiful wonderful women. let's hope that the message goes out that we just need to help these guys with ptsd more and more so this doesn't happen again. >> cindy

. >> and i'm dion lim for ama daetz. first the storm moving into the bay area. >>> dan and dion we had the cloud cover thicken early this evening and now light showers mainly focusesed north bay. we notice some spots oh of green on the screen, light showers reported in santa rosa over the past hour. light showers over cloverdale and gunnarville. but it's just light sprinkles. a bit of activity moving towards richmond, moving towards hercules at this hour. it's a the cold front moving true. it's a light system with showers focused once again in the north bay. minimal if nothing elsewhere across the region. so future weather going threw the next couple of hours by 1:00 in the morning still likely light showers around santa rosa pete lum and along the coast 37 but swinging east it fizzles out. noerp mild day on the way and then tracking another storm that could dampen the week. we'll detail that in the forecast in a few minutes. >> thanks. >>> now to escalating feud between california and the trump administration. >> in sacr

reporting live in hollywood tonight, i'm dion lim, abc 7 news. >>> dion will report from the red carpet all weekend. you can catch the next update tonight at 11:00. all of the excitement of the oscars is exclusively here on abc 7. our coverage begins tomorrow at 1:30 with on the red carpet a the 3:30, the opening ceremony. at 5:00 p.m., 90th annual academy awards hosted by jimmy kimmel. >>> you still have time to catchall the films up for an oscar for best picture. that's right. all the films in one night. we'll take you to the ultimate movie marathon straight ahead. >>> from the best movies to the worst movies. the one movie that snagged >>> film fans in san francisco got a chance to see five best picture contenders just before the academy awards. abc 7 news was at the van nest 14 -- moviegoers have a chance to see dunkirk, call me by your name, the post and get out. the first at noon, the last at 8:15. amc has done this 12 years in a row. next year, if you're not oscar ready, this could be your shot. >> i love movies. i love tv. i love that i found this. i've done it two years in a ro

reporting live from hollywood, dion lim. >> i love that interview, dion. that was wonderful hearing from her. thank you so much for that. >>> there are plenty of other people with bay area ties who got oscars. one of the first was sam rockwell. a first-time nominee who attended a school of the arts in san francisco. he won for his role in "three billboards outside ebbing, missouri." >> when i was 8 years old, i was called into the principal's office and my father was looking sullen. he said we got to go, it's grandma. i said what's wrong with grandma and he said nothing, we're going to movies. >>> james ivory brought home his first oscar for best adapted screen play for call me by your nap. the 89-year-old ivory has been up for an award three times before. he is now the first person to win an oscar. >>> some were about change and diversity and a new day in hollywood. host jimmy kimmel touched on it several times, talking about sexism and the pay gap and joking about harvey weinstein being kicked out of the academy. and the person of the year cover had five

dion lim, abc 7 news. >> and dion is reporting tonight from the red carpet and tomorrow morning.an see her at abc 7 news at 11:00. and you can catch all the excitement of the oscars right here on abc 7. our complete coverage begins this afternoon at 1:30 with "on the red carpet." at 3:30, we have the oscars opening ceremony, and at 5:00 p.m., it is the 90th annual academy awards with your host jimmy kimmel. >>> less than a month after the florida high school shooting that left 17 dead, several celebrities are reportedly planning to use the oscars as a platform to raise awareness about gun control. "people" magazine says a bunch of a-listers will wear an orange pin for gun safety. orange is the official color that's come to be associated with various gun control causes. every town sells orange american flag pins on their website. it's not clear if those are the same pins the celebrities will be wearing tonight. >>> more on the gun control debate coming up on this week. democratic senator chris murphy responds to president trump's shifting stances on this issue. you can watch "this

once again i'm dion lim, and here are tonight's headlines.m oakland police the officer-involved shooting we told you about earlier has turned deadly. investigators tell abc 7 news the suspect who was shot and killed was armed and he got into a could be frontation with officers at 40th street near market. >>> hundreds of people are being warned that their eggs and embryos being stored at the pacific fertility center in san francisco may be damaged. the center says a storage tank was compromised last sunday. a similar mishap happened in cleveland, ohio on the very same day. >>> and a memorial is growing for the three women shot and killed at the veterans home of california in yountville. those who knew victims are stopping by the pathway home, leaving flowers and candles. a public memorial service is plans for monday march 19th. >>> getting to some breaking news now, we have just learned all five passengers in a helicopter crash in new york city's east river have died. the pilot is the only one to survive. you are looking at pictures taken of t

abc7 news anchor dion lim has the details. >> reporter: at an impromptu family gathering in albany friday night sisters niece asks relatives of tom cling to each text and facebook message update and to each other for support. >> he loves the outdoors. hiking, camping, skiing. >> he has been doing it for decades. >> reporter: even for the most skilled outdoorsman, a mighty challenge, mother nature. top was reported missing by his wife after he didn't return to his arnold cabin after a day of skiing at bear valley in alpine zmooun that's the biggest problem is the weather makes it real hard for him to be found. >> reporter: they foetsds from the sheriff's office show chp and national guardsman helicopters stranded in the snow after a storm blew in thursday night. >> these members have to be prepared for avalanche conditions so they have to be trained not only to read potential avalanche areas. >> reporter: a team of seven from marin county search and rescue deployed thursday afternoon and faced treacherous road conditions. 808 shut down for hours with caltrans opening it to gridlock late fr

dion lim will be reporting live. her reports start from hollywood today. >>> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. that means meteorologist mike nicco. >> hi everybody. here's a look at walnut creek. significantly different from this time yesterday. it's 38 degrees. it's also significantly cooler. so round of showers, lightning and hail today. could say rounds of showers. because that's really what we're going to have. chance that will linger all the way through the chance of showers, lingers through saturdaywarmer for sunday, monday and tuesday. crossing over the bay, san leandro, heading up crow canyon road from castro valley to san ramon. so they're about to get a little wet as will 680. check out the snow possible here in the santa cruz mountains to the west of saratoga and los gatos. so am of that will turn over to rain on stevens canyon road there. possibly a little dusting of light rain in the south bay for your morning commute. it will rotate through the south bay heading t

and at 5:00 it's the 90th annual academy awards with host jimmy kimmel and our own dion lim will be reporting live from hollywood beginning tomorrow. >> a "black panther" fans are going to love this. someone has been projecting wakanda forever on oakland landmarks the last few days. it's the rallying cry from the movie's technology -- technologically advanced homeland in africa. the fictional nation has a special connection to oakland. it's where "black panther's" main fill-in was born and the movie's writer/director ryan coogler grew up. >> the 20-year-old sacramento man behind the londons for leukemia challenge hopes the viral videos will help shaave h life. he has one year to live. bettencourt's best friend 19-year-old dylan hill has been helping him with his bucket list, one of which could keep him alive. >> we are trying to set the new world record for the most amount of bone marrow donation sign ups. >> ben bettencourt still hasn't found a donor match. 3,000 sign ups in a 24-hour period. they hope to beat that by tomorrow by bringing awareness with a challenge to make lemonade in the mo

. >> and i'm dion lim. an explosion in austin, texas, sent to men to the hospital. >> the men in their 20s are expected to survive. police have the site blocked off as they investigate the cause of the blast. the latest in a string of deadly exosions in the area this month. he said the last three package bombs which killed two people and injured two others were meant to send a message. >> the reward for information leading to an arrest has increased. it is now at $115,000. >> meantime, the president today tried to discredit the russia investigation by going after its special counsel and a former fb deputy director. there is now concern from democrats and republicans that he's trying to shut down the investigation. abc news reporter has the latest from washington. >> reporter: tonight president trump escalating his attack, now targeting the very top of the russia investigation, tweeting his strongest rebuke yet at special counsel robert mueller. t there was no collusion and no crime. witch hunt. >> the russi

. >> and i'm dion lim. on jimmy kimmel, lionel richie. >> have a great night. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight, lionel richie, from "grown-ish" yara shahidi, and music from moon taxi. and now, take it easy. here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome, welcome. ♪ hi, everybody. i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thanks for watching. thank you for coming. please, it's embarrassing. [ cheers and applause ] that's very nice. i'm glad you're here. tonight we are going to party,

. >> and i'm dion lim in for ama daetz. depending on the conditions where you are, it could be quite different tonight. >> from the golden gate bridge camera, you see the wet roads. more rain is coming towards the north bay right now. >> so right away lets get to meteorologist drew tuma. >> i have light showers moving through. a cold front is crossing the bay area. live doppler 7 tracking the rain. showers over san francisco right now. and you noticed the motion of this rain. it's moving off to the north and to the east. so i want to time this leading edge of moisture moving into vallejo at 11:08. napa 11:27 and fairfield shortly before 11:40. light to moderate showers. the best chance of finding the moisture will be in the north bay and along the coast. we'll go hour-by-hour, time out the rest of the system and show you another chance of rain coming over part of your weekend. i'll have the accuweather forecast in a few minutes. >> sounds good, thanks. >>> the same storm that dumped feet of snow is pounding the northeast to

. >> and i'm dion lim. one community in the wasn't country touched by tragedy is reaching out to victims' families killed in last week's shooting in the veterans home of california. >> this weekend, a wine and music event is helping by raising donations. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is live in yountville with the story. cornell? >> reporter: erik, dion, yountville definitely stepping up this weekend and giving back in a very big way. a nationally recognized food and win event is reaching out to the victims' families. there was music and lots of being poured for taste of yountville, an annual event attracting thousands of people. many here are remembering three women who lost their lived march 9th. a treatment facility for veterans dealing with ptsd. >> these women were doing their job. i do a similar job outside of the winery, and i don't know their families, but i could be them. >> reporter: army vettal better wongs killed pathway's director -- wong had been removed from the treatment program weeks b

good evening and thanks for joining i'm dion lim. >> i'm eric thomas. today shower brought more than just rain. >> check out the hail falling in danville. large bits of ice pelted the roadway. >> in sand carlos so much hail fell so quick it covered this dryway. but all of this will soon be behind us. drew tuma has more. >> eric and dion, we're getting reports of hail in pots like hayward and livermore. the storm isn't out of here yet. live doppler 7 showing showers out there. i want to get you in discloser to the east bay where we have one of the stronger cells moving through right now to the south ever pleasanton. it moved through hayward and dropped hail. not out of the question it continues. light rain from palo alto to sunnyvale. light sprinkles from santa clara to willow glen and light showers, light from san francisco over into oakland north to berkeley. the storm impact scale, the next couple of hours will track the scattered showers pl still isolated hail possible. a one on the impact scale. but in the next couple hours as the sun sets the showe

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. >> dion lim will be reporting live. can't rain on sunday because you cannot have soggy stars. >> not with those fancy gowns, right? >> well, their hair might get messed up. >> that's why we're indoors. >> kevin durant, a happy homecoming. as the warriors try to catch the rockets atop the west. you got to see what james who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. >> announcer: abc7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >>> good evening. kevin durant grew up in maryland, so he was fired up with the warriors playing the washington wizards and k.d. did not disappoint. there's a growing legion of warrior fans all over the country. they turned out in new york at th

. >> i'm dion lim. >> and i'm eric thomas. tonight part of union street remains closed half that four-alarm blaze. >> let's get to cornell bernard. cornell, so many unanswered questions tonight. >> reporter: dion and eric, some sad news. we have learned this building has been red tagged by the city of san francisco. it is just too unsafe to occupy tonight. take a look, the barricades were set up just a few hours ago. union street is closed because there is a concern that the building's facade could fail and fall. still no cause for the fire. it's under investigation, but one city official has a lot of criticism for the fire department. meantime, business owners salvaging what they can tonight. >> the fire went so fast and so crazy like that. >> reporter: the owner says saturday's fire was intense, engulfing the upper floors of this billing on union street and stretching a city block in north beach. six businesses below including restaurants and bars heavily damaged by smoke and water. for him it was all too real. >> you feel li

dion lim will be reporting live from hollywood starting today. >>> you're never more than sev minutes away from your accuweather forecast. mike nicco is here. >> definitely easier to see than yesterday when it was shrouded in clouds and rain. we'll have rounds of showers today. you'll go from needing the sun glasses to possibly the umbrella to seeing rainbows. a lot of these showers, lightning and hail, brief gusty winds, brief heavy rain and that chance lingers through tomorrow and tuesday. there's a shower around half moon bay moving towards hillsborough. it will wet your streets once again. another one south of pescadero towards los altos hills and sunnyvale and cupertino. these are all rotating to the east. if you live east of those areas, it could get wet once again over the next 45 minutes or so. here's what's going on at 7:00 this morning. you can see just a few green blips out there. same thing at noon. then we throw in the heating of the day. that makes the air buoyant enough, you could see more showers develop during the afternoon and into the early evening hours. look at al

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. >> i'm dion lim. >> and i'm eric thomas. art of union street remains closed half that four-alarm blaze. >> let's get to cornell bernard. cornell, so many unanswered questions tonight. >> reporter: dion and eric, some sad news. we have learned this building has been red tagged by the city of san francisco. it is just too unsafe to occupy to

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. >> and i am dion lim. families speaking out tonight. >> carlos salcedo begins our team coverage. >> reporter: patients having come in and out today. just aware of what has been happening, some aware as far as this malfunctioning and clinics across the country double checking to make sure their procedures. receiving a word that a freezer malfunction may have affected patient's eggs and embryos. >> i think they should have had some other back up in place. >> reporter: kristina nelson faced timed with us. >> our em brieios may never be viable. >> reporter: her hopes of having another child is unclear. reaching out to 500 patients who had eggs and embryos that had been affected. regulating fertility centers said in a written statement, we will do everything we can to understand how these incidents occurred and how we can help our members work to prevent. >> this woman did not want to be identified. some of her embryos were in the failed tank >> the hard part is that they don't know what is happening with it un

. >> and i am dion lim.ilies speaking out tonight. >> carlos salcedo begins our team coverage. >> reporter: patients having come in and out today. just aware of what has been happening, some aware as far as this malfunctioning and clinics across the country double checking to make sure their procedures. receiving a word that a freezer malfunction may have affected patient's eggs and embryos. >> i think they should have had some other back up in place. >> reporter: kristina nelson faced timed with >> our em brieios