here's abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey. >> recent weather has given the bay area a taste of springeeks, but a similar beautiful forecast in tahoe is less than good news for snow on the ground. for every day it's not snowing or raining. snow is melting, and the latest department of water resources survey at phillips station reflects that. >> our survey today recorded a snow depth of 34in, water content of 13.5in, and the snow water content measurement is 58% of average for this date and 55% of the april 1st average at this location. >> statewide, we're at 85% of average for snowpack on this date. most of that coming from the northern sierra, with the central and south showing even further less than average. there's some work to do to get back to normal. >> at the beginning of this calendar year, the statewide snowpack was at 108% of average for that date, but an extremely dry january dropped that to 69% of an average month. a month later, with lower snowpack. >> and despite some solid storms in february, recent weather chipped away at gains. december, january and february normally a

dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> all right. now to that just stunning shouting match at the white house today. a high stakes meeting between president trump and ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky turned very contentious in front of all the media, the cameras, as they were rolling. >> you're not in a good position. you don't have the cards right now with us. you start having cards. cards right now you don't. you're playing cards, you're playing cards. you're gambling with the lives of millions of people. you're gambling with world war three. >> zelenskyy and trump had previously appeared to agree on a deal that would give the u.s. a share of ukraine's mineral resources. both zelenskyy expressed concern about the deal unless he gets security guarantees to prevent russia's aggression. and that's what vice president j.d. vance entered the argument. >> i'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. >> yes. >> mr. president, mr. president, with respect, i think it's disrespectful for

. >> abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey explains why san jose has opted to take a different approach when tackling homelessness, and how it's working in comparison to. >> truckload after truckload filled with belongings of unhoused residents living near coyote creek in san jose. the latest encampment sweep by city crews left advocate sean cartwright worried about what may come next. >> there's no place for people to go. if people had housing to go to, they would go to. and i know you're going to say, well, we offered them shelters. people don't want to go to shelters. >> cartwright says safety, lack of accountability from providers and other hazardous conditions are partially to blame. she says many would rather be on the streets than in certain managed settings. >> people say i feel safer out here than in the shelters. when people are in shelters, you try very hard to keep them there because it's at least stable. but you understand their complaints. you understand their feelings. >> calmatters found data from the california interagency council on homelessness that backs up some of t

here's abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey. >> recent weather has given the bay area a tastehe past few weeks, but a similar beautiful forecast in tahoe is less than good news for snow on the ground. for every day it's not snowing or raining. snow is melting, and the latest department of water resources survey at phillips station reflects that. >> our survey today recorded a snow depth of 34in, water content of 13.5in, and the snow water content measurement is 58% of average for this date and 55% of the april 1st average at this location. >> statewide, we're at 85% of average for snowpack on this date, most of that coming from the northern sierra, with the central and south showing even further less than average. there's some work to do to get back to normal. >> at the beginning of this calendar year. the statewide snowpack was at 108% of average for that date, but an extremely dry january dropped that to 69% of an average month. a month later, with lower snowpack. >> and despite some solid storms in february, recent weather chipped away at gains. december, january and februa

. >> abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey explains why the bay area's biggest city, san josepart of our effort to build a better bay area.

dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> a controversial bill to conserve the black bear population has activistsfor the proposal to be blocked. a practice known as hounding could allow hunters to chase and scare black bears up into trees by using dogs. lawmaker heather chadwick proposed assembly bill 1038, which could reinstate hound dogs to hunt bears. the tactic was banned nearly a decade ago. some people oppose the bill, saying it's a cruel way to control the bear population and want to keep california's black bears safe. one activist describes how hounding can severely injure bears. >> they shoot him, and then he tumbles down through the branches, sometimes just breaking bones on the way down, getting badly injured, sometimes dying on the way down or from the gunshot. >> chadwick's bill hasn't made it to committee yet, and is expected to undergo hearings in the coming weeks. egg prices continue to soar. we're all seeing it now. officials are seeing a different problem related to those rising prices. the u.s. border protection agency is reporting a rise in the number of people trying to smugg