i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. we want to start with that dangerous storm that's taking aim at the sierra right now. here's a live look for you. highway 80, interstate 80 at donner summit where snow is definitely piling up. driving conditions are treacherous right now. you can see it's pretty much whiteout. the days long blizzard is expected to dump up to ten feet of snow in some parts of that region. abc seven news meteorologist lisa argen is tracking the storm. lisa it's going to be wet here in the bay area, but up there, boy, that is dangerous. yes, it really is. kristen. they picked up almost two feet since last night and expecting another 4 to 6ft just overnight. >> that's 2 to 4in per hour. so it is really going crazy up in the mountains and chain controls all over the place. you can see lightning offshore here and we're definitely looking at a little sun out there adding the instability to the atmosphere. here's a look at the sierra nevada where the snow just keeps coming down for the bay area. these thunder

. >> i'm larry beil and i'm kristen sze. we begin today with that deadly police shooting in pacifica. a woman killed by police this morning after her son says he was shot by his own mother. abc seven news reporter lena howland is live in pacifica with the latest. lena >> we just learned in the last couple of hours that this all started after that man called 911 just before 8:00 this morning. police officers responded and there was a deadly encounter when that man's mother tried to leave the scene. tragedy in pacifica as police investigate a shooting, investigators say a man was shot by his mother inside of the apartment. they shared early wednesday morning, and when she attempted to leave, pacifica, police say she pulled the gun on responding officers. they shot her and she died at the scene, neighbors said. it was so loud they originally thought it was construction work. >> i've never heard gunshots in my life, so i was expecting. everybody says it's a pop, pop, pop like a firework. this was not a pop, pop, pop. it was more

i'm larry beil and i'm kristen sze. >> we'll have more on those stories in just a few minutes. but we begin in the south bay with this winter like storm check out this rain coming down just a short time ago. the storm really heavy at times in san francisco. >> the headlights were on. so were the windshield wipers. this was the scene today near california and park presidio in the north bay. >> it was both rain and wind. this video was shot just a few hours ago in sonoma county. >> all right, let's take a live look outside. right now. you can see it's raining all over the place throughout the bay area. the question is, how long will it last? especially with sunday. sunday morning on the calendar. >> i know who's got the answer. abc seven news meteorologist sandyha patel is here with the forecast. hey, sandy. hi there. >> yeah, and kristen and larry, we're heading into this holiday weekend with wet, windy weather and the possibility of thunderstorms as we look at live doppler seven, notice the focus of the heaviest rain is in the southern part of our viewing area. but i want to tu

you're watching getting answers i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. in a recent interview, the record holder for the most three pointers in the nba history was asked if he would consider running for president after retiring from basketball. curry's response was a definite maybe. quote. i have an interest in leveraging every part of my influence for good in the way that i can. so if that's the way to do it, i'm not going to say the presidency. but if politics is a way that you can create meaningful change, or if there's another way outside of politics. curry's words have warriors fans buzzing and us asking, does he have what it takes to explore that question with us? new york times best selling author of the book you never forget your first, a biography of george washington joining us live now, alexis coe, presidential historian and new america fellow. hi, alexis. thanks for your time. hello >> hello. it's great to be here. >> so how serious do you think this might be? >> it did not seem to me as if he was committed to this and being coy, i think it's

. >> i'm larry beil and i'm kristen sze.e race to fill the seat vacated by the late dianne feinstein, with steve garvey and adam schiff's primary win. >> that means for the first time in almost three decades, california will not have a female senator in d.c. that's not all. some bay area congressional seats held by women have been lost to male candidates as well. >> abc7 news reporter anser hassan takes a closer look. >> former baseball star steve garvey, a republican, and democratic representative. adam schiff will compete in november to fill dianne feinstein's u.s. senate seat from california, effectively ending the congressional careers of barbara lee and katie porter. >> it's such a shame that we will not be having a female as our senator for the state of california. i think that having a women's perspective is really important. >> samina usman is constituent campaign coordinator for barbara lee's senate campaign for the first time in more than three decades, california won't have a female senator, and of the bay area's

. >> i'm larry beil and i'm kristen sze.ice shooting in pacifica. a woman killed by police this morning after her son says he was shot by his own mother. abc seven news reporter lena howland is live in pacifica with the latest. lena >> we just learned in the last couple of hours that this all started after that man called 911 just before 8:00 this morning. police officers responded and there was a deadly encounter when that man's mother tried to leave the scene. tragedy in pacifica as police investigate a shooting, investigators say a man was shot by his mother inside of the apartment. they shared early wednesday morning, and when she attempted to leave, pacifica, police say she pulled the gun on responding officers. they shot her and she died at the scene, neighbors sa

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. tomorrow, california will join more than a dozen states in holding elections on super tuesday. bay area voters are being asked to make important local, state and federal decisions, joining us live now to preview this march primary is politico's senior politics reporter jeremy white. hey, jeremy. >> hey, kristen, so much for us to talk about today. >> i want to start with the supreme court, which voted unanimously that colorado cannot just keep trump off its ballot. so he will be on it tomorrow when colorado participates in super tuesday. what was the rationale and what does this mean? >> well, this means that we are going to continue towards what seems to be inevitable, which is that donald trump will be the republican nominee. i'm not sure how much of an influence it's going to have here in california, given that it certainly appears that the former president has sewn up the nomination in and even before that happened, there had been efforts backed by him and his allies to change the

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. alameda county health officials are warning that people may have been exposed to measles if they dined this past weekend at a san leandro restaurant. officials say the possible exposure occurred at sons of liberty ale house on saturday, between 4:45 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. this is the second warning this month. 300 people were possibly exposed to measles on march 5th at the uc davis emergency room after a child with the virus was treated there. joining us live now to talk more about the rise in infectious diseases in the bay area and california, ucsf infectious diseases specialist doctor peter chin-hong. doctor chin-hong, nice of you to join us today. >> thanks for having me on, kristen. >> all right. so people want to know how soon after exposure can symptoms start to show with measles. >> yeah. so typically it's anywhere between 7 and 21 days. and that's important because if, for example, there's a kid with measles in the school and other kids have been exposed who are unvaccinated or un

i'm julian glover and i'm kristen sze. >> right now, some of the heaviest rain is still moving through the bay area. >> you can see some of the heavier patches. there you go. and live doppler seven moving over the south bay, we have abc seven news team coverage with reporter cornell bernard in the north bay. >> but let's begin with meteorologist sandhya patel, who is tracking the conditions right now. sandhya. yeah. >> well, kristen and julian, this good friday is a wet and windy one for many parts of the bay area. let me show you live doppler seven and we'll talk about where the downpours are happening right now in the south bay across morgan hill, san martin highway 101. so if you are commuting through this area or you're getting away for the holiday weekend, it's going to be a little dicey. altamont five 8-80 livermore. seeing some light to moderate showers, very spotty on the peninsula and san francisco. and in the north bay. it is light at this hour across highway 12 napa area. we do have flood advisories for parts of the san mateo county area and also down towards the monterey ba

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. we'll get to those interviews in just a moment. but first, let's talk about this changing weather . rain is returning to the bay area today. here's a live look from our exploratorium camera in san francisco, showing how gray it looks across the bay right now. and it looks like it's going to be a wet weekend. abc7 news meteorologist lisa argen is tracking this level one storm. >> we have ended our nine day stretch of dry weather with a level one system today, working through the bay area, another system tomorrow bringing light to moderate rain. tomorrow we could see a chance of a thunderstorm and today still pretty mild before the cold air moves in windy weather accompanying the front as well. so throughout the rest of the day, that front pushes through the bay area, leading to a soggy evening. but then we get a break as we get into saturday. but by the afternoon, with a little bit of heating and that unstable atmosphere will see peeks of sun, we could see a chance of a thunderstorm. those heavier downpours could be embedded with so

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us today. after going more than a year without a permanent police chief, oakland mayor jintao introduced the man who's stepping into that role, an air force veteran with 30 years of law enforcement experience, floyd mitchell was most recently police chief in lubbock, texas. >> it is my honor to introduce to you our new top police officer, chief floyd mitchell >> i'm excited to join oakland's public safety leadership team and work with its partners at every level of government to build a safer and more prosperous oakland. >> joining us live now to talk about mitchell. first impressions, top priorities. et cetera. et cetera abc seven news insider phil matier. hey, phil. >> well, top impressions, insiders and all that. you know, this is an interesting story that we've seen. so yes, oakland has a new police chief and he's not from oakland. and he's going to be largely just, you know, a new face, one that we've yet to know much about. he's enthusiastic. he wants to do a good job. but there's a real

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. it's official california voters have passed proposition one to tackle the state's homelessness crisis with a $6.4 billion bond measure and requirements on how counties spend money on housing and drug treatment programs. you can see yes has 50.2% of the vote, whereas no has 49.8. that is out of the 7.5 million ballots counted statewide. so very close. joining us live now to discuss this, the south bay congressional race and more is paul mitchell with political data paul mitchell thank you so much for joining us. as always. this is a huge thing to talk about. is this a huge win for governor newsom? as thin as that margin was? >> yeah, it's a huge win for newsom. and it was a narrow margin. but a win is a win. you know somebody wins the tour de france by 25 seconds. they don't say, well, you only won by 25 seconds. you're always you know, going to hold on to that victory. and i think that's what governor newsom is going to do with this ballot measure. and in fact, in, you know, eight mon

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. it could be tick, tick boom for the popular social app tiktok. today, the house of representatives approved a bipartisan bill to ban the app in the us. if its chinese parent company, bytedance, does not sell the unit to an american company. the move is aimed at addressing national security concerns and now goes to the senate for a vote. joining us live now to talk about the implications, doctor nolan higdon, professor of history and communication at cal state east bay. doctor, i was going to call you higdon. and thank you so much for joining us today. really appreciate your time. what prompted this, you know, i think there's a weird, confluence of factors here that brought, the republicans and democrats to this decision in the house, you know, both parties have really been, hesitant to put any meaningful regulation on, big tech for about the last 30 or so years. but, you know, some interesting factors. i think have changed. one, the republican party has become very hawkish on china, a

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. as the us struggles to figure out regulations for ai, california is taking the initiative. it's formed a new advisory group, and the group is seeking out ideas from the european union. joining us live now to talk about his recent trip to europe is a member of the california initiative for technology and democracy, uc berkeley. haas business school lecturer, david evan harris. david, thanks for joining us. >> thanks so much for having me. it's great to be here. >> yeah. our viewers are very interested in this topic. what is the california initiative for technology and democracy to use with? what is your goal? >> what we're trying to do is work with legislators in sacramento to pass a package of bills that are going to protect our elections and protect our democracy from harms that stem from ai, and also from social media. >> what are some of the leading threats from ai? >> well, deepfakes is on pretty much everybody's mind right now. a lot of people heard the joe biden audio deepfake t

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. uc davis medical center has contacted the people who may have been exposed by a child who was at the hospital last week with the viral illness. this as the cdc wrestles with an outbreak nationwide that's hit 17 states, including california. joining us live now is abc seven news contributor doctor alok patel. doctor patel, it's great to see you. >> good to be here with you as well. not so great to be talking about a disease that we eliminated in the united states in the year 2000, i know okay, so let's talk about how many cases we know there was 17 states affected, but how many cases? >> how many in california. >> so right now we're approaching almost as many cases as we had for all of last year. we're starting to see a little bit more than 50 cases. but the one concerning feature is we don't know how many more exposures there have been or how many more that we're going to see throughout the rest of this year. very concerning trend. >> okay. let's talk about what happened in davis. rig

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. the sweeping settlement by the national association of realtors is seen as a huge deal that will make it less costly for regular person to sell a home. joining us live now to talk about what this agreement means for you and for industry professionals and for the availability of homes. norm miller, professor emeritus from uc san diego and faculty member at the hoyt institute. norm, thank you for joining us. thank you. so i understand this deal resulted from class action lawsuits. who filed those suits and what did they allege? >> it was called the sitzer barnett case in kansas city. uh- michael ketchmark was the lawyer back in 2019. that was the first case. and what they allege is that we had the effect of price fixing because of the arrangement between sellers and buyers, where sellers would offer to pay the buyer's agent a fee. that fee would be disclosed through the mls, and it kind of discouraged competition in the sense of fees being varying because uh- if somebody was a price cut

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us today. president biden is in nevada and arizona, where he's announcing latinos. cohen, biden, harris. recent polls like this new york times siena college poll from last month shows trump currently ahead with latino voters with 48% over biden's 43. that is, if the contest were held today. now this is a huge change from four years ago, when biden won latino voters 2 to 1 over trump. joining us live now to talk about the courting of the latino vote and why it matters. cristian arana, vice president of civic power and policy at the latino community foundation. hi, cristian. >> hey, kristen. how's it going? >> it's going great. thank you so much for making the time to chat with us today. because of the biden initiative, how important will latino voters be in this presidential election? >> well, latino voters are going to be decisive for this election. there's a reason why president biden is visiting nevada and arizona today, because he understands that the latino vote is going to be consequential

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. it is the day after a consequential primary here in california and the bay area, and while there are no huge surprises there, definitely tea leaves to be read with regard to changing priorities locally and statewide. plus, the presidential stage is set with nikki haley bowing out today after disappointing super tuesday. joining us live to talk about all this and more, the vice president of political data inc, paul mitchell. hey, paul. >> hey. how are you doing? >> i'm good. i mean, i'm sure you're excited because there are several close ones, and that's where i want to start with the closest contest, the one about statewide prop, the one that we have. prop one. governor newsom's mental health plan, a bond and a redirection of existing money to create more housing and treatment beds for homeless people. take a look at this, paul. this is too close to call. right >> it is really close, and the real issue is that we probably have about another 40% of ballots still to be counted, probably

i'm kristen sze, i'm larry beil. >> thanks for joining us.e sheriff's department, showing a really chaotic situation and a deputy actually being run over by a fellow officer. >> abc seven news reporter cornell bernard has new details. but first, a warning the video is graphic and may be disturbing to some. he's. he's in his about to take off. >> body worn camera footage shows sonoma county sheriff's deputies making contact with suspect jose luis villasenor. cervantes minutes after he flashed a weapon outside a santa rosa nightclub on march 4th. investigators say cervantes fired on one deputy, then appears to leave the scene, taking off. >> westbound toward other deputies arrive and suspect cervantes fires on them. >> cover me. >> i'm going for my rifle.

i'm kristen sze that breaking news is from san francisco airport. we can now show you the exact moment that a tire fell off the landing gear of united flight 35 from sfo to osaka around 1130 this morning. did you see that? it just fell right off as soon as it took off. and that is a boeing jet, by the way, this video, courtesy of the cali plane's youtube channel. the tire actually landed in an employee parking lot near the runway. the frightening incident forced the plane to divert to lax, where it made a safe landing around 1:30 p.m. with 235 passengers and 14 crew members on board joining us live now to analyze this mishap that's shaking public confidence in flying. abc news and gma aviation analyst john nance. john, thanks for your time. >> you're welcome. it's good to be with you. yeah. it's not normal i'm sorry. sorry uh. >> let's just show the video again because it is so compelling when you see it that the moment was captured, the tire falling off. help us understand what that tire is a part of its function and how it could fall off. >> well,

i'm kristen sze. thank you so much for joining us.ore we get to all those wonderful segments, we do want to update you at today's level two storm hitting the bay area. lots of wet roads looking live across the bay area from several perspectives right now. it's not just a rainy start to the weekend, it is a windy one as well. here's abc seven meteorologist drew tuma with your forecast. >> we are at a level two moderate storm on the abc seven storm impact scale today. rain heavy at times, even the chance of a thunderstorm and hail and the winds are gusty. we'll take a look at our storm concerns. the biggest concern we have throughout the evening is just roadway flooding, because some of these downpours could lead to standing water in areas. the winds are gusty, so trees down possibly isolated power outages on the menu, and lightning risk is a possibility as well as thunderstorms develop. let's talk wind wind advisory currently in effect through tomorrow morning for winds possibly up to 50mph. and that would bring some trees down in spot

. >> i'm larry beil and i'm kristen sze.damage is still underway and could g on for a while. so the main burst arnd 10 this morning and next door to a house on wawona street, not far from stern grove. abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn shows us what happened. well water gushing into the air, surprising neighbors on wawona street near stern grove and pine lake park. >> robin cookston, who didn't want to appear on camera, described the spectacle. >> it looked like a giant tower of water about three stories tall. it was really surprising. >> and here's what it looked like from sky seven. the san francisco public utilities commission explained what happened, quote, the cause of the break appears to be the failure of an eight inch valve connected to a 16 inch water transmission line. the scope and schedule for all repairs, including for the hillside, into the park, is still being determined. maxine shaw saw what happened after the deluge of water came down and crews turned off the flow. >> well, there's a big pit next to someon

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us this afternoon. robert f kennedy jr, son of robert f kennedy, nephew of president john f kennedy, environmental lawyer, and more recently anti-vaccine crusader, held a rally in oakland. the democrat turned independent introduced his new running mate, 38 year old bay area tech lawyer nicole shanahan. >> the very failure of both parties to do their job to protect their founding values has contributed to the decline of this country. in my lifetime. maybe that's why i see so many republicans disillusioned with their party. as i become disillusioned with mine. if you are one of those disillusioned republicans, i welcome you to join me. a disillusioned democrat in this movement to unify and heal america. the >> a disillusioned democrat, we should also say a big donor to democratic candidates in the past, joining us live now to talk about this ticket and all things presidential politics. abc news political director rick klein. hey, rick. >> hey, great to see you. >> great to see you. all right. this is inte

i'm kristen sze, and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us.ow in place at the scandal plagued federal women's prison in dublin. the change comes on the same day as many as many as 20 fbi agents raided the facility, according to abc news sources, carrying out documents and computer hard drives. the bureau of prisons is refusing to provide any details on what the agents were doing, but it did tell abc news, quote, recent developments have necessitated new executive employees be installed at the institution. >> end quote, leaders of a group advocating for changes in the prison system applauded today's action. today's action comes after a former warden, chaplain and multiple former corrections officers were sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting female inmates for years. >> there's also a lawsuit pending against the bureau of prisons filed by inmates who claim they were sexually assaulted. at uc berkeley, jewish students were able to successfully march and rally on campus today, just two weeks after violence interrupted a previous gathering.

i'm kristen sze and i'm julian glover. >> polls are getting ready to close at some polling places acrosst the presidential primary here in california. we have a senate race, local propositions and more for voters to decide. >> polls will be open until 8:00 tonight. you can take your mail in ballot there, or to a drop box or to a county election office, as long as it's delivered by eight. if you prefer to mail it, your ballot must be postmarked today and you can still register to vote with a provisional ballot as well. we have team coverage. abc seven news reporter anser hassan is in the east bay. lauren martinez is in the south bay. but let's begin in san francisco with abc7 news reporter j.r stone. hey j.r . >> kristen. certainly a sense of energy and excitement here in san francisco. now when it comes to turnout numbers for this super tuesday, about average compared to what we normally see here in the city. >> right now we've

. >> i'm larry biel, and i'm kristen sze, san francisco's tenderloin neighborhood is at the heart of, crime. >> but neighbors say, who live there, that it's much more than just that. they believe the city is treating the tenderloin as kind of what they describe as a containment zone. and now they're actually suing the city. abc seven news reporter luz pena is here in studio with the details. hi, luis. >> hi. that's right. san francisco's officially in the middle of two lawsuits, one by the coalition on homelessness and now by a group of tenderloin residents and businesses who are accused in the city of tolerating illegal drug dealing and a growing number of homeless encampments. san francisco woke up to a lawsuit by five residents and two businesses in the tenderloin. the city's drug market hotspot, that are at their wit's end because the city has treated their neighborhood as a containment zone for narcotics activity. >> and all the problems associated with that. >> matthew davis represents the tenderloin residents who want to remain

i'm larry biel, and i'm kristen sze. >> protesters calling for a ceasefire in gaza shut down part ofre than three hours this morning. part of the off ramp to the international terminal was impacted, along with two security checkpoints. abc seven news reporter suzanne vaughan has a look at what happened. they sang, they clapped, they drummed of protesters shut down part of the international terminal at san francisco airport to get their message across. today here's how things looked from sky seven. we cannot stand idly anymore. demonstrators say it was part of a global day of action to demand a permanent ceasefire in gaza and an end to u.s. financial support for israel military travelers, flight crews, people coming and going through the area got a taste of detours and delays, and they blocked the roads. >> so we stuck there for almost 25 minutes. >> i think it's just a noise. people i understand the issue, but i don't think it's the right way to do it. >> demonstrators say the airport protest was aboci

i'm larry biel and i'm kristen sze indeed. >> we have team coverage for you with abc7 news reporter cornellovering the storm in the sierra. but let's begin with meteorologist lisa argen and the forecast. lisa. >> all right, we've been watching some partly sunny conditions and some pretty good downpours throughout the afternoon. and even some thunderstorms look at them all off the northern coast there. there's been a few that have been close to fort bragg and also cloverdale, so we could see them develop tonight and look at all the snow coming down two feet over the past 24 hours in the sierra nevada and a closer look offshore. and you'll notice that we've got more rain towards sea ranch and into the north bay. glen ellen, mark, west springs, santa rosa, moderate downpours as well as to the south there. and as we look at southern marine county highway one, laguna is looking at some downpours over into the east bay. danville six 8-80 wet

. >> i'm larry beil, and i'm kristen sze campbell.r, shot and killed a man early this morning while investigating a domestic violence incident. we're told officers were called to an apartment on south bascom avenue near campus way just before 3 a.m. a woman met them outside the unit and gave her account of what happened. inside were her two children, along with the suspect. police say he had a restraining order against him and an outstanding warrant. they made contact with the man and things spiraled. when they moved in to take him into custody. >> officers went hands on with him, trying to place him under arrest to prevent him from getting to the location where the children were, and at that point, the male subject had a firearm and fired

i'm larry beil and i'm kristen sze. >> we'll have more on those stories in just a few minutes. the south bay with this winter like storm check out this rain coming down just a short time ago. the storm really heavy at times in san francisco. >> the headlights were on. so were the windshield wipers. this was the scene today near california and park presidio in the north bay. >> it was both rain and wind. this video was shot just a few hours ago in sonoma county. >> all right, let's take a live look outside. right now. you can see it's raining all over the place throughout the bay area. the question is, how long will it last? especially with sunday. sunday morning on the calendar. >> i know who's got the answer. abc seven news meteorologist sandyha patel is here with the forecast. hey, sandy. hi there. >> yeah, and kristen and larry, we're heading into this holiday weekend with wet, windy weather and the possibility of thunderstorms as we look at live doppler seven, notice the focus

i'm kristen sze and i'm julian glover. >> today's storm ranks a level two on the exclusive abc sevenimpact scale, and that makes it a moderate storm. >> so let's get you a look at current conditions around the bay area. we are giving you a snapshot with six a half dozen. that's right. views from our network of live tower cameras all over the bay area. you can check out the golden gate bridge , santa cruz, several spots in between looking similar. cloudy, wet and this massive oak tree fell into a senior center in sebastopol this afternoon, punching holes in the roof. there were several seniors and staff inside when the tree hit. nobody was hurt. crews put tarps over the holes today, but there are a lot of repairs to do. the sebastopol area senior center will be closed at least through the weekend, and we continue the tour across the bay. >> umbrellas, raincoats all out along the embarcadero in san francisco today. the rain made for some gray skies at times and some slick roads as drivers had to deal with those wet weather conditions out there. pretty much true. all across the city, tr

. >> i'm larry biel and i'm kristen sze. today we begin with workers on strike.ing for two days, more than 400 nursing assistants, housekeepers and medical technicians walked off the job this morning over their health care coverage. they say their current health care plan is unacceptable, claiming it cost them more and they can't find doctors who take the insurance. >> we should be able to be comfortable trying to get health care where we live for our families, for our children. >> the hospital says the union's claim is false and the health care plan remains free for employees in the south bay. >> now, thousands of nurses in santa clara county have set a date to strike after negotiations with the county failed to lead to a new deal. >> abc's have a new south bay reporter, du

i'm kristen sze. how far can the federal government go to combat controversial social media posts? should they have the right to force tech giants? facebook youtube or x to take down your posts? and what kind of content should they have a say in removing? these questions are at the heart of a potentially seismic case argued before the us supreme court today. joining us live now to talk about this issue, internet policy counsel for tech freedom, a libertarian leaning tech policy think tank. corbin barthold corbin, thank you for your time. good to be here. so the case is murphy versus missouri. that's us surgeon general vivek murthy versus the state of missouri. but it's really missouri, louisiana and some social media users versus the biden administration. explain to us, the combatants and what they're fighting over here. >> that is correct. it was initiated by louisiana, missouri. we also have some doctors who had posts taken down during the covid pandemic, the case has grown to sort of encompass as many players as the states could come up with precisely because, as was disputed du

i'm kristen sze and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us.an unincorporated area of west santa rosa. a portion of stony point road and todd road closed for most of the morning for the investigation. >> abc seven news reporter cornell bernard has been at the scene all day, and he has new details. as investigators reopen that scene, cornell. >> yeah. hey, kristen and dan. yeah. stony point road and todd back open to traffic this afternoon. this is where that violent police chase ended with a suspect vehicle smashing through this fence. still lots of questions here. neighbors telling us what they heard. >> just a rapid fire of gunshots. you know, really loud gun. bam bam bam bam bam bam bam bam bam. just all kinds of gunshots. >> dean stupak says he heard gunfire and tires squealing around midnight in west santa rosa. >> i heard tires squealing, you know, cars peeling out and racing back and forth. >> santa rosa police now investigating the incident involving sonoma county sheriff's deputies. it all began with a911 call from neighbors. >> they w

. >> i'm kristen sze and i'm larry beil. thanks for joining us. people are presumed dead in the frigid maryland waters. the collapse was caught on camera. i mean, these are incredible images. you can see the container ship hit the bridge, and then nearly the entire span of the bridge comes crashing down with construction crews on it. >> take a look at this new video just released from the ntsb. you can even see the road on top of that container ship. abc news reporter christiane cordero has the latest cruise in baltimore, working against the clock to find survivors of the francis scott key bridge collapse. >> we're going to send all the federal resources they need as we respond to this emergency. >> it was around 130 this morning that maryland officials

i'm kristen sze i'm larry beil. >> thanks for joining us, san francisco has installed the first of 400o up around the city. our first camera was unveiled this morning. >> abc seven news reporter tim johns was there, and he joins us live now with more details. tim. >> yeah. larry. kristen. these 400 cameras will eventually be installed at 100 different intersections around san francisco. city leaders say there will be a helpful tool in increasing public safety and preventing organized crime and retail theft at willow on the green in san francisco's inner sunset neighborhood, crime has been a constant concern since they opened back in 2022. last year alone, my store, which is only 300 square foot, lost $7,000 in products. the store is one of several in this area that has been recentl

i'm larry biel and i'm kristen sze princess katherine is not revealing what type of cancer she has, butred after her abdominal surgery in january. abc news reporter patrick revel has more on the announcement and reaction to it. >> it is being an incredible tough couple of months. >> britain shaken today by the announcement that princess kate is being treated for cancer. the princess revealing her diagnosis in a video saying it was discovered during a surgery back in january and at the time it was thought that my condition was non-cancerous. >> the surgery was successful, however, tests after the operation found cancer had been present. my medical team therefore advised that i should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy, and i'm now in the early stages of that treatment. >> the palace is not naming the type of cancer or what stage it is, but saying kate is now on a, quote, recovery pathway. the announcement follows weeks of mounting speculation around the princess's health and rampant conspiracy theories circulating online. kate underwent abdominal surgery in january. she's been

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. we'll get to all those stories in just a moment. but first, let's talk about this weather. after a few light showers this morning, there are dry days ahead. clouds are hanging around this afternoon, but the sunshine is breaking through. a live look here from our east bay hills camera. the rain has pretty much moved out and dry weather is in store and you might like the sound of how long it's going to last. let's check in with abc seven news. weather anchor spencer christian. hey, spencer. hey, kristen. >> with the weather changes coming our way, the bay area might be just the happiest place outside disneyland. here's a look at live doppler seven. there's moisture in the atmosphere being picked up by the radar, but the rain essentially is over except for a few spotty sprinkles here and there. i mean really spotty because as you can see on the animation here, the system is moving out of the bay area. we've got a few clouds hanging around, but breaks of sunshine as well as you just saw. so here's our forecast animation starting at 5 p.

i'm kristen sze, and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. in san francisco's west portal neighborhood. a crash there, as we said, killed three members of the same family over the weekend. a driver has been arrested. >> a couple and their two children were just waiting at the bus stop near muni's west portal station when an suv plowed into them. the only survivor of that family is an infant who remains hospitalized. >> abc seven news reporter cornell bernard is live in san francisco with the latest developments on this tragedy. cornell >> yeah, dan and christian. just a horrible weekend here in the west portal neighborhood. a vigil for the family killed right here in this corner begins at 5 p.m. uh- friends and family are expected to be here. a small memorial is growing. uh- right here in front of the west portal library. there baby still in the hospit

>> i'm larry beil indeed i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. and you can see in all our camera shots here from the golden gate bridge to the east bay, it's all pretty cloudy and rainy. >> yeah. pretty gloomy. yeah but a ray of sunshine. sandhya patel always brings. that. and she's here with the forecast. >> i'm so glad i'm a ray of sunshine and not stormy. sandhya, larry and christine, let's take a look at live doppler seven right now. in all seriousness, we're back to winter. as you will notice, an active pattern underway as we speak. we are tracking some rain right now from san francisco heading down the peninsula. i'm going to show you where it is. moderate around airport street between montara and el granada, also in the east bay, kensington, el sobrante, walnut creek, street level radar showing you the wet weather across san rafael, north san pedro road heading into marinwood and on the southern part of our viewing area around los gatos, santa cruz mountains. we are seeing some steady rain right now. all in association with this level one

i'm kristen sze i'm larry beil. >> thanks for joining us, san francisco has installed the first of 400 automated license plate readers that will go up around the city. our first camera was unveiled this morning. >> abc seven news reporter tim johns was there, and he joins us live now with more details. tim. >> yeah. larry. kristen. these 400 cameras will eventually be installed at 100 different intersections around san francisco. city leaders say there will be a helpful tool in increasing public safety and preventing organized crime and retail theft at willow on the green in san francisco's inner sunset neighborhood, crime has been a constant concern since they opened back in 2022. last year alone, my store, which is only 300 square foot, lost $7,000 in products. the store is one of several in this area that has been recently burglarized. that's one reason why city officials made the nearby ninth and irving intersection the first place they installed one of 400 license plate readers that will go up around the city. >> automated license plate readers can play an invaluable role in helpi

kristen sze, san francisco's tenderloin neighborhood is at the heart of the narrative about the city drugs, homelessness, crime. >> but neighbors say, who live there, that it's much more than just that. they believe the city is treating the tenderloin as kind of what they describe as a containment zone. and now they're actually suing the city. abc seven news reporter luz pena is here in studio with the details. hi, luis. >> hi. that's right. san francisco's officially in the middle of two lawsuits, one by the coalition on homelessness and now by a group of tenderloin residents and businesses who are accused in the city of tolerating illegal drug dealing and a growing number of homeless encampments. san francisco woke up to a lawsuit by five residents and two businesses in the tenderloin. the city's drug market hotspot, that are at their wit's end because the city has treated their neighborhood as a containment zone for narcotics activity. >> and all the problems associated with that. >> matthew davis represents the tenderloin residents who want to remain anonymous. in that complaint,

. >> i'm larry beil, and i'm kristen sze campbell. police officer, shot and killed a man early this morning while investigating a domestic violence incident. we're told officers were called to an apartment on south bascom avenue near campus way just before 3 a.m. a woman met them outside the unit and gave her account of what happened. inside were her two children, along with the suspect. police say he had a restraining order against him and an outstanding warrant. they made contact with the man and things spiraled. when they moved in to take him into custody. >> officers went hands on with him, trying to place him under arrest to prevent him from getting to the location where the children were, and at that point, the male subject had a firearm and fired a shot at police officers. >> one officer returned fire, killing the suspect. nobody else was hurt during the incident and the children were reunited with their mother. >> one man is dead and another is injured following a shooting in pleasant hill. few details are available, but we're

. >> i'm larry biel and i'm kristen sze. today we begin with workers on strike. workers at seton medical center are striking for two days, more than 400 nursing assistants, housekeepers and medical technicians walked off the job this morning over their health care coverage. they say their current health care plan is unacceptable, claiming it cost them more and they can't find doctors who take the insurance. >> we should be able to be comfortable trying to get health care where we live for our families, for our children. >> the hospital says the union's claim is false and the health care plan remains free for employees in the south bay. >> now, thousands of nurses in santa clara county have set a date to strike after negotiations with the county failed to lead to a new deal. >> abc's have a new south bay reporter, dustin dorsey, explains which services may be impacted and how the county is responding. >> a santa clara county stalemate contract negotiations have failed to lead to an agreement between the registered nurses professional association and the county. no

i'm kristen sze, and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. just an outpouring of grief continued today in san francisco's west portal neighborhood. a crash there, as we said, killed three members of the same family over the weekend. a driver has been arrested. >> a couple and their two children were just waiting at the bus stop near muni's west portal station when an suv plowed into them. the only survivor of that family is an infant who remains hospitalized. >> abc seven news reporter cornell bernard is live in san francisco with the latest developments on this tragedy. cornell >> yeah, dan and christian. just a horrible weekend here in the west portal neighborhood. a vigil for the family killed right here in this corner begins at 5 p.m. uh- friends and family are expected to be here. a small memorial is growing. uh- right here in front of the west portal library. there baby still in the hospital with life threatening injuries today this neighborhood has been rocked again by news that the driver of an suv suv involved in this crash has been

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i'm kristen sze, i'm larry beil. >> thanks for joining us. body-worn police camera footage of last week's incident has just been released by the sheriff's department, showing a really chaotic situation and a deputy actually being run over by a fellow officer. >> abc seven news reporter cornell bernard has new details. but first, a warning the video is graphic and may be disturbing to some. he's. he's in his about to take off. >> body worn camera footage shows sonoma county sheriff's deputies making contact with suspect jose luis villasenor. cervantes minutes after he flashed a weapon outside a santa rosa nightclub on march 4th. investigators say cervantes fired on one deputy, then appears to leave the scene, taking off. >> westbound toward other deputies arrive and suspect cervantes fires on them. >> cover me. >> i'm going for my rifle. are you hit? julius, hit. get a car up here now! >> that deputy suffered a shrapnel wound to her hand. santa rosa police are investigating the shooting. they say the suspect was armed with this ak 47 style rif

kristen sze. okay, no need anymore to have a number two pencil anymore.omes to taking the sat starting tomorrow, those scantron sheets are out. number two, pencils out, and computers are in. students will take the test online at a testing site, not in your own home, using either their own personal laptop or a tablet, or a school based one or borrowed device. but there are strict rules about how it works. the exam is also shorter two hours instead of three, with shorter reading passages and a built in calculator. you guys, i remember those, you know, scantrons the reason this is shorter, i think is so clever is now that it's digitized, it's like khan academy and smart. it's like it knows if you can answer this level questions, then you don't need to answer this lower level questions. and they just get rid of some. that's why you don't have to answer as that. >> really. oh, that's interesting. >> yeah it's smart right? >> i thought they were getting rid of the whole sat process anyway. >> i mean, they're bringing it back at some of the schools. really. yeah

i'm larry biel and i'm kristen sze indeed. >> we have team coverage for you with abc7 news reporter cornell bernard and suzanne phan covering the storm in the sierra. but let's begin with meteorologist lisa argen and the forecast. lisa. >> all right, we've been watching some partly sunny conditions and some pretty good downpours throughout the afternoon. and even some thunderstorms look at them all off the northern coast there. there's been a few that have been close to fort bragg and also cloverdale, so we could see them develop tonight and look at all the snow coming down two feet over the past 24 hours in the sierra nevada and a closer look offshore. and you'll notice that we've got more rain towards sea ranch and into the north bay. glen ellen, mark, west springs, santa rosa, moderate downpours as well as to the south there. and as we look at southern marine county highway one, laguna is looking at some downpours over into the east bay. danville six 8-80 wet weather for you, daly city and san bruno. 280 by the airport and finally around mount hamilton. you could see some snowy peaks tom

. >> i'm kristen sze and i'm larry beil. thanks for joining us. those six missing people are presumed dead in the frigid maryland waters. the collapse was caught on camera. i mean, these are incredible images. you can see the container ship hit the bridge, and then nearly the entire span of the bridge comes crashing down with construction crews on it. >> take a look at this new video just released from the ntsb. you can even see the road on top of that container ship. abc news reporter christiane cordero has the latest cruise in baltimore, working against the clock to find survivors of the francis scott key bridge collapse. >> we're going to send all the federal resources they need as we respond to this emergency. >> it was around 130 this morning that maryland officials say a container ship lost propulsion as it was leaving baltimore and crashed into the bridge. video shows the ship hitting a support column. the lights go out as the entire span collapses seconds before impact. that same footage appears to show vehicles crossing. >> we're going to