. >> i'm kristen sze and i'm dionne lim. these protests have been going on for more than a week now, and today the standoff between protesters and officials at columbia university reached a boiling point. in texas, police moved in to break up protests at ut in austin. >> here in california, students at more colleges started their protest movements. today, we begin our coverage with abc seven news reporter ryan curry, who's been following the story at san francisco state. free, free, free palestine, free palestine. >> what's happening around the country is now happening in san francisco, and we just want to be part of that, their strength in numbers and strength and solidarity. >> so we think it's important that we get our voices heard. >> students are putting up tents on the quad in the center of campus. this is the latest university to set up a pro-palestinian encampment, but their demands are similar to students from other universities . >> to ask the csu system to divest from the hundreds of millions of dollars that they'

i'm kristen sze, and i'm larry viel. >> thanks for joining us. fire detectives say they're looking into not just one fire, but two. the first was set on easter and the latest was just last night. >> abc7 news south bay reporter dustin dorsey explains how it only highlights a bigger issue of safety on campus. the smell of burnt plastic lingers on the eighth floor of the san jose state library. >> after a trash can was set on fire in a bathroom, a shock to students we spoke with kind of just, i guess, scary. >> and i wouldn't assume that anything would happen like that on campus. >> but it's not even the first fire there. this week, university police are investigating arson and two men's bathrooms at the martin luther king junior public library, and officers believe this is the person who started both. >> so we're talking about someone acting in a suspicious manner. and in these cases, the individual entered and exited the restroom several times. you know, there's paper towels and stuff. so it looks like they piled it and then set it on fire. >> ca

i'm kristen sze . thanks for joining us. tara vanderveer spent 45 years as a head coach, first in idaho, then ohio state, and the last 38 seasons at stanford. her career comes to a close with 1216 victories and three championship titles. abc's lara spencer has a look at vanderveer's legacy. >> tara vanderveer, the winningest head coach in all of college basketball, announcing her retirement after 38 seasons. so much love for the head coach. it's always about her players and elevating the game of college basketball. vanderveer's storied career includes 1216 wins in her 45 years of coaching . the majority of her time spent at stanford, where she led the team to three ncaa championships . she even had a stint at the olympics, leading team usa to gold in 1996. >> coach tara vanderveer robin, speaking with the hall of famer and five time national coach of the year after she reached the top of the mountain. what are you most proud of? >> you know, i'm most proud of the improvement that and just the life impact that stanford basket

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. fresh off the minimum wage increase for california's fast food workers today, labor activists rallied in sacramento to call for $20 minimum wage for all sectors, not just fast food. they want the legislature to pass a bill introduced by san jose assemblyman ash kalra to create a study group to look into raising the minimum for all, including incarcerated workers. joining us live now to talk about this is john logan, professor of labor and employment studies at san francisco state university. john, thank you for coming on the show again. nice to see you. >> glad to be on. >> all right, so let's talk about this call to raise the state minimum wage for all workers to $20 an hour. first of all, conceptually, do you think that is a good idea? >> well, i think it is a good idea because of the number of californians who are currently earning less than $20 an hour and who are living below the official poverty rate. so, i mean, we know that even $20 an hour, which, as you said, is now the offi

good afternoon i'm kristen sze and i'm dan ashley thanks for joining us. >> we'll have more on thosejust a moment. but we're going to begin with criticism over a deal for a driver accused of hitting and killing a four year old girl in a stroller in san francisco last august. the accident near oracle park also seriously injured her father. >> abc seven news reporter suzanne phan is live in the newsroom with details on the sentence. suzanne. kristen. >> dan, 71, year-old driver karen cartagena won't have to go to jail after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge. miss cartagena is profoundly and

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. you've seen it at the airports. no doubt. long lines to go through security checkpoints. and you've probably noticed some people cutting to the front of the line using clear, a biometric identity verification system near the checkpoint. that arrangement has many travelers. and now some california lawmakers crying foul. and there's a new bipartisan bill to change the way that pay to play process works. joining us live now to talk about it is jim lights, executive director of the california airports council, that is an organization that advocates for california's commercial airport interests. jim, thank you for joining us today. >> thank you for having me. >> before we dive into this, bill, i think if you can help by explaining what clear is. >> so as you mentioned, clear provides enhanced passenger screening through biometric methods, either a retinal scan or fingerprints. whereas the regular checkpoint, either that or precheck is simply checking your government issued id document. >> got it. so that's something as a member, y

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. oj simpson's family says he died in las vegas last night from prostate cancer. simpson was born and grew up in san francisco. abc seven news reporter amanda delcastillo has a look back at his controversial life. >> we'll do on a third down and 21. >> o.j. simpson led several lives in the late 60s and 70s. he was considered one of the greatest athletes in the country. the juice, as he was called, was born in san francisco. he grew up in a potrero hill housing project and was often in trouble with the law. a chance meeting with willie mays helped turn his life around. he played football at galileo high school and at the city college of san francisco, married his high school sweetheart when he was 19, simpson went to usc, where he was an all-american and a heisman trophy winner. in 1968, he played nfl football for the buffalo bills, the first rusher to ever gain 2000 yards in a single season. after nine years in buffalo, he came home to play his final two years for the san francisco 49 e

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. it's a massive worry in this disaster prone state, one of the nation's largest insurance companies, state farm, will no longer renew or issue new policies for homeowners to insure their properties. the non-renewals will impact every bay area, county, but the hardest hit is contra costa, with more than 3800 non-renewals in santa cruz county. at least 3100 policies and in sonoma county 2200 policies. not being renewed. joining us live now to talk about the impact and alternatives for homeowners. joel loubscher, insurance consumer advocate with united policyholders, a nonprofit that provides information and resources to consumers. joel thanks for your time. >> yes, thanks for having me, chris. >> refresh our memory. we reported this when it first came out. why is state farm not renewing and not insuring new people in a whole bunch of bay area counties? >> yeah, there are likely a couple of different reasons. one is that state farm's financial rating was downgraded recently just last mont

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. if you feel like your allergies have been getting worse, these past few years, you're not alone. and don't blame it on just your genetics. blame it also on climate change. joining us live now to talk about this growing issues is doctor jyoti tirumalasetti, an allergist and immunologist with stanford health care. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. so happy to be here. >> it's really great to have you because we need some clarity surrounding this issue. it does seem like a lot of people are suffering from seasonal allergies. what are the numbers in terms of one in how many? >> it's about 1 in 5 adults who suffer from seasonal allergies. and like you mentioned, it has been getting worse more in more recent years as we have seen more intense pollen seasons and longer pollen seasons developing . >> and why is that? why are we getting these longer, earlier pollen seasons? what does that have to do with climate change? how is that triggering that? >> there are several studies th

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. now, the biggest of trump's court cases today was at the supreme court, where the justices heard three hours of oral arguments over whether donald trump is immune from prosecution in the case, accusing him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election. the court's ruling will have implications not just for this november's presidential race, but for future presidents to come. joining us live now to analyze today's developments, uc law, san francisco's sullivan professor of law, david levine. professor levine, thanks for joining us. >> anytime, kristin, thanks for inviting me. >> all right. a lot to talk about. the supreme court heard trump's claim, of course, that the federal charges brought by special counsel jack smith, accusing him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election must be thrown out because he is immune, because he was president. what is that based on, nothing. it's not in the constitution. and no president has ever asserted this before, so it's, and it's been rejected soundly

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. a case out of oregon coming before the supreme court next week will seek to answer the question. can someone be charged with a crime because of things related to being homeless? the decision could significantly impact california in the bay area, where homelessness is a long stding challenge. a senior correspondent for the online media site vox, someone who had once clerked for a federal appeals court, has written an analysis of the case known as grants pass versus johnson. ian millhiser joins us live now to talk about it. thanks for coming on the show, ian. >> good to be here. thanks so much. >> yeah, i should mention to our viewers just that vox is rated by influence watch as left leaning with a model that mixes news and opinion. now that we have that out of the way, i would like you to tell us about the case. who are the parties and what are they arguing? >> sure. so you have this city, grants pass, oregon. they haven't literally made it a crime to be homeless in grants pass. but wh

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. a total solar eclipse 2024 is in the books this morning.ds lifted up to the sky and mouths open in awe as a total solar eclipse made its way across north america from mexico to canada. here in the bay area, we experienced a partial eclipse at 34% coverage. so not this. the states that experienced totality texas, indiana, illinois, upstate new york, vermont, just to name a few all saw a rush of eclipse tourism. and just as the sun was obscured completely by the moon and day turned to night in cleveland, abc news caught up with a woman who traveled there from san francisco to witness the solar spectacular. >> you have traveled from where? >> san francisco. all by yourself? yes. why did you want to come here? it was a last minute decision. but look at this. i mean, this is this is amazing. i mean, this is everything. it's science. >> it's beautiful. it's all the people coming together. i mean, it's incredible. >> it is. and i'm completely jealous because they had about four minutes of that joining us live now, doctor quinn konopacki, associate

i'm kristen sze on this day two of jury selection. half the jurors spots have been filled in his hush money criminal trial. this after 100 potential jurors were brought in. but half were quickly excused after saying they could not be impartial. as this trial in new york proceeds, the u.s. supreme court heard arguments in a different case, a january 6th rioter case, but one that could ultimately affect trump. abc news reporter reena roy has the latest. >> a pool of new yorkers being questioned in a lower manhattan court for a second day, as lawyers tried to determine which of them should help decide donald trump's fate in his historic hush money trial. multiple jurors now seated kara mcghee went through questioning but was excused because of scheduling conflicts with her job. >> i don't like him. i don't approve of what he did as president, but the right to a fair trial is extremely important. >> prosecutors and defense attorneys asking potential jurors things like, what do you make of trump and how their social media might influence t

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. it is a bad day for boeing and a bad day for alaska airlines. separately from this hearing that calls into question the integrity and safety of one of the most flown boeing models, alaska planes had to stop flying. today, the faa issued a nationwide ground stop on all alaska flights this morning. this after a technical issue that happened while alaska was trying to upgrade its system that calculates the weight and balance of planes. though the ground stop was lifted after just one hour, the damage was done. there were mass delays, and even now the airline is still trying to fully recover. today's issue is just the latest in a string of aviation problems this year. the most visible of which was that blown out door plug on a boeing jet flown by alaska. and boeing was on the hot seat again today as an employee turned whistleblower took his shocking claims to capitol hill. abc's christiane cordero has the story. >> today, a boeing engineer spoke out on capitol hill about his employer. >>

i'm kristen sze and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. announced the deal. at the end of her week long trip to china. >> the deal includes a pair of giant pandas, which will arrive sometime next year. we have team coverage this afternoon. let's begin with abc seven news reporter luz pena here. luz, what have you learned? >> well, it's been nearly 40 years since san francisco hosted two pandas that were here for three months. and that resulted in the highest attendance the zoo has ever had. soon that could happen again. it's official. pandas are coming to san francisco. what do you think about pandas coming to san francisco? >> good. >> are you excited? yeah, yeah. in accomplishment. over a decade in the making. that involved mayor london breed formally asking the chinese president on the taac

i'm kristen sze and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. really stunning information today. than two hours ago, abc7 news reporter stephanie sierra is live in the newsroom with these breaking developments for us. >> steph. yes kristen and dan, this could have huge implications. >> a federal judge has ordered alameda county da pamela price and her office to review those cases. they'll look at every death penalty conviction to see if there are any signs of misconduct. but the judge issued that directive after evidence of potential bias came to light in the case of ernest dikes. he was tried and convicted in 1993. the jury ruled that dikes murdered a nine year old boy and attempted to murder his grandmother during a robbery in east oakland. dikes now sits on california's death row. the review of that case found prosecutors may have excluded black and jewish jurors, and that's leading to thte

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us with the presidential election just seven months away now, debate has heated up over the way we elect our president, state by state and in all but two states, it's winner take all. as in all the electoral votes that the state has goes to the winner of the popular vote in that state. now, two states don't do it that way. maine and nebraska. and in nebraska, republicans are mounting a furious battle to change the rules. democrats are just as furiously fending it off. >> we are going to keep on pushing and keep on pushing and keep on pushing until nebraska gets winner. take all that one electoral vote, it could possibly be the deciding factor of who's the president of the united states. >> so joining us live now to help us understand why one electoral vote is so critical and why it's so difficult to change our electoral system and rules. alex keyssar, professor of history and social policy at harvard and author of why do we still have the electoral college professor

. >> i'm kristen sze and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us.ust a moment. but we're going to begin in the north bay at a very sad ending. now, in the search for a teenage boy missing in the russian river. uh. that's about 70 miles, of course, from san francisco. >> the young man was last seen swimming near steelhead beach, north of forestville, again north of san francisco. >> here's abc seven news reporter cornell bernard with an urgent message from first responders about being safe on the water. >> friends and family and brothers and sisters, it's a tough day. >> first responders sharing sadness of a water rescue on the russian river, which became a recovery mission very sad ending. >> this is never what we want. in the end, the sonoma county sheriff's department says the body of a teenage boy was pulled from the russian river friday afternoon. >> the search for him began late thursday after a911 call that two teens got into trouble while swimming. >> one of the teens made it out of the water and the other did not. >> the surviving teen was s

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. for those seeking signs that the future is golden again for the golden state, the department of finance's new data today may offer a ray of sunshine. the state's population grew by 0.17% last year, not 1.7% 0.17. so sorry about the graphic. there but at 67,000 people more. that brings our total to 39.1 million californians. but a closer look reveals the growth is not being felt evenly. joining us live now to talk about the new report, deputy director for the department of finance, h.d palmer hd. thanks for joining us today. >> thanks for having me, kristen. >> so your department does this. is it annually, we do this report once a year. we do another one in december that shows the change over the course of the fiscal year from july to june. but this one that we do now, that we've just released covers the calendar year. so this measures the change in population from january of 2023, to january of 2024. and for the last few years, it has been a situation of explaining why california's po

i'm kristen sze and i'm dan ashley. >> thank you for joining us.throughout the east bay and beyond. this deadly crash happened last night on foothill road, not far from stone ridge mall in pleasanton. it claimed four lives, including two children. >> abc7 news reporter zach fuentes joins us live from the scene. zach, what do we know about what happened? >> yeah, it's just heartbreaking. pleasanton pd are only releasing so much information right now as they continue to investigate. but like you said, we know it was four members of one family. another driver reported this accident around 9 p.m. last night and police are still working to find out exactly what happened. but right now they are not sure if speed was a factor, if alcohol was involved or any other foul play was involved. the road was closed for hours. the family was traveling in an electric car that kept reigniting while investigators were working to clear the scene. the car even caught fire again on the tow truck. police have not confirmed the model of the car as the accident continues to

. >> i'm larry biel and i'm kristen sze the campus protests began at columbia university and rapidlyugh heated protests and dozens of arrests so far. >> the protests are spreading to even more universities. we have team coverage for you this afternoon, starting with abc seven news reporter zach fuentes . >> stanford is warning of discipline for student protesters who break campus policy as a gaza solidarity encampment enters its fifth day, protest organizers are demanding that stanford separates itself from any companies or organizations advancing military efforts in the israel-hamas war. >> our messaging obviously, as with all the other campuses across the nation, is divestment is transparency. >> white plaza is the campus space for free expression. the university allows tabling from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m, but said it has policies that include no overnight camping. organizers say they're aware of it and that there could be discipline, but say people who aren't involved with the encampment are wrongly facing punishment like suspension. >> when one student wasn't even

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. let's begin with the growing skepticism for americans in choosing to fly on united airlines and other airlines. just over the weekend, there was plenty of attention called to a united flight en route to sfo from frankfurt, germany. it had to return to frankfurt two hours into the flight because of an overflow from one of the plane's lavatories into the cabin, and with the possible humor aside, united and boeing are actually in the midst of intense week to week scrutiny, with their planes lately joining us live now is brett snyder, an airline industry insider and operator of cranky flier dot com. brett, thanks for your time. yeah thanks for having me on. a lot of travelers are pretty cranky. these days, to say the least, with all these headlines. look, we've heard all kinds of experts and analysts the last few months really. but in your view, is the number of these incidents increasing or is it just somehow all making it into the news because of social media or what? >> yeah, i think i

i'm kristen sze. >> i'm larry beil. thanks for joining us.6 an hour yesterday to at least $20 an hour today under a new state law. >> now, this applies to fast food restaurants that are part of a national chain with at least 60 locations nationwide, and that offer limited or no table service. >> abc7 news reporter suzanne phan spoke with those on both sides of the issue. more than half a million fast food workers in the golden state will see a big bump in their hourly pay for many of them, the new $20 an hour minimum wage will be a 25% increase on their paychecks. angelica hernandez, a mcdonald's worker, has been in the fast food industry for the past 19 years. >> even though we are the engine of $1 billion industry, too many of us struggle to keep up with rent, our bills, and the rising cost of living. >> the law affects fast food chains. with at least 60 locations nationwide. labor experts say fast food corporations can afford to pay more. >> the fast food corporations have earned extraordinary profits in recent years. largest fast food com

i'm kristen sze, and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us.ming off the san mateo county coastline yesterday, and could die if the netting isn't cut away. >> abc seven news reporter tim johns has the latest on the efforts to find and free that whale. >> for the second day in a row, the search for the entangled gray whale swimming off the coast of the peninsula continues . the whale, which was first spotted off the bay area tuesday morning, has its tail caught in gillnets. it's probably around a foot thick of gill net, just wrapped very tightly. >> we need some very strong tools that will help us cut through that and help to unwrap the lines. >> kathy george works with the marine mammal center and was on the team that went out to examine the whale tuesday. she says the whale was first seen off the coast of orange county late last month and was already entangled. george tells us some of the center's partner organizations have put a tracker and some buoys on the animal to keep an eye on it until it was safe to remove the gill net. but after the t

. >> i'm kristen sze and i'm dionne lim.y the standoff between protesters and officials at columbia university reached a boiling point. in texas, police moved in to break up protests at ut in austin. >> here in california, students at more colleges started their protest movements. today, we begin our coverage with abc seven news reporter ryan curry, who's been following the story at san francisco state. free, free, free palestine, free palestine. >> what's happening around the country is now happening in san francisco, and we just want to be part of that, their strength in numbers and strength and solidarity. >> so we think it's important that we get our voices heard. >> students are putting up tents on the quad in the center of campus. this is the latest university to set up a pro-palestinian encampment, but their demands are similar to students from other universities . >> to ask the csu system to divest from the hundreds of millions of dollars that they

. >> i'm larry beil and i'm kristen sze. now we won't see one again for decades.itness the rare cosmic phenomenon. this was the view in the path of totality. mazatlan mexico, was the first north american city to go dark as the moon passed in front of the sun. from there, the eclipse moved on to texas, oklahoma, indiana, ohio, pennsylvania, and eventually up to canada. >> the total solar eclipse spanned 15 states, plunging areas into darkness for about four minutes. as you can see right here, it's considered the largest mass travel event in the u.s. so far this year, with millions wanting to catch a glimpse. >> and there it is, complete totality. >> amazingly beautiful. once in a lifetime. >> this is an amazing, magical experience. there is nothing like it. i mean, you feel like it's otheror

i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. the protests in the bay area started at 6:00 this morning. here's a look at the areas affected in oakland. northbound 880 at fifth avenue and southbound, 880 at seventh street, and the golden gate bridge shut down in both directions. chp started clearing protesters more than six hours later. and as you can imagine, it took some time for all that traffic with the obstructions and protesters and cars to clear out. but they've done it, and now everything is clear. here's a live look at the traffic in the bay area. now here's a live map as we head towards the afternoon commute that should be peaking shortly. so far, the scenes of these protests are all clear. they're not showing red in particular, although it is the bay area, so there are a few red spots with congestion right now. we have live team coverage on the aftermath of these protests and traffic disruptions. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is at the golden gate bridge. but let's start with abc7 news reporter lena howland. live in oakland. lena >> kristin, we are at the bottom of the on

i'm larry beil and i'm kristen sze. >> let's get right to the latest from the earthquake zone.ople have died following yesterday's earthquake , the strongest in 25 years. there, rescuers are working to free dozens trapped after the quake caused landslides and collapsed structures. some 1000 people were injured. the quake damaged more than 100 buildings. it was followed by a strong aftershocks, including a 6.5 magnitude tremor, multiple aftershocks as strong as magnitude seven are expected in the coming days. abc seven news reporter tim johns is live at sfo, where he spoke with travelers arriving from taiwan and has a look at how the disaster is resonating here in the bay area. tim >> yeah. larry. kristin. there were two flights that left sfo this afternoon heading over to taiwan, one on united and another on taiwanese based eva airways. we did speak to some of those passengers on that eva flight. they tell us ahead of their journey, they're still a little bit worried. >> less than a day after the largest earthquake to hit taiwan in 25 years, passengers at sfo traveling to taipe

. >> i'm kristen sze and i'm julian glover.u.s. supreme court. >> it's been a years long code enforcement battle in the courts . but now that battle is over, after the nation's highest court has denied an appeal. abc seven news reporter ryan curry has the details. reporter. >> deep in the hills of fremont, miao lin lee continues her fight to keep her buddhist temple. >> if i don't stand up, i feel like i'm not doing myself a favor or nor the citizens. >> her progress took a hit this week. the u.s. supreme court ruled lee must comply with the city's orders and remove the temple she built on her hillside without a permit. she claims the city is discriminating against her. >> sometimes that makes me wonder if i had been a white woman, would that been? would i han

i'm kristen sze and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. all in some instances new developments related to the antioch police texting scandal that broke last year. >> abc7 news has been following the story since e the beginning. since then, more than 40% of the antioch police force has been put on paid leave. >> now, we're learning tonight that one of the sergeants named in the fbi investigation will return to work. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has been following the story for the past year and has the latest antioch resident, frank sterling's 2009 encounter with then antioch police officer rick hoffman left him hospitalized. >> he was awarded compensation as part of a settlement alleging excessive use of force. last year, hoffman, now a sergeant, was

i'm larry biel, and i'm kristen sze today, a high stakes hearing in washington, d.c, the supreme courtuments about whether a ban on abortions in idaho can be enforced in medical emergencies. >> idaho's law and impala are consistent. they both seek to protect the lives of women and their unborn children. >> what idaho is doing is waiting for women to wait and deteriorate the state accuses the biden administration of trying to impose a federal abortion requirement, despite the supreme court's 2022 ruling that returned the issue to the states. >> a decision is expected in june. >> now, idaho is one of 14 states that bans or severely restricts abortion. arizona is among those. and now governor newsom wants to give arizona doctors the ability to perform abortions here in california. abc seven news reporter tim johns has been following this story for us here in studio with some

i'm kristen sze and i'm julian glover. >> we've been covering it throughout the day here on abc seven country today. th first local protest began at 615 on northbound 8 at fifth avenue. at 755, protesters blocd southbound lanes on the golden gate bridge. then, at 815, protesters shut down southbound lanes of 880 in oakland. >> this is video of the protest on northbound 880 lanes were fully closed for nearly two hours until one lane opened at ten. a second lane reopened just before noon. southbound 880 was closed by protesters around 815 this morning, and one lane finally reopened at 1220. the golden gate bridge was shut down by protesters around 755 this morning, and traffic there was backed up for miles. it was eventually reopened around 1215 this afternoon, and we just got that update from chp just a short time ago and said protesters face a number of charges, including unlaw

i'm kristen sze, thanks for joining us at this hour in taiwan, rescuers are frantically sifting through the rubble after that devastating earthquake. this video was taken at the site of a collapsed building in hualien, which was hardest hit. crews just hoping for any sign of somebody still alive. joining us live now are jeff tang, a san mateo county resident who's on vacation in taiwan with his family, and doctor lucy jones, founder and chief scientist of the doctor lucy jones center for science and society. and we should say earthquake science educator extraordinaire. thank you both for joining us. >> thank you. >> thank you. jeff, i'm going to start with you because you're there. glad you're okay in taipei, being from the bay area, you've certainly experienced earthquakes before. i think loma prieta as well. so how would you describe this one? how was this one for you, it started with a big jolt. it was rolling. i had me, my two boys in the room where we're up here on the 15th floor, over in bargetto and, it just it's one of those things where you're in the moment. it just kept going,

first responders from the southern marin fire district used a helicopter to rescue cody kristen sze from the side of a cliff in marin county sunday night. in an interview with abc news, cody says he was just minutes away from losing his grip and falling into the ocean. >> the further i got up, the more rocks started crumbling or falling off and my feet started slipping. and at that point i realized, you know, i was stuck and i needed help. and so, like, i turned and like, shook my head no towards my girlfriend. and then she knew that i needed help . >> it was really terrifying. the rescue took about a half an hour , and first responders had to use night vision in order to locate cody. you can hear more from cody about the rescue and how he's recovering from his injuries. tomorrow on good morning america right here on abc seven, starting at 7 a.m. in the east bay. one city is changing how people can protest, but only in a certain spot. by unanimous vote of the city council, people will no longer be allowed to use sound amplifiers like megaphones outside the walnut creek. planned parenthoo

first responders from the southern marin fire district used a helicopter to rescue cody kristen sze fromhe side of a cliff in marin county sunday night. in an interview with abc news, cody says he was just minutes away from losing his grip and falling into the ocean. >> the further i got up, the more rocks started crumbling or falling off and my feet started slipping. and at that point i realized, you know, i was stuck and i needed help. and so, like, i turned and like, shook my head no towards my girlfriend. and then she knew that i needed help . >> it was really terrifying. the rescue took about a half an hour , and first responders had to use night vision in order to locate cody. you can hear more from cody about the rescue and how he's recovering from his injuries. tomorrow on good morning america right here on abc seven, starting at 7 a.m. in the east bay. one city is changing how people can protest, but only in a certain spot. by unanimous vote of the city council, people will no longer be allowed to use sound amplifiers like megaphones outside the walnut creek. planned parenthood.

i'm kristen sze, and i'm larry viel. >> thanks for joining us.he latest was just last night. >> abc7 news south bay reporter dustin dorsey explains how it only highlights a bigger issue of safety on campus. the smell of burnt plastic lingers on the eighth floor of the san jose state library. >> after a trash can was set on fire in a bathroom, a shock to students we spoke with kind of just, i guess, scary. >> and i wouldn't assume that anything would happen like that on campus. >> but it's not even the first fire there. this week, university police are investigating arson and two men's bathrooms at the martin luther king junior public library, and officers believe this is the person who started both. >> so we're talking about someone a

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

good afternoon i'm kristen sze and i'm dan ashley thanks for joining us. >> we'll have more on those stories in just a moment. but we're going to begin with criticism over a deal for a driver accused of hitting and killing a four year old girl in a stroller in san francisco last august. the accident near oracle park also seriously injured her father. >> abc seven news reporter suzanne phan is live in the newsroom with details on the sentence. suzanne. kristen. >> dan, 71, year-old driver karen cartagena won't have to go to jail after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge. miss cartagena is profoundly and utterly devastated by what happened. attorney greg mendez represents karen cartagena, the 71 year old drove into a family at fourth and king, killing a four year old girl in a stroller. police say it was a tragic accident. mendez explains what led up to the collision. >> at the time of the incident, there were uh. there's circumstantial evidence which suggested that miss cartagena should continue driving. taking the right turn based upon indications from a tr

abc seven anchor kristen sze asked when she might consider retirement.>> the r word that i would use is a regroup and recruit, and, just, you know, really work really hard to have, have each player on our team have a great experience, you know, probably there's only one really happy coach after every year, but, i love working at stanford. i love working with our team and we're really excited about the young players that we have. and our recruits. and the future looks really bright. so i don't know. they might have to take me out in a wheelchair. >> and we are hoping to learn more today about why she is retiring now. a press conference is planned for 1:00 this afternoon at stanford. vanderveer will continue to work with stanford and the athletics department and an advisory capacity. and kate pay, longtime assistant, is in talks to take over as head coach. just an amazing career. vanderveer led team usa to gold medal at the olympics in 1996, and has guided many of her players to the wnba. live in the studio gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> the bay area

i'm larry biel, and i'm kristen sze today, a high stakes hearing in washington, d.c, the supreme court justices heard two hours of arguments about whether a ban on abortions in idaho can be enforced in medical emergencies. >> idaho's law and impala are consistent. they both seek to protect the lives of women and their unborn children. >> what idaho is doing is waiting for women to wait and deteriorate the state accuses the biden administration of trying to impose a federal abortion requirement, despite the supreme court's 2022 ruling that returned the issue to the states. >> a decision is expected in june. >> now, idaho is one of 14 states that bans or severely restricts abortion. arizona is among those. and now governor newsom wants to give arizona doctors the ability to perform abortions here in california. abc seven news reporter tim johns has been following this story for us here in studio with some more answers. tim. >> yeah, larry, now, part of the reason why the governor says he's supporting this is because he wants to ensure that abortion access for californians isn't impacted.

this morning, cody kristen sze exclusively telling abc news about the terrifying moments he wonderedcles were tired. i was cramping, and i knew if i fallen, that, it wasn't going to be good. >> the 22 year old trapped, dangling more than 50ft above the ocean in the bay area sunday night, focused on just holding on when help arrived. >> i knew that i only had to hold on a little bit longer, and that it was almost over. >> what began as a beautiful beach walk on easter with his girlfriend turning into a life or death situation. when the avid hiker decided to take a shortcut up the hill. >> i decided to climb the cliff. you know, be brave, be adventurous. and, so i started climbing in about 40 or 50ft up. i get to a spot where all the rocks start crumbling and they. i like every rock that i grab just gets removed from the cliff. >> cody's girlfriend rushing to get help. raise your left hand in here, brother. helicopter teams using night vision to find him barely visible as he hung above the crashing waves. >> this one had a very technical nature to it in that, the victim, you know, was,

. >> i'm larry beil and i'm kristen sze. now we won't see one again for decades. so you didn't want to miss it. millions of people look toward the sky today to witness the rare cosmic phenomenon. this was the view in the path of totality. mazatlan mexico, was the first north american city to go dark as the moon passed in front of the sun. from there, the eclipse moved on to texas, oklahoma, indiana, ohio, pennsylvania, and eventually up to canada. >> the total solar eclipse spanned 15 states, plunging areas into darkness for about four minutes. as you can see right here, it's considered the largest mass travel event in the u.s. so far this year, with millions wanting to catch a glimpse. >> and there it is, complete totality. >> amazingly beautiful. once in a lifetime. >> this is an amazing, magical experience. there is nothing like it. i mean, you feel like it's other worldly. >> you can really feel the energy and the passion that everybody had. the event drew so much excitement and curiosity, partly because the next total solar eclipse seen over the u.s. as chris

in january, abc seven anchor kristen sze asked when she might consider retirement.e's her answer. >> the r word that i would use is a regroup and recruit and just, you know, really work really hard to have have each player on our team have a great experience, you know, probably there's only one really happy coach after every year. but, i love working at stanford. i love working with our team, and we're really excited about the young players that we have and our recruits. and the future looks really bright. so i don't know. they might have to take me out in a wheelchair. >> and we are hoping to learn more today about why she is retiring now. a press conference is planned for 1:00 this afternoon at stanford. vanderveer will continue to work with stanford and the athletics department in an advisory capacity. long time assistant is in talks to take over as head coach. so just an amazing career and vanderveer also led team usa to a gold medal at the olympics in 1996 and has guided many of her players to the wnba. live in the studio gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> gl

i'm kristen sze and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. really stunning information today. this investigation just announced less than two hours ago, abc7 news reporter stephanie sierra is live in the newsroom with these breaking developments for us. >> steph. yes kristen and dan, this could have huge implications. >> a federal judge has ordered alameda county da pamela price and her office to review those cases. they'll look at every death penalty conviction to see if there are any signs of misconduct. but the judge issued that directive after evidence of potential bias came to light in the case of ernest dikes. he was tried and convicted in 1993. the jury ruled that dikes murdered a nine year old boy and attempted to murder his grandmother during a robbery in east oakland. dikes now sits on california's death row. the review of that case found prosecutors may have excluded black and jewish jurors, and that's leading to the latest allegation of a larger systemic problem involving death penalty cases in the 1980s and 90s. the thought is black and jewish jurors may have been

i'm kristen sze and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. our other top story. >> it's really sad to see that justice you know, isn't for all in some instances new developments related to the antioch police texting scandal that broke last year. >> abc7 news has been following the story since e the beginning. since then, more than 40% of the antioch police force has been put on paid leave. >> now, we're learning tonight that one of the sergeants named in the fbi investigation will return to work. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has been following the story for the past year and has the latest antioch resident, frank sterling's 2009 encounter with then antioch police officer rick hoffman left him hospitalized. >> he was awarded compensation as part of a settlement alleging excessive use of force. last year, hoffman, now a sergeant, was put on paid leave after being linked to the police texting scandal. now he's coming back. >> well, definitely. we're all very upset that rick hoffman's come back. he's known for committing violence in the c

kristen sze the campus protests began at columbia university and rapidly spread across the country. but some schools appear to have had enough heated protests and dozens of arrests so far. >> the protests are spreading to even more universities. we have team coverage for you this afternoon, starting with abc seven news reporter zach fuentes . >> stanford is warning of discipline for student protesters who break campus policy as a gaza solidarity encampment enters its fifth day, protest organizers are demanding that stanford separates itself from any companies or organizations advancing military efforts in the israel-hamas war. >> our messaging obviously, as with all the other campuses across the nation, is divestment is transparency. >> white plaza is the campus space for free expression. the university allows tabling from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m, but said it has policies that include no overnight camping. organizers say they're aware of it and that there could be discipline, but say people who aren't involved with the encampment are wrongly facing punishment like suspension. >> when one st

i'm kristen sze and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. it's a story we've been following for months now. and just last night, mayor london breed announced the deal. at the end of her week long trip to china. >> the deal includes a pair of giant pandas, which will arrive sometime next year. we have team coverage this afternoon. let's begin with abc seven news reporter luz pena here. luz, what have you learned? >> well, it's been nearly 40 years since san francisco hosted two pandas that were here for three months. and that resulted in the highest attendance the zoo has ever had. soon that could happen again. it's official. pandas are coming to san francisco. what do you think about pandas coming to san francisco? >> good. >> are you excited? yeah, yeah. in accomplishment. over a decade in the making. that involved mayor london breed formally asking the chinese president on the tarmac last november after san francisco hosted the apec summit. and panda experts from china checking the zoo this year. and now it's finally happening. >> san fran