is from the national park service -- it is from the national park service. sarah in new hampshire, good morning. caller: thank you, and happy birthday to the national park system. guest: thank you. caller: i am concerned about indigenous animals being pushed out by nonindigenous species and the plight of rivers, the colorado being what we would call a trickle brook by the time it ends up coming to its ocean exit. but my main thing today is to ask you about the tonto national forest, which was apache land and was supposed to be protected and is now being sold to an australian mining company, which is going to make an open pit copper mine. i do not understand the process here. i thought this land is our land, and how could this ever happen? and could this happen in our other protected lands? guest: i am not familiar with that particular issue on the tonto national park. the national forest system is under a different department than me, the department of agriculture, not the department of interior. they are multiple use lands. they are available for mining and

park. the project itself is proposed for 53 dwelling units with ground-floor retail. it's a mixed-use development in the eastern neighborhoods area and has 42 off-street parking spaces. and it does have some on-site open space, roof garden, roof terrace and rear yard on the second-floor. it's 68' tall about 7-stories tall. franklin square is 4.4 acres in size. the features include the most prominent being the regulation-size soccer pitch. which is synthetic turf. there is a playground in the lower left corner, the southwest. and there is a path surrounding the soccer field. so the shadow that would be cast by this project would only be arriving at -- in late afternoon and evenings, no earlier than 5:45 p.m., and it would be sometime between march and late-september to be specific, march 1st, and september 27th. the shadow does not reach the playground whatsoever. nor does it affect the soccer pitch. the largest shadow would be on june 23rd, and that would be around 7:36 p.m. and the longest

not getting points for that parking supply is not parking at or blow the neighborhood therefore theyd to provide more tdm once again i selected some measures from the memo to illustrate how they'll get the target this becomes in either scenario the tdm for the project they'll submit to the department once again we submit the plan the city staff recommends them as conditions of approval before you you would eventually approve the project potentially and building permits will be issued following the third basic element of the ordinance and maybe the mother critical element and that's an implementation strategy there are two points one city staff insuring the measures that we are offering in the memo are effective and we will do that by doing data collection at buildings that get built over time as well as research that is out there in the tdm field we want to do this because we want to be nimble and up to date to the highly dynamic nature and we're proposing in the staff report we'll come back to you when we updates to the memo for adoption of more substantive updates the second part o

raise the parking meters fees is that parking really necessary we're the transit rich place of worldnd so people can have access to a garage it is a good time to think about this if not a dock transit paper but a masters people get someone to study and cooperate and accumulate the data let's see all the parking does it mean anything will constitute u smutd a brarg reduce congestion maybe you have to deal with the tmc they may step in and provide deals because of the parking spaces prices go up you'll have those things are connected the city of san francisco the people of city of san francisco you guys are in charge we give you our streets for better transit and less congestion and better safety this is our job maybe that is the place to do the research but use this time i don't know they'll have to do a lot of stuff. >> thank you. >> thanks a lot. >> herbert wiener the last person to turn in a speaker card for general public comment and mr. wiener and herbert wiener i nodded that now there is this project for a deal that is self-driving and i am wondering how the squares of the polic

john opened its parking lot so families could park their cars in a safe place and most holy trinity parish in san jose opened its gymnasiums to expand the last few months there. this map was put out by the health press. you can find it on our website, nbcbayarea.com. >> damian, thank you. >>> like damian said, we have that map on our website and we'll update the stories throughout the morning at nbcbayarea.com or download our free nbcbayarea app for the latest headlines. >>> that's what we have going on in the newsroom and let's toss it back live to laura and sam at at&t park. we're just hours away from the giants home opener today. >> we're right here at the home of the orange and black. a live look, in fact, inside at&t park ahead of the big game this afternoon. the giants going head to-head with their arch rivals. the los angeles dodgers. no doubt going to be an action packed afternoon. ♪ >>> if you recognize that song, it's come on "get higher" as giants fans high on the hope of a championship this season. nate is going to perform the national anthem before today's game. encouraging al

the park is rich with eucalyptus trees. long paths allow you to meander, perfect for a dog walking in a wooded environment. >> i enjoy the history. the diversity of nature that exists in such an urban city, concrete streets, cars, we have this oasis of the natural environment. it reminds us of what the history was. >> there is a section for dogs and plenty of parking. transit is available on the 28 bus to get you very easily. the part is ada -- park is ada accessible. it is also a natural lake. this is your chance to stroll around the lake and let the kids run free. it also has many birds to watch. it is a place to find and appreciate what you -- a wonderful breath of fresh air. come and experience in this park and enjoy the people, picnics, and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take a stroll with your loved ones. in the middle of pacific heights, on top of these hills, it offers a great square, a peaceful beauty, large trees and grass and greenery. it features tables and benches, a playground, restaurants, and tennis cou

asbury park, new jersey. asbury park, new jersey. the flag right there just 206 south from 287 down into 22, that's another accident, so all lanes are closed down. new jersey transit, long island railroad, metro north, they are doing just fine. upper level disabled tractor- trailer. that's still being cleared away. and the l.i.e. going west right near exit 37, we do have an accident reported. but let's take a look at a webcam. i'll show you what the l.i.e. is looking like as you enter into the area of willis avenue. it doesn't look like it's moving too badly in this spot. we do have that accident reported. it could be off on the shoulder. it could have just been cleared away. our street cleaning rules are suspended for today, but the metered rules are in effect. lori, over to you. >> all right, thank you, heather. >>> new video this morning from inside a tv station where a man dressed as a panda threatened to blow himself up. what it revealed before a police sniper took him down. >>> a new jersey teen being r

there are just a handledfful of parking locations. there are no parking in some neighborhoods. kristin wright has more on the best ways to get here and where to park. >> reporter: you know, what parking is not easy. we all know that. i remember coming to a game last year with my husband, we spent most of the time in the car parking because we came with no parking plan whatsoever. and let me tell you, that is a big mistake. one that you don't want to make. so if you're going to drive to nationals park today, you want to be strategic. despite the massive amount of development around the park, high rises, condos, you name it, there are still we're told about the same amount of available parking as before. so that is one thing to worry about. advice, use the park mobile app if you can. you can pay the meter on that you can do it from your seat without missing the game. we talked to folks who live right around nats park and they really know the parking deal around here. best advice from them is simple. listen here. >> parking in the area is a big issue because of construction. i wor

people love jogging in the park, taking their children to the park. you can imagine this attack has shaken the neighborhood. we have seen the nypd in the park this morning. they have a large flood light up. there are jog e out and about already this morning. police are hoping this sketch and surveillance video will help them make an arrest in the case. police are hoping for a break. the suspect is described as having light facial hair, standing around six feet tall. you can see in this video that he was wearing all black with black sneakers with white soles. he's wanted for attempted sexual told police she was out jogging on prospect park west right near garfield place when he attacked her from behind, tackling her to the ground and threatening to rape her at knifepoint. the young woman broke free and ran away but not before he slashed her in the hand with his knife. she re is in stable condition. neighbors here hope the release of this sketch and surveillance video will help police identify the suspect. that's the latest live from prospect park, now

with the parking reduction to eliminate for park and mr. henderson said that is an important part of discussion but the work in the hub is generally the area by van ness and mission is to look at that issue and look at it parking space ratios and traffic because even under security zoning with the emotion of over 3 thousand units to this medium area of the parking situation could be heavily impacted so we're going to look at those ratios and ramp up our hope just to talk about that for a second we will develop a kind of enough of a project deception, if you will, in terms of of the land use and begin the eir work in the fall. >> commissioner antonini. >> yes. a case for evaluating parking use because it is a fairly focused area we have i'm going to say eight or ten new developments i'm throwing auto u out a number protruded in the placing last few years and various parking so 50 percent somewhere a little bit hire good to do a survey found out how many spaces and of the spaces that are used how often cars use them we attribute too much of t

there are several parking apps available, including parking panda, best parking and park me, they alllots so depending on the app, different spaces are shown and different prices are charged. but these apps all allow you to reserve a space in advance and pay by way of the app. so no cash exchanges hands. tim maloney is with spot hero. >> parking can be one of the biggest headaches people have each day. by finding a place to park and being guaranteed a reservation through your phone, you take the worry out of trying to find a spot. and the value. you can get up to 50% december count. >> i have links for the parking apps mentioned in my report online, go to abc 7 news.com. i'm michael fun finney, 7 on your side. >> we have unbelievable video from the caribbean island of saint bart. a man calmly taking pictures and ducks quickly as a propeller plane nearly hits them. it looks like the front wheel of the plan grazed the man's hand as the pilot makes a silent approach. good reminder to be aware of surroundings even when taking pictures. >>> a young girl in oregon showed us sometimes eegsie

you will hear how the park code prohibits alcohol at the stadium, the park code lists 35 parks where you need the general manager or commission to approve to have alcohol including [inaudible] where we have opera in the park, including a variety of our parks and so it just requires approval that you can't bring alcohol in without any approval, but it doesn't mean it is prohibited thmpt only sites where it is prohibited is childrens play ground under the park code. a little bit of community feedback. we received letters from a number of different groups that support this, not without reserveation. they say we want to make sure there is a security plan and safety plan. those includes [inaudible] sun set heights association, responsibility people; friends of alfred lake, haight ash berry. we received 1400 letters and e-mails supporting this from a variety of people and think you will hear from some of them here today. in opposition we received letters from coal valley neighborhood, the hate rr ash perry [inaudible] and kezar advisory committee. two in favor and the remaining opposed. fo

dwelling units and activates the streets open what is now currently underutilized parking lots and parking structures it is code compliant and unbalanced with the position and policies of the general plan i need to reads an amendment into the record the commission secretary has a copy continue 14 pursuant to the planning code the project sponsor must pay align affordable housing fees applicable to satisfy the inclusionary housing for the principle project the percentage is two percent but subject to change under the promote collaborator amendment from the voters approve the charter at the june 2016 election the project sponsor shall pay the fees at the time the fees are subject to be paid the project is necessary and desirable and comparable and bans the themselves and outlined the case report the staff recommend prevail that concludes my presentation. i'm available to answer any questions the project sponsor has a presentation. >> project sponsor please. thank you, commissioners thank you for your time this afternoon and considering our project application i'd like to thank the planning d

there are several apps available, including parking panda, best parking and park me.t their own deals with parking lots so depending on the app, different spaces are shown and different prices are charged. but these apps all allow you to reserve a space in advance and pay by way of the app. hands. tim maloney is with spot hero. >> parking can be one of the biggest headaches. so by finding a place to park and guaranteed a reservation through your phone, you take the worry out of a spot and the value. you can get up to 50% discount. >> i have links to the parking apps mentioned in my report online. just go to abc7news.com. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. about. >> we have some unbelievable video to show you from the caribbean island of saint parts. a man calmly taking pictures and ducks quickly as a propeller plane almost hit him. looks like the front wheel grazes his head. so a good reminder when taking pictures, especially selfies. >> a young girl showed us it's sometimes easier to go up than come down. this girl scaled the neighborhood tree but then realized wher

which game brought the most fans to nats park and how many fans were inside the park?your answer we'll give you the answer in a few minutes. thousa now we're send it back to the studio. sdl we'll wait for the answer on twitter. >>> thanks. turn to chuck bell now and everybody is worried about the weather today. >> well, good news is most of the rain will happen before lunchtime. bad news is i can't give you the all dry for the forecast later today. cloudy skies and for many its eye already raining. it's about 30 degrees warmer this morning than it was at the same time yesterday, but rain chances 100%. and game time, a delay i think at least some portion of the game is likely to have a delay. should be able to get the game to completion, but that's into the a guarantee. weather in your plans this morning, red lights. prepare for steady rain and no outdoor activities this morning. this afternoon, back to just occasional passing showers. tomorrow the rain is gone, but cloudy, cool and breezy. moderate to heavy rain up into parts of warren county, virginia. also moderate t

johnson paid a visit to one activities atazer a park.ocated next to the smithsonian neighborhood museum, where trailblazers have also worked. during the summer, these teenagers laid out nature trails , cleared picnic areas, and built shelters. each trailblazer was provided with a camera and film to report the group's accomplishments. record the group's accomplishments. ♪ northor: further to the lies in watts branch park, a good example of how even the most blighted area can be reclaimed from this act. ravine, once been a neglected and abused. however, with the aid of a donation, it has been made into an attractive and inviting park. this border-line neighborhood are proud of their park, and pitch in to keep it lovely. another problem of concern to the committee involved the downtown business district. in many metropolitan communities, washington's central city was becoming choked and unsightly. the committee's activities to improve washington, local officials and businessmen decided to counteract this deterioration with two beautifully p

mild, temperature around 50 degrees. 49 in central park. a warm wind, so that will really warm things up today. off to our west this area of rain comes to us, much needed april showers. we are over 2 inches short of a normal rainfall for today. >>> as i look at the bqe this morning, traffic doesn't seem to be flowing. >> good job. >> it stands for better quickly exit. >> that is so true. >>> this is another look at the bqe into atlantic avenue. the eastbound side pretty slow into the brooklyn bridge and this of course is because of the brooklyn bridge construction they do every morning. and another look at it bill was talking about this. you can see that delay. here's the brooklyn bridge as you come into the city. the brooklyn bridge is doing just fine. >>> we are also going to talk about the closures along the east side of manhattan throughout tomorrow. 44th and 48th between second and first avenues. the un framework convention on climate change. fdr southbound 100s into the 90s, you have construction ongoing, causing a bit of a delay. our

. >> medical paisley park. >> deputies were called to the paisley park estate after his body was discoveredause of death as of yet. prince appeared at his own party at the estate this past weekend but opal for five minutes because he was battling the flu according to associates. tonight the white house has issued a statement. president obama said in part michelle and i join millions of fans around the world in mourning the sudden death of prince. instrumentalist and electrifying performer. quincy jones tweeted a true artist in every sense of the word gone too soon. and owner of the 9:30 club said prince, when performing, he was unmatched live. >> he was so much bigger than just the music. he was very socially conscious. one of his more recent concerts was in this area in baltimore after the freddie gray case. he held the concert, brought the state's attorney marilyn mostly up on stage. he was connected to the issues of our team. >> you never heard about drugs, you never heard about alcohol abuse. he is concerned about his body, a lot due to the fact that he was ill as a child. he talked abo

james park in san jose. i'm damian trujillo. >> i'll be back with more top stories in just a minute. now back out to laura and sam live at at&t park. i'm so jealous it looks so fun out there, guys. >> no, not at all, kir. it's all business. >> thank you. and matter of just hours, more 40,000 baseball fans. they're pretty excited, too. this stadium has the longest sell out streak of any in major league baseball. 40,000 fans are going to be here. we're getting ready to welcome the giants back home from milwaukee. they should be in for a good show. >> a great show. jake peavy will take it for the giants squaring off against the dodgers alex wood. first pitch is 7 1/2 hours away at 1:35. >> by the way, laura, in case you're wondering, the giants off to a pritgy start this season. 2-1. they won that series in milwaukee now coming home. >>> recognize that song. that is "come on get higher." he'll perform the national anthem before today's game. the giants are ining all fans to be in their seats by 12:45 for the pr

that is westbound at park avenue. alternate side parking is suspended today for orthodox good friday. you do still have to pay those meters. >>> thank you. now to police investigating a disturbing report from central park. a man offering a young boy to a tourist for sex. >> it allegedly happened late last night. janelle burrell has more live on central park west. sickening allegations from that tourist. he claims that he was near bow bridge around midnight when that man about 35 years old approached him with his 11-year- old son and tried to essentially sell his son for sex. now, police say that, again, this happened near the bow bridge. he said that the suspect came up to him, asked him if he'd like to perform sex acts on the boy in exchange for $300. police say the tourist from california immediately walked away and called 9-1-1 while keeping an eye on the father and son from a distance. but he eventually lost sight of the pair before police arrived. police have been in the park this morning, also that i have been t

we love our national parks. it is just a fraction of our tax dollars going to thesee wonderful natural resourceses that we all get to share. >> they are the envy of thegr world.internationa >> you know, i hear they have assembled this amount of about almost a billion dollars to elect candidatesmbled who want to completely do away with all rules and regulations. people who were environmentalists, do they have funds and lobbyists? >> good question.ect our land a as you all know, there is a battle. the national parks are not debated as much because congress passed in.passed the a lot of wilderness areas are where national forests, they are going to immediately want to go gouge.n a sagebrush rebellion. the keystone pipeline became a metaphor for the kind of conservative movement belief that we need to open up all these places the federal government's controlling but don't kid yourself, the environmental movement groups are strong. you know one can rattle off a hundred of them.he unfortunately it has become a little

alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect for today. ken, lori, over to you. >>> heather thank you. >>> coming up the sudden death >>> 6:52 now. welcome back. we learned overnight that former wwe champion china has died. she died yesterday afternoon in her home in southern california. there were no signs of foul play, but an official cause of death has not been released. klein was the first woman to win the intercontinental championship. fans have taken to her facebook page to remember the legend where a post calls her a real life hero. she was 45 years old. >>> 6:53. celebrations are underway across the respond as queen elizabeth turns 90 years old today. with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, holding princess charlotte on her lap. the portraits were taken by famed photographer annie liebovitz. >>> a live look now ahead of the 41-gun salute in honor of the queen. >> we have it. >> for a second. >> in hyde park in london. >> a beautiful family too. really is. >>> 6:53. top stories when we come back. t >>> in the bronx subway su

merced shopping center i parked my car the parking lot and one of the trees the eucalyptus tree fellnd indexed it was a a pretty big heavy tree people get upset cabin tree removal but safety is an important part of remove trees they're doing a wonderful job i think you should allow them to continue and let's get it done thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> hi my name is a larry juicy edmond i'm a medical marijuana person so trees literally saved my life i was in d.c. 16 years in bush and their presents i think that you have 75 trees removed and only 3 are dead i think if you know the history of trees no trees in golden gate park but grace grew i happen to know that mom brought lips from australia on scott street i'm looking at all the trees that are taken i go out to city college where i went to school and the trees are very popper and katrina they wouldn't have suffered if they had trees near the equator it gives us our medication and i think that taking the trees that the streets will be significant trees actually, i think you should be growing medical marijuana tre

inside at&t park.ng coverage all throughout the morning with more on what you can expect. christian will be back at 7:00. >>> and now to the race for the white house. hillary clinton questions whether bernie sanders is a democrat. and sanders says clinton is not qualified to be president. and donald trump and ted cruz continue to battle. >> bernie sanders now saying clinton is not qualified to be president. >> she has been saying lately that she thinks that i am not qualified to be president. i don't believe that she is qualified. i don't think you are qualified if you have voted for the disastrous war in iraq. >> clinton's camp calls the comments a new law. she never said the vermont senator was not qualified. but she questioned his abilities. >> some of his ideas won't work because the numbers won't add up or they rely on republican governors suddenly becoming progressive. >> ted cruz is campaigning in new york. >> it culminated four states in a row in the last four weeks where we have beaten donald

no cameras in the park but there along prospect park west behind our camera. investigators will scour those cameras if in fact they come across an image of the person they believe to be the suspect. according to the borough president, that image will be released to the public. joe torres, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> if that happens we'll bring it to you tonight on eyewitness news at 11:00. >>> let's take a quick look at wall street. stocks continued their rally today. dow up 42. nasdaq finished 8 points higher. s&p 500 gaining more than a point. >>> still to come, lee and he says we've got one more really you live life your way. we can help you retire your way, too. financial guidance while you're mastering life. >>> wind not so much a concern today even though we had the big fire but wind will be a concern tomorrow. >> obviously you can tell even these conditions it doesn't take much. swirling winds with the sea breeze and tomorrow the winds are gusting over 20 in the afternoon. same type of idea. tomorrow but not fast enough so we're concerned about a high

park and revitalization grant. park space is a premium san francisco families and residents need open space, this will be a assets to the under served neighborhood [inaudible] adult fitness equipment. community garden, wild life habitat [inaudible] we break down on that projethafter a long time today at 3:30. this saturday march 19 at 10 a.m. begins summer day camp registration. people start lining up friday night. now you can do it on line at sf rec on line.org. this summer we are offering over 80 camps. we have our traditional camps like silver tree and pine lake [inaudible] word play camps, [inaudible] we got a catalog and parents can register at sf rec.org. [inaudible] spring time family [inaudible] in golen gate park featureing egg hunts recollect carnival rides and rec and park staff will pit its bbq skills against those of the san francisco police department and san francisco fire department in the annual rib cook off competition. i will be out there smoking something. commissioners as always, all of you are

paisley park is. so we had to bring a couple extra people in and that was part of the reason, also, for having had a county assistance with that. >> did you search room to room? is that what we're talking about, because of the building size? >> yeah. the building is pretty big. >> sheriff, were there surveillance video at paisley park and do you have them? >> that is -- that will be part of the investigation. i don't want to comment on that right now. >> did it appear that he used the elevator because he was about to pass out or did he have access to stairwells? >> he had access to stairways. paisley park is a big place and i don't think it would be unusual for him to use the elevator. the staircases are pretty long. so i don't think that would be unusual. if that's why he took the elevator or not, i can't say. >> was it at the ground, the elevator, was he collapsed inside the elevator? >> yes, he was collapsed inside of the elevator. that is correct. i haven't been over -- go aid head. >> do you know

we urge all park users to abide by park codes and park signage which ask visitors not to feed wild life and also to keep dogs on a leash in non-off leash areas. feeding of wild animals in particular either in intentionally or unintentionally as we heard from jonathan, the presidio trust, only leads to problems. those animals become acclimated to the presence of humans and can become more aggressive. so in an effort to reduce that unintentional feedings, we have installed these garbage containers and they isolate the garbage instead of an open container that any animal can go into and retrieve the garbage. these minimize the feeding of our wild life. >> okay, when we are alerted to aggressive or assertive behavior. sf rpd coordinates with our animal control to investigate the incident, the where, the how, the why if there is, and to determine many of those details. we consult with local experts as to whether that animal is illustrating or exhibiting normal behavior. we spend a fair amount of time in the field assessing these situations. as long as the coyotes are acting normally our resp

paisley park is very large. it's hard to say who had control at the time or who could have given us to process the scene. thought it would be safer and better for us to get search warrant confront end. >> [inaudible] >> search warrant has not been filed yet. it will be filed next week 1/2. >> [inaudible] >> to process the scene at paisley park. or process the area at paisley park and i don't have a copy of that search warrant in front of me so the. >> was a representative from the medical examiner's office, i want to ask you, procedure you developed with different offices -- some offices sometimes release initial preliminary information that has nothing to do with the toxicology test, for example, that might give you indication how long he had been dead and was found. are you going to have a preliminary report on some initial information before we get the toxicology thing or -- >> short answer is no. the explanation is that we are here in the capacity of serving the carver county sheriff's office as part of that

here's another view from our camera on the roof, looking across the park. central park looking good. our softball team played last night it was opening night. i wonder if they won? i had a lot of money, i was counting on them to win. hoping they won that game. >> nice. >>> 45 degrees as a matter of fact. looking at a nice morning here with sunshine all the way back to the great lakes and canada because of the clear skies. a beautiful day, 47 by 9:00. 56 at 1:00. right at our normal high for this time of year. kiddos for school and the bus stop a jacket or sweater ought to do it. but later on, 60 degrees that is our average normal. weather and traffic together every 7 minutes. debby and. >> reporter: a couple of problems going on this morning bill. right to 78 eastbound getting toward exit 24. an accident blocking a lane. traffic building as you can see. let's see 287 north exit 12 franklin township, ongoing police investigation of a pedestrian accident. one lane blocked. george lincoln and holland just starting to build but relatively fine. tappan zee bridg

the parks service says it's trying to balance the needs of different park users.ural and cultural resources. the group that filed that lawsuit, they want the ggnra to release information about dog walking and the impact on its parks. >> well, caltran says another big section of the old bay bridge will be taken down starting tomorrow. the work will be similar to the removal of a large truss back in february. that piece was 504 feet long. this weekend crews will use cranes. they are going to lower the large section onto barges and move it to the port of oakland to be taken apart. that work is scheduled for friday and on saturday. expected to take about 12 to 14 hours each day. the bike path, by the way, will be closed to the public on both days. >>> well, 40,000 people will be packing into at&t park today. it's the home opener for the san francisco giants. >> it is. and the team has special events planned this afternoon. joe fonzi woke up early just for this. so happy to be at at&t park. hi, joe. >> reporter: i am thrilled, you guys. i saw the sunrise over at&t park

at the park.ials told fox 29 they are investigating and would not comment further. >> of course we want it to be safe for them especially they're here all day. >> reporter: yes. >> they graze as you can see. yeah. it's a big deal. >> reporter: soil save officials and their lawyers declined our request for on camera interview as did offici officials for the delaware river keepers network but experts from both sides will be back in court for questions and depositions in the coming week. as this court battle continues on. in camden, dave schratwieser, fox 29 news. >> all right. howard what's up in sports? >> not much, right? >> nothing. >> let's go. >> sixers we're in line for all-time nba record. guess what? they fouled that up, too. and the heroes are back from the national championship. hear from the heroes and the head coach of villa ♪ [ woman on p.a. ] now boarding track 6. ♪ do not leave bags unattended. [ male announcer ] maybe you see something suspicious. but you don't want to get involved.

elevated risks from the soil at the park.ls told fox 29 they are investigating and would not comment further. >> of course we want it to be safe for them especially they're here all day. >> reporter: yeah. >> and they graze as you can see. yeah. it's a big deal. >> reporter: soil safe officials and their lawyers declined our request for on camera interview as did officials for the delaware river keepers network but experts from both sides will be back in court for questions and depositions in the coming week. as this court battle continues on. in camden, dave schratwieser, fox 29 news. >>> turning to your health now, and what happened last night? did you get enough sleep? if not your brain could be changi changing. new study suggests insomnia may change the way you think. chinese researchers found insomnia is linked with be a dorm matt maladies in the brain's white matter the tissues that form connections and carry information between different parts of the brain. researchers found people with insomnia had significantly less

alternate side parking is in effect today citywide. chris, over to you >> thank you. >>> new this morning, police in stabbing of a cab driver during a robbery. it happened overnight on cedar place. police say the cabbie was found in the street. he was rushed to jacoby medical center in the bronx. no word on his condition. the hunt is on for his attacker. >>> a fire sends clouds of smoke billowing into the air in suffolk county. it started in one home and turned into this massive brush fire. flames spread so quickly crews were battling them from the ground, rooftops and even in the water. >>> this morning the flames are finally under control, but crews will be keeping a close eye on the area. >> cbs 2's lou young record from lindenhurst. >>reporter: at its worst, the air was filld smoke and embers in a brisk changeable wind. five homes went up and a wildlife refuge across a canal was a wall of flames >> it was intense down here. it was like the ashes. the wind changed direction so fast that the ashes -- that the island was on fire, went

now we want to check in with melissa mollet with more on some parking reminders around nats park. >>sa mollet with your "first 4 traffic" and a couple reminders for the nats home opener today. a 4:05 game, of course, if it still goes on. getting to nats park, remember, you don't want to drive unless you have to. if you're driving, buy a parking pass ahead of time and save yourself the headache. if you are taking metro versus the green line to navy yard, get off there. and the route you want to do, union station to navy yard route. go nats! >> go nats, indeed. and i have a special guest with us right now. you all know screech! whoo-hoo! our favorite eagle. and jerome williams, who may have the screech's wing man. >> lots of fun. >> talk about the excitement in the lead-up for today. >> this is a big day here at nationals park. we've trained all offseason for this, gotten ready. screech is ready, i'm ready. we're just ready to have lots of fun today. it's a big day. >> what should fans know in getting ready for all the excitement? >> just bring your excitement, bring your energy. you k

there are several apps available, parking pap da, best parking and park me.eir own deals with parking lots so depending on the app, different spaces are shown and different prices are charged. but these apps all allow you to reserve a space in advance and pay by way of the app. so no cash exchanges happened. tim maloney is with spot hero. >> parking cap be one of the biggest headaches. so by finding a place to park and guaranteed a reservation through your phone, you take the worry out of a spot and the value. you can get up to 50% discount. >> i have links to the parking apps mentioned in my report online. just go to abc7news.com. i'm michael finney, 7 open your side. >> happening today, a chance to get your aggression out with some of the biggest and baddest trucks around. the event is the annual monster jam at levi's stadium. this is video from last year's event. seventeen 10,000-pound trucks will be on hand. there will also be a never before seen truck jump stunt. event time is 7:00 >> question have video from the caribbean island of saint barts. a man ca

with the parking reduction to eliminate for park and mr. henderson said that is an important part of discussion but the work in the hub is generally the area by van ness and mission is to look at that issue and look at it parking space ratios and traffic because even under security zoning with the emotion of over 3 thousand units to this medium area of the parking situation could be heavily impacted so we're going to look at those ratios and ramp up our hope just to talk about that for a second we will develop a kind of enough of a project deception, if you will, in terms of of the land use and begin the eir work in the fall. >> commissioner antonini. >> yes. a case for evaluating parking use because it is a fairly focused area we have i'm going to say eight or ten new developments i'm throwing auto u out a number protruded in the placing last few years and various parking so 50 percent somewhere a little bit hire good to do a survey found out how many spaces and of the spaces that are used how often cars use them we attribute too much of t

but police spent most of the night searching the park. they will now be reviewing area surveillance cameras, hoping to find that boy and his father. the tourist did give a pretty good description of the man police are now looking for. he is about 35, clean shaven, fur hood and blue jeans. the boy was wearing an orange or red lightweight jacket. anyone with information is asked to call crime stoppers this morning at 800-577-tips. we're live in central park, i'm diana rocco, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> diana, thank you. >>> 5:04. and new video now of a wild protest erupting outside a donald trump rally in california overnight. they launched rocks, flashlights and bottles over the police line >> we're also learning new information about the suspicious powder scare at trump tower. eyewitness news reporter dray clark is live now in midtown with new details for us. dray. >>reporter: good morning, lori. you know, there are police officers routinely posted outside trump tower here on fifth avenue, but the potential threat they faced last night

. >> nothing like opening day at nats park. the sights and sounds and the exuberant fans. >> i am so today, yes, i am. >> hours before game time, elation over the washington nationals first home game of the season had reached a fever pitch. >> go nats. >> fans jockeyed for positions eager to be among the first in the ballpark. >> i have never been to opening day before. >> last month was our 40th wedding anniversary. and i told them all i wanted was opening day tickets to the nationals. >>> ralph newman says he fell in love with sandy, the first time he laid eyes on her. just 15 years old. >> if i had to run out one of the kids to get money for the tickets, that is what it would have to be. >> this is what we like to do, come to the nats games. >> by the time the gates opened, the crowds passion for baseball was brimming over. >> go nats, yes. >> at nats park. andrea mckaren. wusa9. >>> and 2016 xp a big year for reigning national year mvp bryce harper. we have more on the big honor that he got today to kick off the season. >>>