. >> and i'm ama daetz.he first time, the chp is explaining why officers chased that car through oakland. and when they called it off. >> abc seven news reporter j.r stone has new information about last night's deadly crash and what came before it. >> flowers, candles and notes like this one that read love you, mister boomer. at the site where a driver speeding away from chp officers lost control and hit two people, killing one man. friends say that man was marvin boomer, a teacher at castlemont high school in oakland. >> he was an hbcu alum. he was in a fraternity. this is hard. this is hard. >> former students and friends of his showed up where this happened thursday. >> i do feel like it was a blessing to have him that night. me and him really connected on a level just because we both are passionate about the development of youth. >> this ring video shows the car losing control and going on to the sidewalk. we stopped it before the collision. thursday night, chp sent out a timeline of what happened and wh

. >> and i'm ama daetz. for the first time, the chp is explaining why officers chased that car through oakland. and when they called it off. >> abc seven news reporter j.r stone has new information about last night's deadly crash and what came before it. >> flowers, candles and notes like this one that read love you, mister boomer. at the site where a driver speeding away from chp officers lost control and hit two people, killing one man. friends say that man was marvin boomer, a teacher at castlemont high school in oakland. >> he was an hbcu alum. he was in a fraternity. this is hard. this is hard. >> former students and friends of his showed up where this happened thursday. >> i do feel like it was a blessing to have him that night. me and him really connected on a level just because we both are passionate about the development of youth. >> this ring video shows the car losing control and going on to the sidewalk. we stopped it before the collision. thursday night, chp sent out a timeline of what happened

monica. >> hey there ama., the measure now is heading to president donald trump's desk, and he's expected to sign it. but governor gavin newsom and attorney general rob bonta say they're gearing up for a legal fight over california's ability to regulate its air quality. it's another trump california showdown. >> the federal government's overreach is illogical. it's politically motivated. >> california leaders say they're ready to sue the federal government after congress voted to block california's law, phasing out the sale of gas powered vehicles. >> they didn't care. they want to pollute more. >> governor gavin newsom says if successful republicans move will slow down progress in american ev production. >> california created the rules that now have been attacked that helped create and support the development of an iconic american company by the name of tesla. china is celebrating. this was a day that marks a moment of acceleration in their capacity to dominate in the next big global industry. >> it's a victo

dan ama okay. >> thank you. karina. >> all right.oad the abc seven app or head to abc seven news.com to join karina in just two minutes. >> if you are watching us here on tv world news tonight with david muir is next for sandhya patel and all of us. thank you for joining us. i'm ama. >> dates and i'm dan ashley. we appreciate your time and we'll see you again at six. conclave a tonight we'll take you inside the sistine chapel. also tonight, the dramatic encounter president trump face-to-face with canada's new prime minister in the oval a

. >> and i'm ama daetz. this afternoon, lee took her oath of office in a packed city council chambers. >> abc seven news political reporter monica madden was there and is here with the ceremony today. monica. >> there really was a palpable energy in the room, not just coming from mayor barbara lee, but her new constituents. it was a really diverse group of people from all sectors of oakland. and her message to them was, it's going to take everyone to fix the city's problems. donning a pendant with her mother's photograph. >> here she is. >> and taking the oath of office over her grandfather's bible. >> i swear, i swear i will. >> congratulations. >> mayor barbara lee connected her family's story to oakland's. >> his mother, my great grandmother, was born and lived through slavery in galveston. >> lee says. like her family, oakland has a spirit of resilience. >> when i think about my family, i think about oakland and its beautiful diversity. >> in a roughly 15 minute speech, the city's new leader previewed he

. >> and i'm ama daetz.ident trump's proposal is getting a lot of attention, including some double takes here in the bay area. >> the rock, as it's known, was closed decades ago due to rising costs and later became a national park. now one of the biggest tourist draws in the bay area. >> abc seven news reporter cornell bernard is live in san francisco with plenty of reaction. cornell. >> oh yeah. ama and dan. we took the ferry to alcatraz today and tourists were buzzing about this. president trump's proposal to essentially reboot alcatraz into a prison and close it to visitors. lots of people sounding off today, including the mayor. >> it is my great pleasure to say welcome to your national park. >> it's the place where more than a million tourists visit every year. notorious alcatraz prison, better known as the rock, is both creepy and fascinating. hollywood certainly thinks so. >> i may have found a way out of here. >> no one has ever escaped from alcatraz. >> alcatraz opened in the 1930s and closed in 196

so ama and dan. stay tuned. >> all right.hanks. >> well, sfmoma took an unexpected hit in its staff today. 29 employees were laid off. that's nearly 8% of the museum's workforce, according to our media partner, the sf standard. this is sfmoma's second round of layoffs since 2023. the museum is still facing financial difficulties after the pandemic and trying to negotiate a new contract with school has elected a new pope. >> yes. campus ministry held a mock papal conclave at pinecrest academy in forsyth county to teach students what a conclave is and what goes into electing a pope. the second graders brainstormed on monday about the needs they see in their class, their school, the world, and the church before voting. yesterday, after white smoke appeared, the school's chaplain announced pope david, the new leader of the catholic church. >> second grader david leavengood then made his first appearance, rolling up in a popemobile and blessing his classmates. a great learning opportunity and some good fun. >> yeah, fun way to lea

. >> ashley, and i'm ama daetz. tonight's resentencing sets up a months or potentially years long parole process that could see the brothers eventually released from prison. >> in an exclusive statement to abc news, erik menendez, writing in part, quote, this has to be the first step in giving people who have no hope in prison some hope. he went on to say, quote, i want so much to bring healing to the family. after 35 years and having caused so much trauma. >> abc news reporter alex stone begins our team coverage from los angeles. >> it was a decision that came sooner than what was expected. the judge finding the brothers do not pose an unreasonable risk to the community, making them eligible for parole. it was an emotional hearing as the brothers were remote from prison via video hookup. family and supporters of the menendez brothers emotional after los angeles judge resentenced erik and lyle menendez to 50 years to life in prison that makes him eligible for parole for the first time ever. their attorney, mark gera

i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. the change begins in just a few weeks at ucsf parnassus campus. and workers there are not very happy about it. >> now, abc seven news reporter j.r stone looks at the parking problems and how the hospital plans to solve them. >> i just think that the public deserves to know what's happening. >> heated words coming from two ucs sonographers jane and george glover and nurse andrew kovalcik and nurse holly bannister, and around half a dozen other ucsf employees i spoke with who work at the parnassus campus. all upset that come june, most of the staff will no longer be able to park here. >> on march 31st. we got this email announcing that staff would no longer be able to park in the staff garage, and i didn't quite believe it. i thought it was an april fools joke. >> in a statement, a ucsf spokesperson says in part, now, with demand higher than ever, we need to prioritize access for patients and visitors. these changes primarily impact those parking at parnassus during peak hours. ucsf say

i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. the change begins in just a few weeks at ucsf parnassus campus. and workers there are not very happy about it. >> now, abc seven news reporter j.r stone looks at the parking problems and how the hospital plans to solve them. >> i just think that the public deserves to know what's happening. >> heated words coming from two ucs sonographers jane and george glover and nurse andrew kovalcik and nurse holly bannister, and around half a dozen other ucsf employees i spoke with who work at the parnassus campus. all upset that come june, most of the staff will no longer be able to park here. >> on march 31st. we got this email announcing that staff would no longer be able to park in the staff garage, and i didn't quite believe it. i thought it was an april fools joke. >> in a statement, a ucsf spokesperson says in part, now, with demand higher than ever, we need to prioritize access for patients and visitors. these changes primarily impact those parking at parnassus during peak hours. ucsf say

. >> ashley, and i'm ama daetz. the l.a. sparks may have spoiled the valkyries first game, but it is not spoiling the excitement for fans and the city. >> no way. it was a sellout crowd. people lining up for hours before tipoff to see them play. from fans to san francisco landmarks, there is plenty of valkyrie spirit on display tonight. >> yeah, check this out. the skystar wheel at fisherman's wharf is lit up in valkyries violet to celebrate the city's new team. we have team coverage tonight with fans still excited despite the loss. >> all of that's coming, but we'll begin with abc seven sports director larry beil with the takeaways from the court. what kind of game we saw tonight, larry. >> this was so much fun. regardless of the score. just the energy, the enthusiasm. fantastic game. one for the golden state valkyries, the wnba expansion team taking the court as dan mentioned in front of a sellout crowd. fans were really, really into it. and the valkyries, they played super hard in their opener against the l.a. sparks. now

. >> ashley, and i'm ama daetz. tonight's resentencing sets up a months or potentially years long parole process that could see the brothers eventually released from prison. >> in an exclusive statement to abc news, erik menendez, writing in part, quote, this has to be the first step in giving people who have no hope in prison some hope. he went on to say, quote, i want so much to bring healing to the family. after 35 years and having caused so much trauma. >> abc news reporter alex stone begins our team coverage from los angeles. >> it was a decision that came sooner than what was expected. the judge finding the brothers do not pose an unreasonable risk to the community, making them eligible for parole. it was an emotional hearing as the brothers were remote from prison via video hookup. family and supporters of the menendez brothers emotional after los angeles judge resentenced erik and lyle menendez to 50 years to life in prison that makes him eligible for parole for the first time ever. their attorney, mark gera

i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. let's move now to our top local story about safety in san francisco. >> we have a wonderful opportunity here in san francisco. we are a city on the rise. this is a great place to be a police officer. >> and the mayor wants more cops in the city. but does the city need more cops? this is about safety in san francisco, but it is also, frankly, about money. without being fully staffed, sfpd spends millions on overtime making up the difference. >> and it's not just police, it's the sheriff's office as well. abc seven news political reporter monica madden is here with a look at the changes the mayor wants to see happen, and how he wants to make them happen. >> monica ama leaders say most of the city's public safety goals cannot be solved without having a fully staffed department, and mayor daniel lurie is hoping his plan will offer a roadmap to help san francisco get there. >> we do more with less. >> crime in san francisco is down, and so is the number of law enforcement officers. >> that

. >> ashley, and i'm ama daetz. the l.a. sparks may have spoiled the valkyries first game, but it is not spoiling the excitement for fans and the city. >> no way. it was a sellout crowd. people lining up for hours before tipoff to see them play. from fans to san francisco landmarks, there is plenty of valkyrie spirit on display tonight. >> yeah, check this out. the skystar wheel at fisherman's wharf is lit up in valkyries violet to celebrate the city's new team. we have team coverage tonight with fans still excited despite the loss. >> all of that's coming, but we'll begin with abc seven sports director larry beil with the takeaways from the court. what kind of game we saw tonight, larry. >> this was so much fun. regardless of the score. just the energy, the enthusiasm. fantastic game. one for the golden state valkyries, the wnba expansion team taking the court as dan mentioned in front of a sellout crowd. fans were really, really into it. and the valkyries, they played super hard in their opener against the l.a. sparks. now

i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. now, the owner of the transamerica pyramid says the area around the building is attracting more investments and leases. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena spoke to him and joins us live. hi. loose. >> hi, ama and dan. that's right. it's truly incredible. about a year and a half ago, the owner of the transamerica pyramid got an anonymous tip about the capsule. he was able to track down the drawings of this capsule and found it in this building. now you'll be able to see it yourself. we did show you the content of this capsule about a month ago, but now you'll be able to come to this exhibit and view it seven days a week. it's over 800ft tall with more than 3000 windows. the iconic transamerica pyramid. it's a beloved landmark on the san francisco skyline. but that wasn't always the case from the moment it was proposed. controversy surrounded the building. >> this is the history of san francisco. it shows how much people actually cared about what's happening in the skyline. people were

karina. >> thanks, dan and ama. of the bay area are under an increased fire risk today because of the warm weather, abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian tells us more about the fire danger. plus, reporter cornell bernard is live with how firefighters and residents are preparing, and we'll give you some ideas for where to get some delicious vietnamese food. as we celebrate asian american pacific islander heritage month, our reporter, suzanne fawn visited san jose for a taste of some specialty dishes. join us for those stories and more at 530 on abc seven bay area streaming tv. >> now why don't you get that assignment? >> i know this. >> thanks, karina. >> all right. you can download the abc seven app or head to abc seven news.com. join karina in two minutes. >> and if you're watching us here on tv world news tonight with david muir is next for sandhya patel. all of us. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. we will see you as we come on. the tornado threat right here. dangerous stor

and as ama mentioned, definitely warmer. a lovely view from our sky camera right now where you can see just clear skies at this hour. this is from the sky star wheel at fisherman's wharf. here's a sampling of our high temperatures today. santa rosa hitting 8286. concord 85, livermore, san francisco 66, oakland 73. and san jose. you reached 79 degrees compared to 24 hours ago. temperatures are running up to double digits warmer than where you were today ten degrees yesterday. excuse me? ten degrees in oakland, 18 in santa rosa and 11 degrees warmer in san jose compared to yesterday. at this time, high pressure building in. that's what's bringing us the warmth that's also compressing the marine layer. so what fog we did have earlier today and you know, it was dense in some areas has evaporated. it is shallow now below 1000ft. so tomorrow morning we're expecting only patches of fog. beautiful view from ak. right now it is a sunny view 62 in san francisco, 70 right now in oakland if you're stepping out. hayward, san jose, mid 70

i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us.he victims have not been identified and police have not said what sparked last night's chase, which was called off just moments before this terrible crash. >> but we do know this comes just one week after oakland's police chief made a formal request to loosen the department's pursuit policy. now, abc seven news reporter anser hassan has the latest. >> he needs to be memorialized. the person needs to go to jail. that man worked hard for this city. >> throughout the day. neighbors and friends came out to the intersection where chp chased through oakland ended in a fatal crash. >> but i heard the noise going bam! like an earthquake. >> reporter lives in the house where outside, a man was hit and then flung into the staircase railing leading to her doorstep. >> you may call 911. >> the man's companion rushing to pokes doorbell camera. poke says she went out to help, joined by other neighbors. >> the girl she came up, the one that husband was, her husband that got killed, got tangled up in

. >> and i'm ama daetz. the city recently restarted sweeps after putting them on hold earlier this year. the pause was for vallejo leaders to reassess their homelessness policy. >> tonight, abc seven news reporter j.r stone found one street mostly cleared, but business owners say the damage to their bottom lines is already done. >> this is what the owner of flamingo banquet hall in vallejo has seen for months. as he shows up to work. people living in rvs and cars. paul sharma runs the banquet hall and says the people, their pets and their trash have had a direct impact on his business. >> it just making it unsafe for my clients. my customers are coming in and having issues booking the events. four of them canceled. one was in the pipeline. >> after 6 to 7 months of no action. city officials went out to the location last friday, warning people in rvs that they had 72 hours to move or they would be towed. the reaction was accepted by many who left, but a couple were still there tuesday. >> they have access to

i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. we're talking about homelessness because we're seeing new reasons to be optimistic, actually, about a very challenging problem. >> it's going to take a lot of work and money. so let's get right into the details. abc seven news political reporter monica madden is here to explain it to us. monica. >> the context here is really important. things dramatically changed almost a year ago, after the u.s. supreme court ruled that local officials can criminalize public camping, even if there are not enough shelter beds as an option. but now the governor is saying that the state is expanding treatment options through grant money. >> it's simply cannot continue. >> governor gavin newsom is pressuring california cities to ban homeless encampments. >> we want to see real reduction in unsheltered homelessness in the state. i'm not naive that this is stage one. this is the beginning of the end of the first phase process. >> the democratic governor says his model ordinance can be adopted by any local

ama and dan.t weather in our inland communities for one more day tomorrow. and then sunday everyone will get heat relief. if you want to find relief, here's where you need to go. look at this. some people have the right idea. on a friday evening, they're at the beach enjoying santa cruz right now. the sun, the blue sky. good day to be in the water beating that heat. so let's check out the temperatures. highs so far. these are not the official numbers yet. we have a few more minutes to go. 96 santa rosa 100 degrees in concord. hit 102 in vacaville, 91 in san jose, san francisco and oakland. pretty warm from the mid 70s to the low 80s. we still have triple digits right now in livermore and vacaville. you will notice 88 in san jose, 68 in the city, out towards vallejo, 89 santa rosa, 95 degrees and 80 in palo alto. air quality is good to moderate moderate, indicated by the yellows, but there are some pockets of poor air quality, so the spare the air is in effect for today. you will notice that saturd

i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. the goal here of this summit is to bring together top leaders from government, business and academia and share thinking and insight on the top issues through moderated fireside style conversations. >> governor newsom is speaking right now, but earlier this afternoon, the mayors of san francisco, oakland and san jose joined forces on stage and talked about how their cities are turning the corner. >> abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn is live with the story tonight. suzanne. >> so, dan ama, to have three bay area mayors on stage at the same time is a big deal, especially as the region tries to figure out how to tackle some of the biggest problems. all three mayors say they are optimistic about the future. take a look. hundreds of people turned out to the bay area silicon valley summit today here at the julia morgan ballroom. organizers say it is the region's premier business and economic forum. just before three today, the mayors of san francisco, oakland and san jose san jose rather

i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us.ic morning commute bart trains were down for nearly four hours, as i said today, forcing riders to turn to ferries, busses and automobiles. >> yeah. technical problems with bart's operating system shut down the entire system before service even began for the day. they announced the outage around 425. officials say staff couldn't see the trains in the control room, which made it unsafe to run them. past 9 a.m, things were finally moving again with some delays. >> the root cause has to do with network devices not communicating properly with each other. the crews isolated the exact devices that were not properly communicating and then they disconnected them. and then that is what allowed everything to work as normal. >> bart officials say this morning's outage affected 40,000 commuters, a quarter of the typical friday morning commute of 160,000 riders. bart officials say they're still investigating what happened, but they do not expect any of this to affect service this weekend. >> it isn

. >> and i'm ama daetz. the shooting happened early sunday morning in a quiet residential neighborhood in san mateo. >> and now that father is facing five felony charges, abc seven news reporter tim johns is live in that neighborhood. with the story tonight. tim. >> yeah. dan. the suspect is currently being held in a local jail. now, according to the san mateo county district attorney, that incident has a history that goes further than just sunday, though. it's the response. that's the crime. you do not get to take a firearm out and point it at a car with human beings in it and fire. >> san mateo county district attorney steve wagstaffe, responding wednesday to an alleged incident that occurred in the early hours of sunday morning. wagstaffe says a man shot two rounds down his street in the city of san mateo at a car filled with three teenage boys. moments before, those boys are said to have been throwing eggs at the man's house. >> he said he was just trying to shoot at the tires, but one of those went in t

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. >> and i'm ama daetz. this comes as conditions get windier this weekend. and there's even a fire weather watch in the forecast. >> we have abc seven news team coverage with cornell bernard. for more on today's fire training. >> let's begin with abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya. >> yeah. ama and dan. let's take a look at the current winds. it is gusty out there. you will notice gusts to 28 miles an hour in hayward, 36 at sfo. these winds are going to start to crank as we head towards tomorrow. over 40 miles an hour at times. so notice there are 43 point reyes. it's really going to be gusty in the afternoon across the inland areas as well. and then breezy sunday morning. but those winds will pick up again close to 50 miles an hour along the coastline. solano county the wind starts to veer direction sunday morning into monday night, and that's when that fire weather watch will go up. gusts to 35 miles an hour. the humidity values will be between 15 to 25%. so any fires that do develop could quickly grow. and so that is the concern as we hit

jimmy. >> thanks, dan and ama.up and watch or you'll hurt a lot of people. >> i don't like that. you got to be out here for all this time. and now i got to come out here, and now i got to dance for you. i this video shows one of the burglars army crawling through a candy shop sunday night, then spray painting the camera lens like out of a movie. the crooks then cut through a wall between the shop and a jewelry store next door, leading right to the safe. with more than $2 million in cash and merchandise inside, one of the owners says the loss will force his father to put retirement on hold. >> just kept saying open the safe, open the safe. and when he opened the safe, that's he almost collapsed. these guys were professional thieves. they had a plan. they must have cased us. >> investigators are comparing surveillance video from a similar incident that happened in downtown los angeles in april, to see if these crimes might be related. >> sonoma county is settling a lawsuit over a deadly shooting by a sheriff's deputy

jimmy. >> thanks, dan and ama. stay up and watch or you'll hurt a lot of people. >> i don't like that. you got to be out here for all this time. and now i got to come out here, and this video shows one of the burglars army crawling through a candy shop sunday night, then spray painting the camera lens like out of a movie. the crooks then cut through a wall between the shop and a jewelry store next door, leading right to the safe. with more than $2 million in cash and merchandise inside, one of the owners says the loss will force his father to put retirement on hold. >> just kept saying open the safe, open the safe. and when he opened the safe, that's he almost collapsed. these guys were professional thieves. they had a plan. they must have cased us. >> investigators are comparing surveillance video from a similar incident that happened in downtown los angeles in april, to see if these crimes might be related. >> sonoma county is settling a lawsuit over a deadly shooting by a sheriff's deputy. a deputy shot and kill

i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. that shooting is getting the attention of san francisco's mayor tonight. >> it happened on columbus avenue. the victim was found just blocks away on leavenworth street. all this played out around 1 p.m. with tourists out and about at nearby fisherman's wharf. >> as for the shooter, police say he turned himself in. abc seven news reporter j.r stone has the video and the witnesses. >> a gunman chasing after an suv in san francisco's fisherman's wharf. just after 1 p.m. wednesday, will slow this surveillance video down so you can get a better glimpse of what appears to be a shooter holding a very big gun and aiming it at the vehicle as the driver drove off. witnesses in the area say they heard the shots. >> my mother in law was with my baby on the couch and i heard a bang, and i was like, oh, i thought maybe it was like one of those metal dumpsters or something. but then bang, bang, bang. and i thought, okay, those are gunshots. so she ran to the hallway. i kind of startled, but also lik

. >> and i'm ama daetz nearly 11 hours missing now and still no sign of her. police say amira's biological parents, who do not have custody of her, assaulted her grandmother and then took off with the little girl. >> right now, oakland police are looking for andrew coleman and tamara klagon, and they're asking for your help finding them. >> abc seven news reporter j.r stone is live with new details from police about this. amber alert jr. >> they are still, like you said, actively looking for this little girl at this time. police tell me there is reason to believe that she could be in oakland or san leandro. as you go to this video, this is two year old amira coleman, who police say was kidnaped by her biological mom and biological dad. her family says she is one foot five and weighs 60 pounds. those two that i referred to the suspects here, being 26 year old andrew coleman and 24 year old tamara claghorn. her maternal grandmother is also a suspect here. police tell us that amira's paternal grandmother has full custody of her. officers say that grandmother was

i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. that shooting is getting the attention of san francisco's mayor tonight. >> it happened on columbus avenue. the victim was found just blocks away on leavenworth street. all this played out around 1 p.m. with tourists out and about at nearby fisherman's wharf. >> as for the shooter, police say he turned himself in. abc seven news reporter j.r stone has the video and the witnesses. >> a gunman chasing after an suv in san francisco's fisherman's wharf. just after 1 p.m. wednesday, will slow this surveillance video down so you can get a better glimpse of what appears to be a shooter holding a very big gun and aiming it at the vehicle as the driver drove off. witnesses in the area say they heard the shots. >> my mother in law was with my baby on the couch and i heard a bang, and i was like, oh, i thought maybe it was like one of those metal dumpsters or something. but then bang, bang, bang. and i thought, okay, those are gunshots. so she ran to the hallway. i kind of startled, but also lik

. >> ashley, and i'm ama daetz.ideo from the vatican shows the moment robert prÉvost walked out of the sistine chapel as the pope. those who know him describe him as a kind and humble man, but decisive too. >> in pope leo's first words to the faithful, he shared his wish to build bridges as he picks a name, aligning himself with workers and the poor. >> looking live out at saint peter's square, where the sun has risen on a new day for the catholic church. abc news reporter ines de la cuetara begins our team coverage. >> this is the moment the world for the first time, saw an american pope stepping out onto the balcony overlooking saint peter's square, below, tens of thousands erupting. welcoming a man whose election almost no one had expected. minutes earlier, the iconic latin announcement. >> a. >> am 69 year old robert francis prevost of chicago, now pope leo the 14th. >> to be here for this moment is so unbelievably profound. it's something i'm going to be talking about for the rest of my life. >> earlier, white

i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. tonight is the end of day five, and she is still out there somewhere. margaret elaine mckinley was last seen in the windy hill open space preserve in portola valley. this was last thursday. >> abc seven news reporter lauren martinez is following the search tonight. >> the search continues for elaine mckinley in portola valley. crews from all over northern california are scouring 1100 acres in the windy hill open space preserve. one volunteer said poison oak is as tall as 15ft. >> everyone's using. it's an app with gps that shows kind of the directions that we're searching. that way we cover as much ground as we can. >> elaine was reported missing on thursday afternoon. the sheriff's office said elaine and her family started off on razorback trail, which is what we're standing on. it wasn't until they hit lost trail, which is a quarter mile down, is when she was separated from her family. >> now we're looking at the places where someone would leave the leave a trail and maybe go hide a

. >> ashley, and i'm ama daetz. video from the vatican shows the moment robert prÉvost walked out of the sistine chapel as the pope. those who know him describe him as a kind and humble man, but decisive too. >> in pope leo's first words to the faithful, he shared his wish to build bridges as he picks a name, aligning himself with workers and the poor. >> looking live out at saint peter's square, where the sun has risen on a new day for the catholic church. abc news reporter ines de la cuetara begins our team coverage. >> this is the moment the world for the first time, saw an american pope stepping out onto the balcony overlooking saint peter's square, below, tens of thousands erupting. welcoming a man whose election almost no one had expected. minutes earlier, the iconic latin announcement. >> a. >> am 69 year old robert francis prevost of chicago, now pope leo the 14th. >> to be here for this moment is so unbelievably profound. it's something i'm going to be talking about for the rest of my life. >> earlier, whit

i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley, abc seven news reporter. anser hassan is live with an update on when the trains will get rolling again. >> dan. good evening. you can see the san leandro bart station is still closed. bart officials are hoping to be open by 530. that did not happen. still no eta as to when it will open, but there is an update. trains from bayfair to berryessa and bayfair to dublin. service to those lines has been restored. >> station is closed. there is no service from here to lake merritt. >> bart community officers are letting passengers know no train service tuesday morning from dublin because of a fire near the san leandro bart station. >> i'm fortunate enough to have the flexibility to work from home, but i am going to have to make up this day at some point because we do have an in office requirement. so definitely not ideal. i had childcare all settled, so we'll have to figure it out later. >> but hours later and three of bart's five lines were still down. frustrated bart passengers pointing out that this is the second

dan and ama, take a look at this live picture.am cam, a little hazy outside as we look back towards san francisco. wind gusts so far 87 miles an hour. mount saint helena 56 at hawkeye. you'll notice even livermore napa airport, 37 to 41 today. the winds remain a little gusty in spots like fairfield. this is the hourly forecast going into tomorrow morning. still over 30 miles an hour, but for the rest of you, doing okay. high clouds on live doppler seven tomorrow afternoon. warm inland, not quite as warm near the coast and bay, where you will see some cooling as the fog rolls back in and the wind starts to switch direction for your wednesday. even cooler than that, 50 to 70 for most of you. and then thursday and friday, those temperatures are going back up again from the 80s for the warmest spots to the 90s by friday. the accuweather seven day forecast. get ready for that roller coaster going down as we head towards wednesday, and then back up again for the end of the workweek. but don't worry, by mother's day weekend we are talkin

what you didn't see at the amas. if only we are backstage. >> "et" at the amas starts right now!ll house in las vegas for the amas, with jennife jennifer lopez's sin city kiss and tell. welcome to "entertainment tonight." kevin frazier is off tonight and we are going to get to the amas in just a bit, but we start 2400 miles away in west virginia and the latest on mary lou retton's dui arrest. >> it's been hard, i have to say. i thought it was just some washed up old athlete. i had my highs and lows. >> police claim the 57-year-old olympian was driving all over the roadway, slurring her words, and found her in her porsche with a screwtop bottle of wine and her passenger seat. >> i want to be remembered as mary lou the athlete. >> officers alleged that when they made contact with the former gymnast she smelled like alcohol. then according to the court documents, after mary lou refused a blood alcohol test, officers administered three field sobriety tests. they confirmed she was showing signs of impairment. mary lou was charged with one misdemeanor count of driving under the influen

ama and dan. >> very good.nks, andy. >> all right, well, steph curry will be out at least a week after leaving last night's game because he was hurt tonight. doctors weigh in (♪) (♪) (♪) join us in celebrating 70 years in the us and get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. to miss at least the next three games of the western conference semifinals because of a hamstring strain. >> yeah, some tough news. he left last night's game early. abc seven news reporter luz pena has a look at what this means for the team going forward. loose. >> yes dan we spoke to a ucsf orthopedic surgeon who emphasized the first 48 hours after steph curry's grade one hamstring injury are crucial. his medical team is balancing rest with multiple sessions of physical therapy to make sure scar tissue doesn't accumulate. all eyes are on steph curry right now after tuesday's injury, and there are some good and some bad news, according to medical experts. >> so with the warriors reported was that he had a grade one strain of his hamst

dan and ama good evening everyone.et's take a look at a live picture right now from our mount tam cam. and one thing i'm going to show you is the marine layer is there. it's going to start off your morning. so be prepared for some pockets of low visibility. temperatures continue to come down today up to five degrees cooler in san francisco right now compared to 24 hours ago. down three in san jose. the onshore winds are still gusting up to 30 on mount diablo, and that is what helped to drive our temperatures down, along with the fact that we had a 3000 foot deep marine layer this morning. you probably remember it. and there was a front that basically passed to our north, but when it did, it helped to usher in that cooling sea breeze. now here's what's going to happen. high pressure is going to come in as it builds in. it will compress the marine layer, and we're going to see rapid warming the next couple of days. so that ridge of high pressure builds in as it comes in right over the west coast. we're going to notice th

i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. tonight is the end of day five, and she is still out there somewhere. margaret elaine mckinley was last seen in the windy hill open space preserve in portola valley. this was last thursday. >> abc seven news reporter lauren martinez is following the search tonight. >> the search continues for elaine mckinley in portola valley. crews from all over northern california are scouring 1100 acres in the windy hill open space preserve. one volunteer said poison oak is as tall as 15ft. >> everyone's using. it's an app with gps that shows kind of the directions that we're searching. that way we cover as much ground as we can. >> elaine was reported missing on thursday afternoon. the sheriff's office said elaine and her family started off on razorback trail, which is what we're standing on. it wasn't until they hit lost trail, which is a quarter mile down, is when she was separated from her family. >> now we're looking at the places where someone would leave the leave a trail and maybe go hide a

. >> and i'm ama daetz. the city recently restarted sweeps after putting them on hold earlier this year. the pause was for vallejo leaders to reassess their homelessness policy. >> tonight, abc seven news reporter j.r stone found one street mostly cleared, but business owners say the damage to their bottom lines is already done. >> this is what the owner of flamingo banquet hall in vallejo has seen for months. as he shows up to work. people living in rvs and cars. paul sharma runs the banquet hall and says the people, their pets and their trash have had a direct impact on his business. >> it just making it unsafe for my clients. my customers are coming in and having issues booking the events. four of them canceled. one was in the pipeline. >> after 6 to 7 months of no action. city officials went out to the location last friday, warning people in rvs that they had 72 hours to move or they would be towed. the reaction was accepted by many who left, but a couple were still there tuesday. >> they have access to

i'm ama. >> daetz and i'm dan ashley. we appreciate your time. we'll see you again at six. (♪) (♪) (♪) join us in celebrating 70 years in the us and get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. news here at the vatican. the american pope, the cardinals and the conclave making an historic choice. electing for the first time an american to lead the catholic church. pope leo the

dan and ama. just a few nights ago, we were here on the baseline and it was the end of the warriors season, their final home game. and literally minutes after that game ended, the chase center crew started tearing out the floor, replacing it with valkyrie's colors. they took out the seats, essentially transforming chase center into valkyries mode. you see all the violence here because the color of the night is valkyrie's violet. it's everywhere. all fans tonight will get free t shirts in celebration of the very first game for the golden state valkyries. a lot of people excited to see this brand new expansion team, including warriors star steph curry. >> i'm going to be a fan. yeah, i'm going to be here as many games as possible. it's great for the entire bay. you know, the inaugural season, i know the atmosphere is pretty cool when they had the preseason game here, so i'm excited to watch them play and wish them nothing but success. >> i couldn't be more excited. i think uh- watching everything un

i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. he died just hours before the last day of school started. >> the 18 year-old driver accused of killing him appeared in court for the first time today. >> police say that driver lost control and crashed into boomer just 20s after the chp called off a pursuit. abc seven news reporter j-r stone spoke with boomer's friends and fellow teachers at a very emotional vigil. >> tonight is. >> one by one, friends of the late marvin boomer spoke at this oakland candlelight vigil, remembering the castlemont teacher who meant so much to them. >> the first thing he said is, hey, welcome. my name is boomer. and he just he just cared about everyone. there's not one person he didn't lend a hand to, not one. >> boomer was killed wednesday. he was walking along the sidewalk with his partner near this tree, when a car that had previously been chased by chp ran off the road, hitting and killing him. >> do we just let them run wild or do we chase him? i mean, there has to be a balance there, right? like, wh

i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. this comes after the abc7 news i-team dug into the suspect's records showing how judge after judge let him go with just a few months in jail, only to re-offend. >> i-team reporter dan noyes is here with the latest on this. dan. >> dan. robert. santa came to my attention two years ago. he was the first arrest under the sfpd's bait car campaign. despite more than a dozen arrests for all sorts of felonies, he avoided state prison until now. i watched in january as 27 year old robert pled guilty to his latest felonies receiving stolen property, accessory after the fact, possession of a firearm by a felon, concealed firearm in a vehicle, possession of ammunition. judge bruce chan sentenced to three years, eight months in state prison but stayed it, allowing him to leave jail after four months. san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins wanted santa to serve state prison time. right away. >> we were prepared to go to trial. we wanted to see accountability for a man that has continued to

ama and dan. while you will notice the flag isn't blowing around a whole lot from our golden gate bridge camera, there is some fire weather concern. let me show you what it looks like in terms of the winds gusting to 28 miles an hour, combined with the warmth and the drier air. drier fuels gusting to 28 at sfo. the concern is any grass fires that do develop will cause obviously to spread. and so this is the time of year you just want to remain vigilant. this evening, strongest wind gusts will be over 35 miles an hour. that's pretty typical. even later on tonight, it's not going to be anything out of the ordinary. tomorrow morning, the winds will back off and then they'll pick back up again, this time stronger. 33, san rafael, 31 in san francisco, 24 in livermore. so keep that in mind. and as we look at the fire danger index, it's moderate to high in our north and east bay hills for this evening. the fire danger goes down as the humidity values go up tomorrow morning. and then once again tomorrow a

i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. tonight, the u.s. senate is debating a measure that would override the epa waivers that give california permission to adopt these landmark climate standards. >> abc seven news political reporter monica madden joins us now. monica, what is at stake? >> certainly a lot when it comes to california and its ambitious climate change goals. now, congressional republicans are trying to use this rare tool called the congressional review act in order to overturn the waiver that was granted in the last days of the biden administration. and that waiver allows california to move forward with its future ban on gas cars. but democrats are warning doing so will set a bad precedent. california's plan to have a fully electric vehicle future is under threat. >> we need, deserve and reserve the right as californians to do something about our air. >> the u.s. senate's republican majority says it will vote to prevent the golden state from banning the sale of new gas powered cars by 2035. california's democratic senators arg

good evening, i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. this will be the first time this year that temperatures will cross the triple digit mark in the bay area. >> yeah, our air quality will suffer as a result, though. here's how things look from our camera on san francisco's mount sutro right now. glorious. >> really beautiful image. all right, let's get our first look at the forecast from meteorologist sandhya patel. hot, hot hot. sandy. >> yeah. you know what? it's going to feel like summer came a little too early. dan and ama, right now, i want to show you the high temperatures for today. warmest locations in the upper 80s to low 90s, 91 in fairfield. but look at half moon bay, 30 degrees cooler than fairfield. our summer microclimates starting to surface. it is still warm inland. we have 80s and 90s at this hour only going to get hotter. heat advisory goes up for all areas shaded in orange 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. tomorrow. temperatures up to the mid one hundreds, bringing a risk of heat related illnesses. now solano county, that advisory s

. >> and i'm ama daetz nearly 11 hours missing now and still no sign of her. police say amira's biological parents, who do not have custody of her, assaulted her grandmother and then took off with the little girl. >> right now, oakland police are looking for andrew coleman and tamara klagon, and they're asking for your help finding them. >> abc seven news reporter j.r stone is live with new details from police about this. amber alert jr. >> they are still, like you said, actively looking for this little girl at this time. police tell me there is reason to believe that she could be in oakland or san leandro. as you go to this video, this is two year old amira coleman, who police say was kidnaped by her biological mom and biological dad. her family says she is one foot five and weighs 60 pounds. those two that i referred to the suspects here, being 26 year old andrew coleman and 24 year old tamara claghorn. her maternal grandmother is also a suspect here. police tell us that amira's paternal grandmother has full custody of her. officers say that grandmother was

. >> and i'm ama daetz.o a judge's landmark order answering the question, does artificial intelligence have the right to free speech? >> provocative question in a bay area based ai company. tried to argue it does, as it faces a lawsuit over a child's death. that case, claiming a chat bot pushed a teenage boy to take his own life. >> abc seven news reporter tara campbell looks at what this case could mean for the future of ai. >> a legal victory for megan garcia. last year, she sued a silicon valley ai company, saying its chat bot is connected to her 14 year old son's death by suicide. >> i actually happened to be on the phone with my client when the decision, when i saw the decision shock relief, like we were witnessing a historic moment for this particular sector. >> character technologies, the company behind character. i tried to get the case dismissed, but a federal judge on wednesday rejected the company's arguments that its chat bots are protected by the first amendment. the lawsuit, filed in florida co