lyanne melendez is in the newsroom. the expectation was this would go the other way. >> reporter: you're right, before scalia died, it was a given he would vote against the unions and in favor of this teacher. so dan, it was an unexpected victory for the unions. here is how it work. california is one of those states that says if a teacher is represented by the union, you either pay your dues or opt out and pay a fee. by paying that fee, you get work protection and you benefit from any collective bargaining, so you get the same salary and benefits. what you don't get when you opt out is legal representation and your money doesn't go towards any political campaign backed by the union. we went one oakland teacher from a nonunion charter school who opted out in the past. >> i think that is important that we, as individuals, express ourselves politically, whether the party or an organization, it shouldn't be dictated by that group what your vote is. >> i really think it was an effort to silence the collective voice of educat

in san francisco, lyanne melendez, "abc7 news." >> looks terrific. and here is a live picture. this is the red carpet at the film festival in san jose. >> it's opening night of the two-week festival. >> sandhya patel has the forecast. some changes coming our way. >> right now a breeze is coming through and the wind has switched directions, so it feels cooler. let me show you live doppler 7 hd. today, fs upper 60s to low 70s. live doppler 7 hd showing you clouds and now some sun from our golden gate bridge camera. temperatures have dropped down to the 60s in san francisco, oakland, san jose 68. morgan hill still 70 degrees. half moon bay 61. here's a live look from our lake tahoe camera. they will be seeing snow but not immediately. it's a chance of showers thursday. snow levels high and friday as well. by the weekend, they are looking at snow coming in. temperatures, low to mid 60s. 67 in livermore. and a live look here, it's a beautiful look there. rain arrives wednesday afternoon through thursday morning. wet and windy for your weekend and unsettled pattern next week. the fir

lyanne melendez is live to explain. so often i hear from people all the time, can't get a seat. >> reporter: that's right. if you're one of those. b.a.r.t. wants you to know that if you have one of these, a clipper card, and you're willing to be selectable, you could be making this, money. it's been said many times before. >> it's too crowded, and they don't have enough cars. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. ridership has gone up significantly with 430,000 trips on an average weekday. an increase of 100,000 trips in the past five years. >> so we're trying to do everything we can this year to ease crowding. >> reporter: while they wait for the 775 new train cars to arrive in about a year, b.a.r.t. wants to do something now. commuters traveling outside the busiest hours from 7:00 to 8:30 in the morning would be awarded points. they're looking to sign up more than 1200 people using a clipper card or pay pal account. >> you can redeem these points for small cash prizes or play online games we have. >> reporter: the money to pay for th

in san francisco, lyanne melend melendez, "abc7 news." >>> another nightmare commute for b.a.r.t. riders. they still haven't found the cause of an electrical surge. it was testing train there is today. riders are having to take a bus bridge to the north concord station. the problem has shorted out 50 cars, so b.a.r.t. is using shorter trains. >> it really makes your day bad and it makes your whole week bad and more tired and stressed than you have to be. >> kind of sums it up. b.a.r.t. fears the delays could last months. it has begun taking parts from eight broken trains to fix the other 40 cars. >>> we've been asking riders to share their thoughts. this is what some of you had to say. dear b.a.r.t., hopefully you get the funding you need to upgrade the system. a lot of people appreciate you, including myself. and jenny says, b.a.r.t. should lower fares until all trains are up and running. they're causing people to be late to work. and richard says, what difference does it make? as soon as it's fixed, nothing changes. that you can for your comments. >>> a warning from the nation's

in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >>> lyanne is hearing from so many people asking how they can help the broks as she mentioned, the family is working with an attorney. right now one of the best things you can do to help is get the word out. share her facebook post to read more about the brock family. to follow her, search for lyanne melendez, abc . >> new details on last week's homeless sweep in san francisco. it wasn't the only homeless community that was cleared. we're told 100 maybe more homeless lived here at one point. most of the tents and makeshift homes were gone. >> now we're here and there's only five of us. we're holding it down. >> he says police told everyone to leave over the weekend and knows he will have to leave soon, as well. some of those who left have relocated at a temporary city shelter on pier 80. >> there's a battle in the east bay over a mascot at san lorenzo high school. >> we have the story. >> he is everywhere you look at san lorenzo high. on the sign in front, on sweatshirts and splashed across the outside and the inside of the gymnasium. but no

lyanne melendez, "abc7 news." >>> a couple is consulting a sheaman to keep this san francisco free from being chopped down. the controversy began when the new property owners cut down three other trees. neighbors then got a restraining order and even got a shayman to say there were spirits living in the tree. thanks for joining us for "abc7 news" at 4:00. i'm larry beil. "abc7 news" at 5:00 begins right now with ama and dan. >>> breaking news tonight. the arrest of a santa chaira police officer. the charges landing him in jail. >>> we have frightening new video tonight of a tourist fatally stabbed. >>> a bathroom fight now spreads coast to coast. bay area businesses push back against the long reach of the law. >> this north carolina law is despicable. >> the good news for crab fishermen, but does it come too late for two local brothers? >>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. right out here right now. i'll tet you know if it's going to be rain or shine for your easter egg hunt coming up. >>> "abc7 news" starts right now with live breaking news. >>> and that breaking news is the arrest of a

. >> lyanne melendez is live. what's at stake? >> reporter: that's right. the rec and park commission approved it today, saying it was a win-win for the team and the city. but you know, there has been a ban on alcohol here for decades. and that, of course, will be lifted during the games and not every neighbor here likes that. the stadium as we know it will undergo major improvements to make room for a professional soccer team that few have even heard of, the san francisco deltas. today, the city's recreation and park commission heard from dozens of soccer fans who support the idea. brian is the owner of the deltas. he privately raised the money to transform keysar. the team will be a member of the north american soccer league, a division below the major league soccer division. no one is happier than sue hackett, across the street from the stadium. >> i think it's good news for san francisco and the bay area to have another sports team that people can support. >> reporter: not every resident agrees. some have seen the aftermath of big events. >> selling bee

in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >>> well, we just wrapped up the winter season. there is a reason you probably didn't notice. only once in the whole season did the bay area air quality management district issue an alert. last year there were 23 alerts. on a winter spare the air day, burning wood is banned. >>> the giants fan who was brutally beaten at dodgers stadium five years ago now made a rare appearance at a peninsula high school. we've been following bryan stow's progression since the former paramedic was attacked five years ago. abc 7 news reporter vic lee heard his message to students and his new mission in life. >> rorter: it was a far different bryan stow from the paramedic who was brutally beaten march 31st, 2011 outside dodgers stadium. the victim who suffered severe brain injury. today he walked to the stage, all beat on crutches. but he walked. a huge victory in his long road to recovery. >> i'm bryan stow, and i want to share my story with you. nine months i was in a coma. nine months. i was on a ventilator with a feeding tube. >> reporter: he call

in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >>> well, we just wrapped up the winter season. there is a reason you probably didn't notice. only once in the whole season did the bay area air quality management district issue an alert. last year there were 23 alerts. on a winter spare the air day, burning wood is banned. >>> the giants fan who was brutally beaten at dodgers stadium five years ago now made a rare appearance at a peninsula high school. we've been following bryan stow's progression since the former paramedic was attacked five years ago. abc 7 news reporter vic lee heard his message to students and his new mission in life. >> reporter: it was a far different bryan stow from the paramedic who was brutally beaten march 31st, 2011 outside dodgers stadium. the victim who suffered severe brain injury. today he walked to the stage, all beat on crutches. but he walked. a huge victory in his long road to recovery. >> i'm bryan stow, and i want to share my story with you. nine months i was in a coma. nine months. i was on a ventilator with a feeding tube. >> reporter: he ca

in menlo park, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm larry biel. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins with ama and dan. >>> breaking news in fairfield. a man suspected of shooting a boy is in custody. gunfire breaking out as police move in for the takedown. >>> a dramatic ocean raid caught on camera. the $200 million haul found by the bay area coast guard. >>> also why the fight between apple and the fbi appears to have just ended. >>> and what's behind the labor fight that shut down the largest terminal at the port of oakland? >>> local crab now being tested. a lot depends on this including how much fishermen can charge to catch it and what we pay to eat it. >>> live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. >> yellow evidence markers on the ground at a fairfield mall. the shopping center turned into a crime scene when police opened fire on a man suspected of shooting a little boy. good evening, thank you for joining us i'm ama daetz in for kristen sze. >> i'm dan ashley. james jarrard is in critical condition and will face charge

here's abc 7 reporter lyanne melendez. >> having steph curry at your school is a dream come true for any kid, icon, role model. he will visit martin luther king elementary in oakland to promote water as an alternative to sugary drinks. >> we're excited steph curry will highlight something we believe contributes to healthy living. >> reporter: but it's not just any water. it's brita filtered water. the school district admits brita never contacted them and instead went to the school directly. brita has an endorsement contract with the warriors. curry has even tweeted about his relationship with the company which is owned by clorox. based in oakland. change lab solutions in oakland promotes healthy policies. >> i challenge every other sports figure to do the same thing, market healthy things for kids, not soda. >> reporter: others like the campaign for commercial free childhood see it as a form of branding. we skyped with them. >> if it was just a public health message. the fact it's a marketing event designed to sell a product that's really what's concerning. >> reporter: the oakland t

lyanne melendez explains why no one wants the job. >> pink saturday began as a modest block party in 1995. like many events it grew to include thousands of people. it was a party leading up to the pride parade. two years ago the sisters of perpetual indulgence said they no longer were able to manage it. >> we had incidents where volunteers were shoved and spit on and beaten. one of our volunteers had a concussion. >> before that in 2010 a 19-year-old high school student was fatally shot. the cost to put an event like this together was close to $80,000. much of that money went to security and to the nonprofits who worked at the event. last year at the 11th hour the lgbt community center stepped in to manage if. the name was changed to pink party. but the director said that was a one-time deal. >> the work we do with youth and low income folks and economic development, we didn't feel like it was something we had the capacity to do on top of our other really important work this year. >> this is his district. >> conceivably if there were a group that wanted to do the event and thought th

in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> that is going to do it for abc 7 news at 4:00 on this monday. thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins with dan and kristen. >> coming down and swerving. >> a truck driver loses control and slams into a home. the homeowner just finished remodeling from a nearly identical crash. >>> breaking news along the coast. the search right now for someone swept way by a rogue wave. >>> also tonight three guards and the death of an inmate in san jose, gritty new evidence is revealed for the very first time. >>> the last minutes of his life were absolutely horrible. >> plus the scary moments after a bus catches fire inches away from a storage tank filled with gasoline. >>> live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. >> a coast guard helicopter searching up and down the coast at half moon bay right now. the big worry tonight that a wave has swept a person into the water. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. somebody on the beach reports seeing a person believed to be a surfer swept out by a big

. >> lyanne melendez is in the newsroom with more on what he could bring to the high court. >> reporter: let's start with a lot of experience. if the president wanted to make a political statement, he could have picked a number of people. but he didn't. he selected someone who he thought both sides could agree on. even so, with what's happening in washington, garland may not make it. at 6'3", merrick garland would be one of the most experienced justices on the supreme court. he's seen as a moderate and arguably a consensus decision maker. 19 years ago, he was confirmed by the republican led senate 76-23 for the d.c. court of appeals. >> if judge garland is not confirmable, i don't think anybody is. >> reporter: the current dean of the law school at usf worked with him under then attorney general janet reno. he says garland is not a predictable vote on the court, which doesn't please conservatives or liberals. >> what it means to me is that judge garland looks at each individual case and there's no particular pattern of his decisions. >> reporter: that may not matter. mitch mcconnell tod

lyanne melendez is live with this developing story. >> reporter: police in los angeles have been examining this knife very carefully for several weeks now. then the information was leaked to the press. in essence, this alleged discovery happened more than 17, 18 years ago, and police say it may be bogus from the get-go. this is where the knife was supposedly found at the demolition site of o.j. simpson's estate in the late '90s. lapd says a construction worker discovered it and gave it to an off-duty police officer who happened to be working across the street. >> he was working a movie job, which a lot of our officers do on an off duty basis. >> reporter: but the officer in question kept the knife instead of turning it in. the officer thought the case was closed. rick smith is a former fbi agent. >> i think the story could be a hoax, but if it's true, it's unconscionable the officer did turn it in. >> reporter: police would not describe the actual knife, but news reports say it's a folding knife that may look like this one. the knife is at the lab with the hopes that any dna evidence has b

at uc berkeley, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >>> meantime a former silicon valley venture capitalist forced out of his job by a sexual abuse lawsuit says it's all just extortion. michael goguin at sequoia capital formerly filed a countersuit against a woman who sued him. she claims he rescued her from human traffickers who forced her to work in a strip club but kept sexually, physically and emotionally abusing her for 13 years. she says he agreed to pay her $40 million but only paid her $10 million. the countersuit says they agreed to $10 million and he wants the money back. he claims the relationship was consensual but fell apart when he would not commit to her. >>> three former san jose state university students may be facing jail time for putting a bike lock around their roommate's neck. it was a stunning campus incident that many viewed as a hate crime. abc 7 these janet o is live at san jose's hall of justice with details from today's sentencing. >> reporter: the three former san jose state state students face consequences for their actions today but some say the trio got away w

lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >>> it is day two of president obama's historic trip to cuba. this morning the president laid a wreath at the monument to cuban revolutionary leader jose marte and president obama met with cuban president raul castro. the president said the men had a frank and candid talk on human rights and democracy. mr. castro spoke later of lifting the u.s. trade embargo on cuba. >> translator: that's why its removal will be of the essence to normal ice bilateral relations. >> if we stay on this course we can deliver a better and brighter future for both the cuban people and the american people. >> obama also sought to reassure cubans weary of united states diplomacy. he says the future of cuba will be decided by cubans, not by anybody else. >>> the white house's official photographer captured the moment mr. obama saw cuba for the very first time. posted today you can see the president seen kneeling by a window staring out along with his staffers as air force one prepared to land in happvana. >>> many in the bay area have been traveling to cuba for years. ne

. >> lyanne melendez found not every business welcomes changes. >> it's easy to spot the trees that are of concern to public works. >> it can be a danger to ped tes sdreens or the tree won't thrive. >> others are too close to polls and then, there are those that continue to damage the sidewalk. the initial report calls for removing 35 trees and relocation of others but public works are still assessing the number. they'll replace one tree with another but not in the same spot. as those are made, the transportation agency will always be work a project ta calls for putting more stop signs and adding to guarantee safety along the corridor. meaning a lot of construction. so where trees will go up depends on the project. >> adding in additional planters to ensure that it is welcoming. >> other merchants say they don't trust what the city is doing. >> i would be skeptical of why they're trying to clean up to make it nicer or what they're trying to do with the trees. the project is scheduled to begin in 2017, that is when this neighborhood will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the summer of lo

. >> lyanne melendez found not every business welcomes changes. >> it's easy to spot the trees that are of concern to public works. >> it can be a danger to ped tes sdreens or the tree won't thrive. >> others are too close to polls and then, there are those that continue to damage the sidewalk. the initial report calls for removing 35 trees and relocation of others but public works are still assessing the number. they'll replace one tree with another but not in the same spot. as those are made, the transportation agency will always be work a project ta calls for putting more stop signs and adding to guarantee safety along the corridor. meaning a lot of construction. so where trees will go up depends on the project. >> adding in additional planters to ensure that it is welcoming. >> other merchants say they don't trust what the city is doing. >> i would be skeptical of why they're trying to clean up to make it nicer or what they're trying to do with the trees. the project is scheduled to begin in 2017 that is when this neighborhood will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the summer of lov

in san francisco,ly app melendez -- lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >> a store has its dinosaur back. they were out since mean 75. dino went missing a month ago when the shoe store was closed for renovations. wanted signs went up around the neighborhood. the employees say they don't know where he has been. he just showed up on thursday morning before the store opened. it is time for another check on the weather forecast. finding out about the rain. here is drew. >> there are a couple of downpours around the bay area. mainly in the south bay and around gilroy. we'll take you where we are seeing an isolated spotty shower popping up moving into marin county. some light rain in the city of san francisco right now. you notice there is a downpour between milpitas and livermore and it is pushing off to the north and east. this is where the downpours are located. all of this heavy rain is pushing off to the north and east. on the storm impact scale, the next storm is at the tail end of the moderate storm. the future weather as we go hour by hour, watch them go to the east. we get a break in t

lyanne melendez, "abc7 news." >>> questions remain following the snow pack measurement in the sierra. it was found to be 95% of normal, but it leaves officials in a tough spot whether to ease or drop the conservation mandate. californians are under orders to use 20% less water. >> the photos show the charlie crick bridge at lake shasta. there was no water there at all in 2014. there's plenty this year. last week california's largest and most important reservoir reached 87% capacity. >>> this is a live look from our tahoe camera. there is a good amount of snow, but what's in our forecast here? spencer christian is here with our accuweather update. lots of blue skies. >> you're right about that, and lots of blue skies now that will remain this way for a while. it would be comforting if we could see a little more rainfall before we get into a drier pattern. here's a will be at live doppler 7 hd which reflects the blue skies. a few high clouds around. here's the few looking out over san francisco. currently 56 degrees here in the city. oakland, 62. 64 in san jose. 65 in morgan hill. 57 at

lyanne melendez comes to us live at uc berkeley. a horrible time for the basketball team. >> reporter: they're in the spotlight as we all know. the person accusing the assistant coach is not affiliated with the school, confirmed by a spokesperson here to abc news. now, of course, the coach will not travel with the team. he was immediately fired and now has eight days to respond. coach yann hafnagel had been with the men's basketball team two years. the allegations of sexual harassment came to light last summer. an investigation began in august. today the uc berkeley office of harassment and discrimination concluded that hufnagel violated the sexual harassment policy. >> we took action immediately. the employee was notified of intent to terminate immediately. >> reporter: no more details were given. this morning hufnagel tweeted "right now the only focus should be on our family team. my time to exonerate myself of a fruitless claim by a reporter will come." >> you have to deal with it. you have to push forward. we lost a valuable pie

abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez explains why no one wants the job. >> reporter: pink saturday began as a modest block party. that was 1995. like many events in the city, it grew to include thousands of people. it was a party leading up to the pride parade. two years ago the sisters of perpetual indulgence said they no longer were able to manage it. >> we had incidents where volunteers were shoved and spit on and beaten. we had one of our volunteers had a concussion. >> reporter: before that in 2010 a 19-year-old high school student was fatally shot. the cost to put an event like this together was close to $80,000. much of that money went to security and to the nonprofits who worked at the event. last year at the 11th hour, the lgbt community center stepped in to manage it. the name was changed to pink party. but its director said that was a one-time deal. >> the work we do with low income folks and our own economic development, we just didn't feel like it was something we had the capacity to do on top of our other really important work this year. >> reporter: this is scott weiner's

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