the draft continues on abc. let's get to the sharks pulling off the miracle comeback last night against vegas. win in game 7. four power play -- barkley with the series overtime. everybody went crazy. tomas hurdle couldn't contain himself immediately after the game. >> yes! we made it. let's go sharks! >> has to be the top. for everybody in the whole building, for everybody witnessing, that was t game i've been part of. >> it was amazing. on to baseball, a's and -- coliseum, science day out there. bottom of the second two on more simeon. a rocket down the left field line. he's gone. tied 5-5. two outs. bottom nine. steve piscotty chugging home from second. first-ever walk-off hit waiting for pie time. the a's sweep the rangers in toronto on friday where the giants were earlier today. giants and sharks fans, watchin. homer for the second straight day. ants h brandon belt, buster posey, rbi doubles. giants hitting on the road. that brings in posey. 4-0. they will host the yankees at oracle starting on friday. it's

abc 7 news. >>> marvel is owned by disney which is the parent company of abc 7. >>> all right. our time is 8:19 and weather wise, a slight cooldown. meteorologist lisa argen has the forecast to help you plan out your weekend. >> that's right. today is the warmer day and a couple of 80s and the fog footprint along the san mateo coast and it looks hazy here and plenty of sunshine and it's 54 in san francisco and 55 in oakland and 56 for you and mid-50s in san jose and morgan hill, 52, and 54, half moon bay and the fog filling in here and we'll get to that breezy wind in the afternoon like you've experienced in mill valley and sausalito. the past couple of days and 49 santa rosa with fog. napa had fog at 54. concord, you've been breezy at 58 and livermore fog out toward mount diablo and 55 there and by the delta, breezy southwest winds and that indicates it will be cooler as the sea breeze will be transported and the marine layer has grown taller overnight and tahoe valley airport, actually about 60 and the temperatures will slide throughout the workweek in the mountain, so mornin

abc 7 news anchor dion lim has a story you'll see only on abc 7. >> we get up to leave, and my backpack is gone. >> this is surveillance video when hannah beckman and her sister were enjoying a night out at the executive order bar, when in the blink of an eye, her backpack goes missing. >> this man came, in sat down, waited for my sister to leave, my back was turned, the bartender had walked away and used the opportunity to pick it off the hook and walk out the door. >> hannah first thought getting her backpack back was a lost cause until she remembered the tile tracking device attached to her keys. >> it was getting the notification. it felt close enough that she still had hope. >> she called police twice but clearly this wasn't a high priority case. that's when hannah's week-long tracking effort began with the help of others who had the tile app and reported her location. >> on tuesday night. wednesday evening, we tracked it here around pine and market. and there was a postori office. thursday moving south a little bit. and friday evening is the notification i got that it was in the m

vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area. our traffic jams are among some of the worst in the nation. the explosion in the number of uber and lyft vehicles is making the situation worse. but the problem is not just a lot of extra cars, it's also rideshare drivers who ignore the law. i found them all over the streets in san francisco. >> i'm just wondering if you know you're double parked? >> i really don't want to talk. >> didn't want to talk. so why don't california cities do something about this? tonight on abc 7 news at 6:00, how cities are searching for solutions to our rideshare reality, as we focus on building a better bay area. >>> that's at 6:00. but stay here with us. should california's legal alcohol limit for drivers be lowered? so >> some people say yes. coming up, the inspiration behind their effort and how low they want the limit to go. >>> doctors and nurses walked off the job today in the east bay. the list of demands they have in their labor dispute. >> facebook users exposed. we'll tell you about the latest

abc 7 news. >> good advice. marvel is owned by disney which is the parent company of abc 7. >>> minor changes in the forecast meteorologist, lisa argen is here to plan your week end. >> it has been cooling on throughout the bay and the coast. some low clouds and fog from san francisco, san mateo and we'll look for that to continue as the onshore flow ramps up and the marine layer at 1500 feet grows a bit taller and this is a cut off low and an interesting feature and this will impact southern california's weather, bringing more clouds, but for us, no, not really and it makes a nice-looking loop at the satellite. as we look at the visibility, four miles along the coast and elsewhere, 9 in hayward and oakland. certainly not bad. 53 for your morning temperature in hayward as well as union city and a few down around fremont and 50 downtown and the low to mid 40s in san rafael and santa rosa. here's emoriville where we are looking at a quiet start and the clouds and some of that locally around the bay. maybe three to

every week night right here on abc 7 right here on abc 7 news at 6:00. he did a great job. >> he did a great job. >> went up guns a buzz . >> things are bright and breezy and that's the operative phrase for the week and a look at live doppler 7 and overnight we'll see a fairly impressive increase in low clouds and fog and maybe even some patchy drizzle along the coastline and overnight lows will be mainly in the upper 40s to low 50s and tomorrow another breezy day and bright day with a few lingering clouds. high temperatures will range from low 60s in the coast to upper 60s in the bay shore line and low to mid-70s inland and here's the accuweather seven-did i forecast and gets a little milder and warming continues on thursday and friday as inland highs will reach or exceed the 80-degree mark and mid-70s around the bay and low to mid-60s on the coast and things start to cool down on saturday and patterns don't last long. sunday will be the coolest day in the forecast period with a slight, slight chance of light rain and then we start to get brighter and s

here's abc's david wright. >> the name is bond. james bond. >> reporter: kensington palace has yet to say how the duke of cambridge takes his martinis. >> shaken, not stirred. >> reporter: but his royal highness has enjoyed an up-close look at her majesty's secret se s, 007 a week at mi5, britain's domestic counterterrorist spy team, and he spent a week at the ultra top secret gchq. >> the suit is the modern gentleman's armor. the kingsman agents are the new knights. >> reporter: no, that's not the kingsmen, which is completely fictional as far as we know. gchq is the equivalent to the nsa, focused on code-breaking and electronic surveillance. it began with the heroes of bletchley park, who cracked the enigma code during world war ii. these days gchq is so top secret, only friday did officials reveal its old headquarters, a nondescript office block sandwiched between a starbucks and a pub here in london. top secret no more because gchq recently moved to fancy new digs where the future king got a peek at what they do. >> he wants to

this is abc 7 mornings. >> thanks so much for wakingoss bay area. here's meteorologist lisa argen with the current conditions where you live? hi, chris. this is san jose, one of the cities that will be well above average today. live look outside, current numbers ranging from the mid-50s in san francisco and 50 in half moon bay and morgan hill and from santa cruz we do have the fog right now low 50s and later today it will be sunny and partly cloudy, temperatures near 70 and 50 in santa rosa with mid-50s in concord. your forecast looks like this, notice the absence of clouds. we are sunny and we'll take you through the afternoon where we have numbers in the low 70s by 2:00. low 60s at the coast and later on we are still mild with temperatures in the 70s, upper 60s at 6:00 and the sun setting after 7:00 and the numbers dropping to the 50s. leading to more clouds in the atmosphere tomorrow and i'll detail the forecast for you in a few minutes. >> thank you. >> developing news, we are learning about concrete falling on the san rafael bridge for the thir

abc is your home for the nfl draft. live coverage starts tonight and tomorrow and saturday. >>> now james15-day total of $13 >>> a professional gambler from las vegas. when he plays "jeopardy" he's strategic about game theory. >> it's in his interests to choose categories that he's particularly confident about and, second, within those categories to go for the large bets first. because if he doesn't do that, then when he gets to the daily double, he's not going to have as much money to bet potentially. >> well, that makes sense. >> why doesn't everyone do that. >> today holzhauer's 16th day on the show. you can watch it here on abc 7. because of the nfl draft it airs at 10:00 tonight. you're right, why doesn't everyone do that? >> it doesn't make sense not to. he doesn't have a big smile, big reactions to all the money. everything is like -- >> he's a gambler, right, he tempers his emotions. poker face. >>> coming up, a sister hood of kidnapping survivors. elizabeth smart's message to jaime closs. >> it's 5:51. a live l

next on abc 7 news mornings at 6:00, the attack that sent one b.a.r.t. rider to the hospital. >>> also, the grim details we're learning about how a vallejo mom protected her baby from a pack of pit bulls. remember the way we used to do things? hey man... like connect with friends? dig it! or get in shape? or sell a house and pay a real estate agent a big commission. [crash] at redfin, we charge you a 1% listing fee. and because redfin.com is america's #1 brokerage site our agents get more eyes on your home so you sell for thousands more than the one next door. don't get stuck in the past. sell with a redfin agent. >>> good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >>> it's sunday, april 7th. good morning and thanks so much for joining us. i'm chris nguyen. let's start with a first look at the accuweather forecast. here's meteorologist lisa argen who's tracking live doppler 7 for us. hi, lisa. >> we are slowly going to get out of this wet weather regime beginning today for some of you. live doppler 7 picking up on some of t

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abc 7 news starts right now. >> announcer: live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> a driver told the chp chunks of concrete fell from the richmond san rafael bridge fell on her car last night. >> today there's another explanation. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm dion lim. new details about what happened here. >> live look at the bridge, traffic is moving, you're looking at the toll plaza, just a little bit backed up, but moving fine through the fast track. >> news reporter cornell barnard is live for us. this is not related to the two other cases of falling concrete. >> reporter: dion, that's right, caltrans says it wasn't concrete which upper deck. it was debris from a pothole which caused the damage. one north bay assemblyman says he doesn't care where it came from, it's time for a new bridge. >> check for any concrete debris on the freeway. >> the chp investigated another report of falling concrete. a woman driving eastbound on the lower deck told officers two baseball size chunks of concrete fell, chipping her windshield. >> advise the workers out there tonight of this possible concr

abc 7 news. >>> all right. good evening, everyone as we head into the week i do want to 'seadiock at her storm odopple7. it. so let's track this for you as we go into tomorrow morning, 5:00 a.m. you start to see the showers developing. the light going into 9:00, 10:00 in the morning. heading into the latter part of the day, the showers will wind town. but will they be done for the entire weekend? i'll be back with the rest of the forecast coming up. >> sandhya thank you. >>> repairs under way after concrete chunks like this fell from the richmond sand rafael bridge today. the second time this has happened in months. president first incident happened february 7th near the east end of the span. today it fell on the west side. abc 7 news reporter lus pennia is live with more. >> sky7 caught the moment the concrete fell on the lower level of the richmond sand rafael eastbound lanes backing up traffic two hours. >> basically reaching the end of the useful life and they've been patching it for yearsers. >> the mayor

abc 7 news spent a week on these issues. you can see what we learned on abc7news.com, building a better bay area is part -- i should say building a better b.a.r.t. is part of building a better bay area. better, better, better. >> thank you, reggie. >> sure. >>> a nationwide measles outbreak has led to an effort at the state capitol to make it harder for parents to opt out of vaccinating their children. the new bill would require the state department of public health to approve all medical exemptions and create a database of them. supporters say some physicians are selling exemptions to parents. >> we have schools that are no longer safe because they have so many medical exemptions they cannot protect the children who attend school from the outbreak of disease, and that's why we have to step in. >> the parents who oppose the bill says it would make it harder for specialists to protect children and provide needed medical exemptions. the centers for disease control says there are now 695 cases of measles reported in 22 states,

abc 7 news starts now. >> live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >>> a huge crowd turns out to see democratic presidential candidate beto o'rourke. what he says separates him from the rest of the field. hi there, i am dion green. d dion limb. >> i am eric thomas. >> now, beto o'rourke is setting his house eye on the white hous. >> we'll meet these challenges for one another and the next generation. it was a packed house to see him in san francisco and ask questions of the candidate. o'rourke addresses big issues. >> reporter: a line wrapped around multiple corners clearly spell out the anticipation for -- >> ladies and gentlemen, the next president of the united states, beto o'rourke. >> reporter: he's on a tour making his round to california since announcing his canndidacy. >> we have a country where tens or afford medication or take their child to the therapist so that she's well enough to learn and school. >> o'rourke touched on the big issues like immigration reform and healthcare and his explosive texas senate race believed to be a long shot. he sets a record for the most vote

i'm elizabeth hur for abc 7 news. >>> biden is making abc's "the view" his first interview stop after officially entering the 2020 race. you can watch that exclusive tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. only on abc 7 and then on tuesday biden will be joined by his wife dr. jill biden for a morning tv exclusive with robin roberts tuesday morning on "good morning america." >>> this morning sunnyvale police will give an update on the investigation into the driver who they say deliberately plowed his car into eight people. >> police want to charge isaiah peoples with eight counts of attempted murder. investigators say there is no indication of terrorism. anser hassan is live at the county jail. >> reporter: good morning. the family is offering apologies to the victims for what their son is accused of doing. sunnyvale police will hold a news conference at 10:30 and may have new details. in the meantime his family says he's a devout christian and ira ffing from auditor for the department of defense and lived in sunnyvale. he went to james logan high school in union city. he graduated from sacrame

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that's coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00. and the two major rideshare companies, uber and lyft were both founded in san francisco just a couple of years apart. last year's city attorney estimated there were 45,000 ride sharing vehicles operation. they account for 45,000 miles driven in san francisco on a typical weekday. more than 20% of all vehicles what traveled in city. >> the explosive growth of companies like uber and lyft have changed the way transit in the bay area happens and all across the world for that matter. joining me today is jim ratu with civic makers, a group focused on helping cities find solutions for common problems. thank you for coming out. >> you bet. >> common problems is the congestion on city streets because of so many uber and lyft drivers. how big a problem is that? what are you doing to deal with it? >> the promise of these companies was they were going to take cars off the streets. we're not really seeing that. studies out of davis, uc berkeley and stanford find ride hailing companies are taking

story on our website, abc 7 news.com. if police give us more updates in coming days we'll live stream the news conference on our website and the abc 7 news app. >>> time now is 6:04. mun si working on repairs after a day-long meltdown because of a mechanical failure. it caused major delays for riders during the busy commute hours. luz pena explains. >> reporter: it's been one thing after another for muni, from operators turning down overtime causing a manpower shortage, to equipment failures, muni riders say they're glad the week is over. >> i got on it and did not move for a while and got off it. >> the problem started when an overhead wire failed and it ended pulling down a thousand pete of wire and hardware. >> downed overheadlines between powell and civic center stations and immediately, we stopped subway service and ran bus shuttles. >> sky 7 got footage of dozens of muni riders waiting for the shuttle. >> this shuttle was the next best option for everyone that was stuck and actually we are here with rosa. i work in

abc 7 meteorologist drew tuma with a little bit of a change ahead. >> yeah, that's right dion. seeing the winds right now. not only very active but also brought in cooler air to start out the weekend. look at the wind in san francisco gusting to 46 miles an hour. 36, the current gust in oakland. 30 in novato. elsewhere you can he see the winds above 20-mile-per-hour. the good news over the next 12 hours the winds will be subsiding. by 10:00 tonight not as windy but breezy across the region. but look at the numbers getting into sunday morning, those winds really back off. to less than 10 miles an hour across the recently. and that means we're seeing a nicer day tomorrow in terms of the wind and temperature. already at 9:00 in the morning for early services temperatures in the 50s. and tomorrow will be a warmer day than today we will look at the numbers and the full accuweather forecast. >> see you then thank you. >>> a toddler in critical condition amp falling from the fire err fire escape from an apartment building in oakland. policy they responded to martin lute luther king ju

abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, the major security breach at mar-a-lago while the president was in florida. it was just after noon on saturday. the woman, yujing zhang, walking right up to a secret service agent, presenting two passports from the republic of china as i.d. authorities say zhang told the agent, "she was there to go to the pool." according to court documents, the agent checked the i.d. and handed zhang off to mar-a-lago security. they couldn't find her on their membership rolls. but there was another person named zhang who belonged to the club. according to the complaint, "due to a potential language barrier issue, mar-a-lago believed her to be the relative" of that member. they let her in. a valet drove her to the main reception area in a golf cart, passing three more secret service agents. prosecutors say zhang was finally stopped by a receptionist, who asked her several times why she was there. according to the complaint, "zhang finally responded that she was there for a united nations chinese american associ

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live in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> wayne, thank you. >>> abc 7 news anchor eric thomas continues our look at the region's homeless problem. >> he joins us live from concord. eric? >> reporter: the homeless people we talk to like the idea that really smart people are thinking about them and thinking about innovative ways to solve the homeless problem. the problem for them is they've heard a lot of this before. >> safety is the biggest thing ever. >> reporter: donnie diego, the gentleman on the right, is going back on the streets today. his 90 days at the contra costa county homeless shelter are up. he and his buddy doug never thought they would be homeless. >> i never thought it would be me. i had people who loved me who would never let that happen. >> reporter: that was before he split up with his girlfriend and his world unravrleleunraveled. >> it can be something as simple as heartbreak. >> reporter: he lost his job, his home, and his car. now he goes out on the street where there are many perils. >> findings somewhere to sleep without being hassled by either property

clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> unbelievable. the national weather service had planned tornado drills across minnesota today. those are now canceled. >> accuweather meteorologist paul williams joins us with more on the storm's track. >> good morning, kenneth, this major storm brings about problems on a multitude of levels. first of all, severe thunderstorms in illinois, indiana, down into the lower mississippi valley region, as far south as memphis. major ice throughout iowa, wisconsin, going into portions of michigan. then a blizzard concern for us throughout south dakota, nebraska, going into minnesota. severe thunderstorms, and there's a potential of, believe it or not, winds that are going to cause even more problems. hang on, i'll get to that in just a second. 12 to 24 inches of snow in some areas. we talked about the winds? here it is. we're looking at winds accelerating as much as 70 miles per hour in the area you see colored the darkest, and surrounding areas, at least 40 to 50 miles per hour. kenneth, stephanie? >> paul

website abc 7 news.com. we also want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area and share them by joining our better bay area on facebook. time now is 6:10 and what a surprise for the riders seeing wayne behind the wheel. speaking of sunshine, will we see any of it today. >> maybe late in the day in the south bay and right now it's the raindrops in san rafael and napa, santa rosa and even at the airport and you will not see it in the inland valleys and that's the rain and plenty of clouds for everyone, mid and upper 50s and better chance for more sun on your sunday and i'll outline it all and have a look at more rain and more sun in my seven-day outlook. >> avengers assemble how they're helping to give back to children around the globe. and -- >> i'm amanda del castillo, a food and travel website recently called san jose one of the mos ♪ star wars galaxy's edge opening may 31st at disneyland resort >>> good morning, everyone. time right now is 6:14 and we're taking a live shot along the embarcader

only on abc 7. tuesday biden and his wife will sit down with robin roberts for% an exclusive interview on "good morning america" tuesday morning. >>> the nfl draft continues later today with the second and third rounds. >> oakland has the third pick in the second round. san francisco has -- what? something went wrong there. anyway, yesterday the niners chose defensive end nick bosa with the overall pick. bosa received criticism for deleting tweets in support of president trump. he once tweeted colin kaepernick was a, quote, clown. he told espn he deleted the tweets because, quote, there's a chance i end up in san francisco, end quote, and look what happened. three first-round picks taking defensive end cleveland ferrell. oakland selected running back josh jacobs from alabama at 24 and safety jonathan abram from mississippi state at 27. you can watch the nfl draft on abc 7, starting at 4:00 p.m. today and again at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. >> thanks for giving us all that info without reading any of it. ju

this is abc 7 news. >> on a high note, literally. this 420 celebration is expected to be bigger than ever. thanks for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> and it's dion >>> cornell bernard is at the park where the celebration brought in a huge crowd. >> reporter: the city told me just under 20,000 people to show up and light up. it comes after -- >> 3, 2, 1 -- happy >> as t suck 420, thousands of joints were lit. a cloud of smoke rose from robin williams meadow and hippy hill, but make no mistake the party started way before that. shoutout to everybody. happy 420. >> they were rocking and rolling, joints mostly, at this annual 420 pot fest you have to get hide, roll up and do it. >> and praise the gods of cannabis. >> i think there's a lot of high people in the same area. >> how's the weed today? >> religious. smells good, tastes good, smokes good, plenty of it, too. >> reporter: that's an understatement. even though cannabis is legal in california, you can't buy pot inside the festival. that hasn't stopped people. >> don't buy your marij

game three here on abc. for carrie o'donnell and mindy back as well, enjoy the rest of your day. >>> here is a young man standing with a rifle pointing right at me. >> a rabi talks about a deadly shooting at the synagogue and the woman who lost her life to save his. >>> beto o'rourke shares his strategy on how he plans to defeat donald trump. >>> a camping trip turns frenzy into a group of men trapped underground. abc 7 news starts now. >> live where you live. this is abc 7 news. >>> terrorism like this will not take us down. standing strong in faith. the rabi shares his grief after a gunman targeting his synagogue. >> i am eric thomas. >> i am dion lim. >> thank you for joining this special edition of abc 7 news followed by "american >> it is the most heart wren wrenchiwrenc wrenching site i have seen. i was frozen in time. >> the 19-year-old john earnest faces charges of murder and attempted murder. abc 7 reporter has the latest. >> reporter: people of all faiths coming together after saturday's deadly sho

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website, abc 7 news.com. we also want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. you can share them by joining our better bay area group on facebook. >> i have to admit i probably had a fan boy moment if i got into the car and saw wayne freedman as a driver and good experience for those folks out there. as for the weather this weekend, not too good. >> you may have slept through the rain. over a quarter of an inch of rain and how about an inch of rain here? elsewhere, not much to write home about and for the first half of the day, mid and upper 50s right now and what does that mean for your weekend? i'll explain next with my accuweather seven-day forecast. >> avengers assemble. how they're helping to give back to children around the globe. also -- >> i'm amanda del castillo. a food and travel website recently called san jose one of the most >> a mother and her young son have major injuries after three dogs attacked them in the backyard of a vallejo home. officers arrived to locust drive last night t

>> go to the abc 7.com/vote. they change as every vote comes in. 64% are saying bring back free bags. >> we'll keep the voting open as we go live to vic lee for more details on this proposal. vic? >> reporter: dan, most of the shoppers we spoke with today agree that we should cut down on the use of the plastic bags and other plastic products. but there are some questions, especially among store owners. >> whatever we can do to help the planet is what we should be trying to do. >> karen hood iburg is an owner of the good life grocery store. it's been a fixture here for almost three decades. she and her colleague pauline stanley tell us raising the carry-home bags from ten cents to a quarter might encourage shoppers to bring their own bags. a good thing. the author of the bill says other cities have seen a huge drop in the use of these bags. >> that's one of the reasons that we're raising that. we're coming up where most people -- most cities are charging $.25 a bag. >> the more problematic, the for now, they're al

abc's david kerley covers aviation. >> reporter: abc news has confirmed tonight that the wing of this american airlines jet, dented by hitting a light on takeoff, also hit the runway pavement at jfk. potentially disastrous, horrifying for passengers. >> we felt the plane book pretty hard to the left. everyone just kind of held on really tight. >> reporter: just off the ground, the a-321 jet, headed for los angeles with 110 onboard, banks severely to the left, the pilot reports, and asks to return to jfk. >> uncontrolled bank, 45 degrees to the left. we had an uncommanded roll to the left as we rotated. >> what the pilot is saying here is that the airplane rolled itself to the left severely and dragged a wing tip. i can't tell you how unprecedented that is. and also incredibly dangerous. we could have lost this airplane. >> reporter: tonight, a week after the incident, the ntsb assigned a team of six to investigate. american airlines says its investigation is continuing and it's cooperating with federal authorities. one of the passengers tells us in those terrifying seconds, she was th

abc news, new york. >> what a story. we are glad she is okay and recovering this morning. >>> being in the nfl, the nfl draft is just a few days away. >> the south bay, the 49ers general manager don lynch gave us an inside look at the war room. the 49ers have the second overall pick in the draft. it's the fourth year in a row. lynch didn't reveal specifics about the path they will take. most say 49ers will take nick bosa. the raiders have three first round draft picks. you can watch it airing at 5:00 p.m. thursday, 4:00 a.m. friday and 9:00 a.m. saturday. happening today, a month-long lottery mystery is about to come to an end, officials are expected to announce the winner of a massive wisconsin jackpot. the power ball player won more than $768 million. she or he bought the ticket at a gas station last month in new berlin. when you win there in wisconsin, you do have to come forward, so we are expecting that to happen, meanwhile, a $2 million winning powerball ticket sold in texas is about to expire. the deadline to clai

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abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard was at golden gate park. he has more on the first since recreational marijuana was legalized. >> as the clock struck 4/20, thousands of joints were lit. a cloud of smoke rose, but make no mistake the party really started long before this. >> shot out to everybody, happy 4/20. >> they were rocking and rolling joints mostly at this annual 4/20 pot fest, a time to smoke up and praise the gods of cannabis. >> i think there's a really lot of high people in the same area. >> it's great. >> smells good, tastes good, plenty of it, too. >> that's an understatement even though cannabis is legal in california, you can't buy pot inside the festival. but that hasn't stopped people. >> don't buy your marijuana from random strangers in the park. >> city rec and park officials are trying to prevent what happened at last year's 4/20. >> about a dozen people ate fentanyl laced marijuana edibles and they had to be revived with narcan taken to the hospital. >> late in the day check out how long this line was to get into 4/20. a

lana zak, abc news, washington. >> joe biden will give his first interview to abc news on "the view." then jill and joe biden will sit down with robert roberts tuesday on "good morning america." >>> federal agents have raided the homes and offices of baltimore's embattled mayor. investigators were seen carrying out boxes of evidence. catherine pugh is under scrutiny for the sale of her self-published children's book to entities that do business with the city and a hospital when she was a board member. the 69-year-old democrat is on paid leave for health issues. the state's republican governor is now among those calling for her resignation. >>> a former florida police officer was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the fatal shooting of a black man. drummer corey jones was headed home when his car broke down on a highway off-ramp in 2015. he was on the phone when newman raja approached. raja was out of uniform and in an unmarked white van. the confrontation escalated once raja noticed a weapon. jones was a licensed gun owner. raja is the first florida officer sentenced for an on-duty s

matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> our thanks to matt. what's amazing here is this is an elite diver, then it took obviously elite rescuers to go in there and save him and find him. so great work by them. >> it lets you know how dangerous that can be, obviously. glad he's okay. >>> coming up in our next half hour, alex trebek makes a big announcement about his health as he battles cancer. >>> first we're hearing from the american woman who's spending a year in space. that's next on "world news now." that's next on "world news now." e 'cuz i'm way too busy. who's got the time to chase around down dirt, dust and hair? so now, i use heavy duty swiffer sweeper and dusters. for hard-to-reach places, duster makes it easy to clean. it captures dust in one swipe. ha! gotcha! and sweeper heavy duty cloths lock away twice as much dirt and dust. it gets stuff deep in the grooves other tools can miss. y'know what? my place... is a lot cleaner now. stop cleaning. start swiffering. remember the way we used to do things? hey man... like connect with fri

i'm elizabeth hur for abc 7 news. >>> abc news will have special live coverage on the mueller report. attorney general william barr will hold a press conference in two hours at 6:30 and we will bring that to you live. then the justice department is set to release the 400-page report between 8:00 and 9:00 this morning. first to congress and then to the public. abc news will also have live special coverage when that happens. >>> in the south bay a santa clara county health officials confirmed a person with measles visited google's mountain view campus. buzz feed news obtained an email sent to google employees claiming a worker who had been to the company's 1295 charleston road building had been diagnosed with measles. the building is located in santa clara county, so health officials with the county are conducting contact investigations. the county has a high vaccination rate of 96%. >> you would also expect the vaccination rate to be high and you would not expect much spread. >> officials say they've had four confirmed measles cases so far this year all unrelated and separate from this

will reeve, abc news, new york. >> that's a lot of cheddar. in wisconsin there. >> cheese bread. >> for the folks in wisconsin. he couldn't remain anonymous because of state law. this is the most interesting fact to me. so he says the winning ticket came from a batch that he bought on his own, not a batch that he bought with his girlfriend. >> i didn't see a girlfriend, did you? >> i did not see a girlfriend sitting next to him, anybody else? >> oh-oh, bye, felicia. >> how'd you know her name was felicia? conveniently, yes, that was the batch, hmm. >> i didn't see her. oh, she's probably at home crying right now. >> probably. have a great day. >>> making news in america this morning, president trump discussing the mueller report in a new interview. why he's against white house aides testifying in front of congress. plus, what else staffers are being told to boycott. >>> alarming claims against the boy scouts of america. >> they're protecting the pedophiles among their ranks. >> thousands of scout leaders accused of sexual abuse in the alleged

marcus moore, abc news, texas. >> our thanks to marcus. the weather will be much better in the south today. >> it will be drier and calmer with only a few leftover showers in southern florida. here in the northeast, though, we'll have storms overnight. by the afternoon it will be sunny and dry with highs in the 60s. the midwest will also see milder weather today. >> a new storm system is arriving on the west coast, bringing rain from san francisco to seattle. >>> the white house says a controversial plan to bus migrants from the southern border to so-called sanctuary cities is on the table. >> the proposal has already been rejected twice by homeland security, but white house press secretary sarah sanders said they're now doing an extensive review because president trump likes the idea. mayors in cities that chose not to cooperate with immigration officials say they'll welcome the migrants, but they're accusing the president of using them as human pawns. >>> south bend mayor pete buttigieg has kick off his presidential campaign after saying

colleagues, still abc colleagues, amazing. people said this was like some type of ad for a designer label. >> who? who said that? who said that? produce the evidence. on my facebook. ipts. >> oh my goodness. >> but you know, janai, you were still missed. in fact, we recreated an image from last year's correspondents' dinner. >> oh my gosh. >> before you blew up. >> before i blew -- i thought you meant my weight. and i was like, look, honey. >> when you were still hanging with us and we see lana zak, correspondent who was pregnant last year. >> she was. >> and now her baby boy is almost 1. >> that was very nice that you guys did that. kenneth and i, we went together the last two years. the first year we weren't that close yet but i was like, i want to go to this thing, i'm not good in social events, let me hang on to your coattails. >> and you did. >> and he let me for the last two years, very nice. >> she took those coattails and propelled herself -- >> and i said, come on! >> and now i'm like, take me with you! no. >> i'm gla

abc 7 news anchor leon limb went to hayward and found the key players in a story you'll see only on abc 7 news. >> i looked at it. i couldn't believe it. i was like, no way. >> reporter: that's the reaction we had after seeing this video posted to youtube. a car stops in the middle of a hayward street. a passenger gets out of the back seat and steals this cut saw from sean wood's construction crew and gets back into the>>s go. just grab and go. >> reporter: in the video, dated april 22nd, you can hear the disbelief of the driver in the car behind at what's unfolding before his very eyes. >> it was unbelievable. >> because these tools are industrial strength, they're valued way higher than the average consumer-grade model. this can go over $1,000, making it an easy target. >> it's pretty common. a lot of commercial landscapers have people following th, d ste ironically, east bay lawnmower, which has been selling chainsaws and cut saws since before the 1970s, was across the street from where this caught on camera moment happened. >> it was pretty spectacular that somebody would stop traff

david louie, abc 7 news. >>> and all this week on abc 7 news looking at ride share realities and the impact these sphry neede ather ta in an rts extreme miniature golf competition series called "holey moley." it is now in the works at our network, abc. curry is the executive producer and will be in every episode. the show will feature mini golf lovers in head-to-head competition. >> i'm here for that. i think that will be a lot of fun. he's a great personality and i love the name. i'm in. >> he loves golf. he's going to love doing this. >> we have a little secret about steph. he's revealed how he turned around a recent shooting slump, he got contact lenses. steph's been dealing with an eye issue his entire career, something he's had since a kid. he didn't realize that it'sgoba "the atlantic" he got used to squinting when he shot. steph says ever since he popped in contacts his vision has been crystal clear and, like that, his percentage has gone up. there you go, kids. go get your eyes checked. >> seeing is a good thing. >> it really helps. >> it does. >> the fact he's been doing it

the abc 7 bay area spotlight is coming up. abc 7 news returns at 5:00 p.m. until then, make it a great day, everybody. >> this is the abc7 "bay area spotlight." this week's advertisement is paid for by godaddy. >> hi, everyone. i'm danielle bellini. today we are talking about something very cool. it's called bionic yarn, and it's a fabric made from recycled plastic. the company recently teamed up with godaddy as part of the make the world you want campaign, and we'll be hearing all about that incredible partnership. we'd like to welcome the co-founder of bionic yarn, tyson toussant and then brand manager alex tapia. guys, great to have you here. >> great to be here. >> thank you for having us. >> can we start off -- and we'd love to hear more -- about bionic yarn and its mission. >> well, bionic is a mission-driven material-engineering company. and we focus on plastics that are recovered in marine and coastal environments. and we make materials from that -- anything from t-shirt to jeans to wall coverings and upholstery for furniture. >> incredible, amazing.

correspondent for a minute. >> for abc news, i'm chario the waiter. >> for abc i'm chario the waiter. >> yes! >> let's give the man a job. >> all right, all right, come on, chario. sounds like a lot of fun. 50 years. >> his jokes are a lot better than yours, i will say that. >> this guy. >> rich legacy there. big names have gone through there. i'd like to pop in. i would not sit in the front row, though. >> why? you don't want to get made fun of? you don't want to get roasted? >> i don't. >> i would pick you out of a crowd too. test test >>> just a beautiful shot of lower manhattan, the statue of liberty standing tall. >>> turning now to a surprise act of kindness caught on camera that's now going viral. >> it happened inside a high school in tennessee. a group of students banding together to boost the spirits of one classmate who has always been there for them. here's abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: at laverne high school near nashville, tennessee, freshmen there noticed their classmate, aze robinson, wasn't himself. >> he had gone through some personal issues and was just kind of fe

david louie, abc 7 news. >> and all this week on abc 7 news we look at the ride share realities and the impact these companies are having on efforts to build a better bay area. >>> safer streets have been a focus of our commitment to building a better bay area. in san jose the better bike ways project is now expanding. the city is adding now protected bike lanes. to get this done street parking will be removed. prep work on meridian should begin in early may. repaving and striping work is expected in the summer and biki way to get around without using a car just in a nonemission way. it's fast and quick and really good exercise. so having the option is just huge. >> a committee meeting is scheduled for next wednesday. we invite you to share your ideas and see what your neighbors think by joining our better bay area facebook group. >>> dfds in the college admissions scandal showed up for court today and were greeted by a loud crowd. >> lori, lori, pay for my tuition, lori. >> actress lori loughlin smiled as she made her way through the crowd in boston. felicity huffman made her way early

jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >> and of course jonathan was a part of the big abc news team that has been covering this report since it came out yesterday as well as the rest of america. so many people wanted to get their hands on a copy, there was a bookstore off-campus near harvard university there printing copies of the mueller report. and remember yesterday we told you barnes & noble offered free downloads on tablets because they anticipated so many people would want to read the report themselves. >> i see a countless number of trees being used there. let's go back to that other image we showed at the top there of -- whoa. >> yes, the redactions. >> that is a nightmare of a book report right there. and then you see the redactions as well. >> yeah, some pages you cannot read too much. >> that's the thing, democrats want to see more. now we talk about what's next? and we know democrats on capitol hill, they are starting up their investigations. they're starting up their hearings. they want robert mueller on capitol hill to say what he knew throughout this investigation. an