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

here, when any of this was going down, when the account was going down, and probably won't be here for the foreseeable future, a couple of the students weren't even involved in planning any of this or they weren't even here. >> also, the university said it handed out warnings signed by the president and provost thursday night when the encampment first started tuesday, copies of that warning could be seen on posters around the encampment placed there by university officials. it says students could face suspension and some students are receiving personalized emails. encampment organizers say the university is targeting certain people. >> a variation of muslim brown or black, or some mixture of any of those things. only white students that have been given this disciplinary letter were anti-zionist jewish students at stanford spokesperson said that the university cannot comment on any individual student cases, but in general, students are being referred to the office of community standards for violating policies. >> in its statement, the university said in part there is evidence connecting individuals to specific policy violations. those involved are entitled to

rights and procedures as provided in the stanford student conduct charter of 2023, and will be able to offer a defense at stanford. zach fuentes, abc seven news meanwhile, the so-called free palestine encampment continues to grow in size on the cal campus. >> abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley with the very latest on what stance the university is taking. as one jewish student says she's fearful. >> last week there were 50 tents on the steps of sproul plaza at uc berkeley. yesterday it was up to 150. today, 175 tents are pitched at sproul, a camp which now extends onto the lawns on the sides of the building. walking through sather gate is now unimpeded. overall, the ucs have taken a firm stance opposing calls for a boycott against israel based academic programs or divestment from firms doing business with israel. at uc berkeley, a small area of graffiti materialized at the corner of sproul. cal says they're investigating in a

formal statement, they said to date, there has been no disruption of university operations. we will continue to try to respond, per policy, to any and all claims of illegal conduct for harassment and or discrimination. some jewish students say they've been told to request chaperons if they're worried about walking on campus. >> as a jewish student. when i see two other jewish graduate students harassed, when they enter that encampment and another who was punched and followed to the police station, that tells me that the university is not enforcing their policy around student code of conduct. >> a spokesperson for the camp told me they don't feel the need to talk with media today, but they do intend to hold future press conferences. says this is the last week of classes at cal next week is a study week before final exams in graduation, students walk past the camp peacefully. >> it's going to suck if graduation doesn't go through, but i mean, they're, you know,

standing up for like, a good reason. >> i just kind of try and ignore it. like, just go to class and not not worry about it. >> at uc berkeley, i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> well, there are about 60 protests going on at college campuses across the country. it all began this time around at columbia university. abc news reporter and nguyen has the latest. >> the biden administration condemning any violence on college campuses spurred by ongoing israeli hamas war protests. >> being unsafe on campus is not going to be tolerated. >> the national security council spokesman calling recent actions by student protesters at columbia university the wrong approach after video captured them storming hamilton hall smash windows and barricading the doors with furniture. columbia releasing a statement saying those students inside hamilton hall now could face expulsion. protesters at virginia commonwealth university, some clashing with police in riot gear at cal poly

humboldt law enforcement arresting 25 people and securing the buildings. the university president saying this is a difficult day. unfortunate serious criminal activity that crossed the line. put the campus at ongoing risk. and today, protests continue at the university of north carolina, chapel hill, where several students were also arrested. >> we do not want cops mobilized against our students, and we want to end the university's complicity in genocide immediately. >> on capitol hill, house speaker mike johnson backing law enforcement. >> we called for the police to come in and take care of it. if they're unable, then we need the national guard. this is not protected free speech. what this is doing is violating the rights of others. jewish students who are merely on campus trying to get an education. >> the biden administration says it's watching developments across college campuses carefully. and when abc news washington. >> well, you can follow our coverage of the college campus protests in the bay area and nationwide on our website at abc

seven news.com. >> in the east bay now, leaders in oakland set to vote at any minute now on the new police chief's contract at city council. records show incoming police chief floyd mitchell will be paid more than $365,000 a year if the city council approves his contract. mitchell comes to oakland from lubbock, texas. he'll take over a department facing huge challenges with crime and recruiting. mitchell is promising change and a data driven approach. city council documents show he's on a three year contract starting march 11th. >> any moment now, we could learn whether the alameda county board of supervisors will set a date for a special election to decide whether to recall district attorney pamela price. the possible decision comes on the same day california's fair political practices commission announced it will investigate the organization behind the recall. today, price called on supervisors to declare the recall signature count invalid. >> we have consistently said to the board of supervisors, this process is not following the

law, and you must follow the law unless and until a court tells you that the law doesn't apply and that has never happened. >> recall supporters believe price is soft on crime. they're calling on the county to set a recall date as soon as possible. they'd like to see a special election in august. >> dramatic images of a huge fire that burned a commercial building overnight in the east bay. thankfully, nobody was injured. abc7 news reporter lena howland with the latest. >> this was the dramatic scene, the moment part of a conquered commercial building collapsed in flames. >> there was a couple structural members that did collapse during the fire, and that's primarily due to the amount of heat that, comes during the fire, which caused a couple walls to fall, the contra costa county fire protection district says luckilly firefighters had already taken a defensive approach to fight this fire from the outside not long after the call.

>> first came in around 1030 monday night. intense flames could be seen coming from this three story building at times even shooting out the windows. this quickly grew to a two alarm fire. neighbor steven anderson says he saw it just walking his dog before bed last night. >> saw a large, billowing, orangish red cloud in the distance, and it was pretty large. it caught my attention as soon as i walked out. i couldn't believe how big the cloud and cloud it was. >> fire officials say the cause of the fire is still under investigation in concord. lena howland abc seven news. >> meanwhile, a burning suv stopped traffic on the bay bridge this morning. this was the scene around 11:00 at the westbound portion of the bridge. this is past treasure island, so people coming into the city. sky seven was overhead as what was left of that burn vehicle was loaded onto a tow truck, and that created a massive backup. this thing stretched for more than a mile, took about an hour and a half to get all lanes reopened.

>> san jose police have arrested a man they say ran a brothel out of a house near downtown for years. officers arrested 53 year old zhiqiang liu on april 19th after they served a search warrant at the house on north 16th street. >> during the search of the residence, detectives did locate and identify two adult female human trafficking survivors, and they were provided with resources during that time. >> i know the police say officers also found an undisclosed amount of cash in the house. liu's arrest followed a nearly five month investigation by the san jose police department trafficking task force, as well as the fbi. liu is in custody at the santa clara county jail, charged with pimping and pandering. >> the infamous bitcoin jesus from santa clara was arrested in spain over the weekend. roger ver was one of the earliest cryptocurrency investors. the justice department alleges he has evaded roughly $48 million in taxes owed to the irs from

various crypto exchanges. that gained him about $240 million in 2017. bears accused of failing to report that income. it's unclear when he'll be transferred to us custody. >> the california exodus appears to be ending what it means for the bay area, san francisco is known for its clean tap water, so why is the city still struggling with getting people to drink from the tap? and what's behind that sea lion surge in the bay area? >> i'm spencer christian, are you ready for a warm up and some calmer wind then check out my accuweather forecast coming up when abc seven n

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these are live pictures from pier 39. look at how many sea lions there are out there. pier 39 says this is the most that have gathered here in about 15 years. this is the party spot. 15 years that is so great. >> they're having fun. and abc seven news reporter suzanne phan is live in san francisco with a look at why the numbers are so, so high right now. they're going to run out of sleeping spots there. suzanne >> kristin, it is so fun to be out here right now. yes, it is remarkable to see how many sea lions are out here right now. they're swimming in the water. they're playing. they're talking to each other. now, i can tell you that a lot of folks here are coming out here checking these sea lions out, and we're

wondering why there's so many of them out here right now. visitors will find a lot to see and do around pier 39. the shops, the restaurants, the ferris wheel. but perhaps the star attractions right now are the sea lions. people are here hoping to get their best shot of the sea lions in the water and on the docks. >> it's very cute. like it? he slipped like the only reason i come down here is to see the sea lions. >> they like. >> so funny and so nice. i love them and they're like pushing each other off the in the water. >> some visitors have noticed a big difference in the number of sea lions. tiffany hsieh is from taiwan. >> last year i come here, it's not like that much. >> sheila chandler, the harbor master for pier 39, marina, says they've counted about a thousand sea lions this week. that's the most in quite some time. >> we haven't had these kinds of numbers of sea lions, probably for over 15 years. >> chandler says the surge in

sea lions started about a week and a half ago. the sea lions are moving in toward the bay because they're following the food, according to chandler. >> there's a huge herd of sea lions that are traveling south right now to the channel islands for mating, and there's a big school of anchovy out by the farallon islands that's come into the bay. >> it's kind of that dinner bell, if you will, that's ringing. and all the sea lions are coming in and enjoying that feast. >> adam ratner is with the marine mammal center. he says back in october of 2009, about 1700 sea lions gathered at pier 39. over the years, the numbers have really fluctuated. ratner believes the recent surge is a sign that san francisco bay is doing well. >> we get a sense of the health of the bay, the health of the sea lion population and they're coming and going. >> according to ratner, the large gathering of sea lions is temporary. >> so my guess is that this is just something happening out in the water right now, a short term phenomenon where the fish that normally would be somewhere else are coming a little bit closer, making the sea lions

therefore come a little bit closer. >> and the harbor master says the colony of sea lions out here is stable. it's really hard to see how many more may be arriving, but i can tell you this. the shops and the businesses out here, they're excited about the sea lions and they're excited about all the visitors coming, hoping that the visitors will spend a little extra money. we're live in san francisco, suzanne phan abc seven news. yeah, and then folks will see the sea lions and then go to the aquarium by the bay right there. >> it's all good for everyone. yeah. thanks, suzanne. california population is growing again for the first time since 2020. a new report released today shows the state's population increased last year by about 67,000, bringing the total number of people living in the golden state to more than 39.1 million. the reason for the bit of a turnaround, the state's department of finance says partly lower mortality and rebounding legal immigration both contributed to the increase. more people still left california in 2023 than moved here from other states, but it

was far less than previous years. the company that's hoping to build a new city near fairfield in solano county, says it now has enough signatures to qualify that project for the november ballot. >> and today, california forever ceo jan sramek announced they've collected 20,000 signatures, 60% more than actually required. he says the total shows that solano county residents are excited about the plan that would build new homes for 400,000 people. >> they are all saying yes, we want to have a say in the future of this place that we love. yes, we want to end these long commutes and have good paying jobs. home here, close by. yes, we want to have homes for us and for our children and we want to have them now. >> the signatures now go to the county for verification. we've reached out to the opponents of the project for a reaction, but have yet to hear back. >> san francisco is the number one city in the country for clean energy. that's according

to the newly released 2024 scorecard by the american council for energy efficient economy. grades u.s. cities san francisco is earning high praise for ambitious new transportation plans and a climate action plan that sets new emissions goals. the city has also prioritized updating zoning codes that encourage more compact development in residential areas . >> this is something that the entire state of california has really been been leading and pushing on, as well, as well as our local leaders, to ensure that affordable housing and increase housing density is part of the discussion. as we talk about all of our climate action plans. >> this is the second time san francisco has topped the scoreboard, and this year it's in good company. locally, oakland ranks fifth and san jose is ninth on the list. >> it's a beautiful day out there as we check the forecast. i think most people would like less wind. yes more warmth, right? >> compared to the last few days. spencer that's dying down,

right? >> that's exactly what's coming our way. all right. laura wind speeds and higher temperatures. let's take a look at our satellite radar composite image. you can see that that brisk, robust onshore flow continues. this is about the fourth or fifth consecutive day with rather gusty conditions, especially at the coast where we have had some wind gusts today above 30, 35mph. right now, a little bit tamer to under 30mph. and it's pretty breezy everywhere else. but of course the strongest gusts right now are at the coast. and tonight from 11:00 tonight to 5 a.m. 5 a.m. tomorrow, 5 p.m. tomorrow. i beg your pardon? a wind advisory, in effect for all of solano county. of course, the carquinez strait and the delta that area has been buffeted by strong winds as well. here's our wind gusts animation taking us into the nighttime hours. when notice, it remains very gusty at the coast but away from the coast. the winds will be diminished significantly during the overnight hours and going into tomorrow afternoon. but the winds will pick up again tomorrow afternoon. over on the coast, although not quite so breezy in other locations, let's take a look at current

temperature readings under blue skies 62 degrees here in san francisco. right now we have upper 60s at oakland and hayward. 67, redwood city 70, san jose 55 at half moon bay, blue sky over the golden gate. windy conditions there as well. it's only 64 in petaluma right now, but 76 at santa rosa. napa 71 mid 70s fairfield, concord and livermore. so we'll move along and take a look at our forecast headlines for the next three days. we can expect warm sunshine and calmer wind. saturday will bring showers and a sharp cooldown. then early next week we'll expect sunnier, drier and milder weather once again for tonight under clear skies, look for low temperatures mainly in the upper 40s to about 50 and the far north. you'll see a little bit cooler weather as we often do. 41 the low at lakeport, 42 at ukiah. tomorrow's highs under bright sunshine 60 at half moon bay, 68. san francisco. tomorrow, may 1st, the beginning of our warm up and the beginning of a new month. 73 in oakland, mainly low to mid 70s, right around the bay shoreline. inland areas will warm up to upper 70s to about

80. look for 80 degrees at fairfield and concord tomorrow up in the north bay, nearly 80 at santa rosa. down in the south bay we'll see mid to upper 7077 at san jose, 77 also at morgan hill. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. it warms up even more on thursday. we gain a couple of degrees inland areas will top out at about 82 maybe 83 degrees mid 70s around the bay. shoreline warmth holds on on friday, although temperatures may drop a degree or two in some locations, but still a nice warm day. then the weekend comes and brings that sharp, cool down. saturday we'll see highs only around 60 to 64 degrees, about a 15 degree drop in high temperatures in some places from friday into saturday. we might see some showers on saturday as well. in the early next week it'll start to warm up again. >> are you surprised we're still getting rain into may? >> it happens. it's not a regular feature of the month of may, but it does happen. but it's just going to be a little bit of a light light rain or showers. >> all right. thank you spencer okay. >> an e coli outbreak has led to

a recall a walnut recall. almost all sick people purchased organic walnuts from bulk bins in food co-ops or natural food stores. the cdc has received reports of 12 people in two states who have been infected, half of those cases are here. in california, seven people have been hospitalized. no one has died. watsonville based martinelli's is voluntarily recalling one liter bottles of its apple juice sold at major retailers, including target and whole foods. tests conducted by the state of maryland found high levels of inorganic arsenic in the juice. the recall affects one liter bottles with a best by date of either march ninth, 2026 or march 20th, 2026. >> coming up, some cannabis changes ahead. we'll tell you what the federal government is doing. >> and next, new rules for women when you should start getting those mammograms

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>> new report shows americans living in rural parts of the country may not live as long as those in urban areas, according to data from the cdc. rural residents are more likely to die before they turn 80 years old, also more likely to pass away from one of the top causes of death heart disease, cancer, stroke, respiratory disease or some unintentional injury. 15% of americans about 46 million total, live in rural areas, which have seen a growing number of hospital closures in the last decade. >> california's department of public health is awarding $3 million to san francisco to help fight hepatitis b. the virus causes an infection of the liver and can lead to liver cancer. it's often called the silent killer because many people don't experience symptoms. san francisco leaders say. hepatitis b particularly targets the aapi community. >> only 6% of the us population is aapi, but that 6% accounts for 58% of americans living with hepatitis b. san francisco has

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(♪) find our coupons in sunday's paper. tap water in america. it's available for free. yet some people still won't use public drinking fountains. >> abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez went to find out why, and see if drinking from the water stations might actually be a way to help build a better bay area. eliminate the use of single use plastics so that's a good thing. yeah. have you seen them? no. that's why i know it's kind of bizarre because they almost see it. >> they're right there. but you don't, like, see them hidden in plain sight. yeah exactly. yeah. you don't discover them. i don't i don't know what what it is. but you may have seen them, you know, public water bottle refilling stations all over san francisco or maybe like larry,

you haven't free perfectly healthy fresh drinking water that many people say no thank you to. why why? well, the answer might surprise you. we heard a rumor that one of san francisco's elusive water refilling stations was located just across the street from our building along the embarcadero. we went searching, surprised to see that it's been there all along, so i took the time to see how many people indulged. after all, why not take advantage of something that's free? pacing back and forth? i waited and waited and waited. not a single person used it. next step would they follow my lead? did you know that there are stations all around the city like this one? i'm sure there are, yes. have you tried it? no. why not? >> oh, i don't trust the water here. >> come on, it's safe. no it's not. it says who? so i'm no expert. but i do have this tiny

device which measures the tds, which stands for total dissolved solids, minerals, metals, solids, ions. so a low tds level is 100 ppm or less. so let's measure that was quick 48. so it's super safe. here's what the keepers of our water system, the sfpuc, say tap water is required under state and federal guidelines to be regularly tested. >> we test in san francisco almost 100,000 times per year. bottled water is not under that same standard, so we actually test the tap water many more times than bottled water actually is ever tested. >> why then the mistrust? ucsf researchers have worked with government agencies and found that people's perception of what comes out of here may depend on where they have lived. >> they're worried that the pipes haven't been updated, and

we learned that immigrant folks bring with them the perception that public water isn't safe because they're coming from countries where public drinking water isn't safe. >> it's in those communities and in parks where the city has made a concerted effort to install more of these stations as a way to encourage people, especially young kids, to drink water instead of sugary drinks. residents in san francisco's bayview district, for example, have a high number of people with type two diabetes right? >> when you're putting stress on your kidneys, stress on your liver, processing all this and your pancreas, it causes other issues in your body. >> joi jackson morgan is with the third street youth center and clinic. >> our mission at third street is that we want to help produce healthy and engaged young adults. and so part of that is that healthy youth build healthy lives. >> unfortunately, in other neighborhoods like the tenderloin, some of the stations have been used for other purposes. this one was not functioning properly. this one's

just a trickle. a worker from saint anthony's showed us how some use the dog watering station to wash themselves. but what about the rest of the city? why haven't these stations caught the attention of more people? despite the sfpuc online locator map showing so many locations during the pandemic, the program suffered a setback as people didn't want to touch surfaces. >> it was understandable in that moment, but we're not in that moment anymore. >> yet still today, we saw how hundreds of giants fan walked past this refilling water station and not a single person used it. 123456789 ten 1112 1314 1516. nobody stopping to get water. but after a long wait along the embarcadero, we finally found a skateboarder filling up his water bottle. >> there's one in union square. there's this one. there's one at the new visa spot that i use all

the time. they're like, they're in skate spots and people need them to drink, and we need to do more of it. >> and we need that public information posted at each of those stations so people know why they should trust that water. >> yet these water filling stations are so very popular at the airport at sfo. now, part of it has to do with the fact that you can't buy water or any kind of beverage that comes in a plastic bottle at sfo. now, they are certainly helping to reduce waste created by those plastic bottles. this is what i use all the time myself. yeah, yeah, i think i think we need an app. i think somebody has to. yeah, maybe that'll be my second job. >> it's totally public awareness. yeah, absolutely. >> and they really have to highlight the fact that here it is. here it is. >> make them a little bit more vibrant. yeah. penitentiary gray . yeah. >> or or that black in a in a corner. >> yeah. yeah >> but but i do like the guy that said says who. that's the

soundbite of 2024. >> he's from missouri. >> yeah. yeah of course. thank you. >> sure. says leanne. >> she's the ultimate authority. all right. international leaders completed a round of talks working toward a treaty to end plastic pollution after lengthy disagreements at past meetings, progress was finally made on the language of the text. the committee agreed to keep working on it ahead of the final meeting later this year. in south korea, they will focus on financing, assessing chemicals of concern and product design, coming up on abc seven news at four. >> easing cannabis rules and a new place to get hitched. music already provided

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states around the country, the dea stance is, is falling in line. it's sort of if you can't beat them, join them approach. right? i mean, it already half the states have have legalized it. so it makes sense that the dea, dea is perhaps changing its stance to better reflect what's going on in the states because it's contradictory. yeah. >> spencer. >> yeah, it's been a number of years now since many states have either decriminalized or legalized use of marijuana to various extents. so they've obviously weeded out some of the problems. >> they've weeded them out because that. okay, it's spencer. yeah, it's you know, one thing i will say, dealing with a lot of professional athletes, they will all well, almost all of them say they would much rather treat pain with marijuana use than, you know, some of the, the pain killing drugs, the prescription drugs, right, that are out there because you get addicted so easily. makes sense. eight newspaper publishers are suing microsoft and openai. they say the companies use their news articles in generative artificial intelligence products

without permission, such as chatgpt, for example. the lawsuit also claims ai inaccurately attributes information to the papers. the mercury news is among the newspapers named in the lawsuit. i mean, i don't think the facts are in dispute here. they trained their ai models on, i guess, the intellectual property of the, you know, publishers and newspapers and the articles that it's written and the facts that are already out there. so the question is, what do you do about it? do we get compensated, you know, and how how would you determine how you know, where did they specifically get all of that information? >> and it is harvesting from everything that's already out there. ai is not creating this information out of whole cloth. they're basically, you know, aggregating it, aggregating it from other places. yeah. >> yeah, it's tricky here because if, you know, when we use the term artificial intelligence, in a lot of cases, what we're talking about is just a gigantic database, as you said, everything that's ever

been written about a subject right here. and then, you know, the ai condenses it down to what you're looking for. but if they're going to attribute the wrong things to the newspapers and that that's another whole problem in terms of accuracy, what can you imagine making things up that i mean, well, yeah. >> how do you policing it. right. yeah. >> it's i don't know if you're looking at travel this summer now, right now is the time to find your deals. the goldilocks window is about 45 days before your trip. airlines are bracing for record travel this summer, with europe being the international hotspot and prices actually down about 10% than last year, trend this year, intergenerational travel people are bringing the whole family along. spencer, is that your plan? yeah the whole family. >> i'm actually. i've already booked some travel, some vacation travel for abuse. excuse me, air went down the wrong way for the early fall, so i guess i'm missing that sweet spot right? this is for summer travel. yeah, yeah. >> you don't want to reveal where you're going. you just.

you don't want all these fans following you. >> share these details later. >> yeah. dan, you've been doing this for a while. actually yeah we do. we tend to plan a trip, and we're planning a trip this summer and taking our kids. my wife and i, taking the kids. yeah, they're all grown. and so we're doing a trip with them. that intergenerational trip that you just mentioned. it's interesting and encouraging that it's at least a little less expensive, because last year i thought, boy, i don't know how it could get any more expensive than it was. yeah, yeah. >> people got their revenge travel mostly out of the way. but don't go to paris with the olympics. super expensive. yeah. okay. yeah there's a new event coming to outside lands this year, and it's not a musical act. attendees can now host their wedding ceremony. tsay. yeah. recommitment ceremony or vow renewal all weekend long, organizers say spots are limited, so if you're interested, you should reserve a spot as soon as possible. outside lands takes place august 9th through the 11th at golden gate park? i just know i had so much fun watching dan play last

year at outside lands. >> just thinking about that. >> you can hire dan and then he can do your wedding at the same time or the renewal, i think. >> i think some sort of state certification for that. yeah, we had a great time playing, but what a fun i mean, it is, it is such a fun weekend. >> why not add another component? i imagine there'll be a lot of people who will take advantage of that. why not? they'll do it on the day their favorite band is playing or something else. be interesting to see how they pull that off, but i'm not surprised and isn't golden gate park the perfect venue for that time of the year when there could be the heat of summer in much of the bay area? >> that's true. >> yeah, that's true. >> in the unlikely event that somebody would invite me to their wedding, would i have to buy a ticket to see outside lands in order to get to the wedding? like i am? i going to be a great question. peering through the fence, you know, i would imagine you do. >> otherwise there'll be a lot of people planning weddings to get. >> yeah, exactly. >> but okay. but dan, in case they do this right next to your stage, if you're going to be performing, start thinking what song you would perform now for

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seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey explains, experts say we cannot bank on another freak event to keep our water supply stable. >> when you see snow in the sierra like we saw the last two years, you know it's out of the ordinary. it's now officially known as a snow deluge. a super heavy snowfall that creates a deep snowpack that lasts through april 1st. abc seven spencer christian says it's seen as a once in a 20 year event, but this time it happened twice this year and last. >> it's rare enough to get a snow deluge like we had this year. once every couple of decades, which is pretty much the average, roughly the average. but to get two consecutive years like that is just more than more than a smaller than a once in a lifetime thing. maybe, maybe a once in a two, a couple of centuries kind of event. >> and the national academy of sciences study reveals a major impact, thanks to the historic snow runoff from the two snow deluges. the latest u.s. drought monitor map shows are seemingly never ending. mega drought is completely gone, spencer says

it's thanks to the late snowmelt in april, which is most beneficial to our water reserves. >> if the snow falls heavily in january or december, january melts in february of march. that's not as helpful as the snow hanging around as it did this year until after april 1st. but we have to be concerned about how long this current condition will last. >> california is entering what's known as a la nina year, a traditionally cooler yet drier winter. oddly enough, it was a la nina year in 2023 when we saw the historic snowfall, highlighting how rare it truly was. california caught lightning in a bottle twice with the back to back snow deluges, but spencer says we can't bank on a meteorological miracle to happen again. >> given what we know about the atmosphere right now and the direction we're moving with climate change is kind of sad to , conclude that we'll probably never see another season like this. now we have to think about, the drier years that are likely to follow and what we need to do to conserve. >> because as we've seen many times, this decade in

california, you never know when the next historic weather event may change everything again. dustin dawsey abc seven news. >> two years is obviously a small sample size, but you wonder how weather patterns are changing over the long haul. i know, and while we don't have the answers to that, spencer, it's clear we have to be better about capturing the water that we do get. >> we really do. >> and we still need to be concerned, of course, about the ever warming planet and the continual burning of fossil fuels. on we go, though, to the near future. next three days a warm sunshine will grace us here in the bay area. then on saturday it will get much cooler and showers will arrive. they'll be mainly light showers though, and early next week it will be sunnier, drier and milder all over again. for tonight, look for clear skies, low temperatures mainly in the upper 40s to around 50. highs tomorrow uh- nice and mild under sunny skies. still windy at the coast tomorrow, but the winds will be much calmer in other regions. highs tomorrow 60 at the coast.

low to mid 70s around the bay. up to about 80 in our inland areas. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. and as you can see this warm up that starts tomorrow will continue through friday. so the first few days of may will be much like what we expect in may. but on saturday, temperatures dropped very sharply 10 to 15 degrees from friday's highs. uh- showers into the picture as well. level one storm. if it bears any ranking at all. and then early next week you can see a little bit of a warm up and we'll start drying out all over again. larry and kristen. >> all right. thank you so much. >> instead of a cure, a bay area group is helping adults with autism thrive. we're trying to unmask, to free ourselves and liberate ourselves. >> how they're making a difference and becoming abc seven allies in action. that's next

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the good doctor and then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. as part of our efforts to build a better bay area, we highlight people who are working to improve their communities. april is autism acceptance month, and today we introduce you to the bay area autism collective. i'm the og. >> yes, i'm bird sellergren. i am the founder and executive director of bay area autism collective, based in san francisco, california. bay area autism collective is an organization that is intentionally serving autistic adults who might be dealing with

social isolation. autistic adults tend to lose services after they age out of k12 education, and often experience a lot of social isolation that increases as they get older. back decided to start a program that would help mitigate feelings of loneliness by providing peer support groups led by autistic people exclusively for autistic people >> when bird reached out to me, i was really excited. even if you were to go online and google, you know, autism services, right? you're going to find medical clinics, private practice clinics, and these sorts of things are really meant for, curing autism. for those of us who have nothing to cure because we enjoy being our authentic autistic selves or are even trying to become more

authentically autistic, we're trying to unmask, to free ourselves and liberate ourselves from a lot of these things. there's no services like that locally. >> i think the thing that makes baoc different from other resources that are out there is that it's autistic led. most people are coming in from a place of like true desperation for a lack of resources, having a space where people can share these experiences and understand that they're not experience seeing them, in solitude is really important. >> this past week, for example, the theme of the day was autistic burnout and everyone just shared a little bit about what's been going on with them personally, as well as their journeys with parenting and with their family dynamics. it is very healing when you know you are not alone. >> the feedback that we're getting is that people want more frequent meetings and more groups that address their personal identities. what we really need to keep growing and

operating to meet the need that we're finding is out there is donations. donations help support us, keep us afloat, but also ensure that we can grow. in order to do that, people can go to our website, bay area autism collective, org. they can learn more about us and what we do and our groups. and there's donation buttons where they can just click and easily make a donation that will go straight into our services. >> it is something that i wish existed a long time ago. just knowing that people out there are going to find a place that they know they're going to be fully and wholly welcome and accepted as who they are. >> having space to unmask and be authentically ourselves without fear of judgment is really the most liberating, emancipatory feeling i could ever have imagined. i didn't realize it

was going to be as powerful as it is >> if you know somebody who is working to create change, share their story with us at abc seven news.com slash, take action. all right. that's going to do it for this edition of abc seven news at four. i'm larry biel abc seven news at five is coming up next. better in as little as 2 weeks. and when you can breathe better, what isn't better? this is better. this is better. that's better. and that. even this. dupixent is an add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma. it works with your asthma medicine to help improve lung function. that's pretty good! dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. it's proven to help prevent asthma attacks. it can reduce or even eliminate oral steroids.

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