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how bad it was. i'm like, okay, i need to be careful when i walk around. even at night, with my dogs shaken by a disturbing doorstep delivery. >> now, if i have the item left at the front door of a longtime san francisco dog walker and his second night of chaos at ucla, protesters and police clashing for hours overnight, officers now moving in to break up the encampment that's been growing throughout the week. tensions also growing at uc berkeley, violence at the encampment there. as we're learning about a possible breakthrough between protesters and campus leadership . >> a serious false start. the reason a bay area high school swim team is missing out on its championship meet. >> good morning. it is thursday, may 2nd. >> we're going to start with a look at weather. >> yeah, we have some warm winds today outside this morning we have clear skies once again. get ready for a warmer afternoon
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compared to yesterday. but we will also have some windy conditions this afternoon. some gusty winds between 20 and 30mph. but it will help to bring in some warmer weather later on this afternoon. temperatures right now as we span across the region upper 40s to the lower 50s right now. 52 in hayward. good morning. 47 in danville, a similar story as we head into the north bay. we're at 55 in sonoma, 49 in mill valley, fairfield just updated to 55 degrees. so hello, san jose, a live look with those clear skies. it's another day of full sunshine. our sunrise here at 612, our sunset at 802. today we'll have a coastal breeze early on, giving way to warm winds. this afternoon we'll find frequent gusts over 20mph, but it will be a bit warmer than yesterday. 70 and 80s away from the coast. the coast is windy today. will hit 59 in half moon bay, 67. in the city it's much windier today in the city compared to yesterday. 74 in oakland, 78 in san jose, 80 in santa rosa. we do have some rain to talk about over the weekend. we'll show you that coming up in
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about eight minutes. >> all right. thanks so much, joe. happening right now. the growing unrest on college campuses across the country. hours ago, los angeles police began the process of breaking down the barrier created at the ucla encampment on a first attempt to approach, officers were forced away by demonstrators. >> the lapd is retreating from the encampment as the crowd has converged on at least three dozen officers, who were apparently holding that skirmish line. that skirmish line is not holding, and those officers, now retreating as they are being pushed out completely out of the encampment by no less than a couple hundred protesters on the encampment within the encampment, within the confines of that plywood wall. >> yeah. incredible. video gloria, the police activity is still playing out right now. >> that's right. amanda, the lapd declared a citywide tactical alert as officers in riot gear responded to a massive crowd at ucla. protesters are not leaving, even after police declared an unlawful assembly
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and started getting ready to disperse them to not leaving you know, scared of, you know, scare us. and you can hear right there the chants. new video shows protesters chanting outside the encampment just before two this morning. police broke through an area and came face to face with protesters. the demonstrators converged on officers, forcing them to retreat. but soon after, police can be seen detaining some of those protesters. >> these students are here peacefully and are just asking for the right to express their ideas on campus, which really is what an academic community should be all about. we want to send the message to uc l.a. uh- administration to the regents of the university of california, that students simply have the right to protest, to protest peacefully, and to talk about their ideas. >> and all of this comes after a brawl broke out tuesday night
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when counter-protesters tried to break down a pro-palestinian encampment. the violence unfolded for more than two hours before the police response increased. the school has its own police force, so lapd and chp had to wait for them to request help. the university is now vowing to investigate the response, and right now we have a live look from the scene at uc l.a. and police are chipping away at the encampment there. they've now surrounded the main encampment, and we have been seeing protesters start to give themselves up as officers start to clear out those tents, and you could see some of the protesters sitting right there. it looks like they possibly have zip ties around them, and it looks like right now they are being detained by law enforcement. so of course we're going to continue following this for you throughout the morning as this continues and as far as classes, they are canceled at ucla today and tomorrow. so we'll be sure to follow the situation as it develops throughout the morning. reggie. >> all right. i should add that
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we are also having lows live pictures on our website and our app right now. if you go to abc7 news .com, you can see it from our station in l.a. negotiations are reportedly underway to end a campus protest at uc berkeley. a free palestine encampment has been occupying the steps in front of sproul hall since last week. abc seven news reporter lena howland is there. and lena, the demonstration has been mostly peaceful so far, but there was some sort of incident last night. >> hey, reggie. that's right. and things are calm here right now. but uc berkeley police say at least two people were hurt overnight following a loud confrontation between dueling protests. right up until last night, things had remained peaceful here at uc berkeley, a contrast to arrests and turmoil we have seen at other schools across the country. the daily californian, which is the campus student run newspaper, is reporting a pro-palestinian protester tried to grab an israeli flag from a counter protester. this happened just before 7:00 last night. that's when they say someone from the
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free palestine encampment reportedly punched one of the israel counter-protesters, which prompted paramedics to be called to the scene. earlier this week, we reported that some jewish students have 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. >> this incident, coming just days after the organizers of the free palestine encampment, reportedly met with chancellor carol christ to begin negotiations. they're calling on the entire us on the entire uc system to divest in companies contributing to the war in gaza. in a statement made earlier this week, cal says 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
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illegal conduct for harassment and or discrimination and the daily californian says that protesters from this encampment have also established some sort of table barricades on the mario savio steps, with students fearing any potential raid by uc berkeley police. now of course, we have reached out to some of the folks here operating this encampment and we have been told there is no spokesperson available to talk to us at this hour. for now, reporting live in berkeley. lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you. lena. colleges in the south bay took part in may day protests and a stand for the people affected by the israel-hamas war, a student activist organization from san jose state held a rally to recognize workers rights. students at uc santa cruz are the latest to launch their own encampment. all organizers say they put a lot into planning and safe and peaceful demonstrations . >> we are completely hands off. we are not going to be touching the police. any counter protesters. we are like, we will
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not be touching anybody. we will not be inciting any violence, any destruction, any destruction . >> students say it feels powerful to add their voices to the growing protests and to raise awareness. >> the city of richmond is now planning to divest from companies doing business in israel. the vote from the city council last night makes richmond just the second u.s. city to do so. hayward was the first the city council member who coauthored the resolution says richmond has a pool of roughly $600 million to invest, but only around 7% is likely invested in portfolios that hold companies. the city will divest from defense contractors and arms manufacturer like lockheed martin are obvious examples. companies like microsoft and airbnb are also on the list. >> they have uh- properties in the occupied uh- region and advertise it as israel. so that's why they're in the on the list. >> critics argue that while
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divesting can send a message, its actual impact on corporations isn't typically as substantial. >> a san francisco dog walker says he's keeping his guard up after finding a noose on his front doorstep. it was tied around a doll's neck and left at his home on alamo square. abc seven news anchor dion lim is following the hate crime investigation and has the interview. you'll see only on seven. >> when i go walking dogs, i'm constantly watching my shoulder. now. >> it was just an ordinary morning for dog walker terry williams when he woke up to take his own three rottweilers out for a walk around 6:00, april 26th, what his father found on the doorstep of their alamo square home shook terry to the core. >> he said, hey, you got a package down here, son? >> a plastic bag with terry's address and a foreboding message scrawled in marker. >> then it had gangster thug, and then it had some other negative stuff about black people on there. >> the contents inside. >> even worse, they had a picture of me with a noose
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around his neck. then it had a noose around one of the little dog figures. >> also inside this stuffed doll, so graphic and laden with slurs, we can't show any of it on tv. >> and it's like, call me monkey , go pick cotton. >> same goes for a sheet of paper inside the bag. >> the 4th of july is for white people, not for black people, terry says. >> as someone living in alamo square since the 70s, he's no stranger to racism, but never vitriol and hate like this. >> i take the high road and just back away. >> terry has no idea who could have left the package, but provided police the surveillance video from a neighbor showing an individual approach his home around 1230 that morning. sfpd tell me the incident is being investigated as a hate crime. terry is sharing his story not just to represent his industry as a minority dog walker. >> i'm trying to get more people of my color to do it, but to encourage others to speak out and help end the hate in the neighborhood he loves and calls home just got to stop. my people
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don't speak up. they always keep everything tucked in. you got to speak up. don't let this. we can't let this go by. the more stuff we let go by, the more they feel entitled to do stuff to us. so this is my way of stepping up and standing out saying, no, i'm not letting this happen no more. the only thing is just make me want to stay and fight harder. >> i'm not going nowhere in san francisco. dion lim, abc seven news. the clock is ticking for more than a dozen east bay student swimmers hoping to compete in a weekend swim meet. >> they're currently not allowed to participate in the north coast high school championships due to an error in their team's submission. 13 swimmers from acalanes high school qualified for the meet when their coach went to submit their names. he encountered issues with the system. the coach says he reached out to organizers for help, but he never got a response and the deadline passed. students say this meet could have been a chance to qualify for the state championships. >> we've all been working for this for a really long time, and having our first year taken away from covid and then now this being stripped away from us as
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well is just devastating. >> organizers tell us they sent a reminder to all members and that there will be no exceptions for late entries. >> 511 this morning, san jose. a live look outside showing you current conditions right now at the airport. it's 54 degrees with clear skies. the big headline today. it's a warmer afternoon, but those gusty winds do return. it will be a windy afternoon today with frequent gusts over 20mph. strongest gusts along the coast. pretty calm right now. but then later on this afternoon you can see those winds ramp up, likely near 30mph at times, but it will feel warm out there with lots of sunshine breaking down. the forecast. region by region. upper 70s lower 80s inland today with sunshine bright around the bay. shoreline low 70s for daytime highs and along the coast will have those winds picking up in the afternoon, with some late day clouds and highs in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. so the three day forecast shows you warm and windy today. that warm sunshine
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continues tomorrow and then everything changes on saturday with rain and wind returning to the forecast into level one here for saturday morning. we're going to go hour by hour in future weather. time out this line of storms and show you a brighter sunday. reggie coming up in a few minutes. >> drew. thank you. two national monuments here in california are expanding. one of them is very close to the bay area and san francisco accused of allowing sewage to spew into the bay and ocean. >> the new federal lawsuit and how the city is responding. >> our music and dance. the shows
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two national monuments in california, and gloria. one of them is close to the bay area. >> it is amanda, the berryessa snow mountain national monument is east of clear lake in lake county. nearly 14,000 acres will be added there, including a ridgeline sacred to a native american tribe. the area is home to more than 500 native plant species and animals, including tule elk and golden eagles. the monuments were first designated by former president barack
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obama, and in southern california, more than 105,000 acres will be added to the san gabriel mountains in los angeles county. the white house says the land has important ecological and geological resources, like some unusual canyons and woodlands and forests, and it's also home to some of the state's most iconic birds, like the endangered california condor. president biden is expected to sign the official proclamation today. >> thanks, gloria. the homeowner's insurance crisis is hitting the east bay city of orinda hard, according to analysis by the san francisco chronicle. nearly 1700 homes will likely have their insurance policies canceled by state farm. that is about a quarter of all homes in the city, which is nestled in the hills between oakland and walnut creek. it's an area that can be prone to brush fires. some homeowners say they're having a hard time finding replacement policies. the moving power of music is explored in an upcoming exhibit
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at sfmoma >> abc seven news got a sneak peek of the art of noise exhibit yesterday. it's a multi-sensory look and listen at how design has changed the way we've experienced music over the past 100 years. artifacts include more than 400 san francisco psychedelic rock posters featuring legendary bands like the grateful dead, as well as rap, punk and rave fliers. families can explore the ways music and visual art come together with hands on art, making a sound based scavenger hunt, performances and story time with the san francisco public library. sfmoma is offering free admission this saturday for the opening of art of noise one of the final rehearsals for the next oakland ballet performance. it's called lustig live, after the ballet's own artistic director, graham
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lustig, who will be dancing but the show is a chance to make dreams come true for several performers. >> as a retired dancer, i don't get to perform like i used to. i mean, i was in dance companies that traveled around the world and around the country, so to be able to come home is really special. >> this is really cool because as a kid, i really wanted to be a dancer, and so it's kind of fulfilling this, like funny fantasy of, you know, me like being a ballerina. i'm not. i'm not in this thing. i'm just singing. >> lustig live opens friday and closes saturday. both performances are at laney college in oakland at 7:30 p.m. tickets are available at oakland ballet.org hmm'hmm. >> looks good. >> beautiful. >> i've always wanted to try. i could never you know, it just seems like i'm not agile enough. >> i'm very robotic in my movements. right? >> you are. i used to make
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you're born ready to do it. that's funny. this morning we have a nice clear sky out there, which leads to a warm afternoon. and then we have to talk about rain this weekend. here's a live look from our exploratorium camera with clear skies. it will be a windier day, but a warmer afternoon, so we'll find those temperatures again feeling very nice underneath the afternoon sunshine, but winds later today gusting over 20mph. so just be aware of that. those northwest winds are back. let's talk about the rain on saturday. it's really saturday morning. we're highlighting a level one on the abc seven storm impact scale light storm with showers that could be briefly heavy at times, and we're looking at about a half of an inch to an inch of rain in most areas. so future weather it's timing out for you. friday night plans. you are good to go. we are dry. it's a very early saturday at 4 a.m. that rain begins to arrive in the north bay. it's briefly heavy around 8 a.m. with this line moving through, and then by noon you can kind of see the tail end of the steady rain already exiting the north bay and then into the afternoon will likely
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find some sunshine breaking out, perhaps an isolated shower, but much of the rain is going to fall saturday morning. here's a look at rainfall totals again, it's a pretty decent may storm here between half of an inch and an inch of rain very likely. so planning your weekend out saturday certainly is wet and windy. sunday it is drier and sunny, but temperatures both days will be below average. snow is coming to the sierra just a quick look at those numbers. on saturday, some of our highest peaks could see about a foot and a half of snow through the weekend. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. warm today. tomorrow rain back here on saturday. dry on sunday. warmer next week guys. >> all right thanks so much drew. coming up the seven things to know this morning a new quick way to address homelessness i the south bay. >> how san jose's
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assembly. police say the incident was over a flag negotiations are now reportedly underway between uc berkeley and protests to end this encampment. >> number three, the ceo of united healthcare says up to one third of americans might be affected by a recent cyber attack targeting a subsidiary called change healthcare. it is expected to take several months before you're notified if you are impacted. >> number four a warning if you're spending time enjoying spending time outdoors, enjoying weather, the nice weather rattlesnakes are being spotted along local trails. east bay regional park officials say you should look ahead as you walk. keep your dogs on a leash and listen for the snakes rattle. >> and number five, we will have warm sunshine continuing today. also tomorrow. and then on saturday. it's a level one light storm with showers in the morning. clearing out in the evening. >> and number six, we're looking live at our emeryville camera. and you can see the morning commute has started on westbound 80. traffic is filling in in the san francisco direction. and if
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you're going from highway four to the toll plaza, that will take you about 19 minutes right now. >> and number seven, airbnb wants to put you in some iconic places. the san francisco based company just announced a new promotion it calls icons. you can win a chance to stay in places like a house modeled after the house in the movie up a night in a museum, or hang out with kevin hart at abc seven news. >> we take pride in our mission of building a better bay area. every day, we celebrate the breakthroughs that are happening in our neighborhoods. san jose has been credited as a leader in the quick build approach to housing the unhoused. they face a new challenge with their latest development that required a new approach, one they think could be even better. abc7 news south bay reporter dustin dorsey shows us how it hopes to be the new standard in san jose. >> thousands in the city of san jose call tents, rvs in the streets, home, a challenge archibald faces every day. >> how hard has that been? >> it's hard maintaining food,
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maintaining cooking, keeping up with, hygiene and stuff and taking showers and stuff. it's been hard, but we have to do what we have to do to make sure we live and survive, and it's coming to an end, and that's what i'm excited about. >> that's because she hopes to be one of the first to move into the newest interim housing site on via del oro and south san jose, 150 beds will soon stand on this land leased to the city for $1 a year for up to ten years from philanthropist john sobrato. >> we live in an area with the greatest concentration of wealth in the world. it's known as the center of innovation, and we ought to be able to figure out how to solve this homeless issue. san jose's created quick build communities before, but this project is different because it can't be here forever. >> only ten years. they can't change the land, so the units aren't built to be permanent. but with that, the units are quicker and cheaper to build. a model that mayor mehan thinks can be a game changer. >> it's all about getting people stabilized faster and connected to the supportive services that enable them to reclaim some control in their lives, and to
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get on the path to greater self-sufficiency. >> the mayor hopes other landowners might be inspired to do similar leases, but the city knows even if that happens, it has to get communities around the sites to buy in to get south. san jose residents on board. the city will now enforce a no encampment zone within a two block radius of this quick build, but a neighbor nearby says many feel it's still not enough. >> we wanted a half mile radius from each site, and, our council member and everyone else failed to do that. >> so why is the two block radius that it is now not enough? >> you're in a commercial area. and what's a two block radius? >> even though not everyone may be on board, the project will still open in early 2025. in south san jose. dustin dawsey abc seven news tonight san francisco will kick off its downtown first thursdays event. >> the free monthly street party will spanned several blocks of second street in the soma neighborhood. it's an effort from the city to revitalize
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downtown with live music, beer gardens, vendors, art and fashion. this festive event will take place every first thursday of each month, going from five until 10 p.m. the goal is to draw in at least 10,000 people now, after nearly two months since the march primary election, we now have a final result in the south bay congressional race coming up at 530. the candidate who came out on top in a
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the results are in. we're taking a look at the governor's initiative to send state police into san francisco, and we are tracking the situation unfolding at ucla right now. >> this is a live look at what's happening more violence breaking out overnight as police work to clear a big encampment on campus. good morning everyone. it's thursday, may second. >> we'll get to all that. but first, a check on the weather with drew. hey. >> good morning. our warm, sunny pattern continues for another day today. in fact, today's likely warmer than yesterday in most cities. a live look from the exploratorium camera showing you we have clear skies this morning. temperatures right now we have our typical cool weather in the 40s, but a lot of us starting out the morning in the low and mid 50s, 54 in san rafael. we're at 48 though, in livermore. good morning, saint helena. coming in with a temperature of 53 degrees. so the headline today those gusty winds will be back this afternoon. it's a warmer but also a windier afternoon. we'll find those gusts over 20mph at times. so live look at san jose.
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it's another sunny looking day. that sun is up here pretty quickly this morning at 612, our sunset at 802. we'll have a coastal breeze early on, giving way to windy conditions. area wide but it is a warm day. 70s and 80s for most. away from the coastline. the coastline will see gusts closer to 30mph, 50s and 60s there, but widespread 70s and 80s today. but things change over the weekend. amanda rain is back in the forecast. we'll talk about that coming up in seven minutes. >> all right. thanks, drew. developing news on the growing unrest on college campuses across the country overnight, los angeles police were forced from the encampment at ucla. >> lapd is retreating from the encampment as the crowd has converged on at least three dozen officers who were apparently holding that skirmish line. that skirmish line is not holding, and those officers now retreating as they are being pushed out completely out of the encampment by no less than a couple hundred protesters on the encampment within the
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encampment, within the confines of that plywood wall. >> as you can see, another very active and intense night at the encampment. the lapd has declared a citywide tactical alert. just hours ago, los angeles police began the process of breaking down the barrier created at the ucla encampment protest. we want to take a live look now at the scene of the encampment this morning. in the past few hours, police have taken down a barrier. as i had mentioned, and they started to detain people. we'll keep tracking the situation as it develops throughout the morning. >> in case you missed it, the abc exclusive interview with wnba star brittney griner about her time in a russia prison prison is now streaming live on hulu. among the topics discussed was the american still held in russia and griner's work now with hostage focused nonprofits. >> you wrote that you were hoping to see someone else on that plane. you were hoping to see paul whelan. >> when i walked on and i didn't see him, i was like, okay, maybe i'm early, maybe, you know, maybe he's next, maybe they're
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going to bring him next. and when they closed the door i was like, are you serious. you're not going to let this man come home. >> while griner is home, there are still dozens of americans wrongfully detained or being held as so-called publicly disclosed hostages. in other countries many of their families want. capitol hill went to capitol hill, i should say, this week, to demand more be done. abc seven news reporter j.r stone has their stories. >> this round table house foreign affairs committee meeting might not get the same attention as wnba star brittney griner describing her time in a russian prison, but similar topics are being discussed. you see, these families have loved ones that are being wrongfully detained in other countries now for 628 days, he's been held hostage in a basement cell by the taliban intelligence services. >> 11 years, eight months and one week he was stopped at a checkpoint and wrongfully detained till.
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>> we don't know why or what happened. we last heard from my dad in october and he could barely make out the words that he was saying because he had stabbing chest pains and difficulty breathing. >> giselle charmed, is describing her father, jimmy. she says he's being held in iran, leaving his family in california, fearing for the worst. there are currently 49 americans wrongfully detained in other countries, according to the james foley foundation. those at this meeting also have loved ones being held in afghanistan, syria and russia. news of the trade agreement to help get brittney griner back to the us was addressed. >> how do we cherry pick hostages? >> and that should not happen. we should not have a celebrity like brittney griner being brought out by paul-emile and left behind. >> and i do give the administration some credit, but i also want to raise issues. for instance, we traded viktor bout, one of the world's most notorious arms dealers, called the merchant of death, for brittney griner, a basketball
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player who had a vape pipe we're going to do trades, i think the trade should be a fair trade. >> lawmakers, though, vowing to try and do more. >> this cannot be acceptable on the global stage. >> you do matter. your loved ones that are being held do matter. >> if these families want us to talk and advocate, i think we ought to do it now. >> a hoped for more dialog and negotiations to get these wrongfully detained individuals back to america. j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> happening today, the captain of the scuba dive boat that caught fire off santa barbara in 2019 will be sentenced. 34 people died in the fire. jerry boylan was found guilty of neglect of a ship officer last year. he faces ten years in prison. boylan was the first to abandon ship. the fire was the deadliest maritime disaster in
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recent us history. some of those who were killed lived right here in the bay area. vallejo city hall will reopen today, but business will be by appointment only. this after students staged a sit in yesterday protesting the recent city council decision to deny a charter school's permit for a new downtown campus . students from elite public school took over the second floor of city hall in a very loud and spirited rally on tuesday, the council overturned a planning commission decision to issue the school a major use permit. it was for a campus inside a vacant building on georgia street in the city's downtown. opponents say the city's downtown core is no place for a 400 student school. >> the federal government is suing the city of san francisco for dumping billion of gallons of sewage into the pacific ocean, and san francisco bay. that's according to a new lawsuit filed by the environmental protection agency and california water officials. the releases have been happening since 2016. is what they say. it amounts to an average of 1.8 billion gallons each year of
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combined sewage. that includes untreated sewage, wastewater and stormwater runoff. the lawsuit also alleges the city allowed its sewer systems to fall into disrepair, and didn't notify residents about the presence of sewage. an sf puc spokesperson called the suit unfair and told the examiner sewer discharges in the city have been reduced by more than 80% in the last 50 years. nearly 700 pounds of fentanyl. that's how much governor newsom says has been taken off of san francisco's streets since state police were deployed in the tenderloin one year ago, he says the chp issued more than 6200 citations for illegal activity made more than 500 arrests and recovered more than 115 stolen cars. the governor also says violent crime and property crime are down significantly due to the action. >> nearly one third of americans may have been impacted by a recent cyber attack on a major health care company. that's
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according to a new congressional testimony from the ceo of united health care and gloria. senators believe this hack could have been prevented. >> that's right, reggie. senators grilled united health care ceo andrew witty yesterday, saying that basic security measures should have been in place. the group black hat broke into one of the company's subsidiaries that handles prescription orders and payments to doctors, and they stole massive amounts of patient data, leaving doctors unpaid and unable to fill prescriptions. hackers got in, partly because the united system did not have a basic safeguard used by everyday apps like gmail and facebook. one senator slammed the security lapse, even holding up that book right there. hacking for dummies. >> this is some basic stuff that was missed, so shame on internal audit, external audit and your system systems folks tasked with redundancy. they're not doing their job. >> senators argue that any hack poses a national security threat, especially because the united health care is the
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largest u.s. health insurer and what he says a company will now require multi-factor authentication. he says the breach costs $900 million, not including the $22 million ransom payment. amanda thank you so much, gloria. >> now, the saga of the beekeeper turned major league baseball hero continues up next, how his family is reacting to the newfound fame, plus the major deal he just signed on to. but first, let's get a check on the weather with meteorologist drew tuma. >> hey, amanda. well, look at the travel forecast, and it looks like a lot of our major hubs. if you're flying today, have great weather. the only area we're watching, chicago. we'll have some afternoon thunderstorms, so that could create a little bit of a mess around o'hare or midway. but otherwise we're looking great across much of the country back here at home. winds will pick up later on this afternoon. today is windier than yesterday. could see anywhere from about 20 to 35mph, and will likely find that repeating again tomorrow. but we
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will still get the sunshine, and we will still get the warm temperatures throughout the afternoon. so here's a look at the forecast region by region inland. today we'll go into the upper 70s lower 80s with tons of sunshine around there. the bay shoreline looking lovely today. sunny skies, low 70s for daytime highs and then along the coast those winds pick up fast this afternoon. we'll get you into the upper 50s and lower 60s for daytime highs. looking at your pollen index. little change. unfortunately, grasses are really taking their toll on a lot of us. that is still high. trees are medium and mold is low. the three day forecast shows you we keep that warm, sunny pattern through today and tomorrow. then everything changes over the weekend. but with our next rain event on saturday, it looks to be a quick mover and a lot of this rain is likely falling in the morning on saturday, and then sunshine breaks out in the afternoon on saturday. so on the abc seven storm impact scale, showers are back on saturday morning. could be briefly heavy at times. slick roads and also some gusty winds at times. we're going to go hour
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to get to this place. they are vying to replace anna eshu, who is who is retiring. the recount from the march primary just wrapped up. you might remember that the second and third place were tied at first, so joe smith and evan lowe were were totally tied until we went into this recount. and now we found out that evan lowe beat simitian by five votes, though it seemed that all three would go to the november ballot, a recount was requested. the santa clara county registrar's office said recount observers challenged 45 uncounted ballots. the registrar determined seven were initially uncounted, were actually valid.
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the mix up with that batch had to do with signature matching and boxes voters forgot to mark, affirming their citizenship status. there also mix ups with some other ballots. >> there were 12 ballots in a batch that weren't counted, so that was an error, a human error. we understand. we're going to, like i said, going to tighten the processes. but that happened in that ballot counting room. and they were able to fix that and count those ballots. >> in a statement, simitian said he was disappointed, but not sad, saying in part, the good news is the 16th congressional district's long, painful exercise counting the votes is over. the not so good news we have come up short. i lost and i concede i trust the process and i accept the result. >> now, the latest on the abortion showdowns happening in multiple states. arizona is set to officially repeal a ban on abortion as florida's near-total abortion ban is now in effect. here's abc news reporter perry russom dream. >> and today, arizona democratic
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governor katie hobbs is expected to sign into law a bill repealing the state's controversial civil war era abortion ban. >> you have passed house bill 2677, the bill repealing the ban, narrowly passing the state senate yesterday. >> i believe that not only does life begin at conception, but that that life is precious. >> i appreciate the passionate religious convictions of members who have risen to announce their faith. i respect it, my beliefs are different from yours. >> the arizona vote coming as florida's new six week abortion ban went into effect. >> i'm in clinic this morning upstairs and was just running down because we are having patients who are six weeks, four days pregnant, six weeks, three days pregnant. and we were telling them, we can't help them. >> planned parenthood of south florida ceo says there is now an abortion desert in the south. this is a fight for freedom. the biden campaign making this a key issue on the campaign trail because of donald trump, more than 20 states have abortion bans, more than 20 trump
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abortion bans yesterday, former president trump, doubling down on a time magazine interview where he said it's up to the states if they want to monitor pregnant women to make sure they comply with the law. and it's up to the states, if they want to prosecute women who violate the law, it's up to the state. >> they'll ask me a question about. i say that's up to the state. >> abortion will be on the ballot in several states this november, including pennsylvania, nevada, arizona and florida. perry russom, abc news, washington >> and right now we have a traffic alert for you. the metering lights did flip on over at the bay bridge toll plaza. they flipped on at 542 this morning. so you can see right now there's a little bit of traffic, but nothing major at this time. we're starting to see the middle lanes kind of start to back up, but no major delays. if you're going from the toll plaza to san francisco, it'll take you 19 minutes right now.
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so just drive carefully and we'll keep you updated throughout the morning on your traffic. >> thanks, gloria. we're following up on a story we first brought you. hi though we first brought you yesterday morning about the beekeeper in phoenix, arizona, who became an overnight baseball super hero. the game between the la dodgers and the arizona diamondbacks was delayed for two hours because a beehive moved on to the infield. well, here comes matt hilton of blue sky pest control, saving the day he got to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before getting the call. he was actually at a six year old's t-ball game. now we're hearing from matt about how his son and his family reacted to this work emergency. >> he was unfortunately in bed by the time i got home around 11 or so. i know he was originally a little bummed, but it kind of was. it was kind of cool because when he got home with the rest of my family as i have four kids, they got home right in time to see the, the ceremonial
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first pitch that they let me do. that kind of helped lessen the blow. and, i think he's forgiven me since matt has a flair for the dramatic, and we love it. >> so here's the really fun part. the for, you know, baseball card maker topps announced that it signed a deal with hilton. so it made autographed cards to commemorate his performance. they're using that moment of him putting his arms up in the air and soaking in the glory. the car comes with a caption, be afraid, be very afraid. be swarm in arizona. >> this is so smart. >> too bad they didn't have the ones where you can, like, maybe move it a little bit and you can get his full on, like, i really like the flip. >> yeah, i know what you mean. the thing that you can kind of. >> yeah, like. oh, i see the action. >> you know what that's called. but a hologram kind of. yeah, yeah. >> i love how we labeled him as heroic beekeeper, very prestigious. that's great. last night i was looking at these videos and somehow the algorithm started showing me bee removal
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from houses. okay, i got, i don't know why, but i was very fascinated vacuuming them is how they do it. i never saw that before. yeah. no idea. >> well, he's a new celebrity. >> seriously. >> got to get that card, got to get that coin. >> yeah. >> this is two years ago to be an nft of some sort. i don't know what that would be, but what happened to that? >> how are you, all of you, who purchased an eligible tokens? >> they got sucked up by that bee vacuum. >> got tricked. let's go outside. here's a live look from our east bay hills camera. it is quiet out there this morning with clear skies. today is another day of warm sunshine. this pattern is staying strong. winds will be a little bit stronger along the coast today compared to yesterday. we'll find those winds even inland, gusting about 20mph at times, but still quite mild. 70s and 80s. once again, for most of us, overnight tonight we'll have clear skies and temperatures, mainly staying in the low to mid 50s as we head into friday. now friday, future tracker temperatures looks great. we'll have those mild conditions
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continuing, then saturday everything changes. it is getting dramatically cooler out here. we're stuck in the 50s with rain back in the forecast. we do get rain in the month of may. we typically average about a half of an inch to an inch around this time of the year, and that's pretty much what we're going to see with this storm saturday morning. it's a level one with those showers returning briefly heavy in the morning. so here's future weather if you have friday night plans, you're a okay. no need to worry about the rain. the rain arrives early saturday morning. this is 4 a.m. first in the north bay around 8 a.m. we'll likely find that briefly. heavy round of showers working through kind of the heart of the region. and then by noon, here's the back edge of the steady rain. it's already crossing through the region, so the afternoon will likely see sunshine break out. drier conditions prevail, and all of sunday is totally dry. so this is really a saturday morning event. here are rainfall estimates again. we'll likely find half of an inch to an inch of rain out of the storm system, so the weekend preview
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looking like it's wet saturday morning sunday is totally different with sunshine, but both days temperatures will stay below average. in the 50s and 60s. we will get some snow in the sierra, mainly falling saturday night. some of our highest peaks could see about a foot and a half of new snow out of the system. here's the accuweather seven day forecast showing you sunshine today, tomorrow, rain and wind and colder temperatures saturday. but everything is back to sunny dry conditions sunday, and then we'll find warmer weather returning for much of next week. >> guys, thanks for new at six, a documentary looking at the life and death of nicole brown. simpson is in the works where it's going to air. >> but first, a close call on a washington state highway. we're hearing from a man who survived a steel beam smashing
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dark side of kids tv. i know so many of you watch this when that series was released in march, it used cast and crew interviews to describe a toxic and abusive work environment on shows that schneider produced. it also implied he may have been a part of sexual abuse of child actors. schneider's attorneys call the docu series a, quote, hatchet job. in a statement, schneider says he takes responsibility for his behavior as a producer, but he says the show falsely implied he was involved in crimes. actual child predators have been prosecuted for. >> it's a scene out of a scary movie. a steel beam crashing into the windshield of a car on a highway. it happened to a man in washington state who was just inches from being hit by the beam. gregory shannon was just heading to work when police say a man was seen throwing debris off an overpass. the beam is more than four feet long, and
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thankfully, no one was in shannon's passenger seat. >> he hit the car so hard, but i think he didn't hit me. he hit the steering wheel. even the steering even bent from the impact. seriously, i thought i was dead. everybody said, you know what? i need to buy a lottery ticket last night because, yeah, i was lucky. >> incredible. now the person throwing things off the overpass has not been identified. authorities there are now asking witnesses to come forward. >> the parents of newborn twins sharing their struggle to save their sons lives. the kids were born with a rare genetic disease that will cost millions to treat, and insurance is not going to cover it. the boys are in desperate need of treatment for a rare condition called spinal muscular atrophy. sma affects one in every 6000 babies without treatment. the twins will likely die before their second birthday. the family says the terms of their health care insurance changed one day after the boys were born, and now it's not going to cover the life saving gene therapy.
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>> i'm holding my heart in my hands and just the fact that their life is in somebody else's hands, whether it be their they get this treatment or they don't, you know, and that's somebody else's choice. and it's just hard to cope with that right now. >> the one time infusion costs up to $2.5 million per child. the parents are turning to a fundraiser online, hoping to get that money. >> in today's gma first look, the maker of the popular weight loss drugs, ozempic and wegovy, they're speaking out exclusively to abc news about the drug's high prices and shortages. here's abc news reporter rhiannon ally in this morning's gma first look one on one with the senior vice president of novo nordisk, the maker of weight loss drugs, ozempic and wegovy. >> demand is still outpacing supply and there are shortages. so how can your company catch up? >> novo nordisk, now announcing it is investing $6.5 billion to
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ramp up production. but there are still shortages. >> there's light at the end of the tunnel, many questioning the future impacts of these popular medications. what if we could actually prevent obesity altogether? when you start seeing the societal shift and change that, medications and treatment options can bring in a very, very undertreated disease. i think that there's a lot of possibility in the future. >> and coming up at 7 a.m, we'll have much more of our interview, including novo nordisk's response to a senate committee's investigation into the costs of these drugs. with your gma first look, i'm rhiannon ally, abc news, new york. >> new at six a warning for anyone hiking in the east bay. hikers are seeing more rattlesnakes on park trails and a major cosmetics brand closing one of its b area stores. >> and that means you can g a victory that is there for the taking. grab it. now that was a great halftime speech. let's go win.
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live now at six. >> more tensions rising at ucla at this hour. police removing barricades and dismantling a pro-palestinian encampment on campus. flash bangs heard overnight. we're following the latest developments, then negotiations underway between campus administrators at uc berkeley and the people who are camping there. >> a tussle interrupted what had been a peaceful protest and luck. >> be a lady. a lot of winner who hit the million dollar prize not once, but twice. >> what. that's amazing. i

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