coming to san quentin prison how the governor plans to reimagine the way inmates are treated. and one bay area group planning to defy federal law to save more people from drug overdoses plan and the impact it's had in other cities a lifeline for another bay area bag, how bigger banks are helping and what the government is doing to keep your money safe, plus the damage is extensive. santa clara county has felt the brunt of it. stocking up as a power outage continues for thousands of people right now in the south bay. businesses and homes still in the dark this morning. good morning, everyone it is friday, march 17th. we're going to start withdrew. who's up on the roof? good morning. good morning. it's a little bit warmer this morning compared to this time yesterday . we don't have frost advisories in effect, and we're expecting a dry day today. here's live doppler seven, giving you the sweep across the region and we're coming up dry right now and will stay dry. the next 24

hours. look at the 24 hour temperature change right now, most of us little bit warmer than we were this time yesterday. it's enough that we don't have any frost advisories in effect right now wake up to 48 in the city, but it's chilly in santa rosa at 38 45 in san jose, coming in at 43 right now in concord, look outside. this is central tower. you have a blanket of fog over the city. right now. it's very thin, and it burns off. very quickly this morning. so expect mostly sunny skies throughout the morning. a few clouds bubble up later on this afternoon, but temperatures really comfortable away from the coast. we're going into the mid and upper sixties later on today, but over the weekend showers do return to the forecast. we'll talk about that coming up in about eight minutes ready, kumasi. thank you this morning. i'm major cash infusion to save another bay area based bank from collapse some of america's largest banks providing funding to save first republic bank to this comes as we're learning. some bank executives may have sold off their stock in recent months. yes reggie said. the group of 11

banks are coming together to create a $30 billion rescue package to save san francisco based first republic bank. the group says, quote this action by america's largest banks reflects their confidence in first republic and banks of all sizes . it comes amid persisting worried following the collapse of silicon valley bank. because of the panic that people felt what silicon valley bank they have also sparked another panic with fresh republic bank. i don't think there's a big risk that there's a domino effect er in the last 48 hours. republic first republics credit rating was downgraded into junk territory and its stock plunged . the wall street journal reports. executives at the bank sold nearly $12 million in stock in the two months leading up to the crash. the bank has not commented about the sales. meanwhile senator ted cruz, who is the top republican on the senate commerce committee, has launched an oversight investigation to what happened with silicon valley bank kumasi

. thank you job in a group in san francisco is set to defy federal law. so in an effort to save people from drug overdoses. the group of cities, supervisors and nonprofit directors are working to establish three safe consumption sites by the end of this year.orcime safe . itlare tr pfessionalsion sff have helpd to reverse more than 700 overdoses also connected more than 2200 people to treatment, the executive director says get in the city on board has been key. so i think part of him came like oh, let's watch this explosion and there was nothing and then they appreciated that they wanted tours. um and then they felt good about supporting us. and then they slowly had to acknowledge the fact that it was less work for them on the street. safe consumption sites are illegal under federal law that the biden ministrations has not moved to stop on point. n. y. c from operating abc seven

news reporter, tara campbell traveled to north america's first ever safe injection site in vancouver, canada, and made a documentary about how it works. you can watch injecting hope right now on demand on our abc seven barrier app wherever in california today, governor newsom heads to san quentin, where he's expected to reveal more details about his plan to transform that maximum security facility in marin county. the prison will soon be called san quentin rehabilitation center, abc seven news reporter jr stone has the reason for the major change and the debate that's already coming with that same quentin state prison will be renamed san quentin rehabilitation center with additional education, training and rehab for prisoners. it will be modeled after scandinavian ideas when you're there, the goal is to ensure you do not come back and right now what we have is not working with scandal. navy and ideas used in countries like norway allow for couches. kitchens and more

freedoms than most american prisons, and some are outraged over that he seems to have completely forgotten the victims . i mean, i think this is a front to the victims because we're saying at least there is still an element of accountability and punishment that should happen in state prison before you get your chance to earn your way out. jordan's alliance for safety and justice disagrees with that. he fully supports the governor, saying those behind bars need more help so they don't end up back committing crimes. this isn't um, shortening sentences. this isn't a get out of jail free card. this is hey, what do you need to be successful? let's give you that so you can get out and do what you need to do to take care of yourself and your family. other locations in pennsylvania, north dakota and oregon have implemented pilot programs, although on a much smaller scale compared to san quentin, this is something think he should be implementing when people are at the tail end of their sentence, or they've

earned their way out to parole. they're going to be coming back out to society. yet he wants to implement it with some of the worst of the worst. we know what san quentin houses. but jordan's who served seven plus years for robbery, says people can change if they have the tools and hel needed. he believes this new program at san quentin is a step towards that. i got out 11 years ago, and if it wasn't for programs like the governor's office is going to implement. um i probably wouldn't be here today. um you know, i was able to take advantage of my later years of incarceration of programming. i was able to get a trade jr stone, abc seven news huge, affordable housing project is being built right next to san quentin, the new 250 unit building will go for francis drake boulevard and open space next to next to drake's cove road. state officials say that and residents held a public hearing last night over the oakland hill apartments. more than half the units will go to

marine educators in school staff . the site is a part of the countycurd onheatf more , and governor newsom has unvle by 15% in 2025. the proposal includes 1200 new, tiny homes throughout the state and san jose is going to get 200. of those. the rest will be distributed in los angeles, sacramento and san diego. we need to focus with more energy and precision on addressing and cabinets. there's no humanity in that. governor newsom expects a tiny holes will be up and running by the fall. they're currently at least 160,000 on housed people in california. people are healdsburg are getting ready to get into the st patrick's day spirit. early this morning. the annual parade kicks off at seven. these are photos from last year, the parade heads down healdsburg avenue from sanderson, ford supplies a park and back. after the parade will be live celtic music and irish

dancers that goes from 10 30 to 2 30 at plaza park. and they'll have great weather for any activities outside later on today, we're going to have another dry day with some sunshine out there this morning. here's a live look. this exploratorium camera bit of fog upstairs, but it will burn off pretty quickly this morning. winds are light, if not calm acrosseven alo with salle this rninhaveth coast. wih satellite showing you they're moving in our direction. and what have partly cloudy skies later on this afternoon, but on all we should see a fair amount of sunshine once again. here's future, whether by eight a.m. we're slowly climbing out of the thirties into the forties. by lunchtime, we'll find those clouds moving into temperatures quite comfortable in the mid fifties to low sixties and later on today, away from the coast. we'll go into the mid and upper sixties a bit above average for this time of the year. so partly cloudy it's mild 65 in oakland, 62 for san francisco. what about

67 in san jose 66 in santa rosa fairfield up to a mild 68 degrees now looking at the three day forecast? we are dry today tomorrow to start out the weekend. we are much cloudier, but we'll stay mild with temperatures in the sixties but by sunday showers come back. it is a pretty wet morning. it's a level one. a light storm on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale will show you that coming up with our by our and future weather and show you a stronger storm early next week. we'll have that about eight minutes plus checking with nobita traffic this morning. thank you drew. good morning, everyone. so we have a much better it can be for you today. i'm happy to report we are going to start in san jose, where we're following a car fire at the moment, no slowdown in this area, but we'll keep an eye on it from north bend 8 80 at montague expressway. live cameras right now taking you to emeryville showing you 80 of those headlights. traveling westbound . no delays to report the only advisory we have coming in this morning is a wind advisory for the dumbarton bridge in san jose

. a live picture here showing you 87 where it is very light this morning and we'll wrap up with our dry times. tracy to dublin around 35 minutes, so minor slow down there. any doctor conquered? 13 santa fell to san francisco 15 reggie. thank you for being a still had this morning and abc news exclusive with the san francisco based company chat gpt the potential for a major pitfalls and dangerous effec. 'r thennerm eeles bydwettingasan in e good ns ming from en stinwintertorms coming up look at the stat ofouk outside right now. at 5 10, we'll be right back. nature's own is never made with any artificial flavors or preservatives. david diving it's scary soup. what did you think so every meal ends happily ever after. i'm karen. i'm

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during the service disruption. residents may not have power, but they have community pulled together to say, let's thank our first responders, and let's also use the food that we don't want to go to waste, commerce, gw catering and downtown restaurant , the post hosted a free cookout event, the mayor said 70 to 75% of los altos lost power from tuesday's storm. so we've managed, but i'm getting tired of it. and you know, not having a stove not having heat not having you get used to these things. you don't realize until you don't have them. several residents are now going on more than 48 hours without power. in one neighborhood, a woman and her family packed up the car to stay somewhere else for the ni we coill , an sanchez andetheir nghbor hr and let them connect using extension court's powers up the refrigerator, and that's the most morton thing, and they had coolers just in case there 40

years of being in this house power has never been shut off for this long. i cannot remember. a day. and we've been here since 86 power did return to some areas like downtown los altos in other areas without power. stoplights had signs and reminders for drivers to be alert. we went out for dinner. my dad and i and we want drop back there was like halloween three times everything was so black is projecting power will be restored to this los altos neighborhood on saturday. of course, residents are hoping it returns much sooner than that. reporting in los altos lauren martinez, abc seven news evacuates amparo won't be able to return home for at least another week, officials say. that could be pushed back even more, despite the floodwaters receding, the monterey county sheriff's office says it all depends on contaminated silt, mud and standing floodwater. they say that is still possibly a threat to safety. there's also

concern about possible structural damage to buildings. evacuates continue to wait to get home. some are having a tough time with the emergency shelters are full capacity and then they don't allow pets and we have a few of those. local organizations have been helping evacuate by handing out clothing , food and everyday supplies, according to our media partners at mercury news, santa cruz and monterey county officials have set up hundreds of beds and emergency shelters since that levee broke emergency water use restrictions have been lifted in santa rosa city, officials say, with 33 inches of rainfall since october, 1st they are officially calling it into the ongoing drop emergency and the request to reduce water use by 20% santa rosa gets most of its water from lake sonoma reservoir last fall. water levels are the lowest in history. and now the reservoir is essentially full with the high level releases are underway on the dam spillway to make room for more rainfall, which is expected next week. we now have

about four years of water supply in place. so great news. i think most people are feeling that the drought is over. um i know everybody will be so thankful to have those water restrictions over with. despite the abundant water supply, officials are still urging residents to use water wisely been having fire season probably seems a long way off. cal fire says they are still getting prepared now. so check out this new tool they have. it's called a territory, but you probably just known as a flamethrower, and that exactly what it is. this is how they fight fire with fire. they use this to light prescribed burns and backfires to deliberately burned down brush in a way that they can control. the torch can shoot flames. 50 ft, which is, of course, safer for firefighters so they can stand back. in a national park is reopening tomorrow. it's been closed since february 25th because of the storms that

brought heavy rains, snow and rock slides and road closures. there's going to be minimal public access starting on saturday. if you need another visual cue and to how much snow the sierra has received. well here you have it. the snow is now as high as the top of some ski lifts at bear valley ski resort south of kirkwood and alpine county. that lift is 35 ft in the air. bear valley has seen about 616 inches of snow this season, which which is hard to comprehend. u c. berkeley central sierra snow lab and soda springs, which it's the longest name of anything that's ever been created. it's just three inches from the second snowiest winter there ever. i guess what they're predicted to have even more snow this weekend. mhm wow , incredible. it is incredible picture tells the whole story. it really does. april 1st is typically when our snowpack peaks and it looks like at that

point, we'll have double the normal amount of snow in the sierra. it's just incredible. the winter we have had effect this southern third of the sierra has so much no, in fact that they've never seen this amount in recorded history. we are going to get more snow in the sierra this weekend. and more rain here locally, let's go outside. here's a live look. this is our east bay hills cameras and patchy fog out there this morning and we'll find partly cloudy skies later on today and really comfortable temperatures going back into the sixties away from the coast. here's live doppler seven. we are dry temperatures, not as cold as we were yesterday morning, but still it is chilly thirties and forties. as you begin your friday morning. today we'll have a little bit of cloud cover moving in. we'll call it partly cloudy later on states mild 65 in oakland, 62 in the city up to 67 in san jose 66 in napa 68 fairfield tonight we do expect mainly clear skies can have a little bit of patchy fog along the coast. but temperatures very similar to where we are right now in the upper thirties to upper forties. let's plan your weekend saturday

morning. we'll start out with a lot of sunshine. clouds will build back in so we'll finish the day on a mostly cloudy note, but saturday is totally dry. sunday is a different story. a level one storm moves in here, and it begins light and nature early sunday morning, and then we'll see some pockets of moderate rain as we go throughout the morning on sunday , even by eight a.m. we're still tracking some showers and some scattered showers do continue. for the afternoon as well looking at rainfall estimates for sunday, probably up to three quarters of an inch of rain is passable. i think most of us will see drops even in the south bay to finish out the weekend. then we look towards early next week. future weather a stronger storm moves in here on tuesday, right now it looks like the worst rain and wind is just to our south. along the coast of monterey and santa barbara will keep our eyes on that. here's the active weather. 70 forecast rain on sunday spring arrives here on monday with showers. there's that level two or wet and windy on tuesday. some scattered showers on wednesday and will dry out on thursday but

again another active pattern early next week, guys drew thank you coming up the seven things to know this morning growing concern in frustration from salmon fishers after the fishing season was abruptly canceled. many say this is the second hit they're taking this year. right now. this live look outside where it is not raining. for now it's 5 20. get the bay area's number one news and america's number one news all in one place , abc seven news is now on hulu is america's most trusted news. abc news live all day all night . abc news live on julia shop everyday, low prices on a huge selection of home furnishings, living spaces find over 200 living rooms with sofa starting at 3 95 over 100 bedrooms with queen bets, starting at 1 50 over 100 dining rooms with dining sets, starting at two. 50 also discovered clearance deals up to 60% off, plus special financing for 60 months on any purchase with your good credit

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after tuesday's storm. most of the outages that remain are in santa clara county. and number five. we have sunshine today. mild temperatures, but showers do return for the back half of the weekend sunday to level one light storm on the storm impact scale number six for the most part ner commute is looking great bringing you this live picture from the san mateo bridge where everything is moving at the limit. number seven. it is st patrick's day. san francisco city hall is going to be lit up green tonight to celebrate. in this morning. there's a parade in heels berg that starts at seven a.m. it was a really fun night in east palo alto, teaching young boys and girls more about coding right in their community. they got to experience an interactive stem event last night, thanks to the street code academy nonprofit. there was virtual reality coding workshops and a i technology through games and some fun activities. organizers say they want to make sure more kids of color are involved with stem careers early on. in today's g may 1st look, abc news has an exclusive interview with the man behind the san francisco based

company that created chat gpt. this latest version can write essays take tests and even suggests recipes for dinner. here's abc news reporter rebecca jarvis in this morning's gm a first look at abc news exclusive. chatbot revolution gm a getting exclusive access to open a i company behind the popular chat. bot chat gpt, recently unveiling their newest version called gpt four technology that can answer complex questions in seconds. the ceo sam altman is just 37. you're a little bit scared a little bit personally, if i said i were not, you should either not trust me or be very unhappy. i'm in this job. gpt four can write essays and speeches, offer logical reasoning and analyzed pictures, and it can even take tests outperforming most humans. scoring 700 on the s a t math exam, and we'll have much more of this. abc news exclusive coming up at seven am with your

gm a first look, i'm rebecca jarvis. abc news san francisco the legislation allowing printed receipts only if the consumer requests is gaining traction coming up. we're going to hear from supporters and critics of the bill and thousands of student beds are being added to u. c schools. the goal is the east housing issues, but some say it's not realistic. we are taking a live look right outside right now at sfo. it's 5 25. we'll be right back. in every moment, there's an opportunity. the numbers truly don't lie to find a path forward to move ahead to build something better. issues of race and social justice are a key part of building a better bay area, abc seven amendment to meet those moments council is meeting right now, with tough questions. worse now, solutions. we will all be okay for you for all of us. where did you learn to do what you do. this is the moment to build a better area. join us.

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better bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc seven news. at 5 30 hazardous tree is still standing in burlingame are now coming down the crews working to clear potential safety risk ahead of our next storm. international group of scientists say they may have found evidence the origin of covid could have come from an infected animal plus when you're there. the goal is to ensure you do not come back and right now what we have is not working seems to have completely forgotten the victims. we're hearing mixed opinions about governor newsom's proposal to totally overhaul the inmate experience at san quentin prison , redirecting the focus to rehabilitation. good morning. welcome to friday, march 17th the check of our forecast withdrew. hi drew. good morning . we have a very lovely day in store today. a lot of sunshine on the way and dry conditions will take you to live doppler

seven this morning showing you the active sweep and we're coming up dry the next 24 hours . once again, it's a little bit warmer in most spots compared to this time yesterday. it's just enough. that we don't have any frost advisories in effect this morning but still chilly out there were in the thirties and our coldest spots, but oakland not too bad and you're 50 this morning at 48 in san francisco, 45 in san jose weekend to 41 in naba layer to this morning needed but again later on today will have mild condition. the live looking exploratorium camera some patchy fog out there this morning. mostly sunny later on this morning, a few clouds bubble up this afternoon called partly cloudy. look at those numbers away from the coast. we are going into the sixties, looking ahead to the weekend. we start out dry, but showers do return for the second half of talk much more about that coming up in just a few minutes. ready kamasi. thank you drew happening today. governor newsom is set to visit marin county. well, he'll be revealing more details about his plan to transform san quentin state prison into a rehabilitation center, abc seven

news reporter gloria rodriguez here with the plan and why it's already getting mixed reaction. gloria good morning kumasi. san quentin has been home to the largest death row population. nation in the united states. soon it'll turn into a prison where less dangerous inmates can get education, training and rehabilitation. san quentin state prison in marin county will be renamed san quinn rehabilitation center. there's a focus on preparing people to return to society. governor gavin newsom's office has cited norway's approach to incarceration as a model. in maximum security. norwegian prisons inmates have access to tvs, additional furniture, the kitchen activities like basketball, and they have more freedoms than in most american prisons. the nation also has a low rate of inmates who re offend some support the governor's plans and it'll keep inmates from going back to prison. but some victims right advocates are outraged. he seems

to have completely forgotten the victims. i mean, i think this is a front to the victims because we're saying at least there is still an element of accountability and punishment that should happen in state prison before you get your chance to earn your way out. um shortening sentences. this isn't a get out of jail free card. this is hey, what do you need to be successful? let's give you that so you can get out and do what you need to do to take care of yourself and your family. other locations in pennsylvania , north dakota in oregon have implemented pilot programs, although on a much smaller scale compared to san quentin, which has housed high profile criminals like cult leader charles manson. the governor's office says that the inmates serving death sentences at san quentin will be moved somewhere else in the california penitentiary system. newsom is out of allocating $20 million to launch the plan, and he's expected to share more about that plan. today, reggie gloria . thank you. pg and e is still working to restore thousands of

power outages this morning areas in santa clara county got hit the hardest in this week's storm . pg needs is a total of 140,000 customers were left in the dark . the company admits they face tough weather conditions. there were some errors that we couldn't access because of safety issues and at one point because we did see wind gusts that exceeded 90 mph. our crews had to stand down because it wasn't safe for them to get work done. falling trees brought down power lines. on top of that mud slides and flooding damage underground facilities says they're working with engineers and local governments to invest in better infrastructure. trees that some burlingame neighbors say have been a hazard for a long time could soon be removed . eucalyptus trees that came down in this week's storm caused extensive damage to homes and vehicles on el camino real yesterday, caltrans was there, along with an arborist, the arborist tag, some of the trees that are still standing, recommending baby torn down. some neighbors say they have previously asked the city caltrans to remove the trees

from that stretch. it's a preventable accident. i think you know the lack of care and maintenance of yeah, he's extremely tall. you know?ltransu know. had they done what they should have done for years and years and years, this might not have happened. the mayor of burlingame says plans have been in the works with caltrans for the past five years to replace the eucalyptus trees and improve the stretch of el camino. real abc haven't reached out to caltrans, but we haven't heard back. we watched people debate back and forth since 2020 on the origin of covid 19, and now there's been presented some of the strongest evidence yet of where it's come from venus at the live just with more on this. thank you, kumasi. we've heard people suggest that covid came from a lab leak or even bats. but now an international team of virus experts have found data linking the disease to raccoon dogs. those are small animals.

bound in asia that are most commonly associated with fox's. the experts believe the raccoon dogs being illegally sold at a market in wuhan, china, could have been carrying or possibly shedding the virus. as the end of 2019 genetic data was drawn from swabs taken from in and around the market. starting in january, 2020 shortly after chinese authorities had it shut down because of suspicions that it was linked to the outbreak of what was at the time. a new virus. a report with the full details of the international research team's findings has not yet been released. their analysis was first reported by the atlantic. reggie. thank you for being leaders and business owners are looking ahead at what a world without receipts, at least in california, it would look like assembly member phil ting recently reintroduced a bill called skip the slip. how can we forget? he was wearing a what do we call that? what did you call it? it's like a scarf out of receipts. okay would mean

there's no printed receipt unless you spefill ask for one, while receipts cause a lot of waste that can make keeping track of a purchase easier for small businesses. no receipt often means no returns or exchanges. it could also be a burden for businesses that have to get a new computer system. when i buy something, i bought it for a reason and i don't intend on returning it unless it's defective. i certainly don't know that something is going to be defective. before i bought it. i think you're going to need some grant system for businesses who cannot afford to do it. they just email it to a lot of times now that that seems like a viable solution. the assembly member tried to pass this legislation three years ago. he believes he has a better chance of success this time because many of us now use less cash. university of california has approved a plan to add 8000 beds at five campuses, but it could be some time before we see more in berkeley campuses that are getting new bids include u c.

santa cruz u c san diego, uc riverside, you see l a and u c. irvine here in the bay area. only 23% of undergraduate students at uc berkeley even get offered housing, and that's the lowest in the entire u. c system . we spoke with the sophomore who pays 700 a month in rent that's with roommates for people. four people. yes. and yeah, they're super tiny rooms, but it works out for like what's available of ucs campuses are facing a housing crisis. okay? to be clear. she plays 1700 month in rent with roommates. that's tough. yeah. the california environmental quality act has been one of the biggest challenges for uc campuses and basically allows anyone to stop a project. you see berkley was working on a plan to build housing for 1100 students and some for the homeless at people's park. but last august,

you remember, protesters were successful and halting the start of construction this morning. we're hearing from fishers impacted by a recent decision to cancel this year's commercial salmon fishing season in california. the state made the decision this week, saying there just isn't enough salmon due to drought conditions. the last few years, officials say they depend on the season and this is a huge financial hit for them. we have crews that are depending on us. we obviously have families to feed, so i'm not exactly sure what i'm gonna do yet this summer never been easy, but it's really gonna push a lot of guys to the point where well, how are you going to make your income? some fishers we spoke with say they'll have to harvest other kinds of fish like a black cod or halibut to bring in money, but it still won't make up for the salmon loss. hey ballet performance from a different angle. look at the unique experience celebrating api performers in oakland. have a live report from healdsburg, where the st patty's day parade will soon get underway. but first i'll check on the weather

withdrew who's on the roof? hey good morning, and we're starting out a little bit chilly thirties and forties for temperature has been a fog upstairs, but we're on our way to another mostly sunny day. this is a live look from the tower showing you the city. we do have that patchy fog out there. the marine layer is very thin right now, so it'll burn off. pretty fast this morning. here's live doppler seven along with satellite across california. it is very quiet to finish out the week you see a bit of cloud cover off the coast on satellite that will move in here in the afternoon, and at some clouds tour sky. we'll call it partly cloudy later on today. let's go our by our plan your day. here's future weather by nine a.m. we have temperatures. climbing through the forties by noon. it's pretty nice to grab lunch outside will be in the upper fifties to mid sixties with mostly sunny conditions and later on away from the coast will go into the middle, not upper sixties later on today, so for saint patrick's day, it's partly cloudy. it's mild, 67 conquered 65 in oakland , 62 in the city, 66 in santa

rosa up to 67 in san jose. looking at the next three days, including the weekend tomorrow will have additional cloud cover . we're still mild and we're still dry, but things do change on sunday. it's a pretty wet morning on sunday was shower scattered in the afternoon as well. right now, the level one light storm on the storm impact scale will go hour by hour. show you that storm coming up in about eight minutes. let's check in with your bina and the community a lot better than yesterday. gemina yes, drew. i am happy to report some good news for this friday that for the most part things are clear. we are going to look at some closures, though due to weather from earlier this week that is still impacting us on the peninsula, so westbound 84 between portola road and fox hill road is still shut down, as well as 84 at la honda creek. so heads up to you if you moved through that area, but i'm sure if you live that way, you already know live. look at the richmond san rafael bridge. nice and clear. there we have a wind advisory for the dumbarton bridge this morning in oakland, showing you our 80th the colosseum camera for your

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you like to check out the sculpture, it's located at the gateway at millbrae station, a transit oriented commercial and residential development. a new ballet celebrating api choreographers and dancers has made its debut in oakland. it's called the dancing moons festival, the oakland ballet company held a final dress rehearsal before their first show last night, and abc seven news was invited to watch. we've put our dance floor down in the middle. when do you get to see ballet? 3 60. you can see every seat in the house is fantastic. every seat is going to give you a different view. it's very intimate. it's very personal and an entirely new way of seeing the audience is actually in the footlights. woven into the piece. okay. i like this. so they had the first performance last night. you can catch the show tonight. they have two performances tomorrow at the oakland asian cultural center, and there'll be performances in san francisco next month. details and tickets available at oakland ballet .org. sanford

cisco city hall is going to be lit up green tonight in celebration of st patrick's day. this is video from last weekend when it was lit up for the st patrick's day parade. in the north bay. the st patrick's day fun it's getting started early downtown healdsburg is hosting a parade and a celebration that starts at seven in the morning, abc seven news reporter lena howland live in the parade route where people are already in place. they are ready, lena. already and happy st patty's day to you. we are live in downtown healdsburg right now, where preparations are well underway for their annual st patrick's day parade. and right now i'm joined by ted calvert and ted is actually the grand marshal of the parade. so the expert here in healdsburg i wanted to bring ted in to tell us a little bit about this parade and why we're having a parade at seven o'clock in the morning because st patty's day the bars used to be

open early to get that green beer and to south celebrating st patrick's day, so there's started drifting out into the sidewalk out into the street and one time they said, well, let's just walk down the street and have a little parade, and that's how it evolved. that is pretty incredible and how i realized this has been going on for decades now. right around sunrise. how long has it been going on for a few a few decades? yes definitely definitely. but it's just so much fun and a smaller town usa . so healdsburg and i know earlier you were telling me how this is kind of the longest short parade or what would you call it the longest shortest parade. in america. yeah i certainly would. and there's a lot of fun. people dress up just like halloween in a way, and they have a great time and the hoop in the holler and hillsborough hotel over here. sometimes they get woken up the residents, but it's all in fun.

good fun. all all in good fun. what do you think? what would you like other people in surrounding communities like our friends in san francisco watching this? what do you want them to know about what's happening here in healdsburg right now? yes that this is part of the culture. this is part of the tradition, which we must keep and take in the past and bring it into the future. you have to hand to your culture, and this is just so he was berg right next to the one acre plaza that we have, and it's just a wonderful, wonderful time and i recommend all of small communities have something like this. where you can latch on to the whole community can show up. and have fun. amazing that's what we love to hear. and real quick. tell me a little bit about some of our friends here and we've got a couple of gators that are very well decorated for this parade. tell us about the fact some of the polaris vehicles they look like from dollar store. but but there's so

much fun marks from the community is in charge of the community. directions and this plaza right here. what's happening to this event and mayor? the mayor is here and you'll be hearing from the mayor also, so it's just wonderful that people all were up their sleeves and just join in. and how does one actually become the grand marshal of a parade? so incredible? like this? my gosh. well, i'm an author and local historian. i've interviewed many , many people in healdsburg ranchers, business people, and it's just been wonderful, wonderful journey. i've been here for 43 years. i've been good to it, and it has been good to me. good. amazing ted. well, thank you so much for giving us a quick rundown of this parade. we're so excited to see it gets started right around seven o'clock this morning here in downtown healdsburg coming up in the next half hour. we're going to hear from the mayor of healdsburg, who is already here

as well. getting ready for this parade. so for now, reporting live in healdsburg, howland, abc seven news. love that interview. but honestly, we kept looking at this man over here to the right and we want to know what is this outfit? is that a speed house? what is what is going on with? i believe it is a speedo with the irish flag on it. and that's all. has given us a show. do you have any thoughts on kevin bell? well caroline, his lady friend, you know, she keeps taking pictures. i don't know where she is taking pictures out. yeah okay. alright well, you heard it here. first back to you. i did ask you, lena , and we got the answers. that's it the morning to you. okay. all right. well, we'll around the

air. we're on the air drew. did you see? did you see all of that up there from the roof? okay so my grandpa was 100% irish and i got dragged to a lot of these parades. it's very on brand. okay we start before the sun gets out. okay it is a marathon. it's not a sprint. okay um, and there are a lot of festive costumes and that's not the first time i've seen the irish flag, honest speedo that someone has worn to a saint patty's day festivity. i'll say that i just didn't expect that to be clapping. it was the flex the flex in the clapping of the cheeks, shall we say? anybody's celebrate st patrick's day. yeah first for everything did we ever think on this morning show we would have someone in a speedo. flexing like that. i don't think we did. that honey, making it

clap if you've got it, flaunt it, so alright. let's go. was amazing. lena just know that was the best live shot. you'll never exceed that. let's go show you are tam kam. we have some fog out there. live doppler seven. we had the sweep. we are dry and we expect a lot of sunshine later on today. perfect if you do have any festivities that are celebrating for saint patrick's day temperatures in the thirties and forties, not 50 degrees in oakland, so it's a bit warmer this morning that it was this time yesterday later on today. it is partly cloudy. it is mild temperatures in the sixties later on tonight, we have mainly clear skies and temperatures again in the thirties and forties. let's plan your weekend future whether we start out saturday with sunny skies, clouds build back in pretty quickly, but saturday is a dry day. it's sunday. there you can see the showers. first thing in the morning lingering through much of sunday morning itself, and as we head into the afternoon will likely keep those

showers scattered in nature. so here's the actual weather 70 forecast dry today tomorrow showers on sunday even for monday as spring arrives and say hello to a new season and then tuesday were watching that day that looks to be a stronger storm. level two on the storm impact scale. reggie kamasi still recovering. thank you, jerome at six. what is controversy? the editing mistake on jeopardy that may die hard fans pretty upset integrating facial recognition into everyday life. it's happening in more public places, raising security and privacy concerns. and a very fortunate issue with uber eats. we're going to hear from one neighborhood. they say they're being delivered free, fast food meals very often. that slide for those of you at home waiting to watch ryan bite into that won't happen. in a wadding ham today at nine only on abc seven sleep, got you all jumbled up. during mattress firm's big spring sale , get a king bed for the price of a queen and save up to $700

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are pretty frustrated as dozens of uber eats deliveries from fast food chains have been showing up at their doors for the past three weeks, and they say it may seem funny, but it is not anything to laugh about when the meals start to pile up. probably received 30 meals, maybe around like 10, probably about 30 to 40. we can probably got about 40 bags of food. what i understand. but keep it quiet . bless me, indeed. okay honey should bless me in that way, because the way i'm hungry all the time anyway, one man says he's been eating so many mcdonald's chicken sandwiches that it's enough to hunt his dreams. come on, all right. okay? a lot of his neighbors say they can't even eat the food that is being mysteriously delivered because they're vegetarian. and they all have different theories about who is sending them all the food. we thought it was a credit card fraud. the marketing campaign rich kids on tiktok, who were trying to have some commentary on millennials. what those are

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