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benefit anytime soon and a late start now. this another disappointment for crab fishermen who those and those who enjoy local dungeness crab. abc seven news at six starts right now. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> it'll be a once in a lifetime event for many people. we are on eclipse. watch with what you need to know to make the most of tomorrow's solar show. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm dionne lim. for millions of americans in 13 states, there will be a total eclipse tomorrow. here is a look at the path. there's a lot of excitement for the celestial show. even here in the bay area, where will only see a partial eclipse. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard has information for us on how to watch and where . >> super festive atmosphere in junction, texas, where physicist doctor desiree whitmore from san
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francisco's explorator museum is getting ready to watch the sun vanish. >> this is my very first total solar eclipse, and i'm kind of losing my mind a little bit because i just can't. i have a lot of energy. >> doctor whitmore and her staff will broadcast live from texas on the exploratorium's website and youtube channel during the eclipse, starting at 10:45 a.m. pacific time, texas, one of 13 states which will experience totality about four minutes of darkness. >> i just can't wait. it's going to get dark and cold and the light's going to be weird, and i'm just going to be surrounded by amazing humans that are just as curious as i am. >> exploratorium visitors can watch the eclipse broadcast from texas and mexico. although the bay area will see only a partial eclipse. you'll need safety glasses and not. eyewear is going fast at the exploratorium store. how many eclipse glasses have you sold? do you know? >> yeah, we've been selling for weeks now, about 100 a day. we're down to our like very last
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stock, samantha says. >> make sure the glasses you buy are legit and have the iso certified seal. >> if you don't have safety glasses, i would say you can do things like observe shadows. so you can punch holes in cards. you can use a colander or like a slotted spoon. >> in the north bay, experts are recommending some wide open spaces for ideal eclipse viewing, like lagoon park here in san rafael, unobstructed views that look out towards the marsh and marin county parks. ranger ian mcclurg says the spot near the civic center is accessible by smart train and bus. >> i'm excited. i, you know, i think it's a unique opportunity to get outside and to see something different, see natural phenomenon. >> carla kvamme says she wouldn't miss it. >> absolutely. i plan to see it. yes. i think it's really going to be an exciting event. >> happy viewing. cornell bernard abc seven news. >> only happy viewing if the weather is good and we can
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actually see it. >> well, i'm happy about the way the weather is shaping up, so let's take a look. and as you know, we'll be outside the path of totality. nonetheless, we are going to have his forecast animation clear skies all day, sunny skies. so the viewing conditions here in the bay area will be terrific. and of course the eclipse will last from about 1014 local time to about 1216. now once again, we're outside the path of totality, which, as you can see, runs from texas up through the mississippi valley, into the great lakes and into new england. but we will see about a 34% eclipse of the sun here in the bay area, and our view will not be obscured by clouds. so that's the good news. and, you know, maybe a little bit late now to travel. but if you do want to see totality, you're going to have to go far to our east over to at least around kentucky or so to get a really good view at least we have good weather that we do have great all we can ask for. >> all right, spencer, thank you. okay, now for a list of eclipse events, including viewing parties and how to make
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your own eclipse glasses at home, head to our website abc seven news.com. you'll see a link there at our home page. and if you can't watch the eclipse in person, abc seven bay area is your home for complete coverage. we'll bring you the excitement from across the country starting at 11 a.m. on monday. quite a sight. overnight traffic on the bay bridge came to a halt. a sideshow took over westbound i-80 before treasure island. at about 3 a.m. crowds gathered and watched, some even setting off fireworks. witnesses say the activity lasted about 20 minutes in the east bay, a nine year old girl is dead after a single car crash in concord, and now the search is on for the driver. the suv was heading north on i 680 at about five this morning when it veered off the road and flipped over several times, chp says several passengers weren't wearing seat belts and were thrown from the car. the nine year old died on the scene. four other women are being treated for major injuries. investigators say a 30 year old man who was driving ran away to
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the south bay, where the sheriff's office is investigating the death of a man inside a santa clara county jail cell. deputies say they found the 27 year old unresponsive just after 4 a.m. cpr was administered until medics arrived. the inmate was originally booked on the suspicion of armed robbery and burglary back in october. the sheriff's office says he was alone in the jail cell at the time, and there was no evidence of foul play. today marks six months since the surprise attack by hamas in israel, which ushered in the war in gaza. this morning, thousands took to the streets in israel to demand the release of hostages taken that day and to protest their government's handling of the war. more than 33,000 palestinians have been killed in gaza, according to palestinian officials. thousands more have been displaced and the u.n. is warning of famine in the region. getting aid in there has been tough as well. where this past monday, seven staffers from the world central kitchen were killed after the israeli
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military fired on its aid convoy. >> these doesn't seem a war against terror. this doesn't seem any more a war about defending israel. this really, at this point, seems it's a war against humanity itself. >> truce talks between hamas and israel are expected to take place in cairo this week. today, jewish people in the bay area marked six months of war, calling it an unimaginable milestone. a group gathered for a vigil at the el curtola overpass on highway 24 in lafayette. they say their sole focus is ensuring all hostages being held by hamas are not forgotten. one woman at the vigil says her brother in law is one of those hostages. >> i think about myself if i was in gaza, if i was in some kind of an underground tunnel, i think the only thing that would give me hope is to know that my family outside is fighting for me, fighting to bring me home. and so i'm doing the same thing. >> the group is praying that hostages will be able to
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celebrate passover with their families. the jewish holiday starts on april 22nd. one of california's most famous highways is crumbling away. an update on the work caltrans has done over the past week on a slipping stretch of highway one near big sur and in east bay city, pastor rent stabilization ordinance tenants rallied today, demanding to k
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transforming lives. together. join us. on hold. city council passed it on march 5th, and it would cap rent increases at 3% annually. but the ordinance was suddenly suspended after the city clerk received a referendum petition challenging it. >> unfortunately, that has been put on hold by real estate interest groups. wealthy real estate interest groups and rents keep going up. salaries don't go up. people are struggling to buy food medicine. >> petitioners now must collect 7200 signatures to allow the referendum to move forward. the concord city council will then have the choice of repealing the
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ordinance, or placing it on the november ballot, to let the voters decide. it's been one week since part of highway one between carmel and big sur collapsed, stranding drivers and locals. convoys through the area resumed yesterday for residents and essential workers. caltrans crews are still trying to stabilize what's left of the road. caltrans says over the past week, crews paved over a ditch and part of the dirt shoulder on the northbound lane to gain extra room in the travel lane. the big sur chamber of commerce says businesses there are losing an estimated $1 million every day. the road is closed and right now a stretch of highway one in capitola is closed because of construction. overnight, caltrans crews demolished the capitola bridge overcrossing as part of a road improvement project. they've now been in cleanup mode. the portion of the highway which is a little more than a mile is closed until seven tonight. caltrans is telling people to take 101 to avoid the closure. another snag to this year's crab
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season that's ahead. also, why some south bay first responders will be involved tomorrow in an effort to bring back net neutrality rules. and taking a live look outside, just a few clouds and an otherwise blue sky kind of evening, spencer will let us know about the warm up that we'll see later on this week. >> coming up in sports, the warriors hit the final week of the regular season and good news ahead of tipoff. and he's a giant addition. one of the newest giants matt chapman making some key
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the season closes tomorrow. it's a move to protect whales and help prevent them from getting tangled in crab gear. the closure means commercial crab fishing season lasted less than three months. it officially opened january 18th in the bay area after a number of delays to protect whales. crab season usually opens in mid-november. also happening tomorrow, the fcc will be in the bay area to talk about a possible comeback of net neutrality rules. those rules, which prohibit internet service providers from blocking or throttling internet traffic, were rescinded under former
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president trump tomorrow. the fcc chairwoman will host a roundtable discussion with the santa clara county fire department. she's expected to speak about the agency's upcoming vote to restore those rules and highlight their importance to public safety and first responders. the push for reparations for black californians is gaining traction, with lawmakers now considering a number of bills that would attempt to repair the harms of racism and anti-black policies. the state's black population is finding allyship in japanese americans who won redress after being locked up in concentration camps during world war two. >> let's start with that apology . uh- do you think that there is the political will here in the capitol to even get an apology passed? i think there is a will. >> i think we have a governor who understands the importance of apology now. and i hope our colleagues in the legislature, both in the assembly and the senate, will see the importance of that as well. if reparations in california stops there with
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the apology, what will it say to the people here in california? i'd say we're not serious. >> california's case for reparations looks at the amount of public support for reparations. and if there is the political win in sacramento to pass the legislation currently being considered, you can get the full picture when you screen the documentary. get the full picture by watching that documentary available right now on abc seven news.com. and wherever you happen to stream today. 100 teens from across the country graduated from the disney dreamers academy. they include three students from the bay area. you see them on your screen sophia h from san jose, yara a from sunnyvale, srujana v from pleasanton as well. these future doctors, lawyers, engineers and entrepreneurs spent four days at the walt disney resort in florida learning skills to develop and conquer their career dreams. among the programs mentors was shark tank star daymond john.
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>> i could stay on shark tank for 14 years and listen to barbara for 14 years, and kevin, because that's noise. i want to talk to those people right there. my little mo's bows of the world, my little michaela, and the b's all. you know, that's that's what i love. >> he's got to give a hard time to mister wonderful also. uh- also on hand, disney star dora rene from the upcoming descendants the rise of red, who served as the dream ambassador, wasn't a remarkable program. yeah it's great. well, hopefully we have exciting and great weather to come this week. >> we do, or i would not have shown up today. here's a look at what's going on dion. we'll start with our satellite radar composite image. now that looks like there may be some active weather coming. our way. no high pressure is going to be the controlling factor bringing us clear skies for the next several days. and right now it's also bringing us rather gusty winds. a surface wind speeds now up to almost 30mph in some spots. however despite the gusty wind, it is a bit warmer by several degrees than at this time yesterday across most of the bay
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area. here's a view from sutro tower looking out over san francisco 56 degrees here in the city we've got 60 at oakland and hayward, san jose 6256 at san mateo, 54 at half moon bay. blue sky and breezy conditions. also at the golden gate. other temperature readings right now 62 at santa rosa, petaluma. 5557 napa and low 60s at fairfield, concord and livermore. and now, as we look down from mount tam to on the bay and parts of san francisco, let's check out our forecast headlines tomorrow. solar eclipse day, clear skies, great viewing conditions as the skies will be bright and clear all day tuesday through thursday. we expect sunny and much warmer weather, but at the end of the week, there's going to be a sharply cooler weather pattern settling in. but until then, we'll see temperatures rising. now tonight, mainly clear skies with low temperatures generally in the low to mid 40s. a little chillier up north lakeport, santa rosa, ukiah. we'll see lows dipping into the 30s. let's talk about the solar eclipse tomorrow. now that path of totality is well to our east, running from texas up through the mid mississippi valley,
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eastern great lakes and up into new england. however, back here in california and more specifically in the bay area, we'll see about 34% uh- eclipse of the sun by the moon. so conditions will be great. sunny skies all day tomorrow. look for high temperatures of 65 here in san francisco, 69 at oakland and fremont, and low to mid 70s in our inland areas. and here is the accuweather seven day forecast. we've got some beautiful weather ahead tuesday, wednesday and thursday, especially wednesday and thursday. look at the warming high temperatures in the low 80s inland, upper 70s to near 80 around the bay shoreline and almost 70 degrees on the coast. but notice the sharp drop in temperatures on friday and saturday, not expecting rain. then but a sharp cool down and certainly a few clouds coming into the sky. >> abc seven sports is sponsored by your northern california honda dealers. >> after the good vibes of friday's home opening win, the giants were shut out last night by the padres, and today they sent their ace logan webb, to the hill looking for a series win. nothing better than a day
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at the ballpark. get him there, young. a top of the seventh. down two one. webb in the jam. two on, two out. wiget matt chapman. great play. fires across for the out. webb went seven innings two earned runs. bottom eight same score one out. runners on the corners for michael conforto. there's an out there but jorge soler breaks it up at second base. ball goes into the outfield. tyler tyler fitzgerald scores were tied in the game and the inning continues. next batter matt chapman, solid single to right. soler scores. giants take the lead, three two. top of the ninth. padres of the tying run at second. camille duvall strikes out the side for his first save of the year. giants win three two. blake snell makes his giants debut tomorrow night against washington rubber match between the a's and tigers in detroit. you got a rollie fingers fan in the stand. top of the second. zack gelof, who already had an rbi triple in his first at bat, next at bat, three run blast to left first of the season. he had four rbi in the game. five nothing. oakland in the eighth. a's are up six
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nothing. trying to keep the shutout, but riley green high and deep to right. lawrence butler. oh didn't make the play. so distraught he wanted that shut out. the a's still win seven one. they have an off day tomorrow. then it's a three game series at defending champion texas and bruce bochy the rangers on tuesday. the warriors got a win before tonight's game against utah with the rockets lost golden state clinch a spot in the play in tournament there. at least in that ten seat stephen curry is out tonight. andrew wiggins is out with an ankle jonathan kuminga will return and has played tonight. steph was just resting after four games or after tonight. four games left at the lakers and blazers. and then two final home games against new orleans. and again hosting utah next sunday. entering the night, they're the ten seed, two games back in sacramento for the ninth seed in the west. head coach steve kerr on the strategy during this final week. well i think we'll know more every single day, you know, we want to go out and win. you know, we just let's let's take care of business today and see where everything shakes out. but now we're a couple games back. no
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tiebreaker against sacramento. no lakers obviously two games ahead of us now. so that dallas game in my mind shifted things a lot. and put us in a much tougher spot in terms of trying to climb the ladder, so now it's a matter of, refocusing and figuring out what's the best path forward for our guys. >> saw it right here on abc seven, ncaa women's national championship. caitlin clark and iowa trying to end don staley in south carolina's perfect season. clark scored 11 straight points in the first quarter from steph range 18. in the quarter, a title game record finished with 30. south carolina never blink. raven johnson the steal and the score three point lead for them at the half, and south carolina led by as many as 14, thanks in part to tournament most outstanding player. camellia cardoza. double double 15 and 17 south carolina wins 8775. they're 38 and zero. perfect season clark coming up short in her college final game. their third national title and second and third season for south
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carolina, and head coach don staley. acknowledging clark's impact on the game. >> and i want to personally thank caitlin clark for lifting up our sport. her she carried it. >> she carried a heavy load for our sport and it just is not going to stop here. >> on the collegiate tour. but when she is the number one pick in the wnba draft, she's going to she's going to lift that league up as well. so caitlin clark, if you're out there, you are one of the goats of our games that we appreciate you. >> abc seven sports is sponsored by northern california honda. that is a really cool thing. from an opposing coach to call out the opposing player in one of the best in college women's history. just really, really cool to say that nothing but respect. >> and i think even for people who are not necessarily fans of women's basketball, have to respect the game that she's playing. >> i think she's definitely
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brought a new audience to the game. that's what you want, eyeballs. >> yeah, that includes me too. yeah. well, coming up, let us celebrate a california city known for its produce crop, salinas marked 150 years. this weekend, we'll f
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boeing adds one more investigations to its plate after passengers watched the cover on the plane engine just rip off mid-flight. plus, it is eclipse countdown. we're checking in with people from the bay area in the biggest eclipse destinations before the big rare solar event. well, finally. now, happy anniversary to the california city known as the salad bowl of the world, salinas is celebrating 150 years of its incorporation with special events this weekend. the city in monterey county was founded when the railroad was built to connect the valley to the rest of the state. and as far as the nickname, the salad bowl, i didn't know this. the salinas valley region produces about 70% of the lettuce grown in california. i know that either. yeah, the things we learn doing the show. yeah, right here in
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the bay area. dinnertime. yeah. yep. okay, well that's it for abc seven news
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