process for the actual panda to arrive in san francisco. >> but what the panda promise means for the city. good afternoon. i'm kristen sze and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. it's a story we've been following for months now. and just last night, mayor london breed announced the deal. at the end of her week long trip to china. >> the deal includes a pair of giant pandas, which will arrive sometime next year. we have team coverage this afternoon. let's begin with abc seven news reporter luz pena here. luz, what have you learned? >> well, it's been nearly 40 years since san francisco hosted two pandas that were here for three months. and that resulted in the highest attendance the zoo has ever had. soon that could happen again. it's official. pandas are coming to san francisco. what do you think about pandas coming to san francisco? >> good. >> are you excited? yeah, yeah. in accomplishment. over a decade in the making. that involved mayor london breed formally asking the chinese president on

the tarmac last november after san francisco hosted the apec summit. and panda experts from china checking the zoo this year. and now it's finally happening. >> san francisco is absolutely thrilled to be welcoming giant pandas to the san francisco zoo, the san francisco zoo will receive the giant pandas as part of china's panda diplomacy program. >> when the city hosted the pandas for a three month period in 1984 and 1985, the zoo had over 1 million visitors. >> we are so thrilled for the return of the giant panda after all these years to the san francisco zoo and gardens. as you know, the giant panda represents and symbolizes collaboration and also bridges divides between cultural differences. the latest estimates indicate there are less than 2200 giant pandas in the world today. >> the organization panda international said. san francisco's cool weather will be ideal for the pandas. they're going to need an enclosure. >> they can get, you know, out

of the elements. they're going to need a large yard, so they can walk around and have some space. they will need some enrichment, activities. >> the zoo's deputy director confirmed they've been gearing up for the pandas return. >> the renovation has to take place first before they can come. >> pandas in san francisco will come with a hefty price tag. before the pandemic, the estimated cost to build a new facility for the pandas at the zoo was estimated at $25 million. it's definitely worth the investment to bring san francisco zoo really on the map. >> as a global attraction. this is a really important investment for san francisco and an investment in our visitor economy, regardless of age. >> several san franciscans view giant pandas coming to the city as a win, good for the relationship between the countries and good for san francisco. are you excited to finally be able to see a panda in real life? yeah, yeah yeah and the mayor's visit to china is not only bringing the news of

the pandas, but also more tourism from china. the sf travel team said they are in talks with chinese airlines to increase flights between san francisco and china. love pena, abc seven news. >> all right, luis, thank you so much. abc seven news insider phil matier is joining us now. yeah. >> phil, this seems like a big win obviously for mayor london breed who could use a big win. >> it is. and it's part of the program. and her effort to try to get good noise happening in san francisco, because lord knows we've had enough bad noise going around and news in the last couple of years. you can't fight the image of san francisco. you just can try to create a new one. i mean, people, new york has its problems, london has its problems. but you tend to forget that because there's so much going on. so this is one step in that direction. at the same time, she's getting the pandas, she's also on the phone to the ceo of macy's saying, listen, we know you're leaving, but can we get you to stay longer or maybe redesign or use a smaller store there? she's trying to keep that. she's trying to possibly get women's soccer playing in

san francisco. another thing is maybe get a chinese university to locate a branch in the downtown area. in other words, making sort of good noise to keep things happening and have the public and the world aware of san francisco in a different light, which she needs because she's in a tough election reelection battle. >> right. but i want to ask you how long obviously great headlines right now. that's a huge win. how long will this keep generating positive headlines for her? >> as long as she can. now, now, now we move from the positive headlines to where they have to positively raise some money. we're talking anywhere from like 5 to $25 million now. i was talking at city hall saying, where are you going to get the money? they said, well, we're going to go to the private sector for two reasons. one, the public wouldn't be crazy about using public funds for something like this. and two, if we did the public route, it would take twice as long and cost twice as much money as the history of san francisco shows. a $10 million project would take 20 million, and we'd never have it done in the next year or year and a half. they want, in order to get

the pandas here. >> now, i think if they go private sector, they won't have too hard a time raising this money. a lot of money in san francisco. and the pandas, they'll be very excited to get those here. but is it? it's going to cost a lot of money. private money, maybe. but is it worth it? ultimately, will it bring enough prestige and enough tourists to san francisco? >> look, did apec change the world? no and we raised millions there. did the super bowl being played around here change the world? no, those aren't cute. >> pandas are cute. >> thank you. so in other words, everybody's going to have a positive image of the pandas. whereas everybody was mixed about the others. i don't anticipate a lot of panda protesters. okay which is something. so that is on the positive side. and this is part of selling a tourist town, a business town, and a city. and you make moves like this, it's going to be interesting to see how the mayor raises money, because it's an election year. so people will be double checking who's cutting the checks and such like that. i remember when willie brown, former mayor, was raising money for the dome of city hall to put the gold leaf on there. he basically told developers there's an 18 month wait to get

your project even looked at. you contribute to my gold of the city hall dome. i'll put you at the front of the line. i'm not saying you're going to get your project done, but you'll at least get your answer quicker. wink wink. got the money for it? >> yeah, yeah, that's how it works. >> or it worked. i don't know if it'll work this time. we'll see. an idea on the pandas. >> okay. thank you, phil, very much. >> now former san jose fire captain is under arrest, accused of attempting lewd acts with a 13 year old girl. the sacramento county da's office has charged spencer parker with several felonies, including communicating with a minor to commit an offense, including the minor sending or exhibiting harmful matter to a person under 13 years old, and requesting a photograph of someone under 18 years old. folsom police arrested parker on april 1st. he's now out on bail. the san jose city manager's office is refusing to comment on the case, saying only that a fire captain arrested in sacramento county is no longer employed by the city. >> in the east bay, prisoner

advocates are trying to block inmates from being transferred out of the dublin correctional center, a permanent closure of the prison was announced earlier this week, and abc seven news reporter ryan curry has a look at today's protest and the attempt to keep prisoners. there mr. tanner, see the small but loud this group outside the dublin correctional institute is calling for inmates to be released instead of transferred after the prison's sudden shutdown. >> there's a lot of people at dublin who are coming up on the end of their sentence. they don't need to be transferred to another prison. >> this prison has been the center of a multi year investigation, with at least eight employees, including a former warden and chaplain, charged with sexually abusing inmates. five have pleaded guilty and two were convicted at trial. ten days ago, a judge ordered a special master to oversee reforms at the prison, but now it's closing and the inmates will be moved to different facilities. >> we see as a huge evasion of accountability. and, while we support prison closure, the way this closure is happening is

deeply harmful to people inside. >> court documents show advocates are calling for a temporary stop to those transfers, citing concerns for women already traumatized by abuse. >> people who have been transferred, we've heard reports that they're not getting access to food or water or bathrooms, which is why they want the transfers to stop immediately. the transfers are also sending people out of state to places like florida and texas and illinois and where they don't know anyone. and so the restraining order is asking that all of the cases be reviewed. >> we did reach out to the federal bureau of prisons for comment about this restraining order filing. we're waiting to hear back. they did say in their statement released on monday when they announced the closures, they were not going to say where they were transferring the inmates due to safety and security concerns. these advocates say they believe some of the inmates have already been transferred, but hundreds are still here in dublin in the east bay. ryan curry abc seven news a heads up for weekend travelers

in the north bay starting tonight, westbound lanes of highway 37 will be closed from vallejo to sears point in sonoma county for roadway repair work. >> that closure will last until early monday morning in time for the morning commute. >> abc seven news reporter cornell bernard has a look at the impact. >> it's going to be a mess, but that's what you can't avoid it. >> drivers in american canyon are bracing for a big construction project, which will shut down portions of highway 37 over the next four weekends. >> even before the construction on 37 has always been a problem because 37 has a lot of, a lot of, potholes. >> part of the process is we're going to be grinding and repaving. >> caltrans says a 21 mile stretch of 37 from solano to sonoma counties is getting new asphalt. they say it's a challenging job on a two lane road. >> having a 55 hour closure allows our crews to stage safely, be able to work on, like

you said, that limited space and maneuver. so so it's very beneficial for us to be able to do so. and that is the limitation this weekend. >>he csure from 9 p.m. friday to 5 a.m. monday will impact westbound lanes of 37 from vallejo to sears point, caltrans suggests detours through wine country. >> it is going to be a long detour, so please plan ahead with plenty of time. >> ramsgate winery in the sonoma valley posting this message to visitors on its instagram page about the 37 construction. >> you do not want to miss the sonoma speed tour. april 19th through the 21st sonoma raceway, hosting this muscle car event. >> over the weekend, ticket holders have been notified about possible delays getting here. >> you're going to have a detour. why not let it be through wine country to get here, but you know, it's still easy to access the track. there's still an easy way to get here. >> the repaving project, the first step in reimagining highway 37, which has seen roadway flooding and closures in recent years, a long time project calls for widening and

elevating the highway. but for now, drivers are being asked to be patient. >> we asked the public to plan ahead as best as possible. please look at maps and traffic applications in sonoma county. >> colonel bernard abc seven news. >> tomorrow is 420, and although the official cannabis celebration has been canceled in san francisco, thousands are expected to gather anyway. in golden gate park, their destination will be hippie hill. we checked in on the site today and found a gathering of people celebrating another drug, lsd. today marks 81 years since the first documented intentional ingestion of lsd. tomorrow, many more people will celebrate cannabis. >> i hope that many people come out who might not have come to a big commercial sponsored event and make a day of it and have a picnic with their families and pass around a couple joints here on hippie hill. >> this is video of last year's event. the city is providing ten portable toilets for the unofficial gathering, but neighbors worry that's not enough. they're also concerned

about crowd control, local groups are chipping in with medical aid and more porta potties. >> a supreme court case that could have major implications here in the bay area. why? it could be the most impactful case in decades. we'll explain. hybrid or home. three years after the stay at home order ended, the battle over working from home continues and one last ride for history and train buffs . that s

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selection in the donald trump hush money trial wrapped up a man set himself on fire in the park across the street after throwing anti-government pamphlets into the air. the incident, as tragic as it is, will not impact the timeline of the former president's trial. abc news reporter morgan norwood has a look at what happened inside the courtroom today. >> the entire jury is now seated in the criminal hush money trial against former president donald trump. after seating one alternate juror yesterday, five others seated today as trump arrived at the courthouse in manhattan this morning, he sounded off about the judge's limited gag order on the case prohibiting him from making statements about witnesses, jurors and individual prosecutors in the case other than d.a. bragg. >> the gag order has to come off. i should be allowed to speak. every time i come out to speak to you. i want to be open because we did absolutely

nothing wrong inside the courtroom. >> trump, looking on as those prospective alternates, answered the questionnaire one by one, with some jurors revealing loose connections to trump and others surrounding the case. one woman, who said her father was a friend of former republican presidential candidate chris christie, broke down crying during questioning, saying, quote, this is so much more stressful than i thought it would be. she was excused from serving a jury of 12. seven men and five women have already been sworn in to decide the outcome of the first criminal trial of a former president. together the jurors will decide whether trump is guilty of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment. so voters in the 2016 presidential election would not find out about an alleged affair with adult film actress stormy daniels, which trump denies. he's also pleaded not guilty. >> it really is a, as prosecutors have said, a simple kind of cut and dry case in their eyes. they believe that trump falsified the records because his electoral prospects were going to be damaged. if word got out about his alleged affair with stormy daniels,

which he denied. but it's going to be up to the defense to try and discredit the witnesses on cross-examination. >> ian, i'm morgan norwood, abc news, new york. >> a short time ago, i spoke with abc news chief washington correspondent jonathan karl about the case, and he says donald trump's legal team faces quite a challenge outside of defending their client. >> the number one aim of donald trump's legal team is actually going to be to make sure that their client doesn't do anything in that courtroom that will hurt his case. you know, he's already up against this partial gag order. they want to make sure, in other words, that donald trump is restrained and well behaved, which is tough because he's going to be in there four days a week again, compelled to be there, not in control in the courtroom of what happens. he's not in charge. he's not the center of attention. >> jonathan karl says the testimony of former trump attorney michael cohen could be the key. the defense will portray him as a convicted liar.

while prosecutors will stress cohen's history as the person trump fired to fix any problems he might have had. opening statements are scheduled to begin on monday. >> right now to a story abc seven news has been following for months. the supreme court could decide one of its most significant cases on homelessness in the past 40 years, and it will have big impact here in the bay area. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan has a look ahead. >> handcuffs won't fix the homeless problems. the advocates, like jennifer friedenbach. >> there has never been a situation where a ticket led somebody off the streets. >> starting monday, the united states supreme court will hear arguments in the case grants pass. boris johnson, the court will decide if ticketing homeless people amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. >> we don't want to see cities, using police and, using criminalization and jail as a way to punish homeless people for being homeless. >> if grant pass wins, homeless people could face punishment for using a blanket or a tent to

sleep on streets. >> there are some communities where nothing, nothing will change, and there are some communities where a lot will change. >> devin kurtz is with the cicero institute, a think tank focused on domestic policy. he says if the supreme court rules in grants pass favor, it would give smaller municipalities more flexibility to address homelessness. >> i think that those communities are the ones that you'll see the biggest change in, not necessarily a place like los angeles or san francisco. >> nisha kashyap is an attorney with the lawyers committee for civil rights of the san francisco bay area. it fillled a friend of the courts brief in this case focused in part on causes of homelessness. >> the ruling from the supreme court is not going to change the fact that the true solutions to homelessness are housing, argues that politicians too often blame the court for what are really failures of housing policy. >> she says the supreme court ruling won't prevent cities like san francisco from following through on regulations already on the books. >> the city already has policies that require it to offer shelter to individuals prior to any type of enforcement, to ensure that folks are met with services and

housing first instead of criminal enforcement. >> in san francisco, anser hassan, abc7 news. >> a state job training program is hiring thousands of young people in the bay area for a variety of positions. the california service corps is recruiting for nearly 2000 jobs. they include climate fellows to work in nonprofits, college students to work in schools and public agencies, and teens to get job experience in underserved communities. workers commit to the program for several months or up to two years. >> we can create the workforce of tomorrow. our teachers, our nurses, our business leaders, our tradespeople. that's what's represented behind me. >> service corps members get a living stipend after they're done with their commitment. many can get up to $10,000 to pay for college or pay off student loans. >> well, if you're looking forward to summer, we've got a warning for you. the summer forecast.

>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. temperatures came down today as we had a stronger marine influence. i'll show you when they'll recov. your weekend weather is coming up wh

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especially hot in the northeast, they say, and here in the west, that's down the road a couple of months. >> but what about this weekend? >> oh, i think we're trending warm too, right? >> yeah, it's going to be warmer this weekend, that's for sure. kristen and dan, let's take a look at the 24 hour temperature change. look at the drop off today. we expected this. it's ten degrees cooler in santa rosa mountain view down five along with livermore. not everyone is noticing it, but it's certainly a cooler one overall. and the onshore winds 27 miles an hour in san francisco. look out towards the delta 20 miles an hour. that's helping to take those temperatures down. here's the marine layer. we started off with it this morning. as you know, there was some mist around, especially along the coastline, but it has pulled away temporarily. it will move back in as we head towards the overnight hours. there is a pretty impressive trough out over the pacific. we're not expecting anything out of it anytime soon. let me show you a live picture from our san rafael camera. lots of blue skies right

now. 61 in san francisco, 63 in oakland. we're at 72 in san jose, mid 60s palo alto and half moon bay. you're a cool 55 degrees sutro tower camera showing you downtown san francisco. it's a little bit of a shaky view as the breeze has picked up. 66 in santa rosa, 65 degrees in napa. notice our warmest spots right now? only in the low 70s fairfield, concord and livermore. east bay hills camera looking towards mount diablo right now. and it's just absolutely clear overnight tonight. the fog expands at the coast. this weekend we're talking about sunshine and spring warmth away from the beaches. and for the middle of next week, more clouds and cooler weather. and wait until you see the accuweather seven day forecast. we'll talk about the rain chance in just a moment. the marine layer does expand and pushes in over the bay late tonight and tomorrow morning. we start out with a little bit of drizzle at times. certainly will be a gray start, but quickly skies will clear as a breeze picks up your morning temperatures will be in the 40s and the 50s. watch out for the

fog if you have early plans tomorrow afternoon. just a beautiful day in the south bay. i think those temperatures will rebound a little bit. 77 in san jose, 73 in santa cruz on the peninsula, 69 in san mateo, 60 is right near the coast. there will be sun even at the beaches, believe it or not. 67 in downtown san francisco. so if you do want to get outside, this is a good day to do it. in the north bay 77 in napa 74, san rafael, petaluma 79. in santa rosa in the east bay, low to mid 70s castro valley 75, hayward, oakland. low 70s head inland and those temperatures will be in the upper 70s to low 80s 77. livermore 79, in concord. fairfield 80 degrees in brentwood. now look at sunday. those temperatures are going up. how about 84 in fairfield? it's really going to be a nice looking day monday. that warmth holds. and then tuesday. what a reality check. those temperatures really come down today. those numbers mostly in the 50s to 70s range. and that's kind of what we're going to see on tuesday. here's a look at the

accuweather seven day forecast fog giving way to sun tomorrow. it's a sunny and warmer sunday and then the warmth holds. but you will notice the sharp drop in temperatures midweek. more cloud cover and late in the workweek. we're talking about a chance of showers. dan and kristen i know it sounds so crazy, but april we get showers, right? right. this may. flowers. yes. yeah. may 2nd. yes yes. >> i'll remember those flowers as i'm sitting there in the rain . thank you. >> with our umbrellas? yes. sad national parks week kicks off tomorrow. and to celebrate, entry fees to all national parks are waived on saturday. no charge. many parks are already free like point reyes or the presidio, but others like yosemite, kings canyon and sequoia national parks are free for the day. other sites, like muir woods, require a reservation and alcatraz requires a ferry ticket. of course, to get out to the island. >> some housing help for several bay area cities. the new honor they received today, everybody is nervous. >> i like to see everyone return

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two state employees have been told to work in person at least two days a week. yeah. >> until now, 240,000 of them have been working from home full time. but what about some of the local government employees in the three major bay area cities? well, abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez has been looking into this and she's here with what she found. >> leanne. >> well, i was surprised to find out that some state workers were still working from home five

days a week. you told us, where have i been? right where, baby. yeah, exactly. where have they been? well, here in the bay area, there's no sign that returning to the office is gaining steam among city workers. now, we've sort of hit that plateau. now let's talk about government productivity, because as one city worker told me, the job is getting done. it's just taking a little longer . but is that good for the economy? public servants are supposed to work for government and for citizens. so last week when we went to oakland city hall and found the offices were closed in the middle of the day, we wondered what gives? so we returned one week later. maybe that was a one off. let's try again. it's tuesday, one week later, still closed to the public. odd because one council member, noel gallo, was just coming to work, entering through a side door, a staff employee did the same, while another used

their card key to get in. but why keep the public out when in the past, on average, 40 oakland residents a day would stop by city council's office and even more throughout oakland city hall? susan sanchez, executive assistant to city council, gave us the answer we were not anticipating, and she blames it in part on the long terme anxiety left behind by covid that made people not want to be in close. >> in a close environment, workers, city workers and pandemic is gone, done and i think that, it there's so many sicknesses beyond covid like the respiratory problem and so forth that every body is nervous. >> the mayor's office remains locked. so does the city clerk's office. >> they still are meeting with their constituents. they're still having community meetings. it's just they're not always in the office in oakland. >> any city employee that wants to work from home part of the

time must apply for a hybrid telecommuting agreement. oakland currently has about 1200 employees signed up. that's 25% of their entire workforce working from home twice a week. last week, council member noel gayo told us, it's hard to run a city like oakland when the business as usual model no longer exists. >> i'd like to see everyone return back to work because right now i have businesses. that mr. guy. i've been waiting for my permit for six months. >> when we stopped at the counter at the oakland department of transportation, the clerk told us they had just recently expanded to a four day week schedule to serve the public. looking at other major cities in the bay area, san jose has 1231 employees with a flexible workplace agreement. that's just over 15% of their workforce. it's fair to say that the surrounding small businesses have been negatively impacted.

san francisco's non-essential workers have a three day minimum in person requirement. when governor newsom announced that 240,000 state workers had to return to the office at least two days a week, it angered union employees from seiu local 1000. >> it has reduced the impact on our environment, our carbon footprint has gone down, it had increased our productivity, and increased our employee retention, it also increased the ability to have a better work life balance. but no one is happier to see state workers return to in-person duties than sacramento mayor darrell steinberg, who has heard plenty from small businesses that there aren't enough customers. >> i mean, that has been the issue for downtown sacramento since the pandemic. we are redefining our downtown, and we have to because it's never going to come back to five days a week. >> so even the mayor of

sacramento says we are never going back to the way it was the solution, he says. and other cities in the bay area have insisted on it is to have people move into downtown areas. san francisco is still expensive, you know, to move downtown sacramento, not so much. so maybe that's more doable. >> yeah. >> let's talk a little bit about all these folks. still working from home and the effect it might have on the efficiency of city government. you know, you can't it's harder to get in touch with anyone. you can't go down and see them anymore. you went to the city hall not long ago. well, let me let me write. >> let me give you an example. so, for instance, i would go to city hall in oakland to the city counsel's office. i would literally walk in and i would see the receptionist and say, is there a council member here i could talk to? and she would say, let me check. and somebody would come out immediately to talk to us. that would take about 15 minutes. now i have to make a phone call. i leave a message. i don't know if they're

working from home or not. let's say they are in the office, but they're not checking voicemails as frequently. >> and you walk in, there's no reception. >> yeah, exactly. so two hours versus 15 minutes. that's my perception. okay. >> so the efficiency got even worse. all right. thanks very much. several bay area cities have been added to the state's pro housing designation. governor newsom today announced that berkeley, pinole, richmond and fairfield are joining 42 other cities honored for their efforts to encourage more housing development. the list includes a total of 16 bay area cities. the designion comes with financial incentives and other resources to help speed housing production. the state is facing a major housing shortage and has set a goal of 2.5 million new homes by 2030. >> hundreds of young activists marched through san francisco's financial district today to call for environmental responsibility and global policy changes. the group was made up mostly of middle and high school students. they're planning three days of

demonstrations and activities ahead of earth day. hundreds of young patients at lucile packard children's hospital, stanford, can now find inspiration in some recycled works of art. more than 4000 sculptures, drawings and more are part of a new installation at the hospital. 2% of the artwork is made from recycled materials. >> because we're bringing in that sustainability piece and talking about what we can do with different kinds of objects that don't necessarily need to go to the landfill. but our art program in general is really about finding ways to make our hospital feel less like a hospital and a little bit more like a healing and soothing environment for our patients and families. >> the recycled creations include a cow sculpture made from used miniature toys, and a soccer ball made of recycled black and white pencils. >> why students going for a good grades may have to totally change their strategies, and one final ride for some historic trains before it for i

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join us today. how about this idea? you guys holding the men's and women's college basketball final four in the same location? the sports business journal floated the idea this week, based in large part to the record ratings of this year's women's tournament inspired by the great caitlin clark. right now, the events are held in

different cities and played on different days and broadcast on different networks, so there would be a lot of juggling to do here. oh, casey, is this the men wanting to ride on the women's coattails? >> it just might be if you if you look at the ratings. but really they've been looking at this, it would probably have to wait till 2027 at best. and you may remember, the utah women's basketball team faced some racial harassment when they played in the spokane district of the tournament. they were staying in idaho and they were chased back to their hotel and harassed. so i know that they're already looking at different ways to figure out scheduling and where they're going to play. but this this is one byproduct of that. >> it's an interesting idea. i wonder economically what effect that will have for the league, for the networks and for the community. his you know, that that hold these tournaments. >> yeah, in some ways it makes sense, right. because you're maybe streamlining your efforts. dan. right. less duplication. but at the same time i wonder if that's in the end. still less

money or less visitors, i don't know, maybe it would simplify things to have both of them in the same location. >> you know? >> yeah, it's more about, you know, all the events around the games. it's not just the games. if you did both in one place, you could probably streamline all these great events for all the student athletes. >> and one thing we can be sure about is if they're going to do it. if there's more money involved for everybody involved, that will be the deciding factor. well, the dublin unified school district is set to implement a radical new grading system next school year. some high achieving students say that under this new system, earning a's may become more difficult. while f's would no longer be given to even the lowest performers, it's said to be part of a national shift toward equity grading, which some educators say better measures how well students understand what they are being taught. equity grading also places less value on extra credit, class participation and homework. love to hear what you all think. i you know, to me, one of the lessons that it teaches students is you got to compete and work

hard, you know, to get a good grade and you have to participate. >> i mean, i know some students just really if there was no a's or f's and they don't really have to try, maybe they wouldn't participate. >> yeah, there were a few classes. i wouldn't have minded that policy. yeah >> if you if you deemphasize the value of homework, i can tell you i would certainly not be doing the homework. and i think that's one of the main things that they're arguing against because, you know, in the real world, like we have real jobs, we have real deadlines, we have assignments that need to be in time. and i think that's what they're trying to teach. so i think that's one of the main detractors of this policy. the other one is if all the other schools aren't doing the same thing, then how does this affect your gpa as you're trying to get into college? and i think it leaves a lot of questions. it's almost like if you're going to do this every school has to do it. it can't be one and not the other. >> that is a great point in terms of competing for college spots. i do know a lot of schools are moving towards more of a metric based. did you

demonstrate mastery of these learning objectives over time through the course of a semester? and if the answer is yes, it didn't matter if you did it right away on this first test or by the end of the semester. so that is something. >> but why not give them a test at the end of the semester then and see how everyone did you know, could be another option? >> yeah. all right. get ready for one. last night, a ride that is on bard's legacy trains. tomorrow is the last run for some of the cars that have been on the track since 1972. it will mark the end of the transition to bart's so-called fleet of the future. you can look back at bart's history with our abc seven special, bart, 50 years on the abc seven streaming app. that's cool. i bet there are a lot of nostalgists and transit enthusiasts who are going to go for that one last ride. what about you, casey? i've spent enough time on those old bart cars that i don't need to get back on another one ever again. >> the one thing i wanted to see is, what are they doing with the old fleet? and obviously, there was some pretty cool things taking place where you could apply to get one of those old cars and implement it, and one of the ways they're doing it is

they're going to turn those bart cars into a bar, which sounds really cool. and one of them is being used at like an airbnb type house. but for the most part, they're going to have to recycle and get rid of those cars after the ride. >> 1 or 2 may end up on display. i'm with you, casey. i've been on them so many times i can still hear the ringing noise. i never need to hear that again. the new ones are quieter, apparently. >> dan, you're going to bid for one, though, right? >> yeah, i know turning into a bar is a pretty cool idea. >> a restaurant at your house at su casa. dan no. >> all right. if you're looking to do a little spring cleaning, speaking of your casa, today is the day to clean out that medicine cabinet. it's national. clean out your medicine cabinet day, a day to raise awareness of about hanging on to those out-of-date medications that we all have around the house. by the way, experts say due to heat and humidity, the bathroom is one of the worst places to keep your medicine. nobody's going to listen to that. oh, most convenient, but a recent study found 50% of guests admit to peeking in others medicine cabinet. now, i've heard of this before. probably happened. my house uh. i'll start with you, cindy. i mean, i can, you know,

my hand raising my right hand. i can tell you i've never once thought. i wonder what's in there. medicine cabinet. i'm going to look. i am not 100% with you, dan. >> i don't go to people's homes and start looking through their medicine cabinet. but having said that, our medicine cabinet is probably in need of cleaning. i mean, ours is in the laundry room in a cabinet, so it's not in the bathroom. i will say there are some expired meds that i just don't get around to looking at them. and throwing them out. >> i mean, you know, casey, i would not rifle through your medicine cabinet. i might go through your silver drawer. i don't know, pick up a spoon here. >> i appreciate that, dan. yeah. i mean, when i moved into my house, it was original owners. and inside the medicine cabinet was this old, like, 70s era toxin and medicine poison chart, which we kept until we remodeled it just because it was funny. but, yeah, i mean, the worst is when you get sick and then you find the cold and flu medicine in there, and it expired three years ago, and you have to weigh whether or not to take it or try to get to the store when you

don't feel well. so yeah, clean them out though, that expired medicine, if it's like a year or two, you could still take it. >> it's just not going to be as effective. exactly right. wee no doctors. don't listent to us. >> what do a super thin, flexible patch with maximum otc strength lidocaine that contours to the body to relieve pain right where it hurts. and did we mention, it really, really sticks? salonpas, it's good medicine. ♪ when you have moderate—to—severe eczema,

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to the south bay. take a look at this diaspora gathering was unveiled in a ceremony at the india community center in milpitas today. the sharks commissioned artist chetna mehta

from the organization local color to create this work. she says diaspora gathering honors the multicultural, multigenerational feel of the community center. >> a new exhibit at the asian art museum features more than 100 ancient chinese artworks, never seen in the u.s. before. the exhibit is called phoenix kingdoms. it includes elaborate bronze vessels, lacquer ware, and textiles from 2000 years ago. all created at the dawn of china's bronze age. they were made by two mysterious kingdoms in the yangtze river valley before they were conquered by china's first emperor. among the treasures is the world's first refrigerator. >> the world's first ice box, made of bronzes. they imagine people in china 2500 years ago drinking chilled wine. >> many of the pieces in the exhibit have never been on display before, even in china. phoenix kingdoms runs until july

22nd at the asian art museum. very nice. ancient refrigerator. cool. >> you don't know how well it worked, but let's turn our attention back to the weather forecast for the weekend. >> another gorgeous day. >> yes. and you want those chill drinks, right? oh, yeah. especially if you're going to the ballpark and dan and kristen, let me show you the forecast for the giants as they host the d-backs once again tonight at 715. >> 57 degrees dropping down to about the mid 50s. so make sure you pack a hoodie. it's going to be a little breezy out there on live doppler seven. we do have some fog right now that is just sitting near the coastline. tomorrow afternoon. skies will clear numbers ranging from the low 60s to the upper 70s. so in the morning there will be some fog around. now i want to show you the long time forecast. so this front doesn't quite make it tomorrow, but it will certainly bring us a change in our pattern for sunday. monday, some warmth. tuesday sierra starts to see some showers here in the bay area. we have more cloud cover, cooler weather and look what look what comes our way. friday.

maybe the possibility of showers? that's one computer model, but stay tuned. the accuweather seven day forecast. it is going to warm up on sunday mid 80s inland. nice looking weather to start the workweek, but then really temperatures drop off down to the 70s. and then by thursday and friday 50s and 60s for our warmest spots. and the possibility of rain. kristen. >> all right sandy, thank you. oscar winning actress jodie foster got her hands a little dirty today in hollywood. she was memorialized outside the iconic chinese theater by getting her hands and footprints in cement. today's ceremony was part of the tcm classic film festival. that's nice. >> well, fans of the late, great tony bennett left their hearts and money in new york city. an auction of bennett mementos and awards wrapped up today at the lincoln center. julie benz auctions says sales at the two day event exceeded expectations. the top selling item was bennett's signed letter from martin luther king junior. it went for $78,000, nearly four

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2020. then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. a new movie features an unusual combination grief music and time travel. the greatest hits is part love story , part sci fi and all sorts of emotions. reporter george pennacchio has a preview of the film, now streaming on hulu. >> can i ask you a weird question? yeah, weird away if something happened to you and i could stop it, but it would mean we would never meet. would you want me to the greatest hits tells the story of harriet, played by lucy boynton, who tragically loses her boyfriend in a car accident. >> in her grief, she discovers that certain songs literally send her back in time, and she's searching for the song that will help change the past. it's a predicament that finds her isolating herself. >> i keep saying it, but i but

it's true that i'm a very nostalgic, sentimental person, so i've always been very tethered to my past, and i never quite clocked how detrimental that can be. so i really do empathize with where she's at and the way that she justifies it. >> maybe it's time to start living in the present tense. >> harriet meets david, played by justin min, and her grief therapy group. he too has suffered loss and is intrigued by harriet. it's a role men identified with when he read the script, as it was experiencing grief. >> myself as in sort of getting into the mindset of david. it helped me to process and heal a lot of my own personal things. so very, very grateful in that regard. and i just love how, through it all, david desires to live in the present and harriet is kind of the catalyst to help him do that. >> it's really about the emotional power of music in our lives and how it affects us both by throwing us back into the

past and, and sort of reminding us to live our lives. >> music is, i think, scientifically it's sound to say that music is a marker for you to remember your life by kingvale you want a piece of art to be as like evocative. >> and whatever you interpret it to be, whether that's whether you laugh or cry during this film, it's like, i hope it just moves people. >> the greatest hits is streaming now on hulu. george pennacchio for abc news looks fascinating. >> that's it for abc seven news at four abc seven news at five is coming your way next. (♪)

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