mornings live now at six. >> a pro-palestinian takeover that happened blocks from cal's campus. gone. why? the issue is far from over, and we're getting some clarification about

optimistic numbers on the homeless crisis in san francisco . and that was fast. the push to give fliers automatic cash refunds for certain delayed and canceled flights is now official. but that's not the only change. just becoming law. >> good morning. welcome to the friendly skies. it's friday, may 17th. >> i'm going to start with drew. >> yeah, the sky is quite cloudy this morning. we'll take you outside our tam cam. your moment of zen, shall we say, as that sun has risen over the horizon. it's going to be a sunny afternoon. but first, got to get rid of that cloud cover, and for the most part, that fog will break down between 9 a.m. and noon today. and then the afternoon is looking quite nice. a little breezy out there. temperatures right now, very uniform. everybody starting out in the 50s right now and most locations are reporting cloudy skies as we get you out the door. get you going on this friday. so here's a look at the next 24 hours. first, along the coast we do find brighter skies today. this afternoon compared to yesterday temperatures though still remaining in the 50s all day long now around the bay

shoreline. we have that cloud cover right now. we actually are seeing some pockets of drizzle to be aware of that, but that sunshine appears closer to noon. and then by 4 p.m, those afternoon temperatures in the upper 60s, you do notice we're still dealing with partly cloudy skies. later on this evening, so the fog is slow to return later on tonight. inland today we do find partly cloudy skies giving way to mild temperatures near 80 degrees. later on today. hi, amanda. >> morning, drew. we're going to take you back into the east bay. there have been some traffic troubles on our roads. this sig alert that we've been following a multi-car crash on northbound 680 before admati parkway. this is in fremont. i know, earlier i said dublin. there was another closure over there that we've been following. so this is a sig alert in fremont. you can see speeds are down to zero miles per hour because traffic is stopped from mission boulevard. so keep that in mind. and then over in oakland there was an issue that happened at around 12:20 a.m. it was a deadly crash that grand avenue off ramp from eastbound 580 remains closed at

this hour. back to you, reggie. >> amanda. thank you. happening today, the man convicted of breaking into former house speaker nancy pelosi's san francisco home and attacking her husband, paul, with a hammer, will be sentenced in federal court. the attack happened nearly two years ago. abc seven news reporter lena howland was actually the first reporter on the scene that morning. i remember it well. lena david depape is facing decades in prison. >> reggie. that's right. we have been following this case since the day it happened. and this morning, prosecutors are calling for a 40 year prison sentence. david depape was convicted by a federal jury last fall for the attack. his lawyers, however, are asking for a 14 year prison sentence. there are two clearly different opinions with the federal government arguing this was an act of terrorism. while the defense could argue depape needs mental help, he's not someone that needs to be locked up if he's willing to go to treatment. >> so i think that's going to be the competing narrative in that courtroom. how much of mr.

depapes mental health issues played a role in this case, and what the judge does with that in terms of fashioning a sentence that sends the message that we need to protect american democracy, but at the same time recognizes that perhaps mr. depape could be returned to society if he expresses remorse and he undergoes treatment. >> depape also faces a trial on state charges. legal analyst stephen clarke told us what happens in federal court this morning could very well trickle down to that case. >> well, certainly the jury is being selected in the state case, and they're now going to know that mr. depape could be facing 40 years in federal prison. >> depape faces attempted murder charges in that state case. if convicted, he could be facing life in prison. the sentencing is expected to happen at 10:00 this morning. live in studio. lena howland, abc seven news.

>> thank you. lena, we've been committed to this case since it broke right here on abc seven mornings in october of 2022. make sure to stay with us for updates throughout the day, and you can catch up on the entire timeline of the case. it's on our website, abc seven news.com. >> this morning, that second pro-palestine encampment that just popped up, just blocks from uc berkeley's main campus is gone. police moved in, facing off with protesters just 24 hours after they started to occupy a historic university hall across from people's park and amanda. some arrests were made. >> yeah, kumasi those police officers started moving in around 830 last night. there were some tense moments as they confronted protesters. a school spokesperson says people were arrested for trespassing, breaking and entering and vandalism. the group began occupying the building on wednesday, and the property was quickly declared a crime scene. protesters made the same demands we've heard from so many others, but this group was different

from one that disbanded from in front of sproul hall earlier this week. they also escalated the situation with graffiti spray painted on the side of the building. according to the chronicle, some graffiti equated zionism with, and others showed jewish stars equaling swastikas. now, protesters didn't want to speak on camera, but we did speak with a berkeley resident. >> it's going to keep happening until uh- there's a cease fire or the war ends. berkeley is a traditionally a protest city. so i think it's going to be a lot of berkeley incidents, just throughout the summer. >> now, the building where this happened is owned by uc berkeley. but it is several blocks from the main campus, and it's unlikely this is over. protesters last night insisted they will be back. back to you, kumasi. >> thanks, amanda. if you are heading to wine country this weekend, you may need to budget some extra time. the last scheduled closure along highway 37 is set to start at ten tonight, and you can see the closure in red on this map. it's the westbound portion of the highway from highway 29 in

vallejo to sears point, and then the detour that you see there, that's the green line. caltrans is repaving the road, and highway 37 is set to reopen at five monday morning. >> that's not the only paving project happening this weekd. caltrans crews will also be working on another freeway. this is starting tonight. the three left les of southbound i-680 will be closed between al costa boulevard and san ramon, and the five 8680 connector in pleasanton. the partial closures begin at 9:00 tonight. they go on through 4 a.m. monday every day here at abc7 news, we are focused on the issues that can lead to a better bay area for us all. the complex issue of homelessness is something we are all hoping to end, and the city of san francisco is celebrating its new numbers on homelessness. >> but it doesn't paint the whole picture. >> so let's walk you through these new numbers. the results of the most recent homelessness count were put out yesterday. the city says the number of people living on the street has reached the lowest level in nearly a decade, but when you

look at the total number of homeless across the city, that number is actually at a record high at more than 8300 people. the number of people sleeping in vehicles spiked 37. this is all despite a massive amount of money being spent on the issue, according to a recent city audit , funding for the crisis reached $676 million in 2022 2023. >> we're also keeping a close eye on oakland this week with the city's new era and law enforcement. police chief floyd mitchell started his job. this is his first week on the job, and we wanted to find out more about where things will go from there. so we had oakland mayor shang tao join us on abc seven news midday live to discuss his new role >> mitchell is really a meeting. you know, his rank and file. he's going to meet his rank and file. you know, he understands the strategy. he fully supports

the strategy. and we're going to continue to press on that gas pedal because it you know, for us it's about saving lives. and it's about making sure that people feel safe in oakland. >> tao pointed to a study showing that the department's operation cease fire crime fighting strategy is getting results. recent crime data shows most all forms of crime have fallen. this year, except for robberies >> some dramatic images from houston, texas, where severe storms rolled through, killing at least four people this morning. schools are closed and more than a million people woke up without electricity. buildings in the downtown area had their windows blown out, and the wind toppled trees with at least one landing on top of this car. an eerie scene inside a costco where people sought shelter as the storm hit the lights went out before eventually coming back on and take a look at what happened

during the a's astros baseball game. now the roof was closed, but that did not stop all this rain from leaking inside the ballpark. >> time now is 609 new this morning. automatic cash refunds if your flights are significantly delayed or canceled now. law. president biden just signed a sweeping bipartisan federal aviation administration authorization bill into law, and this law funds the faa for the next five years. besides those cash refunds, it also provides billions of dollars to invest in air travel infrastructure. it requires the faa hire and train more air traffic controllers, and requires airlines to allow families to book tickets to sit together on flights. >> a new area code is moving in. details on the switch up happening for some northern california residents, and airbnb might be moving out. >> neighbors coming together against a surge in rentals. and one california city may have just created the blueprint to make

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a part of the 530 area code. some people who live in solano county, so if you already have a phone number, you keep the number you have. the new area code is going to be eight, three, seven. and that starts january 31st of 2025. >> i grew up in long beach, is spearheading a plan to get airbnb and vrbo short rentals off of their blocks. the group successfully completed a petition to remove the unhosted

rentals out of the neighborhood. nine other petitions are either circulating or already submitted in other local neighborhoods. airbnb responded by saying the party ban they implemented in 2020 led to a 50% decrease in parties and they've added a neighborhood support team program here in the bay area, danville and several cities in marin county, including sausalito, larkspur and belvedere, adopted bans. we're tracking a developing sports story as you're waking up this morning, the number one golfer in the world arrested overnight and booked into a louisville, kentucky, jail. amanda. seems this might have started as a misunderstanding. >> and that's what we're learning. reporter jeff darlington from our sister network, espn, recorded the moment scottie scheffler was taken away in handcuffs overnight. but we've learned in the last half hour he's now out of jail. and on his way back to the pga tournament, espn reports. this started when scheffler tried to drive around a deadly crash near the golf course, where the tournament is being held. he may have misunderstood exactly what was

happening and if the roadblocks were for the crash or for the tournament, but it seems police did try to get him to stop even grabbing onto his car before he was pulled over. the charging documents were just released, charges include second degree assault of a police officer, criminal mischief and reckless driving. and moments ago, we just got word he is back on the course for the pga tournament. we're following this for you, reggie. >> what an unusual morning. okay. thanks, amanda. now to a tradition like no other in san francisco this weekend is the race known as bay to breakers? >> yes. thousands of people are expected to take part, and we cannot wait to see the costumes. okay, the race gets going at 8 a.m. on sunday, but we want you to be aware there are going to be several street closures and they start tomorrow night. the closures stretch across the city from the embarcadero all the way to ocean beach. check out this map most of them will end by 11 a.m. on sunday, but a few will go into the afternoon. so just

be aware and i will see you after the function in the east bay, organizers of the contra costa county fair are promising more security and some stricter rules to try and keep everybody safe. >> today is day two of the fair. the reason they're doing this is because last year, as you'll see in this video, things got out of hand. this is just one incident involving a group of people in a fight. if you are going this year, expect to see more staff inside at the entrance and in the parking lots. and parents, you cannot drop off your kids. >> anybody 18 years or under needs a chaperon of somebody 25 years or older to be here with the fair. we want to make sure that people are not just dropping off their teenagers and thinking, we're a babysitting site. >> the fair runs through sunday at the contra costa county events park in antioch, a question for you, friends, which is the superior ride? is it the tilt-a-whirl or is it the scrambler? >> see, i think mine is an unpopular opinion. what is it? not the gravitron, not the

gravitron is good. the gravitron. i want to you like the gravitron. that thing to slide up. i want that spinning with the dj's in the center. >> when was the last time you were on the gravitron? >> oh, this is probably 2019. oh, okay. >> do you think that your inner ear has changed since then? >> for sure. we'll see how this goes. >> she wants somebody in her ear to change, i really do why that drew, hold on to what he has. >> because i distinctly remember when my inner ear changed and it it really does reduce the number of rides you can get on. i still have to pop a dramamine before going to disneyland. >> oh, it's that severe? oh, yeah. oh, man. >> yeah, we're not there yet. >> oh, you will be. >> don't wish that on us. we're still youthful. we're the youngest. let's get out. >> the readers, everybody, let's go outside the exploratorium camera this morning you will find that cloudy sky. >> the fog will break down between 9 a.m. and noon today for sunny afternoon skies. air quality is good today. that pollen level is high. grasses and trees still at high levels. those are your top allergens. uv

index nine out of an 11. so today's forecast inland we have a little bit of cloud cover this morning. full sunshine this afternoon. upper 70s for the most part around the bay shoreline you saw from the exploratorium camera. we have those clouds. they break down by noon for sunshine. it's a nice afternoon, a little breezy. temperatures in the upper 60s to the lower 70s, but along the coast we do stay pretty cloudy this morning. even some pockets of drizzle and then we go into the afternoon and find partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 50s. so highs in our microclimates in the south bay today see a lot of 70s from cupertino to san jose, 72 for gilroy along the peninsula we'll see 73. redwood city, 72, in los altos, clouds the sun for half moon bay in pacifica, upper 50s for daytime highs. it will be a brighter day across the city compared to yesterday. yesterday, even the western half of the city was pretty cloudy. today. we'll see more sunshine, a bit warmer into the 60s. we go in the north bay warm and cloverdale at 8371. in petaluma, 73, in vallejo. stinson clouds at some afternoon sunshine, a high of 60 degrees. the east bay

that fog breaks down closer to 10:11 a.m. this morning. we'll find those numbers in the upper 60s to the mid 70s and inland. today we'll go into the mid 70s and low 80s with sunny skies. the evening planner will show you fog. tonight is slow to return, so you can see we have pretty clear skies even through about 8 p.m. and then closer to 9:10 p.m. we'll find those clouds rolling back in along the coast. but the fog will not be as widespread tonight as we see right now. overnight lows were dipping into the 50s for the most part. accuweather seven day heading into the weekend. tomorrow, a similar setup morning fog to sun sunday, though, is the brighter of the two days. a lot less fog in the morning means we have sunshine a lot quicker and then early next week a warming trend will arrive. guys. >> drew thank you. good morning. america is coming up at seven right here on abc seven. >> and ginger zee has a look at what's ahead reggie and kumasi. >> it's great to be with you here on a friday. and coming up we'll start with the deadly storms in houston. at least four killed and at one point between texas and louisiana, more than a million people or customers.

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chance to win gear and a merchandise gift card. fan fest is from 6 p.m. to 730 before tonight's game, with bay fc takes on san diego. >> there's another plot twist when it comes to the race for san francisco mayor. that's ahead at 630. >> and if you're looking for something to do this weekend, the santa cruz boardwalk is celebrating a milestone 100 years in the making. first, though, here's drew. >> hey there, 623 let's get you going this morning we have those clouds first thing breaking down for sunshine between 9 a.m. and noon. you can see those clouds from our san jose camera. so this afternoon we get those sunny skies back. it's breezy. temperatures pretty close to average this afternoon. we are back

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it is sentencing day, the man convicted of breaking into nancy pelosi's home and attacking her husband paul will learn his fate. what we know this half hour, and we first told you yesterday about berkeley's plan to address the housing crisis. >> we have more details today. and what's next for the project. >> panda problems. the push to bring two giant pandas from china to san francisco has reached a bump in the road. why? some politicians say it's not so black and white.

>> good morning everybody. happy friday. it is may 17th. >> we're going to check on your forecast. hey, drew. >> hey. good morning. so we begin with that cloud cover, this beautiful view as you get above the fog from our tam cam as it rolls across some of our hills. once we get rid of that fog, that sun awaits us for the most part, we're dealing with this fog until about 9 a.m. between 9 a.m. and noon. that is when we'll see the sun break out and the afternoon is going to be very lovely. temperatures right now, everybody, no matter where you are on this map, we are starting out the day in the low and mid 50 s pretty uniform underneath that cloud cover. good morning santa rosa coming in at 50 degrees 52. in the city we're at 54 in oakland, 58 in san jose along the coast with this deeper marine layer, we do have some pockets of drizzle. don't be surprised if you do find some wet roadways around half moon bay and across parts of the city this morning. let's break it down for you. region by region, along the coast we have those overcast skies right now. we'll actually see a bit more sunshine today compared to yesterday, but temperatures

still along the coast staying in the 50s for daytime highs does turn a bit breezy today, with winds about 15 to 25mph around the bay. shoreline is cloudy right now. that sunshine appears closer to 11 a.m. we'll find the afternoon. it's a bright one. those temperatures in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees. even this evening. our marine layer is very slow to reappear, so for much of the evening hours we do have clear skies. those numbers dipping into the 50s. now inland, we're seeing sunshine a lot faster this morning, 60s by 11 a.m. and then later on this afternoon. it's a nice afternoon, bright and mild temperatures in the upper 70s to the lower 80s. let's see how the commute is going with amanda. good morning. >> good morning. yeah. far from friday light, especially for drivers over in the east bay. this is a look at a craft that's still in place. this is in fremont, a multi-car crash on northbound 680. this is our first time that we're getting a look at some video. this is at auto mall parkway. it is shut down all lanes. there are some minor injuries. we're learning a big rig was involved in this as

well. and you see a boat over on the left hand side. so we'll learn or we'll be asking questions about exactly who was involved in this. we know that it was six vehicles right here. you can see a few of them overturned. we know that emergency crews are on scene. you can see that from this video here. fire agencies as well, to avoid this entire area, take 8-80. and there you saw a pan across and you saw that boat that is attached to a truck. we're getting a clearer view of everything that's involved as the sun comes up on this investigation, they'll be able to kind of put pieces back together. but as of right now, no traffic is moving along that 680 stretch. and then that second sigalert we want to get to a quick update over in oakland. that was a deadly crash just after 1220 this morning. that grand avenue offramp has reopened. eastbound 580. was that connector there. but that has since cleared. back to you at the desk. >> amanda. thank you. today the man convicted of a brutal attack

on the husband of former house speaker nancy pelosi will be sentenced. the attack happened in their san francisco home in october of 2022. abc seven news reporter lena howland has been tracking the developments since the very beginning. lena. federal prosecutors are seeking a maximum sentence. >> reggie. that's right. prosecutors are now calling for a 40 year sentence of david depape while his lawyers are asking for 14 years. this comes after he was convicted by a federal jury last fall. depape admitted during the trial that he broke into the pelosi's home back in october of 2022, intending to hold the speaker hostage and break her kneecaps if she lied to him. he also admitted to attacking paul pelosi with a hammer after police showed up. legal analyst stephen clark told us depapes acts were something that's planned to send a political message. prosecutor are suggesting a terrorist enhancement should be given, and that's the kind of uh- statements that the government looks at as to whether this

should be considered a terrorist act. >> so i think that the feds are looking at suggesting that there should be additional time here, because this wasn't a garden variety burglary and assault. this was someone who wanted to kidnap one of america's most significant political officials and perhaps even kill her. >> at the same time, depape also faces a trial on state charges, including attempted murder. if convicted on those charges, he could be facing life in prison. today's federal sentencing is expected to happen around 10:00 this morning. live in studio lena howland, abc seven news. lena. >> thank you. right now, a big relief for people living and traveling in the big sur area. amanda is standing by to talk about highway one about to reopen to one way traffic 24 hours a day. >> yeah, and just about two minutes ago. so at 630 this morning, caltrans activated new traffic lights on a section of highway one that has been basically closed for about six weeks. just twice a day, a

convoy, primarily for residents, has been bringing people in and out of the area. now, those new lights will allow residents and tourists to drive through a section of the road that partially collapsed in 24 hours a day. it's going to be one way traffic, though, because the southbound lane is still not fixed, so you will still face delays if you're driving in that area. but this is a big deal for businesses in that area, of course, and it's eight days ahead of schedule. >> the biggest benefit to us is it gives us the time as well as our hospitality neighbors to get on social media, call and email our guests and try and get the word out. as far and as wide as possible. that all of big sur is open before memorial day weekend, and that everyone can come down and kick off their summer in big sur, a permanent repair is in the design phase, with the goal of finishing it by next spring. >> it is important to note

highway one is still closed at poles slide on the south end of big sur. that means you cannot take highway one through big sur to get to places like san luis obispo, santa barbara or la. again, those lights flipping back on or flipping on in the last three minutes. back to you. >> thanks, amanda. for the first time, the median price for a single family home in santa clara county is now $2 million. the median is the midpoint between the highest home sales price in the lowest. the data shows. the top three median prices were in los los altos hills at 5.8 million, monte sereno at 4.5 million, and saratoga at 4.2 million. only five cities in the south bay are under the median, including san jose at 1.7 million, san martin at san martin, milpitas, morgan hill and gilroy. and we also spoke with a local expert about what we might be able to expect in the coming months if the median home price for the month of may ends up slightly higher than 2 million, that's

absolutely a possibility. >> but i'm also kind of figuring that i think we'll actually see it. uh- decelerate a little bit. >> other bay area counties are right up there with santa clara county. san mateo county is the highest with a median price of nearly 2.2 million. san francisco the median just over 1.7 million for a single family home. >> a berkeley city council member is hoping to build a better bay area by making it less expensive to own a home. this week, berkeley city council unanimously approved the first step of opting in to a new state law. this gives people the ability to buy an adu, or accessory dwelling unit a backyard cottage. basically, they're usually 500 to 1000ft■!, so the sale price would be much lower than berkeley's average home of $1.5 million. berkeley city council city council member rashi kesarwani spearheaded this event. >> the more cities that do this, the better the bay area is going to be off. >> the proposal will head to the planning department next. the

council member hopes it will come back to the council for final approval within a year. pandemonium erupted during a house oversight hearing last night. you really do have to see this. lawmakers hurling insults at each other. it all started when congresswoman marjorie taylor greene mentioned fake eyelashes. now, this hearing was meant to hold attorney general merrick garland in contempt of congress for refusing to turn over a recording of president biden's interview with a special counsel. but that totally went off the rails when congresswoman jasmine crockett tried to stop greene's line of questioning, and greene had something to say. >> do you do you know what we're here for? you know we're here about. >> i don't think you know what you're here for. >> well, you're the one talking about. >> i think you're fake. eyelashes are messing up. ain't nothing. hold on, hold on. >> listen. >> well, once that was fired, there was even more chaos because greene wasn't just going to take it. she was going to hurl it right back. >> i'm just curious, just to

better understand your ruling. if someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody bleach blond, bad built, butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities, correct? >> oh, what now? >> chairman, i make a i make a motion to strike those words. >> what in the world is going on? >> the bickering delayed proceedings for about an hour. when they all finally recommended that garland be held in contempt. a what now? the way that he said that alameda county just launched a possible solution to the teacher shortage, that so many school districts are facing a new partnership with reach university and the alameda county office will get some teachers credentialed while they are working at schools in the county. >> abc seven spoke with the dean of admissions at reach university, which offers degrees in education. he said there's not a shortage of people who want to be teachers, but there are barriers preventing them. >> at one point, they had to choose between a degree and a

job. and as is the case for many individuals in this state, they chose the job because attending college full time is not really an option. >> through this new program, the alameda county office of education will pay 95% of reach universities tuition. there are eligibility requirements, and only 150 people will be accepted into the program. applications are due at the end of june in san francisco. community members taking steps for families impacted by homicide. the mayor, police chief, neighborhood organizations and those who lost loved ones to violence walked in their honor. marchers included a woman who lost her son in a shooting. >> i don't want any mother. anyone one, to ever have to go through what we went through and what we go through every day, you know, missing our children. my son's a grandfather now, but he's not here to hold his grandchild. >> the march started at margaret's, hayward, margaret s

hayward park in the western edition. it ended with speeches at the steps of city hall. chief bill scott, you see there says one of the most important ways to fight gun violence is for the community to step up and take part in efforts to keep streets safe. >> new. this morning, the house passed a bill that prevents president biden from withholding weapons to israel. the republican led bill was approved in a final vote with 16 democrats also voting in favor. the legislation comes after the president paused a shipment of military aid to israel over concerns that bombs would be used in israel's push into rafah. if this pass, if this passes the entire congress, the weapons would have to be delivered within 1515 days. however, the bill is unlikely even going to the senate. biden has also said he will veto the bill if congress passes it up next, an update on the california reparations proposal and the next steps needed for it to move forward. oakland is

working hard to move past the loss of the a's. one way they're doing it, food and beer and a live look right now at the big board, the new york stock exchange up about three points right now. >> another update on the markets next. >> the push to bring two giant pandas to san francisco from china has hit a snag. why? some local politicians are feeling bamboozled. okay i apologize, you know, after the fact for that, i liked it. >> your puns are getting good. they're getting good. here's a live look outside for more abc7 oakland airport camera. we do have those cloudy skies up above. looking at your travel forecast. if you're headed to la later on today we have that marine layer giving way to sunshine on 67. new york is looking nice, cloudy, but mild in the 70. chicago. denver. no problems there, but atlanta is seeing heavy rain this morning that continues throughout the afternoon. and honolulu as well. also seeing some afternoon showers. but 81 degrees feels quite nice back here at home. future weather showing you by 9 a.m. we're still socked in

around the bay shoreline with that marine layer between 9 a.m. and noon. that's when we find sunshine breaking out. and even along the coast later on this afternoon, it's a brighter afternoon compared to yesterday, so a high of about 64 in the city, 68 in oakland, 77 in san jose, 76 in santa rosa. your pollen count when it comes to uh- trees and grasses, it is high. so that has not changed the whole week. look at the next three days. tomorrow it's morning fog to sun, but sunday the brighter of the two days, a lot less fog and a m sunshine. we'll take a

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policies and a vote of 62 to 0. the assembly approved the bill. bill 3089. many republicans abstained from voting. assembly member reginald jones sawyer from los angeles authored the bill and called the vote historic. jones. sawyer also served on california's reparations task force that developed more than 100 proposals for the state. they make amends for policies that negatively targeted and excluded black californians. >> if you're an enslaved person, the fugitive slave law allowed

slave owners in the south to come here and capture escaped slaves and bring them back to their plantations in the south. the courts that said that segregation was legal here and okay to perpetrate on african americans here in the state. >> so now the bill will head to the senate several other bills dealing with restitution for racially motivated land taking, creating an agency to oversee reparations and a funding source for reparations. all passed senate committees on thursday. time now is 644. developing news now in the trump hush money trial. trump's attorney calling michael cohen a liar. and amanda, we're being told there's no court today. >> and kumasi that's because trump is in florida this morning for his son. barron's high school graduation so far the trial in the trial, michael cohen's testimony has been key. he's the only witness who says he spoke directly with trump about a hush money payment to stormy daniels. trump's lawyer.

todd blanche, focusing on a phone call from 2016 just days before the election, cohen testified he called trump's bodyguard to put trump on the phone, where the two finalized the plan to pay off daniels. trump's lawyer produced text messages showing that cohen actually called to complain that he was getting prank calls from a 14 year old, blanche, attempting to create the image of a bitter, angry cohen who turned on trump after he did not get a job at the white house. blanche played this clip of cohen from his podcast you better believe i want this man to go down and rot inside for what he did to me and my family. cohen should be off the stand. on monday, prosecutors say they have no one else to call. it's not clear if trump will testify in his defense. he denies all wrongdoing. back to you, reggie. >> amanda. thank you. new developments in the san francisco race for mayor candidate daniel lurie now is the third to decline a debate

hosted by political organizations together sf action and grow sf. this is all supposed to be happening monday night, mayor breed told politico she's concerned about the connection between her rival, mark farrell, and the lead event organizer. together sf action board of supervisors president aaron peskin recently said he is not participating in the debate. same reason given together. sf is known as a centrist advocacy group. now, what's also interesting is that the mayor and supervisor peskin were supposed to do a different event at manny's at the same time as the debate, and that is now also abruptly canceled. interesting. >> a plan to charge pickleball and tennis players a $5 reservation fee at some courts is moving forward. in san francisco, the recreation and parks commission just voted to recommend the fee. the department says the charge stems from community feedback. some players we spoke with at the presidio pickleball courts, though, are against it. >> people started making

reservations without actually fulfilling them so they would leave multiple courts empty. despite being booked. >> i don't know how much that's going to put in the rec and park treasury per year. i can't imagine it's very much money, but to me it's kind of ridiculous. >> the board of supervisors will get the final vote in the coming weeks. >> now it's your morning money report, a new report out from walmart is showing that even more affluent shoppers are looking for a good deal. the company says its stores saw nearly 4% increase in the first quarter. most of that growth coming from people who make more than $100,000 a year. groceries are the number one item, and that does make sense, since walmart's groceries average about 25% less than traditional grocery stores. >> visa is rolling out changes to how credit and debit cards operate. the biggest change will allow banks to issue one payment card that can be connected to multiple bank accounts. you'll be able to set criteria with your bank, like having some purchases. go to your debit card while others go on your credit

card. the new features would mean a thinner wallet so you can carry fewer physical cards. chase says the changes will be available this summer. >> taking a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway on this friday and you can see that we are up about 39 points, the dow briefly topped 40,000 yesterday for the first time ever, but it ended below that mark. >> new this morning the dream of pandas coming to san francisco hitting a political roadblock. according to our partners at the sf standard, a three person committee at the san francisco board of supervisors voted yesterday to postpone the mayor's request to allow her to ask for donations from political donors. she says the donation will only go toward the pandas. some supervisors, though, believe this is a conflict of interest. breed's proposal stems from her visit to china, where she secured two pandas to come to northern california. the city needs to raise about $25 million to get these animals

>> oh, we're coming. >> take your time. >> don't worry. the pandas take your time looking at the pandas. take your time, girl. hello. we're here. >> take your time, girl. just to be clear, that was directed towards drew tuma, not amanda. >> do you rl girl? do you? >> so my question is, what do pandas do in the wild? like there's so interesting to look at and they're so uncoordinated and oh wow. >> oh i didn't know that. >> they just i mean and all the videos i know. >> are you reading them about them? >> don't they always look like they're just tumbling all over the place? i'm like, how do you survive in the wild, girl? >> tumbling girl? >> tell me. >> well, they've survived a long time, so yeah. tumbling works. i don't know, they're cute. they are. this morning. let's go to our walnut creek camera, where we do have those cloudy skies up above. we'll get that sunshine coming on back here between 9 a.m. and noon today, and we'll have a nice afternoon. all right. weather, wellness. your

air quality. it is good. pollen levels are high. grasses and trees. that has not changed the entire week. and that continues over the weekend as well. your uv index, a nine out of an 11 that is very high. so the forecast region by region inland today we'll find bright skies, temperatures in the upper 70s around the bay shoreline. you saw that fog right now will get brighter conditions closer to noon and the afternoon is quite lovely. a little breezy, upper 60s to lower 70s. and then along the coast it is actually a brighter day today along the coast compared to yesterday. but this morning we have the cloud cover some pockets of drizzle. be aware you may find some wet roads along the coast because of that drizzle, but the afternoon will stay in the mid and upper 50s for daytime. highs a high of 68. in oakland today, 64 in the city, up to 76. in santa rosa, a degree warmer in san jose at 7780 for antioch. summer hottest spots lakeport in ukiah, mid and upper 80s for daytime highs. the evening planner what it will show you is that our marine layer, the fog, is slow to move back in this evening, so we generally have pretty clear skies through about 8 p.m. by 9

p.m, we'll start to see that fog reappear. but overnight tonight, our marine layer is not as expansive as it is right now, but we'll find some cloudy areas and temperatures in the 50s. the weekend forecast showing you tomorrow it's morning fog to sun. a lot less fog on sunday means we see sunshine a lot brighter to finish off the weekend, here's the accuweather seven day forecast the next seven days for you. morning clouds tomorrow to sun less fog on sunday and then next week a nice warming trend will arrive. amanda. >> yeah good morning drew. it is far from friday light. i know that i've been saying that all morning long, but that has just been the case. sig alert after sig alert. the good news here is that the fremont issue that we've been following all morning, that has since been cleared as a sig alert. so it's still there, but no longer considered to be one. this is because of a multi-car crash on northbound 680 before automl parkway. we have some incredible video that we got within the last 30 minutes. you can see that big rig on its side, a few other cars overturned, and then there's also a pickup truck that we can see that was hauling a

boat. also involved in this crash, six cars all together is what we are learning. this wreck did result in a few minor injuries. we're not entirely sure how many people were involved, but all of this happening just before 5:00 and those lanes now reopened. but residual delays will last into the later morning as we're seeing right now. still quite the issue. and then we want to get to the sig alert now on the san mateo bridge before the east end. a stall is blocking the right lane. it is stop and go from the mid span back to kumasi. thanks, amanda. >> the 2020 for latinas in tech conference is underway in san francisco, so this year's conference is being hosted at the palace of fine arts, drawing in more than 1500 people. the conference, shed light sheds light on latinas who are underrepresented in the tech industry. there are more than 80 speakers from companies like microsoft, airbnb, expedia and adobe. >> so the conference is really

to help empower latinas that are in the world of tech. we're trying to break into tech. the conference in itself and the workshops that we'll have will cover a variety of topics. >> today is the last day of the conference. another major attraction is coming to west oakland. first the oakland ballers and now a food hall. the so-called prescott market is under development inside a 100 year old building next to raymond field. the hall will feature food and business, food and beverage businesses, award winning almanac beer company is the first major tenant in the vintage 12,000 square foot building. >> it's got all the original brick. you can see the curvature of the building where the railroad used to run by, and for us, all those things are so attractive and make for a unique space and a unique place for people to visit. >> the almanac west oakland taproom will also have an outdoor beer garden with room for 300 people. if everything goes according to plan, the hall

and tap and the taproom will open in early fall. >> this is interesting. live look at santa cruz. a new numbers show the county has one of the strongest post pandemic recoveries in california. the report from the group visit. santa cruz county shows tourism is 135% above pre-pandemic levels. i mean, you couldn't tell from this morning where there's one person on the beach, but trust us, it gets better. that is the largest recovery rate in the entire state. visitors spent $1.4 billio santa cruz county in 2023. the report also shows tourism supports more than 10,000 jobs locally. good for them. and here's one big reason why people go to santa cruz boardwalk, right? and they are celebrating the popular and historic roller coaster there, the giant dipper. it turns 100 today. the ride at the boardwalk made its debut on may 17th, 1924. it hit speeds of up to 46mph, and i didn't realize this till this morning. it is the fourth oldest roller

coaster in the country. if you want to celebrate along with them, the boardwalk will have a fireworks show at nine tomorrow night. that sounds fun. >> the oakland zoo says keepers can now use pulleys to lift yummy! to lift the food giraffes. do you know what that is? i think it's acacia. okay, that's what they like. >> acacia trees. okay. >> thank you friend. >> i don't know if you know, but i went to safari. >> oh i remember, yeah. >> so i'm basically an expert. >> the zoo shared this video with us saying up, up and away. the new feeder system allows the growing herd to munch on treats at their natural heights more easily, and you can actually watch them do this. we'll be

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scottie scheffler is back at the pga tournament and minutes away from teeing off after being arrested this morning. he's facing felony charges after he

drove around police, who were investigating a deadly crash near the entrance to the golf course in louisville, kentucky. >> number two is sentencing day for the man convicted of breaking into former house speaker nancy pelosi's san francisco home and attacking her husband, paul, with a hammer. federal prosecutors say david depape should be held in prison for 40 years for his crime. >> number three uc berkeley police have cleared out protesters who took over a university hall near campus on wednesday. about a dozen people were arrested and are facing charges. >> number for a live look at sfo. if you are flying for memorial day, the tsa says thursday is the busiest day of the holiday weekend. 53,000 flights planned across the country that day. >> at number five, we have a nice weekend on the way today. it's about cloud cover giving way to sunshine. tomorrow it's a repeat performance, but by sunday, a lot less fog, a lot more sunshine and temperatures pretty close to average. >> and number six, some promising news issues on our roads are beginning to clear. the incident in fremont and on the san mateo bridge are no longer sig alerts, but things

will continue to be slow moving because of residual delays and number seven, one of the wackiest races around gets underway in san francisco this weekend. >> you know, we're talking about bay to breakers. it starts at 8 a.m. on sunday. but the road closures start tomorrow night across san francisco all the way from embarcadero to ocean beach. so just be aware and i'm ready for the outfits. oh yeah. >> for sure. what's more important, the race or the party? i feel like they're equally as the party. >> and i will see you at the party. okay, good to know. i >> michael: good morning america. overnight, deadly storms sweeping across the western gulf coast. texas slammed with 80 mile per hour winds. at least four people killed near houston. >> just looks like a bomb went off. >> michawi