race ramping up this morning. san francisco mayor london breed kicking off her reelection campaign. plus the investigation into a church fire taking a turn . the response from an oakland

pastor while authorities searched for answers. and if you're driving in san francisco this weekend, you might come across some street closures. it's all because the popular bay to breakers race is back. good morning everybody. it's saturday, may 18th. i'm stephanie sierra. lisa is here with your saturday forecast. >> yeah. good morning. i use my wipers. there's mist and drizzle out there with some dense fog, especially along the shoreline and the fog or the low clouds have made their way into our inland valley so it is cloudy. concord livermore, all over the bay area. and as we look at the current numbers right now, 56 in fremont, good morning to you. it is 53 san francisco and up to the north bay. some low 50s. so temperatures fairly uniform with that deck of low clouds extending, extending inland as it expanded last night, a couple degrees milder with that. and we'll look for temperatures to come up slowly today, with the drizzle and the clouds pushing back to the coast. so as we get into noontime it will be brighter 60s and 70s bay and

inland, and ■we'll look for another breezy afternoon, a warm up on the way for bay to breakers on sunday. stephanie. >> lisa. thank you. just hours from now, san francisco mayor london breed is kicking off her reelection campaign at the fillmore. breed is expected to share more about her vision for another term as mayor. special guests will also appear when being the former giants announcer renel brooks-moon. she is running against supervisors aaron peskin and asha safai, along with daniel lurie and former interim mayor mark farrell. breeds. event begins at 10:00 this morning. also this morning, thousands of students at sonoma state university will walk the stage and graduate the commencement services come one day after the school's president announced he's retiring. mike lee was put on administrative leave wednesday for insubordination. lee reached a controversial agreement with pro-palestinian student protesters without proper approval. he apologized, but in his original message, he

endorsed student activism, protest and dissent csu chancellor mildred garcia issued a statement saying, quote, president mingtang mike lee has informed me of his decision to retire from his role. i thank president lee for his years of service to the california state university system. the university system is trying to get the state to stop what it calls an illegal strike. a union for uc workers authorized the strike earlier this week over how the university system has handled these pro-palestine protests on campus. the uc system says the strike would be in violation of the united auto workers contract. uaw does represent uc employees. the college system is asking a state board to issue a cease and desist. uc santa cruz workers are said to be the first to walk off the job come monday. you can stay with us for continuing coverage of the college campus protests here in the bay area and across the nation. get the very latest anytime at abc seven

news.com. abc seven news is following the story of an oakland church that went up in flames one week ago this morning. we're hearing from the pastor and his mother as the investigation takes a turn. it happened on 27th and west streets while the congregation was preparing for services. abc seven news reporter tara campbell has more from investigators on why it's deemed suspicious. >> it's inside the remainder of the church. it's all it's just smoke damage. >> pastor robert lacey is talking about the devastating damage to saint andrew missionary baptist church in west oakland. this was the scene one week ago. a fire started outside on the property, spreading to the church where the pastor and parishioners were inside rehearsing for services. >> myself in one of the other parishioners thought it was small enough for us to fight it, and at that point windows started exploding inside and we it was time to leave. it's time to go. >> the oakland fire department telling us they believe the

start of the fire is suspicious and that they are still investigating. >> we're just at a point now where, you know, we're still numb to the fact that the fire was set. it wasn't because of any structural errors or whatever. >> and now they're trying to salvage what they can of the designated landmark. it was nominated. >> i believe, in 2007. okay, to be a historic landmark because of the significance of the building. >> the church was built in 1910 to house african american oaklanders displaced by the 1906 earthquake. later becoming a home to the black panther movement and more recently serving as a school which did encounter some scandal. it now serves a small congregation. do you have any reason to believe anybody, like why anybody would want to do this? >> no, i'm just this this this is a this is an area prone to, you know, this kind of activity. >> it was just a total shock, i couldn't believe that this was really taking place.

>> elizabeth curry is the mother of pastor lacey and has a long history with the church. >> so you don't you don't see anybody who would want to do this or have a reason to do this on purpose. >> no, not at all. i never even dreamed of such a thing. >> the pastor turning his focus to restoring what they can as fast as they can. >> but they're seniors that take advantage of the computer lab. community members that fill out applications. they come here for support, and now we can't provide that support because of what has happened. so we're moving as fast as we can to at least get ourselves back. >> tara campbell, abc seven news the man who attacked paul pelosi with a hammer will spend decades in prison. >> a federal judge sentenced david depape to 30 years over the assault on then house speaker nancy pelosi's husband at the couple's home in san francisco back in 2022. >> today's sentence reflects david depapes lack of remorse and contrition for violently

assaulting mr. pelosi. >> a jury convicted depape back in november of the assault on paul pelosi and attempting to kidnap speaker emerita nancy pelosi, though she ended up not being home. prosecutors wanted a 40 year sentence for the crime. the defense argued for 14 years in court. pelosi's daughter read letters from her parents, saying her father still suffers from dizziness and headaches. depapes ex-wife says they plan to appeal with his son, describing it as a death sentence for the 44 year old. >> i think that's a really long time because if you think about it right, he's already nearly 50. he's he's basically it's just a death sentence. >> depape is still facing state charges. he's pleaded not guilty in that case. facing other charges, including attempted murder. his trial in state court is set for next week. being a mail carrier in the bay area is becoming an increasingly

dangerous job. they are becoming targets for people looking to steal their keys and swipe mail, which can lead to all sorts of financial crimes. abc seven news reporter lauren martinez has a look at this rising crime. thieves are targeting letter carriers for their mailbox keys. palo alto police and the u.s. postal service are investigating a strong armed robbery that happened at this apartment complex off middlefield road on thursday, police said. the carrier was approached by two men who demanded his postal keys . when they then asked for his wallet and cell phone, a fight ensued and then the suspects fled towards the parking garage. >> these incidents do turn really needlessly violent, so this is not something that carriers should have to be worried about. their job is already physically and mentally demanding. u.s. postal inspector matthew norfleet said. >> this is not the most recent incident. over the weekend, two arrests were made after mail carriers were robbed in belmont and palo alto. >> and in these cases, we're seeing the robbers are also

traveling across the bay area using cars that were stolen in the sacramento area, according to the analysis by the abc seven data journalism team. >> in 2023, there were 145 postal robberies in california, approximately 61% occurred in the bay area. >> the people who steal mail are criminals. they are dangerous. when we catch up with them, they're often armed. >> back at the apartment complex in palo alto, residents had no idea a mail carrier had been robbed. on thursday, we spoke with one man who walks regularly to a nearby park. >> i'm very surprised. i would say i never heard about it in all my all my time that i'm here in palo alto. i never heard about any of this type of thing. >> in light of these robberies, police are asking the public to keep a watchful eye out for carriers and their postal service vehicles. >> we usually do see the cars the robbers are using follow the carriers for a ways before they

get ready to do the robbery. looking looking for that opportunity, the postal inspection service offers a significant reward of up $150,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of suspects in palo alto. >> lauren martinez abc seven news happening now if you're heading to wine country this weekend, you may want to plan to allow some extra time. eastbound highway 37 from sears port in sonoma county to highway 29 in vallejo is closed right now for repaving work. the detour you can see on the map is the green line. there. it is scheduled to reopen at 5:00 monday morning. this is the last scheduled closure of the highway down in big sur. highway one is open for the first time in about six weeks. caltrans posted this video showing traffic on a section of highway one that was closed after that partial collapse. it's going to be one way traffic for a while because the southbound lane is still

being fixed. this reopening comes eight days ahead of schedule. a permanent repair is still in the design phase. the highway is still closed at paul's slide on the south end of big sur. all right, let's get you outside with lisa. good morning. >> good morning. 53 san francisco. it is 55. in oakland, 57 in san jose, with the clouds all around the bay area, even some mist and drizzle closer to the coast. and we're going to see a kind of a cool day today. a lot like yesterday. the breezy winds, a lot of sunshine except at the coast. and then we're going to bring in the sunshine for the second half of the weekend, even at our beaches. i'll have the full details coming up next with my accuweather seven day forecast. >> lisa, thank you. also coming up, we have new warnings about a resurgence of m-pox. what's triggering that message from the cdc? then the plan to bring some pandas to the san francisco zoo faces a new hurdle. why? city leaders are saying not so fast better in as little as 2 weeks. and when you can breathe better, what isn't better?

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message on its website saying people should expect longer than usual wait times to talk to someone. and your health news. now the cdc is warning about a resurgence of m-pox, the infectious disease formerly known as monkeypox. the alert comes ahead of pride events around the world, which start on june 1st. m-pox spreads to thousands of gay and bisexual men around the world in 2022, and the cdc says there's currently an epidemic of an even deadlier version of the disease in the democratic republic of congo. so far, no new cases have been identified outside of africa. anyone at risk is being urged to get vaccinated. here at home, mayor london breed's plans to bring pandas to san francisco have hit a roadblock. she shot, she thought. rather, she sealed the deal during a trip to china last month. but a board of supervisors committee is now rejecting her fundraising plans. abc seven news reporter tim johns has been following this story and has a look at the

political fight. >> the push to make two pandas, san francisco's newest residents, has officially stalled. on thursday, a committee of the board of supervisors reject the fundraising proposal put forward by mayor london breed supervisor dean preston, who chairs that committee, says amendments need to be made to the proposal before he would support it. >> we do need to make sure we have the information to prevent actual conflicts of interest here and make sure that this is all being done transparently. >> preston isn't the only one criticizing the mayor's plan. supervisor asha sapphire, who is running against breed in november's election, tells us he thinks the mayor's fundraising plans are a distraction from the cuts the city is making amid a budget crisis. >> in the same week you're announcing all these cuts to major programs that have been a vital, vital delivery of services in our city. you're announcing those cuts while at the same time you're like, look over here. >> on friday, breed responding to some of the pushback her office sending a statement to abc seven news, which reads in

part post opponents of a vote or requests for amendments are not uncommon, and the mayor's office will work on amendments based on the feedback from supervisors. but concerns are being raised about more than just the fundraising effort. some are also worried about whether the san francisco zoo can actually accommodate the pandas. that includes justin barker, the head of a watchdog group called sf zoo watch. >> there's animal neglect, animals escaping their cages, and this is decades long issues. >> barker says the zoo has been mismanaged for years and is in desperate need of repairs. he tells us that even if the city can get funding, he doesn't think the zoo will be able to actually take care of the pandas at this point, that this zoo is not meeting the needs of its animals, and bringing pandas here is a terrible decision. in response, the san francisco zoo sent abc seven news a statement which reads in part, concerns about our zoo's conditions are unfounded as we undergo regular inspections by various regulatory bodies. these independent inspections are thorough and encompass aspects

such as animal enclosures and exhibit spaces, breeds fundraising proposal will rely solely on donations to bring the pandas to the city and not taxpayer money. in san francisco . tim johns, abc seven news. >> the california fish and game commission voted this week to ban in river salmon fishing. the ban will affect sacramento area rivers and klamath basin. this comes after the amount of chinook salmon returning to spawn sharply dropped by 40% just over the last year. it is the second year in a row that the state has banned in river salmon fishing. the salmon fishing ban is expected to go into effect officially before july 1st. happening tomorrow. some people are getting ready for san francisco's famed bay to breakers race. expect to see some fun and wacky costumes, or perhaps nothing at all. we all know that happens as thousands of runners hit the pavement tomorrow. the city is counting on the event to be a huge economic boost because it attracts many out of town

visitors. >> it's going to run it, but now i think i might just walk it just to like, enjoy the sights. we did it once a couple of years ago and it was fun, so yeah, it's just nice to be back in san francisco. >> you can be naked in it. and, i hope to do that. >> there you have it. you may notice some no parking signs and stacked up barricades already set up around the city preparing for the race. tomorrow the race will begin at howard and main streets and run down market street starting at 8 a.m, and that race continues through golden gate park before finishing up at ocean beach. it's about 7.4 miles, and here's a fun fact the 1986 edition of this race set a guinness world record for being the world's largest foot race at the time, with more than 110,000 participant, and that was surpassed by a race in sydney in 2010. but certainly a lot of fun, a lot of costumes expected. lisa is tracking the forecast on what you can expect. yeah that's

right. >> we'll start out with today stephanie. right now as we look at live doppler seven and you'll notice just some clouds in southern california. but we do have a good deal of fog that has reached inland. here's a look from mount tam where you can see the beginning of that sunrise. 556 the official sunrise setting at 816. so that's over of daylight here. and numbers are in the 50s everywhere. we are 53 in the city, 56 in oakland, it's 58 in hayward and 57 san jose. redwood city. and a look at pier 39. it is crowded there on the docks already. 51 santa rosa, 48 petaluma and low to mid 50s from napa and fairfield. so with the low clouds expanding inland, we've got those temperatures fairly uniform within a degree or two of what they were yesterday. so with that, some spotty drizzle out there and throughout the day today will be mainly sunny. it's going to take some time for the clouds to dissipate and peel back to the coast. and there's a weak system moving through the

area, so that will keep the temperatures breezy and on the cooler side of average for your day to day. on saturday. and then as we get into sunday, that begins a warming trend lasting through monday, peaking on tuesday and then getting set for the long holiday, memorial day weekend into next weekend. here's a look at the cloud cover this morning. and then by 4:00, you notice we really haven't cleared the coast, so we're staying cloudy at our beaches, but sunny and breezy elsewhere. and then as we get into your early sunday, only some patchy morning fog. so around the bay we will look for sunny skies to start out and then as we finish even some sunshine at the coast. for your forecast tomorrow for the bay to breakers. so low 50s 7:00 and we'll see more sun than clouds. i think. and then coming up through the 50s and then by about noon time at the coast should be at 60 with sunny conditions. so that would be a nice change. as we get into your monday notice. about 80 here in our inland valleys, as you head further towards the sacramento

valley, some lower 80s 70s, pushing back along the bay shore. and as we get into your tuesday, look how temperatures warm up. this is going to be the warmest day of the week. so those upper 80s can find a fairfield and antioch less of an onshore flow. and that allows for mid and upper 70s here from oakland and hayward. and looking at san francisco comfortable in the mid 60s. but after that, we do have a system that will begin to erode some of the warmer temperatures slowly by the middle of the week. so looking at today with that fog not clearing the coast in the upper 50s, half moon bay, upper 60s in oakland, look for 70 in vallejo, 74 in fremont with mid 70s in morgan hill, upper 70s in san jose. the accuweather seven day forecast. so the mist and drizzle with the fog turning sunny and breezy today a few degrees warmer for your sunday. and then as we get into monday and tuesday, northerly winds will warm us up, especially around the bay and inland and then cooler as we head towards

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with us this half hour. we will have more on that story in just a moment. but first, lisa is tracking the latest on your weekend forecast. good morning. >> good morning to you. we have a lot of cloud cover out there. the low clouds have expanded across the bay. and there's a look at mount tam set up at 556. so less than 30 minutes. it is 53 downtown 58 in hayward with mid 50s half moon bay. and there's a look at sfo the low cloud deck there. and then as we clear get into breezy conditions on the peninsula 54 by the delta. it's 51 in santa rosa. so not a whole lot of change compared to yesterday a couple degrees milder. you probably don't notice the difference, but as we go into the afternoon, ten 11:00 you're sunny in the east bay and the coast is going to stay pretty gray. 60s for the most part as we get towards noon. and then by the afternoon some mid 70s inland. so that warm up, we're going to talk about that for your sunday stephanie lisa thank you. >> new. this morning police arrested pro-palestinian protesters after a demonstration

on university of pennsylvania's campus. members of the penn solidarity group said they wanted to occupy a building on campus, a university official says the group entered the building and tried to occupy it before officers arrived and made several arrests. the group then marched on campus, where commencement ceremonies will be held this weekend, and it's unclear how many people were arrested. the president is getting ready to deliver a commencement speech tomorrow at morehouse college. it's a prestigious, historically black, all male university in atlanta. he's trying to appeal to black voters. president david thomas said the school began the speaker selection process last summer, but biden's presence will come as tensions rise at campuses across the country. president thomas says he will allow silent non-disruptive protests. >> i had students ask me about it what if we, you know, turned our backs on the president or turned our chairs and i said to

them, i'll be embarrassed, but that's not your problem. >> he also added he would shut down ceremonies on the spot rather than allow police to remove student protesters in zip ties. if things escalate, the bodies of three hostages are now in israel. the israeli military said those hostages escaped from the nova festival back on october 7th. they were then sent to kibbutz where they were killed this morning we're hearing from a diplomatic correspondent for haaretz, a leading newspaper in israel. >> every time we hear about people who had been kidnaped into gaza, and we were hoping still alive over there. and then we find out that they are dead. it's heartbreaking. >> and here's a live picture from gaza, right now. you see smoke in the air. hamas led militants killed around 1200 people and abducted 250 others

during the october 7th attack. around half of those hostages have since been freed, most in swaps for palestinian prisoners held by israel. well, we're tracking new developments in the saga of 20 u.s. doctors, including some from right here in the bay area that are currently trapped in gaza. there are conflicting reports about the status of this group. the white house said earlier they all left the gaza strip, but abc news reports three medical professionals have stayed behind the council on american-islamic relations says that group includes two people from the bay area. >> the state department assisted with the evacuation of a number of doctors and other health care workers. today, doctor haley and her bay area colleague were left behind. they were not notified of any evacuation options, and they remain stuck. >> we reached out to the state department, which told us the

three doctors opted to stay the medical workers were volunteering on a two week medical mission this morning. the fight continues for more than 120 oakland employees demanding restitution from the radisson hotel, oakland airport. the city sent a demand letter last year, but the employees still haven't been paid. now, a new report suggests the bay area has one of the highest minimum wage violations in the entire state. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has the story. estamos de la lucha, standing in front of the radisson hotel oakland airport, where he used to work, francisco bonilla says he's owed more than $7,000 in wages from the hotel. >> bills peeking through a translator, bonilla says that's money he and his family need to pay rent and their bills. last october, the oakland department of workplace and employment standards found that the radisson hotel did not pay the correct minimum wage to 128 employees between july 2019 and

april 2020, totaling more than $400,000 in back wages. the letter demanded restitution be paid within 45 days. six months later, it still hasn't been paid . >> it says to us that they don't think that the city of oakland takes this seriously, and we need the city of oakland to show that that they do. >> sonya caraballo is a researcher at unite here local two, the hotel workers union. she says low wage workers at hotels like the radisson are often immigrants and women, many with limited english skills, which karabell argues makes them easy to exploit. >> the difference between what they should have been paid legally and what they were paid a difference of $5 an hour. >> the radisson hotel declined to comment for this story, but a new report by rutgers university that examines wage theft in california over the past ten years finds that the san francisco oakland fremont metropolitan area had the highest rate of employees being paid below the minimum wage at 14. >> i would point out that we're only looking at minimum wage violations, but oftentimes these are paired with, you know,

discrimination, sexual harassment. >> daniel galvin is the lead author of the report. he says competition and profit are the main drivers of wage theft. the biggest violations happening in the food service industry and private household industries like maids and housekeepers. he says intervention is key. >> we also need stronger enforcement to make sure that that the workers who are entitled to the minimum wage are actually getting the wages that they're earned. >> in oakland, anser hassan abc seven news. >> still ahead, this morning, a gift from the city of san jose quickly ruined business owners now speaking up after a project was trashed by vandals. and as we head to break, here's a live look outside and we'll be right back

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vandalized, 29 trees planted last week in the willow willow business district, and now more than a dozen of them snapped and torn apart. as you see here, san jose city council member omar torres pushed the city council to pay for the trees and maintain them for three years. he said the vandals, responsible for the destruction may have cost the city hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> unfortunately, they're just terrorizing the neighborhood because, you know, again, this is a very important business district to not only my district , but the city of san jose. >> torres said he plans to have the department of transportation replant or fix the damaged trees . he says he's in contact with police. triple a says millions of americans will travel for the memorial day weekend. reporter ivan rodriguez tells us more about what's expected to be a record summer travel season.

>> nearly 44 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home this memorial day weekend. 3.5 million of them are expected to travel by air, a 9% increase compared to 2019, according to triple a in 2005, that was the busiest memorial day weekend we've seen in 25 years. >> that was four years after nine over 11 and right before the recession. so that year was particularly busy for travel. what we're seeing now is in 2024, four years after the pandemic, the travel industry has just come back in a big way. >> alex diaz with triple a says memorial day travel paints a picture of what we can expect for summer travel based on their projections. the season is expected to be sizzling hot, the transportation security administration, for its part, also expects setting new records this summer. the agency predicts screening more than 3 million passengers on same peak days this upcoming season. >> airports are going to be

packed if you've flown recently, you know that most flights these days don't have many empty seats left. people are flying in big numbers, diaz says. >> road trips are also expected to set a new record, with about 38 million people traveling by car with gas prices similar to last year, gas prices have been ticking down in recent days and they really remain steady over the past month or so, so we haven't seen any spikes in gas prices. >> i'm ivan rodriguez reporting in houston, texas. >> take a look at this. the mayor says it could be weeks before power is fully restored to all homes and businesses left in the dark by storm. related outages. outages, that is, thunderstorms with hurricane force winds tore through houston on thursday, knocking out electricity to nearly 1 million people, the national weather service says wind speeds hit 100mph. at least seven people died in the storms and widespread destruction has brought much of houston to a standstill. back here at home,

let's check on conditions outside. how's it looking? >> well, we're pretty gray to start out, and you can see the golden gate bridge. kind of always looks this way, right. but the fog or the low clouds have spread inland, where temperatures are in the 50s for everyone. even some mist and drizzle right here. so it's going to be a little while until we see the sun. but once we do a nice afternoon, but the cooler day of the weekend is today. i'll have the details in a few minutes. >> also next, scottie scheffler climbing the leaderboard this morning despite his arrest on friday. how he's calling the situation a big [ nature sounds ] from indoors. it's a vibe. do i enjoy being in nature? mmm. do i like looking at it? fo sho. so if maintaining forests maintains my happy place, yeah i'm gonna be a papertarian. living room? sanctuary. bathroom? sanctuary. other living room? well, that's just extra. in america we have private forests. so when you choose this, the forest people will replenish that.

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the sunrise with the low clouds moving in. it's 545. happening today. the bay area is celebrating the new golden state valkyries with a block party. the event will begin at 2:00 at thrive city, right outside of chase center. the valkyries

haven't even played a game, but their sales are already taking off, surpassing 10,000 deposits on season tickets. and there was a big jump this week after the team revealed its name and logo. logo. the team makes its wnba debut in 2025, and today you can watch a wnba, a doubleheader on abc seven at 10 a.m. caitlin clark and the indiana fever take on sabrina ionescu and the new york liberty at noon. watch former stanford star cameron brink and the los angeles sparks as they face the defending champion las vegas aces. and today, you can catch the 2024 nba playoffs right here on abc seven. and tough news for the giants outfielder jungwoo lee is not expected to return to the lineup anytime soon. here's abc seven sports director larry beil . >> good morning. the giants spent over $100 million to sign jeong ho lee. his season is already over. he needs surgery

on a torn labrum after crashing into the fence on sunday. recovery time is going to be about six months. giants and rockies. orange friday yes, helping out the grounds crew. i got your i got your stuff here. giants often struggling as of late, but an explosion in the fifth a big blast. thairo estrada three run. jack giants up six five. estrada with three hits. and the kids, they're playing coming through. luis matos drove in five in this game. a two run double on an zero two count. down the line, giants snap the rock's seven game win streak ten five. how about the a's in kansas city in the sixth? here it comes for michael masi. and there it goes. two run homer. the royals score five times in the inning and coast to a62 victory. scottie scheffler shot a 66 in his second round of the pga championship. amazing given the fact he started the day being arrested. now a man was killed after being hit by a bus in the morning. a short time later, scheffler tried to drive into the course. police stopped him but the golfer said he was confused. in the chaos of the moment. it was pitch black, as

you can see was raining. police claimed that scheffler dragged the officer was trying to stop him. the top ranked golfer in the world was arrested, taken to jail, released a short time later and now is facing assault charges. >> i can't really explain what happened this morning, i did spend some time stretching in a jail cell. that was a first for me. i started going through my routine and i tried to get my heart rate down as much as i could today. but like i said, you know, i still feel like my head's spinning a little bit. >> a normal person would have been completely rattled, but scheffler made it to the course about an hour before his tee time. he played really well starting on the back nine. here he is on 1220 seven foot birdie. he had six birdies on the day on for the wedge to set up a short tap in on his way to a second round 66. he's tied for fourth at eight under par after starting the day in jail. former cal bear collin morikawa. big move. long birdie on six. part of five birdies in a row for morikawa. he's 11 under one back of this man. the leader xander schauffele from the bunker on seven. nice touch. second round 68. he leads by a stroke at 12

under par. and tiger woods missed the cut. nba playoffs game six knicks and pacers in indy must win for the pacers. pascal siakam to evan turner with authority. siakam led the way with 25. pacers up by ten at the break. third quarter obi toppin air ball. but tj mcconnell says i got you i got you reverses it up and in. pacers win 116 103. and it's to on game seven in new york. we're kicking it with bay fc taking on the san diego wave. bay fc was down one nothing. they came back 87th minute rachel kundananji racing in the ball. it looks like she touches it. but it went off a wave player. so technically that's an own goal nonetheless. bay fc wins two one. they snap a five game losing streak. that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great weekend everybody. i'm larry biel >> all right. today it's the giants home game against the colorado rockies. first pitch is at 105. how's it looking around that time lease. >> you know what we're going to see some sun. iis looking pretty good, but it icertainly

going to be windy breezy. so we'll get into some sunshine. and then looking at the breeze picking up up to 20 miles an hour throughout the afternoon with that fog moving back in. so we'll look for the skies to stay gray at our shoreline and here's the reason why we've got high pressure. but it's way offshore here. and then a trough digging to the north and so that's going to influence our weather. it has been influencing our weather, one system after the other, bringing in that generous cloud bank and keeping the temperatures from warming too much. but once this moves off to the east of us, we'll get into some northerly winds. and that's going to warm us up as soon as tomorrow. as we look at pier 39. wow, it is crowded out there already under the gray sky and mild temperatures were in the low 50s. san francisco 56, in oakland. good morning, san jose 57 for you. and as we look out towards the airport here in oakland, temperatures are in the

low 50s up in the north bay, a solid deck of clouds here, 54 with the winds gusting to 32 miles an hour out of the southwest from the delta. so that is an indicator of a cool afternoon. there's a look at san jose. you can see the low cloud deck. so low clouds, spotty drizzle this morning at the coast. so you may need your wipers for your saturday. we're sunny, we're breezy, but then we'll get into the cloud cover at our beaches and those winds up to about 20 miles an hour. so a lot like what we've seen the past few days. but then we'll get into that warming trend as soon as tomorrow morning for bay to breakers, where we clear early and then the sunshine at the coast, and then slightly warmer weather sunday with the big warm up into monday and tuesday. here's a look at the cloud cover. this is your saturday. it pulls back, but you can see from marin county, san mateo, all the way down to pescadero and davenport. we've got the clouds. this is your sunday morning, so starting out with partly to mostly sunny skies early at about 7:00 and

then looking at sunshine all the way to the shoreline. as for your saturday, it's going to be in the mid and upper 70s today. really near average. a nice day again for san jose on the peninsula. those breezy winds mid 60s san mateo looking at 60 in pacifica and the cloud cover from the sunset to daly city with 64 downtown. that's near average and up in the north bay we'll look for those mid 70s to return. so nice, but certainly not on the warm side or hot side like it was last weekend. 70 in vallejo and on the bay shore, mid 60s berkeley, oakland, 68, union city is 74. and as we head inland, we're warmer with those mid 70s arriving but upper 70s out towards brentwood. the accuweather seven day forecast. so the mist and drizzle and fog at the coast, then sunny and breezy. a warmer sunday and then as we get into monday, more 80s in your inland valleys, 70s around the bay and looking at temperatures cooling off by the second half of the weekend. we'll

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and on the santa cruz beach boardwalk. friday marked 100 years of ups and downs, twists and turns for the giant dipper. the iconic wooden roller coaster opened to guests on may 17th, 1924. it costs. get this just $0.15 for a ride back then. today the boardwalk will celebrate with special events and a fireworks show. >> it's now the fourth oldest roller coaster in the united states. it's one of the 10th oldest roller coasters in the world, so it's really one of the last of its kind. it's a really special treasure. >> i've been coming here since i was little. >> this is my first time. >> his first time. so just sharing a little piece of history and my family with him, you know, ride it. how many times? >> ten times as many as we can. >> we can? >> yeah. it's iconic. the giant dipper helped santa cruz county see a 135% tourism spike in 2023, with more than $1 billion

flowing in. happening tomorrow, the season finale of american idol reporter george pennacchio spoke with the judges about the end of the season and katy perry's last show. >> the finale is always feel like kind of a major award show. >> i think they're all deserving. >> now bring it home. >> the 2024 season of american idol is coming to a close. the three contestants still in the running. will mosely tell me why are jack blocher ground control to major tom and abby carter? i could be part of that world sunday night will also be katy perry's final time at the idol judges table. you have tissue in your pocket just in case. >> for katy, it'll be emotional. i mean, katy and lionel and i are really, really uh- have developed a really close friendship and anytime, anytime

you bust that up, it'll be a it'll be a different feeling and sensation. >> there will be a moment she's going to take the stage and perform, and i'm sure that will be something to remember, as it always is, but especially significant being her last performance. >> to see her leave is going to be frightening and sad, but at the same time, hang on to your seat because you know katy doesn't leave with just she has a roar about herself. if i may say that, no pun intended, i think that i will just be like crying almost at anything. >> it's been a beautiful journey and i. i love watching these kids grow and i just love, the humanity of america and getting to see all of them kind of mesh together as this big, beautiful patchwork quilt in los angeles. >> george pennacchio, abc seven news. >> you can watch the season finale of american idol tomorrow night at 8:00 right here on abc seven. next on abc, seven mornings at 6 a.m. more than half of all postal robberies in

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