because usually... [laughter] jeff: all right. say goodbye to our pelican. it's all you. it's a big world out there. you can do it. you've got some buddies right there, and they're going to teach you how to fish. there he goes! [applause] dock of the bay bridge is shut down as firefighters race to put out a fire burning right next to the tunnel. lots of smoke from this fire starting just before

three today, so much that firefighters can't see enough to get an estimate on size. even the broadcast at the giants game caught the smoke. firefighters say high winds plus the steep hillside are making this fire tough to fight and talk about bad timing with that game getting out, chp shut down the eastbound lanes of the bay bridge to give firefighters more space to work. just look at the backup into the city. with the highway looking like a parking lot. cal trans says the backup lasts for five miles. looking live out at our exploratorium camera. firefighting boats have been spraying water on the fire for about an hour now, and it does look like the smoke is dying down. we don't know how close firefighters are to putting this fire out and reopening the eastbound lanes of the bridge. we'll bring you updates as we get them throughout this newscast and on abc seven news.com. good afternoon and thank you for joining us. i'm lauren martinez. now to the north bay, where a

week of controversy at sonoma state university is culminating with commencement ceremonies today. it comes after the sudden retirement of president mike lee this week. the csu chancellor placed lee on leave after he made a deal with pro-palestinian protesters without proper approval. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard shows us the protests during graduation and has details on the fallout >> hundreds of sonoma state grads rocking their caps and gowns during commencement ceremonies after a dramatic week on campus involving former president mike lee. but alex can't think about that right now . >> today is about me. i'm glad to have my dad here to see me graduate, so that was more on my mind than the school. >> lee's retirement was announced friday by csu chancellor mildred garcia, a day after she put him on leave for insubordination because of an

agreement lee made with pro-palestinian student protesters who had occupied an encampment. lee told them he would initiate an academic boycott of israel, among other things, which angered the jewish community. >> there was no communication with the jewish community, with the with the jewish students, with faculty, it was as if we didn't exist. >> students for justice in palestine held this silent protest during graduation. for more than an hour, a line of police not letting the group approach the commencement stage. sonoma state's acting president acknowledged this week's controversy, with student protesters without even mentioning mike lee by name. >> i also want to acknowledge this current moment in time, one in which college campuses, including our own, have been spaces of social change, and i am proud of this university community for appropriately focusing today's attention on our graduates and their supporters. >> i have very mixed feelings right now. >> bd white supports mike lee and says she refused to shake hands with the acting president after getting her diploma.

>> thank you for taking a stand, president lee. i hope you enjoy retirement and thank you for doing the right thing. >> activist susan lamont standing outside with this sign supporting lee university's today are totally corporately owned. >> now, you know, just by their investments and that sort of thing. >> last weekend, pro-palestinian protesters interrupted uc berkeley's graduation ceremony. saturday's sonoma state commencement saw no delays but lots of pomp and circumstance at sonoma state. cornell, bernard. abc seven news. >> six people ended up hurt in a bad crash on highway four today. it happened in antioch, near summersville road. it appears at least two cars crashed and one of them landed upside down. contra costa county firefighters didn't share how badly the six people were hurt. prosecutors in the east bay will not file criminal charges against the richmond police officers, who shot and killed a man last summer. richmond police, show me your hands. >> show me your hands. >> that is the moment before

bullets started flying. back in june, richmond police were searching the home of a man arrested with a gun. the suspect's roommate, 66 year-old kevin mcdonald, was inside the house. prosecutors say when officers opened the door to mcdonald's room, he pointed an assault rifle at them. two officers fired, killing mcdonald. they later found dozens of guns in his room. this week, the contra costa district attorney's office decided the officers acted in self-defense and should not face criminal charges. we are less than six months out to the november election, where we'll be picking a president, a senator in san francisco's mayor today, mayor london breed formally announced her reelection campaign. it was a packed house at the fillmore auditorium. for breed's kickoff. the mayor was direct about some of the city's biggest challenges, saying she wouldn't apologize for her police crackdown on drug markets. but for the most part, breed's speech was hopeful. celebrating revitalization in the city and promising more change for downtown.

>> it has to be a place where people work, where they live and where they play, so my economic recovery plan 30 by 30, bringing 30,000 new residents to downtown by 2030. >> breed is facing four major challengers former supervisor and interim mayor mark farrell, nonprofit founder daniel lurie, supervisor aaron peskin and supervisor asha sapphire. the candidates were set to debate monday night at manny's in the mission, but organizers canceled the event after too many backed out. california's largest gathering of republicans is happening this weekend on the peninsula, and the biggest headline has nothing to do with our state. south dakota governor kristi noem spoke today at the california republican party's convention. she made headlines and potentially blew her vice presidential candidate chances after writing in her new book how she shot and killed her dog, the state gop defended noem speech, calling her a proven

leader in her speech, noem talked about people being too easily offended and urging us to talk to people we disagree with. >> we live in a country that is addicted to being offended, don't we? we just love to be offended. >> republicans best shot at statewide office didn't even show up for the convention. senate candidate steve garvey skipped the event. it's an unusual move for a major candidate, but it tracks with his strategy so far with limited public appearances. well, housing is one of our biggest challenges we face as we work to build a better bay area. one solution is turning empty. commercial spaces into apartments, a new report shows. one bay area city is one of the top in the country for it, an analysis by rent cafe found alameda had the third most apartment conversions in the country. last year. developers turned warehouse space into 372 housing units. only new york city and richmond, virginia, had

more rent. cafe says projects like these are on the rise across the country, with most of them focused on turning old hotels or office buildings into apartments calling for better work conditions took their demands to the streets of healdsburg today, more than 200 farm workers and supporters rallied to demand disaster pay and what they call dignified wages. the rally was organized by the group north bay jobs with justice. they say the they held the event as the same time as the healdsburg wine and food experience. to illustrate the economic gap between many in the wine country and those who work in the vineyards. happening now. it's the final weekend closure for state road 37. in the north bay, the eastbound side of the highway, which extends from sears point to vallejo, will remain closed until 5 a.m. monday morning.

caltrans is repaving the road. the detour route involves taking one, 21, 12, and 29 highlighted in green. if you're planning on traveling up through wine country, you may need to plan some additional time for your trip. interstate 680 in the east bay are partially closed this weekend. caltrans has shut down three lanes of southbound 680 for road work from al costa boulevard in san ramon to the 580 connector in pleasanton, when that closure is scheduled to end at 4 a.m. monday. also, the express lane and left shoulder of northbound 680 is closed between amador valley boulevard in dublin and al costa boulevard in san ramon. detours are in place for both closures. well, one of the bay area's weirdest races is about to take off. the traffic headache is about to begin for bay to breakers, as the first street closures are about to start. looking ahead to a busy travel

weekend as one cheaper airline makes a big change of how you can buy your ticket. >> hi, i'm spencer christian looking at a cool and breezy saturday. on this day before bay to breakers. i'll have that forecast and the remaining seven days ahead. coming up. >> and we just got an update on the bay bridge 511 sf. bay says they now have two eastbound lanes open. the right lane is still closed as firefighters work to put out that fire on yerba buena island. we're tracking the breaking

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traffic on the bridge are now open, but it will take a while before the delays are gone. caltrans estimated a five mile backup from the bay bridge to the 280 interchange. video taken from the westbound lanes near fifth avenue shows some drivers out of their cars and standing around, and others trying to turn around and get off the highway. the city streets are also a mess. we'll continue to follow the developments as crews continue to work to put out a fire on yerba buena island it is a san francisco tradition, and tomorrow, the bay area's wackiest running event returns. thousands of people will take off from the embarcadero tomorrow for beta breakers. it's fun for the racers, but it can make for a traffic headache.

anyone? for everyone else in the city, the sfmta will start shutting down streets in just a few hours. the race begins at 8 a.m. runners go from the embarcadero all the way to ocean beach. the first road closure by the start and finish. lines begin at seven tonight. the sfmta says most streets should reopen by two tomorrow afternoon . we have a full list of road closures and all the details you need to know to attend, or steer clear of the traffic. you can find it all on abc seven news.com. looking live out at sfo in oakland airport this afternoon as one of the cheaper airlines there makes a big change, low cost carrier frontier airlines is revamping its fare structure and eliminating change fees. it's a move to attract more travelers by packaging travel extras. passengers will now have the option to choose bundles that include priority boarding, seat assignments and checked baggage, and the changes come just in time for memorial day weekend,

which 3 million travelers are expected to fly. we added pilots, we've added flight attendants, we're flying about about 5% more flights with larger aircraft. >> we're fully staffed. we're ready to go, says the tsa forecasting friday, may 24th, to be the busiest travel day of the holiday weekend. >> well, a big birthday for one of california's most iconic roller coasters. we're heading to the beach where santa cruz is celebrating 100 years of scripps looking live outside on the sunny and breezy weekend, abc seven weather anchor spencer christian is up next with the accuweather forecast and coming up in sports, the giants trying to do something they haven't done all season long. >> would you believe win three games in a row and it's mock tose mania at oracle. luis matos kept the good times rolling

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is celebrating with special events and a fireworks show. a century in the making, 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. this 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. >> back when it first opened, it cost just $0.15 to ride the dipper. i don't remember the last time i rode the dipper. >> i don't think i've been on it. >> you haven't been on? >> no, i haven't. i'm not a roller coaster guy. >> oh you're not, but i like to watch and listen to other people screaming. >> yes, yes. yeah, that's a good people watching activity. exactly. and today was good. a day for getting out there. a little bit breezy, a little cooler than average. but that's okay. it's a pleasant day. mainly sunny right now. you can see here on the satellite radar composite image. the brisk onshore flow. and right now you

see the wind speeds at the surface only 12mph here in san francisco, but pretty gusty in some of our interior locations. move along and take a look at the 24 hour temperature changes. generally about 2 to 5 degrees cooler across the bay area than at this time yesterday. still cooler than average, but a pleasant day with mainly sunny skies, as we see from the emeryville camera. 59 degrees here in san francisco right now we have mid to upper 60s at oakland, hayward, low 70s at san jose and redwood city. that's pretty mild and 55 degrees at half moon bay. a little bit of cloud cover over the bay bridge. but it's a it's up. it's up in the air. of course it's up in the air. it's not low clouds yet. it's a mid-level clouds. we have mid 60s right now at santa rosa, petaluma and napa, fairfield and livermore, mid 70s and 68 degrees at concord. and these are our forecast headlines. mostly sunny and pleasant tomorrow for beta breakers. early next week we'll see a warming trend even even some summer-like warmth is coming our way. but late in the week it'll turn gusty and sharply cooler all over again. for this evening, look for a few clouds to gather along the san mateo county coastline, but the

marine layer won't be very widespread in the early evening hours. may develop more during the overnight hours. and speaking of overnight, we expect low temperature to temperatures to be mainly in the low to mid 40s in the farther north locations, so a little bit chillier there, but low 50s just about everywhere else. and bay to breakers tomorrow starting at 8 a.m. here in san francisco. tomorrow we'll see mainly sunny skies at that hour, temperatures in the mid 50s climbing gradually up to low 60s as we get into the midday hours, and speaking of midday, high temperatures tomorrow will reach into the mid to upper 70s inland. we'll see low 70s around the bay shoreline, upper 50s on the coast. so pleasant day, but still cooler than average. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. notice a warming trend that begins on monday. we'll see upper 80s inland on tuesday and then mid 80s on wednesday. before that, sharply cooler and breezy pattern settles in on thursday of next week. >> the giants trying to do something this afternoon. they haven't done all season. win

three games in a row. it's the longest streak to start a season for the team since 1972. center fielder luis matos, continuing his amazing week trying to make this thing happen. and a different kind of boarding in the cove. how about some skateboarding? yeah. bottom one, two on two out. matos facing former giant ty block. and that's a three run shot to left center. added another rbi later. that's nine rbi and two games. he sets a new franchise record with 15 rbi in his first six games of the season. he's red hot top five. giants up six three, deep fly to center. matos on the move, tracking and leaps. and oh what a catch. his second home run robbery this week. remember he did against the dodgers couple days ago. another hard crash in the wall stayed in the game. de la salle high product kyle harrison loves it. he got the win in this game. bottom eight matos. that's a laser two run single six rbi game becomes the fourth giant in franchise history. have at least five rbi in consecutive games. john that's a 14 to 4 win three

in a row. for the first time this season. they'll go for the sweep of the rockies tomorrow. moving day the pga championship and valhalla. it's louisville, kentucky. justin thomas, who grew up in louisville and the hometown kid. check this out on 14. follow the yellow line. and that thing is in for birdie. what a shot. tied for 10th, five strokes off the pace and cal's collin morikawa took the lead on 15 when this whoa rolled around the cup twice. and in he's at 15 under tied for the lead with xander schauffele heading into what should be a great championship sunday. 40 niners greats came out to san jose earlier this week for the fourth annual dwight clark legacy series. it honors the 40 niners legend, who died of als back in 2018. now, the charity auction event benefits the golden heart foundation, which helps 40 niners alumni who are going through hard times. 40 niners quarterbacks from steve young to brock purdy were on hand. young says this fits perfectly with who clark was as a person. >> so i threw dwight's last touchdown pass and before he retired. so, and dwight was. and

that's why his name is on it because he was a light for people, nobody. he treated everybody so well. he cared about people. he liked, you know, and that's the spirit, really. it's the spirit of the 40 niners. that's why the 40 niners in many ways, why the 40 niners are great today is they're embodied that spirit. like we take care of each other. we got each other's back. that was dwight. and i think that's the spirit of the 40 niners. >> that was a great event. we got basketball coming up next. mavericks and thunder. game six mavericks trying to move on to the western conference finals right. >> all right chris thank you so much. well women's basketball is hotter than ever in the bay area. is getting in on the buzz. chase center is partying. valkyrie sty

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one. eastbound lane closed now, but the damage is done. you can see those cars stopped waiting to get on the bridge. we'll have updates on abc seven news.com and after the game on abc seven news at eight. well, the nba's newest expansion team is hosting their first ever block party today, the golden state valkyries are throwing the event at thrive city, the plaza surrounding the chase center. fans were treated to food, games, kid zones and entertainment as the valkyries were welcomed to their new home scheduled musical guests include bay area artists like e-40, goapele, kehlani, chi chi, mason

, p-lo and there's no shortage of excitement for this coming up. wnba team. >> just celebrating the block party and having fun showing baby girl what it is. uh- have women sports in, in america. >> yeah, the valkyries block party goes on until six tonight. i believe tara campbell's packaging that for us tonight. so looking forward to seeing it. great. yeah it does. well that's it for abc seven news at 430 for chris alvarez and spencer christian i'm lauren martinez. we'll see you back here at eight after the nba playoffs semifinals as the so don't just play... stay at northern california's premier casino resort.

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