Clayton street, we met a San Francisco resident who was attacked by several sideshow participants. First he woke up to this at 2 00 a. M. Then he was attacked by several sideshow participants right outside of his house. I was hit so hard, i was hit at least ten times in the same spot that i thought my skull was going to cave in. This San Francisco resident who preferred to remain anonymous in fear for his life said he walked outside of his cleveland suite apartment thinking he was safe after seeing a Police Vehicle down the block. He made a comment about the sideshow, and several people turned around and chased me to the entryway of my building, and he hit me two to three times in the face, broke my nose in two places, and then i crouched down and he proceeded to hit me at least ten times in the become of the head. Reporter sfpd confirmed there were no arrests and no citations at any of the side shows reported. I wanted to make sure the Mayors Office and the city of San Francisco is aware that these are not nonviolent offenders. They had rage and a veracity which i have never encountered. The fact is the sfpd is ready for it. Part of the challenge is we need to strengthen our laws like oakland did and have the ability to confiscate the vehicles that are involved in these sideshows. I spoke to a member of the San Francisco Police Department who confirmed theyre working on finding solutions, but its a question of resources Public Safety and officer safety. He also pointed out that theyre documenting and figuring out who these people are. In San Francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. All right, luz, thank you. A chp plane helped arrest four people last night after a police chase that started in napa county. The suspects were tracked to a neighborhood in rodeo. They ran from the car, hid in a backyard. Contra costa sheriffs deputies and chp officers then moved in to make the arrest. It was all intense for some time. But as you can see from these picture, it worked out in the end. Fellow nba legend, some of entertainments biggest names and thousands of fans honored kobe bryant and his daughter gianna. Todays memorial came nearly a month after the bryants and seven others died in a helicopter crash. Abc reporter elena gomez has more from los angeles. Reporter beyonce kicked off the memorial singing what she said was one of kobe bryants favorite songs. The ceremony was held on a symbolic date, 224, two numbers representing kobe and giannas basketball numbers. The ceremony also being held in a special location, the staples center, kobe bryants longtime home as a lakers star for two decades. Thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I love you guys vanessa bryant. Vanessa bryant gave an emotional tribute to her loved ones. I cannot imagine life without her. Mommy natalia, bianca, we love you so much, gigi. Including other emotional tributes to the laker legend. In the game of basketball, in life, as a parent, kobe left nothing in the tank. The event is being called a celebration of life. But i want my daughters to know and remember the amazing person, husband, and father he was. Honoring and celebrating the lives of kobe and Gianna Bryant, with people supporting the family in l. A. And around the world. The memorial today also honored the seven other victims who died alongside kobe and Gianna Bryant in that helicopter crash. All ticket proceeds will go towards the mamba and mam mambacitsas sports foundation. Very moving. The firing of Ann Kirkpatrick. She says she is disappointed with how it all went down last week. Laura anthony is in the newsroom with more. Laura . Hi, dan. Unlike virtually all of oaklands recent chief, this one is not going away quietly. Ann kirkpatrick is fighting back, including potential legal action against the city of oakland, and she is asking for the u. S. Department of justice to take a closer look at a system thats kept the citys Police Department under their thumb of a federal monitor for more than two decades. I dont think i was who they wanted to begin with. Exoakland police chief Ann Kirkpatrick is firing back at a citizens commission, and mayor libby schaaf for her abrupt firing last thursday. Are you upset . Angry . Not angry. I will tell you im disappointed. Im embarrassed. Terminating the chief of police. Commission chair Regina Jackson claimed the chiefs firing was without cause, but jackson went on the say the commission had lost confidence in kirkpatrick, who had openly sparred with commissioners in past meetings. I am not going to have a police chief that you speak to our staff in that manner. The commission had also criticized kirkpatrick for failing to fire four officers involved in a controversial 2018 shooting that left joshua pollack dead. I knew i could have had a good headline. I knew the commission would have been happy with me. I knew the monitor would have been happy with me. But to do so would have violated integrity. Do you feel like the mayor turn yound . She was one of your biggest supporters. Yes. I do think that i was surprised and disappointed in her, yes. I was disappointed. Why . I believed her. Unlike those who fired her, kirkpatrick believed she had made significant progress towards complying with a federal monitors goals, including Violence Reduction and hiring more women and minor officers. I want to be clear that i am not a opposed to federal oversight, but after 17 years in this pattern of firing chiefs, ten of them, this pattern that we cant seem to compliance is troubling. Kirkpatrick told us she will ask the u. S. Department of justice to investigate, and she is considering legal action against the city. Abc7 news news has learned the basis for her legal claim may be alleged retaliation related to kirkpatricks reported refusal to grant special favors to at least one member of the Police Commission. As for oaklands next chief i would tell anyone who calls me, and they will. Any candidate will be calling me, that if you have a family or children or parents, anyone who is relying on their income, do not come to oakland because they will not have a job for long. Now kirkpatrick went on the say she believes her firing and the way it happened will have a Chilling Effect on oaklands efforts to hire a new chief, and she promises to release more information about why she thinks she was really let go by that Police Commission in the coming weeks. Live in the newsroom, laura anthony, abc7 news. Remarkable interview today, laura thank you. New developments surrounding the coronavirus. The dow closed down more than one thousand points. Tough day on wall street. Its the worst single day drop in more than two years. Airline stocks in particular took a beating, of course, because of travel. Spreading outside of china with shark increases reported in south korea and italy now. Thats the concern about coronavirus. Its led to numerous travel warnings for people not to go to areas that are affected. U. S. Airlines have already suspended service to china and hong kong because of the outbreak. More than 2600 deaths are being blamed on the virus, and there are around 80,000 people now infected worldwide. Former hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is now in a new york jail. Harvey weinstein has finally been held accountable for crimes he committed. How much time he could spend in prison after being convicted on some of the rape and Sexual Assault charges against him. New developments from Mcclymonds High School. There is both good news and bad news as testing for a cancercausing chemical continues. Im spencer christian. Our february dry spell continues. Will we receive any rainfall this month . Ill have the answer in my accuweather forecast coming up. And at 4 09, the San Francisco skyway on this monday. It is slowgoing as usual on the righthand side. Thats heading south towards the peninsula. An other side trying to get over to the east how you watch it does too. Tv just keeps getting better. This is xfinity x1. Featuring the Emmy Awardwinning voice remote. Streaming Services Without changing passwords and input. Live sports with realtime stats and scores. Access to the most 4k content. And your movies and shows to go. The best tv experience is the best tv value. Xfinity x1. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Xfinity. The future of awesome. Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is in jail today after being convicted on rape and Sexual Assault charges involving two women in new york city. A jury found weinstein guilty on charges that could send the 67yearold to prison for up to 29 years. But the same panel also acquitted him on two more serious charges that carried life sentences. One of weinsteins production assistants accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2006. Prosecutors also claimed he raped an aspiring actress in 2013. Harvey weinstein has finally been held accountable for crimes he committed. The women who came forward courageously and at great risk made that happen. He is going to be filed and but an appeal will be filed, as soon as possible. Wine scene will return to court in manhattan for sentencing on march 11. He also faces Sexual Assault charges in los angeles. In the east bay, air testing continues at Mcclymonds High School for cancer causing chemical tce. It was found in the groundwater, and the School Remains offlimits to studens and staff. Abc7 News Reporter kris reyes is live with an update on when classes might resume. Chris . Good afternoon, ama. Its the case of good news and bad news for mcclymondss families. Good news because so far they havent detected any toxic air at the school. Thats just preliminary testing. Theyre still waiting for final results, which means the students will be split up in different locations in order for classes to resume on tuesday. All of that information came out at a meeting that happened here at west Oakland Middle School this morning. Today we were angry as well. We didnt really get anywhere. Bea hendricks just attended a meeting for parents. Many worry more than just safety for the kids. Her son is a junior at the school, plays football. But right now h is home without sports or grades. The scouts look into your grades and what youve been doing in your junior year because they want to know if they even want to talk to you your senior year. Classes resume tuesday all within a couple of miles of mcclymonds. Ninth gradelers go to ralph bunche, tenth and 11 to west oakland middle. Mcclymonds will remain closed as air testing on property continues. Final results are expected at the end of the week. The good news is the preliminary test results we had on saturday showed exactly what we were hoping, and that is zero percent tce throughout the school. Parents have been angry and confused about the process. The school shut down last week after tce was found in groundwater near the school. Officials have yet to trace where it came from, but there are several Hazardous Waste sites in west oakland. Were hesitant to allow them to go back because were not sure, like i said, what are the acceptable levels of this. We know that there is all kinds of distrust, and rightfully so. This is a situation where people of color, poor people have frankly always gotten the shaft in this country. And we need to change this. Now file results for that toxic air is expected later this week. Theyre trying to keep the students busy. Theyre going to be going on field trips all over the bay area. School officials tell me they hope to have mcclymonds reopened by next monday. In oakland, kris reyes for abc7 news. Thanks. Now to consumer news. For those with Homeowners Insurance, there can be benefits to switching it up. 7 on your sides Michael Finney has more than that. Many homeowners have been with the same Insurance Company for years, even decades without ever checking to see if they can save money with another company. Could they . Joining me now is kevin brasser. He is the executive editor with bay areas consumer checkbook. People dont shop for insurance. Its a big mistake. Sticking with the same company year after year, we found most homeowners by just looking for a lower cost option, a lower cost company in this area can save a thousand dollars or more each year by just making that switch. A lot of people dont do it. They just dont know that these big price differences exist, but they do. Some companies charge twice as much as others for the exact same coverage for the exact same policy, the sacket same home. You really do need to shop around and make sure you cant find a better deal. Another mistake a lot of homeowners make is well, ive been with this company for a long time. Ive never had a claim. I pay the bill on time, whatever, therefore im getting discount for being a good ting customer. Long time, were keeping track. There is no question, youre getting a big discount for not having the claims. But they dont realize all the other companies that want their business are going to give them a big discount for not having claims and being a good customer. The discounts apply to other companies also. And the other companies are more likely to give you a better rate to earn your business. We really need to shop around. We recommend you do it every two or three years for a better price, a better policy. Fortunately, in this area, the California Department of insurance makes it really easy to identify what should be low Cost Companies on its website every year it publishes the results it does of the auto and Homeowner Insurance companies. You go on and pick the profile that fits your situation and see which companies have low rate, and focus your efforts on those companies. You dont waste a lot of time shopping around at companies that are going to be expensive. I know what people are thinking right now. Too hard. Too much of a hassle. Its affordable. Im done. Tell them its not hard. Is it hard . Im not saying it was easy. Its like doing your taxes. I mean, its a pain. It might take an afternoon. It might take a day. You might have to get some people wait for people to call you become, there might be some run around with some companies where you have to deal with an underwriter. So its not simple. But you can save a thousand dollars and save that year after year after year, thats worth my time to do this. I think another mistake people make is well, i just renewed with them. I just got the notice to renew and ill do it when it comes up again. You dont have to wait even if youre prepaid. If you find a better deal elsewhere, once you sign up with that new company, you can cans well your old company and they have to refund you any unused premiums. By law . By law. They might charge you 40 or 50 as a fee to do that, but thats nothing compared to saving a thousand dollars or in some cases 2,000 off making a switch. Because youre watching right now, kevin and the bay area consumers checkbook folks will let you access the entire study on Homeowners Insurance for free. Go to abc7news. Com. Thanks for joining us. Good to see you. Excellent. Good information there. Definitely. Maybe change it around and benefit yourself. Lets check on our weather. Another glorious day outside. We need the rain. All the trees are fooled. I know. The birds are hopping around. And ive been inhaling that pollen all day too. We all are, yeah. It does feel like may. Temperatures in the 70s today. Here is a look at live doppler 7. Sunny skies, live view from sutro tower. Pardon my sniffle, looking out over San Francisco under sunny skies. Its 60 degrees in the city. 69 in oakland. 70 in redwood city. Upper 60s at santa rosa, gilroy. 58 at pacifica. And a lovely clear sky view from mount tam looking down on to the bay. 73 degrees in Santa Rosa Petaluma 64. 71 at napa. And fairfield 77. Concord 74. Livermore 73. Weve got blue skies over the embarcadero and over the bay as seen here from our rooftop camera. These are our forecast features. It will be clear overnight with gusty winds in the hills. Sunny and warm the next few days, and no rain is likely before march 1. Lets take a look at how dry this february has been. Its 24th of february. So far no rain at all this month. Looking back at some previous february rains here in San Francisco last year, San Francisco produced february produced nearly 8 inches of rain in San Francisco. The highest rainfall total in february ever here in San Francisco was in 1998. Nearly 15 inches of rain. But as you well know by now, because weve said it so often, we have had no rain so far this february. Our forecast animation indicates we may get a couple of hundreds of an inch by sunday, which is march 1. But that doesnt help us in february, does it . Here is the forecast animation showing the approach of midnight saturday night, with no rain at all. But early saturday morning, it looks like a little rain may touch parts of the bay area. So its probably going to be a completely dry february. Overnight conditions, clear, breezy in the hills. Mainly mid to upper 40s. Tomorrows highs will range from mid60s a the coast to low and mid70s around the bay and up to almost 80 degrees in the warmest inland spots tomorrow. It will be mild again, or mild to warm on wednesday with inland highs in the mid to upper 70s. Thursday perhaps even warm were highs approaching 80 degrees inland once again. And friday, still in that mild to warm range. So here is a look at the accuweather sevenday forecast. Looks like were going have this unusually warm pattern all the way through the end of the week. But there will be a sharp cooldown on saturday as it becomes breezy, and a few clouds blow into the picture. There is a slight chance of showers on sunday. Really doesnt look like much at all. If we get any rain at all, looks like a couple of hundreds of an inch. And gloriously sunny and warm again next sunday. Its nice. We have such a rainfall deficit, although we really are enjoying this weather. Thank you, spencer, so much. Coming up next, were going talk about that amazing story out of marin county. A couple found alive after seven nights trapped in a ravine. Youre going hear from some of tomtrump on the economy. Ald his people over profits plan makes a living wage a right. Creates thousands of good paying green jobs in california. And provides a 10 tax cut for everyone making under 250,000. Toms plan also makes health care a right, by adding a public option to obamacare. Protects union negotiated plans. And ensures californians can make their own health care choices. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. What a relief this story is. A palo alto couple still in the hospital recovering after spending seven nights in a marin county ravine surviving on just a puddle of water. Hundreds of people spent a week searching for77yearold 7 carol kip parsky and ian irwin. Several of the groups searching were on midday live today. What was your reaction when you saw these two people alive and pretty well given what they had been through . They were really well, doing really well. Because i was called in through the california rescue dog association, carda, as a cadaver dog, handler for the day, we were not expecting to find anybody alive. And the fact that they were alive just amazes me. I just im still i late e el we were able to help get somebody back home. I heard that he was singing when he was being lifted up. Did you hear that . Yeah. We had him in the litter and we were bringing him to the helicopter, and he started humming and whistling a little bit. They were just overjoyed to be found. They didnt think they were going make it. Wow. The Marin County Sheriffs Office says carol and ian are grateful for all of the First Responders and volunteer, and they look forward to telling their side of the story in time. What a remarkable outcome. Glad to report that. Well, as part of our effort to build a better bay area, we are going spend an entire week on bart. We are. Phil matier took a ride with the general manager, and they talked about one of the biggest concerns that riders have, safety. The message bart has for commuters. And basic income for all californians. The proposal from a south Bay State Assembly member. Why some say it wont work. Superior accuracy in the palm of your hand. The new accuweather app from abc7 news. Minute by minute forecasts, plus realtime radar and alert. Keeping you safe. Fisnt just about polar bears. Were fighting for our lives, were fighting for clean air and clean water. Thats why i wrote the law to send billions from polluters to communities suffering the most. And only one candidate for president was with us back then, tom steyer. And hes still fighting for us, pledging to make clean air and clean water a right for everyone, regardless of your zip code. Thats the truth. Thats tom steyer. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. Abc7 news back on bart one year later. Building a better bay area is about finding solutions and following through. Bart is making changes. Is it makes a difference . Every bart line, every problem, every solution we can find. Cell phone, fare evaders. Things we found on bart. Abc7 newss building a better bay area contributor phil matier caught up with barts general manager at the civic center station to ask him whats being done to clamp down on crime. Now, heres the entrance, and this is where a lot of your trouble starts or stops. Thats right. Now, up until a couple of months ago, you could either hop over or walk right through it. Correct. What has changed for the people that are bugging people from getting in . We increased the pressure right here you. Not push this open and walk into it. We increased that railing. See that railing went higher on those side railings. So harder for you and i to jump over that thing. And the next step is new fare gates. So muni has those new fare gates already. See the people there . Its a lot tougher to get in and out of there without a ticket. Its been like that for years. What took bart so long . Well, again, i think were a little bit late on the fair evasion side, but we do have a plan in place right now. And the last piece will be the new fare gates. That will be a hardened station with new fare gates, higher railings, cameras and security measure theres. We call it a hardened station. But when people get on bart, they expect it to be safe. Thats what theyre paying for. Thats what these gates are for, to keep the madness of the bay area out. I hear that every day when im out. When you talk to people every day and youre out, what is it they tell you . Ill give you the top three. Presence in the system. They want you and i in vests. They dont care if were armed or armed, in a vest with a radio walking the trains nights and weekends. Thats probably what i hear most. Second thing is fare evasion. And third one is on homelessness and crowding. So what are you going to do about presence . Presence in the system. Two things are going on already. We started a train team, reporting a new police chief 30 days ago, and he immediately took Police Officers out of their cars, established a 12man police team, and theyre already running in the system. So we may see them as we jump on. And then our Ambassador Program is going to start up, and that will be another ten officers walking the trains. That brings us to another topic, which is theft. A lot of times on these trains people are getting their phones snatched when the train pulls into the station. Thats one of the reasons putting more kochs on there . It is, for sure. That is two pieces i would say to that. One, its certainly an Educational Campaign that we need to make sure our riders are look, you come into the system and you expect to be safe. And i want you to be safe in the system. But as youre coming into a station, if you can put your cell phone down or look up, its important to just be aware of your personal surroundings. All right. Phil is here to talk about this issue. And the bart general manager makes a good point. We need to be aware of our surroundings. People get work done on bart. They use their phones and computers and they ought to feel safe doing it. Its great that theyre making this progress, but now the point you addressed there, it took them a long time to try to get ahead of this. It really did. It really did. For years bart board of directors were even mixed on the idea of what they should do, if anything. You make a good point, dan. Unlike walking on the street or something like, that when you enter a bart or some system like that, there is a selve of expectation for safety and security. There just is. So youre not looking over your shoulder. And if theyre not providing it, its on them. I hate when we pass the buck to the victim in this situation. Its not fair. A lot ofpeopletakebartso they can use that commute time to get some work done. Right. Now what powers was talking about, though, in this past year, and i give channel 7 credit for this. You got on the story. You stayed on the story. And the bay area got on the story and stayed on the story. And you dont make change just by a couple of announcements. They were talking about putting more trucks on the trains every once in a while after a story would attack, or a particularly bad break. This year crime has gone up last year. Went up 11 . This year, january, the number of cell phone snatchings of january of last year was 74. This year its 46. Thats not perfect. Thats not close. But its moving in that direction. Number two, as we saw at the stations, they are making an effort now to harden them up. You can have a debate about who should be on the trains, how they should be comporting themselves, whether they should be laid out, sprawled out, whether they should be high, this, that, or the other thing. But if you a problem and you keep the problem from getting in, you beat it. Or at least a good part of it. And thats after years and years of debate about whether or not to do that, they decided to take that simple step. Its an expensive step, and i know they have to study their options and the different ways to do it. Was we waited until we reached a Tipping Point when it became kind of a joke. Everybody complained about it every day. A year, year and a half ago when we first started looking at bart really hard, there was open drug use going on in the downstairs. I remember that video, people littering the hallway. That was the Tipping Point. Are you kidding me . Look at all the video we get every day when we go down there. We just go down there, stand around for 15 minutes. 15 . Maybe 5. But its easy pickings. And theyre still going over that. That is an expensive proposition. In the meantime, they are upping the presence of police, but lpz the visibility. There is a certain amount of Public Relations here. Theyre getting out there with more Police Officers. Now theyre going to have ambassadors just wearing things. We may not make you safe, but were going make you feel safe. Now the big challenge for bart remains women and weekend riders. One thing when everybody is s crushed in on a sardine can and keep an eye on your cell phone, youll be okay. What about nights and weekends when youre standing on a platform or a station and feel alone and somebody is acting strange. Thats when youve got to do something, and thats the next big challenge they have. Well, as you said, we stayed on this. And bart has made some changes too. And well look at some of the others they have and where they still need to make some. Youve been a key part of that coverage, phil. Credit where credit is due. Were glad to sow some changes happening. Yeah. You can see phils conversation with bob powers on our website at abc7news. Com. And coming up at 5 00, phil talks about with powers about plans to build more housing around stations. Thats a big trend these days. And you can read phil matiers column in the San Francisco chronicle on wednesdays and sundays. President trump will meet with indias Prime Minister when he continues his twoday visit to the Worlds Largest democracy today. This today as President Trump appraised indias relationship with the u. S. In front of 100,000 people at the cricket stadium. The president also called for expanding americas Defense Partnership with india. President trump and First Lady Melania Trump finished their day by visiting the taj mahal. Republicans and democrats are pouncing on Bernie Sanderss comments about fidel castro on 60 minutes. Sanders offered a partial defense of the cuban revolution asserting its unfair to simply everything was bad in the way he ran the communist nation. The democrats are now a social party. Joe bidens campaign issued a Statement Today saying sander, quote, seems to have found more inspiration in the soviets, sandinistas, and castro than in america. Biden is hoping to build on his secondplace finish heading into south carolinas primary. Meanwhile, Pete Buttigieg ran into some trouble there today. Protesters shouted him down as he spoke with mcdonalds workers striking for a 15 minimum wage. Although tech Entrepreneur Andrew Yang has dropped out of the race for president , his main platform, the universal basic income gives on. A state lawmaker from the bay area just introduced a bill that could put money in your pocket. Kristen sze is here to explain the concept behind this. Kristen . Thats right. You know that assemblyman evan low represents a large part of the south bay, the heart of the Silicon Valley. And he just introduced ab 2712. It propose as universal basic income for californians. Thats no surprise given he was the national cochair of andrew yangs president ial campaign which was based on the idea of giving every american adult 1,000 a month. Low introduced yang when he was still in the race. Today low talked with me from sacramento. Yes. This is basically mirrored similarly after the proposal of president ial candidate andrew yang in which we would be giving individuals in the state of california a thousand dollars a month to provide a baseline level of trickle up economics. Andrew yates has supported his support but there are skeptics. Some say paying for it like a 10 tax on goods and services would hurt the poor. Another concern. He tweets people shouldnt have to choose between public assistance and the 1,000 a month as the bill is currently written. The lawmaker items me he is open to input and changes, but the fact that drove the campaign remains relevant. This transcends any candidacy of an individual, but rather this is about a movement, a Grassroots Movement to making sure we rewrite the rules of the economy to making sure that it works for everyone. The bill now goes to committee to figure out the cost and other details. To pass it would need a 2 3 majority vote which could make it an uphill battle. Guys . Enid though he is out, it seems like yangs campaign has really given an idea to the idea of the universal income . Thats absolutely fair. It has been going up now 5050 in some polls. And there is a new york state congressional candidate who wants to give for kids. Like families get 500 per month per child that is part of his platform. It is part of the conversation. It is part of the conversation here in california with assemblyman loews bill. Thank you so much. A demolition fail in dallas. Oh, yeah. 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According to the survey, nearly 75 of local residents think the quality of life has gotten worse here in the last five years. Thats a tenpoint jump in dissatisfaction from last year. And get this. More residents are thinking about moving than staying. 47 to 45 . And 89 responded and said homelessness was the biggest problem. Its amazing how many people talk about homelessness all the time whether in the suburbs or the cities. Its very much. Last year or so really picked up. And i hear more and more people talking about leaving than ever before. We have such a wonderful place to live. My last two weekends my wife and i were out for dinner, two weekends in a row. I think part of the dissatisfaction may be the cost of living here. Especially when youre young and youre trying to build a future and all youre doing is paying in rent and you have three or four roommates. Exactly. I feel bad for young people, married couples, or people trying to buy a home. Especially when you find out what its like to live other places . Whoa, wait a second. You mean this isnt the way it is everywhere . 2,000 square feet isnt 2. 4 million. Former giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner appears to be leading a secret double life. A report at the athletics says he is taking his love of horses to a new level, competing in rodeo events using the alias mason saunders. Like thats going to fool. He reportedly won 26,000 at a team roping event. If you wonder how he came up with the name, mason, its a shortened version of his first name and saunders is his wifes maiden name. Mad bum signed a 5 million deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks in december. I wonder how they feel about mason saunders. Is he wearing a max, though . You can totally tell who that is. Exactly, exactly. This is not the first time mad bum has been engaged in risky activities. True. Apart from baseball that made the team a bit nervous. I guess when you have enough money, you can risk losing more. There you go. Thats a good point. Im not going to be roping any bulls any time soon. You may have heard of the Leaning Tower pisa. Meet the Leaning Tower of dallas. It was imploded and ended up tilting. Crews are working to bring down the tower the oldfashioned way with a wrecking ball. Work started today and its already gone through hundreds of strikes and the tower is still handling. The company handling the demolition say the building is leaning in the direction it was intended to fall. Its being demolished to make room for a 2. 5 billion project. Maybe it shouldnt go. If you cant knock that sucker down. Can we talk about how small that wrecking ball is . What is happening . I was thinking the same thing. Thats never going down. If i were an architectural firm, i would be very pleased. See . Structures that stand. Leave it. Its now a tourist attraction. Meant to be. Rope it off. Keep tourists a safe distance. People can take selfies. A florida woman is a thanking Good Samaritans for saving her life after her car plunged into a canal. The whole thing caught on camera. Watch. She is having a seizurier still. You need help . This video shows three men in the water desperately trying to save molly patron who plunged into the canal after she suffered a seizure. One of e rescuers used a knife to cut molly loose just as the car was totally submerged. She suffered two black eyes and bit her tongue on the Steering Wheel but she is going to be okay. Im always amazed at how people i every situation like this put themselves at great risk to help. Jump into action. Without hesitation. That is so scary. True heroes there. Absolutely. Fisnt just about polar bears. Were fighting for our lives, were fighting for clean air and clean water. Thats why i wrote the law to send billions from polluters to communities suffering the most. And only one candidate for president was with us back then, tom steyer. And hes still fighting for us, pledging to make clean air and clean water a right for everyone, regardless of your zip code. Thats the truth. Thats tom steyer. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. Actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty today to newly restored charges that he staged a racist, homophobic attack against himself in chicago last year. He faces a total of six felonies. Smolletts attorney also asked an illinois judge to stop the case. This comes after prosecutors in chicago dropped their case against smollett last year. That decision enraged Chicago Police and city leaders. Recently a special prosecutor decided to refile the charges against smollett. A longawaited extradition hearing began today in london in the case of wikileaks founder julian assange. American authorities want to bring assange to the u. S. To try him on espionage charges. A lawyer for the americans called the australian computer expert an ordinary criminal whose publication of secret military documents put people at risk of torture and death. Assanges lawyer countered that assange was being victimized by a lawless American Government that wants to make an example of him. The decision is not expected for several months. The Supreme Court will hear a dispute over a philadelphia Catholic Agency that wont place foster children with samesex couples. The justices will review an Appeals Court ruling that upheld the citys decision to stop placing children with the archdiocese of philadelphias agency because it wouldnt permit samesex couples to serve as foster parents. The lower court ruled the city acted only to enforce its own Nondiscrimination Policy and not target the agency because of its religious beliefs. The case will be argued next fall. Pioneering nasa mathematician Katherine Johnson has died. Johnson broke barriers as one of the socalled computers who calculated rocket trajectories by hand during early years. Her story was told in Hidden Figures about black female aerospace workers. Johnson personally rechecked the calculations made by the new Electronic Computers made during his first mission. President obama awarded her the medal of freedom in 2017. Katherine johnson was 101 years old. What an amazing life and contribution she made. Lets go back and update the forecast one more time. Spencer christian is here. Spencer . Clear and dry. Overnight its going to remain clear as well, except for a patch were to of fog at the coast. Overnight lows in the mid to upper 40s. Tomorrow look for another mild and sunny warm day with highs in the coast, the mid 60, to near 80 in the warmest spots. And were talking a lot about the rainfall deficit here in the bay area. There was also a snowfall deficit in the sierra. Right now Sierra Snowpack is at 50 of its average depth for this time of the year. Lets take a lock at our accuweather sevenday forecast. It will be sunny and mild to warm for the next four day, all the way through friday with an increase in clouds and breezy conditions on saturday. It looks like our next chance of a shower will be on sunday, and then we Begin Next Week all over again with sunny, mild, and dry weather. Dan and ama . Keeps continuing. Spencer, thank you. Why drive when you could fly from home . Yeah, coming up next, well introduce you to the team that is working on a personal flying vehicle that could reinvent the commute. And kristen is here with whats coming up. New at 5 00, an assault on an elderly man in San Francisco. Is it discrimination . It certainly is disturbing. Youll see the video. Plus case by case and gun by gun, the new push to reduce Domestic Violence in the south bay. The unusual sights and sounds that are keeping people up at night. These stories and more when i join dan for abc7 news at 5 00. I work hard and i want my money to work hard too. So i use my freedom unlimited card. Even when im spending, im earning 1. 5 cash back on everything i buy. Earning on my favorite soup. Got it. Earning on that eclair. Dont touch it. Dont touch it yet. Let me get the big one. Nope. This one . Nope. This one . No. Let me get them all. Im gonna get them all. Its just the basics. Can you double bag this right here . Earn 1. 5 cash back on everything you buy with freedom unlimited. Can you also tell me what it is . Chase. Make more of whats yours. Coming up tonight on abc7 at 8 00, its the bachelor that will be followed by the good doctor at 10 00. And stay with us for abc7 news at 11 00. The talk of selfdriving cars might have sounded like a fairy tale a few years ago. Now a group of students hopes to make a personal flying vehicle a reality as well. Theyre getting ready to take part in a competition at Moffett Field this week. Abc7 News Reporter anser hassan tells us more from byron airport. Why ride a bike when you can fly one instead. We basically take whats best about the helicopter, the vertical takeoff and landing and the best about a plane, the horizontal cruising and put them in one package. Part of 35 students from the netherlands. It takes off with these two huge propellers you see. Reporter they spent the past two years designing and building the s1 aircraft from scratch. The exciting thing is you draw something on paper, and you Start Building it. And it comes out and rooks this. Already it looks very sleek. The s1 was tethered as the Group Continued practice drills. Theyre here for the boeing go fly global competition to be held later this week at Moffett Field. Theyre the only Student Group to qualify. Its incredible to see that only though we are mere students, its still amazing to see what we can put together. The s1 can take off just about anywhere. Its designed to reach speeds of 70 miles per hour. Its powered by green technology. First of all, we are using batteries. So thats electric. We are pushing from moving from gas. What this does or enables you to do is leave your car at home and fly where you need to be. Flying vehicles are likely more than a decade away from being available. The students say this is the future. Anser hassan, abc7 news. The final will be held at Moffett Field on saturday with teams competing for 2 million in cash prizes. And as always, you can get the latest news any time with the abc7 news app that is so handy. It has enhanced live video features, more customization, and get personalized push alerts so you get more of the news you want delivered to your phone in realtime. Thats going to do it for this edition of abc7 news at 4 00. Thank you so much for joining us today. Im ama daetz. Grand now we have to deal withed us this. Rs. Climate change is an emergency. Thats why i wrote the nations most progressive climate law. And thats why im endorsing tom steyer. Because when big oil tried to stop our clean air laws, he led us to victory. Same with the keystone pipeline. When tom says we can save the world and do it together believe him. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. Disturbing video in San Francisco. A Senior Citizen assaulted and humiliated. Now the groundswell of support to stop it from happening again. Developing news in the south bay. The sudden decision that could impact Silicon Valleys water fly supply. Reducing calls for Domestic Violence. One department has a plan. Some families are worried about going back. Also here, the downturn in tourism and the vip trying to bring back the hustle and bustle. And what some are calling the new miracle on ice. The emergency goalie who made history in his hockey debut. Now news to build a better bay area from abc7. [ bleep ], [ bleep ]