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The country. Theyre being handled, right. The fbi and bureau of prisons have not provided details on the case or mondays search. Jr stone, abc seven news. New details on the rescue of dozens of animals from a home in hollister. Police are calling this the largest animal neglect case in the city. When officers raided that home last week, they say they discovered a severely over run at home animal shelter. We get this more than 100 pets inside, and many of them were already dead people who adopted animals from that rescue in the past are shocked by the discovery starting to come together as to maybe why this had happened to him. And it was just devastating to even think of what all these other poor animals had gone through and what they had experienced. Two suspects who police say ran pet a palooza rescue were arrested. Officials say shelters and rescue groups from monterey to walnut creek have taken in these animals. Now. Abc seven spoke with experts who say when you are looking to adopt from a shelter or rescue, you should always observe and ask questions about how the animals are transported and cared for. A good question is how many animals they currently have at the facility, and how many spaces they actually have there. Happening now. Search is underway for a hiker who disappeared over the weekend in the Angeles National forest. A 59 year old Northern California woman disappeared saturday morning while hiking along the san gabriel river, near the heat and flats trailhead. L. A. County sheriffs Officials Say she was with a couple of friends when she tried to cross the river. The woman lost her footing and got swept away. This has made other hikers extra cautious. We came with two people just in case something were to happen. You know, Something Like that. For us to go missing. And we have like the white house says its going to raise taxes on the corporations, the ultra rich, and reduce drug prices and child care costs. Federal agencies are boasting the big money could come their way. This years fy 25 Defense Budget request, at 849. 8 billion, would build on and advance generational military investments supporters of the project include congresswoman nancy pelosi. In a statement, pelosi said, quote, safe, affordable and accessible Public Transit is key to San Franciscos economic recovery and to saving the planet from the climate crisis. In the east bay, crews are working to remove this massive tree that fell on top of cars in lafayette overnight. This is in the spring hill area on spring hill road. The toppled tree also brought down some power lines, according to the pgandes outage map, up to 500 customers in that area dont have power right now. The estimated time for it to be restored is six this morning, and its not clear if anyone was hurt by this tree coming down. Drew wow 509 this morning we are dealing with light rain looking at the morning commute. We will find the showers are with us. You can see some light rain right now in parts of the east bay press. And a little bit tighter. You can see around walnut creek, antioch highway for certainly seeing a quick moving downpour. Similar story around brentwood and Discovery Bay right now, but were only within this rain through the next four hours. Its this morning. We have the wet weather this afternoon. The sunshine does break out. Snow is falling on 80 and 50 right now. We have some pretty high snow levels above 5000ft, but we currently do have a Winter Weather advisory in effect through this evening through 5 p. M. A few inches of snow will fall, just creating some slick and slower conditions on our interstates and our roads this morning. Back here at home, its wet from our kgo rooftop camera in the city. Light showers this morning pretty much done by about noon. However, the clouds linger through lunchtime. Its into the afternoon. The clouds start to break down for brighter skies. Well get those temperatures into the upper 50s along the coast, mid 60s around the bay shoreline and inland. After this system, were done with rain for quite some time. We start to enter an extended dry pattern starting tomorrow. Sun shines back out. Its breezy. By thursday we have some gusty winds, but well bring in some warmer weather. 70 start to appear, but its even warmer as we head into the weekend. Well show you that coming up on the seven day forecast in about nine minutes. Reggie. Thanks, drew. Losing landlines. Why . One Bay Area Community is fighting to keep the service even as at t is trying to ditch it. Voter turnout, the numbers coming in and the latest election shows a low turnout. So far. 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President joe biden on the campaign trail this week attacking former president Donald Trumps recent comments threatening to cut entitlement programs. Trump was asked if hed changed his outlook on how to handle entitlements in order to tackle the national debt. The former president seemed to suggest he would be open to slashing things like Social Security, medicare and medicaid. President biden in New Hampshire firing back. Many of my republican friends want to put Social Security and medicare back on the chopping block again. If anyone tries to cut Social Security, medicare or raise retirement age again, i will stop them. Trumps Campaign Says his words are being distorted. The former president may come off the campaign trail to be in court this week for his classified documents case. Meanwhile President Biden is set to travel to wisconsin and michigan to meet with voters. You can vote by mail. You can vote in person. You can even register day of. Still, most of you didnt bother last week. At 26, it is the lowest turnout in about a decade. Mailed ballots can take up to a week, so they are still counting. So we usually see lower turnout in primary elections versus the general election. But this primary was particularly low. Maybe even a record low for turnout in california. And frankly, were seeing this, you know, across the country, there was hope that vote by mail would increase participation, but it doesnt look like it. Data from the california secretary of States Office shows declines across the bay area, San Francisco, santa clara, san mateo all saw modest dips. But look at alameda county, their voter numbers cut in half. Landlines are expected to be a big topic of conversation at the San Mateo County board of supervisors meeting this morning, according to the California Public utilities commission. At t has submitted two proposals to possibly end traditional Landline Service. Now, opponents of this are concerned about Public Safety during a power outage or an emergency. Cell phones might not work. Abc seven news spoke with a woodside family, who explained why they rely on a landline. They need wi fi to use a cell phone inside their home, but in a power outage, the generator doesnt power the wi fi. We have about an hour and a half of time and then the wi fi goes out. We have no television, we have no computer, we have no phones, we have nothing. Were getting up in years and we think its important for us to be able to call for medical attention and Fire Department and police. At t emailed a statement to abc seven news saying it is not canceling Landline Service in california, and it is working with traditional landline customers to upgrade to newer technology. This years oscars ratings are in, and the awards show saw its highest ratings in four years. Sunday show drew in 19. 5 million viewers. Thats the highest weve seen since 2020. During the pandemic, that number could be thanks to the bar bernheimer phenomenon. Both barbey and oppenheimer films were nominated as several categories. Also, john cena presenting the award for best costume design naked, drew in some people. Ratings rose by 4 compared to last years show. Well, from the oscars to the De Young Museum in San Francisco, Anya Taylorjoy stepped out on the red carpet wearing this strapless, embellished gown by dior. Apparently, this dress was inspired by two of Christian Diors most important gowns, venus and junon, from the french designers 1949 collection. And those two original gowns are on display at the deyoung. Theyre part of an exhibition called fashioning San Francisco, a century of style, the curator tells the chronicle. Taylorjoys oscar gown was a reinterpretation of both sister dresses. Nice. I didnt see any flops this year. Yeah, on the red carpet, everyone brought their a game, you know. Yeah. Youre right. And as luz pena told us yesterday, the tunnel was key to seeing everybody. The nobodies. Right were behind the camera. Everybodys front and center, front and center. So we got and it worked out and it worked. Good for them this morning. Take the rain gear with you. It is wet out there. But this is the last storm we have in the next seven days. So light showers this morning will give way to sunshine this afternoon. The showers are ending already in parts of the north bay. The front itself is pretty much crossing through parts of marin and Sonoma County right now, on its way into the south bay over the next couple of hours. So were in and out of the showers through about 9 a. M. This morning. Heres the front, essentially on top of us this morning. And it will continue to move south over the next couple of hours. So this is not a Long Duration storm by any means. Temperatures right now pretty much Holding Steady in the low and mid 50s. As you get out the door this morning with your umbrella. Level one right now through about 9 a. M. For those light showers creating those wet roadways out there. Its a little breezy, but the winds are pretty much less than 15mph right now. Heres future weather. By noon, were pretty much done with the light showers. The clouds still linger, but into the afternoon they break down and will actually finish the day with a bit of sunshine. Later on this afternoon. Highs today. A little bit warmer than we were yesterday, but still below average. More of us getting into the low and mid 60s for your daytime highs overnight tonight we have those clear skies, plenty of stars out there. Not too chilly, pretty much on either side of about 50 degrees behind this front though. Tomorrow winds are going to pick up. Tomorrow is a breezy day with gusts between 20 and 30mph, but heading into thursday, those winds pick up even more as low pressure exits california and High Pressure moves in. We get whats called a tight pressure gradient, and that creates some very gusty winds. Throughout thursday, we could see winds in excess of 30 to 40mph, but that will create a dry pattern and some warmer temperatures. Heres the accuweather seven day forecast shows us is sunshine today. Breezy tomorrow with dry conditions thursday. We just have some gusty winds and warmer temperatures, but then that warm weather increases over the weekend. Widespread 70s away from the coast with lots of sunshine into early next week guys. All right. Sounds good. Thank you drew coming up, the seven things to know this morning. New pizza place. The restaurant banking on business along San Franciscos embarcadero starting this spring. And a live look outside right now at the we got somethin different spreadin good vibes all day livin in the golden state nada se puede comparar livin in the golden state vive en el Estado Dorado some people just know that the best rate for you is a rate based on you, with allstate. Not one based on paul. You dont want to ride with paul. Or sarah, not today anyway. And you dont want a rate based on ben, hes got some important business to take care of. Why would you pay a rate based on anyone else . With allstate, youre connected to a rate based on you. Sometimes jonah wrestles with falling asleep. So he takes zzzquil. The worlds 1 sleep aid brand. And wakes up feeling like himself. Get the rest to be your best with nonhabit forming zzzquil. Morning commute. The best chance of showers and a couple of hours before they taper later on this morning. This level one will create wet roads, some breezy conditions, but after 9 a. M. The showers pretty much turn off sunshine appears later on this afternoon. Number two, we take a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge this morning. As you can see, it is wet out there, so please be careful and expect some delays because of weather related slowdowns. Number three the case of convicted murderer Scott Peterson back in court today, a judge in San Mateo County will be holding a status hearing. The los angeles Innocence Project is seeking a new trial. It claims to have discovered new, newly discovered evidence supporting the claim of petersons innocence in the death of his wife, laci peterson, and their unborn son in 2002. Number four new concerns about Quality Control at boeing, the company has reportedly failed dozens of audits by the faa. Boeing says its implementing an action plan to improve safety and quality. Number five, most taco Bell Locations in oakland have closed their dining rooms to customers, according to reports. Its because of rising crime. We have reached out to taco bell for more information, but havent heard back yet. Number six members of congress will receive a classified briefing on the Security Threat posed by tiktok today. Tomorrow, the house is expected to vote on a bill that would require tiktoks Chinese Parent Company to sell its u. S. Operations to an American Company. Number seven airbnb is set to ban indoor security cameras in listings on its site. The new rule goes into effect at the end of april. Doorbell cameras and noise monitors will still be allowed in todays gma first look. Travel gift cards can save you some big bucks on your next vacation. Heres abc News Reporter becky worley in this mornings gma first look, a spring break savings travel hack i love you want to wait for from the first song. It was a dream come true for my daughter and her best friend, and i knew all the money wed spend on getting here was worth it. But that doesnt mean i didnt strategize to save as much money as i could to get to any Chris Stapleton concert we were going to have to fly, so i purchased a discounted Airline Gift Card at costco. I paid 425 for 500 worth of Southwest Airlines credit, and used it on our flights to san diego. Some Big Box Stores offer gift cards, and they can be a tremendous deal either instore or online. Youll find gift cards for airlines, lodging and travel experiences. And coming up at 7 a. M, well have more on these strategies to save big on spring break with your gma first look im becky worley, abc news, oakland, california mud and debris still sits in the streets in some spots. One year after the pahharow levee breach in monterey county. We still feel forgotten sometimes i hear we are a year later. We havent had any street sweeping like most of the community, ruth ruiz and her family had to be evacuated from their home. What they came back to and a half weeks later to was devastating. Their ongoing recovery is still happening right now, and ruiz says that many residents still live with a sense of panic. Every time you see it, like its going to be raining for a few days, its that trauma. You just think back that its going to happen again. Monterey county is still working to fill the gaps for people who dont qualify for federal assistance. They recently launched the pahharow unmet needs Disaster Assistance program. San francisco based pinterest has launched a new tool for users to select body types to be featured in their search results. The image sharing social Media Service will show the customized results when searching for fashion and wedding inspiration. Company Officials Say it offers more inclusivity for a range of body types and better reflects how customers see themselves. They say it aint so. Rock band weezer coming to the bay area, the van announced dates yesterday for its voyage for its voyage to the blue planet tour. The tour is set to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the groups debut album, called the blue album. Theyll be joined by dinosaur jr for their concert. Its october 9th at chase general. Tickets go on sale friday at 10 a. M. A new pizza place is moving to San Franciscos waterfront. Joyride pizza is bringing its detroit style pies to pier one along the embarcadero this spring. It will take the place of what used to be starbucks. Joyride already has three locations in the city. This restaurant is going to be its flagship. Theyll have breakfast , pizza options, wine and soft serve. An opening date has not been set yet. I assume wine is not served at breakfast, and i heard theyre also going to have coffee if it was and if it was, thats a grown folks business. Their hours will be 8 a. M. To midnight. Every day of the week was right by us at the station. I, i think this pizza is delicious. It looks good. This is no shade, but it brings me a lot of pizza hut feelings. I grew up eating pizza hut. I love pizza hut. Right with you friend with the bucket. You know the bucket. You read a book, you got a personal pan pizza. You got a star on your little paper. Star coming up at 530, tracking down a stolen van. The group asking for your help to find it after it went missing from the east bay, easing traffic congestion. Why . One expert says widening freeways is not a long terme solution. And this live look outside. Its 527 and is it giving people lots of great food for 6 dollars, and letting them choose between two delicious sandwiches . Great idea, devon. Run with it that went well. And you run and get my 6 jack pack. Welcome to jack in the box business. And you run and get its not a ninetofive proposition. Its all day and into the night. Its all the things that keep this world turning. Its the gotos that keep us going. The places we cheer. Trust. Hang out. And check in. 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Dolly parton revealing shes hoping one artist recorded her own version of jolene for an upcoming album. Ill give you one guess. You could probably guess. Good morning everybody. It is tuesday, march 12th. This aint texas. Its the bay area. Hi, drew. It sure is. Lets go to Oakland Airport this morning where we do find some wet taxiways out there this morning, as some light showers are moving through, well flip it on over to live doppler seven. The showers are very light in nature. The back edge of this front already moving through the north bay, so this is short duration storm we have, but well press on in a little bit closer. Heres hayward, union city, fremont, milpitas. Some light rain through sunol as well. Your biggest issue. Just some slick roadways this morning a level one for those light showers. Some wet roads. Not all that windy out there. The winds are less than about 15mph and the showers will taper after about 9 a. M, so were dealing with this rain for the next 3. 5 hours or so. 9 a. M. We have those light showers tapering, hanging on to the cloud cover for much of the morning, but into the afternoon well actually get some sunshine to finish out the day. Those temperatures in the upper 50s to the mid 60s. Reggie drew thank you. Look at your commute this morning. Drive times are stop and go as usual on the Altamont Pass southbound 680 from dublin to fremont. A little slow. Its probably because of the rain happening today. Scott peterson, the man convicted of killing his wife and unborn son nearly 20 years ago, will be back in court. Hes expected to appear virtually. This is after the la Innocence Project took up his case. Abc seven News Reporter Gloria Rodriguez is live in redwood city. For more on todays hearing. Gloria good morning reggie. Well, as you mentioned, Scott Peterson is expected to attend todays status conference remotely and his representation is hoping to get him a new trial. The los angeles Innocence Project took up the case about two months ago. They claim to have newly discovered evidence supporting petersons claim of innocence in the death of his wife, laci peterson, and their unborn son in 2002. They are requesting new evidence from the original trial in an attempt to exonerate peterson. In 2004, peterson was convicted in the murder of his wife and their unborn son, and he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Legal analyst Stephen Clark says they may be able to use dna evidence that was available then, but for whatever reason could not be tested. Then you have to remember that the technology in 2002 is very different than what we can do now with dna evidence. So theyre bringing 2024 expertise to a case thats 22 years old. And thats been very key in overturning other cases. And theyre going to look at other information in this case that perhaps the defense at the time didnt consider, like other alternative theories of how laci could have been murdered, and that Scott Peterson is an innocent man. Clark says the los angeles Innocence Project brings a lot of credibility when they step in, and they will be represent peterson. Today, the status conference sits at 9 00 this morning. Of course well be covering it. Well have all the details for you. Live in redwood city, Gloria Rodriguez, abc seven news. Thanks, gloria. Well be tracking what happens in court this morning to get updates as they happen. Make sure you have the abc seven news app with notifications enabled. More regulation could be on the way for robo taxis here in california. A new bill would expand the amount of data that Companies Like waymo and cruise have to report to the dmv, so currently, the companies are only required to submit data on things like crashes and traffic violations, fines for vehicles with a testing permit, ab 3061, authored by San Francisco assemblyman matt haney, would expand that deployment permit, which allow paid customers to ride in Autonomous Vehicles. Waymo is currently the only company with a deployment permit in the state. If this is passed, they could face daily fines of more than 26,000. If they do not report this data. Cruz has said its committed to engaging and participating in policy discussions with state regulators. We have reached out to waymo for comment, but have not yet heard back. Organizers with the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival are asking for help after they say someone stole their van. You can see the white dodge 12 Passenger Van here. The group says it was used to transport actors who put on plays for schools and libraries statewide. According to the chronicle, the van was stolen in oakland last month and someone tried to use a gas car that was inside in richmond. The group now has a rental van. Theyre asking for donations to replace the stolen van. You can find out more at sf shakes. Org. Customers no longer have access to dining rooms at most taco bell restaurants in oakland, we spotted signs saying Dining Room Closed at the restaurant at 35th avenue and macarthur boulevard, according to reports, four of the five taco bells in oakland are now drive thru only because of rising crime. The restaurants are not accepting cash either. We reached out to taco bells Corporate Headquarters for confirmation. We have yet have not yet heard back. San francisco is trying to revive a program that pays to help unhoused people get back to their hometown. A board of Supervisors Committee unanimously approved amendments to the citys homeward bound program, initiated in 2004 by then mayor gavin newsom. Supervisor asha sapphire says the Program Needs to be broadened after years of decline. Were expanding the program somewhat to allow for those that are in risk of being homeless, as well as those that might be living in permanent Supportive Housing in a transitional nature to again to help reunify them with their family. Sapphire believes the changes will revitalize a program that helped more than 11,000 people return home from 2005 to 2019. This morning, there are big concerns over boeing jets. A new report claiming the company has failed dozens of audits by the faa. Heres abc seven News Reporter lionel moise with what the company is saying this morning. This morning, new concerns about Quality Control at boeing. The New York Times reports the company has failed 33 of the 89 audits the faa conducted after a door panel blew off in midflight on this Alaska Airlines plane in january. Investigators later found four bolts were missing following the incident, the faa took immediate action to increase its oversight activities, and we will continue to put safety first. The faa also conducted 13 audits of boeing supplier spirit aerosystems, and seven reportedly resulted in a failing grade. The times say documents show the faa observed mechanics at spirit using a hotel keycard to check a door seal, and spirit mechanics applied dawn soap to a door seal as lubricant. Boeing responding overnight, saying, we continue to implement immediate changes and develop a comprehensive action plan to strengthen safety and quality with transparency at every turn. Do you feel like theyre making safe airplanes right now . Right now with our oversight, were certifying them as safe. Yes. Meanwhile, a boeing whistleblower who raised concerns about production standards has been found dead after an apparent suicide. The body of 62 year old john barnett, a longtime boeing employee and quality manager, was found in charleston, south carolina, where he was being questioned in a case against boeing. Barnett told the bbc in 2019 that workers deliberately used faulty parts on the production line. Boeing denied his claims in a statement, boeing said we are saddened by mr. Barnetts passing and our thoughts are with his family and friends. Lionel moise, abc news, new york. In washington, members of congress are set to receive a classified briefing today from the fbi and the department of justice on the Security Threat posed by tiktoks Parent Company , bytedance. The briefing comes as the house is set to vote tomorrow on a bill restricting the apps operation here in the u. S. It would require bytedance to sell its u. S. Operations to an American Company or risk being banned from the u. S. I have a lot of concern about what the interference of authoritarian and totalitarian governments like china and like russia in our open and free and democratic society. National Security Officials warned yesterday the Chinese Government might be able to control our devices through the apps software. Tiktok has said a ban on its product would trample the First Amendment rights of millions of americans. And were taking a live look at the tarmac this morning from our abc seven Oakland Airport camera. More than a million passengers are projected to pass through the airport for spring break. Thats according to airport officials. Its about a 3 increase compared to the same time last year. The airport sees spring break as march 15th through april 15th. The recommended to arrive early and book parking ahead of time. During that busy travel period. Filing your taxes for free. The new service the irs is launching for millions of californians today, and its a story that will not go away. Royal family photo controversy. The new questions about the doctored picture of the princess of wales and her children. But first, a check on the weather with meteorologist drew tuma, where his background is fake. It is. This is not whats happening live on the Golden Gate Bridge. It is dark right now and we do have some rain falling this morning for the commute. You can see those showers elevated in nature. Those chances over the next couple of hours. And through the next 3. 5 hours or so, some snow is falling on 80 and 50 right now. Blue canyon reporting some light snow. Truckee and south lake reporting just cloudy conditions, but we do have a Winter Weather advisory in effect until 5 p. M. This evening for a couple of inches of snow. Just some slick and slow conditions as folks come and go from the sierra back here at home. Future weather showing you by about 8 09 a. M. The light showers are out of here. The cloud cover remains for much of the morning, but into the afternoon well get some sunshine to finish out the day. Those temperatures in the upper 50s to the mid 60s. But behind this front we enter an extended dry pattern. Tomorrow its sunny and breezy, but thursday the winds turn gusty and it will bring in some even warmer weather. And those numbers excel as we head into the we is up and every ys to go low. Family outing costs an and now, weve lowered the price on hundreds of your favorite products. Designing something beautiful is easy. Designing something beautiful with great quality for a low price . Thats a different story. Its why were here. Thats a promise. Not a promo. When you have moderate to severe eczema, its okay to show off. With dupixent, show off your clearer skin and less itch. Because you have plenty of reasons to show off your skin. 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Officials say it should work on smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktop computers, and there shouldnt be any hidden junk fees in order to file a spanish version of the app will be available today at 10 a. M. Speaking of taxes, seven on your side is hosting a tax chat this friday, exactly one month before your taxes are due. United way bay area is sponsoring this opportunity. Get your questions answered by text professionals. You can send them in now. Go to abc7 news. Com. Click seven on your side and youll find the form right there. Then watch friday here on abc seven. Okay, this makes me sad. A new Study Suggests extreme weather events may have taken a deadly toll on a key population of whales. The study estimates around 7000 humpbacks may have starved to death in the Northern Pacific. The population dropped as much as 20 over roughly a decade. A marine heat wave known as the blob is believed to have increased temperatures in the Northern Pacific by as much as ten degrees over several years. This devastated the ocean food chain. Fewer resources, less food, all of the consumers out there are competing for this food, and theyre both. The whales now are competing directly with those other organisms. Like many of these fish, the whales in the study belong to a different Migration Group than the humpbacks along the bay area coast. New research is proving what you already know that traffic in the bay area is pretty bad. Transportation Analytics Company inrix found drivers lose 97 hours a year sitting in traffic, so thats bringing up an age old question. Could widening the freeways help ease the congestion . And it has an age old answer no. A uc davis researcher looked into it. She found that bumping freeways from three lanes to four would only be a short tum solution. It is just a simple issue of supply and demand. We add capacity, we reduce the effective cost of driving because we make things go a little bit faster, and people make choices that lead to more driving. In total, they may make trips that they wouldnt have made otherwise. They may choose more distant destinations. As weve studied this one gazillion times, it always has the same answer. Bay area transportation planners are currently considering widening 101 from south San Francisco to the city to add an extra express lane this morning. People are demanding answers from the royal family after that doctored photo showing the princess of wales and her children. It is fueling conspiracy theories and calls for more transparency. Abc News Reporter rhiannon ally has more on the photo that is turning into a pr disaster. This morning, the british tabloid headlines read kates photo bomb and ask how her family photo could become a pr disaster. Will they now release the original photograph and tell us exactly when it was taken . It all started sunday when the palace shared what was soon to be revealed as a doctored photo of the princess with her children to celebrate mothers day in the u. K, royal watchers immediately spotted at least ten inconsistencies. A sleeve on Princess Charlotte not lining up. A misaligned zipper on kates sweater, and jagged tiles behind prince louis. I dont think its an ai generated photo. I think it was basically somebody took a series of photos and was just doing some beautification of the photos. Kate seen here yesterday next to prince william, headed to a private appointment, issued a rare for the royals public apology, saying like many amateur photographers, i do occasionally experiment with editing. I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion. The family photograph we shared yesterday caused all of this is fueling more speculation about kates medical condition, which remains a mystery after she underwent Abdominal Surgery in january. Remaining out of the public eye. Instead of dousing the flames of all this internet fire, they poured fuel on it. The reality is now the conspiracy theorists have gone into overdrive, and now even more questions. After the palace yesterday refused to release the original photo before it was doctored. This has been a humbling and humiliating episode for the royal family. At the worst possible time, kate is not expected to return to public duties until after easter. Rhiannon ally abc news, new york. Lets talk about something that matters beyonce, his country album. It will be released in a little over two weeks and an epic country collaboration could be in the works. In an interview with a knoxville newspaper, author dolly parton said, quote, i think shes recorded jolene. Oh, and i think its probably going to be on her country album, which im very excited about. Dolly went on to say that she loves beyonce and says shes a great singer. Beyonces act two is scheduled to come out friday, march 29th. Now you know i love dolly and you know i love beyonce. But whats dolly doing . Spilling this mm. Hmm before it comes out . Dolly does what she wants. Its her song to get the folks excited, said dolly. I love that she shes playing coy. She knows. She she definitely knows. Dolly knows whos using her songs and who is not using her songs. Thats a great song. Although famously, dolly said that she didnt actually know that i will always love you. That is true. Was recorded until she heard it on the radio. Yeah how . She didnt know that one. I know, i know, she said, youre not gonna get me again. Thats what she said. She said this time, right now, beyonce, just give me a heads up. Right. And also a check and a check. Right. Gosh, thatll be exciting. Yeah. This morning we are dealing with rain out there, but it wont last all that long. Heres a live look. This is the bay bridge toll plaza where it is wet out there. Your accuweather headlines showing you today. We go from light showers to sunshine to finish out the day tomorrow we have gusty winds into thursday. Thursday those winds could gust as high as 40mph. Thats going to drag in some dry air. But in the extended pattern, its all about sunshine and warm weather. After todays rain, were storm free on the seven day forecast. Its a nice dry pattern setting up after what has been a very wet winter. Live doppler seven showing you we have just light showers out there. Heres the back edge of the rain so its already turning off in the north bay. It will turn off from north to south over the next couple of hours. After 9 a. M. Were pretty much done with this light rain. The front is essentially on top of us right now. It will continue to move south and east over the next couple of hours, but were at a level one this morning for those light showers. It is creating wet roads out there. A bit of a breeze. And again those showers tapering after about 9 a. M. This morning. Heres future weather after those showers taper, we will still have a lot of cloud cover hanging around through lunchtime and into the afternoon. Well see that sunshine break out by 4 p. M. Its mostly sunny out there and temperatures slightly warmer than we were yesterday. Well get you into the upper 50s to the mid 60s. Still a bit below average for this time of the year, but it will feel a little bit warmer than yesterday. Tonight we have clear skies and temperatures pretty much on either side of about 50 degrees. Now. Those winds pick up here starting on wednesday. Future tracker wind gusts tomorrow afternoon to about 15 and 30mph. But they turn Even Stronger around here thursday morning, where we could see gusts in excess of 40mph. Heres the accuweather seven day forecast showing you showers to sunshine today. So sunshine returns big time tomorrow. That breeze picks up. Its gusty here on thursday. The winds weaken on friday. Look at the weekend 60s and 70s under total sunshine guys. Drew thank you. New at six. The statue honoring a sports legend that already needs to be fixed because of a series of mistakes and typos. The first Retirement Ceremony. The event bard is holding for the last of its legacy fleet. The air fresheners add a scent. But only lysol air sanitizer helps erase the trace, eliminating odor and killing 99. 9 of viruses and bacteria in the air. Scent cant sanitize. Lysol can. Barts legacy cars. The agency is holding a Retirement Ceremony and a final ride to celebrate the end of an era. Bart is calling it riding into history, the final run of the first fleet. This will be the last run of its legacy trains that have served the bay area. For more than 50 years. The event is going to be held saturday, april 20th at oaklands macarthur station. Now most of the legacy cars have already been recycled, but three of them will be on display at the western railroad Railway Museum in suisun city. Two East Bay High School Basketball Teams are returning, with champions trophies for a second consecutive year. The oakland tech high high Boys Basketball team won the cfe Division Two State championship game over the weekend, they faced off against centennial high from bakersfield at Golden One Center in sacramento. After a back and forth first half, the tech bulldogs took control. They breezed to a win 79 to 55. And the oakland high wildcats girls Basketball Team brought home the cif Division Five state championship title. This is the second year in a row that a team from oakland high has brought home. The win. Last year, the boys beat oakland tech for the title. This year, the oakland high girls team beat san diegos montgomery High School Basketball in a very close game, 56 to 50. Oakland high underdogs in that game, the number 13 seed taking on the number one seed. It feels really great to be able to bring a championship to my school and we did it with a new program, a new coach, a new players. Oh, usd schools have won 11 state championship titles since 2016. The happiest place on earth has cleared a major hurdle to expand in a major way. The Anaheim Planning Commission just approved the plan for disneyland. The 2 billion project would let disney choose where it builds new hotels, dining and park areas over the next ten years, but also invest more than 100 million in city streets, parks and affordable housing. The city council is expected to vote on the project next month, and disney is a Parent Company of abc seven. That is very cool. If you are traveling today, perhaps you are going to southern california. No issues. Well have partly sunny skies. In fact, across much of the country it is very quiet. From new york city, chicago to denver, seattle the only area that is experiencing some inclement weather. We do have a front moving through across the west coast right now, so there is rain in seattle this morning. Honolulu looking great, 80 degrees under fair skies. Heres a look at live doppler seven along with satellite. That front across the west coast bringing some showers locally here it is a level one light system. We are dealing with this morning, creating some light rain and some slick roadways. Heres how your day breaks down. Well have those light showers through about 9 a. M. The showers are done after that, but the clouds linger a bit. But into the afternoon they get some sunshine. Upper 50s to the mid 60s. Guys thank you. Drew. New at six. A major car company could be collecting data on your driving habits in an attempt to hike your insurance rates. And another United Airlines issue on a flight to San Francisco. What forced it to make an Emergency Landing . And do you believe in life after love . If you do, you will love the show. 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