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Investment efforts, plus similar demands across the nation as jewish students say they dont feel safe on campus. The reports of antisemitism and how protesters are trying to make their demands more clear. Good morning to you. Its sunday, april 28th. Im zach fuentes, and we have a lot to get to this morning. But first, meteorologist lisa argen has your sunday forecast. And lisa, were expecting a breezy day. We are in fact a breezy week ahead. Zach. Weve had those gusty winds at the coast allowing the coast to stay pretty cool. And once again as we look at the satellite and radar, you can see the flow out of the northwest. And this will build throughout the day as High Pressure sits offshore and the storm track is to the north. It is 55, in hayward, 53 in fremont with 50. In oakland with temperatures in the upper 40s in santa rosa. Calistoga 46. So it is a little warmer than it was yesterday at this hour, 2 to 4 degrees milder. And those winds that i talked about, you know, typical for springtime. So by 9 00 well be looking at temperatures in the 50s and 60s with mid 70s for the afternoon and some upper 60s around the bay shore, around hayward, oakland. And then notice at the coast, it still stays pretty cool. And those winds will increase up to 20 and 30 miles an hour. So well talk about our modest warming trend ahead for the first partial week of may. Zach. Lisa sounds good. Thank you. This morning were getting a better understanding of Stanford University s endowment and its connection to Certain Companies. Some students say thats the reason theyre protesting on campus. Theyre calling on the university to divest in Companies Helping advance military efforts in gaza. Abc seven News Reporter lena howland talks to students and the university. A cardboard cutout of Stanford University president richard seller with blood on his hands and signs calling for divestment, are greeting newly admitted students at Stanford Spring admit weekend. We want Stanford University to pull all of its funding from companies that are helping facilitate israeli war crimes. Its unclear how many students slept here friday night, but more than two dozen tents are still set up on the campus way plaza. Theyve been here since thursday for what demonstrators are calling a Peoples University for palestine. This demonstration, drawing support from this parent of an incoming Political Science student here visiting from georgia. So it appealed me. Lets go. I have a couple of hours and offer them whatever help they i can do for them. Being a parent. Adriana, a stanford junior and spokesperson for the group, says theyre aligned in solidarity with other schools nationwide. Theyre demanding stanford separate itself from any companies or organizations advancing military efforts in the israeli hamas war. And theyre calling out three wellknown companies stanford has ties with lockheed martin. Stanford has ties with chevron, with hp and all three of those companies, are hurting the Palestinian People in a statement, the University Said in 2015, the board declined a proposal to divest of Certain Companies doing business in israel. They say that decision has remained in place ever since. They also say it doesnt impact stanfords endowment, which the University Website shows is 36. 5 billion as of last august. Stanfords statement continues to say the universitys endowment has no direct holdings in Israeli Companies or direct holdings in defense contractors beyond small exposures resulting from passive funds that track broad indexes, such as the s p 500. But students say they want more transparency. Stanford refuses to disclose its, investments, like where it puts its money and thats another thing we would like the school to do in palo alto. Lena howland, abc seven news. And in los angeles, police canceled a tactical alert overnight as protests continue at the university of southern california. Lapd patrol cars were seen lined up along the streets, ready in case officers had to respond to an incident. However, protests appeared to be more calm yesterday. Its not clear if any recent arrests were made. More than 90 people were arrested on wednesday, though, when the demonstrations began, and were seeing similar situations play out on College Campuses and other parts of the country. Some protesters face deadlines to clear out, and Police Continue to make arrests after reports of antisemitic activity. Abc News Reporter phil lipof has a look at other propalestinian demonstrations. Hands ultimately chaos on College Campuses across the country as protests over the israelhamas war continued to grow. Since last week, demonstrations and tent encampments popping up at at least 48 colleges across the country. In boston, authorities began clearing an encampment from northeastern universitys campus on saturday, School Officials say what began as a student demonstration two days ago was infiltrated by professional organizers with no affiliation to the university, some protesters hurling antisemitic slurs. The university saying, we cannot tolerate this kind of hate on our campus. At least 100 people arrested and charged with trespassing. Students at california polytechnic humboldt campus taking over a building as part of their protest, the school telling abc news protesters are demanding, among other things, the school disclose all holdings and collaborations with israel, cut ties with all israeli universities, divest from companies and corporations which are profiting from the israelhamas war, and publicly call for a cease fire at George Washington university in the nations capital. The school says anyone who remains in University Yard risks temporary suspension and being barred from campus. We are here to stay. We will not give up. We wont rest until you divest. And at columbia university, where propalestinian protest began earlier this month, some jewish students say they feel unsafe on campus. On this campus, people chant that zionists are not welcome, calling on, quote, death to the jewish state. Meantime, outside the university, 83 down home proisrael counter protesters gathered on friday calling for the release of all israeli hostages taken by hamas on october 7th. And that was phil lipof reporting. Columbia senate, which includes both faculty and students, voted to create a task force looking into the administrations leadership during the protests. That includes the decision to send in the nypd last week. And we have continuing coverage of the campus protests across the country and here in the bay area. Thats on our website, abc seven news. Com. And new this morning, speaker emeritus nancy pelosi is showing support for a newly launched committee looking into Sexual Assault allegations against political leaders. She sent a letter to the democratic county county central committee. Pelosi urged leaders to adopt similar standards to the rules passed by congress in 2018, following the metoo movement. Thats according to our Media Partners at the San Francisco standard. The Committee Comes after Sexual Assault allegations against community leaders, including john jacobo and kevin ortiz, and in the east bay, now residents from an oakland neighborhood plagued by sex trafficking are calling for more help from city hall. A rally was held on 13th avenue and international boulevard. Mayor shengtao and Alameda County District Attorney pamela price were there. Neighbors and Community Groups say the area is seeing an increase in prostitution, often involving underage girls. They asked city leaders to do more than make arrests. Will you lead a multijurisdictional effort to fund, design and launch Regional Human Trafficking Awareness Campaign to increase Public Awareness of the impact of sex trafficking on victims and consequences for those who buy sex . The press conference took place just a few blocks from Saint Anthonys k through eight school. That is the same place where over a year ago, the abc7 iteam shot video of a parent sex worker soliciting outside of the school in the middle of the day. The city says when they put up barriers near Saint Anthonys, the prostitution and trafficking moved down the street. All right, happening now. Two major road closures are impacting drivers while caltrans makes repairs. Thats nine miles of 680 southbound that are closed through pleasanton between the 580 connector and koopman road. Despite the traffic, it may cause, caltrans says they are on schedule. Anybody who is familiar with that part of the road knows that theres potholes and all kinds of problems. And so right now, im happy to say we are on track to reopen on time, on schedule. Yeah. So theyre saying 680 is scheduled to reopen at 4 a. M. Tomorrow. And in the north bay, westbound highway 37 is also closed all weekend. Caltrans is repairing the pavement from vallejo to sears point. This is the second weekend in a row the road is shut down and the closures are expected to be lifted also by 4 a. M. Tomorrow, and commuters have to worry about Public Transit in the east bay, too. Theres construction on the bart trackway near orinda station today. Theres going to be free busses, though, to replace the trains in both directions between rockridge and lafayette station, so expect 20 to 30 minute delays through the area. All right. A lot more coming up in terms of news. And also weather. Lets check in with lisa. All right. Good morning audie. Upper 40s to the 50s right here. Here is your 51 degree temperature in San Francisco from our roof camera. And its been nice but we have breezy winds that really arent going to let up. So if youre headed towards the city or the shoreline today, not the warmest day. While well talk about a modest warming trend for the rest of us in a few minutes. Thank you, lisa and another parts of the country, a different picture, which were going to show you which states are still seeing tornado threats after severe storms overnight. And one year after the death of banco brown. Advocates say the fight for justice is not over. How theyre turning their efforts toward the but did you know we can take care of your Insurance Claim . That means less stress for you. Woman thanks. Tech my pleasure. Have a good one. Woman you too. Tech schedule today at safelite. Com. Singers safelite repair, safelite replace. Morning overlooking the city. Still dark and early out there, but a beautiful look and a nice start to our day so far. All right, abc seven news continues to follow the story of banco brown. Hes the 24 year old man who was shot by a guard at a walgreens and died. The San Francisco da says the guard was acting in self defense, as abc seven news Tara Campbell reports. People are still angry. One year later, his name, rachel brown, calls for justice the day a Security Guard shot and killed banco brown at a walgreens in San Francisco. Banco was the type of person to give you the shirt off his own back. Thats how thats how much he thought about others. Even when he was struggling himself. Julia arroyo is the executive director of the young womens freedom center, where banco was coming into his own fighting for transgender rights. He organized to talk about trans housing and specifically for trans masculine folks. He educated his. He taught us a lot. Anger still felt over what played out in this walgreens. A guard suspecting the 24 year old of shoplifting in a scuffle shooting banco, later saying he felt his life was threatened one year out, the anger is just coming from that. There really isnt justice for banco right now. In this moment, the San Francisco District Attorneys office didnt charge the guard with biancos killing, saying there was clear evidence it was selfdefense. A year after banco brown. Sadly, things have not changed, theyve only gotten harder and harder. Gail lola chavez is the executive director of lyric, a center in San Francisco serving lgbtq youth. And they say the attacks on transgender rights across the country are taking a toll. In the last year alone, tara, we weve seen about, i would say, about 45 of our youth experiencing homelessness are coming from out of the state, out of the country. The increasing demand for services, strapping nonprofits desperate for more resources. Its really difficult times right now. We honestly dont know what to do. The only thing i do know our doors will remain open. They have to. For young people, similar to banco brown, Tara Campbell, abc seven news. Police departments across the nation are reporting an increase in sworn officers, and its the first time this has happened since the pandemic and the 2020 death of george floyd. Thats according to a survey by the Police Executive research forum. However large Police Departments are still more than 5 below their 2020 staffing levels, despite a year over year increase from 2022 to 2023. The people hardest hit by californias Home Insurance crisis could be facing a new blow. The head of the states fair plan says rates are probably about to skyrocket now. That plan says it provides basic Fire Insurance coverage for High Risk Properties when Traditional Insurance Companies wont. And for many homeowners, its their only option. But a pricey one. Its thousands of dollars more each year compared to other plans for people in high risk wildfire areas. Now, the head of the plan told a state committee this week that problem is going to get worse. Our rates are going to go up, no question about it. If we can put that cost of reinsurance in there, if we can put use catastrophe modeling, just like the voluntary market, our rates are going to go up. This week, we learned allstate will consider once again writing new policies in california, but only if the state makes changes to make it easier for them to raise rates and the head of the fair plan says they want those same options, too, so that the plan can have enough money to cover losses in a bad fire. This morning, millions of americans are waking up to the risk of damaging winds and tornadoes. More than a dozen tornadoes were reported yesterday across several states. Abc News Reporter melissa aydin has a look at the damage and whats expected today. The National Weather service is still analyzing the number and strength of a multiday tornado outbreak that spanned from texas to the great lakes in nebraska, several reported tornadoes touched down near lincoln and omaha on friday. A drone footage captured the destruction in omaha roads filled with debris, roofs torn off. We could see it form behind it, and then once it hit that house, it just it obliterated. You can see theres nothing left on the ground, but it was just sticks. It wasnt a formed home. Federal assistance on its way for the state after dozens of businesses and homes were demolished. Weve already had coordination at the regional, fema, regional level and the National Level uh in washington, d. C. To ensure that in the in the response that you have, the capabilities that are needed and during recovery, that the resources that are also required are brought to bear throughout the day. Saturday, eight states from texas to wisconsin were under a tornado watch. Flood watches were issued across nine states from texas to iowa through monday afternoon. Today, the threat of Severe Weather is reduced, but there is still the possibility of damaging winds, large hail and a few tornadoes across several states from texas to illinois. Once this line of storms dies out monday morning, a break in the Severe Weather is expected, giving people an opportunity to start the recovery process. Melissa don, abc news, oklahoma city. I mean, the damage there is just so devastating. And to think that theres still risk of more storms in several areas of the country, several parts of the states. Lisa. Yeah, very scary night there where once again, were expecting that Severe Weather and were going to touch upon that. Right now. Weve got a combination of a cold area of low pressure and that super humid air to the south. And when those two reach the peak dew point throughout the afternoon, thats when we get the explosion of the showers, the thunderstorms and the flooding and the tornadoes. Heres a look at that line. Would you believe 1250ft, the distance between texas to michigan, where were watching the development and progression of this line of activity. So theres multiple systems within here. And you can see the reds and the orange all the way up through parts of the midwest. So this will continue to slide to the east. And just one of the warnings right here is for a Flash Flood Warning between nebraska and missouri. But this is encompassing oklahoma and texas. And then it pushes up through the midwest. So looking at some very dangerous conditions, oklahoma really hit hard last night. And compared to that, we just have a little wind that we have to deal with. Northwesterly winds today as High Pressure still sits offshore. But it looks like were going to keep the winds in the forecast so that were going to get a bit of a wind shift as we get into monday and tuesday, and thats going to bring slightly warmer conditions our way away from the coast. It is 51 in sonoma with a 47 in danville, low 50 San Francisco, san mateo and a look outside there looking pretty good here in San Francisco. So sunny, windy at the coast today. Tomorrow were looking slightly milder around the bay and also in our inland valleys. Status quo at the coast. And then as we get towards the later part of the week, were looking at more sunshine and the warm weather topping around 80 degrees and the winds not letting up at the coast but not as windy. Look how windy today. 30 to 40 miles an hour right at the shoreline. But the breeze takes us into the bay so it will be breezy all around and then tomorrow even windier with conditions right there. The purples there from the marin county coastline over 35 miles an hour in the city. Giants game today. So we will be looking at those breezy winds throughout the afternoon. But as for tuesday, this is when well see temperatures come up a little bit inland. Mid 70s and upper 60s around the bay shore. So pleasant here. But notice still just the 50s at the coastline. This is wednesday. Modest warming continues and you notice that were still looking at those breezy winds here into thursday. This should be our warmest day mid 80s with mid 70s around the bay and even a bit of a bump up here downtown. So highs today with the winds mid 60s San Francisco, upper 60s oakland, san mateo 75, in concord with temperatures in the low 70s san jose. The accuweather seven day forecast for sunny and breezy again today. Little milder for your monday but the modest warming trend. Its going to be slow and it takes us through the midweek. And then well see some 80s just a bit above average arriving. Looks like well be cooler next weekend. Zach. Not a bad forecast at all lisa thank you. All right. When we return do not disturb. Thats the message from experts. The warning as the sun comes out, bringing more people and you made a cow actually its a piggy bank. My inspiration to start saving. 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Were going to add almost 200 beds of capacity and double the size of the emergency room. So this is really about serving the city of San Francisco and the region with more capacity. The new hospital is scheduled to open in 2030. Well, the Marine Mammal center is warning its warning of a threat to marine life. Dozens of seals and sea lions are now being treated after interactions with humans. Abc seven news weather anchor Spencer Christian has details. Juvenile seals have no trouble making themselves heard, but deciphering the traumatic events that landed them at the Marine Mammal Center Hospital in sausalito takes some detective work, so theyre being separated from mom prematurely. So were getting 5 to 6 animals a day layered on top of that is that there are lots of animals out on the beach, and a lot of people. Conservation engagement director adam ratner says they are often alone and vulnerable when theyre rescued. The victims of Human Interaction thats both unintentional and preventable. People see this little pup on the beach all by itself. They think its sick and abandoned and they go up to try and help it. And unfortunately, by getting too close to these animals, we can either be the ones to separate them from their moms or we can cause more stress, were looking at disturbance data from 2023 to better understand whats going on. Giancarlo ruley and the Mammal Center team began crunching data from the roughly 10,000 calls they receive every year, matching the incidents to eyewitness descriptions of what happened last year alone. Nearly a third of the mammals rescued were involved in a disturbance to their normal routine, and ruley says two human profiles stand out the wildlife protector, who wants to help, and the wildlife experience seeker, camera in hand and with that comes then those extra steps of people just taking the wrong action and getting too close. The other then on the tourist side is wanting to take that actual moment, capture it in real time, and then take it back home and share with family and friends, he says. Theyve mapped out a series of harassment hotspots and the Mammal Center is hoping outreach can change behaviors. The strongest advice is to stay at least 50 yards away from any marine animal. Roughly the distance of three School Busses end to end, and if an animal is injured, the most effective tool to help is your phone. Absolutely. We get over 10,000 phone calls a year from people out on the beach there. How we find out animals are sick or injured. So we depend on the community. We love the community and we want to arm the community with the right tools and actions. So that we can both make sure that that animal gets the best Second Chance at life and keep the marine populations that dot our coast safe and healthy. In marin county. Spencer christian abc seven news. And if you do see a marine animal you believe is in danger, the Marine Mammal Center Hotline is 415289. Seal all right. In our next half hour on abc, seven mornings white house roast. Bidens jabs at trump during the annual Correspondents Dinner and the former president s response and encampments in the east bay. How one county is avoiding unhoused but did you know we can take care of your Insurance Claim . That means less stress for you. Woman thanks. Tech my pleasure. Have a good one. Woman you too. Tech schedule today at safelite. Com. Singers safelite repair, safelite replace. Norman, bad news. I never graduated from med school. What . But the good news is. Xfinity mobile just got even better now, you can automatically connect to wifi speeds up to a gig on the go. Plus, buy one unlimited line and get one free for a year. I gotta get this deal. Thats like 20 a month per unlimited line. I dont want to miss that. Thats amazing doc. Mobile savings are calling. Visit xfinitymobile. Com to learn more. Doc . Live now at 530. A medical mission like no other. A bay area doctor is on her way to gaza. This morning, her words of bravery as she focuses on faith, not fear. Good morning to you. Thank you for being with us this half hour. Well get to that story shortly. But right now, meteorologist lisa argen has your sunday forecast. As i wake up as my mouth wakes up. Yes. Nice. Well it happens, you know, its early. Nice day yesterday and today it should be nice. Stay away from the shoreline, though. Thats where you could get a little microdermabrasion if you wanted. Because the wind is going to be whipping the sand. Thats for the next several days. 47 danville, 55, in hayward. Oakland is at 50 already. The winds are breezy at the coast, but otherwise were quiet. Were clear for the most part. Patchy fog at the shoreline. 46 mill valley and overall, with some of the cloud cover, we are a couple degrees warmer. That actually has to do with the wind as well. 3 to 5 degrees milder. So as we get to about 10 00, were in the low 60s around the bay shore inland, coming up through the 60s, sunny skies, breezy winds and only upper 50s there. Half moon bay, pacifica a little warmer around stinson, but point reyes, very gusty. And then by 4 00, low to mid 70s inland and well look for some patchy fog once again. But overall its going to be about the wind this week. And then a cold front that may want to visit us into next weekend. Otherwise its typical spring time. Well talk numbers in particular in a few minutes. Zach, well see you in a bit. Lisa. Thank you. A south bay doctor is on her way to the middle east for a volunteer medical mission in rafah. The situation in gaza is dire with reports of hospitals being attacked and doctors killed. But this doctor tells abc seven News Reporter anser hassan she will not be deterred. By many accounts, its currently one of the most dangerous places in the world, but thats not stopping doctor haley sheikholeslami from going to gaza. When you see people who are starving or dont have health care, who have of uh dont have any basic needs, why not help . Doctor sheikholeslami is a family physician at Sutter Health in san carlos. On saturday, she heads out on a two Week Medical Mission to gaza. She lands in cairo and then heads to the rafah border, where a group of medical volunteers will cross into the town of rafah. You dont have everything at your disposal, but you can do your part and hopefully it will help, right . It will help sometimes when, you know, kid is sick giving them the antibiotic. Doctor sheikholeslami says she knows shes entering a war zone. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned of an imminent Ground Invasion of rafah, but she says thats not her focus right now. I have the faith that it will work out. You know, you know, and, thats my life is not any important than anybody elses life. Her niece, sana says thats the kind of determination that has always driven her aunt. It really reflects everything that my aunt does, in this world, as a mother, wife, doctor, and simply as, you know, a genuinely good hearted person. Sana adds that the family is not surprised that her aunt is meeting this moment in history. I think we are all really concerned for her safety, but were also really, really proud of her. Doctor sheikholeslami says. Shes not trying to save the world, just help the people of gaza bear witness to the atrocities of war and take a stand for something she believes in. Yes, it is. Theres a risk involved. But then, you know, inshallah, it would be, itll be certainly worth it. And, and then i can come back and talk about all that i have witnessed in the south bay. Anser hassan abc seven news. Propalestinian demonstrators took their message to one of the signature events hosted by the white house. Shame on you. Shame on you, shame on you. Protesters heckled and confronted people arriving for the white house Correspondents Dinner in washington, dc last night. They shouted as you heard there, shame on you at people making their way towards the venue at the hilton hotel. A small group reenacted the torture and imprisonment of palestinian. They also said attending the dinner supported genocide in gaza and inside the white house. President joe biden delivered his Election Year roast for the Correspondents Dinner. He poked fun at several topics, grabbing headlines recently, like trumps hush money trial and his age. Im a grown man running against a six year old feel great. I really feel great. Im campaigning all over the country pennsylvania, georgia, north carolina. Ive always done well in the original 13 colonies. Don old trump reacted to the roast on his truth social account. He called the event, quote, really bad and a disaster. As for those antiwar protests, biden avoided the large groups at the front of his hotel by arriving through a back entrance and coming up on this week, White House Security adviser john kirby will talk about congresss foreign aid package, and secretary blinkens Upcoming Trip to the middle east. It comes amid College Protests over the israelhamas war, and you can catch the full interview on this week with George Stephanopoulos at eight this morning. Right here on abc seven. Harvey weinstein is hospitalized after his return to new york city from an upstate new york prison. His attorney said. He has a lot of Health Issues and is undergoing a lot of tests. The 72 year old weinstein has been dealing with things like cardiac issues, diabetes, sleep apnea and eye problems. The new york court of appeals nullified his rape conviction on thursday. It erased his 23 Year Prison Sentence and ordered a retrial. All while every city in america tries to get an accurate count of the number of unhoused people, but few record their deaths. Alameda county has been analyzing homeless deaths since 2018. Abc seven News Reporter Lyanne Melendez explains why recording deaths can help save lives. The way the unhoused congregate varies from city to city. Some of oaklands encampments seem somewhat secluded away from disapproving eyes. Thousands of people get in their cars to commute to work every day, not knowing that under these freeways, our community of unhoused people. For many here in oakland, this is their refuge. Its basically a safe place for me because i know everybody around here, so i dont have to really worry about nobody trying to steal nothing from me or whatever stone is. Arrington was born and raised in west oakland, a short distance from where he now calls home. Hes been homeless for three years. Is there any hope coming from you to someday get out of this situation . Yes. Thats the only thing that keeps me going is hope and prayer. I billy bob. Billy bob lives in an rv and is the owner of this pile of goods. Hes been unhoused since 1988. The y is irrelevant. He tells us whats important is that hes learned to adjust. God fulfilled his promise. Three scores and ten. Three scores and ten is a biblical term meaning a Life Expectancy of 70 years old. Billy bob is 71. But for those living on the streets in all of Alameda County, the average age of those who die experiencing homelessness is 52. Most are male and african american, unhoused people died here in 2022. Those are the most recent numbers compiled cardiac hypertension, diabetes, liver disease, cancers, stroke. Drug overdoses are also a factor. How do they know this . David mosebach works for the Alameda County health care for the homeless program. We did data matching to find out how many people who died in Alameda County were also homeless, known to be homeless. And then we also looked at death records to see if there were clues, died in a dumpster, died behind on the streets in a tent encampment, unsheltered and that information helps to avoid unnecessary deaths and determine the kinds of treatments needed to save lives. Lucy kasdin directs the program like really bringing care and increasing access to care for this community. So bringing that service directly to people where they where, where they live, right. As opposed to them having to leave their belongings, maybe things get stolen when they go to a clinic. Being a female out there is not its not safe. And thats like coming here and being able to lock my door. Also, having a bathroom is amazing. Melissa fisher, once unhoused, has now been given Supportive Housing but remembers the few times when people died alone. Theres one gentleman that passed away, and he was in an encampment in a tent, and he was there for like a week and nobody knew. No one knew. And billy bob told us they dont think about dying on these streets when people realize that theyre going to die. I think thats the point in life where everybody go crazy. You really dont have anybody looking after you . No this guy do you worry at all that, you know something might happen to you and nobody will know . No i think i got faith in god. Lyanne melendez, abc seven news. Still ahead on abc seven mornings. A historic plaza will soon be restored. The new additions expected for the peace plaza in San Franciscos japantown. And were giving you a live look right now from pier 39. Still a little bit dark this morning, but the sun starting to rise and were going to start seeing sea lions waking up shortly. Li stinging, 5timesaday,. Makeup smearing drops user. I want another option thats not another drop. Tyrvaya. Its not another drop. Its the first and only nasal spray for dry eye. 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The project sets out to transform the historic plaza to hold its place in the city as a community hub. Its going to have new paving plants, seating and maintenance, and local leaders spoke about the significance of japantown to the city as an asian american, weve always felt that San Francisco is the heart of asian america. Here in this country. So many movements, so many issues, so many ideas start and come from San Francisco, and no community represents that better than japantown. Construction is expected to be done, and the plaza reopened to the public by early 2026. All right, rock, the casa was back in walnut creek with its 10th anniversary musical spectacular, hosted by our very own dan ashley. Heather told me told me that i need girls like you. She also told me, stay away. You never know what youll catch. I love seeing dan in that element. The event brings out hundreds of people to enjoy live music and raise funds for children in need. The concert had performances from phantom of the opera, frank dambrosio, the oakland symphony, and a tribute to rock and roll legend tina turner. Well its just a great milestone to have been rocking the casa for ten straight years. Weve had some amazing headliners and over those years weve raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to support local children in our community through a number of organizations that i support, and were looking forward to a great night and helping support kids who need our support. I love seeing dans passion for it. Its such a great cause. All the proceeds go equally to two charities. The first is a Court Appointed special advocates casa. It helps protect children placed in foster care from abusive or neglectful homes. The second charity is friends of camp concord, which sends underserved children to summer camp at lake tahoe each year. All right, a lot more coming up. Lets check in really quick with lisa. All right. Good morning everybody. A beautiful view from mount tam. Where that sun coming up already. 616 is the official sunrise. You can see the low clouds in the distance. 20 mile an hour. Winds gusts up to 30. Youve heard about that. But a beautiful start to your sunday. Well talk about our stinging, 5timesaday,. Makeup smearing drops user. I want another option thats not another drop. Tyrvaya. Its not another drop. Its the first and only nasal spray for dry eye. Tyrvaya treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease fast by helping your body produce its own real tears. Common side effects include sneezing, cough, and throat and nose irritation. Relying only on drops . Not me. My own real tears are my relief. Ask your eye doctor about tyrvaya. As we see the sun rising just a little bit behind the bridge, sun rising by the second this sunday morning and today you can watch the 2024 nba playoffs right here on abc seven. It all begins at 930 with nba countdown. First the 76 ers host the knicks in philadelphia for game four at wells fargo center. Tip off is at ten. Then stick around when the clippers take on the mavericks on the road in dallas. That game starts at 1230. And closer to home the 49 ers landed some final additions to the roster during day three of the nfl draft. Abc seven sports anchor Chris Alvarez tells us more about the niners 2024 draft class. Good morning. The nfl draft has come and gone. The 40 niners had five picks on the final day yesterday. Keep in mind, during the Lynch Shanahan era, niners have found some of their best players late in the draft. Think maybe brock purdy a couple of years ago. Last pick 40 niners mark with a chance to announce a draft pick in detroit. He was fired up. Wide receiver jacob cowing out of arizona went in the fourth round pick, 135 overall, five foot eight, 168 pounds. You see him there led arizona the School Record 13 receiving touchdowns this past season. So heres a look at day three for the niners. Three defensive players, two offensive players chosen. Heres head coach Kyle Shanahan after all his work was done. You know being close like we were last year feeling were going to have a chance to at least have an opportunity to try to do Something Like that again. You want to think always what helps us now, but then you get to that spot and there always isnt that answer right then. And so do you go with what kind of helps us now or what helps us more in the future. And so youre just constantly weighing that, whether its the draft, whether thats free agency, and everything. Brendan rice was taken in the seventh round, pick 225 overall to the la chargers. The son of hall of famer and 40 niners legend jerry rice will go from usc to play for Jim Harbaughs chargers. Rice was second team all pac 12 and led the trojans with 12 receiving touchdowns last season. Tariq owens, son of terrell owens, also reportedly agrees to a free agent deal with the 49 ers dog days at oracle park. Giants hosting the pirates. Some of their cutest fans at the ballpark. Jordan hicks has been outstanding as a starter, a career high nine strikeouts gets former giant joey bart looking and top nine. Were tied at one. A little chopper to no mans land. Wilmer flores first base flips to cameo covering and Camille Duvall making the play on the run. So nice. We show it twice, using every inch of his six foot two frame to corral that in in extras, former giant farmhand Brian Reynolds two run shot off taylor rogers, a31 pittsburgh Kebryan Hayes homer two pitches later make it four one. In the 10th, jorge soler cue the light show deep into the night. Two run shot. This is as close as the giants get. They lose four three rubber match later today at oracle park as in baltimore on saturday afternoon. Oakland looking for their Third Straight win. Remember former a cole irvin now pitching for baltimore. And he was good seven scoreless innings struck out five. The hook gets brant rooker right there. Frustrating day for a starter jp sears gave up three runs with two outs in the fourth and in the fifth. Homers on back to back pitches. Adley rutschman and then ryan mountcastle. There they go. As lose seven. Nothing rubber match later today in baltimore. Thats your look at sports. Have a great sunday. Lets send it back to you. And if youre craving ballpark food at home Major League Baseball has you covered. The mlbs launched ballpark bites, which puts a ballpark inspired menu on food delivery apps across the country. And theyre doing this by setting up ghost kitchens and hundreds of ihop restaurants. So think hot dogs, Crispy Chicken strips, sandwiches, and philly cheesesteak. Locally, there are locations are in south San Francisco, emeryville, richmond, petaluma and santa rosa. See, one of the things i dont fully grasp sports like a lot of other people, but one of the things i like about going to sporting events is the food. And its even better if theres nice weather outside. Youre not freezing or too hot either, so lets get a check now of the bay area forecast with meteorologist lisa argen. Yeah, nobody tops that place with the food. Holy moly. Is that good okay good morning everybody. As we look at our satellite and radar composite, you notice the wind and this is coming in from the northwest. And we will experience the breezy conditions again today. While the rain showers stay up to the north, theres a look at mount tam and you can see it is a pretty shot there. This sunday the winds in the upper elevations are breezy and at the coast are already breezy as well. 51 downtown. Its 50 in oakland and half moon bay, with 55 in hayward, san jose. Good morning, 52 for you. And from our sutro tower camera. Nice looking view there. 48 in santa rosa with upper 40s in napa, looking at 53 in concord and finally 47 there. Santa cruz numbers in the upper 60s today. Sunny, windy at the coast for tomorrow. Were going to keep the breezy winds. Theyll switch out to the north. So once again were not going to escape the Cool Conditions at the shoreline, but milder away from the coast. And then for the week ahead, looking at the warming trend coming into play inland like thursday, friday, wednesday will be warming up as well, showing you the winds for the rest of the day. And if youre headed to the giants game, youll be pretty cool to start out. But that sun is warm. Those winds gusting to over 20 miles an hour. And then inside the bay just as breezy throughout the afternoon. So 105 mid 60s. Well keep it that way throughout the day and could get a little gusty at times. Showing you this because the outlook is going to change as we get towards the end of the week. But throughout the middle of the week, things remain the same as High Pressure here deflects the storm track to the north and it eventually builds in, stopping this on thursday. This is when we get some of our warmest weather, and then an area of low pressure looks to develop right off the coast there, and that will bring some gusty winds. Could even bring a few raindrops into the first weekend of may, but way too early to decipher that yet. 70 santa clara, upper 60 sunnyvale and milpitas on the peninsula looking at 70. In redwood city, upper 60s mountain view. Breezy winds here to a gusty day for daly city 64 downtown, just around average or a few degrees below average up in the north bay. Nice day from about 70. In novato, heading up to santa rosa. Its 75 this afternoon in towards 4 00. Will be in the upper 60s for oakland and union city. With the breeze throughout the afternoon. 70 hayward. And as you head inland, temperatures coming up a few degrees from the low 70s in san ramon, pittsburgh, in about 75, the accuweather seven day forecast breezy to gusty winds at the coast, slightly milder inland today and then for monday well see. Not a whole lot of change. Tuesday that warming trend gets going, with the warmest days arriving later in the week with 80s inland, so nothing too extreme. Mid 70s around the bay and then into because of the recent landslide that shut down highway one. The big sur marathon is happening today, and it usually goes one way from big sur station to carmel. But this year, runners are going to start in carmel and turn around at rocky creek bridge, then go back to carmel. Thats because a slip out caved part of the highway back on march 30th, and the highway is still closed, but locals and essential workers are allowed through in the area and escorted convoys. Earlier this week, though caltrans said repairs to stabilize highway one are expected to be complete before memorial day and that will definitely be welcome. And the flame for the 2024 paris Olympic Games is set sail for france. For its final relay leg. The ship with the flame on board left yesterday on its 11 day voyage headed for marseille. Once the ship reaches port, torchbearers will start the months long relay across france and its going to be, you know, the very concrete start of a journey that is going to be fantastic for all the french people, and also to send a message to the world that, you know, we welcome them. We want the olympism to send also a message of peace and concord across the people from all around the world that relay is scheduled to start on may 8th. The torch will make its final stop in paris on july 26th, before the games opening ceremony. Next on abc, seven mornings at 6 a. M. Calls for help to stop sex trafficking. 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