Announcer live, where you live, this is abc7. I feel this is a giant step toward justice. Recreational marijuana has been legal in california for 30 days and today marked a major change for people convicted of cannabis crimes. I am kristen sze. And i am dan ashley. Taking action to have thousands of misdemeanor convictions thrown out and reduced. Reporter calling the media to his office to announce a major change in policy. We want to address the wrongs that were caused by the failure on the war on drug for many years in this country. Reporter his staff will begin working to reverse more than 3,000 misdemeanor pot convictions and reexamine felony convictions. Never have to come to our court. Reporter also including Violent Crimes like murder, rape, and other serious charges will not be included. Get a little bit of a break. Reporter a new state law will have some defts having their arrest record sealed. Not everybody is in favor of this. Bishop rob allen opposed. You are putting the individuals that have kept the community in hostage and allow them to come back and take total control of that community again. Reporter but gaskon says the war on drugs hasnt worked and made us safer. I feel this is a giant step toward justice. Reporter in San Francisco, eric thomas, abc7 news. Marijuana legalization opponents today urging lawmakers to take action to protecting the environment. They showed photos of wildlife that are impacted by poisons left behind from pot cultivation. Beginning to understand the impact of the major groves of marijuana on the human, health and welfare as well as the environment. Opponents say, toxic pesticides used by growers also harm the environment. Oakland issued four new cannabis dispensaries. Those who received permits today the newly announced permits brings oaklands total number of dispensaries to 16. A south bay youth coach, coaches at Oak Grove High School in san jose as well as south valley junior high in gilroy. The incident happened at a home. Issuing a statement saying no oak grove students believe to be involved. And he has been released of his position. It was all captured on dramatic video that we are going to show you. And we have learned that the officer suffered a dislocated shoulder as well as a head wound. Two teenagers facing felony charges. Charging juan vargas and genesis with assault with a deadly weapon. Seismic movement on the hay ward fault most likely caused the water main break in hayward. Reporter yeah, you can see the hayward fault. Runs right along the left side of the brown house here. Cuts through the street here through that water main that bursts sunday night. What caused it, a creep, ut not the human kind. What happened here sunday was caused by the Constant Movement along the fault line which happens in between fault lines. It is called a creep. It is like a gear shifting in your transmission. It might jerk the car forward. Reporter and that is what most likely caused the massive water pipe rupture in hayward last sunday. Occurring right along the hayward fault. Creating a large sink hole and a fast moving river of water mud and rocks. This picture shows where the fault is relative to the pipe failure. This one taken before sundays break of a curb right across the straight. Saying they are happening all the time on the hayward fault moving about onefifth of an inch per year. In 40 years, that is, you know, that is getting close to 10 inches of motion. And so, 10 inches of motion has enough to stretch pipes. Reporter residents say they are not surprised. The last big movement on the fault was 150 years ago. Vic lee, abc7 news. The man accused of stabbing a homeless poet to death was declared legally competent. Due to enter a plea tomorrow. Last year he was found incompetent and ordered to take medication. Hart is also accused of another stabbing attack on a Movie Theater two days later. That man survived with critical injuries. New information about the sims group. Triggering a massive shelter in place. An International Company with five locations in the bay area. Large fires in redwood city and hayward also caused toxic clouds. In 2014, sims agreed to a state settlement of 2. 4 million of unlawful release and hazardous waste. Allowing toxic metals go directly into San Francisco bay. The cause of yesterdays fire is still under investigation. Richmonds mayor and Community Members upset over the time it took to notify neighbors of the toxic smoke. Laura anthony has the story. Reporter this is what it looked like after 5 00 p. M. Stories black smoke sailed into the sky of sims. People did not know what was going on. When you see a big black cloud like that, it is quite a fantastic thing to see. This whole Warning System thing is a total joke. It has been around now for about 25 years and never worked. Reporter a sims spokesperson saying they called 911 just minutes after. Mayor told us he did not get us official word and alert from the county until hours after the smoke was billowing. The way the communitys Warning System is designed it initially notified the emergent neighborhoods, the most immediate people that we need to shelter in place that is affected by the incident. Reporter several alerts went out by phone, text, email and social media. But sirens were not activated. How do seniors find out if they dont have internet. Sims has been here since 1985 and i dont know where he is coming off that we are not a good neighbor. We have been, you have to think about what recycling does. Without our type of industry, i would hate to think about what would happen to the materials. Toll workers had to leave the Richmond San Rafael bridge last night. Cash drivers could pass for free. Drivers with fast track were still billed. Between 9 00 a. M. And seven will have their charges reversed. A nonprofit announced they will be able to open summer camp. And camp runs between april and august. Deadly wildfires, they are now the most expensive wildfires in state history. Insurance claims reached 11. 8 billion. Confident Insurance Companies has the means to pay the claims which he believes are covered. The state law is that if the evidence shows that a uncovered peril in this case the mud slides was caused by a covered peril, in this case the fire, then they should pay. That is what i expect them to do. The commissioner cautions the claims do not include the losses of the mud slide in the Santa Barbara county. The two front runners each former mayors. One from Southern California and one from northern california. Dont think this race is coming down to geographic loyalties. Spring arriving quickly. Thanks spencer, and did you wake up early and catch this . Anybody could have watched it live without getting out of bed. What is my faith favorite color . Purple. Where is the craziest place i had sex . A circus. [cheers] jerry dont you just want to have my job . [cheers] jerry next springer. The u. S. Navy is reexamining. A Community Meeting and open house will be held tonight for neighbors to ask questions and there are bound to be a lot of questions. Corn el bernard has more. Reporter neighbors are confused and upset. Sky 7 shows what could be the last piece of land in San Francisco slated for redevelopment. Once a Nuclear Warfare research lab. The clean up has been going on for more than a decade. Recently, navy acknowledged that clean up was covered up. This was a toxic cover up. Reporter contractor was paid 350 million to clean up the ship yard. But consultants found much of the data was wrong. They looked at it. And determined that there was falsefication. They thought they had it resolved. Reporter why it happened isnt clear. The parcels in question under the water remain in question. Condos have sweeping views of the bay and direct view from hunters point. It would have been good for us to have better over sight from the begin. Reporter the navy is committed to cleaning up the site with a new contractor. But that could take years. A taxpayer boon dogle. Hundreds of millions of dollars thrown down the toilet. Reporter the developer and the navy will hold a Community Meeting tonight. Abc7. Restaurant owners in Southern California are trying to raise money to help the 13 children. Today the city of corona hosted a dineout at 40 participating restaurants to raise money. They are going to be impacted by this for the rest of their life. Every day of the rest of their life is going to be a part they still have to overcome. Talking about 13 lives, 400,000 is not going to be much in the long scheme of things. That is why we are doing the dine out out. A goal of. Filming stopped for three months and now Academy Award winning actors have been added to the cast. Pandora announcing laying off 5 of its workforce. Pandora announced plans to expand in atlanta. Uber is starting a new service with dockless bike sharing start up. It allows uber to rent bikes through its app. Nasdaq went up by nine and the s p was flat today. You know what else feeling bullish, the temperature. Bullish, summer ish, spring ish. We have thin clouds. Thin high clouds above the bay area right now. The skies are bright. Check out this recap of january rainfall. We had quite a bit for the month of january. Above average for most locations. All had above average rainfall totals. Napa was a little bit below average. Over in the sierra, snow is badly needed. Statewide snow pack is at 30 of average. Check this out, this is a view from our rooftop here. Look at the moon rising over the hills. It wants to be seen. Here is a look at our current temperature readings. 60 in mountain view. San jose 63. This is a view from our east bay mills camera. 61 in santa rosa, 54 napa and novato. That is a happy moon. It can be seen from this location up on top of sutro tower. This pattern is going to be around for a while. Record high temperatures possible this weekend. After temps ten to 15 degrees above. In the north bay valleys cooler with lows dropping into the upper 30s. Tomorrow, our 12hour planner indicates clear skies in the morning hours. High temperatures rising into the low 70s. Clear skies will take us into the evening after sunset. Highs for tomorrow 72 degrees at clover dale and santa rosa. 71 the high at san jose. Even on the coast numerous upper 60s. So pretty mild. Looking ahead to our chances of rain, rainfall estimates zero for the next tendays. Here is the next accuweather sevenday forecast sunny skies. Low to mid70s. And upper 60s to about 70s on the coast. Beach weather in february. Kind of unusual but looks pleasant. Enjoy and hope for rain at the same time. Exactly. Stay with us. The moon put on a show for us that has not been seen in 250 years. We had hundreds of pictures come in using abc7 news was on board the uss hornet to capture the blue moon. Reporter abc7 viewers out in full force and capturing amazing shots. This one coming in from ben what he duped the super duper blue blood moon. The Golden Gate Bridge always a fantastic shot but with this in the background. Another one, i love this one because it is so fantastically clear he says todays Lunar Eclipse was one of the most beautiful sights i have ever seen in the sky. Of course we launched sky 7 earlier this morning to capture the event live on air on abc7 mornings and look at this. So beautiful as that moon was setting. That total Lunar Eclipse giving the moon that reddish tint. If you miss this event happening one year from january in 2019. Thank you so much. Tesla about to take up more space in fremont. See what the neighbors think about that. Plus. 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The issue of housing wont be the only central issue. It will be transportation, Immigration Reform and sanctuary city. Four democrats running in the election. Three republicans are running. John cox, travis allen and doug ose. One libertarian also running. In san jose, david louie abc7 news. We reached out to other candidates for their perspective. John chiang campaign responded. Happening tonight, the deadline to enroll and cover california. Sacramento lawmakers and covered california officials celebrated the end of the open officials. More than 3,040 customers have enrolled. We will help you thursday and friday. But if you dont start today. If you dont get in line or get across the line today, you may go a year without Health Insurance coverage. That is a gamble we dont want any californians to take. You have until midnight tonight to sign up. Tonight both democrats and some republicans in washington are attacking the immigration plan President Trump outlined in his state of union address. While democrats feel the president was trying to link the criminal group ms13 with daca recipients. I am calling on congress to finally close the deadly loopholes that have allowed ms13 and other criminal gangs to break into our country. Comments were very divisive. The president is holding them hostage. The speech had people talking and tweeting. Twitter says it was the most tweeted state of the union in history with 4. 5 million tweets. Tesla announced plans to raise its footprint in fremont. As the Company Continues to grow, so do fears about the regions housing and traffic condition. Reporter in fremonts ardenwoods district, tesla will move employees to this complex in april San Jose State University innovation and management officer says the local expansion makes sense. From being a high volume manufacture of cars like somebody like me can buy is quite a step. Reporter city officials have made a big push in recent years to attract other companies. Facebook is remodelling this property off paseo padre parkway. With growth comes concern. Even with these great jobs that are paying great salaries and two incomes to do this, it is still very expensive. We need to get a handle on these. Reporter those who commute wonder how much worse the traffic is going to get. Progress in Silicon Valley now making its way to the east as some question who or what will be left behind you have to be a master practitioner of timing. Go to work later or take advantage of company shuttles, which i do. Raise your hand if you want to find ways to save money. You cant see my hand, but it is raised. 7 on your side Michael Finney can definitely help with that. And also ahead. How would you like to be who are these people . The Energy Conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. Marvels new move black panther is setting records without it being released. First super hero in years to star a black character. Actress danai gurira will be a guest on jimmy kimmel live. If you ever wanted to get up close with baby seals and see lions, now is your chance. Looking for volunteers as they prepare for an onslaught of young animals that need your help. Reporter only spend a month drinking moms milk and it might get cut short. They are not quite strong enough. Our volunteers feed them and take care of them. Reporter right now they need more volunteers. This is pup season. Looking for volunteers and i got hooked the first day i showed up for work. Reporter that was 17 years ago. Providing all the training from how to listen for a healthy stomach to concocting the perfect fish milk shake. As adorable as it may be to feed the pups through a tube, the goal is to get them eating this on their own. They have no concept of following food. Reporter but they learn quickly. A sign the volunteers hard work is paying off. Hard not to jump up and say i go the them to eat fish. This is a rare opportunity that people can have to interact with them. Reporter training in mid february for volunteers that can make a sixmonth commitment. It left me a changed and better person. Reporter in sausalito, Jonathan Bloom abc7 news. I think those little guys liked todays weather. Next, see what else there is to look forward to in the next Oakland International airport on its way to setting a record. Number of passengers went up 8 . A new light could help passengers make a transfer between b. A. R. T. And amtrak in richmond. Working together to come up with this light which could tell train conductors when a b. A. R. T. Train is coming. A new financial website may be able to save of money in areas you may not have considered before. Michael finney with 7 on your side here with more. What makes this unique is suggestions are customized for the users specific situation and it is free. Michael davis moved into his new San Francisco apartment not far from girdeli square a few weeks ago. We created status as a way for people to compare. Reporter started by filling out a financial profile providing saving, debt, and financial information. Then received a score status money then suggested michael was paying too much on his Interest Rate for his student loan. No one has told me that i needed to refinance it. Reporter michael talked to his loan company which gave him a 3 reduction. Also siting that he spends above average on eating out. Finally status money told him he was spending too much money for his cable bill. He called his company and threatened to quit. Receiving a 31 reduction in his bill. Important to be aware of your financing. Reporter status money says it wont share your information with third parties. We are going to do our best to canvas the financial space and give them the best possible offer they could find. Status money had been in the beta phase for about a year before launching in september. My hot line is open week days 10 00 to 2 00 tell phone is 415 9548151 and reach me on my facebook page. Waking up early to capture the super blood blue moon. We are happy to show case these images which have t the abc7now. I would have gotten up myself, but i knew i would have these beautiful pictures to look at. Thin high clouds. Basically a clear evening. Low temperatures drop generally into the low 40s and chillier in the inland valleys. Tomorrow look for sunny skies and warm for february conditions. High temperatures inland in the low 70s. What about rain . None in sight for the next tendays. Estimating rainfall to be zero. Daytime highs in the mid70s maybe upper 70s. Upper 60s to about 70s on the coast. Cant get better than that. It is beautiful. Zero, not even a sliver, nada, zilch. It will not rain. I think we covered it. It is going to be dry. Larry beil here with sports. Zero like the eagles chances . A lot of mystery with tom bradys hands. Good evening. Local hero tom brady will play in his eighth super bowl this sunday. His dads annual visit. In his wildest dreams did he imagine his son would be in super bowl again at age 40. Low and below a bunch of years later and this is the eighth one. Almost like ground hogs day. Reporter his son still playing this violent game at 40years old. Any one hit can be devastating. But he takes care of himself as well as anybody else could. If he said after this game that i am done, we would all be on board. Reporter the most super bowl rings in his with six. Great defense, good coaching, yeah, we have got our work cut out for them. Reporter it will be a real test. Tom junior played with 12 stitches on his throwing hands but dad is not worried. Had the stitches out and he did okay. And the conference championship will now hopefully take another step. Reporter mother is from minnesota. The family spent their summers there. And glad they are not playing the vikings. Fun for us to go back there and see a lot of families and be in the city and a chance to celebrate together. Reporter they know how to prepare and close out big games. That is a big advantage but how about this stat . I dont think we have ever scored a touchdown in the first quarter. Reporter tom has a lot of haters out there. I understand this is going to be a tired book for a lot of book. That they would like to see some other people and i can appreciate how they are feeling. On the other hand, tough luck. Reporter you tell them senior. Back in 2005. Two quarterbacks are friends and today rogers talked about the deal that will send smith to the redskins. Both of us going into our 14th season. He had a fantastic year last year. They drafted a kid. But for him to get an opportunity to a place that wants him, paid him the right way. I am happy for them. No rest for the sharks. They got a new arena. Little caesars arena. No score here. Barkley good and the steal saved by more razzic. Martin frv. If you watch a fair amount of nba basket, you probably have seen red panda. Flew into sfo and somebody stole her unicycle. Has had it for 30 years and toured the world for it. 2,000 reward for her unicycle. People, what are you going to do with a sevenfoot unicycle. Give her her unicycle back. Join us tonight at nine clock kofytv. Then at 11 00, when the north bay fires, the Grateful Community saying thank you tonight. That is this edition of abc7 news. Look for breaking news on twitter. We appreciate your time. I am dan ashley. And i am kristen sze for the entire news team, good night. See you tonight at 11 00. Audience. Oh, my god. Mom, do you want to know what i just heard . Eve and her boyfriend broke up. That was my news. Im sorry. You can have my news i heard it might snow tonight. Is eve okay . I dont know. I heard this from my old woodbridge high contacts. Oh, all right, so it might just be a rumor. Nope. Eve and justin are definitely splitsville. I confirmed it with three sources,