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Abc seven news at 11 starts right now. Always live abc seven news starts right now. Good evening, im dionne lim and im dan ashley. Thanks for joining us. The dinner party hosts say the social gathering at their home was no place for the students political agenda. Those gaza supporters say efforts to silence them ended in assault. Abc seven News Reporter Tara Campbell was at the deans home tonight, where he held another social gathering for the students. Yeah, dion and dan, we were actually at the deans house tonight outside his house in oakland, and i was able to briefly speak with him. He didnt want to go on camera telling me that his statement that he posted today speaks for itself. We also spoke with a few students as they arrived. Tonights dinner did seem to go off as planned, where millions of muslims around the world fast. Not only a protest getting heated tuesday evening at the home of the dean of uc berkeleys law school. Okay you dont have to get aggressive. Please leave our house. You are guests at our house. Erwin chemerinsky and his wife, law professor catherine fisk, hosting their annual dinner for students as muslim students, we refuse to break our fast on the blood of palestinian people. The uc has committed sending 2 billion to weapons manufacturers with what they use. And were just giving fisk seem trying to take the microphone from the student, who is also the president of a group called berkeley law students for justice in palestine. You are not welcome. Okay. You can call the police. No, you can call the police. Im giving up. Please stop touching her. In a statement, the Student Group saying this is a First Amendment right, accusing fisk of assault. Fisks assault was a symbol of the deeper islamophobia antipalestinian racism and religious discrimination that runs rampant within the university of california administration. Uc berkeleys chancellor, responding to the incident in a statement, saying in part, while our support for free speech is unwavering, we cannot condone using a social occasion at a persons private residence as a platform for protest. The dean in a Statement Wednesday also responding, saying in part, i am enormously sad that we have students who are so rude as to come into my home, in my backyard and use this social occasion for their political agenda. He goes on to say they asked the student to leave several times, as seen here. Just please leave. If you dont want to be here, leave my house. Students do not have a First Amendment right to come to someone elses home, transform their dinner party into a political event. Nico perino is a vp at the foundation for individual rights and expression. There is this misperception that a lot of students have across the country right now that taking over someone elses event, disrupting their event is an exercise of First Amendment rights. And thats just wrong. You dont have the right to come to someone elses event and take it over. Now, in his statement today, the Law School Dean also said he had recently been subject of antisemitic fliers posted in campus buildings and that security would be present for the last two dinners. Dan and dion, why not . Interesting story. All right. Thanks very much, tara. Well, getting your car towed can be a pain, but how about getting towed while youre driving . Its an alarming ordeal. One east bay couple experienced while running errands in San Francisco. I spoke to them in a story youll see only on seven. What the are you doing . Thats the sentiment from the man who witnessed what happened to joanne and her husband. As they drove through downtown San Francisco Tuesday Morning. Were at a stoplight and were just minding our own business. While the couple were stopped along bush and montgomery, they thought the yellow specialty towing truck was moving toward a nearby waymo autonomous vehicle, but soon realized it was getting too close for comfort. He came from the side. He started doing the reverse, and all the lights came on. Thats when we were like, okay, something is really wrong, and his lever came down. The tow truck makes several attempts to hook on to their 2017 toyota corolla. When the light turns green, the waymo next to them drives off. But joanne, who requested we only use her first name, realized as her husband whos driving, is stuck in front of this black sedan. And we were freaking out. The first instinct was to make sure that we get away. Fortunately, the black car backs up and joannes husband is able to drive away. You can see the tow truck give chase, joanne says for several blocks. Its definitely really scary. We reached out to specialty towing via email and phone, but did not hear back. The company, along with two others, were charged by City Attorney david chiu this past february for fraud and illegally towing parked cars. Theyre now prohibited from bidding or receiving city contracts. Joanne and her husband tell me they were eventually able to lose the tow truck and drove back home to the east bay. They maintain they didnt do anything wrong and are still perplexed as to why they were targeted. Full disclaimer i definitely paid off my car. Theres no like, you know, late payments or anything. I paid my registration uh registration. Shes planning to file a Police Report soon and is sharing their story to raise awareness for other drivers. Be more like careful when theyre driving around as well as like just making sure that if something kicks in or like if something doesnt look right, make sure you do your best to protect yourself. Thats good advice. Now, this video has been going viral on social media. Thousands of people stunned by the Truck Drivers actions. Well be sure to let you know if we hear anything back from specialty towing. We sure will. It is stunning. Well, tomorrows south bay leaders will warn the public about the invasion of a dangerous type of mosquito. Santa clara county Vector Control Officials Say the mosquito has been found in East San Jose after being eradicated in the county in 2022. They call the species aggressive. Its known to carry diseases like dengue and yellow fever. The county is asking residents to check their properties for standing water. Thats where they breed uh. They can really multiply quickly, so check for standing water. Should landlords be able to refuse to rent to tenants with pets . A state lawmaker has put in motion an effort to ban Property Owners from refusing to rent to people with pets. Tonight we take a deep dive into this effort. Abc seven News Reporter Lauren Martinez explains exactly how the bill could change rental laws. A bill that would limit landlords from denying housing to pet owners is making its way through the legislature. Its hard enough to find a place for us, let alone include that dog moms and cat dads say it hasnt been easy navigating the rental market. Somebody took a picture of me with him walking, and they call the office. Martha rodriguez lives at a Mobile Home Park and says she had to make her dog, marley, an emotional support animal to avoid trouble. They told me, no, they dont take pets. I have a business in the area, so i just offered, you know, financially or what kind of money is going to make them say yes, you can bring the dog into the house and live here. Assemblyman matt haney, who authored the bill, says 70 of california renters have pets, but only 30 of available rentals accept them in San Francisco, only 21 of rentals on the market allow pets. Landlords simply need to have a reasonable rationale for whatever limitations and restrictions that theyre providing for. If youve got a brand new building, you cant just say no dogs or cats allowed. Thats not reasonable Property Owners and associations are expressing concerns about the bill. What were looking for is at least some consideration that there is a cost, and that currently under our Security Deposit law, the tenant can use that one month security to pay for the rent on the way out the door. That leaves us nothing for repairs to the unit. Pini says the bill is about trying to strike a balance. Its not forcing every landlord to take a pet. Hes currently in negotiations to amend parts of the bill. Maybe they can have a little bit more on the pet deposit to protect against damage. If it means that we get rid of the pet rent. This week, the bill passed out of the Assembly Judiciary committee and moves forward to the floor in the south bay. Lauren martinez, abc seven news. Tomorrow, the port of oakland will make a decision about a controversial plan to rename the oakland airport. The proposal is to change it to San Francisco bay. Oakland international airport. The goal is to attract more travelers and new airlines to oakland. However, the city of San Francisco, its airport and city leaders have opposed this idea, calling it confusing. In fact, they hate the idea so much the City Attorney has threatened to sue for trademark infringement. Oakland airport Officials Say theyve considered renaming the airport since 2013. All right, to the weather now. And we had above average temperatures today. We did really nice outside. Will the sunny skies and summerlike warmth continue tomorrow . Abc seven news meteorologist sandyha patel has your 24 hour accuweather forecast. Sandra. Yeah, and dan and dion, since you guys loved it so much, were going to keep it going for one more day. Let me show you a live picture right now from our tam cam. There are some hints of fog out there. It is not everywhere. Parts of the coastline dealing with the fog as we look at live doppler seven right now we also have some high clouds up above, but look at the visibility right now. Half moon bay down to three miles. Tomorrow morning at seven, youre going to have to deal with some areas of fog temperatures 40s and 50s, mainly sunny by noontime, those numbers rising at 4 p. M. Its going to be warm inland with low 80s once again, 60s coast side and then breezy and cooler by 7 p. M. We do have some major changes coming. Ill be back with a closer look in just a few minutes. Diane. All right, sandhya. Thank you. A rally supporting a bill that strengthens existing california gun laws was held in San Francisco today. Gun Safety Advocates gathered on the steps of city hall urging an Appeals Court to uphold senate bill two. Its all in response to a lawsuit filed by gun lobbying groups to overturn the legislation. Sb two requires people to be law abiding. Citizens have strong training, and be at least 21 years old to access a gun permit. It also prohibits weapons in sensitive public spaces. Mayor london breed joined advocates to demand guns remain out of places like parks, churches and schools. Theres no way you want to see somebody walking through our playgrounds where our kids play with a gun. Governor newsom signed sb two into law to counteract the supreme courts decision to roll back concealed carry weapons laws across the country. If you use uber, youll want to know that the Ride Share Service has added new safety options to its app. They include pin verification, giving riders the option to get a four digit code to make sure theyre getting into the right car. A ride check lets a passenger know if a driver goes off course. Theres also a new feature that can record the audio of your trip on your phone. In addition, riders can share their trip information with a friend. The features are now available. California state workers are being ordered to report back to the Office Starting in midjune. Thats according to a memo from the states cabinet secretary, anne patterson, that was shared with politico. There will be case by case exceptions allowed in that memo, patterson said in office, work enhances collaboration, cohesion and communication. Since the pandemic, state agencies had been able to make their own remote work policies and exclusive invitation. To be sure, the bay area guests who are on the list for president bidens state dinner tonight in honor of japans prime minister. What shes been able to accomplish is just, you know, no one has done it. Its remarkable. A former player of stanford, coach Tara Vanderveer shares her memories of College Basketballs winningest coach as she retires from the game. Were on whale watch tonight. Crews searching for an entangled whale off the bay area coast run into a complication. But first, heres a look at whats coming up tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live right after abc seven news at 11, jimmy. Thanks, dan and dionne. Tonight we go up in a blaze of glory. I picked it up. I wrote a song thats on the forthcoming record, and, yeah, i got my first guitar. You wrote a song on your first guitar . Its called im in love with my you made a cow actually its a piggy bank. My inspiration to start saving. How about a more solid way to save . Im listening. Well, bmo helps get your savings habit into shape with a cash reward, every month you save. Both cash reward . And theres a cash bonus when you open a new Checking Account to get you started. Wow. Anything you cant do . mugs. Bmo ambassadors. The guest list also included the bay areas own tim cook and kristi yamaguchi. Tonights dinner was covered in Cherry Blossoms to highlight japans culture and to remind that a new year is always possible. Bidens speech, heavily focused on the strong relationship between the United States and japan. It is the end of an era for Womens College basketball coach Tara Vanderveer is retiring after 38 years with stanford university, and she has surely left her mark on the sport. She is the winningest coach in College Basketball history with 1216 victories and three national titles. We spoke with one of her former players, who later competed against her as a coach. She told us more about her career and impact on womens sports. Its wonderful to be in the situation that shes in where she can go out on her own terms. She goes out, you know, at the top, and im very im happy for her more than anything. I think she has so much life ahead of her and shes touched so many of our lives and in so many just incredible ways. And im, im just happy for her. She did everything with the utmost authenticity, ethics, integrity. And thats rare. I think thats rare in this day and age. And she won. So she she won. And she did it the right way. And its incredible. And i dont know that we can really even measure her impact because its just alive and well. And it will continue on for years and years and years to come. Its absolutely true. What a legacy in the east bay two state championship Basketball Teams are being celebrated. The Girls Basketball team from oakland high and the boys team from oakland technical high were honored at tonights board of education meeting. I just want to say in this year of womens basketball, i am so proud of the women in Basketball Team of oakland high. I think continuing, and i expect to see you all at the ncaa women finals in a few years. So congratulations, certificate of achievement presented to the oakland tech bulldogs for winning the 2024 cif Division Two Boys basketball championship. Good for them. And congratulations. This was the boys teams first championship and the girls second. A search continues for an entangled gray whale off the coast of the peninsula. It was spotted Tuesday Morning with its tail caught in netting. The Marine Mammal center hopes to find and tag the whale sooner rather than later. And as they search, theyre asking for the publics help as well. If they do see the whale, if they could report it to eight, seven, seven slosser whale or call channel 16 the Us Coast Guard on your marine radio and stand by until trained responders show up. That is the best way to help this whale. Now, the whale was initially spotted in late march off orange county, where Partner Organizations put a tracker and buoys on the animal to keep an eye on it until it was safe to remove the lines. Unfortunately, though, the tracker stopped working so they had no idea where it was until tuesday. New details caltrans says repairs could cost about 25 million after a portion of highway one crumbled last month. Monterey county also issued 1 million in emergency funding for construction. The slip out happened just south of rocky creek on march 30th. It forced road closures and evacuation warnings for areas of the big sur community. Usgs experts say recent rain and bigger waves likely created this fallout. That seems very likely that that thats the case. 25 million is always remarkable. How expensive things are to fix. Hard to wrap your head around numbers like that. Yeah. And also hard to wrap your head around numbers that were having in the weather. Right. Another gorgeous day today. But things are going to change. Meteorologist sandyha patel is here. Hi, sandy. Hi, there. Yeah, definitely will be changing soon. Dan and diana, i want to show you just a stunning view from our Golden Gate Bridge camera. You can see just sutro tower camera looking at the Golden Gate Bridge. Just how great it looks from this vantage point. Temperatures today, 7 to 13 degrees above average. And with the high clouds tonight, were holding in some of the heat from earlier in the day. Temperatures are in the 50s and 60s. These look like high temperatures for you, but their currents seven degrees warmer in hayward compared to this time yesterday. Up four in livermore, san jose and santa rosa. As we check out your high temperatures. It was 81 in napa. San jose got up to 82 in santa cruz, 80 in santa rosa and redwood city, 70 from San Francisco to oakland to concord. Now, dont get too used to this idea. Livermores average high is 68 degrees. Tomorrow youre at 81. But notice the temperatures just taking a nosedive as we head towards your friday and saturday. And thats because this area of High Pressure thats providing us with the warmth is going to start to move on. Area of low pressure is developing. Its going to bring in a cold system that will impact our weekend plans. So right now on live doppler seven, we have not only the patchy fog near the coast, but the higher clouds up above and the view from our east bay hills. Camera you can see is just stunning. Tomorrow the warmth holds inland for the end of the week, temperatures plunging and this upcoming weekend we are talking about chilly, wet and breezy conditions ahead tomorrow morning. 40s and 50s. To start the day. The fog will be limited to parts of the coast and the north bay. As we head towards the noontime hour. Its already really mild for most areas, except at the immediate coast. Now, as we head towards early afternoon, well see some low 80s popping up. It is going to be a nice looking day with lots of sun. Your temperatures in the morning, 40s and 50s. As i mentioned, the fog will be around the coast and parts of the north bay valley, so plan accordingly. Might have a slower ride because of the visibility issues along the coast. South bay temperatures 81 in gilroy, los gatos, 80 in san jose, on the peninsula. Youre looking at a nice day. San mateo and menlo park, low 70s, mountain view, 7460 degrees in half moon bay, San Francisco 67 degrees. Daly city 63, north bay. Temperatures mid 70s. Around san rafael youll get up to 80. In santa rosa, 76 in napa heading into the east bay, 70 in berkeley 71. Oakland 76. Fremont. These temperatures still running higher than where they should be for april 80, in walnut creek, 81 in livermore, 80 in concord, 82 degrees for you in antioch. Now here comes the rain. So friday night we do have the opportunity for seeing a few coastal showers, but its really saturday that the storm pushes in. Its going to bring in cold air. So were going to see the potential for some snow over mount hamilton. This continues for most of your saturday and then heading into sunday well see some more showers. The potential is there for thunder on sunday as well. So rainfall projections through sunday night. Most of you will be between a quarter of an inch to just about an inch. Higher totals are expected in some areas. This is a course model, so keep that in mind. Well get some fine tuning as we get closer. The accuweather seven day forecast. The warmth holds inland tomorrow. Its going to be much cooler on friday. A chance of those showers late, but its really saturday that we go to the wet weather. Breezy conditions and colder as well. Sunday is a one as well. And then monday, tuesday, wednesday were going to bring the kind of weather back that diane and dan really enjoy, which is sunshine and milder weather. I dont want to hear the complaints. Thats the truth. This is why larry is not here. Thats right. Yeah, right. We weve got to blame it on somebody who wants. Yeah, we can still blame it on larry. Oh, thats true, out on the farm. Stanfords Tara Vanderveer has retired coach retires as a three Time National champion and the winningest head coach in College Basketball history with 1216 wins. Felt im ready. I never really thought i would be. I kind of just, you know, just felt like maybe i would, you know, kind of just keel over on the bench. But, you know, i mean, i just, you know, i because i love it, i love it, i love it. Initial reaction is im thrilled for her. She can go water ski and she loves to water ski. I know it might be water skiing at the lake, but im on the phone recruiting. Ive got, you know, a 4 00 call, 430 call. You know, and sometimes its just youre ready. Congrats to coach dubs are in portland tomorrow with just three games left in the regular season. The warriors, currently 10th in the west and a half game back in the ninth place. Lakers golden state has won eight of their last nine. Theyre getting hot at the right time, but its nice to have good vibes rolling into this part of the year. Try to, you know, finish the year strong. We know its going to come down to probably two games next week that can give us a chance to kind of reset and go win a playoff series. The way that were doing it, the way they were playing, playing a consistent level, its inspiring. Well, theres one way to beat bay area traffic giants looking to avoid a three game sweep to the nationals. Theyve had trouble hitting with runners in scoring position. Not today. Nick ahmed deep drive to center jacob young cant catch it. Runs into the wall. Ouch matt chapman scores game tied. Ahmed had three hits. Next batter Tyler Fitzgerald also had a three hit day, but a base hit to left clean single. Ahmed scores two one. Giants. How about jordan hicks continuing his impressive start on the mound this season . Six innings, two strikeouts, just one earned run and then the offense backing him up some more. Michael conforto rbi single in the right. Giants were six of eight with runners in scoring position. They win seven one. Happy flight to tampa bay three game series for them. Starts friday. As deep in the heart of texas and that is the two foot long hot dog they call the boomstick in texas. Bottom 431 game. Former a barrie native Marcus Simeon deep to left off the bottom of the wall. Its an rbi double part of a three run inning. Its four one. Rangers zach gelof went one for five, but his one hit a solo shot to right, made it a62 game. And thats your final score. As lose six two. It snaps a three game win streak. Sports on abc seven you can watch all of our newscasts live and on demand through the abc7 bay area connected tv app. Its available for apple tv along with google tv, amazon fire tv, and roku. Download the app now and start streaming. Thats it for tonights news. Im diane lim, im dan ashley lou from hollywood, its Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight jon bon jovi, henry hall, and music from mk. Gee. With cleto and the cletones. And now, jimmy kimmel