Popular oakland donut shop robbed for the fourth time in a year what the city is doing to stop the violent interactions. Plus, a race against time along the bay area coastline. The work to save a whale tangled in fishing line for weeks now. Good morning. It is wednesday, april 10th. Lets start the check of our forecast with drew. Yeah, today is one of those days. You really want to get outside. Its going to be very warm. Temperatures going to the 70s and 80s later on today. A live look from the exploratorium camera. We do have clear skies from this view. However, there is some patchy cloud cover along the coast right now. We are finding some areas of fog also this morning, but nothing widespread and nothing dense right now. But well keep our eyes on that. Temperatures currently were in the 40s and in the 50s. Good morning sonoma 4450 in oakland, right . 53 in san jose, 48 right now in san mateo, those temperatures are going to take off very quickly this morning, returning to the 50s and 60s by 9 a. M. By noon, 70 already appearing on our temperature map and then later on by 4 p. M. This is very warm for april 10 to 15 degrees above average, 80 inland, upper 70s around the bay shoreline. The coast. The immediate coastline has a little bit of an onshore flow. So we keep you in the 60s there 71 today in the city, 75 in oakland, 82 today in san jose, 79 in napa, up to 81 in concord, kumasi. Thank you. Drew stanford legend. Tara vanderveer, the winningest coach in ncaa history, is retiring 45 years of winning, mentoring young women and becoming the standard bearer for college coaches. Abc seven News ReporterGloria Rodriguez joining us live in studio with the reaction that is coming in, marking a truly remarkable career. Gloria, truly. Yeah, it truly has been kumasi Tara Vanderveer has spent 38 of her 45 year coaching career at stanford. She is scheduled to speak publicly about her decision at a News Conference this afternoon. Vanderveer Won National Championships with the cardinal in 1990, 1992 and 2021. The 70 year old is leaving as the all time winningest coach in College Basketball history. Male or female, with 1216 victories and only 271 losses. Warriors coach steve kerr commented on her retirement i love tara, shes amazing, and weve connected quite a bit in the bay, shes come to our practices. Ive seen her down on their campus, i have so much respect and admiration for her. And, my initial reaction is, im thrilled for her. She can go water ski, and she loves to water ski. I know, so congrats on an amazing career. Vanderveer said in a statement that basketball has given her so much throughout life that she hopes shes been able to give back a little bit. Vanderveer led team usa to a gold medal at the olympics in 1996, and has guided many of her players to the wnba, and her last day is on may eighth. Longtime assistant kate payne is in talks to take over as head coach. Reggie thank you gloria. For the fourth time in a year , a wellknown oakland donut shop got robbed. Security camera video shows thieves, one of them armed with a golf club, ripping out the cash register. Abc seven News Reporter j. R. Stone spoke with employees at colonial donuts, as well as city leaders, about what theyre doing to help fight crime. This is Surveillance Video of a recent robbery at the colonial donuts lakeshore location in oakland, and no, we have not shown it to you before, but we have shown you this past robbery there. And this second pass robbery and this third. I think one of the assailants also, brought in a golf club, and im not sure what he was intending to do with it to cause intimidation or cause harm, but. Yeah, so this would be the fourth time we got robbed within not even a one year span. Ping yamamoto runs colonial donuts. Her family has owned the business for 40 plus years. She says since the robbery started, they have installed a Service Window that is cashless and used instead of the front door during overnight hours. But this happened at 6 a. M. During a shift change. Got customers telling us like, can you please stay open . We really need you. Youre, you know, youre such a Important Institution in in oakland. But its hard. I wont lie, being a Small Business owner in oakland right now is very, very tough. Some in the community are angry. Seneca scott took part in a rally outside colonial donuts last december, and says more officers are needed on oakland streets. When we walk outside of our houses every day, people are not feeling safe. Businesses absolutely will continue to close if they dont get immediate support. Oakland District Two Council member Nikki Fortunato bass says she is actively working with police, Business Owners and Community Members on Public Safety measures. Police have even told her that some of these strategies are leading to Crime Reductions. We have increased Community Policing in our business areas with foot patrol, so there are now Crime Reduction teams. We are in the process of identifying a location on, on grand avenue to start where there would be a Police Resource office. While that would likely be on grand avenue, it would be in close proximity to where this latest fourth robbery happened at colonial donuts in oakland. J. R. Stone, abc seven news as police in the south bay are asking for your help to identify a person who may have set fires on the san jose state campus. So if you look at this image, this is the person theyre trying to find. Both of these fires were set in mens bathrooms in the Martin Luther king junior library, one on monday night, the other on easter. Its not clear if the suspect is a student. Me personally, i sometimes dont feel safe because i have some experience with homeless myself where they come up to me and they just just invaded my privacy to. So i think that, you know, they should do a better job of just restricting people. Zjsu crime data shows at least ten arrests made in the mlk, mlk library in the past month. Those arrests range from things like vandalism to possession of weapons. Were learning new details in the suspicious death of a man in east palo alto. We first told you about this yesterday morning. Well, now, police say that death is being investigated as a homicide. This is the second homicide in east palo alto. This year. A man died a month after being stabbed on february 8th last year. East palo alto had zero murders. Our seven on your side team has been all over. Californias growing insurance crisis, and now the states largest home insurer. State farm, says a new wave of nonrenewals is about to hit parts of the bay area hard this summer. Every local county will be impacted, but the hardest hit is contra costa county, with more than 3800 nonrenewals. In santa cruz county, at least 3100 policies will be dropped and 2200 policies in sonoma county. Many of those are in zip codes in high risk fire areas. Insurance advocates say theyre being flooded with calls from homeowners facing nonrenewals looking for advice. What we recommend is that first, people connect with a broker, a good broker who has access to many more policies. State farm says the changes are necessary now, writing in a statement that state farm general takes seriously our responsibility to maintain adequate claims, paying capacity for our customers and to comply with applicable financial solvency laws. Serious new allegations being made against boeing. A new whistleblower claiming major issues with one of the companys most popular planes could cause it to break apart. And amanda. The faa has launched an investigation and now congress is taking action. Kumasi congress is now demanding boeing ceo come to testify on capitol hill next week for a hearing where the whistleblower is set to testify. The new allegations by the boeing engineer are very serious. Sam salarpur claims parts of the fuselage are not fastened together correctly, and it could cause the fuselage to break apart. Salarpur claims the issue is that pieces of the fuselage are manufactured by Different Companies and they dont fit together properly. However he has not provided any documented evidence to back up his claims. Im doing this not because i want boeing to fail, but because i want i want it to succeed and prevent the crashes from happening. Sandhya patel lawyers claim he faced retaliation after raising his concerns with the aircraft safety. Boeing has responded to the accusation, saying in part, these claims about the Structural Integrity of the 787 are inaccurate. The issues raised have been subject to rigorous engineering examination under faa oversight. In 2021 and 2022, boeing slowed production and stopped delivering 787. Because of these concerns. It later said it addressed the issue and the faa signed off. Now lets get to drew. Hey, amanda, outside this morning are Oakland Airport camera. We have clear skies here. A little bit of patchy fog being reported around santa rosa. Thats the only area right now they are dealing with any sort of cloud cover. And todays just one of those days. If you can work from home, it is going to be spectacular. These highs are well above average for this time of the year. Were going into the 70s and 80s this afternoon. It is the warmest day of the week. For reference, average daytime highs were typically in the 60s. Youre going to feel that warm weather today. In fact , some of these temps are the warmest since last fall. In some areas, going 10 to 14 degrees above average for this time of the year. The only problem the pollen. You can probably hear it in my voice. Trees now running at very high levels. Theyre emitting a lot of pollen right now. Oak, pine, juniper and cedar. Theres a lot going on right now. So allergy sufferers, were not getting any relief with this sunny, warm pattern. Heres future weather showing you by 11 a. M. 60s and 70s already at this time were at or above average for this time of the year. And then we just warm even more heading into the afternoon. Well see widespread 70s 80s on the board. The immediate coastline. We will have just the slightest onshore breeze and that will keep the immediate coastline in the mid 60s, but still, that is above average for this time of the year. Looking at the three day forecast, it is feeling like summer today. Temperatures a wide range, 60s along the coast, 70s around the bay shoreline 80s inland. We repeat that forecast tomorrow, but by friday we are dramatically cooler and rain is knocking on our door for the weekend. Reggie, well show you that weekend forecast coming up in about eight minutes. Thanks, drew. A new concerts coming to Golden Gate Park this summer. Coming up, who will be performing . And you are looking at uploading two story home in the San Francisco bay. Were going to talk about this after the break. Building a better bay area through some good Old Fashioned home cooking, we introduce you 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 usual site will say in the San Francisco bay yesterday, a two story houseboat floating in the water sky seven, captured the video of the houseboat being towed to its new home in san rafael. The boats original home is dock town marina in redwood city. Well after a long legal battle, dozens of houseboats had to relocate, and apparently it took this one two days. You all to make it up the bay. Time now is 514 this morning. Theres an urgent effort to help a gray whale that is tangled in netting off the coast of daly city. People spotted the whale yesterday with its tail trapped in a net and a buoy trailing behind. Turns out this whale has been in trouble for weeks. Abc seven News Reporter tim johns has the details on the whales condition and the rush to help it. Troubling drone footage showing an entangled gray whale swimming off the peninsula coast tuesday morning. The video showing the animal with its tail entangled with netting and dragging a buoy through the water. It is relatively urgent in the in the fact that if we dont remove the gear and the whale cant get it off itself, its most likely going to die from it. Justin visbeck works with the National Oceanic and atmospheric administration, or noaa. He tells me his team has been aware of this whale for weeks, and have been attempting to free it. Visbeck says. It was first spotted already tangled off the coast of Orange County at the end of march. We were actually able to attach our satellite tag to it, in a couple of poly balls. And the reason that we do that is to actually slow the whale down and to bring it to the surface, visbeck says. When his Team Approached the whale to try and untangle it down south, it became aggressive and they had to stop. The idea behind the tracking device, he tells me, was to keep an eye on it as it swam further north on its way to feeding grounds in alaska. Once the whale became more tired out, the team would try to untangle it again. But visbeck says the tracking device stopped working and they lost track of the whale until he was spotted tuesday. Here near the bay area. Its really wrapped and caught on that tail and its not going to be an easy task to get it off. After being sighted tuesday morning, news of the entangled whale spread online. Researchers from the Marine Mammal center, noaa and other groups went out to try and gather more information on the situation. San bruno resident tony corso saw it on a Facebook Group and went out and shot the drone video with others looking on. There was just a general consensus that this was horrible and this should not have happened. Fishbach says hes hoping theyll know more in the coming days about when might be the best time to approach the whale and try and get that gillnet off once again. In the meantime, he and his colleagues are asking for the publics help in keeping an eye on the whale and reporting any sightings of it. In San Francisco, tim johns, abc seven news. The promoters behind outside lanes Music Festival are planning a second weekend of concerts in Golden Gate Park. They Just Announced the lineup system of a down, deftones, the mars volta, viagra boys and vowelles will perform at the polo fields on august 17th. Thats the weekend after outside lines. Tickets are 170 for general admission and 400 for vip presale. Tickets will be available tomorrow morning at ten. Tickets go on sale to the general public friday. System of a down takes me back. This is Like Middle School for me. It was a great album. Chop suey. No oh my god, he said. I go, thank you, thank you. Topher, our producer. Okay oh, they sing that song. Yes. Oh its great. Its a great album. Put a little makeup. Okay, i know that part. Okay the joy kumasi is like, for some people that would be going for kumasi. Thats cool. Though. I do like that theyre having a second weekend. I know that folks around the area were kind of concerned, but its such a big weekend for the city, so why not extend the joy . I agree, im not. Yeah. You know, get your music in back. Whatever it is. I dont know what that is. I dont know, a huge song back in the early aughts. Look it up. Childrens day. I cant get no good when i had to take hours and hours to get that song just to listen to it on the bus. Heres a live look from sutro tower. Its a day. Just get outside, do whatever you can because its not only the warmest day of the week, these temperatures are some of the warmest since last fall. 82 in san jose today, 80 in sunnyvale, 82 in los gatos, 83 in gilroy. You can tell its just well above average 70 for redwood city, palo alto, los altos, 78. Even though the coast is cooler, its still very pleasant today. In the mid 60s, for Half Moon Bay in pacifica, downtown will go into the low 70s. Cooler, though for the coast. Well stay in the 60s for the sunset, richmond, daly city as we head into the north bay 82. Cloverdale 76, petaluma 79. Vallejo 78. San rafael. The east bay today mostly sunny and warm. 79 in fremont, 75, in oakland, 79. Castro valley and inland. Well get some 80s on the board today. 82 fairfield, 79, san ramon, walnut creek coming in at 80 degrees. Any evening plans . Its a nice night. Maybe to grab dinner outside. Temperatures are slow to cool off. Were still in the 70s in most spots through 6 p. M, gradually falling through the 60s through 9 p. M. So overnight tonight, what youll find is mainly clear skies. Overnight lows will dip into the 40s. Now future tracker temperatures. If you cant get outside today, tomorrow is nice as well. Just slightly cooler that cooler air really hits us on friday. We are dramatically cooler only in the 50s and 60s. And then over the weekend look at saturday. Those numbers well below average. Were stuck in the mid 50s. Thats going to feel like a shock to the system. After todays warmth, future weather. I just want to show you friday, friday night now the rain looks to arrive after the sun goes down and these showers look to stay on and off through the early part of sunday. Heres the accuweather seven day forecast the next seven days for you. Feeling like summer today . Still warm tomorrow and then were cooler on friday with that rain arriving at night on and off through the weekend with chilly temperatures before those temps rebound and the sun comes back early next week. Guys thank you drew. Coming up, the seven things to know this morning this month we are bidding a farewell to the old bart trains when theyll be taking their final well, you want real meat to be the first ingredient. And you probably dont want things like chicken byproduct meal, or whole grain corn. That makes the choice pretty easy blue buffalo. Pick up blue wherever you buy pet food. smelling ew. Gotta get rid of this. Tell me why because it stinks. Have you tried downy rinse and refresh it helps remove odors 3x better than detergent alone. It worked guys yeahhhh downy rinse and refresh. You know, this morning, number one, the winningest coach in ncaa history, retiring. Tara vanderveer has led stanfords Womens Basketball team for 38 seasons now. Vanderveer took stanford 214 final fours and won three national championships. Number two chp says its taken 42 pounds of fentanyl off the streets around San Franciscos tenderloin neighborhood since it began patrolling the area last year. The patrols are part of the governors effort to reduce crime. Number three, congress has called boeings ceo to testify next week after allegations from a new whistleblower. The boeing employee details safety concerns involving the manufacturing and assembly of 787 dreamliners. Number four, a win for the state of california, a lawsuit to block the states transgender sanctuary state law has been dismissed. The law provides Legal Protections for people who travel here to receive gender affirming care, and the people who treat them. And number five, get ready for the warmest day of the week today, sunny skies, temperatures almost 15 degrees above average. We keep it warm tomorrow before were dramatically cooler on friday with a chance of showers at night. And number six, who wanted to get you a look at the drive times . Just so you know, nothing really major going on. Its a smooth ride across the region. And number seven, this morning we will learn who will be the next leader of uc berkeley, the university of california board of regents will appoint a new chancellor during a meeting in los angeles. Current chancellor carol christ is returning at retiring at the end of the school year. Its about to be the end of the line for barts old trains, but not before offering the public a final run on april 20th, bart plans to run two celebratory ten car trains. Theyll feature the original fleet, which debuted in 1972. At the time, president Richard Nixon said the design made bart look like nasa. The final farewell starts at 1 p. M. On the 20th at oaklands macarthur station. Trains will run to fremont station that stretch from macarthur to fremont was barts first ever segment in the bay area. The post Office Branch near the embarcadero in San Francisco may soon be named after late california senator dianne feinstein. Senators alex padilla and Laphonza Butler plan to introduce a bill authorizing the name change. The dia issued a statement calling feinstein a, quote, towering figure in the history of our state and nation. If you look at the map, you can see where the branch is located. On stewart street, on the ground floor of the rincon center. Developed during feinsteins tenure as San Francisco mayor, salesforce Ceo Marc Benioff will be the new host for the glide annual Charity Lunch auction for two decades now. The auction was hosted by billionaire investor warren buffett. Over the last 24 years, this event has raised more than 53 million to support programs at glide. This years event takes place from may 5th through the 10th in San Francisco. A group of middle schoolers are building a better bay area by bringing awareness to topics that matter the most to them. One concern they have is cyberbullying. The Childrens Day School seventh graders are currently planning an event. They call it soup for change. Groups of students pick different social justice issues. They research a related organization and partner with them on a project. The seventh grade families come together to listen to the kids present their work, and then they sell soup. One group chose to focus on Mental Illness and cyberbullying. Ive experienced cyberbullying before, and its not something thats good for you. Talking to therapists and stuff really helps your Mental Health. Whats your message to social Media Companies . The Tech Companies need to hear this and regulate their apps more, because ive seen really horrible stuff on the internet that shouldnt be seen by anybody, let alone people our age. The soup for change project will be putting up fliers across the city with qr codes that will lead people to the San FranciscoMental Health association hotline. In todays gma first look, Sorority Sisters from the university of georgia speaking out after rescuing a mom and her two children from a sinking car. Heres abc News Reporter eva pilgrim in this mornings gma first look, an abc news exclusive. Do you think its a miracle that theyre both still here today . A group of Sorority Sisters making a dramatic rescue after witnessing a car go off a bridge and sink rapidly into a creek, their quick action saving a mother and her two young children. And this morning, theyre speaking out to Good Morning America and gma three. Theres still one other kid in the car. Yes. So yeah just like time is ticking. It had been like 4 to 5 minutes and his lips were completely blue like his eyes were closed. He was not breathing. I did not think he was alive. We thought we were about to watch someone die. And well also hear from the grateful mom about those harrowing minutes. I was scared i was going to lose the little one. I dont know, life would be so much different without them. The abc news exclusive on this miracle in georgia coming up on Good Morning America and gma three with your first look, im eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. More protections and regulations against a. I. Coming up at 530. The measures being proposed to state lawmakers and hollywood republicans in d. C. Now taking action, pushing back on President Bidens latest plan 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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A huge month of womens College Basketball getting even bigger. Stanfords Tara Vanderveer planning to retire after 38 seasons right here in the bay area. Good morning everybody. Its wednesday, april 10th. Were going to start with a beautiful forecast. It really is. Were talking some of the warmest air since last fall arriving in our hottest cities today. Well show you those numbers in one second. Live look from sutro tower. We do have clear skies right now. Temperatures. Were starting out in the upper 50s to the lower or the upper 40s to the lower 50s. Right now, 43, in mill valley. Good morning. But look at this. Cloverdale is at 62, so there is some mild air to be found already. Right now, just one area of fog. Were watching santa rosa. Were down to half a mile. Thats the only location right now that is dealing with any sort of dense fog this morning. Look at the day planner. Its a mostly sunny day. Temperatures really take off very quickly this morning. So as you go about your day, youll notice that warm air by 4 00 pm. Its just warm for april. Were going into the 80s and our warmest cities inland around the bay shoreline, widespread 70s the coast will have a little bit of an onshore breeze that will keep temperatures in the mid 60s, but still, that is above average for this time of the year. A closer look at highs today 81 in concord, 82 in san jose. Its quite warm in the south bay today, 75 in oakland, 71 in the city. Well hit about 79 in santa rosa and napa. Later on this afternoon, reggie drew thank you. Strong reaction pouring in from across the country in response to a controversial ruling from the Arizona StateSupreme Court. The court is upholding an abortion ban that goes all the way back to 1864, before arizona was even a state. Heres abc News Reporter christiane cordero. Good morning. This is a near total abortion ban with protecting the life of the mother as the only exception. Its significantly more strict than arizonas previous 15 week ban. The reaction in the hours since has proved whats at stake, both for the political battleground state and the people who live there. This morning, front and center on the states leading newspaper abortion ban is law. The state Supreme Court upheld the 1864 era law that bans abortion from the moment of conception, with the only exception being to protect the life of the mother. The law was enacted before arizona became a state, and decades before women had the right to vote. Arizona congressman juan cisco mani, a republican who previously voted to restrict abortion access, called the ruling a disaster for women and providers. And kari lake, a trump ally running for senate in arizona, said the ruling is out of step with arizonans. A shift from two years ago when she praised a near total ban. It comes one day after former President Trump said the issue should be left up to the states. President biden calls the arizona ruling extreme and dangerous. Abortion rights have won in all six states where they have been on the ballot, including in conservative states like kansas, kentucky and ohio. Under the arizona ban, doctors who perform abortions could face up to five years in prison. But in its ruling tuesday, the States High Court delayed enforcement, allowing for legal challenges. Arizonas planned parenthood says theyll continue to provide abortions until their legal teams advise they no longer can. Any enforcement of the arizona law is likely weeks away due to the court allowing legal challenges if it holds. Arizonas current attorney general, a democrat, vows not to enforce it. Christiane cordero, abc news, washington. A group of republican led states is launching a lawsuit against president joe bidens new Student Loan Repayment plan, and amanda is at the live desk with why they say this idea is unconstitutional. Kumasi missouri and six other states have filed to block President Bidens saving on a valuable education or save plan. The plan lowers monthly student loan payments and offers a shorter pathway to loan forgiveness for borrowers. This comes after other states filed another suit last month to also block the program. The states argue the save plan is unconstitutional and costs 475 billion for taxpayers. Thats roughly 45 billion more than the previous debt relief plan. This is the president s second major attempt to wipe away Student Loan Debt after the Supreme Court foiled his first attempt last year, mr. Biden has since pursued debt relief through some targeted initiatives, including those for Public Service workers and low income borrowers. Reggie, back to you. Thanks, amanda. A lawsuit seeking to block californias transgender sanctuary state law has been dismissed. The law provides Legal Protections to people who travel here for gender affirming care and protects medical staff. California attorney general rob bonta issued a statement following the ruling, saying in part, the courts decision is a major win for transgender children and their families across the u. S. Amidst a growing assault on lgbtq plus rights, an unprecedented Silicon Valley congressional race takes another unexpected turn. Two people are asking for a recount of the primary results in that race, which ended in a tie. The request came in just before the deadline last night. A little background former san jose mayor sam liccardo secured a spot in novembers runoff to represent district 16. It was a tie for second place with assemblyman evan low and Santa Clara County supervisor joe simitian coming in with the exact same number of votes. All three will now appear on the November Ballot unless its a recount ends up with different results. Its unclear who these people are who are asking for the recount, and if they have any ties to the campaigns. A new lawsuit seeks to throw out the california Death Penalty for good. In a lawsuit filed yesterday by attorney general rob bonta and civil rights groups, it claims Capital Punishment is racist, according to the lawsuit. Black people and latinos are more likely than white people to be sentenced to death and murder. Defendants more often face capital charges if their alleged victim was white. While the Death Penalty is law in california, the state hasnt actually executed anyone since 2006, and Governor Newsom put a moratorium on Capital Punishment in 2019. However, there are still 640 inmates on death row across california. Thats the most of any state. A group of state lawmakers have announced a package of bills aimed at decreasing retail crime. The package includes seven measures, and lawmakers expect to add about five more. One key component would expand tools for police to arrest people for shoplifting. The legislation would also add Railroad Police to fight cargo theft. The proposal also includes guidelines for keeping repeat offenders in custody. Lawmakers didnt say when theyd be voting on these bills. Enough fentanyl to kill San Franciscos population nearly 12 times over. Thats how much of the deadly drug the chp says its taken off the streets since it started patrolling nearly a year ago. The 42 pounds of fentanyl was recovered over time. Within a ten block radius of the tenderloin. Governor newsoms office directed the chp to patrol the San Francisco neighborhood after drug deaths soared. The neighborhood Merchants Association says the effort to reduce crime is working. If anything is showing people that, hey, its not kind of a free for all anymore, i think we need to maintain our current intensity and probably even go further, because things have improved vastly in the tenderloin, it doesnt mean were in a good spot, and it doesnt mean were where were at, where were supposed to be. But we are definitely headed in the right direction. Since last may, the chp has also issued more than 6000 citations, leading to almost 500 arrests. Theyve also recovered 15 crime linked guns, nearly 1. 5 billion worth of stolen covid relief funds have been seized. The Justice Department created the covid 19 Fraud Enforcement Task force in 2021 to fight and prevent pandemic related fraud. Attorney general Merrick Garland announced at least 3500 people have been charged with federal crimes. Garland says the work isnt over and that they will continue to investigate and prosecute these crimes. California seeing a dramatic decrease in covid hospitalizations and deaths, according to the states Public Health department, hospitalizations were at 1. 5 patients per 100,000 residents by the end of march. During the peak of the pandemic in january of 2021, california had an average of 54 hospitalizations. The number of deaths attributed to the virus is less than 1. During the peak, it was at 42. The federal government is working to expand Mental Health care access in hispanic and latino communities. Health and Human Services secretary becerra visited la clinica de la raza in oakland yesterday. Patients shared personal stories during the roundtable event. This is part of a nationwide tour highlighting the biden administrations push for more resources. We think that what we can do is show that everyone can have access to the care that they need, because health care is not a commodity. There are fabulous centers of health care that are waiting to connect with you and theyre waiting to help you get back on your feet. La clinica ceo says theyre expanding to another location and will soon be able to serve even more people. Stanford legend Tara Vanderveer, the winningest coach in ncaa history, is retiring 45 years of winning, mentoring young women and becoming the standard bearer for college coaches. Abc7 News Reporter gloria Gloria Rodriguez joins us live in studio with the reaction coming in. What a truly remarkable career it really has been. Reggie Tara Vanderveers last day will be on may 8th on the 39th anniversary of her original hire, the 70 year old is leaving as the all time winningest coach in College Basketball history. Male or female, with 1216 victories and only 271 losses. Vanderveer Won National Championships with the cardinal in 1990, 1992, and in 2021. And she said in a statement, the joy for me was in the journey of each season, seeing a group of young women work hard for each other and form an unbreakable bond in january. Abc seven anchor kristen sze asked when she might consider retirement. Heres her answer. The r word that i would use is a regroup and recruit, and, just, you know, really work really hard to have, have each player on our team have a great experience, you know, probably theres only one really happy coach after every year, but, i love working at stanford. I love working with our team and were really excited about the Young Players that we have. And our recruits. And the future looks really bright. So i dont know. They might have to take me out in a wheelchair. And we are hoping to learn more today about why she is retiring now. A press conference is planned for 1 00 this afternoon at stanford. Vanderveer will continue to work with stanford and the Athletics Department and an advisory capacity. And kate pay, longtime assistant, is in talks to take over as head coach. Just an amazing career. Vanderveer led team usa to gold medal at the olympics in 1996, and has guided many of her players to the wnba. Live in the studio Gloria Rodriguez, abc seven news. The bay area superbloom is on the verge of peaking up next, where you can see some of the spectacular wildflowers and how this year compares to last. But first, check on the weather with drew. Speaking of things that are blooming, tree pollen is running very high this week, so if youre still suffering that is the reason why for your allergies. Live doppler seven showing you it is so quiet across california and you can see that High Pressure spinning right over us. And that is going to create a warm day today with a lot of sunshine looking at highs versus average in the first column. This is where were going to land this afternoon. Widespread 70s and low 80s. Those 80s some of the warmest air since last fall. For reference, were typically in the 60s this time of the year, so we are much warmer today compared to average some areas close to 15 degrees above average for this time of the year. Looking at the region by region breakdown along the coast, just a little bit of an onshore flow will keep us in the 60s or a little bit cooler there, but around the bay shoreline well go into the 70s today and then our warmest spots inland. Were getting into the 80s. It is going to feel warm this afternoon. Oracle park, the nats are still in town for an afternoon game. Look at this. A first pitch temperature near 70 degrees at oracle park. So its one of those warm days at the ballpark. By the ninth inning, were still quite sunny and mild with temperatures right around 67 degrees. Looking at the next three days, it is feeling like summer today, temperatures above average. We will still stay very warm tomorrow, but by friday dramatically cooler air moves in here. Clouds increase, and at night theres a chance of showers that will last through the weekend. Well preview that coming up in a few minutes. Lets check in with amanda and see how the traffic is going. Good morning drew. Here at 543 we have a Traffic Alert to get to. This is in the east bay. A three car crash in vallejo. This is commute direction. So westbound 80 at georgia street, it is blocking two lanes there. You can see speeds are down to seven miles per hour. So just keep 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 . In a new interview with univision President Biden calls israels latest approach in gaza, quote, a mistake. And amanda, the president is now also calling for a cease fire without attaching it to a deal to free israeli hostages. Yeah. Kumasi the president is calling for a cease fire for the next 6 to 8 weeks so that food and medicine can get into gaza. More aid is now flowing into the area after israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu agreed to open several new routes. The us says it is closely monitoring the new israeli conflict resolution unit to verify that it operates as intended and to ensure humanitarian workers can do their jobs as safely as possible. Meanwhile, Vice PresidentKamala Harris met with families of americans being held by hostage held hostage by hamas. Yesterday, one of those hostages is hirsh goldberg pollen from berkeley, who was captured by hamas at the nova Music Festival on october seventh. His parents described their meeting with the vp as very productive. Hirschs parents shared more about their efforts to reunite with their son on nightline, 184 days is just way too many, and on day 40 something, some reporter said to us, what if it gets to day 100 . What will you do . And we thought, thats crazy. Theres no way this saga is going to get into 100 days. So to be on day 184 is just its enough. We need to bring these hostages home. Talks are underway in gaza for an immediate cease fire, but israel says it plans to soon carry out its offensive into rafah. State Department SpokespersonMatthew Miller says the u. S. Has not been briefed on the date israel will invade rafah. Also new from the region this morning, israels foreign minister is threatening military action against iran if the Islamic Republic launched an attack from its territory against israel. The threat comes after a number of iranian iranian generals were killed in a blast at the iranian consulate in syria earlier this month. Irans Supreme Leader is promising to retaliate against israel over the attack. Back to you at the desk. Thanks, amanda. Would you buy an item from an ai chatbot . What if that chatbot looked like your favorite actor . Thats what state lawmakers are considering as they sift through proposals to regulate ai across the entertainment industry. Sagaftra, the union that represents hollywood actors, is pushing for two bills. One bill would require detailed consent for the use of digital replicas used in audiobooks, video games, product endorsements and concerts. Another bill asks studios to be banned from putting deceased actors in movies without their heirs consent. A New California bill to regulate. I made it a step further in the approval process. Assembly bill 1831 was created to crack down on ai generated photos promoting child. Yesterday, the assemblys Public Safety committee passed the legislation. The bill would ban making, distributing or possessing child sexual abuse material with the use of artificially generated images. Supporters of the bill say children are put in harms way when ai generated sexual images. Uses a childs real face. Its absolutely humiliating for these kids to go to school and know that these images have been circulated, around campus. The bill will now be reviewed by the assemblys privacy and Consumer Protection committee next week. Everything is coming up. Wildflowers in the bay area this week. Super bloom season is here, and poppies are popping up in the east bay, along with lavender. Experts say it will not rival last years super bloom, but its going to be a pretty spectacular season because we had a lot of rain, so there are several really good places to see the wildflowers within driving distance, including Table Mountain near chico, sugarloaf state park in sonoma county, and Skyline Ridge preserve on the peninsula. But do not go there and pick the flowers. You cannot pick the flowers. Just admire them, honor them . Yes. Respect them. All that i see them popping up here and there around the city, its just really pretty. I know i love that and dont sit in the flowers and take a picture. No one cares. Not a soul, not a soul cares that you saw a poppy. Just go enjoy it yourself. I generate it. Thats my new favorite thing. You really can. You can just sit on the ground in your house. Flowers yeah. Take a picture of yourself in a hallway and then eye yourself into a poppy field. You really can. And you can do that. I et eos ii us on a private plane yesterday that i said belong to know that was real. That was real. I ate, i ate myself to the moon for the eclipse. You did. And you look great. Yeah you did. I lied myself into puppy day since i missed it. So i was here. We may not even be here right now. Yeah, youll never know. No. Were live, were live, live we are. Live, live and live. This is live. This is very live. Heres a look at your temperatures today. It is going to be a warm day. Almost feels like summer out there. Its the warmest day of the week. Look at those 80s all around the south bay. 82 morgan hill today 81. In santa clara, santa cruz. Its a nice day if youre going to the beach. 77 for a daytime high. The peninsula near 80 in redwood city today, 78 in los altos, a little bit cooler because of that onshore breeze for Half Moon Bay and pacifica, but with mostly sunny skies. Mid 60s is spectacular for april downtown. Well hit 71 along the coast, though much cooler will be in the 60s there as that sea breeze kicks in 70s and 80s for the most part in the north bay today. 70 in sausalito, 82, in cloverdale will hit 79. In sonoma. Stinson at 69 today, 70s in the east bay with a lot of sunshine. 76 san leandro, near 80, in castro valley, richmond, up to 74 and then inland upper 70s, lower 80s 80. Walnut creek 79. Santa rosa 82. In brentwood. This is kind of weather. You can dress in shorts and a t shirt today. Inland evening plans. Nice evening if you want to be out and about 70s early on, slowly falling through the 60s even by 9 p. M. But later on tonight, after midnight, we will drop into the 40s for overnight lows. Cant get out there today. Tomorrows just as warm and a lot of cities. But then everything changes on friday. Look how cool we get here. And by saturday were only in the 50s. So saturday is going to feel very chilly compared to the highs today. And that does come with rain chances returning. So friday will notice not only cooler air, the clouds roll back in and then at night friday well have some showers arriving and the showers stay with us on and off through saturday and sunday. Heres the accuweather seven day forecast. Get out today and tomorrow. It is nice and warm. Much cooler here on friday. Rain here on and off saturday and sunday to level one. Light storm on the abc seven storm impact scale before we dry out. Return to sunny skies early next week. Amanda drew here at the bottom of the hour. Were taking you to the bay bridge toll plaza, where metering lights are on from the toll plaza into the city. Itll take you about 12 minutes, and we want to get right back to that crash in vallejo. This is on i80 westbound, so this is the commute direction. There are only three lanes on that stretch of 80 in vallejo, but you can take highway 29 to get around that three car crash at georgia street, blocking two lanes. Their speeds down to six miles per hour. Back to the desk. Thanks, amanda. New at Six Health Experts sounding the alarm on a popular lunch item because it may contain high levels of lead. But first, a spin on a family game night classic that changes. Mattel 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 were going to be together we belong we belong together we belong hulu on disney . Available with disney bundle. Plans starting at 9. 99 a month. My device app, allowing users to locate compatible android phones and tablets using features similar to those from apple. Google says users will be able to find their devices five different ways, even if theyre off or even if the battery is dead. Well, teamwork makes the dream work. Thats the message behind mattels new collaborative version of scrabble. Its called scrabble together. Oh, so instead of competing, you all Work Together to complete goal cards. There are helper cards if you need assistance. Mattel says this new version is more accessible for anyone who finds word games to be intimidating. For now, the game will be available in europe. No word yet if the game will make it to america. Stress me out. Stress me out. Thats what im saying, is that the whole point of scrabble. Its the stress. Its the american premium. Its intimidating. Like scrabble is intimidating. Yeah. Like what if youre, like, not good. If youre not good at it, then dont play it. Like, may i suggest chutes and ladders . Have you tried candyland . Ahead at six. The move by san jose officials to make some schools safer. But homeless advocates disagree. And the push to name a San Francisco post office after the late senator dianne feinstein. And get ready for a warm day today. Feeling like summer . T we belong we belong together we belong hulu on disney . Available with disney bundle. Plans starting at 9. 99 a month. Todays Cancer Research is tomorrows victory. A victory that is there for the taking. Grab it. Now that was a great halftime speech. Lets go win. [jim valvano] dont give up. Dont ever give up® now at six stanford stunner the cardinal legendary Womens Basketball coach set tno